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Aellon McScruffy

rolled 5 = 5

>>18178860
fuuu i am blind

>>18178730
Elesh Phryx, female Rogue Techpriest

>>18178860
>>18178876
I assume male?

background package?

rolled 8 = 8

>>18178890
Whoops, fucked up the roll

>>18178890
Oh jesus... this is going to go odd places fast.

>>18178902

current leader!

if no additional votes are cast, we'll go with this in 20 minutes or so

>>18178973
it should be interesting

rolled 8 = 8

>>18178890
I want to see where this will go. Seconding.

>>18179011
I'm glad I'm not alone in this

rolled 5 = 5

>>18178890
>rogue techpriestess
>name Elesh
I lol'd.

The flesh is weak.

A slight surge courses through your form as you don your custom void suit, your cogitators relinquishing their dominance as you indulge in the excitement filling your flesh brain. With great care you inspect your suit's carapace for flaws, marveling at the creation's form as it protects your remaining flesh. Satisfied, you grab your lasgun and head for your bridge. You note your flesh brain's surge of pleasure at the thought of this ship being your own. Frankly, you'd have built a better Hazeroth.

Your XO, Athe, gives you a nod as you enter the bridge and make your way toward your captain's chair. You savor the feel of your new chair as she collects the ship's status verbally. Your MIU floods the information across your memory banks, making the action pointless, but sometimes the unaugmented persons that surround you need such pointless things. Perhaps upgrades are required in the future.
"Captain on the bridge! All stations report your status! Engineering!"
"Reactors online, void shield stable. Damage control teams at their stations, sir."
"Helm!"
"Helm ready"
"Weapons!"
"Weapons hot and heavy!"
"Augers!"
"Augers beginning sweep"
"Damage Control!"
"All stations reporting go"

"Captain, your ship and squadron await your orders."

>>18179198
Do we have any idea how many of the ships in the convoy are escorts/which ones are the escorts? We obviously need to single those out first once we've closed in.

What is our ship armed with and are we following a plan with the other ships?

>>18179198
>INFO TIME!
Your mission: Identify and capture the Zephyr Spirit OR her cargo. Any additional ships captured are considered your prizes, but are not required.

You have been given command of two experienced captains for your mission, but they may take command if you prove incompetent.

>Map
circles around your ship and allied ships are your weapon ranges. (you have 2 different ranged weapons)

Feel free to ask questions at any time, I'll do my best to answer

>>18179198
Is there a standard procedure for approach? Demanding surrender, etc?

And just what sort of offense and defenses do the targets have

>>18179238

due to being on silent running, your scanners were passive only, providing little information.

you only know that all enemy ships are escort sized or smaller transports.

>>18179258

You are free to engage any way you wish. You're a pir- a privateer, not some sort of military!

For ship info, you'll have to order focused auger scans on a selected ship.

You can also give orders to your allies.

>>18179269
I say we keep on course for now and stay on silent. If we can see them on scanners, I imagine we'll be seen soon enough but let's not force it until they start reacting to us. If we can get closer before they notice us, better for us.

>>18179321
your ships have just exited a low power state, giving you a surprise round. you are detected, but get a free round for orders and movement.

If anyone has experience with Rogue Trader, i'm running this as a modified system

>>18179357
Then let's hope our sensors get some better readings soon. Still think we should just keep heading forward for now. We don't have any long range weapons.

I say we move into the convoy's path and switch to active sensors, while the other two ships in our squadron remain silent and drop in behind the convoy to support us should the escorts open fire.

Let's start with getting some scans on and find out who were shooting, and which is the target. If we can't get all their IDs with one ship's scans, we'll get the lead ship, have the other two get the center, and closest to us.

Once we have ship IDs, and demand their surrender.

Do the barracks house troops that can be used in boarding, or what ever?

>>18179389
Also have the other ships move out in flanking positions

>>18179387
All three of your ships have broken their silent run, as the enemy's augers would soon detect them.

>>18179389
I'll need 1d100 for the orders given to your ship (scan with augers)

in the future, would you all prefer consensus or d20 roll for which plan to use? (using this plan to keep moving)

rolled 7 = 7

>>18179389
Let's go with this one. Rolling for the scan. Consensus is probably best but that depends on how many active this gets.

rolled 31 = 31

>>18179447
I'd say lets try for a consensus. Just 1d100 or a few?

I'll drop my noko, since I assume we're aiming for low rolls.

>>18179576
I'm willing to accept noko rolls unless I'm given a reason to not trust them

>>18179537
Good news everyone!

>>18179610
Cool. That'll certainly make phone posting simpler

You order directed auger scans to identify enemy vessels as your squadron breaks from hiding, Enshrouded Sire altering course slightly to attack the enemy flank. Your cogitators spin as your ship's auger scans on the lead ship return, Athe's voice piercing the ambient noise of the bridge as her flesh brain latches onto the information as well. "Sword class frigate identified! She's packing a battery of Mars macrocannon and sunsears! Captain, this isn't good!"

"Magos Taylor to Captain Phryx. The nearest vessel is a cobra class destroyer, augers aren't giving us any more information."

"Sire to Sister, center contact is an Orion Class Transport. We believe she has Mars pattern macrocannon on her dorsal and ventral batteries."

>Orders?
>INFO: Sunsear batteries have 9 range to your squadron's 6 range and pack a bigger punch!

>>18179389
>do the barracks have troops

derp. My apologies, each ship in your squadron has 2,000 armsmen for boarding operations. I'll update the ship info

rolled 3 = 3

>>18179684
Fuuuu-

How does a destroyer compare with our ships for size?
Let's get scans on the other two ships, as well. I'm at a loss beyond that at the moment

>>18179771
Makes sense. Do we know the differences between a Cobra class and Sword class escort?

>>18179771
The cobra class destroyer is a raider-sized hull, nearly the same dimensions as your Hazeroth class raider. Your allies are both Havoc-class raiders, similar in size to the Sword class frigate, but less durable.

weapon-wise, your ships and the cobra class have 1 prow and 1 dorsal weapon, while the Sword's weapons are both dorsal mounted

>>18179821
Well let's keep scanning but if there are only two escorts, I think it might be best to focus fire the Cobra class down first since it's weaker. Although I suppose that depends on how the transports react. Flying into the middle of their formation wouldn't be wise.

So scan the remaining ships and continue on course?
Your ship must move, but can slow its momentum if you wish.

either way, i'll need a roll for each order.

rolled 33, 79 = 112

>>18179938
Scan the last two, and move in, to best focus fire on the Cobra

Without a word you send your orders to your allies, though you spare a moment to verbalize them to your own bridge, "Alter course and prepare to target the Cobra when it comes about!" The extra metallic ring from your echo once again pleases your flesh brain.

The auger feeds pour into your cogitators as you combat an unusual sensation of panic at the Sword's presence. The frigate's course becomes erratic as it begins to come around toward your position, while the Cobra and Orion alter their courses away from your squadron. The nearest unidentified contact moves with the swift pair, while the last contact begins to slowly turn away as well.

"Sire to Sister, tally ho on the Zephyr Spirit! She's a slow Vagabond, shouldn't be a problem chasing her down once we deal with these escorts!"

Athe moves toward the auger console, leaning over the young machine spirit's display with a firm grip on the console. You note that she often does this while studying charts and maps.

>Orders?

>>18180156
Derp, screwed up that map.

this one is fixed

odd, this thread seems to be stuck on page 10 for me.

>>18180291
Aw, shit. Damn thing's been autosaging? I understand that happened to another quest thread last weekend. Shall we see how far we can go?

>>18180451
And now it's on 12. Balls.

new thread @
>>18180556