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The journey to the location started with a shuttle commanded by the Custodes. While TalOS could have recommended the use of his own craft to travel to their destination, the prospect of using the Custode’s own machines was something that TalOS could not pass up on.
The Shuttle, a Custodian pattern of a Thunder Hawk, was covered in the gold material that TalOS identified as Auric. Such a material was extremely rare upon the cosmos to the point where TalOS would need to struggle to get enough. But its value was beyond imagination as it provided to the wearer near perfect invincibility when it came to use.
If a comparison was made TalOS understood that a thin layer of this metal would equal the armor that was born upon the Titans. Said Titans were all covered in Adamantine and yet this metal surpassed it. But TalOS understood as well the rarity of it, to the point where a single gram of the material would have been enough to start wars between Forge Worlds for sure.
It was the Emperor who kept that from happening, dictating that all Auric that was found within both the Imperium and the Mechanicum be given to him in tithe. By doing this the Emperor caused the material to be severely devalued, for if one ratted out their fellow Priest for holding the material they would likely earn the good will of the ‘Omnissiah’.
And ultimately men would be more truthful to their faith then their fellow man.
As for the Custodians themselves they did not speak or whisper through radio frequencies. They did not dare approach the Steel Wardens whose black and red armor was stark against the gold that surrounded them.
For a moment TalOS wondered as to the reason for their mutness. Was it because they were this stalwart at all times or was it because the Custodes saw them as foreigners. Most likely though TalOS felt it was the constant ire of Constantin that kept any chatter down. Ever watchful, few could tell that his eyes searched both the computer panel and shadow for some form of subterfuge.
If TalOS was not someone who agreed with such paranoia, he would have been stricken with admiration. The Emperor should not have a man any less than Constantin to stand vigilant at his side.
As these thoughts ran through the mind of TalOS his Machine Spirits announced their new geolocation to his brain. That they had arrived near one of the many summits belonging to their mountain range, one which had been sheared off for this very purpose.
