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Joe "Hey Patchouli, think you can jam their communications? It would make it harder for the imperials to assign blame if we ambush them" The psyker spins around and spreads her arms wide and grins "We just gotta make sure no one escapes! Know of any good ambush spots along the way Apastatauk?" quote:
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 Matias Solomon Matias ponders how a guerilla campaign against the Adeptas Sororitas would take place and thinks up a way to make a convoy simply disappear without a trace between Nad'halan and Ravy. "Being able to jam a convoy's outgoing transmissions is step one to disappearing these guys. Step two is making sure they can't just drive off and leave some blown up rhino behind. King Apastatuk, do the trade caravans talk of any particularly treacherous or ill fated paths that they've come across during their travels? Anywhere the local traders know it is best to steer clear of?" Use Weird Skill Tactics to create an advantage for the upcoming encounter by making ALL THE PLANS Tactics: Create an Advantage by Planning a General Guerilla Campaign against the Imperials: 4dF+3 1 Invoking Aspect: Alpha Legionnaire (Reroll): 4dF+3 4 Use Contacts to Overcome. Goal: Activate any Alpha Legion assets on worlds should they exist and draw any additional assignment.: 4dF+4 3 Invoke Aspect: Mr. Warpwide for +2. 3/5 Fate Points remaining pre:Concept: Alpha Legion Chaos Space Marine Physical Stress: [][][] Mental Stress: [][][][] Fate Points: 1/5 Modes: Good: Alpha Legionnaire (12p): Burglary, Combat, Contacts, Deceive, Notice, Provoke, Stealth, Tactics (Weird Skill) Aspect: Human, for an Astartes + Can pass for a very large human and not being a posthuman rear end in a top hat allows him to make contacts easier as well as lie to them effortlessly. - Can be manipulated by those so inclined. Less respected by other Chaos Space Marines due to his "weakness." Fair: Chaos Space Marine (8p): Athletics, Combat, Notice, Physique, Provoke, Will Aspect: Stealthy Killer + Really good at killing even other space marines quietly and quickly with his trusty combat knife - You can only stab one person to death at a time! Also being close to baddies means being knee deep in the poo poo if it goes south! Average: Insurrectionist (10p): Contacts, Deceive, Empathy, Provoke, Rapport, Stealth Aspect: Mr. Warpwide + Can utilize the agents of the Alpha Legion on virtually any planet in the Imperium, Screaming Vortex, or The Eye of Terror - Hunted relentlessly by The Inquisition, Space Marine Chapters, and everyone he's ever hosed over. Omega Aspect: New Recruit + Is relatively uncorrupted, disciplined, and focused even for an Alpha Legion Chaos Space Marine. A true believer in the Alpha Legion. - Does not have 10 millennia worth of ANYTHING under his belt. This can manifest in a myriad of ways. Weird Skills: Tactics Create an Advantage by using your environment to your advantage in physical conflicts. Defend by countering attempts to create an advantage against you that involves maneuvering or positioning. Create an Advantage by making strategic plans and organizing people to accomplish a goal. Defend by countering attempts to create an advantage against you that involve strategy. Stunts: Astartes Physique: Armour 1 due to implants, +2 to overcome with Physique when using strength False Memories: Use Deceive to defend against mental and psychic attacks when being interrogated or mindread. Persuade, Change, Influence: +2 to overcome with Deceive when in any social situation. Mega Stunts: Legion War Gear (6 benefits): Function: Ancient War Machine Flaw: High Maintenance 1. Walking Tank: Armour rating 4 against physical damage. 2. Auto-senses: +2 to create advantage using Notice when wearing the entire suit. 3. Powered Exoskeleton: +2 to overcome with Physique when using strength. 4. Bolt Weapons: Bolter and Bolt Pistol, Weapon Rating 2. 5. Hellhammer Lascannon: On an attack that succeeds with style, ignore the target's Armour rating. Legacy Combat Knife (5 benefits): Function: Well-loved Weapon Flaw: A Jealous Tool 1. Legion-quality Blade: +1 to attack with Combat when fighting hand to hand. Weapon rating 2. 2. A Knife in the Back: Use Stealth instead of Combat to attack an unaware target. 3. A Nimble Weapon: When you use Combat to defend in melee and succeed with style, sacrifice your next action to immediately inflict an attack on your opponent at the shift value of your defense. 4. Legacy of Slaughter: When you use Combat to attack in melee and succeed with style, spend a fate point to attack again. Skills: (Trained/Focused/Specialized) +5 (Superb): Provoke +4 (Great): Combat, Contacts, Deceive, Notice, Stealth +3 (Good): Burglary, Tactics +2 (Fair): Athletics, Physique, Will +1 (Average): Empathy, Rapport Viva Miriya fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Oct 1, 2017 |
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Oleg "Ooh! Or I can make fake pictcording, like wild animal attack footage from servo skull. Then we do not have to worry about moving the vehicle wreckage. We will have plenty of props to use after the attack and I can employ Imperium's most advanced shaky cam cinematography techniques." He holds his arms out and shakes his hands violently as a demonstration. pre:
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Concept: Pyromaniac Psyker Propagandist
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Good: Physical Fire (12p): Athletics +2, Combat +1, Physique, Vehicles +1
Aspect: The Roof is On Fire
+ time to drive this burning rhino into a burning building and flamer the poo poo out of everything
- oleg no that was our building
Fair: 🔥 Fire (13p): Notice +1, Provoke +1, Deceive, Empathy +1, Rapport +1, Contacts
Aspect: Like, Share, Subscribe
+ cool propoganda films and posters, join chaos now, WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?
