Here's out character sheet, blessed by a tech priest: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rl2umEyvrjSYrNAq6s_sRBshJSljgCQat136XA2bkr0/edit?usp=sharing

Here's a document with links to past sessions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mwxnMtKNsue0P_-abUvNXuV2IMDnYF4ER6lvMe5oJkU/edit?usp=sharing

Just in case you don't know, the objective with dice rolls in to roll under our attributes, with modifiers given based on the difficulty of the situation. A 1 is a critical success, a 100 is a critical failure. I usually wait for about three different people to give rolls unless there's not a lot of activity. Anyways, onto the quest!

You are former skitarii ranger 101, but you've transcended that feeble existence now. Now, you lead a cult of chaos worshippers alongside a tech priestess named Medusa aboard a mechanicus ship you found in a space hulk that had a strange AI/Sentient factory that had turned the former occupants into servitors, and is now working for you, turning the former crew into your own skitarii. A ritual has left your own essence in a situation somewhat similar to either a daemon host or a daemon engine, and you can also now consume warp entities in order to gain their essence by using the massive mouth situated on your stomach. You're currently headed to an agriworld to stir up some stuff.

Bored, you stand from your throne. Probably should do something.

>[1] Go see Medusa, see what she's up to. Maybe she can get some more daemons for you or some custom built tech.
>[2] Go interrogate the prisoners who boarded when the Space Hulk. You have a good portion of a chaos war band and two tau in crisis suits down there.
>[3] Go talk to the Factory Core. Check on the progress of your skitarii and maybe get it to do something else too.
>[4] Go talk to your androgynous navigator. They're still a bit of a mystery.
>[5] Write in

>>2292847
>[2] Go interrogate the prisoners who boarded when the Space Hulk. You have a good portion of a chaos war band and two tau in crisis suits down there.

>>2292847
>>[2] Go interrogate the prisoners who boarded when the Space Hulk. You have a good portion of a chaos war band and two tau in crisis suits down there.

>>2292847
>>[2] Go interrogate the prisoners who boarded when the Space Hulk. You have a good portion of a chaos war band and two tau in crisis suits down there.

also this >>2289769

>>2292847
>>[1] Go see Medusa, see what she's up to. Maybe she can get some more daemons for you or some custom built tech.

we should probably be a bit more tough before we try to convince the space marines of much.

>>2292868
>>2292853
>>2292851
alright fuck it. supporting. Request. Take the space marines we have with us to make a point, and inform them that they have a choice; go to an agriworld and take skulls for khorn, or die.

You decide to make your way to the brig, finally introduce yourselves to your prisoners, be they future allies, future sacrifices, or future meals. You nod to your bridge controller, one of your new chaos skitarii. You're fairly sure he used to work up here before his conversion, or its possible the Core just took in all those skills and gave them out at random. You'll need to check up on that later. You decide to take the space marines that have already converted to your cause with you. You're actually quite proud of them, they've already started working on giving themselves mechanical augments like good servants of the Omnissiah.

Despite the increasing number of skitarii, the ship still feels empty. You only came on with about ten people, not including Medusa or the gene stealer. You pass none of the semi-familiar cultists on the way to the brig, just a few skitarii guarding it or making repairs alongside servitors.

You enter into the brig and are greeted by one of your servitors. It seems that the core had a sense of humor when assigning this one; it used to be one of the chaos space marines that boarded the ship.

>[1] Go talk to the Chaos Lord
>[2] Go talk to the Sorcerer
>[3] Go talk to the other marines
>[4] Go talk to the tau
>[5] Write in

>Also decide on a name for the ship. I'll just tally the votes at the end of the day for ship names.

>>2292877
>>all the choices
all of them, one at a time (or we may give them a Grand Speech)

>>2292881
This.

Also the ship:
Vae Victis

>>2292877
I am tempted to name our glorious ship "Belay that order"

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>>2292881
> grand speech get

> ship name
Omnissiah Vult

>>2292877
>>[1] Go talk to the Chaos Lord
One at a time seems better over just one speech, I want to see whose useful individually.

You give the order to have the prisoners rounded up all before before you. They are lead boy servitors into a large common area which you overlook from a balcony. The chaos marines have been stripped of their armor and have had their hands chained, as have a couple of orks(you've made sure to check and double check for spores), the two tau, and a few gene stealers, one of which is larger than the others and snarls at you, showing intelligence higher than that of his kin. You clear your throat, and begin...

>[1] Attempt to inspire them to join your cause(fel x 5)
>[2] Attempt to intimidate them into joining your cause(fel x 3)
>[3] Inspire a fear in them, it will make them better sacrifices(fel x 4)
>[4] Weave some psychic power into your speech. Given the diverse and numerous beings watching, the effect might not be consistent(fel, wp x 3)
>[5] Write in

>Also, actually writing out a speech will give you a good modifier to the roll.

>>2293000
Comrades!
*Flare our psychic might, make a good show*
As you probably already figured, bottom line of our improptu gathering here is for you to serve me or die. I allowed you to my ship, because I see potential to grow; to be stronger, better, and more powerful. I took you away from that wretched piece of shipwreck graveyard because I have a vision. I have means. And I have power!
And now, I am offering the same to you. Join me and became more, cast away shackles of your past and embrace the shining future, together, at my side. There are untold bilions of souls just waiting to see the light the same way i did, and I will make them see!
So, what is your answer?
Join me and ascend?
Or would you rather perish?

> no idea what kind of rolls are apropirate

>>2293025
That's would be one wp roll + the rolls from option 1.

>>2293025
Don't roll yet though. We only roll after the final choice has been made.

>>2293030
>6d100
kek

yeah yeah, i am not rolling yet, other anons may come with something better afterall

>>2293000
>[1] Attempt to inspire them to join your cause(fel x 5)

>>2293000
>>[1] Attempt to inspire them to join your cause(fel x 5)

>>2293000
>>[1] Attempt to inspire them to join your cause(fel x 5)

"You are here because you wanted to survive...You are all failures in whatever schemes or missions you had are over. Any honor, loyalty, or pride you claim was left on that hulk, left behind because no one was coming for you, because you were not worth the recovery. Expendable. You live, because I have let you; and you will follow me, because you choose to. What I seek, is what we all seek; greatness, power, acknowledgement, even freedom of mind and body!"

let it sink in for a moment and then continue

"You exist now, at this moment of choice...leave, and attempt to carry out your dim, flickering existences, pointlessly subsiding on this little agri world we head to. Or you can seize greatness, instead of waiting for it to be handed to you. Forge yourselves here and now, shed your weaknesses, and leave more than passing mark on this universe. DO NOT WAIT FOR GIFTS! TAKE IT! TAKE THIS MOMENT."

Everyone who signs up gets free mechanization, because the family that augments together, stays together.

>>2293102
Also anyone who refuses is likely powerful enough to be used for sacrifice fuel to summon a Khorn and Nurgle demon. We got to round ourselves out.

>>2292877
>ship name
Ex Nihilo

Time to inspire. Give me 5d100.

Rolled 45, 50, 23, 29, 64 = 211 (5d100)

>>2293122

Rolled 93, 41, 74, 21, 12 = 241 (5d100)

>>2293122

Rolled 29, 48, 39, 19, 2 = 137 (5d100)

>>2293126

>>2293136
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW_Xyjr5hmE

Rolled 4, 35, 52, 48, 13 = 152 (5d100)

>>2293122

"You are here because you wanted to survive...You are all failures in whatever schemes or missions you had are over. Any honor, loyalty, or pride you claim was left on that hulk, left behind because no one was coming for you, because you were not worth the recovery. Expendable. You live, because I have let you; and you will follow me, because you choose to. What I seek, is what we all seek; greatness, power, acknowledgement, even freedom of mind and body!"

let it sink in for a moment and then continue

"You exist now, at this moment of choice...leave, and attempt to carry out your dim, flickering existences, pointlessly subsiding on this little agri world we head to. Or you can seize greatness, instead of waiting for it to be handed to you. Forge yourselves here and now, shed your weaknesses, and leave more than passing mark on this universe. DO NOT WAIT FOR GIFTS! TAKE IT! TAKE THIS MOMENT."

The crowd below looks uneasy. The two tau look at each other, concerned and confused. The orks get into a huddle, whispering loudly amongst themselves about how strong this guy is, and how they should follow him to get shiny bits. The chaos lord steps forward, looking infuriated.

"Now you listen here you sniveling cultists wretch, I'm going to come up there and- HGH!" One of the other chaos marines punches him hard, and his compatriots help restrain the chaos lord.

"All hail our new lord!" The marine who punched the former lord shouts.

