>>1117792
>Look over the files
>Call an officer on your micro-bead (Which one? About what?)

Father Walpurgis, check in on his estimates or expectations for conversion to the Imperial Creed

>>1117813
supporting

>>1117792
>>Look over the files
Let's look over what we've got.

>Write-In
We should call a general meeting with our officers, Karlyle, and some leading members of the system leadership.

We should look into strategy for undermining other systems of the collective, see if we can't bring others to our side.

>>1117813
Supporting

>>1117792
>>Look over the files

>>1117813
this is good

>>1117818
This.

>>1117792
Both of these >>1117813 >>1117818

>>1117818

What we'd need is dossiers on the ship types of the collective fleet.

The size of the docking ring suggests that its going to be much smaller than us, possibly destroyer sized at most but knowing how their weapons work would be good.

Theres also the possibility of adding their fleet to our own since we can easily teleport our boarding parties onto their bridges and shutdown their operations.

>>1117839
Seconding this.

Huzzah for colonialism.

>>1117848
>What we'd need is dossiers on the ship types of the collective fleet.

True enough. Without a doubt our ship is superior to anything they can muster, but even so I'm sure we're quite outnumbered. Safe to assume they have shielding, which will hamper our ability to make use of our teleporter.

Reason why I say we should at least try and sow some dissent in their ranks.

What's going on with that debris field?

>>1117889
>Reason why I say we should at least try and sow some dissent in their ranks.

Always a good thing to do. If they don't have void shields, teleporting bombs to areas of the ship and then broadcasting a call to arms would probably make their shipboard commissars go mad with blamming.

>>1117813
You take a look at the dossier as Roger begins work on the suit.

The Othhaw system consists of four worlds of major strategic value: Othhaw itself, a large, high-gravity world valuable mostly for being a habitable world where food can be grown (All but the very straps of exploitable industrial minerals have been mined already, and the supplies of radioactive materials on-planet would last maybe a decade of mining). The larger of Othhaw's two moons is more exploitable, with rich mineral deposits mined by a colony of slave-laborers consisting of the system's undesirables, who are sent there to be worked to death under the boiling-hot world's thin, acidic atmosphere. A sub-section goes into the geology and ecology of Othhaw proper: you set this aside for now.

>Othhaw:
>Industrials: 1
>Radioactives: 28

>Othhaw-1:
>Industrials: 63

Three planets in the system are designated mining worlds by Collective documents. Mining World Alpha is a small, low-gravity planet with an unbreathable atmosphere. Enough minerals to sustain a mining colony are buried in the planet's soil, but the planet itself has remained undeveloped as of yet. Mining World Beta, on the other hand, is all but stripped of minerals: the mines on the planet were shut down over a century ago, as the remaining deposits were deemed too deep to effectively mine. Mining World Gamma, the outmost planet in the system, is rich in minerals: mostly industrial, but with traces of others. Mining operations were under construction at the time of your arrival.

>Mining World Alpha:
>Industrials 65

>Mining World Beta:
>Industrials 15

>Mining World Gamma:
>Industrials 158
>Ornamentals 17
>Radioactives 31

The asteroid belt surrounding the planet, unimaginatively named The Belt, is filled with radioactive minerals: mining these minerals was the system's primary purpose. Mining operations were centered around a station located near the ship wreckage, which apparently "just turned up" one day. Descriptions of the ships found include Imperial, Chaotic, Ork, and Eldar designs, most of which were little more than scrap. One of the Imperal and Eldar ships sounded like they were in salvagable condition, however.

>The Belt:
>Industrials 18
>Ornamentals 5
>Radioactives 112
>Xenotech 162
>Possibly Salvagable Firestorm Frigate
>Possibly Salvagable Eldar Hellebore


The system's manufacturing center is located on a moon above Mining World Beta: ready to receive the raw materials of the system and refine them. A Strategic Uranium Reserve and Nuclear Test Site are also in the system, but are held by Collectivist forces.

You put a call through to Father Walpurgis, asking about the rate of conversion: "We really aren't equipped for that in our present state, Lord-Captain. Most of my priests are Ra'tyn, and their... unique beliefs may be off-putting. We should return to the civilized world before we think of such things."

>>1118138

>Reference Ecology and Geology documents

>Return to the Absolution

>Talk to Officer/Planetary Governor/Clan-Lord (about what?)

>Visit another planet in the system (Which one? Why?)

>Set off for another system in the sub-sector

>Set off for Port Iridescence

>Other.

>>1118147
>Set off for the 'belt' to look over the Imperial and Eldar ships that sound salvagable, while seeing if we can get contact with those 'Merc's to bring them in and be ready for a 'counter' invasion.

>>1118147
>>Talk to Officer/Planetary Governor/Clan-Lord (about what?)

Karlyle, about swaying other systems/the collectivist forces in our system to our side.

and then, look into salvage.

>>1118147
>>Reference Ecology and Geology documents
I'm interested on the impacts of higher gravity on the population.

>>1118147
>>Talk to Officer/Planetary Governor/Clan-Lord (about what?)

The New Planetary Governor and his staff, Casmirre von Golgoth, Three-Shots" Marsen, Harald Lion-Beard, Elder Locke, Magos Nikola.

Call a war conference. We need to know the possible composition of the enemy fleet and exactly how long it will take for their ships to arrive, their armaments and potency.

The Magos and our master at arms should also take a look at the inventory of the locals to see how much of advantage our Mercs will have over the incoming army.

>>1118179

Supporting this, we need to be ready for it when it comes

How do we go about proving our loyalty to the Officio QM? Or will it be a companion quest sort of thing

>in b4 it's Snake Runner

>>1118179
I'll switch from just karlyle to a war conference

>>1118188
They'll step forward when the time is right (meaning soon™).

>>1118188

I'd imagine it'd it based on our general conduct beyond the borders of the imperium.

Spread the word of the Emperor, bring back planets into the fold of the Imperium, do not consort with traitors and heretics (aliens get a pass since thats already within our remit), work to the general benefit of the greater Imperium all while turning a profit.

>>1118157
>>1118165
This

So is Occultist Quest dead?

>>1118195
>>1118182
>>1118179
(Oops! Forgot to mention a planet!:
>The Flooded Strand: a strange, watery world that has yet to evolve life more complex than microbes, located in the Belt. Wreckage from the shipwrecks has fallen all across the surface, where salvage teams have been picking for parts for years.
>Industrials 185
>Radioactives 34
>Exotic Materials 97
>Archeotech 22)


You assemble Karlyle, Carmirre, Marsen, Harald, Elder Locke, and Magos Nikola into the meeting hall where, not a week ago, you won this planet by a display of superior technology.

"Gentlemen: in a few... months, perhaps? The full force of the Ambarian Worker's Collective will bear down on this system. Now, for the Imperial Navy, this would be no problem. We are not the Imperial Navy. We have one ship. So, I need to know: how mighty is the Ambarian Army and Navy, and are we ready for them?"

"My Lord, we-I mean, the Ambarians- currently have seven dedicated ships capable of faster-than-light travel. Four of these are armed troop conveyors, each capable of moving tens of thousands of soldiers across the stars. The other three are smaller than your ship, but highly manuverable. I belive they would fall within your Frigate class. I must confess I do not know the specifics of their weapons, but we have developed laser, plasma, and solid-shell weaponry for void combat."

"I've been checking the functionality of our cannon, sir! Everything's good, we are combat-ready!"

"+++I HAVE CONDUCTED AN ANALYSIS OF PLANET-SIDE WEAPONRY. SURFACE-TO-ORBIT MACROCANNONS ARE PRESENT, AS IS AN EMERGENCY VOID SHIELD SYSTEM AROUND KEY STRUCTURES. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES ARE WOEFULLY UNADVANCED: AUTOWEAPONS ARE USED OVER LASER PATTERNS, AND MELTA TECHNOLOGY IS LACKING. ESTIMATED TIME UNTIL CONQUEST BY ENEMY FLEET UPON SIEGE INITIATION: 9 MONTHS. ESTIMATION NOT USING METHODS PROSCRIBED BY CARMIRRE VON GOLGOTH:: 2 MONTHS.+++"

"I'm afraid I have to agree, Lord Pallas. My men have done an audit of strategic reserves and musters, and this planet simply isn't suited for a long-term siege. Yes, the planet is rich in natural edibles, but many of them offer a good chance to eat YOU instead. In addition, urban constructions are not up to Imperial standards for siege warfare, and their army lacks the guard's rigor of training."

"Give me time, my king. I will beat these men with the hammer of pain on the anvil of discipline, and they will be your swords!"

"Poetic affectations aside... we must consider what the Tactica Imperialis says about this situation: when strong, pretend you are weak. When weak, pretend you are strong. Always conceal your true numbers and position from your enemy, and you will never lose a battle. Besides, by the calculations I have made our Astropaths and Navigators run, we have about 8 months until the fleet arrives: enough time to amass significant strength."

