There is a familiar voice over the vox "Everybody get down and stay down..."
Over the chaos of battle the surviving team members hear the faint sound of rotary cannons engaging followed by the unmistakable sound of hundreds of solid rounds impacting with flesh, mixed with this drone is the sound of heavier shells impacting with flesh and bone. The sounds of battle around them is replaced with the terrified screams of their enemies and is then filled with torn body parts and a cloud of bloody particles as the hordes of opponents are reduced to a bloody mist...
Four massive Servitors of a similar configuration to the type of 'murder servitor' created by Lucien stand at the opposite end of the corridor from the direction you entered. Though these servitors normally carry their weapons in their hands, this type has had each of their arms replaced with clusters of three assault cannons attached by ammo feeds to massive backpacks of spare bullets, in addition each has some kind of large calibre cannon at the right shoulder. Standing between them is the familiar figure of Lucien Baptiste, at his side is the former assistant of Abraham Sand - Rebekah, surrounding him are four large cyber mastiffs and behind are a group of 30 or so people none of which you recognise. Presumably these are the surviving members of his engineering staff.
Lucien together with his pets and Rebekah strolls over to the figure chained to the central altar and extends four mechadendrites from his back. Each of these mechadendrites appears to have some kind of manipulator on the end in addition to the usual tool attachments. He very carefully removes the chains from the victim and Rebekah scoops her up and throws the potential sacrifice over her shoulder.
"Interesting choice of bait, don't you think?" says Lucien. "The rest of engineering is now secure. They were attempting to prevent me from accessing the main Servitor area and armoury...bastards..." He gestures at the girl slumped over Rebekahs shoulder..."Rebekah...put her in my quarters and secure the room then meet me at the armoury..."
"Lets get some bigger guns..."
Lucien walks back down the main corridor towards the entrance with his entourage in tow. He takes a turning down a narrower side passage towards the Munitorium. Several heavily armoured doors slide aside as Lucien approaches apparently without any action on his part, he then interfaces a mechadendrite with a complicated control panel outside the final door and it slides into the ceiling to reveal a long chamber packed with weaponry.
"Take whatever you need"
While their equipping yourselves, a large figure enters the armoury with a few slightly battered looking Stormtroopers with him. The Ogryn walks over to Lucien "Boss" "I found these guys by one of the side entrances...You know the one with that spiky think with the needles and the blades that sliced up that girl who annoyed because she said she wouldn't..." Lucien interrupts at this point - "Take them to Mann and have them re-equip themselves, we'll need all the help we can get" and then he leaves the armoury for some reason.
Everyone's surprised to notice that the Ogryn appears to be using an Auspex which is presumably how he found the troopers who were about to be dismembered by some random creation of Luciens. It's a bit dented and he's using a stick of some kind to push the buttons as they're too big for his fingers to depress normally but even so it's a definitely unusual as Ogryns are generally regarded to be really stupid.
The very weary looking troopers explain that they were gradually forced back by the overwhelming numbers of intruders and the few survivors got split up during the retreat. They think they're the only survivors but they can't be sure.
Lucien returns from wherever he'd wandered off to.
"Every-one ready?"
The engineering crew has been equipped with a variety of Las and projectile weaponry with the augmented ones taking heavy weaponry in addition, the rest of Lucien's entourage have selected a variety of specialist weaponry including a quantity of explosives and other equipment.
"I need control of the main bridge if were going to reactivate the Murder Servitors, we also need to find out who's countering my attempts to regain control of the vessel...some-one on that bridge is in league with our enemies or at the very least is somehow under their control." "If we can't identify who that is specifically then we'll need to execute them all...just to be sure..."
The engineering crew has been equipped with a variety of Las and projectile weaponry with the augmented ones taking heavy weaponry in addition, the rest of Lucien's entourage have selected a variety of specialist weaponry including a quantity of explosives and other equipment.
"I need control of the main bridge if were going to reactivate the Murder Servitors, we also need to find out who's countering my attempts to regain control of the vessel...some-one on that bridge is in league with our enemies or at the very least is somehow under their control." "If we can't identify who that is specifically then we'll need to execute them all...just to be sure..."
"I'll send a team to secure the gun-cutter you spoke about and Borgia can confirm for me Xanthis's assessment of the encryption device" "I'll see if I can repair some of the damage that's been done to the ship so it doesn't explode before we can re-take it, Rebekah and the remaining of my 'projects' can come with me. I’ll need the protection while I work." "The Murder Servitors I've managed to activate can stay here to protect engineering and I presume the rest of you will be the team that's going to be assaulting the bridge?"
One of the engineering staff from the team being sent to the gun-cutter asks if Bruul can accompany them...
"Okay then" "Bruul grab some gear"
The Ogryn walks to an alcove and grabs a large piece of chest armour that appears to have been made for him specifically and a combat harness. He grabs a large calibre, drum fed, automatic shotgun from a rack and several large tubular devices that are presumably Ogryn sized Grenades. He also grabs a large rucksack which he fills with ration packs and seemingly as an afterthought he drops a couple more grenades and a spare drum magazine on the top and swings it over his shoulder. He goes to walk away and then turns to look at the armour rack before grabbing a 2nd large backpack which he also fills to the brim with combat rations. "You never know" he grunts before following the rest of the team allocate to the gun-cutter detail.
With everyone armed and armoured the Throne Agents prepare to retake their vessel.
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