Yeeeeees the quest that keeps me awake til 4-5 in the morning is back online.

Umm...new player here. What is this?

(Huge 40k fan.)

Always ready, Skargan.

New player here as well.

ok guys. new players - ave to you, i will soon explain everything.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASj81daun5Q

This is Sector Cryptus and it is your Realm. You are Adeptus Astartes from the Chapter of Rising Sons, who serve Him on Terra. And this is your Quest.

fuck yeah!

>>17696911
i will take that as a compliment.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17586818/ I
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17595495/ II
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17605495/ III
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17618098/ IV
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17646053/ V
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17661099/ VI
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17683493/ VII
previous threads

>>17696967
^^ here.

Looks good, I think i'll enjoy being a new player :)

Hey Skargan, just wanted to thank you for running these sessions, I have not been participating, but have been reading them since session 1, and they are awesome.

Thanks Again

new player here, whats this all about then?

>>17697066
sorry, forgot to add some of the juicy bits, upgraded timeline version

>>17697122
controlling a SM chapter and trying not to fall to chaos and get our buttocks raped while being proud sons of emperor

>>17697148
so are we space marines or something or do we just decide what the chapter does?

>>17697122
This is an ongoing collective game centered around a chapter of space marines. Skargan is the DM and everyone else throws in their opinion on what decisions the Chapter Master should make. It's somewhat inspired by, but ultimately unrelated to Chapter Master. This is the eighth session thus far. Previous sessions are here. >>17697066

Should we make contact with the Celestial Lions? Account for their losses and congratulate them for their victory?

>>17697199

I think that sounds like a good idea.

>>17697199
The last thing we did last session was accept the Celestial Lions onto our ship after they defeated the Ork Waagh.

Right now the main questions are:

1. How the Celestial Lions managed to defeat an entire Ork Waagh with just one frigate
2. Whether Nixonia is a hive of scum and villainy like Jared said, or an innocent planet in good standing like the Celestial Lions said
3. Where Moriarty is, if not on Nixonia, and whether he intends to attack us.

After the congratulations, we need to tell them about the Moriarty situation on Nixonia.

>>17697240
1. They're either REALLY good, really lucky, or both.
2. It's probably a hive of scum and villainy, but Moriarty/the planet's ruler played the innocent victim to get the CL to come to their aid.
3. Now that he knows we know, he won't stay on the planet long if he was there. If he's alive, he definitely intends to attack.

>>17697240

1. Arrange a meeting with their Chapter Master and Captains and out own. (Appear to be purely congratulatory, but be suspicious.)
2. With out the Lions knowledge, arrange for our best scouts to make planetfall on Nixonia. Have them keep constant communication updates.

(Someone mind giving me a quick summary of Moriarty?)

>>17697240
I'm gonna see if I can catch up with you guys.

I say we ask how they crushed the Orks.

>>17697240
Seconding this.

>>17697279
Moriarty was a dick-ass RT ruling Heidrun. To say he was impolite is a massive understatement, and we engaged/defeated his fleet after one too many threats/insults. We recently learned from our pirate serf that he survived, and is gathering an army of traitorous criminals to get revenge.

>>17697279
Moriarty is a rogue trader that thought he could threaten us so we genocided is planet. (very rough summary)

>>17697332
We blew up the drugs that he was using to control the population. Its not our fault they kept them in cities...regardless, Heidrun is better off now than it was under his corrupt rule.

>>17697332
>>17697321

Well then, inform the Scout captain that after the situation on Nixonia is assured. Have the location of Moriarty be top priority. (Also, inform him that he gains some...operational freedom for this task.)

So an FYI on Moriarty for those who missed the first session: Since the first session was filled with nothing but idiots screaming PURGE!!! and DEATH TO THE HERETICS!!!, we went a bit psycho there. After first scouting Heidrun, our captain reported that its leader, Moriarty attempted to force our ships into his custody. We demanded reparations for the slight, but then decided to blow up his ships anyway. Then we decided to genocide half the population of the planet because there were so many heretics and also for the heck of it just because drugs are a weakness and Heidrun was full of druggies. We have now received word that Moriarty and the Black Guild, a pirate cartel, are gathering on Nixonia to attack us. We had originally planned to redirect an Ork Waagh to Nixonia, but a single frigate from the Celestial Lions chapter singlehandedly defeated the Waaagh while we sat back and tried to continue on our original plan. We have now accepted the Celestial Lions on our ship.

Sountrack needed in order to enjoy this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTwg5KAjOjI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASj81daun5Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmVndzNIkI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOXe0RfMHvo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Q2WlVuaqs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h38zN_vF_dQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjrfAfbt72Y&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhoCf7Kq8Bc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W37gzabRDcc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYWO84GUIg8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-_g8NZr1tA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGHCoVzqtk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvKppMvFZbU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miJvzTknCmo&feature=related
SPACE MARINE soundtrack(find yourself)

and anything else you find to be epic(i will add them to the list)

Listening is mandatory. Failure is punished by death, Not having earphones is not an excuse.

I will get my gf to go to sleep and then shortly join you guys.

>>17697373

Much obliged, thanks.

>>17697373

Are we at all suspicious for the nature of the Lions victory? They better have some DoT Relic. (That are Tech-Marines and Chaplains should have a look at.)

Also, what kind of chapter are we? (Are we similar in ideology to any other Chapter? It will help with characterization for me. )

>>17697279
There is nothing wrong with moriarty, its just that he demanded that marines lower their weapons, which made us distrust him. Then some moron decided we should attack him and destroy his fleet. Then we caused a genocide by accident.