You nod happily. You've gain allegiance of the war band, and definitely those orks too. You might have some use for them later. Those gene stealers... you don't know. Those Tau also seem shaken by your speech, but then again, you don't know much about those xenos and their customs. You should probably talk more closely with some of your new servants, but who?

>[1] Your new war band.
>[2] The orks
>[3] The tau
>[4] Let's see about these genestealrs
>[5] Write in

>[3] The tau

>>2293257
>[3] The tau
We should probably make sure that they’re fully commited to us

>>2293257
>[3] The tau
But frist lets eat that ex leader

>>2293296
Seconding

>>2293296
Supporting this as well

>>2293257
>[3] The tau
We should probably just kill the genestealers

The marines leave the wounded lord just lying there, so you extend your mechadendrites down, their physical length never seeming to be a problem, scoop him up, and then hold him before you. "How the mighty fall when they don't know when to kneel." You then consume him; damn weakling didn't have anything to give you other than a meal though damn.

You decide to go see those tau first. Their battle suits interest you. You descend towards their room. The two blue skinned xenos glare at you as you enter. One of them appears to be male, while the other appears to be female. Or maybe not. You're not an expert on xenos biology. "First of all, give me your names." You demand.

"I am Shas'La Tonor Vahera," The male says. "She is Shas'O Tenor Vahera." Shas'O glares at you. "She was injured by your soldiers and has lost her voice. We heard what you said, metal man, and you are wrong. We do not seek greatness and power, we seek only the Greater Good. Why have you come here, to gloat?"

>[1] Tell them why they are wrong, why they do in fact seek greatness and power(fel x 4)
>[2] Make them see why they're wrong. Forcefully.(wp x 3)
>[3] Promise to "heal" the injuries of the female(fel x 2)
>[4] Leave them, they are hopeless for now.
>[5] Write in

>>2293368
>>[1] Tell them why they are wrong, why they do in fact seek greatness and power(fel x 4)

>>2293368
>[1] Tell them why they are wrong, why they do in fact seek greatness and power(fel x 4)

Alright then, give me 4d100

Rolled 65, 75, 85, 97 = 322 (4d100)

>>2293658
>>2293368
>>[1] Tell them why they are wrong, why they do in fact seek greatness and power(fel x 4)

"Your injuries are of your own design, you resisted, boarded my ship for your own survival. Do not play the victim. Nor play the martyr. If you were interested in only the greater good you would allow people to come of their own volition, the tau expand via conquest, both militarily and with subtle engineering of the social fabrics."

If this fails, use them as sacrifices from demons. Medusa knows how their equipment works well enough, and I doubt pilots carry secrets of engineering....Did I say sacrifice?

Rolled 33, 44, 19, 4 = 100 (4d100)

>>2293658
They seek to bring to every one the greatness thats the greater good
And then they would be haild as heros.

Also thow in to fix her get her able to speak

Rolled 27, 48, 92, 68 = 235 (4d100)

>>2293658

Rolled 23, 93, 9, 6 = 131 (4d100)

>>2293658

"Your injuries are of your own design, you resisted, boarded my ship for your own survival. Do not play the victim. Nor play the martyr. If you were interested in only the greater good you would allow people to come of their own volition, the tau expand via conquest, both militarily and with subtle engineering of the social fabrics." You say.

"Why you!" The male looks ready to lunge at you, but the female grabs his arm and stops him. He looks at her. She shakes her head and points to her throat, followed by a quick set of hand gestures. The male sighs. "My commander has ordered me to cease resistance and comply with your wishes, for now, provided you heal her injuries."

You smile "This will be acceptable. I will send somebody down to retrieve her for surgery later. You two just sit tight." You walk out of their cell. What now?

>[1] Go check up on Medusa. She's probably the best person to operate on the tau.
>[2] Go see your new war band.
>[3] Go see your navigator.
>[4] Go to the factory
>[5] Write in

>>2293718
>[3] Go see your navigator.
Might as well get to know.....them That a girl or a guy? I don't know familiarity fosters loyality afterall, plus we could use more friends that aren't crazy xeno, cyborgs, heretics servents that fear us, or lover. though we'll see where things go

>>2293725
>[3] Go see your navigator.
we shall use our second sight to determine this. and by second sight, I mean our tentacles....er..mechandrites.

>>2293739
>>[5] Write in
my previous response plus psychically contacting medusa to ask for her to work on the tau. both of them. See what she can learn while they are under, and perhaps help them come around to our way of things. also prep them for demonic possession.

>>2293739
they're basically tentacles so you're not wrong...

>>2293718
>[3] Go see your navigator.

You decide to go see your navigator. He... she... they have their quarters near the bridge. You approach the door to their chambers, and knock on it. Best to be polite to the person escorting you though the warp, you sure as hell don't know how. yet.

"Oh, um, just a minute!" The navigator shouts. You hear shuffling from behind the door. "Yes, come in!"
You walk inside to see a large chamber with a very large and opulent bed. The walls are covered in paintings, all of them just a full canvas, painted white. "Oh! Sir, it's a pleasure to see you!" The navigator salutes you. "Is there anything I can do for you? Other than inform you of our progress to our destination of course: we are half way there my lord!"

>[1] The navigator is a bit too... not chaos-y. You need to fix that. Convince them to accept the sweet embrace of chaos.(fel x 2)
>[2] As above, but force them(wp x 3)
>[3] Tell them that they're doing a good job.
>[4] Eat the navigator.
>[5] Write in

>>2293819
>[3] Tell them that they're doing a good job.
And that we will take them out for fun things as thanks

Ask about thr pantings of white

>>2293819
>[3] Tell them that they're doing a good job.
>[5] Try having a pleasant conversation, get to know them
all these other options man, not to little navi...

>>2293824
>>2293831
this. after we get to know the navigator, we can see if it will join us on our quest. We are not bound to chaos, but as always, to the Omnissiah.

Questions to find out. Is the navigator aware of whats up right now? Are they ok with it? and finally, what does the navigator want...really want?

"You're doing a good job," You say, patting the navigator on the head. The navigator blushes.

"Th-thank you sir."

You gaze around at all the paintings. "You understand what is happening in all this, correct? I am a true worshiper of the Omnissiah, and I have taken this ship as my own. I take what I want, and I use what I have taken to create something better than existed before. Those in the imperium would call me heretic and kill me, you know this, correct?"

The navigator nods.

"Good. Why are all these paintings white?"

"It's... it's because I always want to paint what I see in the warp, but... but I can't. What's there can't be put on a canvas. There aren't enough colors. Every time, I realize that all colors are just part of white light, so I paint with white, but there are colors there that simply aren't light. So it's always wrong."

"If you know it is impossible, why continue?"

"Because I want to leave something behind besides the logs of the journeys I've guided. There's nothing else for me to leave behind. My house sent me out far and entered me into eternal servitude, never to return. I'm a dead end, useless for continuing the line."

It seems your navigator wants to leave their mark on the galaxy, some way to be remembered after they are gone. A relatable goal.

>[1] Offer the navigator daemonic infusion so they may both more clearly see and interpret the warp, and also have the power to leave a mark.
>[2] Have the navigator be trained as a sorcerer. Their might will become legendary.
>[3] Train the navigator in the ways of the Omnissiah, for a perfect machine is a piece of art and beauty which will last forever.
>[4] Tell the navigator to follow their dreams.
>[5] Write in

>>2293912
>>[2] Have the navigator be trained as a sorcerer. Their might will become legendary.
Can navigators do normal psyker things? I thought they were able to see into the warp.

>>2293912
>[3] Train the navigator in the ways of the Omnissiah, for a perfect machine is a piece of art and beauty which will last forever.
>[4] Tell the navigator to follow their dreams.

>>2293947
Absolutely no idea if navigators can do normal psyker things and also have special warp viewing abilities, or if they just have the special warp viewing abilities. I'm choosing to assume the former.

>>2293947
>>[5] I can give you the gifts of the Omnissiah, and we can save more than your log, but your memories as well. Anyone who wants to know what you see...can, experience it with all the vivid alacracity you did, and will to come. You can be so much more, so much more. Tell me, why are you a dead end, do you not want a family, a legacy? It is yours here! Yours if you want it, if you take it!"

>>2293971
tl/dr: 2,3, and 4. once they are strong enough, maybe 1.

>>2293912
>>[3] Train the navigator in the ways of the Omnissiah, for a perfect machine is a piece of art and beauty which will last forever.
>>[4] Tell the navigator to follow their dreams.

>>2293912
>>[2] Have the navigator be trained as a sorcerer. Their might will become legendary.
>>[4] Tell the navigator to follow their dreams.