- oleg please youre destroying our opsec
Average: Brain Fire (5p): Will +1, Junior Pyromancy +1
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+ fire subtly warps to look way past radical, making oleg cooler and more convincing
- while being way past radical, things catch on fire
Omega Aspect: Cocaine is a Hell of a Drug
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Brego The warpsmith turns his head to the firebug. Even without his helmet he turns mechanically. There's even a whine like small servos whirring. "You are a fool. Sensors have detected no lifeforms in the desert of either the size or temperament to carry out an attack as you describe. Your cinematography is also suspect." He turns back to the assembled group and tries once more to get them to see logic. His voice is nearly monotone, with a background hiss of static. "I still maintain that a transport vehicle is a priority. Solomon's ambush would provide us an ample opportunity to acquire one. It will not take long to crack their comm codes and we'll then have greater opportunities to infiltrate the Imperial ranks and strike." pre:Concept: Tinker, Traitor, Soldier, Smith Mode: Millennia Among the Iron Warriors Action +3 (Athletics +1, Combat, Notice +2 Physique, Provoke, Vehicles) Mode: All Hail the New Fleshmetal Science +2 (Notice +2, Science, Will) Mode: Black Market Arms Dealer Intrigue +1 (Athletics +1 Burglary, Contacts, Deceive, Notice +2, Stealth) Omega: "More machine, now, than man." Stunts: Warp Artificer: Spend Fate to bind a demon or warp-essence into a "Science" creation Alpha Strike: Mark a Physical Stress to unload all weapons, may not use a ranged Weapon next turn while recovering. Cold, Metal Heart: +2 To Will defending against Empathy or Rapport Assuming Direct Control: +2 to Vehicles or Combat with machines or weaponry that have an interface; damage to interfaced machines may cause Mental or even Physical Stress Fleshmetal Body: Function: Pinnacle of Heretek Warp-Weaponry Flaw: Creeping Infection 1. Walking Tank: Armour rating 4 against physical damage. 2. Auto-senses: +2 to create advantage using Notice when wearing the entire suit. 3. Powered Exoskeleton: +2 to overcome with Physique when using strength. 4. Shift: Weapon 4; may spend a Fate to add a damaging Aspect to the attack for this attack. Stress Mental: [ ] [ ] [ ] Physical: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Vicissitude fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Jul 14, 2017 |
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Matias Solomon "Sure. I'll come help with the convincing. I have a bit of history with the Adepta Sororitas in a past life after all." The former Doom Eagle then looks towards the Warpsmith "Brego I would think twice before casually dismissing Oleg. If there are indeed legends and myths about the desert wastes then the ruse would be worthwhile, if only for the locals to say "I told you so." when their superstitions are confirmed. Besides have you had time to do a planet wide survey of all life before arriving? Who the feth knows what lives on this world besides people." Matias knows though. Matias knows about animated rock golems that tried to kill a terminator. Matias knows of water that turns men into golems and a forbidden cave that was briefly the warband's forward base under Champion Tloloc. There has to be more fethed up poo poo on this world. At some point in the future, Matias Solomon will go with Patchy to Deceive the poo poo out of the other 2 Sororitas captives and actively recruit them into the warband as assets. He'll spin the Doom Eagles tale and add a +2 from Stunt: "Persuade, Change, Influence". He may also invoke Aspect: Human, for an Astartes for a total of +8 to the test before rolling. If we can do this convincing with one roll, I'd appreciate it. Viva Miriya fucked around with this message at 14:38 on Jul 11, 2017 |
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Oleg Oleg shrugs. "I mean, he's right though." He taps at his helmet in thought. "Hey Patchy, why not get your girlfriend or whatever to walk some stun grenades or gas into a transport? She shows up, says she escaped, gets in the back, boom! One down, easy."
