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Cinder’s Character Sheet:
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If you’re a die-hard lover of canon, I suggest you turn away now. Like all things 40k, the gauntlet runs from “worshipping the printed word” to “over the top silliness.” Most of the time it’s somewhere in between. You’ve been warned in advance.

All rolls go against a specified characteristic in the style of Black Crusade. You’ll want to roll under the characteristic value in order to pass the check. The more degrees of success (every multiple of 10 counts as 1), the more awesome of a result. A 1 is a guaranteed success, and a 100 is a guaranteed failure.

Best of three rolls when it’s called for, with a 1 or a 100 instantly taking precedence. If multiple characteristics are being rolled for, each 1d100 counts for its respective test. Any rolls prior to the call for one and those not linking said post will be ignored.

You may burn (i.e. gone forever) 10 infamy to completely reroll a check (i.e. three new 1d100). If you have above 10 infamy, you are allowed a single additional 1d100 roll for any check during a session.

If you have any questions/etc, now’s the time.I’ll push the first update in about 10 minutes. I think we have a nice mix of skill checks, space combat, chatting, and headpats tonight.

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Tonight's drinking game: 1 shot for each time I drop the trip, 1 sip each time I invert Bloodletters and Bloodthirsters

HAHA, TIME FOR BLOOD

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>>35572142

Khornette quest time!
Blood for the Blood God!
Skulls for the Skull Throne!

>>35572049
Sorry buddy, it's 1am here in scotland and I need my beauty rest. I'll be playing the drinking game when I hit the archives later though, so be gentle.

The unfamiliar sensations of weightlessness and of pure vacuum presses against your mind and body. You’re able to easily ignore the latter, being a daemon, but the former is something you’re still getting used to. Even a twitch of your tail can send you into a dizzying spin as you find out rather quickly. Each movement has to be deliberate, to the point where you’re not entirely sure your usual melee preference will be at all effective here. Just getting from point A to point B in this small corridor is a challenge. Should you swing your claws too hard or miss a blow entirely in the middle of combat? You’d be useless.

<It’s a good thing you have us then, isn’t it?>

Ignitrix’s voice “appears” alongside your internal monologue, closely followed by a giggle from Acerea. You knew a psychic mindlink was the only way the three of you would be able to communicate with the lack of an atmosphere, but you didn’t expect them to be able to read your thoughts like that.

<You’ll get used to it dear~>

<Besides, it’s not like you’re hiding anything. Right, Cinder?>

<Nope. No secrets here,> you reply, barely resisting the urge to thought-growl in annoyance. As you drift lamely upside-down in the corridor, you feel a little envious that Ignitrix seems to have no issue moving about. The closest thing you have to compare her to is a Leviathan in a Blood Lake.

<Oh I’m far more graceful than that,> she teases while practically waltzing through the “air.” She must have had zero-G experience before between her days in the Inquisition and her time as a heretic. Acerea though? The plaguebearer looks a little more green than usual. She’s having just as much trouble as you.

> [1] Take five minutes to practice and get a hold on movement in a vacuum (Ag)
> [2] The longer you delay the longer the AI has to prepare. Onwards! (Ag-20)
> [3] If they can read your thoughts… Well, turnabout is fair play right?
> [4] Write in

>>35572257
>[1] Take five minutes to practice and get a hold on movement in a vacuum (Ag)

>>35572257
Hmm, 2 or 3?
Eh, we can browse their thoughts later. Onward!
>2

>>35572257
> [1] Take five minutes to practice and get a hold on movement in a vacuum (Ag)
> [3] If they can read your thoughts… Well, turnabout is fair play right?

>>35572257
>> [1] Take five minutes to practice and get a hold on movement in a vacuum (Ag)

Practicing Spacewalks it is.

1d100 vs 45

Succeed and you won't take a negative modifier for any agility checks in Zero-G environments. Future or otherwise.

Fail and Ignitrix will help. But you may not like the side effect that comes with it.

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>35572568
backflips go

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>35572568

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>35572568
first dice roll go

>>35572594
>>35572620
>>35572630

A 14 is indeed a pass. Writing...

Oh while I remember - someone give me a single 1d100 for Acerea's agility. I'd roll it but I'm liable to steal a 1/100

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>35572654

>>35572257
> [4] Write in
Use the chains to spiderman it

>>35572670

Sooo you get showed up by Acerea. Nice.

>>35572670
>>35572695
hah

OH COME ON
Why do all these awesome quests keep popping up when I'm trying to get sleep
Fucking hell.

>>35572791
QM conspiracy

>>35572670
Ara ara

>>35572257

Somehow you’re able to get yourself over to one of the walls of the corridor. Once there you use your claws to dig into the metal and hold yourself in place. You’ll take this slow - a simple push so you end up floating over to the other side of the passageway. Acerea seems to have a similar idea, though she’s using the ceiling and the floor as her bounce points.

Not wanting to overdo it, you gently kick with your legs against the wall while removing your claws. As a result you’re sent toward the opposite wall at a reasonable pace. Not enough to be effective in combat but enough that you’re starting to get a bearing for how much force to use. You repeat this process several more times until you’re confident that you’ll at least be able to dodge if you have a surface to leap from. Thinking on it, you might be able to use your warp chains in a pinch if there’s something to latch onto. So far this corridor’s walls have been extremely smooth.

In the same amount of time, your green-skinned daemon friend has surpassed you. She’s figured out how best to use her acid balls in conjunction with ballerina-like movements to be able to dodge mid-flight. In fact, she’s now enjoying pushing herself along with little puffs of warp-energy.

You try not to be jealous while hoping Ignitrix doesn’t notice. But she does.

<You know, if you want to be a pretty dancer like us I could always give you a crash course via this link. You might not like the temporary side effect though…>

> [1] I believe I can fly~ (Take the offer)
> [2] You’re fine as is (Turn down the offer)
> [3] Write in

>>35572825
Confirmed.

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>>35572919
>> [2] You’re fine as is (Turn down the offer)

>Confirmed.

>>35572919
>> [2] You’re fine as is (Turn down the offer)

>>35572919
>3: "What kind of side-effects?"
We trust Iggy, but it's still sorcery... If it's only temporary, though, then might as well so long as it won't inhibit our ability to RIP AND TEAR.

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>>35572919
>> [1] I believe I can fly~ (Take the offer)

Shiny....red...button! Press the button!

>>35572919
>[2] You’re fine as is (Turn down the offer)

>>35572919
>> [2] You’re fine as is (Turn down the offer)

>Confirmed.
I FUCKING KNEW IT.

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>>35572919
>Confirmed.