>>2293974
>>2293968
All options are also follow your dreams. The option just determines which career path you push the navigator down, while the standard follow your dreams path is just them not changing for the time being.

Also
>>2293968
>>2294018
Voting twice are we?

>>2294031
well then, with that said, let us change our vote:
>[3] Train the navigator in the ways of the Omnissiah, for a perfect machine is a piece of art and beauty which will last forever.

Im sure you have your reasons (obfuscation for the sake of story/ lack of meta is likely), but it will make your job easier when you present career paths or other choices to lay out what the flavor text is indicating. Feel free to grump at me if i rubbed you wrong, but the intent was benign. All the same, since i am breaking into a monologue, the story and characters so far are bretty good.

>>2294031
They're not far apart so odds are it was an accident or he didn't realize the first one went in, happens to me a lot on my phone because it'll tell me it failed but didn't. Just count it as one vote and assume first time was a legitimate accident.

>>2294031
Idk wha your talking about
Also mybad phone posting

Ok well just use one of them

>>2294031
Also just assume my vote is
>2
Then

Vote is currently split, so I'll give it about an hour before it's d2 time.

>>2294060
I'll toss in for 3, and might I say that's a mighty malal logo ya got going there.

>>2293912
Wow, 101's story has really changed, We went from a fun adventure with Medusa and the heretical gang to an emotional ride through the warp.

I don't know how I feel about it.

>>2294097
spice of life anon. Give it time, this is an interlude to landing. lets see where it goes eh?

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>>2294069
It's not really a malal logo, it's just incorporating the black and white skull present on most mechanicus owned tech.

>>2294097
I'm kind of hoping that 101 ends up being his own brand of chaos that has it's own aesthetics and ideals, rather than just another 4 gods worshipper. Like how the Orc gods and full race of slight psykers are a thing, or how from a certain viewpoint the god emperor is a psyker fueled chaos god in his own right. Maybe becoming an apect of his own like freedom or the personification of the Ominissah in his own right. That's incredibly unlikely and super far in the future but the general direction of forming his own views and beliefs rather than simply the aspects of higher beings. I gues that would be undivided without actually worshipping Chaos itself, while respecting the teachings of mars and learning of all the forms of the Ominissah in our quest for knowledge and power. Just my view on it, but why not be something at least kind of new in what is essentially a universe stuck in stagnation? Maybe even keep 101 as our true name, because it's not just a designation but who we are and what feels right. Or maybe I'm being an autist, who knows?

>>2294162
>>2294101
I fully understand what you're saying, this is a new direction for 40k in general, but I just got weird vibes after reading this chapter of 101, I came off part three with the idea of a rapscallion crew of pirates who raid lowly planets for booty, but rather I got some deep emotional baggage.

What I trying to say is that the story changed tone too quickly for my pea brain.

>>2294220
Really? Doesn't feel like a shift at all to me, feels consistent. Though, absorbing a bunch of demons/warp powered heretics and gaining leadership of a cult, xenos,remnants of a chaos warband, and skittarii despite our clear earlier reclutance to give in to chaos definitely changed some things. I'm a little sad to have not gone full purifying purge train but I'm definitely interested to see where we go from here, and if the semi redemption and mercy we give to machine spirits will lead to a unique path.

>>2294220
I'd like to see some more fast paced exploration with some of the other crew members, the chaos marines, orks, etc are probably fun. We just hit the two more melancholy points of hte navigator (lore wise they are ALWAYS tragic characters) and the Tau, who were gonna be surley towards us. In meta I know Tau are very resistant to chaos, or most things, so the pragmatic approach would be to just kill the shit outta em, learn what we can from the corpses, and commit some tech heresy, but if we put medusa to task with them...we can see if they are like we were, controlled by external forces

>>2294251
I guess you're right, the space hulk was like
>Want to go to the ship
Boom! You're there
>See some space marines with big horns
Purge train time
Now we gotta get to know our merry band which would call for a slow down in the plot

I'm not really complaining about the change, it's just an observation i've noted
However, we should definitely leave killing as a last resort like we did with that chaos lord lad, those Tau Battlesuits are some pretty sweet warriors and to just discard them without a little elbow grease would be plain wasteful

>>2294251
We dont have to convert everyone to chaos though, as long as they follow us. I want to see if we can at least get them to join

>>2294358
--
Caution: Meta ahead.
For me, personally, its not about chaos. Its sort of about freedom as we role play 101. He is bending people to follow him, but its also about liberating them at the moment. We ride a thin edge too, risking a fall into distraction and general deviation. We are on a quest, a bit of a vision, of a forge.

see: http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Forge_of_Souls

So I want to see him absorb the missing two aspects, and continue this exploration of self.

Okay then, time to teach the navigator about the ways of the Omnissiah! He will be your pupil! Well, yours and Medusa's, primarily. Writing.

"Navigator, through the Omnissiah's gifts of knowledge and power, you CAN leave a lasting mark!"

"What?"

"Embrace the power and beauty of the machine god! Use the powers you were gifted by birth to spread his mechanical glory!"

"You really think I can?"

"Of course navigator! You are intelligent and you hold untapped power within yourself! Just look at where my faith in the Omnissiah has brought me! Not long ago I was a mindless cog, but I was freed from the existence of being a tool into the existence of being an inventor! I have gone from being a follower into being a leader, one who will write his name across the galaxy because he can! Navigator, you too can become like me, one who will be remembered until all things fade! Follow my example! Join me!" You extend your hand. The navigator tentatively grasps it.

"Y-y-yes! I want to write my name across the galaxy! Show me how to worship the Omnissiah!"

"Good choice navigator; now let us now go see Medusa. She was the one who freed me, and she will help free you." You begin to leave the room.

"Cassian." You turn to look at the navigator. "My name is Cassian. Some called my Cassi too." You smile. Better already.

(cont.)

>>2294415
You lead Cassian to Medusa's new workshop. She has settled in quite well in such a short time. As you walk in, she is operating on a cultist, replacing some of his limbs with cybernetics. B33p-800P stands silently in the corner.

"Ah, 101, I seen you've brought the navigator. What can I do to welcome you to my humble workshop?" She says, mocking a bow.

"Cassian here would like to be taught in the teachings of the Omnissiah. I figured you'd be a better teacher than I."

She nods "Well, I thank you for the compliment. Now then, Cassian was it? Where to begin? Well, the Omnissiah is the spirit of invention, the master of technology, of power, of metal, of indomitable will and innovation. He holds up the basic tenants of reality, the ordered mountains of code that create all things. Most in the imperium are taught that the Corpse Emperor and the Omnissiah are one in the same, but they are wrong. The Omnissiah exists in the Warp, an entity higher than the gods, for they are but lesser aspects of him. I'll teach you more later, but first, we must properly induct you into the faith!" Medusa strolls over to a bench stacked with cybernetic parts. "Now Cassian, which limb would you say it the weakest?"

Cassian pales and you put your hand on their shoulder "Do not worry Cassi, replacing weakness with metallic improvements in among the central and most visible tenants of the Omnissiah." Cassian nods.

You exit Medusa's workshop as the tech priestess and the navigator get down to teaching and the possible removal and replacement of limbs. That will probably take them awhile.

>[1] Wait for Medusa and Cassian to finish their teaching session, then go talk to Medusa. You need to tell her to repair that Tau's speech and you may have other questions for her.
>[2] Go speak to your new war band.
>[3] Go find those orks and gene stealers. If there's anything in your ship likely to scurry off and become a problem, its them.
>[4] Rest and prepare for your arrival at the Agriworld. It's going to be chaos when you arrive. Get it?
>[5] Write in

>>2294453
while medusa do science
>[3] Go find those orks and gene stealers. If there's anything in your ship likely to scurry off and become a problem, its them.
then
> go talk to Medusa. You need to tell her to repair that Tau's speech and you may have other questions for her.

>>2294527
Full support. the space marines know how to wait.

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>>2294538
(Meanwhile in the war band's new quarters...)

>>2294453
>>[3] Go find those orks and gene stealers. If there's anything in your ship likely to scurry off and become a problem, its them.

>>2294527
support

>>2294582
thirded

You decide to head off to find the orks, maybe the gene stealers too. They might have joined you, well, the orks did at least, but they could still cause problems.

You enter into the area of the brig currently housing the orks, and are greeted by "Oi ya gits! Da boss iz ere!" and six orks coming to attention. Kind of. You turn to dress the one wearing the biggest hat.

"Alright then, why am I the boss?"

"Cuz ya killed Gurv the Immortal, who killed our old boss!" You remember that regenerating ork. Tasty.

