Allotment: Original Method
The GM begins the game with Allotment equal to 30 per Deathwatch model assigned to this Mission. Any models without the <Fly> keyword must be held in Adversarial Reserves unless they are in a Transport with the <Fly> keyword.

Allotment: Revised Method
The GM begins the game with Allotment equal to 2 times the Deathwatch CTV. Any models without the <Fly> keyword must be held in Adversarial Reserves unless they are in a Transport with the <Fly> keyword.

At the start of Battleround 6, the GM gains an additional D6x10 Allotment to spend on Adversarial Reserves. This is repeated at the start of Battleround 9, Battleround 12, and Battleround 15, if the game is still going at that time.

Terminal Data for this Mission:
None.

Ship's Story
The Clawhammer had once been a loyalist vessel; a part of an ancient Naval flotilla. During a routine Warp Jump, the ship became separated from its parent fleet and spent the next few hundred years searching for it. Cut off from established Imperial Logistic routes, the crew very quickly fell into mutiny, starvation, and cannibalism. When it drifted into the path of marauding heretics, it didn't stand a chance. Now long since corrupted by pox and fever, this bloated serpent of star-faring contagion seeps from the warp-tear above the [++Redacted++], belly-flopping onto its exterior and erupting its malignance in every direction. There is no stopping this. There is not enough holy fire to burn this infection out. All that can be done is to redouble our efforts to complete our Mission before this pox destroys us all.

Lore
If a player asks for more information about this Vessel and they have the Forbidden Lore or Tech Skill*, they may use these to glean any of the following tidbits of information:

Manufacture (Tech, Forbidden Lore): at the core of this filth is the remains of a Slaughter-Class Cruiser. But its guns have long since fallen silent. And while at some point the interior of this vessel may habe been predictable, it is likely its corridors are now choked with phlegm and crusted with foulness unspeakable. Armed with this information, any Deathwatch model assigned to a Mission onboard the Clawhammer may equip a Hand Flamer, Flamer, Combi-flamer, or Heavy Flamer without having to meet the Threshold and only having to pay 1 Cost for each. Additionally, Sanctified Promethium Tanks and Chargers are reduced to Threshold 05.

Crew (Forbidden Lore): the compliment of a vessel of this size was likely, originally, enormous. But with the contamination and its history, the ship is likely only filled with the twisted creations of chaos and those who have thrown themselves eagerly to the mercy of the lord of contagion now. Armed with this knowledge, Deathwatch allied models may re-roll their Wounds when using Hand Flamers, Flamers, Heavy Flamers, and the Flamer parts of Combi-flamers when fighting Adversaries with the <Nurgle> keyword.

*GMs, prompt your players with these Skills so that they know they have the option to use them.

Complications
Missions that take place partially or wholly inside the chambers of this vessel are subject to a persistent, pervasive Radiation effect.

Missions near this vessel generate a Radiation effect at the start of every Battleround on the 2D6 roll of a 7+. It lasts for the duration of the Battleround and imposes a Strength D6+1, AP-, Damage: 1 hit on every model at the start of their Movement Phase.

Missions in this vessel generate a Radiation effect at the start of every Battleround on the D6 roll of a 2+. It lasts for the duration of the Battleround and imposes a Strength 7, AP-1, Damage: D2 hit on every model at the start of their Movement Phase.

Interior Architecture/Terrain Guidelines: The Clawhammer is a pus-filled labyrinth of twisting and clogged corridors and rooms. Inexplicably, "trees" of crusted bone and cancerous glue grow between cracks or climb like hideous vines anywhere they can. There is a constant "fog" of spores and sickness that sometimes lays so thick it impedes movement and visibility.

The author suggests using expanding foam, painted brown and green, to create the sickness gardens and ear-wax growths that boil out of this ship's interiors. Perhaps if these pieces were removable players could expend promethium to try to destroy them. One could use cotton balls pulled thin and soaked in ugly colors to represent the fog of sickness that hangs in the air.

Any Technology on the table in sections including chambers and corridors from this vessel will be universally Dead, unless otherwise noted. Although lighting exists within the wreck's halls, it does not come from a technological source, instead emanating from radioactive debris and warp-mangled material.

Available Missions
CH1: Burn it Back!: Optional Routine
CH2: A Target of Opportunity: Optional Routine
CH3: A Forced Confrontation: Routine
CH4: The Driving Sickness: Routine
CH5: Cleanse and Burn: Optional Exploration

"Treasures" of the Clawhammer
Any time a model could potentially rummage through a "treasure chest" or might have to roll on a Treasure Table during the course of a Mission on board this Vessel, use the following charts to determine what may be there to find. Treasure Chests should be clearly identifiable and can be searched if a model ends its Movement Phase within 2" of one. Treasure gained from Exploration Missions should be rolled by each Astartes deployed on the Mission during the Debriefing Phase.

Treasure Chest: roll a D6
1: just terrible goop. The model that opened this chest immediately gains +1 Corruption. Any other Player-controlled model that starts or ends its Movement Phase within 2" of this chest must pass a Strength test or gain +1 Corruption for the remainder of the Mission.

2-3: things that look even worse than the Corrupted Goop from the entry above, but at least aren't so seeped in chaos that it actively harms anyone.

4-5: warp-tainted objects. A model with the Psychic Sense Skill can attempt to purge these objects by spending a Rating and rolling their Skill Stat. If they succeed they gain +1 Renown and loot worth 1 Esteem with any Faction.

6: warp-touched gear. This gear may be traded as is to any Admech Faction for D6 Esteem or may be purged by any model with the Psychic Sense Skill in the same way as detailed for 4-5 above. Purged gear is worth D6 Esteem to any Faction.

Exploration Treasure: roll a D6 for each Astartes deployed on this Mission
1: Terrible Sickness-Bloated THINGS. The model that discovered this immediately gains +1 Corruption. All other Astartes that also deployed on this Mission must pass a Strength test or also gain +1 Corruption.

2: Some terrible goopy sloppiness that may have once been a human. A model with the Psychic Sense Skill can test to glean info from this mess, gaining +1XP if they succeed.

3: warp-tainted objects. A model with the Psychic Sense Skill can attempt to purge these objects by testing their Skill Stat. If they succeed they gain +1 Renown and loot worth 1 Esteem with any Faction.

4: warp-touched gear. This gear may be traded as is to any Admech Faction for D6 Esteem or may be purged by any model with the Psychic Sense Skill in the same way as detailed for 3 above. Purged gear is worth 3D6 Esteem to any Radical Faction or 2D3 Esteem to any Inquisitor Faction. If a Faction falls under both categories, the Deathwatch model gains both Esteem increases.

5: a Tainted Icon. This Icon may be destroyed on sight for +1 Renown or may be purged by any model with the Psychic Sense Skill in the same way as detailed for 3 above. Purged Icons grant the model carrying it +1 Renown on any Mission where at least 1 Adversary model has the <Chaos> keyword. A Purged Icon is added to the Arsenal of the Ordo Wargear list with a Threshold of 25 and a Cost of 1.

6: a Cogitator Fragment. Any model with the Tech Skill may either take on +1 Corruption or permanently reduce their Tech Skill by 1 Rating to give all current and future Deathwatch models a one-time +1XP bonus.

Allotment
The GM gains 7 times the total number of Deathwatch models assigned to this Mission. If this total is less than 49, the GM instead gets 49 Allotment.

Terminal Data for this Mission:
If players manage to extract any tidbits of information from any Terminals they may sell each tidbit to any Faction for 2D3 Esteem.

Relics for this Mission
Threshold / Cost / Capacity / Relic / Special Rules
35 / 15 / 02 / Sword of Purity / This Weapon is a Mastercrafted Powersword with the Sanctified Trait

70 / 20 / * / Icon of the Just / This Honorific grants its bearer a one-time use +1 to any dice roll every time the bearer removes as a casualty an Adversary that started the Mission with 3 or more Wounds. Unused bonuses are discarded at the end of the Mission.

*This honorific's weight is negligible.

Allotment
The GM gains 7 times the total number of Deathwatch models assigned to this Mission. If this total is less than 49, the GM instead gets 49 Allotment. This may only be spent on Ship Dead. In addition, the GM may field a single <Nurgle> <Character> for free.

Terminal Data for this Mission:
If players manage to extract any tidbits of information from any Terminals they may sell each tidbit to any Faction for D3 Esteem.

Relics for this Mission
Threshold / Cost / Capacity / Relic / Special Rules
35 / 15 / * / Psyker's Gauntlet / This item replaces the armor on a Librarian's arm and grants the bearer +1 to cast Smite. Only usable by models with the ability to Cast Psychic Powers.

35 / 10 / * / Crusader's Icon / This Honorific grants its bearer a +1 to its Skill Stat roll when using any Effect of the Command or Inspire Skill.

