>>5289799We are going to meet up with Horst for an update I imagine, if Kelbor himself isn't going to speak of Horst. Horst has hopefully done some good work while we were crusading in establishing our presence here.
I'd be weary yet about doing such methods, as Talos does not have the time to oversee it as he is going to be off soon, and bugging servitors seems like paltry things the level of admech game Talos and Kelbor are at. More likely an effective espionage duel would require the employment of Data-Jinn and Infiltration Code by Talos against the best of Kelbors defenses. And Kelbor Hal is no mere techpriest, for he has grown upon Mars and rose to its top. He likely has the very best of Martian firewalls surrounding him as we speak.
But it is something I hope to see. The equivalent is Magnus encountering an alpha level psyker wizard on another planet of powerful psykers, one who is allied with the Imperium and thus not an enemy, and testing to see who is the superior magician.
I hope to see Talos become the technomantic equivalent of Magnus. Not just blasting lightning or plasma from his fingers, anyone with a gun or even a Jokaero can achieve a similar effect. Flashy lights and grav levitation are but fireworks, the true supreme of the Technomancer is mastery over the Machine and Machine Spirit. As warp spirits and wisps tremble before Magnus, one day wherever we tread may every machine spirit, from the humble lighting or door opening programs to the very spirits of ships or the servos of power armor, defer to us, true prophet of the Machine God.
I think that will give us the best footing and allow us to establish a fine spy program. One even Alpharius would find a challenge. I can imagine the Alpha Legion would find it difficult to penetrate the Thousand Sons given they can only send so many of their own sorcerers sleepers and you cannot clone psykers, and even those must beware the more powerful wizards and their tutelaries and who knows what other esoteric defenses, and above it all the third eye of Magnus himself. The same I hope will be true of our Acillians one day. Flesh and form may be mimicked, the human brain fooled, but the great Machine Spirits know all and see all. Great Firewalls, Verification Djinn, Enigma Codes, all stemming from us as the source will be our shield against the infiltrator.
