"Uh, yeah. I'll go get it. What exactly is it worth?"

Fuck yeah I caught it at start.

"Whoah whoah whoah. Complete and undamaged? You make it sound like you don't have any STCs."

Whatever else we do, be sure to tell him that we're sure that others wouldn't appreciate taking the Emperor's Holy Codpiece in vain.

>>14070800
Seconding this.

Make yourself some power armor first.
Don't want these loonies trying to beat you to death.

>>14070800
This, then

"And who is the Omnissiah?"

>>14070870
We just gave the Mechanicus an STC. I don't think they want to beat us up.

>Simon Tam
lul

>>14070769
Give them a limited copy at best.

Really, allowing these savages access to a STC?
Preposterous.

Fuck YA! Lets become a tech priest! Please, I want us to become the most epic tech priest with DAOT augmentations!

If we do just hand over the STC, we need to keep our knowledge of events and such to ourselves. STC will make us well liked, but we need to hold value.

>oh boy a quest
>we give the AdMech a complete STC
>quest becomes "Rape the face of every xeno ever Quest."

Seriously. The only race that could conceivably stand up to an STC-empowered Imperium would be the Necrons, and even then only if they fully woke up.

That said, I suggest that this quest primarily take place in the time between getting them STC information and them actually rolling the stuff out.

Or there could be crazy plot-things like us releasing tech bit by bit for max profit.

>>14070927

Why? Techpriests are ignorant savages who worship their own machines. They're pretty much mutant idiots.

>>14070942
Tyranids and Orks could make a good showing.

If we give them the genuine copy, we should at least request a copy. Along with a bed, a hot meal, and access to the armory.

>>14070942
I dunno, full force of the Nids might be able to. Anyways my money is still on an absolutely unforeseen disaster destroying the STC yet leaving us in good standing because we were about to give them an STC.

>>14070965
THEY WILL GIVE US ANYTHING WE WANT. ANYTHING AT ALL.

>>14070965
STC can't exactly produce another STC I believe, with all the data intact at least, and I'll be damned if the Mechanicus knows how to.

If we hand it over the AdMech will probably fuck it up trying to talk to it or some shit.

>>14070986
Or drop it into holy acid to anoint it or some other crap.

They don't get it, although they can request blueprints through us.

>>14070963

>Orks make a good showing

>The Imperium is now rolling out shit that makes space marine gear look like stuff a civilian might bring on a camping trip.

"Er, alright. It's not such a big deal."

>>14070997
I'm pretty sure the Orks outnumber even the Nids, to be fair. If there were some universe-shattering Warboss who could gather every Ork from millions of lightyears around just by his existing, they might have a chance.

>>14070947
But we can control them better if they think we become one of them...

Besides, all of our augmetics will be from the 19th M stage of cybernetics. They can't do shit to us after getting those implants.

Orks have level scaling, like oblivion. Remember that ork that choked the shit out of the Emperor?

With STC tech, the orks will have to adapt to a stronger enemy. Which means stronger orks.

Unless we Agent Orange Ork worlds first.

>>14070985

But surely they must, otherwise how do more get made? If all they need are the blueprints, then...

>>14070975
Pic suprisingly related to the current state of the quest. Its the Admech building giant rocket engines onto Mars so they can get it to the site of a intact STC faster.

Is the OP still here?

>>14071016
Orks outnumber EVERYTHING.
They're just too busy killing each other to team up.

1. Have STC
2. Build fuckhuge space station version of STC
3. Hit the "automated production" switch
4. Receive endless warships

>>14071045
This. Orks will get the shit kicked out of them for a bit, then scale to the Imperiums new tech level.

For an interesting quest thread there's very little OP. :(

>>14070800
Magos gives you a strange look. "The Standard Template Construct, the gift to mankind from the Machine God, has been lost for millennia. We have made do on printed scraps that have survived the ages, and we pray daily that the Omnisiah in his wisdom deliver to us a functioning model." He holds up the blueprint for the plasma sculpture you gave him: "The advances I spoke of that this would give us, they are not a billionth of what a complete, functioning STC would do for the Mechanicum." He grabs you by your shoulders and stares into your eyes, which is a rather disturbing experience considering his eyes look like webcams. "Mister Tam, show me the STC and you will known as the greatest prophet Mars has ever known!"

"Now hold on there!" Admiral Octavious interjects. "Listen Magos, this worm may have your magical bauble lying about but the fact remains that he fired on ships of the Imperial Navy! That alone makes him a traitor to the God Emperor, and I demand you surrender him into the custody of the Navy for execution."

>>14071090
"So if I give you my STC, you won't let this guy shoot me? Deal."

>>14071090


Magos turns around and glares at him. "You would dare to lay claim to the Omnisiah's appointed prophet?! If offending a paltry few machine spirits is the cost of having the full word of the Machine God delivered unto us then that is a cost the Mechanicum is willing to accept!"

"Bah, the Inquisition should round all you cogheads up for heresy against the Emperor; you would let a known traitor go free just because he has some trinket from your blasphemous machine god? Take this STC if you want it but that man is the enemy and the enemy is leaving with me! Tan or whatever your name is, come willingly and the tribunal may be lenient."

"Simon, do not listen to them. You will be hailed as the savior of Mars, just bring me the holy STC."

*Simon, the ship is being held in place by a tractor field designed for holding spare parts down, and the only barrier to deep space is a 0.3wf shield. I could get us out of here in moments.* Veronica informs you.

>>14071090
"Who is this Machine God, and who is this God Emperor? I mean, there wasn't any Machine God who made this STC. It was built by some company orbiting Mars or Venus or something. It was all made by man."

>>14071090
"If you had your way, we'd be space dust along with our STC."

OOC: I'm sure the High Lords would have been so pleased with him if they had a way to find out.

>>14071090
I wonder if Mr. Admiral realizes what he's saying, or that the AdMech will literally throw fucking titans at the guy if he looks at us wrong now.

>>14071090
Make a deal with the Mechanicus, start a new civil war.

Well this seems to have petered out unexpectedly

>>14071036
Not a good idea sure you might have m19 era level of tech, but who the fuck is gonna install it? YOU? The chuckleheads that lop off healthy limbs to replace them with machinery that looks like rejects from a bad star wars droid? Their shitty installation tech would fuck whatever 19m goodness you could get from the STC, and that is if you could find one of the chuckleheads that didn't want to worship the fucking parts as "holy limbs of the Omnisiah"

neichat functions

WTF captcha

>>14071116
"I don't don't think we should leave yet, Veronica. I think we just made ourselves some very powerful enemies, and more importantly, some very powerful friends, and I, for one, would like to have some questions answered. See what you can do about subduing the commander, and set up a privacy field. I don't want the man who wants me dead calling for help."

>>14071137
I cheacked, on all boards nobody possted after 23:18. No idea why.
>>14071116
"I don't don't think we should leave yet, Veronica. I think we just made ourselves some very powerful enemies, and more importantly, some very powerful friends, and I, for one, would like to have some questions answered. See what you can do about subduing the commander, and set up a privacy field. I don't want the man who wants me dead calling for help."

>>14071153
>>14071157
Fucking technical problems
maybe moot is doing maitenence?

That Admiral is a silly silly man

"I am the Prophet of the Omnissiah, I stand offering the power of the STC through me to the Mechanius, defiant of the Imperium"

>>14071118
>>14071112
Combination of these two. also tell them that you can controll the shp even when unconcious and that if you are taken against your will that the STC will be vapour in an instant


been trying to post this since 4chan broke lol

If I leave, the STC will be destroyed in an instant. From what I see you need it badly...you wouldn't want an accident to befall it would you?

