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Cain "Rat" Zetkin is my suggestion. Go with given or nickname, both ways sound like some kind of 40's pulp scifi hero. Also, our trooper comes with an entrenching tool, eh? I smell success.
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Sep 18, 2009 05:43
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Alright, I can see why some might object to Cain. (But if you're questioning the good Commissar's worth, be advised the punishment is summary execution.) How 'bout Quint? Fifth son of a fifth son.  I also stand by Zetkin. Jaghatai is a Primarch's name, after all, and while that doesn't mean it can't be used, it would be strange, I think, for an unassuming grunt guardsman to come from a family apparently named for a Primarch.
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Sep 19, 2009 17:18
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Quint "Rat" Zelkin. Rat Zelkin in the 40th and 3/4s Millenium! edit: I not gud with time
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Sep 19, 2009 23:14
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My vote is for grabbing the shield and going hand-to-hand. Rat has a goddamn entrenching tool. If it's good enough for Green Berets in good ol' 1989, it's good enough for Imperial Guardsmen in the 40th Millenia.  As for the chainsword, well, Commissars tend to carry them, and everyone knows how often the Commissariat loses men in combat conditions. 
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Sep 21, 2009 00:42
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Zetkin has a shield. Advance with it, attempting to cover both yourself and Tilla, who seems ready for CC. Oh, and quickly scrounge for some spare ammo clips from the dead guys around you. They're not using it anymore. The Emperor Provides.
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Sep 21, 2009 19:52
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I figure Zetkin goes for the gusto due to a careful, calculated analysis of the situation. Just crawled out of a crash, narrowly escaping death. A Commissar is gunning down a soldier who is decidedly NOT Rat Zetkin, Emperor be praised. Staying in a position under fire is a losing proposition, with almost certain death the result. Storming the fortified position behind a shield, with a teammate to help bust skulls? Likely death, but maybe a chance to get his loving head together in the formerly-occupied charnel house and figure a way out of this insanity.
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Sep 22, 2009 06:17
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Assuming his shield is like a modern-day riot shield, I suggest moving into the room using the shield as a cover for your small three-man fireteam. Zetkin is the cover provider, Tilla and Regis behind him and to each side with shotguns or lasrifles. Keep a pistol in hand in case things get hairy, but Zetkin shouldn't have to break defense.
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Sep 22, 2009 20:11
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I say go artillery hunting. Keep the shield, keep the sword, saw that shotgun off if at all possible ("I like to keep this one handy. For close encounters."), entrenching tool  , and grab some grenades off the assholes we just killed. Nothing quite says "Tag, you're it!" like a frag in the foxhole.(I option to keep the shield because it's saved Rat's rear end repeatedly in the past half hour. Hockey players won't wash their jock straps in playoffs; would you ditch your lucky shield? )
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Sep 23, 2009 03:12
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Three grenades sounds good to me. I'm assuming you have character rollups for the other soldiers, yeah? Could we, at some point, get to know them a bit? I'd like for Zetkin (and us) to maybe form attachments with his compadres, so it sucks more when they're brutally blown away in a failing of the dice.
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Sep 23, 2009 23:39
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I have an alternative strategy. Trantor and Atrix go for the fire team. They can lob a grenade into the enemy's midst, pick off whomever's left with closer weapons. Zetkin and Hax should snipe the artillery crew immediately before the grenade goes off, then aid Trantor and Atrix if needed. Coordination is key! I mean, it would almost make more sense to have three men go for the fire team, but Rat's done enough Almost Dying in Entertaining and Dangerous Ways lately to go with them. And he can't be the lone gunman, because there's just too much glory in that. So, my compromise. And it was unintentional to put on the assault team the two dudes you mentioned likely to die, Tias. Blade_of_tyshalle fucked around with this message at 14:51 on Sep 24, 2009 |
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Sep 24, 2009 14:35
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Not only can the crewmen give aid to the fireteam in some way, but the guy on top of the Baz has a vox unit. Someone's feeding him coordinates, after all, so he can easily scream back at them about the attack. Silence him, and perhaps the perpetually-disorganized PDF won't notice his lack of talkback until we've blown the battery and disappeared back into the shadows. WE AM THE NIGHT.Tias posted:Woah now, I haven't put them in a "kill off category" or anything. They are the most likely if Rat's acquaintances to die right now because they are the only other characters in the current scene, not the other way around. The dice decide whether they actually kick the bucket or not. True, I just found it funny how I wound up putting the two people you named as potentially die-able on the more personally-lethal of the two missions. But if Trantor takes a couple dozen bullets for the team, I don't think he'll be missed.
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Sep 24, 2009 21:59
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Hot drat, that went swimmingly. Do they still make Guinness 40,000 years in the future? The boy deserves at least a couple pints.
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Sep 28, 2009 14:07
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Look for Vrokvrok, then take a nap. If poo poo's gonna go down, we'll find out eventually, right? No sense worrying til then. And since we're still good from the last patch on the injury, so a nap seems in order.
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Sep 29, 2009 22:55
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Even Shaeffer was an ensign once.
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Oct 1, 2009 12:47
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The correct answer to this quandry is "Should I be?" but "Nope." is probably less likely to wind up with Quint in the stockade.
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Oct 4, 2009 05:16
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Infiltrate. Also, loot a cardboard box from somewhere. We'll be needing it. VVVVV For this. Blade_of_tyshalle fucked around with this message at 23:42 on Oct 4, 2009 |
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Oct 4, 2009 22:40
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No man left behind, or the badasses leave US behind. But, uh, that said. What's the tactical situation with those four dudes we could assault?
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Oct 16, 2009 22:48
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Sound Constitution and swim, sure. Since my vote's cast, what's common lore: IG get us?
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Oct 23, 2009 19:53
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East beach. Semper fi, do and/or die. Ooorah.
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Oct 28, 2009 12:49
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My favourite bit of fluff is that Commissars shoot Guardsmen with the idea that, if the soldiers are more terrified of the man in the hat than they are of the actual enemy, they'll readily throw themselves into the charnel maw of battle just to get away from a certain death at the hands of the Commissar. Commissars got nothing on Psykers. loving hide.
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Oct 29, 2009 23:18
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We're on the same page here. I just think possibly being the lone survivor is preferable to a horrifying death as our flesh is melted off our SOUL. I mean, who's to say the Commissar won't abruptly go "Oh gently caress this, I don't do I still maintain we should find a hidey-hole. Call it "really good cover" if you'd like, but there's nowhere we can go now to really get away from some Psyk's mindfire anyway. Unless we turn out to be Gunner Jurgen's long-lost brother, or something.
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Oct 30, 2009 04:42
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Is not a Guardsman entitled to the sweat of his own brow? "No!" says the Commissar behind him. "It belongs to the Imperium!"
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Oct 30, 2009 22:52
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