You are Elesh Phryx, rogue techpriest and captain of the Sword class frigate 'Sword of the Omnissiah'. You are currently aboard the Mars class battlecruiser 'Righteous Flame', after freeing the entombed ship from a space hulk cavern. Pushing the ship's ancient engines as far as you dare, your skeleton crew sets course for an asteroid cluster near the edge of Saregin's Path. Standing next to the captain's throne due to the monsterous xenos husk still entraped upon it by a fine sword, your cogitators feverishly work to complete the isolation of the ship's tortured machine spirit from the systems it once monitored. Voidmaster Quein is the first of your officers to speak as you sever your mind from the ship, his voice carrying a slight tone of worry. "Captain, we'll reach the asteroids in four hours at our current speed. A dozen ships have broken from the hulk and are on an intercept course. They'll be upon us within two hours."

"The largest is a light cruiser, Quein. Our lances will cut the escorts to size with ease." declares Master-at-Arms Julin. You note that she cleverly conceals her doubt by closely studying one of the mutated skeletons that still rests upon the bridge's deck.

"The engines and reactors are already at dangerous output levels" Chief Enginseer Advi studies the sword embedded in the monstrous hulk and captain's throne, her utility mechadendrites probing the weapon's hilt. "Combat output is simply out of the question, if we wish to continue existance."

>cont.

"Captain Phryx, your XO has contacted me with a message." Young only compared to the other astropaths available for service in Tortuga, your head astropath stands behind you with his head bowed politely. "'Sword of the Omnissiah' has set course for the system's edge. With the bulk of the crew transfered, she isn't fit for combat and can not lend effective support."

"So what, we hope that they're all from trader dynasties and are willing to shower us in gifts instead of kill us for the third-largest ship in the sector?" You shoot Quein a dismissive glare as his outburst visible rattles the crew upon the bridge.

>Orders?
>attempt to hack captain/crew logs?
>investigate officer quarters?
>investigate marauder bomber wings?
>investigate other?
>order crew to cut fused doors and explore front half of ship? (Cargo Holds, Manufactorum, Luxury Passenger Quarters, Small Craft Repair Deck)
>investigate bridge corpses?
>other actions?

>2 personal "long" actions possible before intercept

>>18467832
-Any idea what type the light cruiser is?
-Is it possible to make an intra-system warp jump?

>>18467832
Do we have enough qualified pilots among our men to crew a squadron of bombers?

If so, let's investigate the Bomber Wing. They could be a valuable asset in fending off our attackers.

If not, let's try to gain access to the logs. A little more knowledge about our ship could come in handy; wouldn't want any surprises mid-battle.

>>18467898
>identify light cruiser
it is currently too distant to identify

>intra-system warp jump
you could attempt it, but your ship would likely be torn apart by the star's gravity as it attempted the transition.

>>18467944
And a warp jump "somewhere" else? Preferably a place where we will need our eyes.

>>18467823
>>18467832
Do we actually stand a fighting chance against the incoming ships in our present condition? Would it be possible to get the Righteous Flame fit for combat in two hours?

>>18467977
>warp jump on a ship when uncertain about the Gellar field's functionality
Nope, no eyes required for this trip.

>>18467914

> pilots for bombers

without inspecting the craft, you can not be sure. Some space fighters and bombers are configured for augmented pilots, others for natural pilots. (your shuttle and arvus lighters are for natural pilots)

if the bombers are configured for natural pilots, you could muster a flight crew, but they would have no time for training.

The degree to which the ships on an intercept course are acting together needs to be assessed. If they're not all one concerted force, we can pick off some of them quietly with support craft.

Investigate the bomber wing and the captain;s log, and assess ramming capacities. Assess combat capacity at low speed. Assess capability to lose them in a debris field.

If we have any kind of money, we could also try to bribe some of them or something. How's our ability to repel boarders?

Or we could just open a hole to the warp and hang around it with our gellar field on, see if they want to come by and play with daemons or something.

>investigate bomber wings
and
>hack logs

>>18467832
If possible, Vent the atmo or at least turn off the life support before you unweld the doors.
Then set a team about unwellding it (Tasty Cargo Bays) while you investigate the

>>18467832
How much damage can our shields sustain before collapsing?

>>18467987

in a fair battle, no.

and two hours is not enough time to even diagnose parts and systems that would need replacement, let alone begin repairs or quick-fixes. You simply lack the crew.

>>18468049
We already vented the atmosphere on every part of the ship in the last thread.

>>18468058
Do we know the locations of the two friendly captains?

>>18468058
>in a fair battle, no

Then our objective in the event of combat is to make the battle as unfair as possible.

I think a heavy dose of bluff will help.

Yes, I've been reloading the front page just for this!

Investigate the gellar field and make sure it's running at optimal capacity.
We want to get out of the gravity well, go to warp and go anywhere at random. Even a quarter of a light year away from here in the middle of nowhere is fine. Once we do that, we can reorient ourselves and warp to the nearest asteroid belt. Make sure to tell the sword of the omnissiah to meet us our intended destination.

Oh, and, I would not unweld the doors right now, they were probably welded for a reason and I want to open them in the safest possible conditions.

>>18468050
'Righteous Flame' boasts a multiple voidshield array in a dual layer setup.
[blocks 2 strikes and can regenerate 1 voidshield between salvos during a round of combat.]

>>18468049
you vented the forward compartments last thread. Venting them again would strain your life support beyond recovery.

>>18468027

you currently have 20% of the crew needed to run the ship effectively and inexperienced armsmen. Your ability to repel boarders leaves much to be desired, at best.

