>>5161767

He gazed out at the world through a collection of Visual Auspexs, pict-finders and sensor nods. He had sat the man shaped tank of armor that he now commanded, upon a pile of crates containing a portion of the armaments the emperor had portioned away to gift to his father, the Primarch Lieren. A sense of trepidation afflicted the interred astartes mind, as he silently observed the proceedings to activate the portal that would allow him to walk to his father's side and hopefully die assisting him in his own war against a particularly aggressive tribe of techno barbarians that intel Uncle Malcador had allowed him to review so he'd know what he was up against, suggested were a few threat levels higher than the clans he had become accustomed to crushing in the defense of the nascent new empire of mankind. Just another band of savages to be crushed against the godamned bulwark of humanity's future

Around him, Platoons of his Legion's little brothers, primarily of the Seowl ranger regiment who volunteered to stand by the great man who rose from their homeland one last time even though they, along with the elements from the Shuomi Ursine guard and Creti Grave wardens, who were gathered around the Ceramite memorial, marking down their names and deaths as "MIA" next to the honored dead lost in the 2nd Legion's various, glorious campaigns. Dae-Hyun had already placed his own, before he sat down to wait for the days it had taken to create the transport device that would allow them to reach the distant World of Shangrala. In that time, those brothers both who would remain to fight the emperors crusade and those who would join him on this adventure into the unknown reaches of the galaxy, had chosen to decorate his casket, showing a kind of grim sense of humor as they did so.

One of his captains even managed to find an old bear pelt large enough to drape over the head of his dreadnaught shell, while most others simply carved into its armor plating graffiti. Some of which was serious, and held meaning, like catchphrases and lingos. Some were random doodles or playful insults to the Great bear of terra, that was dug in the paint of the armor he wore, its ceramite left unpainted so he may dress himself in whatever colors his father favored. Those he had recruited or had volunteered from the various sects forming in his...what was his legion to command wore the colors that held some symbolism to them. Others mimicked the colors of the Seowl rangers, Creti Grave wardens or Shuomi Ursine guard. But just as many followed Dae-Hyun's example and remained uncolored, amongst seas of Marble white, concrete greys, blacks, Vivid greens, Rust reds and oranges, Blues and more pastel colors that the sects wore to differentiate themselves from each other and the unaligned members of the legion.
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>>5161768

Badges of honor, accolades and war trophies were pinned to Dae-Hyun's outer chassis by servitors, as his weapons were fitted onto his chassis at last, customized as he requested

Twin linked heavy bolters, A dreadnaught sized power fist with a heavy flamer replacing its inbuilt twin linked bolters.

He commanded his coffin to rise, and stand, the company of astartes and gene modded base line soldiers parted before him as he stomped to the front of the host and waited, the servos inside of his weaponized tomb hissing as he stood at attention before what Malcador had referred to as a small company before the addition of the various elements of the Imperial guard, but was nearly a full battalion of the Second Legions forces. Three hundred Astartes , reinforced by two thousand seowl rangers, twelve hundred Creti Grave Wardens, and eight hundred Shuomi Ursine guard. A small force to be sure, compared to the vast and constantly growing armies of the emperor, but it was an apocalyptic force even if it was compose of a fraction of the 2nd legion's strength

How proud he felt, looking upon his men, to lead them into battle one final time. He was confident that the command structure of the legion would endure, lead by the marine he chose to pass on the responsibility to. Some, close members of the 3rd legion and War hounds were present to watch their departure, amongst this crowd of spectators was the captain of the Fourteenth Captain of the warhounds, Dae-hyun's personal friend Yazid Khalid, who did his best to hide his sorrow behind a warrior bluster as he alongside on of Dae-Hyun's own former subordinates, read off the flippantly casual and joking epithets that covered the memorial where Dae-Hyun's own name now sat

"First Legion master, Dae-Hyun, the Fortunate son, Great Bear of terra, Scarface, Stubborn old dog, and the Bulwark of Humanity's future" The War hound read off boisterously, loud enough for all of the hangar bay to hear as the servitors connected the final pylons and cabling to power the small, strangely shaped device that would supposedly transport Dae-hyun and his men to his father's side "Nothing on Terra's soil could kill him, so he left us behind here. Wherever his grave will be dug, we'll share a drink when we find it and our genesire again! Hah! Like Scarface is going to die. I'm sure we'll meet out there in the stars, brother"

Dae-Hyun laughed, his booming voice carrying through the hall, much louder than his natural voice

"We'll see, Yazid, I will certainly try not to die before then" He jested, to ease his own nerves as the less serious and grim amongst their audience joined him in laughing at the War hounds blithe joking around. It wouldn't be long now, until he departed to never again see the faces of these men he knew as his brothers, even though they did not share a genesire, so Dae-Hyun was being damn certain to savor their last moments together

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>>5161770

As were all of his men, who spoke their last insults to their brothers who would remain define, exchanging well meaning barbs or embracing one another while repeating their call signs so the other would not forget it or forcing them to promise to kill their share of savages now that they would be gone. It was very much like a funeral, but much less somber and much more lighthearted and lively. Dae-Hyun sensors detected a few of the more pompous 3rd Legion astartes rolling their eyes or sighing heavily as they watched the boisterous mingling of the 2nd legion and their baseline comrades, especially those that watched their own brothers join in the shenanigans and good natured pranking.

A band of brothers they remained. If Dae-Hyun truly died now, this was the perfect final sight to witness. It was a fitting send off, and certainly felt like his own funeral. His chapped lips curled into a crooked smile, as at last the emperor approached. He turned off his audio auspex, not wishing to ruin the perfect departure with his master's speech. it would certainly be historic and inspiring but...well, seeing his men act naturally and hearing their voices was all he needed to find the strength to leave behind the cradle of humanity and become the first of the space marines to walk upon a forgotten world. Anything else would spoil the mood, even if it was a speech by the rightful Emperor of mankind himself. Hearing the boys bullshit and joke around was enough, besides he was certain he could always ask one of the others joining him on the Journey what was said.

Dae-Hyun thought on the past and pondered the future, before his sensors told him that now was the time to focus again, detecting a huge energy surge that meant the gateway was being powered up. Turning on his auspex once again, he turned to the Emperor as he was addressed directly

"Dae-Hyun, my unwavering shield and loyal servant. First master of my second legion and the Bulwark of humanity's future, you have my blessing to join your father as the vanguard of what shall be the greatest crusade in humanity's long and storied history" He says solemnly "and I swear, should you die in this grand undertaking across space , I shall return your ashes to the shores of Seowl"

Dae-Hyun knew he was right to zone out. If he had heard the whole speech, he was certain he'd be crying now.

Like a radiation storm, the massive gateway powered on. Sheets of golden light forming together as strange, foreign script glowed through the surface of the anchor and along the vastness of the interdimensional tunnel

"Singing?" Dae-Hyun asked, as he heard the most melodic and beautiful sound he had ever heard, joined by a gruff almost mechanical chanting. Like angels of the old superstitions joining their voices with the cold machine of logic.

Menials, scribes and Remembrancer gathered around him a swarm of rats, seeming all the smaller now that he was stuck in this ceramite straight jacket.

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>>5161772

they were aiding in transporting the care package the emperor was sending along with them, alongside a herd of servitors which helped count the tally and prepare the mechanized shipping crates. Scribes, with their cybernetically enhanced perception and manual dexterity, recorded every word spoken by the emperor and Dae-Hyun, while the Remembrancer captured the moment. Dae-Hyun heard the boss planned to officialize these artists and journalists, and was running a test run of their abilities now before giving them any special privileges. Dae-Hyun wondered if he could get away with stepping on one or two of them, as he found them and the idea itself irritating beyond description.

But he decided against wanton slaughter, and instead pivoted and turned his mechanical body to face the golden hole in space, and gaze out into its radiant halls. His sensors detected an increased heart rate as his excitment reached its pinnacle

"Father, I am coming" He whispered, his own voice sounding childish and weak as he took the footstep into the space between the realities, flanked by two cargo containers, as his men marched in file behind him, Astartes and Baseline alike.

He entered the gateway, and his sensor went crazy trying to measure the forces that surrounded him and the plane of existence he now trespassed within

"And I shall serve you as loyally as I did your own father!" He shouted "Let these savages know the might of Terra before all others! VALOROUS AND INDOMITBLE"

And with that, Dae-Hyun Departed from Terra's soil, his battlecry joined by thousands of voices as he vanished
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWxBrI0g1kE>
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Where have you placed your anchor and where do you intend to meet the convoy your father sent to exchange your gifts, Lieren?

>In the furthest Imperial encampment in Vishnu lands in the company of Jinhai and the other generals of the imperial army as well as the whole of your own, elite regiment

>Beyond the territories claimed by Long-Jia, in enemy lands, waiting for your reinforcements to truly begin your hunt for the butcher and his dogs

>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal

>In the capital city, televised and broadcast to the whole of Long-Jia to raise morale by propagandizing the event, while also exposing the "help" your father promised to your peoples culture

>Write in

>>5161775
>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal
We better heal our boy with Kanzeon as soon as we can.

>>5161775
>>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal

>>5161775
>>In the capital city, televised and broadcast to the whole of Long-Jia to raise morale by propagandizing the event, while also exposing the "help" your father promised to your peoples culture


we're getting regiments of the imperial army too. Sweet.

>>5161775
>>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal

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>>5161775
>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal
I like to imagine the Emperor just went "fuck it" and punched a hole in the warp with his mind fist to reach Lieren's planet.
I haven't listened to Disturbed in a while, nice choice.

>>5161770
>at attention before what Malcador had referred to as a small company before the addition of the various elements of the Imperial guard, but was nearly a full battalion of the Second Legions forces.

It's the imperial army right now malal. but that's the only mess up I've seen.

>>5161775
>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal.
We have to have them march through the capital once the war is over- after the brave men of the Imperial Army of course. I feel a tinge of sadness and disappointment that we will need our sons to finish our wars.

>>5161798
We didn't need them, but less named characters will die thanks to them.

>>5161775
>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal

Let humanity stand and remember. And let us get this incomparably loyal old bear back on his feet - his human feet - one of these days

>>5161775
>In the capitol city.

>>5161775
>In the furthest Imperial encampment in Vishnu lands in the company of Jinhai and the other generals of the imperial army as well as the whole of your own, elite regiment

>>5161775
>>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal

Son, we are prying you out of that coffin and returning to you your body.

>>5161775
>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal

This should be far enough for us to deceive the energy surge from the Portal Anchors activation, and avoid that the Vishnu detect it. We still need it to use them for attack their citadel after all.
We will connect with the Long Jia army with some transports, should be fast. Be train or air.

Funnily enough several Long Jia transports have been build with Lieren body in mind, so space marines should be fine inside them.

The space marines and imperial army should be a nice addition. And a new element in the battle ahead that will surprise the Vishnu.

>>5161775
>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal

>In the capital city, televised and broadcast to the whole of Long-Jia to raise morale by propagandizing the event, while also exposing the "help" your father promised to your peoples culture

We should do this to give face to the future planetary government!

>>5161775
>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal

>>5161775
>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal

>Introduce our sons to our Father Wenyan, show him his grandkids.

i know that the journey says death is natural, but i would love if we had enough time to upgrade augments of some of our sons, specifically Dae-Hyun if we have the time to help ease his suffering. I wonder what Lieren's reaction to the dreadnought will be?

>>5161775
>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal

>>5161910
Upgrade hell. We can regrow limbs. We just need data on the additional organs and we can regrow his missing limbs and eyes.

>>5161910
He shall be restored to his former glory, to once more lead the son's of his father.

the better question is how he and those with him will realize that we have a wife.

>>5161775
>>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal

>>5161775
>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal

So how do people feel about the color silver?
https://html-color.codes/silver

>>5161775

>In the capital city, televised and broadcast to the whole of Long-Jia to raise morale by propagandizing the event, while also exposing the "help" your father promised to your peoples culture

>>5161956
We introduce ours sons to Wenyan. Wenyan faints.

We introduce our wife to our sons. They faint.

OMG considering we've been told that our legion like to shit talk each other imagine another legion getting hit with "at least we got a functional pair of parents".

inb4 a War Hounds claps back with a Yo Momma so big she's a spaceship.

