>>4153696
Almost nothing is written about Halon Primaris, except a small excerpt from a Rogue Trader named Matheuz Blackwood mentioning it in the margins of his Captain's Logs recalling the exploration of the recently refounded subsector Selucia of the Sector Phrygia. While the reports don't go into details it speaks of several primitve lost colonies, that should easy to bring back into the light of the Emperor for a loyal and dedicated servant of the Imperium. Carved out and distributed, the mentioned habitable worlds in the old Rogue Trader report were divied up as Lord Governorships, some based on already established influence and close relationships with Senior Imperial officials and some through outright bribery. Some were also won by blood spilt on the battlefield, won through enterprise and guile and even a few were awarded out of sheer bureaucratic incompetence….
Sector Phrygia is fairly recently refounded, as it is a region known for strange warp phenomena and was previously shrouded in impassable war storms until just a terran century ago, when many of storms suddenly dissipated….
Previously relied on as a natural barrier for the Imperium, there has been a strong impetus to secure and colonize worlds in the region, to strengthen them against attacks from the T’au and other opportunistic enemies of mankind…

>>4153696
How did you become Governor of this world?

A. You are the second child of a prominent Noble Dynasty, your family has ruled a wealthy and powerful world for millenia and have established themselves in their local region, the world is highly developed and organized, and supplies large tithes of competent, trained soldiers, foodstuffs and war material for the eternals wars of the Imperium of Man. Your family was able to exploit their wealth and connections to grant you the chance to start your own cadet branch of your glorious Dynasty. Your family has provided you with a staff of servants to look after your every whim, while elite House guards and a few thousand security forces from your homeworld provide your protection, along with several extra ships full of supplies and a large cash gift.

- Bonus to diplomacy, persuasion rolls and to interactions with Nobility and High born characters
- Access to family support and connections

B. You are a Victorious General of the Imperial Guard, the army under along with their families and settlers from the homeworlds of each regiment are given the right of settlement on this new world after a hard-fought campaign against vicious rebel cultists. The army under your command was able to finally secure a mining world, critical to production in the sector. After a long a grueling campaign against Cultist forces, who were cunning and fanatical, forcing your men to pay blood for every inch of rebel territory. After months of stalemates, you came up with an offensive plan and were finally able to break through and crush the enemy forces. You will start with a large army of loyal veteran troops along with their supplies and equipment.

- Bonus to Ground battles, administration and to interactions with Military characters
- Start with access to elite veteran troops with top tier equipment

C. Your uncle, Matheuz Blackwood, the famous Rogue Trader, was able to negotiate more than just a large finder's fee from the Imperium, he gained a governorship for your father. who served as a competent and skillful right-hand man to your Uncle for many years. Unfortunately your father passed just a few months before he was informed of his receiving of the Governorship. The title passes to you. Your uncle trusts family, and will expect you to perform competently and provide support to his expeditions in the region. Your uncle has also provided you with a ship, a large mercenary security force and several of his best people.

- Bonus to Naval command,persuasion rolls and interactions with traders, merchants and naval types
- Easy access to ships, mercenaries, specialists and equipment purchases

D. Through a clerical accident of the endless Bureaucracy of the Imperium of Man, you were given the Governor’s charter…(Write-in)

>>4153702
>C. Your uncle, Matheuz Blackwood, the famous Rogue Trader

>>4153702
>A

>>4153702
>C
Let's focus on getting the maximum economy possible, I'm talking to be to trade what a forge world is to industry.

>>4153702
>B
Neu-Krieg go
A strong military is a strong state

>>4153702
>B
For loyal service to Him on Terra is always rewarded.

>>4153702
B

>>4153702
D. We’re a Cardinal and this is now a Cardinal world. PRAISE THE EMPEROR

You there OP?

>C. Your uncle, Matheuz Blackwood, the famous Rogue Trader

>>4154083

This died quicker than usual for a Shmeh quest.

Don't get invested, guys.

>>4153702
>C

>>4154093
>>4154132
>>4153789
>>4153752
>>4153789
You are a scion of house Blackwood an old, and powerful rogue trader house....

What did your house specialize in?

A. Militancy- your uncle and the holders of the warrant before him, was a conqueror first and foremost, bringing the Emperor's light to wayward colonies beyond the borders of the Imperium

- extra elite regiment added to your starting forces

B. Explorer- your uncle and the previous holders of your houses warrants were known for leading exploration missions, finding worlds and artifacts of great value

- Start with an additional lunar-class cruiser, decommissioned from your uncles service, but kitted for exploration

C. Merchant- Your uncle and the holders of the warrant before him, were traders first and foremost, carrying valuable goods in their holds from world to world, taking advantage of the Imperiums poor shipping infrastructure to buy goods at low prices and sell them at high prices when and where they are needed most...

- Start with an additional Star Galleon, laden with trade goods your uncle couldnt sell right away

D. Other(Write-in)

>>4154149

A. Militancy- your uncle and the holders of the warrant before him, was a conqueror first and foremost, bringing the Emperor's light to wayward colonies beyond the borders of the Imperium

- extra elite regiment added to your starting forces
OP did you run the planetary governor quest a while back where we made friends w/ the salamanders and pissed off the SOBs?

>>4154149
>B. Explorer- your uncle and the previous holders of your houses warrants were known for leading exploration missions, finding worlds and artifacts of great value

>>4154149
B. Explorer- your uncle and the previous holders of your houses warrants were known for leading exploration missions, finding worlds and artifacts of great value

- Start with an additional lunar-class cruiser, decommissioned from your uncles service, but kitted for exploration

>>4154149
>B. Explorer- your uncle and the previous holders of your houses warrants were known for leading exploration missions, finding worlds and artifacts of great value
>Start with an additional lunar-class cruiser, decommissioned from your uncles service, but kitted for exploration

>B. Explorer- your uncle and the previous holders of your houses warrants were known for leading exploration missions, finding worlds and artifacts of great value

>>4154214
>>4154214
Nope someone else

>>4154234
>>4154287
>>4154310
>>4154497

Starting assets
100,000 thrones

Ships

Each ship had their officers, crew and navigators transferred to your service, although you now are responsible for their wages and supplying and fuelling the vessels.
Bold Venture- Damaged Star Galleon in ill repair, a gift from your Uncle

Fitted to lead expeditions far beyond the borders of the Imperium, the ship has a large hangar bay, and storage areas for provisions, along with a large crew of servitors and other high-tech automated systems to limit crew requirements for long journeys.

In addition to these features, the ship has a large luxurious captains cabin, along with fine accomodations for a ship of its size for its officers and guests.

Unfortunately the last few expeditions have been unkind to the ship, with several of its engines being critically damaged, and in need of replacement, along with most of the weapons and void shield generators.

The ships basic weapons and shields have already been stripped down to make more room for cargo, and as it stands the Venture would have troubles against a ship a full class size below it. You should think of it as an armed merchant ship more than a proper warship...

Fiery Hand- Heavily modified Lunar-class cruiser, kitted for exploration, with several weapons removed for advanced augur sensors, and additional storage. Rumor has it that the ship and its captain was assigned to you, due to a dispute between Captain Harlan Giles and your Uncle regarding how the ship should be utilized.

Military assets
The Wild Boars- Mercenary company formerly in your Uncles service, made up of mostly former Elysian soldiers from the remnants of several regiments that were conglomerated and then forcibly retired. They are led by Colonel Bastien Durand and several veteran officers. They are an elite light infantry force designed for lightning raids from orbit, specializing in airborne hit and run attacks, and are equipped with Valkyries, combat aircraft and several light ground vehicles.

>>4154561
Your forces also consist of several thousand well trained and equipped armsmen, trained in void warfare and security.

Finally you have a large amount of food, ammunition and fuel to support your operations

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>>4154561
>>4154562
Arriving in the system, you are quick to notice not just one habitable world but two coming up on the scopes, one world slightly larger than Halon Primaris, and orbiting farther from the system star..

Unmentioned in the ancient report that brought you to the system, you quickly deem the farther out planet Halon Secundus…

As you approach Halon Primaris, you additionally detect what seems to be a small barren moon in its orbit, along with an ancient long abandoned space station…

As you approach Halon Primaris, the Venture picks up wide-band unencrypted radio communications coming from the planet.

Halon Primaris seems to be a world defined by its closer than standard distance from its star, making it warmer and dryer than average, deserts cover its hottest zones near the equator, while the rest of the planet is generally covered in a dry savannah forest.

The western coast of the massive single continent is dominated by a large mountain range, that follows the coast almost entirely, occasionally bulging into the central desert and savannah zone.

Initial scans from orbit have indicated population concentrations in a several regions. With a large city in the equatorial desert region supported by a many scattered small towns and outposts, along with several large towns nestled in the western mountain ranges, and along the both the eastern and western coast.

>>4154564
How shall we make our presence known. I forgot to mention above that both the Fiery Hand and the Bold Venture are equipped with planetary bombardment weapons...

A. Make a wide-beam broadcast over the Vox announcing yourself and demanding the locals submission
B. Attempt to land at a population center and make contact directly
C. Bombard one of the population centers without warning
D. Land troops and supplies in an isolated area and focus on gathering more information, while preparing for your next move.
E. Other(Write-in)

>>4154566

A. Make a wide-beam broadcast over the Vox announcing yourself and demanding the locals submission

>>4154566
>D
we need to be smart here

Also was there any mention at all about Matheuz leaving any crew in system to watch over the planet?

