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[[Talos (Character)|Talos]] of the [[Night Lords]] and [[First Claw]] escort [[Deltrian]] and [[Septimus]] aboard a massive [[Space Hulk]] in order to reach a [[Mechanicus]] [[Explorator]] vessel containing the secrets of a [[Titan Legion]]. The story starts with the [[navigator]] [[Octavia]] breaking the '''''[[Echo of Damnation''']]'' from the warp fifteen minutes travel from their target, an impressive feat for a navigator not directed by the light of the [[astronomican]]. The target is a space hulk, now discovered to be the size of a small moon due to the amount of vessels conglomerated into it. Upon entering the Hulk, First Claw and their charges discover dead crew suffering [[Genestealer]] wounds, frozen in the vacuum of the outer vessels. First Claw is forced to cut their way through numerous bulkheads on their way to the core of the hulk where their objective, the Mechanicus vessel, is located. Their journey reaches into the region of a dozen hours, with [[vox]] contact being lost at the 3 hour mark. Along the way Deltrian bleeds several data banks of various vessels of their information, lengthening the time taken.

Meanwhile, [[Lucoryphus]] of the [[Bleeding Eyes]] [[Chaos Raptor|Raptor]] Squad, now designated Ninth Claw, leads his 19 soldiers ahead of First Claw in scouting actions, looking for enemies and further potential salvage. They are able to move faster as they are able to burn through bulkheads with melta weapons, (instead of cutting through which First Claw must make do with Deltrian's servitors) as well as crawl through vents. Ninth Claw finds themselves on board a [[strike cruiser]] of the [[Astartes]]. Reaching the power core they discover that it is of the [[XVIII Legion]], the [[Salamanders]], named the ''Protean''. [[Vorasha]], Lucoryphus' second-in-command shuts down the power to redundant areas when they hear [[bolter]] fire, coming not from First Claw but presumably from Salamanders else where on the ship. Lucoryphus takes half the team to hunt the Salamanders whilst Vorasha stays behind to control the power flow and the ships systems.

*'''[[Cyrion''']]*'''[[Xarl''']]*'''[[Uzas''']]*'''[[Mercution''']]*'''[[Variel''' ]] - A recruit to the Night Lords from their participation in the [[Fall of Vilamus]]

*'''[[Lucoryphus''' ]] - Leader of the Bleeding Eyes Raptor squad.*'''[[Vorasha''' ]] - Lucoryphus effective second-in- command.*'''[[Shar Gan''' ]] - Deceased, killed in the failed ambush against the [[Salamanders]]*'''[[Zon La''' ]] - Part of the Bleeding Eyes. Fate unknown

*'''[[Deltrian''' ]] - Techpriest of the ''Echo of Damnation''*'''[[Septimus''' ]] - Male Artificier, retainer and seventh slave of Talos.*'''[[Octavia''' ]] - Female Navigator of the ''Echo of Damnation'' and the eight slave of of Talos. Only featured early in the novel after breaking from the warp and in a brief conversation to Septimus through the vox. ==See also==*[[List of Short Stories]]