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We also keep buying off our insanity, otherwise we'd have ~80 or so  As an aside, woo! We have hit 14,000 posts, and are within a week of our one year anniversary! Thats 615 pages or 275,000 words
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What would happen if Ohone went obviously insane/evil without having anything to do with Chaos, like getting into xeno technology or tyranid body-modding?
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Jul 31, 2015 11:19
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sullat posted:Wait, are we playing Dark Heresy (kill then loot) or Rogue Trader (loot then kill)? That will inform how we proceed. At this point we're playing "Herald of the Apocalypse and Prophet of the Divine (Mechanical or otherwise)," which offers considerably less guidance. We're so far off the beaten path of most adventures in this vein that we should really be making our own archetypes instead of dogmatically falling back on older, more familiar, but ultimately lesser archetypes. "The trigger-happy Inquisitor" suits when stopping plots of a planetary scale, but you can't burn the entire Imperium to save it. "The daring Rogue Trader with an eye on both the main chance and chance itself" is an excellent path, but even their antics pale before the riches we've set a course towards. Even the hypothetical possibility of sector command held out in Only War pales before the galaxy-wide war we've more or less called into existence single-handedly. Ohone can no longer be an Inquisitor, or a Rogue Trader, or a Tech-Priest, or anything else except Ohone. Nothing less can contain her anymore.
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Jul 31, 2015 11:24
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I think the problem here is that we jumped from Acolyte to full Inquisitor without ever getting much if any instruction from our original Inquisitor patron. Thus we never had the usual years (or decades) of direct service as an Interrogator to learn that just because you CAN wipe out planets, that shouldn't be the FIRST option! Really people, we need to have some restraint. 
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Jul 31, 2015 13:17
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No half measures
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Jul 31, 2015 13:36
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You know if you think about it we really should be an inquisitor for Chaos. I mean, think about it. We're supposed to be rooting out heresy and traitors, there are a lot of those dudes like that in Chaos. Really should look into joining those chaps. Plus I hear they love our exterminatus mind set
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Jul 31, 2015 13:46
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Shadeoses posted:What would happen if Ohone went obviously insane/evil without having anything to do with Chaos, like getting into xeno technology or tyranid body-modding? She'd still be an Inquisitor, just a radical one. If certain lines were crossed, we'd end up in Siadwell's position. Edit: V I guess that depends on if we stand to gain anything from blowing the planet up regardless. Rogue trader tends to run on hive top stealing audacity and right now we're crusading for Athena, so the stakes are way higher than normal. Is there some way where we can arrange for blowing up the planet to benefit us whether or not there's a demon? ElrondHubbard fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Jul 31, 2015 |
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Jul 31, 2015 15:11
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I mean, maybe it's just me, but I kinda think we should actually make sure something bad is actually loose on this planet before we condemn it to oblivion? For all we know, the demon has escaped off-planet. Or maybe it hasn't gone to ground yet. Doing the barest amount of due diligence might be a "half-measure", though!
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Jul 31, 2015 18:51
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Shadeoses posted:What would happen if Ohone went obviously insane/evil without having anything to do with Chaos, like getting into xeno technology or tyranid body-modding? Hate to break it to you, but we've had Stryxis implants since way back in the early bits of the story. As for the current argument, Stop jumping straight to exterminatus. Even the Istvaan would consider it stupid and wasteful, and they engineer large scale wars on principle.
