Conclave of Tears - Deathwatch Operations: The Dead Cabal has passed on much of its more solid intelligence to the Deathwatch and the Ordo Xenos and, therefore, those that stand the Long Watch in the Jericho Reach are aware of the ongoing threat these xenos present.It is not uncommon for Deathwatch Kill-teams operating in the depths of the Outer Reach to be briefed on suspected Conclave of Tears activities, though in most cases even the information they received is little more than conjecture.In some regions, members of the Deathwatch are deployed under the standing order that any Aeldari encountered should be engaged as a matter of priority, though more often these sentries never encounter any of the enigmatic xenos.Far more often, Deathwatch vessels passing through the dark systems of the Outer Reach report back that it is they who are being observed or tracked, though it is rare for the Aeldari to launch attacks of opportunity.The masters of the Dead Cabal have reached the consensus that the Conclave of Tears only ever launches deliberate attacks against the Deathwatch when they have been long-planned and serve some grand strategy. Clearly, the Aeldari's numbers are too few and their agents too valuable to risk unnecessary attrition fighting the champions of Mankind.There have been many instances of the Deathwatch engaging in battle with small groups of Aeldari in the Outer Reach, but it is rare for the enemy to be conclusively identified by the masters of the Dead Cabal as members or agents of the Conclave of Tears.The Aeldari are regarded as amongst the most pernicious and wicked of alien species and they are all but impossible to catch unawares. Therefore, it must be concluded that each contact has some defined objective that the Aeldari are working towards.Even though the Deathwatch and the Aeldari of the Jericho Reach have shed one another's blood on plenty of occasions, the two parties have occasionally worked towards a common goal.In most instances, the cooperation has been spontaneous and unplanned, on the Space Marines' part at least, and little in the way of actual communication has passed between the two. More often, the Aeldari have appeared during a battle that is already raging, or at some key point during a mission, and performed some action that benefited both parties.Though few even within the organisation know it, the Aeldari have established a covert means of communicating with the masters of the Dead Cabal, though only at the very highest of levels and when faced with the most extreme of circumstances.None within the Dead Cabal, the Deathwatch, or Ordo Xenos at large are under any illusion that the Aeldari are pursuing anything other than their own interests, however, and they treat all contact and communication with extreme caution.A fact known only to the innermost echelons of the Dead Cabal is that over the years, a handful of Aeldari believed to be in the service of the Conclave of Tears have been captured and brought back alive to Watch Fortress Erioch.These have been subject to the most thorough of excoriations, the tender mercies of the Inquisition's most accomplished masters of interrogation lavished upon their frames.To date, none have rendered up any useful information whatsoever, and so almost all of the Dead Cabal's intelligence on the Conclave of Tears remains uncertain at best.