>>1118461
Basically, yeah. Combination of me running out of ideas and general steam running out in the thread itself =( How did you figure me out?

>>1118499
>Locke, do we have any clue about when our mercenaries will arrive?

>Magos Nikola, can you bring the equipment of these people up to Imperial par?

>Harald, train these men, and train them hard.

>Write-In

>>1118504
>>Locke, do we have any clue about when our mercenaries will arrive?

>>1118504
You posted under the trip

>>1118504

>All three

Plus

> Prepare expeditions to the water world and the wrecked ships - we're looking for ones we may restore in time to use, or failing that, vortex torpedos or archaeotech.
> Prepare a spoiling attack! Rather than let them come to us as a coordinated group, we shall go to them and engage them piecemeal. We may even catch them at anchor.
>We should have an edge.Build fission weapons from the material hereabouts and teleport them into their ships.

Because fuck you, thats why.

>>1118504
>Magos Nikola, can you bring the equipment of these people up to Imperial par?
>Write-in
"If we intercept the troop transports, then we won't have to worry about the groundside fighting.

>Occultist Quest
That's disappointing. I was really liking Redd, even bailing him out of bad situations that stupid decisions that were out of character for his intellect got him into.

>>1118504
>>Write-In

Magos, Casmirre, we have preliminary information that there is a salvagable Firestorm Frigate in the asteroid belt, how long might it take to restore her to readiness and can we spare enough crew from our ship to crew her effectively. A rough estimate will suffice.

Hand them what data we have on it.

>>Harald, train these men, and train them hard, do your best to reinforce what defensive structures you have.

>>Locke, do we have any clue about when our mercenaries will arrive?

Sev, how long was the transit time from Port Iridescence to here?

>>1118522

I forgot.

>Do they have fighters or bombers, or are they equipped to fight them? Ours may be an advantage.

>>1118504

Also

>>Write-In
"Karlyle, do your vessels come equipped with void shields?"

>>1118526

Might be kinda rough getting some of our crew to work on another ship.

>>1118525
So was I, anon. I may post storytimes of his IRL crew's continuing stories in a pastebin. Just ended up kind of running out of steam, both on my side and the low number of dedicated posters.

>>1118547
The problem was each thread was too slow paced to meaningfully interact with.

>>1118550
Honestly there are other quests that are just as slow, and have lulls in the number of posters.

>>1118545
Imperial systems should be fairly standard and we mostly need engines and weapon systems online at minimum.

Whats more the native dont appear to have lance weapons. This gives us a decisive first strike/long ranged capability that they cannot match and we can force the frigates to accelerated to intercept us before we engage the troopships, allowing us to dictate the battlespace.

>>1118562
>Imperial systems should be fairly standard and we mostly need engines and weapon systems online at minimum.

It's more getting the clansmen to leave their home and work on another ship, figure that might present some issues. Of course, I'm sure they might be convinced to do so temporarily.

Fully crewed a firestorm takes 25k men, we're already short several thousand men. Not sure how many we could even spare. Of course, may yet be able to train up some crew from the system planets.

>>1118511
>>1118522
>>1118525
>>1118526
>>1118528
>>1118537

>Locke, do we have any clue about when our mercenaries will arrive?

"Our current projections put arrival dates anywhere between two and four months, Warp conditions prevailing."

>Magos Nikola, can you bring the equipment of these people up to Imperial par?
"+++GIVE ME FULL CONTROL OF THE MANUFACTORA AND ACCESS TO ALL MATERIALS, AND SOME OF THE WEAPONRY ABOARD THE SHIP. OMMNISSIAH WILLING, I WILL ATTEMPT TO HEAL THE SOULS OF THEIR MISGUIDED MACHINE-SPIRITS.+++"

>Harald, train these men, and train them hard.

"Understood, Sir! They will not disappoint!"

>Do they have fighters or bombers, or are they equipped to fight them? Ours may be an advantage. How about Void Shields?

"We have force-shields, yes. No fighters or bombers that I know of, though: we haven't solved the depressurization issue."

"Good. Get this planet ready for war."

>Dismiss council

>Bring up other issue (what?)

>>1118570
>What can be done about the other worlds in system to bring those men into support us?
>Where are the Communes shipyards at?
>What type of normal fleet invasion is followed up here?
>Where is the most likely path of them arriving so we may ambush them?
>How do we win the hearts and minds of the people on the planet?

>>1118570
>Bring up other issue
Salvaging and restoring ships and archeotech to provide us with a squadron instead of just a single ship (and that means we get to become a Lord-Commodore and get an even bigger, fancier hat).

>>1118570
The salvage questions in>>1118526

>>1118570
>>Bring up other issue (what?)

Convincing the other collective forces in the system that they need to join with us.

Far as crewing that firestorm, pretty good place to draw some crew from would be those undesirables enslaved for mining. Grab some of those and some others from the system and train them on board the Absolution.

>>1118612
When their fleets are destroyed they won't have much of a choice.

>>1118629

While true, it could mean extra manpower.

>>1118636
A handful of destroyed ships leads to a handful of systems under our control.

>>1118636
I think it best to avoid conquering too many other areas. We can avoid colleteral damage to the other mining facilities in the system. And if we wanted more bodies, we could easily take them from this planet, where they believe they are still under orders from the collective, instead of a recently subjugated outpost/station.

It reduces the chances for any sabotage. The rest of the outposts will fall naturally once the fleet is gone.

The only ones that might be critical to secure beforehand would be the nuclear test facility and the asteroid belt with our derelict ships.

>>1118658
>A Strategic Uranium Reserve and Nuclear Test Site are also in the system, but are held by Collectivist forces.

I thought these were the only places that still were under the control of collective forces in the system?

>>1118669
If thats the case, then we do not need to try and convince the other outposts to surrender.

I've been working on the assumption that there are still small crews of collective armed forces with the other scattered outposts who are still loyal to collective and we just havnt flown out to deal with them.

>>1118582
>What can be done about the other worlds in system to bring those men into support us?
"These locations... they are hardline bastions of Collectivist rule. The Founder's Guard crews them to a man, and they are unshakable. I should know: I have been trying to break one of them this entire week. I have resorted to every non-permanent means of torture I can think of, and nothing!"

>Where are the Communes shipyards located?
"There is one shipyard, in the Ambaria system itself. A proud piece of ancient technology, older than our own civilization! The Founder predicted it's location on his deathbed, so it is said! Ahem. Although, of course, the Founder is nothing compared to the... glorious might of Him on Earth."

>What type of normal fleet invasion is followed up here?
"We... simply strike with all of our power. Defense is a matter of surface-to-air weaponry. It worked for us against the Androxians."

>Where is the most likely path of them arriving so we may ambush them?
"They will likely approach along a vector bringing them to their strategic reserve. I have no doubt they will want to rain atomic fire down on us for our betrayal."

>How do we win the hearts and minds of the people on the planet?
"The people of Othhaw value hard work, honest living, selflessness, and respect for the Founder, like all good workers."

>>1118586
>>1118600
"+++[INTERROGATIVE]: SALVAGE OPERATIONS. [INTERROGATIVE]: ON A XENOS WARSHIP. [SARDONIC]: CERTAINLY, I WOULD LOVE TO VIOLATE MY OATH TO THE OMMISSIAH AND BECOME A HERETECH. [FORCEFUL]: NO, I WILL NOT AID IN ANYTHING OF THE SORT. I WILL HELP WITH THE FIRESTORM IF YOU WISH, HOWEVER, BUT IT WILL TAKE RESOURCES AND TIME AWAY FROM MY MODERNIZATION OF THIS PLANET'S ARMY. MY TIME IS DICTATED BY YOUR DESIRES, CAPTAIN.+++"

"The people of Othhaw stand ready to aid you, My Lord-Captain! I am... not sure how professional we are compared to your men, but I have over 5 billion men across this system!"


>>1118692
This is half the case. IF your rule became apparent, instead of in the shadow, there would be more revolts. The Nuclear Test Site and Strategic Uranium Reserve, however, "do not exist", and therefore, are not broadcasting.

>>1118810

I think we were referring to the Imperial ship as far as salvage was concerned, the Firestorm frigate?

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>>1118810
>A proud piece of ancient technology, older than our own civilization

>>1118810
Assign Nikola for the next month:
>Help with Modernization (0/800)

>Firestorm Repair (0/450)

>Help Archeotech Scavenging (Continuous Pump)


Assign Karlyle for the next month:

>Convert Planet by spreading Pro-Imperial Propaganda (0/1200)

>Help with Modernization (0/800)

>Firestorm Repair (0/450)

>Hellebore Repair (0/1050)

>Provide Oversight to owned operations in-system (which one?)


