The milk run of the<em>Kobras Aquairre</em>proceeded without incident, save for a mutiny aboard the<em>Thamnophis</em>at Ares.  A number of cultists ambushed the navigator, killing him and trying to impersonate him so that the crew could be convinced to jump the ship into warp.  Fortunately for the crew, the psychotic cultist of chaos proved far more reasonable and level headed than the navigator of the<em>Thamnophis</em>, which ultimately broke his cover and revealed the conspiracy.<br/><br/>Upon application of torture, the cultists revealed they had been told by a demon that the pirates of Chiconahui had been ambushed by an unknown attacker.  All the daemon knew was that the ship was about the size of a cruiser, and moved in impossible ways.  The creature had been cast into the warp to warn other cultists, so that aid could be dispatched to the pirates in time, leaving the outcome of the battle uncertain.<br/><br/>Aboard the Kobras Aquairre, an astropathic message reached the bridge just as the food was being loaded aboard.  "Rogue Trader Cortez, I've come to understand that the pirates are in a dangerous state.  Something attacked them, we don't know what.  I'm sending<em>Katana</em>in to investigate, in case they're just trying to lure us into a trap.  Want to come along?"