>>5162045
>We introduce our wife to our sons. They faint.
Kek.

They're going to be so confused by Kazeon, not only because their father is married, but because on a glance she looks like a lewd artists depiction of a female space marine- which shouldn't exist in the first place. Then your father reveals to you she's actually an AI flesh puppet- but not really. Her real body is a fuck-off giant ship from the Dark Age of Technology and the amalgamation of hundreds of souls.
Also- you now have several aunts who are also ships. One of which is a crazy bitch that worships a blood god, a hedonistic fox who's getting pounded by Lieren in the right way (with a fucking boot and hammer)- but hey! At least Aunt Mari is nice.
To top it all off- your new step-mom is going to give a new body.

I'd be surprised if they didn't faint.

>>5162082
Lieren once again ahead of the curve with interfamilial violence.

His brothers really are slackers in comparison

>>5162045
Our sons are masters of the laconic arts and I couldn't be happier

>>5162045
Legion clapping back like "Atleast we got a Momma."

>>5162045
Warborn or another legion make a comment about Mama Kanzeon when the Sons arent around to hear, but one of our Auxillia hears it. What does the Auxillia do:

a) goes after the marine like an angry chipmunk
b) informs other auxillia and they doggy pile the marine
c) informs a 2nd son who then politely tells the War born that at least their primarch isnt a test tube virgin
d) causes a chain reaction that gets Lieren redacted

>>5161775
>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal
we got to show them our tiger niece and nephews.

>>5162278
OH YEAH!
Our kids have to meet our nephews and nieces!

>>5162289
I wonder how our sons will react when we create a new core after the war, getting a younger sibling that is an entire archeotech ship

>>5162302
>ship son
Easy there buddy, let's not be too hasty.

Why I find funny is the shock on all our Sons and the Imperial Army's faces when they see Shagrala. Our planet will be the greenest thing they've ever seen in their life time.

>>5162438
I hope the culture shock won't be too bad. For our sons or the native Long Jian people.

>>5162438
>ship son
>not ship daughter
Anon, our family is already a sausage fest, Kanzeon, her sisters, and our nieces need all the help they can get.

I have a proposal btw we stop calling our Missus and her sisters AI because they are not. Call them something else because they quite literally are not born from code. They were created by a mass of very real souls and stored in something mechanical which at the very basis of it is not AI. Just call her a Soul Core or something so people learn the difference form the off; a ghost in a machine the communicates with code vs something that was born from 0s and 1s

>>5162539
Machine spirit.

>>5162539
They're essentially lesser versions of the Emporer They are multiple souls sacrificed en masse and combined into one being, the thing is they were immediately harnessed into the core of a ship instead of being born into another body.
If they weren't harnessed there might be more like the Emporer.

>>5162677
In addendum to my post, it should be mentioned that Kanzeon and her sisters were likely not made up of Psykers and likely not as much were sacrificed as the Emporers, so they are as I said before, Lesser Versions of the Emporer

>>5162563
Machine Spirit seems an inadequate description of Kanzeon and her sisters. Perhaps Machine Soul?

>>5161775
>>By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal

>>5162539
I like Soul core.

>>5162539
We could ask Kanzeon if there is a specific term for what they are from when they were created/born.

>>5162970
"Honey, what are your pronouns?"

>>5162985
More like just nouns.

>>5162985
inb4 Lieren leans even more into therapist primarch
inb4 11th primarch got redacted after speaking to Lieren and discovering they're trans and tell Daddy E he wants to be called Elevenina and no dad its not a phase.

Malal in the corner with Tzeetch wondering what the fuck was happening while Slaanesh is preparing some Primarch grade HRT.

>>5163040
Turns out that the Emperor was not only justified, but did the correct move.

>>5163068
"Trannies be gone!"

>>5163040
>Malcador in the corner screaming "I told you to make them girls but you just had to love dick."

>>5162970
>>5162985
>>5163040
>>5163084
>>5163149
what the fuck did I come back too

>>5163188
We have descended into insanity join us.

>>5163188
>>5163210
I'm pretty sure one of these fuckers has pie.

>>5162792
Machine Spirit is perfect and guaranteed to be what she’ll be referred to as.

>>5162499
Fuck that, you know how many quests have been ruined because of daughter's!?

It's either always the same endless shovel talks and no one good enough for my daughter, the same tired my precious baby is rebelling so I must simp, or she's a fucking Mary Sue that everyone gets sick of or sucks off endlessly.

I'm not mentioning the fags that waifu the daughter's because thankfully that's more an akun thing

>>5163528
Bro we are a fucken primarch. we wont be that bad.

>>5163528
>It's either always the same endless shovel talks and no one good enough for my daughter
Any prospective daughter of ours is a fucking ship.The only reason Kanzeon has a romantic interest is because she met someone being controlled by a bunch of horny basement-dwelling degenerates. Me included. Also, any prospective suitors are either uncles, brothers, or nephews, Malal doesn't strike me as an incestfag.
>the same tired my precious baby is rebelling so I must simp
You're forgetting we made a philosophy all about walking your own path. Also, we have a good enough writer to avoid cliches.
>she's a fucking Mary Sue that everyone gets sick of or sucks off endlessly.
See above, you should've learned to trust Malal's writing skills by now.

All in all, 4/10. Made some points that might've held water in other quests.

>>5163528
You're not entirely wrong.

>>5163531
Mmmmmmm yeeeaaah but let's hold off on the kid discussion til later. Having space marine sons, and adopting humans or something should be good enough. And when I say adopt I mean when they're young adults or something so theres less baggage.

>>5161775
I regret not asking Space Dad about the Null charms, and if it's a good or bad idea for us to put it on everything.

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>>5163188
i told you itwouldhappen, YOU DIDNT BELIEVE ME!

>>5161775
>In the furthest Imperial encampment in Vishnu lands in the company of Jinhai and the other generals of the imperial army as well as the whole of your own, elite regiment

>>5161775
>In the furthest Imperial encampment in Vishnu lands in the company of Jinhai and the other generals of the imperial army as well as the whole of your own, elite regiment
Well at least the emperor will get some STC's.
I'm betting dad's care package is going to be massively outshone by what Lieren already has access to.
Hopefully we can work on the gateway some more so we can get another bridge to Terra after we take care of the Vishnu, would be funny if Lieren ends up the one primarch that goes to dad rather then the other way around. Horus is likely a year or two away from discovery on Luna so we can't get that distinction as amusing as it would be.
Does anyone remember when the treaty of mars happened after they conquered Luna?

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What's gonna be Emps reaction when he finds out Lieren is a shipslut fag.

>>5163707
Immediate execution

>>5163707
He the space chineae primarch, of course he would be addicted to gacha

>>5163582
What do you mean anon? It is always good to tag null denouncement charms everywhere we go.

Everywhere.

>>5163707
This looks OK but I still insist that kanzeon is a thicc latina woman

>>5163716
We need to remember to engrave them Into the soles of our shoes so they are embedded everywhere we walk.

>>5163701
From what I understand the anchors will not create something permanent, but q temporary portal. They require a lot of energy. Due to the fact of being made very recently, it's still a technological field all to explore.
Otherwise the exchange of resources and men would be a bit bigger than this small exchange and taskforce, and it would be costant.
The reason we made the anchors is for get inside the citadel of the Vishnu after all, and surprise them.


It will happen after some years, it s more of a stalemate for sometime because there was a possibility of conflict, due to similarities of military power and so on. Now things should change though.
Emperor was also interested in taking Venus and Mercury at the time, but Mars was the main problem for completing the conquest of the Inner sphere of the solar system. When that is done then all the other planets remain, it take less time but is still a bit slow and there is a lot of fighting against aliens especially.
After that the imperium prepared many new armies and fleets, and the Great Crusade starts.

>>5163582
Chaos doesn't find them nice and funny, and it real pisses them off alongside the Journey writings flying inside our flames or ice, or attached to the null charms.
So I don't mind. They don't get to touch kids or attempt to throw nightmares in any men and women they can.

With Shangrila being naturally weak for the natural barriers of the warp, is a necessity. The fact that demons have attempt to colonize the boundary between warp and world (see the nurgle demon, making a extension of the garden in battlefield of the treachery of turtles), is also a concern. Or that the boundary is infested by animalistic warp scavengers and predators for that matter. They need to be kept out.
Maybe we should make some pillars and restore the natural barriers of the world.

Calling the vote now

By small Chen's grave, in the shadow of the academy you built above it, having buried Bai in the fields of Nothing while waiting for your father to complete his side of the portal:16

In the capital city, televised and broadcast to the whole of Long-Jia to raise morale by propagandizing the event, while also exposing the "help" your father promised to your peoples culture: 4

In the furthest Imperial encampment in Vishnu lands in the company of Jinhai and the other generals of the imperial army as well as the whole of your own, elite regiment:3

Introduce them to Wenyan: 1

So Lieren will have set up the meeting point by small chen's grave, under the shadow of The Chen Dao academy

Writing now

>>5163753
>Introduce them to Wenyan
FUCK give us another chance to do it before he dies malal, I want him to see his grandchildren

>>5163773
I'm sure he'll be very confused why their a bunch a gruff soldiers instead of a kid

>>5163753
Oh shit, I thought that introducing them to farmer dad and tiger nephews would come as default for the Chen option.

Meanwhile, admits a field of flowers, the kindly natured giant of Shangrala sat alone, enjoy the gentle fragrances of the blossoms that grew over the tomb of one of his dearest friends, having just return from his home village to bury another. Beneath the stalwart statue of the valiant Small Chen, Lieren and a small crowd of onlookers composed of common farmers and the older students of the Chendao Academy, alongside the venerable elders Guozhi, Kuan Im and the chief of nothing your own honored father Wenyan waited patiently for the figures of the "Kinsmen of the noble son of the heavens" to arrive and lend their blade to the effort to quash what the voices on the radios had said would be the "Final refuge of tyranny and moral corruption upon Shangrala", Unaware that in fact they were witnessing the harbingers of their entrance into a much wider world, far grimmer and darker than even the nightmare their prosperous nation now faced with spears and rifles in hand...
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Your mind wandered and raced, as visions of how this first fateful meeting between father and son may transpire. A thousand theatric day dreams played, as the famed Playwright Pan An sat anxiously by your side, as you came across him in nothing as he had been hired by Bai's parents and wife to pen the tale of his life and tragic death. Fondly recalling your meeting with him after watching one of your plays, you decided to allow the storyteller to join you on this momentous occasion Guozhi and Kuan Im you met upon the road by chance, as they were escorting a unfortunate youth who was bedeviled and haunted by the whispered temptations of wicked spirits and nightmarish dreams of the realm of the Empyrean to the sanctity of the Wanderers in the Fog hidden temple retreat, nestled in the same mountains from whence Chen Dao Academy was built.

So to, has Small Chen's family gathered. Little Chen, his single Son is large for his age and squirms and struggles to free himself from his mother's arms to play amongst the flowers that have sprouted above his father's grave. Old Chen, holds a bottle of Dragon Spit liquor, his daughter and daughter in law, Nüying and Lanfen at his sides, the image of demure and subtle beauty, both of their hair worn wild in mimicry of Kanzeon's own preferred style. The former traveled many leagues to be present for this historic event.

Kanzeon, however is not present in the flesh or steel, for she remained at the warfront and for the first time left your company. You did not mourn her absence, as both of you were well aware how the men of terra or your father himself, if he deigned to lead the convoy personally, would react to her nature and presence. So, briefly, the two of your departed from the comforting warmth of the other's most pleasant company.

The wind frolicked gayly across the field of funerary flowers, as the distant chimes of the humble farming community beneath the memorial of the late and great small Chen sang through the morning
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>>5163798
as the Gongs and synthesized bells of Chen Dao academy blared and disrupted the serene tranquility of the day. With Legs Crossed, you looked through the portal, sitting in front of it to keep any curious onlookers from wandering or venturing inside of it. The more courageous of the crowed dared look into the "Waters" of the Gold Dragon River, some sang verses of the Journey or its mantras, doubtlessly hearing the extra dimensional tunnel "Singing" to them as they waited for the arrival of the distant warriors of the stars. Soldiers of the Imperial army stood guard, defending the shipment of supplies you had gathered with Jinhai's permission as your finest accountants and taxmen double and triple counted the wealth of resources you were giving away by "Casting them into the heavens' sea" as one of them so bluntly put it. Your stubbornly nameless assistant leads the effort, eyes narrowed and sharp as taps away on his data slate, noting every gift down to its weight in ounces.

