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Date-Time-Stamp: 5.102.973.M41

Transmission Priority Level: Maximus

Transmitter: Astropath Senioris Teushmann, Lord Astropath, His Divine Majesty's Colony Malfi/Malfian Sub-sector/Calixis Sector/Segmentum Obscurus

Conduits: Ordo Xenos Monitoring Station {classified}

Receptor: Astropath Elixis, Attending Astropath, His Divine Majesty's Colony Protasia/Malfian Sub-sector/Calixis Sector/Segmentum Obscurus

From: Lord-Marshal Maxim Maximus, Chief of Staff, Malfian High Command, Malfi/Malfian Sub-sector/Calixis Sector/Segmentum Obscurus

To: Commanding Officer, Protasia Military District, Protasia/Malfian Sub-sector/Calixis Sector/Segmentum Obscurus

Security Clearance Level: Vermillion-1

Subject: RE: Protasian Declaration of Independence

Message Body: The sin of failure will damn even the most pious of men. STOP. Senate of Protasia has declared been declared heretical and is considered to be at war with the Imperium of Man. STOP. Inform them that they are to surrender unconditionally without further delay or face reconquest. STOP. Arrest all Senate members and associates; they are enemies of the Lord of Man and are to be taken into custody pending public execution. STOP. Elements of Battlefleet Calixis en-route with ground assets approximating sixty Guard Divisions. STOP. Cursed are those who fail to give their lives in service to the Master of Mankind. STOP Lord-Marshal Maxim Maximus, authority signature {classified}. END.

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