After collecting the remnants of my fleet and healing those I could, I opened a Multiversal portal to home. The fleet limped into the docking bays of the Fortress Ascendant, comms started to fire as soon as we appeared. Repair crews were amassing in the docking bays as all of my wives were arrayed in a large office overseeing the entirety of the dock.
I grimaced at my hand before trying to access my other powers. Luckily, I could feel all of it and I had regained all of my Multiversal level powers. The images of seeing the Hive Mind tear into my flesh and destroy my right hand flashed in my mind as my teeth unconsciously ground against each other. The mood was sombre amongst the crew with very few men and women celebrating.
The ships were beat to shit and honestly very few of the soldiers had come out unscathed. Worried looks passed through my wives as Kali became even less emotional, if that was possible. Paling slightly at the looks my wives were giving I closed my eyes and attempted to heal the damage on my arm. Unfortunately it wasn't that simple, as i tried to regenerate it the black charcoal burned even more. Grunting in pain I stopped and felt the pain recede. I could feel that it would heal but it would take a natural amount of time... Perhaps three to four months.
"Fuck..."
"Ma'am?"
"Please speak with Supreme Commander Kali and organise a large pay for the soldiers... For the family of those that died, please assure them that I will resurrect them and that they will have two years worth of wages paid in full by the end of the week."
The Admiral nodded, his eyes hardened and sharp. The weight of loss was heavy on everyone's shoulders, including mine... I didn't even get to kill the fucking thing... I tightened my right hand and felt shadow pain transmit from my left. I knew I had to get stronger, much stronger, and that I needed new technology. Star Trek was a good option but ultimately it could be in a similar situation to Warhammer, especially considering the amount of times Time Travel, The Q and parallel universes came up.
I thought of some of the games I had memory of, my mind churning for ideas. There were many Sci-fi worlds that had very interesting technologies, but none that was of any aid to fighting in Warhammer. That was until I came across the idea of Warframe. Warframe was a game that had Operators wielding special powers, connecting to advanced android suits/bodies and using the power of the Void, the infinite potential of it, to use various abilities moulded to certain suits. The Void power would be hard to add as a trait to High Humans, but no doubt that If I was to rename the species or even just genetically modify the population of Soldiers/Military staff, then I could have a completely 'unmanned' military force under the complete control of my soldiers... It would also be good to gain access to Orokin Technology and maybe even the Infected Tech. Not to mention there was a woman called 'The Lotus' and she had suffered a lot from her abusive relationship.
(Author: Uh-huh, sure you wanna go there for the tech... 😏)
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Standing before the thousands of caskets I cringed at the amount of death within my own forces. The realisation that this was happening by the planet-load in Warhammer made me nigh-on ill. My will powered through however as I pulled out the souls of those that were lost, no soul being unaccounted for. I felt a need to compensate for my lack of power and care, the lack of strategy and plan... 'I will make you all the first heroes of the Veritas Imperium and have you all enshrined as Aquiliferi Aeterni'
"These brave heroes helped the Veritas Imperium to understand the perils of the Warhammer Multiverse. They have made the ultimate sacrifice and shall always be remembered for their first sacrifice! I hereby name these warrior the Aquiliferi Aeterni, The Eternal Standard Bearers... For they will always be a shining example of our civilisation!" There was loud sobbing from families and the people of the Veritas Imperium, despite the fact they would be coming back, they would be changed, I made sure they all had understood that. Death changes a person, i would know... I was sane most of the time but ever since I died I kind of lost my fear of it. My caution of it. The same would be true for them.
"Here today we acknowledge that even though they may come back to us through my methods, they will forever be changed, uncaring of death and possibly seeking it. We acknowledge them eternally and welcome them with open arms!" As I finished a bright purple-white light flashed and in each of the caskets I remade each of their bodies, more perfect, more defines, physically attractive, genetically superior; through the addition of small traces of divinity. They are the demi-gods of my Imperium.
To my side, my wives stood, all saddened by the scene before them. I had gotten scolded like I thought I would but that changed once they learnt the damage I had sustained in trying to stop the enemy's boss from wiping us all out. I was forbidden to go to Warhammer for a while, under threat of no 'special time'... A threat most serious. My powers were renewed here, within Star Wars, but I still could feel the stickiness of the warp, as if a distant echo of the requirements of Warhammer on me. My mind moved back to the resurrection ritual, something that I thought i wouldn't ever have to do... My arrogance catching up with me.
In mere moments the men and women came back, retaining the essence of their previous looks but with massive changes. They were all spectacular examples of the beauty and masculinity of Humanity. This was a small recompense amongst the resurrection and pay...
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