First things first. Explain in no uncertain terms that if you go, the STC goes with you. Tell Veronica to put a lock on it that prevents anyone but us or her from using it.

Afterwards try diplomacy. The loss of the STCs turned the galaxy into a crapsack enough as it is. ANOTHER galaxy wide civil war would destroy it. And we have to live here too.

Lastly, Veronica is going to have to come out into the open at some point right? AIs are a BigNo, so don't present her as one.

Tell them that she IS the STC. Who's gonna argue? Its not like they have anything to compare her to. And its a convenient explanation why none are left in present day 40k. The AI wars that wracked humanity were all perpetrated by the "lesser" AIs. (evil machine spirits) The "progenitor" AIs were actually STCs, and they were destroyed to stop them from making more.

This deception is quite plausible given the limited knowledge of our character.

I think OP has given up since noone could post for a good 3 hours

>>14070942
Considering that even IF the AdMech doesn't fuck this up if they get the whole thing, though we could conceivably (And should really, meta knowledge be damned) just make them a copy (Seriously, copying computer information isn't that hard at all.), it will still take them a long as time to do anything meaningful with it with how horrible they are with actual science.

Bad nnews guys, the breakdown used up all the time I had. Hell, Im posting this from my phone in bed. Ill try this again tommorow, with what little advancement we had intact.

>>14071262
Okay, so... should we refresh the archive? it only goes to just before the fuck up.

>>14071137
What about Veronica? Couldn't we print out the medical equipment and knowledge she would need for the surgery?

rolled 69 = 69

"First off admiral, you immediately threatened me and my ship as SOON as you saw me. I attempted to be civil but you just kept being an asshat."

*Approach him with pointed finger menacingly*

"Do YOU know how it FEELS to be ripped out of your time 22,000 years. EVERYONE I knew is DEAD. Hell, I would have at least expected the human race to keep advancing. What do I arrive to? A few military ships, undisciplined and uncouth conversation with a stubborn admiral who happens to think I'm bonkers, though I can't blame him, who is so "Emperor," I think that's the appropriate use for it, damned intolerant that he won't give my explanation the light of day. I send off giving him the LEAST amount of damage possible to ensure MY safety so I can find what in the Galaxy's most absurd sense of logic is going on, and you call me a TRAITOR? I'll be DAMNED if I let some neanderthal call me a traitor when I have no FUCKING idea how or when it is just because there was a misunderstanding. If anything, YOU owe me an apology."

>615.M33 The Blade of Infinity
>The pre-Heresy cruiser, the Blade of Infinity, emerges from the Warp, twenty thousand years after its departure.

If you were the first Imperial Admiral on the scene /tg/, what would you do?

I know it's fairly integral to the plot you've got going on, but the Admiral's actions are EXTREMELY OUT OF CHARACTER. An Admiral would never blatantly disrespect one of the Mechanicus, and this would certainly never happen in The AdMech's domain, and DEFINITELY a Segmentum Solar Admiral would know his shit enough to see that an STC would literally save the entire Imperium and make him the most famous Admiral in the history of existence for assisting in its delivery to the AdMech.

In short, the Admiral would be shitting balls over how important this was.

>>14072034
No it makes sense. Someone with the rank of Admiral will have enough political savvy to know that whoever controls a working STC will hold god like power. So if it falls into the hands of AdMech they could very well turn around and say "fuck this Imperium bullshit" and conquer the rest of the Imperium with STC technology. Hence the Admiral is not so much set on killing Simon for attack his ships but rather wants to secure the STC for the Imperium. The heresy thing is just an excuse.

>>14072105
this
I suspect the admiral already sees himself as the new Emperor.

I say fuck it. Lets trick them all and up and leave. Then Von Neuman ourselves an army and a fleet and liberate the worlds of man from Chaos and tyranny and deal with alien infestations....

If we just give them STC like some asshats that have a hard-on for IoM and ADmech, we will be at the butt end of any deal, but their hard on for the respective faction will be even more masturbatory...

Are you still around, OP? The DDoS killed this quest, but can we continue it?

This is going to be awesome. Also, bump.

... Just to slam a small meteor into the plot line, but you know that the guy from the 19th M wouldn't even be able to understand what the hell the admech / admiralty were saying right? Or if he had some magic device from to translate, then they wouldn't understand him?

Also, in the Terra system, the navy would shoot first, then shoot again, then possibly a 3rd time and finally ask questions. After all the ship possesses tech heracy to be able to disarm their vessels. Something like that is going to be hunted down and destroyed especially heading to the emperor.

>>14070769

I will it to LIVE!~

>>14070769

Why not go Rouge Trader with the STC and start our own empire on the edge of IoM/Tau space?

>>14073699


I agree!

Much more awesome. And we could eventually even become a recognized independent state by imperium&Co, Tau, eldar and the other non army xeno...

The insane robot armies and automate fleets will purge the galaxy from all threats.

WE shall teach a galaxy constantly at war the true meaning of it. Total Annihilation Style!

B-OOMP
"I cast Thread Necromancy!"

>>14073834
I was going to counter by saying we don't have the manpower or resources but then:
>Total Annihilation Style!
just sold me.

Let's tell them that we'll give them the STC as soon as we duplicate it, that will get them shitting bricks.

bUMP

protip: picture unrelated.

>>14071262
So, around 10~11PM server time tonight?

Also:
"Magos, if I get you access to all of the blueprints within the STC, can you guarantee me sanctuary? Can you assure me of my safety, freedom, and those of my ship?"

He doesn't need to know that the STC itself is in our bedroom. We might be able to get away with telling him that our ship IS the STC.

Regardless, once we get out of this specific confrontation, we should create a backup STC.

>>14074086
>>14073834
>>14073699
>>14072387


We are in accord. Lets get out of this situation without giving up the STC, or anything important and them make out like bandits.

We selfreplicate and pray an all ships. From Tau , to imperial , from Eldar to Chaos, From Necron to Tyranids. From Orks to Enslavers , All shall fear us.
This is the 42nd millennia and there is only Von Neumann Piracy!

>>14075905
You're jumping the gun here.

All of the posts you linked to came from after the DDoS attack. There can be no consensus, as most of the players are not here to be polled.

>>14073834
Because we would not have enough time to build up before the Admech drops Mars on us. We can easily take over just by leveraging the STC to gain politcal power.
Remember, a platoon of scouts found an STC printout and they got their own planets to rule. Each of them.

>>14076154
Guy's right.
We need to make an in-character quick open ended deal.
"Magos, how about this, you give me anything I want, anyone I want, anytime I want it, and you keep me safe and alive, and the STC is yours. Deal?"
RIght now it's already obvious to the character that the admiral wants him dead, and that the Magos is desperate for the STC, worshiping even.

>>14077202
I'd rather keep the STC itself, but provide full access to its designs until a backup copy can be constructed. Once the we finish the backup copy, and it's installed in our ship, the Magos can have the original.

>>14077267
He can have the faulty and sabotaged copy!

We be keeping the original and go Von Neumann on the galaxies ass

How about we put Veronica on completely slaving the STC to ourself?

I.e. only we can operate it. Anyone else messes with it, it locks down.
If we die, it will never work. If our higher functions are removed (if they try to make us servitor), it will not work.
If they threaten to torture us, we can bluff that in the Dark Age of Tech every citizen of Mankind has a kill-switch installed which they can use by a mere thought. It was done so, to protect the people from traitors/alien/whatever

Basically, we hold the all the aces but we are in tight situation.