Assign Locke for the next month:
>Convert planet by helping to restructure Othhaw Government to fit Imperial Standards (0/1200)

>Conduct Economic Survey of a system location (choose one: will help determine best economic usage)

>Conduct Scholarly Survey of a system location (choose one: may reveal hidden mysteries)

>Replenish stores (9 months, 2 weeks remaining)


Assign Casmirre for the next month:

>Convert Planet by any means needed (0/1200)

>Help with Modernization (0/800)

>Firestorm Repair (0/450)

>Hellebore Repair (0/1050)

>Conduct Economic Survey of a system location (choose one: will help determine best economic usage)

>Conduct Scholarly Survey of a system location (choose one: may reveal hidden mysteries)

>Replenish stores (9 months, 2 weeks remaining)

>Help Archeotech Scavenging (Continuous Pump)


Assign Harald for the next month:

>Help with Modernization (0/800)

>Suppress Unrest (Current Unrest level: blissfully ignorant)

>Guard another officer's assignment (decreases odds of attack and penalty for the same)

>Mount an armed expedition to a system location (Will attempt to eliminate known threats at that location)


Assign yourself for the next month:

>Convert Planet by winning hearts and minds (0/1200)

>Help with Modernization (0/800)

>Firestorm Repair (0/450)

>Hellebore Repair (0/1050)

>Conduct Economic Survey of a system location (choose one: will help determine best economic usage)

>Conduct Scholarly Survey of a system location (choose one: may reveal hidden mysteries)

>Replenish stores (9 months, 2 weeks remaining)

>Help Archeotech Scavenging (Continuous Pump)


Custom assignments may be submitted as well, and other officers not previously listed may be given assignments too! (I will tell you if an officer can or cannot do the work you would order them to do, but try to use your common sense: the Master-at-Arms will not be good at social jobs, and the Ship's Confessor will not be good at machine work.

>>1118810
"Fear not magos. I only intent to restore the Firestorm. Very well. Task some of your senior adepts to lead the modernisation efforts of the armed forces while you lead the rest to begin restoration of the frigate. Another vessel will greatly even the odds."

Tasks to finish, take the belt and begin salaving works as this is by far the most time limited task. Then our ship can swing by to take over the nuclear facility.

I think we might be able to get away with the pretense that we went through with the original trade and are there to pick up the nuclear fuel. We can arrange a 'tour of the facility' and then recapture it with a teleported attack.

>>1118841
>>Firestorm Repair (0/450)

Anyone else in favor of picking up some crew for it from the slave miners? They certainly won't have any mixed loyalties with the collective.

>Convert Planet by spreading Pro-Imperial Propaganda (0/1200)

>Convert planet by helping to restructure Othhaw Government to fit Imperial Standards (0/1200)

Best Karlyle has someone making sure he's going about things correctly.

>Conduct Scholarly Survey of a system location (choose one: may reveal hidden mysteries)

Ocean planet

>Mount an armed expedition to a system location (Will attempt to eliminate known threats at that location)

Place with the nukes

>Convert Planet by winning hearts and minds (0/1200)

>>1118841
Assign Nikola for the next month:
>Firestorm Repair (0/450)

Assign Karlyle for the next month:

>Convert Planet by spreading Pro-Imperial Propaganda

Assign Locke for the next month:
>Convert planet by helping to restructure Othhaw Government to fit Imperial Standards (0/1200)

Assign Casmirre for the next month:
>Help with Modernization (0/800)


Assign Harald for the next month:

>Mount an armed expedition to a system location (Will attempt to eliminate known threats at that location)
Nuclear facility.

If we can pull off the deception in >>1118849 , then pull our planetary governor off duty for the ruse.


Assign yourself for the next month:
>Convert Planet by winning hearts and minds (0/1200)

>>1118841
Supporting this >>1118867

>>1118841
With regards to our lower officers, i think it best to generally spread them out through assignments, otherwise we will muck it up with too much micromanagement.

Generally though, lower Admech officers ro help with salvaging the firestoms, father confessor to help convert the planet, Master of Whispers, Gustave Roberts to help break the prisoner and begin counter measures against insurgency and perhaps our purser to conduct an economic survey of the system. Beginning from any location of her choosing.

Going to bed, be back 12PM EST, but first: here's some information about the Androxians you've managed to dig up this past week:
They are a race of carnivorous aliens with a "cyberpunk" level of technology. The entry of their prototype warp drive ship into Collective Space, crash-landing on a civilized world, and subsequent attacking of the populace, led to the Collective conquering them in retaliation. They're essentially a client state used as shock troops by the Ambarian military. None are present in the Othhaw system due to many people in the public being wary of them for their appearance (four clawed arms, massive canines, surly dispositions).

>>1118867

This is a good plan

>>1118867
Sounds like a good plan to me.

>>1118867
I will also support this

>>1118904
Is there anyway to attack the oncoming fleet while its in transit with the crew in stasis?

Failing that we should launch an attack somewhere else in collective space. Thanks to the warp our ships have far greater FTL speed. We can outflank the collective and force them to divert ships to rearguard defence.

>>1119261
We can do this when our backup arrives, I fear that if we leave a small or no garrison here these people might turn on us

>>1118841
Assign Nikola for the next month:
>Help with Modernization (0/800)

Assign Karlyle for the next month:
>Convert Planet by spreading Pro-Imperial Propaganda (0/1200)

Assign Locke for the next month:
>Replenish stores (9 months, 2 weeks remaining)

Assign Casmirre for the next month:
>Mount an armed expedition to a system location (Will attempt to eliminate known threats at that location)

-
I needs more details
"Convert Planet by any means needed"
-

Assign yourself for the next month:
>Convert Planet by winning hearts and minds (0/1200)


>>1118858
Poor, desperate, dying people can fight like fanatics if we promise them a new life. Give them faith, The Emperors light shall touch them.

>>1119261
I agree, we should do a early first strike offense or a spoiling attack on their staging area.

>>1119261
>>1119318

Far as ambushing the enemy ships go, we can make use of the debris field at least. The firestorm hanging there wouldn't look out of place for sure.

We're a bit short on crew as it is, if enough slave miners are there we might even be able to shore our own numbers up.

>>1118841
Assign Nikola for the next month:
>Firestorm Repair (0/450)

Assign Karlyle for the next month:
>Convert Planet by spreading Pro-Imperial Propaganda (0/1200)
We will want the system under our control when the enemy arrives.

Assign Locke for the next month:
>Conduct Economic Survey of a system location
Mining World Beta

Assign Casmirre for the next month:
>Convert Planet by any means needed (0/1200)

Assign Harald for the next month:
>Help with Modernization (0/800)

Assign yourself for the next month:
>Hellebore Repair (0/1050)

>>1119318
>should do a early first strike offense or a spoiling attack on their staging area.
I'm broadly in favour of this.

With our superior weapons tech and FTL capacity, a lighnight strike will serve to hurt them materially while also causing panic at our superiority.

It does reveal our capabilities early though...

>>1119218 here

changing to this>>1119396

but I want the survey to be on the Ocean world, there is archeotec there and we may find something usefull

>>1119261

The first bit isn't too possible since slip-stream implies some form of near-FTL. Striking at their home planets should be doable but im not sure what it would accomplish besides collateral damage.

Remember that this is their only fleet. Once we take it down, everything is for the taking.

What might work perhaps would the capture of the Head Overseer of the collective. If we could get him to issue a standdown order which could be played to the incoming fleet... it might work.

I would heavily stress Firestorm repair early because if we get it serviceable quickly enough then it can accompany the Absolution on our spoiling raid.
I've assigned Casmirre to Hellebore repair because I want to know any potential issues from that ASAP, by assigning our first officer to it now we can see long progress might take.
Locke and the Purser's surveys are being done early so we have as much time as possible to take advantage of any discoveries that might be made.
Finally I've dredged through the list of crew trying to look for any way anyone might help the cause.

>>1118841
Assign Nikola for the next month:
>>Firestorm Repair (0/450)
Assign Karlyle for the next month:
>>Convert Planet by spreading Pro-Imperial Propaganda (0/1200)
Assign Locke for the next month:
>>>Conduct Scholarly Survey of a system location [The Belt]
Assign Casmirre for the next month:
>>Hellebore Repair (0/450)
Assign Harald for the next month:
>>Mount an armed expedition to a [Nuclear Test Area] (Will attempt to eliminate known threats at that location)
Assign yourself for the next month:
>>Firestorm Repair (0/450)

Others
Master Helmsman, Master of Ordnance, Master of Aetherics, Infernus Master, Chief Bosun
>>Train up the most loyal of the locals as supplementary crew for the Firestorm
Choir Master Sigurn and Warpmaster Mckaal
>>Investigate the matter of pre-crime detection and this system's management of nascent psykers
Purser Macharius
>>Conduct Economic Survey [The Belt]
Master of Whispers Roberts
>>Convert planet (0/1200)
Father Walpurgis
>>Convert planet by developing and spreading a communist re-imagining of the Imperial Creed (0/1200)
Enginseer Cryptke
>>Firestorm Repair (0/450)
Omnissianic Congregator Harkonnen
>>Firestorm Repair (0/450)
Twistcatcher Bartleby
>>'Rehabilitate' and convert the planet of 'dissenters'
Master of the Vox Higgs
>>Replenish [food] stores (9 months, 2 weeks remaining) (a long shot I know but he's pretty rural)
Steward Mulligan
>>Replenish stores (9 months, 2 weeks remaining)

>>1119517

I don't agree with that much added micro

>>1119517

I think we should only do a raid on a nearby system after our backup arrives in 2-4 months, we shouln't leave this system undefended as there are still loyalist forces and the populace are not fully converted

>>1119528
Better than not using our assets to their best capability. Look at the Twistcatcher for example, it takes only a little lateral thinking to realise he'd be well suited to building loyalty among the Collective's moonful of slaves and rejects ... but if we don't direct him to do it then we get nothing.


