Cold Open Stories - A COG IN CRIMSON
Theolen Al-Amir is a an interstellar pirate cashing in a blank check to rob, steal, and travel the fringes of the galaxy. Embroiled in a campaign of war profiteering, he encounters a sect of machine-venerating cultists led by Heironomyia Bosch, a priestess of the secretive Adeptus Mechanicus. The pair are at first fascinated by each others’ motivations and abilities, but ideological differences will test their alliance as the cultists’ pilgrimage draws closer to their promised land – the holy forge world of Mars