>>33524937
>Go to Ser.

>>33524937
>Go to Ser.

>>33524979
>>33524997
You walk over to Ser and see that he is whimpering to himself.

"They aare kiiin killers... They kiiiled my kiiin... Much blooood on theeeir hands..."

Ser looks up at you and whimpers again.

"Please, Silent Ooone, I do nooot want too die..."

>Just keep quiet and you'll be fine.
>I'll protect you.
>Stay silent.

>>33525127
>I'll protect you.

we shall vouch for ser, as much good as that will do

>I'll protect you

>>33525127
>I'll protect you.

>>33525127
>I'll protect you.

>>33525144
>>33525147
>>33525159
>>33525171
Ser looks up at you and chitters for a second before grabbing onto your leg.

"Thank you, Silent One..."

As you are talking to Ser, you hear some rustling coming from the group. It's Hendrick and it looks like he's about to pray.

>Join him.
>Don't disturb him.

>>33525234
>Join him.

>>33525234
>Join him.
with Ser?
(y/n)

>>33525234
join him

brutha

>>33525234

>Join him.

like their is any other choice

>>33525256
>>33525262
>>33525356
>>33525365
You walk over to Hendrick and you see that he sighs a bit before continuing. You begin to pray...

>Add +1 to your next roll.

You feel the Emperor place his hand upon your shoulder as you finish your prayers. Hendrick also gets up and looks you in the eyes. His voice is near a whisper right now.

"Are we going to trust that mutant?"

>Yes, why?
>I'm just using him.
>Stay silent.

>>33525432
He believes us to be basically divine, and has proven useful.

>>33525432
>Yes, why?

he has risked his life many times to bring me this far

>>33525432
>Yes, why?

>>33525432
>Stay silent.

>Yes, why?
He hase fate.

>>33525465
>>33525528
>>33525566
"It's just that... He's a mutant..."

Hendrick sighs and shakes his head.

"Just keep an eye on him. Commander Balzer has been... Aggressive ever since we failed to take the city."

Hendrick lifts up his bolter and walks out of the cave.

"I'm going to look around for a bit, I'll be back before everyone gets up."

Hendrick begins to walk away before you hear another person waking up.

"Oh... Still can't believe your alive."

You look behind you and see the chaplain. He stands up and folds his arms.

"So, did you find the relic or was it a rumor?"

>There were complications.
>No.

>>33525683
>>There were complications.

we killed a mind bug thing though

>>33525683
>There were complications.

>>33525683
>There were complications.

>>33525716
>>33525723
>>33525773
You can practically feel the chaplain rolling his eyes behind his helmet.

"Whatever, if you didn't find it, then you didn't find it. Still, you survived the whole ordeal and you managed to bring some civilians back. Good job... Now then, if you excuse me, I must offer my prayers to The Emperor before anything else."

The chaplain kneels down as a few guardsmen wake up. One is about to let out a loud yawn before one of the guardsmen elbows him in the ribs, pointing to the chaplain.

"Don't be disrespectful, you fraker."

Amelia and Emily also begin to stir, as well as everyone else. Captain Marshton barely moves as he groans a bit. Emily walks over to him and checks on him.

"Try not to get up today, okay?"

Marshton laughs a bit.

"Looks like I'll have to call in sick today..."

>Two actions.

>Talk to Captain Marshton.
>Talk to Commander Balzer.
>Talk to Tarick.
>Talk to the Guardsmen.
>Talk to Emily.
>Talk to Asalia.
>Talk to Amelia.
>Talk to the techmarine.
>Talk to the chaplain.
>Talk to Ser.
>Rest up a bit. (Takes two actions.)

>>33525958
>Talk to the chaplain.
for spiritual guidance
>Talk to the techmarine.
kit up

>>33525958
>Talk to Captain Marshton.
>Talk to Amelia.

>>33525958

>Talk to Emily.

>Talk to Amelia.

LADIES

>>33526015
I second this

Emi;y and the techmarie

>>33526015
>>33526080
>>33526108
We'll be doing the techmarine first then.

The techmarine fiddles with his helmet for a second before turning to you.

"Y'know, I really have to admire you. Going off on holy adventures, saving damsels in distress. All I do is maintain guns and fire a cannon of doom that no longer is usable in our chapter due to it being destroyed and never being replaced."

He sighs and looks at you.

"So... How was the city?"

>Filled with mutants.
>I did battle with a foul alien.
>Shrug.

>>33526165
>Shrug.

>>33526165

Horrible Aliens, Mutants and Heretics

so a good vacation spot

>Shrug.

>>33526165
>I did battle with a foul alien.

>>33526165
>>I did battle with a foul alien.

