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As the scouts began to move out in the cover of night, you opened out the dataslate given to you by the lieutenant, it's green glow stabbing your eyes in the darkness. Upon verifying your service ID number, an introductory message was displayed on the screen.

+++ Classification level: Signus Minoris +++

Congratulations upon your new rank Junior Sergeant Seion! If you are reading this, you have volunteered to partake in a little experiment, we at the Varangon Black Ops department came up with.

No doubt you are confused of your recent promotion. Consider it a formality. A bare minimum rank required to acquire the minimum necessary clearance to work under us, a rank which can just as easily be rescinded should the need arise.

Now considering the nature of the channels you utilized to establish contact with us and the... Let's say 'commendations' the said channels had attributed to your recent good fortune, we have determined you to be an excellent candidate for enlisting the aid of said... 'channels' in the rapidly escalating conflict.

The Governor himself has shown great deal of interest towards this project and will gladly lend you support should you produce appropriate results. As for us? We will, of course, offer you necessary support within reason, albeit the southern war effort draws most of our resources.

You might be wondering, 'what is my objective?' Well, it is to cause as much grief to Hive Vesser as possible in order to reduce the aid they can give to Hive Suntris. Hopefully disrupting it or even having them pull their support completely. We will see how much we can expect.

For now the main issues are the air power and shipping, as the three rebel hives have elected to pool together their resources to a frustrating extent. This is making the Suntris occupation a bit more annoying than it has any right to be.

We would prefer the hives were too busy with their own problems to help each other. How you go about achieving this is up to your discretion. You are more or less given a carte blanche for the time being, so that we may see what you can do, and to determine how much we need to add a personal touch to this front.

It should be noted that any casualties in air power cannot be replenished in this system. It goes for us and them. So any aircraft kills or captures will help all fronts for rest of the campaign and will be compensated for.

We will be sending an operative to discuss the details on what manner of aid will need in your operations.
Do not try to look for us, we will find you.
In the meantime, resume mingling with the locals as previously had.

You have powerful spectators, try not to disappoint them.

+++For the Emperor, the Senate and the Eternal Unification Mankind+++

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So basically "We don't care how you do it, just do it." sort of attitude? Well, you're not complaining. You did not exactly become a Varangonian Mercenary because you loved officers breathing down your neck and smelling your hair whilst looking something to nitpick.

Scrolling down the dataslate, you found info on some VIPs your bosses needed to be bumped off, along with some commentary on the targets.

+++KILL OR CAPTURE+++

We know this list is an awfully short one, we will amend it as more troublemakers start to pop up. For now, here are the currently relevant high profile targets.

+Sky General Aviana Aquitae+
DOA: 500 000 TG
Her fliers have been causing problems for us. Also, she is an important political figure in Hive Vesser. The Aquitae family control the water processing plants in Hive Vesser. Lord Mayor Malitabe won them over by giving their favored daughter Aviana control over the Vesser Aeronautica forces and so, she's now in the wanted list. Dead or Alive. Payment upon delivery or proof of demise.

+Army General Alexander Cibus+
DOA: 500 000 TG
Similar story to above. The family runs all the food processing and hydroponics facilities in Hive Vesser upper hives. Malitabe's friends get to control the army, he gets to be the mayor. We reckon the deal may break down if they start to argue about his replacement. We'd like for that discussion to come sooner rather than later.
Dead or alive. Payment upon delivery or proof of demise

+Fleet Admiral Rex Fulmitae+
DOA: 500 000 TG
This time it's the hive's power company's golden boy. Family run business over the entire hive again. Fulmitae control the volcanic power plant that keeps the hive going and now their beloved son ships rebel troops and tanks to Suntris. You already know how we feel about that already don't you?
Dead or alive. Payment upon delivery or proof of demise.

+Lord Mayor Rufus Malitabe+
D: 1 000 000 TG
Full disclosure, he is less relevant than the other three strategically since we deem him easiest to replace, one of the big houses is bound to take his post, but Governor Radec insisted we'd put his name on the list at double the value of the other three. He's the one paying for all this, so he gets what he wants. Some personal gripe we reckon. No point capturing alive, just bring enough back to ID him and the Governor will be happy.

+Legionary Nuntius Inanis+
DOA: n/a
You know what he did. We have absolutely zero illusions about his capabilities. You are not equipped to deal with him, but this contract is for information to deliver in front of the Imperial Senate. Any further incriminating evidence about his actions will be rewarded. Of course, should you have an opportunity to fire at him with an earthshaker cannon, we suggest you take it even if we can't fully guarantee it will kill him when he is wearing his armor. We will figure something out if you get lucky though.

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Browsing the data slate reveals estimation of 4000-5000 operational aircraft of various types, none truly built for void combat. Mostly strike craft and air superiority fighters made to send out strikes from the hive to surrounding regions in event of an alien invasion.

There is around 10 000 TG reward per aircraft kill and 50 000 TG upon capture and delivery to be distributed as you see fit. Getting kill confirmations on these vessels would be tricky though. They aren't exactly handing out bounties like candy.

It was also stated there'd be opportunities for bonuses which are not necessarily listed, but are handed out for deeds in combat should they be of suitable strategic significance. Negotiations would also be open for discussing specially commissioned operations.

Certainly a lot to think about. Presuming you'd be successful, you could end up being a very rich man indeed by the end of this campaign.

Richer than the colonel, in fact. Hell, with these ops under you'd belt, who knows what sort of offers you'd be getting in the long run? That is if you cared enough to work. Well, presuming you survive that long, but if the regenerating head stuff isn't a one-time thing, you got a reasonable shot at it.

Turning off the dataslate, you tuck it within your saddlebag and rode out to the night, back to the Freelander's town.

As you reached the outskirts of the town, you noticed one of the hooded figures you saw skulking in the night wave at you, beckoning you to come over.

Slowing down your horse, you approach the happy looking hooded middle-aged woman. She addresses you with a chipper, ecstatic tone.
“Lovely night, isn't it? My name is Agatha, you know Michael, yes?”
“We've been acquainted, yes.” You reply with some reservations.
“Ah, excellent! He told me to look out for a man with a large axe on horseback. You are Aren, yes?”
“I am Aren Seion, that is right.”
Her face brightens up as you say that.
“Wonderful! I've got something for you.”
She extends you an Aquila pendant, the exact same kind the veterans were wearing at the council house.
“I was told to give this to you, and wish you best of luck on your studies... and, oh well It's always so exciting to have someone new pick up the book, oh, and I know you'll just love it!”
“Ah... I take it you're an... avid reader?”
“And how! Ever since we started reading at our household, it's changed life for the better. And my husband's quit drinking! We're now doing volunteer work to keep the community safe and, and....”
“Oh sorry, I'm babbling again. Just got to do our part for the Imperium in every small way we can!”
She says, doing an Imperial salute best she can. (Which isn't very good.)

“Err... thanks for the pendant. So what are you doing here anyways at the middle of night? I've seen you hooded people around when I first came here.”
“Oh! We're patrolling the streets! Lot of anarchists in countryside, don't want none of that here! No sir!”

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“You get a lot of them trying to get to town?”
“Oh heavens no! So long as we all do our part, they never dare show up here. Back in the earlier days they were a problem, but the Emperor protects his own!”
She replied happily.
“Right, well, it's getting late, and it's been nice meeting you, but I've got to go.”
“If you want, you're welcome to our book club meetings!”
She says as you start to turn away.
“Every Sundays at the recreation hall! That means tomorrow if you're interested!”
As you trod on, you waved goodbye to the silly lady without saying a word. All kinds of people in the world...

Making your way back to the colonel's mansion, you thought about the coming war, and how this community too might become a war zone, all because of some power grabs by some petty politicians.

Well, at the end of the day, those responsible would get slaughtered. The Solar Auxilia never loses, especially not against a bunch of rogue bureaucrats who don't know when to cut their losses.

You considered how you could go about organizing this whole affair. You weren't exactly an officer by training, a logistician or anything like that. However, you did know some people that were though.

There was the Colonel who obviously knows how to lead, seeing he survived this long and has a lot of veteran buddies who could train volunteer forces and organize them. They'd know to fight, but it'd be a guerilla war.

There was also the Priest fellow. Overall, religion isn't something Imperium likes too much, but the Imperial Creed seems fairly harmless and certainly a useful against rebels. You don't really know how widespread it is, but from what you gather, there's a lot of lower strata in this world it would appeal to.

Well, that is unless you want to just walk to the hive yourself and kick down the front door and see which one breaks first, you or the hive? Hahaha... That'd be silly.

Alright, it's choose your adventure time!

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CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY:

# Operation Missionary
You work with the priest to try and spread the Imperial Cult in Hive Vesser with the intent of radicalizing the population and arm up enough space jihadis with the Governor's guns to cause the enemy leadership to panic and recall their forces.

