MARSHAL'S LOG [ENTRY 001]

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MARSHAL'S LOG [ENTRY 001] - 317028.M42 

MARSHAL TYRION KORITH

COMMANDER, 5TH BLACK TEMPLAR CRUSADE

CYPHER-PRIME, THRAXIS SYSTEM 

I. MISSION. 

(A) ARRIVED CYPHER-PRIME. SEIZED 2X MANUFACTORUMS AND 1X COMMAND BASTION.

II. COMBAT ACTIONS

(A) PLANET FALL ACCOMPLISHED. ZERO RESISTANCE ENCOUNTERED. FLEET IN ORBIT ON FAR SIDE OF CLOSEST MOON.

III. PERSONNEL INTERACTIONS.

(A) BROTHER SGT CHARON. HAD AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH SGT CHARON, LEAD NCO OF MY ASSAULT CONTINGENT. HE IS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN AND HAS INDICATED HIS LONG SINCE ABANDONED GENITALIA ORGAN HAS BEEN FUNCTIONAL AS OF LATE. I DARED NOT EXPLORE THE MATTER TOO DEEPLY LEST I TAINT MY SANGUINE MIND. I INSTRUCTED HIM TO DOUBLE HIS MEDITATIONS AND PRAYERS TO THE EMPEROR TO GET THIS "THING" UNDER CONTROL. I WILL ALSO INSTRUCT THE MASTER OF APOTHECARIES TO INCREASE THE INTENSITY OF HIS HYPNO-THERAPY SESSIONS DURING HIS SLEEP CYCLES. THE LAST THING I NEED IS FOR SGT CHARON TO BEGIN UNNATURAL RELATIONS WITH THE DIMINUTIVE FEMALE CREW MEMBERS ABOARD MY CAPITAL SHIP. NOT ONLY WOULD THIS ACT BE ONE OF HERESY BUT THE FEMALE, OR FEMALES, WOULD PROBABLY DIE IN THE ACT...

(B) BROTHER GRYMM. DURING THE COURSE OF MY DAY I VENTURED TO THE HANGAR AND MEDITATED WITH BROTHER GRIM, VENERABLE COMPANY DREADNOUGHT. DURING THE MEDITATION BROTHER GRYMM EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO LEAVE HIS ARMORED SARCOPHAGUS DURING WARP TRANSITS BETWEEN CAMPAIGNS. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT IT WOULD NOT BE GOOD FOR THE CHAPTER'S BROTHER-WARRIORS TO GAZE UPON HIS BROKEN AND WITHERED FORM. THERE WAS A PERIOD OF SILENCE TO WHICH MY VOX INTERCEPTED AN ENCRYPTED SIGNAL THAT SOUNDED LIKE CURSING AND SCREAMING. I HOPE I DIDN'T MAKE THE WRONG CHOICE AS I RELY HEAVILY UPON BROTHER GRYMM'S WISDOM. I BELIEVE HE IS OVER 700 STANDARD YEARS OF AGE AND HAS BEEN IN COUNTLESS BATTLES. I WILL PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO HIS PERFORMANCE IN THE NEXT CONFLICT TO SEE IF MY DECISION HAS EFFECTED HIS PERFORMANCE. 

(C) NEOPHYTE FJORIN. I HAVE NEVER HATED A BROTHER MARINE MORE THAN NEOPHYTE FJORIN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD-FORSAKEN PLANET HE HAS COME FROM BUT WHAT EVER IT IS WE NEED NOT RECRUIT MORE NEOPHYTES FROM THAT PLACE. I HATE THE SOUND OF HIS SHRILLING VOICE, THE LAME ICONOGRAPHY UPON HIS ARMOR AND AM MOST ANNOYED BY HIS ABILITY TO NOT DIE IN BATTLE. THE CODEX ASTARTES DOES NOT SPEAK OF WHAT TO DO IN THIS MATTER... I WILL LET IT PLAY OUT AND HOPE THE EMPEROR WILLS THE APPROPRIATE OUTCOME. 

IV. PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS.

(A) STILL NO SIGN OF THE INQUISITOR. I EXPECT HIS ARRIVAL ON CYPHER IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. STILL NO INDICATIONS AS TO WHY THE INQUISITION IS INTERESTED IN THIS PLACE.

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