>>4154598
No one was left to watch over the system, the system was essentially scanned and then the RT fleet moved on

>>4154566
>A. Make a wide-beam broadcast over the Vox announcing yourself and demanding the locals submission

>>4154571
>>4154605
>>4154605
>>4154571
You decide to send out a wide-beam broadcast over the Vox....

"On behalf of the God-Emperor and the Imperium of Man, I, Jakob Blackwood, hereby claim this world as its new Governor"

"I demand the fealty of all who live upon this world, any who do not give their oaths to me will be considered outlaws and treated as such"

There are several minutes of silence on the worlds communications as if the planet itself is digesting your words....

You begin receiving broadcasts from various settlements requesting more information and proof of your claims...

However one transmission stands out

"Karkand the Swift bends his knee for no man, I don't care if he's a bloody god, you'll have to rip my body out of my throne if you want it"


"Capt- errr M'Lord!"

You look across the bridge of the Venture to your tactical officer Lt. Finneas Wainright

"We are being scanned by some sort of augur system in the mountains, working on sourcing it now sir-I mean M'Lord"

A few tense seconds go by before the Lieutenant reports that several primitive chem powered missiles have been detected, launched from the mountains at your ships in low orbit....

A. Intercept the missiles with macrocannon fire and bomb the source of the missiles
B. Intercept the missiles but do nothing afterwards to see how the locals react
C. Pull the ships out of orbit for a few minutes and let the missiles simply miss their targets
D. Other(Write-in)

>>4154683
>A

>>4154683

A. Intercept the missiles with macrocannon fire and bomb the source of the missiles

>>4153696
Round fucking 4

>>4154683
>A. Intercept the missiles with macrocannon fire and bomb the source of the missiles

>>4154683

B, lets take it easy lads

>>4154842
switching vote to support this

>>4154842
i support this option

>>4154842
+1

>>4154842
Nigga this is 40k. We should be striking down any violence resistance we get with extreme prejudice.

>>4154921
but friend we could use those emplacements and refit them once we have control of the planet

>>4154842
>>4154889
>>4154891
>>4154911
Your macrocannons draw a bead and destroy the slow moving missiles with almost contemptous ease.

The radio chatter starts up again

"Damn you and you damned Imperium!"

"This is my planet!"

In the meantime you have received much more diplomatic exchanges from several smaller settlement, and most notably from another leader, calling himself the Grand Colonel, who claims to be the leader of this world...

He has invited you to a parley at his palace in the desert...

A. Ignore Karkand and his mountain kingdom for now and meet this Grand Colonel
B. Prepare Colonel Durand and his men for a surgical strike on the missile complex and put off your meeting with the Grand Colonel
C. Other(Write-in)

>>4154960

A. Ignore Karkand and his mountain kingdom for now and meet this Grand Colonel

>>4154960
>B. Prepare Colonel Durand and his men for a surgical strike on the missile complex and put off your meeting with the Grand Colonel
Time to exterminate the rebel scum

>>4154960
>A

>A. Ignore Karkand and his mountain kingdom for now and meet this Grand Colonel
i think gaining allies on the world is more advantageous right now, but we are going to take a hefty personal guard to the meeting, never bad to be cautious here.

>>4154968
>>4155043
>>4155066
You decide to take up the Grand Colonel on his offer to meet, however your Varus Lapland your Master-at-Arms and head of personal security has advised that you meet on neutral ground rather than the Grand Colonel's palace.

A. Go ahead with the Palace meeting(bring a large security contingent)
B. Attempt to convince the Grand Colonel to meet on neutral ground, somewhere in the open desert
C. Other(Write-in)

>>4155096
>B

B. Attempt to convince the Grand Colonel to meet on neutral ground, somewhere in the open desert

B. Attempt to convince the Grand Colonel to meet on neutral ground, somewhere in the open desert

Rolled 11, 69, 63 + 10 = 153 (3d100 + 10)

>>4155367
>>4155357
>>4155099
I do dice rolls by averaging 3 dice, with 100 being a perfect action and 0 being an absolute failure since your playing a RT you get +10 to persuade rolls

>>4155422
average of 51 a thoroughly mediocre result

The Grand Colonel laughs at you over the Vox

"You expect to meet me on my land?"

"I own the desert! Its all mine!"

"You will meet me at the palace"

Reluctantly, you elect to meet him at the palace, bringing a full company of armsmen in their best ceremonial dress and having the Wild Boars stand by with orders to storm the palace at your command or the first sign of trouble....

The dropships land on a massive landing pad it an dilapidated but oddly Imperial-looking city lying next to large oasis in the middle of the desert....

You are met by a group of hulking techno barbarian warriors, reminding you of childhood stories of the founding of the Imperium and the legendary warriors who fought with the God-Emperor....

"Come with us" The leader of the barbarian warriors says gruffly

You are lead to a massive building, bedecked in gold and jewelry, at odds with the degradation of some of the sections, as it seems only a small part of the palace and the city are still powered, the rest of the buildings dark and abandoned....

You finally are led to the throne room where a number of massive warriors are waiting for you, bedecked in what you imagine goes for fine fashion on this world, standing in front of a raised throne, with a crude Imperial Aquila carved into its base. Sitting atop the throne is a massive man wearing partial power armor with a faded Imperial Aquila on it, a power axe and what appears to be an archeotech pistol on his belt....

He slowly stands up and walks down from his throne, not bowing to you, but looking you straight in the eye and clasping your forearm, in the sign of a martial handshake.

"So is it really true?"

"Are you really from the Imperium?"

You have one of your staff show a pict capture of your Governor's charter, signed by the High Lords, and carrying the seal of the God-Emperor....

>>4155452
The Grand Colonel bows upon seeing the proof your position

"Forgive me"

"I believed you were simply an offworld charlatan with a nice ship"

"Many people know of the of the ancient story of how we came to this world"

"My name is Tarius Verant, 34th Grand Colonel of the Hydratic Fusiliers Geno Regiment, or whats left of it anyway"

"Come with me, we have kept meticilous records from our campaign that left my ancestors stranded in this system millenia ago"

"We have much to discuss"

Alright guys, I will pick this up in the morning

>>4155470
The Grand Colonel beckons you down a side corridor, and you motion for a few trusted guards to follow

"My people came to be here many millenia ago, with a great crusading fleet, conquering the stars"

He leads you down several flights of stairs to what appears to a hardened bunker section....

"This was once the command bridge of the Grand Cruiser Justice of Saturnya"

"We now use it as our most secure building on the planet"

He swipes his palm on a security reader and heavy doors grind open

You walk through a small security room with two heavily armed guards and enter into another complex....

He shows you to what appears to be an armory of sorts and walks you over to a void sealed lockbox. It makes a mechanical noise and whoosh as it slids open and reveals its contents.

It shows data scrolls revealing the last known orders of the Hydratic Fusiliers Geno Regiment and the 854th Expeditionary fleet along with the ships log's and finally the banner of the Regiment featuring Black Twin swords crossed on a field of gold, next to another banner of the Imperium...

You are briefly permitted to look at the documents, the orders detailing the exploration and conquest of this region while the ships log's indicated that part of the fleet was lost to the warp and appeared in the system, badly damaged, and surrounded by Inpenetrable war storms....

"My father would allow me down here when I was a boy"

"I knew someday the Imperium would come"

"Does the Emperor still rule? Did our might warfleets unite the Galaxy under his banner?"

You give intentionally vague answers, as he and his people seem unaware of the history of the last 10 millenia....

>>4156038
The tour continues, with you being lead to another room featuring several arcane looking machines and several large tanks...

They are overseen by what looks to be a geno warrior wearing a robe, along with several human assistants.

He is reading a data scroll when you walk in.

"Yuros! Come here, I want you to meet the representative of the Imperium, they have finally returned for us!"

You clasp the robed mans hand "Well met"

"Yuros serves as our genecrafter, keeping our stock pure"

You look around the room before being whisked along.....

You are shown the armory, where a few polished pieces of Great crusade era are kept in void sealed storage and brought back to the throne room...

"We will gladly follow the Emperor again and be his servants now and always"

"However, the regiment has been effectively disbanded, with the warriors and their scions now ruling this world as its lords"

"We wish you to confirm our rights and incomes as lords of the lands we currently rule"

How should you respond?

A. Make a vague declaration, agreeing to their demand/request
B. Tell them you need time to think of this and will give them their answer later
C. Reject their request, as you will be deciding who the nobility of this planet will be
D. Other(Write-in)

>>4156045
>A. Make a vague declaration, agreeing to their demand/request

>>4156045

As long as they promise to contribute properly to the imperial tithe and to us we have no problems

>>4156045
A. Make a vague declaration, agreeing to their demand/request

>>4156045
>A

>>4156045
A. Make a vague declaration, agreeing to their demand/request
B. Tell them you need time to think of this and will give them their answer later

>>4156064
>>4156085
>>4156105
>>4156166
>>4156069
You offer some vague assurances, promising to revisit the issue when the planet is secured.

"Tell me of this Karkand the Swift" You ask

There is low audible grunt/hiss from the crowd of assembled nobles in the throne room just from speaking his name...

