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Character Sheet!

Wounds: 17/17

Characteristics:
(WS) Weapon Skill - 55
(BS) Ballistic Skill - 43
(S) Strength - 50
(T) Toughness - 41
(Ag) Agility - 30
(Int) Intelligence - 34
(Wp) Willpower - 32
(Fel) Fellowship - 32
(Per) Perception - 29


Skills:
(S) Athletics +10
(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, Swift Attack, Bulging Biceps

Languages:
High Gothic, Mercenary Cant

Wargear:
> Unarmed: [1d5-3+5 Impact], [Primitive]

Total encumbrance: 0/56kg

Duffel Bag Storage: (Currently stored at Rodgers Estate)
> M31 Great Crusade Commemorative Coin
> M31 Machine Spirit Vintage Amasec
> Unused Astartes Pattern Bolt Round
> Personal Dataslate
> Black Ops Dataslate
> Change Uniform

Medals:
> Cog of Service
> Eagle Ordinary
> Steel Aquila
> Infantry Laurels: Ace (Vector Campaign)
> Infantry Laurels: Ace of Aces (Vector Campaign)

Cosmetics:
> Aviator glasses
> Rebel hat x 2
> Aviator hat x2
> Council Guard Hat x1
> Sailor Hat x1

Money:
>9,901,080 Throne Gelt

Debts:
>1600 TG to the Rodgers Family

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> N

You spent some time hanging with the soldiery till evening, chatting up some newbies and veterans. Most just on their leave to spend some money and take time off from killing.

Those who had fought Xenos didn't seem to consider this to be a too difficult a battlefield. Just annoying in the sense that the air power isn't dead yet, so any medium-sized formation is going to get blasted to shit, so it's either small skirmishes or grand and pondersome movements.

The rookies on the other hand didn't exactly hold the same mindset. Those with limited combat experience had developed a certain amount of trauma from bolter and heavy weapons fire. Still, considering the mental profiling the army did before recruitment, nobody was really at their breaking point.

Even the greenest Varangonian recruit was still a match for their elites in skill, and you definitely had the better equipment. Shells fall, some people die, but at the end of the day, you were still winning by a considerable margin. That was the general feel in the air. Just a steady slog to victory as the Imperial War Machine slowly crushed the life out of the resistance with minimal casualties.

Business as usual. Of course, things just couldn't ever turn out to be that easy, could they?

Come evening, a driver was sent to drag you off from the barracks in your modest dress uniform. Far cry from the ostentatious stuff the officers receive with swords and gold and everything, yours was just a simple clean dress uniform with the only embellishments being your medals and rank.

Outside waiting for you was an armored limousine with a hefty escort of VT APCs surrounding it, along with several PDF bikes. The driver gestured you towards the fancy vehicle as he opened the door for you.

Inside the car, you were greeted by a really high ranking officer, probably pushing 150 or something. You immediately move to salute.
"At ease trooper. Tribunal Officer Victor Vandredge, senior representative of the Armorium, pleasure to meet you."
"Pleasure to meet you sir!" You answered, lowering your salute with the level of sincerity a soldier has when at the presence of a superior officer he doesn't want to piss off ( a solid 20% ).
"Sit"
He gestures towards the veritable vacancy within the armored Limousine. Soon as you entered he lit a cigar, his augmetics glowing through the dark smoke in an almost ominous manner.

When the car door closed, he hit the vehicle's intercom on the table in front of him and gave a simple command.
"Drive"
The scenery rolled past you in the tinted windows as you sat with the old officer, face to face.

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[2/3]

As the vehicle rode along, you were being scanned by the elderly officer as the ride went on. He clearly had some cognitive enhancements done, as indicated by the wires going to the cranium. His hair had gone all white, yet his pallor betrayed the subtle trace of rejuvenation treatment.

The rank he held was an extremely prestigious one. To be a tribune of the Armorium meant that he had veto power on strategies he would indicate to be too costly in terms of wargear. Manpower was often easier replenished than high-end equipment.

"Aren Seion... A rookie who on his second mission pulled off an Astartes level maneuver. I have read your report, though from the state you returned your armor in, I was expecting more augments and battle scars."
You shrug
"Sorry to disappoint sir."
He just waves it away and continues.
"No matter. You're making my job easier the long term. Harder on short term as the idea of trying to make this conquest as swift as the warmaster makes his, but there's too many background factors to let us abandon caution."
You nod knowingly
"I understand Sir."
"You would, wouldn't you? Seeing how you've been at the heart of much of this, Wish I could tell you the full extent, of the matters we've at work in the background. Unfortunately, that will have to wait until the campaign is settled."
"Understood Sir, albeit I don't suppose you could tell me about the starship that entered the system? Or is that classified as well?"
"Hmm.... Soon as they entered system they went to hiding. Presumably hostile until we verify their identity. We're not overruling the possibility of pirates, smugglers, traitor reinforcements or even xenos. No matter, so long as we hold our cards to our chest and don't overplay our hands, we're still in the advantage."
"So we're to wait out the warpstorm and get word to the Imperium."
He puffs smoke a while as he thinks of an appropriate answer.
"More or less. We've a suspicion the warpstorm may not be entirely coincidental, but once it's gone, representatives both martian and ours will bring this forward to Terra and the Governor will stir up things on Segmentum level best he can. Vangrippes have considerable pull there."
"Not coincidental, sir?"
He scoffs
"Ever since Edict of Nikea, we've had pissy psykers going rogue. I wouldn't be surprised if they helped the rebels coordinate with the coming warpstorm."
"The Edict of Nikea? What's that?"
"Don't follow politics? It's just some regulation on use of psychic powers that ruffled up a bunch of people. As if we didn't already regulate dangerous technologies on every level, am I right? I feel they're just a bunch of arrogant prats upset the Emperor plugged their little loophole."
"Whatever you say sir."
"Mnmmm..."
He grumbles in response.

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[3/3]

You sat in the car, sort of awkwardly as you didn't exactly know why they put you in the same vehicle with this guy, or how to talk with him because he was at such a higher rank.

After a brief pause, the man resumed talking once more.
"Say, trooper. You got any plans for the future?"
"Plans, sir?"
"You know, in terms of your career. Seeing the stunt you did and how you've got a knack for not dying, I'd imagine after the stunt you pulled, you may be getting some interesting offers from the general staff to get you transferred."
"Haven't really given it much thought, Sir."
"Well, you should. It's a waste to keep you so loosely affiliated with the low-rung regulars. I think you could go much higher if you agreed to take a second term, or even on a permanent basis. We could get you started on juvenats and officer training by the end of the week if that's something you're interested in. If you'd promise indefinite service, they'll give you a lot more perks for you and your family as well, or your future family if you haven't married yet."
"Errr... supposing I wasn't so keen on promising an extra ten years of service?"
He scoffs in a dramatic tone?
"The Hero of the Vesser Raid chickening out? I suppose you could join up within the personal retinue of someone with more commitment, or try your luck getting into whatever sort of regiment you feel like, though I can't promise you'd rise very far in the ranks that way."