> You form terrorist cells of religious space jihadists
> Priority on insurgency and urban warfare
> Start a religious cult in the under-hive, enforce no-go zones and teach them why yours is the religion of peace

# Operation Reactivation
You work with the Colonel to get a volunteer militia force going, engaging on guerilla warfare to try and whittle down rebel air assets and conducting raids on the outskirts of Hive Vesser to keep pressure on them. Eventually, the higher ups at the hive are bound to get nervous about losing ground.

> You form an organized resistance group with the colonel and his buddies
> Priority on attrition and guerilla warfare
> Roam the land doing raids and around the hive, do hit and runs, steal shit from the enemy, be a general nuisance

# Operation Archangel
You reckon that the most disruptive thing you could do is walk through the front door and go on a rampage. I mean eventually either you or the hive will break, right? That's like 50/50 chance? That's how math works, right?

> You requisition the best gear and do some training before you try try and see how far you get
> Priority on VIP elimination and getting Five Star wanted level
> Rampage through the hive city like a madman

>>4813797
I mean. . . That last idea isn't the worst idea in the world.

But anyway looking at this logically, the imperial cult seems like the best thing to use to spread around. So I've got my proposition, A bit of a mix between missionary and Archangel

>Operation Divine Wind.
>Form terrorist cells of Space Jihadists
>Priority on Insurgency and guerilla warfare
>Set up a cult in the underhive and surrounding cities, building up their forces and zealotry and basically forcing them to expose their VIP positions for a one manned rampage with the good gear.

>>4813803
re-reading that, I'm not sure if I am clear.

But the point is that we as ourselves are a hammer and the cult's job is mostly to distract/manipulate the enemy into giving us the best shot of knocking the fuck out of the enemy.
We target VIP's they target larger scores.

>>4813799
# Operation Archangel
RAAAAMPAAAAGE! We will come down on these bureaucrats like the fist of GOD! The fist of THE EMPEROR!

>>4813799
Guys. QM. We should collect the Hats of all the VIP's and sell them on the hat market. Then if we've done a good enough job, request from the govenor that we get his most iconic hat. With all that capital we might have a better chance of acquiring the thunder hat. It's something to consider.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>4813799
1 for Truck of Peace
2 for Hive Slayer

>>4813821
Archangel it is then.

>>4813799
>Operation Trident.
>You form an organized resistance group with the colonel and his buddies
> You requisition the best gear and do some training before you try try and see how far you get
>You Rampage through the Hive, Trying to kill VIP as you go.
>While you do that, some of your resistance fighters will infiltrate the Hive and play space Jihadi.
>While the VIP are scared shitless for their lives as a crazy madman tear through the Hive and probably move their troops to protect themselves, both the Space Jihadi and resistance fighters will attack weapons depots, get equipments, recruits people, attack patrols, etc etc..
>The VIP attack would mostly be a smokescreen.
>The true goal of all this would be to eventually seize control of Water/food means of productions, and launch a counter-rebellion against the cartel that took over the Hive.

>>4813799
I don't think we'd get very far as Rambo right now, and then we'd have to spend a week on the slab again. Spreading Imperial Cult extremism will probably come back to bite us in the arse later, and would mean having to herd around groups of fanatics of questionable tactical competence and stability. A smaller force of volunteers would grant us more control over how it operates and allow us to do missions that require a finer hand than just lobbing a screaming, bomb-throwing mob at them. However, with both combined, they could be more effective and the aftermath isn't our problem.

>Operation Rice Fields
>Direct followers of the Cult to spread it as much as they can through the underhive
>Meanwhile, we gather and train a force of volunteer insurgents
>The cult acts as a distraction and grassroots nuisance while our squads do the tactical missions
>Priority on insurgency and guerrilla warfare.

Just to be clear I dont think we can just do all (or even two) at once without losing steam on any one goal. Dont half ass two things when you can full ass one thing etc.

>>4813826
Spreading Imperial cult extremism would actually be massively helpful for HH.

>>4813831
Toughness 41

>>4813826
Seeing we don't die and don't need to sleep, we can just keep fighting until we get bigga. Once we get bigga, we become da boss of da hive and take deir hats.

We can keep Krumping 24/7, krump enough gits and you become da boss. Simple ass.

Also, every time we roll a 1, we get +5 to a stat, and seeing literally everything we do will probably require a skill check there, it's a good opportunity even if it might take months to get to the enemy.

Also, we can steal enemy vehicles and aircraft, we've got security skill and skill to operate tanks, planes and cars.

>Operation Big Boss (Archangel)

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>>4813836
Sry, corrected!

Character Sheet!

Wounds: 17/17

Characteristics:
(WS) Weapon Skill - 40
(BS) Ballistic Skill - 43
(S) Strength - 40
(T) Toughness - 41
(Ag) Agility - 30
(Int) Intelligence - 34
(Wp) Willpower - 32
(Fel) Fellowship - 32
(Per) Perception - 29


Skills:
(WS) Parry +10
(Ag) Dodge: +10
(Ag) Operate (Aeronautica) +10
(Ag) Operate (Surface) +10
(Int) Security: +10
(Int) Common Lore (War) +10
(Int) Navigate (Surface) +10
(Int) Navigate (Stellar) +10
(Int) Tech-Use +10
(Per) Survival +10

Weapon Proficiencies:
Power, Las, Solid Projectile

Languages:
High Gothic, Mercenary Cant

Wargear:
> Warhorse (Kazakh)
> 2h Power Axe [1d10+8, AP8]
> Autopistol (Stolen) [1d10+2, AP0, 1/-/6] Mag:18, Ammo: 2 Mags

Inventory:
> M31 Great Crusade Commemorative Coin
> M31 Machine Spirit Vintage Amasec
> Unused Astartes Pattern Bolt Round
> Personal Dataslate
> Black Ops Dataslate
> Aviator glasses
> Rebel hat x 2
> Change Uniform

Money:
>10580 Throne Gelt

Debts:
>1600 TG to the Rodgers Family

>>4813849
It amuses me that we don't speak low gothic.

>>4813799
>Operation Archangel
Just Cause time.

You don't really get to influence what other groups do in your absence.
Neglecting them doesn't really make them disappear, but neither will you be able to direct them.

Can always provide support or coordination to the other two paths but can only focus on one.

>>4813859
Low Gothic is very much in it's baby steps atm.

>>4813869
Not exactly. Low gothic is an umbrella term for the slang/working class languages that diverged from standard gothic [latin/english].
Give the GC has been going on for 190 years by this point, "low gothic" is certainly in circulation across the galaxy. The talent just represents being able to speak the informal and slang filled words of the common man rather than the erudite and rigid and form tongue of the nobility.

It just amuses me because we are a mercenery, often considered one of the most disreputable and low stations people can occupy, known for mixing with the dirty underclass and speaking like a statesman

>>4813875
Oh yea, but it hasn't yet properly evolved yet to it's own language like it does over millennia of use.

Like current form of "low gothic" would still be closer to High Gothic than it is to M41 Low gothic.

But yea, basically, High Gothic is for the time being, super common because it's the official language of the Imperium.

High Gothic is basically a version of the original language of the Pre-Strife era humanity bastardized to certain extent. The Low Gothic is bastardization of High Gothic.

If you got dropped to M41 now, you'd probably need to talk to a priest or something because you can't understand shit about what anyone's talking about and the only ones who studied that language are like clergy and nobility because it's the Emperor's language and soforth.

>>4813799
># Operation Archangel
The other two are nice but this one has the highest disruption potential.

I also like Reactivation or Missionary to get us some leadership experience and a support base of organized fighting forces but it does not have that much of a payout and it expends war material and personel at a higher rate than basically playing a surprisingly restrained discount eversor who is effectively locking the resources down by fucking up the high command.

>>4813884
One would think that five thousand years of planetary isolation and tribalism would have led to enough linguistic divergence for there to be pretty much no concept of a unifying language, or at least fuck knows how many very different dialects of High Gothic.

>>4813849
Don't we also have like the LTs 100k Felt credit chit? With which we are supposed to get him a fuckton of horses for his scout troops?

>>4813955
They are all considered low Gothic variants.
Mechanically they are understandable between them but lore wise not so much. You can get yourself understood in various dialects of another language in say Germany or India but it is somewhat arduous and you stick out like a sore thumb

>>4813963
>another
The same. Derp.

>>4813957
We do. Gotta make the rush order.