*These items' weight is negligible.

It's Nurgle

Allotment
The GM starts with 2D6+2 Allotment for every Deathwatch allied model that is Deployed on this Mission. If this total is less than 49, the GM gets 49 Allotment instead. In addition, the GM may field a single <Nurgle> <Character> for free.

If and when the players call in reinforcements, the GM gains +7 Allotment per Deathwatch reinforcement model Deployed. These Allotment are added to the GM's Adversarial Reserves.

Terminal Data for this Mission:
If players manage to extract any tidbits of information from any Terminals they may sell each tidbit to any Faction for D3 Esteem.

Relics for this Mission
Threshold / Cost / Capacity / Relic / Special Rules
15 / 04 / * / Dagger of Brilliance / This Weapon has the same profile as an Astartes Knife, but it also has the Masterwork and Sanctified Traits. Once per Mission, this Relic may be used at the start of any Phase to negate the Daemon Save every model within 6" of the bearer might have, until the start of the same Phase it was activated on in the next Battleround.

30 / 08 / * / Mark of the Faithful / This Honorific grants its bearer a once per Mission special ability to turn any one die roll into a 6 or a 1, for themselves, an ally in Cohesion Range, or an Adversary model within 6".

*These items' weight is negligible.

Masterwork: weapons with this Trait allow their bearer to re-roll one failed hit roll every Battleround.
Sanctified: These items have been blessed by the Ecclesiarchy. Weapons with this Trait add +1 Strength versus Adversaries with the <Daemonic> or <Daemon Engine> keyword.

Allotment
The GM starts with 49 Allotment that may only be spent on <Infantry> models. At the start of Battlerounds 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, the GM generates D3x7 Allotment per Deathwatch model with at least 1 Wound remaining on the battlefield. This Allotment is added to the GM's Adversarial Reserves.

Only models with the <Infantry>, <Beast>, <Daemon>, <Nurgle>, <Ship Dead>, or <Cultist> keywords may be used by the GM for this Mission.

Adversarial Objectives
The GM's forces actually have their own Objectives this game.

Overwhelm the Enemy: for every full 7 Adversary models that end the Battleround within 7" of the Deathwatch board edge, the GM gains +1 CP this Mission that may be used on any Stratagem from the Book of Rot section of the Chaos Daemons Codex or the Deathguard Codex.

Spread the Sickness: for every 7 unsaved Wounds inflicted by any model's Contagion ability on any other model, the GM gains +1 to their Allotment bonus next Battleround.

Push Through: any time an Adversary model starts or ends their Movement Phase within 1" of the Deathwatch Deployment edge, they may be removed from the table by the GM. They are not counted as destroyed for the purposes of Deathwatch Objectives. Each model so removed adds +1 Allotment to the next Mission. Any bonus Allotment gained this way must be spent on models with the <Nurgle>, <Ship Dead>, or <Daemon> keywords.

Terminal Data for this Mission:
If players manage to extract any tidbits of information from any Terminals they may sell each tidbit to any Faction for D3 Esteem.

Relics for this Mission
Threshold / Cost / Capacity / Relic / Special Rules
10 / 01 / * / Icon of Toil / This Honorific grants its bearer a once per Mission special ability to negate any Capacity modifiers to its Movement for 1 Battleround.

10 / 01 / * / Baton of Leadership / This stick grants its bearer a once per Mission special ability to refund a Rating spent on the Intimidate, Command, or Tactics Skill on the D6 roll of a 4+.

*These items' weight is negligible.

Ship's Story: the Desolation's Wake once served as a loyalist vessel before coming under the sway and influence of the god of murder. It's name and its record are lost to time, as generations of blood-thirsty barbarians have degenerated in its holds for millennia. In fact it is likely this degeneration of the crew that caused the eventual collapse of the ship's Gellar Fields, plunging it into the chaotic state it currently finds itself in. Most of the ship's population are dead and their glistening remains decorate the ship like gruesome tapestries. Only the strongest have survived this catastrophe and they huddle in the depths, whipping themselves into a frenzy in preparation for the slaughter that is yet to come.

Ship Lore
If a player asks for more information about this Vessel and they have the Forbidden Knowledge, Command, or Tech Skill*, they may use it to glean any of the following tidbits of information:

Manufacture (Tech): a classic Imperial cruiser, Desolation's Wake is a captured ship of the line that was retrofitted for high orbit planetary assault. As such, a significant number of its plasma batteries have been removed and exchanged for Dreadclaw launch tubes. It is likely that, even now, perhaps hundreds of years since the vessel's initial warp drift, its hold may be crawling with daemon-infected machine spirits and blood thirsty engines of war. Armed with this knowledge, models that participate in Missions on board this ship earn double Renown when they remove enemies with the <Daemonic Engine> keyword as casualties.

Crew (Command): the crew of this vessel were, at their origins, trained and dedicated fighting personnel. They knew their way around weapons, were possible veterans of boarding actions, and we were familiar with Imperial standards of discipline. It is likely that only the strongest have survived until now. Knowing this, Deathwatch models assigned to Missions onboard this vessel earn +1 XP at the end of any game that features Jackals as Adversaries.

Enemy Disposition (Forbidden Knowledge): knowing the ferocity of the enemy means their rage can be baited. While this doesn't necessarily make them easier to destroy, it may provide a few seconds of precious time to complete a Mission Objective despite being outnumbered or otherwise outmaneuvered. Using this, a player with the Forbidden Knowledge or Tactics Skill may expend 1 Rating of their Skill at the start of any Mission featuring Adversaries with the <World Eaters> keyword, to place an Objective Marker anywhere on the revealed terrain. If the Deathwatch Move at least one allied model to within 3" of this Marker that model gains +1 XP when they reach it and +1 Renown every Battleround they remain there. Once the Deathwatch model has claimed this Objective Marker, all Adversary models with the <World Eaters> keyword that can draw line of sight to that model must Move towards it, Charging if able. <World Eaters> continue to do so until they either cannot draw line of sight or there isn't a Deathwatch model within 3" of the Marker.

*GMs, prompt your players with this skill so that they know they have the option to use it.

Complications
Missions that take place partially or wholly inside the chambers of this vessel are subject to the Wrath of Khorne Events Table. Roll a D6 at the start of each Battleround, adding +1 for every Blood Tithe* point earned by the Adversary forces (if the GM is using <World Eaters> or any models from their Codex, the rules for earning these are detailed in that book). Apply the results as rolled.

*Using Blood Tithe points for this does not diminish them.

D6 roll: Wrath of Khorne
1: Temporarily Sated: a deathly quiet falls over the battlefield. No special environmental rules apply.

2: Rain of Blood: torrents of gore begin spilling from vents and raining through holes in the upper decks, showering the battlefield in slippery red. Any Model wishing to Move, Advance, or Charge must subtract 2" from the distance they may travel to account for the difficulty of moving without slipping. Visual distances are reduced to 12", models cannot Shoot or Charge enemies beyond this distance.

3: Red Angel's Favor: all models with the Mark of Khorne gain +1 Attack until the end of the Battleround and +1 Strength if they Charged or were Charged this Battleround.

4: Trophy Takers: Adversary models that remove models as casualties this Battleround gain +1 Attack for the remainder of the Mission and count unmodified hit rolls of 6 in the Fight Phase as 1 additional hit. Deathwatch allied models that remove models as casualties this Battleround gain +1 Corruption unless they can pass a Strength test.

5: Warp Manifestation: Pillars of Blood: the GM and player(s) take turns placing 2D3+2 Pillars of Blood Markers anywhere on the tabletop at least 2" from any model. At the start of each Turn, these pillars move 8" in a random direction, stopping if they come in contact with a terrain feature or model. If they touch a model and that model has the Mark of Khorne, the Pillar of Blood Marker is removed from play and the model it touched gains the ability to regenerate or gain +1 Wound at the start of each of its Command Phases until the end of the Mission. This ability can even resurrect dead models, unless they've taken Damage equal to their total Wounds on their previous Turn.

If one of these Pillar of Blood Markers touches any other model, the Pillar of Blood Marker is removed from play and the model it touched suffers D6+2 Strength 4 AP- Damage 1 hits. If the model survives they gain +D3 Renown and +1 Corruption.

Otherwise, these Pillar of Blood Markers remain in play, randomly moving each Battleround until removed or the Mission ends, whichever comes first.

6: Warp Manifestation: Butcher's Frenzy: all models currently on the battlefield double the number of their Attacks on their profile until the end of the Mission. Deathwatch allied models may attempt to resist this effect by passing a Strength test. Those Deathwatch allied models that pass this test gain +1 Renown. Those that fail gain +1 XP and only +1 Attack. Those Deathwatch allied models that chose not to try to resist gain an additional +1 Corruption and lose D3 Renown.