Do we know whether all the ships belong to the same owner? If they don't, perhaps we should hail them and point out that our lances can, as Julin pointed out, bend their ships over and tell them to bite the pillow, and any of the ships who do survive will simply end up losing the ship to someone else: after all, if all of them are attacking someone from the same expedition, what makes them think any of the others who survive will not rush to do exactly the same?
Moreover, if we are delayed by their combat, the Navy will turn up either while we are fighting, or before the victor can escape (assuming that a: they even have enough men left to operate the ship, and b: we don't sabotage it to fuck over whoever tries to take such a prize from the servants of the Omnissiah), and when the navy gets here, whoever is left holding the ball will be in all kinds of trouble. In short, seriously, they want to risk (if they all belong to the same person: so many ships. If they belong to different people: their lives and their ships) for the chance to be the one stuck explaining to the navy why they should let a ship, that's recently been home to both genestealers and heretic cultists (and who knows, there could be more on board! Feeling lucky, randoms?), that belonged to them and is very valuable to them, be taken away by someone else?

>>18468099
Meaning we'll need to use these asteroids to our advantage.
Cover for Bombers if we get them operational
Cover for ourselves
Make the possible shipjackers fly a gambit of asteroids that could make them crash and die

Here's hoping the Cargo bay was full of Murder Servitors and ElectroFlagellants bought in bulk from a very preachy rogue trader to use in mass attacks in the Space Hulk, who was taken by suprise before he could wake the things from stasis.

>>18468171
If the enemy does launch boarding craft, I suggest we concentrate defensive turret fire towards the rear of our ship, so as to encourage the boarders to land on the sealed off forward section of the ship where they would have to face whatever unspeakable horror lurks in there.

>>18468193
Considering what he's done to the rest of the ship I'd say the cargo hold is filled with Vault-Tec archaeotech water chips and the finest adamantite horseshoes one could hope for.

>>18468075

'Domum Emendationem' and 'Enshrouded Sire' are still attempting to pry their share from the space hulk. You did not inform them of your find.

>>18468193
We're four hours from the asteroids. The incoming ships will reach us two hours before we get there. If we increase speed, the Righteous Flame's reactors will blow up and we will die.

So if we want to play asteroid bingo we'll need to hold them off for two hours first.

>>18468181
>tell potentially ill-unified pirates that a huge threat (the navy/your guns) could pick them off one by one
>expect them not to gang up on you

No. You don't TELL them how much shit they're in, that will motivate them to unify.

You pick them off, foul them in a hazard to navigation, and generally fuck with them until you can steer clear.

What we need now is information about the ship and weapons, so seconding >>18468027 and >>18468035

The logs will tell us useful things. Bombers are excellent for anti-ship work, and those persuers don't sound like they'll have a fighter screen.

>>18467823
What's the nearby "space terrain" like?

>>18468287
you are 4 hours distant from the nearest celestial phenomena, a cluster of asteroids at the system's edge.

The space hulk is 1 hour behind you.

Guys, we're gonna have to transition to a "highest D100 roll" for plans on this.

rolled 36 = 36

>Rollan
Hack logs, investigate bombers

>>18468123
>>18468166
Rolling for my suggestion

rolled 73 = 73

>>18468346
>Guys, we're gonna have to transition to a "highest D100 roll" for plans on this.

Bombers & exploring the front half.

rolled 1 = 1

>>18468367
>>18468123
>>18468166
forgot roll, derp

>>18468271
You misunderstand. We aren't telling them what we can do, we're telling them we can do something we can't. As I understand what Advi said, we can't pick them off, because we can't fight them without slowing down, and if we slow down, the navy will probably get here before we can escape.
After all, the "potentially ill-unified pirates" were supposed to be here with US, up until we found something valuable enough they all dicided "fuck it, do want." Given that all the ones chasing us are the ones that decided that, what on Mars makes you think they wouldn't do exactly the same thing again to whoever took us out? And uniting isn't going to help them when the navy arrives, they'll be turning up in enough force to handle a potentially-hostile Space Hulk, the only way to deal with that is to not be here, hence why slowing us down is such a bad thing.

rolled 61 = 61

>>18468181
>>18468428
>They see me rollan, they chasin.

rolled 67 = 67

investigate ships logs & investigate bombers

rolled 59 = 59

NNNNOOOOOOOOOooooooooo.........
NOT THE UNEXPLORED, ATMOS-VENTE.....
oh.... here's hoping that anything left in it is currently harmless to us???

>>18468559
If it survived having the air vented, it's probably an unspeakable horror that craves the flesh of man.

>>18468655
Maybe it's a servoskull? Or a whole bunch of servoskulls!
>Elesh's face when

"Quein, identify as many of the ships giving pursuit as possible. Advi, take what teams you can spare and inspect the attack craft. I want as many functional as possible, should we need them. I'll be joining you. Julin, have your armsmen search the prow sections for anything we can use." Your officers nod and quickly move to enact your orders.

Within an hour your body is covered in the ancient oils and ungents from the marauder bombers, your robe pristine and folded upon a nearby toolbox. Canibalizing parts allows you to bring nearly a full wing of the craft back into an operable state before the armsmen finally cut their way into the fore areas of the ship, discovering additional parts for the bombers in storage. Julin seems startled at your current state of dress, causing her to pause and look away as she delivers her report, "The rest of the cargo seems to be machinery, Captain."

With a half hour left before your ship is intercepted, your enginseers have brought nearly a wing and a half of bombers into operable condition with the additional parts discovered. "Captain, to the bridge, we're in deep shit!"

>cont.

rolled 24 = 24

>>18468359
this, while contacting our friends and making all haste (push the engines a but further) for the systems edge/somewhere to hide

Donning your robe, you hurry to the bridge to find a white-faced Quein sitting upon the floor. The astropath from before is attempting to console your Voidmaster, but quickly hurries to your side as you enter the bridge.

