Short story idea a day for 2018.

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178. The quest to recover a lost Centurio Ordinatus war-machine turns out to be a diabolical trap as the Black Legion, having lead the Mechanicus to all out war engage the trap when it is revealed that the engine was not lost, but captured and corrupted by the Dark Mechanicus. And the Adeptus Mechanicus now fights for survival and revenge.

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179. A firebrand Ecclesiarchy sect has crossed the line from hardcore devoution to pure terroristic violence under the guise of faith. Now a senior Arbitraitor must put a stop to the violence without inflamming the tensions with the Ecclesiarchy who've been interested but apathetic in stopping the violence.

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180. An underground music group attempts to sneak out of the venue when they learn that the other acts at the concert have pushed past what's hardcore into acts that are straight heresy.

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181. Two years after an Imperial Guard regiment and Naval crew were stranded on a seemingly abandoned space hulk, the hulk drops into the Warp pinging the location of the active Warp drive allowing a chance to take control and attempt to find civilization. But it seems the hulk wasn't abandoned after all.

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182. A Mantis Warriors Librarian engages an adept pilot of a Hemlock Wraithfighter in a mind war as it pursues the Mantis Warriors Thunderhawk. Someone's going down, but who has the stronger will?

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183. Early after receiving reinforcements from Guilliman in the form of the Primaris Marines, Chapter Master Kayvaan Shirke observes the new additions in strike against a Chaos held world in the Cadian Sector.

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184. An aspiring diabolist attempts her very first daemonic summoning ritual.

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185. With the promise from the Despoiler himself to receive his own forge, a Dark Mechanicum Magos attempts to infiltrate and gather security intel on Perturabo's fortress on Medrengard.

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186. An Imperial spy resists the torture her captors inflict upon her while subtly coercing information about their operations out of them and planning her escape.

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187. Miners on a large asteroid mining operation begin to disappear, leading to a discovery of pure terror.

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188. As the frontline battle reaches a fever pitch, the Guardsmen are reinforced by the Sisters of Battle and the attempt to turn the tide begins.

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189. A recruit to the Elysian Drop Troop begins his first day in drop training, a program not all recruits survive.

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190. With a terminal illness soon to take her life, a Thunderbolt pilot throws caution to the wind to achieve 'Ace' status.

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191. A Night Watch Chapter Librarian takes notice of an aspirant in the selection contest who demonstrates luck that goes beyond chance into something more preturnatural.

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192. An Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor and his requisitioned force come to blows with the Adepta Sororitas when he challenges the validity and purity of a Living Saint.

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193. An Imperial Guard General must liason with the Princeps-Prime of a Titan maniple, less than a year after her previous regiment was almost completely annihilated by allied Titan forces' friendly fire.

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194. An Ethereal and his delegation arrive unexpectedly to an Earth and Fire caste battlesuit prototype test, which, unbeknownst to all, is about to fail catastrophically.

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195. A Guardsmen force attempting to undermine an enemies lines in Termite Assault Drills comes upon a cavity underneath the battlefield that threatens to sink an armoured charge that will coincide with the Termite attack.

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196. A painter, having made a pact with a daemon of Slaanesh, unveils his greatest work, the portrait of the governor of Adhara, who becomes transfixed at a psychic level until his soul is absorbed into the painting. Leaving the painter to exchange souls with the governor and begin the sacrificial rituals in repayment.

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197. An Ordo Xenos Inquisitor requisitions a pair of Deathwatch Kill Teams and a Titan Maniple to attempt to secure a powerful Necron artifact known as the Æonic Orb.