Board Thread:Warhammer 40k Roleplay/@comment-8257990-20130725131102/@comment-3580035-20130726014304

All of the Inquisitors transmissions beforehand were intercepted by the Tau.

The massive energy spike is detected, and remote surveyor drone accurately map every last detail of the weapon revealed in the ground.

Fio'el Hab'il: "O'Ionus, our surveyor drones have detected the weapon to have been activated."

O'Ionus: "Excellent. The Imperial fools have no idea what they are dealing with. Are our Gue'vesa allies already in position?"

Fio'el: "Yes sir. They've been waiting for the order."

O'Ionus: "Then tell them to execute order 66. It is time we dealt with this problem once and for all."

-Out of character-

The Tau have known about the Ion Cannon since it was first moved to the planet many decades ago. Several regiments of Elyisans turned to the Greater Good were guaranteed places in guarding it, and now they are ready to perform their duties."

-In character-

O'Ionus: "Once the firing has been disabled, we must kill the Inquisitor. He is the one behind this, and he must die before our objectives can be completed."

Meanwhile, down on the surface of Septicus, the commander of one of the Elysian regiments guarding the cannon's power facilites below ground receives a tight-band sub-ether encrypted message. When deciphered by a device he was given by his predecessors, he acknoledges the order. Moving over towards his personal quarters, he retrieves the Fusion Bomb that had been given to his great-great-great grandfather by the Tau.

On a private vox: "Men, the time has come for us to do our duty. Whilst we may die this day, we will have done so for the Greater Good. Move to your appointed positions and make sure we are not interrupted"

Whilst the Tech-priests milling about at the base of the huge weapon notice one of the Elysian companies to move into slightly different positions guarding the corridors, they paid them no heed. That proved to be their last mistake. In the next 15 minutes, the Fusion Bomb had been placed directly in the heart of the immense plasma generators powering the weapon.

When the bomb detonated, it did so with blinding force. Nearly everything and everybody in the underground facility was incinerated by a huge wave of force, initiated by the bomb and enhanced by the detonation of the power supplies. Whilst the explosion was not large enough to destroy the actual weapon, all of the research facilites on Ion technology, as well as the power supplies conduits to the weapon, were immolated. Most, if not all, of the scientists were killed, and the weapon's delicate focussing arrays had been damaged.

In orbit above, the explosion is monitored by O'Ionus

"The deed is done. Their sacrifice have ensured this war continues longer so that we may complete our task. Their sacrifice has indeed furthered the Greater Good."

-Out of character-

The explosion takes out nearly all of the scientists researching the Ion tech, as well as all the research related to it and the power supplies. To restore the weapon, new energy reserves need to be acquired, something that will take immense time and effort. The focussing arrays will also need to be replaced, meaning that several crystals only found at the bottom of the deepest oceans (like on a certain planet...) will need to be collected.

The Inquisitor himself is badly wounded, having lost both his legs and a hand to the explosion, as well as being disfigured forever.