Deathwatch: Murderers in Black (OOC Thread)

[Mike Zulu]

I'm offering to come along on the Bazaar mission, but I'm okay for Zidemi to be turned down if we feel three's a crowd or the Salamander is going to stick out like a sore thumb...

[A.T.]

Despite his desire to nuke the entire site from orbit, Omoc is curiously well suited with his high perception, knowledge of witchcraft and xenos ciphers, considerable resistance to psychic mind reading, and the ability to shield himself and others from corruption or to sense extreme corruption in NPCs.

 

But he is also an extreme psychopath when it comes to purity, aliens and renegades in particular and has no social skills or subtly (Red Scorpion chapter eventually evolve to the point where you get to shoot the other guy before they have finished thinking about betraying you, as a free action...)

[Mazer Rackham]

3 hours ago, Mike Zulu said:

I'm offering to come along on the Bazaar mission, but I'm okay for Zidemi to be turned down if we feel three's a crowd or the Salamander is going to stick out like a sore thumb...

 

Dooo eeet! The sorer the thumb the better!

 

To be fair, a Techmarine could be very useful in a place like that - he could be at the Bazaar looking for parts, or maybe he could offer services for stuff, or surveying potential hardware. Lots of reasons to dig in....

 

Meanwhile the QRF can set up camp somewhere and work out how to pull you out of a pickle....

[Necronaut]

@A.T. the pinnacle of that line of thinking is eliminating your enemies before they are ever aware of your existence. Some people would call that premeditated murder; the Inquisition refers to it as "a day that ends in 'y'".

[Trokair]

Alda dose not currently have Disguise, but she dose have 200XP unspent, and I assume (as I don’t currently have the books) that somewhere in the Skill tree she can pick it up. I assume there would be enough time while traveling to the Bazzar to justify a skill acquisition. 

After all, as an Inquisitorial adept, she probably has had some theory training on how to disguise herself in the line of duty, and now just needs to practise or some such…

 

 

  

4 hours ago, A.T. said:

But he is also an extreme psychopath when it comes to purity, aliens and renegades in particular and has no social skills or subtly (Red Scorpion chapter eventually evolve to the point where you get to shoot the other guy before they have finished thinking about betraying you, as a free action...)

 

Do we have a Ripper Gun anywhere?

Pretending to be an Ogryn with a faulty B.O.N.E. enhancement would probably excuse most social faux pas. 

Edited October 21 by Trokair

[Mazer Rackham]

I'm pretty sure that the folks at the Bazaar aren't the croutons and croissants set...cracking skulls and random beating will likely be endearing...

[Lysimachus]

Ok gents, I just want to get all the details confirmed before the next weekly update.

 

So, firstly, do you all want to go to the Bazaar? Not to Correllageon, or back to Alucar, or sent on from Alucar to the nearest Watch-Fortress (the last option refering characters/players who are dropping out of the game)

 

(It's certainly easier for me if you stay together, so I'm happy if you're all going to the Bazaar! )

 

And is your plan to all be on board the Needle, and openly approach the moon as visitors/traders? And then to try to lie/sneak your way down onto the surface so you can find out what you can about the Eldar?

 

Who is planning to join Alda as her ‘bodyguards’? So far I've got Moridyn, and maybe Zidemi and Omoc, volunteering? Anyone else? Should we assume the rest of you are waiting (probably aboard whatever shuttle you use?) in case you need to go loud?

 

And presumably have the Supremacy find somewhere to hide to begin with, until such time as you have found the information you needed? Then bring it in for a bombardment later?

 

 

 

Does that sum up the plan as it stands?

 

[Necronaut]

One part of me says we should also send in Gerhardt as a bodyguard, but another part of me wants to find out what might await us beyond the Bazaar.

Edited October 22 by Necronaut

[Mazer Rackham]

1 hour ago, Lysimachus said:

Not to Correllageon...

Something is nagging me, but it could just be the fact I haven't slept properly in four days.

 

Do we have any info on this place that's easily available? Type of world, standing forces, who the incumbent Governor is, that kind of thing?

[Trokair]

Re Correllageon, I think we need to see if Kine can be made sane/interviewed for more details before we go there, so for now I think the Bazzar is the better option, we can always fall back on the other if the Bazzar proves to be closed for business. 

[Lysimachus]

37 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Do we have any info on this place that's easily available? Type of world, standing forces, who the incumbent Governor is, that kind of thing?

 

 

Alda's previous research on Correllageon, quoted from IC:

 

Your research would reveal the following facts about Corellageon: It is a Hive World, positioned at the intersection of two key warp routes. As such, it is wealthy, cosmopolitan and well equipped with substantial orbital docking facilities. More specifically, in recent decades it has been riven by political dissent and infighting, terrorist attacks and even a handful of ambushes against Imperial military assets. All of these are thought to have been backed by a Secessionist movement among the upper echelons of the planetary nobility.

 
This would typically be outside the remit of the Ordo Xenos, but records show that an Ordo Hereticus cell investigating on Corellageon contacted Lord Inquisitor Kine to ask for his assistance because the Secessionists were suspected to be allying themselves with alien auxiliaries. Whether this was a political union, or simply financial, was unknown at the time.
 
Kine's own notes in the aftermath of the operation are very brief, stating that the Secessionist Cult was finally rooted out, destroyed along with a force of Aeldari. Kine's assessment is that they were paid mercenaries rather than true allies.