>>35572919
> [1] I believe I can fly~ (Take the offer)
Accept all buffs

>>35572919
>> [2] You’re fine as is (Turn down the offer)

>>35572919

<No I’m fine. This will have to do for now. Besides it’s an AI. I don’t expect to have to kill twenty Grey Knights in the process.>

<Why would you go and say something like that? You know that’s a… never mind.> Ignitrix falls silent and crosses her arms. Even though you haven’t tried using the link to read her thoughts you still get snippets of her inner voice. <...she wouldn’t have liked headpats anyways…>

You guess that’s what the side effect was. All things considered not a bad one but you still rather not mess with Sorcery unless absolutely necessary. You had to remain somewhat Khornate, after all.

<So where do we go from here?> you ask, pointing to the left and right in turn.

The Tzeentchean visibly sighs and points to the left behind her. <It’s down this way, up a few elevator shafts, through what might be a drone bay, and then another few corridors.>

<A drone bay? Are we talking ground-based or flight/space-based?>

<I’m not sure to be honest. Had I not been an idiot before I might have gotten more information. Sorry.>

<It’s fine. Just try not to burn out the ENTIRE ship next time.>

You don’t need to read her mind to see your teasing’s effective. Though the feather poof isn’t as pronounced since half of them are still stuck out from before. <Hmph. Come on. Let’s get this day over with…>

And with that she takes off down the corridor. Acerea brings up the rear with you in the middle. It’s not long before you’re heading up the first elevator shaft, one of three. All seems quiet until your ears pick up the sound of something moving extremely quickly. Despite the lack of air for which sound to propagate. It’s more the grinding of metal on metal than a pocket of air being pushed around.

(cont)

>>35573359

It takes you a moment, but you figure out what it might be. You’re in an elevator shaft. it stands to reason the AI is going to use that to its advantage.

> [1] Get out of the shaft ASAP (Ag)
> [2] See if you can’t time it so you get aboard the oncoming lift (Per + Ag)
> [3] Write in

>>35573382
>> [1] Get out of the shaft ASAP (Ag)

>>35573382
> [2] See if you can’t time it so you get aboard the oncoming lift (Per + Ag)
Must be awesome

>>35573382
>[2] See if you can’t time it so you get aboard the oncoming lift (Per + Ag)


><...she wouldn’t have liked headpats anyways…>
Oh Iggy

>>35573382
>> [2] See if you can’t time it so you get aboard the oncoming lift (Per + Ag)

[2] Screw playing it safe. This is Khornekwest.

>>35572034
>What will the AI’s destruction mean for the Engine?
is it possible for ignitrix to subvert it once we have hardware access to its brain? or just disconnect it physically from all systems (for now) and deliver it to the tech priests to dissect and rebuild

>>35573382
>2
The AI should have known better than to challenge an Inquisitor or a Khornette, let alone both.

The [2]s have it.

2d100, first for Per (35) and second for Ag (45).

If you succeed the first you have good timing. If you fail, your agility roll gains a negative modifier.

If you succeed the second you get onto the car without issue. If you fail... well you're a daemon so being hit by a wall won't kill you.

Rolled 29, 18 = 47 (2d100)

>>35573684

Rolled 4, 87 = 91 (2d100)

>>35573684

Rolled 87, 78 = 165 (2d100)

>>35573684

Rolled 11, 97 = 108 (2d100)

>>35573684

Rolled 73, 60 = 133 (2d100)

>>35573684
Dice for the dice god.

>>35573695
>>35573697
Nice tagteam
>>35573710
>8778
wat

Rolled 70, 48 = 118 (2d100)

>>35573684

>Warp chains
where did we get those? I don't remember getting them

>>35573738
They're on our buffed claws.

>>35573738
It was our weapon upgrade a few threads back. It lets us shoot our claws off on chains made of warp energy and fling them around.

>>35573695
>>35573697
>>35573710

A 4 and a 18 is more than enough. Cool. Writing...

>>35573382

Closing your eyes, you pause your ascent and focus on the oncoming elevator car. It’s about twenty seconds away, below you, and traveling at a speed that would force any occupants to the ground. You relay this to your friends, along with a visual image of the three of you breaking inside and Ignitrix overwriting the controls.

<Another Cinder special… I guess it’s good that we’re not crawling through vents though.>

Ignitrix doesn’t sound pleased but now it’s too late to avoid the lift. The three of you push off of the wall and up the shaft so that you’re at about half the lift’s speed. As such, when it finally wooshes into view and hits you all, you’re not squashed or caught off guard. It still takes a few seconds to get your bearings and another couple past that for Acerea to burn her way through the emergency hatch on the top.

Your feathered friend dives into the car and begins fumbling with her data slate. You hear a series of curses in both low gothic and daemonic before the lift starts to slow.

<Oh thank Tzeentch. This system can be isolated from the main computer. This should make getting to the AI MUCH easier.>

Dropping in alongside Acerea, you tilt your head in confusion. <But it’s an elevator. It only goes up and down.>

<Ahahahaha no. It’s more than that. I read the schematics wrong before. ALL of the shafts are connected. Which means we can take an elevator to right outside the drone bay.>

Well that’s convenient.

<I know right?>

...Yeah that’s still a thing.

> [1] Maybe taking the vents isn’t such a bad idea. Plus drones are boring.
> [2] You can kill drones.
> [3] Write in

>>35574036
>[2] Siiiiiigghhhh, you guess can go kill some drones real quick.

Rolled 3, 51 = 54 (2d100)

>>35574036
> [2] You can kill drones.

>>35574036
>> [2] You can kill drones.
Robots for the skull throne?

>>35574036
>> [2] You can kill drones.
Who knows
They can be the size of tanks eh

>>35574036
>[1] Maybe taking the vents isn’t such a bad idea. Plus drones are boring.

[2] it is, writing...

>>35574036
if it can go anywhere, can't it bring us right up to the AI without going through the drones?

>>35574036
>>35574115
>>35574117
maybe we shouldn't destroy the drones? What if they can be used later to fight off the hordes of angry rak'gol?

>>35574198

If you haven't caught on there's a very Star Trek feel to this ship. Which means we can get close but not right outside.

>>35574201
If they're the flying kind, we can just ride a drone through all the other drones to the Machine Spirit just like Samuel L. Jackson.

>>35574036
I'm a little unclear on this - the AI is holed up in the drone bay, and 2 is going in the front door soon where 1 is taking the long way to get the drop on the drones?
>>35574198
>>35574201
>>35574243
I like these ideas. Bypass the drones - they don't bleed anyway - and hit the AI, then turn the ship's defenses against the Rak'gol and plan our next move.
Rak'gol are FUN. Slaught when?

>>35574398
not to mention we get to keep whatever drones are left after we hightail it out of there.

