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However, at the start of the [[War in Heaven]], the [[Great Houses]] came to regard the babels as a necessary evil. Three were released during the [[Lethean Campaign]], where they were supremely successful wherever deployed and provided the [[Great Houses]] with a powerful advantage. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | However, at the start of the [[War in Heaven]], the [[Great Houses]] came to regard the babels as a necessary evil. Three were released during the [[Lethean Campaign]], where they were supremely successful wherever deployed and provided the [[Great Houses]] with a powerful advantage. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
{{quote|The babels are pure contradiction. They have no passion for war. They don’t see an enemy: they see meat. Yet unleashed, they become nothing but passion, fury unchecked by mercy or satisfaction. I have seen babels delay an offensive in order to abuse or mutilate a prisoner. They do not like to kill. They take care and pleasure in keeping their victims alive as long as they can. I spoke to one today. Her voice was so sweet and she posed herself with such delicacy. One can almost long to be [[the enemy]] and suffer their affections.|An auxiliary fighting for [[the Homeworld]] during the [[Lethean Campaign]]|The Book of the War (novel)}} | {{quote|The babels are pure contradiction. They have no passion for war. They don’t see an enemy: they see meat. Yet unleashed, they become nothing but passion, fury unchecked by mercy or satisfaction. I have seen babels delay an offensive in order to abuse or mutilate a prisoner. They do not like to kill. They take care and pleasure in keeping their victims alive as long as they can. I spoke to one today. Her voice was so sweet and she posed herself with such delicacy. One can almost long to be [[the enemy]] and suffer their affections.|An auxiliary fighting for [[the Homeworld]] during the [[Lethean Campaign]]|The Book of the War (novel)}} | ||
All three were destroyed when a secretive agent killed their hosts and left them momentarily defenseless to the [[the enemy|enemy]] suicide attacks; ''[[The Book of the War]]'' stated that, after this deployment, the babels were extinct. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | All three were destroyed when [[Lethean Campaign assassin|a secretive agent]] killed their hosts and left them momentarily defenseless to the [[the enemy|enemy]] suicide attacks; ''[[The Book of the War]]'' stated that, after this deployment, the babels were extinct. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
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