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CITADEL

"Excuse me?" said Fedorian.

"What is your knowledge on the 314 relay?" Tevos demanded.

"Not much Councilor, I know we have a scout fleet that patrols there but nothing has ever come up. The relay is still inactive to this day. Why?"

"Interesting, because from what I've seen in these four viewings is that is that your people attacked these humans in the first place" she accused.

"What!? Councilor you must be lying! Why would the hierarchy attack a new civilization, that goes against countless protocols" Fedorian objected, feeling attacked by the accusation.

"I ... must agree with him, it does seem odd to accuse the Turians for attacking humans" spoke Real, surprising everyone. The primarch himself nodded in thanks to the man.

"I mean you said itself that these are different realities from ours, we can't assume that the turians will attack all the time. Perhaps we're just seeing only a slice at the moment" Real explained.

"That is, something to think about" said Valern.

xxx Mordin's Clinic xxx

"So how does it feel being Miss Shepard Tali?" Garrus teased.

"Gah, don't say that!" Tali demanded, underneath her visor her cheeks blushed just a tiny bit. Thank god nobody could see through them.

"Now Now Tali, this is a great scientific opportunity, never before have human quarian relationships been studied. This is a great opportunity Miss Zorah" Mordin approved.

"Oh not you to doctor, why does everyone want to know my love life now?" the young girl whined. It was quite embarrassing and a lot for the young shy girl to handle, oh how she was starting to regret coming here in the first place.

"Well at least you famous" Wrex added.

"Oh yeah I forgot about that part, I wonder how others will react when they see you" garrus had to wonder.

"Well then I'm not going out or I'll just lie to them or something" she said back.

"Don't think the doc is going let that happen tali, that guy will kick you out the minute he thinks your freeloading" Wrex warned "Besides, good luck trying to hide from the media, there like a pack of thresher maw. They'll keep coming until something else gets their attention."

"I thought maws were solitary creatures?" garrus asked.

"Have you seen a pack of maws before?"

"No"

"Exactly" leaving the turian only more confused.

"Ok" he said slowly "Ignoring Wrex, so what do you think the next video will be? Hopefully not a super powered humanity again."

"Jealous?" Tali teased.

The turian merely grumbled.

xxx liara & Benezia xxx

"Daughter, is there something wrong?" Benezia asked her daughter, after the showing the young women had become quite, as her eyes showed she was in deep thought. A slight shake jolted her out of it.

"Huh uh what mother?"

"I was asking if you were ok, you were in deep thought dear."

"Oh um I was just thinking a bit mother, about the quarian girl. Tali I think it was" said liara.

"Oh, and why so?" curious with her daughter reasoning.

"Well it's just that whenever we see she and I seem to be close acquaintances. It just seemed rather odd to me mother" liara explained.

"That is curious indeed" Benezia agreed with her daughters theory. Perhaps she should have some commandos look in this Tali person, yes that would do.

xxx Citadel xxx

The rest of the citadel chatted about the recent viewings before the sky darkened as the screen appeared once more.

"In the 41st Millennium for more than a hundred centuries the Emperor of Mankind has sat, immobile, in the golden throne of earth."

The scene showed a derelict corpse, thousands of wires and tubing were inserted into his body, you could barely see any flesh from amount of machinery inside of him. The throne the Emperor sat was gigantic, even a Krogan would have to admit that even it would be to big for him.

xxx Clinic xxx

"~whistle~ Look at the size of that seat, bigger then anything I've seen ... if you can that a throne to begin with" Wrex awed.

"Is that ... corpse on that throne?" asked Tali, feeling a bit queasy just looking at the thing. You could barely see the flesh to begin with.

"Probably some kind of advanced life support ... ethics on the other, morally questionable. Far beyond anything the council can make" said Mordin.

"Yikes, how much did it even cost for all of that ... and are those ... skulls on it?" the turian pointing the hundreds of skulls built into the throne. Did these humans have some kind of morbid ancestor worship?

xxx Council xxx

"The the goddess, is that man even alive?" Tevos gasped at the sight, her stomach felt sick just looking at the rotted corpse sitting on the throne. How could such a thing be even alive?

And 10,000 years!

"Amazing, if what they say it true then this 'emperor' had been alive for more then 10,000 thousand years!?" said Valern, awed by the technological feat of humanity.

"Amazing? Spirits sake Valern look at the man. For what reason would they want someone to live that long!?" Spartus objected. "Can this emperor feel anything anymore?"

"I agree with the councilor, this is ... this is wrong, no man should be forced to live this long. All those cybernetics don't look comfortable at all, is he even sane after 10,000 years of sitting on that throne" Real agreed.

Even the geth conscious agreed with their creator, organic mind were rarely capable of sustaining themselves after they reached their advanced years. Even matriarchs begin to suffer mental illnesses once they reach close to death.

