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So the Lord Inquisitor finally makes his move. Again, I have narrowly eluded their traps. I take little satisfaction in this however, as it is only by the luck of the emperor that the shot didn't kill me. What puzzles me for two reasons, however, is that the assassin appeared to switch targets for personal reasons. I don't have any knowledge of personally offending an inquisitorial assassin, so either I have survived several attempts from this assassin whilst remaining completely oblivious, or I did not know this individual as an inquisitorial assassin when the offense occurred. I have no solid guesses at this point in time, however. The second question that must be asked was who the priority target was? Excluding Zaff, that would leave either Deacon or Trust as the remaining candidates. If trust was the priority, I may have to reconsider the decision to turn trust over to the black ships. I have my suspicions that Trust may not be a psyker, but perhaps something else entirely. Whether that bodes good or ill, the boy is in all likelihood a secret that Nox would rather have buried than get out. If this is the case, the inquisition would likely move to intercept him almost immediately, and psyker or no, if we hand him over to the black ships, his service to the imperium will be short lived. However, keeping him with us may still bring untold dangers to my crew, even if the Trust is not yet aware of it.

Of additional concern the question of how the assassin was able to track us down. It could be that we were finally traced through Deacon’s use of his inquisitorial identity, or that the Cult of the True Form used her to get to us. The fact that she told me that her contact on the planet had ties to the Pure Form would indicate that the Cult and the Inquisition took advantage of her connection to them rather than an intentional betrayal. As it stands, however, I think it best to keep my house away from the politics, which is what I would actually prefer.

While the Assassin has put us in a dangerous situation, our political standing could still be a lot worse. A lone agent acting without the support of the adeptus Arbites means that we have not been branded as traitors to the Imperium. Whoever is currently running the Ordo Xenos is attempting to keep our feud out of the public eye. This botched attempt is already more notice than they would have liked. Too many, and the Inquisition, as relentless as their reputation is, will be forced to call off their hunt.

It would be best for us to return to our business as swiftly as possible. The longer we stay here, the more opportunity the assassin has to sneak aboard the Carmina. Unless he has a navigator that has the ability to track us through the warp, it will be next to impossible for him to track us down. If he does, he won't have the authority of the inquisition to back him up. I will still need to keep my guard up, however. If he does find a way aboard my ship, which he may already have, I will need to increase my vigilance further. Those wounds we dealt him may require time and maybe some attention to mend. I should have Gedrin keep a tight monitor on our ship's medical facilities to make sure nothing goes missing. I will also have to maintain a personal guard at all times.

I will not allow these events to distract me from my service to the Emperor. If I must venture into the darkness that lies beyond the borders of the Imperium, then I shall carry the light of the Emperor with me. Let him be known by my deeds, and by those same deeds may they also know me.