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However the [[Scrapcode]]s caused Quavarian's [[Cogitator]] equipment to become extremely overheated and they required a cold environment to continue functioning. This led the [[Heretek]] to establish a base on the [[Meloc Worlds|Meloc World]] [[Ataraxes]], which Quavarian's data listed as having six months of winter. It was only sometime later, though, that he discovered that this was no longer true. Ataraxes's winter now only lasted three months and was followed by an intense summer. The resulting heat destroyed Quavarian's equipment and forced the Heretek to find a new base to meet his needs. He later found it on [[Sanga Kappa]], whose northern pole was the most consistently frigid location within the Meloc Worlds archipelago. Once there, Quavarian claimed an abandoned [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] [[Research Station]], named '''Station Zeta''', and once again began continuing his research and infecting Mechanicus members with his Scrapcodes. In time, tens of thousands of captured Mechanicus members would be brought to the base and infected with the [[Heart_Wyrm]]. This placed them under Quavarian's control and he named them the [[Transmuted]]. While most were made mindless and simply followed Quavarian's orders, his [[Skitarii]] and a small amount of the Transmuted maintained a semblance of free will. These were used to aid Quavarian in infecting the captured Mechanicus members and ensuring the safety of his base. However should the need arise, Quavarian could take direct control of the Transmuted. Eventually his actions not only led to an increase in [[Pirate]] activity within the Meloc Worlds, but also caused the Imperium to label Quavarian one of the greatest Heretek minds in the archipelago's [[Sector]].{{Fn|1}}
This led the [[Callidus Assassin]] [[Sycorax (Callidus Assassin)|Sycorax]] to be assigned to kill Quavarian and also destroy the equipment the [[Heretek]] was using to create the [[Scrapcode]]s in [[M42]]. She would infiltrate Quavarian's lair as a captured [[Adeptus Mechanicus|Mechanicus]] member and later killed and replaced the high ranking [[Transmuted]] [[Heretek]] [[Slavigor Alpha-208]]. However she was unable to get closer to Quavarian, until [[Tech Priest|Engine-Master Third Class]] [[Jezette Vaal]] was brought in among a new group of prisoners. The Engine-Master's defiance led Sycorax to secretly convince Vaal to aid the Assassin in her mission. Armed with a [[Needle Pistol]] supplied by Sycorax, the Engine-Master began shooting the Transmuted and corrupted [[Skitarii]], while the Assassin slipped away. This soon caused a stampede among the newly arrived prisoners who had not yet been infected with the Scrapcode. As Quavarian sent his guards to deal with the riot, Sycorax began hunting for the Heretek. Quavarian was aware of this, though, as not only could he sense where each of the Transmuted were, but he could also see through their eyes as well. Even the base's infected equipment served as eyes for him. He sent his Skitarii after the Assassin, but ordered them to take her alive, so that he could discover who Sycorax was by dissecting her. This proved to be a disastrous decision, as it allowed the Assassin to make her way through the Skitarii and reach the equipment that made the Scrapcode. Quavarian would reveal himself to be near by and realized Sycorax was a Callidus. The Heretek stated he was honored honoured that the [[Lords of Terra]] thought so much of him. Though Quavarian claimed it was a pity they had not done so, when he still served the [[Imperium]]. All the while, however, Sycorax was tracking his voice and attacked as he was still speaking. However this had been a ruse by the Heretek and the Assassin instead struck down a Skitarrii, that Quavarian had been speaking through. This allowed him to then emerge from nearby and grab hold of the Sycorax with his numerous [[Mechadendrite]]s.{{Fn|1}}
With [[Sycorax (Callidus Assassin)|Sycorax]] at his mercy, though, Quavarian decided a [[Callidus]] would be useful to have protect him and he decided to make the Assassin a member of the [[Transmuted]]. As Sycorax swore that she would never serve him, Quavarian plugged his [[Data-spike]]-tipped Mechadendrite into the Assassin's [[Data-jack]]. The Data-spike was filled with the [[Heart_Wyrm]] [[Scrapcode]], but when Quavarian entered Sycorax's Data-jack, he learned that the Assassin had been implanted with a miniature [[Machine-mind]] for her mission. It was the Machine-mind that had been infected with the Scrapcode, when Sycorax had entered the base disguised as a prisoner. However Quavarian then saw that the Assassin had also been implanted with a [[Data-dam]], which sealed off the infected Machine-mind from her main consciousness. The Heretek then attempted to destroy the Data-dam, in order to infect Sycorax, but the Assassin quickly revealed the Machine-mind held one last surprise. With a mere thought, she disabled the Data-dam and allowed the [[Wrecker-code]] virus hidden within the Machine-mind to burst out and infect Quavarian, through his connected Mechadendrite. The resulting infection burned Quavarian from the inside out and his death soon spread to those who were connected to him via the Heart_Wyrm Scrapcode. Almost instanlty, Quavarian's corrupted Skitarrii fell dead and his equipment was destroyed. This not only destroyed the Scrapcodes, but also ended the base's protection from the snow of [[Sanga Kappa]]'s northern pole, which immediately began to pour in.{{Fn|1}}