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Matias Solomon Matias taps a dataslate repeatedly, typing High Gothic words into a file marked "Perfect Ambush Plan." "Go on."
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Oleg "That... That was my whole plan."
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Matias Solomon "Oh ok. Good start though, needs refinement. You let me worry about that though."
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Patchouli "Great ideas all around, I like the idea of driving a Rhino. If we can mix in spiking their food or water supply that would be pretty ace, too. Less bolters pointed our way, always a good thing. I'm going to go throw a welcome home party, anyone can come except Brego." Patchouli backs out of the room and flourishes a techno-curtsey to the resplendent King, which looks a bit weird with inhuman legs. From the hallway she calls out, "I don't know if telling old space marine war stories will help, I want her awake not asleep!" --- The repurposed basement turned workshop/prison is soon invaded by a heretek on a mission: the objective being to sway a sister of battle to treachery using nothing but kind words and maybe alcohol. Sweeping a pile of shattered ceramite off a bench, Patchouli replaces it with a basket of fruit and liquor from the palace stores. "Hostia! I'm back and I have good and bad news! First the good, I'm releasing you from your bonds. You're a real swell girl, ever since we met on the battlefield it's been nothing but pleasant company. At first I just thought it would be neat to have someone to talk to who couldn't leave, but the longer I've known you, the more the ethical and moral quandaries bothered me. Turns out no, I can't bear to treat you like a wall decoration. So cheers to you, ex-prisoner! Your bonds today are freer than they ever have been, and may they become freer still!" After a kind of awkward one-hand clapping, Patchouli reaches out with the claw and snips the chain holding Hostia. "Ow, that actually hurt a bit. Right, so come on over, we've got fruit I don't know the names of and vintages I don't know the dates of. Then we can discuss your future, which I suppose could be good or bad news. I'm hoping for good myself!" --- Pretty in Pink should apply as this is attempting to turn someone traitor. Create Advantage with Rapport to create a disarming and friendly environment Create advantage with Rapport: 4dF -2 eww this party sucks Invoking Kill them with kindness to reroll: this shindig is supposed to be both fun yet manipulative. Create advantage with Rapport reroll: 4dF -2 okay maybe this dusty basement isn't the best location -2 Roll +3 Rapport +1 Pretty in Pink = 2 Skellybones fucked around with this message at 15:46 on Jul 11, 2017 |
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Itztli "If she escaped with a transport, they would expect to hear her call for help. No, what you need is for her to be seen running towards the convoy on foot, with something chasing her. If she carries a few grenades or explosives, they will rush her to safety without checking her. If someone can help make me a false beak to wear, I will seem a strange beast chasing her, which will keep them from being too alarmed." pre:Name: Itztli Concept: Honorbound Hunter of Great Beasts Physical Stress [_][_][_][_] Mental Stress [_][_][_] Mild: A Boot Is Not A Foot Medium: Severe: Modes: Good: Feral Warrior (9p) Athletics/Combat/Notice/Physique/Provoke/Stealth/Tracking* Aspect: A Feral Far From Home Fair: Handsome Foreigner (3p) Notice/Physique/Rapport/Strut*/Tracking* Aspect: Glorious Plumage Average: Hunter (7p) Athletics/Combat/Physique/Provoke/Tracking*/Will) Aspect: A Spear In A Gun Fight Omega: For The Honor Of The Gods Weird Skills: Strut Create Advantage: Become the center of attention Overcome: When trying to impress the ladies Tracking Create Advantage: Use the terrain and nature to help out Overcome: Find people by following their tracks Skills: (plain text is Trained, Italics is Focused, Bold is Specialized) 5: Physique, Stealth, Tracking 4: Athletics, Notice, Combat, Provoke 3: Strut, Will 2: Rapport 1: Stunts Signature Aspect: A Man Amongst Monsters 3 stunts free Mega-Stunts Feathers of the Slain Function: Feathered Beast Mantle Flaw: All Eyes On You Benefits: 1. Durable Beast Feathers. Grants Armor:2 2. Alluring Colors: +2 when Overcoming or Creating An Advantage with Strut chin up everything sucks fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Jul 11, 2017 |
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Joe Joe looks up and down Itztli disapprovingly. "You? A great beast? Sheesh I think they'd expect a sister of battle to be able to handle a guy sized bird thing." She pauses to think and then brightens suddenly "Oh I know! I could light you on fire!"