Pan An chews the back of his brush, jittery and nervous as his mind races to find a proper, eloquent manner of describing the gate way that cuts between the space between worlds. Guozhi glares into the astral chaos, as if he was facing the dark master of deception, Jian Qi, himself. Kuan Im's gaze is much softer and serene, as she marvels at the spiraling energies before her blind eyes and mutters to herself, quoting passages of old scripture and folktales as she watches the tunnel and counts the characters flowing through its luminesces as if they were carps in a pond. You spot a few of Qian Xia's spies, observing the affair. It is obvious they realize you've noticed their presence, but continue lurking amongst the crowd to bring the scarlet spider the intel she demanded with recording devices to capture and preserve every sensation of this stellar exchange of goods and resources.

Before anyone else, your super human senses detected the presence of the travelers from terra. Hearing first the thunderous footsteps of a warmachine similar but smaller to the walking statues you invented, then the rumbling growl of primitive engines of the sort you refused in place of adopting wholly electric powered machinery to preserve Shangrala's precious natural beauty. Lifting your brow, you leap to your feet in a single fluid motion

Old chen curses, nearly dropping his bottle of reserved spirits as you gaze into the depths of the Gold Dragon River and stare, waiting for the first sight of the men of terra, those who served alongside your sons and father in the great war to reclaim humanity's birthright from the hands of short sighted and dull witted tyrants. Crossing your arms, you lifted your head, stretching your neck to try and look further into the tunnel through reality.

The first figures to appear, nearly made your legs buckle and fall beneath you from shock alone.
Cont

>>5163799

Your father himself strode over the horizon, dressed in resplendent armor styled after the feathers and beaks of birds of prey. You could only wonder what his glamor would show to those who did not have the eyes to see past it. His dour, grim expression lit up with relief as a smile beaming with pride met your golden eyes. And besides him, walked a suit of armor, mechanized and large enough to fit several full grown men inside of it. Your eyes widened as, for reasons you cannot comprehend, you realized immediately that with that metal shell was the noble Dae-Hyun. And judging from the gait of the machine, he had been gravely injured. And had been merged and fused with the machinery of the suit of mechanized armor.

But, you took control of yourself and quieted your distress, keeping your composure as your creator led a small army towards the Grave of small Chen, escorting a convoy of transport vehicles and crates. When the rest of the crowd saw the imposing figure sof your father and son, they began to mutter and gossip to one another before, as he grew closer, they were possessed by what seemed to be almost instinctive feeling of reverence and unparalleled awe as they neared the mouth of the Gateway

Your father stopped in its boundary, while Dae-Hyun stepped past it, followed by other astartes dressed in similar armor to his own, but on a smaller scale and clearly not interred within it as he was. The transport containers were wheeled out on treaded bases, spewing black vapors and smoke, that greatly distressed and irritated the unsullied eyes and noses of the audience that had gathered around you.

You and your father, stand a few paces apart, as Dae-Hyun turns the head of his prison around, seemingly flabbergasted by the sight before him, as are the few space marines that had emerged from the portal beneath his colossal steps. Some of your sons who you do not know, are confused by the lack of reaction amongst the civilians observing their arrival. Truly, their armor is imposing, as is their size. But the people of Shangrala have grown accustomed to their fighting men dressing themselves in the regalia of the Aeldari, which is far more intimidating than the armor worn by your sons, and have long felt comfort in your shadow. To them, they appear only as soldiers, rather than terrifying giants of men and living incarnations of war.

Looking upon one of them, you smirk, somewhat amused by their collective befuddlement

Besides the sputtering, hissing of the engines used to power the transport vessels of the convoy, silence falls as more containers, astartes and soldiers dressed in primitive armor with weapons akin to the "Heaven Flame" pattern laser rifles emerge in organized files as if they were marching as part of a celebratory parade.
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>>5163800

But, beneath the racket of your father's machines, you could hear Dae-Hyun breathing, labored by the machinery that connected him to the armored cage, which to your eyes appeared far to similar to the design of the Zoroastian devil cages in function

"I can see the familial resemblance" Wenyan jokes, and you find yourself regretting sending Kanzeon away for this meeting, her sarcastic wit would have greatly appreciated your father's joking, as he was motioning to Dae-Hyun, whose bonded armor was draped with the fur of some great, clearly predatory beast and was covered in script that would be alien to Wenyan's eyes. You recognized it as Gothic, and also recognized it was what amounted to graffiti of the kind to be found on the walls of cities.

How do you greet your father and sons, Lieren?

>Professionally yet cordially, perform the promised exchange of supplies, which apparently includes a portion of your father's own armies, wasting no time with frivolities

>Approach your father and earnestly thank him for his existence, and explain the reason you chose to meet him here and the significance of the statue atop the hill

>Ask what has happened to require Dae-Hyun to be interred in such a ...crude device. Part of its function is obviously devouted to life support, but what injuries would require such a treatment?

>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers

>write in

>>5163802
perform the promised exchange of supplies, which apparently includes a portion of your father's own armies, wasting no time with frivolities


>>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers

>>5163802
>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers
>Explain to your father how the Water Generating Stones work, and warn him that they are dangerous and should never be weaponized. Also mention that you are sharing some copies of the Journey, and would like your sons to be the first ones to recieve it, so they may have the complete picture.

>>5163802
So Lieren is now the first met primarch.

>>5163802
>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers

>>5163809
support

>>5163802
>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers

Must be a pain for Big E, his son got the chaos part right- but he's married to an AI!

>>5163809
+1

>>5163820
Just call her a super advance machine spirit and the cog boys will lover her.

>>5163802
>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers
>Explain to your father how the Water Generating Stones work, and warn him that they are dangerous and should never be weaponized. Also mention that you are sharing some copies of the Journey, and would like your sons to be the first ones to recieve it, so they may have the complete picture.

Yeah water stones needing a warning.

First chance we get we gotta ease Dae-Hyun's suffering if possible. Dreadnaught pilots are basically blobs by the time they're interred right? Let him be known as the fortunate son, the First to escape a dreadnaughts grasp, as I honestly feel dreadnought are anti-journey in a sense.

>>5163809
+1

>>5163802
>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers

>>5163827
>as I honestly feel dreadnought are anti-journey in a sense.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/sokushinbutsu
Here's a second option.

>>5163834
And that practice is not even just japanese, but buddhist is general, being done for a long time in India and China as well.

>>5163802
>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers
>Explain to your father how the Water Generating Stones work, and warn him that they are dangerous and should never be weaponized. Also mention that you are sharing some copies of the Journey, and would like your sons to be the first ones to recieve it, so they may have the complete picture

>>5163802
Backing this >>5163809

>>5163802
>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers
literally put a hand upon our son's form and beam at him.

>Explain to your father how the Water Generating Stones work, and warn him that they are dangerous and should never be weaponized. Also mention that you are sharing some copies of the Journey, and would like your sons to be the first ones to receive it, so they may have the complete picture.

>>5163809
+1

>>5163802
Backing >>5163809


We need to explain the dangers. But we also need to see how Big E handles alcohol. He will need it against russ

>>5163802
>>Approach your father and earnestly thank him for his existence, and explain the reason you chose to meet him here and the significance of the statue atop the hill
>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers


I'm going to trust that we aren't stupid enough to just send over those stones without any warnings.

>>5163802
>Supporting this
>>5163843

>>5163802
>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers
>Explain to your father how the Water Generating Stones work, and warn him that they are dangerous and should never be weaponized. Also mention that you are sharing some copies of the Journey, and would like your sons to be the first ones to recieve it, so they may have the complete picture

>>5163802
>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers

>>5163809
+1

Also adding

>put your hand on Dae-Hyun shoulder casually and then extend a handshake to our father,wink at him and say "I would hug you if I could father but that would most likely ruin the image of otherworldly savior king you've cultivated with my people in your short time here"

We are a cheeky fucking monkey, and we will tease our father for his weebass posing

>>5163802
>>Approach your father and earnestly thank him for his existence, and explain the reason you chose to meet him here and the significance of the statue atop the hill

>>5163809
+1

>>5163802
>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers
>Approach your father and earnestly thank him for his existence, and explain the reason you chose to meet him here and the significance of the statue atop the hill
I think either Lieren would have told dad via psychic phone call already or there would be more then enough information in writing in the Shangrala convoy to insure he was well informed of the matter. Better to no dilute a vote with multiple options if possible.
How strong are our Shangrala laser rifles? I'm pretty sure everyone is running around in reverse engineered Eldar armor so just a las gun would be pretty anemic in comparison, hellgun strength?
Wondering if we end up giving a titan to dad, whether or not checks the stuff we are sending before he marches back may alter his perception of the current war. He cracks open a crate or two or looks over some vehicles sent by his son and recognizes its all high dark age stuff and he realizes Lieren is essentially fighting a war against a chaos man of iron operating at full capacity.

>>5163802
>Make sure to introduce are Dads to each other.

>>5163802
>Approach your father and earnestly thank him for his existence, and explain the reason you chose to meet him here and the significance of the statue atop the hill
We chose this option for a reason, might as well let them all know.
>write in
Before our father goes, we should give him a parting hug, and the dragon spit regardless of our choices.

After we're done pacifying our planet, We're supposed to head back to Terra to do the Trial Tower thing each primarch was supposed to do, right?

>>5163802
>>Approach your father and earnestly thank him for his existence, and explain the reason you chose to meet him here and the significance of the statue atop the hill
>>Ask what has happened to require Dae-Hyun to be interred in such a ...crude device. Part of its function is obviously devouted to life support, but what injuries would require such a treatment?
>>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers

>>5164522
I'd love to hug dad, but he has an image to uphold

>>5163802
Can I get an idea of what the average pattern of power armor and heavy power armor is like? Do we have any refractory fields for our deployed power armored soldiers? Does Lieren utilize a refractory field for his armor?
Is Dae-Hyun stuck in his weaponized dull body crutch, or can we replace the damages portions of his body with vat grown flesh, or more sophisticated cybernetics?
What model of power armor are our sons using? Mk 1 or 2?
Can we detect any psykers among the people joining us? Any potential Eurubus's among our sons, the soldiers, or the Rememberances?

>>5163802
>>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers
>write in
Before our father goes, we should give him a parting hug, and the dragon spit regardless of our choices.

ngl, Our father is going to have a TON of questions about all the advanced war gear we're sending him. Mainly how the fuck we're making this shit

Especially the stuff we yoinked from the Dark eldar. Our world is not capable of making that shit natively and it's insanely advanced.

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>>5165680
Hi dad meet muh waifu lul.
THE BEST IDEA!
I have a feeling that if we keep giving him super nice tech THAT HE NEEDS, like say living metal armor and terraforming tech we should be alright though. In before he already knows and is stringing us along for his own amusement.

>>5165687
I cannot see how we can hide it from him. We are young as fuck.

I really suspect he's just humoring us right now.

>>5165687

I honestly think he knows. I'd like to see us having a conversation without words as honestly our ability to comprehend and the emperor being the emperor would male it possible. I ain't meaning psyker just non verbal cues

>>5165690
I don't think he knows they were a thing cause he was probably busy elsewhere when they were made but there's nothing stopping him from reading our mind without us knowing.

>>5165694
to clarify the emperor would have made heavy use of the lotus scepter tech and would have probably ensouled his own flagship.

>>5165696
Tbf before old night Emps was more in the background I know he kept hidden caches for the future. Lotus I accept but I think currently he values individual souls a bit much to basically create an amalgam. At least I hope so. Amalgamating must be difficult and painful

>>5165702
You can probably rig up soulstone like tech with advanced enough Lotus tech.

With the new portal technology Lieren, Magnus, and Perturabo are the first three or four Primarchs found which really changes things up. Hopefully things will be better this time when Perturabo meets his sons..