>>4813799
># Operation Archangel
>You reckon that the most disruptive thing you could do is walk through the front door and go on a rampage. I mean eventually either you or the hive will break, right? That's like 50/50 chance? That's how math works, right?
>> You requisition the best gear and do some training before you try try and see how far you get
>> Priority on VIP elimination and getting Five Star wanted level
>> Rampage through the hive city like a madman

So, you guys think the LT is going to change his opinion if us when he hears that we are singlehandedly blowing the absolute fuck out of the enemy hive

>>4814008
More likely with the other two options. Changing his impression of us as a grunt by doing the grunt work of a couple platoons combined is likely less effective than becoming Space Mohammed or Space Patton.

>>4814060
And if we end up dead again from our Leeroying and then not dead again it's going to be quite difficult to keep the cat in the bag regarding the whole perpetual thing. Not to mention we'll presumably be in in a jar for another week.

>>4813799

I think we should do Op. Reactivation to form our base, then step it up to gathering fanatic's and getting those fanatics to train. When we have a big enough force and have infiltrated the hives with men on the inside, go in and kick down the door.
1
# Operation Reactivation
2
# Operation Missionary
3
# Operation Archangel

Follow phase 1, 2, and 3 in order to get the most out of it.

Alternatively we can try and yolo it in the first move and hope we get lucky with a vip kill or capture, then bail to the countryside.

>>4814111
We'll need some info on where to hit and where to go for archangel.

>>4814091
Personally just rather start every mission with a krak vest. Leftover bits can just be blamed on cloning or something.

>>4814111
Problem is that these are all mutually exclusive theaters. One is guerilla action in the outskirts, one is beerhall putsch in the underhive and the last is literally going man-sized WMD. Cant combine without losing some or all of the point of the various approaches in the process.

>>4814136
thats why we do them in stages, with gruella operations to build our base and gain space to operate in.

>>4814147
If we only focus on one at a time why even stop with it then? Can achieve more that way rather than going to the next miniquest station and dumping the guerillas without leadership at a crucial moment.

>>4814154
delineate responsibilities to underlings, Colonel pops takes over the guerillas, Priest takes over the cult, and we take all the money and glory. We'd still be leading them but with less minute to minute micromanagement.

>>4813849
Did our Strength increase to 41, or 43 or 44 after all the lifting?

>>4814166
Seriously doubt that a) we could pull it off b) the other parties would accept it.

>>4813799
>Operation Archangel

>>4814170
Not yet, cus chronologically that would mean you could reach stupid high strength levels really quickly.

I bumped you up from 39 to 40 so you could get the bonus though.

>>4814171
Maybe we have the skills in our indoctrination training? Got to keep in mind, we probably are gonna have to plant our feet on this planet and hold the line.

>>4814222
Would it be hard to level up our toughness? What are ways to getting, "tougher?"

>>4814253
In this system, GM said if you roll a 1 on a toughness test we can raise it by 5.

But my personal suggestions are getting black out drunk to raise our toughness. Because carouse is fun.

>>4814234
Not really. If we can blitz one hive then the southern one will fall faster and the final one might just plain give up. Not in it for "Im Westen nichts Neues" but "There and back again, a Polish invasion Story"

>>4814271
We won't make a lot of cash or gain a lot of glory if we do too well of a job ya know.

>>4814294
Literally the opposite. The faster and harder we go the more dough they will throw at us. Especially if we can nab all the VIPs and put the hive out of commission too.

>>4814234
Where would we even have training for leadership or whatever?

>>4814268
Perfect. Time to purchase a crate of amisac and fight some orks unarmed. That or those aggressive, super delicious lizard cattle things I forgot the name of. Grox? Let's fight some grox while piss deunk.

>be imperial Cultist Guy
>think Aren is like some sort of angel sent by the Emperor to kick the asses of the unfaithful
>praise be we're gonna set this planet back on track
>see the "saint" walking towards you
>you wave your arm to greet him but noticed something strange
>oh the Emperor, the stench! Is that blood!?
>he stumbles towards you and takes a swig from some large bottle
>drunkenly said something about "leveling up toughness" and "training"

>>4814294
>We won't make a lot of cash or gain a lot of glory if we do too well of a job ya know.
What kind of reverse Uno shit are you on friend. Do very well, on a job, means you do good.
Do good, and good things happen for you.
Do enough good things, and you get a promotion or bonus salary.
Go get some coffee anon.

>>4814296
>>4814304
More jobs would pop up the longer the war goes.

>>4814328
I'm not understanding the negative points you're trying to make
>love me job
>love me muny
>love me bounties
>'ate raiders
>'ate mayor
>'ate Alpha Legion

>>4814328
You realise there will be more to loot for us when we are the sole reason that a hive is won and when the war is won quickly? Nevermind the rewards from command and possible future opportunities. VS being an ok tactician whose big achievement was tying up enemy patrols for 7 years.

>>4814343
>>4814344
More time for us to train and learn new skills. Also Wana help locals purge the anarchies before they become a khorne cult.

>>4814294
Doing a great job is great for glory. Same goes for bonus for a job well done.

>>4814371
wtf are you on about?

>>4814371
Nigga make some fucking sense. Good and bad comes from the jobs we take. We just happen to take the most interesting, self involving one available.

>>4814373
>>4814390
Nigga what?

>>4814424
:^)

>>4814373
>>4814390
This specific one here >>4814371 is saying that the reason to prolong the war is it gives us more time to train and improve our skills, while also expressing that we wants to go and kill some more of those cleaver wielding malal worshipping maniacs

>>4814428
Oy vey.

>>4814253
Considering your very nature, toughness checks are a bit rarer, but there's a few of them still around.

However, rolls are not the only way to get stat boosts, I am not exactly relying on dice as sole source of stats.

There's milestones in the story where you get to pick between different sorts of stats, one coming up relatively soon regardless of which option you pick.

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>IDORT
>>4813803
>>4813825
>>4813826
>>4814111

>Rampage
>>4813811
>>4813821
>>4813843
>>4813863
>>4813950
>>4813970
>>4814203

https://youtu.be/bN1tW2o23Qk

>>4814432
>get shit faced
>get into fight with orks
>get booze breaks every few hour with the Boyz
>become work warboss
and that's how you increase Toughness.

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> Archangel

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The radiant sun of dawn began to peak across the horizon. Your horse was protesting after a night of riding as it clearly wanted to sleep. Knowingly, it heads straight to the stables on the Rodgers estate where it had spent most of its life.

During your short time here, you had grown to like the people here to certain extent, a simple form of life, none of them really wanting for this war to happen, only, it just did because some political power grabs and bureaucrats who didn't know to quit when the Senate's own killers entered the system.

This place could turn to a war zone any day now. Homes of veterans, their wives, their children, all reduced to nothing just because some fucker thought he could get away with trying to fight back the Varangon Tagmata.

Did you really want to be the guy to drag them into this? To profit off their misfortune? Leading them to battle as fodder for your ambitions? Sure, Imperium was built upon sacrifice. Brave men and women giving their lives for the dream of mankind's restoration.

It wouldn't be too out of character for you to welcome anyone willing to help fight the good fight. Hell, you're not one to normally question their reasoning for doing so. It's the ends that really stick when all is said and done.

At the stables you saw the horse girl already busy at work, who upon noticing you waved in greeting as your horse rushed to sleep.
“Good morning. Halfway didn't expect to see you again.”
“Morning. Still got some business here. Just wondering, I don't suppose you happen to have 50 horses lying about?”
“You take me for a greenhorn mister? The moment there was blood on the water, we stockpiled on everything war related we could get, including horses.”
“Smart”
“Have to keep the lights on somehow. So, you're looking for an another contract? I am going to need to see a warrant of purchase from your higher ups if you want to sign for a purchase that big.”
You smugly smirk, tossing her the 100k TG chit
“How about cash instead? There's hundred grand in there, enough for fifty horses and harnesses, yea?”
She then runs the chit by her dataslate's reader as she is taken aback to see the six-digit number.
“Wow. Yea, err... this is good. Didn't expect business to be this fast.”
“Just some lieutenant paying from his own pocket to make things a bit easier for his platoon. This isn't an official commission.”
“Wait he just has 100k lying around, how much does he make? Wait. How much do YOU make!?”
“Eh. I made a little over 10 000 last month after the station stuff was done and dealt with, but that's mostly in bonuses. Don't worry, I'll pay you up once I can actually withdraw my pay again.”
She then looks at you stunned, as if you told her something absolutely ludicrous.

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“Horses take five to seven years to mature, and you're telling me, you make enough money to buy one in less than a week?!?”
“Err... I was supposed to take a contract for 2000 TG a day for a siege assault op, but that kinda went sidelines when the station got sabotaged.”
Her eyes go wide as she processes what you just said.

“YOU ARE TELLING ME YOU CAN BUY A NEW HORSE EVERY SINGLE DAY!???!”

