rpnightsend Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I know that the Dark Angels will ally themselves with other forces of the Imperium should they need assisstance, but protracted "alliances" are rare. Given the Inquisition's vast reach though, would it be unrealistic for the Dark Angels or one of their successors to develop a permenantly connection with the inquisition, especially an ordo Hereticus inqusitor, who could help them locate the Fallen? Obviously they'd give no information to the inquisitor short of that they are hunting chaos, but would it be possible at all? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dremen Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Knowledge of the Fallen is kept from our own Battle Brothers, there is no way we'd risk giving any to an Inquisitor and risk our honor being stained and us being branded Heretics. If we are willing to destroy fellow AStartes to keep the secret from the Imperium as a whole, it would a mistkae to trust one who can brand us Excomunicatus Traitoris. As an aside not all the Fallen are Chaos worshiping nutjobs. Some retain thier loyalty to Luther and some realise thier sins and try to redeem themselves. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2856933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpnightsend Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Oh no I undertsand that. I specifically said they wouldn't tell the inquisitor anything about the Fallen. But I feel like it wouldn't be beyond the Dark Angels to repeatedly call upon an inquisitor who is adept at locating/tracking things. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2856942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I suspect an Inquisitor would catch on rather quickly if the DA's were like "Hey, are you up for finding us another black, Insignia-less Power armoured traitor?" Even if he didn't catch all the details, he'd be heavily curious, maybe even take captive for himself to get answers. Cheers, Jono Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2856953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpnightsend Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 I suppose. I'm just trying to think of a fluff explanation for a permenant friendship between my Witch Hunter force and Dark Angels. They aren't Sisters, theyre witch hunters. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2856960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dremen Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 You could do an Honor debt between the I and one of the Characters from your angels force. I.e. he calls upon Dark agnels to help him out on tasks at times. All info on the Fallen and the DA ever calling him would be nigh impossible. To me the easiest way is to say a Librarian saved the Ordos :) ...(I dont like Inquisitors) and now the I has the need to redeem himself to the Libby. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2856966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPK Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Dark Angels do not hunt the Fallen all of the time - in fact the majority of them are completely unaware of them. Surely some sort of relationship could be forged in an unrelated matter. Perhaps a world has fallen to chaos cultist and your Witchhunters are first to respond (or had been there from the start, unsuccessfully quelling it), calling in the closest Space Marine army for support. Maybe it's drawn out because of actual Chaos Marines being there or showing up and some bond forms between the two Imperial Forces confronting them. The particular Inquisitor, as state above may call on the Dark Angels to aid him further. Oooor the whole uprising was being lead by a Fallen all along and your Witchhunters army mysteriously gets lost in the warp... yea you better go with a non-Fallen situation. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2857166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolt Thrower Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 An Inquisitor would be the last person you'd want to ally with with that background. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2857315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPK Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 An Inquisitor would be the last person you'd want to ally with with that background. Unlikely allies make for good stories! In the aftermath of purging said planet clean of it's chaos stink, the Witch Hunters army has sadly lost the majority of its fleet to the marauding Chaos Marines who of course were in turn obliterated by the Dark Angels strike force. Now the Inquisitor and his forces are stuck grounded on the war torn planet. They call on the Dark Angels to give them a lift. The nearest Imperial planet worth stopping at to refit is a 2 month's journey in and out of the warp. What might they come across on the way? Though in reality, the DA probably would simply leave the Witch Hunters on the planet to find their own means off. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2857335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Immolator Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 There is only one relation my DA have with the inquisition.Use them to glean info or in battle and at the right momment erase them from existance without leaving proof. Poor shods,we arrived too late to save them...Oh well off to another warzone! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2857486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elric the Silvercoat Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Dark Angels have been know to leave a warzone because they heard a rumour of a Fallen. Just a rumour so they don't really care what is going on. They will go check just to make sure. And not all of the Fallen are bad. Cypher is trying to get the Emperor's forgiveness by giving him the Sword of Lion. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2857499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Librarian Hesperos Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 This idea kind of came to me as i was reading through here. What is to stop the DA from "Hiring" aspiring Inquisitors and using there talents, then when all is said and done, before the inquisitor can report or anything they happen upon a serious accident. They are lost in combat, mia, gave his life to protect the imperium. The DA are very capable of that, i kind of like the idea. just a thought Cheers Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2857563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elric the Silvercoat Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 This idea kind of came to me as i was reading through here. What is to stop the DA from "Hiring" aspiring Inquisitors and using there talents, then when all is said and done, before the inquisitor can report or anything they happen upon a serious accident. They are lost in combat, mia, gave his life to protect the imperium. The DA are very capable of that, i kind of like the idea. just a thought Cheers Well Inquisitors have alot of different ways of getting reports in even if they die mystery. I read once that a Inquisitor had a message sent after he died because it was linked to his life signs. If his life signs stopped it sent the message. Just think about it like this. If you have thought about it then a Inquisitor has already thought it years ago. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2857602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPK Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 This idea kind of came to me as i was reading through here. What is to stop the DA from "Hiring" aspiring Inquisitors and using there talents, then when all is said and done, before the inquisitor can report or anything they happen upon a serious accident. They are lost in combat, mia, gave his life to protect the imperium. The DA are very capable of that, i kind of like the idea. just a thought Cheers Well Inquisitors have alot of different ways of getting reports in even if they die mystery. I read once that a Inquisitor had a message sent after he died because it was linked to his life signs. If his life signs stopped it sent the message. Just think about it like this. If you have thought about it then a Inquisitor has already thought it years ago. So what you are saying is, the DA should find a suitable candidate to get into the Inquisition forces from the ground up. Or many such candidates until one actually rises to the role. With a Chapter of Space Marines as a benefactor, such a rise may take less time. Of course, I'm sure they do all sorts of mind scanning in the Inquisition. A pyker of some sort may be a good choice to block out who he is really working for. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2857654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpnightsend Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Ah, now we're getting somewhere. My inquisitor is in fact a psyker, and is (redundantly) radical (cause puritans are no fun). I very much like the idea of an inquisitor having private ties to the dark angels, and the dark angels using him to track down fallen. Obviously the dark angels would never reveal to him the true nature of the fallen, but inquisitors siding with certain factions of the imperium almost exclusively is not unheard of, and if the inquisitor thinks the Dark Angels are giving him all the info (they're just hunting certain chaos leaders), he'd probably think he's benefitting from the situation by having the Dark Angels on his side. As a side note, please don't open up the bag of discussions that comes with the mention of the name "Cypher" Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2857739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reynolds Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I'd like to add to the discussion that Dark Angels in general detest the Inquisition in great lengths , and only aid them when it is fitting through "Formality". Nosy inquisitors "disappear", and "benefitting alliance" seldomly co-exist with the inquisition. Dark Angels are often the ones taking advantage of the Inquisition, and the inquisition gets rarely anything "too useful" in terms of information out of from them. As for Psykers, members of the Inner Circle do keep their Librarians at the ready should mind tricks be used against them, as mind probing isn't that uncommon technique amongst psykers of this order of orientation. "Paranoia" would be the perfect word for Dark Angels when dealing with inquisition. So should you make a story for Dark Heresy/Deathwatch/Roque Trader, you have picked one of the worst chapters to ally with Inquisition =P On top of this all, should a fallen appear... Well, it has already been stated. The "Good Inquisition" would have to deal with its problem alone, the Hunt for the Fallen won't wait. Should the inquisition interfere, they'd be taken care of. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236966-dark-angels-and-inquisition/#findComment-2859722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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