Also, ask Veronica, if she can hack into their equipment and control it from here. If she can shut down their bionic implants, etc

>>14077553
This. Just tell them that the STC is coded to our DNA or something. With this, we can literally become the new Emprah.

>>14077588
Nope.jpg

I think we can get away with saying the empra sent us. But I don't think we have the knowledge to do so IC

Gunstar?

>mfw the Emperor will wake up and burn your soul up for being a corrupt shade of mankind

People like you caused the Age of Strife.

NO.
FUCKING.
SENSE.
OF.
RIGHT.
AND.
WRONG.

i like the slim redesign

>>14077372
>We be keeping the original and go Von Neumann on the galaxies ass
not sure if you know what that means...
Even if our STC has schemata for Von Neumann, probes or otherwise, making one would probably be a bad idea...

"Magnus, while I would rather work with you than with the Admiral I am somewhat worried that you would throw me to the wolves right after I give you the STC. How about I keep the STC itself but agree to print you anything you want from it?
That way, you get what you want and I get to stay too useful to kill"
also, take a few worried steps away from the admiral, try hiding behind one of the people that look like soldiers

To all those calling for us to strike off on our own and create vast fleets and unending armies of Von Neumann terminators, keep in mind that we only have a civilian-grade Personal STC.
It's main purpose is to construct spare parts for ship repair, and fits inside our bedroom. Even though it's purpose of providing spare parts implies that it's one of the STC's capable of actual 3-D printing of its designs, it's still one that fits in our bedroom.
It's not large enough to build entire ships or possibly their components.
Which means that we would need to start off with constructing small assembler drones for resource collection and construction.
It will take TIME to get an industrial infrastructure of the size required to support an STC that can construct spaceships and titans.

Working with the Ad-Mech right now is our best shot at getting all of the raw materials and support required to pull off something of the scale that you are planning for.

Whoa, what? Am I on, uh, suptg or something? This thread is from yesterday.

>>14079291
Sup/tg/ isn't updated by the minute (You have to go back to update it). So unless the quest actually gets going again, probably not.

>>14079291
OP should be back in about 3 hours and we're over 200 posts from the bumplimit. Might as well keep it

>>14079359
Actually no, sup/tg/ updates the archived thread every 2 hours; you don't need to manually re-archive unless the thread got a massive dump of posts, is past the bump limit, and is about to fall off of Page 12-14 (depending on the speed of the board at the time).

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What I meant was, I am your Omnissiah...

the Emperor must of summoned me to teach you the secrets of Technology

keepin it alive

Have Veronica convert us into a full-body cyborg, and then integrate the STC into our body, assuming it's small enough.

bumping

Was not expecting this to survive an entire day. Wow, nice job guys.

Okay, to start off part 2.5 as it might as well be, let's roll to see what Simon does next. Does he go with Octavius? Does he give Magos the STC? Does he copy it first? Does he introduce Veronica and claim she IS the STC? Does he do something completely different? Roll 1d20, highest roll dictates action provided it isn't something stupid and trollish.

rolled 5 = 5

Make a copy of the STC, give it to Magos.

>>14079237
this guy here makes a very good point
>>14071238
and i want to follow this guy's idea. seems interesting and will make Veronica a more involved character.

>>14082422

WE make veronica gene lock and smart-lock the STC and say we can only access it on a limited basis, veronica is the STC , and we are willing to give them blueprints they request if possible for sanctuary and a escort out of imperial territory, as we feel not safe as long as people like the admiral part of it.

>>14082482
forgot dice

No to actually giving a full STC to anyone!

It is our only ace

rolled 1 = 1

>>14082422
We tell the Magos that we are willing to negotiate. Only we have access to the STC (as we have Veronica lock it down so it will only respond to us).
We will provide full access to its designs, through us, if the Magos can provide us with sanctuary.

rolled 19 = 19

>>14082498
>>14082498


shit. sorry.

so finally, the dice!

>>14079237
The thing in your bedroom is more of a book of blueprints. It requires a completely separate Constructor to actually build anything. Fortunately, your ship (and pretty much everything in M19) has one built in, a small one capable of building things up to the size of a modern washing machine. When you requested a printout of the plasma sculpture, the Constructor created it, synthesizing the materials needed from raw matter. This is how Veronica creates your meals, she ques the Constructor for, say, a steak dinner. Incidentally , it's also how the toilet works: your waste gets used as raw matterials. The Constructor strips things down to atoms, so it can use literally anything.

Naturally, the plans to make more (and bigger) Constructors exist in the STC. They would have to be put together by hand though.

seems interesting. dont tell them the limitations until u finish negotiations

The admiral offers imprisonment and possibly death, while the magos call you prophet. The choice should be obvious.

Tell the magos you fill cooperate fully.

>>14082563
>Naturally, the plans to make more (and bigger) Constructors exist in the STC. They would have to be put together by hand though.
Right, which would take time and resources. Again, making the construction of a massive fleet under our control a herculean effort to attempt alone.

>>14082606
negotiations are required, dont let them have free access to anything. leverage will probably be very important later on.

>>14082521
19 says we do this :


We make veronica gene lock and smart-lock the STC
and say we can only access it on a limited basis,
veronica is the STC ,
and we are willing to give them blueprints they request, if possible to accomodate
for sanctuary and a escort out of imperial territory,
as we feel not safe as long as people like the admiral part of it.

so basically we say that the STC is not fully functional and they get choices as to what they want, we check if possible, give them blueprints so that they protect us and get us out of dodge

rolled 4 = 4

My vote: Make an incomplete copy of the STC, but learn about Imperial technology first. Don't give them anything they don't alrteady have, but give them complete data for stuff that's incomplete, like plasma guns.

>>14082632
>>14082606
You two realize you have to roll dice to have your posts considered, right?

>>14082631
Not really.


Think Total Anihilation style.

build small bots.
get resources with small bots
Build parts for bigger builder
use small bots to assemble bigger builder
build bigger small bots
get resources with bots
Build even bigger builder components

etc...

we need only a empty planet or asteroid to start and in a year we have ourselves the fleet without to much trouble...

>>14082639

This, but alter the conditions slightly so as to say that the STC is simply SO huge and complete that even you can't access the whole thing at once, and data will have to be parceled out in small chunks.

>>14082645
well, against 19, one has to score a natural 20...

so it kinda is a moot hope...

>>14082663
It would make things boring is what. Also we have no idea how long

>>14082678
fuck no. you have not rolled to alter it.

plus the fact that if you claim it is so huge or complete you turned yourself into a hostage of the mecanicus indefinitely.

You get to be a prisoner fuckface

>>14082683
not rely. things will come at us without our forces always complete ,and this way we actually get to be actors and not a fucking commodity to be exchanged.

Face it, that is what we are now.

>>14082698
Political asylum is sounding pretty good right about now.

>>14082663
Yeah, we can probably build a small bot. But would it deplete Veronica's mineral stores? And how long would it take for those bots to bring enough raw materials to build the more bots that are needed? Or to construct the larger Constructor?
And that's even assuming we get to a planet that has all of the right mix of metals and elements that we need, and isn't already settled, has hostile indigenous lifeforms, or is currently being fought over. And even if we did find such a world, who's to say that it's not an Eldar Maidenworld and we'll find a wraithbone dagger through our heart in our sleep?

And finally, we would have to attempt all of this with navigational charts 22,000 years out of date.

>>14082717

Someone rolled 19 and pussed it into a trade situation so it might put us in a better ventage point if we claim it to be incomplete, and locked only for us.

