[BC] The Blackest Heart (OOC)

[Machine God]

For Kraggan I spent 250 for +5 INT and 300 XP for Swift Attack.

 

Kraggan is at Khorne 9.

 

 

51 minutes ago, Necronaut said:

@Mazer Rackham yes you bring up a good point about us not being enough of ruthless, self-serving bastards. I was trying to moderate Ukalegon's descent into corruption, but the game mechanics and rules are not to be ignored.

 

Kraggan helped out purely for selfish reasons.

 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 12:13 AM by Machine God
Tidy up.

[Lysimachus]

Beautiful, I'll happily take that! 

 

Now I'm thinking about how to add it to his gear, narratively speaking. I don't think he would choose it himself, or even necessarily understand what it was at this point...?

 

I was thinking about having Hagga get a respray on his armour after all the scratching and dust-scouring it took during the interlude... and I doubt they've got any Executioners silver-blue in stock... Maybe his armour goes to be repainted in the red and black*, but when it comes back someone has also welded on a brass collar, Hagga assumes as decoration?

 

*Which Hagga isn't hugely happy about, but at least he's not going to bring any heat down on his former Chapter if/when we have to attack an Imperial planet/ship/facility?

 

[Mazer Rackham]

I can certainly dig that, but the collar never comes off. However, I was envisioning the collar being adapted to your Astartesian neck, so there's a bit of room for donning and doffing your bonce bucket and plastron. The collar can sit over your flexsteel neck-brace and will give you enough room to turn your head etc but won't go over it (it resizes like the ring of power).

 

Has to be a collar though bud, it's a specific item of gear - Khorne has shown his favour. To attempt to hide it is a bit contrary to the patron's effect. He wants folks to know you're a triple-8 walking homicide, and who sent you. You're a slave to darkness now my lad, and are as obviously damned as Ukie with his waggly tail - even though a lot of folks won't catch the meaning at first sight.

 

I think taking a look at it, Hagga would have an idea of what it was. For example, the hypno-conditioning that all marines receive teaches them wariness of the eightfold path and it's proponents.

 

The only way to get rid of this cutlery-festooned choker is to become undedicated/unaligned.

 

Edited Saturday at 12:34 AM by Mazer Rackham

[Lysimachus]

That's fine by me. 

 

I wasn't imagining it coming off, I suspect Chaos Marines don't take most of their armour off anyway (grows into the skin, I think?) so yep once it's on it stays on. Definitely not hidden either, I was picturing it as a big thick collar, almost like he'd had a Mk8 chestplate fitted? So he can still take his helm off and put it on, but the collar stays either way?

 

And I'll definitely include it being marked with a Khornate icon, so there's no doubt about what it is.

 

Does that work?

 

 

Edited Saturday at 12:53 AM by Lysimachus

[Mazer Rackham]

As long as it works for us both, I hope! 

[Necronaut]

1 hour ago, Mazer Rackham said:

The only way to get rid of this cutlery-festooned choker is to become undedicated/unaligned.

 

 

I hear viking crew-cuts are also good for this.

[Mazer Rackham]

3 minutes ago, Necronaut said:

I hear viking crew-cuts are also good for this.

 

Decapitation is quite the tonic, as well.

[Necronaut]

@Lysimachus expanding upon what our illustrious GM has already stated, the collar manifests in place around your character's neck, as if by magic. One moment you are un-collared, the next it's there. I suppose you could do something where your character suddenly feels scalding hot metal close around his throat followed by a deafening *click*, but that's probably best left to your imagination, depending on what level of horror or concern you anticipate your character experiencing at being so marked by Khorne.

Edited Saturday at 02:00 AM by Necronaut

[Iron Father Ferrum]

I'm having tons of fun.  I've been moving away from wargames in the short term and leaning back a lot more heavily into RPGs than I have in years.  I'm in this, I'm in a Shadowrun 5e game locally, and I'm going to DM my first D&D campaign for my wife and some friends (all noobs!) soon.  It's all gotten my creative juices flowing in ways they haven't flowed for years.  I love it.

