Tales of Loyalty: The Silver Knights

"Tales of Loyalty: The Silver Knights" is a series of stories written by Winged Knight detailing the adventures of a Space Marine Tactical Squad operating in the Ultima Segmentum. The universe the story occurs in is Bloody Mary's baseline continuity, and is considered to occur in M39.

The plot begins on the planet of Tantral IV, where the five members of the Squad Temujin are introduced. They are seeking information, and they came to the planet to speak with an informant named Taran Horal. Horal later reveals himself to be a Chaos Cultist, having set the meeting up as a trap. The team is ambushed by a horde of cultists, but they are easily dispatched through careful application of high explosives. Two of the corpses rise again, however, as Daemonhosts who attack the squad. After a brief altercation they are dealt with, and through psychic means the squad learn that what the seek is in the Effrenus Sector on the Eastern Fringe.

Later, while traveling through the Warp, it is shown that they have been tasked by Princess Serenity to locate Senshi Esin, who had died during the early stages of the Age of Heresy. Serenity had foreseen her rebirth in a dream, and sent the squad out covertly to find and protect her. The ship is attacked by Dark Eldar mere minutes after coming back into the Materium, disabling the ship and incapacitating the crew. The Knights stage a counter attack, and through strategic use of flanking maneuvers and stealth manage to annihilate their foes.

The Knights land on the planet of Fangrock, an Agriworld located near the edge of the Effrenus Sector. They prepare themselves for an extended stay when they are met by a contingent of Eldar, who claim to know exactly where Esin was reborn and are willing to trade for the information. The location would be given in exchange for aid in destroying a Dark Eldar raiding party. Sergeant Temujin responded angrily, demanding the Eldar to reveal the location and almost bringing the meeting to direct violence. It is only after his squad manages to calm him down that Temujin agrees to the deal. They take their foes by surprise, slaughtering them despite their superior numbers and with surprisingly little loss of life on the Eldar forces.