++++ Analysis Of De-Briefing From Pax Idron Survivors ++++
++++ Clearance Level Ultra ++++
++++ Ordos Eyes Only ++++
Survivor A00122zed identified as Lt. Calder Gideon 303rdPromenean Armored Division. Survivor suffering for acute mental trauma and severe physical distress. Survivor is 1 of 3 recovered of the 2532 man 303rd armored division deployed to Pax Idron…
“Idron was all fire and ash... and the howling… all night… I…My tank commander.. oh god sarcacen he… his face just melted… I god… e-e-mperor save me…”
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“…Commander Saracen ordered the column to halt just outside the plateau’s main cause way… the way into the mountains was sturdy volcanic stone but the causeway was made of a black marble of some kind… it was black and purple and… swirled inside… I’d never seen…”
[Chair scraping]
“I… I’m sorry…”
[sobbing]
“the engineseers… they were so excited… Vulgor said…”
[sobbing]
“…Vulgor said the stone was… phased… “
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“no… I don’t know what that meant… I… they…”
[silence]
[sobbing]
“Vulgor was vaporized… they tried… they tried to cut it… but the stone… it released fire… like… a spray of promethium…”
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“No… we didn’t see anyone until we found the wall… The column just rounded a hillside and it was there…”
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“… the Manticores and Basilisks couldn’t scratch it…”
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“what?... oh… 300 meters high… it… was gold… it sloped outward… we tried calling in an air strike but… the weather was turning…General Vargas ordered the column to halt for the storm… it… it was that night the demons came…”
[sobbing]
[wailing]
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“… thank you… I… there wasn’t any howling that night… it was the first peaceful sleep… but they just appeared out of the fire… that horrible fire storm never stopped… It was like a rainstorm but… but… smoke and cinders… it…”
[sobbing]
“… they tore through the defenses… the autoguns didn’t stop them… I… they touched the tanks and they started to melt… commander Saracen organized some men… we… tried to hold them off… I… I got separated… Ran… but they… they were everywhere… they herded survivors together and tore them apart… I… Ramirez he…”
[sobbing]
“… we reached the wall… I don’t know how long it took… there were maybe 15 of us… lasguns didn’t… that damned wall penned us in… but then… I…”
[sobbing]
[sigh]
“… it was as big as an ogryn. It was all black and purple…”
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“no… it didn’t make a sound… we… fired on them… but they ignored us…”
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“maybe 15…they…”
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“no that’s what scared us… they just ripped the deamons apart…with there bare hands… I didn’t see a gun at all…”
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“knives… about… yeah long… they threw them…”
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“don’t know… one went through one of those creatures though…right into a chimera… never seen anything do that…”
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“… well they ignored us… comm officer Geofries was in charge by then… only officer we had left… ordered us to find transport… we let the deamons and those… things fight it out for a while… We found an operational chimera and made a push for the camp edge…”
[chocked laugh]
[sigh]
“Those deamons were falling back by then… them black devils were out in force… they moved so fast… ran faster than the carrier would go…”
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“well we kept shooting till they were gone… the daemons left…then the black ones just… vanished… went into hiding and we didn’t see them again…dawn… came and we regrouped… fell back to the LZ…”
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“yeah… pretty much… haha… same carnage every night… we made it to the staging ground after 3 or 4 weeks… everybody… they all…
[sobbing]
[sigh]
++++ Recording Complete ++++
++++ Subject Terminated ++++
++++ Remains Cremated ++++
++++ Records Sealed By Order Of The Inquisition ++++
++++ Inquisitor Supplemental Notes ++++
The stellar cluster known as the Dragon Stars is where Pax Idron and its rogue star Sohtec currently reside though the star is migrating across the galactic plane towards Sectcum Pacificus and at present rate will enter Pacificus territory in 1943.33 years. Sohtec’s trajectory indicates that it originated somewhere within the eye of terror. Though the Dragon Stats have a documented propensity towards Daemonic incursion incidents of chaos warship and daemonic possession have increased 312% since the appearance of Pax Idron 155 years ago.
