Operation Arjax 2

 

Spacehulk Shard of Tartarus- A second Imperial Ship within the Space Hulk Shard Of Tartarus had been opened up for clearance.  The Stygian recon teams who ventured in quickly discovered this portion of the hulk was occupied with mutant beastmen.  The Beastman tribe occupying the cobra class destroyer within the hulk were very aggressive and territorial.  They slew many of the Stygian recon elements.  The battered Stygian regiment made ready to go in en mass and slaughter the tribe with overwhelming force but were halted by Lord Magwar who had a different plan in mind.

Lord Magwar summoned Malikier the Malign to The Shard of Tartarus.  The tribe of beastmen could be turned into useful allies.  They would make a nice addition to the security forces on the Shard of Tartarus and with their knowledge of their territory on that part of the hulk they could help to rapidly secure it for the Alpha Legion.  Reports from the Stygians revealed the beastman tribe was led by a shaman, a psycher who guided the tribe in all matters.  Lord Magwar sent Malikier the Malign along with a handful of Alpha Legion marines to engage this Shaman and either persuade him to have his tribe accept the Alpha Legion as their new lords and benefactors, or crush them and have the survivors pressed into slavery.  Malikier the Malign and his force slaughtered a few beastman patrols with his warp craftin order to draw the shaman and the rest of the tribe out.  Malikier confronted the shaman with a great show of psychic force and mastery of warp craft.  He then presented the Alpha Legion offer along with a personal bribe of an increased knowledge of warp craft.  The tribe agreed and the territory was secured.  The beasts of Tartarus became a permanent security detachment aboard the hulk.  Thus the secondary phase of Operation Arjax was completed.