Ireton MaSade - Cry for Justice: Jocasta MaSade had been an officer of Battlefleet Agathon and captain of the henceforth famous Cruiser Telemachus, the sole surviving Agathean vessel of the Treachery at Port Maw. Her death would have gone unmarked next to the tens of billions that would die during the Heresy had it not been for the repercussions it triggered on distant Agathon. Jocasta's death would be the key event that would bring her grandfather Ireton out of his retirement. By now nearly two hundred standard years old, the former Imperial Commander of Agathon and its domains was much different from the man he had been.Physically, he was almost feeble, the expensive anti-aging and rejuvenat treatments having extended his life far beyond the human norm, but having failed to preserve his physical strength; in fact, Ireton MaSade relied on an exoskeletal ambulator frame to move. However, his mind was still as sharp as the day he had conquered Agathon, and the grief and rage at his granddaughter's death had given new vigor to his limbs.Loath to see his world and his legacy fall into ruin, Ireton MaSade would take drastic actions to ensure that the Agathean Domain would remain loyal and honour their obligations to the Emperor. His ultimate goal was however far more personal: vengeance...vengeance for Jocasta. But to reach his goal, he would first need to reinstate himself as the sole ruler of Agathon and its military might, only then would he be able to wage war against those whom had had a hand in his granddaughter's demise.Without explanations or being summoned there, Ireton MaSade made for the Parliament of Electors -- Agathon's ruling council of officials which had governed over the Agathean Domain since his own retirement. The Parliament's officials had been vehemently arguing among themselves, trying to hold at bay the growing civil unrest and desperately trying to prevent the outbreak of overt civil warfare. MaSade's intrusion shocked the Electors into silence for he had not come alone: behind him, a troop of Solar Auxilia Veletaris formed an honour guard around Jocasta MaSade's body which was being transported on a floating, anti-gravitic stasis bier.All the Veletaris were dressed in Agathon's traditional colour of mourning -- a frosty ice white -- and carrying their Volkites in solemn silence before them. The gathered Electors were forced to listen as MaSade spoke, first on his grief and the noble sacrifice of his granddaughter, then of the dream of the Imperium -- a dream of humanity and harmony under the Imperial Truth. As his oratory turned to rage at the moral weakness of his successors, Ireton MaSade denounced the Parliament and declared them traitors to the Emperor, sentencing them all to death.Before the gathered nobles of Agathon could give reply or protest, the funeral guard turned their weapons on the council members and burned them to ashes. With no one left to countermand his orders, Ireton MaSade assumed control of the Agathean Domain with the support of the remnants of the 60th Expeditionary Fleet's officer cadre and their descendants. This effectively put him in command of Agathon's military. Martial law was decreed within the first solar day of MaSade's rise to power and soon mass-mobilisation would ensure that the entire Domain was on a war-footing. Burning with hate, but with deliberate care, Ireton MaSade began to make plans to avenge the loss of his granddaughter.