Important decision time!
> You're sufficiently famous that you can apply into most branches of service! (Except Black ops, but fuck them)
> Question is exactly what sort of service branch are actually looking to get into?

Do you have something in mind, or would you like to take an aptitude test?
> Yea (write-in)
> Nah, hit me with the test

>>4854786
> Question is exactly what sort of service branch are actually looking to get into?
> Nah, hit me with the test

>>4854786
> Question is exactly what sort of service branch are actually looking to get into?

>What branch would you recommend sir?

>>4854786
> Nah, hit me with the test

I want whatever lets us work with machines because we need to train our into and tech-use.

I don't care if it's tank, aircraft or mechs. If we don't build up our int and tech use, we'll miss the opportunity to innovate when we have the chance.

>>4854786
> Path of officership in the Assault infantry.
> Nah, hit me with the test

>>4854786
>Hit me with the test anyway
A good way for people to figure out the mindset of our MC

>Personally I'm looking to fill a role similar to the Vesser Raid, Geared up with hammer and Jetpack, simple objective and getting too it. Because with all due respect, anything beyond breaking shit is a little dampner on my enjoyment.

I feel like this is a somewhat accurate look into his mindset. He enjoys thrill and danger, and his aptitude for destruction outweighs his ability for discretion.

>>4854795
>>4854798
That is a question guys, not an option. What branch do we want to go into?

>>4854806
And that can be trained with the quartermaster or with the Engineseers, no need to dedicate ourselves to a deployment just for that.

>>4854812
I kind of want us to learn how to be lead though, being a grunt is fine for while, but being a grunt for the lifespan of a Perpetual seem a bit much.

>>4854786
While I agree that we want tech it won't be a problem for a few thousand years. However getting into officer training and getting political pull will help us both with tech as well as short and long term.

>>4854786
> Nah, hit me with the test

>>4854815
You have a point, though if we rise too high we stop getting to throw ourselves into the fray.

So the idea I had in mind was actually similar to Captain Price, whereby we get ourselves into the mad-lads wing of the army and begin to work our way up from there and stop at the step below being rotated out of active duty, effectively having as much rank on the field as possible so we can persue the objectives we are given with the most flexibility.
There is also the problem that leadership means we have to take people with us. And they can't keep up

>>4854786
> Path of officership in the Assault infantry.
> Nah, hit me with the test

>>4854786
> Yea (write-in)
Give us a knight!

>>4854818
I don’t think there’s ever a point Imperial can’t throw themselves into the fray, unless they really are in overall command of the campaign, I think they are close to WW1 and WW2 German officers in that regard, everyone, including high ranking people is a fighting officer.
Don’t take my word for it though, gotta confirm with QM.
We are no actually all that great that people can’t keep up with us to be honest, the situation in the Hive was extremely skewed toward making maximum use of our peculiarity, it’s not something we’ll be able to do often, especially as the usual rule of thumb in 40k is that leaders generally tend to be the killiest people on their side, on the other hand, we’ve never really fought in an actual battle, where millions to billions fights and a single artillery shell can kill us and put us out of commission for a week or more and later regiment of the IG take 80% casualties.
If we learn leadership and apply to it for a few centuries, our troops will probably be devastating.

>>4854830
Warmasters don't enter fights.
Leaders of regiments do and otherwise I'm not terribly sure about the inbetween.

Regarding battles of millions, those aren't all that terribly common in this era, given that we are used to quell domestic uprisings and insurrection making the majority of our tour likely to be urban/space ship type fighting. Fortress cracking is an unlikely or irregular thing.

Anywhom, I want us to keep our jetpack and thunderhammer, so if they are willing to give us a deployment with those allowances then fuck it sure, put us on a leadership track.

>>4854830
Not exactly. People from general and upwards tend to participate in fights more rarely by merit of how chain of command works.

Issue is that the higher up you go, the more responsibility you have to assume in terms of actually directing the fighting, like for example a Sergeant usually is told to command a squad and achieve an objective.

As a General, you might be for example, told to beat an enemy army at some place or secure a certain objective. How you would do this would largely depend on you, but at the same time you would be commanding thousands, maybe tens of thoudands of men to achieve something that a single person is unlikely to achieve.

>>4854795
Hit me with that test

>>4854786
> Question is exactly what sort of service branch are actually looking to get into?
> Nah, hit me with the test

>>4854786
>>4854806
>>4854825
>>4854867
Changing my vote. KNIGHT! KNIGHT! KNIGHT! KNIGHT! KNIGHT!

>>KNIGHT ME YOU COWARD!

either that or... ATSU, Autonomous Trouble Solving Unit, if we want to solve all our problems like we did Vesser

>>4854886
Seeing as how giving us charte blank worked so well before, why not do it again, amirite?

>>4854878
You realise we will never be able to get an optical implant, nevermind an MIU or sit on a Throne, right?

>>4854886
>>4854878
they cannot give us a knight, because there are families who own, maintain and use those and they undergo years of training and preperations to do so. We cannot have a knight.

>>4854878
lol as if. You neither have the implants nor the clout for one

>>4854904
Sentinel specialists then

>>4854908
You know that's honestly a waste with our talents we'd be better off as an Assault or collateral damage specialist

What branches and stuff can we get? By the time we get back the girls might not be interested anymore.

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>>4854917
>be perpetual
>be Chad Thundercock and become known as mad dog fighter with planetary fame
>still fall for first woman to show interest
>simp

>>4854908
That's heavy reconnaissance regiment. You could also go for rough riders or paratroopers if you want.
Could also be an artillery spotter I guess.

There's also the armored and super heavy regiments as well as just straight up air superiority regiments.

>>4854921
Are you a daft incel?
We need to bake their ovens bread and take em to the stars.

>>4854925
Para troopers sound right up our alley

>>4854926
QM, in which one we can wreak the most shit?

>>4854928
>"need"
Stop coombraining please.

Let's see what else... Could go for a siege regiment, tankbusters or be mechanized infantry.

Lot of different regiments in a million strong battlegroup.

>>4854931
While meeleing our enemies of course

>>4854932
But your brain needs semen.

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>>4854938

>>4854931
Err.... Well drop troopers are reasonably prestigious and with a matching casualty rate? They also get somewhat decent stuff seeing they get jet packs as standard issue.

Think of Elysian drop troops with better gear.

>>4854941
I'm sticking to my guns with the sentinel, but the aggressive reconnaissance sounds enticing.

Siege regiments are always kind of in the thick of it, so that's also an advantage I suppose. They've got reasonable casualty figures as Krieg can attest.

Rough riders also drop like flies in heavy combat. Close-Assault is also an option if you want to go just maximum melee infantry with bunch of other melee infantry.

