<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/8yWpPvO.jpg)</div>***Imperial Guard Records Accessed***<br/>***Clearance Code Requested, Enter Now***<br/>***+++++++++++***<br/>***Code Recognized, Access Granted***<br/><br/>***Subject: Serial 826196628-0167<br/>***Name: Katarina Serkova von Karkoff<br/>***Birth Registration: Emperor's Light Void Fleet<sup>1</sup><br/>***Deployment History: Valhalla, 2 years; Krieg, 4 years; Tanith, 3 years; Nocturne, 4 years; Relieved of duty with honor at end of Nocturne Deployment<br/>***Tactical Assessment: Request (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vTFy3KvQHChibCukFWhiiUYtf2gfXw9faQp-kyjQX_4/edit)<br/><br/>***Notes<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Report from Captain Hans Aliph Danimore, Second Imperial Guard Regiment, Stationed on Krieg - Vox Record</div><div class="spoiler_body">Lieutenant Serkova? She got promoted?  Damned well deserved, if I may say.  Sharpest woman I've ever seen, and damned scary with any kind of bolter or anything like it.  I'm a vet of twenty years, and that woman's ability with any kind of projectile, be it a hand cannon or the cannon on one of our tanks, outright [edited] terrifies me.  I once saw her step in front of a man's barrel in a cantina when she had some R&amp;R time, guy'd decided to shoot up the ceiling to get his way.  Rambled on for a few minutes about how he'd not get any more shots.  He got fed up, pulled the trigger...  and the whole damned gun exploded!  We actually looked into it, as we weren't sure what had happened.  The gun hadn't been maintained properly, and had overheated to the point the barrel had warped.  When he fired, it just set the whole thing off.<br/><br/>She didn't even have burns on her face.  She had jumped back when he went to fire.  That woman has some way of talking to the guns, as crazy as that sounds.  What's that?  Nah, I don't think she's a Psyker.  Isn't that sort of thing usually picked up quick fast and in a hurry?<br/><br/>Yeah, well, you'll have to excuse me.  I got some raw recruits to put through the grinder and see if I got anything worth keeping this time around.  For the glory of the Emperor!<br/></div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">1 On the Emperor's Light Void Fleet - Written Report</div><div class="spoiler_body">The loss of the Emperor's Light Void Fleet, known supporters of the Emperor despite their distance from him, has been ruled an attack by pirates.  Initially it was thought they were lost when the Tyrannid invaded [edited for security purposes], but the investigating committee followed the engine trails, faint as they were when we were actually able to get there to look into the distress calls, out of the planet's orbit.  It looks like only two or three ships got away from the planet, and were set upon about a week out from there.<br/><br/>There were no survivors.  We found the hulks floating in space, and ensured a proper body count.  All crew members accounted for and KIA.<br/></div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Psychological Report, First Imperial Guard Regiment of Nocturne - Vox Record</div><div class="spoiler_body">Psychologist Krim Alisar reporting.<br/><br/>About a month ago, we informed Ensign Serkova that her home fleet had been lost.  Commanding Officer, one Lieutenant Commander Dionus, recommended a month's leave.  Subject's reaction rather startled me.  She insisted that she was fine, and that she wished to remain at her post, guarding vigilantly against threats to the Emperor's peace in their honor.<br/><br/>I've brought her in weekly to observe her, as well as speaking with others of her unit.  While she does not show the typical signs of grief, all reports say that she has been pushing herself all the harder since she discovered that she was the sole survivor of the Emperor's Light fleet.  Suspicions have also arisen as to a more than simply chain of command interest in her from LtCom Dionus.<br/><br/>Investigations have uncovered that he has been attempting to win her over for private relations, and she has repeatedly rebuffed him.  I do believe the words he is reported to have used were "Let me show you some comfort."  Her reaction has, just today, landed her in Isolation to cool off, as she simply backhanded him with the butt of her bolter pistol.<br/><br/>While I would, in other circumstances, recommend a court-martial, nearly a decade and a half of loyal service leads me to be lenient.  I do humbly recommend a discharge, with full honors, and a permanent pension and retainer fee, should we ever have need of Ensign Serkova's skill again.<br/></div></div><br/>***Report Ends***