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The worst part of having powered through this story in a week or so is having to wait for the next update like some Dreg waiting in a line for a soylent green smoothie. But on the other hand, I do kinda remember what our current goals are. We got to 1) show our non-involvement in Limosia's death, we gotta 2) discredit Inquisitor S, and 3) show that our actions have been in keeping with the best traditions of fighting the Enemy. So we need some time to compile/analyze/fabricate some evidence, and find out who our judges and jurors are going to be so we can tailor our arguments towards them. Since I guess we can't crack this guy's head open and download the info directly from his brain in an efficient manner, I guess we gotta B talk with him to get that intel. Who's running the show, who's here to participate in this little inquiry, that sort of thing. Oh yeah, and I guess our trump card is that the inquisition has been working for ages to place one of their assets in command of the Beast and they shouldn't let the mysterious murder of some Eldar-phile derail that plot.
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Waci posted:Suck up to Lynwood. This seems like a good idea. After the tribunal. Let's play the safe game, get some Puritans on the tribunal, play up our killing "xenos in the name of the imperium" credentials. Implicate Limosinia as an eldar-lover, Devries as a tech-heretic, and keep the Xeno Hybris far away as possible.
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Mar 1, 2015 03:06
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Globofglob posted:D Agreed. We're still only an interrogator, so we should probably not snub the potential judges/electors. If we do well at the trial, we can ask for a promotion then.
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Mar 2, 2015 04:13
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Sogol posted:What several of them are going to want is future assurances with regard to the Beast, I would guess. More valuable than most anything we have in hand. I get you out of this, there may come a day when I want a favor kind of thing. Guess we should probably rescue him from Devries' clutches. Or let Devries kill him and then enact plan From Below.
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Mar 2, 2015 04:21
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Horrible Lurkbeast posted:My father got executed by His most holy inquisition and all I got was this tshirt (and excommunication). You don't have to be a homicidal sociopath to work here (but it certainly helps!)
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Mar 2, 2015 19:49
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What are we reaching out to the machine spirits for? Access to surveillance nets is well and good, but we see what's coming after us. Are we just trying to open the doors so we can leg it? Turn on some interior defense systems? Post a scathing review of this tunnel trap on Space-Yelp? I vote we open up with weapons and blast the thing. After all, I would rather reveal our potent defenses rather than our superior hacking skills.
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Mar 4, 2015 15:18
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VanSandman posted:We should post a scathing review of this tunnel trap on Space-Yelp, though. 1/5. Slow, inefficient. I suppose that's what happens when you rely on xenos to do your work for you.
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Mar 4, 2015 19:46
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Oh god, kill it with fire. Assuming we don't mega-fail that, too.
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Mar 5, 2015 03:55
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Can we still get drunk anymore? What sacrifices have we made in the name of perfection? Still, we came to get info from this lady, and in the absence of being able to extract the info from her brain directly, let's hAng out.
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Mar 7, 2015 17:41
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E2. Getting info on ice guy and Kozy seems good. "A guy who's frozen in ice and a guy that doesn't exist? I'm betting on #1, presumably we'll find out at my trial. Speaking of which, who wants to be a judge?"
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Mar 9, 2015 02:02
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Haystack posted:The risk with impersonating a legendary ghost like Kozilek is the possibility that you'll draw the attention (and possible ire) of a person who is competent enough to spook the goddamn inquisition. That's why the person impersonating him is probably the person that killed him. Or, like James Bond, it could be a persona, and not a person. Hard to say.
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Mar 11, 2015 03:09
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If Jazmine can be believed, this is really a power struggle between Gant and Siadwell. We should get Eduord to confirm this, so that we have a better idea of how to proceed. If I understand correctly, Gant is automatically on the tribunal, while the other two spots are up for grabs? So Gant is probably going to vote our way, so we would only need one more judge in our pocket to be certain, but having both would certainly be preferable. Especially if we are looking to get promoted to full inquisitor afterwards. That being said, this could be our only chance to do some science to these crazy machines. A
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Mar 12, 2015 14:03
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E. We're in a room with a cogitator powered by the damned. That includes modern tech, archeotech, xenotech, and emperor knows what in a hideous abomination against the Omnissiah. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to rub some science all over this, especially given that we might be dead soon. Let's play with the machine! Preferably with their permission, but distract them with words and let the servo skulls get to scanning if we don't get permission.