>>35574036

<The faster we’re there, the faster you can stop trying to force a headpat-positive mindset on me.>

<I am not doing anything remotely of the sort!>

<Uh huh. Back me up here Acerea.>

<Well they are kind of nice…>

<Not you too…>

<NOW who’s pouting?> Ignitrix giggles and then flicks up on her data slate. The lift kicks into motion with a whirring noise and you’re off. It takes perhaps ten minutes for it to come to a stop and the doors to open. The entire time the only indication that you changed direction was when you looked up through the hole in the roof.

<5th Floor: Drones, AI, and the Armory> rattles off Ignitrix. She’s the first out of the doors and into the corridor beyond. You follow close behind to see her working on getting a giant arch open.

<Uh… Iggy… what kind of drones do they hav…>

Your question is answered by the archway opening to reveal a massive shuttlebay. The left side has ten fightercraft of a make and model you can’t identify. They’re slick, black, and otherwise obsidian death. On the right side of the bay is a myriad of modified Glaives, or so you guess based on your limited knowledge of the Imperium.

In the middle though? About 10 combat servitors. All with chainguns. All aimed at you.

> [1] *ahem* DOOOOOOOODDDGGGEEEEEEEEEE (Ag)
> [2] Warp chains? Warp chains. (BS+20)
> [3] Dive into the group (Ag + WS)
> [4] Write in

>>35574398
To use ASCII, A is the AI, B is the bay, C is where you are:

C ---- B ----- A

The vents would let you bypass B.

>>35574398
I'm worried the AI has some fuckery it can do if we're in the vents.

>>35574398
>Slaught

Oh my fuck please no. Forget the Rak'gol, THOSE are a TPK waiting to happen. ESPECIALLY since we're daemons

>>35574504
>> [3] Dive into the group (Ag + WS)

>>35574504
> [1] *ahem* DOOOOOOOODDDGGGEEEEEEEEEE (Ag)

>>35574504
>> [1] *ahem* DOOOOOOOODDDGGGEEEEEEEEEE (Ag)

>>35574504
>dive in (3)
Let's see how well they aim at moving targets!
Are we regenerated from the Rak'gol yet?

>>35574504
>[3] Dive into the group (Ag + WS)

>>35574504
> [3] Dive into the group (Ag + WS)

>>35574504
>> [3] Dive into the group (Ag + WS)

>>35574504
>[3] Dive into the group (Ag + WS)

I think the [3]'s have it

2d100, first vs 45 and the second vs 58.

If you screw up the first... you miss entirely and take a some wounds.

If you screw up the second... you miss with your swipes and possibly take some wounds

Rolled 69, 20 = 89 (2d100)

>>35574800

Rolled 92, 100 = 192 (2d100)

>>35574800

>>35574800
can we use Iggy's special ability to boost our skillcheck?

>>35574814
...

Rolled 72, 13 = 85 (2d100)

>>35574800

Rolled 41, 64 = 105 (2d100)

>>35574800

Rolled 55, 34 = 89 (2d100)

>>35574800

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>>35574814

Rolled 86, 5 = 91 (2d100)

>>35574800
Here we go

Rolled 16, 53 = 69 (2d100)

>>35574800

>>35574814
Damn it, Anon. Zuvassin smiles upon you.

Rolled 15, 88 = 103 (2d100)

>>35574814
welp time to use that threadly reroll I think

>>35574835
Why couldn't you have rolled faster?

>>35574814
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
>>35574827
in response can we boost our second roll to against a 118?

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>>35574814

>>35574833
>>35574830
>>35574814
>>35574806
So that's
69+100, wonderful

>>35574835
Can we use one of our 2 threadly rerolls to use this to scrape a passing Ag roll?

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>>35574806
>>35574814
>>35574833

So a 69 and a 100.

You can't avoid that 100 short of burning infamy, but you can use either Iggy's skill or your reroll on that 69. Both would lead to you passing.

> [1] Reroll
> [2] Iggy
> [3] Suck it up and take some wounds

>>35574893
>> [3] Suck it up and take some wounds

>>35574893
> [3] Suck it up and take some wounds

No pain no gain.

Rolled 84, 24 = 108 (2d100)

>>35574893
> [4] Burn some infamy

>>35574893
>> [1] Reroll

>>35574893
> [3] Suck it up and take some wounds

>>35574893
> [3] Suck it up and take some wounds

>>35574893
Wait, what's this skill of Iggy's? Am I forgetting something?

>>35574893
>> [3] Suck it up and take some wounds

>>35574893
>[1] Reroll

>>35574893
>[1] Reroll

>>35574893
> [2] Iggy
That is alot of chain guns and we always forget about Iggy's ability. so might as well use it.

>>35574893
>> [2] Iggy
I've forgotten what Iggy's skill was

>>35574893
> [3] Suck it up and take some wounds
Gee, wow, wounds. Ain't had those before.

>>35574893
>[1] Reroll
Not only do we not get wounds, we also get to hit them.

>>35574893
>> [2] Iggy
Guys for fucks sake save some wounds for the fight with the AI, we're not even there yet and we're at 18 wounds, and this fight might take a great chunk out of that

>>35574893
> [3] Suck it up and take some wounds.

>>35574893
>[1] Reroll
Don't care about wounds, but I care about missing to hit them.

I think [3]'s won. Writing...

>>35574927

Once per session and when Ignitrix is nearby you may add the tens value of her int to one check.

I.e. if you're checking Cinder's BS at 11, you'd now be checking it at 71.

>>35574893
> [2] Iggy

>>35574893
>> [3] Suck it up and take some wounds
Honestly feels like we're invulnerable with all of this crap.
We've got best of three, plus infamy re-rolls, plus other people's abilities, plus respawning in the warp, plus any armour we might have.... It goes on and on

>>35574911
Hell no. We can take a 100 in WS, we'll survive the teasing. It's not worth delaying our ascension.
>>35574893
>1) reroll
defaulting to this until someone explains what Iggy's skill is

>>35574927
she can add her int bonus to the tens value of any skill we test against once a session.
(ie for BS Cinder test against an 11 but with Iggy helping us we test against a 71 because her int bonus is +6)

>>35574985
You're right, I haven't really felt in danger since the Inquisitor.

I see no point to not taking the re-roll here. Without it, we not only get wounds, but we also don't get to hit any of them. Thats kind of shit, and we get a re-roll every thread anyway.

>>35575008
See: >>35574985
Not like Iggy can't just pull us out of the warp good as new, in the next few seconds anyway.
Death basically means nothing here.

>>35575008
It's not like we're going to die permanently.

>>35574978
Sadly, 100s can't be fixed without burning infamy.
>>35574979
>>35574997
Thanks. Leaving my vote >>35574991 as-is, then, late though it may be; might as well save a bonus that huge for sometime when DoS matter more.

