/rtq/- Rogue Trader Quest Chapter 3: The Imperium-Collective War

>>1140574
>Read report on technological capabilities

>>1140574
>Read report on technological capabilities

>>1140574
>>Read report on technological capabilities

>>1140574
>>Read report on political structure

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>>1140591
The technologies of the Collective seem to be typically schizoid for an isolate branch of Mankind. Their weapons technology appears to be primarily blackpowder-based and primitive: even basic laser weaponry is advanced to them. Their mastery of bionics is... middling. While they lack many of the truly impressive implants of the Mechanicus, in terms of direct-replacements, they have quite sophisticated cyber-limbs and organs. Where they verge into heresy, according to a note by your Genetor-Chirugeon, is in their mastery of gene-forging. The use of clone-vats to grow replacement limbs and organs in unsanctioned manners is commonplace; as is, apparently, the creation of gholams: vat-born monsters in the shape of man made by the deepest arts of the flesh-shaper. Fortunately, it seems that only Ambria itself produces gholams in any major scale.

Furthermore, according to this report, their tech-heresy does not stop there: they appear to use the art of the gene-forge to... BREED psykers: vat-growing new psykers from the flesh of the old. Through this, they have amassed a force of pre-cognitive psykers (with a telepathic relief force) that, if they were all united as one mind, could possibly rival the hated Eldar in terms of predictive power and horrible influence (see: 'Pre-Crime Department')

Their void-craft technology is mostly a blind stumble, using the maimed STC of their planet's space-station to mindlessly re-create craft-patterns. Occasionally, they might find a drifting ship and use the directions of the STC to repair it.

Fortunately, it seems that their STC's machine-spirit has witheld the secret of warp travel and plasma power from them: instead, they use their own developed "slipstream" technology: a primitive FTL device that, while more 'reliable', is on average ten times slower than a Warp-Jump across the same space, and use unsophisticated dual-fission power instead. This has forced them to adapt to the distances of the void (see 'Political Structure') in terms of logistics, although their psykers allow them to engage in a debased mockery of the Astropathic Network for FTL communication.


>Read report on system holdings

>Read report on political structure

>Read report on pre-crime department

>Put aside report and speak to an officer (which one?)

>Contact Sigurn and check Astropathic messages from out-of-system.

>Contact your comms-servitor and check for vox-messages.

>Write-In

>>1140574
>>Read report on pre-crime department

I want this thing working so bad

>>1140627
>Read report on pre-crime department

>>1140627

man, that gene and cyber tech will be very valuable to breed mercenary legions

>Read report on pre-crime department
Let's try again, this will be our anti-chaos unit

>>1140627

>Read report on pre-crime department
>Read report on political structure
>Read report on system holdings

in these orders.

>>1140627
>>Read report on system holdings

>>1140640
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>>1140633
The Pre-Crime Department and Founder's Revolutionary Guard are the twin pillars of the Collective's government. the Pre-Crime Department function as a predictive agency, using the powers of gene-forged, vat-grown precognitives (see "Technological Capabilities") to detect future events and plan against them. Despite the obvious advantages of, say, the use of precognition to predict grain harvests and weather patterns (as we do in the Imperium), the overwhelming focus of the Pre-Crime Department, as the name suggests, is the prediction of criminal activity or insurrectionist plots and the subsequent imprisonment or execution of subjects before the act itself is committed.

The abilities of the precogs are improved by the use of tech-heresy: a central cognitive interlinkage that "networks" the brains together into a single unit. In order to minimize the risks of Warp interference (which they recognize as a phenomena, but do not appear to fully understand), the Collective keeps their pre-crime precogs in nutrient vats, suspended in a permanent vegetative state wherein their powers can be manipulated by machine input. These vat-born psy-gholams are without limbs or sensory organs: existing only to forecast, little more than servitors. All other precogs that are naturally born in the Collective are harvested for gene-material and killed.

The fact that this is done is a secret, existing at the highest levels of the Collective government, with all ordinary citizens fed disinformation about nonexistant "statistical modeling" being used by the Pre-Crime Department. The creation of these psy-gholams is a violation of countless articles of the Creed and the Lex Imperialis that maintaining this practice will likely end in us all executed.

In comparison, the Founder's Guard is a quite simple organization, utilizing elite soldiers from their traditional military that undergo a series of psycho-surgeries to render them without personality and easily manipulated by telepaths (the only kind of psychic that are allowed independent function, although they to are psy-gholams, albeit non-mutilated).


>Read report on system holdings

>Read report on political structure

>Put aside report and speak to an officer (which one?)

>Contact Sigurn and check Astropathic messages from out-of-system.

>Contact your comms-servitor and check for vox-messages.

>Write-In

>>1140823
>Read report on political structure

>>1140823
>>Read report on political structure

>>1140823

The ability to control psyker via machinery is tempting indeed, all the benefits and none of the pesky free will, the fuckers even managed a way to reduce warp dangers

>Read report on political structure

>>1140823
>>Read report on system holdings

>>1140823
>>Read report on political structure

So their society is basically Psycho-Pass except 40k, Sev?

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>>1140848
The political structure of the Collective is typical for a state of its kind: central planned economy, authoritarian state, outlawing of religion combined with a personality cult centered around a mythical leader figure: nothing at all like the Imperium, but with certain values that let it be easily turned towards our own purposes...

>Read report on system holdings

>Read report on political structure

>Put aside report and speak to an officer (which one?)

>Contact Sigurn and check Astropathic messages from out-of-system.

>Contact your comms-servitor and check for vox-messages.

>Speak to Governor Karlyle

>Speak to another ship (which one?)

>Order your ship to prepare for warp-jump to another star in the sub-sector

>Write-In

>>1140873
>>Read report on system holdings

>>1140873
>Read report on system holdings

>>1140873
>>Read report on system holdings

>>1140873
>Read report on system holdings

Man with how the pre-crime unit runs afoul of so many tenants of imperial law, we're gonna need to bring in the =][= on this.

I say we should send a message to them with regards to what we've found on this frontier. We're definitely gonna be getting some hereticus inquisitors interested.

>>1140906

before they come we have to copy every and all knowledge about it so we can recreate it if they deem it too heretical to use even for the benefit of the imperium and the eradication of chaos

>>1140911
we are not doing that buddy
it all has to burn

>>1140911
>dabbling in tech heresy after it has been proscribed

That is a one-way express ticket to getting blammed.

>>1140932
>>1140940
risk it my friends

what's a rogue trader without heresy here and there? cmon!

>>1140878
>>1140897
>>1140898
The holdings of the Collective, it turns out, are ten systems de jure: including Othhaw, only four are inhabited, and only three of those are inhabited by humans. A crude star-map pulled from their ship's pseudo-cogitators displays the names of the Collective's claims, although the ratings were ignorant of most things beyond whether or not a system was inhabited, and all officers who WOULD have known were Founder's Guard.

-"The Black Jaws"

-"North Exclusion Zone"

-"Founder's Eye"

-"Claim" (Inhabited)

-"X-58"

-"Ambaria" (Collective Capital System)

-"Othhaw" (current location)

-"Point Alpha"

-"Frontier Gemini"

-"Androx" (Androxian system)


>Put aside report and speak to an officer (which one?)

>Contact Sigurn and check Astropathic messages from out-of-system.

>Contact your comms-servitor and check for vox-messages.

>Speak to Governor Karlyle

>Speak to another ship (which one?)

>Order your ship to prepare for warp-jump to another star in the sub-sector

>Write-In

>>1140951
>Contact your comms-servitor and check for vox-messages.

>Then check out of system messages.

>>1140951


Let's check the voice mail

>Contact Sigurn and check Astropathic messages from out-of-system.

>Contact your comms-servitor and check for vox-messages.

>>1140951
>>Contact your comms-servitor and check for vox-messages.

>>1140946
>t. Daemon.

+++THOUGHT FOR THE DAY+++

+++The heretic shall reap as he sown - the bitter harvest of vengeance and death.+++

>>1140951
>Contact Sigurn and check Astropathic messages from out-of-system.

>>1140951
>Contact Sigurn and check Astropathic messages from out-of-system.

>>1140951
>>Contact Sigurn and check Astropathic messages from out-of-system.
>>Contact your comms-servitor and check for vox-messages.

Voice mail

>>1140996
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>>1140956
but have we set it up?

>>1140969

Can't deny it, I'm in love with the possibilities, would certanly be tempted by the control and manipulation daemons of Tzeentch.
I want to make a good case for this tech heresy for pratical reasons but I know that having adevice that tells us when chaos worshipers pop up would make things too easy hehehe

Do you guys think that the emergence of chaos cults on this planet and the disabling of the pre-crime unit was a coincidence?

>>1141006
It could just as easily have been one of our soldiers on the ground. With the Imperium of Man comes those who worship the Dark Gods in secret.

>>1141006
What's this guy's deal?

