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And you can send a few minions out to specialist (stormtrooper, techpriest, whatever) schools if you feel inclined. They'll be out of play for a bit, but come back stronger.
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Send in request for a vindicare assassin. We can pick them up somewhere in Sol when we get there, should give the Temple enough time to prepare. Start preparing manufacturing of heavy-duty combat servitors. Sink money into it if needed. Expendable but reliable soldiers are obviously something we need. As for psyker, the ship's navigators and astropaths can advice us until we find one we can trust. Krieger boss, well, who was their second in command? Start proper tech-priest training for Matthias. He can finish it on Mars while we do stuff there and on Titan.
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LOOK IN THE MYSTERY BOX and also get an assassin
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Also yea, look in the mystery box.
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Does the thread want Vidicare, or something else? There are several choices. The Kriegers have ~6 Colonel Comissars who might be the next in charge, Ill sketch them later.
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Xun posted:LOOK IN THE MYSTERY BOX and also get an assassin 
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LowellDND posted:Does the thread want Vidicare, or something else? There are several choices. For those who don't know what this means, we are, as an inquisitor of the ordo malleus, requesting professional assistance from another Imperial government agency, the Officio Assasinorum. They train assassin of various kinds, and deploy them on the orders of the Imperial senate or at the polite request of inquisitors and space marine chapter masters, as well as loaning them to individual inquisitors on a longer-term basis. We have a decent chance of getting one borrowed to us by just asking for one. They're generally all extremely good at what they do, extremely well equipped, and hypno-conditioned very thoroughly to remain loyal. They wont turn on us unless we get ourself on the Imperium's Most Wanted list. What they have available: Vindicare: Snipers. Very stealthy, very precise. Also usable as scouts. Eversor: Terror given limbs and a large knife. Very messy, very not subtle. Heavy collateral damage. Have to be stored in stasis when not working. Callidus: Shapeshifters. I don't mean good at disguises, I mean actual change gender age and skeletal structure at will shapeshifters. Culexus: Psychic blanks trained as assassins. Unsettling to normal humans and outright terrifying to any and all psykers, including for example our navigators and astropaths. Venenum: More poisons than a dark eldar pharmacy. Vanus: Less actual assassins and more spies and propagandists. These are the guys who get a call if the High Lords of Terra want to dig up dirt on you for a smear campaign. Waci fucked around with this message at 09:46 on Jun 9, 2015 |
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LowellDND posted:The Kriegers have ~6 Colonel Comissars who might be the next in charge, Ill sketch them later.
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Waci posted:Vindicare: Snipers. Very stealthy, very precise. Also usable as scouts.
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Jun 9, 2015 10:05
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Would Culexus be helpful as insurance against Eldar?
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A culexus assassin would be a very powerful tool against eldar, yes.
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Does our Potentia coil charge from our radioactivity now? Are we a radiation hazard to others? Did we get Corruption Points from exposure to radiation? Culexus seems like it'd be most useful for a Malleus Inquisitor and non-Psyker Rogue Trader. Fight demons, block psyker influence. We could offer to compensate the Assassinorum by training in Eversor in how to be really angry.
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Wow, I don't update the thread for one night, and Ohone goes from rising star of the Inquisition finishing off loose ends to nearly-Spacemarine purging everybody. This is one of these situations where your update speed is kinda two-edged, on the one hand I LOVE how fast the action happens and how often there is new content, on the other I completely missed out on (several) major votes. But what's done is done, I think the most satisfying way to go from here is to have the time-travel arc and end "this" Ohone's life by invading an alternate universe to stop that universe's Ohone from entering the bomb room and then entering it herself to be reunited with her Fabiyan. We would then switch perspective to that alt-Ohone Alternatively, she could become a dimension hopping version of ourselves that hunts down deVries in as many alternate universes as possible to punish him for his sins across the multiverse, we could then take over one of the Ohones saved by her. So I guess, this is a vote for No retcon, let's see where this leads us. And since we are Ordo Malleus, I'd say a blank would be awesome to have against any demons we encounter, so let's get a Culexus if we can.
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I guess if we try time travel nonsense we know how the eldar video gets/got made!
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Pick up the CulexusOasx posted:I didn't really care about the retinue, so I was mostly ok with us continuing, but I don't really like sulky Ohone, she is less interesting than the rational one, so I would rather go with retcon I think once the rage wears off we'll get a more rational Ohone albeit detached and solely focused on her job. We have a bunch of Iron Hands on the ship now and as Ohone turns to her faith in her time of need then she'll realize that this was always going to happen. Human emotions have cost her everything and the only way to survive this cruel galaxy is to purge the weakness of flesh and to embrace the purity and efficiency of the machine. From iron cometh strength! From strength cometh will! From will cometh faith! From faith cometh honour! From honour cometh iron!
