Aetos-I

Not all souls who found themselves present at the First Ruin would react in horror and despair at such a cataclysm. A number of individuals saw a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be exploited for all of its worth. The Forgeworld M'Pandex had not enjoyed a resurgence when the Great Crusade had reconnected their world to Mars. If anything, they had to endure the indignity of their neighbouring forgeworld, Mezoa, enjoying increased prosperity, while M'Pandex continued to stagnate. In an attempt to modify the situation, M'Pandex signed an accord with the Sky Reavers Legion. For a trade of specialists and materials, M'Pandex would have first access to any technology or potentially valuable findings the Sky Reavers discovered on campaign.

Thus, Magos Aetos-I was one of several M'Pandex leaders who was stationed with Lord Vayrynen's personal expeditionary fleet. However, when the advance squadron broke off, Aetos-I was chosen to accompany as one of the more junior magi. Aboard the light cruiser, Reason's Embrace, the magos had little reason to expect anything more than the routine for the next several weeks of Warp travel. This did not ill-suit the young magos who had done little to distinguish himself for good or for ill other than display an almost insatiable appetite for acquiring new data. As this was his first expedition, he had been untested, and his superiors had not expected any extraordinary results from him other than to fulfil his duties to the Omnissiah.

The First Ruin would greatly shift Aetos-I's situation.

As a magos, Aetos-I mirrored many of his contemporaries by installing a number of bionic and augments upon his person. The majority of these focused on data accumulation, including a specialized helm allowing him to view and record data along eight different visual spectrums. The most unusual installation was in regards to his locomotion. Aetos-I chose to replace his bipedal lower half with an octopede set. [[Category:A]]