The chances of the this emperor being insane has high

A massive golden sword coated in flames sat on his lap as his eyes almost glared at the people watching him. The people of the citadel subconsciously held their breath the thing glared at them, it held so much hatred to them, as if they had a committed an unforgivable sin.

But the most terrifying part was the aura, like a heavy lead coat, it was almost smothering them from the sheer intensity. For many it had felt like a soul crushing despair, as if they very life was meaningless and that they should lie down and die.

"He is the master of Mankind, by the will of humanity and master of a million words by the might of his inexhaustible armies. He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power from the Dark Ages of Technology. He is the carrion lord of the vast Imperium of Man, whom a thousands souls are sacrifice every day so that he may never truly die."

xxx Citadel xxx

A ... million ... worlds?

The people of citadel were silent, only after a few minutes did they start realizing the sheer scale of this Imperium of Man. Compared to them they were just kids playing in a sandbox.

And the sheer aura wafting off the Emperor did not help makes things better. Adults were unnerved and became tensed as if in the presence of a predator. For children and newborns they started to cry as the aura of hate made them terrified as even of a few would later admit seeing images of their families be torn to pieces.

Brutally

For the elderly, more the a dozen of them started to die, the psychic presence of the emperor too much for them to handle and their bodies giving out.

The more warrior oriented species were not immune. Even the dreaded Krogan felt fear about fighting this corpse. As if they even stepped in his territory they would be annihilated in an instant.

xxx Council xxx

"A m-million worlds" the primarch whispered. The minute he heard the numbers his brain stopped monetarily. How would they even deal with such an empire like that, their navy must massive compared to theirs and even if they join the citadel how in hell were the turians suppose to patrol of all that!?.

Tevos and Real only gaped as the geth tried to process the sheer numbers this Imperium had at it's dispose.

Spartus own thinking was aligned with his primarch as he to wondered how they would deal with the Imperium of Man in a war.

Valern ... was actually quiet, but not in shock but in thought. While the idea of humans ruling over a million worlds terrified him the knowledge of the dark age of technology interested him more.

It was clear that this Imperium of Man was formed after some sort of cataclysmic event, and judging that this emperor had lived for over 10,000 years this Imperium must be that old if not older. And this was before the dark age of technology.

That meant humans have been a space faring species for over 10,000 years and more.

Which brought his biggest question, what was the dark age of technology?

The next scene showed thousands of young men and women, whom many were barely in their teens but more were children. To the aliens horror they saw them all started the scream as their very flesh began to melt and their SOULS were pulled out. All of them but funneled into the Emperor's body as they saw the corpse slightly move in response.

"Yet even in his deathless state he still continues his eternal vigilance"

Everything faded to black for a bit before being replaced by the biggest fleet ever.

Entire ships each the size of dreadnought if not bigger poured out of ... tear in the fabric of reality. That was all they could think of, inside of the tear ... none of them even dared to look, a primordial fear keeping them away.

"Mighty battle fleets crossed the demon infested miasma of the warp, the only route between distant stars. Their way lit by the astronomican, the psychic manifestation of his will."

xxx Clinic xxx

"By the sprites look at the size of that fleet!" Garrus looked.

"Fleets! Look at what happened to all those homes, ancestors I'm going to be sick" Tali nearly released her lunch at the sheer sight of those humans being melted. Was that how the emperor stayed alive!? How could anyone support such a horrid action, what kind of level did these humans go to.

"Indeed, such sacrifice was ... gruesome. However, larger problem is their fleets. The smallest ships nearly reach dreadnought status while there largest dwarfs anything we can make. And there the amount of ships at their dispose could possible above that of the combined citadel fleet" said Mordin.

"Really, I think this who 'warp' thing would be more important" Wrex pointed out.

"We're not talking about that, ever" said Mordin

xxx Liara xxx

The young asari could look with horror at the sight of those innocent humans being sacrificed to the emperor. Tears started to well up in her eyes from the disgusting sight, she could barely take and stood up. Ignoring her mother she went to the bathroom and vomited into the toilet.

For Benezia, she to was close to following her daughter. She had hoped that these humans would be more peaceful then previous views but that was a vain hope. If anything these humans were even worse.

And seeing the size of there fleets did not help that matter.

The matriarch known right there on the spot they would destroyed if they fought the Imperium, there fleets were too big and ships outclassed anything they could bring.

However, when she heard about this astronomican she wondered what kind FTL this Imperium used that required a beacon?

And psychic?

The next scene was an army, the largest one any of the Citadel had seen. It did not even rival the millions.

No it rivaled in the billions.

Hundreds of thousands of war machines roared as the ground itself shook when the vast armies of humans marched. Each of them wore a mix of different uniforms and carried different weapons, some looked like a chemical propelled weapon while others were beyond of councils understanding.