>>35574985

Welcome to being a fucking Daemon that exists in a Dimension made out of Half-Formed dreams and rampant emotions.

Get fucking used to it, bar rampant stupidity or cracking your skull on a rock next to a blank, you are going to live for-fucking-ever.

There is a REASON Daemons, especially competent ones, are a BIG FUCKING DEAL.

>>35575023
>>35575036
So you make choices because you want to suicide us? What?
If you don't want to succeed, how about not playing?

>>35575062
>If you don't want to succeed, how about not playing?
We can succeed by getting iggy to pull us out of the warp again, it's not hard.

>>35574985
Might be a good idea to require using Iggy's skill or not to be decided before rolling, yeah.

>>35575036
But will take a long time to reform in the warp if we do die. Like about a 1000 years long.

>>35575101
>We can succeed by getting iggy to pull us out of the warp again, it's not hard.
But it is going to destroy our plans and all the work we've done here, death is not permanent, but it is a massive fucking setback.

And you want to throw away the Obscenity engine and all the work we've done just because "lol lets take some wounds" and not use a reroll or a skill which we get to use every thread.

>>35575116
Isn't it faster when Daddy knows you can claim skulls competently?

>>35575116
What's that really going to do though? Only mortal we're even interested in is silent, and Iggy could take him under her wing and get him daemon prince'd or something.
And outside of that it's not like there's anything that's at all pressing to do that we can't do later anyway.

>>35574893
>You can't avoid that 100
wait, we are rolling under? dammit I was REALLY excited here for how awesomely well we did

>>35575143
What the fuck is an obscenity engine?

>>35575166
>Iggy could take him under her wing and get him daemon prince'd
First of all he is a blank, and therefore can't get demon prince'd. Second, why would she bother?

We would have to start completly from scratch, not to mention we have no idea what the galaxy looks like then, might everything been overrun by Necrons by that point.

>>35575171
In warhammer systems 1 is the magic winning number and lower rolls are better.

>>35575166
>And outside of that it's not like there's anything that's at all pressing to do that we can't do later anyway.
You're just forgetting about our fleet, our ships, their crews and the prize we're trying to pry off of this rock?

Good god you're retarded.

>>35575182
THE FUCKING DARK AGE SHIP WE'RE TRYING TO STEAL RIGHT THE FUCK NOW

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>>35574504

You barely have time to get out of the line of fire before all ten chainguns unleash a hailstorm of death through the archway. Acerea and Ignitrix respond with their respective Warp Barrages but the gunfire does not cease. Only when all of their guns run dry are you given a few seconds to act.

While they reload, you leap from cover and try to maneuver yourself to push off of the archway and at the servitors. Unfortunately, you misjudge your strength and thus you’re sent soaring past the machines. As you pass by them you try to use your claws but all this does is send you into a dizzying spiral. In all, by the time you impact the far wall behind them, six of them have turned with their reloaded chainguns.

If you thought the Rak’gol bursts were beestings, these are more like actual bullets. Because they are (-9 wounds). A lesser daemon would have been torn to shreds from that barrage. Good thing you’re Cinder.

> [1] Okay new plan: Get in a tank. (Ag)
> [2] Second time’s the charm? (Ag + WS)
> [3] Well you made it across the bay. You COULD just go through the door towards the AI…
> [4] Dodge until Ignitrix and Acerea narrow the numbers down (Ag)
> [5] Write in

>>35575182
Pic-related

>>35575182
The ship we are on, have you seriously not been reading the quest?

It's a ship from the dark age of technology with an AI that is a little upset with us on it, hence us fighting our way to the AI to rectify that, and take the ship for ourselves.

How the fuck do you not know this anon?

>>35575215
>[1] Okay new plan: Get in a tank. (Ag)

>>35575215
> [2] Second time’s the charm? (Ag + WS)

>>35575215
>> [2] Second time’s the charm? (Ag + WS)

>>35575143
>But it is going to destroy our plans and all the work we've done here
Which is...what? Gain two ships? That's hardly an accomplishment, and it's hardly a setback to lose it.

>>35575210
>Fleet
Nothing much at all
>Crews
Dime a dozen

And the dark age ship? Honestly I find it hard to believe losing it would be a set back in any way, shape or form. It's not like we particularly need it for anything after all.

>>35575215
>> [1] Okay new plan: Get in a tank. (Ag)

>>35575215
>> [2] Second time’s the charm? (Ag + WS)

>>35575272
>That's hardly an accomplishment, and it's hardly a setback to lose it.
It is however something we can lose, and not to mention the huge amount of Infame we would lose if we need to be revived.

>>35575272
>And the dark age ship? Honestly I find it hard to believe losing it would be a set back in any way, shape or form.
...

The most valuable and powerful thing we've found and you don't think losing it would be a setback in our efforts to do dads work in the materium...

>>35575297

He's just being an asshole trying to sabotage the quest, ignore him.

>>35575272
>hardly a setback to lose it
>Losing a Dark Age of Technology ship
>Hardly a setback
Hah, one might think you were serious with that kind of a bad joke.

>>35575297

Pretty much. The anon (possibly anons) try to argue we shouldn't worry about dying forget about the infamy loss. It took us THIS LONG just to get 40. The quest ends at 100+ (or so I assume).

>>35575272
Ahahaha wow you're stupid, please, keep talking, you're stupidity is entertaining.

>>35575297
We can incarnate on any planet and earn all the infamy back by butchering it in a thread or two, the Imperium isn't exactly wanting for targets.

>>35575322
It's not exactly going to break Cadia over our knee, we're not going to reverse-engineer it, we're going to use it as a flagship, which in fleet terms, if we tried to do anything mildly useful to the actual long-arching cause to Khorne wouldn't hold up against the Imperium.

>>35575329
What am I doing to sabotage the quest? I'm not exactly encouraging us to die, devolve us into fetish shit, so what am I doing to sabotage this?

>>35575395
>I'm not exactly encouraging us to die,
Yeah you were.

Fuck off troll.

>>35575215

How are people not voting for the tank? That's literal armor and firepower we can use. We won't survive going toe to toe with these things without gravity. That was only SIX of the TEN servitors.

So yeah:
>[1]

Hey, do Khornates use any blood magic outside of battle?

>>35575215
> [2] Second time’s the charm? (Ag + WS)

>>35575215
>[1] Okay new plan: Get in a tank. (Ag)
completly forgot about voting.

>>35575215
>> [1] Okay new plan: Get in a tank. (Ag)

>>35575436
>can use
Just because we can use it doesn't mean we know how

>>35575421

It's probably Vaelys mad about getting blocked and then muted on Twitter. No surprise there.

>>35575215
> [2] Second time’s the charm? (Ag + WS)

>>35575436
Our BS is terrible.

