You are Elesh Phryx, rogue techpriest and captain of the Sword class frigate 'Sword of the Omnissiah'. Dark Eldar forces are currently staging a raid upon the pleasure world of Aquari, where you were relaxing with most of your officers upon a pleasure yacht with two of your fellow privateer captains. Having attempted to hold the attacking xenos with little success, you changed your plan to an argueably more time-honored pirate tradition: repossession. With the xenos transport secured, your officers and remaining handful of yacht crew recover what items they can from the fallen xenos. The corpses are soon cast from the hovering transport, save for the one you stabbed in the throat. Some part of you wants to keep such a pristine xenos corpse, though your cogitators can't quite understand the reasons at the moment. As Julin and Advi muster a pair of yacht crew to man the craft's weapons, you spare a glance to the sever securing herself and Athe to the Raider's deck. Advi stumbles as she moves to inspect the gun mounted upon the Raider's prow; one of her augmented legs must have been damaged from her leap onto the craft. The vox transmitter upon Teris' back crackles to life with the voice of Magos Taylor. "We'll secure transport when you make your move, Elesh. The crazy plans always seem to work, don't they?"

>you are currently inside a beach area within the yacht, with an opening to the sea to your left. You can see no additional enemy transports, but nearly a dozen were counted as they closed.
>engage enemy transports?
>distract by fleeing?
>other?
>you can rearrange or assign gunners and a driver at this time, if you wish.
>current driver: Elesh Phryx
>current gunners: Julin, pleasure yacht crewmen

>Looks like I'm about to go to sleep
>Oh, wait, isn't privateer qeust tonight?
>refresh front page
>I can sleep when I'm dead

Right, we have one of their transports and the others are not in sight. Right now, I think that ourbest bet would be to keep head for Taylor, have them take over another one of the eldar transports and then, depending on the number of eldar vechiles in the vicinity, either fight them or run away.

>>18657773
Who'd be the best pilot we currently have with us? Elesh should probably keep shooting stuff with her plasma gun.

>>18657835

your captured transport is currently quite cramped with the ten of you and the xenos corpse. Additional bodies may adversely effect the craft.

Also, your suggestion is to link up with Magos Taylor and Captain Wilson?

>>18657846

You have already (you think) deciphered the craft's basic controls, though you doubt that anyone besides yourself or Advi could pilot the xenos craft effectively.

previous thread:
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all previous threads:
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>>18658088
Can our mechadendrites use the pistol?

>Re: escape plan
Do a strafing run on the transports currently busy with the boarding operations our allies won't need to capture and then run like hell once we've their attention.

>>18658114

your utility mechadendrites could not effectively hold and fire the plasma pistol, though they could pick it up or hold it in the event it is dropped or you suddenly require two hands for something else.

>>18657846
Given the range on most plasma pistols, no we shouldn't.

>>18657773
>current gunners: pleasure yacht crewmen
Ahaha.
Advi, time to put your cogitators to work!

3d100 for piloting, please. (LOW IS GOOD)

please use separate rolls.

>Also, your suggestion is to link up with Magos Taylor and Captain Wilson?

Yes. And, make sure to use our transport's guns to shoot any eldar we see on the ship. Or anywhere else, for that matter.

rolled 2 = 2

>>18658277
We fly!

rolled 61 = 61

>>18658277
Let's roll

rolled 64 = 64

>>18658277
Last one.

rolled 36 = 36

>>18658329
>Those dice!
Our weapons are terror, dark lances and speed!

>>18658351
>>18658342
>>18658329
>2, 61, 64
So this is going to be GTA style driving, with hilarious crashes and running over pedestrians mixed with occasional feats of incredible skill?

I'm okay with that.

"Advi, take up a weapon and put your cogitators to work. We're going to engage the skimmers outside."

The techpriestess takes up the weapon to your left, her mechadendrites extending to steady her form as you bring the captured craft around. With the prow pointed toward your exit, you press the twin throttles forward smoothly. The raider's prow raises slightly as the whining engines violently drive the craft across the waters of Aquari, the sudden wind throwing your robe's hood back from your head. Hair whips around the heads of your impromptu crew as dark bolts of energy lance toward the trio of xenos craft lingering near your location. Julin's shot strikes home, her target shuddering and crashing into the sea as the engines fail. Advi's shot also strikes it's target, slagging the craft's prow and killing the lone gunner there. The yacht crewman takes a moment longer to line up his shot, but his efforts pay off as his target explodes spectacularly, sending a ball of unnatural flame a solid thirty meters into the blue skies of Aquari.