>>4854928
There are billions of other hot girls out there. The governor's daughter was a fun little adventure, but there is literally no need of taking her to space or even talking to her ever again. I also don't like her pick, so wait until we reach maximum badassery, hotness and lifespan (like a hot daughter of the ruler of a Sector). We have the time to wait.

>>4854947
Which job pays most that we can apply to, while still being in the thick of it?

>>4854939
GB2R

>>4854960
How else are we gonna sow our oats and gain power on the planet?

>Sector Governor
Hmm, depends how snobbish their family ends up being.

>>4854972
better snobbish than golddigging

>>4855054
You have a point.

>>4854961
Well, you sorta milked that cow pretty hard. Generally speaking, being on the front lines pays pretty well, but unless you get called for a special mission, you can't milk the cow as hard as you did last time.

High danger missions normally pay between 5-10k per day, which is chump change for you at this point.

>>4855054
Divorce laws that give 50% of the husband's property only exists on a planetary level btw.
Generally speaking the Imperial marriage laws tend to favor the soldier in active service, albeit there's some discretion as these cases are handled by military courts rather than civil ones, which means the court martial in your army determines divorce settlements, should they happen.

>>4855075
Cancwe milk it harder by trying to capture the last VIP, or raid a vehicle depot?

>>4855093
Not at the moment.

>>4855075
Chump change sure, but it's not nothing given how long a planetary conflict lasts.

>>4855087
Still, we are more than our money!

>>4855102
Oh, sure, but let's face it every successful relationship needs to be economically sustainable or it simply doesn't work.

The fact that you are in an exciting line of work with plenty of disposable capital + the opportunity to live for several times normal human lifespan, and possibly, should you make enough, provide that same service to your spouse?

I mean okay, personality is nice and all, but being able to live to 200 is pretty damn good pitch so long as you're not a total gremlin.

+ You get to go to space.

>>4855111
There's a difference between that and what happened with horse girl's buisness minded sister.

>Hey
>Hey, how are you
>Fine. by the way I make a lot of money
>How about you marry me now.

Granted I think she was slightly joking but come on.

>>4855118
To be fair they were mostly teasing you. Like 90%

Hmmm thinking about what to specialize in why not go with the Air Cav or the equivalent. Get some nice helicopter Vietnam vibes going. Plus we would probably be elated as boarding troops in space combat as well so even more fun

To be fair, if we become the absolute peak human badass that I know we can become. and we do more Astartes level bullshit, we could land in the eugenics program of a loyalist Sector Governor, specially if there are rumors of us being immortal and blessed by Emps. Just think about it, by spending 1 generation without making marriage alliances that will add nothing you don't have alredy, you can gain an asset that is technically immortal, capable of pacifying entire hive worlds by himself, who is probably seen as a hero of the Imperium (if we keep the trend going), has connections with high ranks of the Military and will add even more bullshit genetics into the blodline and the chance of more perpetuals appearing into it. If we evolve into enough of a Chad and start training our mind too, and if we go into high command ranks of the Military, in a century or two we could marry the daughter of a Lord of Terra candidate. THAT would be the best scenario.

>>4856274
I approve of this

>>4855126
I think we need a more linear choice unless you've already figured out how many anons voted for what.

>>4856274
Eugenics pays far less than military command though. However you are correct in that simping on this planet is meh. Would personally try to get into a command squad artillery spotter role or some officer training. Latter being a faster way to ascend the ranks, naturally. Also, I think we should tell him we could sign on for 2-3 more terms of service if it meant that we can get extra training (including tech use and fellowship).

>>4856274
How is that any less of a gold digging relationship though?

>>4856542
Dude let's just have whoever we marry sign a prenupt.

>>4856546
We can always just murk our then ex wife and go pirate.

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Anyway, seems like you want to take the test as there's no consensus.

What would you want to have in combat?
First Question. Preferred support options.
> Better weapons
> Larger Squad size
> Artillery support
> Vehicle support
> Air support
> Other: Write-in

>>4856560
> Air support
Best bang for our buck for a pickle

>>4856560
> Vehicle support

>>4856560
> Better weapons

>>4856560
> Air support

>>4856560
> Better weapons

>>4856560
> Better weapons

>>4856560
>Larger Squad

>>4856560
> Better weapons

>>4856560
> Better weapons

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Alright, so you prefer some sort of weapon specialist squad over having heavy support options or alternatively, just lot of manpower.
Second Question. Which do you feel best best describes your mindset?
> Assault - "A well executed attack is the core of all warfare."
> Ambush - "Force projection is based on maximum damage done by minimum amount of people."
> Defense - "You can't win a war unless you hold on to ground you take."
> Support - "For every enemy action, we must have a suitable reaction."

>>4856606
>Assault

>>4856606
>Assault

>>4856606
> Assault
No doubt there x)

>>4856606
> Assault - "A well executed attack is the core of all warfare."
BONK

>>4856606
> Ambush
like what can one guy do?

>>4856606
> Ambush - "Force projection is based on maximum damage done by minimum amount of people."

>>4856606

> Ambush - "Force projection is based on maximum damage done by minimum amount of people."

Well, our Operation on Vesser is technically an ambush. Pretty sure all of the Hive didn't expect that, and we did some pretty big damage for being only one person.

>>4856606
>Ambush - "Force projection is based on maximum damage done by minimum amount of people."

>>4856673
I do feel like the Ambush option fits, but assault had the proper connotations.

All the same I will change to Ambush.

>>4856673
The operation on hive vesser isn’t something we’ll be able to reproduce readily, I really don’t make it our go to type of operation.

>>4856675
Curse my flipglopping, force projection isnt really our point.

Back to assault

>>4856676
>>4856677

Ehhh, you guys both are right actually...

changing to assault

Ambush does not lock us to making retarded Sly Marbo moves. Does however mean we get more freedom in executing objectives and showing quick thinking and problem solution. In Assault we have nowhere near the amount of opportunity to show off (since presumably we are going for officer training not grunt4eva).

>>4856560
Better weapons

>>4856684
Pretty sure Ambush is a thing that can only be done in the countryside, it would lock us out of the actually important stuff which is Hive assault, having more freedom is nice and all, but I am doubtful about how useful it would be to our career when the only place we can shine is a side battlefield.

>>4856690
Pretty sure they need ambush ops in a hive as well. Especially seeing how well we did the first time. I dont see why they would not want to use us in that role again, albeit focused on supporting the advance rather than kidnapping VIPs.

>>4856696
That’s infiltration, not ambush, and I think it’s the spec ops who do that, and they don’t want us because anymore because we went AWOL on them.

>>4856696
Also, Most Hive defense are stuff like heavy bunker line, not much a small advance can do, and while we managed to do something crazy in Vesser, that was a combination of surprise, and batshit insane luck, like, we really would have failed many times if not for our crazy luck in rolls, and even then we had some reallyyyy close call.