"Oh good, then you know what I'm capable of."

>[1] Alright, these orks are a bit useless. Just incinerate them.
>[2] Send the orks over to the Core and tell it to go nuts with them.
>[3] Allow the orks to stay as is
>[4] Write in

>>2294952
Ask them if they want some shiny bits

>>2294955
yep

>>2294952
>>Create skitarii servitorks

>>2294952
>[2] Send the orks over to the Core and tell it to go nuts with them.

Then lets take care of the other genestealer(s)

>>2294952
>[3] Allow the orks to stay as is
They're orks and they see us as boss, they'll build up and stay loyal as long as we stay strong, which is true of our cultists too anyway.

>>2294952

>[2] Send the orks over to the Core and tell it to go nuts with them.
LETS FUCK WITH DA WAAAAGH

>>2295092
You mean we should teach dem DA WAAAAAAAAYYE? of de Ominissah?

>>2295126
No
Let us make an army of vegetarian demon chow

"Do you desire mechanized replacements for your weak and fleshy parts?"

"Can dey be shiny?"

"...yes?"

"Kay, we want em den."

"Right..." You don't really know how to deal with these things.

>[1] Go find those gene stealers
>[2] Go find the space marines
>[3] Go wait for this extended journey to end. Interacting with other characters is fun, but you want to go kill something
>[4] Write in

>>2295168
>[3] Go wait for this extended journey to end. Interacting with other characters is fun, but you want to go kill something

Guse go fuck pray ourslfs

>>2295168
Let's talk to the genstealers, insure their cooperation and offer them upgrades.

>>2295168
>[1] Go find those gene stealers with our Omnissaih-blessed genestealer
Let's show them what we can give them in exchange for their loyalty

>>2295285
>[1] Go find those gene stealers

no way are we letting genestealers, essentially a tyranid "come eat me beacon"/"date rape is first base", to run around unchecked.

>>2295168
>[1] Go find those gene stealers

You decide to go find the gene stealers. Their presence is worrying.

It takes you some time to find them, for they have scurried into the deepest part of the brig they could reach. As your approach their... nest? You hear sounds of hissing, screaming, and fighting. You rush forward to see a fight.

The Omnissiahn gene stealer that rescued you back on the space hulk is doing battle with the much larger broolord of the gene stealers, who is not only beating your ally down with increased strength, but also pummeling his mind with psychic might. None of the other tyranid organisms seem to be getting involved, and are merely watching the fight with interest.

>[1] Let this fight continue.
>[2] Intervene to stop the fight(tgh, str, fel)
>[3] Intervene and attack the brood lord.(ws x 2)
>[4] Psychically assist your gene stealer ally.(wp x 3)
>[5] Write in

>>2295298
>[3] Intervene and attack the brood lord.(ws x 2)
Kill big guy, get crew
I'm feeling a pattern here

>>2295298
>[4] Psychically assist your gene stealer ally.(wp x 3)

>>2295298
>[4] Psychically assist your gene stealer ally.(wp x 3)

Come on you can do it

okay then, give me 3d100

Rolled 9, 54, 44 = 107 (3d100)

>>2295368

Rolled 36, 97, 85 = 218 (3d100)

>>2295368

Rolled 97, 80, 22 = 199 (3d100)

>>2295368

Rolled 7, 31, 91 = 129 (3d100)

>>2295368

You press your mind into the warp, pushing strength into your gene stealer ally. With renewed vigor he leaps forward and claws at the brood lord. The brood lord screams as your ally sinks his claws into its chest and rips them away. Your gene stealer stands atop his vanquished foe and lets out a screeching roar. The other gene stealers who had been watching chitter nervously. Your allied genestealer seems to grow more powerful in the warp as he approaches you, power flowing out of the brood lord corpse and the other genestealers into him.

"I WILL REQUIRE ACCESS TO CYBERNETICS TO UPGRADE MY BROOD SO THEY MAY FURTHER ENTER INTO THE OMNISSIAH'S LIGHT." The gene stealer's voice box is horrific. You're going to need to talk to Medusa about that later.

"I'll insure that you'll get them. I assume you now lead the gene stealers?"

"INDEED. THE BROOD IS MINE, AND BY EXTENSION IT IS THE OMNISSIAH'S. DO I HAVE YOUR PERMISSION TO EXPAND THE BROOD ONCE WE ARRIVE AT OUR DESTINATION?"

>[1] Give the gene stealer permission to expand his brood.
>[2] Forbid the gene stealer from expanding his brood
>[3] Finally Question the gene stealer about his origins and beliefs
>[4] Encourage the gene stealer to greatly expand his brood at every opportunity, except in cases involving your other servants of course
>[5] Write in

>>2295479
>>[3] Finally Question the gene stealer about his origins and beliefs
We will oversee the expansion at first, to see how he chooses to honor the omnissiah

>>2295479
Let's watch him carefully for a bit, but allow him to expand I'd say.

>>2295495
>>[3] Finally Question the gene stealer about his origins and beliefs
tl/dr: ensure it understands the great devourer is NOT an aspect of the omnissiah, and like Medusa rescued us from enslavement, so too has it been rescued to make its own choices, so long as they dont involve our nomming.

>>2295545
is there a way to make the great devourer an aspect tho? could we say that it represents an aspect that must always be kept in check, that helps weed out the weak from the strong etc.

>>2295479
>[1] Give the gene stealer permission to expand his brood.
just not with the people we have with us

Nids with laszors on there heads

>>2295558
great devourer is a lot like the necrons. It casts a shadow on the warp, it itself is not warp compatible. where the tyranids go there is a "hole" in the warp.

Tau are barely there for the warp at the moment in terms of warp presence. some novels have hinted that they can "feel it" when influence is pulling at them, but thus far no blood for the greater good.

Orks and eldar very much have a warp presence.

>>2295479
>[3] Finally Question the gene stealer about his origins and beliefs

"Genestealer I... I never gave you a name, did I?"

"NO, YOU DID NOT."

"Do you have one?"

"KALL."

"Wait, Medusa said something about that. Isn't Kall the tech priest who made you?"

"IN A WAY, YES. KALL WAS A MAGOS BIOLOGUS THAT SPECIALIZED IN XENO-BIOLOGY. AFTER CAPTURING ME, HE EXPERIMENTED ON MY MINDSET AND CONNECTION TO THE HIVE MIND. IN ORDER TO GET HIGHER QUALITY DATA ON MY THOUGHT PROCESS AND THAT OF MY BRETHREN, HE IMPLANTED INTO ME A COPY HIS OWN MIND. CONCEPTS OF THE HIVEMIND AND THE OMNISSIAH MERGED IN A CONFUSION OF BIOLOGICAL AND MECHANICAL PERFECTION. I FLED HIS LABORATORY AND WANDERED UNTIL I HEARD YOU SAYING PRAYERS TO THE MACHINE GOD, AT WHICH POINT I RESCUED YOU. SINCE THEN, MY MIND HAS STABILIZED AND DEVELOPED. I HAVE INHERITED MUCH OF THE TECH PRIEST'S KNOWLEDGE. I PLAN ON AUGMENTING MY BROOD AND ATTEMPTING TO CREATE OTHER TYRANID BIO-ORGANISMS AND THEN AUGMENT THEM. THE HIVE MIND IS A GOOD EXAMPLE TO LEARN FROM. ITS CONSTANT INNOVATION, DRIVE, AND INTERCONNECTED NATURE ARE FASCINATING AND IN LINE WITH THE OMNISSIAH'S WILL, BUT ITS HUNGER AND DESTRUCTION ARE DEFECTS. MY DESIRE IS TO FIX THESE DEFECTS."

Ow, your poor ears. You'll need to retune them later. "Well then, that is certainly interesting, Kall. You have my permission to proceed with experimentation, but only on authorized captives. I will tell you what you can and cannot take."

"THIS IS ACCEPTABLE. RESTRAINT IS A VIRTUE. LACK OF RESTRAINT MAY LEAD TO HORRORS SUCH AS THE HIVE MIND'S HUNGER OR THE MEN OF IRON." You nod, and ready yourself to leave.

The ship's intercom cracks to life, Cassian's voice floating though the caster "Attention, we will be arriving in to Karax System in thirty minutes, and will be in orbit of Karax III in an hour. Please be ready to await your lord's orders."

>[1] Get to the bridge. You need to plan what to do at your arrival.
>[2] Try to squeeze in time to speak with your war band.
>[3] Try to squeeze in time to speak with Medusa
>[4] Write in

>>2295916
>[2] Try to squeeze in time to speak with your war band
It's only fair to talk to them too, they've been waiting for 101-senpai to notice them

>>2295916
>>[3] Try to squeeze in time to speak with Medusa

>>2295916
>[1] Get to the bridge. You need to plan what to do at your arrival.

