By late 09.018M42 the Grey Knights had several task forces active in the Aleph Sector. One was performing operations in the Foramen near to the Cicatrix Maledictum, as well as fighting against chaos in the Perseus Deeps. Another, in the Hadron Expanse, encountered strange signals from a region not yet explored near the rifts of Hecate. Braving the difficult war storms near the rifts, the small Ordo Malleus force made contact on an uncharted planet with a small band of astartes calling themselves the "White Hands". Finding no record of the chapter to hand the Grey Knights demanded the unknown marines swear their loyalty and devotion to the God Emperor of Mankind. Unfortunately the White hands responded with an unsatisfactory response, declaring the Emperor was merely a powerful man, and that worship of gods was against the Imperial Truth.
This of course did not go down well with the Grey Knights, who engaged the White Hands, driving them off, but unable to eliminate them completely they then sent a full report via astropath to Inquisitor Vorushko. This astropathic message was intercepted by the Federacy, who realising they had potential allies in the White Hands, began preparing a discovery mission to intercept and win over the renegade space marines, and to assess just how many there were.
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