1 00:00:46,293 --> 00:00:49,373 [Orpheo] We are the Emperor's will made flesh. 2 00:00:52,123 --> 00:00:55,083 [screeching] 3 00:00:55,173 --> 00:00:56,843 [gunfire] 4 00:01:01,083 --> 00:01:03,163 For the emperor! 5 00:01:03,873 --> 00:01:05,703 [gunfire] 6 00:01:10,213 --> 00:01:11,463 [clicking] 7 00:01:12,673 --> 00:01:14,463 [beeping] 8 00:01:19,713 --> 00:01:21,633 We are taken from the dust. 9 00:01:26,503 --> 00:01:29,173 [snarling, growling] 10 00:01:29,253 --> 00:01:32,543 We shed our weaknesses, our frailty 11 00:01:34,923 --> 00:01:36,303 [energy crackling] 12 00:01:39,253 --> 00:01:40,583 [hissing] 13 00:01:41,793 --> 00:01:42,923 To become... 14 00:01:46,333 --> 00:01:47,463 Angels. 15 00:02:08,713 --> 00:02:12,343 [orchestral music] 16 00:02:45,333 --> 00:02:47,213 [distorted shouting] 17 00:03:12,923 --> 00:03:13,923 No! 18 00:03:36,043 --> 00:03:37,543 In blood I am born. 19 00:03:38,753 --> 00:03:40,333 In battle do I live. 20 00:03:41,293 --> 00:03:42,963 In light do I rise. 21 00:03:44,583 --> 00:03:46,213 In darkness do I fall... 22 00:03:47,623 --> 00:03:50,623 [Rafael] In blood will we be renewed. 23 00:03:52,713 --> 00:03:54,593 Honored Chaplain Rafael. 24 00:04:01,123 --> 00:04:04,203 We are brothers before any other rank. 25 00:04:05,333 --> 00:04:07,413 Is there something you wish of me? 26 00:04:08,873 --> 00:04:10,953 Only to speak to a friend. 27 00:04:11,583 --> 00:04:13,213 I have duties to attend. 28 00:04:13,293 --> 00:04:16,083 [Rafael] Duties beyond this voluntary solitude? 29 00:04:16,873 --> 00:04:19,043 There is nothing I would speak of, Chaplain. 30 00:04:19,123 --> 00:04:21,413 I will patrol the lower decks 31 00:04:21,503 --> 00:04:24,713 I was there to see you succeed in the trials. 32 00:04:24,793 --> 00:04:28,253 I watched as you became an Angel in both heart and deed. 33 00:04:28,333 --> 00:04:33,293 Yet, now I look upon a brother that would rather see me a stranger. 34 00:04:34,873 --> 00:04:37,753 We were lost in the storms and are now trapped 35 00:04:37,833 --> 00:04:39,463 over this blighted world. 36 00:04:39,543 --> 00:04:41,293 Kept from returning to blessed Baal. 37 00:04:41,373 --> 00:04:43,293 Do you not chafe at this inaction? 38 00:04:43,873 --> 00:04:47,873 Did your service to the Deathwatch make you nothing but a weapon, Kazarion? 39 00:04:47,963 --> 00:04:51,133 Can you no longer find peace, even here? 40 00:04:51,213 --> 00:04:54,883 What more is a Space Marine than a sword against the dark? 41 00:04:55,793 --> 00:04:57,173 The galaxy burns. 42 00:04:57,253 --> 00:04:59,083 We face annihilation! I... 43 00:05:00,253 --> 00:05:01,883 I will not waste any more words. 44 00:05:02,463 --> 00:05:03,963 [Rafael] That threat has always been, 45 00:05:04,043 --> 00:05:07,713 since Mankind first dragged itself from the surface of Terra. 46 00:05:09,753 --> 00:05:13,503 But it is a threat we face together. 47 00:05:15,333 --> 00:05:16,623 As you say. 48 00:05:50,503 --> 00:05:52,793 [orchestral music] 49 00:06:03,043 --> 00:06:05,003 [whirring] 50 00:06:26,963 --> 00:06:28,543 Summarise. 51 00:06:28,623 --> 00:06:32,293 We still cannot reach Captain Orpheo or his retinue, Ship Mistress. 52 00:06:32,583 --> 00:06:35,873 Signal distortion continues to increase within the planet's atmosphere. 53 00:06:36,503 --> 00:06:39,213 We were informed that the city at the base of the orbital tower 54 00:06:39,293 --> 00:06:40,673 is supposed to be deserted. 55 00:06:41,213 --> 00:06:43,843 There is nothing down there, at least nothing to delay the Captain. 56 00:06:45,423 --> 00:06:47,553 [Ship Mistress] Open a vox link to the orbital dock. 57 00:06:47,793 --> 00:06:49,423 Yes, Ship Mistress. 58 00:06:50,543 --> 00:06:52,003 Vox link established. 