 

 

(Obviously, you've learned since then that Kine's memories about all of this are decidedly suspect, and the Eldar weren't killed. It’s even hinted that the Eldar were actually using Correllageon and the Secessionists just to draw Kine out from Alucar, with the intention to mess with his head so that he would send the previous Kill-Team Lucifer to Dorghra VII so that they could ambush them there)

 

Further about Correllageon, learned from Aykawa: All Inquisition forces were wiped out except for Kine, supposedly while destroying the Secessionist HQ, though you only have Kine's account as proof of this. Conclave sent more agents (including Aykawa) to assist in post-war cleansing, at which time all of the locals even suspected of being Secessionist sympathisers were eliminated, and the world is currently firmly under loyalist control.

 

I think that is about all you know at this point.

 

 

 

[Mazer Rackham]

21 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

I think that is about all you know at this point.

 

Appreciated GM, I was looking in the wrong posts...

[Lysimachus]

Just a note in case it's useful to anyone, I've added the game timeline I've been using to the Character/Data thread:

 

 

 

 

[Mazer Rackham]

On 10/21/2024 at 7:38 PM, Trokair said:

Alda dose not currently have Disguise, but she dose have 200XP unspent, and I assume (as I don’t currently have the books) that somewhere in the Skill tree she can pick it up. I assume there would be enough time while traveling to the Bazzar to justify a skill acquisition. 

After all, as an Inquisitorial adept, she probably has had some theory training on how to disguise herself in the line of duty, and now just needs to practise or some such…

 

@Lysimachus and @Trokair With the GM's permission, perhaps Azadth and the Adept could work on this en-route (now given the timeline, we can see there's opportunity) - apart from justification for a Skill purchase, perhaps providing a temporary bonus on Tests to this for the sole use of the mission (depending on DoS)?

 

Edited October 23 by Mazer Rackham

[Lysimachus]

Apologies @Trokair I meant to go have a look through the DH book to check what an Adept pays for Disguise, and forgot!

 

So, had a look now, and it doesn't seem to be on either side of their Skill Tree?

 

However, it does seem like something she might pick up, so I'll allow it. Costs seem to vary between the different Archetypes, from 100-300xp, so 200 sounds reasonable enough to me!

 

Edit: And yep, as @Mazer Rackham says, you've got 10ish days in transit to get your outfits sorted, so that will earn you a bonus to your Disguise tests for this bit of the game.

 

 

Edited October 23 by Lysimachus

[Urauloth]

Thanks for the timeline post, that's really useful!

 

Anyway, I'm very much in favour of checking out Correllageon personally, but splitting the party... not so much.

[Trokair]

4 hours ago, Lysimachus said:

Apologies @Trokair I meant to go have a look through the DH book to check what an Adept pays for Disguise, and forgot!

 

So, had a look now, and it doesn't seem to be on either side of their Skill Tree?

 

However, it does seem like something she might pick up, so I'll allow it. Costs seem to vary between the different Archetypes, from 100-300xp, so 200 sounds reasonable enough to me!

 

I guess in the context of DH Disguise is more of an Assassin or Scum ability then an Adept, still surprised that it is entirely absent from the skill tree though. So thanks for granting it, character sheet updated.   

 

Must resist converting another character model, to much other things need doing on the hobby table. 
 

 

[Mazer Rackham]

4 hours ago, Lysimachus said:

Edit: And yep, as @Mazer Rackham says, you've got 10ish days in transit to get your outfits sorted, so that will earn you a bonus to your Disguise tests for this bit of the game.

 

Working on it....

 

[Lysimachus]

@Mazer Rackham I'll include an answer to that in tomorrow's update. 

[Lord_Ikka]

I think Moridyn will just have the paint removed from his armor, leaving the bare ceramite. And removing the DW pauldron and any Imperial symbols, of course. I'll think on weaponry, but the plasma/shotgun combo is pretty potent and well-rounded I believe. 

[Mazer Rackham]

Chop and change to a Camo Cloak, 20 Req dead for the time being.

[A.T.]

Omoc eyes the 'defiled mantle of the crusader' armour judgmentally while considering his choices :p

 

(a lascannon is probably not the thing to be carrying)

[Necronaut]

@A.T. in a pinch the lascannon can be used as a makeshift club for "enhanced interrogation" and/or "diplomacy." 

[A.T.]

30 minutes ago, Necronaut said:

@A.T. in a pinch the lascannon can be used as a makeshift club for "enhanced interrogation" and/or "diplomacy." 

I've always preferred the plasma cannon with starflare vents when it comes to heavy weapon diplomacy (aka a plasma flamethrower).  For a future Black Crusade character perhaps.

[Trokair]

  

15 hours ago, Lysimachus said:

@Trokair Maybe we can have some narrative of Alda's plans for how she is intending to disguise herself - plus a Disguise test, of course! Given that you have several days and the resources aboard the ship, this will be Routine +20.

 

 

I’ll get a post together, haven an idea or two, though it might be a few days.

We probably should work out what our cover story is, as otherwise our disguise might not sell it. 

 

 

Those of you that are going into the Bazzar with Alda, are you willing to go without your armour? As that would give a wider range of disguise/cover story options. If you are however staying in armour, then it will probably have to be some sort of Renegade ploy.  

Edited October 25 by Trokair