Princeps Primus Heran Daleus opened his augmetic eyes, the fluid of the amniotic tank blurred his vision for a moment, before the sensors adjusted and let him see the cockpit before him. "Princeps, you are awake, how are you feeling?" Moderati Primus Kalus Bourn asked, turning in his control throne. "We, hunger for battle, Moderati. Apocolyptus yearns to fire its weaponry" the vox casters built into the cockpit blared to staticy life. "I understand Great Princeps, we shall start moving towards Blackstone soon, we are finishing our final checks, and waiting for Princeps Killian and Princeps Guron of the Warhound titans Tempestus Majesti and Mortis Phobos to finish scouting. Princeps Atreus of Reaver Canus Dies is ready to move" The moderati spoke, swinging back to the instrument panel before him.
A door to the side of the god machines cockpit hissed and whirred as it opened, and a Tech-Priest walked in, he bowed as much as his cybernetic frame would allow him. "Moderati, the-," he looked up, and into the soft green glow of the princeps augmetics. "Princeps, forgive my intrusion and interruption. I did not mean to interrupt your most holy self." Heran raised a metallic hand "it is fine Priest. Continue." The Tech-Priest bowed again, "My Priests and Adepts have finished their works on the holy god-machine." The Tech-Priests vox-caster glitched slightly, and he bowed again as he left the room. "Kalus, make ready to move. We hunger for battle!"
The groan of steel echoed throughout the plains of Caromir I, as the Warlord class Titan Apocalyptus Aeternem began to move. As it slowly gained speed, the Reaver class and two Warhounds began to follow.
The two scout Warhounds moved to the front, their side to side gait shaking the ground, as Canus Dies and Apocalyptus Aeternem moved behind them, slightly slower. As the battle group moved towards the city, a deafening sound echoed from them, Apocalyptus sounded its war horn, the other titans joined in, and the haunting symphony roared into the city.
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Apocalyptus Aeternem: A WH40K Short
Ficțiune științifico-fantasticăA short story about a small titan battle group deployed in support of a invasion force on Caromi I during the Belkian Campaign.
