FIDELIS - HIVE GRESTIAN - INQUISITORIAL MANOR OF FELIX BANNON

Astrazan fixes her keen gaze on Alaric for several long heartbeats, seeming to be appraising the young man with an unreadable expression on her face. After a moment, she allows herself a small smirk.

"We will make a proper Throne Agent of you yet, Mister Varn. All Inquisitorial files within your clearance level will be made available to you. Most of the Tech Adepts who dwell on Aporia - and are not part of Magos Carracin's entourage, mind you - dwell in Aporro City and serve at the whim of the Governor. If you wish the make inroads with the Adeptus Mechanicus, then that would be a good place to start. I will send a message to Governor Klass indicating your desire to set up a meeting, but ultimately it will be up to you to press the matter." The Interrogator chuckles; after all, she's not going to do their job for them.

"And no, Brother Nuric. The writ from Mars does not give them leave to avoid monitoring. However, the consensus of late has been of the mind that there are more important matters at hand than tracking down a belligerent Magos-Xenobiologist. Mind you, if during your visit you can make the time for a visit it would not hurt to remind the good Magos of their obligations. They send a vessel to Aporro City bi-annually for supplies, but beyond that, their last communication was just over a year ago."

Interrogator Astrazan nods to Ralix, a flicker of respect in her eye as she presents a hand in an idle gesture to continue. "By all means, Master Zamir. Ask away...."

"Aporia - in the entirety of it's history within the Imperium - has only ever raised seven full regiments of Imperial Guardsmen. Of these, all but one are off-world. I believe most of them have been commandeered by Lord-Marshal Yagi to put down the Recidivists on Logofer VI. The primary tithe was long ago established by the Administratum to be wholly food-stuff. The economy and lack of habitable land has always hindered the population growth required to field significant military forces. Among them, there was next to no mutation discovered. The planets purity has always been sufficiently beyond reproach."

Astrazan draws a different dataslate from a small pile on the table, and glances at it for a half-breath. "The last Black Ship was there, it seems, just over two hundred years ago. Records indicate that Aporia is typically very...blunt...when it comes to Psychic manifestations among the population. The ships only took three on their last visit, and all three were consigned to the Astropathic Choir. Consider yourselves blessed by the Throne...." Sonya smirks. "This is the first Inquisitorial visit the planet has had in over eight centuries. You are making history!"

Sonya nods knowingly at Ralix. "You are correct, Master Zamir. The Ecclesiarchy maintains a temple on each of the city-ships, though the local incarnation of the God-Emperor was originally painted under the guise of a Sea God....and according to the interview with the castaways? It was implied heavily that they were securing a remote augur buoy when they claim the mutants took over. When they returned, they barely fled with their lives."
"And no, Lena." The red-haired woman shakes her head. "This is an entirely new phenomenon. No local legends about mutants, though there are plenty of cautionary tales about the sea-predators that call the deep waters of Aporia home."

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Scholastic Lore (Legend): Aside from part-reptile, part-insect beasts that hunt the ice flows to the polar regions called Ice Reavers, and the man-eating cephalopod's called Aporian Lash-Fins there are no real creatures that consistently show up in legends. Though there is a legend about a black star that fell from the sky millennia ago and splashed into the sea. It was apparently a bad omen, as two city-ships were lost to warfare shortly after. The legend claims both ships fought over possession of the star.
Scholastic Lore (Occult): The Emperor is viewed on Aporia as a Sea God. He's the Calmer of Waters and they believe their faith is strong, as there is so rarely storms or inclement weather. Each native of Aporia carries a small token of devotion - a small fish carved from the occasional floating coral network, and it's considered good luck to wear the teeth of the Aporian Lash-Fin on a necklace. It wards off ill-omens.
Forbidden Lore (Heresy): The faith is relatively pure, though there was a sect that existed about eight hundred years ago (around the time of the last Inquisitorial visit) that believed that there was a sunked city deep below the sea where the Emperor actually lived and that if they found his deep-sea palace they would be granted immortality in his realm.


Finally, Sonya scratched her chin with a chuckle. "Qualia, you all may leave as soon as you are prepared. The shuttle should be ready for you now, and I know Captain Hathaway finished loading his last shipment of amasec on-board not too long ago. He even gave me a spare bottle."