"He is little more than a common brigand, hiding with his people in the mountains"

"His people have been a thorn in our side for centuries, pathetic natural born human slaves who have escaped our rule and dare to challenge their Geno overlords"

"They have turned the mountains into a self sufficient fortress, and have resisted all attempts at diplomacy and several attempts by previous Grand Colonels to bring them to justice"

"What's worse is they have no respect for bloodlines! They have their elders vote in a council to determine their leader! Pathetic!"


"We would be deeply indebted to you if you were to use your forces to snuff out the rebel and the scum that follow him"

A. Agree to work together to destroy Karkand, and begin planning the attack
B. Vaguelly agree, but return to your ship to reach out to Karkand and gather more information
C. Have your men open fire on the assembled Techno-barbarian Geno noblemen, and side with Karkand and the mountain people
D. Other(Write-in)

>>4156289
D. Other(Write-in)
We'll try our hand at diplomacy with them first. Should that fail and they refuse to see the emperors light and refuse to pledge themselves to the Imperium shall we purge them from the face of this planet.

We are not here to slaughter humans, but to return this world back to Imperial rule and guidance. This done with less bloodshed the better, but should they fail to see the light then there shall be no recourse or other options left but to purify them.

>>4156405
I support this vote

>>4156405
support

>>4156405
>>4156425
>>4156661
You order Tarius to ready his men for war, informing him that the loyalty of himself and the nobles that follow him are of the utmost importance and that following your orders in the coming days will serve as their first test of loyalty to their new Planetary Governor....

You then call in your shuttle and leave, returning to the Bold Venture.

You immediately order your communications officer Ensign Matilda Langley, to open narrow beam vox communications with the Mountain complexs where Karkand is likely hiding.

Half a day passes before you receive any confirmation that your requests to open a line of communication are received...

"We have heard you have made a deal with the Geno-Barbarian thugs that call themselves the nobility"

"We will never submit to some highborn whelp, gene-enhanced or not"

You are quick to respond

"I am not here to slaughter humans, but to return this world back to Imperial rule and guidance. That this is done with less bloodshed the better"

"If you submit to my rule, I promise fair laws and fair treatment of your people"

"If you reject my offer of submission and peace, I will be forced to cleanse your lands with holy fire of Emperor's fury, you have 2 hours to respond"

In just under 2 hours they respond, agreeing to meet with you to discuss further.

Karkand, their leader claims to be fearless, and even agrees to meet you on your ship, if you would let him...

A. Agree to meet in the stateroom on Venture, send a shuttle down to pick him up, and have him thoroughly searched by security
B. Agree to meet in a desolate part of the mountains(Neutral ground)
C. Demand to be received at the center of Karkand's power, as you are his rightful lord after all
D. Other(Write-in)

do we trust him friends?

>>4156764
B. Agree to meet in a desolate part of the mountains(Neutral ground)

>>4156764
Ill see if theres more votes in the morning, ill pick this up then

>>4156764
B, they agreed alittle too readily. Never trust something that doesn't out up any resistance.

>>4156764
B. Agree to meet in a desolate part of the mountains(Neutral Ground)

we can drop fury on any troops he puts under cover if he tries

>>4153696
How long until you abandon this iteration of the exact same quest you always run and abandon this time?

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>>4157866
>>4157677
>>4157276
You agree to meet him on neutral ground, on a mountain plateu several hundred miles from the nearest settlement

You land with a shuttle full of guards and patiently wait for several minutes for Karkand and his people to arrive at the meeting place.

Much to your surprise, rather than seeing a ramshackle convoy of vehicles coming up the mountain trail, you see a large object on the horizon, an airship approaching.

The airship glides down with a slow graceful landing, as a small statured man in fine robes, and two grim-faced guards step out onto the plateau.....

>>4157890
There is a lot of tension, as Karkand approaches you, his guards in tow, as everyone has their weapons holstered, but ready to draw at any time.

"Greetings, they call me Karkand the swift, I am the ruler of these lands"

As he gets close he sees the Aquila on one the banners carried by your guards.

"So it really is true? You come from the Imperium from the stars"


"I am"

You make the first move and grasp his hand as a symbol of peace and friendship.

Holding it tightly you say

"I am the ruler of this planet, by grace of the God-Emperor of Mankind"

He looks slightly impressed when you say that

He responds

"All my advisors told me not to meet you, that we do not bow to tyrants, since the first slaves fled into the mountains and made it their home"

"I am no tyrant"

"I give my pledge of protection and fair treatment to you and your people"

"But I must have your oaths of fealty and loyalty first"

"You know I have ships in orbit right now, there is no other way Karkand"

Before he has a chance to respond, you are suddenly shoved to the ground by one of your guards, as shots ring out, coming from the airship..

Despite being pulled to the ground and covered physically by one of your guards you still can make out the glint of light reflecting off a gun barrel on the side of the airship, and one of your guards dropping, clutching his leg, while you see Karkand drop too, holding his stomach, two of his guards drop too, seemingly dead from multiple wounds....

The next 20 seconds feel like an eternity as your squad of guards rounds the side of the airship and opens fire with their lasguns, wounding the gunman, who drops his gun and stops firing. As your men rush to capture the gunmen, he pulls out a snub pistol, and with a ragged yell of "Freedom!". puts the gun to his temple and pulls the trigger, ending any chance of interrogation....

>>4157920
With the airship secured, you are escorted back to the shuttle, along with your wounded guard. Karkand is badly wounded along with one of his guards.

Should we take them to the ship for medical evacuation? The Wardroom is being prepped for surgery now.

A. Take him with us, maybe he will owe us his life
B. Leave him to die on this mountain alone, he fired missiles at our ship
C. Other(Write-in)

>>4157922
>A. Take him with us, maybe he will owe us his life

>>4157922
>A

>>4157980
>>4157987
You decide to have Karkand medivaced back to the Venture, where the ship's doctor and his assistants are preparing to perform surgery.

You stay with the barely conscious man as the shuttle takes off

"I can still hardly believe this is real, even as a young boy growing up in a small mountain village, I heard the old legends of the Emperor of humanity, striking across the universe to smite the foes of his people"
The man seems distant in thought for a few moments

"I'm sorry for shooting at your ships"

"I had to show my people strength, or they would have thrown me out and replaced me with someone who would have fired the missiles"

"Will you really be able to protect my people from the Geno-lords?"

"Even if you can, you must show them, as many of my people are distrustful of the honeyed words of the highborn"

"I believe the young man on my crew who shot at us is a member of the camp that will brook no negotiation with outsiders"

"We will have to deal with most of them forcefully im afraid"

"I have no desire to spill the blood of my people, but if I must to keep the peace I will"

>>4158061
Following this Karkand continues speaking, his words becoming more and more indecipherable babble before he passes out...

The ship's doctor is able to save all 3 of the wounded men, although one the members of your guard will never be able to walk without a cane again, and Karkand's guard will never be able to draw a full breath, as one of his lungs was lost.

Finally for Karkand, the bullet was removed from his intestines succesfully, but he will be bedridden for several weeks, as he has lost most of his blood and his stomach wound must heal.

>>4158066
In the meantime we must do something, but it seems the threat from Karkands kingdom is currently neutralized, as we were able to get him to record a message to his people telling them he is under medical care after an assassination attempt from one of his own people.

A. Reopen communications with the Grand Colonel
B. Send a ship to thoroughly scan Halon Secundus, the other inhabited world in the system
C. Send a ship to scan the moon of Halon Primaris and the dock with abandoned space station in orbit
D. Other(Write-in)

>>4158072
>A. Reopen communications with the Grand Colonel

With both of them able to communicate, tell them they are now under us and they rule for us our respective lands. Their people shall remain in those lands as well.

Peace becomes immediate and trade will be allow after their boiling spirits are calm. Your military forces and you are under me as well.

>>4158108
support

>>4158131
>>4158108
You decide to reopen comms with the Grand Colonel, scheduling a fealty ceremony and peace conference between the two parties broker an agreement between them.

You decide to hold the peace conference in a few weeks time on the Bold Venture, using its size and power to initmidate the negotiating parties into submission, as it won't do to have them forget you can obliterate them from orbit at any time.

You have your serving staff prepare one of your holds as a large gathering space, along with some smaller rooms for private discussions, with the promenade and your stateroom being the main focal points for visitors.

The staff have also been instructed to break your finest food and drink for the event, as you intend to awe and impress your new subjects in every conceivable way.

Meanwhile you have your finest and clothing cleaned and prepared for the event

>>4158472
A week passes and Karkand is finally well enough to go home, giving him a few days to gather the elders to serve as the Mountain kingdoms representatives, while Tarius and the Geno-nobility have been gathering representatives of the 5 great houses for the meeting

>>4158490
This is taking a minute to write up, should have something soon

>>4158711
The day of the fealty ceremony and peace conference finally comes, with dignitaries representing each side being shuttled up and greeted by a part of squad of your guards, in their finest dress uniforms and with their weapons and boots polished.

They are guided through several corridors until they reach the promenade, where they get a full experience of the finest view on the ship, with the promenade decks massive crystal clear windows showing Halon Primaris below, like a prized jewel glowing the dark

You have a throne build and installed in the promenade along with banners of the Imperium and House Blackwood.

Both Karkand and Tarius are made to bow before you and swear eternal loyalty and fealty to you and House Blackwood, the lords and masters of this world....