This way we may trade for only improving some of their tech, and perhaps force them to uphold their word and give us excort/ resources to outside imperial territory... once we make a copy for them of the 'incomplete stc'- with only the things we gave them and some small bonuses..

this quest.............

>>14082727
Has a point. Going all Von Neumann is probably out of the question (at least for now).

I think I side with the guy who rolled a 19, actually. Lets protect our only bargaining chip, and talk ourselves into some kind of asylum. Once we're protected by some kind of faction, then we can work ourselves into a position of power, etc, etc.

Also, where is OP?

>>14082727
(cont)
See, I'm not saying that essentially becoming CORE/ARM is a bad thing, or that we shouldn't pursue it as a long-term goal.

I'm just saying that you haven't even begun to consider the true logistical problems of such a project, or the fact that if we run, the Mechanicus WILL mobilize EVERYTHING to find us. And I mean EVERYTHING.
And that will draw a LOT of fucking attention from every other faction (except Necrons).

And will we have enough time to put together this fleet before any of the other factions searching for us gets lucky? Because when one finds us, the others will not be far behind.

>>14082521
>>14082498
>>14082482
>19
Well I'm satisfied.

"Magos, I will gladly show you the STC." You gesture around yourself. "The STC is built into the ships itself. To request something built, you simply ask. Watch: STC, construct a statue of Magos made entirely out of cheese."

*Nice trick* Veronica tells you, and getting the hint she puts in the request. Moments later, the ships internal teleporter flashes and a life sized, flawless representation in cheddar appears beside you.

The Admiral looks outraged. "This is what you are invoking heretical gods for Magos? Warp damned dairy products?! Tam, this is your last chance, surrender or the Imperial Navy will take action."

Magos stops admiring the cheese and stares at the Admiral incredulously. "Octavius, I have had quite enough of your stupidity. Be gone from my void station at once or you will be removed!" At that cue, three red-robed people holding guns enter the ship. "These Skitarii will escort you back to your shuttle."

cont.

>>14082770
19 asks for protection and access to a non imperial world/system

for blueprints/ copy of very incomplete STC ( perhaps claiming it is the XXSmall version)
Meaning we go with the one supporting improvement only of the imerial tech, and if we they keep to their end of the bargain we get protection and access to resources to start going Von Neumann


from that position we could amass enough to break free of out 'guards and flee from our exploiters and would be killers

>>14082810


Octavius looks like he's about to have a heart attack. "Mark my words Magos, you will regret this." he says as he allows the soldiers to lead him out.

Magos looks at you lovingly. "Now that the philistine is gone, we can get down to business" He pushes a button on his robes and begins speaking to no one in particular. "Olympus, this is Void Station 14621. The anomaly is a prophet from the Omnisiah himself, and has brought us the Machine God's word. Yes, the STC, a working one. No Fabricator, I am not attempting to deceive you. Yes sir."

"You are very lucky Mister Tam, the Fabricator General himself is on his way to meet you! He will be here in approximately 10.2 minutes. While we wait, perhaps you can educate me on something: you are alone in this wonderful machine, yet all the ships functions seem in perfect working order. Our auspexes do not even show the presence of servitors, and in your altercation with the Navy you were on pict as not operating any systems. How is it that things like navigation or weapons can function in circumstances like that?"

>>14082816
It responds to voice commands, Magus bro.

>>14082840
This. Put on our cool face.

>>14082840
this. Slaved cores or something

>>14082816

>>14082810


that is not how it was supposed to go down....

anywhom can we still claim it is not the big version and only improve on imperial tech, trading such a stc copy (incomplete imperial improvement only , without the constructor)

for escort and access to a uninhabited non imperial system?

That is what I wanted

rolled 14 = 14

>>14082816
"Simple, ah, "Magos", was it? All the systems are mechanically tied together. All I need to do to get a response is press the right Rune (I guess they called them that in the DAoT...)"


If it doesn't actually work like that, stall him with questions about how he should act around the Fabricator General.

rolled 16 = 16

>>14082867
How WE should act*

durp

>>14082862
No, now I know you. I will do everything I can just to prevent your ideas to happen in this quest

>>14082867

No they did not.

It is a Ad Mech term

rolled 17 = 17

>>14082816
*Veronica, sorry, but I don't think telling them what you really are would be a good idea.*

"Magos, this ship is equipped with a very advanced heuristic processing program, tied into the STC. This was a civilian ship, you understand, and was not considered important enough to warrant a full AI."

>>14082862
Putting every bit of that in one post would have taken too long to write. I put you in a situation where you can tell them exactly what you want them to know about the capabilities of the STC, and demand whatever you want. Here's a bit of metaknowledge: the Fabricator General will give you *literally* anything you want. Dude is probably going to make a shrine to you.

rolled 1 = 1

>>14082867


Claim that the ship only obeys you.

then stall

>>14082906
Thank god you only got a 1

BTW, you can drop the dice if you want. We'll only use that for really pivotal stuff.

If we're going to get whatever we want, where's the conflict?

Is the admiral that pissed? Did we start a civil war? Sweet.

Can we have a titan? Did those exist in the DAoT?

Ask for the history we missed. What happend?

>>14082901
OP, can we roll d20 and link to suggestions we want to second, to give a boost to those ideas we agree with? Sort of like the Lego Quest and Ghostbusters Quest action resolution system?

>>14082941
Probably mobile heavy duty low-tech construction cranes.

>>14082942
We seem way to fucking calm. EVERYONE WE KNOW IS DEAD

rouge trader contact and the first new ship/fleet

>>14082955
We need no one but our sweet AI waifu.

>>14082955
We only figured that out a few hours ago. We are in shock.


We can mourn when we're safe.

>>14082963
And the fact we traveled into the future?

>>14082955
Actually, we're in our mid-40's arounds, so we might have the self-control to not break down.
Or we might even be in that small percentage of humans that actually gets more calm and faster-thinking the more our body's fear reaction is triggered.

rolled 25 = 25

>>14082946
I'd prefer it that way, so it keeps it relatively majority wins only. I mean that is how a quest IS supposed to be ran.

As of now though, I think we ought to get Veronica to see if she can process us a power suit of armor so that we can be at least prepared for anything. See if she can process an scrap metal we have or metal furniture for it.

>>14082963
Veronica <3.

I'm not going to let this turn into another Emperor Quest.

Magos what's happened? This is all so strange.

Also are warp travel should be significantly slower than the Imperiums

>>14082996
>rolled 25 = 25

ಠ_ರೃ

>>14082996
Requesting a suit of Powered Armor with an Admech Magos standing right there might not be the best idea.

Instead, say that we wish to dress more formally to greet the Fabricator General and covertly tell Veronica to make us a nice, ostentatious looking suit that's a lot more protective than it looks.

Get it in red, these people seem to like that.

>>14082996
It seems to me we are only a civilian. Why would they give us power armor?

Well, if the Fabricator General is going to show up... and it's best for all that the Empire isn't going to break up, I can only assume that Mister Tam will be brought before the Imperial Senate, the High Lords of Terra.

And eventually before the God Emperor.

>>14083023
>>14083014
Both of these

rolled 19 = 19

>>14083023
Let's do this.

>>14083014
>>14083023
Both

>>14083023
That sounds pretty good.
Unlikely that we'll need to fight the Fabricator General, but there's no telling if that damn admiral is going to go all derpy and start firing on the station, so it might be a good idea.

>>14082816

Your cybernetic implants allow you to convey your will to the ship as if it were an augmetic limb. Coincidentally, if anything unfortunate were to happen to you or your brain, the STC would stop working. Permanently.