7: Warp Manifestation: Visions of Death: models with the Mark of Khorne are not affected by this Manifestation. All other models suffer -3 to their Leadership until the end of the Mission and must pass a Strength at the start of each of their Movement Phases. If they pass this test they may act as normal. If they fail this test, they must Move away from any visible enemy models, Falling Back out of Engagement range if they are otherwise locked in combat. Models with any Talent that grants immunity to Fear or Terror are immune to this effect. Each time a Deathwatch model fails this test, they lose D3 Renown.

8+: Warp Manifestation: Blood Gate: the GM places a Marker within 8" of the place where the most Wounds were lost last Battleround. This Marker counts as a Warp Gate and generates 8 Allotment at the start of every Battleround that can only be spent on <Khorne><Daemon> or Daemonic Engine> models or banked for bigger Adversaries. When these Adversaries become available to deploy, they do so within 8" of this Gate and at least 8" away from enemy models.

Interior Architecture/Terrain Guidelines: The Desolation's Wake is essentially a decrepit, gore-washed, and poorly maintained military vessel. Its interiors are crumbling like that of a Spacehulk. Rivers of blood and rust-stained effluvient pour through its decks. Any terrain you've been using for the [++Redacted++] can be used for this ship, too. Perhaps just the addition of some scattered skulls and a red river will suffice. Alternatively you can use any Khorne-themed terrain you may have at your disposal.

Available Missions
DWa: Echoes in the Deep: Optional Exploration

Unlockable Missions
DW1: Scatter the Trophies: Routine
DW2: Blasphemous Convocation: Routine
DW3: The Gates of A'Dragoth: Routine
DW4: The Blood Cage: Routine
DW5: The Skin Vault: Routine
DW6: Blood Dam: Routine
DW7: Decapitator's Crown: Routine
DW8: Onslaught: Routine

Treasure Tables for Exploration
Treasure Chests onboard the Desolation's Wake are likely to be filled with ancient Imperial munitions, personal effects, tools, and spare parts. Any time a model might find themselves in proximity to one such box and the player wants to search it, have them roll a D6 and consult the following table.

Treasures Chests
D6 roll: Treasure
1: Moldering Clothes and Other Useless Garbage: the player's model gains +1XP.

2: Random Machine Parts: the player's model may take on 01 Weight of stuff worth +D3 Esteem to any Admech Faction.

3: Random Machine Parts: the player's model may take on up to 03 Weight of stuff worth +D3+1 Esteem to any Admech Faction for every 01 Weight worth of it.

4: Semi-Intact Machining Tool Set: the player's model may take on 01 Weight for a Relic Tool Set. This Relic may be used once per Mission to add +1 to the user's Tech Skill. If the model that found this Relic survives until the end of the Mission, they may add it to their Personal Load Out for free or hand it over to the Watch Captains for +2D3 Renown. Alternatively, this Relic may be traded to any Admech Faction for +D3x5 Esteem.

If traded to the Watch Captains it becomes an available Relic with a Threshold equal to half the player's model's current Renown (rounding down) and a Cost of 03. The Tools weigh 01 Capacity.

5: Stasis-sealed Armaments: D3 Boarding Shotguns with 16 Scatter Shells each, 2D6 Concussion Grenades, and D3 STC Flamers with 2 Prometheum Canisters each. The Shotguns weigh 01 each and the STC Flamers weigh 02 each. The grenades and reloads follow the normal Capacity rules.

Item / Threshold / Cost / Range / Strength / AP / Damage / RoF / Magazine / Weight / Rules
Boarding Shotgun / 00 / 01 / 15" / 3 / - / 1 / 1|2|- / 8 / 01 / this weapon takes 1 full Phase to reload; this weapon automatically hits if it is fired at targets wholly within 6" of the shooter.
STC Flamer / 00 / 04 / 8" / 3 / - / 1 / D6|2D3|- / 6 / 02 / this weapon automatically hits its targets if they are within range; this weapon ignores the bonus to armor saves normally afforded by cover. Ablaze.

Players can choose to permanently add 1 of each of these Weapons to their model's Personal Loadouts for free and/or trade any surplus Weapons to the Watch Captains for +D2 Renown each.

6: Data Archives and/or Imperial Artefacts: the player's model may take on 01 Weight for stuff worth +D6 Esteem with any Inquisitorial, Naval, or Imperial Faction.

Treasures from the Depths
Roll a D6 for every model assigned to an Exploration Mission onboard the Desolation's Wake and consult the following table to see what that model returns with.

D6 Roll: Treasure
1: Haunting Visions: this model gains +1 XP. In addition, this model must pass a Strength test at the end of every Mission onboard the Desolation's Wake it is assigned to. If it passes it gains an additional +1 XP. If it fails, it instead gains +1 Corruption.

2: Random Machine Parts: the player's model gains machine parts worth +D3+1 Esteem to any Admech Faction.

3: Random Machine Parts: the player's model gains machine parts worth +3D3 Esteem to any Admech Faction.

4: Data Archives and/or Imperial Artefacts: the player's model gains stuff worth +2D6 Esteem with any Inquisitorial, Naval, or Imperial Faction.

5: Cogitation Cores: the player's model gains stuff worth +2D6+2 Esteem with any Faction. In addition, if the model that rolled this result has the Tech Skill, it also gains +D3+1 XP.

6: An Enemy Stassis Pod: the player's model that finds this may either roll their Forbidden Knowledge Skill to gain +2D6 XP as they study the enemy's vitals and history or kill the imprisoned Advesary to gain +2D6 Renown and reduce all future GM Allotments by 1.

Consequences of Skipping this Mission
GMs, imply to your players that the drums, chanting, and other noises they can hear echoing up from the depths of this wreck are building towards something. Imply a growing sense of dread.

Regardless of whether player(s) take on this optional Mission or not, each of the first 6 Unlockable Missions are building towards something. Each of the first 6 Missions will unleash a consequence on the Campaign in time. Mission DW1: Scatter the Trophies's consequence goes off 8 hours after the Desolation's Wake arrives, unless player(s) have already completed that Mission successfully. 4 hours after that, Mission DW2: Blasphemous Convocation's consequence unleashes. 4 hours later, Mission DW3: The Gates of A'Dragoth and so on, at each 4 hour mark until all consequences from DW1: Scatter the Trophies through DW6: Blood Dam have unleashed or the Deathwatch have completed those Missions successfully. Successfully completed Missions do not unleash their consequences and buy the player(s) a short window of reprieve.

After all Mission consequences have been unleashed or completed successfully by the Deathwatch, Mission DW8: Onslaught kicks off, interrupting the flow of game play and Missions.

Mission DW7: Decapitator's Crown can only be Unlocked by first completing Missions DW3: The Gates of A'Dragoth and DW5: The Skin Vault successfully.

Allotment: Original Method
The GM begins play with 8 Allotment, not affected by the Doomclock. At the start of each Battleround, the GM generates 8 Allotment for each Skull pile/Blasphemous Totem remaining. This Allotment may be spent to bring in reinforcements along any board edge, at least 9" away from any Deathwatch allied model, or banked in Adversarial Reserves for a later Turn's deployment.

Allotment: Revised Method
As above.

Terminal Data for this Mission
If there are any Terminals present and players manage to interact with them successfully they will find a surprising amount of relatively unspoiled data. Prompt players for what they want to look at: Ship's Logs, Manifest, Navigational Data, Damage Reports, Anomalous Data, or Augury Scans. Then give them info from the appropriate list. If a player already has a tidbit, move on to the next one on the list.

Ship's Logs
1: 3.100.080.M37: Captain [++redacted++] instated following unexpected expiration of previous command. Command Crew has doubts, duly noted. First assignment is Ejodra, Mining Hub, in the Jodim system, Subsector Quotji. Reports of uprisings. We should make short work of it.

2: 3.404.081.M37: isolated mutinies following Ejodran pacifications. Moving to Betrac to tithe crew replenishments. Ordered to take up regular patrols of the Subsector; preparing routes. Seven inhabited systems and one quarantined, for reasons unknown. There's no blockade, so we will assume it to be safe to view from orbit. It's unscheduled, but the vagaries of the Immaterium will be enough to explain it if anyone asks.

3: 3.880.082.M37: expunged all records pertaining to the unmarked. Best if we just forget it.

4: 8.888.888.M38: we are in command. Shipwide Command Order issued: kill every 8th man. Begin the Cull.

Manifest
1: 4.880.088.M37: Tennebrea Sector, ship master file records influx of new Imperial Ratings following the Battle of Mytheria; casualty replacements tithed from the Fuedal World of Wickedness and the Hiveworld of Chadrian's Folly. Anomalous count readings put ship's total crew 8,000+ over-staffed.

