You are Elesh Phryx, rogue techpriest and captain of the Sword-class frigate 'Sword of the Omnissiah'. Bereft of your left arm below the elbow, you awoke to find yourself safely away from the unexpected Dark Eldar raid upon the pleasure world of Aquari and safely in a Sororitas medicae facility orbiting Serentus IV. Your cogitators spin as Athe carefully helps you don a sororitas garb similar to the one she wears, working her way behind you to secure the decorative corset. "Magos Taylor's man had to cut what was left of your robe from your body." Arms carefully wrap around your abdomen as Athe rests her chin upon your shoulder. "I thought you were dead, on Aquari; there was too much blood." Caught off guard, you are unable to secure your XO before she secures the remainder of your garb and distances herself from your mechadendrites. "We'll just have to blend in until the sisters finish tailoring your robes."

>cont

In short order you've both hitched a ride on the hull of a passing trojan, though several other vehicle operators shoot the trojan's dark looks as your mechadendrites attempt to adjust the uncomfortably tight bust of your garb. As you effortlessly head toward your ship, you inquire about the others from your escape on Aquari. "Wilson's man is being treated by the Hospitallars as part of our crew, though he'll be staying for what rehabilitation they can provide. One of the shards severed some key nerves. Wilson and the rest of his wounded were fortunate enough to be treatable by Taylor's medicae. Same with Julin and Navigator Teris. Advi had her leg repaired by Taylor, I think a stabilization support had sheered or something. Our trio of servers are an interesting case, though. They're technically slaves, but Kelly has expressed interest in joining up with our crew. Canoness Irene was kind enough to arrange tutors for them." Your friend grins at some thought in her head. "The first day they barely made into their rooms before collapsing."

>damned field too long
>cont

what happened? i just got on, hoping to catch the thread, but 'take 2'?

You part ways with Athe as your driver passes by 'Sword of the Omnissiah' and quickly find your way to Quein's quarters. Something shatters as you knock on the plasteel door, and you are forced to wait an oddly long time before the door is unbolted and opened. The stench of alcohol assaults your senses as a haggard Quein looks at you with glazed eyes. "Captain, I- uh, are you wearing a- no, nevermind. Come in, come in. You want a report, I shushpect."

>Receive report
>I'll be back when you're sober, Quein.
>other?

>>18784805

just a continuation of Tuesday's thread, since life cut it short on my end.

Previous Thread:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/18758398/

Thread Archive:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=privateer

>>18784806
Sobriety is overrated. Let's hear that drunken report!

>>18784806

drunken reports are usually not entirely accurate, but occasionally contain information that under sober circiumstances would not be given... just a thought.

>>18784806
Get the report. We can always get it again later if something is unclear.

>>18784785
report, make it happen

>>18784806

thinking about it, before the battle, Quein was very confident and ambitious, but getting into a drunken stupor suggests that some serious stuff went down and his confidence has been heavily rattled. if we do not address this soon, he may become a liability to us and our crew.

>>18785109
I dunno, Quein has always seemed a little on the unbalanced side of things to me. Dude was freaking the fuck out during our adventure on the cruiser a few threads back.

Quein staggers slightly as he rights a second chair for you to sit, though you take a fair bit longer to pick your way around the various ditritus that litters the man's quarters. Your voidmaster procures a half-empty bottle of spirits and takes a long drink for himself before opening a new bottle and pouring you a politely sized glass. "What did you want to know, Captain?"

"I'm curious about our losses, Quein. Athe gave me the outlines, but I'm at a loss for details" You note that Quein seems thinner than you remember. "Quein, have you been eating?"

>cont

"Food makes me sick." Your officer takes another long swig of spirits before he settles down to tell his story. "When the pair of xenos ships made their second run, we had to split our force into pairs to fight them. We held orbit with some raider while 'Domum Emendationem' and 'Enshrouded Sire' gave chase to the one that split off; some transport that had joined us was burning up in the planet's atmosphere about then. The raider with us took some sort of massive boarding pod to her prow while the xenos ship tangled itself with 'Sword'. We held their boarding parties firm and pushed across onto the xenos ship within the first twenty minutes, but it was bloody. Alpha and Bravo companies went for what we thought was her bridge while Charlie supported and Delta defended 'Sword'. Next thing we know Alpha and Bravo were getting torn to shreds and Charlie had found thousands of slaves. I should have left them there, but I sent the shuttle and lighters while Charlie took over a xenos shuttle bay. Alpha's officers were wiped out in short order and the men became scattered. Bravo eventually picked up some stragglers, but aside from that and a small group that managed to bump into Charlie's position... they were wiped out."

