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// Remnants of the Dark Age 
// Story: PonyHammer 40,000: Magic of War II 
// by Dragon Heart 
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	The Blood Phoenixes fought hard against the can-shaped walking mech. Its slicing claws, buzzsaw, and side-mounted guns made Rippa-Shredda a very tough opponent. But with the aid of Captain Nule, and the use of missile launchers, the "Killa Kan" was reduced to a scrapheap. The Pony Marines returned to the Ponigeddon.

"Good work, Commander Hammerheart." said Pegalos. "We have recovered the stolen dataslate, and eliminated a major Hog threat."

"But was the recovered data of any use?" Pinkie asked.

"It was, Pinkie." said Spike. "I have determined the location of the astronomic array and uploaded it onto the planetary map display. In order to recover any data on the Hive Fleet, you will need to align the array from the ground, Commander."

The location on the map blinked, and Hammerheart brought it into focus; the TechDonkey Station. Pegalos came up on screen.

"Commander Hammerheart," said Pegalos, "we finally have the location of the astronomic array. The array is powered, but we cannot establish a clear communications link with it. You must get to the array and manually upload its data on the Paranid swarm. This will allow us to locate a critical weakness in the Hive Fleet."


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The Astronomic Array stood tall and lost outside the jungles on Salika.

"This ancient Astronomic Array holds one of the keys to victory against the Paranids. With its data we can uncover weaknesses of the Hive Fleet."

In the jungles, sticks were breaking and animals shrieked. Their was definitely something else stalking through the foliage, something hiding in the shadows of the forest.

"We must secure the array before others do."