"Orbital bombardment." There's a dry laugh here. "Right in the middle of of the spirits-damned capital."
He's not sure what kind of political magic nineteen year old Saren managed to pull in order to make it happen, but they sure could have used that sort of magic on their side.
Just how much did the Hierarchy know about the nature of the Monolith, though? Hierarchy doctrine tended to be heavy handed with military threats, but even they would have hesitated to just level the center of their biggest city. As Desolas' SiC, this bare-faced teenager faced down the Primarch- it would have HAD to have been the Primarch- and convinced them this was the best and only solution.
Just how much of the picture was Nihlus still missing?
"The public was paranoid enough about humanity at the time that the aftermath was cleaned up with minimum fuss, as far as I'd managed to find out."
Considering just how many people on the mission were dead or missing, he suspects anyone who tried to investigate probably suffered a similar fate.
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He's not sure what kind of political magic nineteen year old Saren managed to pull in order to make it happen, but they sure could have used that sort of magic on their side.
Just how much did the Hierarchy know about the nature of the Monolith, though? Hierarchy doctrine tended to be heavy handed with military threats, but even they would have hesitated to just level the center of their biggest city. As Desolas' SiC, this bare-faced teenager faced down the Primarch- it would have HAD to have been the Primarch- and convinced them this was the best and only solution.
Just how much of the picture was Nihlus still missing?
"The public was paranoid enough about humanity at the time that the aftermath was cleaned up with minimum fuss, as far as I'd managed to find out."
Considering just how many people on the mission were dead or missing, he suspects anyone who tried to investigate probably suffered a similar fate.