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Can we still use all of our abilities and gear while in the power armour? While it is no doubt very cool, i wouldn't want us to be hindered by it. I am going to throw in a vote for Callidus.
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Finally caught up. Amazing story LowellDnD. Please tell me you'll take this and make it a book at some point. You have great talent, and are easily better then some of the BL authors in my honest opinion. As for voting. I would go Vindicare. Yes we can get a sniper anywhere, but you'll never find a sniper like a vindicare outside a temple.
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So we're not getting the retcon? That's a shame. I hate to say it but I've lost all interest in the story, now. Well, have fun you all, hopefully my sour grapes turn out to be just that.
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LowellDND posted:And you can send a few minions out to specialist (stormtrooper, techpriest, whatever) schools if you feel inclined. They'll be out of play for a bit, but come back stronger. Inquisition Manager '15: In the grim darkness of the far future there are only spreadsheets.
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LowellDND posted:K after like 2 hours, I think I got the spreadsheet back up to date. Enjoy Assault space marine armor is MUCH better than Sororitas armor. However that cool jump pack we just got is useless with it. Unless we also got the space marine jump pack to go with it.
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Wait I thought Navigators weren't psykers, I don't remember reading that anywhere. They're supposed to be ab-humans, or mutants. Also Eversors are one-shot pops. They are what you deploy when you absolutely need something dead.
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Deadmeat5150 posted:Wait I thought Navigators weren't psykers, I don't remember reading that anywhere. They're supposed to be ab-humans, or mutants. Navigators are mutants (with a literal third eye) and psykers but they have specialized psychic abilities related to the warp (such as calming warp storms or using the warp to break someone's connection to life). Its mainly the ability to see the warp, not go as crazy and to guide ships through it which separates them from other psykers.
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Culexus If we're going to be dealing with Eldar and demons, may as well have a way of dealing with them. Edit: Let's investigate the box before deciding to open it Getting killed right after "learning our lesson" would be awkward. Also, does being in our new power armor mean we can wield heavy weapons without significant penalty? ElrondHubbard fucked around with this message at 16:11 on Jun 9, 2015 |
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Have someone else open the box first and get one of each from the Assassinoriums.
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Open the box and there will be a note in there that say: "HAHA, made you waste profit factor! - devry "
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I'm thinking we may have made a mistake getting into the armour. Our whole build was based around having puppets do our work for us while we look fairly normal and unassuming (relatively speaking). Also our combat skills are a joke. Edit: use a servitor to open the box. Use a remote Controlled servitor to do everything, maybe we can learn a lesson about doing things for yourself when you can control disposable proxies remotely.
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Outrail posted:I'm thinking we may have made a mistake getting into the armour.
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Using a mediocre amount of intelligence is cheaper and more reliable than buying fate points. Speaking of being smart, there was something odd about the spine on our suit and the chess knights wouldn't tell us what. Find out what is wrong with it , priority it's something on/in our body that we don't know about. For all we know it's a diginuke or something stupid like that.
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Maybe they just wanted Ohone to be able to wiggle a little bit.
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Maybe the suit is truly ancient and we are now a transformer? Outrail posted:I'm thinking we may have made a mistake getting into the armour. We didn't have much choice. Everyone is going to see us as a full fledged rogue trader regardless and our reputation for cold brutality isn't going to be softened by our normal metallic, glowing appearance. May as well own it. Outrail posted:Edit: use a servitor to open the box. Use a remote Controlled servitor to do everything, maybe we can learn a lesson about doing things for yourself when you can control disposable proxies remotely. The box has runes that can be translated. Maybe we should check into those before we break / unleash something.
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ElrondHubbard posted:The box has runes that can be translated. Maybe we should check into those before we break / unleash something.
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LowellDND posted:Unopened Box from the derelict bridge of the Battleship God-Emperor’s Vengeance, recovered after two centuries in a spatial storm. It was locked and gilded, with extensive runes.
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Deadmeat5150 posted:Assault space marine armor is MUCH better than Sororitas armor. However that cool jump pack we just got is useless with it. Unless we also got the space marine jump pack to go with it. Also, we can't use Space Marine armor without the implants that Space Marines get as part of their creation, namely the Black Carapace that actually lets us interact with said armor in the first place... And isn't Ohone a little too junior an Inquisitor to be requesting an Assassin right off the bat to be added to her retinue? A short term loan for a mission, sure. But not full on joining the retinue... Maybe once we've done the whole Grey Knights thing on Titan, we'll he the rep to do so. Maybe.