"Captain, your XO reports that nearly a dozen ships have arrived in system; They're Navy. Four are cruisers, but they're too distant for her to identify."

A small yellow light flickers into life as Julin and Advi arrive behind you.

"I presume that would be their commander."

>Orders?

that is clearly not a good sign... put our robe back on whilst making utmost haste to the bridge, as clearly, this is important

>>18468881
Well, I guess it would go against naval etiquette not to answer.
Let's see what he has to say.

make sure that some of our men are given a crash course on piloting the strike craft and check on that gellar field.
We will be using it very soon, no matter what we do right now.

>>18468902
Also this. Use a voice scrambler to sound male if it's avalible.

>>18468881
Would our current pursuers have noticed the navy as well?

>>18468817
>conducting repairs in the nude
The Omnissiah is pleased. Those lucky bombers...

Also, I don't suppose we could bullshit the Navy into believing we're an AdMech salvage team under attack by pirates, could we?

!!!!!!! the navy is a mixed blessing. hopefully this will cause the chasing ships to flee, however we now have to explain things to the navy....

i think that we should prepair ourselfs for convincing the navy of some untruths...

could we tell them that we were making our way though the system when the space hulk appeared and foul zenos attacked our ship, killing most of our crew, then the raiders started chasing us down as we were making our way out of the system?

>>18468945
considering that they have full power to their augers, they've either noticed or will notice very soon.

>>18468943
Why would we want to do that? Not only would that be very awkward if they do end up boarding us and ask to see the captain, but it would prevent us from using our identity as "captain of the Sword of the Omnissiah by virtue of being the highest ranking officer aboard to survive a pirate attack."

>>18468971
Given how long this ship has been lost for, as well as the fact its last owner apparently came to the attention of the sisterhood for being a foul xenos-tainted genestealer cultist, that would seem... unwise.

>>18468969
I like your thinking. Though we have rather limited knowledge of the workings of the orthodox AdMech, so that could be a problem.

>>18468943
is there any reasoning to this or do you just wish to use a darth vader filter for the hell of it?

>>18468971

The navy likely has -real- AdMech on board, or they could have an AdMech vessel with them.

>>18468969

you only have 1 robe left and did not want to risk it being torn. techpriest robes don't grow on trees, damn it!

could we use the voice scrambler to make it seem like our vox system is not fully operational, i.e. damaged?

To disguise our identity? I have a habit of giving out only false information to potential hostiles in RPs. Speak in plain voice and they are looking for you. Speak in a scrambled male voice and they are looking for a man.

But, considering how easy it will be for them to find out who is on this ship by asking just about anyone who was involved with the salvaging of this space hulk, it may not have been the best idea.

I say we try to bullshit for long enough to make a warp jump after surreptitiously sending the Sword the planet we're going to, and hope for the best. We cant inter-system, but we can leave.

Or, offer the ship to the navy. We salvaged it from the hulk, and, in exchange for the ship, we get either some thrones, or our pick of its cargo-hold as well as our freedom. Its a good deal for them, and keeps our asses out of the fire.

rolled 9 = 9

>>18468881
>>18468976
>>18469069
It's time to provoke a fight between the navy and the pirates and then kick the shit out of whoever wins. Barring that, we can try to get our escorts to attach a chain and haul us through a short warp jump, but without a gellar field at least enfolding us we'd need to get off the ship first.

Open a line to the pirates so they can hear the conversation with the naval commander, THEN talk to him.

If they hear that the prize ship is going to be taken by nave personnel and you make it sound like your ship's about to break into chunks, they might ignore you and go for the Imperials.

rolled 48 = 48

>>18469148
>make a warp-jump

No gellar field. Only warp jump is by aid of a tow cable, and you won't want to be aboard when that shit happens.

>>18469148
My previous posts should make it clear that i support this course of action

Where does everybody get the idea from that the ship's gellar field isn't working?

I've found nothing from OP concerning it in either this thread or the last one.

so the plan is to ignore Quein, open the channel to your pursuers, delay/claim admech business until you can make a warp jump? (3 hours minimum)

>>18469214
Well, he didn't say it's not working because we didn't check on it, and going to warp with a malfunctioning gellar field is BAD. That's why I keep harping about checking on the gellar field, so we would know if taking a warp jump is safe.

Wait.

Don the Power Armor.
Power armor from non-Astartes is a Huge Status Symbol
So its possible a person wearing one would have a Battlecruiser.

>>18469214
the gellar field hasn't been tested, as you'd either have to run the reactors higher than is safe or shut off your engines to conduct the test.

>>18469295
We'd be a rather poor captain if we didn't listen to our officers opinions.

>>18469305
...We just ripped it out of a Space Hulk, in full view of half a dozen rogue traders...

>>18469305
your mechadendrites prevent you from wearing the power armor.

>>18469326

Quein isn't speaking so much as he's "sitting white-faced on the bridge's deck"

>>18469305
Or we look extra heretical for parading around in a holy suit of power armor we stripped from the body of a martyred Sister.

>>18469352
Well, in that case ask him if he knows the navy squad or its captain or if he simply considers the navy extremely bad news in general.

>>18469295
I'm reading through the thread and I can't figure out what there is to ignore from quein?
The whole white-faced thing? If he's injured or something, get him medical attention.

And, the best I can come up with now is to delay our pursuers with attack craft and whatever else we have, get out of the gravity well and warp out.

Test the gellar fields, even if we have to run the core to hard.

