- prologue - 

It had been ten years since the last war.

A new treaty between the fighting fractions had been signed and for the first time in a really
long timespan cargo was once again transported to the outer rim of the Segmentum Obscura.

This isolated solar system was mostly inhabited by unevolved humanic lifeforms and people
that searched soletude, either through banishment or to get away from the rest of the world.

Not many hours ago the latest shipment, transporting livestock and mining equipment picked up
a strange signal on their radar not reported on their starmap.

The change sighting of a Space Hulk, apparently inert, and drifting through real space, was the
first since a disastrous "Raven Guard"-engagement over sixty years ago. 

The large metal body of the hulk, the size of a small planetiod, drifted aimlessly and the 
rogue trader captain Medzar approached the hulk but, fortunately for the Imperium,
decided against a boarding action.

News of the discovery quickly spread throughout the galaxy and gathered the interest of
the Empire. A health-, damage- and lifescan was ordered and until completed, no living 
person was allowed to enter the ship.

From the Rogue Traders data, the vessel was conclusively identified as a Genestealer-infested
Space Hulk and code-named "Sin of Damnation".










Simular to other hulks, it was a unique combination of technologies. The ships origin could span
galaxies and hundreds of millennia. Intact, it could yield enormous value to the Empire.

Three Gothic class battlecruisers were despatched to investigate - the Intolerance, the
Indestructability and the Inquisitor. As the ships travelled towards the hulk an astropathic
request for help was sent far and wide, which was promptly answered by the Space Marines.

A First chapter was on its way back to Baal, and could easily make a diversion.

Captain onboad the Intolerence, Commander Bellisaio, was appointed head of the operation
and would be the Empires local contact as the hulk was explored.

The Space Marines arrived a few hours after the Imperial ships, and the commanders immediately 
held a conference onboard the flagship, the Intolerance. It was decided to attempt a boarding 
action, in order to get even further information, and, if this failed, the hulk would be 
fusion bombed down to a fine powder by the three Imperial battlecruisers. 

Five brave men from the chapter was appointed the task of exploring the hulk.
Although inexperienced in this kind of engagement, they were welltrained, heavy quipped 
and sworn to serve the Emperor.

Using a boarding craft they hastly navigated towards the Hulk.
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