>cont

Quein becomes lost in the bottle he holds for a while before continuing. "The xenos ship eventually tried to break away from us, and managed it on the second try. We couldn't fire on her with our armsmen on the near side of their ship, but our escort was on the opposite side. I- I had them fire on the xenos ship's engines. I didn't think the shots would go thru the fucker, Captain. I swear. Johnston's lighter collided with a shattered section of hull and turned to dust; Danni managed to crash her's into the shuttle bay, but the impact killed her and most of the armsmen she was carrying; the slave pens took a direct hit and half of Charlie vanished... And they have the audacity to call me a hero."

>cont

With your officer nearing a catatonic state, your attention is drawn to a series of curves shifting in his bunk. Your eyebrow raises as you note a cute little fleur de lis on the thigh that ends up free of the tangled sheets. Quein slowly follows your gaze, a slight grin brightening his long face. "Grief councelor. Courtesy of the sisters hospitallar."

"Quein, if you don't eat, you're going to die" You slowly rise and make your way toward the exit, opening the door as your voidmaster replies, "When?"

"I'm sending food up. You are to eat, that is an order."

>Orders?

How about we go investigate that factory ship mentioned last thread that we may be able to claim. Let's see what sort of condition it's in, and so forth.

Also, perhaps we should arrange for some sort of memorial service to be held for the armsmen who died in the boarding action. Should help the morale of the crew to know their fallen brothers in arms haven't been forgotten.

>>18785374
>Orders?

Well, definitely get Quein to eat. It sounds like he actually has a care for the men under his command, there's something new for the grim darkness of the 41st millennium.

Otherwise, chest through the ship to see what bits were damaged, maybe even call together the companies and give them our congratulations on surviving and for doing a damned good job, given the circumstances. Also, voting to keep them split up and reinforce them with new crew when we eventually get some new armsmen (perhaps with some of that 7 leftover Requisition?). That way each company will have a core of 200 or so veterans to lead and teach, rather than having one entirely veteran company and several less competent ones.

>>18785469

a memorial service has already been held, courtesy of Canoness Laci's Hospitallars

>>18785469
both of these are good ideas, also lets see about what it would take to get a hold of that holy promethium and we need to come to a consensus about our future limb, last time it was leaning towards efficiency. Thoughts?

>>18785490
speaking of Augmentation...

I've reworked the philosophies a bit...

Augmentation Philosophies:
POWER
pros: ++ Str, ++ durability, ++ utility
cons: -- Energy, BULK/Weight, INHUMAN

Efficiency:
pros: ++Energy, +Utility,
cons: - durability, -Str, often INHUMAN

Style:
pros: varies by design
cons: varies by design, often INHUMAN

Natural:
pros: +utility, concealable (with synth skin), +customization point
cons: - durability, - str, - energy

Balanced:
pros: favors neither Form, Function, or Energy
cons: suffers from lack of customization points

I'll drop the "customization points" bits in an image file once I've finished eating and can type it up.

Quein definitely needs some praise here. He may have got a lot of men killed but he did save a lot of others in the process.

>>18785490
I'd forgotten about planning our new limb. I'd go with maybe two-thirds emphasis on fanciness, one-third on efficiency. Don't really need anything terribly strong or specialized, since we have mechadendrites for that.

>>18785489
Ah, very considerate of her. Good to hear.

>>18785539

augmentation philosophy is an all-or-nothing deal.

you'll be able to craft augmentations using a different philosophy at any time, but will suffer a penalty in the crafting process.

>>18785539
>I'd forgotten about planning our new limb. I'd go with maybe two-thirds emphasis on fanciness, one-third on efficiency. Don't really need anything terribly strong or specialized, since we have mechadendrites for that.

Seconding this, stay mostly human looking, it's not like we need strong arms if we have mechandrites and an exoskeleton.
Speaking of which, we should get around to making ourselves an exoskeleton/power armour or having it custom made if we can't make it ourselves.
Or buying one if none of those options are viable and then modifying it to fit us.

