Inquisitorial Strike Force

[Silber]

I'm thinking about doing my planned Army as an Inquisitorial Strike Force. Ruleswise I'm set for a Space Marine Army of mostly Bikes, Dreadnoughts and Termionators with allied Grey Knights. Now it suddenly occurred to me that this would be a very good constellation for such a Inquistorial Force. The Codex SM I would use as Deathwatch. I'd love to include some Sisters later, and if I find a good explanation it would be nice to include some Adeptus Mechanicus elements (Dreads as Robots maybe?).

 

Now what I need some help on is this: Why would such a Strike Force be set up? Does the Inquisition have enough sway over the Admech to requisition Robots? Any brilliant ideas on this?

 

P.S.: If you have some brilliant idea how to implement this with my ongoing LEGIO ABDICTA project (see sig for links) that would be perfect, but I don't see how this could be done.

[Inquisitor =D=]

Abbadon invades Mars with daemons?

 

Sorry man but I can't think of any reason why such a force would join nor how they could ever get the involved inquisitors in the same room....

[Silber]

Abbadon invades Mars with daemons?

 

Sorry man but I can't think of any reason why such a force would join nor how they could ever get the involved inquisitors in the same room....

:ermm: Well, at the moment I cant, either. But it would be such a nice and comparatively easy way to fit all the things I want (or most of them anyway) into one army....

[Kaled100]

I find a good explanation it would be nice to include some Adeptus Mechanicus elements (Dreads as Robots maybe?).

From the old WD article on the Legio Cybernetica;

The Inquisition has also put Cohorts of the Legio to good use. Robots are, by their very natures, utterly incorruptible. Their preprogrammed, non-biological natures make them the perfect troops to use against mutants and other contaminated populations. The terror value of Robots when used against unprepared and underarmed troops has not gone unnoticed by the Inquisition. This, combined with their unflagging loyalty, has made them valued additions to the Inquisition's armoury. Cohorts attached to the Inquisition are usually staffed by technician-Inquisitors rather than Legio Adepts. Robots may be pure and incorruptible; men are not.

[Silber]

Wohoo! Thanks alot, Kaled!

[Grand Master Tyrak]

A cult (Hereticus) worshipping Dark Eldar (Xenos)? Such a thing was used by Dan Abnett in his Eisenhorn series, and it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for the Inquisition to not be entirely sure about the DE's relationship with Slaanesh (Mallues) and call the Grey Knights just in case.

[Prathios]

Actually I think its fairly easy to link all three together... *ahem*.

 

A rogue inquisitor has fled to an unexplored planet to link up with a chaos cult he has created and has begun the rituals to summon forth a great daemonhost. However members of his retinue are actually members of a genestealer cult that has been infiltrated by an agent... of the Ordos Xenos. Xenos sends a deathwatch kill team to rescue their infiltrator when he tells them whats going down, and the kill team arives and is intercepted by *drum roll* A Grey Knight Strike Cruiser! As these two factions approach the planet a black strike cruiser of the Ordo Hereticus is seen in Orbit and a meeting is called. All three factions link up to save the Imperium from yet one more threat.

 

Ok so that wasn't as easy as I suspected but I think its totally plausible and 100% awesome. I'd love to see this force in action, I actually feel bad for the rogue inquisitor with that kind of force arrayed against him and the ruinous powers.

[Silber]

I'd love to see this force in action, I actually feel bad for the rogue inquisitor with that kind of force arrayed against him and the ruinous powers.

:) Yeah, that would be one poor bastard....

[Gentlemanloser]

Or, even more simpler;

 

An Alien Psychic is summoning a Greater Daemon.

 

Done. ;)

 

Just Plug in the Alien and Chaos God you want. :P

[Prathios]

Or, even more simpler;

 

An Alien Psychic is summoning a Greater Daemon.

 

Done. ;)

 

Just Plug in the Alien and Chaos God you want. :P

 

 

Not so fast... to fall under Ordo Hereticus jurisdiction that Alien Psycher would need to be an Imperial citizen, otherwise maleus or xenos would fight over dibs. Plus making it that easy is no fun.

[Grand Master Tyrak]

How about the rogue Inquisitor fella is starting Chaos cults on Imperial worlds. Since he doesn't have access to the power of requisition any more, he's hired a Kroot Mercenary army to be his troops.

[Kaled100]

Some threats do not fit easily under any of the Ordos, and in any case - an Inquisitor is free to investigate whatever he wants. An Ordo Malleus Inquisitor can investigate alien cults, or an Ordo Sicarius Inquisitor can hunt a daemon - they just won't have access to the specialised resources of the Ordo set up to combat that threat. However, if you want a force that uses elements drawn from the Chamber Militants of all three Ordos Majoris, then why not just have your army led by a cross-Ordo cell or cabal of Inquisitors? An Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor would find it difficult to requisition Greay Knights & Deathwatch for instance, but by having a force containing Inquisitors from all three you have a simple justification for using all three Chambers Militant. All three Inquisitors need not take to the field in every battle, but you should still have models for each of them.