>>1141001

You have reached the personal vox Servitor on Lord-Captain Alexander Rupert Benjamin Albus Blanc Pallas, Rogue Trader, Peer of the Imperium, Liberator of Othhaw. His most dashing excellency is unwilling to take your call right now. To leave a message, please burn Standard 2 incense (MED), recite the Canticle of Message Leaving and have your Astropath send the message: "2". To end this call, wait till astropath's head has exploded.

>>1140956
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>>1140996
"Sigurn, this is your Captain speaking. What is the news from outside of the system?"

"Well..."

Roll 1d100: first two results apply.

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>1141021

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>1141015

I actually rather suspect "The Bloody Brotherhood".

>The Bloody Brotherhood: A group of ex-gangers from a dozen hives united as a vicious ambush regiment. They use proscribed augmentation methods to enhance their forces, and have long ago forsaken any semblance of loyalty to the Creed for the almighty Throne. They serve you because no one else can buy their loyalty: for now.

No loyalty to the Imperium and basically sounds like a khornate cult.

>>1141021
rolling

>>1141016
Chaos, haven't you picked up already?

>>1141015
>>1141021


But that is plausible as fuck, the pre-crime division could have easely prevented this system from plunging into chaos for so long, specialy since they dable in psyker powers without care, the only way they could prevent a chaos incursion would be by knowing it beforehand.

I think the inquisition will deem it as extremelly heretuc as fuck and use it indiscriminally to further their goals, because there is no one more heretic than the inquisition.

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>>1141024
"The Merchant's Guild is upset. One of their merchant ships appears to have been raided on its way to its port. Pirates. Headed this way. The Veiled Regions call to more than just merchants.

>NUISANCE: Opportunistic Raiders are starting to set up shop in your sector (or possibly were here the whole time). Their raids are impacting your bottom-line. Their attacks for now seem to be small-time: not much more than an annoyance for you now.

>1 Profit lost!

"Unfortunate. What about local messages?"

"..."

roll 1d100, first two results.

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>1141050

Rolled 4 (1d100)

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>>1141055
>>1141058
"The captain of the Fortress Perambulator has asked to discuss a delicate matter with you. He says it has to do with the Ork warband that serves under your colors, The Lead Storm."

>His problem, not mine.

>Prepare an in-system craft. I shall be there directly.

>>1141081
>>Prepare an in-system craft. I shall be there directly.

>>1141081
>>Prepare an in-system craft. I shall be there directly.


owww, shame, they are so coll, and not because they are pure heresy or anything

>>1141081
>Prepare an in-system craft. I shall be there directly.

>>1141081
>>Prepare an in-system craft. I shall be there directly.

Wear the ork cloak before we go. They might appreciate the look.

>>1141081
>>Prepare an in-system craft. I shall be there directly.

I'm supposing it's all bad news, and I'm trying to think of a way to make use of them rather than outright killing them.

>>1141149
Not a bad idea. Also, next level up I think we might want to bump up our strength, it's quite low. Costly tho

>>1141159
>Also, next level up I think we might want to bump up our strength

It is expensive. However we might as well go the rogue trader way: Screw the rules, I have money.

Buy a suited of human sized powered armour.

>>1141159
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>>1141085

You meet with Captain-General Markus outside of the Ork's containment deck. A large sign on the side of the door says "WARNING: PLASMA CONTAINMENT DECK: NO UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY."

"Ah, excellent, Pallas! Glad to see that you've managed to find your way here, haha! Well, let's get right to it, shall we?"

Markus begins punching in the access code on the door.

>You haven't told me what this is about, Captain. That worries me.

>That's LORD Pallas to you!

>Ah, yes, let's.

>Write-In

>>1141276
>>You haven't told me what this is about, Captain. That worries me.

>>1141276
>>You haven't told me what this is about, Captain. That worries me.

>>1141276
>>You haven't told me what this is about, Captain. That worries me.

>>1141276
>You haven't told me what this is about, Captain. That worries me.

>Write-In
Stop him from opening the lock. We dont go in until he has briefed us.

I am starting to suspect he is incompetent.

>>1141280
>>1141290
These, i won't copy the option because i'm on phone mode now and it's machine spirit never liked me... it must be all that tech heresy i've been advocating lately

>>1141280
>>1141290
>>1141300
>>1141301

"Oh! Well, you see, that is... the greenskins found out that they're going to have to spend the next six months in one place. They aren't fans of this prospect, and have been demanding to talk to my boss. Well, they've been demanding to ''Ave a good gob wit' da Warboss', which I assume means you in this context. This hatch SHOULD lead to their 'nob''s residence. where YOU can personally negotiate with him!"

>... I'm not doing that. Your mistake, your problem.

>... FINE, let's deal with these xenos

>I will deal with this, but I will not tolerate this incompetence again.

>Write-In

>>1141348
>>... FINE, let's deal with these xenos

This shouldn't be too hard. We can move to hit the other settled system that isn't the capital in the meantime.

>>1141348


wait wait wait

remember that penal colony?

I think that an accident happened there....yeah....no survivors....jus a distinctively green blur on the sensors.

maybe that way they can calm down

>>1141348
>... FINE, let's deal with these xenos.

>Once the door opens Shout out and demand for the Boss to get the fuck too you right away.

Orks respect balls.

>>1141360


we don't want to destroy the infrastuture or spread a bad opinion of us on the people we are trying to ring to our side peacefully(mostly, as it is more cost effective)

>>1141348
>... FINE, let's deal with these xenos

So obviously we spin them this big epic tale about the systems we're going to conqueror in 6 months time to get them excited but maybe we can also suggest that only the strongest can come with us and that they should have a melee brawl competition here in their space whilst we wait.

There might be a little bit of damage but it'll keep them occupied. They just want to fight shit

>>1141373

Their grievance appears to be staying put. We just need to fly there and try and compel them to surrender.

If they won't we can send down the greenskins.

>>1141348
>>... FINE, let's deal with these xenos

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>>1141360
"Alright, sir!"

The hatch swings open a crack and Markus quickly hustles you in.

The other side is a mess: Orkish runes scrawled on the walls in paint, ugly, bulbous ork-beasts ambling through the halls, diminutive greenskins rushing by, burdened down by the weight of massive, crudely-made guns and ammo, and an overwhelming musty odor dominate your surroundings. An ork in stained leather studded with golden decorations is leaning against a wall, drinking something from a clay jug: he straightens up slightly (insofar as the permanently-slouched race can) upon seeing Markus and you.

"Oi, you! 'Umie boss! Dis 'uime wit you da Warboss?"

Markus bristles. "This is Lord-Captain Pallas, and you WILL show him some respect, understood?"

"Okay, uh... goddit! So, youse Boss-Kaptain Paleus! OI, BOSS! DA 'UIME WARBOSS IS 'ERE!"

"WHAT'RE YA DOIN' STANDIN' 'ROUND ON YER 'UMP DEN, YEW ZOGGIN' GROT?! SEND 'IM IN!"

The ork shifts slightly, then shoves one massive hand at the doorframe beside him.

"Boss says yew can go in."

The inside of the room is a vision of xenos ostentation: gold-plated ork firearms lie in gun mounts, piles of ammo lie in open bosses, and the Ork boss (easily identifiable by the fact that he is several feet taller than his subordinates) is festooned with stolen fineries (now greasy and stained) and wears several necklaces of gold-dipped teeth. He sits on a pile of boxes lined with fur and is currently eating something fried out of a tray carried by one of the small, weak greenskins. He noisily sucks his fingers clean and wipes them on his coat.

"So, youse da 'umie' boss, right? You don' look like any 'umie boss oi've seen before."

>Are you implying something?

>Well, I am. now, on to your problem.

>Yeah, I'm the Boss, and don't forget it, xenos!

>(Punch him in the face)

>Write-In

>>1141501
>(Punch him in the face)

Pull out our pistol of command and blast his hand he just licked clean.

"Understand, *I* AM the boss here."

>>1141501
>>Write-In
"Well we all look alike to you, don't we? Still I am the Human warboss, Lord-Captain Pallas. And you are?"

Punt some underfoot gretch running about.

>>1141501
>>(Punch him in the face)

>>1141501
>>Well, I am. now, on to your problem.

>strength 22
>punching ork warboss

are you serious

>>1141501
>>Well, I am. now, on to your problem.
Isn't hitting him like.... challenging him for leadership?

>>1141501
>>Well, I am. now, on to your problem.

>>1141501
>Well, I am. now, on to your problem.
Don't make it seem like we owe him, more a concerned fellow boss...also kick a grot that may be snivelling up too us.

Maybe we could gift him something orky

>>1141555
We do have a shit ton of ork bullshit

>>1141562
We keep the cloak though.

Think we need a pastebin of our treasures.

>>1141555

Not a bad idea

>>1141572
That's not the ork shit. We literally have ork artifacts

>>1141598
>This deep blue Ork cloak is covered in Ork scrawl-runes and lined at the end with teeth. Thick, heavy,and made with the closest thing to craftsmanship the Ork race can display, this cloak offers incredible protection, and is said to grant "lukk" by Ork tradition (weighs 6 kg, grants 7 armor to all body parts save the head, as long as you wear it, you have 1 extra Fate Point that you can spend, but not burn, each thread).