>>35575215
>> [2] Second time’s the charm? (Ag + WS)

>>35575215
> [2] Second time’s the charm? (Ag + WS)

>>35575468

We're linked to Best Bird Brain, remember?

>>35575215
> [2] Second time’s the charm? (Ag + WS)

At the time of me hitting submit, [1] was in the lead. Plus I sense samefags.

1d100 vs 45

>>35575421
No, I'm just saying that dying brings relatively tiny concequences, not that we should fling ourselves into someone's sword, that would be stupid, meaningless, and overall not fun for anyone.

>>35575472

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>35575515
FOR KHORNE

>>35575215
>1] Get in a tank
I speak from experience when I say that piloting a Fellglaive is fucking awesome, and as tempting as >3 is, I'd rather not leave the other gals pinned down by chain fire from archeotech servitors.
Fucking captcha, I thought I already posted this.

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>35575515

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>35575515
Wooooo

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>35575536
KHRONE WILLS IT

>>35575395
>>35575535
Alot of the gripe mostly comes from the fact that we stand to lose any of the cool and/or interesting mortals we hung out with, like Mr.Silent and Lazarus, as well as Vern being less than compost by the time we get back unless Acerea does something special.

>>35575515
Uh, what? 2 was in the lead the entire time.
Oh well, whatever I guess.

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>35575489
>Glaive
>inside a valuable drone bay
>firing one of THOSE guns with our BS instead of just running over the servitors
>>35575515

>>35575536
>>35575546
>>35575555

Hey cool a 7. Writing...

>>35575535
It brings consequences appropriate to the thematics and goal of this quest. And it is a large steback, because it hurts us nin those areas we try to achieve in, battle fame. So it is a huge setback, for Cinder. That you don't care about these things doesn't make it a minor issue for the character, and therefore for the quest.

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>35575535
>I'm just saying that dying brings relatively tiny concequences
Yeah, in the overall grand scheme of things shut up Iggy, but for the quest? It's not going to go on for thousands of years, so it would be a massive setback, one we can't simply recover from within a thread or two like one anon said.

>>35575576
I do understand that, it is a valid point, however I do not think ELH would simply have a time skip that massive if we died to a few bad rolls.

If anything, I would think that some of the items we're holding would most likely bring us back to life, in the very, VERY, unlikely chance we actually died.

>>35575455
Depends on the writer, and the faction.
The Blood Pact flat out use 'special' sorcerers called Gore Mages, but that's acknowledged as unusual. For another example, the World Eaters executed all their Librarians when they turned traitor.

>>35575601
Depends on if it would even be thousands of years, ELH isn't exactly Somnius with his players, and I doubt he'd want to can all of his plans, mortal NPCs because we made a few bad decisions

>>35575650
>Somnius
Hutta Thug shot first.

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>35575650
>ELH isn't exactly Somnius with his players
That's why I like this quest so much, awesome characters and a chill QM

>>35575650
Its not like we die easy, so it would require more than just a few bad decisions to die here.

>>35575650
Chaos Marines in good standing get rezzed way quicker than that all the time; does it just take Daemons longer to reform or some such?

>>35575215

Realizing you won’t survive another salvo, you eye the collection of Glaives to your left. If nothing else they’ll be good cover. But you’re hoping you’ll manage to get over and into one without being blasted out of the air. As such you purposefully put too much oopmh into your push, sending you hurtling towards one of the tanks at the fore.

You collide with the hatch but catch yourself before bouncing off. Wrenching it open, you dive inside just as a storm of bullets fills the air where you just were. Now that you’re inside the tank, you’re faced with a deactivated console. You have no idea how to use it, but you might know someone who does.

<Yeah, you do,> chirps Ignitrix. You sense her throwing a few fireballs before she continues. <Alright you see that button to your…>

She quickly leads you through the startup sequence. Soon a female voice fills the cabin along with a pressurized atmosphere.

“WELCOME TO THE HAV MAIN BATTLE TANK. MY NAME IS SHIELA, HOW CAN I BE OF ASSISTANCE TODAY?”

> [1] Ask the nice tank-lady to show you how to use those flammers you saw on the way in (Servitors roll dodge)
> [2] Ask how to use the main cannon (BS+30)
> [3] Ask how to move forward (Ag+10)
> [4] Write in


(Side note, I should say you don't actually "die" until you hit -13 wounds. But I do end up pulling up the crit tables once you hit negatives)

>>35575713
Depends on the author, theres not real set scale in 40k for things like this, some BL authors have it taking a couple days, others a couple thousands years depending on the banishment, we don't know.

>>35575272
>And the dark age ship? Honestly I find it hard to believe losing it would be a set back in any way, shape or form. It's not like we particularly need it for anything after all.
Nigga a dark age warship can outfight SECTOR FLEETS.

>>35575760
>> [1] Ask the nice tank-lady to show you how to use those flammers you saw on the way in (Servitors roll dodge)

>>35575695
Which is why I'm wondering why we're discussing this at all, it's quite clear there's very little challenge in this quest, even doing things which would be absurdly suicidal haven't even killed us yet.

The way the dice is rolled, how powerful we're getting, I don't foresee us dying any time soon due to this. Even if we lose, Iggy can warp us out, even if we're outnumbered, we have our Nurgle girl, even if we're about to get psykered to death, we have Silent.

I'm not saying there shouldn't be rolling or anything else, but to worry about dying isn't exactly one of the major concerns in this quest.

>>35575760
> [3] Ask how to move forward (Ag+10)
Why are there six pedals when there are only four directions

>>35575760
>[1] Ask the nice tank-lady to show you how to use those flammers you saw on the way in (Servitors roll dodge)

>>35575760
>[3] Ask how to move forward (Ag+10)

My Tank has the Hugest Treads,
For crushing heads
For crushing heads

>>35575760
> [1] Ask the nice tank-lady to show you how to use those flammers you saw on the way in (Servitors roll dodge)

>>35575760
> [2] Ask how to use the main cannon (BS+30)
That's a big modifier!

>>35575760
> [1] Ask the nice tank-lady to show you how to use those flammers you saw on the way in (Servitors roll dodge)

>>35575778

The best way to think about it is the more wounds we take the less awesome we look. I'd have to go back and check but I think we get LESS infamy for being wounded than we would normally. It's not about whether we'll die or not (though I'm sure if we have to fend off Rak'gol after this we're fucked) but whether we're a good girl for Khorne.

>>35575713
It's part of being a creature created from the immaterial essence of the warp, when our energy gets scrambled to high hell we need to reattach bit by bit. Also, chaos marines are born of the material world so they don't need to go through the same process demons do. All that's need for them is to repair the body and re-anchor the soul to it.

>>35575766
Which also makes it a glaring target for every sector around it, their mother forge worlds, and every space marine chapter wanting to praise the emperor with their bolter.

