[DH1e] The Damocles Contingency (OOC)

[Trokair]

1 hour ago, Mazer Rackham said:

*Makes notes...*

 

Ignore me, continue.

 

*Stares intensely* 

 

Sure Sure...  

[Mazer Rackham]

Just so I have this clear for the next bit - the team are going through the front, then breaking off to circle around the main slaughter, er engagement, and re-entering bastion 3 via bastion 2's ductworks?

 

If Scourge wants to stay with the frontal assault that's fine, as everyone is heading to bastion 3 anyway.

[Necronaut]

I think we should probably keep Scourge on the frontal assault - I don't see him having a fun time of it crawling through a series of air ducts in power armor. Solid Snake he is not.

[Mazer Rackham]

More Solid than Snake.

[Necronaut]

Solid Snake if Solid Snake were built like an Astartes-pattern ceramite outhouse. 

 

Elsewhere...

 

WHUNK WHUNK WHUNK WHUNK

 

<A ceramite boot punches through the ductwork before being noisily withdrawn>

 

"By the Throne!... Blasted duct rats are getting big! Where's that useless layabout Johnson?! Johnson! Johnson, go see about that awful racket in the air ducts, would you? Yes I mean now! On the double, man! I swear, these new recruits don't seem to care about maintaining appearances... And don't forget the rat poison!" 

Edited June 1, 2023 by Necronaut

[Mazer Rackham]

Yeah, but 40k, does rat infestation the Burt Gummer way.

 

"What make is your rat poison?"

"Federal .50 Cal."

"Isn't that...overkill?"

"You seen our rats?"

[Necronaut]

That sketch series from Bruiser always comes to mind when rat poison is brought up.

 

"D'YOU DO POISON?!"

 

https://youtu.be/EEyUeCyXl1Q

[Mazer Rackham]

Actually, I got it wrong, it's not Burt Gummer, it's more like Victorian expeditions.

 

"Smithers, can we saddle that rat?"

"No sir."

"Best get me the 4-Gauge stopping rifle then."

[Necronaut]

Speaking of Victorian expeditions, if you've never read The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, by John Henry Patterson, it's an amazing read, full of Victorian-era dispassion towards terrible hardships and is a rather great snapshot into the goings-on of the Empire in the late 1800s, and I highly recommend it. 

[A.T.]

5 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Just so I have this clear for the next bit - the team are going through the front, then breaking off to circle around the main slaughter, er engagement, and re-entering bastion 3 via bastion 2's ductworks?

 

The general plan was to have a big distraction draw the golems forces to defend bastion 3 while a force hit the now lightly defended bastion 2 and switched over as high up as possible to try and get behind the worst of it. Optional side quest to cut power or otherwise disrupt the golems ability to track the attack.

 

If it's ducting then it sounds like a bit of a split for the more towering/conspicuous individuals.

[Mazer Rackham]

10 hours ago, A.T. said:

The general plan was to have a big distraction draw the golems forces to defend bastion 3 while a force hit the now lightly defended bastion 2 and switched over as high up as possible to try and get behind the worst of it.

 

That's what I thought.

 

10 hours ago, A.T. said:

Optional side quest to cut power or otherwise disrupt the golems ability to track the attack.

 

Difficult, since it means sabotaging the Strategium, (just clearing it isn't going to work, as it will just get flooded with drones again) but not impossible.

 

10 hours ago, A.T. said:

If it's ducting then it sounds like a bit of a split for the more towering/conspicuous individuals.

 

Indeed, hence  Orp , er. Cephas. I forgot Scourge was wearing his man-corset. Feel free to continue plotting or breaking up the task into sub-tasks. I will prepare individual random encounters to add to everyone's narrative to keep things spicy, but narratives should generally follow this format:

• Describe or make reference to the opening assault
• Depict the team breaking off (if it does)
• Describe taking tunnels, (remember that narrative is a few seconds only, it will take a few posts by each player (maybe about three) to get to the 'staging position' as you work tyour way through Bastion 2.
• You should make your posts narratively coherent, eg:
  • Restal (1/3) He ran to the grate...etc
  • Restal (2/3) He climbed through the vent...etc
  • Restal (3/3) He finally overlooked the target...etc
• Don't just blurb it all into one post. The team should work together, asking questions, responding, telling a cohesive narrative.
• Scourge's will be different. Heat up your dice, son.
• Reynard and Bardas will interact normally with me.