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So basically, how I am imagining Ohone looks right now is as a colossus of steel, a suit of Space Marine armor with only a hairless, heavily scarred blue head exposed, and half of that (including both eyes) is augmented. Mechadendrites extend from the spine of the suit, and it's all wrapped up in a massive cloak of our office. Whichever cloak we feel like wearing that day, be it the Mars one, the Lord Sire one or the Inquisition one (when we reveal that).
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I think we should get a Callidus assassin. Hopefully we can find our own blank and I'm not too sure I want an assassin in a box. But maybe that's a bonus to some people?
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Due to our trauma, we've lost a lot much of both our ability and inclination be covert when trying to take out targets. Thus, it seems reasonable to me that the best type of assassin for us to requisition would be one to do this for us. A Callidus, a social agent, they can be implanted in a location, blend in as if they were always there, track down the target, kill them, assume their identity, steal their life savings and reappropriate them for Emperor's cause, and return to their handler.
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All that matters now is revenge You replied coldly. “My family died yesterday. Now, unless you have something about their assassin, or any other upcoming threats....” You saw a flash of hurt, and then a fury that matched your own. And then it was replaced by the glacial control that seemed so distant to you right now. “Devries has been located in the Spire of Intoxicants. Its the real deal, DNA match. I’ve taken the liberty of awarding our informant. “The narco-tribes attempted several assaults on his compound, but were repulsed. They couldn’t guarantee capturing him alive, so I told them to hold off for now.” She met your next question before you could ask. “No, there is no trace of radiation or explosives. Just a hell of a lot of infantry weapons. Apparently he found a cult that is following him to the death, and even that army of drug addicts can’t get through it.” “How long has he been there?” “Several weeks.” You could barely control a growl. “And you couldn’t find him, or chose not to tell me, before I went hunting.” She met your gaze evenly. “I am not usually given the 10 profit factor as a budget. That amount opens doors no amount of skill would.” You gripped your gloves into bulky fists, but took a breath. It wouldn’t do to smash the spymaster your predecessor had trusted for so long. Your organics were betraying you. You needed to find the machine. Your true self. Took another breath. “You are right. Find out everything you can. Capturing him - alive! is the number one goal of this dynasty.” “Understood. I will keep you updated.” She paused. “I’m sorry for your loss, truly.” “Feel sorry for Devries. Even daemons will shed tears after what I do to him.” She stood as you left. You needed somewhere for this rage, this rampant paranoia that was reaching for you. Spreading out your mind, you created new algorithms for all the cameras in the ship. They would look, they would listen. People who sinned against your Blasphemy Laws would be tagged, their face and location sent to the Krieg. Within hours, new heretics were being punished with blister and SLUDGE. Still, it was not enough. Devries was always playing a shell game. Had he left something here? Some allies you hadn’t seen? Your cameras were reporting a nest of abhumans, in the Deepest. At a gesture, companies of Krieg were deployed there, ordered to crush all within. A heretic like Devries could find allies in the worst of heresies. Best to nip them in the bud now. You would rule this place with an iron hand. Ten Iron Hands. Your mind examined the gap they had left - a strange mistake, if it were that. It gave the impression of some sort of spinal graft, left unused. You considered what implant might take its place, and why the Iron Hands hadn’t given it to you. Had they lost it? Or was it stolen from you, perhaps sold by the enemy. But then, why had they been so secretive about it? Perhaps they, too, were allied against you. Perhaps, perhaps. You sent messages to the (other) Magos as equals, or near enough. Matthais needed formal training into more of the Secrets. You needed more murder servitors. You tagged a list of blistered heretics. They could be used, first come first serve. And it’s not like murder servitors were needed for their appearance. Within hours, the first heretics were being picked up and brought into the processing chambers. You were surrounded by enemies. Devries could subvert anyone. You considered the Eldar, so trusted by your dead cousin. And they were pretending to be so helpful, trying to create a future where you aided them. No, best be prepared for their attack. A word to the Astropaths, an access code from your Rosette, and a request was sent to the Culexus Temple, all the light years away. Attacks could come from anywhere. Were the maps you had bought a trap? The unopened box? Perhaps Devries had placed them in some way, as a poisoned needle at your breast. Your mind tore through the memories of Inquisitorial records, hidden transcripts, ancient lore. Yes. The runes were protective in nature, containment. Wards against the Great Enemy. Whatever was inside would be a hideous thing. What to do with it though. Perhaps it, too, was a distraction from assaulting the final redoubt of Devries.
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Our first priority should be getting a new cat and cyberdog, that would greatly improve morale, and our mood.
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