>>4856698
As I said, not targeting VIPs but providing support for the main forces. No difference whether we ambush the supply convoy on a field or on the manufacturing level. Plus there is 0 reason to just gimp a part of your forces every time you attack a hive.

>>4856703
Ambush, not bunker busting.

>>4856698
Which I think we should contest in any official capacity whenever it comes up.

We should refuse to be criminalised for carrying out our orders in an effective but unconventional manner

>>4856727
Sure, why not.

They don’t really have to give a shit about our contestation though.

>>4856733
they don't, but it is the principle of the matter. Yes we could go the "I don't give a shit what you say" but if we do plan to be around for the long run then it's bad buissness to have our reputation tainted over doing our damn jobs.

>Assault
>>4856608
>>4856618
>>4856620
>>4856621
>>4856679

>Ambush
>>4856634
>>4856650
>>4856674

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> You like having a squad with access to good weaponry over anything else.
> You are very offense oriented, reckoning that victory is seized with boots on ground taking critical objectives

Alrighty, so far we've narrowed down plenty of options. There's some that fit you more and others that fit you less.

Clearly you like to go in guns blazing, but that's not the only way to do an assault.
Third question and final ambiguous question. Which of these do you value most in an engagement?

> Stealth
> Mobility
> Firepower
> Flexibility

>>4856741
>Flexibility

Our weapons are hard hitting but we never get stuck into the rut of "Oh I only have a hammer, lets make everything a nail".
We can hide, we can run and we can break all as the situation demands.

>>4856741
> Mobility

Not having to sleep is a hell of a drug.

>>4856741
> Flexibility
While mobility is good, having more answers than "run away" is better.

>>4856741
> Flexibility

>>4856745
I was more thinking along the line of never having to sleep and drink being an advantage.
One of the big reason we succeeded in Vesser was that we just kept moving, and never ever stopped, it’s a big advantages over everyone else, granted, our unit wouldn’t be able to follow, so that would make things a bit less advantageous.

>>4856749
Funnily enough, that's exactly how White Scars fight in most circumstances. When you faced an enemy you couldn't handle, you just turned away and ran.

>>4856749
Thats precisely my point though. Aren can go 24/7, nobody else can. And if we are going for officer training then we need to consider things on a larger scale.

>>4856741
> Flexibility

>>4856741
>> Flexibility

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Your preferences are thus:

I appears you favor self-reliance over good support, preferring to have smaller squads with better access to weaponry.

Despite this, you believe that attacking enemy positions is the core of all form of warfare, which shows clear deference towards the shock assault role.

You also view that flexibility is the key for achieving objectives, being able to respond to a variety of threats rather than having specialized teams for each problem.

Recommended Branches of service:
> Drop Troops
> Very prestigious casualty rates. Used for taking strategic locations, often in surprise attacks.

> Mechanized Infantry
> Very generalist force. Bunch of dudes on armored transports. You see them on every battlefield for good reason.

Other considered service branches:
> Siege Infantry Regiment. If you want to slog through urban terrain causing property damage or fight in trenches, these are your guys.

> Close Assault Regiment. Kinda like the last one, except exclusively specialized in running at objectives guns blazing and ventilating everyone on the premises and less bringing down the whole building with it than the siege regiments.

Feel free to select any one of the above.

>>4856836
>Drop Troops
Seems fairly suitable, I think.

>>4856836
>Drop troops.

My secondary choice is close assault, but Drop troops are just WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

>>4856836
> Drop Troops
> Very prestigious casualty rates. Used for taking strategic locations, often in surprise attacks.

Yes

>>4856836
>Drop Troops
We droppin' on them heads, boys.

>>4856836
> Drop Troops

>>4856836
> Drop Troops

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I dont think an extra vote for Dropping the base is needed so have a picture instead.

>>4856836
> Drop Troops

>>4856836
>> Drop Troops

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https://youtu.be/wrRpdJqMC80
Alrighty then! Drop troopers it is. Live fast, die young, get back up and die some more!
You're officially no longer going to be considered as one of the newbie grunts, you'll actually be settling in with a proper regiment!

Would you be interested in enlisting for a second term of service early (+10 years) to give your military career a boost?

>Yes, hit me up daddy
>No, you've already 9+ years to go, you want to retire at some point!

>>4856922
>Yes, hit me up daddy

>>4856922
>Yes, hit me up daddy.
The crusade never ends.

>>4856922
>Yes, hit me up daddy

>>4856922
May as well, time is something we aren't exactly short of.
>Yes

>>4856922
>>Yes, hit me up daddy

>>4856922
>Yes, hit me up daddy

>>4856922
>Sure

Let's face it, we are not going to leave while the heresy is ongoing. Which is a decade.
And the decade after still has a lot of work for us.

>>4856922
>>Yes, hit me up daddy

>>4856922
>>Yes, hit me up daddy

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>>4856922
>Yes, hit me up daddy

>>4856933
So many primarch heads to cave in, so little time.

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Wow, I was sort of expecting fair few of you to want to retire early (ish) so you can start enjoying your retirement with all your millions ASAP.

Guess I was dead wrong hahaha.
Alrighty then, last question. Which post would you rather aim for?

>Champion status
>Command status

>>4857019
>Command status
Commander can still whoop some ass on the front line. A Champion cant command anything but the assigned squad. One has no ceiling and the other one is capped with a few grunts.

>>4857019
>Champion status
We are not meant to lead from the back.
We are meant to inspire from the front.

>>4857019
>>Command status

>>4857019
>Champion status
I think once the SA is dispanded, we can then become a commander.

>>4857019
>>Champion status

>>4857019
>Champion

They are still in control places, but more in line with personality

>>4857019
>Champion status

>>4857024
Lead about 10 guys and get paid fuck-all unless we somehow manage to get the same magical combination of factors as the hive job.

>>4857028
OR we could be a commander through the worst days of the HH and later cleanup and be folded into the IG as a proven commander and ruthless man (very good thing).

>>4857033
See above. This is not command but just an S rank grunt. Peak meathead. And besides becoming even more of a meathead there is no jumping over to a command role.

>>4857019
>Champion status

>>4857019
>>4857036
Changing to
>>Command status

This is literally a choice between going CO and the guy who shoots a .50cal good. And we are currently going for the .50cal for the next 20 years instead of rising through the ranks.

>>4857048
Hmmm, but are we cut out for command yet?

>>4857039
Members of the command staff dont get paid fuck all, at all.

And champions are a member of the command staff.

>>4857063
Yes. This is differently from the dude running the whole unit.

>>4857058
Best place to learn. Plus it will be useful for us later whether we want to go for politics, full time IG or Arch Militant.

>>4857019
>Command status
We should start shopping for a kick-ass flak great coat.

>>4857019
>Champion status

Question, Is Being a Champion as bad as these guys make it out to be?

>>4857024
>>4857019
Switching to
>Command status
Because champion is worth fuck all apparently.