This guy:
>>17697321
Calls him a dick-ass because he cant think of anything ellse to say. Also because he allows gay memes to live in his head.

In truth, the mistake on hiedrun was ours.

>>17697427

We are the arm of the Emperor. We make no mistakes.

>>17697444
Shut the hell up, moron. Dont you start this foolishness today.

>>17697423

*DAoT (Dark Age of Technology_

>>17697427
Wrongo. He insulted the honor of the chapter, and our following actions were completely justified in the sake of bringing the Emperor's Holy light to a drugged out den of scum and villainy. Out of it we got a city known as Salvation, which is what we brought to the suffering Heidrun.

Good to see you Skargan!

Now, the cowards thing, is that warranted? We weren't being cowards, we were following our original plans when some gung-ho chapter that had no idea about the scope of the entire situation decided to balls out charge the center of the pack with no regard for the lives of their crew and the future of their chapter. We made the right choice, the only choice in not attacking. If 30 guys with malfunctioning pituary glands are standing there with baseballs bats, it's not cowardly to not run up and punch them in the face, its good sense. It's like not wearing Crip colors in a blood neighborhood, you just don't do it.

>>17697489
>Out of it we got a city known as Salvation
At the COST of our chapter honour. As we started a genocide.

Stop trying to bend reality.

>>17697423
There was discussion on Chapter ideology last session, but nothing much came of it. Our head Chaplain, however, is a reasonable marine who believes that the emperor was a great man, and not a god, so make of that what you will. We've generally been fairly cautious and wary of traps, trying to keep casualties as low as possible, and succeeded pretty well thus far, even managing to defeat four obliterators without taking a scratch due to a lucky crit.

>>17697528

Fair enough. So suspicious for Celestial Lions, yes no?

>>17697512
But did it cost us our honour? Who did we kill, drug fiends, heretics, and separatists. And I don't know about you guys, but what the Tyrians did was completely out of line, which is why we worked to set up Salvation, to protect those that were loyal to the Imperium from the barbarity of the marauding Tyrian death squads and ex-delirium addicts who hadn't succumbed to the withdrawal yet. I'm under the impression we saved those who needed saving, and killed those that necessitated an early demise. If I'm wrong about who we saved, then I will accept it.

>>17697558

Well if they stopped a WAAAGH with one ship, they're either packing some serious dakka, or they are all tactical geniuses.

We should be suspicious either way.

>>17697558
Well they at least appear to be space marines from our communication, and they defeated the Waaagh so I don't think they're traitors or anything. I'd guess that Moriarty tricked them into thinking that Nixonia is a world in good standing and asked for their help. Other than that, the question is how they're so powerful. My best guess is that they're either really good, really lucky, or have some secret weapon they're not telling us about.

>>17697591
The suicidly flew into the biggest Rok, and had 4 thunderhawks drop off their marines on board, who preceded to eliminate the Warboss. Everything they owned except for 2 thunderhawks was destroyed in the process. It wasn't tactical genius, they just recognized that if they could somehow get their men onto the ship, they would have little trouble, because how the hell is a bunch of orks going to stop Space Marines in the confines of a ship.

Read the previous threads if you are going to participate.

>>17697591
They bumrushed the warboss's ship, so they didn't technically fight the entire waaagh, they just cut the head off the snake. I'm not too suspicious of them, they're just damn good marines.

>>17697646
*damn lucky marines who recognized the only way they may conceivably win is to lose everything to stop something that would of been easily defeated by a different Chapter that knew what the hell it was getting itself into.

>>17697637

OK, i'll read up on the threads, this whole conflict has obviously gotten you guys riled up a little :/

>>17697678
it's liek you had this whole plan where you were going to kill 3 birds with 1 stone then some asshole kills the first bird with his entire life savings while you stand there in stunned silence wondering why he would waste some much for so little. And the first bird was crucial to killing the other two birds.

I'm ranting. I'm sorry.

>>17697702
That leik was unintentional, that stuffs for 9gag and mudkips.

It was supposed to be "It's like..."

>>17697111
Atlastic, you won't believe how important for me it is to get feedback like this. I have high hopes for this Quest, but no matter what ideas I have - it cannot be done without players like you and the others.
>>17697058
>>17697386
Dante, Korosov, you are also new players, right? Welcome to Chapter Quest, I hope you will enjoy your stay :)

I will be with you in less than half an hour.

Okay, so suspicions for the Lions is out. (For now, pic related.)

We still need to assess the situation of Nixonia and track down Moriarty. (Even if we were in wrong, Emperor forbid, we wouls still need to track him done for caution's sake.)

>>17697830
>>17697830

>>17697829
Seems like I'm going to miss the thread today. i got work starting in 45 minutes till late. I'll probably catch the closing end of the thread. Good luck, good roll, and kill those conniving bastards on Nixonia.

>>17697830
An entire chapter tracking one man? Both impractical and demeaning, Jarred can keep an eye out for him, and/or we can put a substantial price on his head. He who associates with backstabbing criminals is in fact likely to be stabbed in the back by criminals.

Skargan, can we get info on Dagor IX? I'm curious about why its forbidden now, since the Orks went out of their way to go around it.

>>17697923
I agree with this guy. We have bigger problems to address. We need to finish rebuilding and then attack the great enemy.

Also, i dont trust Jared. I think he could be a double agent for moriarty.

