A Time of Reaving Interest

[Trokair]

Am I correct in thinking that when we do restart it will be a little while after we have taken the outpost? If so I have a scene in mind for the aftermath of hte little skirmish. 

[Black Cohort]

13 minutes ago, Trokair said:

Am I correct in thinking that when we do restart it will be a little while after we have taken the outpost? If so I have a scene in mind for the aftermath of hte little skirmish. 

 

my plan is you will be in the outpost, but have fully secured it from the Iron Warriors defending it.

[Lysimachus]

2 hours ago, Black Cohort said:

 

my plan is you will be in the outpost, but have fully secured it from the Iron Warriors defending it.

 

Nice. Hopefully we've snagged some ammo and stuff!

 

Idle curiosity, but did taking the outpost earn us any XP to spend before we start the next session?

 

 

 

[Machine God]

5 hours ago, Black Cohort said:

so as we get a couple weeks away from restarting the main issue that needs to be sorted out is a replacement.  I know Necronut is interested, but if anyone else is now is your time to say so.

On 11/28/2023 at 3:00 PM, Black Cohort said:

Ok, I have made my decision, which none of you made easy but Xin Ceithan and Machine God, I am going to have to put you in reserve.  If someone has to drop, you two will have first call on replacing them.

 

I have Ashmon who is in the Reserve although he's on the Ship.

 

 

[Black Cohort]

And with Necronaut busy that makes things easy for Machine God to bring Ashmon in.

 

Will everyone be good if I start getting things moving after this weekend?

[Machine God]

I will put something in. 

 

 

[A.T.]

4 hours ago, Black Cohort said:

Will everyone be good if I start getting things moving after this weekend?

 

Good to go. Though I appear to only have Arazakiel as a local file not uploaded to any google folder.

[Black Cohort]

So two decisions needs to be made at this point.

 

1. Do you stay and breach the primary armoury and strip the automated weapons from the fortress?  Or do you get back to your ship in time to chase down the Death Guard auxiliary supply ship currently attempting to get far enough from the planet to safely transition to warp?  You don't have time for both and it is entirely possible that some Iron Warriors have already stripped most of the armour dry before Isstvan.

 

2. Do you claim whatever geneseed is viable from the dead Iron Warriors?

 

I have updated the google sheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rIN99iPUSGJszF--1LpDDnyF7tGsIcaqKHW3EIz340k/edit?usp=sharing with what you have claimed from the ready armoury and the dead. 

[Lysimachus]

1. We haven't really claimed that much from the Armoury so far. It seems likely that the more substantial stockpile will be in the larger second area? 

 

Chalbyth did say that they haven't seen any other Astartes in years. So, it seems very unlikely that the Armoury was stripped in preparation for Istvaan? (More likely that IW forces will be coming to resupply now, after Istvaan is over?)

 

If that assumption is correct, there should still be lots more supplies behind the door, perhaps enough to make a significant contribution to the Loyalist cause, or at least to deny it to the Traitors.

 

I don't like letting the DG ship get away, but I think our focus should maybe be on the Armoury? (I would say we could tell Nuzry to hunt down/disable the transport while we get through the Armoury door, but I don't like the idea of stranding ourselves without a ship)

 

 

2. I think that one is @Trokair's decision, and based on his last IC post I think he has had Ravyx remove the geneseed? Though I suppose that might cause some tension among the unit... Elvrit would probably be of the opinion that the IW as a Legion needs to be destroyed, not rebuilt?

 

 

 

 

Edited May 12 by Lysimachus

[Lysimachus]

@A.T. Just checking, did you mean Iron Warriors (rather than Hands) in your last IC post? Meaning Hadad's voice will sound more like the garrison troops and so he should answer the vox to the locals?

 

If so, I agree! 

 

Edited May 13 by Lysimachus

[A.T.]

Ah yes, Iron Warriors.

[Trokair]

Regarding point 1, as we can’t split the party (as far as I recall) can we ask Nuzry to send down a team or two of mortals that try and crack the armoury/loot the place while we go after the Supply Ship?

 

Or if as has been suggested we can ask Nuzry to chase the Suply ship then perhaps do that, it runs the risk of us being voidship less, but then we just go to ground here and partake in a gorilla campaign against any traitors/ rile up the locals to the loyalist cause.

My main concern with the supply ship is not the supplies, as I think I recall the food quality to be a little suspect, but that they report our presence to the DG and other Traitors at Istvann.

 

However the main armoury is probably the greater prize, and I agree with Lys’s assessment that it likely hasn’t been striped since Chalbyth had said that they not had visitors in a long time. I don’t think he was lying on that, because if they were traitors they could have taken opportunities to harm us as soon as it was clear we were not traitors. The way it played out makes me think they were not traitors per say, but may have sided with their Primarch if called on by him.

 

 

Anyway. As for point two, Lys is right, Hadad had asked Ravyx to harvest the geneseed, as much in hope of rebuilding the legion once the otahbreaker rebellion has been put down as any practical short term reasons. Waist not valuable resources and such.

If there are story reasons why Ravyx would or could not then I can adjust my post.

 

Likewise if we need to do some rolls or such for our pseudo NPC Ravyx to do so let me know.

 

 

 

I guess I better prepare a post to answer the governors call.

 

Are we trying to keep up a subterfuge that all is well here, or do we let Hadad bear his brutal honesty?  

[Urauloth]

Hey guys, sorry to do this but I'm going to have to bail on rejoining - my health's really not good right now and I since I can't commit I'd rather separate cleanly than try to force it and end up half-assing things. I hope it goes well, though!