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Matias Solomon Matias starts to add more to the file. He puts an asterisk and notes this particular plan as dumb af but doesn't discount anything yet. "Was there anything else?"
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Itztli Itztli turns and gives Joe a momentary evil stare, then turns away and ignores the mad psyker.
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Joe "No seriously, how do you plan on looking scary enough to convince imperials that an armed sister is battle will be running from you. Don't think a fancy hat will cut it"
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Matias Solomon I would have found it funny up to and including the moment where he gets shot to ribbons by the storm bolter gunner on the lead Rhino. He would've danced like the big man did. Anyway I think we need to hear more from the King and his people on this but so far I'm liking the idea of fake pict recordings and baiting the ambush with an escaped sister from the first raid. They'd be on alert from the moment they saw her but we could work with that maybe. All of this is moot until we determine the when and the where." Viva Miriya fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Jul 11, 2017 |
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Itztli "Fine, then why don't we let the desert kill them for us? Find a way to break some of their vehicles and destroy some of their supplies." The birdman traces the route between Ravy and Atar with his finger as he leans over the map. "Lots of rough terrain here, and heavy equipment. The sand and rocks are hard enough to walk in, what if we make the path difficult enough that they begin to lose vehicles? We wouldn't even need to be nearby, after we set things up. The spacewomen will assume it to simply be bad luck on roads not made for vehicles."
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Matias Solomon "The Rhino STC pattern of vehicles are incredibly rugged and easy to repair. Your plan makes sense but it would only delay a convoy if the lead vehicle threw a track. A techpriest enginseer would have them moving again in perhaps under 10 minutes. The rest of the convoy would be moving at their normal pace after no more than 5 to 10 minutes after that once they figure out an alternate route. Congratulations Iztili for you have found us a viable ambush site and a method to use to stop the entire convoy." Viva Miriya fucked around with this message at 03:04 on Jul 12, 2017 |
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Oleg "Then we are at agreement, yes? Excellent! Well then, don't let me interrupt tactical people things." Oleg stands, gives a tiny, victorious fistpump, and walks for the door. "Please excuse me, my king. Call me when you need me for, uh..." He never finishes the thought before disappearing around the corner. --- Oleg kicks the door to Patchouli's workshop open because both of his hands are occupied with the finest vintage of wine. 
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Matias Solomon "No we are not in agreement. But we have the beginnings of a stratagem."
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Patchouli "Honestly, not my first choice, but quantity has a quality all of its own. That also makes three of us, so I can say this is officially a social get-together! Just putting it out there in advance, I'll hold back your hair if you'll hold back mine."
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Brego "I am familiar with Imperial systems. They are, after all, no different from our own save for the... pathetically rudimentary mind within. Get me inside, and I'll have it under our control in no more than 6 minutes. Does that fit your timetable?" Can I invoke Assuming Direct Control to aid in the Tactics roll? If so, I shall use a Fate.
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Joe "Ok I'll leave you guys to use your super tactikewl brains or whatever and just... help Patchouli out or something" Joe backs slowly out of the room. She joins the party basement shortly after Oleg. "Ok who wants more of this space weed?!"  What was it called again? Who cares!
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I think we need a GM update before we bother discussing anything else.
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Matias Solomon "Get you inside what Brego? A rhino so you can take over one vehicle out of the entire convoy? Problem with that is we want the entire convoy, not one Rhino. Maybe you can help Patchy with the jamming issue? Also consider how you would use that arsenal of weaponry to cut a swath through the sisters." Viva Miriya fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Jul 12, 2017 |
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Brego "Collateral damage. Devastation of that magnitude would result in unacceptable losses of enemy salvage. Resupply must be guaranteed."
