Searching for a lost artifact...

The visions were particularly strong for Ramiel today.


All Blood Angels were beset by vivid hallucinations of their Primarch Sanguinius' final stand against the dark powers of Chaos.  These visions were so intense that they would eventually drive even the strongest of space marines insane.  Once this happened he was placed in stasis until the next battle, where he would slaughter as many enemies as he could before succumbing to final peace in death.


While all members of the 4th company of the Blood Angels dealt with the visions differently, Captain Ramiel preferred quiet meditation.  Apparently it was working, as he was nearing his 1000 birthday, making him one of the oldest in the company.


The hiss of an incoming transmission interrupted his meditation.


"Sir, this is Sergeant Cassiel.  We have made an important find in regards to the lost artifact.  Please make haste and join me on the bridge."


The words took a second to sink in to Ramiel, whose mind was still full of horrific images.  "I'll be right there," he responded after a short pause.


The bridge was a hub of activity, causing it to be much louder than its usual peaceful state.  Ramiel noticed that Bridge Commander Lucas seemed a little put off by all of the commotion as he strode into the room.  Lucas waved him over to the main sensor terminal, where he was standing with Cassiel.


"So, what is the news," asked Ramiel of Cassiel, "you mentioned something about the lost artifact?"


"Yes, I believe we have tracked the alien spacecraft that made off with it to the Tanniloth System," responded Cassiel.  "It is a system of four planets currently under Imperial control.  Unfortunately we weren't able to determine which planet it was heading for."


Ramiel pondered the news for a moment, "well, this helps to narrow our search... good work sergeant.  We will just have to deploy on all four planets and scour them all until we find the alien and reclaim what's rightfully ours!"


"There is one important thing to note captain," commander Lucas interjected.  "The people of the Tanniloth system are a prideful bunch, and they also are rumored to have ties with the dark angels... I don't know if they would appreciate having their system "scoured" for aliens.  They probably think they are so mighty that aliens would know better than to try to hide on their planets."


Despite his snippy tone, Lucas had a point.  "So we'll just have to make up a reason to be there..."