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Mar 14, 2015 00:26
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Grognan posted:Offer to trade the soulstone for the cogitator. Technobaffle our way through it, mention we've seen tech like this before. Yeah, this. We can up the ante later if we survive. Athena's still wandering through the warp, we have some time to bargain. Or plan an elaborate heist, if necessary.
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Mar 15, 2015 21:50
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Ralith posted:Definitely don't trade away our soulstone if we might get the gear for free just by asking the right questions. Well, we should snag the cogitator because it's valuable and may be useful to our own efforts, even if we don't hand it over to the sentient, potentially heretical pre-imperial AI. Whereas the spiritstone is just a shiny gem we can wear if we want to annoy the eldar or the inquisition.
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Mar 16, 2015 00:39
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TheParadigm posted:I"m agreeing mostly with the latter part of this. We know what its worth is, it makes space-jerks like us. Better to consign it to eternal torment in the bowels of a machine and get something of worth from it than not do either. Win-win.
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Mar 16, 2015 23:31
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Why be furtive? Stroll down the corridor like we own the place, wave hello, and be on our way. If she stops us or attacks us or whatever we can respond, but at this point let's just go get some shut-eye. I think we're suspecting she's aligned with Siadwell, so no point in engaging her unless she asks. E: I guess this is option A with a side of nonchalance? sullat fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Mar 18, 2015 |
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Mar 17, 2015 21:14
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sniper4625 posted:Wait. I don't think we can afford to look silly, too. Wait.
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Mar 18, 2015 21:09
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Jazmine is a talker, but also probably a liar? I mean, we are pawns here, and if Gant is tired if the game and wants rid of us he'll just do it. Let's chitchat with LynwooD. See what her deal is. What does her faction think of this little amusement? What are their goals? We understand the utility of keeping your strength secret, but why so hidden? And where'd you get that sweet coat?
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Mar 21, 2015 22:07
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VanSandman posted:Ooh, I'd never thought that Siadwell's research on the Beast would likely tip the Occularians from "get Ohone out innocent" to "convict Ohone for the good of the Imperium." That does seem likely. Well, there's something going on, where if Ohone doesn't stop it soon, it will be better that Ohone not stop it at all. At least according to =][=NIAC. Could be Siadwell, could be Athena, could be Devries, could be the latest hotshot rogue trader making his mark on the Koronus Expanse. Hard to say.
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Mar 25, 2015 06:25
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TheParadigm posted:Above all we need catspaws, and I think our biggest concern is getting in touch with the beast - we've had zero updates in the way of chatter/communication/radio, which makes me thing we need to get our hands on a transmitter or shuttle. If getting in touch with our ship's archivist, Miriam, is paramount then we need to make efforts there. I whole-heartedly agree. I'm thinking, 4 warp cats from the beast gets us 16 catspaws to work with. Suspensors, a mechadendrite or two to manipulate things, and of course a surveillance suite. Gotta figure out how to control the fluorescence, though, it ruins their stealth capabilities.
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Mar 26, 2015 03:40
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RandomPauI posted:Can we explain to Athena that we are currently engaged in a mockery of a tribunal, the results of which will determine if we live or die? That would be like asking a sovereign citizen to help you get out of a parking ticket. Let's definitely check up on our power base, though. Visit B. Miriam. If Athena wants someone to collect bear asses or whatever for her, put Megabite on the case. I'm sure he'll do fine.
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Apr 8, 2015 04:06
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Deadmeat5150 posted:How are we able to have point-to-point communications across the vast reaches of interstellar space? Athena visited Terra, but probably isn't there right now. The communication just started, it's probably lurking relatively near to Footfall. Just in case we need a deus ex spaceshipina or a new complication.
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Apr 8, 2015 15:59
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ElrondHubbard posted:Never mind, you're right. I misunderstood the text and thought Megabyte ran into a chaos possessed individual planting a grenade, whereas the ozone and danger dialogue were referring to the grenade itself. Chekov's vortex grenade, though.
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Apr 9, 2015 04:11
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Rockopolis posted:The STC contains potassium benzoate. Well, duh, they contain the sum total of humanity's knowledge, I would hope it has blueprints for all the mildly carcinogenic preservatives any vendor could want.
