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A naive vote for exploring the dregs and serial killers.
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I think I may need to read some stuff to play. I am familiar with the games, books and movies from the OP, but have no experience with the warhammer genre itself other than a couple of passes at games with Warhammer in the name. What would be a good read? (That Peake, Lem and Kafka are listed as source texts is a bit daunting in terms of imagined game play. Two of the listed books are notorious for essentially nothing happening for hundreds and hundreds of pages, despite the best efforts of the protagonist.) My current non-understanding of the vote would be something like: A) Trial combat and subordination. One group wins, ending this nonsense, and its minimal blood spilled. Acting consistent with Family B) Grab a few kids and have them perform a marriage ceremony. Then they can be in the mess of family alliances like everyone else is. Acting consistent with Family C) Racing machines! We can have the track go through the bowels of the ship, there should be some sweet crashes. Acting consistent with Tech Priest D) Walk them to the servitor machines. Acting consistent with Tech Priest Probably getting that wrong. What would be an example of an Inquisition consistent solution or act? Sogol fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Aug 25, 2014 |
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Xun posted:Not sure if this helps but here's a big fat wiki Thanks. Been looking at the wiki references. I was thinking more along the lines of a novel in the genre. They must exist and it seems likely there would be some not completely remote from our setting or character. Are any of them readable?
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I am going to have to look around for copies of Eisenhorn locally. No ebook and listed on Amazon for $150 of something new and $50 used. Oh! C, even though I've no real idea what that means. Sogol fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Aug 26, 2014 |
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Aug 26, 2014 19:23
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Grognan posted:Tracks are yes, jets if you put them on are a probably. If we can get something resembling something undead as a servitor we could name it "Carrion Luggage". jng2058 posted:RE: Eisenhorn e-books. You can buy all the Eisenhorn and Ravenor (the sequel trilogy) books direct from the Black Library for $70. That's like seven novels and five short stories, pretty much all of them good, though some people in the Black Library thread weren't too fond of Pariah. I liked it fine, but I acknowledge it's different in tone than it's predecessors. I think this may represent a concerted effort in the thread to ruin my near term life. Sogol fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Aug 26, 2014 |
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Aug 26, 2014 20:23
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D. I like the chain arms too much not to use them.
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Aug 28, 2014 06:44
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Obviously this means one of the losing options wins doesn't it?
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Aug 29, 2014 00:35
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Use the chain arms of our servitor to grapple the vote.
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Aug 29, 2014 05:22
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I think we broke him with our tie vote antics. Could just be the normal curse of the CYOA though. Start one and things are bound to crazy in your life. Whatever it is I hope it continues. The flavor is really cool.
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Sep 3, 2014 06:43
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D "While I do feel it very unfortunate that Jeb set off this disaster by carelessly losing control of his vehicle (I truly thought him a better driver or would not have allowed him in the race), and this looks very bad for the Blue Team as a result, I do confess I feel much worse about the stray torpedo that took out the Red Team. That was a truly unfortunate consequence of Jeb's incompetence. I do hope in light of this disaster and my clear victory that my judgment on the Batteries will be implemented within the hour. Thank you for your obedience in this matter." How much did we win?
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Sep 4, 2014 08:56
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A Then the report, then the Inquisition message.
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Sep 10, 2014 01:42
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Sep 17, 2014 17:41
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C With D if that is possible. Updates are great to read, btw.
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Sep 25, 2014 07:53
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E. Always time to shoot him in the face next. First ask: "What exactly does this look like?" Then some follow up questions. Then shoot him in the face. One thing is certain. He is not innocent.
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Obtuse Angol posted:Just wanted to say I'm loving your writing, OP. You've managed to capture the over-the-top grotesqeuery of WH40K, but leavened it with a self-awareness and wit that's often lacking in tales of that grim, dark future. I am also enjoying the writing and the flavor of the ship/world a lot. I have not yet popped for the bux to get the source material, but I kind of like picking things the consequences of which are completely opaque to me and learning in practice.
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Sep 26, 2014 18:30
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In terms of influences I was sort of imagining the Peake playing out with family on the ship and Kafka playing out in the faceless unassailable bureaucracy of the Inquisition. Just a guess.
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B We need more information because another family member (Widow Maker?) claimed this was solved. Why? Whether we definitively solve it or not we need the dirt on them. It is either laziness or an active cover up. Negligence or Malfeasance. Knowing would be quite valuable to us.
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LowellDND posted:Always happy to And miss the chance to humiliate Cruentus?
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Sep 27, 2014 20:10
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He is probably the serial killer.