>cont

Attempting to turn toward the pleasure yacht's prow, you nearly lose control of the craft as it passes over a wave at an odd angle. With the sudden turbulence, your gunners prove ineffective at engaging a few dozen xenos as they chase down a handful of the yacht's crew upon the main deck. Thankfully, their cries of agony are nearly drowned out by your craft's engines. Within moments you've rounded the yacht's prow to find two xenos raiders lingering a few dozen meters from the ship, while a pair of raiders and a heavy version like your own unload another wave of xenos warriors. Dark smoke billows from several locations along this side of the yacht, obscuring the main deck from your view.

>orders?

>>18658618
Have they seen us (or more specifically, seen that our craft is no longer crewed by DE)?

rolled 9 = 9

press the attack!!!
it would be nice to aquire more dark eldar skimmers for the purpose of 'research' but, neturalising the threat takes priority.
hell, a few live specimens would not be unappreciated

>>18658636
You can't be sure, but their prows and guns are pointed in your direction. Combined with their eldar reflexes, you wouldn't doubt their ability to return fire within a few moments.

>>18658618
Order our gunners to shoot at the gunners aboard the other transport and the warriors they are unloading.
We will try to manouver the transport so that they get the best shot possible

>>18658618
Head to the other captains' locations to provide support.

>>18658618
Fire a few shots into the yacht. We don't want the eldar to notice we're not part of the attack force until we have a better position to fire on the other raiders.

Move slowly around so we get to the side or rear of this group of eldar.

rolled 96 = 96

>>18658651
I like the way you think!
I suggest we prioritise fire on the transports still unloading, since killing them off will make it a lot easier for our allies. Also, they'll find it harder to dodge without causing accidents among the disembarking crew.

>>18658738
The dice gods have spoken!

2D100 for piloting

focus fire or have gunners take different targets?

rolled 34 = 34

>>18658783
Focus on their gunners, we don't want them to shoot us, but every eldar warrior we shoot down is good

rolled 35 = 35

>>18658783
Commence assault!

Different targets.

rolled 27 = 27

>>18658828
Um. We're firing Dark Lances at raiders. Why shoot the gunners when we can just shoot the vehicle and kill everyone on board?

>>18658918
Because the vechile is worth a lot of money?

The raiders lingering away from the yacht suddenly accelerate to run parallel to your craft, large splinters of crystal shattering against the armored sides of your craft. Your own gunners duck as thousands of shimmering fragments fly about them, sending their initial shots wide. One of the heavy raider's gunners returns fire, a dark lance of energy piercing your craft's armored sides. The crewman on your gun glares daggers at the xenos that nearly ended his life, taking aim at his newest target. His shot flies true, carving a bloody path thru the xenos gunner and several others still upon the heavy raider. Julin is again pinned by a cloud of crystal fragments, but Advi manages to deliver a glancing strike to one of the offending raiders as they pass your craft.

Glancing back as you pass the unloading trapsorts, your attention is momentarily drawn to a glinting figure as it falls from the smoke-enshrouded third deck of the pleasure yacht. The figure slams onto the foredeck of the rearmost xenos transport, sending bodies flying as the craft pitches violently in response to the sudden impact. Tiny objects fly from the figure's outstretched arm as stunned xenos warriors are cut down in a bloody swathe across the craft, while mechadendrites finish off a pair of supine xenos at the figure's feet. A series of deep, joyful grunts drifts over the sea, barely audible over the sounds of battle and your own craft's whining engines. The heavy raider and remaining xenos raider are soon engulfed in flame as improvised firebombs smash upon their decks, covering the figure and its new raider in a protective shroud of black smoke.

"We've secured transport, Elesh! Can you draw the others away while we transfer wounded?"

>orders?

>>18659041
Fuck yeah, AdMech bro!

Help cover his retreat. Having someone that badass owe his life to our help is more than worth the risk.

>>18659041
first look for anyone with the firepower to bring down our transport, then shoot anyone who can be a threat to our alies

rolled 79 = 79

of course we can divert attention....
i'm sure the easiest way to do this is by taking DE prisoners and commandering their vessels...