>>17697972

"There is always, always, always a Viper."

How large is our Scout company by the way?

>>17697986
According to skargan, allthough we need to train specialists like assault marines, terminators and possibly devistators, we can use our marines as scouts. They wear 'light' power armour.

>>17697886
I am sorry, but I hope to see you later or in other session. Good luck!
>>17697199
Celestial Lions are in your ship right now.

I am back!

>>17697240
Celestial Lions were contacted from the Sector Command with orders to protect Nixonia, a world with population of 2 billion people from Orks, at least that's what Theseus says,

All in favor of a small strike force to deal with Moriarty, while the rest of the chapter builds up strength to deal with the Ork horde?

Also, someone watch/kill Jared.

>>17698138

I'm alright with this.

>>17697512
>>Out of it we got a city known as Salvation
>At the COST of our chapter honour. As we started a genocide.

>Stop trying to bend reality.

You do not understand the Imperial morality. You're thinking of the Imperium as heroic (by modern, western standards), which it very decidedly isn't. It's fine if you think the chapter's morality should disagree with it, but don't think it would lose the chapter any honor in the wider Imperium if they trigger a genocide.

>>17698138
send the task force to find him only, when we take him out I want our full chapter forces there. (so we can take it slow a capture all the ships)

>>17698179

Sounds good. Who is our most intimidating battle brother? From purely physical standards. Assign him to watch Jared.

>>17698197
We also want some one who can act for the capter. So we also need some one who is smart.

It could be like a buddy cop movie

>>17698220

Like a wise-cracking sidekick? Or a dog perhaps?

>>17698220

This. It can be Bad Astartes, Worse Astartes.

Jared is fucked.

>>17698166
No.

What your staying is that the imperium is as moronic and uncomplicated as 'purge purge purge', but that is at its most simplistic level made to entertain people who are new to 40k.

In actual fact, if you cause the destruction of too many humans it goes against the core purpose of the astarties, and would encourage people to think of them as heretics or renegades. Possibly using the souls of the dead for another purpose.

The only ones able to initate an exterminatus is the inquisition. Marines are used for assaults against key tactical points.

>>17697279
>Scout Insertion
whom would you like as commander? possible candidates:

Kalemus:
>You've seen me in action, brother. I can say no more.

Scipius:
>I've never lost a battle or failed to take an objective, my Lord. No retreat, no surrender - eternal glory for Rising Sons!

Nimrod:
>Please remember Lord, that you promised to let me lead our little brothers into battle. I value every one of them as true son.

>>17697423
Celestial Lions are a canon chapter, but there is nothing on them for this period. As you never invested any interest in finding other chapters or having relations with them, you know almost nothing about them.

>>17698246

Scipius for experience, but Nimrod for promises....hmmmm

>>17698246

Nimrod seems a fair choice. A level-headed warrior can never hurt.

>>17698234
Pet lizard? From that moon? (though thats probably impractical)

On a more serious note, lets have 5ish Marines assigned to him as a guard and guiding council. That way he looks impressive and we have enough reports (from the marines) to cross check them with accuracy. And it would be harder for Jared to bribe all five.

Was Kalemus the guy who planted the beacon on the obliterator in the previous threads? If yes my vote goes for him.

>>17698286

Would Astartes not be immune to bribery. What could Jared possibly bribe a Marine with?

>>17697427
This anon certainly speaks on behalf of HLoT or atleast shares their viewpoint.
>>17697489
Laws of reputation never followed laws of logic. If someone does shit and gets away with it and you stand by with a lot better chance to pull off the same shit, but you don't do something similar/better - in comparision you look like a coward.
>>17697678
Don't mind the old guys, ofcourse they have right to be proud for making this chapter what it is, but reading older threads is not mandatory. do it only for your own fun, Dante.
>>17697923
Jarred as a matter of fact is in his cell not 200m away, you can speak with him whenever you want, he serves you.

Also, Dagor IX should be explored, or you should visit some library/ask someone info about it to get a summary why it is forbidden. one thing is for certain - visiting it gets Heresy.

>>17698246
This isn't going to be a rooty tooty shoot n' looty mission, they're going into a hive world to capture/kill one man, and to assess the situation. Kalemus would be ideal for this, as our little brothers might not even see a battle here.

Once we get the scout force inserted, we should go after the straggling Ork ships if possible.

>>17698286
>implying you can bribe even one noble Astartes

>>17697986
Scouts, for game simplicity reasons are not separated from marines. if you need someone to perform Scout duties - you just take a marine and give him light power armour instead of a usual suit.

>>17698273
>marine armor is powered by a solar converter and 100 SOLAR CELLS
THAT FLAVOR TEXT

Who does the artist think he is? Marines don't run on solar power, they run on hard micro-fission. Why else do the packs have all the gods damned venting all over the place?

I MAD, SON; I MAD

>>17698393
>Mistius... You could have been one hell of a dreadnought battle brother.

>>17698394

It looks like concept art, AKA it was drawn before everything like powersources were properly thought of.

>>17698166
The truth is that morality in 40k is always gray. And just as you try to justify genocide, the same way Heidrunians justified themselves as loyal Imperial citizens. On the other hand - this makes it for me even more enjoyable.
>>17698197
Nam, if you consider him a 'brother'. Scipius would be second.
>>17698333
Yes, it was Kalemus.

>>17698394

You'll also notice the artist isn't herpderp retarded like GW and draws better too.

But anyways, on topic.