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Sep 27, 2014 20:30
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If anyone has a bit of time and hasn't read Kafka I think this Kafka piece The Penal Colony has useful tone for the thread. Also "The Hunger Artist" maybe.
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[S/]C[/s] Vote Change I confess I don't fully understand the implications of "E=static", e.g. What would that be doing to Megabyte, what it means for us, etc. Some people read the Penal Colony as a commentary by Kafka on the process of writing. For myself, I prefer to remain confused about it. Sogol fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Sep 28, 2014 |
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Sep 28, 2014 17:10
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Ok fine...Vote change from C to E Enigma.
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Sep 28, 2014 22:13
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Here is a Kafka short story I feel synopsizes many aspects of Kafka.quote:A Common Confusion, Kafka
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Sep 28, 2014 23:22
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If a Halo the question about Cruentus is still: negligence or malfeasance? Did he simply go kill some random people and call it a day? Is he benefitting from or enthralled by the Halo and has knowingly misled the Sire? The Halo carrier seems to be in the primary stage at this point. Closer examination, which we may not actually want just yet, may reveal something else of course.
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Sep 29, 2014 02:40
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LowellDND posted:http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Halo_Devices Check there. close call, right?
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C. I think this thing will be gone by the time the Calvary arrives. Plus, summoning the Calvary means we have to account for why. This will alert Cruentus, and if the thing is gone make us chicken little or the boy who cried wolf. Granted there actually is a wolf and the sky actually is falling. Deceive Pack Hunter Constitution
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Sep 29, 2014 19:24
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paragon1 posted:Tech Use +20 Ok then.
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Sep 30, 2014 19:54
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Grognan posted:Let's never shoot things again and just hack the ship to kill them. Smashy doors, We are the ship. I like it. E: the infestation of humans may eventually become problematic I suppose.
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Oct 1, 2014 03:17
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Don't directly implicate Cruentus. Just provide enough information the the Sire comes to this conclusion himself. The case is strong enough for that. This also takes extra scrutiny off why we were there.
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Oct 11, 2014 18:37
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B? Unite the Gangs
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Oct 13, 2014 08:04
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Just so I am clear she has just unknowingly brought an alien artifact she is using to build a secret coalition one of the aims of which is to oppose the Magos to the attention of a member if the Inquisition, namely us.
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I am just catching up. I want to say that your writing started out good and has gotten better, IMO. I have no idea about skills. Yes on the secret mission. I forget which of our dear family members is the psyker. Mightn't they be a suspect for xeno tech that in low doses makes averting more susceptible to psyker powers?
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Though the skills still confound me a bit (even with the training wheels version) I wanted to check about overarching goals the skills serve. 1- sufficiently hack the ship to become the ship. Granted the scale and scope of this may make us insane, but the price of greatness and all. 2- sufficiently impersonate meat bags to infiltrate the superficial and quarrelsome goings on of their sociopolitical doings, allowing for effective social engineering. Also likely to make us insane. (see item #1) 3- be a sufficient badass by means both immediate and extended to handle whatever is occurring situationally. Am I tracking here? If done well this could mean we don't actually need or want to be Sire, but could instead groom a puppet Sire. Of course this means eliminating the psyker I think.
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Amacita is currently our best candidate for a pawn/puppet in the family. She appears utterly incompetent. The question is, if that is true how has she managed to stay alive for this long?
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Dec 10, 2014 21:01
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Slaan posted:All of our troops are riding war racers. We have speed on our side. Have them detach, slay these 'pilgrims' quickly and continue to the Food vats with all speed. Meanwhile, we shall continue to help the Sisters hold the line. +1
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Dec 11, 2014 15:13
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Just to scale this, can we hack the ship's lighting?
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Dec 12, 2014 08:49
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Can we hack the lights in the room where the battle is occurring in an attempt to create an optic overload before we enter?
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In that case we should probably flood the room with sensory overload just as the next wave occurs and then sally forth just as it takes effect, falling on their flank or rear. If we could hack comms to warn the Sisters that this is about to happen that would be good. Do we also have access to the lights, horns, buzzers etc. on the vehicles of our small force, essentially making them look much larger and noisier to the overly sensitive, than they actually are? Sogol fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Dec 12, 2014 |
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Ok, so... - hack the comms and tell the Sisters to be ready - wait for the attack to begin - flood the room with an overwhelming amount of sensory stimulation particularly in the appropriate bandwidths - as it takes effect sally forth with an additional barrage of light and sound from our amped up flanking force Oh... And beware sources of static.
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You and your silly details. Lights! Noise! Let loose the hounds of chaos!!!
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