You can't really tell if she is upset about that statement or not, but clearly something you said just flipped a switch on her brain. Nevertheless, you try to explain to her how it works.
“It's not really that simple, everything is mission specific and proportionate with danger levels of the situation and-”
She then begins approaching you with a sly look on her face as she measures you from chin to toe.
“Hey, you want to get married?” She says, interrupting your explanation about mercenary economics.
“Excuse me?”
“Well, I was just thinking, you're not bad looking, you're obviously raking in more cash than the yokels in this area, and you can certainly handle yourself in a fight.”
She then spins around, her dress fluttering around her.
“So how about it? You're not going to be hanging around here forever, and I'm an officer's daughter from a reasonably wealthy family, sounds good right? Might as well seal the deal while you're around, no?”
She insists as she keeps the pressure on.
“Oh, now that I think of it, you do seem to get along with Jax and Dad pretty well. That's always a plus.”
“Err... A bit sudden choice isn't it?”
“Is it? You might go to a dangerous mission and never come back any day now. Maybe you've time, maybe you don't? Tic toc, tic toc...”

What is with the women in this house? I mean sure, you're pretty fit, you've ample... super heavy vehicle support options, a tremendous level of financial security, a dangerous government job, totally sweet uniform and... Oh yeah, the aviators. Must be the aviators.
“Look, as flattering a proposition, I can't exactly get on board with it just like that.”
“Why not? Am I not pretty enough?”
Oh fuck, she's breaking out the big guns
“...or do you just not like me?”
And here comes the orbital bombardment. All things considered, you thought it's better to not mention you are actually gunning for that 2,5mil bounty.

How do you respond to the little lady?
> I've got a big mission coming up, but after that? Let's grab a dinner and talk.
> Ok. I had sex with your sister and I don't plan to stop, but if you're still game, I am.
> I don't really feel comfortable marrying someone I barely know.
> Write-in

>>4815045
Well, that's fucking gold digging like no tommorow. No thank you.

>While that'd be nice, A] I don't feel comfortable marrying someone I barely know and B] as one of my friends put it, I'm already in a committed and serious relationship with death.

>>4815074
And lets never mention we fucked her sister, she is going to try and blackmail us with that if she finds out.

>>4815074
Never gonna leave an inheritance tho lmao

Rolled 2 (1d2)

Hard pressed between.
> Ok. I had sex with your sister and I don't plan to stop, but if you're still game, I am.
and
> I don't really feel comfortable marrying someone I barely know.

1 = First one
2 = Second one
Dice decide

>>4815074
ill support this

>>4815045
> Ok. I had sex with your sister and I don't plan to stop.
> I don't really feel comfortable marrying someone I barely know.
>While that'd be nice, A] I don't feel comfortable marrying someone I barely know and B] as one of my friends put it, I'm already in a committed and serious relationship with death.
Ask about horse armor and what kind of stuff she'll throw into the 100k horse purchase. Horse feed, grooming kits, brushes, horse shoes, books on how to horse your horse properly.

>>4815152
>>4815086

Again, this woman is going to blackmail us if we talk about fucking her sister.

>>4815167
why should we care about black mail?

>>4815074
I'll back

>>4815198
Because it is inefficient and potentially damaging.
You gain absolutely nothing from telling her this with zero potential gain beyond momentary satisfaction at an expression of shock [which she may not even give] and the potential losses of a respected leader of the community who could further refuse to aid imperial forces or just us in general. In bad case situations, that includes the 50 horses we just ordered but haven't received yet, which is directly damaging to the war effort.

"Sorry ranger chums, I decided to give some girl leverage over me, didn't think she was serious so now her dad's refused to support us because I couldn't keep my damn mouth shut."

Best case, nothing happens and situation doesn't change. Worst case is easily preventable loss of allies and resources.
Once we have what we need, I'd still not suggest doing it but at least we've already got all that we require from them.

>>4815045
>>While that'd be nice, A] I don't feel comfortable marrying someone I barely know and B] as one of my friends put it, I'm already in a committed and serious relationship with death.

She came looking for gold and found nothing

>>4815216
That's an interesting point

>>4815045
> I don't really feel comfortable marrying someone I barely know.

>>4815045
> Ok. I had sex with your sister and I don't plan to stop, but if you're still game, I am.
> Write-in
And I plan on sleeping with your brother and a few of the horses.

Lets see how she responds to that, haha!

>>4815045
> Ok. I had sex with your sister and I don't plan to stop, but if you're still game, I am.

It titillate my inner troll

>>4815045
>> I don't really feel comfortable marrying someone I barely know.

>>4815074
+1

>>4815045
> I've got a big mission coming up, but after that? Let's grab a dinner and talk.
And no fucking way are we telling her we banged anyone. This is grade A retard action. I will switch my vote to the other one if it means keeping our mouth shut for christs sake.

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war. There's no peace among the stars, only an eternity of cost-benefit analysis, thottery and the eternal laughter of thirsting women.

>>4815759
This is why we put bros before hos.

>>4815771
To be fair, immortality does mean you can survive most every form of marital combat.
You don't have to worry about wasting your best years on a bad woman or not being able to find a new one because your hairline is receding and you started developing a beer belly.

+ you have fairly good melee stats, so grappling shouldn't be an issue.

Speaking of, imagine getting your "Weapon Skill" up to a 100 through "Vertical matches" and having to explain to a space marine how you achieved such level of mastery over melee combat.

>>4815792
Poor daemonettes if word gets out.

>>4815792
God dammit. I'm taking this as quest canon now. I will actively support fighting through orgies to up the "weapon skill."

>>4815759
If a mercenery doesnt exhibit cost benefit analysis he doesnt deserve to keep any of his money himself.

>>4815793
>Poor daemonettes if word gets out.
Indeed ^^
rule34.paheal.net/post/view/2389316

Got some time to write now, looks pretty clear cut slice of bacon.

Neigh
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> Nah

“Aww shucks!”
She says, playfully kicking the hay on the floor whilst punching air.
“And here I thought I was going to land a rich, handsome and dangerously exciting hubby who does space adventure stuff. What a shame.”
She says facetiously
“Oh well, worth a shot. So, you want the horses delivered I can get Barry and Jax on it the moment those lazybones bother doing some real work for a change.”
“Oh yea, some people with civilian clothes should be picking them up at this location. Think they can handle it alright?”
“Oh sure, this isn't the first time we've had em driving livestock.”
As you handed over the coordinates to Emily, another familiar face showed herself on the barn.
“Well, if it isn't the bulbous space soldier boy. I thought you'd be gone for good with your army buddies by now.”
“Oh, hi Joy!” the horse girl exclaims
“He was JUST telling me how he can make two grand per day on a mission.”
“As in Throne Gelt?”

Oh boy, here we go again.
“Well... That is certainly impressive.” She says, her face shifting to a sultry expression as she does a quick curtsy.
“Hi, Joy Rodgers, the eldest daughter of Colonel Charles Rodgers, very single, pleasure to make your acquaintance again Mr.spaceman~” She says, giving the suggestive introduction she could.
“Oh shush you floozie. He isn't that kind of lad. Besides, I already tried. He ain't interested.”
“HAH! Well that's a shame. How about two for one?” She says, giving you a very suggestive wink while pointing finger guns at you.
“Oh you harlot! You think I'd share?”
“Why not when there's plenty to go around?~” She purrs with a velvety gone.
And then she bursts into merry laughter
“Heavens, I am only joking! No need to get so upset Emmie. I'm only teasing.”
The horse girl narrows her eyes, pouting at her sister as she flits out of the stable. When you thought her gone, she peeks her head through the door window with a grin on her face.
“Or was I?~” Laughing as she disappeared from sight.

Wow, this house is crazy, especially the women.
Oh well, back to planning your solo crusade on the rebel hive. You looked at your horse Kazakh as he was snoring on the floor of the stables, giving out the occasional fart.

You're probably going to end up stealing a lot of vehicles and this pony likely won't last the moment bullets start flying. Of course, you could use it to pretend to be a farmer to get you into the hive, but depending on how loud you want to go, less of an option. Alternatively, you could just let the horse girl keep the pony in safety while you do your thing.

> Preparation decision #1:
> Do you wish to charge the Hive City with a horse?

> Y/N

>>4816119
Well we have no other transport, so Y.

And holy shit, what is up with these women? At least they are good sports about it.

>>4816119
>N
Let them keep it safe until we return.

>>4816131
If we are already getting gear from command we might as well get some basic bitch motorbike.

>>4816119
> Do you wish to charge the Hive City with a horse?
Kreigers do it all the time.
https://youtu.be/LZM5__JtSOk?t=138

>>4816119
>N
He's just going to get shot or exchanged for something faster almost immediately. Just steal a motorbike or something. Plus he isn't trained for battle at all, and a species that gets spooked by a carrier bag stuck on a hedge is going to panic at explosions and bullets.