>>33526165
>Shrug.

>>33526204
>>33526250
>>33526389
You simply shrug and watch as the techmarine tap his helmet.

"Jeez, nothing fazes you... Anyways, I need to pray to the Omnissiah and the Emperor. "

>Alright, I'll leave you to it.
>Hey, I never asked what your name is.

>>33526456
>Hey, I never asked what your name is.
he sounds like a pretty cool guy

>>33526456
>Hey, I never asked what your name is.

>>33526456
>>Hey, I never asked what your name is.

>>33526481
>>33526484
>>33526567
"Huh? Oh, It's... It's uh..."

The techmarine lowers his voice to the point where you can't make out what he says.

"t..."

You look at him as he rubs his helmet.

"tom... It's... It's tom..."

>It's a good name.
>Tom?

> It's a good name.

>>33526636
>Tom?

I'll be keeping my eye on you Alpha Legionnaire

>>33526636
>It's a good name.

>>33526636
Its a good name

>>33526636
>It's a good name.

>>33526636
>>It's a good name.
Smile and nod at him before moving off to the next person.

>>33526659
>>33526748
>>33526751
"Oh, thanks... Y'know, I always thought of having it changed to something more mariney. Never got the chance to due to my duties. Anyways, I gotta pray to the Omnissiah or I'm pretty sure the machine spirit in my armor is going to bake me alive."

Tom kneels down and begins to pray in his machine language.

>1 more action.

>Talk to Marshton.
>Talk to Balzer.
>Talk to Tarick.
>Talk to Hendrick.
>Talk to Asalia.
>Talk to Emily.
>Talk to Amelia.
>Talk to the Guardsmen.
>Talk to the chaplain.
>Talk to Ser.

>>33526848
>>Talk to the chaplain.

>Emily

>>33526848
>Talk to Marshton
What happened while we were away?

>>33526848
>Talk to Asalia
Check up on her. We broke her leg after all.

>>33526848

Talk to the chaplain

>>33526890
me
>>33526944
ok this than

>>33526944
yeah we probably should

>>33526848
>Talk to Asalia.

>>33526848
>Talk to marshton

>>33526944
>>33526988
>>33527041
You go over to Asalia, who is trying to avoid eye contact with you.

"Oh, how're you doing?"

>About what happened yesterday...
>I'm doing good.
>Stay silent.

>>33527064
>shrug

>>33527064
>>About what happened yesterday...

my bad

>>33527064
>About what happened yesterday...

>>33527064
>About what happened yesterday...
If we talk to other people, we have to talk.

>>33527099
>>33527108
>>33527126
Before you can go on, Asalia puts her hand up.

"I'd... I'd rather not talk about it right now..."

She sighs and then looks at you.

"Look, I know you feel sorry about what happened. Just... I should have done that by myself instead of asking someone who has no idea how power armor works, no offense."

>None taken.
>I could have figured it out.
>Shrug.

>>33527166
>None taken.
"I should have been more careful.
How is the leg healing? "

>>33527166
>>None taken.

REJECTED! TOUGH ACTIN TINACTIN!

>>33527166
>Shrug.

>>33527166
>None taken.

>>33527166
>Shrug.

>>33527209
>>33527212
>>33527218
She smiles and looks at her leg.

"It doesn't hurt too much now. Just a little sore every now and then. Emily has been looking at it, even during the night."

You hear a yawn behind you. You turn to see Emily with large dark bags under her eyes. She sees you looking at her and waves a little bit at you before she looks back at her medical bag.

"Hey, do me a favor? Just make sure that Emily doesn't go over board with taking care of people. She has this tendency of not looking after herself when others are hurt."

>Got it.
>It's her job.
>Stay silent and nod.
>Stay silent and shake head.

>>33527308
>Stay silent and nod.

>>33527308
>Stay silent and nod.

>>33527308

Stay silent and nod.

>>33527308
>Stay silent and nod.

>>33527308
>Stay silent and nod.

>>33527368
>>33527400
>>33527414
>>33527421
She smiles at you nodding and looks back at Emily.

"Thanks... She's a good woman, I don't want her hurting herself."
---
"Nameless, I need to talk to you for a second..."

Captain Marshton calls you over.

"Sit down, this is going to be a long talk as I'm sure you have a lot of questions..."

You sit down and watch Marshton struggle to sit up straight.

"First off... Hendrick is right... I think we're the last marines on the planet. That black storm that rolled across the desert wiped out anything that was not of chaos or was praying at that point in time... But, the storm wasn't what killed us... It was the forces inside the city..."

Marshton coughs a little before continuing.