>>18469364
Oh thats right it was Sorortitas light power armor.

rolled 1 = 1

>>18469403
this
>>18469163
and this, I dont think we're gonna be able to bullshit with the navy short of trying to sell them the Battlecruiser for mostly our freedom, and maybe a token or two of gratituyde. (Like I said, our freedom + the cargo/some thrones, we can take the armor/sword with us when we leave, after stashing it in something that is thoroughly ours/not worth checking)

>>18469403

you understand that you could overload your plasma reactors and GAME OVER by doing this, correct?

you'll need at least 1 second (and no opposition) to do this.

rolled 65 = 65

>>18469463
secondan

if we can provoke a fight between the nav and the pirates/whatever behind us we may be able to get out of this scrape alive.

let's look for an opportunity to test the gellar field soon, but in the meantime see if your officer needs medical attention and hear what the navy has to say. and patch in the guys chasing you.

>>18469484
I'm very much opposed to doing any kind of reactor shenanigans.

Would it be easier on the core if we rerouted power from non-essential systems like life support? We have viodsuits, I think, so the crew could survive in those and and a few designated rooms while the gellar fields are active(this should not take too long if we just want to test them, right?)

I've come to shit up this quest thread until mine takes off (or doesn't!) and no one can stop me!

I would like to put my vote in against fucking with the reactor. Never a good idea.

>>18469484
Yeah, let's not risk blowing the reactor up.

>>18469525
I doubt the regular crew is issued void suits.

>>18469484
How far are the pursuing pirates and navy away from us by now?

>>18469525
you would still need to push the reactor, unless you divert power from the engines.

rolled 24 = 24

>>18469641
then we can test the gellar field after kicking off a fight between the Traders/Pirates and Navy

>>18469606

your own augers have not detected the navy ships, but they have been focused on the ships chasing you and are at partial power to them.

the pursuing ships are closing to torpedo range.

>>18469525

Actually, since this is in the WH40K universe, it would take a SUPER long time to get the entire crew into void suits. Also, it's incredibly unlikely that you would have void suits for every crewman.

>>18469694
>torpedoes

Guess that rules out taking our engines off-line.

Let's just see what's Queins problem and then answer the damn call.

rolled 12 = 12

adding my vote to encouraging the navy to fight our persuers as opposed to us

>>18469685
Prepare to launch strike craft and fire at the pursuing ships.
Looks like we aren't getting out of this one without a fight.

Also, how viable would it be to ram the light cruiser? We are much bigger and we have a ramming prow, right?

that settled, I require 3 D100 rolls.

1 to bluff (opposed roll)
1 to incite violence (opposed roll)
1 for "oh shit something came up due to another roll"

Just
answer
the
fucking
phone
call
ffs
.

rolled 29 = 29

>>18469793
Violence!

>>18469773

about as viable as smashing a bug with a sledgehammer

rolled 43 = 43

Rolling for bluff

>>18469817
I did that one time, and it was awesome!

But first we should answer the phone. The longer we keep the Navy commander waiting, the more he'll suspect we're one of the pirates.

rolled 55 = 55

>>18469793
Rolling for "lol random".

rolled 93 = 93

the random oh shit roll

rolled 76 = 76

rolling for violence

>>18469882
Nice work ruining the first roll for that.

FYI, I do -not- average rolls.

>>18469852
>93
Are we going for low rolls or high rolls in this quest?

>>18470231
Low rolls on opposed tests, high stuff on randoms and warp travel, IIRC.

Julin hurries to Quein's side, inspecting him for wounds before applying her hand to his face with liberal use of force. "On your fucking feet, Quein! We're not dead yet and we need to know where the fuck the Navy is!"

Your voidmaster reels from the blow before scrambling to his feet and the auger console, adjusting the power settings as a red handprint burns upon his jaw.

Again melding your mind with the ship's systems, you answer the hail while chaining the channel toward the ships closing on your own. "This is Captain Elesh Phryx, techpriest of the Omnissiah."

"This is Captain Beriaun of the Imperial Navy, Commander of task force Felix," the voice is strangely soft, but carries a stiff air of command over the vox channel. "Captain Phryx, you are registered as the captain of 'Sword of the Omnissiah', not 'Righteous Flame'. I assume you claimed her from the space hulk, since she has been lost since the Gothic War."

"You have no authority over a servant of the Omnissiah, Captain Beriaun. I owe you no answers." you retort, your cogitators flustered by her accurate take on the current scenario.

>cont

>>18470300
I sometimes hate it when our cogitators shine through...

"Then you will submit to -my- will, techpriest. I, Magos Vorgus, claim your prize for the Omnissiah, as your superior!" declares a synthetic voice.

Blindsided, you flounder for a response as your bluff collapses. Your flesh brain fills with fear at the thought of this magos finding the truth and converting you to a servitor, or worse. "Captain, all pursuing ships are fleeing; Navy escorts closing fast." If Quein delivers good news today, your flesh brain considers kissing him.

"Captain, I believe their navigators are attempting to cloud my perception of the warp." Your head navigator seems pained, his words spoken thru gritted teeth.


>Orders?
>seek crew advice?
>contact Athe?
>contact others? (using astropath?)
>ohshitohshitohshit [panic]

>>18470300
>navy captain's face when
Damn, we're sassy as fuck.

fuck, umm... "So long as I am compensated for returning this ship to the fold, I will happily do so." and order our crew to grab the oarmor, sword, and start scouring the cargo holds for anything else worth claiming as our pay. Try to distract the Magos while they do so.

>>18470403
This entire session is aimed to make us lose the cruiser again, right?

So let's just get this over with so we can do something that's actually fun again.

Abandon the ship, take the power armour along and be done with it.