"Vast armies give battle in his name on uncounted worlds."

"Greatest among his soldiers are the adeptus astartes, the space marines."

The next image, had they not been told they were soldiers many would have thought they machines. They were the size of a fully grown Krogan if not larger, clad in what must have been power armor they wielded immense weapons that looked like they should be mounted on vehicles.

Then it sudden showed these space marines fighting.

Now that was terrifying.

It showed the space marines fighting a group of krogans, every second they blinked the space marines were already in different place. When they fired there weapons it was when they realized they were not firing bullets, but actual ROCKETS.

The second the rockets connected the krogans shields collapsed and some even lost limbs. But when they got into melee range they switched out for knifes that were more like swords and swords that glowed with a blue aura.

The closet marine grabbed the a Krogan's head and tore it off, spine still attached. Another had stab a krogan in the head, his kinetic shields flaring up before they were crushed by the strength of the space marine.

The rest of the battle, if you call it that, was finished in under a minute. They moved with precision, purpose, and experience honed through the years.

"Bio-engineered super warriors"

xxx Council xxx

"Goddess, they're unstoppable" Tevos said, one moment it was a battle and the next it was a blood bath.

Spartus and the Primarch nodded, never before had they seen anyone destroy and entire group of krogan so effortlessly. What should have taken minutes if not an hour had been a second.

Merciless and efficient, that's what they were. What should have been impossible had been done.

And all they fell is dread

xxx Clinic xxx

"By the ancestors, is ... did that really happen?" Tali wondered.

"Oh boy, another overpowered humanity, joy, and this one is giving me the creeps" Garrus muttered.

"Int resting, feeling fear from the scene ... possible dread from the sheer impossibility? Some kind of trans human dread ... hm, new term will try to patent it" said Mordin.

"Of course you would. Damn salarians, even when they're scared they are still curious. Crazy frogs" Wrex muttered. Though it did mean he did not feel anything, he was quite surprised to see that many krogans go down so quickly, top it off they didn't even look runts.

They looked pretty experienced, maybe not like him but still enough to put up a real fight.

And those humans tore them like a piece of wet tissue.

Yeah, even he was ... worried, not scared, not at all.

xxx Citadel xxx

For the people of the station looked on with silence.

To the turians never before had they seen such a thing happen, they moved faster then what was possible and their weapons were ridiculous. Guns that fired rockets like bullets, what kind of maddening world did they live!?

To the salarians the sheer sight of the space marines amazed them. Of course they were also scared but also very curious about them. More then a few scientist wished they could study these space marines, such research could bring breakthroughs never before seen within council space. If they replicated such soldiers ... it would bring a new order.

To the asari, they looked at it with horror. From the sight of the emperor to the these space marines ... theses humans were too dangerous. Not even the wisdom of the asari could hope to placate such a blood thirsty and warlike race. These human could not be allowed to join the citadel, they would bring an age of madness.

To the Krogan, even they watched in awe and a bit of humbleness from sight. To see humans being able to defeat their own kind with such speed and strength demadned respect. A few of the older and younger ones hit their chest and respect.

To the other races, they shared something between that of an asari and turian. Seeing humans as just too dangerous to be let in the council or anywhere near. But a select few wondered that if these humans would even care what they thought. Just looking at the emperor glare made them think of that.

Perhaps these humans hated xenos.

Hated, with a big H

"They're comrades in arms were legion. The imperial guard and countless planetary defense forces, the ever vigilant Inquisition and , the tech priest of the Adeptus Mechanicus. To only name a few."

Dozens of images appeared, showing millions of humans fighting against unknown xenos to small groups of well armed men wondering in massive dungeons, to finally cyborgs layered with cybernetics wielding technology so advanced even the geth were shocked.

"But with all their multitudes they are barely enough to hold off the ever present threat to humanity. From aliens, to heretics, to mutants, and far far worse."

It showed a list of different threats, starting from xenos that not even the council or geth knew of, to various humans with shoddy armor, to humans ... if you could even call them that, to ...

...

Things that they were better off not knowing.

"To be a man in such times is to one among trillions, it is to live in the most curliest and most bloodiest regimes imaginable. These are the tales of those times.

Forget to power of technology and science for so much have been forgotten, never to be relearned.

Forget the promise of progress and understanding.

For in the grimdark future, there is only war .

There is no peace among the stars.

Only an eternity of carnage and slaughter.

And the laughter of thirsting gods."

Alright you guys and gals, here is the next chapter and yes the emperor does provide should enough pray for it.

But to be truthful I originally wanted this be longer but after some thought I did not seeing as I have other fics and going over EVERYTHING in 40k will tkae to long.

Instead I'm going to offer little slices of 40k then the entire cake so yes more 40k later, keyword LATER

As for what comes next ... pulls out lightsaber