Has anyone considered loaning the Sisters of Battle a ship so that they can establish a larger presence in the Subsector?

They'd be able to protect worlds and perform missions just like us, and assuming the Cannoness isn't a frothing idiot (and she's not, considering we bro'd out with her for a few years), her little nunnery could be a powerful auxiliary to our combat prowess.

>>17698394
[Citation Needed]

But yes, that is what happens when you A)have a setting with no bible (that's the term right? If it isn't, the unchallengeable list of dos, don'ts, ares, and aren'ts) , and B)hire writers that don't want to, or don't care, or both, about what has been written before them.

>>17698432
>>17698393

>>17698497

This. Also, someone break the tie for Strike team commander. We've had a vote for each.

right now I see:
1 Scipius
2 Kalemus
2 Nimrod
vote for who leads the mission and decide:
Squad size:
a) stealth = 5
b)tactics = 10
c)battle=25
Priorities:
a) find/kill/capture Moriarty
b) find/kill/capture Harakim, Grand Slavemaster of Nixonia
c) get info on Celestial Lions and their involvement
d) something else?
Where to infiltrate:
a) Flagship of fleet over Nixonia(30%)
b) Nixonian capital(85%)
c) Palace of Grand Slavemaster(40%)
[modified by squad size]
Safety/Task:
a) any risks
b) average risks
c) no risks


vote, vote, VOTE!

>>17698246
Kalemus. As no second generation marines are participating Kalemus should be a fine choice. Unless I am mistaken about what we are doing exactly.

>>17698575
Nimrod

A.) stealth

A.) Capture

B.) Capital

C.) No risks

>>17698575
2 (Kalemus) , 2A, 3A and 3C would be nice, 4B, 5B. Also give then 1W to help them with bribes and hiring people.

>>17698575
Kalemus
Stealth
Find and capture moriarty (if too risky just snipe him from afar and be done with)
Infiltrate by Nixonian capital
No risks

>>17698575
Kalemus

stealth

get info

Capital

No risks

>>17698575
Kalemus will lead. Not only is he good at stealth, but Nimrod's troops may not even see battle if we don't locate Moriarty (if he left the planet for instance).

Squad size: 10, they need to be able to pull their own weight in case we can't deploy more.

Priority is the capture of Leyshan Moriarty, but killing him is acceptable if capture proves too difficult, or if he starts to escape. Harakim may be an enemy in the future but that's not why we're here.

Infiltrate capital. I doubt the RT would be hanging around the fleet unless it belonged to him.

Not sure about the last one.

>>17698696
>>17698684
>>17698666
>>17698640

We're going back on our word with Nimrod.

Why are you even doing this?

>>17698717
The last part is "May the Emperor preserve me"

Send a message to Nordgrim and ask for the status of Project Revelation.

>>17698753
We promised Nimrod that he'd lead the 2nd generation into battle. We're not deploying any 2nd generation yet.

taking young marines to stealth mission seems kinda foolish if you ask me

>>17698717
I'm not sure how soulwords work, can we trace the direction it came from?

>>17698759
The message did mention research...crap, what if Onyx found out?

>>17698753
We promised to let him lead our little brothers into battle, not to toss them at the first possible task that may or may not involve fighting.

>>17698759
Yes, find out the status on that Project. The "locals"? Maybe we should have D Emperor deploy some Witch Hunters over there.
>>17698781
Also, he's right, sending completely unblooded marines on a vital stealth/rescue mission is stupid. Send a load of first gen warriors.

>>17698781
Have to learn sometime. And Nimrod would be the perfect fit. All they need is a stern hand to guide them.

>>17698781

worked for Corax
>for a while

Another Rising Son reporting in. What the hell happened to our last session? We got about 150 posts into our thread and then the thread seemed to disappear from /tg/!

Has there been any progress with Onyx and the possibility that they're holding some of the lost third captive?

rolled 19 = 19

A roll

>>17698854
Read it on SupTG
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17683493/

>>17698854
good to see you, here are archived threads:
>>17697066

and yes, 4chan somewhy hates Chapter master and after a certain number of posts our thread can be found only on 10 or 11 page, don't know why... i myself lost it for a while, but couldn't find it

New rising son fresh into battle here sir!

>>17698854
We've more or less confirmed that they have some of our brothers captive. We don't know why though.

>>17698877
Awesome roll, inflitration is a complete success!
btw, one more option - bribes(as someone pointed out):
a) 1
b) 3
c)5
d)10
e) they can write checks as much as they want as long as they don't buy the planet itself

>>17698890
After 300 posts the form program automatically sages any new posts.

>>17698913
Go with 5W.

>>17698913
5W

>>17698913
what will you have me do sir

>>17698913
I'd say 10, just to be safe, but I have no idea what the "average" bribe amount is for infiltrating a planet.

>>17698917
Didn't moot raise the bump limit to 500?

>>17698956
Just post your opinion on what decisions our Chapter Master should make. Skargan is asking how much wealth we should give our infiltrators for bribes.

5 definitly

6

redy fur rukus SIR!

>>17698917
oh, didn't know that... so we can lose a thread in the middle of the game, if it has too many posts?
>>17698892
Welcome, come and join us in our mission to capture a Rogue Trader! Every bolter counts, dear anon!

>>17699029

???