 

As for being a little too brotherly with some of my fellow heretics, that was a deliberate choice that went with picking a Maelstrom Warder chapter of origin.  Start off wanting to be close, to find that battle-brother connection, you know?  But Ukalegon has a tail and now Hagga has a collar, so Obi's discomfiture around them is going to start moving center-stage.  My advances are all part of his character and his specialty, but I'm also looking to keep him unaligned and I hope un-mutated.  We'll see how that goes.

 

Speaking of advances, I'm going to take the simple boost to Agility and bank the other 250 for later.  Got my eye on a couple Tier 3 talents and those get expensive.

 

 

[Mazer Rackham]

Excellent, excellent...

 

So, my tortured troubadours, we have a week to start thinking about Part II, and what that entails, so it might be worth turning to that now and getting some traction up front. There's a consensus that accepting the Tigress' deal is worth it for now, so I'll begin looking at that, and you should all be considering what kind of objectives you'll want to hit for Bounty - if you're still for hitting that.

 

Being an Operation, we're looking at a Primary Objective with several Secondaries. Please have a shufty in the Data thread for what we previously considered during the first Compact to get a rough idea.

 

Since Lysi was Anointed last time, nothing prevents him from being so again, but if you want to chop it around, that's fine too.

 

Have at it below.

[FabiusV4lcoran]

I'm sorry can I get a quick synopsis of 'want to hit for Bounty'?  Even just a page number in the book.

[Lord_Ikka]

I am, of course, having a brilliant time with my conman. In that vein, Crux'as will take the Willpower (Intermediate) advance for 500 XP. Now, when he gains 4 more Corruption he will be Devoted to Tzeentch and hopefully open himself up for some more interesting options. Besides, WP will be helpful around all the madness that is caused by Astartes and Khorne-followers.

 

I still think hitting Bounty is a good idea- it is a low-risk option to gain some weaponry and intel, plus possible recruits (ie- slave-serfs) and cause some upheaval in the system by destroying/poisoning the food supply. We also need to figure out who the Tigress wants attacked and how that can fit in/around our current mission of de-stabilizing the sector in general.

[Lysimachus]

Is there a time limit on the Tigress job? If we are still hitting Bounty, it makes sense to do it on the way out of this system, then go kill the guy she wants killed?

 

As far as ideas for the Compact goes, something along the lines of:

 

Mutiny of Bounty Compact:

(Would suggest probably Operation level?) already specified

 

Arrival at Bounty:
1. (Quiet) Planetfall?
2. Efforts by mortal PCs to infiltrate society and locate targets for future military operations?

 

Initial Ops:
3. Activate/Initiate Cults in Harville. Terrorist activities?
4. Attacks on farming outposts - Sabotage/destroy agricultural equipment? 
5. Draw out and eliminate some of the Enforcers/PDF?

 

Conquest:
6. Destruction of Sentinel Bastion?
7. Attack Harville
a) Reaving of main storage bunkers - loot as much as we can, burn the rest?
b) Capture (or trick?) as much of the city populace as possible, press gang as crew

 

Escape:
8. Leave the Ithyca system

 

 

But that may be too much of a delay, so maybe we need to go do the other job first? And as mentioned by others, the Iconoclast might be better suited for Bounty, so that's another point in favour of doing the Tigress job first?

 

 

Edit: as far as being Anointed goes, I'm very happy either way. If someone else wants a go at taking charge, cool, but I'm happy to do it if that is what others want. 

 

 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 01:42 PM by Lysimachus

[Mazer Rackham]

1 hour ago, Lysimachus said:

Is there a time limit on the Tigress job?

 

Yes and no. It would benefit your...associate...either way, but if you want to do it later rather than sooner, that would be better for her. You can assume this suggestion would be in the data packet left regarding the upstart who sneaped her.

 

7 hours ago, FabiusV4lcoran said:

I'm sorry can I get a quick synopsis of 'want to hit for Bounty'?  Even just a page number in the book.