This a chance to let you boys flex your creative muscles a bit - and off the leash, allowing me to drop in challenges where appropriate in between the narrative posts. As mentioned in the IC, you'll need Tests to inform it, for shooting, placing bombs etc (for the latter you can just use grenades, but make an evaluate test - Pass or Fail, doesn't matter, as I will collate the results and advise success at the end).

 

The final posts should all have you reach Bastion 3, close to the Panopticon (in a vent, overlooking, etc. Feel free to have this from different angles depending on your chosen sub-tasks, you wouldn't all be looking from the same vent, for example).

 

Does that all make sense?

 

Edited June 2, 2023 by Mazer Rackham

[Lord_Ikka]

Yup. One psychic warhead, reporting for duty. We'll see what happens when Terrify actually goes off...

[Mazer Rackham]

Kaboom, skipper?

 

Yes  Rico , Nicios, kaboom.

[Necronaut]

Scourge is ready as ever for a spot of gate-crashing. And/or subsequent trip to the operating theatre... 

[A.T.]

Should we be posting the initial actions in the IC thread or are we waiting for a formal kick-off ?

[Mazer Rackham]

I'll do a formal launch shortly - I've been busy today, and have been trying to muddle forum stuff through gaps.

[Trokair]

@Mazer Rackham, quick question, when Bardas took the keys and searched the body did he find anything useful/relevant? If I need to roll a test for this let me know.

[Mazer Rackham]

You'll need an Easy (+20) Search Test. Passing the test will reveal an icon, which is a blasphemy of the Opus Mechanicum, but you will be able to discern it is another key.

[Lysimachus]

Before I write a new post, I feel like we have already had some description of the interior of the Voivode, but I can't find it...

 

Does it have any medical facilities to check Gwynne's condition? (I think there were bunks, do any of them double as a medbay?)

 

Then Reynard will go check on Cutter and see what is what.

[Mazer Rackham]

I can't remember if any of the bays doubles as a medical facility TBH, but one of the better bunk quarters could be used. There would be emergency medical supplies, in the rear hold, but it wouldn't be anything like a 'crash' cart.

 

You can go ahead and let Cutter direct you. It's fairly cramped back there, since the living quarters soak up a lot of the room, then there's stowage, and on top of that, a Space Marine Bike. The front loading bay is where most of the room and crash couches are.

 

EDIT: Found the post. No, no medical bay.

 

 

 

Edited June 3, 2023 by Mazer Rackham

[Machine God]

2 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

I can't remember if any of the bays doubles as a medical facility TBH, but one of the better bunk quarters could be used. There would be emergency medical supplies, in the rear hold, but it wouldn't be anything like a 'crash' cart.

 

You can go ahead and let Cutter direct you. It's fairly cramped back there, since the living quarters soak up a lot of the room, then there's stowage, and on top of that, a Space Marine Bike. The front loading bay is where most of the room and crash couches are.

 

EDIT: Found the post. No, no medical bay.

 

 

 

@Mazer Rackham - So Cutter is alive, that is good to know.

 

[Trokair]

  

55 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

The General Utility Transit Subsystem (GUTS):

 

How much fun did you have with that backronym?

 

Bardas as a 1 Anti-Rad (from the resupply on the Voidvane in preparation for entering the Gladius Wreck, as we did not venture to any radiation drenched areas in the wreck it went unused).  I assume the Rad Hypo is akin to this. Kindly remind me, do these need to be use pre-emptively?

[Mazer Rackham]

4 hours ago, Machine God said:

@Mazer Rackham - So Cutter is alive, that is good to know.

 

Cutter is a PC, killing him offscreen without Player discussion is a big no-no in my book.

 

3 hours ago, Trokair said:

 How much fun did you have with that backronym?

 

Lots.

 

Spoiler

Wait until you get to the Auxiliary Node Universal Support portal.

 

3 hours ago, Trokair said:

Bardas as a 1 Anti-Rad (from the resupply on the Voidvane in preparation for entering the Gladius Wreck, as we did not venture to any radiation drenched areas in the wreck it went unused).  I assume the Rad Hypo is akin to this. Kindly remind me, do these need to be use pre-emptively?

 

Yes, as it will boost your test by +20 for one-hour, I think.

 

Edited June 3, 2023 by Mazer Rackham
Typo.

[Mazer Rackham]

Just to note for the fellas at the precinct, it's all good for you to start throwing your posts in now, as you please.

[Necronaut]

I'll bash something out this afternoon to get us started.