Deathwatch Marine |
The deathwatch chapter is known to deploy small kill teams to a planet to complete operations directed by the inquisition and are usually led by an inquisitor, Commander, Librarian or sometimes Chaplains.
Such a Kill Team is now on Belis Alta, but why?
The Omega Vault is a mysterious chamber deep within the Deathwatch Watch Fortress Erioch.
The Omega Vault |
And this is what brings the Deathwatch to Belis Alta.
The deathwatch have Watch fortresses and Watch stations scattered across the galaxy. Though not always manned by Adeptus Astartes, most Watch Stations are homes to skeleton crews of sensor techs and watch-serfs. These individuals spent their entire lives performing their duty and are vigilant for any Xenos threat. When such a threat is detected the Deathwatch are alerted and dispatched in force. This also happened when the tyranid Hyve fleet Hydra arrived in the Belis system. A deathwatch kill team nearby the Belis system was sent out first to investigate the distress call from watch station Spector Vigilis. They had just returned from a secret mission clearing and inspecting a mysterious and long lost Space Hulk that drifted steerless through the galaxy. It was believed they retrieved an ancient artifact. When they arrived at Belis Alta they started their investigation at watch station Spector Vigilis. The small company of Deathwatch marines set out from there not knowing the enormity of the tyranid invasion. Although they fought hard and long they were eventually killed and destroyed when they had run out of ammunition. The Artifact was never recovered or seen again. As Deathwatch protocol describes the Kill Team secured the artifact in the watch station's Data Vault. However when a Watch station is overrun by the enemy it sets an automated self destruct proces in motion which destroyed the entire structure and everything in it.
Only a few hours ago an imperial Astropath picked up a signal, feint and far away. The signal was encoded and although there were large pieces unclear or missing from the transcription it was a fact that this signal came from Belis Alta and could only came from the Watch station's Data vault. for a brief period of time it transmitted a signal which meant it was still operational. Could this mean the vault survived the tyranid invasion and even the destruction of Spector Vigilis? What triggered the signal and did this mean someone or something now held possession over the Relic Artifact?
Once more a deathwatch company of several Kill Teams was dispatched to Belis Alta. The operation under command of Chaplain Ortan Cassius was about to begin...
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