>>1119543
Agreed. Definitely shouldn't leave the area until we've secured our place here.

>>1119543

What's to raid? Once their fleet is knocked out it's simply a matter of securing their shipyard and then going system to system delivering terms. Looks better on us if we don't go around ravaging systems.

>>1119575

For one it sets a precedent of micromanaging every single officer on the ship all the time, which just no. As well, it's a bit gamey having more than double the amount of characters taking actions imo

>>1119590
If knocking out their fleet was a foregone conclusion then I'd agree with you, but by launching preemptive raids then we force the collective to hold ships back for system defence making their ain assault fleet smaller and allowing us to destroy them piecemeal.

>For one it sets a precedent of micromanaging every single officer on the ship all the time, which just no. As well, it's a bit gamey having more than double the amount of characters taking actions imo
Just because we direct people carefully this time, doesn't in any way mean we need to make a pattern of it. And I'd say it's more metagamey for our relatively intelligent protagonist not to use his crew most effectively because it feels like we're taking advantage of the system or something.

>>1119575
I'd agree with >>1119590 about the micromanagement. Perhaps we can just ask sev to have the head officers assign those under them as they see fit.


I'm wondering if we should be just salvage the hellebore. Our men won't be able to pilot that ship anyways and we might be able to grab a holo field generator or the star cannon modules off it.

Either one will give us a great boost in combat capability.

>>1119646

That doesn't work if their ships are near or are FTL. They are already on their way and even if we hit their home system, they are not going to get any messages till they drop out into realspace. They've already hammered home the firing pin, the bullet just hasnt left the barrel.

>>1119691


I still prefer to try an salvage it, if we can work out an interface and use the ship it would be an immense boost, and ifwe can't we can always salvage it later

Like someone very wise said: "the only thing worth a ship is a ship"

>>1119746

repair it, I meant repair it

>>1119746

Could always try to sell it

>>1119746

Aye but it IS an eldar ship. Something the Inquisition would dearly want and even stripped of modules, could easily fetch a good bounty from either them or the Ad Mech, maybe even enough to get another ship.

Theres just that matter of time. Not sure if we have enough to fully repair it though but I guess theres no harm seeing if we can restore it even without the needed wraithbone.

>>1119758
>>1119750

we have an entire unexplored sector here guys, lets put it up to shape and use it to explore

>>1119770
Especially if we can get it using the webway instead of warp, makes exploration so much better and faster

>>1119758

I would support this over anything else, we can try to get word back to the Imperium that we have the location and are willing to provide it to the Inquisition. I just don't want to risk our own relationship with the AdMech over this

>>1118547
Wait you are the QM of the shadowrun occultist quest?

>>1119517
An important factor to consider: if you have all of your officers elsewhere in the system, you leave your ship's chain of command boiled down to the Clan-Lords: at least one of which has very bad feelings about you. This is the sort of environment in which revolts forment.

>>1120638
And he won't take any actions unless he wants his clan outright destroyed.

>>1120638
leave the 2nd tier to those officer above them

>>1120586
Yes, I was, omae. Sadly, it just ended up going too slow. First quest, mistakes were made on both sides.

>>1120638

Yeah, I don't think the added Micromanagement has that much support

>>1120653
It was a good quest I liked it.

>>1119318
"Convert Planet by any means needed" is what it sounds like: crush dissent by the sword and the gun. Risky early on, as the general populace's minds may be turned away from the Emperor's light by such an overt display of his Wrath, but effective once a turning point is reached, and the dissenters can be cast as enemies of the state more easily.

>>1118867
>>1118872
>>1118942
>>1119031
Alright, since this one seems to have the most support:
make 6 Command tests (roll 1d100) Each one of these will be used for one of these task (from the top down).

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>1120722

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>1120722

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>1120722

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>1120722

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>1120722

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>1120722

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>1120722

>>1120737
>Magos Nikola's report: +++HAVE INITIATED REPAIRS ON FIRESTORM-CLASS FRIGATE. PLASMA DRIVES HAVE BEEN REFITTED AND REPAIRED, BUT WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUEL TO FUNCTION. FORTUNATELY, SHIP IS EQUIPPED WITH A PLASMA SCOOP. HAVE ALSO RESTORED COGITATION BANKS AND LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS TO ACCELERATE REPAIRS. SHIP SHOULD BE FULLY REPAIRED WITHIN TWO MONTHS+++
Firestorm Repair Progress (252/450)

>>1120738
>Karlyle's Report: A new propaganda film, "The Imperium: Our Friends from Afar" has been filmed by the Ministry for Education and is being shown in all vocational centers in Othhaw. As the Founder said, "He who owns youth owns everything", so I have decided to start our campaign by making the youth well-disposed towards our new government. It is uncertain how well the film is being received, but we can only hope the seed has been planted!
Conversion Progress: (14/1200)

>>1120740
>Locke's Report: I have begun to aid Planetary Governor Karlyle in 'trimming the fat' of this planet's governmental system. I have started by developing a tithing code for the more efficient extraction of resources from the populace. This code has been put into effect with great success during the first couple weeks. Hopefully, things will progress quite well from here.
Conversion Progress (total): (110/1200)

>>1120753
>Casmirre's Report: I have taken shipments of the lasguns aboard our ship to the manufacturing centers of the Othhaw systems, along with weapons schematics from your quarters. We now have solid-slug weapons slowly being phased out in this system for the superior lasgun and multilaser. I will report further on this as it develops.
Modernization Progress: (98/800)

>>1120757
>Harald's Report: I have failed you, Lord. Many apologies. The enemy were armed with surface-to-orbit nuclear weaponry, and responded to our approach with a salvo. The losses to our security forces were negligible, but we were forced to fall back and reconsider our position.

>>1120765
You went forth to mingle with the general population, winning them over with kindness and grace. Unfortunately, thus far the people of this planet view you with fear and distrust, as a stranger from another world and another civilization. It seems like it will take them some time to adjust.
(Conversion Progress (total): 110/1200)

>Assign officers for the next month

>Do something else (what?)

>>1120950
>Assign officers for the next month

These seem like a good fit for positions the only change I would make is for Harald to not follow up with another strike immediately, focus on containment and send a recon force to the other blacksite

>>1120950
everything the same but we start to work on the eldar ship

>>1120950
>Keep everything the same.

We'll deal with the Eldar one...soonish.

>>1120969

What could we get out of the Eldar ship without pissing off the AdMech?

>>1120950
>>Assign officers for the next month
Same assignments

>>1120969
Well, we'd have to change someones assignment to do that.

>>1120975
The issue I'm more concerned with is crewing the thing. Probably better off selling it to AdMech or the Inquisition. Or some other xenos

>>1120975

we have some privileges anon, what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't feel.

we are not parading it in front of the admach, but its webway tecnology would be too valuable as an exploration tool to pass up

anything people say against us is just lies and slander, we are an honorable and ancient house after all

>>1120986
...Why the hell do you think an Eldar ship has webway tech on it?

>>1120992

don't know m8

>>1120097
this guy did

>>1120969
this

So, first of all, how are we going to go about crewing an Eldar ship?

Fixing it? We certainly don't have access to spare parts, or anyone that knows how their ships work. Where we gonna find an engineer to keep it working?

Granted, as a RT we could get away with having the thing for the most part, but it would undoubtedly invite trouble.

If we could get someone that knew anything about navigating the webway, there be Deldar in them waters

If there is some useful gear we could scavenge off it, that'd be sweet. Though, we might still run into issues maintaining it.

>>1121024

how about we see that when we get there man? we haven't even entered the ship to see if its rapairable or not, or what it's equiped with, and if we can use anything in it to improve our fleet.

hell we can even find a use for those xenos as crew of the ship, but first we would have to see if they have any biological advantage for it to be worth it to maintain them alive

>>1121024
The Eldar solar sails are a ridiculous source of propulsion, able to move the vessel with the propulsion of an Imperial plasma engine without any visible power source. There's also the famous holofields of the Eldar, which allow it to sail through macrocannon volleys with a fraction of the damage normally done. We could make a lot of money from this vessel IF we can sell it without getting shot by the prospective buyer.

>>1121024
Doesn't mean we shouldn't go and see what's up with it.

>>1121032
We have no clue how to repair the ship, We have no crew members at all that can pilot it. This race of aliens we're dealing with are not Eldar.

