The Golden Tower
I. The Golden Tower: The Anvil of Command
The Golden Tower is not merely a residence; it is the fulcrum upon which the renewed Imperium pivots. It is the sanctum and command center of Her Imperial Highness, Princess Aurelia, and the heart from which her authority flows.
Genesis: A collaborative masterpiece forged by the Primarchs Rogal Dorn, Ferrus Manus, and Perturabo. Dorn provided its unyielding defensive architecture, a fortress within a fortress. Ferrus wove into its structure technological systems of unparalleled resilience and complexity. Perturabo, in his loyalty, designed its offensive capabilities, turning the Tower itself into a weapon of last resort, a nightmare of interlocking fire-zones and weaponry capable of scourging the very skies above Terra.
Function: It serves as the Princess's home, her underground secret laboratory, and the strategic nexus from which she directs the Imperium. Within its walls, policy is forged, technologies are born, and the overarching strategy of the Indomitus Crusade is refined. It is the single most important structure in the Imperium, second only to the Sanctum Imperialis itself.
II. Imperial Edict 776.Alpha.Primus: The Solar Warden Protocol
By the will of the Emperor of Mankind, and affirmed by the signature of the Princess herself, Her Imperial Highness is bound to the Throneworld. This edict is absolute and non-negotiable.
Rationale: The protocol serves a dual purpose. Firstly, it ensures the ultimate safety of the Regent, positioning her within the most impregnable fortress known to man. Secondly, and more critically, the Princess's very presence emits a psychic luminescence—a passive, radiant light that acts as an anathema to the powers of the warp.
Strategic Implications: This light pacifies the empyrean, creating a stable zone of reality that encompasses not only the Sol System but also the vital Laurel Systems. These systems have been designated as the primary industrial engine for the Indomitus Crusade. Her light protects these crucial forge worlds from warp incursion and temporal distortion, ensuring the uninterrupted flow of materiel to the front lines. Her confinement is the shield of the entire war effort.
Enforcement: This edict is to be enforced by any and all means necessary. The Adeptus Custodes hold the primary duty, but should the need arise, elements of the Grey Knights are authorised under ancient and inviolable pacts to ensure the Princess remains on Terra. Her departure would signal the immediate collapse of the Sol Bulwark and the fracturing of the Crusade's logistical spine. It is a fate the Imperium cannot be permitted to suffer.
++ Mechanicus Briefing: Project EVA (Eido-Volitional Archive) ++
Clearance: ARCHMAGOS DOMINUS / Belisarius Cawl
Subject: Analysis of the 'EVA' Standard Template Construct Core
Author: Belisarius Cawl, Archmagos Dominus
I. Subject Designation & Origin
Project 'EVA' is the designation for a fully functional and uniquely created Standard Template Constructor Core/Machine, singular in its completeness and capability. It is a unique creation, engineered and maintained solely by Her Imperial Highness, Princess Aurelia. It is housed within her private laboratories deep beneath the Golden Tower.
II. Functional Matrix & Nature
EVA is not an Abominable Intelligence. It is a supremely advanced Cogitator of unparalleled complexity. Its primary function operates via a direct noospheric and psychic link to the mind of the Princess herself. It acts as an external archive and manufacturing nexus for her perfect, eidetic memories.
III. Knowledge Archive
The construct's knowledge base is drawn from the Princess's own vast repository of information, which includes, but is not limited to:
A complete and unfiltered history of the Dark Age of Technology, including its greatest triumphs and the catalysts for its fall.
Extensive, direct knowledge of the techno-sorcery of the Old Ones.
Profound understanding of the living metal and arcane sciences of the Necrons and their C'tan masters.
EVA synthesizes these disparate and dangerous knowledge streams, filtering them through built-in sanctity protocols that purge any data related to Abominable Intelligence or other existential threats.
IV. Primary Output
The core's function is to translate this archived knowledge into tangible formats. It continuously produces sanctified data-slates containing schematics for lost technologies, refined manufacturing processes, and entirely new designs forged from the fusion of ancient human and xenos principles. These slates are the building blocks for the technological renaissance required to win the Indomitus Crusade.
The Consul-Palatina: Anna-Murza Jek
Subject: Anna-Murza Jek, formerly aide-de-camp to Chancellor of the Senatorum Imperialis, Alexei Lev Tieron. Of high-born, yet non-hereditary stock, Jek has demonstrated exceptional administrative acumen, pragmatism, and an unwavering resolve in the face of overwhelming political and existential pressure.
Current Role & Psychological State: In her new capacity as Consul-Palatina, Jek serves as the direct mortal envoy and chief subordinate to Her Imperial Highness. While outwardly composed, internal augury suggests a state of profound awe and near-constant cognitive stress. The sheer scale of her responsibilities and proximity to beings of demigod status have placed an immense burden upon her. Yet, this is tempered by a powerful, driving imperative: to prove herself worthy of the trust placed in her by the Princess.
Loyalty Assessment: Jek's devotion to the Princess transcends mere duty. Having witnessed firsthand the stagnation and decay of the old regime and then the incandescent hope offered by the returned royal line, her loyalty has crystallised into a fervent, almost religious belief. She does not merely serve the Princess as a functionary of the state; she believes, with every fibre of her being, that Princess Aurelia is the sole and true salvation of Mankind. This conviction makes her an asset of unparalleled reliability and unwavering resolve.