To: People of Sirius == From: Ordo Malleus, Grand Master Gaunt

[Protton]

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People of Sirius sector, my name is Ibram Gaunt.

I am the Grand Master of Ordo Malleus, faction, that seeks to purge this sector with fire and destroy the nomad taint in people.

What is the taint you may ask, the taint are the thoughts of nomads implanted in human brain by them. Those, who are controlled by the taint are infected, controlled by nomads. All those must be purged with fire in order to save this sector.

If you see the taint of this sector and you want to fight against it, find us on the neural-web. We are there.

And remeber, the sector is tainted and we will purge it with fire!

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[Commissar]

Really?

Not to be rude but, despite your little introduction, I'm still not quite sure who you are. Still, let me tell you who I am. My name's Sarah. Sarah McFarlen. I happen to live in the sector you're talking about, and I'm fairly certain being 'purged' wasn't on my list of things to do this week. You sound like just another war-monger intent on wiping out a species that haven't openly attacked anything in house space in years. What they have done has been as a result of people like you intent on killing them.

So, in the words of the immortal Edison Trent: "Just try it."

Sarah McFarlen

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May you live in interesting times.
| Sarah McFarlen | Jane Hartman |

[Protton]

Miss McFarlen,

Are you asociated with nomads? Are you a nomad lover or are you controlled by them? If not, you have nothing to fear from Ordo Malleus.

We will only hunt down those who are tainted, if you are not, you have nothing to fear.

Good day to you,
Grand Master Gaunt.

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[sirlagsalot]

INCOMING TRANSMISSION.
SOURCE: ████████
SUBJECT: Purge

A is for Gaunt who fell down the stairs.
B is for Gaunt assaulted by bears.
C is for Gaunt who wasted away.
D is for Gaunt thrown out of the sleigh.
E is for Gaunt who choked on a peach.
F is for Gaunt, sucked dry by a leech.
G is for Gaunt, smothered under a rug.
H is for Gaunt, done in by a thug.
I is for Gaunt who drowned in the lake.
J is for Gaunt who took lye, by mistake.
K is for Gaunt who was struck with an axe.
L is for Gaunt who swallowed some tacks.
M is for Gaunt who was swept out to sea.
N is for Gaunt who died of ennui.
O is for Gaunt, run through with an awl.
P is for Gaunt, trampled flat in a brawl.
Q is for Gaunt who sank in a mire.
R is for Gaunt, consumed by a fire.
S is for Gaunt who perished of fits.
T is for Gaunt who blew into bits.
U is for Gaunt who slipped down a drain.
V is for Gaunt, squashed under a train.
W is for Gaunt, embedded in ice.
X is for Gaunt, devoured by mice.
Y is for Gaunt whose head was bashed in.
Z is for Gaunt who drank too much gin.

TRANSMISSION END.

[Karst]

-incoming transmission-
-source: RV-Pennybrooke-
-subject: "Ordo Malleus"-

Greetings, Mr Gaunt. My name is Katherine Pennybrooke.

While I am certain you wish only the best for humanity, and are convinced you are doing so with your...."purge"....

It is this sort of fanaticism that forms the root of our problems as a species - the capability to reduce another sentient being to something that must be "purged" and destroyed.
What have the Slomon K'Hara done to you that you hate them so intensely?

They have only attacked humanity in defense of territory that by rights should be theirs.
They were here before us, why should they be the ones to accept our dominion over Sirius?

If anything, we should be trying our best to form peaceful relations with them.

- Regards, Katherine Pennybrooke

-end transmission-

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[Protton]

You think you can intimidate me?

I have seen more then enough of adventures in my days. I see we have an infectee or maybe a nomad lover right here.

To get this clear mister, I will not be intimidated. I am here to do my duty, to save humanity by curing the taint of infectees. By fire.

The Grand Master of Ordo Malleus will not be intimidated by some feth of a poet who can write alphabet.

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[Protton]

Miss Pennybrooke,

belive me when I say that there can be no peace with the nomads. But I do not hunt them, as it seems that you undestood, they are not the real threat.

I hunt those who are infected by them. Who takes their ideas. Those are the real threat to humanity, as they will destroy us from inside. But Ordo will be there to stand vigilant and purge those that are infected by fire, for they are beyond saving.

The sector is large, if anyone seems to understand my ideas, feel free to join in the ranks of Ordo Malleus and defend humanity against the taint inside it.
Grand Master Gaunt.

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[Karst]

-incoming transmission-
-source: RV-Pennybrooke-
-subject: "Ordo Malleus"-

Mr Gaunt;

I think you have a rather, should I say.....biased position on what you call "infection".

If a human being willingly decides to enter symbiosis with the K'Hara, because they believe

a) That humanity can learn from them as a species
b) That humanity should adapt to the ways of the species that lived in the sector before them
c) That humanity cannot survive in the long term without getting along with the natives

then who are you to tell them they are tainted and must be purged?
"Infection" is mostly a propaganda term used by anti-nomad fanatics.

I fear it is more likely you, that is beyond saving.

- Regards, Katherine Pennybrooke

-end transmission-

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[Protton]

Miss Penybrooke,

Have you even been to the Omicrons? Have you ever seen what nomads do to humans every day when they catch them?

And some still belive we can learn from them? If they let themselves be controlled by any reason, they are fools to belive those blues. Nomads seek one and only thing and that is the destruction of humanity that stands in their way.

The best way to do that is to let humanity destroy itself. And they can help it by tainting the minds of those poor fools who are unlucky enough to get tainted or those who will fall to their tricks. Those tainted ones then return to the middle of society and destroy what they can, try to start fights between humans and help their nomad masters.

I hope you will see through their tricks and not get tainted too, if you are not tainted already.
Grand Master Ibram Gaunt.

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[Karst]

-incoming transmission-
-source: RV-Pennybrooke-
-subject: "Ordo Malleus"-

Mr Gaunt;

Have I ever been to the Omicrons? I practically live in the Omicrons.

I believe I can safely say few people except the Order, Bounty Hunters Guild Core, and Phoenix Zoners have more knowledge of the Eastern Omicrons than I do.

Have I seen what Nomads will do to humans if they catch them? Yes.

Just like humans, their reaction will depend on the individual. Some are more territorial than others and are quite hostile, but certainly not without good reason.

Others are more inclined to speak, no, communicate about themselves, their goals, and their relationship towards humanity.
They are just another sentient species with differently-inclined individuals like us, despite our differences.

Do you truly believe humans, with all their wars, boundless greed, and careless piracy are any better?
I would rather die at the hands of the K'Hara defending their home, than because I got in the way of some petty human squabble.

-end transmission-

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