>>18785574
Well, I guess I'm a style man then. As a space pirate and aspiring rogue trader, looking fabulous is always a top priority!

By the way, what ever happened to that sealed canister we salvaged from the cruiser? How go our investigations into opening it up?

>>18785604

style is a fairly broad specialty, with each craftsman putting their own twist upon it.

style augmentations can range from fine decorations in the bionic to Flesh Norn level "I shall make myself pretty!"

that locked box is currently still locked, in your quarters.

>Investigate Factory ship?
>begin construction of new arm?
>inquire about holy promethium?
>other?

augmentation wise, i believe that we should go for efficiency, but could we have +energy, ++utility instead of ++energy, +utility?

>>18785526
Style sounds good to me.

And inhuman looking isn't necessarily a bad thing. The flesh is weak, and we should take pride in bringing our form closer to the Machine, not try to hide it.

>>18785666
you would have to spend a customization point in +utility. You can not swap base-line +[stat] for another

>>18785686

note that INHUMAN will slowly make interaction with normal humans more difficult (Fellowship -)

>>18785658

we should pay our debts asap so that no extra criteria be added to them... so after enquiring about holy promethium, take a look at the factory ship and asess it's condition and how much materials/effort will be required to bring it back to full functioning glory.

>>18785658
investigate the factory ship.

I'm voting for making a human looking arm with synthskin and maybe a cool toy or two hidden inside.

>>18785692

very well. based upon this new information, i switch my vote to style. The style we should use should focus on utility and concealment, such as various connectors for interfacing with our weapons or customised equipment, and having them be retractable under covers so that when not in use, it is not obvious that their true purpose is as a custom interfacing system...
this would probably be at the cost of strength and durability...

>>18785706
Still voting style, but I'll keep in mind not to suggest a scary looking metal claw or something.

>>18785750
seconding both of these, lets get back to our lovely form and lets go deal with the factory ship, then the holy promethium

Why not choose natural so we don't lose fellowship and can add another plus later?

>>18785879
It seems like a waste of a perfectly good opportunity to establish a distinct and memorable appearance.

I mean, does anyone remember Captain Hook for his normal human-looking hand?

>>18786014
they'd have remembered his hand if it was human until a gun shot from each finger and killed Pan.

>update incoming, spell checking

>>18786058
I want this.

Holy promethium. You do owe a total of forty cargoes worth to Magos Taylor and Captain Wilson, after all. And then there is that mothballed factory ship to investigate. Sometimes you feel as if your cogitators disagree with each other just for the fun of it! Before leaving, you poke your head back into Quein's quarters, "Quein, you made a call that had no good options. You save who you can and remember the rest." You're fairly sure that Quein's 'grief counselor' nearly bit down as her face burned such a bright red.

Exiting the ship, you stop a passing sister hospitallar and hand her a note for Canoness Laci, explaining your need for a special order of goods and that you'll be exploring the factory ship with a team of your enginseers. It requires the better part of a day to assess the massive ship's status, but the arrival of additional enginseers from Magos Grumman's workshops cuts a good six hours off the work. Your findings are less than encouraging. Estimated 9 months of repairs, though you could refurbish the ship's hull and essential conduits within a month and then work on the remainder during transits and stays at dock. Most of the ship's components require at least 25% of their material replaced, though the reactors and supplemental components seem to have been cannibalized for another ship at some point. Magos Grumman's lead enginseer estimates that 5 requisition will be needed to repair the existing essential components, plus requisition for a new plasma drive. He also mentions that he believes this ship to be one of the better preserved ships in Serentus' mothball fleet.

>cont

As you exit the factory ship and head for your quarters aboard 'Sword of the Omnissiah', a sister militant appears to be waiting for you with a note and transport back to your ship.

Captain Phryx,

We regret to inform you that our stocks of holy promethium were depleted as part of our recent tithe to the Imperium's clerks. In light of our debt to you, we would be pleased to sanctify the requested promethium at no cost, should you provide the promethium.

My sincerest apologies,
Canoness Irene.

>orders?
>Get shut-eye, you're wounded after all
>check on officer [specify]
>go wenching for sisters! A Privateer's life!
>other

>>18785526
How's about a prosthetic limb roughly along the style of a ball-jointed doll arm (pic related), sheathed in a polished ceramic matching our skin tone and richly decorated with baroque engraving and filigree of precious metals.