>>18659041
"I'll do my best, have you heard anything from (the captain)?

rolled 43 = 43

>>18659035
I don't even.

>>18659041
Looks like we're running interference. Two raiders to kill before more show up. We can take 'em.

2D100 for piloting
2D100 for luck/random

rolled 34 = 34

rollin

rolled 3 = 3

>>18659248
Rolling for second piloting.

rolled 71 = 71

>>18659248
Rolling.

rolled 14 = 14

>>18659297
Fuck yes.

rollin for random roll 1

rolled 92 = 92

>>18659248
And one last roll.

>>18659306
Phew, thank god I was late with this one: >>18659309

>>18659322
>thank god
>not thank the Emperor
Filthy heretic, you'll doom us all!

>>18659322
Thank you, Machine Spirit, for our safe arrival.

You bring the raider about in a harsh turn, the deck rolling to nearly a fourty-five degree angle as you compensate for the forces exerted by your maneuver. Your gunners quickly bear down on their still-turning targets, but fail to score any hits at the extreme range. Moments later the xenos gunners respond, one shot reducing your unnamed gunner's upper body to a shredded mess as crystal shards tear his flesh from bone. Julin and Advi again miss their marks, ducking as another volley from their targets cuts down the other yacht crewman as he moves to replace his friend, though this one survives the trauma long enough to shriek as the xenos poison courses thru his veins and kills him. As you again pass the xenos raiders, Advi's third shot sends the trailing craft tumbling across the sea as it disintigrates with each impact. Bringing your craft about once more, you note that the xenos craft is fleeing toward a new group of raiders as they clear the pleasure yacht's stern.

"We're ready to go, Elesh! Should we gun for the PDF base to our south east or try to find a way off this rock elsewhere?"

>orders?
>MAP LEGEND
>red dot = high population site
>orange dot = medium population site
>yellow dot = low population site
>green dot = PDF base
>black dot = PLAYER POSITION
>purple dot = Dark Eldar forces
>light blue areas = shallow waters
>dark blue areas = deep waters
>tan/sandy areas = tidal areas or beaches
>green areas = dry land
>dark gree areas = elevated dry land
>>18658614
>has your map, since I posted it earlier

>>18659571
Any idea if the battle in orbit is still raging? Going to the PDF base probably means we'll lose our loot.

>>18659571
I'd say we should avoid the PDF bases. We're flying around in a xenos raider, and we'll almost certainly be fired upon before we're close enough for them to see we're human.

>>18659599

Sparing a glance from your immediate surroundings to the skies above, you note distant flashes in the void above. As you watch, one flash fails to fade and slowly begins to darken, then glow with fire as debris begins to rain down from the battle in orbit.

>>18659571
Let's go northeast, towards the island with a single town on it. Hopefully it will have been too small to attract any other raiders, and won't have any mean Imperial guardsman to confiscate our alien tech.

>>18659698

FYI, the raiders that you first spotted this morning were coming from roughly that direction. You can't be certain where the other groups came from.

>>18659698
This, but make sure to gun down any edar left on the yacht and, most important of all, remember where every vessel we shot down ended up, we will want to return and take them. Even if they aren't waterproof.

>>18659571
Roughly how many are in this new group, and what direction are they in relative to us?

>>18659621
Definitely agreed.

>>18659720
How about the island to the south-west of the pdf base? Close enough so the base might deter raiders but hopefully not too many guardsmen around.

>>18659720
All the better, given the Dark Eldar are unlikely to stick around for long in a place that small.

>>18659760
Quite frankly, I doubt a PDF base is going to deter a bunch of Realspace Raiders. At all. Possibly even the opposite effect.

rolled 2 = 2

we should secure the yacht first.
however, i still believe that taking at least a couple of live prisoners could be a profitable venture... hell, we might even be able to make some improvements to our ship... make some xeno-tech contacts...

>>18659793
> live prisoners
I wonder if it would be possible to torture a Dark Eldar... Perhaps we should investigate that at a later date.

>>18659760

are you basing this off the PDF base to your SE, or the one to your NW?

>>18659759

You can clearly see two new xenos craft, possibly a third hiding in their wake. Both craft appear to be the same heavy raider variant as the one you commandeered.

They are currently north of your position, and you are facing them.

I fully support live prisoners, but taking them is difficult.