>>35575760
EL TANKE GRANDE

> [1] Ask the nice tank-lady to show you how to use those flammers you saw on the way in (Servitors roll dodge)

>>35575760
> [1] Ask the nice tank-lady to show you how to use those flammers you saw on the way in (Servitors roll dodge)
Time to burn

>>35575778
>even if we're about to get psykered to death, we have Silent
Any Psyker that could threaten Cindern would wipe the floor with Silent. He is only a blank, not a actual Pariah.

And getting killed is not a losing condition of this quest, failing in battle is. There is more than one kind of potential setback, if you don't care about the things this quest is about, winning. Then again, why do you follow it?

What's goin' on in this thr-
>>35575760
i think my sides are on that space hulk right now.
> [2] Ask how to use the main cannon (BS+30)

>>35575820
All assuming they know about it and it's location, and they have a hard enough time tracking their own ships let alone a DAoT vessel

>>35575760
>[3]Ask how to move forward
If we succeed hard enough, can we engage the flamers on the way?

>>35575820
Which is, of course, another huge benefit for us. We'll have so many worthy skulls to choose from it'll be silly.

Unless I can't count, [1] wins.

I just need one person to roll 10d100 vs 25. Roll as high as you can. You WANT them to fail.

(Again I'd do it but I'd probably roll 1's and you'd hate me)

>>35575778
That's less a problem with our resilience and more a problem with the weakness of our foes. Logically the only thing to do is find something big enough to put us at risk again. No guts no glory nigga.

>>35575760
> [1] Ask the nice tank-lady to show you how to use those flammers you saw on the way in (Servitors roll dodge)

No cannon. There's no kill like overkill, except for when you don't want to blow up the inside of your ship (and maybe your friends)

>>35575837
Silent levels up his blank-field with willpower, for all we know he could be reading books on it every day.

There isn't a "losing condition" in this quest though, even if we fail in a battle, it's not as if Khorne will smite us with a hammer made out of Bloodthirsters.

I follow it more for the character interaction than the whole "winning the 40k" part, which is almost impossible on the personal scale we're on anyway.

>>35575894

We all you you dropped your trip on purpose to make them drink ELH. Or at least I do.

Rolled 35, 17, 30, 37, 59, 28, 16, 34, 71, 71 = 398 (10d100)

>>35575894

Rolled 87, 77, 94, 92, 74, 97, 97, 34, 16, 78 = 746 (10d100)

>>35575894
Drink!

Rolled 38, 84, 78, 22, 24, 5, 37, 90, 81, 26 = 485 (10d100)

>>35575894

Rolled 10, 30, 43, 30, 61, 83, 71, 12, 79, 62 = 481 (10d100)

>>35575894
DRINK

>>35575909
>>35575894

...what the ever loving fuck me. IT'S SIMPLE TO TRIPCODE I SWEAR

>>35575911

So only 2 dodge. Cool. Writing...

>>35575900
>Weakness of our foes
Sorry, did I imagine that part where we sliced through terminator armour like it was butter and killed multiple grey knights, which are basically the best thing in the setting outside of directly named characters and daemon princes?

>>35575939
have a drink.
It'll calm your nerves

>>35575950

To be fair, Grey Knights are kinda the kobolds of the quest. That or we were fighting rookies. Either way we still took a bunch of wounds from them.

>>35575950
Which is exactly why we need to start hunting down named characters.
Fuck dude that's how narrative works: nameless minions < named characters, full stop.

>>35575950
That was luck/ the will of Khorne, and us using tactical superiority to kill them before they could do much to us - just 2 of their special bolter shells put us into negatives, IIRC. We just haven't met anything as threatening since; even Rak'gol aren't much compared with the Gkniggits.

>>35575979
Grey Knights are essentially "Best thing to kill daemons forever" in 40k, even the rookies, (Who would be 10th company, Grey Knights skip scouts), they're still trained more extensively than all other space marines, all psykers, and basically power game against daemons

>>35575950
>which are basically the best thing in the setting
Not really no. They are impressive, sure. But not really "the best the setting has".

>>35576030
On a foot soldier VS Daemon level, they pretty much are.

>>35576023
You say luck, but half the times we fought them it was normally completely OHKOing them in a single round of combat, luck would be barely being able to fight them off and getting a, oh, lucky strike against them.

>>35576005
We should try and get Draigo before he becomes Slaaneshi's Shota buttslut

>>35575979

Nah, the GK were typical fantasy Orcs, or Hobgoblins.

The normal spess muhreens that we rolled over are the Kobolds.

>>35575760

“Uhh…” You’re a little taken aback by the machine spirit’s question. You expected maybe a HUD and a big red button to push, not actual guidance.

<Hey at least this way you won’t blow a hole in…>

<Shut up Iggy, I need to talk to the tank.>

<Ask it if likes being interfaced wit…>

You throw up a mental wall to shut her up. “Yes. Hi Shiela. You’re going to do some killing in the name of Khorne. That going to be a problem?”

“I AM PROGRAMMED TO NOT CARE ABOUT MY TARGETS. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RUN THE TUTORIAL?”

A smirk crosses your face. “Sure. But more to the point: I noticed you’re equipped with two sets of flamers. Can you focus on that?”

“CERTAINLY.” The current HUD showing you a view of the drone bay outside tinges red and begins displaying two bars on each side of the screen. In addition, an orange cone fades in to show the effective range and covered area of the flammers. “AS YOU CAN SEE, THE HUD…”

“I get it, thanks. What do I push to make it actually dispense glorious fire?”

One of the three joysticks in the cabin illuminates. Taking it in hand, you squeeze the trigger with glee. Fire erupts from both sides of the tank, catching all of the servitors in the destructive cone. Only two aren’t quick enough to dodge out of the way, the rest catch fire and begin reeling wildly.

<What the fu…> Ignitrix sounds impressed. Jealous that you made more fire than her, but impressed.

> [1] Oh it’s just this AWESOME tank. Wanna see more? (Last two servitors roll dodge)
> [2] Here let me bring the tank out so you can see it (Ag)
> [3] DRIVE ME CLOSER, I WISH TO HIT THEM WITH MY CLAWS (Ws)
> [4] Write in

>>35576200
>> [2] Here let me bring this AWESOME tank out so you can see it (Ag)
>Run the Servitors over.

>>35576254
this

>>35576200
> [2] Here let me bring the tank out so you can see it (Ag)

>>35576254
I support this smart ass decision

>>35576200
>[1] Oh it’s just this AWESOME tank. Wanna see more? (Last two servitors roll dodge)

>>35576200
>> [1] Oh it’s just this AWESOME tank. Wanna see more? (Last two servitors roll dodge)

>>35576200

This >>35576254 is the correct decision.