>>18470403
Into the Warp, and pray the gellar field holds!

>>18470485
We're a wanted criminal by the mechanicus and the navy if we do that.

We are serving another magos already, right? The one who gave us the orders for our first job?
So, technically, we could say that we are not under his jurisdiction(?).

>"Captain, I believe their navigators are attempting to cloud my perception of the warp." Your head navigator seems pained, his words spoken thru gritted teeth.

Doesn't matter, we just need to get out of here, not jump to a cerain destination. Actually, that should make us harder to track, right? If we just jump into the warp and go wherever the nearest current takes us and then exit the warp 15 minutes later.
Then, reorient and go to our original destination.

The gellar field is a potential problem, however, so I suggest that we stop and test them. If it works right, GTFO, if it's unstable, let him have the ship and demand a reward for recovering it and keeping it out of pirate hands.

>>18470476

I'm going by what the dice give and take. Your actions -do- determine what you can get out of this situation, though.

prey to the omnisiah, ask the machine spirit for strength then FLEE THE SYSTEM!!!

>>18470515
Maybe. Maybe not. I have no idea how the admech hirachy works.

>>18470515
name dropping Magos Banks may be a poor idea, as you're fairly sure that he has been declared a tech heretic.

you -do- have other potential friends, perhaps you've met some.

>>18470526

>pray to the dice instead

>>18470570
Gah, let me think. There was Athe's sister of battle friend(?) and that other magos we met on the shrine world, what was his name?

Gimme a minute to check the arhive

>>18470570
I'd guess we could drop the name of the Magos who gave us our mechadendrites.
Or ask Advi for advice.

Magos Grumman, that's his name.

>>18470515
If by "serving another Magos" you mean "was trained and aided by a wanted Heretek" then yes, yes indeed.
Somehow, I do not think this will help.

Also, you realise that a) they can track our warp wake, b) this will put us so far up shit creek we're never going to be able to go anywhere near any Imperial authority, and c) we can't jump from here, and likely won't be able to get past them to a jump zone, especially if we make the incredibely suspicious move of suddenly stopping and raising our Gellar fields, right?

All told, I'm inclined to agree with >>18470464
Grab loot, ask for compensation on what we lost taking the prize, act natural. Maybe try some arse-kissing, see if we can get some AdMech favour/resources out of this.

>>18470403
Let's play along for now. Act properly submissive to the authority of the Magos, and see what sort of reward might be offered for salvaging the cruiser.

Also, have the crew bring the armor and power sword, along with any other portable valuables, aboard a few of the bombers and have them prepped for immediate takeoff.

If things go badly with the Navy, GTFO with our officers and retreat to the Sword of the Omnissiah.

>>18470642
if all else fails, this

Well, there's SoB power armour on the ship. Couldn't we spin that into a reason to return everything on board as quickly as we can to their system?
They might consider it a relic, or something.

>>18470673
Anyone feel like grabbing a xenos skeleton or two? I'm pretty sure a complete set of Genestealer bones is listed as Very Rare, and I shudder to think how many thrones a Patriarch corpse might sell for.
Come to think of it, this ship did belong to a Rogue Trader previously, would his warrant of trade be on here? It might be valuable, or be useful later on (for fooling hicks, for instance).

>>18470721
>>18470729
this, if that fails go with my previous post (>>18470464)

Just to make it clear, I vote that we try to bluff out way out of this one by claiming that we are working under the authority of magos Grumman. We would probably have to give him the ship to keep ourselves clear of this mess, but we could also probably get more stuff from that deal then giving it to these guys.

>>18470729
Let's search that warrent. It might be the only thing that could keep the ship in our property.

>This is like that part in vidya games where you get a really nice ship at the start only to have it taken away 5 minutes later so you can start on some crappy rust bucket.

>>18470721
Changing my vote to this.

If they don't buy it, grab whatever loot we can and leave the ship to the Magos. No use making an enemy of the Navy and Mechanicus.

Submit to Magos Vorgus?

Attempt to declare ship the location of a martyr's death and thus jurisdiction of SOBs?

claim to be agents of Magos Grumman and that you claim it in his name for the Omnissiah?

>>18470838
Whatever we decide to do, have everybody we can spare look for that rogue trader warrent. If we're lucky, it starts with the words "the holder of this warrent...".

rolled 88 = 88

>claim to be agents of Magos Grumman and that you claim it in his name for the Omnissiah?

Here's a d100 if it comes to that again.

>>18470879
Also this

>>18470838
I vote for declaring it the site of a martyrdom.

That should buy us enough time to search for the warrant of trade or whatever other valuables may be hidden aboard. If we do end up having to give the ship up to the Imperium, we can at least try to smuggle off some loot.

rolled 13 = 13

>>18470838
Let's try our luck with the SoB idea. It's not even a lie.

rolled 65 = 65

>>18470915
Forgot my dice.

dice are not required, since I can gather consensus on the 3 ideas instead of 8

rolled 82 = 82

>>18470838
1) Claim to be agents of Magos Grumman, and
2) Slow engines to test Gellar Field.

rolled 68 = 68

>>18470879
Seconding this.
>>18470898
>>18470974
And these.

There any irc channels for this quest?

I'm all for declaring our ship the domain of the sisterhood.

>>18470995
I think claiming to be an agent for Nagis Grumman might/will cause us a lot of trouble in the future.
It's a small sector, after all.

Between Grumman and the SoB, one out of three cannonesses have acted reasonably towards us, and that one is from the order least likely to get the ship if we hand it over to them.
The Magos, on the other hand, has given us free training and augments, kept us out of the hands of a cannoness crazier than CRAAAZZZY HASSAN (and much less friendly), and gave us a pretty good deal with the scrap removal and such.
Oh, and he's probably a lot less likely to set us on fire for daring to desecrate a holy site with our presence or anything like that, not to mention his gratitude will probably be more useful to us. In short, PRAISE THE OMNISSIAH!

