The massive figure strode onto the bridge of his flagship the Scion of Terra. The call had been forwarded to his personal apartments now he took command of the situation His sister had called him, and it did not sound good. His dark eyes were fierce like a hound or a falcon that bore into the bridge crew. He was quick to look at the comms personell. "Play the message again." The message played. This is Serenity requesting assistance we are under attack by robots. Allanor took a seat on his command throne under the statue of an eagle. "Cut it out." The comms officer complied. "Advise Imperial Arbiter and Sword of Acroclesestia to follow us." He mentioned two of the other warships in the fleet.
The Scion pulled away from the world, two other ships followed. Serenity was a system away. Apparently she had landed on a planet ruled by a tyrant and well her unit of Custodes and her were holed up in a city that had dissidents against the regime. Apparently they were now under attack. "Twenty Custode veterans are not going to be enough. Where are the Silver Knights?" Allanor spoke of the elite force of veterans each Legion had to provide warriors to. "Nearest Silver Knights unit is Detachment Padrikas under one of our own. Former 3/45th Company Lord Alllanor." "Yes one of my better junior officers to see him sent to Serenity's personal unit is a good thing Davien." The Primarch turned around and smiled at one of his senior officers. "Now Davien we are already in route, 1st, 4th and 7th Great Companies. I know my sister she is not one to be overrun but if the reports are accurate. The sheer numbers of robots"
"Detachment Padrikas is 3 days out if the warp currents hold Lord, we are in greater numbers. 4th and 7th are fresh at 2000 marines all told, the 1st stands at much the same though they have seen action action and their equipment may not be in fighting shape sire." Allanor nodded, "Any availible Imperial Army units or other great companies?" Davien and the Primarch stood at a hololith table. The sector was displayed as dots. "What of the fleets from this world we are bound to?" The Primarch was stacking the data into his head.
"Several formations of droid filled ships, they are not coming after us. We have a vast armada with just these three great companies. The Army has several fleets, the Regiments are from Acrocelestia and other worlds. And well we have four other great companies, 9th and 10th and the 34th and 67th all within six days of the nearest Unified Archonate system." The veteran pressed a button and many a system was marked in red.
The Primarch was a brilliant commander. He looked over the Army data, "567th Siege Army and 742nd Army are to mount assaults along the frontier and then...." The general was momentarily distracted by the transition to the warp. But it was not the Red Warp. It glowed shades of blue, courtesy of Magnus and Serenity. This was a rescue of an entire country. The Imperial Inquisition agents had reported that there were uprisings being taken on by the robot army. All things were going forward.
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Private Anatoly Davencheck looked over his lasgun, he was from Moscowa a world that the II Legion had liberated from an overlord. And well now the 43rd Moscowan motorized infantry was one of the regiments that marched on the Crusade behind the noble and blessed Primarchs and the Senshi blessed they be.
"Davencheck get your ass moving we are going to WAR." His friend of several years Pavel Frazenko looked at him. "We have to move it." Anatoly donned his pack and joined Pavel as they moved towards the hangar on the massive ship. The Imperial Army had been quite well treated. The Moscowans moved at speed down to the hangar. Each man wore a rounded helmet and caprice armor and carried a lasgun, laspistol and a combat knife. The men moved down towards where the APCs were loading. Already one could hear the sound of Chimera engines echoing off the hangar walls.
"Move your ass solider. We have bots to kill." The regiment knew about the robots and the lasers they employed. They knew the mission ahead and they were ready. They would not be in the van but they would have a role to play in this invasion.
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The 1st, 4th and 7th great companies were going to the heart of it. A planet where the Princess was inspiring a rebellion. Allanor hoped that they were not too late to do any good. The Primarch paced the bridge sometimes he scattered the personell. He could not wait to get into the action. And well sometimes battle had that effect on him. "Any word by Astropath or comms?" "Nothing from Serenity sire."
Allanors hand clenched on his command throne. Then a message came on. He pressed a button. There was a face that many in the Imperium was Serenity's greatest ally among her brothers. "Konrad my brother how are you?" The gothic Night Lords primarch nodded. "I am well but our sister is in dire straits again. I am coming with all available Night Lords."
Allanor looked down at the status report on the Night Lords. They were coming with ten great companies or equivalent. That meant that the First Sowrds were the smaller contingent but Allanor had experience with the Unfied Archonate as this entity of robot-weilding tyrants was known. "Move in and wreck havoc, I have 3000 marines brother we will not be noticed. Rest assured the ships I have can cloak. You know how the II Legion does business." The Primarch of the Night Lords nodded. "And I will sow terror among the forces along the rim here."
The Imperium was pressing in upon the Unified Archonate. And well Serenity's actions were what was the cause of a great rising.
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