"N-no! We wouldn't do such a thing!" said the slim technopriest as he stood up and almost growled to the squad leader of the Silent Sisters.
"We have evidences that say otherwise. Let's make your lives easier as a day from now the investigation conducted by the Custodians will be released and you will surely die." replied the Silent Sister as she did some sign language which made the other higher ups other than the slim technopriest shiver and extremely uncomfortable. She's lying between her teeth here as all they need to do here is to see their reactions. All the investigation are done by the Custodians just like how it's assigned.
"N-no! We really aren't do-" the words of the slim technopriest was cut off as a chubby looking technopriest suddenly raised his shivering voice, completely drowning the voice of the slim technopriest.
"Yes! W-we're doing it! We're exploring and studying forbidden subjects without clearance." shouted the chubby technopriest who finally broke down after just a couple of questions by the Silent Sister assigned to question him.
The other higher ups immediately turned their heads around to look at him and scold him, however this didn't happen.
"Please spare me! I-I've told you the truth! Please spare me!" wailed the chubby technopriest as this became the last straw to finally destroy the composure of the others.
Everyone started to tell the truth about the whole organization. They told that what thought to them greatly encouraged them to become more curious, to discover more things even if they have no proper clearance/s from the government.
The slim technopriest lost all the colors on his face as he tried to keep his calm in ront of the squad leader of the Silent Sisters who just looked at him with a poker face.
Yet, this poker face showed the deadliest of expressions as if she'll pounce at him at any moment. The technopriest tried to explain his side but all of these are but for naught as the squad leader stood up and kicked him in the chest squarely, sending him crashing to the walls and breaking it with ease.
"Arrest them! Contact the governor to preserve this whole building for evidences and arrest everyone part of this organization. All those who resist will be killed!" ordered the squad leader of the Silent Sisters through sign language as the women under her immediately moved in and disabled the technopriests' ability to move, making them look like a toy in which you dislocated their arms into weird poses.
...
Terra...
The Emperor is looking at different set of data available to them regarding the prospect of gene modifications.
He's not planning on creating anything yet for the pool of available gene modifications available to even a Level 3 citizen is well in Sextillions or possibly more, however they need to constantly improve the technology accessible to the whole Imperium.
What low level people on the Level 5 to 2 might not know is that the Imperium might seem like a normal galactic level civilization with a really large territory on the outside most likely due to the technology accessible to the them, but in truth, their technologies far surpassed what a normal human being can even imagine.
The people who can completely access those higher levels of technology are of course the Level 1s.
The state of the 9 Primarchs is just normal. They're assigned to different governmental positions on top of them being somewhat of a prince which gave them more jobs to do in form of court duties like marrying which no one really took seriously so it's basically nonexistent and everything are only for formalities.
Just then, a Silent Sister which act as a messenger came inside the room and saluted before delivering the message on the data pad.
The Emperor picked up the data pad and started to skim on the information in it while nodding.
"They're great interrogators. Tell them they have my gratitude. As for the matter regarding the organization. It looks like these little clubs need to be regulated to the full extent." ordered the Emperor as the Silent Sister nodded and saluted before leaving.
...
The slim technopriest is currently inside a cell. He's sitting on top of the metal bed with a simple pillow and mattress.
He is thinking of everything he did if it was the right choice.
His technopriest robed was already taken away, he was thrown insults of all degrees by the people he thought was his friends, his comrades.
He painstakingly climbed through the ranks for thousands of years. He contributed greatly to the technological advancements of the whole Imperium.
Most notably is the alternate realities equation which sparked grest debates amongst the scholars of the Imperium since its release.
He is hailed as one of the fathers of the modern Universal physics, a study that tries to answer the questions regarding the universe and reality itself.
This title made it easy for him to make his organization become big. His influence and the prospect of studying the unknown made people enticed by his offer and immediately joined the organization.
Since he was a kid he always dreamt of a society where information aren't held back. Where people can study whatever they like, and fancy with no govermental restrictions or disturbance.
He created this organization to facilitate his dream. At first they're really were let to do anything they like with a few rules and guidelines they must follow. But as the emergence of similar organizations popped out, people expressed concerns and the senate passed a law regulating the organizations and to be organizations to some extent. This, he was fine.
But as time passed by he wanted more. He wanted more than becoming some sort of get together. He set his sights into newer things. He wanted his organization be given full autonomy from what it does.
He has friends on the senate who he tried to convince to support him but they wouldn't just budge. So he did it, he did what you'll call a taboo.
He outright disobeyed the orders from the government and implemented certain changes to his organization. However, these changes resulted at his current state.
He was a staunch materialist and hides it to prevent attention. In his organization there are some who are already fanatic materialist, people who really disagree with the prospect of Machine God or whatnot.
Yes they're brainwashed regarding this before, but if you'll ask the members of this organization they'll tell you that there's no evidence of the Machine God existing and the machineries move because of science. This became what you'll call a liberal organization in some sense that uses critical thinking.
He made the organization powerful, great, and everything despite all the hardships yet, his seek for the truth has came too far. His curiosity and his desire to achieve his dream has infected many and brought them to doom.
He doesn't know which to believe right now. He doesn't know why it has come to this. Everything cumbled down, was it the ideology he tried to propagate that brought his doom or this was already written and in stone since the beginning?
Just then, the sound of automatic door opening was heard as a Skitarii carrying a rifle on his shoulder entered and pulled the technopriest away to transfer him to a vehicle in which he'll be sent to one of those large slave camps working on a factory while awaiting his trial.