Maybe if we sorrounded the yacht and threatened to sink it if the ones on it(if there is any of them left) don't surrender.

>>18659793

you counted at least ten xenos warriors on each craft, each armored and armed for battle. As far as you can tell, only three crafts failed to deliver their cargo of warriors. Your crew only have pistols.

>>18659830
I assume if we got close enough to a Dark Eldar, we could grab and hold him or her with our mechadendrites.

Of course, getting that close is probably not a good idea.

>>18659849
Yeah... let's gtfo towards one of the islands without a PDF base (any island will do, really).

If the opportunity presents itself, take a prisoner or two, but let's not go out of our way to get into a close quarters battle with the DE unless we absolutely have to.

>>18659830
>Maybe if we sorrounded the yacht and threatened to sink it if the ones on it(if there is any of them left) don't surrender.
You're funny.

Though I do entirely support taking live prisoners where possible.

I say we head to the yellow blot to the North-East. Everyone there is probably dead or worse, but we may be able to find cover, either to lose our pursuers or fight them more easily.

>>18659849
Lets at least take a live prisoner if we get the chance, but if it is to hazardous to our health, a clean kill to further examine the body would be nice. Also keep the skimmer relatively intact, maybe salvage some of the others afterwards. But for right now, attack the skimmers with boarders trying to board the yacht.

>>18659986

no xenos craft are currently attempting to deliver boarding parties. They all seem to have delivered said parties already.


>need 2D100 rolls for piloting.

rolled 76 = 76

>>18660021
Damn okay. Here is one of the rolls

rolled 69 = 69

>>18660045
Ah hell here is the second

rolled 29 = 29

>>18660021
Rolling.

>>18660045
>>18660058
Damn, man. Whose side are you on?

>>18660045
>>18660058
Stop hoarding all the rolls, you selfish namefag.

>>18660072
I blame it on xeno tech...

>>18660076
With rolls that bad I sure won't.

>>18660163
I bet you just cost us something nice.

>>18660076
>>18660181

hey now.

remember to be awesome to each other.

>>18660217
>be awesome to eachother
but, the cats told us to be EXCELLENT to eachother

>>18660217
We should be awesome to the Dark Eldar.

Pic related.

rolled 10 = 10

then we shall have to be EXCELLENTLY AWESOME to each other then!

also, wacky antics can happen in the mid ranged successes....

We should probably grab one of the waitresses (they are still alive right?) to use as a human shield.

Though the flesh is weak, it usually suffices to stop a volley of poison tipped needles.

>>18660320
random dickery
is random

>>18660320
I don't think our fleshier compatriots will find that very unsavory. Privateers and ex-mechanicus we may be, but still we need our officers on our side if we wish to be trusted as their captain.

>>18660384
Meant that our compatriots would find that choice of action as unsavory.

>>18660384
Fair enough.

But if we get shot, you know why.

>>18660234
>the cats told us to be EXCELLENT to eachother
But cats are known to be agents of the Ruinous Powers, bro. You can't trust a cat.

>>18660436
Ahem.
About that.

"We'll head to the resort North East of here. Any cover is good cover, and if we're lucky they'll want to recover their forces instead of chase us."

Your craft nearly topples as you tighten your turn into a circle and fail to anticipate the additional centrifugal forces. As your craft nearly drifts into a rising swell, you drive both engines to their maximum output. Though your crew is forced to catch themselves, your liberal application of throttle corrects your course and fortunately sends you rocketing toward the pleasure yacht's prow with Magos Taylor's raider hot on your stern. For nearly an hour you run the engines at full throttle, xenos craft attempting to gain upon your own as you head toward the nearby settlement. Eventually they give up the chase, turning back toward the pleasure yacht and the hundred or so souls left behind. With a shudder, you force thoughts of their fate from your cogitators. Teris takes the reprieve as a sign, tuning the vox transmitter upon her back to the local emergency frequency.

>cont

>>18660436
Yes, because if there's one thing the Ruinous Powers want it's the spread of peace and harmony.