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May 4, 2015 20:51
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Also, the Beast has really been one of the stars of the setting, and we've got a great plot going on there that most of us really want to resolve. Preferably by punching Devries so hard that his clones feel it. The inquisitorial fortress thing is mostly a distraction from that plot, unfortunately. The +Mysterious Staff+ subplot and the world-eating AI subplot are certainly intriguing enough to keep going on in the background, but I feel like the most interesting story right now involves politics on the Beast. The inquistors can just be inscrutable and cut us loose for reasons, except with Siadwell getting in our way in public and a number of mysterious new pilgrims boarding from Footfall. Besides, we already know that Limonsia's murderer is still on the ship, since Siadwell had the entire apartment complex hauled into the Beast.
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May 9, 2015 01:46
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Ah, combat, something we can handle. Open up with the vortex grenade to the leader (try and get at least another in the blast radius) and take out another with our digi-ring. Then fall back to cover and call for our minion reinforcements to try and flank them from the rear.
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May 13, 2015 13:44
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See, this is why we should get to the Beast as quickly as possible. Tell the Eldar what they want to hear, it costs us nothing. Alternatively, vortex grenade to the face of the lead eldar. Either way, we vamoose, tell the inquisition we ain't got time for their trial, we'll pick it up in a couple of decades if they still care. Then we get teleported back home, and make like a bulimic and begin the purging.
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May 16, 2015 02:14
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ElrondHubbard posted:The Inquisition, famous for being reasonable, understanding, and accommodating of other people's needs and beliefs. No, I mean purging the idiots who are supporting Devries, so we can get on track for chasing down the astartes who are presumably mucking around the galaxy with our family's staff. Whether or not we use it the way the Eldar want to is up to debate, but getting control of the Beast is the first step. Also, there's a saying, "it's better to ask forgiveness than permission", so we use the Beast's teleporter to boogie on out of here so we can get to work on the real task. We've accomplished our main goal here, getting the widget for Athena (even if we had no idea it existed before yesterday), so there's nothing more here but delay, procrastination, and maybe avoiding a death sentence.
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May 16, 2015 03:17
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A great advantage as long as nobody knows we have it. We're an Inquisitor in training, let's try subtlety. Read internal comms traffic for blackmail matter and to find out who's on our side. Obviously, any Inquisitor worth his Rosette isn't going to commit his sins to email, but hopefully some of them don't understand what magic we can work. As far as tech fuckery goes, we should definitely backdoor every security and infrastructure system we can find, just in case, but no need to tip our hand yet. The dwarf probably wants us to reduce internal strife, not increase it, so let's not incite an all out civil war just yet. That can be plan "C". For Chaos.
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May 21, 2015 03:14
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Tran posted:Jazmine has a point you know. Ohone would make a good Istvaan. Conflict certainly makes us stronger. Thanks to all that XP.
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Jun 5, 2015 04:18
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The last order, eh? That can be taken a number of ways and you guys seem to be taking it as the "promotion" way. Could also be the "retirement with extreme prejudice" way. So, uh, do what he says bht prepare a back door escape plan. Deadman switch data dump implicating him in half a dozen heresoes or something.
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Jun 6, 2015 01:31
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Magos, ritual trial. Since that's kind of what we had. We've got to have the will to look our enemies in the eye. Also demons and stuff that we run into.
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Jun 6, 2015 05:23
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If we're going to be spacing people we don't like, I will never say no. Agreed with spacing the sister and anyone else on the late Siadwell's retinue we can find. Be sure to space the daemonhost in the general direction of a star, since I don't know if mere vacuum will be enough.
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Jun 6, 2015 16:51
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Oh, we should get gas masks/rebreathers for our mooks just in case they end up fighting in vacuum/space mustard gas.
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Jun 7, 2015 02:26
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Oh boy, I get a few days behind, and. Wow. If this is the path we're taking, so be it. I must say that I usually find time travel as a plot device to be a little tedious, unless Bruce Willis is involved. So maybe get Galahad to take his shoes off for this adventure? At any rate, ask this lady if she can help us. If the answer is "no" or "maybe" or "yes, but..." just shoot her and move on.
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Jun 11, 2015 23:18
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If only we had been able to loot the nuke. Would solve this dilemma nicely. Let's just throw Devries in as a distraction and mumble the unsafe word as we leave. It will complete his task.
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Jun 14, 2015 04:02
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Save 2. Fabiyan and Megabyte. Any hero can rescue his/her spouse from the Underworld. A legend goes back and rescues their dog as well. No looking back, though.
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Can't we ask our pet supervillan in a box what's happened to Amacita? E: Devries, in case we have more than one.
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Did plan hamster wheel go forward? Could be useful for leading the charge. But yeah, don't gi e it any weapons. Just life-support, armor, and an embedded ipad or something.
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