bluntblade Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 I'm tempted to swap the initial sentence for "blood shall have blood." Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4744280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simison Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 I don't know, it's rare when one can use the word 'begat'. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4744450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Indeed. I just love the Fassbender Macbeth, and "blood will have blood" is the most metal thing Shakespeare ever wrote. Kelborn 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4744494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simison Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 For additional irony, 'Blood Shall Have Blood' is the name of a section in Retribution, during a Shattered Legion assault on the World Eater world of Bodt. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4744879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Ah yeah, that. Autek Mor was obviously wrongly assigned to the X, he belonged with the Berserkers. Raktra and simison 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4744949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skalpynock Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Ah yeah, that. Autek Mor was obviously wrongly assigned to the X, he belonged with the Berserkers. Or the IV... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4745253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Very true. Either IV. Â Btw, if anyone suspected the author of the blurb is meant to be Ellan Temeter, correctamundo. I like the idea that she eventually becomes a co-author of the Historica Motus or whatever it gets called Raktra 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4745262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simison Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Very true. Either IV.  Btw, if anyone suspected the author of the blurb is meant to be Ellan Temeter, correctamundo. I like the idea that she eventually becomes a co-author of the Historica Motus or whatever it gets called  Ah, that explains the different ending. I was wondering. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4745272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Yeah, I'd toyed with recycling the end but thought better of it. Do we have established remembrancers in other fluff from the project so far? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4745279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simison Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Not to my knowledge. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4745326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skalpynock Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Yeah, I'd toyed with recycling the end but thought better of it. Do we have established remembrancers in other fluff from the project so far? There's an Italian-ish remebrancer-turned-drunkard in my early VE fluff. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4745367 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Maybe we use him for the one that introduces the VE or Suzerainty simison 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4745373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raktra Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Would a traitor author blurb fit in? I'm not sure whether we're looking on these as remembrancers tales (thus loyalist only) or the god's-eye reader type. Because I have an idea. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4747409 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 "I saw this, with eyes that wil never see again, once all I saw is recorded." Could work. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4747712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simison Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 How is the Leonic Auxilia different from the Imperial Army? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4754737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skalpynock Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 In my humble opinion: apart from being legion-attached: none. Â And I notice saying this despite the Novadeka and Void Eagles and Novadeka and Ironguard existing, Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4754740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 I echo Skal, unless Sigi specifies particular equipment or organisation. There may be some regiments (other military units are available) who rival the Solar Auxilia. Organisation-wise, I assume they're drawn from across Mycenae and assignedon a basis of need, as opposed to the tribal basis for everything among the Bears. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4754745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigismund229 Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 (edited) The main difference between Leonic Auxilia and SA is that the LA are more akin to Tyrants legion in terms of how they operate, as I have said before. Their regiments are commanded by legionaries and some units have squads of legionaries attached to act as shock troops/company level leaders. Whereas the SA can operate independent of the legions, when the Leonic Auxilia take to the field there's always CL there to a greater or lesser extent. Â Although I did actually have a questions about that: does it tread too much on the Warbringers toes? If so I'll rewrite it and just say they're SA recruited from the Dominion. And if that's the case, we need to think of a faction to replace them Edited May 25, 2017 by Sigismund229 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4754761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simison Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Are there any other Army factions that behave like the Leonic Auxilia? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4754773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Maybe the Novadeka of Regiments who serve the Warbringers, but otherwise I suspect not. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4755023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simison Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 So, I'm not sure if this thought has escaped the PMs, but with the Cognis moving to Book 8, I thought this would be an excellent place to feature the Heredes. The idea is that the Heredes, although pretty thoroughly punished by the Berserkers, can represent the pinnacle of an anti-Astartes regiment. They can represent how the Imperial Army is evolving to better counter the Traitor Legions. Â Also, it occurs to me, shouldn't the Nightguard feature prominently in the Siege of Cadia ? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4877038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 (edited) Any chance we could change "Escalation" to something a tad more exciting? Onslaught, Cataclysm or something like that? Â Also, with the trilogy thing, perhaps including the Heredes would be a good idea for one campaign. Edited September 5, 2017 by bluntblade Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4877836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlindPrimarch Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Speaking of the Heredes, I've gotten some more work done on them if anyone wants to take a look and comment Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4878434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigismund229 Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 So, I'm not sure if this thought has escaped the PMs, but with the Cognis moving to Book 8, I thought this would be an excellent place to feature the Heredes. The idea is that the Heredes, although pretty thoroughly punished by the Berserkers, can represent the pinnacle of an anti-Astartes regiment. They can represent how the Imperial Army is evolving to better counter the Traitor Legions. Â Also, it occurs to me, shouldn't the Nightguard feature prominently in the Siege of Cadia ? Hmm. Thinking logically, they should. But we had it that they didn't get involved until after the Blood Crusade. I feel a retcon of some sort coming on... Â Any chance we could change "Escalation" to something a tad more exciting? Onslaught, Cataclysm or something like that? Â Also, with the trilogy thing, perhaps including the Heredes would be a good idea for one campaign. Escalation is the name the group decided on, so unless a majority are in favour of changing it, I doubt it Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4878741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 I woldn't mind seeing the debate reopened there. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325181-trilogy-4-alpha-escalation/page/9/#findComment-4878827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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