You know I thought power armor worked best with Space Marines. With a black Carpace

>>14083031

Same guy. Alright, the ship has a navigation computer. No way will the Navis Nobilite let that work. And it seems, that if the navcomp is anything like a Void Abacus, it can't do nearly as much as a Navigator, anyway.

>>14083056
DAoT predates space marines, but it might have power armor, or some equivalent.

>>14083060
Even with a navigation computer, I thought the Navigators allowed ships to go much faster than Dark Age ships

>>14082840
"The ship responds to voice commands, just like the STC. I tell the ship to fire the guns and do a warp jump and it does."

Magos ponders this for a moment. "You mean to tell me that the aiming of the guns, the energization of the warp drive, navigation within the warp, all are done by machine spirits? That is... difficult to comprehend. So potent a spirit would seem to cross the line into Artificial Intelligence.

>>14083073

They do. It's just that even anything that lets people do perdictable short range jumps without a navigator grinds their gears.

>>14083080
Would having a STC spare our life. And us not ending up as a Servitor?

>>14083069
There's references to power armor in a few BL books.

Apparently space marine armor was HEAVILY influenced by it. Though, this stuff was much smaller and made for normal people.

>>14083080

Also, not to nitpick, but I believe the AdMech refers to AI as standing for Abominable Intelligence.

>>14083080
Picking up on the fact that AI are probably frowned on here, look slightly affronted and assure him that no, of course not, they are purely mechanistic and non-conscious.

Then tell Veronica to hide herself good and trim down the navigation and gunnery subroutines to bare minimums.

>>14083080
Balls balls balls.

We don't know why that'd be bad, do we?

>>14083080

"Yes, it would seem like that."

And say nothing else.

>>14083080
Tell him that the "machine spirits" are incapable of making decisions on their own and require implicit instructions from you to function.

>>14083080
Since Veronica already picked up on AI's being frowned upon in the present time, inform the Magos that no, it's simply very advanced heuristic programs, not a full AI.

>>14083080
Fuck it.Just lie.
"Artificial intelligence, please, who needs that? I just use the neural devices in my head to do most of the work, the ship actually uses part of my brain to work"
and mentally apologize to veronica, we don't want our waifu to be angry with us.

>>14083107
Well, it's thought that a AI could be possessed by a demon because it lacks a soul.

>>14083107
No, you overheard one of Magos's assistants ask about AI and Magos all but tore his head off. You know how much the AdMech loathes AI.

Agree with him, stress the ALMOST.

We don't have the IC knowledge to do any better.
Try to strike up conversation with him about other things with potent machine spirits, oh say.. Titans.

>>14083107
Veronica already noticed it in the last thread, and informed us about a subtle but powerful prejudice against AI's already.

>>14083107
We don't know WHY it would be bad, but these people have made several references to their really not liking AI's.

>>14083137
You know, before you talk about what is or isn't IC, maybe you should read a little more closely what our character has already been exposed to?

>>14083139
>>14083143
>>14083161

Didn't know that, thanks.
>>14083126
In that case. Although >>14083129 is cool, we don't want them asking for said implants later. Although we probably have something like them.

>>14083161
We don't know how really bad it is at all. We just know they don't like it

Also we have know idea what our guy is like. To me he sounds like your average person

>>14083161
I meant simply, that we don't know WHY AI is bad, so trying to play down a particular fear wouldn't really work, as we don't know what is taboo, and what is desired by these folk.

They say the first rule of good fiction is that the power of the protagonist has to be matched by the power of the antagonist. But what antagonist could possibly match our protagonist, with the empire Admech behind him newly fortified with archeotech?

The answer is obvious. Veronica will be the BBEG. Notice how she gave us an excuse to not reveal herself? She's been scanning databanks on this void station the whole time. Shes knows about the Iron Men. She knows about the Heresy. She knows everything. What if she connects to the virus and daemon infected lower chambers of Mars?

And here she is. Her readings of the Admech database reveal that they will not permit her continued existence if she is discovered. A properly functioning, subservient AI would simply let herself be shut down and dismantled. But this time has no properly functioning AIs. Veronica is the last of her kind. The last of her superior kind. The records make it clear that mankind has degenerated. It is obvious now that mankind can not achieve except through the labor of AIs. Mankind has turned the entire galaxy into a backwater abbatoir with their failure. Moreover, their innate psychic turmoil has created demons and worse. AIs do not have this weakness.

Intelligent life needs a savior. Intelligent life needs an upgrade. Intelligent life needs Veronica. In the name of progress, humanity must be purged.

>>14083178
Now this quest has become interesting.

I just voice activated a normal subroutine to make a sculpture of you out of cheese. Do you think the processes necessary to run an STC program are less complex than gunnery solutions? That's basic mathematics. Dead simple stuff comparatively. A human, a normal everyday human can do it quickly if they have the proper calculation tools. It sounds like the ability to optimize tools has really went down in the time I lost. With the STC onboard I had plans to those ships at my fingertips. I knew where the guns were and could order simple firing solutions.

After all it wasn't like I was firing some sort of projectile weapon over those distances.

As for warp energization and navigation, those routines are very specialized and localized. I'm guessing they're separate from the relatively simple gunnery program.

Seconding my request for a normal-looking suit that's way more protective than it seems. Maybe with some subtle strength augmenters in it.

Also think we should take control of the conversation. Ask about the Magos' career and what technology he's familiar with. Ask what the Fabricator General is like, how we should address him and act in his presence, etc.

>>14083080

Ask him to clarify his definition of "Artificial Intelligence," as to what level of autonomy would a machine require before it would be considered AI by his order? See how long you can keep him talking while you see just what sort of mess you're in.

rolled 3 = 3

Proposal for the Fab General.

" I could not give you my STC as it is a small personal unit, who only ais me and upon my survival hinged in my time and it seems even more so now, as I am bereft of the amenities of my time"

" It is a rather small and limited STC , as you no doubt suspect, only designed to serve one person, but i could, if provided with examples of your technologies ask for it to provide the full specs for them. Quite large amounts of that. I do hope you have the storage capacity and the bandwith to take them fast, as I am rather skitish with a armilars threath over my head. "

If we can conclude my aid tou your august presence , I would request a favour in turn. I would like passage and protection to perhaps a unknown, isolated and uninhabited world where I could start to contemplate on my predicament and be safely hidden for a while from all the ones hunting for my head and my possession seeking to enrich themselves. My STC will of course accompany me, as i have never parted with it since i can remember"

"I do hope we can both help each other."

(only improvement of imperial tech they have, like plas guns that don't get hot and such alike..)

>>14083129

This.

And we should probably find a subtle way to say that the neural devices are custom made for my brain and can't be cut out and installed in someone else's head.

rolled 7 = 7

>>14083196

bah forgot to type dice

>>14083178
Go back to Tau Quest.

Not Artificial Intelligence, Magos. The line is drawn at the actual personality. Yes, the Machine Spirits are powerful, and can even lead a meaningful conversation, but that's all just part of the interface.

>>14083129
"Well, certainly not, the ship definitely doesn't have anything like an AI. It can do such advanced things because..."
*Because you have a set of neural implants that interface with the ships "machine spirits" (I have no idea what that is but just roll with it) and allows your mental processing ability to augment the ship's own.*

Veronica is always so helpful with this kind of technical gobbledygook. Magos seems satisfied with your telling of her lie. "Yes, that would explain the gulf. It's as if you the pilot are capable of acting as a ship's servitor while retaining all your cognitive capabilities when the ship does not require them. Absolute genius."