>>4816119
>N
We gonna get our own horde of crazies by baiting them to charge with us to the Hive. Make seem like another lunatic siege event while we slip in.
This also helps clear out pockets of roving crazies.

>>4816144
Fair point.

>>4816119
>N
We are immortal, the horse isn’t.

>>4816119
N

Not here

>>4816119
Y

>>4816119
>N
We could just hitch a ride on a horse, carry our stuff in a bag, then rampage.

>>4816387
But then who would look after our horse while we're busy being dead?

>>4816407
The people here? We'll come back for our horse once we get armor for it. No armor means the horse will keel over after 1 hit from a pistol.

>>4816418
I thought you meant to basically tie the horse up outside the hive and then charge in. I'm all for not going in on a horse, but did you mean something else?

>>4816513
Two people riding on the horse. Us, and someone else.
We hitch a ride on the horse, we get off at the hive, they take the horse back for safe keeping.

>>4816119
>N

>>4816537
Or we could run a marathon with full armour, jetpack, poweraxe and any other eauipment, getting extra training and not risking the horse

>>4816596
They would instant spot us would they not?

>>4816609
Yea, if you go in full gear, they'll spot you pretty much instantly.

>>4816625
Maybe asking preacher for a way in would do well.

I thought our vote was charging in?

>>4816647
Not literally charging in, I hope.

You cant just charge a city and expect to go well. You go inside first, find you target and then go on a rampage with purpose, not random and purposeful, attentiongrabbing destruction that will see the doors barred to you

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> N
“Mind if I park my horse here for a bit? I might end up doing a couple non-horse related things for a bit, so I need a place to keep it."
The girl just waves it away
“Yea, sure, fine. Might as well toss it as a bonus for the commission you got me. Anything else?”
“Is your father around?”
“Probably having some recaf at the porch as usual in the mornings. You know the way, I've some ponies to prep for transport, so...”
“Yea, yea, I'll see myself out.”
Crazy woman. Nice thighs tho, must be all that riding.

The Old officer gave you a friendly wave as you approached his little slice of heaven by his garden.
“Back again so soon? So, found your friends?”
“I did. Got officially transferred to northern front with orders to disrupt Vesser to the best of my capabilities. Waiting for another contact to show up who is supposed to get me sorted out for that.”
“Well, if you need help, retired or not, the veterans are ready to do their duty.”
“I might call you up on that offer. If nothing else, I'll need some additional training, and I reckon a bunch of veterans have all sorts of skill sets I could do with a crash course on.”
“And that's all you need?” He says, musing with the idea
“For the time being at least. You've helped me out plenty, so I don't wish to ask for too much.”
“Oh nonsense! But if tutoring is what you'll want, then tutoring is what you'll have. Tell me what you had in mind, and I'll ask around.”

Yea, you needed at least a few additional tricks on your sleeve to go through with the whole operation. You didn't exactly have a plan. After all, you don't really “plan” for something like this. You just got to go with the flow and play things by the ear.

Of course, that didn't mean you shouldn't do some prep work. You wouldn't go to a dance club without knowing how to dance first, and you're not going to go on a rampage without at least getting a few steps under your belt.

Question is, what sort of dance is this going to be?
> PREPARATION CHOICE #2 - Select your package.

> [ Human Weapon ]
Characteristics: + 5 Agility
Skills: + 10 stealth (Ag)
[ Unarmed Warrior ]: Your fists now count as natural weapons, though non-primitive armor is still twice as effective against them. (1d10+SB, AP0, Primitive)

> [ Questionable Methods ]
Characteristics: +5 Toughness
Skills: +10 Resistance [Toxic] (T)
[ Sound constitution]: +1 Max wounds

> [ Skirmisher Training ]
Characteristics: +5 Ballistic skill
Skills: +10 Awareness (Per)
[ Rapid Reload ]: Reload is now half an action quicker.

> [ Chivalric Tradition ]
Characteristics: +5 Weapon Skill
Skills: +10 Charm (Fel)
[ Duelist ]: Every degree of success in melee in 1v1 counts for two.

> [ Feral Tactics ]
Characteristics: +5 Strength
Skills: +10 Intimidate (S)
[ Frenzy ]: Can enter into Psychotic Rage for combat bonuses, needs to roll a willpower check to stop raging. (-20BS, Int and Fel. +10WS, S, T and WP while active)

>>4816836
> [ Chivalric Tradition ]
This sounds OP I'll take it.

Otherwise I'd take martial arts training.

>>4816836
> [ Chivalric Tradition ]
chop chop motherfucker

>>4816836
>> [ Chivalric Tradition ]
>Characteristics: +5 Weapon Skill
>Skills: +10 Charm (Fel)
>[ Duelist ]: Every degree of success in melee in 1v1 counts for two.
Sounds good to me, at higher levels we can blernder weak enemies, but 1vs1 will be against bosses, and those are the ones that give the big rewards

Has anyone been talking about what twohanded power weapon could be better than the axe? I don't know much about w40k weapons stats, so I'm just asking, don't get offended at my comment if you like axes

>>4816852
it's not OP.
To trigger it, you need to only have a single enemy [in some undetermined way] and the benefit mostly comes if we have the lightning attack perk, which we don't. As it is, if we used swift attack, if we make an extra degree of success we get an extra attack, making it discount lightning attack.

Okay vs bosses, and depending on how it's read it is great or medeocre. If it only triggers when there is a single enemy in combat it's crap and if it is only a single enemy in melee it is pretty good.

I'm putting our stock in
>Feral tactics
Since frenzy is pretty good buff overall. It does make us lose out on parrying, but that can be rectified with another talent later down the line [which also makes snapping out of it easier].

>>4816879
Thunder hammer. Zero question about it, that thing slays.

>>4816884
It's a melee trait, we can use it when we are fighting 1 enemy in melee, regardless of how many people are shooting at us. The bullshit that would let us become Sly Marbo junior is if the trait applies to guerrilla warfare stealth kills, at least as long as we use a melee weapon (you know the meme in which Marbo appears and stabs a Chaos cultist in the back while both scream? well that), because those are always 1vs1

>>4816836
> [ Feral Tactics ]
Characteristics: +5 Strength
Skills: +10 Intimidate (S)
[ Frenzy ]: Can enter into Psychotic Rage for combat bonuses, needs to roll a willpower check to stop raging. (-20BS, Int and Fel. +10WS, S, T and WP while active)

>>4816884
So your main issue with chivalry is that it requires an extra talent to get a boost in power, but you pick the option that takes our parry away and requires another extra talent just to compensate for that weakness. How good is the buff exactly? Geniune question here, because our next fight will probably be against a fuckton of people and frenzy would help

>>4816886
I've heard befor about the famous shield and hammer combo, if combined with jetpack charge, how good is it? is it better than a twohanded thunderhammer?

>>4816836
> [ Questionable Methods ]
Characteristics: +5 Toughness
Skills: +10 Resistance [Toxic] (T)
[ Sound constitution]: +1 Max wounds

>>4816921
Well the shield it s also cover and you don t need to swing it with the jetpack going on our back.

>>4816918
My main issue with it, is the triggering condition of 1 vs 1's and some mild PTSD due to shit GM's, where you never take anything that has a bit of wiggleroom in interpretation.

Looking at it objectively as a thing that doesn't care about gunmen, only melee, when it actives the boon from chivalry turns our swift attack [every 2 DOS past the first gives you +1 attack] into lightning attack [every DOS past the first gives you +1 attack]. Which is fantastic, as it does that without the -10 penalty to hit. We could rack up some massive damage there and keep up the kills.

Frenzy has a few drawbacks to cancel out it's benefits but basically it's a small but noticable buff across all of your good skills. +10 to WS, S, T and WP means we get another degree of success on a pass and turns bare fails into passes. The buff to S makes our attacks deal +1 damage, toughness increases our soak by +1 and WP makes us a bit better against psychic powers and to snap out of the self induced murder rage.

The drawbacks are that we must attack the nearest anyone within distance, taking reasonable action to get there. Not leap from a building to attack someone on the ground, but if a friend is in 2 meters and an enemy is 3, we go for the friend.
Also we lose out on parrying, which as mentioned can be rectified.

>>4816921
I haven't heard of this combo, but allow me to give you the basic stats of a thunderhammer, though the Errata's are difficult.

2d10+4, (unnatural strength x2), pen 10 with shocking.

Meaning with our strength of 40, we do 2d10+4+8 and remove 10 enemy armour, then if they take ANY DAMAGE they make a +0 toughness test or are stunned = to DoF rounds.
It is Unweildy meaning we don't get to parry or use lightning attacks, but we CAN make swift attacks with it.