So, I guess style.

>>18786058
That mental image just made my day. Excellent.

>>18786168
Well that's easy enough! Get mining/factory ship, use it to make promethium, have promethium sanctified by the sisters, done and done.

>>18786168
>go wenching for sisters! A Privateer's life!
Hard to say no to that...

>mon visage quand

with the cost of essential repair work on it, it is a good thing that it's the better of the mothballs...
we should see magos grumman about getting the promethium, though i thought that we bartered a total of 20 cargos worth due to the instability of our friendship with the sisters...
now would be an ideal time to interview Kelly. after all, if she wants to join our ship, we should know why she wants to join, and in what capacity can she help.

>>18786253
>total of twenty cargos

you are correct, sir. 10 cargos for each, resulting in 20 total cargos.

thank you for noticing that!

>>18786244
I didn't mean literally have a hook for a hand, just that having a badass and unmistakably unique bionic limb would help add to our legend.

>>18786253
Seconding. Let's go find Kelly.

>>18786014
On the one hand, no. On the other hand, not only does Natural allow for much sneakyness, having 4 fingers and a thumb allows for a lot of digital weapons, plus being able to hold most devices built for humans (or Eldar, ehehehe), something a hook is not really designed for. I mean, for fucks sake, we're humans, we can't go about without opposable thumbs! Even Orks know how useful those are!

>>18786058
>until a gun shot from each finger
So, each finger launchs a gun that tracks down your enemies and kills them? Like, chibi ServoSkull launcher? SWEET!

>>18785602
Personally, I consider some fancy Dragon Scale a very important long-term goal. Because nothing says "AdMech gun' fuck you up" like a Techpriest wearing Dragon Scale and wielding a Power Axe.
Also, Servo Skulls. ALL of the Servo Skulls.

>>18786137
>You're fairly sure that Quein's 'grief counselor' nearly bit down as her face burned such a bright red.
Did... Did we just... So sorry, Quein. Very NotCool of us.

>>18786168
I say we either go find Athe, go find Advi, or CHECK ON OUR PRISONERS, MUAHAHAHA. Or just go roll around in a pile of Xenos Loot squeeing like an arena full of teenage girls watching a unicorn shit out a puppy.

Also, remember that being INHUMAN will probably not be a problem dealing with AdMech, but it will be a pain in the arse as a captain/future pirate lord, so there's that.
Plus, getting armour to fit is hard enough with the mechadendrites, getting Power Armour or the like for some kind of Eversor claw style arm is going to be tricky.

>>18786058
This is pretty much what I'm going for.
Looks human until a square centimeter of skin parts and a laser shoots out.
Suprise!

Go do that interview with Kelly

>>18786327
>Or just go roll around in a pile of Xenos Loot squeeing like an arena full of teenage girls watching a unicorn shit out a puppy.

>>18786327
>I say we either go find Athe, go find Advi, or CHECK ON OUR PRISONERS, MUAHAHAHA. Or just go roll around in a pile of Xenos Loot squeeing like an arena full of teenage girls watching a unicorn shit out a puppy.

And, Ceogorach delivers, as always.

>>18786368
Actually, I've changed my mind, we shouldn't do that. Dark Eldar loot, spikes, you get the drift. Let's wait until we get our bionic before we go trying to lose more limbs. Don't want to turn this into some sick /d/ shit, after all.

>fidanc imbecillum
Them's fighting words, Captcha.

>>18786168
>>18786365
interview Kelly, then wenching for sisters! YAR!

>>18786654

we should hold off on the wenching.... we do not need to feed the flesh brains pervesions, at least while our form is not at optimal functional levels...

>>18786701
Interview Kelly, then rest up!

>>18786654
>>18786230
If we're going to go hit on sisters, we should pick up Athe first. Firstly because there may be opportunities to gather info on her background, secondly because bonding with officers can be useful, thirdly because she may have sufficient knowledge of the sisters to be a very good wingwoman.

You make your way toward Kelly's quart- Wait, does Kelly have quarters yet? Perhaps Athe knows. Despite the late hour on the station and your ship, you find Athe awake in her quarters. An exhausted looking Kelly is also present, surrounded by a small collection of books she appears to be studying. "I was just helping Kelly review her studies, Elesh. Care to join us?"