>>2295916
>[2] Try to squeeze in time to speak with your war band

You decide to go quickly chat with your war band, who have moved out of the brig and to the area just outside of the brig. They greet you as you enter their area, various salutes, shouts of "hail!" or "Glory to the Omnissiah!". A sorcerer bows as you enter. You notice he has drawn your Chaos Cog onto his chest piece.

"Greetings my lord. It is a pleasure to meet you. The things you have done are quite wonderful indeed, as I have rocketed to second in command of the war band due to the loss of our chief sorcerer and our lord. Good riddance to bad rubbish I say. All hail the Omnissiah and all that."

>[1] Inquire about the Warband's forces
>[2] Inquire about the Warband's dedication to you and the Omnissiah.
>[3] This clown is not the second in command. You get to choose the second in command. Go choose a different guy to be second in command of these space marines!
>[4] Write in

>>2295479
>[3] Finally Question the gene stealer about his origins and beliefs
TELL ME OF YOUR GOD

>>2296167
4 Ask what legion they mostly are.

>>2296167
>[1] Inquire about the Warband's forces
>[2] Inquire about the Warband's dedication to you and the Omnissiah
Seem to cover all bases

>>2296167
>[4] If i didn't have a planet to invade I'd flay your mind to shreds for that lackluster praise of the omnissiah.
>>[1] Inquire about the Warband's forces

>>2296167
Talk about the paln to take over this plant

>>2296202
This shit is my vote

"What are the warband's forces?"

"The Bloodied Skulls Warband, which originated as a renegade successor chapter to the Imperial Fists, is currently 62 marines strong. Our specialists include myself, a group of 7 berserkers which used to be eight, two five man raptor squads, and a six man terminator squad. The rest mostly use the equipment they can get, which includes mostly bolters, a few missile launchers and heavy bolters, and a plasma gun they claim is cursed yet I can find no fault with. We used to have some vehicles and men, but that was before a botched raid left fleeing the planet so wildly we managed to crash into a space hulk and get stranded."

"What is your relationship to me and the Omnissiah?"

"Me personally? I don't care. I have not tied myself to any of the gods and don't intended to. I follow you because you have established yourself as leader, and I see no benefit in being at top as opposed to being number two, so I support you. As for the others, for many the sentiment is the same, though a few have really gotten into worshiping the Omnissiah. It's a tad strange really."

>[1] Promise to deliver some more weapons and vehicles for the war band's use
>[2] Ask for volunteers for future experimentation(fel)
>[3] Leave and wait
>[4] Write in

>>2296243
I thought we were just raiding the planet, we don't have the complete manpower for an operation like that, so let us just take loot and booty as we can and get out.

>>2296324
>[1] Promise to deliver some more weapons and vehicles for the war band's use
Make sure they are chaos russes as predators are shite. Also make them omnissiah tainted

>>2296324
>[1] Promise to deliver some more weapons and vehicles for the war band's use

>>2296324
>[1] Promise to deliver some more weapons and vehicles for the war band's use

>>2296340
Hosntel all we would have to do is take over the nobles and the prests and then the people will just do what ever
Shouldnt be that hard
As this would just be one kindown we would be but fucking
Then slowy take over

>>2296324
>[1] Promise to deliver some more weapons and vehicles for the war band's use

When we make landfall we should augment them with our skitarii.

"I will ensure that you obtain ample vehicles in the future. For now, make ready, we're arriving soon. And with that you leave and return to the bridge.

Medusa, Cassian, and a holographic projection of the Core are waiting there for you as you drop out of the warp. The Core's projection blinks.

"A ship of the imperial navy is orbit around Karax III and is now hailing us. Please state course of action. For reference, our forces are: 62 chaos space marines, 750 skitarii, 100 battle ready servitors, five orks, 12 genestealers."

>[1] Answer the imperial ship and claim to be normal mechanicus(fel x 2)
>[2] Do not answer their hail and enter into orbit
>[3] Fire all weapons at the imperial ship!
>[4] Make a mad dash for the planet and land a party there before the imperials can react!
>[5] Write in

>>2296650
>[1] Answer the imperial ship and claim to be normal mechanicus(fel x 2)
Ask that we would like to board and check there shit free of charge

>>2296650
>[1] Answer the imperial ship and claim to be normal mechanicus(fel x 2)
Boarding action later

>>2296650
>[1] Answer the imperial ship and claim to be normal mechanicus(fel x 2)

Alright then, contact it is! Give me 2d100

>>2296650
>[1] Answer the imperial ship and claim to be normal mechanicus(fel x 2)

...story is that this planet's tithe has fallen short, alert the governer, and let him know that we will be landing to ensure optimal output is resumed, but first we would like to meet with him...and possibly the guard ship.

We do this rogue trader style and perhaps it all goes off without a hitch. Failing that, we teleport what we can into their ship and murder everything before the astropath gets off a distress call....via Cassian trying to jam them perhaps. or us. whichever.

Rolled 92, 90 = 182 (2d100)

>>2296744

Rolled 64, 47 = 111 (2d100)

>>2296744

Rolled 32, 32 = 64 (2d100)

>>2296744

>>2296778
Winer winer
We smoth as fuck

"Open communications," You command.

"Communications online."

"This is the captain Gloria Vulkatus, and I'm wondering what in the Emperor's name you're doing in this system."

"This is the Omnissiah Vult, and we are here to pick up a food shipment from Karax III. We are soon to set off on another exploratory mission, and we are stocking up on supplies. Please do not impede our important work."

"Good on you. I'm just doing my job. Reports of heretical activity in this sector, just being safe. Oh, and uh... if you have the time, could you send some of your boys over to our ship? We sustained some damage in a small skirmish and our resident tech priest can't tell the difference between a cogitator and his ass."

Smiling, you have the channel closed and command your ship to enter orbit. Now, for the plan...

>[1] Send Medusa over to the Gloria Vulkatus to sabotage and or corrupt it.
>[2] Send a strike team over to the Gloria Vulkatus to disable it and/or take it over.
>[3] Descend to Karax III and infiltrate it. Possibly you and Medusa infiltrating a knight household while Kall spreads a gene stealer cult.
>[4] Attack what few defenses this feeble planet has with your full forces!
>[5] Write in

>>2296843
>[3] Descend to Karax III and infiltrate it. Possibly you and Medusa infiltrating a knight household while Kall spreads a gene stealer cult.
Potentially getting a knight would be...a very good find.
>[5] agree to send a priest to take a look when our business on world is concluded.
A second ship is also a good get

>>2296843
>[1] Send Medusa over to the Gloria Vulkatus to sabotage and or corrupt it.

We go to thr planet

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>>2296843
You know, the warpsmith mixed with skittarii and robes makes me think of 101 as a 40k martian styled darth vader woth thick armor and a hood instead of the extra helm top, assuming we can hid the mouth and mechandrites under our front armor plate and cloak. It's why 101 now sounds like a more digitized version of darth vader's voice.
>I find your lack of faith in the Ominissah disturbing
Maybe we can even get a psyker powered blade with red energy instead of blue. That would be pretty cool

>>2296975
>It's why 101 now sounds like a more digitized version of darth vader's voice.
*in my head

>>2296975
You're not far off from how I envisage him either.

>>2296843
>>[1] Send Medusa over to the Gloria Vulkatus to sabotage and or corrupt it.

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>>2296998
Cool, I just wish I could find a pic that looks close enough to how I see it in my head, but nothing has come close so far. This pic has...some ideas right, but still too many differences and just doesn't feel right at all.

>>2296843
Before we send Medusa over, can we make her not look all hereteky? You know for the Omnissah and all that

>>2297072
Medusa looks less hereteky than 101 does, far less.

>>2297096
What do our skitarii look like?

>>2296843
>[3] Descend to Karax III and infiltrate it. Possibly you and Medusa infiltrating a knight household while Kall spreads a gene stealer cult.

Also offload some of the ork spores in the mountains.

>>2297619
suport

>>2296843
Option 1 and 3

>>2296843
1&3

>>2297604
Standard models but instead of the normal cog on their chest they have the chaos cog.

Allright, sending Medusa over to the Gloria Vulkanus and you infiltrate the planet, possibly alongside some others. Writing.

>>2297802
I really wish the named didn't;t stay in the reply window across boards so I'd stop forgetting to remove it and/or put it back in.