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Hobnob “Ask about their interior decorator.” You turned and stared at Fabiyan. “What?” He gestured. “All the furnishings, and the gilding. It’s got style.” “When have you ever cared about that?” “Well, we are renovating the Alpha Deck. Removing the nerve gas pods…” “Which I still don’t like…” “And making it presentable.” “It was presentable.” “If you wore an NBC suit full time.” “We both do.” “Yes, we do, but you have obligations. We can’t meet every fop and governor as if it’s a warzone.” “The Imperium is a war zone, they just forget that.” He switched tactics. “Their war is one of politics...” “It’s stupid...” “And we need to prepare for their battlefield.” That caught your attention. “How you figure?” “Make it seem like you are one of them. Play to your strengths. We can afford to make the Alpha Deck look presentable, let’s ease them in, then slip the knife.” “Oh, good. I was worried this planet had infected you.” “Well, the color scheme is quite nice…” “Fabiyan.” He did that almost smile that you loved, then nodded at someone approaching. “Ah, a friend.” You glanced over. “Who is this?” A guardsman in dress regalia, with more medals than cloth. “May I have the honor of presenting Lord-General von Stählernfels? My wife, Magos Lord-Sire Ohone.” The general laughed loudly, rushed Fabiyan in a hug. “Fabiyan, you old bastard! I see the Ministorum got around to finding you a wife! How have you been?” “Just left Golgotha, and you?” He chuckled. “Oh, I heard about that one. Nice work, by the way. We were next door, at The Tomb. Jungle as far as the eye can see.” “Just like our time at Morgan.” The Lord-General laughed again. “I forgot about that one! My, it’s been a long time. It’s good to see you, Fabiyan.” “And you as well. What are you doing here?” He waved dismissively. “Introducing my grandson to the movers and shakers. Another deployment, and he just picked up his wings.” “Send him our way, we’ll take care of him.” “Splendid, splendid. Good luck out there, the party’s in full swing tonite.” He met your eyes. “And you’ll be fighting off the ladies with a fork, Fabiyan has been the eligible bachelor here for decades.” You spread your mechadendrites. “I’m sure they won’t be a problem.” Again, that loud laugh. “Well said!” He bowed to both of you, and then was lost in the crowds. “The eligible bachelor, Fabiyan?” He shrugged. “They like the strong silent type.” “You’ve done nothing but talk since you got here.” “You bring it out in me, I suppose.” You narrowed your eyes at him. “I’m sure.” “So, what are we doing here?” “Don’t think I didn’t notice you changing the subject. We’re investigating rumors.” “It’s a good reason I’m talking to people then, don’t you think?” His tone was playful. “Please. A sensor scan could do the work of a hundred conversations.” “Mm. What have you found?” “Nothing yet. It’s a big place.” “Which brings us back to the conversations.” “You just like people bringing you drinks.” “The company isn’t bad.” “You prefer the Krieg and you know it.” “I meant you.” You smiled at him. “Point to you.” You gave him a quick kiss while no one was looking. “So, any interesting leads?” “Well, there is a zeppelin that tours the island-shrines. One strategy might be to sabotage that in order to conceal whatever they had planned.” “Okay. What else?” “Our mutual friend Lynwood said she was organizing something. She wants to wait a bit until people are more drunk, and then one of her cat’s paws are going to go an adventure into the basement. Plan is, we’ll tag along and then break of.” “Wait, why is she telling you the plan? I thought I was in on the plan.” “You were assaulting that servitor.” “He was rude.” “He wasn’t even a servitor! He was some dreg dressed up as one!” “Yeah, that’s the fashion right now. They don’t want to use actual servitors because they can be hacked, so the servants dress up.” “It was still rude that he didn’t know binary.” “Is that why you nearly stabbed him?” “It was a manual integration, I thought it was malfunctioning.” “Well, know it is.” “He should have expected a Magos if he was going to dress up.” “Magi are rather rare on this planet.” You narrowed your eyes. “And that’s another odd thing.” “No Magi?” “Minimal Mechanicus presence.” “Think of it as an inverse of a Forge-World. It’s predominately for Imperials.” “Forge-worlds actually do something.” “So does this.” “It doesn’t do anything. Just let’s everyone sit around.” “It does nothing. Big difference.” “What do you mean?” “Same as any other gear, you can’t run them forever. They need breaks, required maintenance.” You looked at him skeptically. “These people need breaks. And not the billion dregs?” “Well, they have more responsibility. Work harder.” Someone walked by, then vomited into a potted plant. “I can see that.” “Bad example.” “Yeah, I would say so. So why are we not going there by ourselves?” “Where?” “The basement.” “Oh, right. Idea is, if any enemies are watching, it’s better to fit in a drunken crowd, as opposed to sneak in ourselves.” “But if they are watching, they are going to see us sneak off at some point anyway.” He showed his teeth, looking suddenly predatory. “We could go early.” “We might. Anything else you found?” “There’s a masquerade tonight.” “I don’t have a mask.” “They provide some.” “I’d rather we just use gas masks.” “I’m not sure that goes with the theme.” “When have you ever cared about all this color coordinating?” He shrugged. “We’re on enemy ground. I want camouflage.” “Anything else?” “I haven’t gotten a chance to talk to them yet, but the servants’ quarters usually hear things. Prolly a small city of them here, just behind the scenes.” You nodded. “Here’s what we’re going to do..” What do you do? Loel fucked around with this message at 09:49 on Aug 1, 2015 |
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Aug 1, 2015 09:24
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How easily can we insert a few of our own people to act as servants?