>>1121037
We'd need to understand how the sails work, where to sell them, if they are even in sell-able condition. We'd have to do the same with eldar Holo-fields and if its just floating as it is, I doubt the Holo-field worked.

>>1121038
We can go and see 'whats up' with it after the other stuff is taken care of.

>>1121045
ship controls are not dna locked m8, if it was impossible it wouldn't be an option.
we can fluff it any way we can imagine, we changed the interface we bypassed some system, we strapped a psycher to the engine or anything

this is space magic, and we are the ingenuous human race, if we can fuck with that ship we will(figuratively and literally)

>>1121032

I am alright with a quick survey but overall I would just want to mark it's position, put up a small picket to keep an eye on it and give the AdMech or Big I it's coordinates, the Ordo Xenos should at least be interested in having a sample to study

>>1121024
Some important facts about Eldar ships (ones that any Rogue Trader would know with some general knowledge):
1. Eldar ships are designed for use by the Eldar, who are all at least mildly psychic. Many pieces of Eldar technology require psychic input to function at full capacity.
2. Eldar ships are made out of wraith-bone, a kind of physical material made out of warp energy that naturally 'grows' and is 'alive' in some ways.
3. Eldar ships are incredibly fast and agile thanks to their solar sails, but are fragile when directly fired on due to the relative 'softness' of wraithbone.
4. Instead of using void shields, Eldar ships use holofields, which create phantom signals and physical afterimages to guide fire away from enemy ships and which make lock-ons almost impossible.

>>1120961
>>1120971
>>1120985
Alright, roll Command for the first five, Charm for the last one (still 1d100 and with the same target numbers)

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>1121080

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>1121080

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>1121080

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>1121080

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>1121080

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>1121080

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>1121083
>>1121084
>>1121086
>>1121117
>>1121126

God-Emperor damn it

>>1121083
>Magos Nikola's Report: +++VOX SYSTEM IS BACK ONLINE. WRECKAGE CLEARED FROM LOWER LEVEL AND BIO-DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURES COMPLETE. HAVE SENT REQUEST TO MANUFACTURING CENTER TO COMPLETE ASSEMBLY OF REMAINING NEEDED PARTS. SHIP LIKELY TO BE COMPLETED NEXT MONTH.+++
(Repair Progress: 352/450)

>>1121084
>Karlyle's Report: Major strides have been made in increasing society's acceptance of the Imperium! I have managed to strike upon a singularly effective propaganda tool after reading some about this idea of a 'Saint'. New editions of the 'Words of the Founder' are being produced as I write this that portray the Founder as having been inspired by a vision of a divine light from the stars: further revisions will be introduced when the time is right portraying this light as the Emperor. On a related note, I would like to submit the Founder for nomination for Sainthood.
Conversion Progress: (198/1200)

>>1121086
>Locke's Report: Am experiencing some pushback from within the government that is interfering with my reforms. Many apologies.
Conversion Progress: (198/1200)

>>1121117
>Casmirre's Report: lasguns have been manufactured and distributed. I have brought our chief Bosun ashore to aid in discipline of planetary troops and training them in Imperial tactics. The army is still... rather lacking, but progress is definitely underway.
Modernization Progress: (191/800)

>>1121126
>Harald's Report: I seem to live under a black star these days, my Lord. I have not heard from my vanguard in a week, and the enemy on the ground taunts me with blank missiles. Nothing else to report, save a request for one month's shore leave.

>>1121137

You have enjoyed far more success in personally turning the people to the Imperium this month. The masses seem to have warmed to you, and your displays of the vast wealth and power of the Imperium have filled the heads of the people with dreams of ascendant power. Already, people are growing more tolerant of religion, and less tolerant of the Androxians. Among the political class, you have seen Imperial fashions and the Aquila become fashion statements.
Conversion Progress: (402/1200)

Sigurn has sent you a message from your ship via telepathy:

"My brothers have spoken to me from the depths of the Warp. By next month, your new fleet shall be here, Captain. Four ships."

Gustave Jonson has sent you a message by Messenger-Cherub:
"After all methods were exhausted, Governor Karlyle called me down to examine this unbreakable guard. After a brief examination by an astropath, I have found why: this man has been surgically altered! Something has been done with his brain; something familiar to me. I will let you know when I am certain of this, but if my suspicions are correct, our foes may be more formidable than first thought..."

>Assign officers for the next month

>Do something else (what?)

>>1121272
>Keep it up, lets go lets go!

>>1121272
>>Assign officers for the next month

Keep up the work, I suppose.

Looking at canonizing the Founder would probably be a top notch propaganda move.

Grant Harald the leave.

Might do to set up a marshaling area for our incoming troops, somewhere lightly inhabited. No doubt they're a bunch of wildasses.

>>1121272
>Assign officers for the next month
Move Harald to Modernization.
Move ourselves to Archeotech Scavenging.

>>1121272

Things are going pretty damn good considering those last rolls, poor Harald though

Grant his request for shore leave, give him a chance to refresh and recharge

>>1121272

Grant Harald's request for shore leave, keep everything the same and have Gustave continue breaking the Founder's Guard. If required, have our +CHIEF CHIRUGEON+ and +CHOIR-MASTER TELEPATHICA+ aid him in cracking this asshole.

>>1121272
>>1121272
Shouldn't we restock food? Didn't we at first check have 2 weeks worth, and we should now be -9 weeks for rations on board?

>>1121360

If needed we can just get the steward to help with the resupply. Since this is an agri-world, shouldn't be too big a problem.

>>1121318

Perhaps with the assault in the following month, we should commit ourselves and our ship as well. Bring in the teleporting murder servitors to finally crack this nut.

>>1121360
The Devine light of the emporer is feeding us do not ask such doubtful questions HERETIC!

>>1121360
It's actually -5 weeks Rations, for a total of 8 months, 1 weeks. Rations deplete at half rate when in orbit around a colonized planet with a verdant biosphere.

>>1121360

We've got time. Not like we're going anywhere anytime soon.

>>1121365

>Bring in the teleporting murder servitors to finally crack this nut.

We don't have those.

>>1121318
Seconding Harald's leave.

Let's move Locke to:
>Conduct Economic Survey of a system location - Otthaw.

Otherwise let's keep everyone else in the same place.

>>1121383
Huh. My bad then. Thought we had that module for some reason. Still we can teleport down armsmen directly into the fortress and that should be a strategic advantage.

>>1121419
Yea, no doubt. It was in the runnings during chargen, we still have some space on the ship for goodies. I could dig picking some up at one point or another.

>>1121428

If we can get it, we'll just rape everything in Hit and Run.

>>1121272
Assign Harald to modernise the army. Otherwise keep everyone the going as they are.

Are there any other shisps floating in the Belt or elsewhere? I don't expect to get a whole working ship out of it but we might be able to rig up some wrecks as torpedo pods or fighter-bomber platforms. Or even just activate the electronics so they look like a threat and keep the collective offbalance

>>1121594
All other ships not listed are essentially scrap. Examination shows signs of... something. Strange burns cover many of the ships, and some components are stuck THROUGH each other at impossible angles. Just looking at the hololithic displays of a couple choice wrecks gives you a headache.

(also, sorry for the delay: drawing up ships)

>>1121603
I vote we definitely get a scholarly and economic survey of the belt done asap.

>>1121622
I'll back getting some surveys done on our next round

>>1121622
>>1121651

The Magos should be done by the end of this month, he can stay there to survey the other ships there. maybe send our purser for a joint economic survey as well.

>>1121309
>>1121318
>>1121399
Okay, roll 1d100, first five results will be used.

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>1121785

>>1121785
Derp.

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>1121785
In The Emperor's Name.

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>1121785

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>1121785

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Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>1121785

Rolled 59 (1d100)

>>1121785

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>1121785
Rollin because why not? (Hoping to roll high and burn our bad luck now)

>>1121787
>>1121793
>>1121797
Anyone want to spend a Fate Point on these? (sorry, still working on ships. May be until like 12:30, max)

>>1121870
What are those rolls for? Considering the length of this thread and that we might run into combat later, I think it best not to.

>>1121870
Eh. Even Karlyle dicking up his job should be countered by our own good ass roll for hearts and minds.

A delay in bringing the firestorm online shouldn't be that big of an issue.

i'd say negatory

>>1121870
na na let it roll

>>1121875
>>1121877
Agree with both if these. If it gets toward the end if the thread and it looks like the enemy fleet won't arrive then we bkiw them then.

>>1121877
I'll agree with a no on using a fate point.

Do we currently have one or two?

>>1121895

We had a reset with this thread so it should be 3 now i think.

>>1121895
3: It was decided, with how long threads stay up on this board, that they fully charge between threads.

>>1121798
>says the capitalist who ignores 20 million people dying of starvation and lack of shelter and thirst every year just because it's not profitable to help those people.

>the person probably from USA where thousands of people still die from no healthcare.