Archeological data recovered by inquisitorial forces on the Pax Idron indicates an extensive colonization by imperial military forces occurred approximately 10,000 years prior to the Pax Idron incursion. Indeed an extensive tunnel network and the presence of three collapsed hive cities indicate full scale colonization failed at some time in the past. Conflicting data records recovered from research facilities indicate that the planet Pax Idron was documented in Imperial record as the ice world Sanctuary 11 during the great crusade. Anecdotal evidence recovered from the surviving planetary structures corroborate the planets identity. No evidence has come to light regarding how Sanctuary 11 was transported from the Novos Sector of Segmentum Solar leaving nothing but a debre field to reappear as Pax Idron the wandering Daemon world nearly 10 millennia later. Evidence of mass graves, extensive fighting, tectonic shift, and decimation on a planetary scale indicate the answer for both the planets transposition and the death of its imperial defenders is most certainly daemonic in nature.
++++ End Inquisitor Supplemental Notes ++++
++++ Records of Archmagos Tre-Vor on Sample BXT92002123IDR ++++
The substance recovered from Pax Idron is properly described as a dense form of stellar remnant compressed by way of an unknown manner into a striated material resembling conventional stone. The material has colloquially been given the title of “Idron Marble” to describe its black, purple, and gold striations. Though its superficial appearance resembles stone its molecular structure us homogeneous containing a nano-compressed matter structure containing nearly 100 elemental components in crystalline suspension.
Its most prominent property is its physical density. The molecular structure is not dissimilar to materials produced as a result of nova or similar stellar discharge. However due to the tight coherence of the molecular bond during its compression process the materials have a near infinite capacity to absorb compression by distributing applied energy across its entire subatomic structure. Conversely it bears a near zero tolerance for torsion in tensile tests. The position and composition of bonds makes shearing the only alternative to flexion. It should be noted that even though the structure can be categorized as brittle due to the results of testing the material’s breaking point in tests exceeded the results of most comparable material making it substantially difficult to break or destroy through conventional means.
The substance bares a peculiar reaction to multiple energy frequencies and types exhibiting a unique morphology to multiple specra. The easiest of which to discern is its ability to absorbed multiple wavelengths of light and thermal energy making it ideal for some applications within weapon and starship design. Most note ably it displays the ability to absorb the infra spectrum of light rendering all but the most sophisticated targeter scans useless. Likewise thermal energy including fire and radiant heat sources become locked into the crystal matrix of the material. In this way stored as potential energy the material resists conventional cutting methods until the material reaches gross saturation levels. The resultant release of energy can be devastating and has cost the lives of 73 servitors and 4 adepts on the project. The material appears capable of also absorbing substantial friction and vibrational forces with minimal wear though the inevitable discharge makes it less than ideal for industrial purposes.
Along with its absorbent qualities its reaction to magnetic fields is equally strong. The introduction of oscillating magnetic structures results in the material ablating along molecular bonds with a minimal discharge of energy. The resulting flaking reduces the material in thickness allowing study of the materials properties to a greater degree of freedom. It should be noted that controlled ablation, while theoretically possible has yet to be achieved. It is likewise theorized that application of magnetic principles could rebuild the bonds of the material allowing a limited healing, though the energy required to do so is beyond practical limitations at this time.
++++ End Records of Archmagos Tre-Vor on Sample BXT92002123IDR ++++
++++ Field Dispatch of Brother Captain Falzarian of the Grey Knights ++++
By Inquisitorial order the Grey Knights have intervened on Holocost. The daemonic incursion has been dealt with for the moment and all signs of taint have been scoured from the planet. More disturbing are documented records I’ve attached indicating 143 sightings of the so called Idron Shadows. Sightings purport the Shadows have been waging a guerrilla war against the daemons on multiple planets in the sector.
Witnesses claim the shadows appear out of warp rifts much in pursuit of the daemons. If they employ some form of warp technology it is unknown. They have unilaterally ignored imperial forces though reports imply they have destroyed traitor forces at some juncture. Vid captures reveal the shadows to be humanoid, possibly marines though their features are obscured as they seem to absorb light. They bare heraldic markings in gold most commonly depicting 3 triangles arranged around a flame. At least one icon carved in an unknown substance depicts these 3 triangles arrayed around the number XV though the significance of this icon is unknown.
With the planet secured I formally request dispatch to track down these interlopers and if necessary purge them. Their association with daemonic forces may be indicative of taint in spite of the assistance they have rendered to date.
Yours, by the emperor’s grace
Brother Captain Gideon Falzarian
Grey Knights Strike Force Glamdering
++++ End Field Dispatch of Brother Captain Falzarian of the Grey Knights ++++
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