Their lesser lords are made to do the same, in a ceremony that takes several hours...

With that taken care of you move on to the peace conference....

>>4158903
You lead the leaders of the two respective factions to a large office dressed to serve as a conference room, with each party sitting at either side, You have told each party that their rights and traditions will be respected, and that you want peace and trade to begin immediately. However there is significant bad blood between the two groups.

>>4158907
Based on talking to locals and your conversations with Karkand you have the following information for each side

Mountain Kingdom interests/demands

-retaining economic and political freedom/independence from the Geno-lords

-maintaining their edge in manufacturing and mining technology

-gaining freedom and rights for the slaves in the Colonel’s lands

Geno-Lord interests/demands

-Retaining their slaves, as well as their traditional privileges, lands and incomes

- Dominating the Mountain kingdom

>>4158911
The 5 Great Houses

House Foulchier- Lead by Edmund the Red, called so for his flowing long red beard, that he has kept since reaching adulthood and his raging temper

House Foulchier is known for its rule of the savannah lands in north of the Grand Colonels realm, generally the poorest of the great houses, its lands are known for their good hunting, limited timber, and mining the deposits of iron ore and other common industrial metals and minerals

House Timoshev- Lead by Lord Alexei, known for his casual cruelty towards his human slaves

House Timoshev is generally known for its control of the coastal plains near the eastern shallow sea, where extensive water purification and irrigation has been done to turn it into the breadbasket of the Colonels land’s. It is known for its great plantations and farm estates

House Liang- Lead by Lord Quon, a young lord who recently took over his family, little is know of him

House Liang is known for controlling the only major commercial port on this world, Port Ang, nestled in a harbor far the south, many merchants and traders operate from the city, shipping their goods all across the Colonel’s territory

House Collins- Lead by Lord Finneas, known as the Lightning lord, is a skilled commander who has been fighting the mountain kingdom in skirmishes for years

House Collins is known for controlling the lands bordering the mountain Kingdoms, dominated by lowland savannah forests, with little commercial activity happening due to the warfare with its neighbor, the little it does do, is related to hunting, along with some limited farming

House Verant- Lead by Tarius, The Grand Colonel, descended from the original officer in charge of the Hydratic Fusiliers Regiment, known for being a fair and just ruler by his people, his house controls the territory around Lakeland, a massive oasis in the middle of the desert, with a large population and several large buildings, which includes nearly all the manufacturing in his realm, as well as the oil wells of the desert, that fuel is refined from.

The mountain kingdoms are controlled by the 3 guilds

Mechanists Guild- Lead by Liam Ironarm
They control manufacturing ,one of the three main industries of the mountain kingdoms
Miners Guild- Lead by Burk Blackstone
The control mining as well as drilling for oil, the lifeblood of the mountain kingdoms, allowing the forges and factories to work

Farmer-Teamsters Guild- Lead by Jack Hoffman

They handle farming and transportation and all unskilled and semi-skilled labor jobs involved in logistics and many other of the non-main two industries

While Nominally a mechanist, Karkand represents all their interests equally, and was an engineer at a tractor factory and inventor before being elected their leader.

>>4158915
The tensions from the assembled individuals boils over when placed in a small room together

"Why are we negotiating with this low-born filth anyways?" You overhear Lord Alexei grumble to the assemble lords on his side of the table

"Because our Lord bids it so" You hear Tarius chastise him

"It is we who should be offended to join this meeting! " Roars Liam Ironarm

"Its you lot that killed my grandfather"

There is a growing cacphony of yelling across the room, when you slam your hand on the table

"Enough!" "I will keep the Emperor's peace even if I have to kill all of you to do it!"

>>4158927
"What will it take to establish peace and begin trade between your peoples?"

"Freeing our brothers and sisters in chains, I say, for a start" Pipes up Burk Blackstone

"Bah, a ridicilious proposal, fish will sooner fly, before I give up my slaves" says Lord Alexei

How will we deal with issue of the slaves?

A. Force the Geno-lords to free their slaves
B. Retain the status quo
C. Attempt to force a compromise(Write-in)(roll for persuasion based on strength of answer)

>>4158932
C.

"I understand that blood has been spilled on both sides, however you are no longer foes. By the MIGHT and GLORY of the Emperor you are now united under my rule! The Emperor protects all his children from a lowly serf to the highest lord! You have bowed before the Imperium and will feel it's WRATH should you stand against me."

- Slavery will be phased out over the next ten years, each year ten percent of the slave population shall be released till the last year when all slaves will be freed and the practice outlawed.

-The Lord's will keep their traditional holdings but will cede the right to control religion to House Blackwood along with a sizable tithe.

-The Mountain Kingdom shall retain their independence owing fealty directly to House Blackwood supplying them with a sizeable tithe.

-The Mountain Kingdom shall share their advanced mining and manufacturing technology with the Geno-Lords.

-All this will be enforced and those who stand against it will find their holdings stripped, settlements razed from orbit and very names stricken from the records of this world.

>>4159038
support

>>4159038
Good job. I like it.

>>4158932
Let slaves purchase their freedom.

>>4159038
Slavery might be the way they maintain their gene lines in large numbers and also the reward for those that are the desired template.
So we may want to not fuck it up too much.

Allow the the free purchase to emancipation and perhaps some way for the slaves to do things to get out of it through some kind of action like joining the guard/PDF or something like that, and tie the ownership of slaves to not only lording but the lording to be contingent upon resumption of army service of the gene regiment by the lordly families.

>>4159385
From the next generation to not be too disruptive

Rolled 54, 47, 38 + 35 = 174 (3d100 + 35)

>>4159038
>>4159060
>>4159088
>>4159236
>>4159385
>>4159387
Persuade roll bonus(+35)(awe of spaceship +10, reasonable plan +15, RT persuade roll bonus +10)

You decree a new set of rules for the planet, allowing the respective parties to maintain their independence and holding/titles, but to cede religious control to you, along with paying sizeable portion of their annual incomes in goods, services and military forces to House Blackwood.

Barrier free trade and travel is to begin along with free technology transfer between the two parties, and all hostilities are to cease immediately, with violators of the Emperor's peace to be put to death.

Slaves are to be paid a small wage, and be permitted to purchase their own freedom, or serve in the PDF or civil services for a period of 10 years, during which their wages will be paid to their master, and after which they will be granted emancipation for their service to House Blackwood

Anyone who stands against this decree will be have their titles, holdings and wealth stripped, settlements razed from orbit and their names and history stricken from the records for all eternity.

>>4159509
It only applied the 35 to one roll with all 35 bonuses add its 244/3= 81.33 avg a good success

While you think you got the most important leaders on board, there is still some minor grumblings from the ends of the table, it will take years of strong leadership to truly gain the trust and respect of the people of Halon Primaris but this deal is a start.

>>4159512
You send the leaders back to their homes, to implement these new laws, now that you have more or less secured the planet, the first order of business is to decide where you want to put your seat of power.

A. Keep it on the Bold Venture, you are of an old Rogue Trader house after all
B. Build a new settlement on Halon Primaris
C. Establish it in the mountain kingdom capital
D. Establish it in the Colonel's realm capital
E. Send a crew to the abandoned space station, and evaluate its use as a potential seat of power
F. Other(Write-in)

>>4159513
E.
We need to check this station anyway, and I prefer our base to be on orbit rather then on the planet

>>4159513
B. Build a new settlement on Halon Primaris

>>4159541
but why

>>4159541
+1

>>4159544

Living in the void of space makes humans somewhat different to their planet breheren.
After that i don t like the idea of a capital in space. If war arrives here it sound like a perfect first target to take, since is both a station and the capital. A new settlement is a sign of change, and leaves our mark on this planet and system as is sole ruler, and it should be far easier to build a settlement on ground than rebuilding a space station.

>>4159513
E. Send a crew to the abandoned space station, and evaluate its use as a potential seat of power

>>4159562
If the externat threat arrives it is better to be on the planet, if the rebelion happens it is better to be on orbit. I just think rebelion is more possible,+our main military force is not a ground army, but "an elite light infantry force designed for lightning raids from orbit, specializing in airborne hit and run attacks"

>>4159573
For what its worth you can rebuild the space station without it being your official HQ

>>4159562
I would rather remain aloof and godlike, by setting up in the space station we can remain literally and figuratively above it all.

>>4159513
Once we get a tie breaker, ill move on with this, I will make an executive decision and break the tie myself if we dont have a tie break in the next hour or so

>>4159541
i will change my vote even if i dislike the idea, so we can move on


>>4159513
E

>>4159687
>>4159526
>>4159563
You opt to send a crew over to space station.

Initial scans show that the station has been holed in a dozen places and that it doesn't correspond to any current Imperial designs.

You have several shuttles of salvage crews approach the station and cut into one of the heavily damaged airlocks, but are suprised to find a large breach in one of the doors

Vid feeds from the salvage crew show signs of some sort of firefight aboard the station, although it seems that whoever was fighting cleaned up, as there seems to be no bodies, or even shell casings. A little bit of blood on one of the walls and some blast scars and obvious damage are the only clues as to what happened here.

When your crew reaches what you presume to be the control room, it seems to have chairs fit for humans, albeit large ones. A few of the control consoles seem to relatively intact, and would just need power to use. However with multiple breaches, the station will need serious work to be put back into service...