>>1121963
Implying starvation isn't an appropriate consequence of overpopulation in famine-prone regions. If people would voluntarily reduce their fertility rates then we starvation wouldn't be a problem.

>>1121963
lol lefty loser gets trigger and goes all the way to posting in a thread he was never a part of.

inb4 ignores the 100 million who died under commie rule pursing a socialist utopia dream.

>>1122015
So we can import refugees with the excuse that we have labour shortages, when in reality they are future debt slaves to carry the burden of the welfare state.

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>>1121963
y tho

>>1122021
The burden of the welfare state would be easily affordable if governments hadn't allowed decades of economic prosperity to benefit the elite at the expense of the people.
The importation of refugees is just the latest attempt to maintain a corrupt system.

>>1122035
>>1122024
>>1122021
>>1122018
>>1122015
>>1121963
Please take all political talk to /pol/. A game about merchant capitalism and colonialism in a transhuman, post-apocalyptic future where the Nazi Holy Roman and also Roman Roman Empire fights the Sino-Celtic Space Elves isn't a place to discuss the relative benefits of planned vs. free-market economies.

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>>1121963
>commiefag bitching about people starving under other systems of governance

Well, at least in our case it isn't due to incompetence. Nevermind the numbers.

>>1122018
ONE HUNDRED MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF A FUCKING CENTURY!

Including ALL remotely countries called communist or socialist.

Even with including USSR and Mao's China and whatever, it still doesn't beat 6 years of capitalism.

>>1122049
>>1122043

>>1122043
Soz bro. Didn't mean to shit up a cool thread.
This is what happen if you spend too drawing up ships.

>>1122050
Okay, buddy, seriously. Either let me finish with my ship-building and then join in this thread, or get your ass to >>>/pol/ .

Oh this was a Rogue Trader Quest.

Well, this thread just suffered a communist coming through the warp. I request a handful of countries ruled by an authoritarian dictator called Thanatos sometime in the next two threads as a boss for anons to defeat.

;)

>JESUS School captcha

>>1122058
Are you building the hellebore and firestorm?

>>1122072
I'm building your 4-ship fleet + those two. One of the ships required... some work.
You'll like it.

>>1122075
Need help?

>>1122080
Nope, almost done!

Come oooooooon

>>1122126

Have patience anon, good things take time.

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>>1121787
>Magos Nikola's Report: +++THE SERVITORS I HAVE BEEN USING TO REPAIR THE SHIP ARE MALFUNCTIONING. AM REDUCED TO HIRING HELOTS FROM THE MANUFACTURING CENTER. PROGRESS SLOWED. WILL DELIVER NEXT MONTH.+++
(Repair Progress: 352/450)

>>1121793
>Karlyle's Report: Disaster! My latest piece of propaganda, attempting to normalize Servitor technology, has sparked riots! Apparently, some view the conversion of death-row inmates into labor devices as 'barbaric'! I am attempting damage control, but the public backlash is... powerful. I fear our mission is damaged."
Conversion Progress: (303/1200)

>>1121796
>Locke's Report: Despite the recent rise in anti-Imperial sentiment, I have made some progress in altering the government, my Lord. Namely, I have convinced the penal colony to discreetly implement genetic purity tests, as per Imperial standard, into medical exams. This testing bed will hopefully spread the idea of genetic purity monitoring to the entire system.
Conversion Progress: (321/1200)

>>1121797
>Casmirre's Report: Continuing training with the bosun, this time in the penal colonies. The idea of reduced time for military service has caught on among both the wardens and the inmates. The Othhaw First Penal Legion will be ready for combat within six months.
Modernization Progress: (279/800)

>Harald's Report: Many thanks for shore leave, my Lord. The blind snake-wolves of Othhaw are worthy prey! I feel like a true man again! Ready to serve!

>>1121798
You have had to spend much of this month undoing the damage caused by Karlyle's Servitor educational propaganda. Fortunately, the people of this planet seem to trust you greatly, and your explanation of the painlessness and humaneness of the process, and how it allows the (small number) of condemned who are made into Servitors a last chance at redemption has smoothed over the error. Indeed, a temple to the God-Emperor has been opened in a fringe town, and soon, you suspect, more will pop up.
Conversion Progress: (603/1200)

>>1122178
Meanwhile, the rest of your fleet has arrived. The first ship to arrive was a light and fast Privateer ship, apparently acquired by your house after the death of its previous crew to a man by Ork raiders (the ship, fortunately, was retrieved before the Orks could desecrate it). Its captain, Jaboky Drexel, has expressed some concerns about the... unsettling nature of certain nighttime noises, but is ready to serve.

+THE DAGGER OF SPITE+
Class: Hazeroth-class Privateer

Speed: 10 Maneuverability: +23
Detection: +23 Hull Integrity: 38
Armour: 13 Turret Rating: 1
Machine-Spirit: A Nose For Trouble
History: Haunted
Excess Power: 6
Unused Space: 2

Essential Components:
Jovian Pattern Class 2 Drive
Strelov 1 Warp Engine
Geller Field
Single Void Shield Array
Armoured Command Bridge
M-1.r Life Sustainer
Pressed-crew Quarters
Mark-100 Auger Array

Supplemental Components: Fire Suppression System, Field Bracing System

Weapon Components:
Prow: Mars Pattern Macrocannons (Strength 3 Damage 1d10+2 Crit Rating 5 Range 6)
Dorsal: Sunsear Laser Battery (Strength 4 Damage 1d10+2 Crit Rating 4 Range 9)

>>1122197
The next two ships arrive in tandem: two ships retrieved from illegal Cold Trade operatives and placed into possession of your House. One is a frigate equipped with an INCREDIBLY advanced teleporter device, more sophisticated than any Teleportarium ever see, made of a strange black-and-green metal with no known energy source. The other is a modified transport ship with a drive that baffles the Mechanicus: it seems to move the ship in realspace in defiance with laws of momentum and inertia, allowing the ship to turn on a dime or go from a standstill to top speed (or vice versa) with no negative consequences. The drive is made of the same metal as the teleporter, and apparently was found in the same place, which both ship's crews refuse to speak of.

+THE CARRION CROW+
Ship Class: Sword-class Frigate
Machine-Spirit: Adventurous
History: Xenophilius
Excess Power: 4
Unused Space: 3

Speed: 8 Maneuverability: +20
Detection: +5/25 Hull Integrity: 35
Armour: 18 Turret Rating: 2
Space: 40

Essential Components:
Jovian Pattern Class 2 Drive
Strelov 1 Warp Engine
Geller Field
Single Void Shield Array
Armoured Command Bridge
M-1.r Life Sustainer
Pressed-crew Quarters
Mark-100 Auger Array
Supplemental Components: Murder-Servitors, Empyrean Mantle, Munitorum, ??? Teleporter.
Weapon Components:
Dorsal: Mars Pattern Macrocannons (Strength 3 Damage 1d10+2 Crit Rating 5 Range 6)
Dorsal: Mars Pattern Macrocannons (Strength 3 Damage 1d10+2 Crit Rating 5 Range 6)

>>1122218

Ahahahahahahaha

Fuck.

This god damn terror boner.

>>1122218
(Shit, forgot the other ship)

+THE THIEF OF HEAVEN+

Class: Jericho-class Pilgrim Vessel

Machine-Spirit: A Nose for Trouble
History: Xenophilius
Excess Space: 9

Speed: 3 Manoeuvrability: –10
Detection: +5 Hull Integrity: 50
Armour: 12 Turret Rating: 1
Space: 45

Essential Components:
Strelov 1 Warp Engine
Geller Field
Single Void Shield Array
Voidsmen Quarters
??? Drive
Combat Bridge
M-1.r Life Sustainer
Mark-201.b Auger Array

Supplemental Components: Main Cargo Hold

Weapon Components:
Prow: Starbreaker Lance Weapon (Strength 1 Damage 1d10+2 Crit Rating 3 Range 5)
Port: Thunderstrike Macrocannons (Strength 3 Damage 1d10+1 Crit Rating 6 Range 4)
Starboard: Mars Pattern Macrocannons (Strength 3 Damage 1d10+2 Crit Rating 5 Range 6)

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>>1122228
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>>1122228
>>1122218
>>1122197
god damm

Oh fuck guys look at the pastebin that firestorm goddamn

>>1122259
UNF

I'm loving this fleet

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>>1122249
>>1122231
>>1122226
You ain't seen nothing yet!


>>1122228
The final ship causes a brief red alert as it enters the system on the last day of the month: its vast size (over 14 kilometers in length, 3 kilometers abeam, 1.5 kilometers in height) causes your other ships to believe that the enemy fleet had arrived early. Instead, you were greeted by a monster of a ship, a Universe-class transporter whose underbelly bristles with orbital analysis arrays and drop-pod bays, clad in resplendent blue, red, and white. A booming vox-proclamation issued to the entire sector from the command bridge says it all.