[Black Cohort]

23 minutes ago, Urauloth said:

Hey guys, sorry to do this but I'm going to have to bail on rejoining - my health's really not good right now and I since I can't commit I'd rather separate cleanly than try to force it and end up half-assing things. I hope it goes well, though!

 

No worries, hopefully your health stuff gets better soon.

[Lysimachus]

3 hours ago, Trokair said:

Are we trying to keep up a subterfuge that all is well here, or do we let Hadad bear his brutal honesty?

 

 

I'd say keep it as non-committal as possible. Find out what they know and what they want, with as little said on our side as possible.

 

That might come across as a bit rude, but I'd guess that most IW garrisons weren't particularly friendly/communicative towards the locals they were stationed with, so a little rudeness is probably just par for the course?

 

 

[Machine God]

I take it that Hadad is just burying bodies? 

 

That he has taken away their Armour, equipment and of course geneseed. 

 

 

 

 

[Trokair]

Yes, he stripped them of their Armour (and any equipment on their persons) and asked Ravyx to remove the geneseed. Sorry if that wasent clear from the IC posts over the weekend.

[Lysimachus]

@Black Cohort just wondering, if Urauloth is unable to join at the moment, does that mean that Ekene Sul was injured (killed?) during the fight to take the garrison?

 

So, we've lost Ravyx (not dead, but a NPC for now) and maybe Ekene, but we've gained MG's Ashmon. Therefore, our current 'unit' is: Elvrit, Hadad, Arazakiel, Kraith and Ashmon? Meaning we don't have any Salamanders Astartes currently... will that cause any problems as far as our interactions with Captain Nuzry?

[Black Cohort]

54 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

@Black Cohort just wondering, if Urauloth is unable to join at the moment, does that mean that Ekene Sul was injured (killed?) during the fight to take the garrison?

 

So, we've lost Ravyx (not dead, but a NPC for now) and maybe Ekene, but we've gained MG's Ashmon. Therefore, our current 'unit' is: Elvrit, Hadad, Arazakiel, Kraith and Ashmon? Meaning we don't have any Salamanders Astartes currently... will that cause any problems as far as our interactions with Captain Nuzry?

 

lets assume that Ekene Sul was injured seriously enough that he will need time to recover before taking part in combat activities.  Like with Ravyx I see no reason to close the door on Ekene Sul returning in the future.

 

You will have to see how that impacts the choices of the good Captain Nuzry.

[Lysimachus]

Fair enough 

 

 

The mortal security director's message doesn't bother me too much, except for this bit:

 

the Faithful Conveyor broke orbit unexpectedly.

 

I can't see any reason for them to suddenly run... unless they knew we were the enemy? I'm still not convinced that whatever they have aboard their ship is more valuable than what is behind the Armoury door. However, if they are Traitors, the first thing they will do is go looking for more DG to tell that a Salamanders ship is at Phastus, which I don't know if we can allow?

 

So, although I'd prefer to stay and clean out the Armoury, maybe we don't have much choice except to go hunt down the Conveyor?

 

And if that is the case, the follow-up question is: do we leave the Armoury intact, in the hope that we can come back to it after destroying the Conveyor, or do we blow it to hell before we go so that we know it is denied to the enemy regardless of what happens to us?

 

 

[Trokair]

4 hours ago, Black Cohort said:

 

lets assume that Ekene Sul was injured seriously enough that he will need time to recover before taking part in combat activities.  Like with Ravyx I see no reason to close the door on Ekene Sul returning in the future.

 

You will have to see how that impacts the choices of the good Captain Nuzry.

 If Ekene Sul is not too injured then maybe he can hang out on the bridge, liaise with the Captain Nuzry and such.

 

 

4 hours ago, Lysimachus said:

So, although I'd prefer to stay and clean out the Armoury, maybe we don't have much choice except to go hunt down the Conveyor?

 

And if that is the case, the follow-up question is: do we leave the Armoury intact, in the hope that we can come back to it after destroying the Conveyor, or do we blow it to hell before we go so that we know it is denied to the enemy regardless of what happens to us?

 

Can we rig charges or some such on a time delay so that if can’t come back after chasing down the Conveyor it gets blown to deny the armoury, but if we can come back we can still try and loot the armoury?  

[Lysimachus]

15 minutes ago, Trokair said:

Can we rig charges or some such on a time delay so that if can’t come back after chasing down the Conveyor it gets blown to deny the armoury, but if we can come back we can still try and loot the armoury?  

 

 

That sounds like a smart plan to me. Figure out how long it will take to catch up to the Conveyor, approx how long to fly from that point back to Phastus again, and add on a little bit to give us time to krump the bad guys?

 

Ideally we can stop them and then go back, but in the event of more enemies turning up and/or us getting killed, at least the garrison gets destroyed so they can't use it?

 

 

[Lord_Ikka]

I mean, every Astartes has Demolition trained, so we should be able to rig up something with even just the leftover ammunition/grenades from the garrison's bodies. Done quickly enough, we should be able to rig up the armory and get to the fleeing transport. 

 

Are any of us boarding action specialists? Kraith is an Assault marine, but not specifically designed for boarding actions.

[Lysimachus]

Agreed. We've not got any melta bombs, but we do have several melta canisters. One of those, perhaps with a chrono as a timer and a grenade as a firing trigger, should do the trick? Such a device, if planted in/next to the garrison's power core, should create a big enough boom to blow the whole place sky high?

 

And Elvrit has Void Combat as his Tactics Skill choice, which I picked more for his Breacher training but should work for boarding actions?

 

[Black Cohort]

you could easily set a charge to detonate a couple hours after the time required to chase down the death guard ship and return to the garrison.