I do believe [2] (and running the servitors over in the process) has won.

Roll 1d100 vs 45. If you fail hard enough you somehow flip the tank over. If you just fail you miss the servitors that aren't running around on fire. If you pass, well you kill the last two.

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>35576367

Rolled 39, 58 = 97 (2d100)

>>35576367

Rolled 38, 70 = 108 (2d100)

>>35576367

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>35576367
OIL FOR THE BLOOD GOD

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>35576367

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>35576367
Jeezey pete, can we flip the tank onto them with a 100?

>>35576394
>>35576399

Now none of you fucks roll a 100 or I swear to Khorne I'll...

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>35576367
>rongoeo future

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>>35576394
>>35576399
>>35576411

A 6 tells me that oil isn't being used like you think it is. Writing...

>>35576453
It's being used to paint the floor

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>>35576200

<You remember that Glaive from literally thirty seconds ago? Yeah. It has flammers.>

<I can see that…>

<Oh but I’m not done.>

<Wha->

“Hey, Shiela, which one of these controls the treads?” you ask, ignoring Ignitrix. The joystick to the far left of the first lights up. If you had to guess, the middle one is for the actual main turret. In any case, you’re able to get the Glaive rolling towards the scorched part of the drone bay.

By now six of the servitors have burnt to a crisp. Two are still trying to put themselves out while the two that dodged originally are leveling their chainguns at your tank. They pour lead into it but you remain safe inside. Even though this is your first time driving anything, you manage to run both of the bastards down and come to a spot amid the charred and still-burning-in-places deck.

<Soooo. This is Shiela. We’re keeping her.>

<That… that is a very nice…>

<Honey, you’re drooling.>

<I AM NOT!>

The two emerge from the corridor you came from looking slightly worse for the wear. Unlike you, though, their wounds are already healing. Something Shiela’s take note of.

“I AM ALSO PROGRAMMED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. DISPENSING AID NOW.”

A panel opens up above you and drop a roll of silver tape onto your lap. You pick it up and stare at it for a moment, highly confused.

<Did it just… I love this tank.>

<Control your fangirl squeals Iggy and tell me what it is.>

<It’s duct tape. The Imperium used to, and still does, run on the stuff. It’ll be a perfect bandage for your wounds.>

If it weren’t for her genuine tone of excitement you might think she’s pulling one over on you.

> [1] Use the duct tape and then pocket it
> [2] Leave the tape here for Iggy to mess with later. Your wounds will heal naturally, as they should.
> [3] Write in

>>35576660
> [1] Use the duct tape and then pocket it
Red Green it up in this muthafucka!

>>35576660
> [2] Leave the tape here for Iggy to mess with later. Your wounds will heal naturally, as they should.
If it's so useful why use it on something so weak as a few wounds.

>>35576660
> [1] Use the duct tape and then pocket it
Might as well

>>35576710
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZDCBVy22W8

>>35576660
> [2] Leave the tape here for Iggy to mess with later. Your wounds will heal naturally, as they should.

>>35576660
>[1] Use the duct tape and then pocket it

>>35576660
On the one hand
HILARIOUS!~ (ducktape)
on the other hand
proper khornette (heal naturally)

>>35576759

I just had this mental image:

> Bob Ross painting with Acerea
> Junkyard Wars/Red Green with Iggy
> Sparticus with Cinder

see how many tech priests we can get to worship the holiest roll of duct tape they have ever seen.

So you use the duct tape. You gain one wound to bring you to a total of ten (you were at 9).

Writing the next bit...

>>35576871
We saved some duct tape to use for subduing future captives, right? Especially the hairy ones?

>>35576871
"Oh you bitch!"

>>35576660
>flammers
But do they werf?

>>35576660

You feel slightly silly taping up some of the more grievous bullet holes in your skin but you can’t argue with the results. Before turning off the tank and heading out to deal with the AI, you make sure to thank Shiela.

“YOU’RE WELCOME. HAV MAIN BATTLE TANK SHUTTING DOWN. THANK YOU, AND GOODBYE.”

With that, you pop the hatch and let yourself get sucked out along with the air. You end up floating in the middle of the bay as the other two daemons glide towards you.

<I… I’m claiming this bay as mine. Lazerus can’t have it.>

You raise an eyebrow at the flustered bird. <You really like old tech, don’t you?>

<Like doesn’t begin to describe. Even just the things in this bay are the equivalent of a pawn becoming a queen in the grand chess game. And just thinking about what secrets the computer core might have…>

As Acerea pointed out earlier, she is indeed drooling a little. It’s cute in a way and you’re slightly glad she’s in better spirits than when you first came aboard. Still…

<Speaking of which, how are we going to deal with the AI? Something tells me you can’t just wave your data slate and make it die or listen to you.>

Her shoulders slump and her wings droop. <That’s the tradeoff. Either I burn it out and most of the computer core with it, or you protect me while I attempt to rewrite its base code.>

<And how long will that take?>

<...six hours.>

Acerea and you gawk.

<What?! That’s as fast as I can go!>

<Are you sure we can’t try and possess it or convince it to work with us, sweetie?>

Ignitrix shakes her head at Acerea. <Possession might be an option if it wasn’t for the damned Warp field this thing has. But negotiating? You might as well tell a Grey Knight…>

> [1] You can last six hours
> [2] Nope. Burn it out and hope the ship still works and can be repaired
> [3] Attempt a ritual possession anyways (WP, Phenomena)
> [4] Write in

>>35577162
They werf nyxen.

>>35577214
>[1] You can last six hours

>>35577214
>> [1] You can last six hours

>>35577214
>[1] You can last six hours

>>35577214
> [1] You can last six hours

>>35577214
>> [3] Attempt a ritual possession anyways (WP, Phenomena)

Go hard or go home.

>>35577214
> [1] You can last six hours
I wonder if we can try more of that "sleep" thing?

>>35577214
So, uh.
Just how close IS this thing to falling into the black hole again?

>>35577283
From seconds to years, iirc

>>35577214
> [1] You can last six hours
Do you even know who you're fucking talking to? I'm a motherfucking Herald of Khorne, bitch.

>>35577214
> [3] Attempt a ritual possession anyways (WP, Phenomena)
What's the worst that could happen

>>35577282
Better yet, we could practice our zero-G form.

>>35577214
>> [3] Attempt a ritual possession anyways (WP, Phenomena)

Yeah I'm not even going to wait the 10 minutes for this vote. Pretty clear [1] has it.

So the way this will work is Ignitrix will have six Intelligence checks. If she succeeds, she wrestles away control of a system and nothing bad happens. If she fails, either you get attacked or she's set back an hour.

Let's get 3 out of the way just to speed things along.