I'm saying we give one of these:
>An Orkish chestplate came with the cloak: an ugly, massive thing made from a piece of voidship hull beaten into armor and dyed bright purple. While impressively resistant to fire, this armor keeps getting misplaced; a quality you normally wouldn't associate with bright-purple chestplates. (Weighs 30 kg: Chest armor 8. If you place it down for more than a few moments, you must make a Search (-10) test to locate it again).

>This power sword clearly once belonged to some unknown Imperial soul, before it was "looted 'n kustomized", to use the Ork terms. Its power field flickers unpredictably, its balance has been thrown off by the introduction of several battery packs on the hilt, and an edge has been filed down to turn this blade into a kind of 'power cleaver'. It swings wide often and severely, but delivers felling blows when it hits. The power field flickers and surges randomly, and frequenly fails altogether due to shorts in the wiring that no amount of repair seems to be able to fix (Damage; 1d10+5 E; Pen 5; Unstable (10% chance to deal half damage, 80% chance to do normal, 10% chance to deal double damage), adds 1 degree of success to all sucesses and 2 degrees of failure to all failures, -10 to WS when attacking with it, weapon automatically rolls a 1 on Unstable if a 96 or higher was rolled for an attack last turn. 6kg)

>This pitch-black set of Ork armor oozes aggression and weighs a ton. It still smells a bit from where it was cut off of the void-frozen Ork who wore it. Seems to soak up a ton of fire initially before letting some shots through. Fits one Ork-sized being. (All locations Armor 8, Armor 12 the first time the target is fired on. 60 kg)

>This set of wrenches, hammers, screwdrivers, strange diagnostic "gubbinz", and a blowtorch are apparently known by Ork-kind as "Mek Toolz", and are used to maintain, modify, and repair their crude engineering. While no tech-priest would sully their hands with such barbaric tools, some lesser engineers may like them, especially since many of the tools have clearly been fashioned with secondary combat use in mind. The runes on the apron the tools were found it proclaimed them to be "fav'rd by Gork". They seem to either repair things excellently, or ruin them. (+10 to Tech-Use tests when using these tools, adds 1 degree of success to successful tests and 2 degrees of failure to failed tests. Has a melee profile: (Melee; 1d10 I (Krump 'em wit a 'Ammer!), R (Snik 'em wit a Screwdriva!), or E (Burn da Grot!); Pen 0; Unwieldy))

>>1141608
>>This set of wrenches, hammers, screwdrivers, strange diagnostic "gubbinz", and a blowtorch are apparently known by Ork-kind as "Mek Toolz", and are used to maintain, modify, and repair their crude engineering. While no tech-priest would sully their hands with such barbaric tools, some lesser engineers may like them, especially since many of the tools have clearly been fashioned with secondary combat use in mind. The runes on the apron the tools were found it proclaimed them to be "fav'rd by Gork". They seem to either repair things excellently, or ruin them. (+10 to Tech-Use tests when using these tools, adds 1 degree of success to successful tests and 2 degrees of failure to failed tests. Has a melee profile: (Melee; 1d10 I (Krump 'em wit a 'Ammer!), R (Snik 'em wit a Screwdriva!), or E (Burn da Grot!); Pen 0; Unwieldy))

Might just bump up the quality of their guns

>>1141636

Was thinking that should be held back since its a possible gift to the Iron Wheels clan if the need ever arises or as some sort of reward for good service.

We should gift one of the armours instead. They're harder to use for a non-ork.

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>>1141555

"Awright, den. So, we've been in dis 'ulk fer a while, ya? An we ain't 'lowed outta dis deck 'less dere's a fight on, cause the rest of you 'umies get scared when dey cop an ork, ya? So, we wuz all right with dis, becuz da "fruntier" is full'a boyz ta fight. But den we findz out we'z stayin put fer a heap 'a heap 'a days! Dat's NO ZOGGING ORKY AT ALL! WE WANTZ TA KRUMP SUMFING! WAAAGH!"

The boss emphasizes this statement by grabbing one of the gretchen near him and flinging it against the opposite wall, where it hits with a sickening thump.

>(Intimidate): You WILL stay put, you filthy beast, or I'll have to keelhauled!

>(Charm) Let me tell you about the battles we'll fight after those six months...

>(Command) You want to fight something? Fine, then. I'll have you stationed on Othhaw. Keep out of sight of humans. Shoot anything that threatens human settlements. If you see worshipers of the Dark Gods, shoot them. Understood?

>Optional: offer bribes to improve test odds

>Write-In

>>1141706
>>(Charm) Let me tell you about the battles we'll fight after those six months...

>Optional: offer bribes to improve test odds
Offer the power sword or the black armour

>>1141722
This but offer them that as a reward afterwards.

>>1141706
>>(Charm) Let me tell you about the battles we'll fight after those six months...

"We just drive off a fleet of the enemies warships, and after these 6 months, we're gonna take the fight to them and they're not gonna go down easy. A planetary assault on a heavily defended world. An all you can eat buffet of a target rich environment. What say you. Does that not sound attractive?"

>Write-In
"And if you're still not happy about standing still, why not come to my ship for abit. We have pirates in the sector to hunt and you can come along and bang their heads together when we board them with the teleportarium."

Hold off on bribes first. Lets see how they do with this promise of hunting down pirates before the 6 months are up.

>>1141731
I like this better changing.>>1141730

>>1141706
Backing

>>1141731

Changing from

>>1141722

>>1141706
>>1141731
This is fine.

>>1141722
backing

>>1141731
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>>1141820
Roll 1d100 (Target number: 66).

Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>1141897

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>1141897

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>1141897

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>1141897

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>1141897
Once more

Rolled 2 (1d5)

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>>1141993
Nice!

>>1141907
"... Awwright, den. We'z gonna stay put 'n not make a buncha trouble. But youse best not be lyin' ta us, or else we IZ gonna make a buncha trouble! Now youse should get outta 'ere: iz gotta take my showa."

You see the ork casually aim his pistol at a nearby water pipe and bunch it open with a thunderous BANG! and starts taking off his leathers. The orks and gretchen in the room start shoving each other aside to get out of the way. One of them pulls on your cloak.

"Youse really wants ta get out, boss! 'Is singin'z so zogging loud dat Gork can 'ear it!"

Markus leads the two of your out of the ork's deck.

"I am VERY sorry about that, I'll tell them to fix that pipe right away!"

>At least they aren't going to make any more trouble than a greenskin does naturally.

>Keep an eye on them: I have no trust of the xenos.

>I hold you responsible for this: you should have asked my permission before making any decision.

>Write-In

>>1142068
>>At least they aren't going to make any more trouble than a greenskin does naturally.


This warboss is hilarious.

>Write-In
"What is his name anyways?"

>>1142068
>>At least they aren't going to make any more trouble than a greenskin does naturally.

>>1142068
>>1142068
>At least they aren't going to make any more trouble than a greenskin does naturally.

>>1142068
>>At least they aren't going to make any more trouble than a greenskin does naturally.

>Write-In
"The next time you have a problem. Tell me what it first before you throw me into the deep end. I will not tolerate this again."

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>>1142104
"Yes, absolutely, I will definitely do that! Big Boss Flash-Teeth isn't going to get it his way on this ship!"

As you ride back to the Absolution, you receive a vox-call from your First Officer:

"Greetings, Captain Pallas. A little over a year ago, you instructed the crew to engage in a formal inquiry on the tithing aboard the ship? The results have come through. The Gleaming Harvest, it appears, have been paying NO tithes for the past 50 years: instead, they have been making it up out of the pockets of the other clans.

As you might imagine, the clans are furious. The Black Noose, White Spiral, and Grand Owl are all currently demanding the wholesale destruction of the clan for their crimes! Such an act, however, can only be undertaken with the permission of the captain. I believe that a meeting of the clans is called for. What is your decision?"

>I do not need a meeting: destroy them.

>No need for a meeting. Here is my ruling: banish the Gleaming Harvest to the bilges in their entirety and give their old holdings to the Night-Clad. Another clan shall get their council seat.

>Yes, call the council.

>Write-In

>>1142150
>>Yes, call the council.

God damn cunts.

>>1142068

>Yes, call the council, but tell the other tribes to prepare its forces before we move. It must be made offical.

>>1142150
>>Yes, call the council.

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>>1142150
>Yes, call the council.

So what do we do?

Banishment from the ship? I'm not too keen on wholesale slaughter.

>>1142150
strip their leaders of their holdings and titles, banish them to the bilges, put the ring leaders to death. and have the rest of the clan be stripped of a council seat and its rights until they pay off 50 years of back tithes along with some interest.

We sure this is absolutely correct? its not a lie that we bought that another clan did to trick us? If so, then do the above.

We can also call the council and do this in front of the other clan leaders.