"People of Aquari, resist! The God Emperor will grant victory to those who raise up in arms against the vile xenos! Let your faith be your shield, your hatred your weapon! Purge these invaders from our glorious planet in the name of the Emperor and his Imperium!" The recording drones on about the natural superiority of humanity and how the most humble of humans is a match for these cowardly, weak xenos invaders. Before the recording can loop, your mechadendrite has extended to silence the propaganda. All eyes aboard the raider suddenly turn to you, causing your mechadendrite to once again conceal your face with your robe's hood. As your cogitators try to compose some sort of motivational speech, Magos Taylor's voice comes across the vox, granting you a moment to gather yourself.

"Elesh, we should change course. If they called in our course, we might be ambushed by other raiders. Perhaps we should contact the PDF and see if they can contact our ships in orbit. Captain Wilson's man will need to reach a medicae facility soon."

>orders?
>you are currently free of combat and able to spare time for actions other than piloting, if you wish.

First, treat the wounded while someone contacts our ship and gets a status report. We will also need some means of getting the xenos tech we took up to orbit. We will also need to pick up any technology left at the site of the battle we just fought for the yacht.

I would prefer to find someplace to hide rahter then go to the PDF station, but that's probably fine too.

>>18660503
Ah hell... If we head to the PDF, we will lose our xeno tech, but we could get Wilson's man patched up, information on how things are fairing, and maybe even a way back on our ship safely. Maybe go to the PDF, but somehow hide the skimmer? We could maybe pick it up later when things settle down.

>>18660503
We need to get in touch with our ship to see if they can send down a shuttle to pick us up.

The longer we're down here, the greater the chances are we'll run into an enemy force we can't out-fight.

>>18660553
agreeing with treating the wounded, and status report. However going back to the yacht may not be such a good idea, it was pretty well overrun no? Lets hook up with the magos and get off world once we are sure our wounded wont die.

Oh, just to clarify, I did not mean for us to go to the yacht NOW, i meant later, when the raid is over. The eldar will probably take their stuff back, but they might miss something.

And, call down a shuttle right now, we probably have better medical equipment on the ship then the PDF hospital has.

>>18660642
We should also find out how they are doing up there in that fight. If it's swarming with DE fighters, we may have a very hard time reaching our ship.

>>18660553
>>18660595
>>18660597

you lack the equipment to send a communication into orbit. The yacht had such equipment, but your crews were scrambling to deal with a problem in orbit, likely xenos ships. You'll either need to locate a transmitter capable of reaching orbit, or get relayed to orbit by such a station. PDF bases and major population centers would have such stations/transmitters.

also, if anyone is able to remember the first time you heard the emergency frequency...
there are no longer any calls for help, or non-recorded transmissions. How strange.

>>18660694
Possibly the Imperials locked down all civilian channels...
Or more probably, DE over ran them. Maybe it is time to investigate?

>>18660694
sounds like jamming is taking place, lets get together with the magos, treat our wounded somewhere safe and then find a way to get communications to our ship

>>18660694
It was probably quite easy for the DE to locate the sources of those signals.

>>18660694
>here are no longer any calls for help, or non-recorded transmissions
>mfw
Definitely avoid the PDF bases and major population centers. Sounds like they've been overrun.

>>18660728
your transmitter is an older guard-issue transmitter, you could likely pick up military channels if you wanted.

>>18660739
it is doubtful that jamming is taking place if you can still receive the automated transmission.

>>18660694
someone is jamming us.

Right, head either for the PDF or any place with a hospital nearby.

>>18660757
In which case we should probably take care what we broadcast lest we give away our position and get captured.

or someone isn't jamming us
try to pick up military transmissions

>>18660768
Well, let's see if we can get any military transmissions, then.

>older guard-issue
So, does that mean it's better than the stuff they have now?

>>18660803
In this case, most likely not.
Though it may be better than what the PDF have.

>>18660803
no, it is a model that was recently replaced by an improved STC version.

>>18660768
Are the military channels also silent (going off the assumption that it is only the civilian channels that are silent). If they aren't then we can use that to figure where some of the heaviest concentration of Eldar, maybe even news of the space war. Also, it would be a good idea to avoid the heavy populated areas, those will draw DE like moths to a flame.

A quick scan of the usual military vox channels results in little more than a single garbled transmission, likely a signal beyond the transmitter's effective range. Looking to the trio of servers, you question them on the locations of nearby medicae facilities. "All of the PDF bases have good ones. Several resorts on the larger islands to the North have their own, as well." You can't help but be distracted by the dried blood that coats the woman's skin, though she seems to have passed the point of caring for such trivial matters.

>orders?

