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INTERVIEW·WHITE DWARF 438

Illuminations: Art of Exploration

January 2019·pp. 66–71

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Paul Dainton describes the fortress through unfamiliar architecture, withheld detail and quiet unease rather than a conventional battle cover. Precipice’s colourful frontier contrasts with cold triangular interiors; the absorbed cruiser Impaler conveys the structure’s scale. Changing rooms and apparently watchful drones leave questions open, while Obsidius Mallex’s court introduces the adventurers’ enemies.

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