2: 4.880.408.M37: Threron Subsector, ship master file records taking on supplies including fresh water and food at Cheriosh Station 8 in orbit of Koleept, an automated Agriworld. Food consumption rates verify earlier over-estimates of personnel. Cull initiated by Bridge Command.

3: 4.880.007.M38: Tennebrea Sector, re-arm, retrofit. Plasma Batteries along decks 115 through 200 removed. Magazines cut by half. Ship in drydock for 1,008 days while port and starboard batteries are converted to drop bays. Manifest reports only 88% of crew returns.

4: 8.888.888.M38: Location unknown, drop bays take on unknown classification of Drop Pod, not rated for Imperial personnel. Influx of unknown personnel. Ship's master file shows diversion of power to sustain 88 Stassis Pods. Use unknown, origin unknown. Crew manifest shows thousands of unregistered personnel.

Navigational Data
1: 3.238.087.M37: Quotji Subsector, routine patrols interrupted by Astropathic interception. Bridge Command orders immediate Jump to Subsector Hub System: Madraz, designated Civilized. After 47 days Warp journey, ship emerges in-system. Chronometric synchronization shows 88 days real time travel. Ship remains in high orbit while flotilla assembles, 4 days local time.

2: 4.330.087.M37: ship dispatched to Abrasha Subsector, system Mnem, to patrol as part of larger Task Force - designated Task Force Argentia - minor clashes with seditious intrasystem vessels inconclusive. Patrol lasts 648 days.

3: 4.978.087.M37: ship ordered to interdict Warp Conduit designated Mytheria. Heavy fighting with seditious forces backed by vessels of unknown origin. Augurs protest identification; records expunged by order of Bridge Command.

4: 4.800.088.M37: last recorded Warp Translation through Mytherian Gate. Navigational records corrupted. Destination presumed last ordered location, Tennebrea Sector, along Mytherian Conduit Route.

Damage Reports
1: 4.338.087.M37: records and retrofits prior to this date expunged. Order orgination unknown. Ship sustained minor hull breaches along port side, just below plasma batteries. Estimated crew losses less than 100. Servitors and repair crews dispatched. Repairs estimate 16 standard days. Magazine depleted by 3%.

2: 4.384.087.M37: shields overloaded, hull breach decks 44 through 48, starboard side - suspected impact by enemy vessel. Crew losses estimated at 800, possibly more. Bulkheads sealed off, repair crews dispatched. Power reroute successful. Complete repairs will require drydock. Ship efficiency reduced by 11%. Magazine depleted additional 14%.

3: 4.980.087.M37: port plasma batteries crippled; prow plasma batteries destroyed. Crew loss estimates 8,000+. Possibly more. Repair crews dispatched. Hull breaches on multiple decks. Internal sensorium detects enemy boarding crews. Security teams dispatched. Ship effeciency reduced by 32%. Dry dock repairs necessary to return to full fighting force. Primitive comms established with Prow batteries. Survivors estimated to be less than 10%. Bridge Command determines Prow repairs lowest priority. Magazine less than 30% remaining.

4: 4.088.088.M37: fires in all holds below deck 88. Crew losses estimated at 32,000+. Atmospheric venting along starboard side due to hull breaches. All non-essential decks sealed. Magazine depleted. Bridge Command orders all available power to Gellar Shields and Warp Drive. Effective repairs impossible without dry dock.

Anomalous Data
1: 3.808.082.M37: voices in the vox detected. Heat signatures registered on exterior sensorium. Minor hull breach, Deck 64. All other records expunged, origination Executive Command, clearance Red-Alpha.

2: 4.337.087.M37: Electromagnetic pulse detected at point of enemy vessel impact, briefly. Momentary power loss to non-essential systems has no immediate effect, but fragmentary scrap code detected, isolated, and expunged by ship's security systems.

3: 4.388.087.M37: brief spike in heat signatures near damaged decks. Security crews recalled after error logged by Bridge Command.

4: 4.888.088.M37: internal sensorium on Deck 80 shorts out. No repair crew dispatched due to low priority.

5: 8.888.888.M38: Gellar Field generators 4 and 8 spontaneously overloaded. Repair crews dispatched.

Augury Scans
1: 3.809.082.M37: unauthorized tightbeam scan of planetary body detects defused iron and organic material in everything. Cogitators hypothesize oceans of blood and mountains of bones. Sealed archive. Clearance Cerulean-Delta.

2: 4.344.087.M37: passive scans of Intrasystem ships indicate anomalous energy readings and retrofitted weapon arrays. New configuration noted and added to shipboard database. Transmission to Flotilla Command.

3: 4.981.087.M37: deep internal scans detect numerous enemy boarding teams still active, heavy concentrations near Gellar Field generators. Too many teams to dispatch effectively. Communication with Task Force Argentia Command hampered by traffic; too many voices to single out priorities.

4: 8.884.888.M38: last recorded Augury request. Location indeterminate; Navigator's input suggests Astronomican obscured. Ship is surrounded by vessels of indeterminate nature. Some register as Imperial, although with heavy retrofit. Significant number of new silhouettes recorded, archived. No clear signal to transmit.

Consequences for Failing or not Completing this Mission
8 hours after the arrival of the Desolation's Wake, if this Mission is not successfully completed by then, then in all future Missions featuring <World Eaters> adversaries, at the start of each Battleround, add +1 Blood Tithe point to the Adversary's total for free.

Allotment: Original Method
The GM begins play with 88 Allotment, not affected by the Doomclock. At the start of each Battleround, the GM rolls a D6 for each Deathwatch model remaining on the table and adds up the scores. For each full 8 accumulated by these rolls, the GM gains 1 bonus Allotment that may only be spent on <Khorne> <Daemon> models. This Allotment may be spent to bring in reinforcements within 4" of the central altar, at least 9" away from any Deathwatch allied model, or banked in Adversarial Reserves for a later Turn's deployment.

Allotment: Revised Method
As above.

Terminal Data for this Mission
If there are any Terminals present and players manage to interact with them successfully they will find a surprising amount of relatively unspoiled data. Prompt players for what they want to look at: Ship's Logs, Manifest, Navigational Data, Damage Reports, Anomalous Data, or Augury Scans. Then give them info from the appropriate list. If a player already has a tidbit, move on to the next one on the list.

Ship's Logs
1: 3.100.080.M37: Captain [++redacted++] instated following unexpected expiration of previous command. Command Crew has doubts, duly noted. First assignment is Ejodra, Mining Hub, in the Jodim system, Subsector Quotji. Reports of uprisings. We should make short work of it.

2: 3.404.081.M37: isolated mutinies following Ejodran pacifications. Moving to Betrac to tithe crew replenishments. Ordered to take up regular patrols of the Subsector; preparing routes. Seven inhabited systems and one quaratined, for reasons unknown. There's no blockade, so will assume it to be safe to view from orbit. It's unscheduled, but the vagaries of the Immaterium will be enough to explain it if anyone asks.

3: 3.880.082.M37: expunged all records pertaining to the unmarked. Best if we just forget it.

4: 8.888.888.M38: we are in command. Shipwide Command Order issued: kill every 8th man. Begin the Cull.

Manifest
1: 4.880.088.M37: Tennebrea Sector, ship master file records influx of new Imperial Ratings following the Battle of Mytheria; casualty replacements tithed from the Fuedal World of Wickedness and the Hiveworld of Chadrian's Folly. Anomalous count readings put ship's total crew 8,000+ over-staffed.

2: 4.880.408.M37: Threron Subsector, ship master file records taking on supplies including fresh water and food at Cheriosh Station 8 in orbit of Koleept, an automated Agriworld. Food consumption rates verify earlier over-estimates of personnel. Cull initiated by Bridge Command.

3: 4.880.007.M38: Tennebrea Sector, re-arm, retrofit. Plasma Batteries along decks 115 through 200 removed. Magazines cut by half. Ship in drydock for 1,008 days while port and starboard batteries are converted to drop bays. Manifest reports only 88% of crew returns.

4: 8.888.888.M38: Location unknown, drop bays take on unknown classification of Drop Pod, not rated for Imperial personnel. Influx of unknown personnel. Ship's master file shows diversion of power to sustain 88 Stassis Pods. Use unknown, origin unknown. Crew manifest shows thousands of unregistered personnel.

Navigational Data
1: 3.238.087.M37: Quotji Subsector, routine patrols interrupted by Astropathic interception. Bridge Command orders immediate Jump to Subsector Hub System: Madraz, designated Civilized. After 47 days Warp journey, ship emerges in-system. Chronometric synchronization shows 88 days real time travel. Ship remains in high orbit while flotilla assembles, 4 days local time.