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Matias Solomon "I was under the impression you were a Warpsmith not an obliterator who can talk Brego. Explain what it is you can and can't do in a combat situation." ColLateRaL daMage. DevaStaTioN oF That magNitUde wOulD rEsuLt in unaCcepTaBle LosSes oF eNeMy SaLvagE. REsuPply musT be gUaraNteeD
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Oleg "Better question, who doesn't?" The psyker produces a pipe from one of his tactical pouches. "Is sound system here?" He stats digging through various piles of machinery.
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unaCcepTaBle LosSes gUaraNteeD While the conversation goes on, Apastatauk nods at Joe and Matias. "He is right, there are no great beasts within multiple days of walking from the cities." Amenset smiles with not a small amount of pride at the comment. "Did you think we had enough violent crime to warrant a warrior class just for guarding the city?" She points out a few locations on a map. "As you can see, near Ravy the road bends to go through rougher terrain than the direct path would." Her sigh is only slightly exaggerated for dramatic effect. "The people of Ravy are nothing if not foolhardy, but even they know better than to take a caravan through sandworm breeding grounds." Visibly impressed, she looks thoughtfully at Matias and Brego. "Though while because we settle for escorting our caravans and keeping the roaming juveniles out of the city, even a full-grown one is not immortal. They rarely leave their nests unless provoked, but they have been known to reach Ravy on occasion. I have never seen what the Imperial's vehicles can do, but if your arms and armour are any indication I would expect them to be more than on par with Ravy's siege weapons, at least if they know what to look for." Scribbling thoughtfully Matias adjusts his preliminary plan, drawing elaborate flowcharts of contingency plans that in the end really do look like an upside down hydra. Meanwhile, Benipe nods at Lucille. "We have no stockpiles of explosives, but some of the prototypes from the experiments you ordered have been..." He pauses for a moment, smiling. "...volatile, to say the least. The amount we can provide might be limited by time, but I am certain we could arrange a usable amount." Basement party! Patchouli does her best to befriend someone who she met while hitting them with a power axe and then tied up in her basement. Against all odds and thanks to previous efforts and not a small amount of local psychedelics, Hostia looks relaxed and even gives Patchouli a small smile. Rubbing her wrists, she looks up to see Joe and Oleg walk into the basement. "Hi Joe!" She looks at Joe with an expression of vague disdain bordering on confused tolerance? "Can you light up already, I've been chained up here for days. I'm pretty sure myself is the last thing I want to smell right now." With an uncharacteristic lack of violent reaction to heretics, she flashes Oleg a smile. " Hi new heretic I haven't met yet!" Looking somehow more suspicious, she continues. "Please tell me that's not sacramental." Meanwhile, Oleg digs up a local "sound system" from one of the few cupboards Patchouli hadn't yet taken over.  Patchouli creates the aspect situational Basement Party!, but failed the create advantage test. As a result, the aspect persist as normal, but Hostia is the one who gets to invoke it for free should a suitable situation come up. You can still invoke this aspect as normal using a fate point for as long as the party continues. Waci fucked around with this message at 14:00 on Jul 13, 2017 |
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Oleg "Hi non-heretic! I am Oleg." He mashes the mouthpiece of the instrument into his helmet visor with a soft bonk. "Hm." He marches over to one of the boxes and tears it open, revealing the vulnerable plastic bag, which he removes and holds up to the instrument''s end. A perfect funnel! "What sort of goofus do you take me for? Sacremental? I do not knock over Imperial booze trains for living. Patchy, come help me with this. I hold bag, you hold horn like this with squishy hand. Okay. Who is first? Get drunk now, build hot tub in little bit. Get smell off." He gives a self satisfied nod at his future productive use of fire. "How has life been past few days? Enlightening?" Trying to create the advantage Slap the Bag before we make our turncoat pitch. Create Advantage with Rapport: 4dF 0 for +2 total
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Basement Party! Hostia snorts at Oleg's enthusiasm, stepping up to be first in line for the funnel. "This is probably a horrible idea since I'm pretty sure I'm significantly dehydrated, but hey, drink's drink?" The sister of battle opens her mouth and the heretic psyker holds the improvised funnel above it while the heretek mutant squeezes wine into it. A few distinctively large gulps and slight coughing later Hostia grins, visibly mor jovial than mere moments ago. "Ok, definitely the worst best idea I've had in a while". Oleg succeeds! The situational aspect Slap the Bag will remain as long as supplies last (considering your host is the king, that will probably be a while?), and Oleg (or at Atlat's approval someone else) can invoke it once for free.