>>18471082

the sector will eventually expand once enough in-universe time elapses.

Definitely supporting the Sisters on this one.

Trying to start a power struggle between two AdMech big shots seems like a bad idea when we're more than a little heretical in their eyes.

The Sisters offer us the best chance of keeping the ship. I mean, what are they going to do with a damaged old battlecruiser? They'll be like "give saint plox. kthx bai." and we'll keep the ship.

>>18471099
The SoB normally aren't allowed to have anything beyond transports.
The Age of Apostasy made sure of that.

If we'll really lose the ship, we should just tell them we claimed it in the name of Magos Grumman for the service he rendered to us.

Might get us some of his favour, and it will probably keep these fucks' hands off the ship.

howsabout Grumman + SoB? we calim it for him, because he is working with the local Sororitas, and it has a holy relic of theirs, butn none of the Navies.

That way, we get loot, more free training, and ingratiate the sisters to us more. We win on all levels there

rolled 90 = 90

>>18471151
Secondan.

GOD-DAMMIT, /TG/, I THINK WE'RE NEARING CONSENSUS

>>18471194
>>18471164
>>18471151
I'm liking this idea. We claimed the ship in Grumman's name, and need to return the martyr's body to her order.

Also, this has to be the most debated quest ever. Epic.

>>18471151
Good point, forgot that. Alright, this has my vote.

>>18471240
>most debated quest ever

No, that would be Void Quest.

>>18471258
please, please do NOT debate anywhere near that level. OH GOD

>>18471258
Oh please, Void Quest didn't even have waifu wars.
Oh gods, Maid Quest flashbacks...

rolled 96 = 96

>>18471283
DAMMIT OP

TAKE A FUCKING COUNT RIGHT NOW AND LET IT STAND

IT'S BEEN AN HOUR SINCE >>18470403 AND I WAS A VOID QUESTER, DON'T LET US DO THIS ANYMORE

>>18471328
>I WAS A VOID QUESTER

I would dare to claim you were probably also the reason why he stopped.

>>18471338
>Implying Vedibere didn't feed off our MAD.

>>18471349
I think he was one of the few questfags who did not.

>>18471338
WE WERE ALL THE REASON HE STOPPED.

>>18471328
you remind me of someone. that someone was an angry dick.

Can I get 2 D100 rolls to steamroll into a minor timeskip?

rolled 66 = 66

>>18471419
High or low rolls preferred?

rolled 94 = 94

>>18471419
here

Your cogitators scramble for a name to keep Magos Vorgus on a different ship from yourself; Magos Banks: tech heretic; Magos Taylor: known privateer and tech heretic. Cursing your short list for not containing legitimate contacts, your flesh brain wishes Athe were at your side to offer her schola education's ideas. Wait, Athe. No, Canoness Laci. The powered armor. Magos Grumman! Risky, but at the very least, claiming the dead sister a martyr will buy you time.

"This ship contains a martyred sister of an unidentified order. As Captain I declare right of salvage and claim this holy site in the name of the Adepta Sororitas orders of Serentus IV, and the ship herself in the name of Magos Grumman. We will not surrender the ship to any other groups" Cutting your transmitter, you turn to your officers. "Advi, Julin! The former master of this ship was a Rogue Trader, perhaps his warrant is still aboard. I want access to the officers' and captain's quarters by the time I'm done here."

"Yes, Captain." Advi and Julin quickly head off as you steel yourself for Magos Vorgus' response.

>cont

>>18471433

sorry, they're "loot results", so high is good

"You Omnissiah-damned flesh-bag! I'll have you converted to a cleaning servitor for your heresy! Prepare to be boarded and have the Omnissiah's judgement rendered upon your weak flesh!"

"Stand down Magos Vorgus." A chill runs down from your flesh-brain at the sudden edge to Captain Beriaun's soft voice. "I recognize your claim, Captain Phryx, and offer you the Navy's assistance until the Adepta Sororitas or Magos Grumman arrive."

"You have no authority to give me orders, Captain! This is an internal matter of the Adeptus Mechanicus!"

"Captain Phryx has declared right of salvage for another party, Magos. We must all make concessions to our allies at times. Captain Phryx, I am sending 'Lord Nethia' to escort and provide assistance should you request it."

>cont

rolled 89 = 89

>>18471419
JUST WEARY OF PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED PITFALLS

NICE QUEST BY THE WAY

>>18471475
looks like the Machine God is with us so far. A shame that we will have to turn the ship and power armor over to Grumman, but it will be mechanicus property, so we pull through with a positive balance in the end.

And, we get to loot the ship, ofc. Those strike craft are mighty interesting, even if we can't launch them right now

"Thank you, Captain. If you'll excuse me, I must attend to an urgent matter with my plasma reactors." Freeing yourself from what is sure to be a lengthy arguement, you quickly find yourself tearing through the former captain's quarters as Advi and Julin search the other officers' quarters. Nearly an hour later, you locate a masterfully hidden stash containing several cyphered star charts, a masterfully crafted plasma pistol, and a single bottle of spirits that must be nearly two millenia old. As you lift the pistol for inspection, you notice a slight irregularity along the stash's bottom. Further inspection reveals a concealed container, barely large enough to hold a ledger. Or perhaps a warrant of trade. With great dismay, you note that it is secured with an advanced lock.

>orders?
>Allies will arrive in 4 days.