>>4159756
Oh shit, a space marine station

>>4159756
Your salvage crew can patch up the holes and rebuild some of the basic structural damage, but you will need to bring in one of the mechanicus tech-priests to repair the main consoles and sensor arrays

You call up one of the enginseers from below decks to see if they can affect the repairs, and get an estimate on the materials needed to get the station back to working order...

Galus, the techpriest who agrees to look at the station takes several days of analysis and prayer to machine gods but is able to get you a list of components to repair the station.

It comes up to 50,000 thrones

You currently have 100,000 on hand, and havent been able to collect any incomes yet from the planet.

Would you agree to purchase the parts and get repairs started in earnest(they will take 1 year)

A. Commence repairs immediately
B. Hold off, lets spend our money elsewhere for now
C. Other(Write-in)

>>4159802
A. Commence repairs immediately

>>4159802
>C

we hold off on full repairs until we see the estimated price of a settlement on planet, for now do the bare minimum to bring structural integrity back to the station.

>>4159816
+1 on that
Let's not just dump half of our resources right away

>>4159816
>>4159821
For 5,000 thrones you can have it patched up by your salvage crew, but that will just make it a cold airless structure in space

A settlement by your staff's estimation will cost 10,000 to initially set up, although it will mostly be quickly built rockcrete prefab structures and tents to begin with, until timber, stone or metal is brought in to build more permanent structures

>>4159929
in that case I think it is best to start on the planet side settlement

on the issue of slavery, we could implement some servitors for the nobles

>>4159980
we could try and bring it up to the nobles but we have already more or less implemented the plans as layed out above, also we dont want to change the deal right after we've already agreed to it and risk sowing new seeds of distrust with the nobles of either kingdom.

>>4153696

Important Characters
Head of state- Yourself, Lord Governor Jakob Blackwood, aged 30 years old
+10 bonus to naval command rolls, persuade roll and interactions with naval types and merchants
Key Staff
Master-at-arms and head of personal security- Varus Lapland, served your father for 2 decades and is a loyal and skilled small-unit commander who was a sergeant in the Imperial Guard, before being discharged and hired by your uncle as a mercenary.
Grand Marshall, Commander of all ground forces- role not filled
Grand Admiral, commander of all orbital and space forces- role not filled
Spymaster, intelligence chief- role not filled
Seneschal, administrative head- role not filled
Head of Engineering/technology- role not filled
Treasurer- role not filled
Subjects
Tarius Verant, known as The Grand Colonel- Technically leader of the Hydratic Fusiliers Geno regiment who colonized this planet 10 millenia ago, now leader of the foremost great house of the noble Geno-lords of Halon Primaris
Karkand the Great- Elected by the elder council of the mountain realms, brilliant inventor and caring leader for his people, of humble origins, grew up in an isolated village
The Mountain Realms- ruled by the Guilds and the Elder council
The Desert Despotate- ruled by the 5 Great Geno-lord houses
Allies
Rogue Trader Matheuz Blackwood- your uncle and one of the most legendary Rogue Traders alive

>>4159986
Based on the latest declassified intelligence available you are aware of the following entities around your system….
The Ferusians, a small Xenos empire that lies in the north east edge of the sector, near the border and the halo stars. They have recently discovered warp travel and have begun a blood-soaked swath of conquest against neighboring systems, made up of ape-like creatures 8 to 9 feet tall….
Relations- Extremely hostile, limited interactions with Imperial forces thus far
Astral Hunters Space Marines- Intel on this chapter is limited, presumed to be White Scars Descendants, charged with patrolling the borders of Imperial Space, listed as a voidborn-fleet based chapter
Relations- aloof, rarely interact with other Imperial forces
Lord Governor Karn Istralis- another new Governor, also recently awarded their fiefdom, presumably through family connections, as House Istralis is an powerful old family from the Galactic south. His territory is due galactic west of your location
Relations- not contacted as of yet
The Ta’u Empire- A powerful xenos empire, located in the far north-east over a month’s warp travel away. Known for their insidious religion, the Greater Good, and for their advanced technology.
Relations- not contacted as of yet
Falgor IV- A small forge world on the edge of Imperial space, known for its eccentricity even among the Mechanicus to any traders who have dealt with them
Relations- not contacted yet
Karolean Trade League- A mercantile race of Xenos who are rumored to live in the halo stars, known to trade in Imperial space from time-to-time
Relations- not contacted yet

>>4159986
>>4159993
Decided to do some house keeping as well, these are your staff so far, you will want to fill these positions if you can

>>4159993
Also intelligence you have from your uncle about threats and entities in the region

>>4159964
>>4159821
>>4159541
>>4159545
>>4159544
>>4159563
Vote to build a settlement instead for the time being?

A. Lets do it(5000 thrones)
B. Lets not set up any settlements for now, we can stay based on the Bold Venture

>>4159998
A.
But sit on the ship for now

>>4159998
>Lets not set up any settlements for now, we can stay based on the Bold Venture
Let's treat building of a capital as a long term venture. Tight now we want to stay mobile as we are still in the very early days of our governorship. For now let's establish small embassy/overseer bases in both civilisations capitals and begin investigating the other habitual world.

>>4159998
>A. Lets do it(5000 thrones)


we can use it for create some industry on the planet

>>4160024
I'm think 5000 thrones worth tent camp is not a capital, but a base of operations

>>4160019
>>4160024
>>4160028
You have your staff prepare to establish a settlement on the surface. where do we want to place it?

A. In the mountain realms, near the coast
B. In the unpopulated depths of the desert, int he Despotate
C. In the old border lands, dominated by savannah forests, depopulated by conflict
D. Other(Write-in)

>>4160104
>C. In the old border lands, dominated by savannah forests, depopulated by conflict

>>4160104
C.
thats an easy to attack location tho
maybe I'm just paranoid

>>4160104
>C. In the old border lands, dominated by savannah forests, depopulated by conflict

>>4160104
D. None, we voted for the Space station, why change it

>>4159998
Can we get info on the design of the space station, what was it used as and it's capabilities.

>>4160104
>C
>>4160192
we did not vote for the space station, at best we said we'd look into it

>>4160204
Based on what we know, it appears to be some sort of monitoring station, as it’s relatively small and lightly armed and armored

>>4160126
>>4160134
>>4160186
>>4160209
You establish what can be called a tent city in the borderlands with a few quickly pored rockcrete structures being used as administrative buildings for the new settlement.

The opportunity to settle on the planet was offered to the crew and several thousand took up the offer.

>>4160246
Alright guys I am likely done for the night.
I’ll pick this up again in the morning

>>4160246
The new settlement starts off promising enough, with tents being erected, and some timber gathered for construction of houses.

The first thing that the settlers have done, after setting up their homes, is setting up a lumber yard, where many of the men have begun cutting wood into usable timber construction materials and begun building a dry good storehouse and several homes.

With shelters in place, that need is relatively easily taken care of as temperatures tend to run on Halon Primaris and rain is rare given the dry atmosphere.

Unfortunately the vast majority of crew members who volunteered to go to the surface are young and middle-aged men who would like to start a family on this new world.

You know the Geno-Lords have slaves available for sale and could purchase and import marriagable women for the men, which would make them happy and more productive.

A. Contact Lord Alexei about the purchase of several thousand female slaves or child bearing age(5000 thrones, -1 relations with Mountain realms, +1 with Imperials, +1 with Geno-Lords
B. Leave the situation as is, growth will be very slow, and the men will grow unhappy, -1 relations with Imperials
C. Other(Write-in)

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>>4161175
Here is a relations guide

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>>4161186

>>4161175
>C. Other(Write-in)

Let it know that in addition to other conditions, female slaves can purchase ther freedom by marrying imperial settlers.
Also open negociations with the mountain kingdom for them to let some adventurous or ambitious female subjects to marry imperial settlers.
The imperial settlers will get their women, progressivelly.
we hope to blend the three cultures in our capital and achieve peace this way.

>>4161175
A.
sounds like a good trade

>>4161202
so we will buy the slaves, then just reliase them if they stay in our settelment? I guess this wont make Geno-Lords happy, but also wont make Mountain guys unhappy. probably will be +0/+1/+0

>>4161214
The Geno-lords like getting paid market price for their slaves, they would be pissed if we just took them for free though

>>4161216
The mountain realms would be happy if we took the slaves and gave them their freedom unconditionally without paying the Geno-lords

>>4161217
well this is not happening

>>4161202
ok, change vote to this one.
We will buy and free female slaves if they are willing to settle in our town. This should not piss off Mountain realms

>>4161202
I'll support this.

>>4161202
support

>>4161286
>>4161255
>>4161222
>>4161202
You decide to solve the marriagable women problem by allowing any slave their freedom that marries an Imperial Settler, while at the same time, encouraging women from the mountain realms to venture to the new settlement.

Already incensed about the ability of slaves to gain their freedom through service to the state, this further insults the Geno-lords lowering your relations with them

The mountain realms are pleased with granting freedom to more slaves

The Imperials are pleased to have their issue resolved for them

Relations- Geno-lords -1, Mountain realms +1, Imperial settlers +1

Just FYI it will be hard to find situations and solutions that please both the Geno-lords and the Mountain realms, at least when it comes to their fundamental disagreements

>>4161507
Another issue of the settlement is that the limited building supplies and the relatively low quality of the land, which lacks minerals or good soil for farming.