>>4857080
Either you go CO and start leading your platoon with the sky being the limit of where you can rise and the most money and prestige along the way (the higher you go the more there is) OR you go champion which amounts to a specialist at being a grunt. Lots of fame in the unit, sure, but few places to rise upwards to and a hard cap on it all. Unless we can guarantee steady Archangel type missions (I dont see how) the CO will eclipse the specialist in terms of earnings and prestige along with a far easier time making connections.

Basically, do we want to stay a grunt or take advantage of the HH era high casualty rates and opportunity to distinguish ourselves? Lots of empty command seats will be opened up and there will be a general reshuffling when Girlyman does his thing.

>Command status

Well still have plenty of time to do Shot on ground level but Command status is best long term for us. Plus Champion kinda feels like we are locked into one very specific roll and would be held back from some operations if they needed us for it

So I’ve been thinking, if you guys want a high paying and dangerous job while not being a grunt why not become a rogue trader?

>>4857092
And yes, command will still be front line - especially early on. Platoon level is basically only front, Company likewise. After that it can become questionable but with paratroopers a likely thing.

>>4857096
Literally cant. Closest would be becoming an Arch Militant for a RT but that assumes we can command men as well as our own weapons.

Oh and as to actual RT chances, that would need either a monumentally crazy action (like holding back an Ork WAAAAAGH!! singlehandedly), decades of distinguished military service and a Crusade or something or political connections of one sort or another on Terra. Needless to say the CO approach has all three while the champion approach is gimped in that regard. And even then it is a long shot.

Still gonna be interesting to see which wins, champion I’m sure will have some things for us to do. Not as much as command but I’m sure some interesting.

>>4857019
>Command status

I really want to get eversor on crack type missions, but that's really poor long term

>>4857019
I'd rather we not sign up right away so after 9 more years they'll be desperate to retain us and give us a better contract and options.

Should have said we'll think later.

>>4857039
What about being a legendary mercenary company?

>>4857137
Where? On a single planet? I guess. Anything inter-planetary requires voidships and those are expensive as hell. Imperial Navy/Rogue Trader expensive.

>>4857090
this also doesn't lock us in at all, it's what do we want to aim for.

We can move onto CO after a tenure as a champion, which would do us much better than not.

>>4857101
>Literally can
Why?

I've gone to search a bit, and found that champion(at least for space marines) are the best fighter in their chapter(for us would be...regiment?), are the bodyguards and counselor of the commanders and launched against the other enemies champion/warlord/big important targets, so that the commander can concentrate on the wider battle and finally, if the commander fall, we take command.
Now we are no space marines, but i'm guessing the role would be more or less the same?

>>4857151
Except it would not be regimental and we would not take over command (aside maybe small scale when everyone else is dead or something).

>>4857145
Quite the contrary. If you spend the biggest war in 5000 years being a good 50cal user then the brass won't likely wish to lose that asset for a nebulous promise of an equally useful CO. However, getting combat training as a CO is a much more easily done thing.

>>4857150
Because of the Warrant of Trade being ridiculously valuable and only handed out by Big E or the High Lords. In short, you need some sector-level stunts to get one.

>>4857170
>>4857174
I'm personally fine for which ever choice we make. Both the Commander and Champion choices sounds like good deals.

>>4857019
>Command status

Qm, Will there be timeskips later or?

>>4857151
The role would be highly similar. You'd basically be aiming to be a top tier combat specialist sent to unfuck clusterfucks or protect the people who need protecting.

Champions just go a more unconventionally pathway of ranking up, going from Company Champion to Regimental Champion to Champion of the Army.
Every one position is pretty damn prestigious, even when your actual command authority is reasonably localized, nobody's going to ignore your words if you prove yourself as the hardest motherfucker in a battlegroup the size of a million.

Technically champion and command jobs aren't even mutually exclusive, but you can't aim for both at once.

>>4857019
>Command status

>>4857170
You don't lose the asset at all. It is still just as accessable as before given they would start us further down at company level.

Also consider>>4857196 It's a "I'm the best motherfucker in this battlegroup, and you all know it" which gives you the admiration or at the very least respect of the entire section we work with.
And once we have that, command comes easier and later. It also makes the better missions much easier to come by, which pay more.

>>4857196
Thanks for the explanation

>>4857213
>>4857196
So in short, there has been some SEVERE misinformation spread to devalue the position.

>>4857215
Misinformation that made people change vote.

That's no good thread etiquette at all.

>>4857144
No, like I mean instead of getting rolled into a IG regiment we form our own mercenary company. I'm fairly certain we can steal a lot of enemy ships or try and inherit the SA ships. If nothing else we have a lot of time to make friends and gain favors. Heck maybe build our own ships if we must....

You may end up having to duel with some of the hyperaugmented dudes though, so you know...

>>4857019
>Champion status

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Multi skill into both

>>4857215
Well, I mean if you're a Captain of a company, you start to be significant enough to actually partake in the internal politics of the regiment, should you care about that stuff.

As a Champion, you are less likely to be asked about things that aren't tactical in nature, though you can voice your opinion regardless and see if you have enough pull.

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>>4857196
thanks for the additional explanation. my vote is still largely the same. I'm sticking with becoming a Champion. We still get to lead and get payed the big bucks. It's be nice if we get the opportunity to personally train some jetpack jumping nut-jobs like us and teach them the way to nyoooom.
>Bullpup Lasguns with underbarrel grenade launchers
>various situational grenades (kinetic, incendiary, smokes)
>grav-chutes and jetpacks
>grappling hooks
>parkour and athletics training to make them the fastest motherfuckers in the sector
>7 Armor Carapace armor
>minimum have to be strong enough to lift slightly more than their own weight
>holdout Laspistols
>different squad rolls (demoman, Heavy weapons specialist, sniper, medic(s), melee specialist)

>>4857219
Pretty sure the navy is going to demond we hand over those ships. We can't exactly own ships or I think be a mercenary battlegroup unless we get the Trade thing.

>>4857019
>>4857121
>Champion status

Switching over to champion now

>>4857233
Unless we work the mercenary blackmarket, and dominate it! Then we will have all the hats!

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>>4857221

>>4857121
>>4857237
We need to make friends and companions on the way up, otherwise we would be a officer with no friends or favors.

>>4857221
Don't threaten us with a good time.

>>4857227
Indeed, but it's the same reason that people prefer army men who turn politicans to those born to the role. They have the sense of respect that comes from a respected institution that anyone could have entered. But about misinformation.

>>4857039
>Get paid fuck all and lead 10 people
>Not command, peak meathead who can't jump to a command role

>>4857023
A champion can't command anything but a squad, it's capped at a few grunts

>>4857048
>Just a guy who shoots good instead of rising through the ranks

>>4857090
>Sky is the limit OR you get to be a specialist but few places to rise and a hard cap on it. Be eclipsed by the CO's.

>>4857170
>If you spend the heresy as a champion, the brass wouldn't want you in charge for fear of losing a useful asset


All that is either a lie or exgaggerating the downsides tremendously while playing up the CO path. Which is how you win an argument sure, but it's not very truthful.

