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*Agora; The public open space that
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its meaning. The eldar obviously had good reason to risk Imperial retribution by attacking one of the Emperor’s worlds, and he knew that these aliens would never undertake such action without good reason. Before he could ponder the matter further, he was interrupted by a burst of static from the vox-net connection to the Vae Victus, and Uriel heard the excited tones of Lord Admiral Tiberius. ‘Captain Ventris, return to the ship immediately. Repeat, return to the ship immediately.’ ‘Lord admiral, what is the matter? Has something happened?’ ‘Indeed it has. I have just received word that system defence ships encountered a vessel with an anomalous engine signature around the eighth planet some two hours ago and fired on it.’ ‘Somebody obviously listened to our warning then. Did they destroy the alien vessel?’ ‘No, I do not believe they actually hit her, but they have driven it in our direction. We are almost directly in its flight path, captain. The alien vessel cannot know we are here. We can spring our own ambush on these bastards.’ Uriel smiled, hearing the admiral’s anticipation even over the distortion of a ship-to-shore vox-caster.
What you must know !
CELLARION ! No world is an island within the Imperium; each gains something from the rest of the galaxy, and each must pay its way. The worlds of the Imperium provide foodstuffs, machinery, minerals and many other things according to their resources. Few Imperial cities are without vast warehouse complexes where the goods are collected ready for shipment to other areas and worlds, and where incoming goods are placed ready for distribution.