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Despite this being the case, such ships are periodically sent by the Inquisition where they raced through nebulas along with probeships that bore psyker adepts that could span on the cursed worlds within the Eye of Terror. Though filled with peril, some element of information is retrieved during such scouting runs that is later placed within the records of the [[Ordo Malleus]].<sup>3-p67</sup> Such vessels are used by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] Exploritas who launched them deep into the [[Eye of Terror]] where they sent information of the events that occured in that realm. Their discoveries were known to had sent shockwaves in the higher levels of the Imperium which led to the [[High Lords of Terra]] debating long and hard on what action to take against this threat.<sup>2-p11</sup>
By the 41st Millennium, it had been more than a hundred seventy-eight years since the last nullship had been sent into the Eye of Terror. Prior to this point, there had been twenty such spy ships that had been dispatched though none had returned or had sent anything back that was useful. At this time, the prophetic visions of a [[Psyker]] imprisoned on [[Mars]] attracted the attention of [[Magos]] Technicus [[Ipsissmus]] who decided on constructing a new class of nullship that had ten times the screening of the older model, would be larger and better armed, had the capacity to carry more fighting men and would have the ability to travel the entirety of the Eye of Terror without being detected. He arranged a meeting with the [[Inquisitorial Representative]] about launching an expedition into the Eye to ascertain the details of the Psykers propechy prophecy with the mission being accompanied by a [[Librarian]] of the [[Purple Stars]] [[Chapter]] of the [[Adeptus Astartes]]The expedition and a follow up mission determined the rise of a [[Black Crusade]] within the Eye of Terror.<sup>5</sup>
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