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The idea of traveling two weeks within the Warp to travel to their destination was… terrifying to TalOS. Now a Primarch like him did not expreince terror in the sense that a normal human did. For a human paranoia would develop in the irrational and take over the mind to the point where the false became true to it.
For a Primarch and the current Ship Captain at that, TalOS knew exactly what could happen. It was the reason that he checked the Gellar Field several times. Through his knowledge he was 97.8% certain that there would not be a form of warp incursion upon the ship that he was carried upon. Add into that the Blackstone Amulet that hanged within his room and the chances of TalOS actually experiencing death upon this vessel was low. He also knew though the power of the Gods, those that would see him dead if they could help it.
Thus TalOS’s paranoia was not false in that it was grounded in the reality that there were indeed Gods out there that would seek his death.
This only mounted the reasons as to TalOS’s annoyance at the issue before him. It was not that he could do it but instead the Primarch had to willingly create a device that went against the nullification technology that he was making. Something that caused the area around it to become a positive Psi-rating rather than a negative one like he prefered.
At first the Primarch knew an immediate solution. Using the designs and internals of a Warp Engine TalOS could quickly energize and create something that would turn the crystal positive to whatever he set it to.
Then he realized how dangerous something like that was. A Warp Drive was something that even TalOS barely understood and could be a great risk every single time it was operated. Mainly that was because of a rule TalOS was starting to realize about the Universe.
Electricity, chemistry, and steel. These were the things that were of this universe and were anathema to the warp. TalOS, cursed with the knowledge of a two psyker civilizations, recognized that neither of them developed these things. The Plastoids, while being able to travel insane distances instantly, were still using hoes and beast-driven carts. The Mitu Collective, while seemingly advanced, used the very crystal within his hand instead of try and true electrons.
Instead the Warp and its users ran off of symbolism and drew their power from that. The dreadful Plastoids had their belief in a foul god while the Mitu used the symbols of catalysts to draw on their power. Such unclean arts that did not bow to reality.
The Warp Engine ultimately was an enigma but it made sense. With perfect control it gripped both reality and the warp, tearing a hole in both to allow transition. Same for at a minor extent teleporters and Noospheric communication. The issue was if TalOS created essentially a miniature stable Warp Hole Maker that would lead directly into the Warp. It was one thing his hands will never willingly make.