>>17698892
That is me btw

>>17699029
>>17699009
>>17698980
Wow, I get the feeling the we are in for a new generation of marines here, welcome all of you. We are right now commanding a surgical kill/capture mission into a rogue slavemaster hive-world, you can read earlier threads to get what is happening or just roll with the action

>>17699043
Mmmmm.... Taking out the slavemaster is a tough predicament. It could easily give Moriarty the opportunity to take complete power and fortify himself against future attacks.

How fast can we get to Nixonia? I want to know if we can follow up our assassination with a full-scale assault before they have time to organize themselves.

Also, get a message to Nordgrim and see if Project Revelation is OK.

jus needed a name waz all

>>17699085
>>17699083
We don't want to attack this planet. Ignore the slavemaster.

sorry guiz gtg

>>17699043
I think we should stick to the plan and just get rid of Moriarty.

>>17699118
Why not? Isn't the Black Guild in on this?

>>17699043
Hmmm...it's seems the Chapter's dedication to self-reliance is rubbing off well on missions such as this...that's impressive progress.

>>17699085
>It could easily give Moriarty the opportunity to take complete power and fortify himself against future attacks.

Damn, the brother is right: Consolidating Moriaty's power is not a favor we should grant him. We of course want to eventually end the Slave trade on the Planet, but creating a power vacuum that benefits one of our enemies is not a smart move.

We better stay the course and keep focused on our original objective.

>>17699145
I thought we were building up right now? And attacking some one is counter productive to that. I agree that we should take them out some time in the future but just now right now.

>>17699126
Agreed. Nixonia and its ruler hasn't done anything to antagonize us. Unless it turns out that Moriarty has wormed his way into Harakim's court (a possibility), I don't see the value in infiltrating it.

>>17699043
No, No. But tell him that there are others you worked with that might take you up on the offer and give him some contact info for a Proxy organisation (run by our shadow guild)

>>17699085
Kassandra sends out the message. If everything is ok, in a few weeks we should get the answer.

You can get to Nixonia in a day, if the fleet doesn't stop you.
>>17699145
You don't know that for sure, except that Moriarty WILL try to get them to attack you. However please bear in mind that Black Guild =/= Nixonia. It simply happens that Breignar the Raider favours this port and they meet here from time to time. Harakim and Breignar are friends and associates, but they are not the same.

so NO to Jonasons proposal.

>>17699231
Moriarty may seem like a suicidal moron then.

>"Hey guys! The first action of these space marines was to destroy the majority of my fleet, bomb my planet, and sic the genocidal Tyrians on them! And now they're even stronger!"
>"Wanna go fight them?"

I can only imagine the Black Guild's enthusiasm...

>>17699221
you gain contact Jonason del Kraft AND you spend 25W to build Shadow HQ(i think i missed it last session

>>17699387
if we infiltrated the villa we could 3 things :
capture him
snipe him
OR kill him and SOMEHOW make it look like a accident

>>17699387

Aaaannnddd here comes the political backlash/consequences segment of our campaign. That's all we need, an enemy with an ally who collects an Imperial tithe.

Continue the mission, infiltrate the villa, but brothers, prepare for the Chapter to get a lot of bureaucratic muck slung at it for messing with Imperial taxes, because you just KNOW this Waldorf cat is going to get himself entangled in our mess out of arrogance developed from his position.

>>17699387
Infiltrating the villa sounds too easy.

Why dont we negotiate with this Waldorf? Try to bring him onto our side, against Moriarty.

If we go into the villa, we will have to go in strong. A small squad is not enough and it risks too much.

>>17699387
I thought that we had agreed to build a shadow HQ? We were still arguing about Hunting grounds Vs. Industry.

But it does not really matter right now. (though we should build one soon)

>>17699387
Hmm, I have no doubt that he's up to the task.

Infiltrate the villa, grab the bastard (killing is also an option, if capture isn't possible) and escape. After we secure (or kill) him, we can get them off the planet.

What does everyone think? Good plan, bad plan?

>>17699489
I second this plan

>>17699458
If he doesn't pay the tithes because he thinks we snatched his buddy that's his problem. We're going after Moriarty, not Waldo.

>>17699463

>Why dont we negotiate with this Waldorf?

Hmmm, probably a good plan: Hopefully we can convince him Moriarty is a sinking ship, and the rat needs to jump off now or risking being drown along with him.

That, or he'll forewarn Moriarty.

>>17699480
you built it, currently it is focused on Onyxian network.
>>17699489
a) kill/capture Moriarty
b) negotiate/bribe waldorf
c) backoff
d) kill/capture both

also it seems that they are friends

>>17699546
A) kill/capture moriarty

>>17699514
>That, or he'll forewarn Moriarty.

This is most likely. If he's letting him stay at his home then he's one of his buddies.

>>17699576
If possible keep waldorf from finding out who killed him. Also if possible spread a rumor that Moriarty had debts to local don/gangleader. Hopeful that will keep waldorf from trying to get revenge on us.

>>17699546
A. kill/capture (I'd prefer capture) Moriarty

If waldo throws a hissy fit and stops paying taxes, no one can bother US about it since we didn't do anything to him.

>>17699546
whatever you will decide, roll d100 feevance the

>>17699617
this is possible, but killing/capturing him secretly or faking an accident decreases chances to 40%.

>>17699650
Okay, so, here's the plan. We kill Waldorf and capture Moriarty, then we zoom across the sub sector to Nordgrim to find out what's going on with the Project. While we're there, we can invest in a temple or something.