>>4816954
Mmmmm, a lot to think about. Frenzy seems to be good and chivalry is also pretty good, hard to decide, but I'll be happy if we end up as a murderknight and I'll also be happy if we end up becoming an natural Eversore.

On the matter of weapons, the thunderhammer looks good. I'll try to look for the hammer shield brutal combo and post a link, feel free to post any other bullshit combos you know about

>>4816991
Heavy hitting melee weapon + jetpack is great because it makes us a highly mobile warrior [due to the charge distance increase]. Which is always great, as a melee warrior we always want to be in melee.

>>4816836
>> [ Questionable Methods ]
>Characteristics: +5 Toughness
>Skills: +10 Resistance [Toxic] (T)
>[ Sound constitution]: +1 Max wounds

>>4816884
I will change from feral to Chivlaric. Why not

>>4816836
>> [ Chivalric Tradition ]
We must, for all burly men.

>>4816836
> [ Feral Tactics ]
I dont see us going 1v1 against any bosses that we either can win against (The Alpha legionnaire will wipe the floor with us) or could not dispatch with other means more effectively(explosives are fantastic). What Feral gives us is an "Oh shit" button so we could resolve shit situations.

>>4816836
>> [ Chivalric Tradition ]

I'm going either for
> Human Weapon
or
> Questionable Methods.
My logic here is that we may end up getting killed and/or disarmed and we may need to sneak.
If we wake up in the gutter or something naked, being able to punch the nearest biker to death is great.

Questionable methods because more toughness is always excellent and we get an extra wound.

>>4816921
Weren't Thunder Hammers pretty much exclusive to the Astartes?

Also, off the top of my head, can't really remember any weapon that actually does give unnatural characteristic just like that.

Sounds a bit like homebrew or some deathwatch stuff, which is space marine stuff anyway.

>>4817521
Well, that and inquisitors

I stand corrected. Apparently the Thunder Hammer Inquisitors frequently use does grant unnatural strength when wielded. How about that?

>>4817546
Then we will get a thunder hammer asap, and it will have a small metal hat adorning the top of the hammer's "head", with a long spike coming from the top. It will be beautiful

>>4817546
lets acquire a thunder hammer for tank flipping

>>4817572
give it a fedora

>>4817572
Yea, that's going to be a while. Isn't exactly standard issue equipment.

>>4817574
Also, it would only grant that bonus when you hit stuff to with it, not for athletic checks

Should point out that he Duelist only applies to weapon skill tests when you are doing 1v1 against a dude who isn't in Melee with anyone else.

This means parry and swinging your weapon and nothing else. As someone previously stated, makes you better against strong opponents so long as you're not getting dogpiled.

Against weak opponents? Well, you REALLY don't even need to roll damage on power axe to kill the average human.

>>4817666
> [ Feral Tactics ]
If we replace our power axe for a one handed power maul + shield, we'd have enough defense to balance with the new offense. Fucking mauling and shield bashing our way to victory.

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Strange choice all things considered.

Updated Character Sheet

Wounds: 17/17

Characteristics:
(WS) Weapon Skill - 45
(BS) Ballistic Skill - 43
(S) Strength - 40
(T) Toughness - 41
(Ag) Agility - 30
(Int) Intelligence - 34
(Wp) Willpower - 32
(Fel) Fellowship - 32
(Per) Perception - 29


Skills:
(WS) Parry +10
(Ag) Dodge: +10
(Ag) Operate (Aeronautica) +10
(Ag) Operate (Surface) +10
(Int) Security: +10
(Int) Common Lore (War) +10
(Int) Navigate (Surface) +10
(Int) Navigate (Stellar) +10
(Int) Tech-Use +10
(Per) Survival +10
(Fel) Charm +10

Weapon Proficiencies:
Power, Las, Solid Projectile

Talents: Duelist

Honestly, anon, I am disappointed. We are going into a hive to try and solo everything in it. This means that we will always be outnumbered by the enemy and always on the back foot. Yet you chose to go with the one skill that relies on the enemy playing fair. I just dont get it man. Why would you shoot yourself in the foot like that?

>>4817853
Because we can’t die.

>>4817856
Nigga we cant use the perk either when we always face goon squads with autoguns. Its a wasted pick VS things like going berzerk to lawnmower through all those goon squads. Hell, works against big baddies as well and gives us extra regen and Toughness bonus too.

>>4817861
Not so.

It is a perk we cannot use vs a group of goons with knives who rush us.
And what idiot with an autogun runs into melee?

But yes, they are both excellent choices. But I say beserk wasn't going to win so changed to prevent Questionable methods, which was worse than either.

>>4817874
This is precisely my point though - its worthless where we are going. Not a single solitary fucker will come duel us in meele 1v1. They will stand 30 meters back with their 9 buddies and mag dump our ass. Aside the occasional bum we will liberate of clothes and maybe some lone fucker out for a smoke its worthless. Hell, Questionable methods would have at least upped both our wounds and Toughness stat plus made it easier to take a walk in the underhive sewer (which we will also likely visit).

Picked literally the worst choice for our plan here. Thank god we at least got some WS.

I think going into rage is too close to khorne and losing control can be very bad in a already highly chaotic universe.

>>4817874
What's wrong with gaining more ability to soak damage?

>>4817883
PSA: we are like a Warp version of Stretch Armstrong. Dont really have to worry about chaos unless we get some *major* heat.

>>4817880
We are requisitioning a jetpack and good armour to fix that issue.
And when we enter melee with those 9 gunmen, we are going to dice them to death one at a time.
Relax.

I think you are also completely ignoring the downsides of beserker rage or the utter terrible ness of that ballistic or human weapon package when you say it is the worst choice we could have gone with.

>>4817883
It isnt actually improving our ability to soak, it gave us an additional wound and a better capacity against poisons. We need another +4 toughness to gain more soak if questionable had passed. As it is now we need +9

>>4817903
Instead of jumping in and doing precisely nothing with the talent we got we could have jumped in, revved up the chainsaw and gone nuts with frenzy - tangible benefits for 95% of the time. Especially since we have no allies to worry about.

>>4817903
To further clarify what it means by "in melee" in this context means that there are two or more individuals within 1 meter of eachother and one of them at least is trying to attack the other with a melee weapon/their hands.

So using this definition, as the rpg's do, I hope you can see that this isnt all as bad as it seems.
Further points in our favour, others get a disadvantage for firing into melee and have a chance of hitting their friends, and you can only fire a pistol class weapon in melee so those autoguns are so much worthless chunks of metal.

>>4817909
If this works out as us "duelling" a platoon of autogunners one at a time then by all means have my vote. However I highly doubt this.

>>4817911
That is basically what it amounts to, until they draw their knives.

And really, what is a fucking knife going to do to us when we are kitted out for war?
The dangers are important people with power swords.

>>4817914
Really do not see this working out like that.

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>>4817842
Probably should have asked for this earlier, but can we have some clarification on how the "one on one" rule works? Here's three scenarios.
>1. Just you and me, kid
>2. A melee fight with an enemy while engaged by other enemies at range
>3. A melee fight with an enemy while being engaged with other enemies in melee, but only attacking one enemy at a time
My inference of the rule is that 1v1 melee rule applies to scenarios 1 and 2. Is this correct?

>>4817917
As I understand it, 1 and 2 trigger since only a single foe is in melee.

3, there are two+ enemies in melee. Even if they dont attack you, they are still going to stop the trigger.

>>4817916
Looks like you will have to have faith.
Still, you should recind the "worst" comment unless you can explain how a primitive weapon and having swifter reload is good for us. Melee combat is the bigger damage dealer in these systems.

>>4817921
Get killed, wake up like Arnie after a time warp. "I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle."
"How can I reload all these magazines? and other tips for a standoff, 5th Ed."

>>4817917
Yea, it does, but also the only benefit you get from it is that your minimum damage will be higher, which didn't really matter against humans anyway when the Power Axe already ripped them to shreds.

Primary advantage you are getting from this talent in this field of battle is honestly being able to rip through vehicles faster.

Downside is that if you get shot by autocannons, you're probably gonna drop pretty quickly and you can't really 1shot vehicles without righteous fury.

>>4817923
So you want to pass on making our quick attacks into lightning without malnus for

A genuinely terrible weapon which I think is missing the level of primitive it has [which unless this is a different form of the trait, prevents you dealing above a level of damage which is typically about 6 for swords] and has 0 penetration power.
And how to reload weapons, when we have made a primarily melee character.

But there we go.
>>4817930
>>4817916
It does work out like that.

>>4817933
Rescind "worst" and upgrade to "useless". Rapid reload taking "worst".

>>4817911
Like a an astartes dueling a platoon or squad of guardsmen?