>>1142216
Frankly, our purser needs to be questioned as well.

There might have been some sort of collusion.

>>1142221
Hell, Investigate everyone. If they are all guilty of something (they probably are of a few) maybe we don't have to upset the clan balances of power to badly with the purges and executions.

I want to investigate the other clans for misdeeds and unpaid tithes. May as well clean house while we are at it, doubt we get many other chances to justify such a shake up.

>>1142158
>>1142159
>>1142167
>>1142194
"At once, Captain."

The transport craft docks at your personal hanger, a mere minute's stroll from your quarters. You head through the hall of ancestors and trophy room to your conference chamber. The clans are already assembled when you get there. The arrangement is much like a courtroom: many council seats assembled around a central cluster with the final seat further in the back and elevated. The heads of the clans rise upon you entering the room and taking your seat of judgment. Severus Albion, your chief bosun, starts speaking:

"The captain is now present, which means that this inquiry may officially commence. The issue at hand is the alleged guilt of the Gleaming Harvest clan, as represented by the Sixpence, in crimes of high treason in the form of mass embezzlement over a period of fifty years: a crime for which the traditional punishment is the annihilation of the clan, either through wholesale execution, or the execution of all elders and the dissolution of the clan's people and properties into other clans. Now, cur-"
"Stop wasting time! These filthy traitors must BURN!"

"As I was saying: currently, the Black Nooses, Grand Owls, Flames, and White Spirals support wholesale execution; the Green, the Striders, the Storm Kings, and Brethren of Tael support dissolution; the Iron Wheels support the conversion of the entire clan into servitors; and the Night-Clad support the use of the Gleaming Harvest as aides in the bilges until they work off their debts, and their removal from the council. Lord-Captain, do you wish to see the evidences, or do you wish to rule?"

>I'm ready to make a ruling

>Show me the evidence for their crimes.

>Show me any evidence against their crimes.

>Let them speak in their defense.

>Write-In

>>1142253
>>Show me the evidence for their crimes.
>>Show me any evidence against their crimes.
>>Let them speak in their defense.

These 3 all in turn.

We do this the right way or not at all.

>>1142253
>Show me the evidence for their crimes.
>Show me any evidence against their crimes.
>Let them speak in their defense.

>>1142253
>Show me the evidence for their crimes.
>Show me any evidence against their crimes.
>Let them speak in their defense.

>>1142257
"Show me the evidence for their crimes.
Show me any evidence against their crimes."
aren't these 2 redundant?

>>1142253
>>Show me the evidence for their crimes.
>>Show me any evidence against their crimes.
>>Let them speak in their defense.

>>1142262

For and against. Basically giving them a chance to defend themselves.

>>1142257
>>1142258
>>1142260
>>1142267

>The Evidence for (presented by Accountant Shadrach):

"This, My Lord, is a summary of the accounting of all clan finances for the past 50 years Notice the population census numbers? And THIS is an independent accounting of all members of the vessels. As you can see, there are a number of 'errors' that, to the untrained eye, could be attributed to mere negligence by a novice: names taken down twice several pages apart, names of the recently dead taken as living, etc. However, when you total these errors, you see that the sum cost is precisely equal to the tithes of the Gleaming Harvest, AND that no such errors are on the entries for the Gleaming Harvest itself. This, I assume, explains itself."

>Examination::

>How was this not found sooner?

>'precisely' equal?

>Compelling evidence. Is there anything that might absolve them?

>Write-In

>>1142316
>How was this not found sooner?

>'precisely' equal?

>>1142316
>>How was this not found sooner?

>>1142316
>How was this not found sooner?
Admittedly, the previous Captain appeared to implicitly trust his subordinates, and they trusted the clan leaders, it seems.

>'precisely' equal?
Over the course of 50 years? Suspicious, but then these are a clan of accountants.

>Compelling evidence. Is there anything that might absolve them?

>>1142316
>How was this not found sooner?

>'precisely' equal?

>>1142316
>>Compelling evidence. Is there anything that might absolve them?

>>1142316
>'precisely' equal?
>Compelling evidence. Is there anything that might absolve them?

>>1142327
>>1142328
>>1142334
>>1142336
>>1142348

"How was this not found sooner? The Purser should have known about this!"

"Well, my Lord... the Purser's subordinates are all Gleaming Harvest members, and she cannot do all the census work personally. That, and none of the clans have to disclose their own accounting books to the Purser: one member of a clan stealing from another of the same clan is an internal problem: so long as tithe is paid, it is no issue."

"Hm... But how could they have made it precisely equal?"

"Mostly, they vastly overwrote the membership of smaller, less powerful clans: some of these clans may have collapsed from this burden."

"A horrible allegation, if true. What about evidence for their innocence?"

"... Well, I suppose that this could have been the work of only a few within the Gleaming Harvest, acting outside of the orders of the Sixpence."


"Is this the case, Sixpence?"

"We... believe so. Clearly, this is nothing more or less than the actions of some arrogant book-keeper who thought that his position put him above the law. We shall find these individuals and hand them over to the bosuns for punishment."

"You lie. You clearly lie. You will hang, you and your kin."


"Only if I rule it, elder!"

"... Of course, if you rule it."


>My ruling is... (write-in)

>This situation demands further investigation. Find other accountants to serve in the interim

>>1142384
>My ruling is... (write-in)

Dissolution but instead of execution of the elders they will be turned into servitors. Better to not waste resources/

>>1142384

>This situation demands further investigation. Find other accountants to serve in the interim

>Dig into this Rabbit hole and also check the other clans as well.

>Warn them, Currently Disulstion is the 'outcome' but if things end up WORSE, Death won't be the release they get.

>>1142384

>My ruling is

Execute the clan leadership and dissolve it's population and assets. Even if this was a conspiracy of a few the fact that it went on for 50 years and the leadership didn't catch it themselves calls into question their basic competence

>>1142384

"It matters not. As clan elder, you are ultimately responsible for the actions of your clansmen. That you did not discover this over the course of 50 years speaks of utter incompetence in your chosen profession and I. Do. Not. Suffer. Fools.

>>My ruling is... (write-in)
"From this day the +GLEAMING HARVEST+ clan is dissolved and its holdings and children distributed among the other clans.

All elders and working adults of the clan are to be arrested and turned into servitors. Maybe they will be more efficient and less incompetent in this new form."

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>>1142384
>This situation demands further investigation. Find other accountants to serve in the interim
Dig into this, bring our full range of interrogation methods to bear.
The clan histories will mark this as one of the few instances of the fury of a Lord-Captain being brought to bear against a clan.

Whoever did this violated one of the few absolutes: interfere with the Tithe.

>>1142393
>>1142398
>>1142403
I think we're all agreed in dissolving the clan, but I don't think the crimes end here.
Also, this is a prime opportunity to clean ship and reave the clans of troublemakers.

>>1142384
Dissolve the clan. Kill or lobotomise the adults, distribute the children and holdings.

>>1142216
I want this punishment, but investigate everything.

>>1142384
>This situation demands further investigation. Find other accountants to serve in the interim

Hmm, maybe hold off on a punishment until we know the full scope and extent of their crimes, then craft the punishment.

>>1142410
One at a time.

If we go full Inquisition on the ship, we're gonna have most of the clans rising against us to hide their wrong doings while an individual unhappy clan will be unable to do anything since the rest of the crew will be pacified.

Individually targeted investigations and purges when the opportunity presents itself. Right now, clear out this house. We'll have time to work on the others later.

>>1142418
Fine, but I still think we should complete a full investigation.

Their dissolution is already set, but we shouldn't let any of their other crimes, or those complicit in them, get away just to have things mopped up quickly.

>>1142384
Dissolve the clan. Kill or srvitor the adults, redistribute the holdings to compensate the worst affected clans as much as possible.

>>1142424
Of course but look at it this way. When the accountants are gone, we need to bring in a new family to take their place. How about a family from outside the ship.

Then we have an independant neutral party who will have no qualms about investigating the other clans, on the pretense on learning what they need to do.

Stepping stones to an end.

>>1142432

I think the same could be done from raising an internal clan to their status. It would deeply in debt them to us and strengthen our connection to the ship culture

>>1142384
>>This situation demands further investigation. Find other accountants to serve in the interim

Look into everyone while we're at it.

>>1142384
Dissolve the clan, kill the clan leaders and elders.

The adults of the clan will be either killed, press-ganged into hard labor, given to the Orks as punching bags,enlisted into a penal battalion, and/or transformed into Servitors whilst the children of the clan will be equally distributed amongst the rest of the clans.

>>1142446

Possible but any clan raised will be steeped in the intrigue of the current politiking. An outsider point of view to question everything will be rather useful in that regard while also having no loyalties except to ourselves.

As an appendum, It looks like we have not been giving enough resources to our purser to do her job and have oversight. We should grant her leave and budget to hire a small personal staff from offship or from the crews and then these be inducted into the Glided Ones to remove them from clan head influence. With this trusted staff, she should be able to review and watch for any further discrepancies. I doubt shes actually disloyal, more likely just overworked and her years of loyal service means we can be more lenient.

