Shira Calpurnia 1 - Crossfire by Warhammer

Author:Warhammer [Warhammer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Matthew Farrer «Crossfire»

hangars, get the best one out, pick your choice of items from the armoury to go into it for your use and your staffs, select people you need for your operations from day to day. Arbites, Judges, Chasteners, Garrison preachers, Tech-Adepts. Once again, I can't believe that this is the first time you've run across the idea of a commander forming their own staff.'

'I'm familiar with the idea, sir, just short on the time. A standard-pattern carrier and whoever is assigned to me will suffice for the moment.'

'As you wish. What of the lead arbitor who's been accompanying you since the initial attack? Adjutant material?'

'Bannon?' She considered him. 'No. The reason he wound up being my offsider for the investigation is that he was heading my escort squad at the start of it all. He sort of got attached to me by default. He's obedient enough, but he's not up to the work. I won't keep him in that position.'

'Hm.' Dvorov said. 'The Vigil of Balronas begins in two days as the final lead up to the mass. Are you prepared for the problems that religious restrictions will cause for your operations?'

'I will be,' said Calpurnia. She was getting used to Dvorov's sudden changes of tack - she had thought they were to test her, but it seemed to be genuinely how he thought. 'I've been focused on the Arbites side of the operation but if we can get hold of the Reverend Baragry to continue advising me on what I can and can't do—'

'That will be an interesting exercise. How did you manage to sideline him when you took off for the Sanctus?'

'How? He had appointed himself the confessor of one of the prisoners who gave us the ship's name in the first place. We left him with the prisoner and, uh, never really told him that we were lifting off to join Judgement' s Clarion!

'I do believe, Shira, that you have rather more cunning about you than you give yourself credit for. Although the side effect was that Baragry was utterly livid that he had been left behind. My adjutants had a blistering audience with the man himself and I got two formal letters of reproof from the Eparch's chambers. I'll have to show them to you sometime. Did I mention Nestor spent the time you were in space putting rather a lot of his energy into hosing things down?'

'I'll apologise when I see him next, sir.' Dvorov waved her words away.

'It's his specialty,' he said. 'Anyway, my point was that I think we're going to have to resign ourselves to the fact that you're going to face your first holy season on Hydraphur with a little less instruction than we were counting on. Can you keep the order of the courses here in mind?'

'Berries, daggerfruit, pastry and syrup, caffeine and different syrup, melon.'

'Good. There are certain nuances that, well, never mind, you know what you need to do. This meal is eaten at dawn at the start of the Vigil and on the first day of the Sanguinala.

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