"This is Captain-General Robert Merriweather Albert Jackson Profundus von Guggenheim Alladeen Markus of the Void Titans Combined Regiments hailing Lord-Captain Alexander Rupert Benjamin Albus Blanc Pallas. The Planet-Taker "Fortress Perambulator" has arrived. I hope you don't object to us all piling into this thing: there wasn't a lot of room in the other ships, and the Planetary Governor was VERY agreeable about parting with this ship."

>Universe-Class Transporter

Holy Fuck

>>1122263

(Apologies, this thing's statline needs two posts)

+FORTRESS PERAMBULATOR+
Class: Universe-Class Transporter
Speed: 1 Maneuverability: -22
Detection: +11 Hull Integrity: 71
Armour: 13 Turret Rating: 1
Space: 94
Weapon Capacity: 1 Dorsal, 1 Port, 1 Starboard
Machine-Spirit Nature: Resolute
History: Haunted
Plasma Drive: Lathe Drive
Warp Engine: Albanov 1 Engine
Gellar Field: Warpsbane Hull
Void Shields: Repulsor Shield
Life Sustainer: Clemency-Pattern
Bridge: Combat Bridge
Crew Quarters: Voidsman's Quarters
Augur Arrays: BG-15 Assault Scanners

Weapons Systems:
Dorsal: Stygies Macrocannons (Strength 3 Damage 1d10+3 Crit Rate 5 Range 5)
Port: Thunderstrike Macrocannons (Strength 3 Damage 1d10+2 Crit Rate 6 Range 4)
Starboard: Thunderstrike Macrocannons (Strength 3 Damage 1d10+2 Crit Rate 6 Range 4)

Supplemental Components: 4x Main Cargo Bays, Temple-Shrine to the God-Emperor, 3x Drop Pod Launch Bays, Medicae Deck, 3x Barracks, 2x Auxiliary Plasma Banks, Munitorum, Extended Supply Vaults, Additional Armor Plating, Spacedock Piers

>>1122263
Holy shit qm no, I only have so much blood for an erection

>>1122267
Qualities:

>Resolute: +10 to Repair Tests

>Ride the Shallows: Double the base travel time for a journey through the Immaterium. It may be further modified by the results of the Navigation (Warp) Test.

>Steady as She Goes: Add a +20 bonus, cumulative with any applicable bonus for Assessing Warp Conditions, to any tests made on Table 7–4: Warp Travel Encounters (see Rogue Trader page 186).

>Quiet Entrance: When leaving the warp, the vessel has ample time to accurately position itself. Any tests the Navigator makes to fix the exit point gain a +10 bonus.

>Shield of Faith: Any Navigation Tests to pilot the ship through the warp gain a +10 bonus. When rolling on Table 7-4: Warp Travel Encounters (see page 186), the GM rolls twice and allows the Navigator to chose which result is applied.
Field Repulsor: Ignore nebula, dust ring, etc. penalties.
Incoming!: All Ballistic Skills Tests against planetary based targets gain a +5 bonus.

>Mark your targets: When working towards a Military objective, the players earn an additional 50 Achievement Points towards completing that objective.

>Mobile Spaceport: When not moving, the huge attachments covering the ship allow up to four smaller vessels to dock. The stationary ship acts as a space station for purposes of making full repairs or replenishing Morale, and grants a +10 to the Acquisition Test when making full repairs. Due to their size, station fittings prevent any weapons with the Broadside rule from being installed (although smaller weapons may still be installed in Port and Starboard weapon capacity slots). When working towards a Trade objective, the Explorers earn an additional +100 Achievement Points towards completing that objective.

>Private Army: When working toward a Military objective, the players earn an additional 300 Acheivement Points towards completing that objective.

>Unassailable: If the ship is transporting troops, it gains +60 to all Command Tests involving boarding actions and Hit and Run Actions.
Steel Typhoon: When working towards a Military objective, the players earn an additional 150 Endeavour Points towards completing that objective.

>Drop Pod Deployment: The players may use drop pods. The “Storm” design is equipped to hold 20 pods, although it may only launch 10 every 30 minutes or so (in other words, it may launch 10 pods every Strategic Turn). The pods must be recovered from the planet’s surface before being reused.

>Diagnostics and Treatment: The Medicae Deck adds a +20 bonus to all Medicae Skill Tests performed within this Component. The number of patients that may be treated without penalty is increased to three times the character’s Intelligence Bonus.

>Virtually Unlimited Storage Space: Whenever this ship works towards a Trade objective, it adds an extra 500 points towards that objective.

>>1122263
Magnificent.

"Captain-General Roberts, good of you to join us in the newest realm of The Emperor's domain. We expect great things from the service of you and your men."

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>The war will never stop now

How many of our own men do we have here now?

>>1122278
QM, might I suggest a separate Pastebin for the other ships stats and a another one for our officers. Leave our stats and just a listing of ship names, classes and statuses on the main pastebin.

>>1122301
Good point.

>>1122299
All of them. All 1 million of your mercs are on the Fortress Perambulator.

>>1122278
>Plan next month's schedule (can now give orders to the other ships in your fleet!)

>Do something else (what?)

Assign Nikola for the next month:
>Firestorm Repair (0/450)

Assign Karlyle for the next month:
>Convert Planet by spreading Pro-Imperial Propaganda (0/1200)


Assign Locke for the next month:
>Convert planet by helping to restructure Othhaw Government to fit Imperial Standards (0/1200)


Assign Casmirre for the next month:
>Help with Modernization (0/800)

>Firestorm Repair (0/450)

>Hellebore Repair (0/1050)

Assign Harald for the next month:
>Mount an armed expedition to a system location (Will attempt to eliminate known threats at that location)
Nuclear Facility

Harald should draw teams from the Combined Regiments and utilise the ship Teleportariums to effect Lightning strikes on their Command and Control during the assault.

Assign yourself for the next month:
>Convert Planet by winning hearts and minds (0/1200)

Fleet and Army Review with the Planetary Governor. Show them but a fraction of the might of the Imperium on display.

>>1122313
Shit, that should be:

>Assign Casmirre for the next month:
>>Help with Modernization (0/800)

ayyye.

Also check in with our Master of Whispers if any headway has been made with the interrogation.

>>1122310
>>Plan next month's schedule (can now give orders to the other ships in your fleet!)

With the exception of Locke and Casmirre, keep everyone working at what they were working at, dispatch the fleet to bring collective holdouts in line. I should think a show of force should do well enough.

Have Locke and Casmirre look into the ocean planet and debris belt for goodies, respectively.

>>1122313
>Fleet and Army Review with the Planetary Governor. Show them but a fraction of the might of the Imperium on display.
Backing this 100%. Nothing beats seeing martial prowess in a good Ol' fashioned parade!

>>1122353
>>1122313
>Not testing the effectiveness of your Planet-Taker by pointing them at the Uranium Reserve and saying 'Get me that'.

For shame.

>>1122365
I vote for this and whatever else is leading but mostly this

>>1122365

I second this.

>>1122365
Yea but a frontal assault is likely to lead to the place self-destructing so hence why im advocating for surgical strikes to bring it down.

>>1122313
>>1122378
>>1122380
Roll 1d100, first 6 results (though you practically won't need to roll for one...)

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>1122390

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>1122390

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>1122390

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Rolled 73 (1d100)

>>1122390

Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>1122390

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>1122390
rolling again due to dice

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>1122407
Alright, marking this as a Fate Point re-roll, and also rolling for your Lucky: on a nine, no Fate Point is spent. FYI: you cannot re-roll Fate Point re-rolls.

I want to add, if the people don't want servitors, that's fine. we won't force it on them, but its there loss.

And Converting the planet by helping to restructure Othhaw Government to fit Imperial Standards can go with a lighter touch, we only need the core/most important aspects implemented, the rest can follow in a few decades, if at all.

>>1122413

Wait what?

No. I actually meant rerolling due to the not enough people rolling d100s.

>>1122420
Oh! Fuck, my B. DISREGARD >>1122407 I SUCK COCKS.

>>1122365
TELL US WHAT ACHIEVEMENT AND ENDEAVOR AND OTHER POINTS ARE USED FOR SLUT

>>1122440
Basically, they're a way to keep concrete track of how much progress you are making on a task (FFG uses the two interchangeably). Generally, you have to score 900-1500 of them to complete an "Average" objective, while big ones (like colonizing an entire sector) can cost tens of thousands of points.
They're the 'progress' points you're racking up currently.

Fleet Orbat:

Main Battle Line:
+THE ABSOLUTION+ Star Gaelleon
+THE CARRION CROW+ Sword Class


Long Ranged Bombardment Battle Line:
+THE DAGGER OF SPITE+ Hazeroth-class Privateer
+Unnamed Firestorm Class+

Planetary Defence Auxiliary:
+FORTRESS PERAMBULAM+ Universe Class
+THE THIEF OF HEAVEN+Jericho-class

I think this will probably be our formation, Our long ranged units can strike at the transports, forcing the frigates to accelerate to intercept them and then we can move to engage frigates while the lancers fall back and keep the enemy at range.