>>1142446
Yeah, I likw the sound of that.

I' also going to advocate letting the night clad take their pick of the condemned as new recruits to work off their debt in the bilges and get some more non-mutated genes back in their clan.

>>1142472

Bringing in an outside influence and placing them in a position normally held by the clans will put the rest of the ship on the defensive when it comes to us. It shows a lack of trust that we could never recover and the best thing for us to have is trust with our crew.

It will be our benevolent hand that raises one of the clans up to a grand station, that action will far outweigh any of the current politics they might be embroiled in

>>1142484

A fair point, I concede the argument. Well with this object lesson made of the previous purser clan, they should walk on the straight and narrow and if we implement the new staff for our personal purser, we'll have an oversight department to guard against something like this happening again.

>>1142398
Seconding this approach.

Let us continue the investigation after though - it is rare for corruption to be confined to a single root.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Thought of the Day:
'The most deviant mind is often concealed in an unblemished body.'

>>1142491

I would support increasing the Purser's staff, it should also give us a boost to our economic influence if we can get more surveys and trade deals done

>>1142384
Incompetence is a sign of being lax in one's duty. Dissolution of the clan. Those who committed the acts will be made into servitors, in death they shall show the loyalty they lacked in life.

The leaders of the clan will be sentenced to a penal battalion. Their zealotry on the battlefield will redeem their lack in their former responsibilities.

The adults will work off their clans debt. As they shared benefiting, they shall share repaying.

The children will join the new clan The Flame under Father Walpurgis so that they may be properly instructed in their holy duties.

>>1142459
>>1142472

We have a brand new clan, The Flame. Just saying. We also do need someone to collect tithes. Make it a holy duty.

Remember, in the Imperium a crime is also a sin.

>>1142384
>>1142446

I support this. Raising a new clan to replace the accountants.

>>1142480
Allowing Night Clad their pick of the condemned, as they brought it to our attention. The righteous get rewarded.

>>1142537

And this plan for dealing with the Gilded clan. It's thematic.

Also I want a Zealot clan that focuses on Imperial Creed as purity.

>>1142393
>>1142398
>>1142403
>>1142412
>>1142430
>>1142459
>>1142497
>>1142537
>>1142539
>>1142544

"Your actions, accountants of the Sixpence, may have been forgivable in some sense if they were born of naked greed: far be it for me to be a hypocrite about such things. But allowing yourselves to be fooled for half a century? That speaks to incompetence and complacency, and for that, I will have your heads. Hang these fools high above the Purser's office as a reminder to the next team of accountants. As for the Gleaming Harvest: for the crimes of their masters, I shall scourge them as well, for refusing to rise up and handle this internally. Strip them of their seats. The adults shall be tithed to the Night-Clad, and the children to the Flame, who shall take on the collection of tithes as a holy duty. I am the Captain: my ruling is absolute and final. May the God-Emperor have mercy on your souls.

Now, find a twelfth seat for the Council and get the condemned to the gallows, post-haste."

You retire to your bed-room as the Sixpence are dragged, pleading and begging, from the room. You know you have a busy month ahead of you.

>Spend another month in Othhaw

>Set impulse (for where?)

>Write-In

>>1142548

Not sure of tithing the kids and still having them do it. An entire new clan should be doing that since they will bear a grudge and the new clan will be beholden to us.

Also I only see two votes for that course of action.

>Write-In
Status update on the readiness of the fleet.

Damage reports and time to repair, crew/provisioning/morale.

Status of the captured ships and how long it will take for them to be repaired.

Status of their crew and the indoctrination progress.

>>1142548
>Spend another month in Othhaw

Rest repair refit the fleet.

All ships should resupply, replenish morale and hire crews to replace losses.

>>1142552

This also.

Want to go hunting pirates soon.

>>1142548
try to find some pirates to hunt

>>1142552
Nah, it's redemption. Their parents redeem themselves, the kids get the chance to redeem their clan.

Guilt + Religion = Zealotry.

Also we empower a Clan that already has loyalty to a force outside the traditional clan structure, and also points to us respecting Piety as a motivation.

>>1142559
>>1142548

Seconding R&R. Send any Indoctrinated Founders Guard to fight againagainst the Orks in arena style games and see if they have any improvements over regular guards

>>1142559
>>1142548

Thirding R&R. We should send the Orks to fight those Xenos though. Why waste Human lives?

Note: We should be sure to also sterilize any places the Orks fight in, to fully cleanse the taint of Xenos and prevent infection.

While in R&R we should also intensify our hunt for Chaos cultists. While we certainly can't keep the Pre-Crimes divisions, we could probably quickly use them to ascertain the veracity of their heresy.

>>1142580
>>1142577
>>1142559
You spend the next month replenishing your crew, re-loading supplies, and hiring men to replace losses (Crew and Morale restored to maximum).

Your fleet is in full readiness for field deployment (save the Fortress Perambulator). The pirates appear to be scattered across a large number of sub-sectors, however: you aren't certain that you can stamp out all of them in one go, especially with your current fleet. Your time may be spent better exploring the current sub-sector. On the other hand, there's always the risk of the pirates being emboldened by this...

>Set sail for another system in this sub-sector! (Systems listed in this post: >>1140951 )

>Set sail for Sub-Sector (choose from B-J: unsubstantiated reports put raiders in a number of systems in B, C, and D)

>Optional: form Battlegroups out of the other ships in your holdings (listed here: http://pastebin.com/R3Uk25pt)

>>1142597

Which one is the closest inhabited star system of the collective.

What of the captured warships? How long before they can be repaired?

>>1142597
>>1142601

>Which one is the closest inhabited star system of the collective.

Eh. Wrong question to ask.

How long is warp travel to the system of "Claim".

Speak with our planetary governor and look over our collected intel of what that system has to offer.

>>1142597

>Set sail for another system in this sub-sector! (Systems listed in this post: >>1140951 )

>HEAD FOR THE CAPITAL OR WORLD WITH THE STC SHIPYARD.

>>1142604
"Claim? Usually, it only takes about three months by our own technology, so it should be quicker by yours! As for what's valuable: well, I know that its the agricultural center of the collective."

>>1142601
They are ready for in-system service, but their crude fission drives and slipstream engines will need to be upgraded before they are of any use as part of a Battlegroup.

>>1142597
+THE ABSOLUTION attends with +THE RESOLUTE+ in sector D

Note:

Class: Firestorm-class Frigate
Speed: 8 Maneuverability: +26
Detection: +25 Hull Integrity: 38
Armour: 20 Turret Rating: 1
Space: 40
Weapon Capacity: Dorsal 1, Prow 1
Machine-Spirit Nature: Blasphemous Tendencies
History: Wrested from a Space Hulk
Further History: Ancient Vessel
Drive: Modified Jovian 2 Drive
Warp Engine: Miloslav G-616.B
Gellar Field: Standard Field Array
Void Shield: Single Standard
Bridge: Antique Bridge
Life Sustainers: M-1.R pattern
Quarters: Pressed-Crew Quarters
Augurs: X-470 Ultimo Array

Weapon Systems:
Prow: Titanforge Lance (Strength 1 Damage 1d10+4 Crit Rating 3 Range 6)
Dorsal: Sunsear Laser Battery (Strength 4 Damage 1d10+2 Crit Rating 4 Range 9)

Supplemental Components: Plasma Scoop, Armor Plating, Reinforced Interior Bulkheads, Crew Reclamation Facility

Unused Space: 2
Excess Energy: 4

Qualities:
Haste of the Dammed: Halves all Warp Travel Times, but increases rate of Warp Dangers emerging.
Eyes Everywhere: Add +10 to all Command Tests or social Skill Tests any character makes while on the bridge.
Stale Air: Increase all Morale loss by 1.
Cramped: Decrease Morale permanently by 2.
Active Scanning: +15 to detect vessels on Silent Running when using Active Augury.
Signal Beacon: Due to the intense energy signature of the array, vessels targeting a ship equipped with this component gain +5 to all Ballistic Skill Tests to fire their weapons.
Recycling: Reduce all losses of Crew Population by 3, to a minimum of 1. Increase all losses to Morale by 1.
Cursed: This ship draws misfortune to itself.

Made for Pirate Hunting and recon. Let's use it as a bait ship to scout and test their forces in sector D. Orders are S & D if the opportunity presents itself, or alternatively to offer Pirates in the sector mercenary service with us.

Possibly use Resolute to take down shields so Absolution can teleport bombs onto pirate ships while providing a safe "space" for it to conduct hit & run maneuvers and a "bully" ship if we run into anything unexpectedly large.

Meanwhile +THE CARRION CROW+ and +THE DAGGER OF SPITE+ can attend C, the Founders Eye. Same deal, offer first of Mercenary Service in the conquest of the Collective & corresponding positions in the systems Navy, or destruction.