That means goods must be imported for the time being and that time and money must be invested to turn this land into something of value.

A few one of the men have come up with a radical idea of dredging a river and a small lake to run through/around the settlement. As the settlement is less than 100 miles from the coast and we are equipped with some explosives and can get mining equipment from the Mountain realms, it allow for irrigation for proper farming, and make trade with settlement significantly cheaper...

As you were going to take some equipment as part of your tithe anyways, and your stores are well equipped with explosives, it will only cost the wages of the men who do the dredging to accomplish the task

A. Initiate the project (5,000 thrones)
B. No, focus our efforts elsewhere(Write-in)

>>4161516
A. Initiate the project (5,000 thrones)

>>4161516
A.
Let the radical low-scale terraforming begin

>>4161516
A

>>4161518
>>4161525
>>4161566
You decide to give the go-ahead on the project bringing the treasury to 90,000 thrones

With the tithes being gathered by your new subjects, you decide to shift your focus to other aspects of ruling your new realm...

A. Establish a proper PDF
B. Set up a temple to the God-Emperor of mankind
C. Establish a school system
D. Focus on binding your new realm through infrastructure
E. Other(Write-in)

you know, the funny thing is the gene lords have things that are perhaps lost since the time of the crusade.
The mountain kingdoms however do not.
And we are placating the less powerful and less beneficial to us part of the equation out of OOC morality instead of IC power politics a member of a rogue trader should have mastered by now.
Remember that political compromises usually makes both parts dissatisfied and solve nothing, or just kick the can down the road.

>>4161583
well if this is gonna backfire later, it is gonna be pretty close to how the things usially go in 40k. Not radical enough - dead

>>4161577
Can we get a cost benefit analysis of each option?

>>4161577
A.
I'm paranoid, alright?

>>4161598
Expect each one to cost between 20-50k initial investment

>>4161653
Oh wait thats a lot. We can patch up the ancient stantion for that amount. Also how long till we can demand taxes or something like that?

>>4161664
In another month(1 turn) we can collect our first tithes

>>4161577
>D. Focus on binding your new realm through infrastructure

>>4161664
what PDF stands for here?

>>4161690
planetary defense forces

>>4161690
Planetary defense force, basically the local military force for the your planet/system

>>4161707
ok, good that what I guessed it is

>>4161709
Yes, thanks I know what it is just not used for english abbreviation

>>4161577
>D. Focus on binding your new realm through infrastructure
roads and bureaucracy make the world go round

>>4161721
>>4161671
You decide to focus first on binding your world through trade, commerce and communications by consulting the mechanist guild for support on infrastructure projects

There are two main proposals at this time each running about 20,000 thrones to implement, assuming we use guild workers of course...

Rail lines can be run between every major settlement and some of the minor ones too, creating commercial bloodlines through your lands, that can be further developed

There is also a proposal to take advantage of the planets lighter gravity and to use airships, building airship ports at each major settlement and some minor ones as well

Overall the rail lines make stronger economic sense, but the airships can provide fast passenger, and light freight travel on your new planet

Finally, while this will anger the Mechanist guild, you could use slave labor from the Geno-lords, which significantly reduce the expense of the projects

A. Build the rail-line system(20,000 thrones)
B. Build the airship network(20,000 thrones)
C. Do either using slave labor(half-cost, -1 relations with mountain realms, +1 relations with Geno-lords)
D. Other(Write-in)

>>4161855
B. We don't wanna interfere too much on this world, just reap the profits of it at the moment. We still need to explore the other colonized world in this system.

>>4161855
>A. Build the rail-line system(20,000 thrones)

>>4161861
we currently at a plus 2 (I think) with the mountain realms and at a -1 with the geno lords we could choose the slave option to save on thrones

>>4161855
>C. Build rail line system and airship network using slave labor.
It's only 20000 thrones for both this way, we get the geno lords more on our side as well, win-win.

>>4161899
support

>>4161899
+1 on that, math checks out

>>4161855
Alright guys I’m gonna have to pick this up in the morning, sorry about this.

>>4161899
Support.

This could be a viable tactic btw: please the mountain kingdom, then use slave labor whenever we need
the + : saves costs
the - : 2 factions only barely loyal to us

>>4161871
change my vote to

support this one instead
>>4161899

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>>4161907
>>4161916
>>4162116
>>4162931
Ive decided to change the effects of using slaves to no effect mountain realms +1 Geno lords

The mechanist guild is pleased you decided to use their services and give them a large government contract, but upset that you used slave labor rather than guild workers, thus neutralizing any gains your made with them

The Geno-lords are always ready and able to provide slave labor at market prices to any of wishes to use it.

Slaves are sent out under the supervision and watchful eye of guild engineers to build the rail lines, laying tracks, grading terrain to flatten it, and using explosives and mining equipment to create tunnels through mountains and rough terrain, while others use construction equipment to build bridges to ford rivers.

With that project under way, the second stage begins with airship towers being built in every major and minor settlement, with more extensive "airports" being built in the major cities

Even with the Mechanist guild overseeing the project, you are still forced to spend much of your time over the next six months checking its progress and making sure the political tensions do not boil over into conflict as airways and railways bind your realm together.

You spend the rest of your time getting fealty oaths from some of the more minor and isolated communities as well as making sure the expectations and due dates for the first years tithes are spread far and wide, With several of your more finance and administrative minded crewmembers being promoted to manage your new Planetary Administration, tracking incomes, expenses, supply levels, employment and trade figures and other important information....

>>4163204
With the first annual tithe payments coming in, and you new administration handling it you can now focus on something else for the time being

A. Establish the Planetary Defence force
B. Establish a temple to the God-Emperor
C. Focus on expanding the Imperial settlement
D. Focus on improving agricultural production
E. Focus on improving mining and drilling output
F. Focus on improving the industrial base
G. Other(Write-in)

>>4163215
>A. Establish the Planetary Defence force
This is a must.

>>4163215
A.
still paranoid

>>4163215
E. Focus on improving mining and drilling output

>>4163215
G. Scout the other populated planet

>>4163263
I think we secure this one first

>>4163219
>>4163222
You must build up a proper PDF to defend your holdings, as the galaxy, and the frontier in particular, are a dangerous place, with Pirates, renegades and Xenos opportunistically looking to strike when mankind's guard is down stealing technology, wealth and human flesh for food or slavery.

The current building blocks of your new PDF consists of

The Wild Boars- Mostly ex-Elysian mercenaries, effectively the equivalent of 3 overstrength, and very well equipped Imperial guard airborne regiments. They are on the second year of a 5 year contract they signed with your uncle.

Then there are the troops of the mountain realms, armed with flak quality armor and autoguns. In the mountain realms are made up of several distinct polities with their own elder councils that all are bound together by the same flag and culture,

These polities are called Cantons, and are often based around towns and cities, some of which are virtually totally controlled by the guilds, while there are other truly politically independent cantons.

Because of these divisions, the individual cantons are generally unwilling to invest heavily in a military force and as such have funded and fielded the bare minimum of force needed to hold off the Geno-lords.

The limited forces they have however are quite skilled and professional, particularly in mountain warfare, with soldiers skilled at climbing and operating in freezing temperatures and high altitudes.

>>4163438
Then there are the forces of the Geno-lords, mostly the retinues and vassal troops of the various noble houses with the great houses being able to call on hundreds perhaps even a few thousand Geno warriors and many times that number of human slave levies, while lesser houses often can call on a few dozen to a hundred geno warriors at most.

Despite their best efforts, the regiment's quartermaster and warsmiths were not able to recreate the production of their original equipment, although several attempts have been made, and they have developed a sort of heavy carapace-grade armor, although without power servos and ceramite plating, is inferior to the partial power armor that the regiment was originally equipped with.Due to the expensive and difficulty of production, only a few thousand suits of this armor have been made, with most geno warriors using flak-quality armor with chainmail overlays, and are armed with stub pistols and chain weapons, with only their greatest warriors and house members wielding their most ancient weapons.

The original regimental equipment has either been lost, destroyed or are used as family heirlooms, with many heads of families wearing their distant ancestors weapons and armor.

Without the effects of attrition from fighting constantly the original 4,000 strong Geno regiment has grown be over 20,000 warriors
Based on conversations with Tarius and others you have learned some of the basics of the Geno warrior creation process. Genetic material is taken from existing Gene warriors and fallen gene warriors and returned to the pool, from this genetic material pool there is a surgical and chemical process that changes you into a gene warrior. It takes 3 years to fully transform, and is often performed on children, where the enhancements have the greatest effect. There is a small chance of death from the procedure (5-10%) in children, lower in adults, however full grown adults benefit less from the enhancements and as such it is only done in the rarest of cases.

For reasons known only to the Emperor, the procedures to become a Geno warrior only work on males

The geno treatments increase toughness, speed and strength, extension of lifespans to 250-300 years old

There are side effects, which include emotional and mental instability, especially at old age
There is also a small chance of sterilization from the procedure

The Geno Lords often enhance their own progeny but not always, with a distinction made between their favored sons, the ones that are genos and their natural sons, non-genos. They are also known to use slave women and the human slave population in general as breeding stock, attempting to create the strongest children possible, and on rare occasions even adopting promising slave children into their own family.

