Investigation

You head out to the fields, here there are acre after acre of fields with the peasants responsible for running huge machinery that will water, fertilize, then harvest crops. The housing and villages are set underground so that it doesn’t affect the arable land. A small staircase takes you down closest to the center point of disappearances. You head down about forty feet of stairs and exit into a small central area with a fountain and small shrine to the emperor.

The few people down here stop when they see you arrive and then slowly come towards you. Three women with babes on their backs have pulled them into their arms presenting them to you as they kneel.

The children are fine but, a blessing of the emperor bestowed by an Adeptas Sororitas is truly welcome. The shrine is well maintained and it is not long before one of the locals comes close. He’s wearing the symbols of the low levels of the Eclisiarchy. He seems happy to see you, the visage of someone who has had their prayers answered is on his face.

"Work goes well. Would it be appropriate to suggest you’re here because we lost people from our fine village? If that is the case good Sister and Tech-priest, then I can show you evidence that was collected and kept here in this shrine."

He introduces himself, "Caius Marcellus minor functionary of the Eclisiarchy. It is my duty to perform the prayers and rituals in this village and also man a plow when needed." Its clear he’s worked the machines that water and care for the plants quite often.

He opens the shrine and shows you items you’ve seen. Drukhari weapons or more the results of them, tiny needles and monofilament wires. "We found them after we lost folks. Emperor save us we lost twenty in the last two years. All gone from the fields with only broken machines and this to show for it"

Caius Marcellus responds, "They would not burn. I hoped that under the blessed eye of the emperor they would be rendered safe until such time that my duties allowed me to report to my superiors."

It is very likely they have no promethium or anything that might burn the objects and a low level member of the Eclisiarchy isn’t going to be allowed to just leave his post and tromp all the way to the capital. He’s doing the best he can with limited resources.

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