[DH1e] The Damocles Contingency (OOC)

[A.T.]

45 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

I don't think I've even seen a RT game, let alone one run in here.

 

There was a game proposed here in (checks file attributes) August 2017, though it didn't go anywhere.

[Machine God]

5 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Alright gents, we're coming to the end of Act 1.

 

If anyone has any further queries for the NPC's you have access to (Haldane, Locke, Drake), please go ahead and make them.

 

Once we wrap, we're going to break.

 

Does this mean we will get XP?

[Mazer Rackham]

XP?

 

I thought this was a one-shot done for the loot and the fun of it? 

 

I'll consult the manual.

 

@A.T. was that RT Campaign, this one?

[Lysimachus]

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"Now, do you know what does take fourteen days?"

 

Other than 'a fortnight', I'm not sure... 

 

Anyone got any ideas?

 

 

 

Edited March 17, 2023 by Lysimachus

[Lysimachus]

26 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

I'll consult the manual.

 

I'm pretty sure the book says at big events/ key points in a story, you could even... give out extra... 

[Necronaut]

13 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

 

I'm pretty sure the book says at big events/ key points in a story, you could even... give out extra... 

 

Shock! Horror! Confusion! 

[Mazer Rackham]

Well golly gee, I just checked, and you know what? My copy is missing that page.

 

Shame.

[A.T.]

1 hour ago, Mazer Rackham said:

 

@A.T. was that RT Campaign, this one?

 

Indeed.

[Machine God]

Is Scourge wearing his new Power Armour?

[Mazer Rackham]

He's in his hessian and flak-coat, AFAICT.

[Trokair]

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[Trokair]

14 hours ago, Lysimachus said:

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"Now, do you know what does take fourteen days?"

Other than 'a fortnight', I'm not sure... 

 

Anyone got any ideas?

 

Adeptus Mechanicus customer support?

[Lysimachus]

1 hour ago, Trokair said:

 

Adeptus Mechanicus customer support?

 

 

Based on Locke's reply IC, I think this is actually kind of the truth. 

 

 

 

 

So, I'm not sure about next steps.

 

I had thought maybe the 'sidequest' to Drexler might benefit from having Reynard there (Peer: Underworld, etc, and he got on pretty well with her last time they met?)

 

However, I do wonder if it might also be useful for someone to check out the Gladius wreckage and make sure the Golem doesn't have a backup copy of itself stashed away anywhere? If it does, and we smash it, that might be enough to delay him from blowing up Primus?

 

It also depends what Locke has in mind for us, if we are now more focused on combat missions in Act 2?

Edited March 18, 2023 by Lysimachus

[Trokair]

How far from the Hives is the wreckage? I’d assume that the dead hive are a molten nuclear slag right now and being even vaguely in the vicinity will still fry you with either and or heat and radiation.

[Lysimachus]

Excellent point... I think it was just outside Tertius, but that could mean different things... (20miles... 100miles?) what's the range of a Hive stack blowing up?

 

Maybe if we don't go, it could be a task for others of Locke's forces... or even Sobek's pilot could do a fly-by if Sobek isn't ready to join us yet?

Edited March 18, 2023 by Lysimachus

[Machine God]

25 minutes ago, Trokair said:

How far from the Hives is the wreckage? I’d assume that the dead hive are a molten nuclear slag right now and being even vaguely in the vicinity will still fry you with either and or heat and radiation.

 

This is 40K

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkzYzTRqSHU

 

1:14

[Mazer Rackham]

The wreck is solid, but it's a convenient distance from the hive to be reached. How far? GM Far.

 

Protective gear can be issued, but yeah, bartertown without the master-blaster.

 

There is something useful out there....

[Trokair]

Well I can guess where Bardas is going next then. 

[Mazer Rackham]

Hang fire, squire.

 

I thought you wanted to blind the daemon?

[Trokair]

Well that has to be done first, otherwise it will know that we are taking a tripp out to its old lair. 

 

 

[Mazer Rackham]

We'll wrap this Act up with operation blindfold and operation Glue Scourge Together, then we'll move to Act II with the following (loose) structure:

• Go into wastes
• Find Gwynne
• ?????
• Profit, er, death, wait - the climax.

That's the plan, but we'll see how many sidequests you want to go on.

[Machine God]

@Mazer Rackham - From re-reading Operation Fireknife, it seems that the Servitors we faced bear an uncanny resemblance to the ones employed by The Golem... 

[Mazer Rackham]

1 hour ago, Machine God said:

@Mazer Rackham - From re-reading Operation Fireknife, it seems that the Servitors we faced bear an uncanny resemblance to the ones employed by The Golem... 

 

Very common pattern. The ERMAGAWD Pattern Murder/Recovery servitor is well known across many sectors of the galaxy.

 

From the Calixian Depths to the Erioch Frontier, the Captain Choppy is the first port of call for all your Acolyte slicing needs.

 

To be fair, most servitors of this category look the same. The difference, as they say, in how it's made. (Incoming Body Horror).

[Lysimachus]

@MG/Mazer: Am I understanding Restal and Locke's replies correctly that Restal is agreeing he will go on Beckett's shuttle (maybe with Bardas too, if that is still Tro's wish?) to investigate the Gladius wreckage? And Locke is agreeing that Reynard should go talk to Drexler? If so, I'm cool with that. 

[Mazer Rackham]

I'm not entirely sure.

 

For clarity can everyone sing out clearly with where we're all going?

 

#herdingcats

Edited March 19, 2023 by Mazer Rackham