Natural sons are often treated as bastards by the more traditional lords, while other lords use them as administrative personnel and other roles where the physical stature is less important.

>>4163472
Finally you have a contingent of armsmen, trained as naval infantry they are skilled in void combat, and boarding actions, they are however not accustomed to or trained for ground combat in a gravity well.

>>4163438
>>4163472
>>4163480
While its generally considered that the armsmen and mercenaries should be kept separate from the main PDF forces due to their nature/specialization

You will need to blend the other two main forces of this planet into a cohesive whole, with the Geno-warriors fighting as heavy shock troops, skilled in melee combat, and the Mountain realm Canton troops, armed with rifles and more suited to conventional military tactics.

The first decision is to keep them as separate units(they can be deployed together) or merge them into single large units?

A. Merge them together, we need a uniform new army
B. Keep them separated, allow them to maintain their own fighting styles and equipment
C. Other(Write-in)

>>4163495
B. they are way to different in fighting style and probably hate each other

>>4163495
C. Other(Write-in)
They have to learn that they are not ennemies anymore, but brother in arms now.
However, they are still very different in combat style, and this matters tactically.
So:
- keep them as separate units
- organise widespread military exercises aimed to train them to fight together against a common enemy.
- encourage tactical discussions, comparisons of one another strategies, and study of the other's technique between the 2 forces, aimed to a common improvement and collaboration as whole
- legally permit a geno warrior to become a mountan warrior, and a mountain warrior to become a geno-lord, if some soldiers boyj desire and if each of the forces permit it.

>>4163542
*a mountain warrior to become a geno-warrior
sorry, typo

>>4163542
We need to know what do they think about each other. Like is this conflict between Geno-Lords and mountain realms is ideological so even the soldiers of their armies hate each other, or all the hostility is in the higher ranks and regular soldiers do not really care

>>4163542
>>4163495
this makes a lot of sense but could we get a sense of how these troops tend to feel about each other?

>>4163592
The Geno-warriors are nobleman, and as such are very hung up on social rights and bloodlines and are more idealogically committed, while the the mountain realm troops are professionals who fight mainly for pay and prestige, the capitalist almost darwinistic meritocracy makes being the best/wealthiest the most important things to them

>>4163803
so they do not dislike each other, just different motivations to be a soldier

>>4163542
change vote to this, but without last point about transition of mountain army warriors into geno-warriors.

>>4163542
>>4163508
>>4163561
>>4163592
>>4163803
Due to significant difference in fighting styles the two forces are to be kept separate for now at least, but we will start to combine the forces by launching combined military excersises against common threats where the two groups will learn to appreciate and rely on each other to defeat their enemy.

In this we will need to use/hire trainers to mold this new army to fight against the myriad foes of the Imperium.

To that end Colonel Durand and his men have offered to play an opposing force in excersises and do some grav-chute and rapid assault training with the troops, but they lack proper armored vehicles and are very much a specialized force, it would behoove us to hire more mercenaries for now, or at least a training cadre to get this army up to snuff.

At the same time the first round of tithes have come in, and while your subjects cannot pay you in thrones, they can pay in terms of machinery, raw materials, crops and slaves.

You have introduced thrones into the economy by paying the geno-lords and the guilders with it from the infrastructure project, but local bartering and lesser currencies are still very prevelant.

Your new administrative staff has put together a list of the goods and the income comes to 20,000 thrones worth of sellable goods. You should either stockpile them or call your uncle to divert a freighter to the system where he will pay for the goods in cold hard cash.

You could alternatively use the items given to you and free the slaves to expand the Imperial settlement or start a state owned business.

A. Use the astropaths on the ship to contact your uncle regarding selling the tithed goods(along with mercenary/specialist contacts and items to buy)
B. Start a state-owned farm estate at the Imperial settlement using the goods and slaves given with the tithes
C. Other(Write-in)

>>4163820
Id say the geno-warriors do not like the mountain realm troops, the mountain realm troops dont care either way

>>4163830
How is blowing up ground to make a personal river going? Need to know progress on that first

>>4163830
B. Start a state-owned farm estate at the Imperial settlement using the goods and slaves given with the tithes

>>4163844
Support

>>4163830
>>4163865
Changing my vote to C. Other(Write-in)
- Use the astropaths on the ship to contact your uncle regarding selling the tithed goods(along with mercenary/specialist contacts and items to buy) but sell just enough to get a training cadre
- use the rest to Start a state-owned farm estate at the Imperial settlement using the goods and slaves given with the tithes

>>4163803
Looks like they can both learn from each other : the Geno-warriors could learn to be a bit more perfectionnists in their personal training, while the glory of the Emperor (and the defence of the planet, and their loyalty to us) should be more of a motivation for the mountain realms troops.

>>4163969
> Looks like they can both learn from each other
Where do you think you are?

>>4164029
yeah, thats optimistic for 40k. I just hope if we will find an enemy they will fight them and not each other

>>4164029
>>4164044
The more they trust each other, the more effective they are, and the more powerful we are, as a governor. All I am saying.

>>4163830
Alright guys im gonna have to pick this up in the morning

>>4163842
The man made river is finished, allowing a small river to flow into the area of the settlement, giving us enough water for farming

>>4163844
>>4163865
>>4163871
As these are the only votes so far we need a tie breaker. Also c won’t really work because a training cadre will still be every expensive, as it’s not only the cost of finding and vetting specialist contacts but the cost of transporting them across a large distance

>>4164698
B.
river is finished, so we should make use of it

>>4163865
>>4163871
>>4164698
Changing my vote to B

>>4164918
>>4164795
>>4163844
You decide to direct the first years tithes to the creation of a state owned- farming operation

Fortunately most of the slaves you received were previously engaged in agriculture, with experience in irrigation, planting and harvesting crops

The first major question is what we should grow at the farm estate?

Unfortunately we will need to need to buy seeds from offworld if we plan on branching out but we have several options as of now

A. Local grapes, can be made into wines and juices, or eaten as is
B. Wheat/corn and other food crops
C. Beans, for coffee or food crops
D. Other(Write-in)

>>4164945
Cash crops like coffee beans and wine grapes are more profitable, but food crops can be used to fill your stores for emergencies, you can also sell the excess food across your planet

>>4164945
>B. Wheat/corn and other food crops

>>4164945
A. Local grapes, can be made into wines and juices, or eaten as is

>>4164945
What is a Capital City without it's own food supply ? On the other hand, we need thrones.

>D. Other(Write-in)
3/4 food crops, 1/4 cash crops
Make a note to change it later if we need.

>>4165049
For the first plots we can only plant one general type of crop, as we get more farmers and expand the operation, we can add more crop types

>>4165064
B it is, then

>>4165144
>>4165009
You decide to focus on planting wheat and corn initially, to increase your food supplies going forward.

With tractors and mechanical reapers, there is expected to be a surplus which can be sold

The next order of business is the status of the slaves sent to the Imperial settlement

A. Free them unconditionally(+1 mountain realms)
B. Have them earn their freedom after a 10 year period of good service
C. Keep them enslaved
D. Other(Write-in)

>>4165301
>A

>>4165627
Support

>>4165627
>>4165702
You decide to free the slaves unconditionally, whereupon most of them settle on the farm estate as wage workers, becoming some of the first employees of state-owned business.

+1 relations with mountain realms

Ill be back tomorrow with another update

>>4165924
Works picking up a lot the rest of the week, next update will be saturday morning, have a good rest of your week guys

>>4166439
thx, Nice quest OP ^^

>>4166439
yeah, good job so far

Sweet, I enjoy these settlement quests. I read them at work.

I saw we strive to be a relatively puritan solar system, maybe eventually attract a adeptus soritas convent to set up shop. Holy world this shit on the edge of the galaxy.

>>4171423
then we will need to finally build a temple to God-Emperor. We keep delaying it

>asian miscegenation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hicC53AhZ6Y

>>4172864
fuck. wrong board.

>>4172668
This is the way.

But we'll have to be carefully not to move too fast and lose our influence and autonomy to the church faction that will inevitably take root.

>>4165301
I will do a relations update soon. And a post later this afternoon

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>>4174814
Relations updated to current status, people have been very pleased generally with how things are going so far

>>4165924
In light of your previously enacted policies there have been several issues that have begun to crop up...

The largest one being tens of thousands of slaves have left the plantations and begun walking west towards the Imperial settlement and the mountain realms, claiming they want to serve the state in the PDF or as workers. Rather than be a well controlled and organized affair it has resulted in lines of ragged families and individuals attempting to cross the desert to what they believe is freedom.

It is critical will develop a more official and organized means to have liberated slaves join the PDF and state administration.

How should we deal with the crisis?

A. Allow the Geno-Lords full latitude to bring the slaves back, including use of lethal force on any who are not compliant (Geno-Lords +1, Mountain realms -2)
B. Send out teams to rescue and organize the fleeing slaves giving them supplies and their freedom as soldiers and workers(+2 Mountain realms, -1 Geno Lords)
C. Intentionally do not involve yourself, letting local leaders deal with it on their own (-1 Geno Lords, +1 Mountain Realms)
D. Other(Write-in)

>>4175002
A. This is still their slaves, they can do whatever.
Why will mountain realms be pissed that much if it technicly isn't our business, and we stated that slavery will exist in next 10 years

>>4175002
>B.