On a completely unrelated note I wonder what that one radio conspiracy theorist thinks about all this and if the 2nd legion will be amused to hear his broadcast like Lieren was.

>>5165811
>"We're getting reports of giants encased in steel meeting with Lieren of Nothing outside the Chen Dao academy..."
>"Well that sounds like a load of ox shit. Everybody knows Lieren meets aliens atop the western peaks."
>"Anyways, back to our discussion on crop circles..."

>>5165813
>And now to Luli, for the weather.

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>>5165813

Hey guys, I just realized that Shangrala will probably be seen as an Eden by the people of Terra due to the huge fucking differences between the two.
Let's look at the conditions of Terra at the moment:
>Population: a fucking lot
>Water: almost none
>Food: hope you like Corpse-starch
>Air quality: only keep in aceptable condition by machinery that could die any day
>Plants and animals: All are dead
Now lets look at Shangrala
>Population: probably no more than 10 million people
>Water: we will never gonna have to worry thanks to the "water generating stones"
>Food: ACTUAL FOOD MADE FROM ANIMALS AND PLANTS
>Air quality: pollution is practically non-existent
>Plants and animals: a lot of biodiversity and FUCKING DRAGONS AND PHOENIXES

>>5165923
>"If you're a good imperial solider then you too could be stationed on Shangrila!"

>>5165923
First thing we're doing when we go to Terra is bringing Kanzeon with us so she can get started on unfucking the planet.

>>5165942
We're already doing that by giving dad the water stones, an asteroid here a space ship ride to Jupiter's moons there and Terra will have atleast one ocean back within 5 years ,I hope it's the pacific since it's the best ocean, go fuck yourself Atlantic fags

>>5165951
Refilling the oceans is a must, but the people living in those areas will have to be relocated first. Could give Big Daddy E an excuse to build some proper mega-cities for the masses to live in as opposed to the hyper slums and hive cities.
All that said, unfucking the oceans is just the start of things. The real battle will be unfucking the soil of most landmasses on Terra.
Granted, that'll happen naturally with the oceans restored, but we can certainly stand to speed up the process.

>>5165968
I feel like at that point he will just say "fuck it, it's not worth all that effort. those resources would be better put into the crusade."

>>5165970
The prospect of refurbishing the equipment keeping Terra functioning means that more resources can dedicated to the crusade. Might be worth the trouble.

>>5165968
We could certainly try to implement some radiation scrubbing tech to clean a chink of radiation out of Terra.

Once we dig up all the living, comprised, and dead space sisters, what grand project should we do? I'm for building a shipyard that can build something close to a DaoT tier war/exploration ship, and a research station that can continue researching means to potentially make permanent warp tunnels. Better yet, colleges that are outright superior to the Mechanicum so we dont have to rely on them.

>>5166045
We'll never be rid of the mechanicum we can only use our knowledge to get a good deal from them

>>5166054
the fact people think they can just ignore an already galaxy wide empire is amazing.

>>5165923
Pop could be a bit higher with the new living standards. Mostly in Long Jia though, Shuni and Bask are thriving too, but they will need some time as both have lost a lot of population. Both have been subjected to a violent and horrifying rule for centuries, and in one their last ruler sacrificed several of their cities for spite and power. Mari and Al-Uzza should help in that regard.
The people of Vishnu will need more time after this violent war, but with prosperity they will also grow a lot.

As for other tyrants around the world, who knows. Probably not much, although Hashut's people might have more if they were an industrial society.

>>5163802
>Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers
>Approach your father and earnestly thank him for his existence, and explain the reason you chose to meet him here and the significance of the statue atop the hill

>>5166054
>>5166056
Theres no reason we cant try to diplomacy them out of their dogmatic ways, and remember the Emperor planned on getting rid of them eventually. Religion bad, remember?

>galaxy wide empire
More like small pockets here and there. We're the ones with navigators, not them, so each forge world is mostly isolated, and each Exploration Ship is flying blind until they find something to sit on.

Giving our father one of our horses foals could be good at a later date. After we gift one to our brothers.

>>5166096
+1, but at another date. Grabbing a foal will have time, and we have a finite amount of time before dad has to leave.

>>5166091
Not really. Emperor is absolutely making a deal with Mechanicum if he's making a deal with the Navigators considering he likes them less than Mechanicum.

>>5166091
You do realize the mechanicium actually has non warp FTL communication right now right? They didn't lose that shit until after the heresy.

They might not be able to navigate but holy shit can they dig in and make the crusade as painful as possible.

Maybe theres something we can do to make the Mechanicum less terrible? Create more efficient cybernetics, less grim darkness, less excessive amounts of scrolls and wax on machines, change from promethium engines to electrical ones, less shitty architecture- shit we need to throw Perterabo and Dorn at the mechanicus. Heck maybe throw Manus into the mix.

>>5166075
Whatever happened yo Al Uzza? We did cleanse and repair Kuan Im but is the other shipfu still leaking raditation?

>>5166162
Shes still full of monsters. We haven't had the spare time to clean her.

>>5166155
Prolly depends on how Father and them see Kanzeon. Since she is made of human stuff it falls on a very grey area of AI, we could be pursued as super heretechs or at the very best tolerated, or we could be seen as the second coming of the Omnissiah since she is Archeotech and thus already invented by humanity at some point, which does align with their dogmas

>>5166162
She s under there. We need to finish the war first.

>>5166162
She is still leaking warp juice, we prioritized freeing Mari since she was already intact and could help the war effort more.
After the war, fixing her should be on the top of the list.

>>5166233
So off the top of my head:
Al Uzza is damaged and infested, but living and uncorrupted.
Kuan Im's body has been cleaned, repaired (as best as we were able to do so) and made ready for habitation. Her soul is Huli Jing and is presumably plotting revenge.
Avalokiteśvara is damaged and Chaos-worshipping/devoted, but has yet to ascend to daemonhood. We did swear to free her from Khorne, as difficult as it may be, so that's something to keep in mind.
Anahita is still alive, but damaged and in Zoroastian territory. PROBABLY (hopefully) not corrupted yet.
Philotes and Albina are dead, their bodies presumably severely damaged and potentially warp-irradiated.

Getting Al Uzza, Avalokiteśvara (if she survives the war), and Kuan Im's body sorted before we push out into the remaining three nations would be good, the intimidation factor of so many massive ships shouldn't be understated. But perhaps out of left field, I feel that we should go with Carys and our Eldar followers to drop the soul stones of the dead off at Kher Ys. I want to know how far (or if) the corruption in canon has spread. Denying Slaanesh an entire craftworld is good for business.

>>5166167
Well there is this.
https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Singularitarianism

Sorry for the wait. Hope you lads had a nice valentines day.

Blithely and cheerfully, as if this is a mundane family gathering. Offer the Emperor a bottle of Dragon's spit and introduce him to Guozhi, who you will introduce as your mentor and Wenyan, your father. And tell Dae-Hyun how happy you are to see him again and meet his brothers:25

Explain to your father how the Water Generating Stones work, and warn him that they are dangerous and should never be weaponized. Also mention that you are sharing some copies of the Journey, and would like your sons to be the first ones to recieve it, so they may have the complete picture.:14

put your hand on Dae-Hyun shoulder casually and then extend a handshake to our father,wink at him and say "I would hug you if I could father but that would most likely ruin the image of otherworldly savior king you've cultivated with my people in your short time here":1

Approach your father and earnestly thank him for his existence, and explain the reason you chose to meet him here and the significance of the statue atop the hill:6

Hug Big E: 2

Ask what has happened to require Dae-Hyun to be interred in such a ...crude device. Part of its function is obviously devoted to life support, but what injuries would require such a treatment?:1

Total votes: 27

So Lieren will act as if the arrival of the terran travelers is a mundane family gathering

Offering his father a bottle of dragon's spit as he introduces him to Guozhi and Wenyan
Before telling Dae-Hyun how happy he is to see him again and meet his brothers

And before the Emperor and the members of the convory returning to Terra depart, will inform them of the Water stone's function and the dangers its use presents and that He'd like the 2nd legion to be the first to receive the copies of the Journey

Writing now

>>5165813
lol

>>5165931
>Fast forward to Ciaphas cain's era
>Manages to snag himself a deployment to Shangrala, planning on coasting through the rest of his career in peace
>Fucking Huli Jing, the Keeper of Rust and the Unseen Master reemerge looking for revenge

>>5164977
No on the refractory fields,
If he'd consent
MK 1, mostly, as this is just before the Luna wolves earned their name so the treaty of mars hasn't been made
If you looked you might

>>5164330
They are stronger, since the focusing crystal is made with Kanzeon Age materials. That flexible glass Jinhai used to make that bridge of his

>>5166436
Well I had emergency surgery, So could've been better. Hope yours went well.

>>5166511
Jesus, Hope it wasn't anything serious, and that you're alright now, man . And I just got drunk at home watching old martial arts movies, which is why there was no update yesterday

>>5166300
+1 this anon, I hope op is taking notes.

>>5166436
>refractory fields
My god, I guess it's not to surprising to assume that all the archeotech on this planet didnt come with schematics for force fields. I am very suprised, but also grateful to know we can probably start making those when we notice some of our terminator and dreadnought sons flashing as their shields protect them.

>>5166511
Damn bro are you alright now? What happened?

>>5166535
Its more that Lieren is a very efficent man, and when a suit armor will protect you from damn near anything on the planet, investing resources for more protection is unncessary

And when the Vishnu war started, he was more concerned with making sure the Imperial army would be equipped with the means to wage the war rather than survive a few moments longer considering the Vishnu like to use things that make Shields like that as effective as wet paper

A smirk curled from your lips, and you knew your eyes twinkled as you suppressed a chuckle at your fathers words. That smirk soon grew into a gregarious, cordial grin so large it showed your teeth. Clapping your hands together, you caused even a few of your genetically modified warrior sons to jump as the tensions that had arose in the brief period of silence since their arrival was broken by your thunderous, good natured laughter. Dae-Hyun synthesized laughter joined your own , moments after Wenyan's did, your father entirely unafraid of the lesser giants before him or your birth father whose expression turned momentarily into one of shock before he relaxed and beneath his austere façade allowed himself the smallest of smiles.

"Father! You did not tell me you were sending me my sons to aid me in my struggle against the tyranny and evil of the butcher king!" You cheerfully exclaim, bowing and cupping your hands as you approach the party, grin growing ever more radiant and broader as you do so "I would've prepared a more welcoming greeting if I knew I was receiving guest alongside these gifts! Forgive me for meeting you by the grave of my fallen friend, in this humble field of flowers rather than my own home. The shame of this ashamed faux paus will haunt me for years. Such a lack of filial piety is unforgiveable and I would gladly prostrate myself before you and beg forgiveness for this slight, if our meeting here today was not painfully temporary"

Righting your posture, you've placed a hand between your twin hearts as a few of your sons and the soldiers beneath exchange confused, unsure glances with one another.

"Here here" You say hurriedly, marching over to the procession of crates "Allow this humble farmer to right his mistake by gifting his great father, who has traveled an incomprehensible distance, a gift to salve the offense I have surely caused with this folly"

The bafflement of the gathered terran soldiers and menials heightens to the point it becomes palpable in the air, as you approach your nameless and staunchly loyal assistant, who takes a moment to peel his eyes off of your father. Nodding to eachother, he hands you a bottle of Dragon spit, one of the collection you were given when you first came across the village that produced them from the innards of the fish they caught and processed. Smiling, you wrap the bottle of yellowed glass in white silk, tightening it over the bottle with a slip of jade colored half mutton fat and half black.

The emperor of mankind's eyes dart around even as he maintains his quietly stoic expression as you approach him and fall to one knee before him.

