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The dismemberment of the Servitors would be met with rapid resistance, as several of the Servitors used their superior strength to very nearly rip Martin in half. Despite possessing no sens of self-preservation, they were programmed to defend property of the Emperor, including themselves, although at a low priority. It would take quite some time and a small boatload of robots to hold down the Servitors without harming them, as well as preventing them from using their automated buzzsaws to perform their own, less precise, surgery. It took a while longer to remove the programming, as nearly their entire brain had been taken apart and put back together. Simply removing and replacing the mechanical additions would leave a vegetable, a human corpse with a beating heart. It couldn't even breathe on it's own, requiring constant electrical stimuli in order to merely keep it alive. While perhaps Martin could return these beings to a state in which they could be referred to as 'humans', it would take more time than he was given, as the dismanteling of the Servitor's monitoring equipment had set off several alarms.

Several Dark Angels smashed aboard in a high-speed boarding torpedo, crashing through several layers of the station and depressurising an entire wing before the Astartes aboard unloaded. Armoured doors were rapidly dismantled by a heavy Multi-Melta as the Dark Angels forces moved through the area, and with a significant portion of Martin's forces and attention devoured by his endeavours he had no hope of stopping them, if he even made the attempt. The door was shattered and Martin surrounded by heavily armoured marines, any nearby robots dismantled and the servitor's vegetable bodies destroyed via Flamer. The reaction was extreme, born from the natural paranoia of a zealous imperium forced to work with a stranger, a mutant no less. While Rhemus was relatively accepting of such beings, many others within the hierarchy of the Dark Angels were not, and Martin's actions had been considered the beginning of a possible coup.

Perhaps it was only through the timely intervention of Rhemus via Vox communications - and later in person - that Martin was not arrested on the spot for vandalism. He was given a stern scolding, and no assistance in the repair of his station, nor any recompense for the robots destroyed by the sudden strike force. His reasons fell on deaf ears, as to the Imperium servitors were no more human than computers, tanks, or bolters were. Less human, in fact, as useful machines were sometimes considered to possess some degree of sentience in the form of a 'Machine Spirit.' When he was once more allowed to work, a full 2 hours later, no more Servitors were placed on board, but instead two Space Marines from the Dark Angels chapter. The Techpriests also removed any shields from the station, meaning that it would have no defence against later boarding parties, by either torpedo or teleportarium. There was an unspoken promise, that another offence would not be so quickly mistaken, although the Imperium's officials were happy to inform him that this was merely being done as a precaution against station AI, considered a potential security risk by the higher-ups.

After this diplomatic disaster, Martin was hard-pressed to gain the right to take any action on his own. However, the information he found was highly valuable, proving once more his value. After some discussion, Rhemus volunteered to lead an expedition to the area. Martin would be allowed to deploy his own robotic forces, as well, provided that he would work together with the Space Marine forces on the ground. The area would need to be taken, by force if necessary, from any possible alien, mutant or heretic settlers. However, only a single squad was to be deployed, due to the Tyranid force taking up most of the Imperium's attention. And even then they would have no access to advanced weaponry, beyond Rhemus' own personal battle gear. Practically neophytes, the deployed marines were only barely marines, although still quite formidable fighters.

Rhemus was deployed together with Martin's ground forces, and they were dropped to the surface in conventional Imperial fashion. The drop pods shot through the sky like ballistic missiles, slowing down only when they approached the planet's surface, and landing with an impact that would have killed any normal man. As it was, the Space Marines emerged with only minimal hesitation, quickly setting up a perimeter as Martin's robotic forces arrived via more conventional means. Of course, they instantly came across a rather pressing issue. The moment they entered Australia, all communication had been cut off, Vox or otherwise. Rhemus even stated to be unable to sense anything through the Warp, as if his senses were being blocked by something. This would also mean that Martin would be completely unable to direct his robots from above, leaving them to their own programming. If required, Martin would be allowed to arrive there personally, sent through the Unity system, and with the assistance of a Thunderhawk.