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I cycle through thousands of pict-feeds. Over half of my personnel are watching...
2023-06-16 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMany thanks to Mehmet Aslan, Lord McDeath, NCwehe, Tilazt, Klatue, and Leendert Kortlever for your generous sponsorship. Writing would be much more difficult without you.
E-SIM has a lot of different personal shields available, including the displacer field that is supposed to randomly teleport the user up to a hundred metres just before they take a fatal blow.
That...
2023-06-12 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostA huge thank you to Rodney Maestrado, Eric, Mortlock, KrackenScat, Valderan, Viktor D victorious, and Jean Banninga. Your support encourages my personal discipline and without discipline, there would be no Herald of the Stars!
Over the next few months, I invite all my most senior officers for a chat at the promenade. I enjoy the endeavour and the more social se...
2023-06-09 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDavid, pa77y, Coldfire142, SpicyGrapeSoda, Swampfox, Clay Ferguson, evilperson41, and JOEL MOSELEY. Thank you for your fabulous financial encouragement!
I ping the waiter and he arrives a couple of minutes later.
“What will you have, Magos?”
“I’ll take herbal rose blend and a shortbread as well as the shrimp stir fry and the bilberry blancma...
2023-06-05 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMatt Henderson, Patryk Rys, tobias merz, Turean Allan, Guisarme, demus_wiesbadan, Michael M, and Olof Dahlström. Aldrich thanks you for sponsoring the shells in todays epic explosion.
The explosion starts with a bright, blinding flash followed by a searing eruption of melta fire as the buried macro-shells detonate. Hundreds of thousands of orks die instantly, their bodie...
2023-06-02 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostA huge thanks to Merrybean, Kyung Hyun, Togashi, Filip Passeri, Igors Zvaigzne, NONAME 0, and John curtin for sponsoring Herald of the Stars. Many orks will be sacrificed in your name today.
Beneath the thunderous shadow of furious clouds looms a grand, lumbering tooth, three hundred metres tall and sixty metres wide. A crackling energy field projects from its ...
2023-05-29 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Distant Sun’s orbital bombardment on the ork positions, Barrel, Pan, Embers, and Ash are completed without further complications. During this time, Commander MacCrane finishes organising our counter attack into four groups and the stellar corps depart six hours after the bombardment ceases.
The terrain is impassable for our armoured vehic...
2023-05-26 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostLambert, Jack2, and SVDDXNLY, I am delighted you are sponsoring Herald of the Stars. This orbital bombardment is for you.
“Trainee officer Ridel,” says Seoras, “Targets for bombardment are the rear rok mass, now designated Barrel, and the three shards in order of proximity to Barrel: Pan, Embers, and Ash.
Thank you Hulg Gohen, Kevin, Daniel Mackie, and Box Slayer for supporting Herald of the Stars. You all made me smile.
I wince, “Questions like possession experimentation and other foolhardy sorcery are why many imperials believe the tau empire, despite its impressive technology, is a self correcting problem.”
“No need to be rude, Magos.”
“...
2023-05-19 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDiego Jimenez, Krimo, EU-Nox, Philipp Duckwitz, and Mikkel Poulsen thank you so much for supporting Herald of the Stars. It really gives the motivation to keep trying and write every day.
“I do not view hope as a poison, Envoy Lynu, so long as both parties remain genuine and cooperative, that is.”
“Yes, Magos. You have made that abundantly clear. No...
2023-05-15 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhile one thought stream enjoys the view and ponders future plans, another watches the scouts’ recordings of the crash site. It’s a mix of picts, vids, and auspex that the stellar corps and its machine spirits have laboured over to produce a virtual construction of the zone, free of all the visual artefacts and scummy weather that make planning an offensive from the original reco...
2023-05-12 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostMany thanks to Chris, Stx66, and zamir islahi for donating ammunition to the the current conflict.
Six armoured companies of leman russ tanks and mechanised infantry patrol between the sixteen forward bases and two armoured companies are close enough to respond. They start to converge on Dôl East Prime within a minute of the orks dashing past the bare...
2023-05-08 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostMuch gratitude to koala, John Growcott, TheSoraRyuu, and Ryo5678 for your greathearted gifts. Thanks to your efforts I have the courage to sit down and write everyday.
I leave Thorfinn’s office and return to my quarters where I remove and dismantle my armour, checking it for defects. While my power armour is stuffed with sensors, there is no guarantee they ar...
2023-05-05 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe False Crab, Retexks, Ethan, Birbman, Boltarus, and Louis Kasser. Thank you for gifting Herald of the Stars a valuable portion of your time and money.
“Are you listening, Aruna?”
Aruna appears on the desk, though only I can see it. The machine-spirit has a simulated ork pinned beneath its paw.
Aileen and Thorfinn follow my gaze, then look bac...
2023-05-01 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMany thanks to Mikołaj, Althepal, and Максим Шрам, for sponsoring Herald of the Stars. Aldrich raises a glass of the finest amesec to your continued good health.
I leave the navigator spire and pass multiple security checkpoints on my way to the closest train station. The station has two tracks, one stacked on top of the other for travelling in oppos...
2023-04-28 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThank you Daniel Chekanov, abowden, Dan Lamb, Barnabas_11, and Nolan wonderous donations. They really encourage me to keep writing Herald of the Stars.
