Possessed Servitors ("The Golden")
[Major Recent Developments]
-The incursion on Asterion has hastened our use of the Golden's abilities despite our initial uncertainties; thus far, its has aided us in recovering and healing Specialist Quint from near fatal injuries, and in the similar cause of reforming the physical body of Captain Orpheon. It's bond with Lazarus has also been strengthened, and it has promised to lend its power at a critical juncture in our mission, should such occur.
[Previous Logs]
-Servitors altered to contain psychic circuitry; contain the soul of Palinea Traquiel
-The Soul was initially placed into only one of the pair, indicating some ability to leverage synchronicity and create a hivemind of sorts; Nepheli claims that no connection of this nature was physically installed between the two, and that some combination of being activated and in proximity to one another with the correct circuity was enough to facilitate the contagion.
-Recent behaviors of other Servitors in Bluehull-92 (specifically, witnesses claimed they were praying) led to investigations into whether the prior existence of the possessed Sevitors could have been related. No connection was discovered, and reconfiguration of Servitor cogitators and networking appears to have solved the oddity.
[Heavy Encryption, access Limited to Ambassador Lethe and Logis Eizen
-Per instructions, the Servitors remain intact and sequestered in the hidden holding cells below the security station. Knowledge of their existence is limited to myself, the ambassador, Specialist Quint, Controller Nepheli, and Major St. Ardentia.
-The Servitors networking capabilities with other, functional units had to be deactivated in response to reports of Servitors "praying," causing some unease among witnesses. Newly created Servitors with the same technology seem to network automatically to the originals.
-Further interactions with the Servitors has yielded interesting observations: they occasionally sing traditional hymns to the God Emperor, while performing shadow plays to illustrate the events of the music. The respond to questioning, but with limited detail and material; most of their answers come from the Prophecy of Golden Gaze, however they have also somehow quote the prophecy that Nepheli delivered to Preacher Enoch prior to his integration into the retinue (specifically, the concepts linked were the "and twilight's gambit hath reached full noon" with "beware the seekers of unending days."
-They have directly affirmed that they serve the God Emperor of Man, and assert that their purpose is "Truth." It is unclear whether this is due to their own intentions, or whether this has been swayed by the command given by Specialist Quint that resulted in the Vision of Truth.
-The Golden reached out to Lazarus telepathically, revealing a dream they'd had of Fentley Rothay, overseer of the southern gasfields, who was soon to succumb to Heresy due to his cruel and petty enjoyments. They asserted that the operation would not be stalled by his death, and asked Specialist Quint to kill him. Quint confirmed the truth—or at least, believed truth—of the accusation by viewing the dream directly. He then infiltrated Rothay's offices and killed him; this operation occurred without consultation or official sanctioning from the company, but was at least entirely clandestine. After reporting this to the Golden, they named him a friend.
-[Feb 5 2025] Ambassador Lethe experienced a dream in which she described walking through a prison block; in each cell was a Servitor with golden eyes, which watched her as they passed.
-[Mar 12 2025] Lazarus was contacted by the Golden once again, and greeted as a friend; they asked him questions regarding his reason for assisting them, for which he replied that he felt guilty for having killed their previous incarnation, Palinea. They asked him whether he felt bad by choice, and he replied that the emotion was involuntary. They asked him if he believes he has free will; he replied that he sometimes feels he's had less since joining Ambassador Lethe's retinue, and that he perhaps bears some resentment for that. They asked if he believes in destiny, and he replied that he had "never looked it in the face. Their discussion concluded with further discussions of fate, indicating that though Lazarus is apparently not part of the prophecy, he is a true ally to it and to the Golden; when he said that he wanted the prophecy to come true, they said that this was not unlike desiring that rain should fall.
-Quint also inquired further into the nature of the entity that had held her soul in the immaterium, and the Golden replied in to uncertain terms that this entity was the Emperor himself, referring to him as her father. They have also confirmed that they possess a limited recollection of their past lives, having visions of darkness, standing before armies, and of Lazarus himself.
[April 16 2025] Lazarus experienced a dream that appeared more in relation to his Redressor, but the Golden was apparently present with the dream; it seemed to have no additional knowledge of the strange circumstances of the dream.
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