>>17699546
we kill him in is sleep and leave a note: " you should have paid your debts."

rolled 37 = 37

>>17699650
Traveling to Luxoria may be dangerous with that warp storm coming, as well as any stray Orks from the waaagh. Nixonia sounds good, but inform him that we're on a mission to detain a traitorous RT named Moriarty, and we'd appreciate some discretion on their part. We don't need them jumping in to "defend the innocent rogue trader from the giant pink Ork".

I have been busy with work today but know I am monitoring this session closely. May the Emperor protect you all.

hey guys i started reading this yesterday i've already gotten though all of them keep the chapter alive boys

>>17699650
Kill Moriarty and leave a warning to those who work against the chapter.

I really wouldn't be too worried about Waldorf or the bureaucrats, while he has a cozy position, we aren't going to hurt him or impede his tax-paying duties (which is his only important trait). We're just dealing with a rogue trader that we know is plotting an attack against our chapter (and by extension, the Imperium).

Stopping him is our duty, and it is not Waldorfs place to order us or impede that duty.

>>17699778
Good to hear that there is someone watching over us.

capture all three

>>17699991
Capture Moriarty, kill the rest.

sorry i forgot my justification: we dont know who the woman is she may be important. we can always use her for leverage with the other two

>>17699991
Balls, This is bad. Eh Lets make this into a official exaction.
"Moriarty you have been found guilty of working against the Chosen servants of the Emperor, the penalty for this is death. You will come with us or be executed."

>>17700025
>>17700074
>>17700094
1 capture all
1 kill mor
1 capture mor

if no one tips the balance, i will go with Reasons option because of roleplay.

>>17700083
btw, hey Joc, i guess you are a new player, awesome.

>>17699991
Moriarty dies now. The rest are now prisoners, so we can interrogate them and see how far this web has been spun.

>>17699991
Yikes. Killing waldo is a definite No-No.

Capture Moriarty for sure.

Can we go over the bribery budget to keep Waldorf's mouth shut? Not sure whether to kill the lover, she might be important to waldorf.

>>17700153
as bribing at bolter-point is hard, i take it as capture-then-bribe.

>>17700094
not a good idea he has ties to higher ups or am i wrong? capture covertly don't draw official eyes to this we are trying to get rid of that damn trader once and for all. but we need to know what mechanizations he has in place first interrogate all three use the lovers for leverage against each other

by trader i mean Moriarty. i have dyslexia sorry. also nice to be here

>>17700178
Bring the lover and Waldorf to us, we need to speak with them about Moriarty. Find out how close the three were.

>>17700233
So do I. Still you can be easier to follow.

The prisoners should be humanly and interviewed, I kind of want to Hire Moriarty (with extrem oversight) instead of killing him. (but thats probably a pipe dream)
Who we kill depends on what they say.

>>17700295
Pardon me,
>should be humanly treated

>>17700242
Waldorf claims that woman is his servant, but she is dear to him. He claims that Moriarty is nothing but bussiness associate with whom 'they sometimes party'.

Moriarty claims to have no knowledge who or what that woman, except that she 'can ride two men all night long'. Waldorf is his best friend.

Woman refuses to speak at all.

Also:

Moriarty wants to settle what has happened between you. He claims to have been wronged and attacked even when he wanted a peaceful solution.

Waldorf shouts that when Sector court will hear about this 'your gene-seed will be used to inseminate xeno-horses in my Villa'.

Woman remains silent, probably afraid of super-human warriors who dragged her out of the bed in the middle of the night.

>>17700295
Nah, Moriarty has too much influence and too much hatred for the chapter to be allowed freedom. Here are my proposals for him:

>offer him a chance to repent, by spending some time with the sisters on mostar
>give him a laspistol and drop him on nordgrim's lizard moon
>get out our severed arm if we still have it and beat him to death

>>17700338
You are using your severed arm as a paperweight.

Also, Scipius notices that 1W is missing from your tressury.

Year 033.M41

>>17700331
Give the Lions the soulwords, and sure, Nimrod can celebrate.

It sounds like the woman is an innocent victim, and Moriarty is trying to hide behind Waldorf's influence. I doubt his "best friend" would call him "nothing but a business associate", and if he is then Moriarty has a poor choice in friends. They can probably be dealt with through bribes and polite apologies.

What does Moriarty mean by settle? I think its time to take him up on his old challenge. Personal combat I think it was?

>>17700331
Moriarty- And a peaceful is still obtainable, can you think of one?

Waldorf- That is no way to talk to some one who has more power than you. Now do you think we would let some one who can and will do us harm leave this ship? But we thank you for your honesty.

Woman- You have no need to fear us, this was primarily a sting to capture Moriarty however remaining unquarptive in not helpful.

>>17700405
Pardon me
>a peaceful solution is still obtainable

>>17700405
>>17700397
Moriarty wants you to repay him for his fleet 500W(this is just a portion of the cost) OR to help him to regain his rule of Heidrun OR give him Cruiser + 3 Escorts. Then he will hold the matter between you settled and will be as cooperative as any other Governor in the Sub-Sector. To personal duel option he answers that his champions are dead in the Heidrun's orbit, so there is no way he will match any of you. However he claims that he is tired of living from other people's favour like a refugee and says, that you can kill him - then he will laugh at the fate of your chapter from the Emperor's side.

Waldorf has a very simple deal to you: you release all of them right now and forget Moriarty. Then he will remain silent about your 'terrorist actions'.

hmmm.... it would be interesting to know what he means by that, but that deal is just extortionate. also dont let the other dude go he will stab us in the back the moment he is free

>>17700515
>Moriarty's demands
Oh wow. No. Holy hell.