2: 4.330.087.M37: ship dispatched to Abrasha Subsector, system Mnem, to patrol as part of larger Task Force - designated Task Force Argentia - minor clashes with seditious intrasystem vessels inconclusive. Patrol lasts 648 days.

3: 4.978.087.M37: ship ordered to interdict Warp Conduit designated Mytheria. Heavy fighting with seditious forces backed by vessels of unknown origin. Augurs protest identification; records expunged by order of Bridge Command.

4: 4.800.088.M37: last recorded Warp Translation through Mytherian Gate. Navigational records corrupted. Destination presumed last ordered location, Tennebrea Sector, along Mytherian Conduit Route.

Damage Reports
1: 4.338.087.M37: records and retrofits prior to this date expunged. Order orgination unknown. Ship sustained minor hull breaches along port side, just below plasma batteries. Estimated crew losses less than 100. Servitors and repair crews dispatched. Repairs estimate 16 standard days. Magazine depleted by 3%.

2: 4.384.087.M37: shields overloaded, hull breach decks 44 through 48, starboard side - suspected impact by enemy vessel. Crew losses estimated at 800, possibly more. Bulkheads sealed off, repair crews dispatched. Power reroute successful. Complete repairs will require drydock. Ship efficiency reduced by 11%. Magazine depleted additional 14%.

3: 4.980.087.M37: port plasma batteries crippled; prow plasma batteries destroyed. Crew loss estimates 8,000+. Possibly more. Repair crews dispatched. Hull breaches on multiple decks. Internal sensorium detects enemy boarding crews. Security teams dispatched. Ship effeciency reduced by 32%. Dry dock repairs necessary to return to full fighting force. Primitive comms established with Prow batteries. Survivors estimated to be less than 10%. Bridge Command determines Prow repairs lowest priority. Magazine less than 30% remaining.

4: 4.088.088.M37: fires in all holds below deck 88. Crew losses estimated at 32,000+. Atmospheric venting along starboard side due to hull breaches. All non-essential decks sealed. Magazine depleted. Bridge Command orders all available power to Gellar Shields and Warp Drive. Effective repairs impossible without dry dock.

Anomalous Data
1: 3.808.082.M37: voices in the vox detected. Heat signatures registered on exterior sensorium. Minor hull breach, Deck 64. All other records expunged, origination Executive Command, clearance Red-Alpha.

2: 4.337.087.M37: Electromagnetic pulse detected at point of enemy vessel impact, briefly. Momentary power loss to non-essential systems has no immediate effect, but fragmentary scrap code detected, isolated, and expunged by ship's security systems.

3: 4.388.087.M37: brief spike in heat signatures near damaged decks. Security crews recalled after error logged by Bridge Command.

4: 4.888.088.M37: internal sensorium on Deck 80 shorts out. No repair crew dispatched due to low priority.

5: 8.888.888.M38: Gellar Field generators 4 and 8 spontaneously overloaded. Repair crews dispatched.

Augury Scans
1: 3.809.082.M37: unauthorized tightbeam scan of planetary body detects defused iron and organic material in everything. Cogitators hypothesize oceans of blood and mountains of bones. Sealed archive. Clearance Cerulean-Delta.

2: 4.344.087.M37: passive scans of Intrasystem ships indicate anomalous energy readings and retrofitted weapon arrays. New configuration noted and added to shipboard database. Transmission to Flotilla Command.

3: 4.981.087.M37: deep internal scans detect numerous enemy boarding teams still active, heavy concentrations near Gellar Field generators. Too many teams to dispatch effectively. Communication with Task Force Argentia Command hampered by traffic; too many voices to single out priorities.

4: 8.884.888.M38: last recorded Augury request. Location indeterminate; Navigator's input suggests Astronomican obscured. Ship is surrounded by vessels of indeterminate nature. Some register as Imperial, although with heavy retrofit. Significant number of new silhouettes recorded, archived. No clear signal to transmit.

Consequences for Failing or not Completing this Mission
12 hours after the arrival of the Desolation's Wake, if this Mission is not successfully completed by then, then in all future Missions featuring <World Eaters> adversaries, the GM may field 1 additional <Cultists> or <Jakhal> model for every Allotment spent on them.

Allotment: Original Method
The GM begins play with 64 Allotment, not affected by the Doomclock. At the start of each Battleround, the GM rolls a D6 for each Deathwatch model remaining on the table and adds up the scores. For each full 8 accumulated by these rolls, the GM gains 1 bonus Allotment that may only be spent on <Khorne> <Daemon> models. This Allotment is added to Adversarial Reserves and become available for deployment at the start of every even numbered Battleround.

Allotment: Revised Method
The GM begins play with double the players' total CTV, rounding to the closest multiple of 8. At the start of each Battleround, the GM rolls a D6 for each Deathwatch model remaining on the table and adds up the scores. For each full 8 accumulated by these rolls, the GM gains 1 bonus Allotment that may only be spent on <Khorne> <Daemon> models. This Allotment is added to Adversarial Reserves and becomes available for deployment at the start of every even numbered Battleround.

Battlefield Complications
Carpet of Gore: the whole floor of this battlefield is covered in viscera, mangled bodies, and blood that creates a significant impediment to Movement. Reduce all Advance Moves and Charge Moves by 2" for the duration of the Mission (to a minimum of 1").

In the Presence of Chaos: at the start of every Deathwatch Turn, roll a D6 for each Deathwatch allied model within 8" of any Gate. On a 4+ that model gains +1 Corruption. Gates that have been Closed do not count for these purposes.

A'Dragoth is Coming: at the start of every Battleround roll a D6+2 for each Support Gate that has not been Closed, even if it has been destroyed. If any of these rolls equal an 8, place a die to indicate that on the Main Gate. If the Main Gate accumulates eight 8s, the GM gains just enough bonus Allotment to field a Bloodthirster. This is A'Dragoth and he must be dealt with also.

Terminal Data for this Mission
If there are any Terminals present and players manage to interact with them successfully they will find a surprising amount of relatively unspoiled data. Prompt players for what they want to look at: Ship's Logs, Manifest, Navigational Data, Damage Reports, Anomalous Data, or Augury Scans. Then give them info from the appropriate list. If a player already has a tidbit, move on to the next one on the list.

Ship's Logs
1: 3.100.080.M37: Captain [++redacted++] instated following unexpected expiration of previous command. Command Crew has doubts, duly noted. First assignment is Ejodra, Mining Hub, in the Jodim system, Subsector Quotji. Reports of uprisings. We should make short work of it.

2: 3.404.081.M37: isolated mutinies following Ejodran pacifications. Moving to Betrac to tithe crew replenishments. Ordered to take up regular patrols of the Subsector; preparing routes. Seven inhabited systems and one quaratined, for reasons unknown. There's no blockade, so will assume it to be safe to view from orbit. It's unscheduled, but the vagaries of the Immaterium will be enough to explain it if anyone asks.

3: 3.880.082.M37: expunged all records pertaining to the unmarked. Best if we just forget it.

4: 8.888.888.M38: we are in command. Shipwide Command Order issued: kill every 8th man. Begin the Cull.

Manifest
1: 4.880.088.M37: Tennebrea Sector, ship master file records influx of new Imperial Ratings following the Battle of Mytheria; casualty replacements tithed from the Fuedal World of Wickedness and the Hiveworld of Chadrian's Folly. Anomalous count readings put ship's total crew 8,000+ over-staffed.

2: 4.880.408.M37: Threron Subsector, ship master file records taking on supplies including fresh water and food at Cheriosh Station 8 in orbit of Koleept, an automated Agriworld. Food consumption rates verify earlier over-estimates of personnel. Cull initiated by Bridge Command.

3: 4.880.007.M38: Tennebrea Sector, re-arm, retrofit. Plasma Batteries along decks 115 through 200 removed. Magazines cut by half. Ship in drydock for 1,008 days while port and starboard batteries are converted to drop bays. Manifest reports only 88% of crew returns.

4: 8.888.888.M38: Location unknown, drop bays take on unknown classification of Drop Pod, not rated for Imperial personnel. Influx of unknown personnel. Ship's master file shows diversion of power to sustain 88 Stassis Pods. Use unknown, origin unknown. Crew manifest shows thousands of unregistered personnel.

Navigational Data
1: 3.238.087.M37: Quotji Subsector, routine patrols interrupted by Astropathic interception. Bridge Command orders immediate Jump to Subsector Hub System: Madraz, designated Civilized. After 47 days Warp journey, ship emerges in-system. Chronometric synchronization shows 88 days real time travel. Ship remains in high orbit while flotilla assembles, 4 days local time.

2: 4.330.087.M37: ship dispatched to Abrasha Subsector, system Mnem, to patrol as part of larger Task Force - designated Task Force Argentia - minor clashes with seditious intrasystem vessels inconclusive. Patrol lasts 648 days.

