Ok as you know I have received 3 reviews from Critics united. Now I am paying little attention to them but in case of the highly unlikely event something does happen I do have some my stories on Archive of our own (AO3). But until then I'll be here enjoy.
Selena looked at the dataslate the hospitoler handed her. The chief hospitoler, the Magos and Inquisitor were in the Inquisitor's office which doubled as her personal quarters. It was decorated much in the sense that a noble would have decorated. Exotic pottery, armour from a few planets, painting made by famous artists on the words and so on. After she read the report she placed it on on the table and looked at the two with an accusing look.
"This has to be a joke." she said.
"Wish it was Inquisitor." the hospitoler said. "But the evidence is quite clear. He's from M3, everything fits with the evidence."
"The Eldar didn't seem sure as well but admitted the possibility." the Magos said holding back the possibility that the ruinous powers could be involved. "And let's not forget the problems we have with time. Do not forget Ordo Chronos."
Selena leaned back in her chair and rubbed her forehead. "Ok so what do we do?"
"It's clear that he was sent here for a reason." the Magos said. "Even if he's not, think of the knowledge we could gain from him."
"The Magos is right. He could teach us so much of out past, granted limited but he could still teach us."
Selena sighed and stood. "Ok, he can be an asset, but I want him to go thought at least some basic combat training in case we get into a fight."
"I'll get my forge working on armour and weapons for him but there is a point we need to consider. Language, he may not understand what we are saying. Even with out billions of languages, we need to find the right one which he responds to."
Selena nodded. "Ok, what can we do?"
"I can look for a language logic engine or create one myself but it will take time."
"Until then we should wake him. Even if he's human I cannot predict how our dugs will effect his system if we keep him asleep with them."
"Why?" Selena asked a little confused at the statement.
"While he maybe human the problem is that is biological systems are not as advanced as ours. The drugs we use to keep him asleep are suited for our systems with little divination. His system is, with respect, he's inferior biologically speaking and even with that divination I cannot say how his system can take more of it."
Selena nodded. "Ok but keep him in the quarantine section, we need to keep an eye on him. Get Kimsa to watch him. If he's from M3, then he's not going to know anything about this time. We need some way to tell him."
The two just nodded before leaving and Selena leaned back into her chair.
"Ugh gato (fuck). Things can never be easy can it?"
OOOOO
Chris groaned as he woke.
"Ugh what hit me?" he asked to no one in particular.
His eyes became normal and soon he could make out an arched roof. Arched roof… he squinted at the roof for a moment before he sat up and looked around. He was in a white room that looked some kind of cross between a medical room with Gothic architecture and archaic items. There was a mirror in front of him with above that was an emblem he knew well.
"No way." he said as he got off the bed. "No fucking way."
On the other side of the mirror Kimsa was sitting on a chair with a pad in hand watching M3 as he woke. But as soon as he did he noticed the aqulia emblem above the mirror. Kimsa could read people like a book most of the time and that reaction that M3 gave as he looked at the aqulia she was surprised about. His reaction was one of clear familiarity but confusion as well, as if he had never expected to see it. She noted it down in the book before watching him closely.
Inside the room Chris was dumbfounded at the aqulia. He then looked around with wide eyes before pinching himself at least three times.
"Ok not a dream or hallucination. I really am in 40k, holy shit I'm so dead." he said.
OOOOO
In a large room the team leaders of Selena's cabal sat around a circular desk. The Inquisitor had 4 squads of regular guards who were under the command of Sargent Stolhome. 2 squads of Catachanian soldiers under the command of Sargent 'Black eye' Krimm. 3 5 man squads of Temestus Scions under the command of Sargent Ti go and the mechanised commander Kai Long. These people as well as the magos and chief hospitoler sat at the desk with the Inquisitor at the head. Each one aside from the magos and hospitoler had a datapand in hand. Stolholme threw his onto the table.
"This is a joke, and a very funny one." he said with a fake smile.
"I dunno, I'm not a bio expert but this… this is quite convincing." Krimm said looking at the info.
"Your a fool." Stolhome shot back.
"The evidence is there." Ti go said looking at the pad. "And quite convincing." as he said that Kimsa walked in with a book in hand.
"Well there is something of interest." she said before taking a seat. "He saw the aqulia in the room, he reacted in a mixture of confusion and surprise like he never expected to see it in the fist place. He also pinched himself."
"A common method for soldiers and others to see if one is awake." the chief said. "Interesting."
"Well that shows that he's from some unknown world who knows about the imperium." Stolhome said in a condescending tone.
"No, it just shows that he knows the aqula emblem but the biological evidence is as hard as stone. It just means that something else is going on here."