>Waldorf's demands
I'm all for letting him and his lover go, but Moriarty? Even if he wasn't a threat during the encounter at Heidrun, he has attempted to raise an army against us, he clearly voiced his resentment for us, and his words of "peace" are probably spoken only because he is at our mercy. I doubt he would nearly so polite if he had managed to gain his army.

Waldorfcan shove it right now; stick him in his cell and keep him quiet. Moriarty can reepent with the sisters or get the arm.

>>17700581

We have him, Brother. And for his crimes against the orders of the Astartes he will answer to the Emperor's justice.

Moriarty is a dead man. And if the Governor inisists upon making damands for his relief, then he is guilty by association with heretics, and too will pay for Moriarty's crimes withg his life.

>>17700515
Moriarty- Laugh, the thing is one bolt could end this matter for us. So we give you a counter proposal; you become a chapter serf were we can keep an eye on you and you work for the capter and then we give you resources to build up again.


Waldorf- Your funny, The high lords wont bat a eye at us executing a traitor. Do you really think the high lords care if you die, no they care only if there is no replacement.

>>17700581
The operation did not completely as planed. We are trying to salvage this and kill the traitor with out causing a greater problem.

Moriarty is interested what would mean being a serf exactly.

Waldorf stars naming dozens of fancy names you never heard of before, who all earn more in a month than your chapter in a century and are related to him by blood.

Regarding Nordgrim: If they were attacked, and the ships that did it (I'm guessing admech) remain in orbit, a small force will not be sufficient. We also cannot risk a large fleet being engulfed by the warp storm, so we should wait for it to appear so we can move around it.

>>17700767
FFFFFF. For every victory a cockblock. Moriarty was trying to raise an army against us, this we can be sure of. What possible incentive could their chapter master have for rescuing a traitor?

this is strange i think we may have rustled some feathers someplace... we need more infomation

>>17700767
"For what purpose, if I may ask Brother, would Monarchus might want this Rouge Trader? He has conspired to raise an army against my chaptor, iniatited hostilities with us over Heidrun and, though not in any heretical sense, is a whole currupt individual; he must stand trial for his crimes and face the Emperor's Justice, whatever fate that may be.

And your Chapter Master wants you to take him from me?"

>>17700767

To Waldorf : "If these fancy names and titles you reel off meant anything then you would not be here, a corrupted man on a backwater world two steps from heresy. You have sided with a traitor and a renagade, and it is only by our mercy alone that you will survive this day; for it is assured by the name of the Emperor that Moriarty will not live to see the next. So why should we hold back from performing our duties to the throne and excecuting you along with the filth you so willingly protect? Choose your next words with exceptional care..."

>>17700767
Moriarty- Is simple, You work for us. We give you some ships (and a squad or two to keep you in line) and let you of to do your thing (as long as you are not hurting our/imperial interests). You give us a percent of your Profit and we give you reduced cost repairs and resupply (even free if it seems necessary). You also have the suppor of the space marine chapter (good for threats and the like). Lastly if you serve us well and we find our selves in need of a governor we call you up.


Waldorf Too bad none of them know we took you. But you make a good point.

Thxeseus- Yes this is what I mean about salvaging with out more problems

Perhaps we should just hold Moriarty captive somewhere, that way he's eliminated as a threat but we don't poke some unknown bear from it's slumber.

>>17700899
I'll support this nice piece of fluff.

>>17700914
Moriarty's allies seem to be a bunch of horribly corrupt, arrogant, annoying twits, I think they'd feel poked if we did anything less than bend over for their ridiculous demands.

>>17700914

If a new threat arises from this, so be it. But Moriarty will be held accountable for his crimes. And for conspiring against the Astartes, the penalty can be only death.

>>17700914
But captive is as good as dead as far as they know.
I really hope Moriarty will agree to work for us, that would solve most of our problems.

Also I was thinking of attacking Kradog and Moriarty could be the man to rule it once we clear it of orks. (though we need a lot of help clearing the fungus from the surface)

>>17700955
That's a pretty good idea. But if those Orks have their spores deep enough exteriminatus may be the only viable solution.

>>17700983
Even if it does not work we still would get a lot of loot and take out a threat to the sub-sector.

>>17700955

If Moriarty is dead, his allies may be less willing to risk their own influential positions to try and repropriate and rehabilitate a corpse. Once the deed is done and his life snuffed out, great will be the number who turn from the memory of a rogue who can no longer do or arrange them favours

>>17700814
You might be right, because storm is gathering around Nordgrim. On the other hand, it might block access to Nordgrim for a long time...
>>17700899
Waldorf is intimidated so much, that he squeels and asks for you forgiveness, he just wants you to let him and his mistress go... awesome rp by the way.

Theseus claims that he has no interest in Moriarty himself, but two most respected authorities - Chapter and Imperium - demand him to be found. Theseus doesn't know what bad blood is between you, but he assures you, that Moriarty will get a fair trial for his crimes, if he commited any.

>>17700911
Moriarty seems to be willing to agree, but he is torn on the 'serf' bit. He is a heir to dynasty of Rogue Traders and submitting to some other authority than the Golden Throne in the eyes of everyone will make him worse than the servitor who cleans Ogryns' toilets. Also he wants to live in luxury and to be IMPORTANT to your cause, if he is to take part in it..,

How do we reconcile this >>17700899

with this: >>17700911

If we let Moriarty go, Waldorf will lose all respect for us.