[jeffersonian000]

Easier. Your Inquisitor is a newly promoted Rogue Trader, who has used his mandate to pull together members of each inquisitorial order to form a core group of retainers.

 

Remember, Rogue Traders normally traveled with a fleet of ships, a company of Space marines, a regiment of Guard, and a legion of Mechanicus cultists. Also, Rogue Traders tend to be former High Lords, powerful Inquisitors, popular Guard Commanders, or irritating Chapter Masters that have each become enough of an issue yet still too loyal to the Emperor that disconnecting their power base and sending them to the back of beyond is considered safer for the Adeptus Administorum.

 

In this case, you have a Lord with a mission with the Emperor Himself backing every decision.

 

SJ

[Kaled100]

Easier. Your Inquisitor is a newly promoted Rogue Trader, who has used his mandate to pull together members of each inquisitorial order to form a core group of retainers.

I wouldn't say that's easier - it's not as if he'd have authority over an Inquisitor, nevermind having authority to requisition troops from the Orders Militant of all three Ordos Majoris.

[jeffersonian000]

Actually, yes, he would have the authority. A Rogue Trader has the Voice of the Emperor, and can use his authority to outfit his fleet as he sees fit. Only limitation: he must leave the fold. That could be as the head of a crusade to conquer new territory, or as a trade envoy to non-aligned areas where he brings the Empire with him.

 

SJ

[Silber]

Although right now I cant prove it I'm pretty sure that Rogue Traders don't have any authority over the Inquisition. But that doesn't really matter even because I don't like the idea of a Rogue-Trader-requisitioned force of Deathwatch and Grey Knights too much and so wont use it anyway.

 

I thought about your suggestions and had the idea that this Force could be the military arm of a cabal tasked with investigating the LEGIO ABDICTA. I think that's a good idea as such a thing would certainly warrant the involvement of all three Ordos Majoris, and this way I can intertwine both of my current projects, but I still have to figure out the details.

 

If you have to say anything strictly related to the Inquisitorial Strike Force (i.e. other possible backgrounds) you can do that here, but if you want to comment on the possibilities of a linked background with the LEGIO ABDICTA please head over to the appropriate thread. Thanks.

[Kaled100]

Actually, yes, he would have the authority. A Rogue Trader has the Voice of the Emperor, and can use his authority to outfit his fleet as he sees fit. Only limitation: he must leave the fold. That could be as the head of a crusade to conquer new territory, or as a trade envoy to non-aligned areas where he brings the Empire with him.

Where did your information on Rogue Traders come from? As far as I can see what you said is not quite true. Inquisitorial authority is absolute - although a Rogue Trade charter brings its bearer great power, it is certainly not enough to put them above Inquisitorial authority - even the High Lords are not above the Inquisitorial mandate. The Rogue Trade's Warrant of Trade gives the bearer permission to trade where he likes, even outside Imperial space. In that respect it is different to the charaters granted to the Chartist Captains which are far more specific and may specify the routes and goods that can be carried. The charter granted to a Rogue Trader does not normally specify they must travel outside the Imperium, although as they are the only ones sanctioned to do so then that is often where they go as there is more profit to be made in that way, and once outside Imperial space they are their own master.

 

Rogue Traders are granted the right to maintain their own vessels, and on occasion entire fleets. Sometimes a ship comes with the charter, others have some Rights of Requisition allowing them to obtain Navy ships, others use their existing wealth to acquire ships, yet others do not own a ship at all and travel as passengers aboard other vessels, or use a ship belonging to a trader cartel with whom they share their profits. Similarly they sometimes command expeditionary forces, even Astartes on occasion, but to suggest they could draw together a force from the Holy Ordos is

 

The Inquisitor rulebook includes a decent section on the relationship between Rogue Traders and the Inquisition. Incidently, Bill King wrote an excellent essay on the subject which you can read here - it's not canonical, but is a good read. The BFG article on Rogue Traders is also a good source of information.

 

Apologies for the off-topicness of the above. The Inquisitors given in the WH & DH codices are pretty generic, as are their retinues so it should be easy to create Inquisitors from each of the major Ordos. It would certainly make a cool looking army. If you did want to include a Rogue Trader, you could use the rules for an Inquisitor and have him tagging along as well. There's a lot of scope for converting an excellent Rogue Trader and his crew, and they'd fit in perfectly with the eclectic nature of this army.

[Silber]

Actually I'm not planning to include any inquisitors into my force, but they could have a place in the appropriate background. Perhaps I'll include an elites inquisitor eventually - HQ slots are sold out.

 

 

EDIT: Screwed some coding - corrected

[Kaled100]

You should do for the fun of creating some interesting and unique models. Or even better, model the trio of Inquisitors at 54mm and take up Inquisitor to play out the investigation into the Legio Abdicta, and have your army as the strike force they call in when investigation turns to open war.

[Silber]

Kaled: click

 

Perhaps you have some ideas? You seem to be an inquistion crack....