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Lucille "There's sandworms? Neat! I hope I get to see one. Although I guess that'd be a bad thing. Might eat me, and I don't want to get eaten by anything. Not again". Lucille spends a few seconds tapping her finger on the table and staring into space blankly, lost in thought. She comes back to her senses with a shudder. "Sorry, bad times. So yeah, sure, bombs. I don't know. Whatever these guys can agree on, they're the ancient warriors, not me. Y'know what, I'm just gonna go hang out with the others and that sister." A few minutes later, Lucille clanks through the basement door, sweeps off an unimportant workbench, and takes a seat on it. "Don't mind me, I'm really just here to make sure nobody swallows their tongue. And because the Astartes aren't so big on the, uh, personality,.
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Brego "I can annihilate a target. There would be little left. You would do well to remember that, neophyte. We would quickly run out of materiel ourselves if we simply destroyed the enemy. Capture and conversion should be our goal. Taking one of their transports in the heat of combat would be distracting, confusing, and would provide me a more mobile fire platform. That would provide you with the increased fire support you're looking for, yes?"
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Patchouli Yes excellent, everyone is getting drunk including me. What was step 2 again? Oh right, the treachery. Or was that step 3? "Gizzard, play tracks on shuffle." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF9yHO-UUws Lucille seemed perfectly nice, almost obsequious in her desire to keep everyone happy. Aside from the questionable hygiene she was just about the best friend one could ask for. "Pfft, astartes. Never met one that had a good personality, it must be surgically removed at some point." Judging the moment to be right, Patchouli embarks on what seems like innocuous small-talk with Hostia, but it is really intended to get her to reveal parts of herself kept hidden. Metaphorically. The smallest hold will be exploited, and she will be pulled into the friendly embrace of heretics. Probably metaphorically, but it may include a group hug. "Hostia, girl, how are you feeling? I was wondering, what world are you from? Somewhere in Calixis sounds like a safe bet? Hmm, I'm not going to guess Scintilla, that would be a bit too easy..." Fate: 3/5 Using Create Advantage with Empathy on Hostia to figure out her Aspects and get a better angle on her. Create Advantage with Empathy: 4dF+2 1 Invoking free Slap the Bag for a +2 Invoking Kill them with kindness for a +2 =5 Empathy
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Matias Solomon "Ok this is all good. Very good. Brego I think your idea of stealing a Rhino and rolling around in it killing everyone is both tactically sound and hilarious to witness. It gives us a way to run down any vehicles who break out of the kill zone assuming they aren't driven toward sandworm breeding grounds where I assume they will be what...devoured whole or something? They must be pretty huge if you consider them a threat to vehicles and worth maintaining a standing army for." Matias stops writing on countless parchments and turns to address the King and his council. "At this stage in the game, Capture and Conversion is ideal. Ambushes whenever an imperial convoy is sighted or expected to be leaving in a few days time should be set up to disable the convoy, kill the power armoured soldiers, and drive anyone who tries to escape towards the sandworm breeding grounds. I assume vehicles that cannot be driven away on their own power can be disposed of in that manner as well. Overall strategy is to whittle down the local Imperial Forces and equip our own forces at the same time. When viable, we will revisit Champion Tloloc's assault on the Imperial LZ and adjacent compound. We will also convert select members of the Adepta Sororitas over to our cause if possible. I believe my comrades are working on entertaining one pliable one right now and there are 2 others that haven't really been spoken to yet. I'll talk to those two. Finally, this is not a burden Nad'halan should carry alone. We should make an alliance with Ravy and Atar for the common goal of removing the Imperials who seek to convert this entire world to corpse god worship by force. After we deal with the convoy inbound to Ravy, we will have proof of their shattered war machines to show to their king via pict recorder. I know nothing of the people of Atar but surely they can be negotiated with." Matias looks around to see if the royal council has any other questions. If not he will suggest they reconvene tomorrow to finalize the details of the ambush plan and to see if there are any psyker preparations that can be performed to assist them. He suggests conjuring up a sandstorm of some kind to throw up ferrous material that would blind the imperials visually and via technological means but notes its not strictly necessary. "Well that stuff's done with. I'll leave you all to it" Outlined the primary strategy for now and hand waving all the different permutations that it could take because whatever happens, its all JUST AS PLANNED. After the meeting Matias will take time to briefly work the room with the royals. Before departing he'll express his gratitude for their support, recognize various members of the king's council for their contributions, etc etc. Flattery