59 00:06:56,003 --> 00:06:57,883 This is Captain Solken 60 00:06:57,963 --> 00:07:00,793 of the Blood Angels Strike Cruiser Sword of Baal. 61 00:07:00,963 --> 00:07:01,963 Respond. 62 00:07:02,543 --> 00:07:08,123 This is Niades Orbital Spire Command, we are most honored to address 63 00:07:08,213 --> 00:07:10,963 and converse with you again, Captain of the Sword of... 64 00:07:11,043 --> 00:07:12,673 We have lost communication 65 00:07:12,753 --> 00:07:14,833 with a reconnaissance force sent to the surface 66 00:07:14,923 --> 00:07:17,633 and require aide in establishing their exact location. 67 00:07:18,003 --> 00:07:20,793 Of course we will do all we can, 68 00:07:20,873 --> 00:07:23,833 but as we elucidated previously, 69 00:07:23,923 --> 00:07:28,843 most honoured ship mistress, the surface of our once verdant world 70 00:07:28,923 --> 00:07:34,753 is plagued by electromagnetic storms that are both severe and unceasing. 71 00:07:35,003 --> 00:07:36,543 This is not a matter for debate. 72 00:07:36,793 --> 00:07:41,213 Organise whatever force is left on the surface and locate our Captain. 73 00:07:41,293 --> 00:07:44,623 I mean only worshipful respect, 74 00:07:44,713 --> 00:07:49,253 but please comprehend that rebel elements 75 00:07:49,333 --> 00:07:51,413 may have found a way into the city, 76 00:07:51,503 --> 00:07:54,173 now that we have chosen to escape from the- 77 00:07:54,253 --> 00:07:56,333 You shall comply within the hour or, 78 00:07:56,423 --> 00:07:59,093 by the Emperor, you will wish you had. 79 00:08:01,583 --> 00:08:04,213 You'd think they could have just talked each other to death 80 00:08:04,713 --> 00:08:06,253 How long until we resupply? 81 00:08:06,833 --> 00:08:09,623 The promethium tanker has almost completed refueling, 82 00:08:10,043 --> 00:08:12,623 priority supply loading and repairs are in progress. 83 00:08:12,713 --> 00:08:15,133 Estimated completion, four hours standard. 84 00:08:15,213 --> 00:08:18,593 Good. We stand by to cast off as soon as it's done. 85 00:08:24,833 --> 00:08:26,583 We've been here long enough. 86 00:08:32,123 --> 00:08:35,083 [ominous music] 87 00:09:10,503 --> 00:09:14,293 [Hadrael] Ah! I had thought to find these vaults empty, 88 00:09:14,373 --> 00:09:15,753 Brother Ancaeus. 89 00:09:15,833 --> 00:09:19,833 Brother Hadrael, I did not mean to disturb your rituals. 90 00:09:19,923 --> 00:09:23,553 Four hundred and twenty-six unique impairments to this void ship 91 00:09:23,793 --> 00:09:25,623 have kept me and the work crews busy. 92 00:09:26,423 --> 00:09:29,843 We were fortunate to find safe harbour over this planet. 93 00:09:30,923 --> 00:09:32,843 It is good to see you, brother. 94 00:09:34,253 --> 00:09:37,083 You have been below decks since we broke from the storm. 95 00:09:37,673 --> 00:09:40,173 [Hadrael] What brings you to these holds once again? 96 00:09:44,963 --> 00:09:48,093 I would tend what is left after the battle. 97 00:09:49,923 --> 00:09:51,303 Without an Apothecary, 98 00:09:51,373 --> 00:09:54,663 it is all I can do to ensure their legacy continues. 99 00:09:55,253 --> 00:09:57,003 You do vital work. 100 00:09:57,543 --> 00:10:00,333 I would have your efforts recorded when we return to Baal. 101 00:10:01,793 --> 00:10:03,293 Thank you, brother. 102 00:10:04,083 --> 00:10:07,623 If the storms ever break the ship will be ready. 103 00:10:07,713 --> 00:10:10,543 "When", brother, not "if" 104 00:10:11,873 --> 00:10:14,293 Ever the light in the dark, Ancaeus. 105 00:10:15,923 --> 00:10:18,963 Tell me, does Brother Kazarion fair well? 106 00:10:19,623 --> 00:10:22,003 He has been gone a long time. 107 00:10:22,793 --> 00:10:24,003 Perhaps too long. 108 00:10:25,623 --> 00:10:29,003 Are you concerned that the gene-seed store is not secure? 109 00:10:30,003 --> 00:10:32,633 I was, for a time, considered as a novitiate 110 00:10:32,713 --> 00:10:33,963 for the Sanguinary Priesthood. 