>>4817935
Does increase our chances of a rightious fury however.

Let me do a bit of maths here.
we have a base of 45 WS and with a charge action that gives us +20 to the roll.
With our standard agility bonus of 4, and a charge tripling our bonus to determine the distance we can move, we can move 12 meters in a charge to hit an enemy for at maximum [a roll of 5 or lower] 6 Dos, which is doubled to 12. -1 for standard pass, that is 11 divided by 2 to get 5.5 rounded down makes a total of 6 attacks, which is 6 hits of a power axe.

So 1d10+8+4 AP 8 6 times.
Minimum damage that can do is 78 wounds while maximum [exploding once and a roll of 1] is 138 ap 8.
That's not bad, and being a charge nobody else can be in melee either unless we are gate crashing.

>>4817989
And with a jump pack, by the way, a basic auronautics test [which we do as a dc of 40] we get flyer [12] for a minute, which makes our charge range 36.

>>4817989
Charging is a full action, not a half action though, and it hits only once.

Also, should probably add swift attack to the list.
I didn't actually think it was a talent, just thought it was something you could always do with a melee weapon, but hey, details. Not gonna get rid of it.

>>4818042
At the end of charge, you may make one [1] of the following: Standard attack, Swift attack or Allout attack.

Swift attack is what I used in these calculations. Lightning is forbidden because they think it would have been broken.

>>4817989
Also the Agility bonus is 3, not 4

>>4818049
Alrighty then. Guess this rampage ISN'T gonna end as quickly as I thought.

>>4818050
my mistake.

3, that makes our base charge a 9 meter one.

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> [Chivalric tradition]

[1/2]

You thought to polish your bread and butter further, hoping to hone your skills further in the ancient art of melee combat and sure as shit did the Colonels pull through, he presented you with a retired Feudal worlder from a knightly house who was more than happy to pass down his skills before he died.

Sir Vincent Liechtenauer, a man of venerable age and venerable mustache whom most vocally lamented of the youth not seeing the value in good and honest chivalric conduct.

Needless to say, with his skill and demeanor, he began to polish you into a more refined gentleman. Well, a filthy merc you still are, but alas, you learned that in war, there's always opportunity for a good old-fashioned duel, you just need to find it.

After spending the day nurturing your technique (and the night), you had a visitor from the Solar Auxilia. A man dressed in a black suit with red, expensive looking sunglasses which no doubt would fetch a fine price on the underground hat market.

"Mr. Aren Seion, good morning. I trust you know what business I am here on?"
"Is this about the time I used a fake ID at the liquor store?"
"Funny. Duty calls Mr Seion. I have read your file, impressive initiative salvaging what could be salvaged on that clusterfuck. Further, your discretion has been most commendable."
"Well, I aim to please."
"Indeed. I am here to discuss on the matter of replacing some of your damaged equipment today, as well as... moving some other tools of the trade for your friends."
"You want we just go somewhere more private, so we can handle this properly?"
"Oh, I think I'd like that. Let's go for a ride, shall we?" He says, giving you a clearly practiced fake smile, leading you to a van with tinted windows which would in all likelihood be considered illegal in more civilized planets.

Despite looking relatively run-down on the outside, the interior was pristine, and the engine was clearly high-end, purring with obviously more force than was necessary.
"So, what's in the back?"
You ask as the man drives you out of the city.
"Things needed to start a small civil war. And then some." He says, giving out a sadistic grin, genuine this time.
"Gifts from the new Planetary Governor." He continues.
"He is very... open-minded when it comes to solving problems. Much more so than his predecessor was."
"Open minded, how?"
"Willing to shift policies for the war effort. Willing to arm up loyalists, and most importantly, willing to do what must be done for the unification to be achieved."
"Okay then. So... about that equipment replacement."
"Ah yes, expensive piece of kit. Annoying to replace. Normally expect people to die before it breaks, very fortunate in your case."
"So can you get it replaced?"
"Oh yes, I can get you some top of the line stuff, that is if I wanted to. Well, within reason. No Charnabal Blades or Power Armor, Iron Halos or anything like that. Too much of a demand for that."

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"I can however, get you better craftsmanship armor. Or well, something else entirely if you want to."
"If you want to be more subtle, I could get you an armored bodyglove. Could wear civilian clothes with that and not be a huge target when you get buys. Or you know, a PDF Uniform, I can get you those along with Cameoline cloaks as needed. Might help with infiltration."
"There are some grenades out in the back too if you want some. You can also swap out your weaponry if so long as it's nothing too crazy like a Volkite weapon or something. I can try and get things for you, but do remember you are an absolute newbie and there's a line for the absolute best stuff."

Hmm... Could sneak in start the rampage afterwards, or just wear the armor and announce what you're about to do loud and proud.

> Preparation Decision #3: Is there anything specific you would like to requisition before starting your rampage?

> Just replace my armor with a better one. ( 7 armor all slots)
> Get the armored bodyglove and the PDF disguise. (3 armor everywhere except head)
> Something else (what?)

> Keep the 2h Power Axe
> Yea, keep it.
> Nah, toss it, I want something else. (suggestions?)

> Any miscellaneous items you'd want to requisition?
> Yea (write-in)
> Nah, good as is.

>>4818214
Can he get us a Thunder Hat?

>>4818214
I'd like to think we can sneak our shit into the hive and past initial customs, then it'll be good.
>Replace armour with a better one
That's a total of 11 damage reduction. Baby yeah!

>Keep the axe

>A jump pack, A venerable officers hat for my collection, my last will and testament, a target and all of the Krak nades/Promethum cocktails you can get me.

>>4818214
> Just replace my armor with a better one. ( 7 armor all slots)
> Something else (what?)
A fancy hat, and a big arse shield to go with the armor

Swap out the power axe for a 1 handed one, and a wrist mounted high end lasgun. A shield will make us more likely to survive an autocannon shot, maybe twice.

>>4818238
We also need a car of some sort.

Anyway, Promethium has a very interesting mechanical effect. It can be primed to explode, and when it does it has a damage of 1d10 explosive damage and range of a meter per KG and sets things on fire.

So 10 KG of the stuff explodes at 10d10 damage and sets fire to everything in 10 meters around it.

>>4818214
Wait.
Actually the shield could be used for shield bashing. Let's ask for the best lasgun on the market, throw a sling on it for automatic hip firing action, and a large battery bank for nonstop firing fun. Give it an under barrel grenade launcher for krak grenades or whatever those anti vehicle grenades are.

>>4818238
Dont we have the jetpack?

>>4818255
Jump pack and I can't remember. But I think it's something we couldn't test, due to the armour not being able to be worn.

>>4818214
Will he be able to smuggle us and all the gear into the hive?

>>4818255
Best Lasgun on the market is Archeotech and while they have those, you aren't getting one.

You could get a normie laspistol of best quality though if you want.

>>4818265
No, you would need to find your own way in.

>>4818270
That could work. Could it be forearm mounted?

>>4818273
We could take a sewage system in

Climb the outer wall with our bare hands! :P

>>4818280
Or just yeet our way inside.

>>4818270
Not even a lasrifle? GC-era standard-issue Auxilia lasguns were pretty dang good compared to later models iirc.

>>4818284
We'd be an easy target for their AA guns tho

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This is more ir less the layout for the bottom of the hive in case you are curious.

>>4818288
Sure, but kinda makes it hard to carry a 2h axe.
>>4818276
Sure, I guess. Can't remember penalties from doing it that way though.

>>4818284
The train system might be another way in.

How easy would it be to board or even hijack one? Are they your basic-bitch trundle trains we all know and love, high-speeders or something more exotic?

1/3 less range when you have a wrist mounted gun.

>>4818298
The Train system has been for the time being, completely disabled due to it being initially powered from the Capital.

There's no trains coming or going until they manage to work around that.

What if we snuck ourselves in a big metal crate?

>>4818316
What if we snuck in inside a small cardboard box

>>4818321
Perfect

>>4818321
Snake!?

>>4818316
I mean, the two hives are known to be sharing supplies. With the trains out, they're probably sending them by road or by ship potentially with opportunities to smuggle ourselves in along the way.

>>4818339
I can tell you it's mainly ships.

How about walking at the bottom of the sea and going in?

>>4818214

> Just replace my armor with a better one. ( 7 armor all slots)


> Something else.
One hand power axe and a shield.


> Any miscellaneous items you'd want to requisition?
> Yea (write-in)

A jump pack
A car for go inside
Grenades.
A Big knife
Pistol
Medikit
A very cool hat.

>>4818368
I mean it's not like you needed to breathe even if you didn't have life support.