>>18660921
Let's cautiously approach the nearest island with a PDF base. If it appears to be free of Dark Eldar, head to the base.

Sounds like everybody's dead or in hiding, so the odds of having our raider confiscates sound pretty slim, and we need the transmitter and medical facilities there anyway.

>>18660921
Get everybody who needs it some attention from our medicae mechadendrite.

>>18661011
This, and keep the military channel open in case that signal gets stronger. We should also see what we can do for the wounded before we arrive there.

>>18661011
Two PDF bases are equally distant. One to the North-West on a large island, and one on a smaller island to the South-East. A cluster of PDF bases are not much farther to the North.

rolled 3 = 3

>>18661039
1= North-West base
2= South-Eas base
3= Cluster to the north

>>18661039
I say we head North-West. If the base itself is damaged, that one is closer to other places that might have what we need.
Advi should take over driving while we see to the wounded. And we should probably check with Magos Taylor and see if their raider has anyone with medical skills aboard, if not a brief stop so we can attempt to stabilise their wounded may be in order.
Tight-beam, low-power communications preferred, obviously.

>>18661055
Seconding. A cluster of bases like that would have probably been hit during the first wave of the attack, and the Eldar may have already moved on.

>>18661039
Go north-west. North cluster is heavily militarized, they would probably be one of the first hit, and hit the hardest. The PDF station to the south-east is near some heavily populated areas, may have a high eldar presence there rounding up the large amounts of slaves. The PDF station to the west is in area with not as heavily populated areas, but there are a bit of them surrounding it, but it may have a less of an Eldar presence than the others. Still, approach this area with the utmost caution.

>>18661039
south east

You set the raider to a gentle forward motion before moving to Athe. She remains stable, though the wound would benefit from proper medicae treatment. No one else on your raider requires medicae attention. Magos Taylor's wounded are being tended to by a techpriest with his own medicae mechadendrite. As you try to locate the critically wounded man, your medicae mechadendrite querries your cogitators. '1 dose of Hiberzine available. Force stasis state on subject?'

>Your medicae mechadendrite may put a subject into a forced stasis state. The character will remain in stasis for up to a month, and can only be revived at a medicae facility. 10% chance of permanent damage caused by the forced stasis.

>will wait 5 minutes for a tie-breaker on which base to goto.

>>18661248
>stasis
If he is able to answer, ask him if he is willing to risk it.

>>18661248
I vote for northwest.

And considering the risk, only sedate the critically wounded man if he asks us to do so.

>>18661039
changing vote to north west

2D100 rolls, if you please

rolled 7 = 7

>>18661396
Roll #1

rolled 52 = 52

>>18661396
First one.

>High or low rolls?

>>18661403

low is good.

>>18661437
Seems like my die didn't know either and decided to just stay mid-range.

"Magos Taylor, I believe we should head to the large island to the NorthWest. If it is crawling with xenos, we'll be near enough to the cluster to the North to divert. I also have a dose of Hiberzine, if Wilson's man is willing to risk the side effects."

"A better chance of functioning transmitters or craft nearby as well. We will follow your lead, Elesh." There is a long pause as you watch the figures on Taylor's raider converse. "He does not wish to gamble with such an elixer."

Your craft scream due Northwest for hours, wind once again whipping at the clothes and hair of your crew as you fly across the crystal waters of Aquari. Just as the island comes into sight, the skies and waters of Aquari burn as a massive, elongated fireball streaks above your heads. A wave of heat washes over your exposed flesh as the object nears the horizon, revealing the silhouette of an imperial-styled ship as it begins to break apart in the planet's atmosphere. A hail of lesser debris breaks from the ship as it disappears from your view, followed by the edges of a bright flash moments later. The shockwave of the craft's passing rocks the seas soon after, nearly sending your craft tumbling across the water as you struggle to regain control. "A transport, most likely." states Advi. The lack of communication with your ship and Quein starts to eat at your flesh brain as the horizon to the south blackens from the doomed ship.

>cont

Picking your way around several rising columns of smoke in the distance, you slow as you approach a half-submerged chimera. Less than a kilometer from the PDF base's outer limits, you come to a stop to count six small columns of smoke burning beyond the small hill that hides the location from your sight. Focusing on any sounds that aren't your engines, you jump as a series of small explosions rumbles over the hill.
"Ammunition cooking off? Auto-cannon, maybe." You glance at Julin as she seems to gain vitality from such familiar sounds. Or perhaps she's just gone mad. That is also a possible event, considering your day.