>>4857245
Got Klaus and Co. I'm sure we can find a few more.

>>4857238
Anon that's highly illegal, not to mention we would need to have an Astropath to actually travel through the galaxy to do our mercenary work, and those psykers are sworn to the Imperium. We could do just that if we get the approval and support of a Rogue Trader, but I think we've be better throwing our lot into the Imperal Army/Navy.

>>4857233
Owning a merchant ship is possible without being a rogue trader, but it is a hghly regulated business. You basically would be bidding for trade contracts for the imperium and lowest bidder gets the job.

Majority of these ships don't even have a navigator and just do warp travel the slow way, meaning cogitator calculated short jumps which take a lot longer.

>>4857019
>>Command status

Can't see you getting a starship in any near future though. Generally speaking, acquiring governorship of a moon/world is easier than acquiring a privately owned warp capable starship.

>>4857300
Ew. That doesn't profitable at all.

>>4857314
>Can't see you getting a starship in any near future though
What if we do jobs where we board pirate ships and sell them back to the imperium? Board enough ships and we'll eventually get enough money to afford our own right?

>>4857324
If you can’t get warp ships legally, chance are no mere criminals will get it at all. Most 40k pirates aren’t Humans but Orks.
Also, allow me to doubt the use of a mercenaries outfit down the line; most potential clients would probably make us outright traitor to the Imperium.

>>4857330
Given this is 30K and not 40K, is the piratical rogues gallery any different? Have Freebootas been exterminated in the important places? Do Corsairs dare show their faces?

>>4857330
https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Pirate
Human pirates do exist, surprising isn't it? Once we've built up our military career and acquire enough connections, I'm sure that we'll eventually get our own ship, heck if we do enough good Deeds for the Imperium they're bound to give us a Warrant of Trade. It's not like we'll die of old age before we do.

>allow me to doubt the use of a mercenaries outfit down the line; most potential clients would probably make us outright traitor to the Imperium.
Kind of counter intuitive to consider them clients if they've already made us out to be traitors, and being mercenaries doesn't immediately brand us as one. There are millions of Imperium controlled works out there, and plenty of Planetary Governors in need of protection. We'll never find ourself wanting for work since shit is constantly hitting the proverbial fan.

>>4857334
Why would anyone hire us, when the IG is pretty much honorbound to go and help if there’s a problem? And can probably get there faster too because of navigator, and has better equipment to boot.
I am not sure where exactly you are seeing a market, or are you saying we should get employed by governor when he is playing intrigue with his court and nothing important is happening? Literally doing the most boring shit ever?
Heck, even if we get 1 ship that can do short warp jump, how many men could we even embark and how useful would it be on a planetary scale?

>>4857338
The IG can't be everywhere at once, else we wouldn't have to worry about all the Dark Eldar raids, ork attacks, and worse. We're the guys you can get on short notice.
All I'm trying to say is we work hard enough to get a Warrant of Trade and save up to afford our own ship. What do you see us doing in the future?

>>4857343
I want to own our own world or solar system, we can MAKE ships at that point.

>>4857343
1:We cannot go anywhere on a short notice because we would lack a navigator.
2:raid are raid because they are sudden and unexpected, unless the governors have precog those have literally nothing
3:The IG is everywhere where there is a real battle, which is the only place we would reastically have a chance of reaching on time.

To be completely honest, I have absolutely no interest playing 40k mercenaries, it sound absolutely boring to do, I am not even sure where I would even begin looking for fun in it.
If we are to fight I’d much rather get to the thick off it, fight as part of the IG or some other outfit.

>>4857338
>>4857343
The point of the Warrant of Trade is freedom. If you have the warrant you can away with a lot more since they represent the Imperium when outside its influence (thus have a lot more freedom when interacting with Xenos and xenotechnology) and have the job of enriching the Imperium (so being a mercenary band that wanders around helping Imperial worlds and conquering non-Imperium is completely on the table). Rogue Traders have so much freedom that Inquisitors often use it as a cover.

>>4857347
Not exactly. Making ships is under Mechanicum/Mechanicus jurisdiction, and at most any work we have control over would be mined to deliver resources to a forge world that will make ships. We could however be buddy buddy with lot of magos's so we could get a Mars patterned ship.

>>4857350
Hey anon, stay optimistic. Mercenary work sounds fun to me as much as exploring the galaxy as a Rogue Trader.

>>4857353
Becoming a Rogue Trader has got to be the ultimate goal. You get your own fleet of ships, you get to hire your own crew, and you get to fuck as many aliens as you want.

>>4857347
That’s actually a thing Rogue Traders can do.

>>4857350
What if we started building gates or use tau inspired drives?

>>4857358
We can call them PDF ships and make em smaller...

Yeah, my decision is definitely be anything be a rogue trader. So I’ll be voting with that in mind.

>>4857359
That's why getting a warrant of trade is on our to do list.

>>4857361
I don't know what you mean by PDF ships, but I feel like you're onto something big.

>>4857362
You do want to be a rogue trader, or do you mean "anything *but* a rogue trader?"

>>4857368
Anything but a rogue trader.

>>4857361
Gates are unlikely to ever happen.

>>4857368
Oh you know, it be like how warp ships are blue water navy ships made by Mechanicus, while "planet based" ships are like Green water navy that are made locally. Almost like the water borne ships on the planet ..... that we sunk in the hundreds.

We just make em like monitor ships first to protect local systems and then maybe install or allow for the instalation of more complex engines that may or may not be able to go into the warp. Perhaps they can go into the warp but only in small safe jumps from system to system.

>>4857364
100% sure. But we need contacts and fame to do so.

>>4857019
>Command status
I just feel that we should do this.

>>4857379
We get enough fame people will be coming all over the sector to follow and fight beside us.

>>4857019
>Command status
Being really good at smashing shit is cool and all, but we probably want to try and build up some actual power and influence.

>>4857389
That's why I like Command. Anons are focusing on the very obvious "we regenerate", but they are not focusing an the less obvious "we don't need to sleep, eat, rest or have any real human limitation aside of stat caps". A soldier that can fight forever, nonstop and at 100% can conquer dozens of planets. A leader that can operate 24/7 at peak performance for centuries and also has higher stat and skill ceiling than normal humans...well that shit has impact on a sector level at a minimum. We are going to get loads of money and fame either way, we should go where we can do more good for the Imperium as a whole.

>>4857491
Which can be done as the face of the battlegroup, making us defacto problem solver.

Anyway, even if command wins, I am still going to push for us to try for a champions position at some level

>>4857019
champion

>>4857019
>Champion
We not so smart. Better hit thing good let others point at target

>>4857019
>Champion status

>>4857019
>>Command status

>>4857019
Command

>>4857213
Can't command and shoot the 50cal at 100% simultaneously.

