Firepower Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 One of those little ideas that just popped into my head, and I wanna write it down so I don't forget, and also so I can hear others' thoughts on the basic premise. Dark Angel Successors Dedicated to eradicating any knowledge, traces, and evidence of the Fallen. An investigative Chapter of the Unforgiven that roots out intelligence, and then kills, eradicates, and annihilates any evidence that it ever existed to a point that borders on gratuitous overkill. Occasionally their overzealous pursuit of this goal actually results in attracting attention rather than erasing footsteps, leading them to possibly be considered a rogue agent by the Unforgiven themselves. In a sense, you could say they act something like the Inquisition and the Gray Knights: if you so much as see them, there's very little chance that you'll live. The name- each Marine's life is a metaphorical moment of silence, in that each one is dedicated to silencing outside knowledge of the Fallen and the Dark Angels' shameful secret(s). Something of a play on words for the typical use of "moment of silence." This little joke is what caused the idea to pop into my head in the first place, and I'm wondering if it's clever enough to pursue into a proper IA. Dark Angels are something of a tricky Chapter to create successors for, in past experience (see: Thousand Mercies). Yes, every marine refers to himself as a Moment. I prefer making names outside the monotonous repetition of "Angels of X-tion" or "X Angels." The color scheme...no idea yet. I like my color schemes to be reflective of the Chapter, but the first thing that pops to mind here is something funereal. There are quite enough black Chapters out there, though :P So, thoughts? Should I dedicate some proper time to working on this, or is the premise flawed? Like I said, I struggle a bit with DA successors. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294894-ia-the-moments-of-silence-rough-stage/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysimachus Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I like the idea as far as it goes. My immediate thought is that they wouldn't last very long (I figure they'd be pretty quickly either declared excommunicate traitoris or dealt with more quietly by the other Unforgiven) so I'd suggest writing it as a 'historical' IA about a now extinct force or alternatively make them founded very recently (25/26th maybe?) so that it makes sense that their excesses might not have been dealt with yet? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294894-ia-the-moments-of-silence-rough-stage/#findComment-3772199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Perhaps the Chapter conceals its livery, adopting the schemes of other Chapters in order to confuse others as to who exactly perpetrated the deeds. They might keep some significant token symbolizing their actual affiliation - a bangle or somesuch - but the rest of the armour will be colored to resemble other Chapters (perhaps even Chapters that the Unforgiven don't like). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294894-ia-the-moments-of-silence-rough-stage/#findComment-3772206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 As a modus operandi, how about this: Marines tend to show up to aid embattled Imperial forces, be it Imperial Guard or fellow Astartes (they'd probably avoid Inquisitorial groups). Sometimes they impersonate other Chapters, sometimes they make up livery and identities on the spot: they have no official livery of their own beyond a specific symbol. They're meant to act specifically in this capacity - working alongside Imperial forces. Since Marines can't exactly function very well as subtle spies, and the nature of their mission would eliminate the possibility of non-Astartes rings of informants* the best intel gathering available is in the pooled assets of Imperial forces functioning as allies in war. If they find any hints of information during these alliances, the Chapter is summoned in force to 'clean house.' If there is no information, they continue to prosecute the war they joined or break off to look elsewhere, depending on circumstance and the proclivities of the force's leadership. As time goes on, the Chapter becomes far too zealous. Instead of simply making up identities and repainting armor, they may go so far as to hijack ships of other Chapters, so as to make their illusion all the more complete. Surgical elimination of sensitive intelligence becomes wholesale purging. In the end, when the Chapter has grown too extreme, the Unforgiven summon them to account, and in a delightfully ironic twist of fate, erase the Moments from history. Being dedicated as they are, the Moments will allow themselves to be erased, but in the seconds before that final choice they represented the greatest threat to the redemption of the Angels: a whole Chapter of Unforgiven, privy to all their darkest secrets, on the brink of full out treason. * Having informants would mean 1- giving some hint of their cause to outsiders and 2- they'd have to be erased wholesale if they succeeded, making the clean up all the harder for the Moments. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294894-ia-the-moments-of-silence-rough-stage/#findComment-3772618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I have a question. As a Dark Angels successor, is there a hierarchy like the other Unforgiven regarding who is privy to what information? Are the officers more clued up about the Chapter's true nature than the rest of their brothers or do they break the mold and behave a little more egalitarian? Does every brother know what they are in for if a captain or the chapter master leads a mission? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294894-ia-the-moments-of-silence-rough-stage/#findComment-3772637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 If memory serves, information regarding the Fallen and the Chapter's history is revealed bit by bit as brothers rise through the ranks. So, only the big wigs have a full understanding of their mission. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294894-ia-the-moments-of-silence-rough-stage/#findComment-3772667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqui Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 It's an interesting idea Have you worked out how/why the Chapters creation was sanctioned in the first place, before they started their own agenda? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294894-ia-the-moments-of-silence-rough-stage/#findComment-3772672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 It's an interesting idea Have you worked out how/why the Chapters creation was sanctioned in the first place, before they started their own agenda? Nope. :lol: Although as for the Moments' agenda, the Dark Angels themselves would be giving them the original assignment...maybe. It may be the initiative of the first Chapter Master, instead. Not sure on that either. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294894-ia-the-moments-of-silence-rough-stage/#findComment-3772736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqui Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 It's an interesting idea Have you worked out how/why the Chapters creation was sanctioned in the first place, before they started their own agenda? Nope. Although as for the Moments' agenda, the Dark Angels themselves would be giving them the original assignment...maybe. It may be the initiative of the first Chapter Master, instead. Not sure on that either. Or the original order given by the DA proper was misunderstood, deliberately or otherwise Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294894-ia-the-moments-of-silence-rough-stage/#findComment-3772741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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