>>4818352
> Just replace my armor with a better one. ( 7 armor all slots)
> Something else.
One hand power axe and a shield. The forearm mounted Archeotech Laspistol. A power hat.
> Any miscellaneous items you'd want to requisition?
> Yea (write-in)
glue (for hat stacking buffs), cuffs, duct tape, all the grenades, multipurpose medkit for dumb dumbs, more hats, super knife with bayonet mount (mount to the laspistol for knife punching action), Powerpack, a sum of 1k throne gets for bribery, a permanent marker (drawing dicks on things), tear gas, flash bangs, industrial grade lube grenades,

>>4818214
> Just replace my armor with a better one. ( 7 armor all slots)

>>4818293
What if we sneak in through the volcano core?

>>4818214
> Just replace my armor with a better one. ( 7 armor all slots)
> Yea, keep it.
> Yea
A disposable motorcycle with saddlebags or a sidecar to hide our armor and other sundries in. Add to that as many explosives as we can fit along with remote detonators and other relevant gear. Wristmounting a laspistol is not a terrible idea but what exactly could we kill with it that we could not with an axe and a jump pack?

>>4818214
> Just replace my armor with a better one. ( 7 armor all slots)
QM, do this guys have any Thunder hammers for us?
If they do, get one and a shield
Also whatever explosive we can get

>>4818214
A LOT of small heavy explosives. Lets blow up some bridges/create a distraction if we're heading for a bigger target. Or just get extra credits.

Create explosion, target will be moved by security team after, snipe target. Take photo. Get paid.

>>4819267
I can get you a 2 handed one, but you can't parry with it. Also, it would be of normal craftsmanship.

Generally speaking, 1h thunder hammers are only a thing for Astartes Terminators and in rogue trader rules for whatever reason.
Rarely if ever wielded without power armor, mostly because Power Armor makes them a lot better.

You would go from 1d10+12 AP8 to 2d10+12 AP10. Of course, an argument can be made on how many melee foes you are going to even face.

Overall, as I look at it, far as power weapons go, the Thunder Hammers themselves do not seem to be so extraordinarily rare from the average power weapon. It's more that they compromise defense in favor of attack and are pretty heavy.

Hell, if we look at the Thunder Hammer in contrast to an Eviscerator, it's actually not that different in terms of performance, albeit one is a chain weapon with a weak power field and another is a pure power weapon.

Seeing how manufacturing of Power Weapons isn't super rare, I don't see why the basic 2h Thunder Hammers wouldn't be around, especially since vast majority of the Imperium seems to favor ranged combat at the time, melee becoming more prominent as HH goes on.

>>4819465
>Generally speaking, 1h thunder hammers are only a thing for Astartes Terminators and in rogue trader rules for whatever reason.
We need to get more gains to one hand the one handed ones then. Damn. I still want that shield though.

>New set of armor
>Thunder Hammer
>Wrist mounted Lasgun
>Like 5 spare magazines or something
>Wrist mounted Grappling hook
>10 kilograms of explosives (or however much we can carry)
>Some knives in case the Thunder Hammer breaks or something
>A really run down looking fishing boat to get us within swimming distance
>However many smoke grenades we can carry without being fired upon.
>Piece of plastic pipe so we can steal Prometheum from people's cars and refuel our jet pack.

>>4819510
>Piece of plastic pipe so we can steal Prometheum from people's cars and refuel our jet pack.
That's so damn ghetto. I love it. +1.

>>4819520
Idea of smoke grenades is that we can hide in smoke to regen as needed. Speaking of smoke, we should maybe get a flamer pistol so we can set stuff on fire in order to improvise smoke cover.

>>4819551
Wrist mounted flamer with a laspistol as sidearm?

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>>4819552
fuck yeah we a mandelorian now. +1>>4819551

>>4819552
Now THIS is a good wrist mount.

>>4819552
Sounds pretty damn metal

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Right, we've got overwhelming support for keeping the Armor/Jetpack combo, so that's locked in.

As to the main weapon...
>Keep the 2h Axe
>>4818238
>>4819203

>1h Axe and Shield
>>4818389
>>4818444

>Thunder hammer
>>4819714
>>4819699
>>4819583

Also, most seem to want some sidearms, wrist mounted weaponry, explosives and a vehicle. This is easily enough done.

Tossing you pretty much everything on this list since it seems fairly comprehensive and a vehicle relevant to your approach.
>>4819510

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>10KG of Demolition charges
Yea, that's gonna ruin somebody's day.

Doing some math to determine how much demo packs you can actually carry

>>4819799
>>4819510
>>4818214
We do not have demo training. Blowing oursleves up is only temporarily lethal but it fucks up our gear.

And if we want some guns we would get a silenced pistol, autogun or sniper rifle.

Change up the meyham pallette.

>Keep the axe
>Get a silenced autoweapon

We have training in solid weapons. Grenades are also nice if we go loud and wat some boom. Stick to those until we have more than just +10
Tech use and no demo training.

>>4819820
Not exactly rocket science to stick the timer/receiver in the block and press "Play". We are presumably not expected to make the explosives ourselves.

Alright, so this is about as far as I've gotten.

Wargear:

> Void Armor with jetpack (Best) [ 7AP to all ] (15kg)
> 2h Thunder Hammer [2d10+4, AP10] (10kg)
> Las pistol (Best) [1d10+3, AP0, RoF 1/2/-, 30m] (1.5kg)
> Ammo count: (30x5+1) Rechargeable (0.75kg)
> Wrist Mounted Flame Pistol [ 1d10+4, AP2, RoF 1/-/-, 6m ] (4.5kg)
> Ammo count (2, refuel on site)
> Wrist Mounted Grapnel [ 65m Wire ] (3kg)
> 2x Mono Combat Knives (1d5+3, AP1) (1kg)

Total: 35.75/56kg

That's about 20 kilograms worth of explosives you can carry on top of your current gear and I suppose like a roll of duct tape or something.

Each demo pack is 1kg, each grenade is 0.5kg.

It'd be a 100 meter explosion with 3d10+40 damage with full det pack loadout lmao. Won't be any hope of recovering the gear after it goes off though.

>>4819871
Hehehehehe.

Now. . . Where's the nearest airbase!

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Alright, so, time to make a choice in regards to the explosives.
>20 x Kilograms of Demolition Charges
>40 x 0.5 Kilograms of Grenades
>10x Demo Charges, 20x Grenades

Vote now!
And yea, it's a +10 test where 4 or more degrees of failure will blow you up. They're basically Tube Charges.

>>4819905
10 demo, 20 nades.

>>4819905
>>10x Demo Charges, 20x Grenades

>>4819905
Half&Half. I assume we can chain together grenades as well?

>>4819905
>15x Demo Charges, 10x Grenades

>>4819905
Half and half. Can we get a dead man's switch for the demo packs, or would that prevent us from using them the normal way?

Ah, it seems demo charges are actually more powerful than tube charges, my bad.

>>4819915
I don't think there's actually rules for it, but I'll check.

>>4819915
Literally no rules for bundling up grenades. I suppose you could make a demolitions test to link them up, but I would need to freeball the whole thing narratively on how that would work until I figure a sensible homebrew for that.

>>4818254
Can you tell me which book that is in?

>>4819970
Rogue trader core I believe. Though I'm not entirely sure.

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Right, so 20 grenades and 10 demopacks

> Blind Grenade ( 2d10E, AP0, Smoke(3m) )
> Smoke Grenade ( Smoke(6) )
> Photon Flash Grenade ( Blast(10) )
> Krak Grenade ( 2d10+4 AP6, Concussive )
> Kinetic Grenade ( 1d10+9 AP4, Blast 3, Tearing )
> Fire Bomb Grenade (1d10+3 AP6, Blast 3, Flame )

Didn't list Frag Grenades on this because Solar Auxilia Kinetic Grenade does basically the same exact thing, except better and now I got an excuse to let you have some.

Anyway, choose what you want. You got 20 slots, I'll write up next update.
Vote is go.

>>4820019
Tearing is great [roll damage twice, take the better number]
Concussion is a stunning effect so. .

>10 Krak
>7 Kinetic
>3 fire.

5 Smoke, 10 flame bombs, 5 kinetic grenades.

Don't want the blind grenades because they'll do damage to us if we're trying to do smoke cover on our position.

Kinetic Grenades seem like a good AoE and has decent penetration. Fire bombs are good area denial and Thunder Hammer should be good Anti-vehicle weapon.

>>4820042
Surr. +1

>>4820019
10 Krak
4 Kinetic
4 Fire Bomb
2 Smoke

>>4820019
6 blind grenades
10 krak grenades
4 fire bombs. We'll need krak grenades for light vehicles

>>4820115
We have Hammer Time for light vehicles and we would need Melta for anything large. Krak is anti-personnel.

>>4820042
Fuck it. +1