"Alcohol?" Someone whispers as your father reaches to examine the bottle, taking it from your hand hesitantly, confusion clear on his face to your eyes at least
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>>5166550

"This is a bottle of one of the most beloved varieties of spirit produced with the Celestial Long-Jian empire" You explain, more to assure the worries of your father's entourage than anything else "It is called Dragon's spit, and it is renowned and famed for its bitter taste and beloved for its potency. It is"

You grin wider, a jackalish glint shining in your eyes as another chuckle escapes your throat

"Brewed through distilling a liquor produced through fermenting the guts of fish" You say merrily. Immediately, one of the hardened veterans of the wars of barbarians suppression upon terra gags and covers their mouth, eyes water at the thought of the liquor

"...Fascinating" The emperor says as he bows his head "Thank you, my son, I will be certain to save it for only my most solemn affairs and triumphant of celebrations. The...viscosity of it will surely astound any of my servants who are fortunate enough to join me in my initial tasting of it"

"Foreign culture will surely be appreciated upon Tear'ah" Wenyan says "heavens know that spirit spread faster than a wildfire across humble Shangrala"

"Oh forgive me, forgive me esteemed father" You beg energetically as you rise to your feet, bowing repeatedly as you turn from one father to another "Father, this is my father Wenyan. The chief of the village of nothing and the man who took me into his home after my arrival upon shangrala, He is one of my idols and my greatest dream is to one day possess wisdom comparable to his own"

"Oh, I see" Your father says as if suddenly coming to a realization "So you're the man who helped Lieren open his heart"

"I supposed I am, great one" Wenyan answers "Though he didn't need much guidance to become the great, benevolent man you see before you, even if his humble nature forces him to act as if I am the man who taught him all the virtues of the world and helped guide his hand for every action he has taken in his life. I am but a humble farmer, your radiance"

"Though" Guozhi speaks up "this humble monk may have played a role in this boys philosophical awakening, though no were near as great of one as he would tell you"

Before your father from terra can ask who Guozhi is, you tell him

"This is Wise grandfather Guozhi, a philosopher who survived the purges of the corrupt regime I helped to dispose and overthrow" You explain "he is my mentor and guiding star in the sky! If it were not for him, perhaps these golden eyes of mine would not see as keenly as they do now"

"Perhaps that would've been a blessing" Your father says quietly

"Ignorance is a curse" You reply without hesitation "But, please, allow me to introduce you to My wise father and mentor, Wenyan of Nothing and Guozhi"

Both of the elderly men cup their fists, which, now that your father has handed off the bottle of dragon spit you gifted him to a hooded menial, he returns the just, as with a bounding step you approach Dae-Hyun.
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>>5166551

His armored cage stiffens as he looks to you, and you can sense his trepidation in the air and upon your tongue

"Dae-Hyun, my son. Even the most storied poets of Shangrala could not describe the boundless joy I feel to be privledged to see you again, my noble and valorous son" You coo, hopping from foot to foot to contain and expend your carefree energy and now nearly out of control excitement "And that I would be so blessed to meet three hundred of your brothers"

"Son?" Wenyan gasps, eyes going wide before his attention is taken once more by the emperor's questioning and explanation, a conversation now joined by your assistant, who is dutifully listing off the contents of the tithe you'll pay to you father while simultaneously recording what he is gifting you

Leaping back to your father after you hear your trusted assistant list of water generating stones and copies of the Journey in his tally

"Ah the Water generating stone, a queer piece of ancient technology I have jealously and fearfully guarded. In the right hands, it could turn a lifeless wasteland verdant and replete with life" You explain, dramatically lashing your arm out and upwards towards the sky "But could very easily be made to serve as weapons more terrible than any other. Oh the threat they pose in the hands of those who would condemn their foes to such a fate are two fold! Without moisture in the air, they will draw it from the environment, their reach extending to living organisms! And if there is nothing to draw moisture from, they will create it through chemical fusion! And if the amount they are programmed to produce is great enough it can render entire regions empty of not only life but anything besides vast bodies and pools of water deeper than any lake!"

Your father's hand tightens around the stone he was inspecting.

"A means to return water to Terra's surface, to refill her oceans and repopulate her dry lake beds and polluted rivers" The emperor says sagely, nodding his head as he places the stone gently back into the hand of your assistant "after centuries of artificial drought, shall the cradel of humanity once more shine like a blue gem in the stars?"

He smiles, looking upon you as you bow

"I can only pray that it shall, my enlightened father" You say as you motion a hand to the book being offered to him "and this is the most recent edition of The Journey, my personal philosophy and world view put to text, updated as I experience more of life and its many quandaries and introspections. It is a guide and nothing more, of how one may live righteously and lead a good, virtuous life. It is by no means religious gospel or meant to be an authority of conduct, behavior or way life. It is but a container of my earthly knowledge and wisdom meant to teach others to see the world as though through my own eyes and understand it as I do"

Your father's expression falls
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>>5166552

"A failsafe you've created, in case of your death" He correctly guesses, his voice tinged with sadness as he places a palm over the copy offered to him directly "To guide and protect those who come after it, to pull the tyranny you have faced from its very roots post-humorously. A defense against...sinful rulers"

"That is why I made it, one cannot expect wise and virtuous men to emerge and come into prominence every generation" You answer blithely "And while all things must one day fade, their influence upon the minds and hearts of men is everlasting, for good or for ill. I chose to preemptively counter act the ill with the good"

"I wish we had time to discuss this book's contents at length, Lieren. I We shall when we meet again, when my fleets reach Shangrala itself" Your father says, taking a copy of the Journey and inspecting its cover carefully "but I must depart, now, lest I became trapped here, separated from my own home and armies"

You cup your fists and bow

"I understand, but, this humble son of yours has but one request" You say as you lift your head "The Journey is too be forced on no one, following it is one's own decision however...should the people of Noble Terra express and interest, I would like if my sons were the first to receive their copies so they may truly understand the snippets of wisdom I spoke to Dae-Hyun"

Your father laughs and claps a hand on your shoulder, winking as he steps from the tunnel for the first time since he's arrived

"You have my word they shall, though I must be selfish and take a copy for myself before any other" He jests, and you laugh alongside him, savoring and treasuring the carefree moment between father and son, as it may be the last you'll have with him. For, even with his aid, this may be the final war the Giant of nothing wages. Nitya Sinha is a treacherous foe, and his wife a dangerous beast.

But for now, you bask in the warmth of both of your fathers' love and laugh beside them, before you must leave both of them once more for the good of the realm, both Long-Jia and the entirety of the material universe. To preserve and ensure the prosperity of mankind, The Butcher King must and will die.
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The Sigillite stood by his master, as the hanger that once held the finest war machines and warriors of the nascent Imperium of man was now filled with relics of the past and merging of Xenos and ancient human technology. The emperor palmed a strange stone in one hand, and held an large, leather bound book in the other, reading it as the technicians and engineers swarmed around the crates and vehicles that his second son, Lieren of Shangrala had gifted him freely.
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>>5166554

"You know as well as I, we did not give the primarchs the knowledge to create such things from sticks, stones and mud" Malcador said simply as the emperor nodded once

"I am aware, my companion. The thought crossed my mind the moment I recognized the technology. Aeldari, mixed with the last remnants of Humanity's last golden age" The emperor explained, rubbing a thumb against the stone he held "The planet that has accepted Lieren as one of its own sons, becomes more of an Enigma the more I learn of him and the planet of Shangrala itself?"

"Lieren is a genius, he was designed to be" Malcador spoke "I am still amazed, despite the mental alterations and the augmentations of his neural pathways, he has not only a complete emotional spectrum but one so potent and passionate to fit in with that society of poets. But even with the heightened learning and problem solving capabilities those augmentations gifted to him, this is"

"Well beyond anything he could create in an eon of life, without outside assistance' The emperor state calmly, squinting as he read one of the earliest passages of the journey "I had my suspicions of such when I saw the armor he wore. I sensed a vast psionic presence"

"And you deemed it" Malcador began

"A matter to investigate later, you heard my boy's passionate and hateful explanation of his hatred for the forces of the great enemy as I did" The emperor said "And before you ask, it was not an Aeldari mind I felt alongside his own. It felt...human, and far too familiar"

"My friend, is familiar not potentially more dangerous than Unknown?" Malcador mused, crossing his arms as his eyes were drawn to the stone the emperor of mankind was fiddling with "It may not be chaos, or alien. But familiar and human"

"I trust Lieren, he is a noble soul" The emperor answered bluntly, clenching his fist around the stone "I understand your concerns, but were we not both convinced by our first meeting with him, that he, of all my lost progeny, can be trusted?"

"Yes, but he is also..." Malcador began before the emperor handed him a glass bottle "What is this?"

"A gift, a bottle of spirits from fair Shangrala" The emperor stated "Lieren tells me it is renowned for its sweet taste, gentle floral aroma and medicinal effects, would you want to sample it with me, old friend"

"Tch, fine I'll drop the subject, we clearly have nothing to fear. From Lieren at least" Malcador sighed, relaxing as he took the bottle by its neck "and of course I'll accept, the drinks of modern terra are far too harsh and potentially lethal for my palate, but before we abscond for drinks, would you mind telling me, why of all of the archeotech the se...Lieren has brought to us, almost like he thought it all as valuable as stones he's picked up in the river, that what has fascinated you the most are a stone and a book"

"This is no stone. It is a weapon" The emperor said holding it up, turning it around in his hands
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>>5166556

"As well as a tool of peace. it is more valuable than anything else he has brought to terra, amongst all of the technology, this I am certain will...hurry along our plans and perhaps one day allow us to heal humanity's birthright"

"And the book?" Malcador asked

"A window into my son's heart, more priceless than even the stone" The emperor laughed heartily "Like Magnus, he is a wonderful conversation partner, but we've had so little time to talk. This...will tide me over until we next meet. In my eyes, this book is more valuable than even the stone in my other hand, the device that will change the face of Terra itself!"
_

What will you do, now that you have a small army of your sons and natives from Terra in front of you, Lieren?

>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra

>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.

>Test your son's mettle before returning to the war front, by sparring with them and having Feng and Jinhai do so as well. It will be a lesson in humility

>Take aside Dae-Hyun and the other veterans present and ask if they can keep a secret from your father, until you are certain how he will react. And then introduce them to their mother, if their response is positive

>write in

>>5166558
>>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra
>>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.


This is only common sense stuff. Need to realize their las weapons are actually weaker then ours and get them in proper armor.

>>5166558
>>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra
>>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.
>>Test your son's mettle before returning to the war front, by sparring with them and having Feng and Jinhai do so as well. It will be a lesson in humility
>>Take aside Dae-Hyun and the other veterans present and ask if they can keep a secret from your father, until you are certain how he will react. And then introduce them to their mother, if their response is positive

Man Emps, you've been doing very well so far, but I don't think Lierens gunna be happy if you weaponize the water stones. Still Mad Keks for trolling Malcador with the Dragons Spit.

>>5166558
>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.

>Test your son's mettle before returning to the war front, by sparring with them and having Feng and Jinhai do so as well. It will be a lesson in humility
I hope they take to Abhumans well and can see them the same way we do.
Also I really wanna see our cripple brother beat one of our sons in melee combat. It's not a matter of if because I know Feng can.
Todays lesson on humility: even a baseline, crippled human can outmatched an augmented giant.

I wonder if Feng just likes to flash around the fact hes crippled, and can still kick you ass despite it. Like hes figure out his crippledness to the point he knows how to use it to hos advantage.

>>5166558

>>5166562
Changing my previous post to this


>>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra
>>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.
>Take aside Dae-Hyun and the other veterans present and ask if they can keep a secret from your father, until you are certain how he will react. And then introduce them to their mother, if their response is positive

Need to get Dae-hyun out of that dreadnaught as fast as possible.

>>5166558
>>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.
>Take aside Dae-Hyun and the other veterans present and ask if they can keep a secret from your father, until you are certain how he will react. And then introduce them to their mother, if their response is positive

>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra

>>5166558
>>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra
>>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.
>>Test your son's mettle before returning to the war front, by sparring with them and having Feng and Jinhai do so as well. It will be a lesson in humility

>>5166579
we will need to wait anon, if we do it too fast before seeing how the emperor reacts questions will be raised that can't be ignored, even though they trust us now, we are playing with fire

>>5166537
>>5166530
Appendicitis.

>>5166558

>Take aside Dae-Hyun and the other veterans present and ask if they can keep a secret from your father, until you are certain how he will react. And then introduce them to their mother, if their response is positive

>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra

>>5166558
>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra

>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.