3d100 vs 68

>>35577214
Can she instead just physically unhook it from the ship. drive the ship out of here on manual. then she can rewrite it at her leisure?

>>35577214
Resurrect the plant through chaos magic, possess the ship with the plant's spirit.

Rolled 11, 16, 81 = 108 (3d100)

>>35577343

Rolled 40, 38, 16 = 94 (3d100)

>>35577343

>>35577349

I'll say that's an option after four successes.

>>35577353
>>35577352

Well then.

Rolled 75, 53, 57 = 185 (3d100)

>>35577343

Rolled 15, 10, 7 = 32 (3d100)

>>35577343

>>35577352
>>35577353
>>35577368

Yeah she's got this. Headpats for everyone.

Writing...

>>35577361
and we just had 3 successes. perfect. one more to go (crit fail incoming)

>180 minutes until Take and Hold Victory.

Rolled 44, 29, 42 = 115 (3d100)

>>35577343

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>>35577393

The nice thing about being demons
is that getting sucked into the warp doesn't harm us.

>>35577384
If there aren't multiple entrances to the room Iggy's in, can we fire Sheila back up for guard duty?
>>35577420
That's the nice thing about serving Chaos in general, without even having to be a daemon. Well, unless you count going insane as harm, but if you do then you're in the wrong line of work. Daemons pretty much start off insane, though our bunch are pretty lucid.

>>35577420
With our luck we'd get thrown into some fortress of malal.

>>35577526
>fortress of malal
>It's a five-star hotel

>>35577546
>we get the room next to the ice machine

>>35577577
>not cool

>>35577384
While we're waiting we prolly shouldn't forget about our new biomass hungry friends.

>>35577214

You interrupt their back and forth with a cut of your hand. <Enough. We can easily last six hours. But I expect you to finish in five. Got that Ignitrix?>

She seems torn whether to complain or acquiesce. Finally she settles on, <Fine. But you owe me another headpat.>

<I see no problems with this.>

With that the three of you head down to the other door and onwards to the AI Core. It’s far less impressive than you were imagining: an oval room with a single monolith in the middle. On said monolith is a circular interface with a glowing “eye.” Said eye narrows the moment you enter the room, following Ignitrix as she moves about.

<Well… here I go. The only way in SHOULD be where we just came from but I could be wrong.>

The next three hours pass relatively uneventfully. Every 45 minutes or so Ignitrix giggles and announces she’s wrestled control of another system away from the AI. The first is life support, so you’re able to move and talk normally after an hour. The second is drone and shuttle bay control, so no real immediate benefit there. The last is external sensors, but this time Ignitrix doesn’t laugh.

“So I have good news and bad…”

“Bad. Always start with the bad.”

“Well in this case, I have to start with the good. I can pull the core out and fly us out manually after another hour or so. The problem with that is we lose control over one of two systems in the process. This annoying little ball… YES YOU… encrypted both the measures keeping the Rak’gol out and fire control. So either we let the Xenos in and have weapons or…”

You finish her sentence for her, “Or we don’t have weapons and end up getting shot on sight the moment we exit the Hulk by both the Rak’gol and the Blood Ravens.”

“Exactly. Oh and even better? The Hulk will hit the Black Hole in 90 minutes. These sensors are damned sure of it.”

(cont)

>>35577696

Well then…

You could try piloting a fighter with drone support. That plus the Inferno and the Raptor should be enough. Then again purging Rak’gol is simple, assuming you don’t get too reckless. Either way, it’s decision time.

> [1] Rak’gol
> [2] Do a barrel roll
> [3] Write in

>>35577696
> [1] Rak’gol
Cut life support and use the drones as support

>>35577741
>[1] Rak’gol

>>35577741
>[2] Do a barrel roll
We got this shit.

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>>35577696

Bleh, forgot the pic. Oh well.

>>35577752
>>35577741
This is a good idea

>>35577741
> [1] Rak’gol

>>35577741
>>35577752
seconding this. But i would like to add on to see if we can convince the machine spirit that Iggy has on her data slate have to help us fight off the rak'gol by controlling another fighter.

>>35577752

I will say this before you get too attached, not to discourage you though. Rak'gol are NOTORIOUS for not needing life support, or only need a bare minimum of it. As for the drones, you'd be limited to what servitors you can wrangle together yourself. The only reason they'd work for the pilot option is you'd slave them off of your own ship.

I should have clarified that better, sorry.

>>35577741
>>35577752
I third this shit. We don't need life support, why did she even waste time on it? Sometimes, I wonder about our ex-human friend.

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>>35577741
I know this is suppose to be non canonical stuff, but is there a chance we get to meet the big guys like primarchs, Daemon Princes, and them types if we get gud?

>>35577848
Well, fuck it. We need weapons.

>[1] Rak'gol

>>35577864
I think the life support was linked oto the artificial atmosphere we need to move properly..

>>35577864

If I had to guess? Gravity and the ability to speak without having to waste mindpower on a link.

>>35577876
That's been established as a yes so long as they aren't uber Slaaneshis. See the first Iggy Oneshot.

>>35577752

Uh, buddy, sorry to burst your bubble but Rak'Gol ships are notorious for three things.

Being Primitive.

Having little life support, and the little they have malfunctions like a motherfucker.

Being Irradiated to shit and back because they have absolutely NO radiation shielding what-so-ever and have a fuckton of nuclear reactors on board, again with no radiation shielding, active at all times.

>>35577889
Then keep gravity and cut off the air and heat

>>35577741
We have Glaives. As in plural, and they're configured so a crew of one can handle them.
>[1]Rak'gol

>>35577752
>Cut life support and use the drones as support
I am pretty sure they are wearing space suits

>>35577933

If they aren't, they probably have bionics / implants to deal with it.

Short of being reduced to bloody smears, nothing really bothers Rak'Gol that much, I mean, their highest ranking people are pretty much reverse flayed ones.

>>35577864
I was surprised at that too, we were managing fine. Gravity-wise, the mobility of zero-G helps a rip-and-tear bitch like us more than most of our foes, though I guess grounding the Rak'gol is good for slowing them down if they're liable to go through vents.

Guys... didn't the QM say we WOULD be fighting a techno-shaman at some point? Do we REALLY want to fight one at 10 wounds?

>>35577996
that, and we already know their swarm is circling this ship in hard vacuum standing on top of open space rafts with no "inside"

>>35577848
Hey, did we practice moving about in zero-G while we were waiting on Iggy?

>>35578053
No, she turned on gravity.

>>35577996

>Reverse flayed ones

I'M GOING TO TAKE ALL OF YOUR TECHNOLOGY AND SHOVE IT INSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDEEEEEEE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

>>35577696
what does a black hole do to a demon?

>>35578065
Oh, okay. Seems like those Rak'gol are at a disadvantage now!