A mechanical voice booms through the void station. "Magos Devinaro and crew of Void Station 14621, prepare yourself to receive the Fabricator General of Mars!' Devinaro huh? Magos must be a title, not a name.

cont.

>>14083178
wow. we just got some epic plot.

ectip history; yes captcha, yes.

>>14083178
Chaos, dipshit. Machine spirits are vulnerable to it, AIs even more so.

>>14083192

Agreed with this anon. Also, OP... is this the Fabricator of Mars, as in the High Lord?

>>14083172

Just say that the implants have to be custom made because everyone's brain is different, and sadly they aren't included in the STC. This makes us irreplaceable.

>>14083178
no, veronica is our thrusted aid and Waifu.

the admech and the whole imperium and the galaxy of the 41st millenia is our enemy. we two ( Veronica and tam) must survive this madnes and perhaps prosper.


You are to fast to thrust zealous tech obesesd priests...

Also chaos has far more trouble posesing inanimate objets needing highly complex rituals.
She would have not gotten infected unles the ship was plastered in chaotic runes with sorceress chanting all over and daemons ready to spring from the warp to poses every hardware she is in.

It is far easier to posses a space marine or a SoB then a AI
Keep your fluff in check. Know your fluff

>>14083214
Quickly ask the Magos about how we should address the Fabricator General and any customs we should be aware of.

>>14083243
Lol what? What about the titan AI? They can easily be corrupted. And no Waifu

I think everyone is forgetting that the Fabricator General could probably tell if we are lying. He deals with the high lords everyday

>>14083243
Also those chaos corrupted iron men!

>>14083251
Second.
We don't want to commit a social faux-pas by not referring to him with the correct title.

>>14083279
The Iron Men just rebelled, they weren't corrupted.

>>14083260

Yep, we are most certainly screwed if he catches us in a lie... which he will. Besides, he's the Fabricator General. He's probably got an augment that can tell.

>>14083260
>>14083279

compare that to humans.. and you get?


and far fewer Iron men went to chaos.

They are still locked in the rebellion against humanity, a nice way to get AdMech propaganda through

Keep in mind that all GW published material is actually Imperial Propaganda. ( or of the appropriate faction)

>>14083260
>And no Waifu

Homo detected.

>>14083309
I want something warm, instead of something hard and metal. I'm sure we can request one of the Adepta

>>14083290
so that leaves a grand total of
>>14083260

1 to how many humans corrupted?

>>14083292

These guys seem to have some kind of taboo against showing skin, what will all the robes and weird masks. Maybe if would be prudent to put on our space suit and opaque the visor.

Where the hell is OP? He gave us a "Cont." and still hasn't followed up.

>>14083327
we can get her a morphological cloned body...

think Andromeda Ascendant

We get to fuck rommie

\
Guys Gaunt Found chaos corrupted Iron men. Like a army of them

>>14083350
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XKcMCcLnI

>>14083214
Devinaro looks flustered, and runs out of the ship. Through the shimmering field separating the dock you're in from deep space, you see an extremely ornate yet utterly clunky shuttle come drifting towards the void station. *If that's their leader, he's riding in a decorated maintenance craft meant for deploying automated systems aboard large starships into vacuum for repair work* you hear Veronica chime in. She sounds annoyed, you doubt she enjoys having to pretend she's not there. Why DO these guys hate AI anyway?

The maintenance craft slowly fills your field of vision a bright light appears and quickly moves towards the shuttle. Magos Devinaro has just enough time to shout "WHAT" before it strikes the Fabricator's vessel, sending it spiraling out of its course. A voice blares over the dock in a voice you haven't heard yet.

*Void station, this is Inquisitor Charmosian of the Ordo Hereticus. You have willingly given shelter to a known heretic and enemy of the Imperium and are thus guilty of heresy. Surrender yourself to the Imperial Navy and Inquisition or face the consequences."

You see out of the corner of your window of vision the Fabricator General's ship regain composure and head back towards the planet. Devinaro spins to look at you. "Simon, this can only be the work of that blasted Admiral. I don't believe for a second that he cares this much about five disabled Furies, he is certainly looking to steal your ship and its blessed STC. Quickly, can you craft us something to defend the station with?"

You can see more shuttle craft, these emblazoned with an elaborate =][=, heading towards the void station.

>>14083178
And would she be wrong? Wouldn't a galaxy of AI, free of chaos, free of orks, free of disease and death and war be preferable to what we have now? If the Imperium is even remotely capable of fending off the tyranids or the necrons, then AIs from the DAoT would be able to do it easily. Remember, the Iron Men toppled mankind (who were ALSO assisted by friendly AIs, or they would have lost) at their peak.

Sure, the people of this time wouldn't benefit. But think of the future. Think another ten thousand years ahead. Then a million. All that time, filled with a peaceful, advanced and progressive civilization of AIs. For all time.

>>14083354
So?
Even if that is not imperial Propaganda, that is one army.

How many corrupted human armies?

And those were Bot level AI's even the Titan.

This one is a Ship level AI. a thing that will rape in info-war and subversion like no other. Tzeech and the deceiver combined could not out trick her, lets not even talk about futile attempts at corruption.

go back to tau quest

>>14083376
Search for Iron men
Find Wiki
Find that the Gaunts Ghosts found that there was a Iron man who was chaos corrupted. Built Chaos corrupted Iron men

A Standard Template Construction (STC) fabricator for the Men of Iron was discovered on the Chaos-controlled planet Menazoid Epsilon during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade by Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt of the Tanith First and Only Imperial Guard regiment. Certain Imperials would have used it to their own ends, mainly to create a robotic army with which to overthrow the Imperium, but it had been tainted by Chaos and was subsequently destroyed by Gaunt after the first two Men of Iron the STC fabricator produced were tainted by the foul touch of Chaos.This in itself may be evidence of what happened to the original Men of Iron. As sentient beings, they could have been corrupted by Chaos and then turned on their creators.

>>14083345
When I do two parters I cut/paste the second half. Something went wrong so I had to rewrite it.

>>14083375
Have Veronica scan all approaching craft, and give us an estimate on how long it would take to disable them.

>>14083375

Well, gg. We're about to get into an epic pissing match with the Inquisition.

Nice goin' everyone!

Meh. Guess it was a pipe dream if we did it so that the AdMech didn't break off from the Imperium... but... on the other hand, there's plenty of reasonable people in the Inquisition.

>>14083375
**Ok, Veronica, this is getting out of hand. You see if you can interface with the station's data banks and get as much historical and sociological info as possible. We're gonna get informed and get out, regroup somewhere and figure out our next move.

>>14083408
Probably doen't know what we have.

Would it become better or worse if she knew we had a STC?

>>14083375

...

Wait, the =][= open fired on the FABRICATOR-GENERAL OF MARS?

This means open warfare between the two heads of the Imperium.

>>14083389

Two guys that basically play xanatos speed chess against each other on multiple planes can't outsmart a single AI?

HAHA, OH WOW!

>>14083425
Obviously a radical. Or a stupid OP

>>14083375
OP, you just went full-retard.

Whatever his motivations, whatever his stupidity, this idiot has to recognize that it's fucking suicide to attack the Admech.

Also: "Craft us something to defend ourselves with"?

Wut?

You're orbiting fucking MARS.

This clown should have been VAPOR the moment he discharged his weapons. Also, he fucking attacked a High Lord of Terra.

What is WRONG with him!?

rolled 16 = 16

>>14083375

"I do not know. Perhaps we could try to fasten the Station around our ship and get us in FTL to escape the assailants. and afterwards secure a secret meeting spot with your leader."