You gladly accept, and Athe pulls a third chair to the table in her quarters. Kelly smiles nervously as you inspect the book before her, 'Basics of Trade'. "I wanted to be useful, and I'd been in charge of a store room at one point on the yacht." The woman looks to Athe for support, though your XO seems to be letting her student swim on her own. "I'm good with numbers, and I've been around long enough to spot fake jewels and work a few locks."

With a sigh, Athe moves to support the exhausted woman's sales pitch. "She's got a natural eye for goods and numbers. She's also a good learner, according to her tutors."

>help study?
>relax?
>study anatomy for research and watch subject squirm!
>other?

ask her to look at the lockbox.

>>18786773
Help study. Bonding with Kelly and Athe ahoy.

>>18786773
help study, ascertain her intelligence for ourseves.

studying anatomy will be very helpful for the creation of our new arm, also assisting kelly with her studies could do little to no harm... we should also get Athe's opinion on what the appearence of our new arm should be, because we value the opinions of our second-in-command, and her flesh brains astetical sense...

3D100 rolls, please.

low is good

rolled 76 = 76

>>18786913
rolling

rolled 17 = 17

>>18786913
rolling
one at a time...

rolled 48 = 48

Dice away

rolled 70 = 70

>>18786913

rolled 78 = 78

>>18786890
>Inb4 giant Fleur-de-Lis shaped dildo arm

>>18786913
iRoll.

>dem rolls
Apparently we aren't very good at teaching...

rolled 70 = 70

>>18787013

well, not about trade at least...

You spend several hours helping Kelly study. While your exhausted mind struggles at first, you believe your effort has improved Kelly's understanding of mathematics greatly. It is clear that Kelly possesses an intelligent mind, though her lack of a proper education and life has left much for you to sharpen. As the exhausted greenhorn passes out upon your shoulder, you quietly discuss the possible positions that Kelly's skills could fulfill. "Quartermaster? Perhaps an acquisitions officer or some other more specialized position with training or more education." Conversation soon shifts to Athe's thoughts on augmentation, revealing her to be a fan of 'natural' type bionics, fairly typical for non-techpriests.

Eventually your mind begins to fade, and Athe helps you into a more comfortable set of clothing and her bunk before you pass out. Hours later you wake up in a crowded bunk with both Athe and Kelly. Your stump no longer aches, though your cogitators are forced to suppress a growing sensation of pain from your missing limb.

>orders?
>acquire mechanicus robes?
>I wear a corset now, corsets are cool.
>seek officer? [specify]
>other

>I wear a corset now, corsets are cool.
I don't see why not.

Who was in charge of our armsmen again? We will need to recruit more sometime soon.

rolled 28 = 28

>>18787281

first priority is the reaquisition of our robes, we could merge the corset into our robes if the flesh brain likes it, then we shall visit magos grumman about the aquisition or promethium. but before we visit him, we should ask advi if she wishes to join us in the trip, as we have kind of neglected her in our crew bonding sessions...

>>18787318

a sororitas controlled world may be a poor choice of location to recruit armsmen for a privateer.

You could likely round up some green crew, though.

>>18787359
this is a good plan, lets go with it

>>18787318
There's always that cargo of slaves we recovered from the DE. Perhaps they could be trained as armsmen, or at least press-ganged into service on the gun decks.

>>18787359
I don't know about merging them into our robes, I suppose it depends on what kind of robes we are wearing. Pic possibly related? If we are going to wear one, though, it should be armoured.

>>18787359
Fair enough, though I think we might be better off buying Promethium than using our reward on it, since that has such wonderful Mechanicus things to choose from.

>>18787487
Even if we could try recruiting some crew or fighters from them, I suggest that we don't hire the eldar.
Just find their craftworld or wherever they are from and sell them. Or ask for a fee for returning them if that's a better way to phrase it.

>>18787546
I meant the 1,300 human slaves, not the Eldar captives.

4D100 rolls, please

3 low, 1 high

rolled 85 = 85

>>18787725
rolling

rolled 9 = 9

>>18787725

rolled 13 = 13

>>18787725

rolled 31 = 31

>>18787725

And a pretty excellent 3 lows 1 high it is.