>Test your son's mettle before returning to the war front, by sparring with them and having Feng and Jinhai do so as well. It will be a lesson in humility

>>5166579
+1

>>5166558
>Take aside Dae-Hyun and the other veterans present and ask if they can keep a secret from your father, until you are certain how he will react. And then introduce them to their mother, if their response is positive
This is something that needs to be done, everyone in Shangrala knows we are married, and the entire court knows Kanzeon is a giant ship. Better that they learn from us than by themselves.
>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting
Just like we did with the tiger children and our brothers.

>>5166558
>>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra

>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.

>>5166558
>Take aside Dae-Hyun and the other veterans present and ask if they can keep a secret from your father, until you are certain how he will react. And then introduce them to their mother, if their response is positive

>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting

>>5166558
>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra
>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.
>Test your son's mettle before returning to the war front, by sparring with them and having Feng and Jinhai do so as well. It will be a lesson in humility
Maybe drop the "you have a mom" bomb on the after we get to know them better. Smashing Khornate skulls together is a great bonding experience I'm sure.

>Lieren tells me it is renowned for its sweet taste, gentle floral aroma and medicinal effect.
kek

Not the best first physical meeting with the Emperor but nowhere near the worst either. The big take away is being called by name instead of number but there's still a lot of shady nonsense going on. At the very least I don't suspect any active plans from Big E to dispose of Lieren until Chaos is suppressed.

Also Emperor is a fucking prankster.

>>5166558
>>Take aside Dae-Hyun and the other veterans present and ask if they can keep a secret from your father, until you are certain how he will react. And then introduce them to their mother, if their response is positive
>>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.
>Write-In
>Ask Jinhai to order his most august and veteran bodyguards to find the largest weapon your father gifted to you. And have them keep Dandan away from it at any cost.

>>5166654
I mean everything went well. I don't see how a physical first contact with the emperor could have gone better anon. And......not really any shady nonsense either? Like the only things I picked up from that conversation was that the Emperor will Weaponize the Water Stones and we're still hiding our Ship Wife. Other then that everything was very above board.

>>5166558
>>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra
>>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.

>>5166712
I mean not the best among the original Primarch meetings. Sorry for not being clearer. It's just opinion but I think among how the natives of a planet saw it I think that Vulkan and Leman Russ had the most clearly jovial appearance of things.

Aside from the dark business with the water stone Lieren has to prank his brothers and father from time to time.

>>5166712
>>5166726
This anon is right, plus tech heresy, even if the emperor doesn't actually care, is a big deal and will be a big deal for the mechanicus as we can't cut them out of the equation yet. Plus we have absolutely no idea how he will react to kanezon and her sisters, she is clearly not an ai, but the unwashed masses of the mechanicum do not make distinctions when it comes to ai, I hope that this emperor does care for the primarchs, malal has said he is not going off of official lore, but that doesn't mean he wont check us if we cross a line he isn't willing to protect us on

I like that you've gone with the 'only showing the emperor's reactions through the eyes of other' thing it is a nice touch. reminds me of the books he's in.

well assuming that i havn't gone senile and forgotten an instance where we saw the emperor's perspective

>>5166755
Reminder that one of the major prophecies of the Mechanicum is the synthesis of man and machine into something superior.

>>5166811
and what the creed, specifically, decries is intelligence without a soul.

>>5166823
well, from what i remember from when i last looked it up anyway.

>>5166823
If the machine has a soul that goes out the window.

>>5166558
>Take aside Dae-Hyun and the other veterans present and ask if they can keep a secret from your father, until you are certain how he will react. And then introduce them to their mother, if their response is positive
>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.
>Test your son's mettle before returning to the war front, by sparring with them and having Feng and Jinhai do so as well. It will be a lesson in humility

>>5166850
machine spirits, though they vary, are sometimes intelligent machines with souls. there is precedent, though a lot of the things mars does is also political in nature, so it is unlikely to help.

>Learn the names of every astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.
>Take aside Dae-Hyun and the other veterans present and ask if they can keep a secret from your father, until you are certain how he will react. And then introduce them to their mother, if their response is positive

>>5166558
>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.

>Write in
Give our boys a run down of how things are done around here to relieve their confusion and give them a heads up before meeting abhumans and the like. Tell them how this place has wonderous technology and is a relic of man's greatest era all upon it being treasures. Ween them onto what our wife is, "how amusing my wife is so similar to my maker and father. Born of many souls.

We do not want to start the secrets shit yet and don't break our word wtf?

>>5166986
I'ma give this a +1xddxp

>>5166558
>>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra

>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.

it was a nice small reunion

We need to iterate something important here, she was souls before machine. She was made of humanity before code not the other way around. This clearly seperated her from AI

>>5167001
I understand, however political enemies will use any leverage they can to see us [REDACTED]. It takes very little for powerful people to have their egos hurt and be petty

>>5166558
>Take aside Dae-Hyun and the other veterans present and ask if they can keep a secret from your father, until you are certain how he will react. And then introduce them to their mother, if their response is positive
>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.
>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra

>>5166986
It's not important right now. Hell the only options we should be focusing on are introducing them to Jinhai and their new weapons and testing their mettle.

>>5166556
>"A gift, a bottle of spirits from fair Shangrala" The emperor stated "Lieren tells me it is renowned for its sweet taste, gentle floral aroma and medicinal effects, would you want to sample it with me, old friend"

Big E pls. lmao.

>>5166558
>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra
>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.
>Test your son's mettle before returning to the war front, by sparring with them and having Feng and Jinhai do so as well. It will be a lesson in humility
>write in
Take Dae-Hyun alone to see Kanzeon and have him healed and garbed in our rainment. First of our sons... and our local Chapter Master of the Second Sons Legion.

>>5167068
If Dae-Hyun and the 299 other space marines survive this they really would be called Fortunate Sons. Especially if Dae-Hyun is taken out is life support.

>>5166436
>Hope you lads had a nice valentines day.
Good one, Malal.

>>5167068

We should totally call our chapters sects and in keeping with our flowery naming sense we should call them the Prosperous Sons of the Shangralalian Sky Sect.

I'm starting to think people forgot we need to conduct a deep strike on Nitya soon so we should be getting everyone ready to fight not on a lengthy and delicate surgery which would require Lieren's upmost focus.

>>5166558
>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.
>Take aside Dae-Hyun and the other veterans present and ask if they can keep a secret from your father, until you are certain how he will react. And then introduce them to their mother, if their response is positive

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>>5167124
>chapters
Companies, but w/e. The Word Bearers were the only ones with Chapters pre-Heresy.
>Prosperous Sons of the Shangralalian Sky Sect
As much as I love Shangralan naming conventions, I think the cultural reliance on purple prose and rampant poeticisms is gonna be something Lieren'll need to compromise on. The Ministorum will hate it and t's a mouthful to get out in-combat (either in a battle cry or trying to direct troops). By the time some hapless sergeant is halfway through "Benevolent-Winged Heralds of the Primarch's Mercy, charge!" he's been shot in the head and his position is being overrun. Compare that to the names in pic related, for example. "Void Devils." Short, sweet, descriptive.

>>5167124
We probably need both I would say.

Theres the main legion body whom all our sons are part of.

And then there are these other identifiers:
1) Expedition/Force for brothers assigned to a crusade battle group
2) Chapter for brothers currently assigned to permanent garrisons on important planets or installations
3) Sects for personal association with whom the brother feels most drawn to.

The sects, if we maintain them as they are will have to be seperate from deployments instead of mono-sect groupings for assignments.

>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.
>Introduce them, and their weaponry to Jinhai and allow them to explain their capabilities to the emperor of Long-Jia and their service to the emperor of terra

It's a shame but >>5167163 has the right of things. The legion and possibly chapter's names will have to be something succinct. I do like the name Fortunate Sons though but mostly because I'm thinking of the song and that this war is Shangrala's Vietnam.

>>5166550
>Take aside Dae-Hyun and the other veterans present and ask if they can keep a secret from your father, until you are certain how he will react. And then introduce them to their mother, if their response is positive
This is by far the most important thing we need to do. We need to weed out that problem first so we can warm our sons up to having a motherly figure.

>write in
Dae-Hyun, is that a force field you're equipped with? How intriguing!

>>Set Dae-Hyun with a fixed body if he wishes it. Upgrade his Terminator if otherwise.


Darklance scaled up to Terminator!!!!!??

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>>5166558
>Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.
>Test your son's mettle before returning to the war front, by sparring with them and having Feng and Jinhai do so as well. It will be a lesson in humility
>Ask to inspect Dae-Hyun's living tomb and assess what remains of his original body. Perhaps there may still be a chance for him to be restored in the future.

>>5166558
> Learn the names of every Astartes, man and woman whose been entrusted to you and detail them on the current state of affairs, before introducing them to your adopted Tiger Children...and Luli whose visiting.
> Take aside Dae-Hyun and the other veterans present and ask if they can keep a secret from your father, until you are certain how he will react. And then introduce them to their mother, if their response is positive.
> Test your son's mettle before returning to the war front, by sparring with them and having Feng and Jinhai do so as well. It will be a lesson in humility.
I think we can forego the introduction at court until later, but meeting Kanzeon will be important; she's been a cornerstone of our push against Nitya Sinha and her deranged sister.

>>5167409
I think that we have to be very clear with our sons that Kanzeon isn't an AI, she's a human soul with a mechanical body- like how Dae-Hyun is now but to a greater extent. She is an ally of humanity and should be treated with respect.
Also- she's going to hopefully give Dae-Hyun a new body.

>>5167229
>Darklance scaled up to Terminator!!!!!??
>Terminator
Close, but not quite. Though I will admit, a darklance weapon on a contemptor, anachronistic though it may be, is interesting. I've never thought it was fair that the BAngels got all the cool variants.

>>5167414
This is definitely something we should point out. Plus it would be super nice to fix up our boi.

>>5167429
>I've never thought it was fair that the BAngels got all the cool variants.
>flying psyker dreadnaught ftw

>>5167456
>Contemptor dread with a jump pack and heavy flamer power claws
>Boxnaught with infantry-raping speshul melee weapons and optional psyker
>Death Company dreadnoughts
I want to know who gave an archmagos head to get all that shit.

Also, this is clearly an unpopular opinion, but I think Dae-Hyun should stay in his box. He chose to be interned in it because he wanted to continue to serve dad and meet us again, taking him back out immediately after robs his choice of any gravitas.

>>5167510
He made that choice because medical science on terra was at its limit.

Here we are not so constrained and we are never going to look at him differently for it.

>>5167520
Neither of those points change the fact that doing so retroactively denies him what should be a major moment in his life and the catalyst for a good deal of character development. Dae-Hyun has already been shown to be a weary soldier wrestling with his own mortality and impermanence. He has lost friends, both mortal and astarte and he wants to join them, but can't until he does his duty. Becoming a dreadnought both brings him a step closer to that goal and prolongs his personal journey to his destination. Taking him out and restoring him to what he once was only does the latter, on top of what's stated above.

I think this is where we might want to add onto the Journey, this is a bit of a blind spot. It was written when Lieren didn't know he was the biologically immortal leader of a bunch of less potent, but no less biologically immortal warriors. Dreadnoughts fall into a grey area, I think, when it comes to the part of the Journey that says to welcome death, but not to seek it out. I imagine becoming one will be a very personal decision members of the 2nd make when they become eligible. Neither a position of honor, nor of disgrace, like the White Scars.

>>5167510
>>5167533
Bro, this is retarded and legit unintentionally malicious. If you have the medical technology to let someone out of a fucking walking coffin where they're stuck there until something finally kills them and have to spend a lot of time sleeping and you don't even bother to offer then you get everything you fucking deserve.

Offer him the damn choice to get fixed up. It does nothing to rob him of the gravitios of his choice. He made the choice he did cause terra doesn't have the same medical tech as we do.

>>5167533
Have to agree with the other guy not allowing our son to use the medical equipment if he so chooses is horrible. Regardless of the decision he made on Terra which hade inferior medical equipment. If he wishes to remain in the dreadnought he is still allowed to do so, but not offering the aid is way out of Lierens character.

Even if our son chooses to remain in his box we should at least make it a comfortable and sophisticated box for him.

>>5167578
It shall be made of the finest cardboard our land can produce.

>>5167583
We can get our adopted tiger children to decorate it with stickers and smiley faces even!