>>4857215
What are you talking about? You just had confirmation that going champ excludes us from the command hierarchy in anything but an advisory role. This means that the only gains we would make would be medals. Compare that to the guy leading the show.

>>4857233
Again, the champ will only be leading the squad assigned to him. As to training jetpack troopers, what do you think the platoon CO does?

>>4857247
Pray tell what is a lie or exaggeration?

Champ does only command a few men, gets paid mostly in fame, literally only has a few options to go to and will be valued as a champ after HH. See the 100% example.

I don't understand why exactly you even want to go champ considering all the same things can be done as a lieutenant with better long term prospects.

>>4857019
>Command

Does not prevent us from dueling and 1v1 ing monstrosities, and as we will be required to be in a squad structure might as well be the dude in charge.

>>4857019
>Champion status

The amount of samefagging is intense here.

>>4857528
And if Champion wins, I will vote for an active advisor role that will show how little pull we have, that way we will try to follow the CO path asap using our local renown to help our ascension towards the coolest command hat-I mean, highest command position.
I don't want to sound spiteful, but this is literally fucking over our plan to get contacts with higher ups, or at least it's making it much more difficult or unlikely. A champion is limited in the sense that our superiors will get part of the fame no matter what and we can do little to nothing to avoid it. As a commander, that issue is diminished due to us being the guy who gives the orders and thinks the strategy (having a lesser number of superiors to leech of our renoun with a "he was under my command").
We are going to fight the big baddies for the time being, because we are a very good hammer and that will be a vital part of our strategy until we reach the point of no longer being present on the battlefield, which normally means that you are important and wealthy as fuck, and thus succesful.

>>4857510
I think you are grossly overestimating your capabilities for leadership there and how far you are going to rise with only 19 years of service when the big time players tend to have like 100 year seniority minimum.

>>4857191
Only when I deem them appropriate.

Honestly, I'm gonna go straight ahead and tell you that an army of 1 000 000 troops isn't gonna do a whole lot to change the fate of a sector in most cases.

Sure, there's lynchpin worlds and shit, but those worlds tend to easily get millions upon millions of reinforcements as it is.
Hell, even Krieg despite sending out ungodly amounts of soldiers to fight and die hasn't really yet been the lynchpin upon which a crusade victory can be credited to if I am not mistaken.

Also, as to the whole "which one gets paid more" question? If you're a star player, you get plenty of room to negotiate your salary.

It's not like they wouldn't pay you extra for salvaging a complete shitshow or as an instructor when there wasn't a fuckfest to unfuck.

>>4858025
We really should be a Champion if we get payed the bigger bucks. We could use the money for research, like the tastiest rations in the galaxy, or the sharpest shovels this side of the Imperium. What's the current vote tally?

>>4858036
I'll do it on midday or something.

>>4858025
>>4858011
i am more partial to command so we can get some leadership skills, and things that are useful to deal with people. charm, Inquiry, deceive, and getting as many peer talents as possible.

If we really want to use perpetualness it is in getting to know everybody and having favors and favorable working relationships with everyone who is anyone.

>>4858056
>>4857963
discount anything and everything with low post counts and no previous votes. Best be safe.

>>4858092
We could try balancing out our man, but shouldn't we focus on his strengths? He's a soldier, not an inquisitor.

>>4858109
Not yet. And why limit ourselves to just being a grunt? Nothing is stopping us from developing our martial talents alongside the command role. Not like Aren needs to sleep or rest. Harder to do CO training when you have nobody to command and are constantly bashing in skulls though.

>>4858111
Some CO training during waking hours, and personal fitness during sleep hours? I can work with that, but we could achieve the same results as a Champion.

>>4858114
Except with no real life command. A platoon leader can still (and with paradroops has to) partake in combat. A champ cant command more than his squad without a lot of casualties and empty seats, so to speak. Basically, the CO position we are going for would allow us to both partake in combat as well as command troop. Champ has very limited troop leading potential.

>>4858117
"paradroops" lol
The low-IQ canon fodder they might not bother giving jetpacks to.

>>4858117
>>4858118
>I think you are grossly overestimating your capabilities for leadership there and how far you are going to rise with only 19 years of service when the big time players tend to have like 100 year seniority minimum.

>The role would be highly similar. You'd basically be aiming to be a top tier combat specialist sent to unfuck clusterfucks or protect the people who need protecting.

>Champions just go a more unconventionally pathway of ranking up, going from Company Champion to Regimental Champion to Champion of the Army.
Every one position is pretty damn prestigious, even when your actual command authority is reasonably localized, nobody's going to ignore your words if you prove yourself as the hardest motherfucker in a battlegroup the size of a million.

>>4858228
Firstly, I dont assume we will rise to be a general in 20 years. Neither should you assume we will make army champ with all the auged-up freaks around. Secondly, big difference between giving advice and leading troops. I still dont understand how being a CO that does crazy shit is somehow worse than being a grunt doing the same. God knows the CO has room to grow.

Let's see....
>Command
>>4857023
>>4857027
>>4857037
>>4857046
>>4857068
>>4857092
>>4857121
>>4857190
>>4857201
>>4857308
>>4857380
>>4857491
>>4857793
>>4857797
>>4857928

>Champion
>>4857024
>>4857028
>>4857032
>>4857033
>>4857036
>>4857041
>>4857080
>>4857223
>>4857594
>>4857610
>>4857633
>>4857933

>Flipflop
>>4857083
>>4857237

Gonna do a bit of a check for duplicates etc

>1 post by this ID
>>4857068
>>4857594
>>4857610
>>4857797
>>4857933

lol

>>4858285
Anyway, seems like 17 wanna command and 13 want to be be champions.

Dunno how much that's based on anons getting way too invested on an internet story, but we'll go with that.

>>4858291
I just want to tell other dudes to do stuff while we hit things with hammer.

>>4858287
Less than I thought.

>>4858291
That’s because you tried to take Anon shekels you git :P

I’d like to point out that we’re a quarter of the way through the thread, and we’ve yet to have had a proper update.

>>4858287
I am a real person. I work odd hours and only catch this after you have stopped writing for the day

>>4858287
lol single poster must be a samefag.

Warning: Disruptions in updates expected in near future due to the sheer imperial grade incompetence of my ISP failing to deliver upon their contractual obligations as I moved to a new apartment.

I may be without internet within few days until I find a company ready to honor their obligations.

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> Drop Troopers

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As the streaks of sharply luminescent streetlights passed by the limousine window, you talked with the old officer. Clearly what he said had some sense to it. What's another 10 years when even the cheapest juvenat treatments add 30 to your lifespan? Surely it was worth considering. After all, you had a knack for survival.