You quietly don the sororitas garb once more, securing the corset deftly with your mechadendrites as you slip out of Athe's quarters. As you search for Advi, you run across Julin as she heads back toward her quarters. After instructing your Master-at-Arms to recruit who she can from the liberated slaves, you continue on your way. Eventually you locate Advi upon the ship's bridge. "The view is quite nice from here, Captain. Did you hear they nearly lost reactor containment on 'Righteous Flame' when they transitioned from the warp?" You spend a short time watching repair crews crawl over 'Righteous Flame' as Advi explains the circumstances of the near disaster. After she completes her second analysis, you quickly invite her to join your visit to Magos Grumman before she can start talking about some sort of crazy contraption to capture servitor convertable children. That would be an interesting conversation with the sororitas. Within an hour you have claimed and changed into your new set of fitted mechanicus robes, though you note with mild frustration that every sororitas-tailored outfit seems to be tight in certain areas. Perhaps you should take a few hours to learn to tailor your own robes.

Soon enough you are met by Magos Grumman and his aide. "Captain Phryx! It is good to see you functional again. Have you given thought to what you'd like to requisition?" After a brief bit of haggling, you manage to convince the Magos to lower the costs of a few items...

Starting Requisition: 60

Claymore-class Corvette 'Epimeliad' : 51
Essential Components: basic = 2, Good Quality = 5 (subject to availibility)
Supplemental Components: basic = 3, Good Quality = 6 (subject to availibility)
Industrial Starter Kit: 18 (Planetary, Asteroid, Station)
Small Arms: (Request specifics)
Complement of Sentinel Powerlifters: 6 (for 100 units)
Mothballed Factory Ship: 12 (Including parts to repair essential components)
Mothballed Jericho-class: 18 (Essential components only)
Mothballed Vagabond-class: 19 (Essential components only)
Precision Machine Tools: 24 (Rare, Industrial, LARGE CARGO, +craftmanship)
Artisan Trials: 30 Requisition (Test of skill)
Other: ???

>components may be "purchased but not specified" at this time, if you wish. All components requested are subject to availability and my discretion

>no further bartering on Requisition costs

>>18787907
I think we were all in agreement on the factory ship and the goodies to get it going again right?

rolled 53 = 53

What is the test for exactly?

>>18787979
passing the artisan trials would make you an official member of the Adeptus Mechanicus, as a sort of "officer" rank.

on the down side, you would be subject to a chain of command and no longer your own master.

How much requisition for the factory ship, precision machine tools and the components needed to make the factory ship fully functional and capable of mining?

Are there substantial benefits or is it just an order with pay and such? Also wouldn't that end the "Privateer" part of the quest?

>>18787973
I concur.

Getting the factory ship and all the useful bits it may currently be missing is the first order of business.

>>18788052
agreed, Mr Machine Spirit, make it so

>>18788009

53, with allowance for 5 basic supplemental components. I'm fairly sure that you could get it functioning for asteroid mining with only 2 if you didn't want any guns or extra bits on it.

>>18787997
>no longer your own master
What a horrible thought. A pirate's (or privateer's) life for me!

>>18787973
>>18788052
>>18788074

>Factory ship purchased!
>basic essential component purchased! (Plasma Drive)
>-14 Requisition
> 46 Requisition remaining

>>18788081
>53, with allowance for 5 basic supplemental components.
I am in favour of this, we need asteroid mining, factories and guns.
Just wondering, what could we manufacture with the factory ship?
Ship components? Vehicles? Armour? Shuttles?

>>18788115
How about we go for the full version. I wouldn't want to set sail with an unarmed, poorly outfitted factory ship. That's practically asking for it to be hijacked by raiders as soon as we look away for 5 minutes.

If we get it properly outfitted, that's 53, right?

>>18788140
With the current skillsets of yourself and Advi, you could set up the ship to either produce refined metals or, if you were to work there yourself, a small-scale bionic production facility.

Most major production facilities require either a planetary, asteroid, or space station base.

also note that your Factory ship comes with two Main Cargo Bays by default, for free.

>>18788176

if you wish to forgo the precision machine tools, you could outfit just the factory ship for 29 (14 of which you've already paid, so an additional 15 Requisition)

>>18788211
I would rather take the tools, mostly because I don't have a very good idea as to what else to buy.
And they seem to be fairly rare, so we might as well take the opportunity to acquire them.

>>18788235
agreed, lets take the tools

>>18788085
>Implying members going off and doing their own (suspicious) things all the damn time isn't basically expected in the AdMech.
Remember, they have to know how to contact us to give us orders.
That said, it's not worth it at the moment.