Sector B will be left for Pirates to flee to so we don't have a "Fight to the Death" situation on our hands, and we can focus our forces on theirs at that point bringing in +The Perambulator+ as well after it has gotten some repairs in.

Not sure what to use +THE THIEF OF HEAVEN+ for. I suppose we could just keep it in system as a static defense.

>>1142612
Don't we have that Ork Drive?

>>1142614
Well, you do. That would speed things up somewhat for one of the ships.

>>1142613
Ah... to clarify, all the systems listed above are for one sub-sector, sub-sector A. You have no idea about the other sectors (beyond rumors of pirate activity).

>>1142612

I suggest that we wait on +THE FORTRESS PERAMBULATOR+ to be ready for operations before we actually move on the Capital then.

+THE FORTRESS PERAMBULATOR+, +THE RESOLUTE+ and our two captured ships will remain as guards for this system (their slower speeds will not be an issue as System defence boats), General Markus has overall command.

+THE DAGGER OF SPITE+ is detached on scouting duties. It should travel to and try and locate pirate activity so that we can figure out which subsector the pirates are operating out of. Combat should be avoided and once pirate activity is confirmed, should withdraw immediately.

The rest of our fleet:
+THE ABSOLUTION+
+THE CARRION CROW+
+THE THIEF OF HEAVEN+

should make best speed for the Claim system. Regiments (including the orks) should be transferred to +THE THIEF OF HEAVEN+ in preparation for taking over the world.

Master of Whispers and Elder locke should work with surviving merchants to collate reports to triangulate pirate location. Purser should place orders for ship components, specifically standard engines and warp drives so that we can refit our captured ships in due time.

>>1142617
Okay. Well. Let's set our ships in this sub-sector to cleaning out the Pirates, either by recruitment or teleporting murder servitors.

Same pairs, except that let's have The Absolution and The Resolute check out sub-sector B.

Load the Orks into Thief of Heaven (Xenophilius) and bring them along.

>>1142624
>>1142615
Shit that is gibberish.

+THE ABSOLUTION+ & +THE RESOLUTE+ with Orks aboard +THIEF OF HEAVEN+ investigate sub-sector B in force.

+THE FORTRESS PERAMBULATOR+ and the two captured boats will remain in system as guards.

+THE CARRION CROW+ and +THE DAGGER OF SPITE+ will contact and offer to hire pirates in this sub-sector. Or wipe them out if they refuse.

>>1142612
>>1142621
This.

>>1142626
I think we should wait on more data and scouting first. Using our big cruiser to scout might be a bad idea. Send a small quick ship to get returns, then send in the big fleet.

>>1142627
I think the idea is that since it's another sub-sector it's too far to leave a ship by itself.

Personally I like the idea of hiring the Pirates as privateers with eventual employment as a SDF down the line so our better ships don't get stuck defending the territory.

I would prefer to finish that before attacking Claim so we don't get stabbed in the butt while dealing with them.

Delaying dealing with the Pirates will just lead to them getting stronger and more pirates coming in, whereas the Collective is unable currently to attack us. I'd prefer to have the Perambulator functional before moving on any planets.

>>1142629
>>1142615
I vote for dealing with the Pirates in our sub-sector first with our full force to roll over them and prevent any escaping if they refuse to work for us.

Move on other sub-sector after we replace the engine on a captured ship & the Perambulator is repaired.

>>1142629

We could put off not using the raider as the scout i guess.

Reason why I put it forward as a solitary scout is due to its fast speed. Top tier speed already and if we give it the Ork engine, nothing can catch it. at 14 speed compared to a standard raiders 10.

Also what we know of the pirates is that they are currently not in our sub-sector. They are in other sub-sectors of this sector which would effect a very long travel time for possibly no gain if they're not there. They're just rumours as of now, after all.

>>1142632
> They're just rumours as of now, after all.

Well. The Merchants WERE attacked so we could go there first.

But with travel times, even if we do find them in a sub-sector they could just move by the time our combat forces could get there.

>>1142633

Yea but from where exactly is the question. Hence why I put forward having locke and our master of whispers collate intel reports and interviews from merchants to narrow down which sub-sector they operate out of from. They must have a base of operations.

Really though we need to bring in sector command for help. A single rogue trader fleet, pirate busters we are not. Maybe if we put together a joint request with the merchant captains, sector command might increase patrols in the region. We can offer our ships to aid in the endevour as well to entice them to come.

>>1142632
Well the Pirates have to be getting their information on where to hit the Merchants.

We should see where they were attacked, and track down if it was just an opportunistic attack because they were in the area, or if they have infiltrated the Trade Organizations.

Start with the Merchants home docks. After all, trying to intercept things in the Warp - given how wonky as fuck Warp Travel is - seems unreasonable without inside info.

>>1142636

So intel gathering first for now until we can narrow down the search. And overtures to sector authorities for a taskforce to engage the pirates.

>>1142637
Sounds like a plan.

Maybe recon in force with our Cursed Frigate, the Absolution, and the Raider along with the Thief.

Use our Frigates bad luck to draw us to the Pirates.

>>1142644
>>1142637

To wherever the Merchants were attacked. At least it will be a show of force to the sub-sector even if the Pirates are gone.

>>1142644
Then our assets are just sitting around doing nothing.

We might as well concentrate on our sub-sector first then move when we have concrete evidence.

We need to increase our revenue stream first since we dont exactly have much. This is currently only a single PF for now.

>>1142644
>Then our assets are just sitting around doing nothing.

There's nobody for our warships to fight in our sector.

>>1142621
This sounds like grey plan to me. Let's not waste time while the Peram is refitting and the collective is flying home

>>1142654

There are still systems to secure in this sub-sector.

If we wanted to, we can actually fly to Ambaria and secure orbital superiority and their docks.

Since Claim is an argri world, the only remaining place where their dock might be would be the capital.

>>1142613
>Let's use it as a bait ship

Didn't work out so well last time.

>>1142629
>Personally I like the idea of hiring the Pirates as privateers with eventual employment as a SDF

I'm game for that.

>>1142649
>This is currently only a single PF for now.

Kind of like to nip it in the bud, before it becomes a bigger issue.

>>1142673
Yes but running about without a clue is counter-productive.

I'm not saying ignore them. I'm advocating moving out only after we have solid intel before we consign our war ships to months of warp travel that may or may not yield results.

Gather intel, do other things in the mean time, build support for sector authorities to step in and then when we know where they are, hit them hard.

The other thing we could reasonably do is assign escort ships to the convoys, namely our sword class but thats our other major void combatant and so im hesitant to use it as such until we have upgraded the other captured ships to a imperial level.

>>1142681
3 months for slip stream.

90 days.

Our ships travel 10 times faster.

9 days of travel to go to the sub-sector where the Merchants were attacked.

19 days to go out, hang around for a day, and return if no pirates. Make a show of Imperial force to reassure/intimidate anyone in the sector, and search for clues of the pirates.

Alternatively, get there find pirates, fuck them up.

We want to have the Firestorm Frigate +THE RESOLUTE+ at least because it has the best sensors. Then we need another ship for back-up, ideally +THE ABSOLUTION+ as our flagship so we can cut deals and be in on any action while we leave behind our capable staff to consolidate this sector. Also because of that tasty range 11 lance + teleporter allowing us to provide some heavy hitting to back up +THE RESOLUTE+.

Toss the Orks along into +THE THIEF OF HEAVEN+ because why the fuck not. Get the Ork Boss to grab some hand-picked men to be teleported onto a ship to do what Ork mercenaries do best, and use the rest on +THE THIEF OF HEAVEN+ to secure any pirate bases/ships afterwards.

At worst we make it look like we have plenty of resources to chase Pirates and take credit for chasing them off, at best we catch them up and they figure it would be better to work for us than to fight us, freeing up our ships to continue crusading.

>>1142684
>9 days of travel to go to the sub-sector where the Merchants were attacked.
That's assume no warp fuckery...

>>1142688
Note, +THE RESOLUTE+ Warp travels 2x as fast.

> Haste of the Dammed: Halves all Warp Travel Times, but increases rate of Warp Dangers emerging.

> Active Scanning: +15 to detect vessels on Silent Running when using Active Augury.

> Signal Beacon: Due to the intense energy signature of the array, vessels targeting a ship equipped with this component gain +5 to all Ballistic Skill Tests to fire their weapons.

However,

> Cursed: This ship draws misfortune to itself.

So I'd rather not have it go alone, but with something bigger and badder. So +THE ABSOLUTION+

Makes it the preferred ship for scouting other sectors, especially with it's improved Auspex.

No matter where we go, remember to bring the orks so they have someone to shoot at that isn't us, because I don't know if we will actually be on the capital in 6 months considering travel time and repairs on the Fortress

>>1142684

Wrong travel time. Thats to the Claim system which is within our sub-sector as stated here: >>1142612

>>1142684
3 months slipstream travel time is within our sub-sector to the nearest collective settled system. >>1142612

Travel time from sub-sector to sub-sector is approximate 3 months warp travel, one way.

boards.4chan.org/qst/thread/1091845#p1096395

Thats already 6 months of travel back and forth. When we can be in another system in slightly more than a week or in the capital system within a month.