3: 4.978.087.M37: ship ordered to interdict Warp Conduit designated Mytheria. Heavy fighting with seditious forces backed by vessels of unknown origin. Augurs protest identification; records expunged by order of Bridge Command.

4: 4.800.088.M37: last recorded Warp Translation through Mytherian Gate. Navigational records corrupted. Destination presumed last ordered location, Tennebrea Sector, along Mytherian Conduit Route.

Damage Reports
1: 4.338.087.M37: records and retrofits prior to this date expunged. Order orgination unknown. Ship sustained minor hull breaches along port side, just below plasma batteries. Estimated crew losses less than 100. Servitors and repair crews dispatched. Repairs estimate 16 standard days. Magazine depleted by 3%.

2: 4.384.087.M37: shields overloaded, hull breach decks 44 through 48, starboard side - suspected impact by enemy vessel. Crew losses estimated at 800, possibly more. Bulkheads sealed off, repair crews dispatched. Power reroute successful. Complete repairs will require drydock. Ship efficiency reduced by 11%. Magazine depleted additional 14%.

3: 4.980.087.M37: port plasma batteries crippled; prow plasma batteries destroyed. Crew loss estimates 8,000+. Possibly more. Repair crews dispatched. Hull breaches on multiple decks. Internal sensorium detects enemy boarding crews. Security teams dispatched. Ship effeciency reduced by 32%. Dry dock repairs necessary to return to full fighting force. Primitive comms established with Prow batteries. Survivors estimated to be less than 10%. Bridge Command determines Prow repairs lowest priority. Magazine less than 30% remaining.

4: 4.088.088.M37: fires in all holds below deck 88. Crew losses estimated at 32,000+. Atmospheric venting along starboard side due to hull breaches. All non-essential decks sealed. Magazine depleted. Bridge Command orders all available power to Gellar Shields and Warp Drive. Effective repairs impossible without dry dock.

Anomalous Data
1: 3.808.082.M37: voices in the vox detected. Heat signatures registered on exterior sensorium. Minor hull breach, Deck 64. All other records expunged, origination Executive Command, clearance Red-Alpha.

2: 4.337.087.M37: Electromagnetic pulse detected at point of enemy vessel impact, briefly. Momentary power loss to non-essential systems has no immediate effect, but fragmentary scrap code detected, isolated, and expunged by ship's security systems.

3: 4.388.087.M37: brief spike in heat signatures near damaged decks. Security crews recalled after error logged by Bridge Command.

4: 4.888.088.M37: internal sensorium on Deck 80 shorts out. No repair crew dispatched due to low priority.

5: 8.888.888.M38: Gellar Field generators 4 and 8 spontaneously overloaded. Repair crews dispatched.

Augury Scans
1: 3.809.082.M37: unauthorized tightbeam scan of planetary body detects defused iron and organic material in everything. Cogitators hypothesize oceans of blood and mountains of bones. Sealed archive. Clearance Cerulean-Delta.

2: 4.344.087.M37: passive scans of Intrasystem ships indicate anomalous energy readings and retrofitted weapon arrays. New configuration noted and added to shipboard database. Transmission to Flotilla Command.

3: 4.981.087.M37: deep internal scans detect numerous enemy boarding teams still active, heavy concentrations near Gellar Field generators. Too many teams to dispatch effectively. Communication with Task Force Argentia Command hampered by traffic; too many voices to single out priorities.

4: 8.884.888.M38: last recorded Augury request. Location indeterminate; Navigator's input suggests Astronomican obscured. Ship is surrounded by vessels of indeterminate nature. Some register as Imperial, although with heavy retrofit. Significant number of new silhouettes recorded, archived. No clear signal to transmit.

Consequences for Failing or not Completing this Mission
16 hours after the arrival of the Desolation's Wake, if this Mission is not successfully completed by then, then in all future Missions featuring <Khorne> adversaries, the GM gains 8 additional Allotment at the start of each Battleround that may only be spent on models with the <Khorne> and <Daemon> Keywords. Additionally, if A'Dragoth was deployed, but not slain during the course of this Mission, he may be fielded in any future Mission featuring <Khorne>, <Heretic Astartes>, and/or <Cultists> Adversaries for 8 Allotment.

Allotment: Original Method
The GM begins play with 100 Allotment, not affected by the Doomclock. At least 1 Boss Monster, or, if using Allotment 2.0, 1 True Monster must be fielded with this Allotment.

Allotment: Revised Method
The GM begins play with Allotment equal to triple the players combined CTV, not affected by the Doomclock. At least 1 Boss Monster, or, if using Allotment 2.0, 1 True Monster must be fielded with this Allotment.

Terminal Data for this Mission
If there are any Terminals present and players manage to interact with them successfully they will find a surprising amount of relatively unspoiled data. Prompt players for what they want to look at: Ship's Logs, Manifest, Navigational Data, Damage Reports, Anomalous Data, or Augury Scans. Then give them info from the appropriate list. If a player already has a tidbit, move on to the next one on the list.

Ship's Logs
1: 3.100.080.M37: Captain [++redacted++] instated following unexpected expiration of previous command. Command Crew has doubts, duly noted. First assignment is Ejodra, Mining Hub, in the Jodim system, Subsector Quotji. Reports of uprisings. We should make short work of it.

2: 3.404.081.M37: isolated mutinies following Ejodran pacifications. Moving to Betrac to tithe crew replenishments. Ordered to take up regular patrols of the Subsector; preparing routes. Seven inhabited systems and one quaratined, for reasons unknown. There's no blockade, so will assume it to be safe to view from orbit. It's unscheduled, but the vagaries of the Immaterium will be enough to explain it if anyone asks.

3: 3.880.082.M37: expunged all records pertaining to the unmarked. Best if we just forget it.

4: 8.888.888.M38: we are in command. Shipwide Command Order issued: kill every 8th man. Begin the Cull.

Manifest
1: 4.880.088.M37: Tennebrea Sector, ship master file records influx of new Imperial Ratings following the Battle of Mytheria; casualty replacements tithed from the Fuedal World of Wickedness and the Hiveworld of Chadrian's Folly. Anomalous count readings put ship's total crew 8,000+ over-staffed.

2: 4.880.408.M37: Threron Subsector, ship master file records taking on supplies including fresh water and food at Cheriosh Station 8 in orbit of Koleept, an automated Agriworld. Food consumption rates verify earlier over-estimates of personnel. Cull initiated by Bridge Command.

3: 4.880.007.M38: Tennebrea Sector, re-arm, retrofit. Plasma Batteries along decks 115 through 200 removed. Magazines cut by half. Ship in drydock for 1,008 days while port and starboard batteries are converted to drop bays. Manifest reports only 88% of crew returns.

4: 8.888.888.M38: Location unknown, drop bays take on unknown classification of Drop Pod, not rated for Imperial personnel. Influx of unknown personnel. Ship's master file shows diversion of power to sustain 88 Stassis Pods. Use unknown, origin unknown. Crew manifest shows thousands of unregistered personnel.

Navigational Data
1: 3.238.087.M37: Quotji Subsector, routine patrols interrupted by Astropathic interception. Bridge Command orders immediate Jump to Subsector Hub System: Madraz, designated Civilized. After 47 days Warp journey, ship emerges in-system. Chronometric synchronization shows 88 days real time travel. Ship remains in high orbit while flotilla assembles, 4 days local time.

2: 4.330.087.M37: ship dispatched to Abrasha Subsector, system Mnem, to patrol as part of larger Task Force - designated Task Force Argentia - minor clashes with seditious intrasystem vessels inconclusive. Patrol lasts 648 days.

3: 4.978.087.M37: ship ordered to interdict Warp Conduit designated Mytheria. Heavy fighting with seditious forces backed by vessels of unknown origin. Augurs protest identification; records expunged by order of Bridge Command.

4: 4.800.088.M37: last recorded Warp Translation through Mytherian Gate. Navigational records corrupted. Destination presumed last ordered location, Tennebrea Sector, along Mytherian Conduit Route.

Damage Reports
1: 4.338.087.M37: records and retrofits prior to this date expunged. Order orgination unknown. Ship sustained minor hull breaches along port side, just below plasma batteries. Estimated crew losses less than 100. Servitors and repair crews dispatched. Repairs estimate 16 standard days. Magazine depleted by 3%.

2: 4.384.087.M37: shields overloaded, hull breach decks 44 through 48, starboard side - suspected impact by enemy vessel. Crew losses estimated at 800, possibly more. Bulkheads sealed off, repair crews dispatched. Power reroute successful. Complete repairs will require drydock. Ship efficiency reduced by 11%. Magazine depleted additional 14%.