>orders?
>approach on foot?
>OVER THE HILL, WE CAN FLY! ?
>other?

>>18661617
Approach on foot, as stealthly as possible.

>>18661617
Someone go up the hill on foot, check over the top without silhouetting themselves, then signal the all clear or not.

>>18661652
who will you send for such a task?

>>18661617
Approach on foot.

Don't want to draw too much attention to ourselves, or be mistaken for eldar by inept PDF troops.

>>18661662
We're the only crew member not damaged or injured. Guess it's time for the captain to lead from the front.

>>18661690
This. We've got the best gun and we're uninjured. Onward to adventure!

>>18661690
Yeah, this

"Advi, take the controls. I'll take a look over the hill."

You hadn't realized how exhausted your flesh was after your night of drinking and today's hectic events, but you soon feel every ache and bruise as you make your way up the embankment. Reaching the crest, you supress a cry of dismay at the carnage before your eyes. A dozen atmospheric craft smoulder in a once neat line, while dozens of chimera transports smoulder or burn across the facility's paved areas, their hulls mercilessly riddled with holes from xenos weaponry. Still more vehicles burn, including a half-dozen leman russ tanks that still burn from within. Though the doors to the nearby facilities have clearly been destroyed, most of the buildings appear intact. You believe there may be a shuttle or other craft parked between three of the buildings, but can not determine the make or model. Though you see no xenos warriors or craft, there are likely a hundred or more PDF members dead upon the ground or their vehicles.

>orders?
>calling it here, folks. Next thread will be Thursday @ 7:30-8:00 PM EST
>orders given now will affect Thursday's starting post!
>usual Q&A. Additional questions/ideas/suggestions/complaints can be sent to machinespiritpq@gmail.com
>ready to get off this planet?

>>18661851
See if we can get a better look at the shuttle. Otherwise, search the base, conceal the transports and hope that the ships in orbit fared much better.

>>18661851
we need to find the medicae and the vox first. then, we need to get a status report from our ship.
then, we must attempt to save as many machines as possible, call in a large transport and get all this loot out of here before the authorities can recover from the raid.

Yeah, I'm sorry, but all I read in that post was "unattended leman russ tanks just standing there and waiting to be stolen".

>>18661915
BURNING unattended leman russ tanks.

>>18661851
Get our bros to come join us so we can check the buildings for survivors/valuable. If the medical facilities are still operational, see if we can help the wounded man.

Don't signal our ship yet, though. The DE are bound to home in on that signal, so we should wait until we're about to leave to send it out.

>>18661926
Big deal, we can probably turn two of them into one tank and spare parts. Same goes for everything else that's on fire.

>>18661915

your arvus lighters are -barely- capable of loading a chimera transport. A Russ tank is unfortunately too large for them to manage.

Also, Privateer Quest has taken over Commander Quest's timeslot until further notice. When Commander Quest returns from hiatus, we'll likely return to irregular days.

NEW Privateer Quest Days:
Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 7:30-8:00 PM, EST.
There is also a chance of threads on Sundays at the same time, to be announced on thursdays.

>>18661974

problem:
to canibalize parts, you need to have a full set of parts available.

burned out hulls likely all lack certain key parts.

>>18661981
>your arvus lighters are -barely- capable of loading a chimera transport. A Russ tank is unfortunately too large for them to manage.

Really? I didn't think even one would fit, I thought that Taylor and Wilson have a bigger transport or that they know someone who does.
And, if we don't have access to bigger transports, we can always dissasemble them right here and move them in parts.

>>18662033
I am having trouble hearing this over the sound of selling spare leman russ parts. Or we could try to buy the ones we lack. Or manufacture them ourselves if it is avalible to us

>>18662107
>And, if we don't have access to bigger transports, we can always dissasemble them right here and move them in parts.

I do believe that you're underestimating the difficulty of converting a burning tank into manageable parts for shipping. At least if you want to actually put it back together!

I'll have a list of recoverable vehicles for the next thread.

>>18662107
>I am having trouble hearing this over the sound of selling spare leman russ parts.
I'm sorry, could you repeat that? I couldn't hear you over the sound of Official Imperial Attention.