“That will be all, Daithí. Let’s move on to your lesson. Don’t just sit on the command throne, connect to it. I will watch over you.”
“Yes, Magos.”
I oversee Daithí’s practice, connec...
2023-04-24 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChristian Mordal, Patrick Bean, Jan Tholen, Random, and adam beech for purchasing Distant Sun's war bonds.
This is the final army list chapter.
I collate everything in my head that Daithí has told me and say, “We have seventy-three squadrons, nineteen of whom are assigned to logistics support for the Ste...
2023-04-21 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThank you, the3face, Hazza Vanderbyl, Aidan, nightly, Ethan Hand Casel002, brett thomas, and Tyler Gibbs for offering the fruits of your labours to my own.
Daithí continues his report, “There are forty five armoured companies. Thirty contain three tank squadrons of eight tanks each for a total of twenty-four tanks per company. That’s seven hundred and twen...
2023-04-17 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI haven't quite decided on how I view the this chapter and the next two I am working on. On one hand, you can't get much more Warhammer than making an army list and I enjoyed writing it.
On the other hand, the level of detail in this and the following chapters are not vital to the plot, but some down time is needed after several chapters of fighting and knowing wh...
2023-04-14 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostMany thanks to Hydraswarm, Billy Nguyen, Alexander Scoggins, Alexander Bloom and Paroxysm DK for you generous contribution. I hope you all have a fabulous Easter, should you choose to celebrate it.
I noticed that, on occasion, I have been incorrectly writing Erudition's Howl as Omnissiah's Erudition Erudition's Howl is th...
2023-04-10 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostI didn't want to split up the fight and leave you all on a big cliff hanger so today's chapter is a little longer than usual. I hope all my readers enjoy the big duel.
The arvus lighter sets down in the arena. I turn to Bola and say, “Go hover out of the way. You’re my ride out of here. My associates will keep an eye on my payment.”
“Whatever you say, Rusty....
2023-04-07 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostMany thanks to Alsak and Daniel Joseph Moreau for their sponsorship. Your help keeps the Distant Sun's crew fed and their quarters warm.
The deff dread stomps into the corridor, its big shootas thundering relentlessly. Heavy metal slugs ting off the kataphrons’ breacher plates, treads, and armoured chassis.
The tech-adepts and I take cover behind the ka...
2023-04-03 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThank you to PortlandPhil, Thomas Louman, Alexander Belousov, Kyle Browning, Atoll, Johnny2by4. Today's struggle is dedicated to you. I am incredibly grateful for your aid in my endeavours.
The kataphrons cut down the orks with ease and trundle into the room, mowing down half formed orks and setting fire to thousands of tonnes of ork fungus. The cavern fi...
2023-03-31 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostMany thanks to jacob hixson, Nathan Helkaa, Age Rich, bob johnson, Mathew Sidwell, Connor Stephen, and Charles handgis for purchasing arms and armour to repel the xeno threat of the week. Your support is greatly valued by the Magos.
Distant Sun flips and decelerates, taking six orbits over nine hours as it aligns with the shipyard. During this time Distant Su...
2023-03-27 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThank you, Steindór Tryggvason, Filip Hejný, Frardowin, Janko Uehlinger, Jack, and Midjji for spending your personal funds on my story. I really, really appreciate it.
Drive master Rian O’Luinin acknowledges my command. Our power draw spikes seven percent and Aruna switches non-essential systems to their battery back ups so that we don’t have to redline t...
2023-03-24 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThank you, Joshua mapson, Matt, Nesh Selg, Arc4203, Earnest, and MurderByNumbers for their purchasing Distant Sun war bonds. Your dedication to the continued survival of Herald of the Stars is greatly appreciated.
The giant bird, likely an avatar of Tzeentch, one of the four chaos gods, cackles, then blinks. Its ...
2023-03-20 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI climb aboard the thunderhawk, escorted by thirty-six, carapace-clad heralds and four kataphrons. Each person secures themselves in a harness that hangs from the ceiling, or a jumpseat folded into the hull.
The other two recovered thunderhawks are also loaded with infantry and a chimera each.
Twelve, armed, class one D-POTs are escorting three, class two D-POTs. Each class two has ...
2023-03-17 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSitting on the command throne on the bridge I survey the stations below me. When I first sat in this ridiculous chair, every seat, control, and screen beyond it was empty and unattended.
Now the whole room is brightly lit with soft white light. The machinery and panels are shiny and polished and every seat is occupied. Additional personnel, stand over the shoulders of the other...
2023-03-13 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostNotAShadyPerson, brandon bynum, TargetDrone, Ethan, Lou, and nymaxilian, thank you for your generous offerings to the Omnissiah's great works. It is only through your dedication that the great fleets of the Imperium continue to operate.
“I was thinking we could do a jetbike race across the hull of the Distant Sun,” says Thorfinn.
I lean forwa...
2023-03-10 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMany thanks to: The Dargon, Inzuris, Ademir Redzic, Jonathan Timm, Connor, and Plastic for donating your time and money to my novel. Without the support of my patreons, there would be no Herald of the Stars.
Feeling morose, I spend the evening in one of the medicae deck’s meditation chambers, considering all the resources I can use to track the tau.
It ...
2023-03-06 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post