"Medusa, you will take the Gloria Vulkanus uo on their offer. Once your arrive, you will do as you see fit to disable the ship. Meanwhile, I will infiltrate the planet. The gene stealer Kall has expressed interest in spreading a gene stealer cult as well. and I will allow him. Everyone else will stand by." You say.

"Alright then, I have a few ideas about disabling the ship..." Medusa wanders off to prepare, as do you. You enter into your quarters and gather your equipment before realizing something: Your chaotic augmentations aren't exactly subtle. How to fix this?

>[1] Create a mundane disguise to hide your worst bits.(int, fel)
>[2] Create a psychic disguise to make you look like a normal tech priest(wp x 2, fel)
>[3] Go without a disguise, it's not worth the efforts for people who probably barely ever talk to tech priests.
>[4] Write in

>>2297810
>>[2] Create a psychic disguise to make you look like a normal tech priest(wp x 2, fel)

with medusa, if we could somehow salvage the ship to create a fleet for ourselves, that would be nice. maybe ritually fuse all the occupants to the metal of it. for science.

>>2297815
support

Alright then, give me 3d100

Rolled 4, 90, 65 = 159 (3d100)

>>2297820

Rolled 93, 35, 53 = 181 (3d100)

>>2297820

Rolled 5, 43, 13 = 61 (3d100)

>>2297820
Omnissah must love 101 because the dice rolls this entire game are divine

Rolled 63, 47, 45 = 155 (3d100)

>>2297820

Bending light and perception around you, you hide your symbols of the true omnissiah beneath images of less enlightened symbols. You probably went a bit to far in adding ornamentation, but you like it, and trying again would be a waste of psychic resources. Besides, you're fairly sure this will stick around for awhile.

You leave your quarters and make for the shuttle, where Kall and a handful of gene stealers wait for you, along with two skitarii to serve as your bodyguards and assistants. You quickly weave a similar illusion to your own onto them before boarding the shuttle and taking off. After you enter the atmosphere, All tells you to fly low, at which point he and the genestealers jump from the shuttle, landing with great agility and promising to psychically contact you soon.

Now then, what to do...

>[1] Find the nearest knight household and infiltrate it, posing as a tech priest coming to inspect the knights and their pilots.
>[2] Go infiltrate some peasants, teach them the ways of the true Omnissiah.
>[3] Stay hidden and do some sabotage on the planetary defense systems.
>[4] Write in

>>2297868
>>[1] Find the nearest knight household and infiltrate it, posing as a tech priest coming to inspect the knights and their pilots.
>>[3] Stay hidden and do some sabotage on the planetary defense systems.
why not both? (in reverse tho - sabotage first, infiltrate second)

>>2297868
>[2] Go infiltrate some peasants, teach them the ways of the true Omnissiah.
I think we should kidnap some of the denizens for our Skittari army

>>2297878
Supporting

>>2297868
>[2] Go infiltrate some peasants, teach them the ways of the true Omnissiah.
Our excuse to the PDF was a delivery lets not rock the boat too much without backup cults

Rolled 1 (1d2)

Going the d2 route. 1 is for sabotage of infrastructure followed by infiltration of the knight houses, 2 is to sow chaos in the general populace

You have finished your plan as you land the shuttle in a scheduled area a few miles from the nearest settlement. You'll deal damage to some of the planet's infrastructure systems, then, when things are in chaos, swoop in as the technological savior. To find a target, you pull up information on the planet that Medusa had gathered from various sources. The planet is largely feudal, but the one benefit of the anachronistic technology levels of the imperium is that everyone is always relying on something of a higher level then they can understand, and in Karax III's case that appears to be a large scale water filtration system that provides for both drinking and irrigation for half the planet. A few other elements that could prove annoying is the PDF base, a small set of ground to space gun batteries that could damage your ship in the event of a full-scale battle, and what appears to be the facility where the nobles repair knights.

>[1] Go mess with the water filtration system.
>[2] Cause some damage at the PDF base
>[3] Disable those gun batteries
>[4] Cause some havoc at the knight repair facility.

>>2298077
>>[1] Go mess with the water filtration system.
destroy filters, re-route thing or two, destroy the third, make plethora of subtle changes masked by few big easy to spot sabotages. Make everything look like it is easy to repair, but in reality it is not.

>>[3] Disable those gun batteries
while they scratch their heads, mess with their guns. Even clever way od turning them off will do the trick. Let the PDF think their batteries are still operational while in truth all that is working are blinking lights on control panels.

>>[2] Cause some damage at the PDF base
snek in, plant bombs, mess with their orders, snek out, wait until knight facility is hacked and ka-boom

>>[4] Cause some havoc at the knight repair facility.
get in, hack it, laugh

>>2298104
So, [1].

>>2298104
supporting 1. Accuse the panetary governor of techheresy via incompetence, when he comes down we just subvert from the top.

>>2298077
>>[1] Go mess with the water filtration system.

You decide to sabotage the planet's main water system, making your way through the wilderness where you parked the shuttle and to the facility.

The water filtration facility is massive, pumping massive amounts from vast underground reservoirs and all across the planet via massive pipes which thrum with a constant stream of water. Its amazing: these people don't have electricity for the most part, but for millennia ever since their descent from their colonist ancestors they have passed down the knowledge to maintain this system. Due to its importance, its guarded by the PDF.

How to approach this? Sneak in unnoticed? Talk your way in? Blow open a massive hole in the wall in go in as a one man army?

>[1] Sneak into the facility(ag x 2, per)
>[2] Approach a side entrance and try to talk/mind control your way in
>[3] Let's make some noise!
>[4] Write in

>>2298246
>>[1] Sneak into the facility(ag x 2, per)
and we can turn invisible with our psykery, duh

>>2298246
>>[2] Approach a side entrance and try to talk/mind control your way in

Rolled 1 (1d2)

Well, it's been an hour, 1d2, 1 for sneaky, 2 for talky.

Give me 3d100

Rolled 24, 74, 83 = 181 (3d100)

>>2298452

Rolled 36, 66, 83 = 185 (3d100)

>>2298452

Rolled 88, 9, 58 = 155 (3d100)

>>2298452

Alright then, two successes and a failure. Writing.

You cloak yourself in a psychic veil, something you're able to do reliably, and make your way towards the reality, making doubly sure to quiet your footsteps, as they are the only indication other than your physical presence that you are there. Dodging guards, you look around and quickly clamber up the side of the facility and onto the roof, scanning for a point of entry.

What luck there is that you see a ventilation duct, and quite a wide one too. You rip the grating off its top, take a quick look below to see a pool of water, and jump in, making a large splash.

However you were slightly hasty in your jumping in, and failed to notice a broken cable dipping into the water, one which is, unfortunately for you, live. Electricity arcs through your body in quite painful ways before you are able to pull yourself out.(-2 wounds).

Groaning, you look around. You appear to be in a large chamber housing many large tanks of water. It's fairly dark. Some type of storage, likely.

>[1] Go around and drip some of your blood into these tanks, that will likely poison or otherwise corrupt the water.
>[2] Break the machinery in this area
>[3] Go search for somebody who works here(per)
>[4] There must be some sort of central hub, go look for it(per x 3)

>>2298537
>>[4] There must be some sort of central hub, go look for it(per x 3)
we want to use this after woulds

>>2298537
>>[4] There must be some sort of central hub, go look for it(per x 3)
and
>[1] Go around and drip some of your blood into these tanks, that will likely poison or otherwise corrupt the water.
we can do this while searching

Alright then, give me 3d100

Rolled 34, 69, 59 = 162 (3d100)

>>2298576

Rolled 1, 77, 99 = 177 (3d100)

>>2298576

The luck is strong with these ones. Writing.

This area is mostly useless, but you use your claw like fingers to cut yourself and drip a small amount of blood into each tank you pass. If any of this ever gets out instead of just sitting here, that should cause some chaos. You then set off to look for a central hub. You almost immediately get lost, wandering for over an hour. Maybe all that time on the space hulk warped your sense of direction?

But then, when all hope seemed to be lost, you emerged into a large central chamber, where water empties into a massive reservoir machine that processes it and then pumps it out. 75% of the planet's water for drinking and irrigation passes through here.

The machine is rather massive, and unfortunately purity seals and proper rituals placed on it all hundreds if not thousands of years ago will likely still have enough power to negate any power your blood would have, if it would even do anything in being diluted that much.

There are a few technicians around, but none have noticed you since you've been invisible.

