Portrait of a Revolution

Portrait of a Revolution is a prequel story to the main Armada stories. Chronologically it takes place after Yesterday's Ghost and before A Galaxy Divided

Plot
Months after becoming Palpatine's Imperial adviser, Pavaliin schemes with Khaine on how to take revenge upon the Remnant for an unnamed act that occurred years earlier. As Pavaliin continues to plan, he starts to find out how corrupt the Remnant is. Like the Imperial government before it, the Remnant oppresses its citizens. Those that are oppressed are too afraid to speak up, risking their freedom and lives. Realizing that his plans for revenge would take him down the same path as before, Pavaliin turns his plans to overthrowing the Remnant government and establishing a new faction within the galaxy, free of Imperial control.

As Pavaliin begins his plans for a coup, Khaine brings to his attention an Imperial senator that could potentially help them. Pavaliin tracks the senator, Maximilian Kassen Atropos von Dantarius, to his apartment and confronts him. He presents the senator with evidence that the Remnant senate would vote to kick him out of office because of his non-corrupt nature. Pavaliin then reveals his true identity to Maximillian while telling him that he wants to make a difference. He then leaves the apartment, letting the senator decide on what he should do.