The armies of Abbadon the Despoiler ravage the Cadian Gate and the surrounding sectors.
Tyranid Hivefleets plow through the Ultima Segmentum, devouring world after world,
Orks' with their brutish plots, dismantle entire worlds for their own devices,
Necrons rise on forgotten tomb-worlds, spreading their silent death,
Eldar become more finicky, their willingness to assist the human race gone,
their raiders plunder much needed Imperial freighters,
the upstart Tau Empire slowly expands its influence, a tumor on the Imperium ready to burst
corruption and discord run rampent in hive world and agro planet alike.
The Imperium of Man is strained to the point of collaps.

Its billions of guardsmen unable to hold every planet,
the thousands of chapters of Space Marines spread thin,
even the holy ranks of the Ecclesiarchy feel the strain of the coming times.
The pious Inquisition cracks down on any chaotic incursion,
Adeptus Custodies struggles to hold sway over its gilded plants.
With its very existence in threat, the highest ranks of the triple branches of Inquisition desperately strive to save their ailing Imperium in the name of the Emperor.

In response, a newly appointed Inquisitor has been given an important assignment....
Explore the Halo Stars for any possible means of assistance.
For surely their must be some hope hidden in the mystic planets that not even the Emperor himself could shed his divine light on...