We should go to the Pirate's last location and bring:

The resolute: to find them with the sensors
The dagger: for speed if we need to chase them
Us: for firepower and ork teleportation

>>1142697
3 months popping up.

>>1142699
My support grows! Let's either buy out or capture these pirates.

>>1142697
>>1142699

Also guys come on we should really be using the discord.

>>1142615

My vote is for pirate hunting with this set-up. Resolute, Dagger, Us.

>>1142702
>>1142617

> Forgot to add Thief to the list

It's so late in my night shift.

>>1142702
3 months to get there.

And 1/3 chance that there may be pirates in that sub-sector.

That is an utter waste.

For 1 PF right now when another system will probably bring in 10 or so. If we really want to halt the pirate attack, what we can do is put out a temporary escort contract for the chartist merchants. Drop in PF until the escort service is no longer needed but it will halt the PF from dropping further.

Heck we even have the QM saying our time would probably be better spent exploring our current sub-sector.

>>1142709

He said our time MAY be better spent in our sub-system.

>On the other hand, there's always the risk of the pirates being emboldened by this...

We also have him saying this.

And there's Pirate activity in all 3 sub-sectors, out of 10.

So.

Also, no matter where we point or guns to I vote we leave one of our officers with this task:

I propose we do a propaganda video with footage of our decisive victory over the collective, the tone of the narrator should be dissapointed, patronizing and sad, like talking about a son that doesn't know what it's doing. After that we start with the benefits of the unity of the human race and how the founder himself predicted the comming of the hand of the emperor. we finish with the good treatment of those who converted/surrendered and the advancments we did in so little time on the system. We could even portray ourselves as reluctant to attack their Capitol because they're wayward backwoods relatives and we still hope they'll see reason. This way we start building support and disrupt their ranks at the same time. the ideal situation would be protesters calling for surrender, but I'd be happy with disgruntled officers asking the oversupervisor for surrendering or surrendering on sight to us

>>1142711

>>1142617
>Ah... to clarify, all the systems listed above are for one sub-sector, sub-sector A. You have no idea about the other sectors (beyond rumors of pirate activity).
>>1142597
>unsubstantiated reports put raiders in a number of systems in B, C, and D)

>>1142720
See? Discord is beneficial.

>>1142724
Use the Pre-crimes unit, we have to destroy it . . . Eventually.

But so long as we do that BEFORE the ]I [ shows up we're good.

Also I would say the Merchants getting attacked is a fairly substantiated report.

Still we could always just put the Firestorm & Dagger on convoy guard duty.

>>1142720
Thats not a bad idea but maybe not to patronising. It should chastise the current leadership for not living up to the founder's ideals, one of the prophets of the Emperor's will. Abit of hyperbole should make the general populace easier to convert.

>>1142730
>>1117792
>Unfortunately, loyalist elements were able to warn the larger Collective of this betrayal and sabotage their devices in their "Pre-Crime Department".

>>1142734
The Emperor Protects.

>>1142597
I vote for Pirate Hunting of any sort. Maybe put the word out that we're willing to hire and we'll pay for both recruitment and also turning in Pirates that don't want to get hired.

Turn your Pirate Pal in, get command of his ship!

>>1142730
Substantial but we don't where exactly they are. It's better to do further investigation before we launch a strike when we know roughly where they operate out of.

We only have a limited number of ships, we should concentrate our effects within a single sub-sector so that they can respond more effectively. This is going to be our demesne and we need to bring it to heel quickly under our control.

Now that the Administratum and the chartist merchants know of this system, they know that there are systems that can be conquered and brought to heel under someones control.

Merchants talk. Their routes will be know and the Administratum may even tell another rogue trader of this info. The last thing we need is another rogue trader muscling in on our turf, taking the other star systems in this sub-sector.

>>1142738
Why don't we split the difference then? Get the two frigates to be on convoy duty so that we have an interceptor & a teleporter for capturing ships.

Send the Absolution, Thief, and Dagger to capture the Docks and achieve orbital superiority.

Leave Perambulator & 2 captured ships on guard duty while replacing the engines in 1 with the Ork engines and then send it to reinforce the Docks & Orbital Superiority team.

We can even point out that we're doing the job the Overseer was SUPPOSED to be doing, of protecting the people of the Collective, by defending the space trade.

We didn't strike first at them at all, but merely welcomed the Olthaw into the fold as one of the worlds of Man deserving the protection of the Imperium, and the position of Glory the Founder prepared them for.

>>1142745
Like if say we were seen to be unable to prevent predation on those merchants so they had to get protection from someone else? Embarrassing us and calling onto question our ability to welcome this sector into the Imperium?

>>1142748

I can support this at least. But i suggest we swap out the warp drive from the firestorm or outright upgrade it.

The ship is already a daemon trap waiting to happen.

We come to a possible problem of possibly not having enough vessels to take orbital control.

There might be system monitors, ships without slipsteams and defence plateforms.

Still theres a good chance we can prevail. Just that we might take abit of damage.

>>1142750

Thats not exactly on us though, we're not the sector battlefleet. Patroling and taking out pirates in this area of space is their Emperor-given duty and its not like the pirates are raiding the transports when they arrive in Othhaw which we defend and control. They're getting raided elsewhere in the sector.

>>1142754
I suppose if we were able to show our ability to defend the rest of the sector, that would give us cause to claim responsibility for it and exclusivity.

And vice-versa if we weren't.

I like the split convoy/Claim plan more than I thought I would now. Gotta show results.

> But i suggest we swap out the warp drive from the firestorm or outright upgrade it.

Maybe swap the Ork engine into the Firestorm, & the Firestorm into a captured ship?

>>1142757
>https://discord.gg/jPpUJms

I just don't think we should attack claim, just military targets that attack us, we want to convert these people not give reasons for them to hate us

>>1142757

The problem isn't with the engine of the firestorm itself. In fact that engine is an archeotech engine. Its very very good.

The warpy effects lie with its Warp drive, the Miloslav G-616.B.

Thats the component which has Haste of the Damn which almost doubles the rate of warp encounters. Long warp journeys in this tub isn't recommended.

>>1142766
Well, I mean, double the chance but over half the time = the same percentage of warp events, no?

>>1142785
Slightly less actually. Mathhammer:
50 days travel. 10 warp encounters on normal drive
25 days travel. 8 warp encounters on faster drive.

So you into fewer encounters i guess. The problem arises when the ship is part of a fleet with mostly normal drives.

The ship in question either arrives at least a month early or take twice the encounters.

One month in enemy territory alone will be a death sentence.

>>1142791

Rapid reaction force & scout I guess.

> One month in enemy territory alone will be a death sentence.

Not if we cram Ork drives in it so it can run away from everything.

>>1142785
>>1142791

Actually just swap warp drives with the other frigate.

>>1142791
Or have it just leave at a later date

>>1142810
You don't have room to put an Ork drive in the Resolute. The thing's MUCH larger than an ordinary plasma engine, much less a compact Archeotech one.

>>1142621
>>1142703
>>1142699
My impression is that these three options have the greatest support, is that right?

>>1143249

I support that direction of planning

>>1143249
Have the merchants said anything about the classes of ships the raiders had?

>>1143249
Sure

>>1143497
No. The one ship that was attacked just transmitted an astropathic message announcing that they were under attack, then never made it back to port.


>>1142699
>>1142703
>>1143337
>>1143563
You send out a message over the fleet comm-line soon after you wake up: "Resolute, Dagger of Spite: you two are now part of Battlegroup Absolution. We are going to deal with this piracy problem now, before it can spiral out of control. Crew: I'm going to need you to modify the cargo hold temporarily. Do not ask why."


As you eat breakfast, you ponder the question of locating the location of the pirates.

>Network with the Merchant's Guilds, try to determine trade schedules and routes (suspect reliability, but without risk)

>Utilize the scrying arts and half-drawn maps of House Mckaal (fair reliability, risks disruptions in the Warp and possible insanity points)

>Utilize Choir-Master Sigurn's precognition (highly reliable, significant risk of corruption or insanity)

>>1143577
>Network with the Merchant's Guilds, try to determine trade schedules and routes (suspect reliability, but without risk)

Safe steps first, if the information doesn't pan out then we can turn to the warp

>>1143577
>>Network with the Merchant's Guilds, try to determine trade schedules and routes (suspect reliability, but without risk)

>>1143577
>Network with the Merchant's Guilds, try to determine trade schedules and routes (suspect reliability, but without risk)

>>1143577
>>Network with the Merchant's Guilds, try to determine trade schedules and routes (suspect reliability, but without risk)

>>1143577
>Network with the Merchant's Guilds, try to determine trade schedules and routes (suspect reliability, but without risk)

>>1143585
>>1143596
>>1143599
>>1143603
>>1143604
Make a Commerce (-15) test. Target number: 27

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>1143610

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>1143610

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>1143610

Rolled 85 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1143610
For Malice!