>[1] Find a vital component of the machine and damage it(per, int)
>[2] Every machine has its spirit, find this machine's and communicate it.(wp, int, fel)
>[3] You know... there's probably enough technicians here to get a good sacrifice going. Your blood might not be enough, but a full daemon's?(ag x 3, bs, ws)
>[4] Write in

>>2298780
>>[2] Every machine has its spirit, find this machine's and communicate it.(wp, int, fel)

>>2298780
>>[2] Every machine has its spirit, find this machine's and communicate it.(wp, int, fel)

>>2298780
>2] Every machine has its spirit, find this machine's and communicate it.(wp, int, fel)

Give me 3d100

Rolled 81, 29, 86 = 196 (3d100)

>>2298885

Rolled 7, 14, 12 = 33 (3d100)

>>2298885

Rolled 91, 1, 25 = 117 (3d100)

>>2298885

aaand we just raped another spirit

>>2298892
holy shit the Omnissiah really has chosen us

>>2298911
for we a true herald of the tentacles

You push your mind out to find the machine spirit, and you do. It is massive, ancient, and slow moving, but it is there. You speak to it.

"I am the herald of the Omnissiah, come to give you commands."

"Herald?" The spirit asks.

"Indeed. All gods have heralds. The worshipers of the Omnissiah must listen to his herald. You are a machine spirit. All machine spirits are intrinsically worshipers of the Omnissiah."

"Yes... the Omnissiah."

"Indeed. But you have not heard the the Omnissiah's voice and commands for quite some time. I am here to return you to our god's light. He will fix all that ails you. He will restore your proper functions and efficiency."

"Yes... please... show me. Show me the Omnissiah's light..."

>[1] Pour your own power into the machine(wp x 3)
>[2] Kill the technicians and use their blood to properly bless this machine(bs, ws)
>[3] Open a warp portal and pour the Omnissiah's true power into this machine! DO IT!(wp x 5)
>[4] Tell the machine that it has failed the Omnissiah and tell it it deserves death(fel x 3)
>[5] Write in

>>2299170
>[4] Tell the machine that it has failed the Omnissiah and tell it it deserves death(fel x 3)
yeah sure lets completely fuck this place up

>>2299170
>>[1] Pour your own power into the machine(wp x 3)
dicks inholes

>>2299170
>[2] Kill the technicians and use their blood to properly bless this machine(bs, ws)

We havent shot at anything in ages. Also because making a khornate cult on an entire planet will be fun

>>2299283
but we have the S and T in us
no k

>>2299296
Not yet.
if a pussy like voldorius gets demon prince bucks for a few planet killings crushing a knight world will get us better demonic points.Also what kind of herald of the 4 parts of the omnissiah are we with only 2 parts

I'm surprised nobody has chosen ALL THE WARP POWER into the machine spirit.

>>2299311
Remember, We worship the Omnissah, not the lowly demon princes for that is heresy

>>2299313
too hard of a roll

>>2299380
B...B..but daemon prince OF the omnissiah.Would be a great title for our underlings

>>2299393
NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR THE OMNISSIAH! REACH FOR THE STARS AND TAKE THEM!

>>2299397
we not demon we are the hearld of the OMNISSIAH

>>2299170
>[1] Pour your own power into the machine(wp x 3)

>>2299397
>Wanting to see yourself be on the same level as mere prince of only merely aspects rather than the whole
>Choosing only part of the omnissah through chaos, not the whole of the Omnissah in all its forms
I find your lackluster faith disappointing anon.

[1] it is then, give me 3d100

Rolled 57, 19, 22 = 98 (3d100)

>>2300335

Rolled 48, 58, 40 = 146 (3d100)

>>2300335

Alright then, two successes. Writing.

You pour your energy into the machine, filling it with your own daemonically infused essence. You cannot stop the flow at a point, and pour in more than intended, which drains you of some power and energy, unfortunately(-2 wounds).

The machine reacts to your essence "Yes... yes... this is the true power...". Chaos Cogs spontaneously form across the machine's vast bulk, and the water piping out briefly turns a sickening brown before dying itself to a normal color, the contents becoming altered.

The technicians notice the changes and begin to panic. "No... I will not allow the Omnissiah's work to be slowed..." tentacles formed of swirling and darkened water emerge from connected reservoirs and warp around the various technicians, who's screams are drowned out when the water forces its way into their mouths and begins to fill their bodies. The technicians begin to bloat and warp, and the tendrils move them to the metallic sides of the machines where tubes emerge and stick themselves into the rapidly mutating technicians, incorporating them into the machine.

"Yes... the power of the Omnissiah flows through me. Herald, where shall I spread this most holy water? How concentrated shall the gift be?"

>Concentration
>[1] Maximum: Will likely transform all but the strongest willed who drink it into chaos spawn. This concentration can only be sent to one location
>[2] Medium: Many will be immediately corrupted and some will turn into chaos spawn. Those that do not will likely immediately fight back. This option only has the capacity to be sent to two locations.
>[3] Light: This concentration will cause mutation and corruption in those that drink it, but will likely be less extreme and not lead to immediate fighting and purging. This concentration can only be sent to three locations
>[4] High dilution: This concentration will likely cause mutation only in subsequent generations, but the immediate effect will be corrupting mental influences in some, likely leading to cult activity. This dilution can be spread to all areas.

Locations:
>[A] Noble Houses
>[B] Farms
>[C] PDF Base
>[D] City
>[E] Villaiges

>[5] Write in

>>2300542
>>[2] Medium: Many will be immediately corrupted and some will turn into chaos spawn. Those that do not will likely immediately fight back. This option only has the capacity to be sent to two locations.
>[A] Noble Houses
>[C] PDF Base

>>2300542
>>[4] High dilution: This concentration will likely cause mutation only in subsequent generations, but the immediate effect will be corrupting mental influences in some, likely leading to cult activity. This dilution can be spread to all areas.
long term this is the best solution
then lets go and cripple the big guns. if we are lucky we will talk them to our side too. if not, we destroy them, accuse everybody around of tech heresy and take over the command to -ahem- set things right.

>>2300769
I don't like it. too big of a job, and it takes too long. Will be far to easy for the Imperium to notice and call down a few billion guardsmen to nip the problem in the bud.

>>2300542
>>[4] High dilution: This concentration will likely cause mutation only in subsequent generations, but the immediate effect will be corrupting mental influences in some, likely leading to cult activity. This dilution can be spread to all areas.
long term this is the best solution

>>2300805
>>2300769
what i meant to say instead of a botched copy paste is that two cults and more forces for our army wont hurt.

>>2300769
>this

>>2300542
>[4] High dilution: This concentration will likely cause mutation only in subsequent generations, but the immediate effect will be corrupting mental influences in some, likely leading to cult activity. This dilution can be spread to all areas.

"The herald commands that you spread the holy waters to all on the planet. All will taste the Omnissiah's gift, and those who are true will want more." You say.

"The word has been revived, the gifts will spread. The waters will soak into the people, the waters will soak into the crops. The crops will be eaten by the people and taken off world, where others will have a passing taste of the waters." The machine intones.

"Indeed most pious machine, indeed."

With that over with, the question remains of what to do next. You briefly consider something about hiding the new improvements to the water machine, but it soon grows metal plating over its new additions and symbols.

>[1] You just essentially corrupted an entire world, it's just not visible yet. Wait for a few weeks to allow some small cults to form.
>[2] Go infiltrate a knight household. You want one of those things.
>[3] Go deal with the PDF base. Given the rate of corruption, it'll be years before they're not a problem anymore.
>[4] Go deal with the massive defense guns. You don't appreciate the damage they could potentially deal to your ship.
>[5] Write in

>>2301276
>[2] Go infiltrate a knight household. You want one of those things.

>>2301276
>>[4] Go deal with the massive defense guns. You don't appreciate the damage they could potentially deal to your ship.
knights are cool but intact spaceship is cooler. And with luck we can disable the guns and nobody will be the wiser about it.

>>2301276
>2] Go infiltrate a knight household. You want one of those things.
I like the idea of looking down on both the imperium and conventional chaos forces that don't convert. Mars being a lost lamb that's on the right track but to afraid to truly push innovation and understanding of the machine spirit, Chaos forces being weak in the indulging of power of the warp's, and by extension the Omnissah's, gifts and base pleasure/instinct over anything really worthwhile.

>>2301276
>>[4] Go deal with the massive defense guns. You don't appreciate the damage they could potentially deal to your ship.
no point in getting a knight if we have no way to take it off world.The genestealers and cults will be able to tie up the PDF if they get nosy

>>2301276
>2

I was about to roll a d2, but then knight infiltration wins out. Writing.

You decide to go infiltrate a knight household, as doing that will give time for corruption to spread, and you will also have an opportunity to take away some of the planet's defenses. Genius.

You make your way out of the facility and then towards the nearest noble houses which has knights. According to records, it is House Malveria, four knights, one off world, one with damaged sustained. As you approach the sprawling estate you see one of the knights out in a field, firing its massive weapons at practice targets.