>>17701034

We hand Moriarty to Theseus in good faith, in honour of the brotherhood between our chapters. For all we know, they might want him to answer for his crimes. But we add an aditional "But if this corrupted man escapes all justice for his multitude of crimes, I ask a boon of you. To end his life before he is allowed to resume spreading his poison amongst the echalons of Power."

>>17701034
Wait, *around*? As in encircling the planet? If that's the case, this warp storm may be the symptom of a much bigger problem.

Speaking of the warp, how long until our halberd is purified?

>>17701115
Halbeard is pure already.
>>17701002
After Waaagh ork population probably is greatly weakened and it's greatest Warboss just left(both planet and life), so it means that they are slaughtering each other all day long.

>>17701158
There's the tricky part of Orks, you think they're harmless if they stick to killing each other. Then one gets big enough to unite them. Then the big one makes ships. Then they WAAAGH.

>>17701034
Moriarty is see your struggle, but the serfdom need not extend to your children so your dynasty can live on. You can live in luxury as long as it does not damage your fleet by extrem decadence. And your importance can not be doubted, we are risking a third of fleets power on you think on that if you fear. Also remember though we are a less exalted authority than the Golden Throne we are here and will protect our valed partner.

Theseus- Well that should be easy he is on this ship and we are talking to him. Also it looks unlikely that we will need to kill him even.

>>17701065
We give him a new name. To symbolize his new life in the chapter (if he agrees)

>>17701196
Moriarty agrees on two conditions:
1. You can keep a bolter at his head if you want, but he must be a free man on paper, not a serf
2. He will do exploration/conquests/governing and everything else for you, but the money he will earn will go towards rebuilding his own fleet. After that he will remain your partner for at least 10 years and all his income during that time will be yours.

>>17701252
Define how many ships/how much wealth would your fleet be.

How about this; You may use a percentage (at most 50%) of the profit to build a new fleet after that you would be released for our serfdom?

>>17701306
500W or 1 Cruiser+3escorts or Planet, also possible combination. he agrees with.

50% rule.

is it a deal?

>>17701306
But we need you to be declared a servent of us nominally inorder to justify giving you use of our ship and some of our marine brothers (they will be there to make sure you don't betray us by the way)

Politics I hate it but it's the best I can think of, and unless you have any better Ideas.

>>17701349
He cannot accept servitude. On the other hand, he can be a permanent 'guest' on your ships 'share advice' with officers and so on how he would act and so on.

>>17701349
I like the deal, but he's right. if you dont declare some kind of serfdom, we just appear to be suppling a criminal

The quest is quite slow today, so I guess I am going to sleep, we will continue some other day, maybe Sunday/Monday.

Then we will together decide about Moriarty.

Good night.

>>17701370
Reminding him that the alternative to this incredibly generous deal is being handed over to face trial

>>17701370
>>17701332
I like the 50% deal.

To Moriarty
But if we just give you the ships then if would apear as if we folded onder what ever threats you made, this makes us look weak and we can't allow that. Perhaps if you pledged your dynasty to server us. Then we could clam that we are arming our servants and you can clame that you are only working for us for a time?

Why are you so adamant about not being called a serf? Is it outside presser or inside?

>>17701332
I think people are getting hasty. We still haven't dealt with the Celestial Lions. Do we tell them to screw off or do we give up our ships and then send Moriarty off with the Lions?

>>17701552

Just send Moriarty off with the Lions. No sense giving up ships just yet when we don't know if he'll live past where he gets to.

>>17701580
Agreed. I can't help but feel this is going to bite us in the ass though. Fucking politics.

>>17701552
>>17701612
>>17701580
Lets ask if Moriarty has any Idea why the Celestial Lions would be interested in him. Depending on what he tells us we; had him off, protect him, or just kill him.

Nooooooo! I just got back from work and it's over!

Oh well. Just finished rereading and this is my 2 cents:

Negotiate to send Moriarty with the Lions, but after that business is done have him come back to us. His dynasaty would make a great partnership with our chapter if we can both put the Heidrun Fiasco behind us. Rogue Traders tend to know what the hell they're doing most of the time, and giving him command of a few escorts, plus a retinue of Marines to keep him on the straight and narrow, act as the muscle, represent the authority we give him in the name of the Rising Sons, and give some green troops some experience. Have 10 veterans and 20 2nd generations accompany him. Have him work for us with lucrative enough terms that after 10 years he'd want this business alliance to continue rather than bugger off and do his own thing. Farther down the line, someone from his line would make a great planetary governor for any planet we take under our control, *cough*Norgrim*cough*.

Let's drop Waldorf and his mistress, Statler, off at home and hopefully he's intimidated enough to for get this whole ordeal if we cover any damages to his property,, and tell him if he ever needs a certain heretic purged, just give us a call. That should keep him hushed up, no?

Lets jet off to Norgrim ASAP to try to save our techmarine. When we arrive, we'll have some stuff to deal with, hopefully before the warp storms set in.

Also, I'll see if I can archive this. I'll also save this post for the next thread if it gets ignored.

>>17703804
I think i'm the only one still around.

My only problem is most of our chapter could get lost in the warp storm. Guess it would be ok if we leave some escorts and marines behind to maintain our holdings if we do get trapped.

>>17704192
I'm around too. Would it really be that bad to let him wait out the warp storm? I mean it sounds harsh but I'd prefer to be in a position where we can start rescuing our brothers on Onyx.