111 00:10:34,543 --> 00:10:35,623 I am... 112 00:10:35,713 --> 00:10:36,753 protective. 113 00:10:37,253 --> 00:10:41,463 Uncommon, yet you have risen under Captain Orpheo. 114 00:10:41,833 --> 00:10:44,873 Command suits you, Sergeant Ancaeus. 115 00:10:44,963 --> 00:10:49,633 Perhaps, yet I once believed my purpose was as caretaker. 116 00:10:50,373 --> 00:10:54,873 These fragments taken from our fallen will live on in our initiates. 117 00:10:55,463 --> 00:11:00,133 Everything that is flesh perishes, yet we will survive in the blood 118 00:11:00,213 --> 00:11:02,423 that flows through those that come after. 119 00:11:04,463 --> 00:11:06,753 I speak out of turn. 120 00:11:07,213 --> 00:11:09,133 [Hadrael] An intriguing insight. 121 00:11:09,713 --> 00:11:13,673 All can be repaired, made again in blood or in iron, 122 00:11:14,173 --> 00:11:17,713 and thus attains a kind of immortality. 123 00:11:19,083 --> 00:11:22,213 [Hadrael] So long as we remember. 124 00:11:28,123 --> 00:11:31,293 [Hadrael] The machine demands much, and takes more. 125 00:11:31,623 --> 00:11:33,663 I was made an Angel 126 00:11:33,753 --> 00:11:37,633 but then half of my soul was given to the cog of Mars. 127 00:11:38,373 --> 00:11:40,663 I do not say this in bitterness. 128 00:11:41,173 --> 00:11:42,343 It is merely a truth. 129 00:11:43,463 --> 00:11:46,093 You are an exemplary warrior. 130 00:11:46,503 --> 00:11:48,923 If you wished induction into the priesthood, 131 00:11:49,003 --> 00:11:50,633 why did you not pursue it? 132 00:11:51,123 --> 00:11:53,703 Surely High Priest Corbulo would have welcomed- 133 00:11:53,793 --> 00:11:55,623 We do not choose our duty. 134 00:11:58,373 --> 00:12:00,913 Only honour in its fulfillment. 135 00:12:09,043 --> 00:12:10,253 [Master of Vox] Ship Mistress, 136 00:12:10,333 --> 00:12:13,163 there is a direct communication from Navigator Tabor. 137 00:12:13,463 --> 00:12:14,543 On vox. 138 00:12:16,043 --> 00:12:21,713 [gabbled chanting] 139 00:12:24,583 --> 00:12:26,713 Livia... The night folds... 140 00:12:26,793 --> 00:12:28,333 Red is the dawn... 141 00:12:28,423 --> 00:12:30,003 A candle in a gale... 142 00:12:30,623 --> 00:12:34,413 The breath of the four airs parts the branches of the forest. 143 00:12:35,333 --> 00:12:36,833 The storms... 144 00:12:36,923 --> 00:12:38,003 the Warp... 145 00:12:38,083 --> 00:12:39,663 Light of the Emperor... 146 00:12:39,753 --> 00:12:43,673 the tide ebbs, the storm, calms. 147 00:12:43,753 --> 00:12:47,583 Navigator Tabor, your predecessor knew how to get to the point. 148 00:12:47,673 --> 00:12:49,093 I see... 149 00:12:49,543 --> 00:12:50,623 I see... 150 00:12:50,713 --> 00:12:52,633 a passage through the storm! 151 00:12:55,213 --> 00:12:57,253 You can see a way out of the system? 152 00:12:57,833 --> 00:12:59,463 A temporary alignment... 153 00:13:04,793 --> 00:13:06,503 Summon the Angels. 154 00:13:33,083 --> 00:13:34,163 [Ancaeus] How long do we have? 155 00:13:34,253 --> 00:13:35,753 [Livia] Not long, my lord. 156 00:13:36,043 --> 00:13:39,003 This is unlike any Warp Storm I've ever seen. 157 00:13:39,213 --> 00:13:40,463 Why do they not move? 158 00:13:40,923 --> 00:13:43,343 Surely their own Navigators see this chance. 159 00:13:43,923 --> 00:13:45,253 They are afraid, my lord. 160 00:13:45,833 --> 00:13:49,663 The tower has already requested us to lead the flotilla through the storm gap. 161 00:13:50,003 --> 00:13:53,633 They're moving as fast as possible to evacuate what's left on the surface. 162 00:13:53,713 --> 00:13:56,793 -What of Captain Orpheo? -Still nothing, my lord. 163 00:13:57,373 --> 00:14:00,043 For the all that the tower offers us supplies and safe haven, 164 00:14:00,123 --> 00:14:01,503 the surface could harbor anything. 