"It was as if the defenders were possessed by daemons or something... Every time we would kill an enemy, he would still be standing and fighting. Soon, anything that was human inside the city became walking corpses. They swarmed us, decimating our forces... Balzer was yelling out for our marines to keep up the offensive until he was smashed into the wall by some daemonic creature... I slew the beast and got Balzer to safety... I'm not proud to say this, but I called a full retreat before we all were destroyed..."

Marshton chuckles a little bit before continuing.

"Look at me, I am His angel of death and I call a full scale retreat... I don't deserve this armor..."

>It was tactically sound, sir.
>You should have kept fighting, sir.
>Stay silent.

>>33527593
>>It was tactically sound, sir.

we live to carry on the fight, we do no good to anybody dead

>>33527593
>It was tactically sound, sir.
we cant care out his will if we are dead

>>33527593
>Stay silent.
We were not there we can't judge.

>>33527593
>It was tactically sound, sir.
"We're Astartes, the very pinnacle of professional soldiers. We owe our forces victory, and if we cannot get victory, we must withdraw."

>>33527633
>>33527750
>>33527776
Marshton sighs and looks at Balzer.

"Glad to know someone thinks so..."

You look to see Balzer looking at his bolt pistol.

"He's... Been silent like that for most of the time we've been here... He's not taking this defeat well at all."

>What did you see?
>Are we going to be able to keep fighting?
>What about our evac?

>>33527848
>>What did you see?

>>33527848

Are we going to be able to keep fighting?

>>33527848
>Are we going to be able to keep fighting?

>>33527848
>What did you see?
We need our command to be solid. Time to earn our job.

>>33527848
>>What about our evac?

>>33527867
me
>>33527873
>>33527915
changing to this

>>33527848
>>What did you see?

>>33527915
>>33527873
Breaking the tie.

"I doubt it... We have guardsmen who are hiding in the city, sisters in the desert... I don't know..."

Marshton looks outside and is silent for a few seconds.

"I doubt that we'll even be able to defend ourselves now..."

Just then, you hear some familiar chittering as you see Ser walking up towards you.

"Silent Ooone?... I miiight be aaable to help..."

Marshton looks over at Ser.

"Whatever you have to say, make it quick, mutant."

Ser is visibly hurt by Marshton's words and whimpers a bit.

"M-My kiiin... My kiiin is loooyal... We wiiiill fight..."

"Your kin has killed our men ever since we landed here! You think we'll trust you?"

Ser whimpers a little more and then backs away.

"I... I aaam sorry..."

>Sir, they're amazing fighters.
>Well, what do you suggest then?

>>33528147
Sir, his kin are competent fighters.

>>33528147
>Sir, they're good fighters.
and faithful to our Emperor

>>33528147
>>Sir, they're amazing fighters.

they are more than willing to fight for and die for the Emperor

>>33528147
>>Well, what do you suggest then?

>>33528176
>>33528193
>>33528196
Marshton looks at you and then Ser.

"... You're willing to side with a mutant?..."

You nod and see Marshton close his eyes. He is silent for a minute before sighing and looking up to you.

"If you trust them, then I will trust you."

You see Ser straighten up at you defending his race and Marshton accepting his help.

"We'll need numbers and a place to regroup."

>What about the stronghold?
>The canyons?
>How about the underground city?

>>33528245
>How about the underground city?
it should be safe now

>>33528245
>>How about the underground city?
We killed the biggest problem there and we may be able to get more mutants to our side.

Rolled 1

>>33528245
1 is stronghold
2 is canyons
3 is city

>>33528245
Can we get Intel on all three?

>>33528245
>The canyons?
The stronghold is likely too big for us to hold. The underground city is good, but no chance of an aerial extraction. The canyons means we can be cut off, but we can get Thunderbolt support.

>>33528245
>>What about the stronghold?
maybe we can find that =][= undercover guardsman

>>33528326
There isn't much to say, you've been gone for a pretty long while.

looks like the underground city is as good a choice as any

>>33528450
>>33528275
>>33528289
"Yeah... I've heard that there is a larger influx of mutants there than anywhere else on the planet."

Ser walks closer to Marshton and you.

"Iit is beecause it is a hoooly site fooor us..."

Marshton seems a little puzzled but shakes it off.

"Very well, we'll head off to the underground city in the morning. Right now... We need to rest and get our heads clear..."

THANK YOU FOR THE THREAD TONIGHT!
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HAVE A GOOD NIGHT /TG/!

>>33528450
It's the best of we have no support. We can expect more mutants, and Ser should be better in familiar terrain. OTOH, not all mutants are friendly which could lead to friendly fire.

>>33528511
Thanks for the good thread, Marine!

>>33528511
thanks for the thread!

>>33528511
danke schoen