We were given 6 months R&R on Scintilla before being given our next assignment. We were taken to the Bastion Serpentis, the Tyrantine cabal's ancient fortress upon Scintilla's second moon, where we met the Inquisitor Globus Vaarak.

Our new mission was to investigate the re-emergence of the terrorist mutant group the Broken Chains on the mining planet Sepheris Secundus. Vaarak explained that the original Broken Chains was formed by Baron Havalir Saerton Ulbrexis some 14 years ago, but was successfully put down by the planet's forces, the Royal Scourges. The baron was a heretic and known Serf and Mutant sympathizer,. The Baron was apparently executed for heresy shortly afterwards.

Varaak informed the party that the Baron wasn't executed but has, in fact, been kept prisoner at the fortress for the last 14 years. The group had to secure the help of Baron by offering him a false deal whereby he takes over the rule of the current Monarch of Sepheris Secundus upon completion of the mission. In reality we were ordered to execute him once he had outlived his usefulness. Varaak warned the party that there is still death warrant out on the Baron on Sepheris Secundus so some form of disguise might be prudent. Drakar took the prudent step of placing an explosive collar around the Baron's neck which could be detonated should he try and escape.

The newly reformed Chains were known to by led by a mutant with the exact same appearance as a trusted member of the Baron's original group, called Assod Morirr. Assod turned against the Baron and was killed by him in brutal fight which cost the Baron his right leg. Assod's body was never recovered.

The parties main objectives were to travel to Sepheris Secundus aboard the merchant vessel Pax Behemoth and meet up with the head of the local Adeptus Arbites, one Proctor Noles Rotlan who would provide any and all assistance. The party was to ascertain the location and identification of the mutant terrorist Assod Morirr and find their HQ. The party was also expected to present an overview of the local situation and a working plan on how to deal with it by the time Varaak arrived, which would be in one month.

It was a 3 month trip to Sepheris Secundus The Baron turned out to be extremely well educated and even managed to appear sympathetic to Drakar after several long talks with him. However, the rest of us had to warn Drakar of the Baron's corrupting influence.

On arrival at Sepheris Secundus we were to meet a member of the adeptus arbeties, a proctor Knowles Rotlan. We took a shuttle down to the surface. We landed on the planet near some mineworks and waited. Shortly afterwards we saw a figure approaching. It was Proctor Knowles Rotlan. He lead us to the mineworks. He pointed out a castle which he identified as belonging to the ruling baron Alswere. Ulbrexis spat at the mention of his name. We went to the arbites op centre.

Newly reformed broken chains started 3 years ago destroying a mine and have destroyed a mine on average once every 2 ½ months. More recently they have been using xenos tech which can distort space. They had fragments of one of the bombs. I sensed a faint tint of the warp on the parts. Some of the metal appeared similar to what was in the drug lab at the end of mission 6.

I looked at a map of the attacks. The locations appeared to join up in a spiral slowly descending. The pattern had some connection to the occult or demonology. From the pattern I surmised the next attack would be in a cluster of deep mineshafts to the south of the op centre. Known as Hazaels cross. Ulbrexis observed they could be using some of the old chain bases.

The proctor said there were mutants deep in the mines and they were tolerated as they could survive in places others could not. He sounded like a mutant sympathiser. We had a meal with the proctor then went to our hovel to sleep. During the night Orday had a dream about a snake.

In the morning we went to the site of the last attack. We interrogated some of the serfs. One was in the shaft. He said a huge mutant appeared and put some device on the ground. There was glowing symbols on the walls. Then some form of pressure wave occurred which destroyed the mine and killed some serfs. We then went down to one of the chain bases the baron knew about. The entrance was behind a metal panel where a shaft ascended 40 metres. Orday climbed up and into the room at the top where he found the room was distorted and the ceiling seemed to show skies. There were 9 mutants listening to music coming from a vox unit. Sangius and myself climbed up as well. Drakar stayed below with the baron. Sangius and Orday opened fire, killing one each. I then summoned a huge firestorm which incinerated 5 of them. Orday and Sangius then killed the last two.

I then searched the room and discovered there was evidence of mining. There was also struts with little symbols on. The metal appeared to be causing the distortion affect and may have also been used to make the bombs. I drew the symbols for later study. Drakar then rigged the room with explosives and set it off. He used far too much explosives and collapsed the whole tunnel He got caught in the blast and was trapped in the rubble. Orday pulled him out and I healed him.

We then went back to the arbites op centre to meet Captain Mervin of the royal guard. He arrived with a number of well armed guards. We told them to help us set up an ambush for the mutants next attack. Severus inferred one of them's mother was a mutant and Drakar had to step in to stop a fight. The Baron started mouthing off about serf rights, and Sangius took him outside and pointed out what would happen to him if the others found out who he was.

Drakar came up with a plan of where to position everyone throughout the mine. After a long discussion he got the captain to agree to it.

We went to the mine and set up to wait for the mutants. We waited overnight. I woke in the morning with a great sense of growing psychic power. It continued building for a couple of hours then suddenly there was a series of explosions on the second and fourth tiers of the mine as holes opened in the rock aces and mutants started streaming out. Among the mutants I saw Assod and another huge mutant carrying a large backpack. I bought down a firestorm upon them. Several mutants were killed but Assod and the other huge mutant seemed unaffected, though the huge mutant seemed to be glowing with heat. Everyone else opened fire. The huge mutants skin appeared to reflect laser fire, but he was taken down eventually by sustained bolter fire and crack grenades as he ran into the room. A human female on the second tier brought down a firestorm on several of the Arbites, so I returned the favour, burning her to a crisp. A huge firefight ensued. Many mutants, Arbetes and royal scourges were killed. Assod shouted to the mutants to flee and ran. I chased him down and summoned a holocaust, burning him from existence.

We then swept through the mines, rounding up and executing the remaining mutants. Drakar set off the barons explosive collar, killing him.