 

As you may have gathered from Ikka's post, Bounty is actually an Imperial world in the Ithyca System this crew of degenerates has chosen to despoil. You can find out more about Bounty by having a look in the Data thread in the Star Systems information blocks.

 

Edited Saturday at 10:30 AM by Mazer Rackham

[Machine God]

7 hours ago, FabiusV4lcoran said:

I'm sorry can I get a quick synopsis of 'want to hit for Bounty'?  Even just a page number in the book.

 

Bounty is a Planet.

 

It's all in the Microdot. 

 

Black Crusade: Characters / Setting. 

 

Ithyca-II E, 'Bounty'.

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Population: 2,569,532

Type: Agri World

Security Rating: 2

Tithe: Exactus Primus

Capital: Harville

 

Main Producer of the System, the 'Breadbasket' from which the Emperor feeds his armies and faithful.

 

 

 

 

[Lord_Ikka]

It's basically the easiest planet in the system to hit, or at least easiest with the best option for loot/future detrimental effects to the Imperium for the least potential risk. We know the location of the local Enforcer/PDF weapons cache and the main storage warehouse for the food- both are in the capital and probably within our cell's abilities to capture/destroy. Plus, Harville itself will have some population we can possible entice/capture to fill up serf spots on the Dredge/the Iconoclast. 

[Iron Father Ferrum]

If we are taking the Iconoclast, we'll need a name for it too.  Razor's Edge is one I came up with; it says we're sharp and dangerous, but it's a little tongue-in-cheek too.

Edited Saturday at 03:27 PM by Iron Father Ferrum

[Lysimachus]

Pure genius. We're operating on the Razor's Edge... excellent estimation of our chances of survival! 

[Mazer Rackham]

*Rapidly buffs the name Panic Titanic from the prow*

 

Yes, yes, good name. 

[Necronaut]

@Iron Father Ferrum @Lysimachus we are, indeed, pushing it to the limit. Especially with these impromptu greater daemon summonings!

 

Edit: I might also suggest the Dangerzone or Loggins Express

Edited Saturday at 05:26 PM by Necronaut

[Iron Father Ferrum]

56 minutes ago, Necronaut said:

@Iron Father Ferrum @Lysimachus we are, indeed, pushing it to the limit. Especially with these impromptu greater daemon summonings!

 

Edit: I might also suggest the Dangerzone or Loggins Express

 

No  .  This is why the Imperium feeds y'all to the Emperor.

[FabiusV4lcoran]

A.  As long as it's spelled:  "DAANGERZOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNE"

 

B.  Sorry about Bounty; I forgot the planet names after renaming the pen planet mentally.

 

C.  As part of the terrorist portion of the op; Atesh would humbly suggest (over the time I'm assuming is passing and got the quarantine stuff ironed out) a series of raids on financial centers (obviously nothing too high-brow if we can't handle it.)  But Atesh is obsessed with change and wants to tear the government down; he's gonna identify that as law enforcement, banks, and administratum.  A little Red Brigade action on Bounty could be fun.

[Mazer Rackham]

Gentlemen, it is my humble duty to advise you that repetition of Remembrancer Loggins' famous analogue power ballad incurs a 5 Throne charge in the officers' mess, and a reminder of infamous quotes from the holopict about 2nd millennium delinquent aviators is subject to a 10 Throne fine.

 

That is all.

 

Edited Saturday at 09:31 PM by Mazer Rackham

[FabiusV4lcoran]

Fines only count if you're gonna pay them.  

 

Atesh had a sort of ceremony about his last fine notice.  It involved fire and e'erthang.

Edited Saturday at 09:34 PM by FabiusV4lcoran

[Necronaut]

11 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Gentlemen, it is my humble duty to advise you that repetition of Remembrancer Loggins' famous analogue power ballad incurs a 5 Throne charge in the officers' mess, and a reminder of infamous quotes from the holopict about 2nd millennium delinquent aviators is subject to a 10 Throne fine.

 

That is all.

 

 

This is what I call a "target rich environment."

 

Oh, !!