The small detachment of terminators from Righteous Vengeance stood in complete and utter silence. They all turned to look in unison at the sound of doors opening and massive feet falling against the floor of the hangar. They made no change in body language, but Kallius himself was having a hard time containing his joy. He had recognized the venerable dreadnaught the second he had laid eyes on him. Head Chaplain Arthus had been the subject of many a tall tale told within the mess halls of the many ships that Kallius and his brothers had travelled on. They said that when he was a Space Marine, he had killed a Greater Daemon with only his hands and survived in the Warp for an eternity, wielding only his wit as a weapon. Of course, these were just stories. But some of them were true, so Kallius had been told. When the dreadnaught began to sing hymns to the Emperor, Kallius had to resist ever fiber in his body not to join in. The words were as inspiring as if they had been sung by the Primarch himself.

Kallius Antio finally turned away from Arthus when the inquisitor finally arrived to brief them. At the mention of a Warlord class Titan, Kallius closed his eyes and brought up the mental pictures he had of a Titan he had seen after a rather massive and intense battle against the Tyranids. He hadn’t been lucky enough to see it fight, but he had heard that the Titan had been the reason for their victory against the hordes of bugs. At the mention of the Tau, Kallius’s spirits darkened. When they were told that the Xenos would be left alive, Kallius and his men had joined in on the mutterings of heresy. The High Inquisitor apparently believed his word above that of the sacred Codex, written by the Primarch of the Ultramarines. Kallius kept this to himself, however, and listened to the rest of the briefing.”The slaying of heretics and mutants shall be a start to the amendment of this heresy.” Kallius agreed.

Righteous Vengeance, seeing the briefing ended, gathered together to the side. They began to mutter prayers to the God-Emperor, apologizing for the heresy they were being forced to commit by not killing the Xeno scum.