As you told him of your aspirations, the old officer seemed to very much approve both your ambition and your choice of service branch.
"You've got balls, I'll tell you that much. If you'll live through your first decade, you might go far. Very prestigious branch of service. Also, convenient for the high command since you can be deployed wherever you're needed."
He flicks a tiny dataslate off his pocket and taps something on it.
"We'll have someone send you the applications later on. A formality really. They're practically pre-approved at this point. We'll get you a squad and some entry-level juvenats, someone to take you under his wing, and we'll how you do."
"I'll look forward to it Sir. I don't really have any experience on leading squad, but I wouldn't mind giving it a try."
"Oh, I'm sure you'll do well enough. Maybe a bit rough around the edges initially, but it only goes to reason you'd head your own fire team after getting an ace status. Worst case scenario, you'll just have to carry the entire operation like you did in Vesser."

As you chatted on about this and that, mostly about your prospects in terms of your career and on your stunt at the northern hive, your car finally made it to the top level with the towering spires stretching to the clouds surrounding you.

The driver took you to through a heavily guarded tunnel to a massive elevator at the feet of the central spire, large enough to park the entire vehicle in. You took a moment to leave the vehicle and watch from the glass wall as you were lifted to the uppermost portion of the hive.

Shimmering lights of the city shined resplendently in the pristine hive as you ascended to the heavens. You noticed the Capital itself was grander than the Northern hive was on several levels, not only on size. It had love and care put into it's architectures, unlike the rather brutal ferrocrete constructions in the northern hive.

It was also more advanced technologically. Here Imperial imports were far more commonplace whereas on Vesser, the city was mostly functioning on whatever the planet produced locally. Though Vesser self-sufficient, its population seemed a bit poorer in hindsight.

Upon reaching the top, you arrived at a veritable fortress. The security here was on a different level to that of Vesser. Perhaps it was intentional on some level that the leaders of lesser cities did not live so securely?

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The equipment worn by the palace guards reflected the wealth of the capital. Perhaps it was partially for show, perhaps that simply was something they got issued here, but they had access to lasguns, bolters and even the occasional plasma weapon. Autoguns were rare, but present as well.

Mounted on swivels, Lascannons and Multilasers dotted the walls, standing idly as guards kept watch over this veritable castle in the heavens.

The driver urged you back inside and drove you towards a large gate, behind which was the Governor's gargantuan household, well, the courtyard of it anyhow.

One could see the magnificent display of opulence and architecture, albeit decorated in an extremely militaristic style with Imperial and planetary banners and streamers on nearly every place one could see, clearly reflecting on the nature of this gathering.

Passing through several checkpoints, the car reached the line towards the entrance with plenty of people with pict recorders recording the entrance of those in attendance.

You felt quite plain in your trooper's dress uniform upon seeing the ostentatious degree by which some other guests dressed themselves. Well, luckily you didn't come here alone. Maybe they'll think you're the attendant for the Tribunal Officer and just ignore you.

When your turn came, you exited with the highly decorated officer. As you did so, the flashes from the picture taking devices blinded you, bright as the sun, flashing on your face, they went wild.
"Try not to be too nervous. Once you reach my age, things like this become ever more important part of the job."
The officer said as he put his hand on your shoulder.
"A smiling war hero is good for morale. Come on trooper, let's make it good for the papers shall we?"

> Show the media your good side
> Roll fellowship: Charm

Give me D100

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>4858649

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>4858649

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>4858649
Put on the sunglasses. Yyyeeaaaaahhh!

>>4858652
>>4858655
>>4858657
aviator shades?
on
smile?
dashing
thumb up?
YOU BET!

Oh nice we’re going the ODST route, can’t wait for our motto to become Feet First into Hell and to be the best ass kickers available sans Astartes. Also are the Drop Troops in this universe also catch all special forces meaning we could be assigned everything from boarding actions to Assasination and guerilla warfare?

>>4858671
https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Grav-Chute
https://youtu.be/SsmrrtToyvI
Anyone considered combining the Grav Chute and a powerful grappling hook for parkour action in urban environments?

>>4854782
> N
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>>4858671
Well, less likely to do gorilla warfare.

>>4858688
yes. its my go to when designing a drop-troop regiment.

Makes them low budget pseudo jumpjet infantry as long as they have something to grapple on.

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>>4858671
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBi-o2doFdY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wznl6aM5Zrk

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> 3 degrees of success

https://youtu.be/SvAOQdDWvro

You pull out your aviators and unveil the most family friendly, squeaky clean smile a man can give without being forcefully inducted into the Ultramarines.

The Media got some nice pictures of you and the Tribunal officer as you approached the entrance and waved at the handful of people jumping around with their recording devices like they had gone crazy. You guessed they've had to look like they're excited about the job to make it up here or something.

After going up a short flight of stairs, you emerged through the main entrance into a grand hall of a thousand lights, filled with great many men in their military uniforms and women in their frilly dresses.

Great many of those in attendance possessed some form of augmetics, obviously tailor made and imported with the loving embellishments of a scrimshaw adorning every flat piece of metal visible, each as if trying to one-up the next in the elaborate details as possible. On the background there was a gentle tune playing, sort of like elevator music, except far more classy and played by a live band.

At the center of the room there was something very large hidden underneath a large canvas, of sorts, and kept under heavy guard. The silhouette was somewhat angular, yet you couldn't tell what it was at first glance.

Upon entering the great hall of... well whomever the fuck these people were and whatever they did for a living, you were offered some sort of sparkling, mildly alcoholic, sweet amasec and some tiny bits of bread with some unknown paste on them by the serving staff.

There were some sort of shows going on about the floor, a dueling ring of sorts where some sort of fencing match was happening.
The forementioned live music band was playing string and brass instrument by some sort of bar area, whereupon several of the guests seemed to congregate, drawn by these tiny bread things and drink refills.
You also noticed the center of the room had several weapons in class cases, mostly some forms of autoguns, autocannons and bolters and so on.

"There's going to be awhile until the Governor's going to show up. Always last one to arrive... I'm going to have a conversation with certain arms manufacturers. Just lounge around and don't get too drunk, trooper."

Tribunal Officer Vandredge quips at you as he leaves you behind, but not before downing a glass of that bubbling drink. You saw him heading to the upstairs to nondescript rooms by the atrium.

And so, were alone, unarmed in an unknown environment, doing what soldiers do best. Waiting.

> Check out the gun display at the center of the room.
> Secure a perimeter by the bar and chill by the band.
> Go have a look at what the deal with the fencing stuff is.

>>4859117
>> > Check out the gun display at the center of the room.

>>4859117
>> Check out the gun display at the center of the room.
ooooooh, fancy

>>4859117
>Check guns
>Inspect fencing.

The temptation.

>> Check out the gun display at the center of the room.

Got to know what we can work with when this party is crashed. Also anyone else really want to start up our own personal weapons collection. Get ourselves a nice little warp capable gun cutter eventualy and park it in a hanger and fill it up with our shit. Could say it’s for our companies uses

>>4859117
> Check out the gun display at the center of the room.
Does it work? Only one way to find out.

>>4859117
> Go have a look at what the deal with the fencing stuff is.