>>18471616
Inspect the ship's logs. Have the Sword pull alongside of the Flame.
See if one of our officers can open the lock or might know somebody who can.

Inspect the forward half of the ship properly.

>>18471638
Oh, and see what Advi and Julin have discovered.

>>18471616
Search the remains of the corpse sitting in the captain's chair on the bridge. Perhaps he had the key to the lock on him when he died.

Also, seconding the suggestion that we finish exploring the forward compartments.

>>18471616
sweep the ship slowly and thoroughly, we don't want anything nasty hiding here
perform a full diagnostic of the ship's systems
Get to the asteroid field and start repairs
finish bringing those strike craft online
work on the lock
Get into the ship's logs

>>18471616
Oh god, Masterfully crafted?
A Best Quality one? Dont those never jam/overheat?
>First time my RT uses his plasma pistol it over heated. The next time, It Overheated Again.

>>18471726
From chat:
>this one is a sustained fire plasma pistol
>no explode
>-rare- vent
>it has semi-auto fire
>can only overheat in 3-shot mode
>2-shot is fine
>What statline are you basing it off?
>i'll figure that out later

And yes, standard RT rules are Best Quality never overheats/jams. Exciting!
(Of course, the range, clip count, reload time and ammo rarity make up for that)

>>18471835
Where is this chat at?

>>18471939
Just chatting on steam.

Advi and Julin failed to have quite your luck, the officers' quarters containing nothing beyond trinkets of personal value. Returning from the bridge to locate the captain's key, you are dismayed to learn that none of the corpses carry any sort of key or bear the remains of fine clothing matching what you found in the captain's quarters. Again flustered, you have your astropath recall Athe. "Julin, have your armsmen begin a thorough sweep of the ship's fore. I want to know what we can attempt to claim as our own once the Sororitas arrive."

The next four days pass quickly as you order a search for the Captain's corpse, your own time devoted to accessing the ship's encrypted logs. After an exhaustive search, you learn little of the Captain's fate, only that all entries ceased with a final mention of boarding a space hulk in search of riches. You do learn, however, that the ship was purchased from the Imperial Navy shortly before the Gothic War, nearly hulked in a battle with an unidentified renegade battleship. For a full hour you mourn the loss of a machine spirit with such experiences, your cogitators half-recalling a famous quote about such events and tears in rain.

>cont

Advi's enginseers complete their assessment of the ship's systems, noting an endless list of damaged or useless components. One item in particular catches your attention; Warp Engine power relays: critical damage. Tossing the list of headaches aside, you briefly return to 'Sword of the Omnissiah' to cleanse yourself and claim some well-deserved rest before the Sororitas arrive.

All too soon you find yourself roused by a bothersome XO, your flesh brain crying out for more sleep as your cogitators force your weak flesh into action. "Captain Beriaun has requested to accompany the Sororitas to see the martyred sister, Captain. Sister Irene and Magos Grumman will transfer over to 'Righteous Flame' within an hour."

Hope we have been pillaging what we can from the ship this whole time... Suck to try and transfer over power armor and all kinds of widgets right in front of the people coming to claim the ship.

>>18472068
"Lets go then Athe, better to not keep them waiting." also, ask her for a rundown of anything else of note that was found/recovered

>orders?
>no further loot/cargo was located in the ship's fore areas.
>What do you attempt to request in exchange for claiming the ship for Magos Grumman and the Sororitas?
>D100 roll for negotiation. (opposed roll)

>>18472068
Make sure that the container with the complicated lock is safe on the sword. Then get ready for Grumman and the sisters to arrive.

Is there any chance we can claim some of the bombers? Or somehow sneak them onto our ship?

>>18472092

looting the power armor would have resulted in a very awkward situation when the Sororitas attempted to claim their martyr.

You've claimed most of the obvious loot, though you were careful to leave -most- of the xenos, mutant and human remains. Unfortunately, you could not remove the large xeno husk that occupied the captain's throne.

>>18472125
If we are about to lose this gift from "he who sits on the golden toilet of terra" we'd better get a few or some super reimbursement after losing some of our guards and dealing with all that shit to clear this place out.

rolled 43 = 43

>>18472102
Let the sororitas keep their relics for free, I don't feel like pissing them off by disrespecting their relics.
And, as for what to ask for... I have no idea.

...Grumman's speciality is industrial/massive construction, right? Let's see if we can get a ship out of this.

>>18472125
your frigate's tiny shuttle bay is barely able to contain the three shuttles you own, let alone a marauder bomber.

Now would be the time to negotiate transport of any large loot you'd like to keep, and perhaps request compensation for the ship itself...

>>18472102
See if any of the machinery in the cargo bays includes War Engine Power Relays

I suppose... free? Repair and resupply of said ship wouldnt be out of the question
Grumman might be able to help us with the lock, in the mean time lets try to have the lock examined by our Tech priests (including ourself) If we get a good enough Auspex scanner we could look at the lock in its entirely, trying to figure out how to unlock it should be a snap.

I will not negotiate. I'll roll a one.

rolled 27 = 27

>>18472158
or at the very least some more training, or some awesome upgrade bits for our ship

>>18472171
Ok, I don't think they are going to give us the ship so lets just try to milk it for every point of wealth we can.

Any response to the Navy Captain's request to view the Martyred Sister?

>>18472234
He can view it after the sisters do.

>>18472188
I didn't mean THIS ship, I meant any ship. Giving us a frigate or a poorly equiped light cruiser for a battleship is more then a fair trade.

>>18472174
We can probably deal with the lock ourselves given enough time and I don't want to share what's inside the container

rolled 19 = 19

>>18472248
seconding, though I dont think we should try to get any more ships until we have a larger wealth base/more officers we can trust

Sell sword for thrones, sell a few marauders, go into battle with flight of Valkyries blaring as we ram them with our new huge di-err.. Battleship!