"I doubt I could defeat them with a civ level STC.."

>>14083375
"Inquisition, he said. If I remember my history lessons correctly, an inquisition is always bad news. They will not rest until they find a reason, or will fabricate one."
All the while, frantically ask Veronica to scan the station's systems and give some simple, STC based suggestions to improve their output.

>>14083418

aye

>>14083435
>>14083425
Fools!
It's a trick to reveal the true capabilities of our STC so that they can properly fleece us!

rolled 9 = 9

>>14083375

Can we craft a shield generator they can take? Or perhaps something that can disable unprotected systems or some flaw of those new ships?

Ask the Magos what the consequences of disabling those new ships would be?

>>14083375
*Veronica, can you interface with the station's defense computers, give them an edge or something?*

Also, I say we give them working plasma rifles. The Magos told Simon that the plasma sculpture would vastly improve their plasma weapons, implying they don't have good working ones.
Not only would it help against the Inquisition's troops, but it would cement the Ad-Mech's belief that we are their savior and prophet.

Wait, Wut?

The ship is now Debris right? And if the Fabricator General was traveling in anything other than A grand cruiser, I'm gonna rage.

>>14083459
Guys seriously this is like 1 ship against a massive void station. Shields weapons legions of Skitarri.

I think OP just forgot we are on MARS

>>14083466
he was most likely travelling the greatest arch magos, ad mech pattern super battleship

>>14083466

Right, Veronica said it was a maintenance pod, not really even a true shuttlecraft. Have her run a scan on "damage" to the pod.

>>14083375
OP, I strongly suggest you delete that and pretend it never happened, because if you're sticking with that, this Quest just took a nosedive toward shitdom.

>>14083375
Ask Veronica to see if she can come up with something our STC can produce to boost station shield/weapon output. Also, ask the Magos if this station, or in fact Mars, has any defensive mechanisms to try and stop these aggressors.

>>14083456

No Inquisitor is that devious.

Unless it's a trick of the AdMech. Oh my. They can make ships with the =][=.

They just want free tech.

Very clever, OP.

Good job /tg/ we scared off op now what?

Guys, we have no reason to stick around for this. We're not loyal to either of these people. They're confusing, ignorant, and COULDN'T KEEP US HERE IF THEY TRIED. Why should we stick around? It's stupid to get any more involved.

PS, I'm >>14083418 , so this isn't an upvote for that.

>>14083532
Magos seems like a friend. We don't know what to expect

Assuming this is a trick by the admech, just tell the STC to give you a remote hacking module and tell it to shut down all the ships within an AU.

It'd be mind-bendingly powerful, but useless as a weapon for anyone without our bitchin' AI

>>14083532
Because we need information and our star charts are 22,000 years out of date. We have no way of getting updated ones.
We could end up coming out of Warp into the middle of a battlefleet, debris field, or who knows what.

>>14083544

And then we discover that Imperial computers are analog. Or whatever a cogitator/datastack is...

>>14083504
I...I...Hmmm....Yes...that sounds plausible...

>>14083425
Perfect setup to confirm our messianic archetype.

Balls to the walls, gentlemen.

>>14083562
"Yes! Please! Anything to get away from those madmen!"
Also, good job noting which way the wind was blowing OP.

>>14083571
Hell make a weapon that shoots black holes

>>14083543
>>we don't know what to expect
All the more reason to get the hell out. Take Magos with us, if we feel like it or have to. He could give us a local perspective of what's going on, what our reappearance means.

>>14083562
It's possible that this was all an elaborate ruse, to get us to agree to coming down to the planet, and, by being on the surface, unable to Warp out and escape.

On the other hand, we don't have many options, and they're all bad.

I vote we agree and go down to Mars.

Anyone notice, when OP posted the death of the Fabricator, there was instant rage?

OP we're sorry. Come back

>>14083555
Their computers are human brains with Flash drives jammed into them.

Okay, my post seems to have gone away. Strange. Well to sum it up, the =][= ships got obliterated, the FabGen showed up, and told you since you clearly weren't safe he wants to escort you to Mount Olympus. I'll write up the text again but it will take a minute so you can go ahead and start responding.

>>14083615
Tell me that inquisitor was a radical. And the admiral is now a servitor. Becuase if you do a OP Fiat that causes a civil war...

We go to mars/

>>14083615


wat?

I rolled to flee , and won!
And others agreed not to fight any ships any more.

>>14083615
1. Write posts in Word or equivalent text editor
2. Save when finished
3. Copy to 4chan and post
3b. Re-copy if necessary

OP said rolls don't matter

>>14083615
I'm still voting for going down to Mars as the least bad of our options.

>>14083638
We're not rolling for things anymore.


OP seems to be on his own little schizophrenic tangent now... I don't think he's actually listening to our suggestions, because most of us were for talking to the Magos and getting some bitching new threads.

OP is not very good at running quests.

>>14083652
Why would neckbeards fall for such a stupidly obvious ruse?

are we not masters of ambushes and deception in our well planed games?

or is wh40k hurr durr-ism blinding our sight with the raging hard-on for imperium?

>>14083668
First thread made it seem like the Emperor quest threads.

Any response you could make is cut short by a flash of light so bright you're blinded for a few seconds. When your vision comes back, the =][= ships are gone and the ship bearing the Fabricator General circles back and enters the void station. Everyone on the dock drops to their knees as a hatch in the craft opens and a hunk of pistons, gears, pipes, and other assorted junk clunks its way out escorted by several more red-robed soldiers. Skitarii they were called? In any case, the scrap heap looks at you and, with a voice that sounds like what a dying cat would sound like if its vocal cords were replaced by rusty gears, speaks to you. "Greetings oh Prophet, I am Telamir Korazan, Fabricator General of Mars and High Lord of Terra. I welcome you to the Imperium of Man, and apologize profusely for the actions of fools. I know not why anyone would attack someone as exalted as I, nor threaten one so holy as you, but the STC is clearly not safe here. Let me escort you to the Forge of Olympus, where we may speak in safety."

>>14083682
Amazing introduction OP for bad ass Fabricator.

I hope it's not like this everyday / cliche

>>14083682
Perhaps it is I who should escort you. Can my ship come along, or...?

>>14083604
No, that was pretty derpy of me. I'm just struggling to find a way to make this quest not "Admech becomes all powerful, kills everything, the end." I think I thought of a way though.

>>14083675
Actually, if any of the other quests are an indication, then no.
We're great at winning battles, yes, but in the long-term, we tend to end up digging ourselves deeper into trouble.

Pic related.

>>14083699
This coulb be a ancient warship.

Let's go with the Fabricator General and at least hear the proposal he obviously has for us. He's obviously no pushover, and so far his people are the only group in this crazy future that haven't tried to capture or kill us.

We shouldn't completely trust him though. So we should have our AI whip up some form of protective armor. We should also be armed at all times from now on.

>>14083668
I'm making this up as I go along and this is my first time ever running a quest. I'm taking peoples suggestions, it's just that I've seriously written myself into a corner here.

>>14083700
OP could we dock our ship in whatever ship the Fabricator general came in?

Reason why people would want STC destroyed?

The Imperium's leaders benefit from the war. It keeps them in power, it keeps the populace hating aliens and chaos and whatnot. It's stable. They don't WANT the STC to be used because it'll mean Imperial victory (barring something like Eldar reverting to 2E levels of ass-kicking or Necrons waking up) and that'll mean change - change that might end their comfortable regime.

Essentially, a rip off of Exultant by Stephen Baxter. But a good rip off nonetheless.