"Magos have you managed to work on translation device?"
"Indeed I have, I just need to fabricate a logic engine in order to adjust the translations if need be." the magos said.
"Ok get to work on it."
OOOOO
Chris sat on the bed waiting for something to happen. He was stuck in this room for days, but from the white and medial equipment he could only assume that he was in some kind of quarantine room. Watching too much tv he thought that is was the best idea because they likely did not know who he was or where he came from. But then again he didn't know how he got here himself so it seemed like whoever was in charge was just playing it safe. But then that just made him ask who it was, that was what worried him.
The only thing he could do was hope there wasn't a commissar otherwise he'd be meeting the wrong end of a bolter or plasma pistol. His mind worked to think on who would keep him around. The only possibilities that he could come up with was that it was either a chapter master or imperial commander who are not zealot enough to have him killed on the spot but interested in where he came from. The only other possibility was that an inquisitor found him and wanted information.
He hoped it was one of those two because at least they would be somehow reasonable. But given what he knew he wasn't too sure. Just then the door opened and two people entered. One was quite clearly a mechanicus magos. But not one of those half human half squid like ones in the models but one of the tech priest engineers. The other was a female guardsmen in a tank top and a bandoleer of shotgun shells across her shoulders and a combat shotgun on her back. She also wore a pair of red and black camo trousers with a chain around her waist with an inquisitorial I hanging off it. Her hair was red and quite short but made her look cute.
The tank topped woman stepped forward carefully and made movements with her hands. She pointed at Chris then at her mouth then ears. Chris got off the bed and nodded, the magod then walked forward and handed an ear bud to him then indicated to put it into his ear which he did so.
"Can you understand me?" the woman asked.
"Indeed I can." Chris answered.
"Good, then if you'll please come with us. The inquisitor wants to talk." she said.
OOOOO
In the inquisitors office Chris, Kimsa, the Magos and Selena sat at her desk while they changed questions. Chris for the most part explained what he knew about this time and the situation which shocked them even more. But he did have to ask if Roboute Guilliman had become Lord Commander of the Imperium and that the Primaris space marines where being sent out. He then explained that to him until recently it was all a game to him.
"To be honest I have no idea how I got here myself." he said calmly as he could.
"I see, forgive me for scepticism but it all does seem a little… hard to believe." Selena said.
"Well considering a Primarch essentially came back from the dead I don't blame you but still..."
"Understandable. However there is a war on this planet, as such I need you to go though basic military training. Kimsa will help you in that regard, as well as the rank of Sargent. It the lowest rank that I can give."
"That's fine with me."
OOOOO armoury/ firing range.
Chris and Kimsa walked into the main armoury and firing range.
"Ok so what do you know about las weapons?" Kimsa asked as she walked into the armoury and pulled out one of the Kantrael Pattern Lasrifles.
"Mostly what the books talk about, they are the primary weapon of the Astra militarum. Just with different variants for the different regiments and stats due to the forge worlds they came from." Chris replied as the culture expert handed him the lasgun.
"Are you used to them?"
"No, hell we're just experimenting with lase...las weapons." he corrected. "Even then they where only on a few boats." he said as he took the weapon and did his own check of it.
Looking at it up and down he nodded and handed it back to her and she pointed out the different buttons and what they did. "Safety, fire select and beam intensity." she said handing it back to him.
"Ok, 10 targets at different ranges try to hit all of them." she said as she lead him to the range and hit the button to activate the targets.
"Ok." he said as he loaded the weapon and aimed down the iron sights.
He then lightly pulled the trigger and one of the targets fell. He did the same for all others, the culture expert nodded in approval.
"Very good." she said. "You have some experience with weapons."
"Yep, my dad was in a special forces and he taught me a few things. Weapons, survival tactics, the basics so yeah used to weapons."
"What kind?"
"Autoguns, swords, throwing axes, pistols. Those kinds of things, by the way you have any throwing axes in there? I haven't got much practice in throwing those things."
She looked at him with a curved mouth walked over to the armoury and picked up three of the throwing axes before coming back and handing them to him while he gave her the lasgun. He then hit the button for the targets to appear then turned and threw one of the axes at a target with frighting accuracy.
"Ok wow." Kimsa said.
"Yep, still got it." Chris said with a smug tone.
OOOOO
"So he does have combat experience?" Selena asked as she looked out at the stone city in front of her.
"Not life and death, but yes. He has had training from his father and form the information I got, it seems like his training was similar to the more highly trained guard regiments. But he has no real combat experience." Kimsa said.
"Hummm, sick with him and take him on patrol. Drill him for information, we have to know what he knows. Hopefully he can help with the rebels and cult."