>>18788235
I'm torn between the tools and the Industrial starter kit. The tools are Large Cargo, which is a problem, but being rare the kit might be easier to get later... Of course, if we get the kit we leave requisition for other stuff...

>>18788235
>>18788242

>Precision Machine Tools purchased!
>-24 Requisition

22 Requisition remains

>deleted previous post to fix math error

>>18788290
The industrial starter kit is cool, but I'm not sure how well a stationary base would suit our quasi-legal style of doing things. Sometimes being able to gtfo in a hurry can be useful.

>>18788336
Stationary?

>>18788362
I thought from the previous thread it was mentioned that the starter kit was for building an asteroid base or space station.

>>18788412
it is for starting an industrial facility upon one of the platforms. You'd need an existing space station to start the facility on, for example.

It has also come to my attention that the Factory Ship will be able to function as an asteroid miner/refinery with 1 supplemental component, though to mount weapons it will require an additional supplemental component of Auxiliary Plasma Banks to provide enough power.

>>18788412
Yes, and? Asteroids are generally not stationary, and unless the Space Station is particularly large it should be able to move as well. Then it's just a matter of getting a decent Warp Drive and Gellar Field and Nurgle's your Grandfather.

>>18788457
make it happen Mr Machine Spirit, we cant have our asset being accosted the minute it gets to work.
What do you guys think? Are we done with the bartering for now? Or is there something else that catches our eyes

>>18788518
I dunno. We have a pimped out factory ship and some fancy tools on board it. Sounds pretty good to me.

Let's ask Magos Grumman what his thoughts are on power armor. Having lost an arm in battle, I'd rather like to look into ways to protect the rest of our fleshy bits. See if he thinks it would be possible to modify a suit to accommodate our mechadendrites (maybe by removing a portion of the back armor) or if this would be a project that needed to be designed from the ground up.

>>18788518
>basic supplemental component x2 purchased!
>-6 Requisition
>16 Requisition remaining

Factory ship has Dorsal/Port/Starboard weapons slots, 8 power, and 7 space remaining.

purchase single powerful weapon or stuff as much as you can onto the ship?

>>18788589

"I'm afraid that I can only offer dragon scale to legitimate members of the Mechanicus, Captain Phryx. The same applies to normal suits of powered armour, as well. I simply cannot hand out such relics like the hospitallars hand out pain pills."

>>18788609
Would it be possible to mount a dorsal lance turret to the factory ship, or would that be too large of a weapon for its power grid?

>>18788652
I suppose we'll just have to figure that out for ourselves then.

>>18788652
mmm he may not be able to hand em out, but that doesnt mean we cant pirate them up at some point
>>18788609
lets put some macrocannons on there, one for each weapon port if we can afford it

>>18788699
The factory ship lacks the required power feeds for lance weaponry.

Replacing the power feeds to mount lance weaponry would be a monumental task on a ship nearly 5km long.

>>18788744
Macrocannons it is, then. Preferably smaller ones spread around the ship to give good coverage, rather than a single large battery.

>>18788763
based on what I see we can mount 3 thunderstrike batteries, one to each mount, and that would be it.

>>18788699
>>18788729

i'll have several loadouts for macrocannon prepared for the next thread.

For now, I'm going to call the thread here.

>NEXT THREAD ON TUESDAY @ 7:30 PM EST
>usual Q&A for a bit
>additional questions/concerns/critiques/complaints can be sent to machinespiritpq@gmail.com for archive readers.


As for "why no lance weapons", I'm going with the BFG fluff for lance weapons instead of the RT "lol put lances anywhere you can power them, they're weak as hell anyway" mode.

Only larger warships or hulls specifically designed to mount lances on smaller hulls can sport lance weapons. Lance weapons also instantly destroy any escort-sized ships on a critical hit, due to BFG fluff.

>>18788812
>lances can instantly destroy escorts
Wait, isn't our current ship an escort? D:

Perhaps we should move our quarters to the factory ship before we leave port...

>>18788856

well, technically the lances "cut escorts in half" at the least. On the plus side, lance weaponry is currently very rare in the sector due to the scarcity of cruiser hulls or larger. There are an estimated 20 cruisers in the sector, most of them part of the Imperial Navy.