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The ''Blade of Infinity'' is a mysterious [[Human]] Cruiser built before the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|11a}}
In 615.[[M33]] it reemerged from the [[Warp]], its re-entry signature suggesting that it had left the [[Materium]] over twenty thousand years previous. This predates the invention of [[Warp Drive]] by humanity during the [[Dark Age of Technology]] and suggest radical time distortion. It disappears and reappears several times in the following years, each time trying to communicate. Transmissions picked up suggest the ''Blade of Infinity'' tries to communicate warnings to the [[Imperium]] before major [[Chaos]] incursions.{{Fn|11a}}
In 189887.[[M39]], a similar vessel, from the [[Dark Age of Technology]], called the ''[[Spirit of Eternity]]'' was discovered by [[Archmagos]] [[Vardoman Plosk]] (who noted that the ''Spirit of Eternity'' and the ''Blade of Infinity'' were of the same kind) within the [[space hulk ]] ''[[Death of Integrity]]''. According to the ''Spirit of Eternity's'' own sapient [[abominable intelligence| A.I.]], it had became lost in the [[Warp]] sometime in [[M24]].{{Fn|22a}}{{Fn|2a2b}}
In 969.[[M41]], the ''Blade of Infinity'' is once again sighted, this time near the [[Cando]] system. As it approached, the ship is mysteriously replaced by the [[Terminus Est]], resulting in a massive outbreak of [[Zombie Plague]] running rampant across the system.{{Fn|1a1b}}
==Notes==
In the 6th Edition Rulebook, the Blade of Infinity is also referred to as the ''Blade of Eternity''.{{Fn|1a1b}} Given the name of the only other ship of its' class being the ''Spirit of Eternity'', this is likely a simple error confusing the two ships.
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]] pg.169:**{{Endn|1a}}: pg.175169**{{Endn|21b}}: pg. 175*2: [[Death of Integrity (Novel)]] :**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 121{{CME}}**{{Endn|2a2b}}: pg. 138 - 139{{CME}}
[[Category:Cruisers]]
[[Category:Naval Vessels]]
[[Category:Pre-Imperial Times]]