165 00:14:01,583 --> 00:14:03,713 It is supposed to be a desolation. 166 00:14:03,793 --> 00:14:07,623 Yet from that desolation Captain Orpheo has not returned. 167 00:14:08,083 --> 00:14:09,333 There is a choice here. 168 00:14:10,423 --> 00:14:12,303 To locate the Captain's return, 169 00:14:12,713 --> 00:14:14,593 or follow our orders to Baal. 170 00:14:14,673 --> 00:14:17,213 Our first duty is to the Captain. 171 00:14:17,293 --> 00:14:20,543 As explained, the surface cannot be contacted. 172 00:14:20,623 --> 00:14:22,663 Then we go down ourselves. 173 00:14:22,753 --> 00:14:25,713 Only eleven of us remain on this vessel. 174 00:14:25,793 --> 00:14:29,833 The gene-seed stored in our hold must be returned to Baal. 175 00:14:29,923 --> 00:14:30,963 And the Captain? 176 00:14:31,543 --> 00:14:33,083 He knows our duty. 177 00:14:33,173 --> 00:14:36,423 And it appears I am the only one who remembers what it is to have honour. 178 00:14:36,503 --> 00:14:38,133 How can you say such a thing. 179 00:14:38,753 --> 00:14:41,253 We are not lone warriors here, Kazarion. 180 00:14:41,873 --> 00:14:44,163 As you once knew and should remember. 181 00:14:44,253 --> 00:14:45,383 [Rafael] Enough. 182 00:14:47,583 --> 00:14:51,663 Honour, duty, blood and oaths. 183 00:14:52,083 --> 00:14:56,753 Our path lies not in one, but upon the blade edge between them. 184 00:14:57,623 --> 00:15:00,833 [Rafael] To doubt each other is to be defeated before we face an enemy. 185 00:15:03,003 --> 00:15:06,213 Even in such moments you still seek to teach us. 186 00:15:06,963 --> 00:15:09,633 What time is better than a crisis? 187 00:15:09,713 --> 00:15:12,503 [cogitator noises] 188 00:15:14,673 --> 00:15:16,633 [zapping] 189 00:15:16,713 --> 00:15:18,293 [explosion] 190 00:15:22,463 --> 00:15:23,753 Report! 191 00:15:23,833 --> 00:15:26,373 [alarm beeping] 192 00:15:26,543 --> 00:15:28,213 Emergency signal detected! 193 00:15:28,463 --> 00:15:29,753 Code Vermilion! 194 00:15:29,833 --> 00:15:31,003 It's coming from the surface! 195 00:15:31,083 --> 00:15:33,913 Its weak but it's breaking through the interference somehow... 196 00:15:35,503 --> 00:15:38,923 My lords, it matches Captain Orpheo's beacon! 197 00:15:39,503 --> 00:15:41,083 [alarm continues] 198 00:15:47,083 --> 00:15:48,913 Prepare for Drop Pod assault. 199 00:15:56,753 --> 00:15:58,633 [boots running] 200 00:16:04,623 --> 00:16:06,793 [Chaplain Rafael] We are his sons... 201 00:16:08,793 --> 00:16:11,003 Forged to grim purpose... 202 00:16:14,423 --> 00:16:16,093 In crimson clad... 203 00:16:17,753 --> 00:16:19,673 With fire in our hands... 204 00:16:20,293 --> 00:16:22,003 And fury in our hearts... 205 00:16:25,083 --> 00:16:26,543 We are his Angels... 206 00:16:27,423 --> 00:16:28,503 And our gift 207 00:16:29,293 --> 00:16:30,673 is death. 208 00:16:32,373 --> 00:16:34,703 [hatch motors whirring] 209 00:16:39,463 --> 00:16:42,133 May the Omnissiah's blessings be upon you. 210 00:16:42,213 --> 00:16:45,543 Be ready to recover us once the Thunderhawk is repaired. 211 00:16:45,623 --> 00:16:46,623 Compliance. 212 00:17:01,423 --> 00:17:02,843 [lock engaging] 213 00:17:09,423 --> 00:17:12,093 [hatch closing] 214 00:17:20,083 --> 00:17:21,583 [Master of Auspex] Drop Pod Secundus, ready! 215 00:17:21,673 --> 00:17:23,003 Drop Pod Quartus, ready! 216 00:17:23,923 --> 00:17:26,423 Ship Mistress, the proximity of the tower 217 00:17:26,503 --> 00:17:28,543 is complicating our launch trajectory. 218 00:17:28,833 --> 00:17:30,833 The governing machine spirits protest. 219 00:17:30,923 --> 00:17:32,253 [Livia] Override them. 220 00:17:32,333 --> 00:17:33,913 The blade falls at your word. 221 00:17:35,003 --> 00:17:36,003 Launch. 222 00:17:36,083 --> 00:17:38,083 [suspenseful buildup]