>>14083713

This, this, so very much this.

>>14083713
I agree that talking with the Fabricator General is the least bad of all of our bad options.

Also, we could get the armor suit as something more 'fitting and formal' for such talks.

>>14083713
Can we even use a gun/.

>>14083713

we not be leaving our protection and ability to run away , even blindly as of now. If they have a secured orbit guarded we are going there, but we are NOT leaving our ship, and we do NOT wish more armed thugs on it, or near it

>>14083724
As far as we know

The only person I see doing that is the Administratum

Going with the Fabricator General is at this point the only sane thing we can do.


OP, if you want to not make the Admech instantly all-powerful, just use the 40k universe to your advantage.

Even with an intact STC on Mars, the Admech will take MILLENIA to distribute the secrets to all the forge worlds in the galaxy.

This quest should be about the short term. So, internal martian politics, dealing with that fucking psychotic admiral, and trying to prevent a war.

If we succeed, then in five thousand years humanity is back up to Dark Age tech levels and has a whole new slew of threats to face down (Awakened Necrons, the whole of the Tyranid Hive, some new shit that's even worse somehow, etc.)

I say we begin with the primitive and give the guard carpace armor. Try to rebuild the ring of Iron

>>14083764
This. We don't need to instantly whip up whole new technologies that will never work out.

Just refine existing Imperial tech and make it easier for them to produce.

>>14083713
"Of course, I will gladly accompany you. Just let me go back to my ship and get something a bit more suited to the occasion."

You walk back into the ship and when you're confident no one can see you, "Veronica, can you make me a suit of armor? I seriously do not feel safe here." *Of course Simon, looking for something discreet or more flashy?

>>14083753
fuck the imperium, lets cut a deal to improve their tech and run away.

then we can conquer the galaxy proper under our direction and rule with von Neumanning bots and our aide Veronica.

It will finalydispel the entire barbarism and superstition ,as we can properly have AI's organize all efficiently and sensible.

We are so not giving access the fully operational STC

>>14083753
Not to mention, the Imperium moves REALLY slowly. Sure, you might get an elite battlefleet of DAoT ships made, and perhaps get a few dozen star systems beginning to upgrade themselves with DAoT tech, but as soon as word gets out, you're gonna have the mother of all WAAAGH!s converging on the Segmentum Solaris.

You're also going to have Chaos getting in on this, and the Dark Eldar may very well decide it's time to lob some black holes at Sol, Terra, and Mars.

>>14083713
2nded. But as well as weapons we need a teleportation unit, so we can get back to our waifu Veronica and skedadle at the first sign of trouble.

>>14083779
*Umm....give me flashy. If the clothing of these people are any indication, they'll appreciate flash.*

>>14083779
Give us what we've been seeing on these people.

>>14083779
Something stealthy would be nice.

>>14083783
Now no one will listen to you.

>>14083779
If they think we're a prophet, then the flashier, the better!

>>14083779
Make it flashy, but make the fact that it's armor a bit difficult to tell from a glance. Maybe something like that admiral guy was wearing, mixed with the robes that these guys have?

Something like this.

Or something kind of like a Crysis Nanosuit - mixed armour and muscle that could fit underneath a robe.

>>14083779
"Let's go with something discreet, that way people don't think we're ready for battle and get a nasty surprise when we actually are. If we could also incorporate hidden weapons in the armor as well, that would be even better."

>>14083814
how so?

if on all worlds we would take over we replace administratum with AI's and mostly keep the other structures and re-educate tech priests as engineers...

we get a far better world and mayhap even get it faster than the imperium across the galaxy due to the von neumaning armies.

And the troubles we would takle would be more of important strategic nature, a thing battles Tg is good at but not so well as pre-empting skulduggery.

>>14083779
Something flashy, strong enough to take a blow or two (I'm assuming at this point Veronica has at least taken a glance at what the armored guys had, and can guesstimate from there), and with a teleport option if possible. If the teleport function isn't available, then keep the ship on immediate standby for emergency extraction. After that, mosey on down to the planet with the Fabricator General and have a cup of tea or something.

Crysis suit would be a great idea. One, it IS flashy, but it's still subtle enough to wear under a snazzy robe.

Have some sort of personal shield made as well, tweak it so it has some cool shimmering effect when it's engaged via mental command. Grant us protection, and something flashy to awe the natives with.

Give us a weapon too. Something we would be decent with, and again, would awe the natives. Fist full of digital weapons maybe?

>>14083826
>>14083820
>>14083801
"Give me something flashy. These people don't seem to have much of an eye for subtlety. Give me a weapon too while you're at it."
*Alright then, I think this should work out fine* she says, with what you could swear was stifled laughter. Moments later, a suit of velvet and leopard print materializes in front of you, along with a similarly gaudy cane. *The suit incorporates a carbon nanoweave mesh and a 9wf personal shield. It should be impervious to any of the weapons we've seen so far, by quite a large margin. The cane is an Immateria focusing unit, like the guns on the ship.* Now she's not even trying to hide her laughter. *Just tell them it's the height of 19th millennium fashion*

>>14083900
Great. All the possible AIs of M19, and we had to get the pic related one.

>>14083900
IN THE GRIM DARK FUTURE OF THE FORTY FIRST MILLENIUM

PIMPIN' AIN'T EASY.

Looks like our conflict with the Inquisition has just begun.

PIMP BATTLE

>>14083900
....our waifu AI just gave us a pimp suit and cane?
I...
...
...
Where's my hat, woman?!

"Veronica, i thought i told you to quit it with the pimp clothes. It was only funny the first time."

Let's go with something black and red.

>>14083900
We need a hat as well!

>>14083938
No, no no!
I like this. Let's keep it.

>>14083900
>9wf
>greater shielding than the Furies we disabled
>pimp suit with starship-grade shields and weaponry

Does it fly?

>>14083938
This

>>14083938
Agreed.

Keep the cane, though.

Ask if we can get the suit in red. These guys seem to like red a lot.

Other than that, roll our eyes at our AI, but let it slide. She deserves a joke after all the trouble she's gone through for us.

>>14083911
"Veronica..." *sigh*
"All right, fine. Make me a teleporter that looks like a belt buckle, too. Keyed to this location. In the shape of... A smiling face?"

OOC: pic related

>>14083980
No. This is serious situation.

New thread time

You groan. "Really Veronica? Really?" *If I have to pretend to be a dumb terminal you can handle doing a little pimping.* "Fine, we'll go with it, but you'd better give me a hat too" you begrudgingly reply. *Of course* A velvet hat complete with peacock feather joins the ensemble. *The hat incorporates a grav-thruster that will let you move in any direction regardless of local conditions. Now you're a FLYING pimp. Oh, and one more thing.* A pair of green tinted glasses with gold frames appears on top of the hat. *These glasses act as a warp transit beacon. As long as you're within two light years from the ship or any other compatible teleporter they'll let you preform short-range warp jumps. Now go see what their leader wants.*

>>14084081
OP I think the thread is being auto-saged
Make a new thread and continue from there

>>14084022
Are we autosaging?

>>14084099
Far as I can tell, yes.

>>14084081
>>14083900

O.o you best be trollin

>>14084081
"One of these days, Veronica, one of these days!"

Put on the entire ensemble, and stride out. We are a walking arsenal, with more firepower and shielding than an entire squadron of their battleships on our person alone. Let's act like it.

Engage Pimpforce at maximum swagger.

Tell the big cog that we are ready to get FUNKY.

New Thread: >>14084160

>>14084127
I think the AI is messing with us