>>1122391
>Magos Nikola's report: +++I HOLD MANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE SHIPS DESIGNATED CARRION CROW AND THIEF OF HEAVEN. WHILE I WILL NOT INTERFERE, NOTHING GOOD CAN COME OF ALIEN MECHANISM. ALSO, I HAVE FINISHED REPAIRS ON THE UNNAMED FIRESTORM: CHRISTENING RITES CAN BEGIN AS SOON AS WE FINISH FUELING.+++

>>1122393
>Karlyle's Report: Success! The people of Othhaw have been exposed to the Imperial Creed in its full: and they like what they hear! Already, we have people clamoring for revolution and breakaway from the Collective into your fold in public! I have ordered them jailed to keep up appearances, but plan to release them after the public backlash. I have no doubt that this world will soon be in the Imperium's pocket!
Conversion Progress: (807/1200)

>>1122394
>Locke's Report: My latest batch of reforms have met with mild discontent. My attempt to introduce Psykana protocols have been met with distrust, sadly. Still, it is nothing we cannot deal with later.
Conversion Progress: (777/1200)

>>1122395
>Casmirre's Report: Ran into some snags in the modernization effort: namely, an attempt on my life by a Collective sleeper agent. Apparently, there are a number of them in the ranks of the government, and they have been maneuvering towards killing us. I dispatched my assailant easily enough, and am currently leading a purge with the crew. Currently in the middle of a raid on the sleeper's base: this explains the death-screams you are hearing in this recording. Good day, sir.


>>1122406
>From the desk of Captain-General R.M.A.J.P.G.A. Markus: I write this letter by Calligraphus Servitor, as I lounge in the personal quarters of the Collective Strategic Uranium Reserve's former commander, who is currently being forced, at gunpoint, to sing rude songs for my amusement as I eat grapes. The defenses of this base were pathetic, to say the least: they lacked any effective way to counter a 30-Drop Pod assault by my men, as their AV guns were primitive and their STV atomics lacked all but the most primitive of internal guidance systems. They use ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE, can you imagine! They may as well be living in caves. My men are busy loading this reserve's entire Uranium supply, missiles included, aboard my ship as war treasure. Afterward, with your approval, I would like to test their atomics development by knocking out this base's comms array, abandoning all survivors in it, and bombarding them with their own weaponry from orbit. Best wishes, RMAJPGA Markus. PS: I plan to take the commander as a vanity Servitor, an exception to the aforementioned fate. I do not intend to give this unpleasant moron the honor of dying with his men.
Strategic Uranium Reserve: under Imperial Control. Access to the equivalent of 4 Atomics weaponry gained.

(cont)

>>1122407
Public opinion among the politicals has started to turn against you. Now that the novelty has worn off, most of the politicos not already onboard with Karlyle see you for what you really are: A would-be usurper of the Collective. Most are too afraid to speak out against you for now, but going forward, they may strike.
Conversion Progress: (762/1200)

>Gustave's Report: It is as I've feared. The enemy is using psycho-surgery, most likely with the aid of biomancers or telepaths. The Founder's Guard is likely made up of a small core of unsanctioned psykers and utterly enthralled soldiers with no more personality than a Servitor.


>Assign Month 5's work schedule

>Do something else (what?)

>Optional: Decide the fate of the Strategic Uranium Reserve

>>1122462
>keep it the same

>Use the 90% of nuclear weapons against the enemy fleet when it arrives but the rest shall bomb the base and let the Captain have his new servitor

>>1122453
I would like to say that we don't necessarily have to blow the transports. Without their escorts they ain't shit, and I don't doubt one bit that we outclass their escorts by a ridiculous amount.

Poor fools don't know their wrong, we can at least give them the chance to surrender and see the light of the God-Emperor.

>>1122457
>I dispatched my assailant easily enough

hm

Surely we could find a better use for the collective prisoners? Besides, if word got out, killing all the prisoners will simply discourage others from surrendering. Do we have any real use for the facility tho?

>>1122462

Keep on keeping on

>>1122462
>Optional: Decide the fate of the Strategic Uranium Reserve

We ask them one simple question: Do they accept The God Emperor of Mankind, and our authority under them. The consequences of them saying no should be obvious.

>>1122467
under him, rather

>>1122462
Assign Nikola for the next month:
>Help with Modernization (0/800)

Assign Karlyle for the next month:
>Convert Planet by spreading Pro-Imperial Propaganda (0/1200)


Assign Locke for the next month:
>Conduct Scholarly Survey of a system location (choose one: may reveal hidden mysteries)
Asteroid Belt

Assign Casmirre for the next month:
>Hellebore Repair (0/1050)

Assign Harald for the next month:
Assign Master Gustave for the next month:
>Mount an armed expedition to a system location (Will attempt to eliminate known threats at that location)

Counter insurgency work, they are to ferret out the enemies that Mister von Golgoth has uncovered. They have free reign to use the regiments brought with us and the teleportariums on the ships for lightning raids.

Assign Purser for the next month:
>Economic Survey of the Asteroid Belt

Assign yourself for the next month:
>Convert Planet by winning hearts and minds (0/1200)

I don't suppose it will take much to renovate the facility to our uses.

Keep the facility and belay execution order for the men and officers of the garrison. Captain-General Markus' new objective will be to throughly train and indoctrinate them in the ways and mindset of the Imperial Guard, Detonation collars are authorised to ensure obedience, however if they serve loyally and effectively for a perhaps a decade, they can win back their freedom as mercenaries under our command. This will allow us the possibility of using the facility as a trap for the incoming fleet as we know that they intend to swing by to pick up atomics. We can ambush them as they put in to dock.

>>1122466
I don't want to destroy the transports either. However our Planetory gov has stated they have void shields, we can drop the shields on one and the escorts will be forced to move up to engage us to protect their transports. That way we can split up their fleet further.

>>1122472
Actually, yeah I can get behind the scholarly expeditions and reassigning Harald to helping keep insurgents down alongside our conversion efforts

>>1122457
>>Strategic Uranium Reserve: under Imperial Control. Access to the equivalent of 4 Atomics weaponry gained.
>>"Atomics ... If an atomic was detonated within a starship or station, however, its destruction would be guaranteed ... An atomic may be fired from a shipboard macrocannon ... it is, of course, entirely possible for players to invent other ways to use atomics, such as hit-and-run attacks. The GM should allow any reasonable idea a chance to succeed, although the GM is the final arbitrator of what is “reasonable.” "
>>"Teleportarium ... Characters may make Hit and Run Attacks without a piloting test, as they travel directly to the heart of the enemy vessel ... The teleportarium may be used in any number of other ways ... at the GM’s discretion"
Sooo we get the Carrion Crow and the Absolution within 5 VUs of the any enemy vessel and blow it to pieces without firing a shot.
That should ensure prompt surrender

>>1122485
those ships will be valuable loot. I say we leave that to last resort. Remember that the carrion crow has murder servitors as well as the teleport system. Those two on a ship plus our own armsmen teleporting in will make a ship kneel over and die.

>>1122483

Well, we outnumber and outgun their combat craft, may as well just blast the shit out of them rather than waste time on the transports.

>>1122485
Well, they've got shielding, so that'll have to be dropped before we can tele nukes onboard

>>1122490
To be considered, if we can disable/capture their combat craft we could make local defense ships out of them

>>1122492

This is to force the enemy escorts to advance against our forces.

The escorts will be matching the slow speed of the transports.
Our long ranged flotilla engages them at maximum range, dropping the shields of one of the transports, outside of range for return fire against them.
The escorts will be forced to accelerated to catch them and we can split up their forces before we engage.

>>1122501

but anon

We can just hammer away at the escorts just the same

>>1122509

And then more likely we will see the fleet move up as one big blob, giving them more macrobatteries to fire at us in one turn?

>>1122511
And if we concentrate fire on their combat craft from the start using our initiative?

If, as you've said, the combat craft match speed with the transports won't that give us more time to hammer at them without response?

>>1122517
>>1122511
Honestly as long as we kill the enemy warships. We can bombard the transports from orbit or some distance away

>>1122490
The shock and awe of watching us completely obliterate two ships with a just a salvo each should force a rapid surrender. The damage avoided - to our own ships and the Collective's - by avoiding a long, drawn-out combat of repeated macrobattery broadsides would likely outweigh the ships lost to the nukes.

>>1122492
You know, I'd never seen that void shield addition to the teleportarium rules until I searched for it just now. Oh well, looks like we'll need at least one salvo.

Tactics-wise I'm putting in a vote for ensuring they're well into the system before we truly unleash the pain. Whether we capture or destroy, I don't want anyone fleeing home to fight another day.
We might want to leave a ship or two on 'silent running' to sneak behind the fleet, catch them in crossfire and cut off anyone who runs.

>>1122472
>>1122484
Roll 1d100: first 7 are used.

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>1122527

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>1122527

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>1122527

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>1122527