3: 4.980.087.M37: port plasma batteries crippled; prow plasma batteries destroyed. Crew loss estimates 8,000+. Possibly more. Repair crews dispatched. Hull breaches on multiple decks. Internal sensorium detects enemy boarding crews. Security teams dispatched. Ship effeciency reduced by 32%. Dry dock repairs necessary to return to full fighting force. Primitive comms established with Prow batteries. Survivors estimated to be less than 10%. Bridge Command determines Prow repairs lowest priority. Magazine less than 30% remaining.

4: 4.088.088.M37: fires in all holds below deck 88. Crew losses estimated at 32,000+. Atmospheric venting along starboard side due to hull breaches. All non-essential decks sealed. Magazine depleted. Bridge Command orders all available power to Gellar Shields and Warp Drive. Effective repairs impossible without dry dock.

Anomalous Data
1: 3.808.082.M37: voices in the vox detected. Heat signatures registered on exterior sensorium. Minor hull breach, Deck 64. All other records expunged, origination Executive Command, clearance Red-Alpha.

2: 4.337.087.M37: Electromagnetic pulse detected at point of enemy vessel impact, briefly. Momentary power loss to non-essential systems has no immediate effect, but fragmentary scrap code detected, isolated, and expunged by ship's security systems.

3: 4.388.087.M37: brief spike in heat signatures near damaged decks. Security crews recalled after error logged by Bridge Command.

4: 4.888.088.M37: internal sensorium on Deck 80 shorts out. No repair crew dispatched due to low priority.

5: 8.888.888.M38: Gellar Field generators 4 and 8 spontaneously overloaded. Repair crews dispatched.

Augury Scans
1: 3.809.082.M37: unauthorized tightbeam scan of planetary body detects defused iron and organic material in everything. Cogitators hypothesize oceans of blood and mountains of bones. Sealed archive. Clearance Cerulean-Delta.

2: 4.344.087.M37: passive scans of Intrasystem ships indicate anomalous energy readings and retrofitted weapon arrays. New configuration noted and added to shipboard database. Transmission to Flotilla Command.

3: 4.981.087.M37: deep internal scans detect numerous enemy boarding teams still active, heavy concentrations near Gellar Field generators. Too many teams to dispatch effectively. Communication with Task Force Argentia Command hampered by traffic; too many voices to single out priorities.

4: 8.884.888.M38: last recorded Augury request. Location indeterminate; Navigator's input suggests Astronomican obscured. Ship is surrounded by vessels of indeterminate nature. Some register as Imperial, although with heavy retrofit. Significant number of new silhouettes recorded, archived. No clear signal to transmit.

Consequences for Failing or not Completing this Mission
20 hours after the arrival of the Desolation's Wake, if this Mission is not successfully completed by then, then in any future Missions featuring <Khorne> or <Heretic Astartes> adversaries, the GM may field 1 of the surviving Boss Monsters/True Monsters from this Mission for free.

Allotment: Original Method
The GM begins play with 64 Allotment, not affected by the Doomclock. Only <Infantry>, <Cultists>, and <Heretic Astartes> may be fielded with this Allotment. Any <Cultists> model may be given 1 Rating in the Tech Skill with a Skill Stat of 6+, for +1 Allotment.

If the Alarm is triggered, the GM gains D6 Allotment per Deathwatch allied model remaining at the time the Alarm is triggered. This is considered the First Wave. When it becomes available - 8 Battlerounds after the Alarm has been triggered - they may be deployed at the end of the Movement Phase inside the corridor the Deathwatch must use to Extract, up to 9" away from the doorway used to enter the Armory complex. Any that don't fit get added to Ongoing Adversarial Reserves.

After the First Wave is Deployed, any time an Adversary model is removed as a casualty place that model into Ongoing Adversarial Reserves and roll a D3. This is the amount of Allotment that the GM has to work with for the Second Wave. Once Ongoing Adversarial Reserves hits 88 Allotment or more, it may be deployed in whole or in part at the end of any Movement phase, in the tunnel and at least 9" away from any Deathwatch allied model. Adversaries that can't be deployed because they don't fit can instead be deployed at the end of the Movement Phase on subsequent turns.

Allotment: Revised Method
The GM begins play with Allotment equal to the players' combined CTV, not affected by the Doomclock. Only <Infantry>, <Cultists>, and <Heretic Astartes> may be fielded with this Allotment. Any <Cultists> model may be given 1 Rating in the Tech Skill with a Skill Stat of 6+, for +1 Allotment.

If the Alarm is triggered, the GM gains D6 Allotment per Deathwatch allied model remaining at the time the Alarm is triggered. This is considered the First Wave. When it becomes available - 8 Battlerounds after the Alarm has been triggered - they may be deployed at the end of the Movement Phase inside the corridor the Deathwatch must use to Extract, up to 9" away from the doorway used to enter the Armory complex. Any that don't fit get added to Ongoing Adversarial Reserves.

After the First Wave is Deployed, any time an Adversary model is removed as a casualty place that model into Ongoing Adversarial Reserves and roll a D3. This is the amount of Allotment that the GM has to work with for the Second Wave. Once Ongoing Adversarial Reserves hits 88 Allotment or more, it may be deployed in whole or in part at the end of any Movement phase, in the tunnel and at least 9" away from any Deathwatch allied model. Adversaries that can't be deployed because they don't fit can instead be deployed at the end of the Movement Phase on subsequent turns.

Special Rules
Marked by Blood Spilled: any Deathwatch model that removes 8 or more Wounds from Adversary models this Mission gains the following Tier 1 Elite Talent for free:

Marked by Blood Spilled: whenever this model survives a Mission against Adversaries with the <Khorne>, <Daemon>, or <Heretic Astartes> keyword they gain +1 Renown, +1 XP, and +1 Corruption.

Ire of Warlords: if using the Optional Enemy Faction Animosity Rules (to be detailed in upcoming posts), the Mission Leader model gains +1 Animosity with any 1 Chaos Faction of the controlling player's choice, if this Mission is successful. The player can make this decision once an appropriate Enemy Faction becomes available.

Terminal Data for this Mission
There may be many Terminals present on this battlefield. For Terminals inside Secure Rooms, prompt players for what they want to look at: Ship's Logs, Manifest, Navigational Data, Damage Reports, Anomalous Data, or Augury Scans. Then give them info from the appropriate list. If a player already has a tidbit, move on to the next one on the list. For the Terminal inside the Control Room, players gain a bonus for each complete set of information they've gained from other Terminals.

General Information Categories
Ship's Logs
1: 3.100.080.M37: Captain [++redacted++] instated following unexpected expiration of previous command. Command Crew has doubts, duly noted. First assignment is Ejodra, Mining Hub, in the Jodim system, Subsector Quotji. Reports of uprisings. We should make short work of it.

2: 3.404.081.M37: isolated mutinies following Ejodran pacifications. Moving to Betrac to tithe crew replenishments. Ordered to take up regular patrols of the Subsector; preparing routes. Seven inhabited systems and one quaratined, for reasons unknown. There's no blockade, so will assume it to be safe to view from orbit. It's unscheduled, but the vagaries of the Immaterium will be enough to explain it if anyone asks.

3: 3.880.082.M37: expunged all records pertaining to the unmarked. Best if we just forget it.

4: 8.888.888.M38: we are in command. Shipwide Command Order issued: kill every 8th man. Begin the Cull.

Manifest
1: 4.880.088.M37: Tennebrea Sector, ship master file records influx of new Imperial Ratings following the Battle of Mytheria; casualty replacements tithed from the Fuedal World of Wickedness and the Hiveworld of Chadrian's Folly. Anomalous count readings put ship's total crew 8,000+ over-staffed.

2: 4.880.408.M37: Threron Subsector, ship master file records taking on supplies including fresh water and food at Cheriosh Station 8 in orbit of Koleept, an automated Agriworld. Food consumption rates verify earlier over-estimates of personnel. Cull initiated by Bridge Command.

3: 4.880.007.M38: Tennebrea Sector, re-arm, retrofit. Plasma Batteries along decks 115 through 200 removed. Magazines cut by half. Ship in drydock for 1,008 days while port and starboard batteries are converted to drop bays. Manifest reports only 88% of crew returns.

4: 8.888.888.M38: Location unknown, drop bays take on unknown classification of Drop Pod, not rated for Imperial personnel. Influx of unknown personnel. Ship's master file shows diversion of power to sustain 88 Stassis Pods. Use unknown, origin unknown. Crew manifest shows thousands of unregistered personnel.

Navigational Data
1: 3.238.087.M37: Quotji Subsector, routine patrols interrupted by Astropathic interception. Bridge Command orders immediate Jump to Subsector Hub System: Madraz, designated Civilized. After 47 days Warp journey, ship emerges in-system. Chronometric synchronization shows 88 days real time travel. Ship remains in high orbit while flotilla assembles, 4 days local time.

