Jae, you seriously decided to talk about this in the presence of our party members, Calligos and his retinue as well, and, most importantly, in the presence of the RT themself?! *heavy sigh*
Here's a useless fact about RT. The game has game time inside which can be viewed when editing saves through Arcemi Save Game Editor.
So, if you complete all the quests and use the red warp paths, then RT arrives at Epitaph 6.5 years after the start of the game.
If you only do the main story quest (I actually did a couple more companion quests), then in about a year.
I don’t know how much time actually passed according to canon.
Personally, I like the idea that a lot of time passes between events. Then the slow burn with the interrogator becomes even more beautiful. In my save, MA only happens after 3 years.
Abelard, instead, should't you worry about Heinrix 'taking advantage of the Lord Captain's hospitality' and visiting her in her chambers on a regular basis?xD Or is is it a euphemism for 'such visits'? Maybe, Heinrix thinks so too, that's why he's not expanding on that topic.xD
P.S. All kidding aside, what's that small request? Not a regicide tournament?! I've seen that in a couple of fics, and I'm ready to consider it canon!
Of all the endings for Heinrix (with the romantic RT), the endings where Rogue Trader swears allegiance to the C'tan are my favorite. And this is not about which fate is best for Heinrix or anything.
There are two options for the final slide:
1) option is the same for a romance when Heinrix remains in the Inquisition and without a romance.
2) a true romance when he leaves the Inquisition.
I consider both slides important if there is romance.
In short, I think both slides are about loyalty, but one is about RT and the other is about the Inquisition.
In the second option of the epilogue, staying in the Inquisition, Heinrix does what he must. He tries to kill the traitor. Even with a romance (which was a revelation for me when I was checking out different endings). His loyalty, despite his love for RT, belongs to the Inquisition and the Imperium. Does he mourn RT? I think yes.
But duty and service to humanity are above any feelings.
Now about the first option, which I love dearly and which gives me a lot of thoughts. (but mostly I make incoherent sounds of admiration.)
(And it is important to say that I perceive the epilogues as the records of an Imperial historian-chronicler. And from this point of view I confirm to us that Heinrix is a traitor for the Imperium. As he himself said.)
Woman he loves more than life betrays more than just him. RT is a traitor to the Imperium, to all of humanity, to life. And instead of killing her, as Heinrix does in the not-true-romance. He tries to appeal to heart (which is nonexistent) and mind. He is the only one in the retinue who does so. And he doesn't try to join the traitor, like Jae tries to do. Heinrix still has principles. "Working for the good of humanity" and serving the C'tan are contrary to that.
RT has become everything to him, he trusts her and believes in her, loyalty bordering on obsession. And consciously or not, the attempt to convince her looks like a mirror image of what RT did to him. She appealed to his heart and mind, appealed to his humanity, saved him from himself. And now he is trying to do the same for her, to save her.
Could it be that the sudden betrayal has deprived him of common sense? Especially considering that he abandoned the Inquisition, became a heretic and replaced everything with serving RT. And now that she has betrayed him, he has nothing left. Only a desperate attempt to bring her back. (I can imagine that his thoughts at this moment are saturated with a desperate "please come back"). As an Ordo Xenos, Heinrix should know that convincing someone who has no heart and soul is objectively stupid.
There is so much angst, hopelessness, desperate faith and loyalty here. For me, this is the height of romance.
(I threw a lot of words and now I shut up :D
And sorry for the mistakes if there are any.)
