+++Accessing Ordo Abstruse Datacoils+++
+++Sub-designation: Ordo Malleus+++
+++Ident code: 4612 Alpha Epsilon+++
+++Access granted: Welcome Interrogator Ignatius Basildon+++
+++Thought for the day: Beware the mutant; they have many forms.+++
Log entry: 3501AC
Subject: Inquisitor Ziegfried Daubenton, Ordo Malleus – what we know or
are able to surmise part 5.
It is a matter recent of Ordos Abstruse
record that Daubenton first encountered Inquisitor Contrino of the Ordo Xenos and
{name redacted} reportedly of the Ordo Seriphos during his searches for a way
to breach the Warp storm, and either reach or re-establish contact with wider
Imperial space. The exact details of what transpired are somewhat scant, and
thus are the subject of much speculation. Contrino, as many will attest, is
also considered to be of radical persuasion.
Of {name redacted} far less is currently known.
Around this time, it is a matter
of record that Contrino had been investigating the reported comings and goings
of Eldar vessels in the sectoral fringe region known as the Shawl of Felicitแบป. In the
course of her investigations, Contrino had located an Eldar excavation site on
the northern pole continent of Dreyfus’ Wolde. It is suspected that through
covert observations of the xenos (may the Emperor smite them) activities,
Contrino had discovered a dimensional ‘portal’ or stable warp passage of some
kind.
I have recovered the following excerpt
that seems to relate to this from Daubenton’s personal logs:
“After intercepting a coded data
squirt designation {redacted} Ordo Xenos, whilst patrolling in close proximity
to the world of Caspian III, in the Shawl
of Felicitแบป region, I decided to go planet-side
with a team and investigate. I deployed
some of my abhuman agents to scout the region from which the data squirt had
originated. Shortly, my scouts encountered a loose screen of Ordo Xenos agents.
After some initial confusion and a very brief skirmish, inquisitorial idents
were exchanged, and a meeting was set up with one Inquisitor Contrino (of whom
I was aware by reputation) and another Inquisitor, {name redacted} reportedly
of the Ordo Xenos (Ordos Seriphos).
Seemingly, Contrino had been
investigating sightings of Eldar vessels in this region of space, which had led
her planet-side. She had covertly
observed the Eldar activities, which seemed to focus around excavating an area
at the foot of a landslip. Thanks to the
employment of some xeno-tech of Tau origin, the presence of her agents remained
undetected by the Eldar.
Over the ensuing days, a large gateway
was uncovered, and the Eldar had proceeded to employ some kind of grav device
to force open the gateway. As it opened, this caused the scree above to
collapse, partially blocking the gateway and slaying several of the Eldar. This
caused visible consternation amongst the survivors, who had then recovered
their dead and temporarily left the site.
The next day, the Eldar had returned
and a group of them were observed entering the gateway, leaving behind a small
force to guard the external site. After
5 days with no activity to report, the small Eldar force appeared to become
more and more relaxed, and were eventually ambushed and killed by Inquisitor
Contrino’s team, in return for only minor casualties. Contrino proceeded to set
up a defensive perimeter facing the gateway. It soon became clear to Contrino that
the group of Eldar that had passed through the gateway had not been alerted by
the fracas outside.
The interior of the gateway, upon
investigation proved to be a steeply descending tunnel, approximately 300
metres in length, terminating in an immense archway containing an opaque energy
field of some kind at its far end. Infrared and seismic scans showed that there
was no further subterranean structure.
Simple scans of the energy field did
not indicate that it would be harmful to carbon based life forms, and thrown
rocks seemingly disappeared and did not rebound from it. Further testing
involved sending servo skulls through the field. The first two passed directly
through the field, and contact with them had been immediately lost. The third
was programmed to perform a ‘U-pattern’ manoeuvre, which saw it pass through
the field and return, with no apparent harm to its functionality. After some
swift reprogramming, it was sent on a similar manoeuvre, with commands to
perform a scan, and obtain visual recorded data.
Upon its return from this second
manoeuvre, the data it captured was downloaded to a portable cogitator, and the
results (which I have personally reviewed) were very interesting indeed. The
archway, from a logical perspective should open into a subterranean area of
some kind. However, the data actually indicates an above ground outside area,
under the shroud of night (importantly, I would state that local time was at
the middle of the daylight cycle). Analysis of the star scape indicates that
the other side of this arch opens out somewhere in the Avignon region of the
Seriphos Sector.
