Editing Slaugth (Hektor Heresy) (section)

===The Space Lord===

Unlike most of the Slaugth Principals who were powerful slavers or mighty sorcerers, Nresht was a brilliant scientist who had earned his place in the ruling council with his groundbreaking research. Even in a race where genius level intelligence was considered the norm, he was seen as a prodigy way ahead of his time. Nresht had always been fascinated with dimensions, from which all existence was woven like a magnificent tapestry, and so he chose to pursue a career in topomancy instead of much more lucrative geneurgy. At the time, many of his colleagues scoffed at his strange decision, writing it off as one of the innumerable quirks of the eccentric genius. But all of his doubters had to admit their mistake when Nresht presented his first major invention - relativist generators that used focused dark energy to distort and shape the three primary dimensions of space like clay. 

This machine quickly revolutionised all aspects of Slaugth live. Living conditions improved tremendously as everybody moved into apartments that were much larger on the inside than they were on the outside. Vehicles that shortened travel distances by shrinking the space in front of them made even intercontinental travel a matter of minutes. Art and architecture flourished as the artists cast down the confines of the three old-fashioned dimensions. One invention such as this would be enough for any Slaugth researcher to end his career and rest on his laurels, but Nresht wasn't motivated by fame and recognition. Barely a couple of centuries have passed since his first breakthrough when he presented his new reality-defying creation - an engine that allowed to unravel the seven hidden dimensions of space and make practical use of them. Again, the entire Slaugth culture made a gigantic leap forward, thinking in three dimensions quickly became a thing of the past. And yet, Nresht was far from satisfied. There was still one more elusive dimension that he couldn't conquer, namely time.

And he had a good reason to be obsessed with time. With machines that could distort it, the Slaugth could finally put an end to the extinction of their race, or at least make it irrelevant. By manipulating time, they could extend their lifespans indefinitely, thus achieving immortality and rendering reproduction unnecessary. But this task was too hard even for a genius like Nresht to perform. He needed to break too many fundamental laws of nature to achieve his highly coveted goal, but such trivialities could never stop the deranged savant. His experiments continued well into the war with the Eldar, he kept building new prototypes even as the windows of his laboratory were being shattered by shurikens. But in the end, the Principal was triumphant. When the enemy fleet was preparing to deliver the final strike, he finished his time machine that enabled travelling to the future.