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We should definitely take him aside to meet Kaz-chan he's earned that much, and just think how badass he's gonna be with living metal Augmentations and a mastercrafted terminator power armor along with the best weapons we can put in his hands. Only the best for our son's.

>>5167593
Talking about powered armour, we might actually have to redo all their armour.

Our 300 are mostly in Mk 1 Thunder armour. Thats upper body only, non-CBRN in nature.

Considering the level of technological warfare here, we're gonna need to come up with at least crusade pattern for our boys.

At least theres a STC for it so we just need to upsize the design and produce Master-crafted versions of em.

>>5167630
Yyyyyyyeeeaaah redoing our Son's sets of power armor will be a fun ordeal. We'll need to account for their black carapace being able to efficent interface with their new power armor, add features to their armor that meshes will with the surgical augmentations they've received (funnel in helmet they can use to comically spit acid in their enemies faces mid combat without needing to remove their helmets), armor joints locking in place so they can get away with sleeping while standing up, inbuilt toilet recycler, the works.

>>5167630
>At least theres a STC for it so we just need to upsize the design and produce Master-crafted versions of em.
Not just STC's that are GaoT environmental hazard, or Great Crusade tier power armor. We have that, Kanzeon's wonderful help, AND our understanding of Drukari technology. Our bois will be getting the good stuff.

Oh man, I really, really want to introduce our sons to the Vishu. Those lads are fucking wild. They're big and strong enough to do super human feats (lower than space marines, but impressive nonetheless). Not just the Vishnu, the tiger people were just as biggervif not more so than the average Vishnu. Granted our nieces and nephews aren't fully mature yet, they should still be fairly large for children their age. Its gonna be pretty funny.

And don't get me started on our few Primarch tier horses. Give us a few years and we'll have specialized augmented horses fit for space marines to ride.

>>5167638
I want them to fight feng and Jinhai at one point since it's noted those two can kick their asses by Lieren

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>>5167638
>bringing our sons for a ride on our horse.

>>5167556
>>5167568
I'd be indebted to you both if either of you could point out where I said "Lieren should withhold aid from Dae-Hyun, even if he asks for it." Because as far as I can tell, I said no such thing and you're both putting words in my mouth. For whatever reason. I agree with the idea that, if it's possible to restore him, we should offer him help. I said in the second part of my most recent post that the internment in a dreadnought should be a very personal choice. How do you think a marine would make that choice if we don't offer it? What I am saying is that from a purely narrative perspective, as opposed to an in-character one, taking Dae-Hyun out of the coffin ignores key aspects of his character and does no favors with regards to the story Malal has created for him thus far.

>>5167510
>Also, this is clearly an unpopular opinion, but I think Dae-Hyun should stay in his box. He chose to be interned in it because he wanted to continue to serve dad and meet us again, taking him back out immediately after robs his choice of any gravitas.
>>5167533
>Neither of those points change the fact that doing so retroactively denies him what should be a major moment in his life and the catalyst for a good deal of character development. Dae-Hyun has already been shown to be a weary soldier wrestling with his own mortality and impermanence. He has lost friends, both mortal and astarte and he wants to join them, but can't until he does his duty. Becoming a dreadnought both brings him a step closer to that goal and prolongs his personal journey to his destination. Taking him out and restoring him to what he once was only does the latter, on top of what's stated above.
>I think this is where we might want to add onto the Journey, this is a bit of a blind spot. It was written when Lieren didn't know he was the biologically immortal leader of a bunch of less potent, but no less biologically immortal warriors. Dreadnoughts fall into a grey area, I think, when it comes to the part of the Journey that says to welcome death, but not to seek it out. I imagine becoming one will be a very personal decision members of the 2nd make when they become eligible. Neither a position of honor, nor of disgrace, like the White Scars.

considering you wrote this shit in response to people wanting to get him out of that damn coffin cause holy shit dreadnaughts are suffering it came across as being against giving him the choice to get himself fixed.

Also bro you're still retarded. Him getting out of that shit simply due to the fact we have better medical tech does nothing to rob the choice he made of gravitus.>>5167647
>What I am saying is that from a purely narrative perspective, as opposed to an in-character one, taking Dae-Hyun out of the coffin ignores key aspects of his character and does no favors with regards to the story Malal has created for him thus far.
Also this is stupid. Narratively he made that choice cause it was the best choice he had to stay alive long enough to see lieren again. He wouldn't have chosen to become a dreadnaught if there had been better options.

>>5167647
Our son is depressed, and we got the cure. Some new spanking new augmentations, some fresh flesh to surgically implant, and a new dreadnought we can willingly enter or leave so he can still wear all the graffiti of his previous coffin.

He is the indomitable Ursa of Terra, and we shall see to it that our son lives long enough to shoot the shit with his Warhound best friend.

>>5167691
The reason Dae-Hyun is depressed is because his legion is full of dumbasses not that he's in a dreadnaught.

>>5167748
This. Lets hope and pray our book sorts that shit out, instead of fracturing it even more.

>>5167748
We better save our planet faster so we can tell our sons to stop fucking around.

>>5167661
>I imagine becoming one will be a very personal decision members of the 2nd make when they become eligible.
>it came across as being against giving him the choice to get himself fixed.
>very personal decision
>personal decision
If you didn't know, "decision" means "choice." That post only comes across as anti-help if you're illiterate. I recommend fully reading the posts you respond to, it will make you look like less of a joke.
>Him getting out of that shit simply due to the fact we have better medical tech does nothing to rob the choice he made of gravitus.
If someone makes a hard, intensely personal decision, and it immediately is made moot because the unforeseen occurs and reverses it, at no cost to the person who made the choice, that cheapens the choice itself. This isn't subjective.
>Narratively he made that choice cause it was the best choice he had to stay alive long enough to see lieren again.
No, he made that choice in-character. Dae-Hyun is not aware he is a character in interactive fanfiction, Malal and the voters are the only ones who make choices from a narrative perspective.
>He wouldn't have chosen to become a dreadnaught if there had been better options.
Dreadnoughts wouldn't be made at all if there were a better choice, or any other choice. Dae-Hyun wanted to fight at our side and he made the choices he had to to do that. If the Imperium uploaded the consciousness of wounded marines to battle automata, he would've done that. The means by which he continues to choose to fight is entirely irrelevant, the choice to continue to fight itself is what matters.
>>5167691
>Our son is depressed, and we got the cure.
The reason he's depressed is because he's watched scores of his friends die before his eyes and his legion is falling to factionalism. We can't bring back the dead and we haven't been reunited with our full legion, so we do not, in fact, have the cure.

>>5167889
We uhh. . Can bring back the dead. Granted it requires a lot of prep work prior to death but we have the means of rebirth and ways of putting souls in bodies.
This is semantics since e can't ressurect the people who died on Terra but I felt it neccercery to correct you.

As for the factionalism, We didn't send any emissaries so we can't fix the legion but the book should hopefully reduce the factionalism by a degree if they read it all without bias.

>>5167889
>If someone makes a hard, intensely personal decision, and it immediately is made moot because the unforeseen occurs and reverses it, at no cost to the person who made the choice, that cheapens the choice itself. This isn't subjective.
No this is literally retardation. If you tell me IRL you got stuck in some shit like a iron lung or what not and then they make technology to make that redundent and that you wouldn't fucking take it then you are either a liar or a fucking retard.

People make the choices they do on what they have on the time. Going "Muh" story narrative just paints you as an idiot and would make Dae-Hyun an idiot. I would actually vote to lecture the fuck out of him if he tried to use the form of argument you're using.

Like for real dude, the best stories and quests are the ones that have characters act like people and not like narrative driven characters that have to do dumb shit like what your suggesting.

Any major selling author or really god writer will tell you that.

Now if this was something to do with morals or a code of honor or a matter principles your argument would hold ground. It is not and thus does not.

>>5166558
Doe we need to make it a vote to offer augmentation improvements to people like Dae-Hyun, or will we do that automatically? I'm voting for offering.

We have no idea how long it has been since we gave our father the schematics, from Lieren pov or Terran pov due to warp fuckery. Even if Dae-Hyun didn't get interred by choice,but out of necessity after a his body was finally ready to give up; regardless it was a step in his Journey(tm) to complete his quest to meet us. We should present him with thr option of restoring him, but even kanzeon being herself how can we be sure she will be able to make compatible parts to our very genetically modified, very irradiated son? In the most likely scenario, we can at least ease the burden by pimping out his coffin.

>>5168023
Pretty sure Kanzeon could easily do it. Like, she has golden age of technology medical equipment and that shit legit beats what the emperor had to work with on terra.

Hell it beats out what even mars has currently. and if need be we could literally just pop his ass into an entire new body if he so desires and re augment it.

>>5168023
Also I forgot to mention but Kanzeon has access to our pod which has a record of everything that went into making us and having us grow and gestate in it. Which the emperor had to kit bash together with what he had available on terra.

We can even use that shit to grow her a primarch tier body down the line too.

Fixing up Dae-hyun will be easy compared to that especially since she also has a lot of warp science information on souls too cause lotus tech and what went into making her.

>>5168023
>how can we be sure she will be able to make compatible parts to our very genetically modified, very irradiated son?
I thought about this and I think I have a solution. We have 299 regular space marines, right? That’s a large enough pool from which to piece together what a totally healthy space marine should look like. They’ll all be injured, certainly, but in different enough ways that I’m willing to bet that there’s at least one of every grafted organ completely intact amongst them.

>>5168032
Space marines are also basically lesser primarchs too since they share nearly all the same organs. And Kanzeon does have access to and has been studying our pod which contains all our genetic and biological information.

>>5168026
Anything excluding his Custodes. Those guys really do have the best of the best.

>>5168032
Dude just get a genetic sample fro our coffin son, grow it, then use those parts to replace his fucked up pieces.

>>5168043
>Dude just get a genetic sample fro our coffin son, grow it, then use those parts to replace his fucked up pieces.

I can't see that working for the implanted organs but she has our own genetic data for that.

>>5168043
>Anything excluding his Custodes. Those guys really do have the best of the best.
They're also all one off unique augmentations. Each one is a master piece.

>>5168043
>Dude just get a genetic sample fro our coffin son, grow it, then use those parts to replace his fucked up pieces.
Would work for some parts, but not others. The grafted muscles and organs come to mind.
That said, we do have access to the original template those grafted organs were based on: ourselves.

>>5168050
>That said, we do have access to the original template those grafted organs were based on: ourselves.
Also have the gestation pod we were grown in that contains a record of our biological data, what alterations were made to us specifically and what not.

Isn't Kanzeon's flesh puppet made based on Lieren's DNA? If she can make a female body out of primarch flesh, fixing a space marine should be easy.

>>5168057
our goal is to eventually make one. Her current body isn't exactly primarch tier but yeah I think it's based on his dna.

of course once we get the primarch body we plan to transfer her soul into it.

I wonder we could allow her to hop back and forth between the two.

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This old meme has popped up in my head a few days ago and has refused to leave.
Thus is my attempt to evict it.

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It seems is time again. Too bad i missed the 14th, there was a problem.

>>5164330
They are quite strong, since they can kill the equally well armored and cybernetically enhanced vishnu troops. The weapons are a mix of energy weapons and combined eldar-human ones, not just the las rifle.
The armors themselves combine some of the things from the armory of Kanzeon and eldar armors.
Just one would fit as the majority of the shipment that goes to Terra, even if I am not sure, the steel giants are quite big. Too bad I know. In regard to that by simply looking at the Portal Anchors made, he should get it that this is high tech. But he has already understood that, by simply talking with Lieren of this new development.


>>5164977
Sometime ago I made the image for the infantry one, alongside just a few other types if you mean that.
They are in previous threads, with some description. The texts are basic, nothing incredible, but it gives an idea.

But we don't have the same nomination that the imperium has, if you instead mean that. Like corvus, maximus ecc ... and so on. I honestly didn't think of giving them names, beyond "this is the armor that this x soldiers group use". I have tried to stay as close to what Malal writes, with some liberties of course. The quest is more macro sometimes, so name of x weapons/equipment can be considered minutia most of the time.

Lieren is very much capable of sensing or seeing psykers, warp energy, spirits and chaos corruption. Add on top of this his golden eyes, and he sees what you actually are to the very core of your being. So yeah all the taskforce was essentially scanned by him upon arrival.