>>4175085
They still do not like slavery, and will support anything that chips away at its legitimacy and sustainability

>>4175002
So we're already at max relations with mountain realms?

>>4175163
You can above Max but you dont get additional benefits

>>4175002
>D. Other(Write-in)
We said it was at 10 year plan, not an immediate plan.
Only a limited number of slaves will be selected to serve the state / PDF and be freed each year. Who will be selected is decided at random, and can be a slave anywhere. This will be made widely known, especally to all slaves. Slaves not selected have to stay at their workplaces, and will be send back there, peacefully if we can, by force if necessary.

>>4175248
so A but with making things clear for slaves first, I like it. Don't think it will help much tho. Telling people who are desperate enough to cross the desert to just wait for 10 years does not looks like a thing that could work. Also "selected at random" sounds cool, but why not take best people first

>>4175248
The slaves have heard rumors of freedom if they make it to the Imperial settlement, the importing of wives as freed slaves did not help quell the rumors

>>4175289
It would work too, but then we would have to design an easily tampered with selection process

>>4175306
"The rumors were false. The women were an exceptional mesure, and part of the limited numbers"

>>4175306
>>4175389
Making clearer communication is part of the write-in.

Not gonna work, but sure, go for it. I'm still voting A

>>4175002
A. Allow the Geno-Lords full latitude to bring the slaves back, including use of lethal force on any who are not compliant (Geno-Lords +1, Mountain realms -2)

>>4175389
This might just spark some anger at the fact that we only freed a small group of people, and only because our settlers wanted some fucc

>>4175306
Night is getting away from me. I’ll pick this up in the morning, sorry guys

>>4175461
>>4175248
>>4175085
You work with the Geno-Lords to corrall the runaway slaves and bring them back to the farms, however you have your men work with the Geno-Lords, and attemtp to explain the policy, to mixed success, with some slaves accepting their fate, but a few having to be put down violently in front of the others to maintain order.

With this improved communication the relations change is +1 Geno lords and -1 Mountain realms

>>4176971
However going forward, you will need to improve enforcement measures and communications with your subjects.

To this end you ask Varus Lapland, your Master-at-Arms to find some of your best and most loyal security officers and their men to serve as your new enforcers on the planet.

The men, given advanced weapons and their finest dress uniforms, along with documents and a few administrative staff, are sent to every major settlement on the planet, to work with local leaders to ensure your will is upheld and to contact you about any discontent or disloyalty.

As these men are not enough to truly enforce the laws but mainly to prove as a symbol and communicate, they cannot serve as a proper police force, but can be expanded into one over time.

The enforcement bureau with time can be built out into a secret police force, constabulary, and spy network to serve all of your internal security needs.

>>4176978
You are reading reports from the newly formed enforcement bureau in your office when you hear the ship's alarms go off. "This is not a drill, all crew to ready stations" blares the vox in the corridor.

You buckle on your sword belt, and gun holster and straighten your jacket before walking down the corridors to the bridge, where you take the command chair....

"Sir, report 5 contacts on the edge of the system"

Before you can react and give orders, you receive a wide-band vox message from the contacts

"Greetings Imperials, I am Jalop, son of Hark, greatest merchant in all of the eastern galaxy and grand envoy of the Karelian Trade League" the Xeno says in a nasally clearly non-human accent

"We come in peace to trade"

While you don't have much intelligence on the Karelian Trade League, you have heard the Xeno's are known for trading and occasional acts of Piracy in Imperial space. Trade with Xeno's is expressly forbidden, but your world lies on the outer frontier, far beyond the eyes of Imperial authorities....

Scans of the Karelian ships, show what appear to be 3 transports, and two warships escorting them. Which follows the pattern in which the Xeno's are known to travel the region, in well protected trade convoys.

Doing some quick mental math, you may be able to take them in a naval fight with your two ships, but you would put the odds at 50-50 whether you could beat them....

How should we handle this?

A. Tell them to leave the system immediately, we don't trade with Xeno filth
B. Ask them to meet you in a neutral location, perhaps the abandoned space station, and see what they have to trade
C. Give the crews orders to get to battle stations, power weapons and set a pursuit course(Begin naval combat)
D. Other(Write-in)

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>>4177150
Also pict capture of Karelian warriors for referecne

>>4177150
>B. Ask them to meet you in a neutral location, perhaps the abandoned space station, and see what they have to trade
What the Emperor don't know won't hurt em.

>>4177150
>B.

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>>4177336
>>4177311
"Greetings, I am Lord Governor Jakob Blackwood, ruler of this system"

"Have your ships stand by at the edge of the system and send a delegation to meet me at old abandoned station my world. Bring void equipment"

Over the next few hours you have a crew quickly go and patch up a section of the station, while you have a small group of guards and administrators accompany you to the meeting, all dressed in void wear.

It doesn't take long before the Xeno merchant shuttle arrives at the station, with a handful of stout piglike xenos in heavy voidsuits coming through the airlock, lead by a pair of very large well armed guards and followed by a fancily equipped voidsuit, the person within you figure to be Jalop....

You both have your guards sheath their weapons and do a quick handshake, a sign that both parties come in peace and there is business to discussed.

Based on your initial talks the Xeno's have a few things that are interest in purchasing and a few things they are interested in selling...

They would like to purchase

Slaves
Foodstuffs
Mercenary/specialist contacts
Advanced technology

They are willing to sell

Weapons/armor
Mercenary/specialist contacts
Cybernetics
Various drugs and medicines
Acuity
Eidolian Bloodstones
Eidolian Force weapons

The Eidolian items and the Acuity pique your interest, as you are aware of them from your uncle's dabblings in the cold trade.

Eidolian's are a dead race of Xenos known for their ability to suck souls out of living creatures and turn it into void/psionic energy. The energy is stored in bloodstones, which can be inserted into their weapons, which function as force weapons and guns firing psionic ammunition, very powerful, but heavy use can quickly deplete the bloodstones.

Acuity is an advanced drug manufactured by the Karelian trade league, and is their most popular item.

Using it temporarily increases the users awareness and intelligence, your Uncle was fond of using small amounts before major negotiations, to give him the edge over his competitors....

Acuity is known to be highly addictive however.

Leaguer weapons, armor and cybernetics are generally considered inferior to Imperial designs but are more easily accessible in most cases, rather than dealing the with Imperial Bureaucracy or the Admech.

>>4177392


What are we willing to buy/sell to the (Write-in)

We have 70,000 thrones on hand

We could sell slaves and get up 50,000 thrones for 50,000 slaves, with the Xeno's willing to pay an Imperial throne per head

We could sell some of our excess food supply to them and make another 5,000 thrones

We currently don't have any specialist contacts to sell them nor advanced technology(aside from geno-warrior tech)

We could get a small crate of bloodstones for 50,000 thrones and 10 Eidolian weapons for 50,000 thrones

The only military equipment you really think is worth buying is leaguer combat armor, which is carapace quality, and for sale for 20,000 for 1000 human-shaped suits

Finally there is a Acuity with a tub of powder going for 50,000, enough to last a single user a long time, or lots of users a short time

>>4177400
>Tub of Acuity powder for personal use
Follow in our Uncle's footsteps!

>>4177400
>Sell 50000 slaves
>Buy leaguer combat armor for 20000
>Buy tub of Acuity for 50000
I'm not sure what use we'll get out of bloodstones on their own really.

>>4177595
+1 on this
If we getting on this drug, we need to figure how to produse ir ourself, we cannot rely on xenos traders for that

>>4177458
>>4177595
>>4177838
You opt to sell 50,000 slaves and buy some combat armor for your troops and acuity for yourself from the League trader. The sale of the slaves angers the mountain realms -1 relations but nets you 50k to offset the acuity purchase and the combat armor brings you to 50k on hand

>>4177595
>selling human slaves to xenos
What manner of fucking heresy is this, we even voted to free the slaves over time. This is directly against everything we have done so far.

>>4177938
This 10 years freeng slaves plan was to make peace between facktions, not because we care about slavery.
But yeah, this is differently some heresy right here. I hope quantity of people who knows about this deal is very limited, or passing-by Inquisitor can just ask one question and we fucked

>>4177948
Unfortunately the number of people who know about the deal is reasonably high, as the Geno-lords who sold the slaves are aware, as are some of your ships crew and administartion, however the chances of an encounter with an Inquisitor are very low on the frontier, at least for now. As we are a newly colonized backwater on the ass end of Imperial space

>>4177890
Alright guys, sorry about things being a little slow today, should be good for 3 or 4 turns tomorrow starting in the morning.

Just for reference my general weekday schedule is going to be, post around 7-9am eastern time, followed by another around 11 or noon, followed by another around 3 or 4pm followed by another around 7 or 8pm, with a chance of one around 10pm if there are enough answers and im feeling up for it

>>4177400

>sell some of our excess food supply and make 5000

what we have is a good amount of money for do many things, we have a planet to work on let s do a bare minimum of trade with them.
With the amount of money we have right now, we can invest back on the planet and establish the rest of our basic stuff (farms, mines, some industry and that temple. if we further build up industry we would have also be able to branch in the military one, allowing us to equip the PDF properly)

We should contact our uncle and imperial space for establish trade here, bring settlers/tools/machines and specialized people.

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>>4177890
Current relations post deal with the Karelian trade league