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>1143610

>>1143610
I chose poorly.

Rolled 3 (1d5)

>>1143612
>>1143615
>>1143619
>>1143624
>>1143631

If this doesn't work i suggest we just assign our sword class and raider on escort duties with the chartist merchant convoys while we gather more intel.

If we didn't dissolve the pre-crime department, why not use them as much as we can before we do?

>>1143650
It was sabotaged.

And using it is one thing, rebuilding another.

>>1143650

The machines and psychers are gone.

>>1143650

What >>1143657 said.

>>1143639
Your Astropathic call to Port Iridescence turns up nothing:

"I apologize, Lord Pallas, but such information as you request is privy only to the directors, and getting their permission to disclose this information would take several years: bureaucracy, you understand. I want to help, but my hands are tied."

>Utilize the scrying arts and half-drawn maps of House Mckaal (fair reliability, risks disruptions in the Warp and possible insanity points)

>Utilize Choir-Master Sigurn's precognition (highly reliable, significant risk of corruption or insanity)

>Spend a month gathering intel (extremely reliable, consumes time and risks discovery)

>>1143661
>>other
Put sword-class on convoy escort duties for the trade route to our sub-sector.

Prep rest of fleet to move in on other collective systems.

>>1143661
>Utilize Choir-Master Sigurn's precognition (highly reliable, significant risk of corruption or insanity)

Recon in force.

>>1143661
>>Utilize Choir-Master Sigurn's precognition (highly reliable, significant risk of corruption or insanity)

>>1143661
>Spend a month gathering intel (extremely reliable, consumes time and risks discovery)

>>1143661
>Utilize the scrying arts and half-drawn maps of House Mckaal (fair reliability, risks disruptions in the Warp and possible insanity points)

>>1143661

>Spend a month gathering intel (extremely reliable, consumes time and risks discovery)

>>1143661
>>Spend a month gathering intel (extremely reliable, consumes time and risks discovery)

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>1143661
>Utilize Choir-Master Sigurn's precognition (highly reliable, significant risk of corruption or insanity)
Have him put on the lucky orc cloak and all the buffs we can.

>>1143708
>>1143711
>>1143698

>>1143713
>>1143686
>>1143677

Tiebreaker vote.

>>1143729
Let's go crazy.

>Utilize the scrying arts and half-drawn maps of House Mckaal (fair reliability, risks disruptions in the Warp and possible insanity points)

Jk

>>Utilize Choir-Master Sigurn's precognition (highly reliable, significant risk of corruption or insanity)

>>1143729
>>1143661 #
>>Spend a month gathering intel (extremely reliable, consumes time and risks discovery)

>>1143751
Roll a Psysience (+15) test. Target number: 74

Rolled 20 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1143771

Rolled 88 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1143771
I'm rather concerned about the risk of corruption and insanity to our house servants.

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>1143771

>taking unnecessary risk over pissant pirates

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>1143771

Rolled 29 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1143771
>>1143780
Ikr

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>1143771

>>1143788
4/5 chance to pass and fuck captcha.

Rolled 5 (1d5)

>>1143772
>>1143775
>>1143780
>>1143783
>>1143788

>>1143805
Right. Lets avoid things that will result in corruption and insanity points.

That way lies mutants and daemons.

>>1143811
So avoid everything and live on a pleasure world?

>>1143811
Look at the roll we totally avoided it.

We tried the safe way, it failed, so we took a risk that paid off.

SAN loss isn't so bad. Corruption is worse.

>>1143821
We're a rogue trader, this is perfectly fine.

And insanity and corruption will find us anyways, we don't need to specifically go out and choose options with significant risks to gain those points as a shortcut when there are other options available.

>>1143831

Taking the time to recon would have been risk free, it was foolish to take the risk.

>>1143805
The choir-chamber echoes with the murmured chants of the lesser Astropaths as Sigurn, deep in a trance, holds an aquila necklace over a deep-field astromantic map of the sector.

"I... I see... blood, terror, screaming, slow death... so many, all gone... stolen. Their hungers, satisfied... but for how long?"

The necklace suddenly snaps out of Sigurn's hand and buries itself into the map at the star labeled C-2.

"There. They make their base there. And now... I think I need to lie down."

Sigurn looks drawn and shaken, the sunken pits of his eye-sockets radiating a more hollow quality than usual.

>Ready the Battlegroup and set impulse!

>Now we know. Let's see what we can acquire... (attempt a purchase in Othhaw)

>>1143849
>>Ready the Battlegroup and set impulse!

>>1143849
>>Now we know. Let's see what we can acquire... (attempt a purchase in Othhaw)

Standard frigate class warp engine.
Strelov 1 Warp Engine

Summon the ship priest, have him minister to our astropath. The warp stared back at him.

Sev, how many insanity or corruption points did out astropath gain and whats his total.

>>1143849
>>Ready the Battlegroup and set impulse!

>>1143849
>Ready the Battlegroup and set impulse!

>>1143849
>>1143865
This

>>1143838
Everyone bitched too much about time earlier.

>>1143849

What CAN we buy in Othlaw?

>>1143884

It'll be an acqusition test to purchase items or ship components.

If we can get a warp engine, we can bring an additional ship.

>>1143865
OR buy another double fast engine for the Absolution!

Also 40 space on the Firestorm. Should we pack in anything else?

>>1143865

I'll back that

>>1143887
Ah.

>>1143849
>>1143865

Backing this.

>>1143890

When we have the chance, maybe a temple module. Seems fitting for a cursed ship.

>>1143849
>>Ready the Battlegroup and set impulse!

>>1143905
>>1143849

Can we also get a Temple Module for the Firestorm?

>>1143849

>Ready the Battlegroup and set impulse!


I'm compleatelly in favor of buying the shit, but I don't think we should wait for them to arrive, I say we leave the resolute here to be refited and bring the thief instead.

>>1143946
Thief has kind of crap weapons.

Just get the Resolute to leave later so it gets there at the same time as us.

>>1143865
2 Insanity. 15 Insanity, 7 Corruption.


>>1143862
>>1143873
>>1143881
>>1143926
>>1143946

"All crew, prepare for departure! Impulse to edge of system! Warp-Jump to star C-2 as soon as possible! Navigator! Read the bones, what does our journey look like ahead?"

*clatter*

>Roll Psyscience test. Target number: 54.

>>1143946
Maybe we can swap its engines with salt Pirate if we convince them to become Privateers.

>>1143849

A treasure listing of what we have found. I guess you can copy and paste it as part of your official pastebins.

http://pastebin.com/WhjLPfp4

If we havn't already, I'd strongly recommend we install the navigation device on our flagship before we depart.

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>1143978
For MAlaL

Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>1143978
Praise be the machine god.

>>1143987
Huh. Same number again.

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>1143978

Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>1143978

poor guy.

Can we please install the nav device before we enter the warp.

Also since we're going to be directly fighting the pirates, have +THE CARRION CROW+ be brought with us as well instead of just our raider and firestorm.

No sense in leaving behind our best escort.

>>1143978

>>1143987
Enough of that heretical talk

>>1143986
Thanks! I'm gonna be a lazy fuck and do that. Will actually update treasury list in the future tho.

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>1143978

>>1144004
The nav-device doesn't need to be installed. I guess micro-cogitator didn't imply it right: this things hand-held.

>>1143946
Should have voted for buying shit if that was what you wanted to do. Instead we're going into the warp raw.

>>1144014

Ah ok. If thats the case them I guess Pallas should equip it.

Rolled 3 (1d5)

>>1143987
>>1143989
>>1144003
>>1144004
>>1144009

Whelp.

>>1144003
"The jump shall take... 188 days, My Lord!... I think! I can try to get another reading, but we'll be in port for 3 more days!"

>Do it

>We'll jump now

>>1144060
>Do it

Let's shop while waiting.

>>1144060

jfc. Thats a 6 months one way trip.

>Do it

I'd almost rather do something else than do this pirate thing for now.

Since in about 8 months time we could be taking over the capital system and consolidating our rule of this sub-sector.

>>1144060
>>Do it

>>1144060
>Do it

Thats a seriously major time investment.

I sort of want to catch the collective fleet when they drop out of warp in their capital system and that will be at the end of month nine.

>>1144095
Wouldn't it be better to get there with a privateer fleet at month 8 so we have time tog set up to smash them?

Also save some slipstream drives. Could be useful for safe short in-sub-sector travel. Slap them in luxury liners, sell them to nobility and high value but not time sensitive goods.

>>1144067
>>1144072
>>1144077
>>1144095
Roll again.

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>1144113

>>1144111
What do you mean?

Our atandard drives mean it'll take one month to reach their capital. So if we leave latest month eight, we'll catch their fleet with no time for repairs and can capture the lot. If we leave even earlier we can sweep their capital orbital space and capture their space dock.

If we have the ships, no point hiring more mercs when we can do it ourselves.

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>1144113