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Aug 1, 2015 09:47
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RandomPauI posted:How easily can we insert a few of our own
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Aug 1, 2015 12:19
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I like plan Double Secret Servitor.
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Aug 1, 2015 15:23
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Plan Sean in addition to whatever else we do. Disguise a skull as a floating lampshade and send it to the servant's quarters.
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Aug 1, 2015 15:28
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Plan Slaan.
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Aug 1, 2015 16:37
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Plan Slaan, also lets take the opportunity to go to a nice party before our life is nothing but crusades and whatnot.
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Aug 1, 2015 17:00
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RandomPauI posted:How easily can we insert a few of our own people to act as servants?
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Aug 1, 2015 19:50
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Someone would probably pay good money for a planet-worth of gravel.
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Aug 2, 2015 01:17
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I'm in favor of planting servitors and then joining Lynwood after socializing/going to the ball. The above is written in order of priority if we only have time for one or two. I like the idea of Ohone returning to her roots and being a sneaky talky type. If only for awhile before putting the power armor back on.
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Aug 2, 2015 02:57
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poor life choice posted:I'm in favor of planting servitors and then joining Lynwood after socializing/going to the ball. The above is written in order of priority if we only have time for one or two. These work for me Also, is there a good way for us to hide our mechandrites so we look even more human?
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Aug 2, 2015 03:02
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RandomPauI posted:These work for me We are a Factor of the Lathes. Magos or not, it's our role and want to look as human as possible.
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Aug 2, 2015 03:26
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RandomPauI posted:These work for me What Deadmeat is getting at is that due to our station all of our major visible augmetics are removable with a few hours and some assistance. When completely fitted out for social situations Ohone looks like a lightly augmented human. Covered jack ports in the skin and that sort of thing.
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Aug 2, 2015 03:47
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poor life choice posted:I'm in favor of planting servitors and then joining Lynwood after socializing/going to the ball. The above is written in order of priority if we only have time for one or two. Sounds like a plan.
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Aug 2, 2015 04:07
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poor life choice posted:I'm in favor of planting servitors and then joining Lynwood after socializing/going to the ball. The above is written in order of priority if we only have time for one or two. Let's make a poor life choice
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Aug 2, 2015 06:08
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poor life choice posted:I'm in favor of planting servitors and then joining Lynwood after socializing/going to the ball. The above is written in order of priority if we only have time for one or two.
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Aug 2, 2015 06:12
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Did we actually end up bringing any tribunes to this thing?
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Aug 2, 2015 09:59
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paragon1 posted:Did we actually end up bringing any tribunes to this thing? I DEMAND that the other Ork (the fancy not-Ork, not the Drusian crusader Ork) gets at least a brief mention on this outing.
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Aug 2, 2015 10:41
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paragon1 posted:Did we actually end up bringing any tribunes to this thing? Yup, I just haven't done the vote count yet to see which ones cuz 
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Aug 2, 2015 11:56
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It was mostly cat talk so I doubt anyone got more than three votes
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Aug 2, 2015 17:32
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LowellDND posted:Yup, I just haven't done the vote count yet to see which ones cuz Don't think anyone will notice if you grab a few random ones and see what happens.
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Aug 2, 2015 19:57
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sullat posted:Don't think anyone will notice if you grab a few random ones and see what happens. Voting for Lowell's choice.
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Aug 2, 2015 20:10
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Voting for Lowell's choice, and the not-Ork.
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Aug 2, 2015 20:23
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sullat posted:Don't think anyone will notice if you grab a few random ones and see what happens. This seems good. I think it might cut down on future slapfighting if we just consider the NPCs we created as barebones character concepts given freely. If a suggestion is problematic, annoying or just doesn't fit the story Lowell should have no obligation to work all our Mary Sues/fanfics/funny ideas/good ideas/terrible ideas into the plot.
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Aug 2, 2015 20:24
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sniper4625 posted:Voting for Lowell's choice. This
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Aug 2, 2015 21:04
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Plan Lowell
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Aug 3, 2015 02:11
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Plan Lowell  and the three Eds.
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Aug 3, 2015 02:23
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I vote for Plan Lowell to include Devries in some way
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Aug 3, 2015 03:03
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Nyaa posted:I vote for Plan Lowell to include Devries in some way Let him dieeee
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Aug 3, 2015 03:45
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Devries is already dead. We took his brain out into the jungle on the ship and had Fabiyan join us in shooting it.
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