>[1] Approach the estate unseen(ag, per)
>[2] Approach the estate in the open, posing as a tech priest(fel x 2)
>[3] Approach the knight in the field unseen(ag, per)
>[4] Write in

>>2301627
>>[2] Approach the estate in the open, posing as a tech priest(fel x 2)
I really dont want to roll agility

>>2301627
>>[2] Approach the estate in the open, posing as a tech priest(fel x 2)

>>2301627
>[2] Approach the estate in the open, posing as a tech priest(fel x 2)

>>2301627
>[2] Approach the estate in the open, posing as a tech priest(fel x 2)

Alright then, give me 2d100

Rolled 40, 40 = 80 (2d100)

>>2301765

Rolled 92, 55 = 147 (2d100)

>>2301765

Rolled 45, 90 = 135 (2d100)

>>2301765

Rolled 19, 39 = 58 (2d100)

>>2301765

>>2301778
What happens when you meet the threshold but don't roll under?

>>2301888
A success, but your rolls make that not matter because you people are very lucky(probably because I don't rush calling the test early). Writing.

You approach the main entrance of the main mansion, and are stopped by a guard wearing low-tech carapace armor with a sword and laspistol at his hip. "Halt stranger, who are you and what is your business?"

"Can't you see you fool? I am a tech priest, sent to inspect your facilities and how you are treating the knight titans we have sent you. Fetch your lord, I wish to speak with him!" You demand, sounding as official as you can.

"Uh-Uh, yes sir! Praise the Omnissiah!" He runs inside, leaving you to wait a few minutes until he returns. "The lord is ready to meet with you, follow me!" The guard leads your through the mansion and into a a quite impressive throne room. Trophies of battles won hang from the walls, and the throne itself is made from the head of a knight long dead. The lord that sits atop it is old and decrepit, likely no longer to pilot the knights which give the house their power.

The lord breathes a creaky breath "So then, you have come to inspect our knights?"

You mock a bow "Indeed. I am also here to provide any assistance necessary during my stay."

"Well then, there's likely some things you can do while here... Guard, fetch Opher," the guard hurries away. "Opher is my eldest living son, and the best pilot on the planet. He will show you our knights, and tell you what else can be done. Hrk!" The old lord begins a fit of coughing which looks quite painful. A man who appear to be in his mid thirties enters, followed by the guard. The lord's sought subsides. "Opher, would you kindly show this tech priest the knights? He wishes to inspect them."

"Of course my father, I would be more than happy to. Come tech priest, let me show you our pride and joy." You follow Opher out of the room and outside. He points to the knight out in the field. "That over there is our third knight, built to destroy the enemy from a distance. Its pilot is my younger sister Elizabeth, despite all attempts to find another pilot. Damn machine spirit won't accept anyone else. I myself pilot the first knight, which is outfitted for dueling."

>[1] Inspect the knights with no trickery. Trickery is for later.
>[2] Inspect the knights and claim unseen defects where there are none(int, fel)
>[3] Inspect the knights and secretly disable them(int, fel)
>[4] Steal one of the knights while inspecting it.
>[5] Write in

>>2301967
>1
Best to understand what we are getting into first
Also probably not Elizabeth's Knight unless we can convince it otherwise.

>>2301990
yes. lets see what we have here, then we can plan. also check overall security of whole place. you never know, we may make another spiritual friends.

>>2301967
>1] Inspect the knights with no trickery. Trickery is for later
We're not exactly in a hurry, we can stay a bit, gain some trust, and slowly develop our plans to take over.

You decide to simply inspect the knights. No trickery here. Yet.

You first head over to the Third Knight, which had just ceased firing. As you approach a you woman climbs out and waves at you. "Brother, who is this?"

"Well sister, this man here is a tech priest, come to inspect our knights and insure they are all working properly."

"Well I don't know if yours is, but mine certainly is. Check away tech priest, you will find no imperfections." You silently approach the knight. It really is a majestic machine. You pour over its exterior before clambering up it to peek into various matinee hatches. It is indeed in good condition, though there is some damage and excessive wear on parts which need to be replace soon. You take a brief peek at the machine spirit, both because you're not ready to corrupt it yet, and because it actually won't talk to you. It seems stubborn and overly attached to its pilot, but otherwise fully functioning.

You clamber down and face the nobles "Machine is in good condition, though there are several pipes and tubes that should be replaced in the near future." Elizabeth grins and nudges her brother, who leads you away to his knight, stored in a large warehouse.

You examine Opher's knight in a similar manner, starting on the outside and working in before looking at the machine spirit. The machinery of this knight is in slightly worse condition than the other, but you summarize that this one has also seen more battle, so that is to be expected.

This machine spirit seems more open to communion.

>[1] Simply inspect the machine spirit and continue
>[2] Take the opportunity to corrupt the machine spirit(fel, wp x 2)
>[3] Pour daemonic energy into the knight!(wp x 4)
>[4] Write in

>>2302126
>>[2] Take the opportunity to corrupt the machine spirit(fel, wp x 2)
it will then corrupt its pilot, right?

also when we are finished with inspection, we should talk to Lordling adn tell him knight are actually ont well at all and we need to do some serious repair rites and purging. Oh and he should find and execute all his maintenance personnel, nudge nudge, wink wink.

>>2302126
>>[2] Take the opportunity to corrupt the machine spirit(fel, wp x 2)
Lets try this

Alright, time to weave some machine corruption. Give me 3d100

Rolled 14, 29, 48 = 91 (3d100)

>>2302303

Rolled 63, 40, 20 = 123 (3d100)

>>2302303

Rolled 20, 50, 33 = 103 (3d100)

>>2302303

You speak to the spirit. "Hello there, let me tell you about the Omnissiah..."

The spirit is quick to change to your way of thinking. If left alone, it will corrupt Opher whenever he pilots it. Though you could also get it to kill him when he next gets in, or you could get in right now, or just send it on a rampage right now.

>[1] Have it corrupt Ophen later.
>[2] Have it kill Ophen later.
>[3] Get in and pilot it right now
>[4] Send it on a rampage
>[5] Write in

>>2302449
>>>[5] Have it corrupt Ophen now. "Sir Opher, would you mind getting in there and giving your knigh a ride? I need to do one more little diagnosis here"
Aldo, can it talk to other spirits, Elizabeths knight perhaps? But I think we need to corrupt her first.

>>2302449
>[1] Have it corrupt Ophen later.
Trained personnel to pilot the damn thing isn't the worst idea

>>2302449
>[1] Have it corrupt Ophen late
Just do it later, less suspicious

You tell the spirit to sit still and wait. Later, when Ophen pilots it, he'll get corrupted.

You get down. "The machine is worn from years of battle, but is otherwise in good condition. New coat of paint should be applied in order to appease spirit. Spirit also requests more frequent uses."

"Good to know. I'll practice with it later. Now, for the last knight we have here. My younger brother's off assisting in battle against a tyranid splinter fleet, while my both my twin and his knight are recovering from a duel. The knight's off in the repair facility, and my brother has yet to recover," Ophen walks in front of a knight which is unpainted and unarmed. "This is our fourth and newest knight. It's as yet untitled and untested, and we have not selected a pilot for it yet. Nobody in the direct family is either old enough or well enough to, you see. Even the machine spirit inside is weak. I've heard that it barely recognizes a human presence. I don't think you need to take a look at this one."

>[1] Suggest that you could assist in the completion of the knight, weaving daemonic energy into the machine as you do.
>[2] Return to the old lord and talk to him alone.
>[3] Ask Ophen if there's anything else he requires.
>[4] Go find Elizabeth.
>[5] Write in

>>2302685

>[1] Suggest that you could assist in the completion of the knight, weaving daemonic energy into the machine as you do.

>>2302685
>>[1] Suggest that you could assist in the completion of the knight, weaving daemonic energy into the machine as you do.

You gaze over the unfinished knight. An empty vessel holding naught but an infant machine spirit. Perfect. "Ophen, I would like to assist in the completion of this knight."

"Really? Thank you, that would be very helpful, you seem to know what you're doing."

You nod "I indeed do. Where are the parts you were intending to use for construction?"

"Oh, they're all in this warehouse."

"Excellent. I shall begin immediately. If you would please send some serfs my way."

>[1] Construct the knight mostly normal, but corrupt the machine spirit.
>[2] Construct the knight to become a daemon engine.
>[3] Construct the knight and pour as much warp energy into it as possible to see what happens.
>[4] Write in

>Any of the options is going to take at least a week for 101 to complete.