Since that's probably not happening lets pimp out the sword with super tech straight out of the crate from a mars factory. Oh and play with the bubble wrap for a day or two :)

>>18472248
Ah, then yes that option would be much better

>>18472158
Agreed about the relics, the most valuable reward here is goodwill, which isn't going to be helped by trying to negotiate.

May as well tell the captain to ask the Sororitas, it's their relic after all.

>>18472174
I don't think there's any need to ask for help with the lock. That tends to carry costs.

Expenses paid (resupply of the Sword, replacements for lost crew/armsmen, and the like) seems like a basic thing to ask for, and perhaps additional training, augmentations, and/or equipment on top of that? I don't really like the idea of asking for another ship at the moment, we don't even have a full complement of officers on the Sword at the moment.

>>18472138
I hope we at least looted that sword?

>>18472102
Get our frigate repaired and properly pimped out free of charge.

And how about we get a nice new suit of power armor crafted for us to fit around our mechadendrites.

There is no need to pick up a new ship right now. We can earn some thrones, check through the crew for reliable command material and then pick it up. It will give us time to prepare for handling 2 ships at the same time and it will give him time to find the right ship to give us.

>>18472400
This reminds me, can we craft an egzoskeleton for ourselves or power armor for someone else?

"Forward the captain's request to Canoness Irene, she has authority over the martyr now." Athe excuses herself as you hurry about preparing yourself to meet with Grumman and Irene.

Magos Grumman is quick to greet you upon the hangar deck of 'Righteous Flame', though the greeting is short even by techpriest standards as the Magos hurries to closely admire the nearest Marauder. He begins to excitedly speak to himself as Canoness Irene greets you warmly. "You are quite the clever one, Captain Phryx. I thank you on behalf of Canoness Conora and Canoness Laci, along with all of our sisters, for the return of a martyred sister. We can never fully return this gesture, but on our sister's memory we shall never cease trying."

"Oh! It is a space-type! They haven't produced these in nearly two millenia! Astounding!"

>cont.

Whatever else we get, we need to acquire a most excellent pimp cup.

We looted a bottle of most excellent liquor from the dead captain's quarters, and I'll be damned if we drink that from anything but the finest cup in the sector!

>>18472659
"She went down fighting, that evidence was for sure. And by the remains found, the amount of the creatures verses the crew, The crew Won."

>>18472668
>Techpriest
>Drinking valuable wine that could be sold for money for GLORIOUS TECH
>Not sure if serious

Captain Beriaun's aquila lander soon arrives, the captain's posture carrying the same air of command as her voice. You muse upon the Omnissiah's fickle way of surrounding you with women, as if the universe were simply gambling upon your fate. She does have a beautifully crafted eye and skull, though. Omnissiah's servos how you'd like to view the circuitry hidden within.

Your negotiations commence once Magos Grumman is separated from the marauders, though he seems loathe to part with the ancient craft. "We will see to your rewards once we've returned to Serentus IV, Captain Phryx. I'm afraid that I can not commit to specific items until we deliver our tithe in a week's time. Do not fear, though. I will see to it that you are properly rewarded for your actions here, even if I must build it myself!"

>cont.

Negotiations concluded for now, your party pauses to view the dozens of mutated skeletons scattered between the martyr and the ship's bridge. "Genestealers." spits Captain Beriaun. Crushing several skulls with malice, your guests approach the partially cleared doorway that once hid the martyred sister from plain view. Quiet prayers are offered to the Emperor and Omnissiah as the trio squeezes thru the doorway, the ship's lighting now revealing the true extent of the blood covering the small compartment. "She took the two xenos and nearly fourty of the mutated ones with her in this area alone. The only disturbance of her rest when I returned her skull from nearby, Sister."

Canoness Irene remains with the martyred sister as Grumman and Beriaun accompany you to the bridge, yet more mutated skulls crushed beneath their boots. "A final attack against the patriarch?" muses Beriaun.

"Perhaps, though it would seem it was a phyric victory at best." mutters the Magos.

>cont

Minutes later the Magos has called up a recording of the battle, desperate men and women charging the massive genestealer as half of their number are flayed alive by an unseen force. Your flesh brain forces you to look away as the recording continues, an overwhelming sickness washing over your senses. "You'll see worse in time, young Captain."

Magos Grumman and Canoness Irene escort you and Captain Beriaun back to your shuttles soon after, the pair instructing you to claim your reward at Serentus IV in two weeks time before you return to your frigate.

>and thats all folks. I'd apologize for snatching your battlecruiser back, but I'm running this by the fickle nature of the dice.
>Next thread on Friday @ 7:00 PM EST
>usual ~20min Q&A

>>18472906
thread archived

>>18472637
So, can we make power armor? Weapons?
How about a brief list of the stuff we can craft?

>>18472928

you can currently craft basic bionic limbs, with time. You have the knowledge to craft higher quality bionic limbs stored within your memory banks, but you require more practical experience to craft anything above basic. (you assimilated the knowledge in a very condensed timeframe, after all!)

You could craft powered armor and weapons if you learned the applicable skills (or mix of skills, in the case of things such as powered armor or artificial organs)

and thank you for archiving.

>>18472975

you would also require the facilities and resources to craft more than one-off pieces of weapons or armor. (or to build vehicles at all)

A thoroughly disappointing session. Good job OP, you've easily surpassed the /a/ quest crowd when it comes to huehuehue trolling your players.

>>18474530
Bumping so everyone can see the true face of autism. Look at this guy right here.