>>5167630
I had already in mind to make the earth regiments armors in images, but i also think we need a Shangrilan pattern armor let s say. Not sure how it will look like in the end, but it should be something cool. I hope so.

>>5168340
Kek very funny, i personally appreciate it.

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The map of the Vishnu Realm. One of the regions of Shangrila with an overabundance of life and organisms. If the Bone Devouring Forest in Long Jia, was considered full of animals, dangers and death in the past, then the deep jungles of the Vishnu some might say surpass it or stand on even grounds for others. Giant serpents, strange multi horned beasts, fearsome white tigers and the southern fog panthers are just some of the beasts that dwell under the great trees and plants present here.
In the north the great swamp where the Xue live, continues south entering in the jungles, but it also stopped by a mountain chain, where the famous Serpent Pass is made. These particular mountains have always been fought over the Vishnu of the south and the Yan of the north, as they grant safe passage toward one of the grasslands of the region. That is one of the few parts without a large presence of flora, and far safer for human civilization, near these grasslands there are usually even great lakes that originate from the nearby mountain chains.
The Vishnu themselves are quite different from one another, it was only recently that they were united completely under Nitya Sinha, previously they were divided among kingdoms, tribes and city states. The union of societies that while similar had different lifestyles (tribesmen from a semi nomadic tribe fighting now alongside raised professional troops of a city, or levies rallied by a king) was quite a cultural shock. Even so the bloodthirsty warlord managed to do the impossible, using the deep rooted martial traditions of the Vishnu people, as one of the main factors for uniting the land. Beyond his martial prowess and great cruelty.

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The map of the Bask Republic. An alpine region, with many of its parts frozen it's not unusual to see glaciers. And snow is quite common. Even so there is still life here, some forests and even grasslands are present, in more frigid areas plants become far smaller but life can still be found.
The Bask still are an indomitable people, their culture and folklore a lively one even despite being subject to their tyrants, and the harsh cold and lives of their homeland. The region terrain is fairly mountainous, making agriculture difficult but not impossible, while pastures are far more common and used. An industry that is being revitalized recently is the mining one, the presence of precious ores and other rare resources has attracted numerous prospect teams in previously unused parts of the region. The diffusion of the Journey has reached all levels of the Republic, and it has become now part of it and the lives of many of his communities, families and citizens. On the grounds of the previous temples of the decadent priests of the high king, new buildings now stand to teach and talk about the Journey.

Another interesting development is the formation of a new order of knights created by some heroes of their own rebellion. Such news brings great fortune, and we can hope that these paladins and knights will aid us in freeing all of Shangrila from tyranny.

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Being a pilot of the growing Aviation, is a great honor. It takes great courage to become one as well. But being rewarded to be one of the mens that fly machines such as the steel birds, is one of the greatest payments. Sons of farmers, artisans, fishermen, hunters that now hunt down and fight in the skies, flocks of horrible creatures out of nightmares tales and their bloodthirsty rivals of the south.
These men though are given the proper instruments for these battles, one of these is the armors they wear. Different from the ones used by their companions and brothers in the armies, as it was made to be a bridge between man and the machine around it. Controls become more fluid, movements more coordinated. Overall it greatly improves the combat capacity of the pilots. And of course it gives them excellent protection.

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Now the Sky masters. The best pilots one might see in Shangrila, aces all of them. Some of them are even becoming officers in Aviation, thanks to their experience and skill. One of the rewards for becoming pilots of such levels, beyond having access to more powerful equipment and personalized vehicles, is the possibility to be granted one a far more refined and potent pilot armor. Having one of them shows your rank among fellow pilots and the importance that has been given to a man.
Rising to such heights is the dream of many, but one must prove that he is worthy to be called an ace first.

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What can be said ? I do not have words. It’s glorious ! When we looked upon the sky …! Ah you could not believe us. The Heaven vessel, sun child, clouds breaker, the sky boat, the Avatar of Lady Kanzeon …. Could there be more proof that we are righteous ? Lieren has gifted everything and so did his wife. We are protected, our families, all are protected.
They shield us and bleed for us. When I look at the great ship, I always want to cry. It has destroyed countless Vishnu foes. I have seen some of his weapons coming out of it and bringing destruction on the tyrants, war dogs and scum. I wonder what more it could do. I hope that I will live to see it, and that I will live enough to ensure the protection of this vessel !
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Weapon batteries from A to F have been activated, remaining weapons will remain dormant.
Commence bombardment.
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>>5168371
GUNS!

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A Skipping Cloud, is one of the newest vehicles in the growing armies of Long Jia, and the main vehicle of the newly formed combat formation of the Lai Sky Riders. Much like other Shangrilan technology is formed by the harmonic fusion of eldar and human knowledge. In this case it has formed a fast and agile vehicle that delivers an untold amount of punishment against its foes before getting away.
The machine is used by a few sky riders that fly it and man it’s weapons, and a squad ready to descend from the sky for a rapid attack on the enemy lines. Suffice to say this is as elevated even more the Lai warfare doctrine, more than the access to fast moving land vehicles. The vehicle moves thanks to 5 “sails”, a powerful engine in the back and the antigravity machine under it. The weaponry on it is more than enough to tear apart infantry or destroy small Vishnu vehicles and war machines, and if that wasn’t enough is more than capable to ram through a more armored foe. Shangrila shall not be denied his rightful prosperity and liberty by any tyrants, with such a war machine in the service of his sons and daughters !

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The armors used by the newly recruited and trained Lai Skyriders, is a truly formidable one. The first feature that is seen is no doubt, the powerful jetpack in the back, a feature that allows the Skyriders their descends on the foes and famous assaults from the Skipping Clouds. Developed from the armor already in use by the Lai Riders, it was a great success upon the battlefields, though the equipment on his back does require more energy but the performances surpass the new costs to make it function.
This addition to the armies of Long Jia, will be put to use further in future campaigns no doubt. Who knows what greater battles it will see ? What new tactics will be tested and successfully achieved thanks to this equipment ?

Still what other foes beyond Vishnu could even fight against it ?

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////A —---- or “Dragonfly '' Drone, is an antigravity fast moving small DAOT construct seemingly developed to be one of the base tools for the ancient and unknown colonization mission launched to Shangrila.
Thank the Progenitors, Praise the Journey, Honor Lieren.////
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Ah the Dragonflies ! True machines and companions, loyal without questions. Whatever the ancients did to make them, is not for us to know, we must thank the Progenitors as they gifted these machines to the Gentle Giant, hero of all Shangrila.
The Dragonfly work in flocks, and it’s not unusual to see them entering inside wounded or broken machines, like the tools of a white lotus medic in the body of a man, thanks to their sizes. Working in these large groups allows them to communicate faster and correct themselves rapidly, because of their several eyes and sensors. To accomplish their tasks, they have access to a venerable variety of work tools that allow them to repair and build anything our mind could think of, or even clean a floor if one wants them to do so.
If those work tools were taken off them, they can be equipped with ranged weaponry, making them especially dangerous to lightly equipped Vishnu troops. In case of melee, they wouldn’t need more weapons than their own bodies, as the machine imitates a certain type of snake's family, twisting around the enemy's body and crushing him until his bones break or until it can't breathe if the desire is to simply knock down the target.
For other uses they are optimal for prospecting as they will methodically scan an area, until they have moved across every micron of it. The great lady Kanzeon alongside our savior Lieren, did some time ago improve the drones. Their “wings” now present elements taken from the star people, improving their agility and speed.
The Dragonflies seem to act with animal behavior of sorts, doing odd holes in the ground, capturing animals or chasing each other across trees.
Still they remain innocent to us and often avoid positioning themselves in our pathways or duties, unless we might be harmed or one is a Shang Engineer that often works close with them. One might find them recharging attached to a ceiling of a warehouse for example, or chirping and buzzing machine language on top of vehicles or looking at us from the Vessel of Heaven.
May they never break, as these machines have aided us in any aspect of our empire, the honor of receiving their help or fighting alongside them shall be forever remembered by any true men and his sons in Shangrila.

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just one more image

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The War Steel Giant, Terracotta Machine Guardian and many other names is a newly developed vehicle for the armies of Long Jia. It’s capable of great martial feats, and it has proven to work well in coordination with the rest of the army. One of the more unusual patterns, based on the heroes and champions of the Journey rebellion, is the Jinhai one.
This rare Giant in particular is armed with a particular spear beaming with light as well as a fearsome cannon that spit arcs of thunder from it ! If that wasn’t enough smaller weapons seem to grow from it in case Vishnu soldiers attempt to reach it or if enemies arrive from the air, like the disturbing hell drakes and infernal wyrms, or the simply disgusting half-men machine Vishnu gargoyles ! Truly this Giant deserves the name of our noble and courageous emperor, as the machine almost seems to mimic our ruler on how it was designed and in the movement !
The machine like the others of his kind is truly beautiful to see, and it’s yet another gift from our saviors, thought and crafted perhaps in their great boat in the sky. Truly this machine will only fit the captains and champions of the newest regiments of our army.

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(I have tried to make the giant a mix of things, one the description Malal has written down. Two in part the imperial knights, and three the eldar wraith knights. I think the mix works.)
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And that is all. If there is anything to ask, feel free. Or suggestions for other things to do.
Here is the current list of possible things that will be done. :


- SM possible new armor pattern
- Bai war banner, for someone. Maybe an honorary war banner for the Brothers of the Panthers. Would fit
- Portal Anchors
- Personal Armors of Heroes ? Like Feng for example
- Another Vishnu unit (maybe)
- All the other avatars of the sister AI-ships (Anahita, Philotes and Albina)
- The Creti Wardens, The Seowl Rangers, and The Suomit Ursine Guard
- More simple images/memes, stuff like the view from the road or Guozhi drinking Tea with Wenyan
- Settlements/City maps ? (maybe)
- Attempts for evil spirits/magical beasts (maybe)
- More animals, vehicles, weapons, armors and so on (maybe)
- Maybe do the artwork of the Bask of Lieren (maybe)
- Shuni noble houses (recent ones need to check threads )
- Bask houses ?

i hope it was a good valentine for everyone.

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Nice work as always anon

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And who knows about the bigger guns of the ship, i wonder if some foes will be gentle enough to position a fleet of theirs in the open void for some weapons testing.

>>5168431
thanks, do you have one that you prefer or like more ?
leaving some combat music for the imminent assault on the citadel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6cSbof7Pik

>>5168465
Honestly? Kanzeon, for the reason that so far I just uses ramdom images of spaceships to represent her every time I made a meme, but now we have a more concrete form. A fan one, but your works have either been very close to what Malal wrote, or he incorporated it later.

>>5168465
I particularly love Kanzeon, not for the art, although it's remarkable to see the strange style and design you've crafted- but because of the sincere emotion describing Kanzeon.
I can't convey geunine emotion without sounds insincere, but something I love about this quest is how Lieren's kindness and bravery is true and wholesome. This man wants for nothing except the betterment of his fellow man and everyone who has met him cannot deny that. Even the rough and crude men of New Varro who's respect is something that doesn't come easily are amazed by how a man as good as Lieren can exist.
It makes me tear up.

>>5168532
>tfw you're one of the few genuinely benevolent people in the entire universe
Just goes to show how much of a difference one good man can make.

I swear we're going to end up the Liu Bei of all this and be left sad and ruined our legacy in shambles

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Thank you.
Yes i also feel that it was needed. Dont get me wrong the memes are nice, but I wanted to see an idea of her taking form.
That they did, Malal is a nice qm. He didn't need to accept any, but he found ways and uses for each of them.

>>5168532
Thanks.
The ship of Kanzeon inside was desribed as a sort of alive mechanical nature. The theme of flowers/plants is repeated. It also looks nice.
For the text i was inspired by the soldier story from the Serpent Pass. This is essentially another man seeing the event and talking about it at home or with friends. The two lines instead are of course an order of Kanzeon to the ship.

Lieren is a special thing. No matter how many times Wenyan says he didn't give Lieren any great knowledge or power, i can't help but smile in seeing he has gifted Golden Eyes with far more than that. A home, family, his first friends, good morals and examples.
Also jokes.