is the main thing he's going for but not too much of it. And there is truth to it, without the Nad'halan, they wouldn't be able to do their job. All this is to an end: see who reacts and isn't content with their place in events thus far. Those he can recruit to be his eyes and ears in the council or to utilize their authority to his benefit. He will do his best in particular to recruit First Builder Benipe and Guard-Captain Amenset but any of the lesser nobles will do as well. On his way back to their guest house to chat up the captive sisters, he'll stop by the market and haggle with a few merchants over their goods to start things off. He'll quickly turn the conversation over to trade caravans, sandworms, the Imperials, etc. Hopefully within a few hours he will have made some friends he can reach out to for news outside of Nad'halan as well as gossip inside it. Finally the Space Marine returns home and heads down to where they kept the other two sister prisoner. The unarmoured space marine steps into the room and grabs Nad'halan's sturdiest chair to sit in as he faces the two captives chained to the wall. "My name is Matias Solomon. How are things going? Are you getting enough to eat and drink? Have they brought your friend Hostia to see you yet? Chains uncomfortable? Speak freely Sororitas this isn't an interrogation." (Deceive like a mofo) Current goals in between scenes 1. Establish a contact network among the local population 2. Establish a contact network among the Imperials 3. Activate any Alpha Legion assets on worlds should they exist and draw any additional assignment. He also wants to start chatting up the other two sisters the party's captured and learn about who they are, what they are about, etc. The goal is to convert them to work for the warband but at the very least, ensure they aren't a threat. We want hostia's cooperation so murdering her 2 friends wouldn't be a good look. We obviously can't just have them walking around either so maybe we can find a middle ground of some kind. 2 Fatepoints left Empathy: 4dF+1 -1 Invoking Aspect: Human, for an Astartes (Reroll): 4dF+1 1 Contacts: 4dF+4 6 Viva Miriya fucked around with this message at 13:17 on Jul 14, 2017 |
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Oleg Now that it was Oleg's turn to hit the horn, he removes his helmet and chucks it into a pile of junk in the corner for safe keeping.  "She is probably not from shrine world, considering how civil she is. Maybe party planet, like Reth? Would explain a lot."
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Meeting room "Agreed. The people of Ravy are difficult to deal with even if their particular variety of difficult may be what makes them useful here, but Atar has long been our closest ally. I'll invite their representative to join us tomorrow for a while." As the meeting concludes and most of you head downstairs for a party and/or interrogation, Matias takes the time to chat briefly with the various local dignitaries present. Despite his efforts and experience in talking people into revealing more than they want, he walks away practically empty-handed. While everyone approached seemed happy to talk, none expressed usable discontent or indeed anything deviating from the openly stated commitment to your cause. Marketplace His adventures among the merchants fare far better. The local merchants seem to view the imperials with a degree of cautious optimism, most making no particular effort to hide the fact they deal with Imperial traders either directly or by proxy. It seems while the ecclesiarhcy mission is unconcerned with trade, the lander pilots and occasional other crew-members from the rogue trader ship you know to be in orbit are more than pleased to trade, exchanging minor items of imperial technology or off-world luxury products for local gemstones and fabrics. The few from other cities you meet view the matter in very different ways. Those from Ravy mostly seems confused about the whole fuzz, wondering what the big deal is. Of course outsiders were weird, what was so worrying about them? One group from Atar seems more concerned. What was the world coming to, all these weirdos from outer space with their strange gadgets and stranger manners. Among the Atari merchants' wares, Matias spies a sign of spying, Alpha Legion markings worked into a decorative pattern etched on a piece of jewellery. Further inquiry earns him the description of a jeweller's workshop in Atar and a very reasonably priced pendant. Dungeon (not the party one) The captive sisters glares at Matias, looking every bit like they might try to bite the chaos space marine if they weren't tied down. "So what is this then? Conversion? Blackmail? You claim to have Hostia, are you going to tell us you'll do whatever depraved poo poo you do to her unless we cooperate?" Welcome to the first Contest of the game! Roll your Deceive check. Party Basement Hostia gives Lucille a small wave before looking back at Patchouli. "Yep, Calixis girl born and raised. You even got the hiver part right! Not Scintilla, though. I'm from Piety, not one of the famous hive worlds. I miss planetbound civilisation..." She pauses for a moment, looking less than pleased. "Well, no, scratch that. I miss the food and the idea of planetary civilisation and the weather. People-wise, I can think of other places I'd rather be." She looks around herself for a moment. "Actually, where are we right now anyway?"
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