2: 4.330.087.M37: ship dispatched to Abrasha Subsector, system Mnem, to patrol as part of larger Task Force - designated Task Force Argentia - minor clashes with seditious intrasystem vessels inconclusive. Patrol lasts 648 days.

3: 4.978.087.M37: ship ordered to interdict Warp Conduit designated Mytheria. Heavy fighting with seditious forces backed by vessels of unknown origin. Augurs protest identification; records expunged by order of Bridge Command.

4: 4.800.088.M37: last recorded Warp Translation through Mytherian Gate. Navigational records corrupted. Destination presumed last ordered location, Tennebrea Sector, along Mytherian Conduit Route.

Damage Reports
1: 4.338.087.M37: records and retrofits prior to this date expunged. Order orgination unknown. Ship sustained minor hull breaches along port side, just below plasma batteries. Estimated crew losses less than 100. Servitors and repair crews dispatched. Repairs estimate 16 standard days. Magazine depleted by 3%.

2: 4.384.087.M37: shields overloaded, hull breach decks 44 through 48, starboard side - suspected impact by enemy vessel. Crew losses estimated at 800, possibly more. Bulkheads sealed off, repair crews dispatched. Power reroute successful. Complete repairs will require drydock. Ship efficiency reduced by 11%. Magazine depleted additional 14%.

3: 4.980.087.M37: port plasma batteries crippled; prow plasma batteries destroyed. Crew loss estimates 8,000+. Possibly more. Repair crews dispatched. Hull breaches on multiple decks. Internal sensorium detects enemy boarding crews. Security teams dispatched. Ship effeciency reduced by 32%. Dry dock repairs necessary to return to full fighting force. Primitive comms established with Prow batteries. Survivors estimated to be less than 10%. Bridge Command determines Prow repairs lowest priority. Magazine less than 30% remaining.

4: 4.088.088.M37: fires in all holds below deck 88. Crew losses estimated at 32,000+. Atmospheric venting along starboard side due to hull breaches. All non-essential decks sealed. Magazine depleted. Bridge Command orders all available power to Gellar Shields and Warp Drive. Effective repairs impossible without dry dock.

Anomalous Data
1: 3.808.082.M37: voices in the vox detected. Heat signatures registered on exterior sensorium. Minor hull breach, Deck 64. All other records expunged, origination Executive Command, clearance Red-Alpha.

2: 4.337.087.M37: Electromagnetic pulse detected at point of enemy vessel impact, briefly. Momentary power loss to non-essential systems has no immediate effect, but fragmentary scrap code detected, isolated, and expunged by ship's security systems.

3: 4.388.087.M37: brief spike in heat signatures near damaged decks. Security crews recalled after error logged by Bridge Command.

4: 4.888.088.M37: internal sensorium on Deck 80 shorts out. No repair crew dispatched due to low priority.

5: 8.888.888.M38: Gellar Field generators 4 and 8 spontaneously overloaded. Repair crews dispatched.

Augury Scans
1: 3.809.082.M37: unauthorized tightbeam scan of planetary body detects defused iron and organic material in everything. Cogitators hypothesize oceans of blood and mountains of bones. Sealed archive. Clearance Cerulean-Delta.

2: 4.344.087.M37: passive scans of Intrasystem ships indicate anomalous energy readings and retrofitted weapon arrays. New configuration noted and added to shipboard database. Transmission to Flotilla Command.

3: 4.981.087.M37: deep internal scans detect numerous enemy boarding teams still active, heavy concentrations near Gellar Field generators. Too many teams to dispatch effectively. Communication with Task Force Argentia Command hampered by traffic; too many voices to single out priorities.

4: 8.884.888.M38: last recorded Augury request. Location indeterminate; Navigator's input suggests Astronomican obscured. Ship is surrounded by vessels of indeterminate nature. Some register as Imperial, although with heavy retrofit. Significant number of new silhouettes recorded, archived. No clear signal to transmit.

Control Room Revelations
Ask players to select a time frame: The Beginning, Seeds of Revolt, The Fracturing, The Odd Years, or The Final Year. Even if players don't yet have all the tidbits to put these Revelations together, GMs should tell players the parts they are missing. At any time that the players obtain all the tidbits to fulfill one of the Info Clusters they've revealed, they gain the bonus associated with it.

Info Clusters
The Beginning: 080 to 082.M37: Ship's Log 1, 2, 3; Anomalous Data 1; Augury Scans 1: the fracturous nature of the original crew and the infiltration of daemonic entities into the ship's internal vox system sowed the seeds for mutiny, heresy, and damnation. With this information, whenever a Deathwatch allied model removes a <Cultists> Jakhal Pack Leader, Icon Bearer, Cult Demagogue, or Cultist Champion model as a casualty, all <Cultists> models on the battlefield suffer -1 to their Leadership for the remainder of the Mission.

Seeds of Revolt: 087.M37: Navigational Data 1, 2, 3; Damage Reports 1, 2, 3; Anomalous Data 2, 3; Augury Scans 2, 3: further corruption of ship's command systems and infiltration of traitorous forces generates an aura of corruption and noncompliance onboard. Discipline breaks down even as punishments increase. A culture of violence pervades the ship. Any Deathwatch model that removes 8 or more Wounds from Adversary models during the Fight Phase becomes a Favored Target for Adversary forces. These models cannot be selected as targets by enemy Shooting.

The Fracturing: 088.M38: Manifest 1; Navigational Data 4; Damage Reports 4; Anomalous Data 4: heavy damage throughout the ship is patched with primarily blasphemous methods, furthering the corruption of the ship's machine spirit. Influence by the Warp itself seeps into the ship by way of the Mytheria Warp Conduit. This is beyond saving now. Deathwatch models that destroy terrain features such as Generators, Doors, and Termibals gain +1 Renown when doing so. If any such features are destroyed during a Mission aboard the Desolation's Wake any Chaplains deployed on those Missions also gain +1 XP.

The Odd Years: 408.M37 and 007.M38: Manifest 2, 3: the bloodthirsty handling of overcrowding coupled with the lose of 12% crew besides should have revealed the corruption inherent in the ship, but went unnoticed and unchecked. Deathwatch models with ties to the Ecclessiarchy or the Adeptus Terra gain +D3 Esteem with those Factions whenever they complete a Mission onboard the Desolation's Wake.

The Final Year: 888.M38: Ship's Log 4; Manifest 4; Anomalous Data 5; Augury Scans 4: clear evidence that ship entered Forbidden Zones such as the Eye of Terror under its own power, retrofitting for Legionary accomodations, and taking on stasis pods likely containing World Eater Astartes proves beyond doubt that this ship and all that are on it are lost beyond salvation. Any Deathwatch allied model that removes any number of <Heretic Astartes> models as a casualties while aboard the Desolation's Wake earns +1 XP, +1 Renown, and +1 Esteem with all Ecclessiarchal, Inquisitorial, Imperial, Naval, Ordo Malleus, and Ordo Hereticus Factions. If there is overlap with these Factions, the model gains +1 Esteem for each eligible category.

Treasures of the Secure Room Chests
Each Chest contains 10 Capacity worth of stuff. Have players roll 2D6 to determine what they find in each Chest when they open it:

2D6 Roll: Chest Contents
2: Cult Melee Weapons: 1 Mauler Chainblade, 2 Jakhal Chainblades, 3 Brutal Assault Weapons.

3: Cult Ranged Weapons: 2 Autoguns, 2 Autopistols, 16 Automags.

4-5: Astartes Munitions: 6 Frag Grenades, 6 Krak Grenades, 16 Bolter Reloads.

6-7: Astartes Ranged Weapons: 1 Combi-Flamer, 1 Combi-Melta, 1 Promethium Tank, and 4 Melta Canisters.

8-9: Astartes Melee Weapons: 2 Berserker Chainblades, 1 Eviscerator.

10: Terminator Weapons: roll another D3. 1= 1 Reaper Autocannon and 1 Auto Box Mag; 2= 1 Heavy Flamer and 2 Promethium Chargers; 3= 1 Chainfist, 1 Combi-plasma, and 4 Plasma Cells.

11: Special Weapons: 1 Chainglaive, 1 Bolt Pistol, 2 Legion Plasma Pistols, 4 Bolt Pistol Reloads, and 4 Plasma Cells.

12: Relic Weapons: 1 Masterwork Plasma Pistol, 1 Masterwork Bolt Pistol, 1 Masterwork Chainglaive, 1 Masterwork Mauler Chainblade.

-Any model deployed on this Mission may permanently reduce their Renown by 8 to add a Jakhal Chainblade, Masterwork Bolt Pistol, or Brutal Assault Weapon from those found to their Standard Load Outs.

-Any model deployed on this Mission may permanently reduce their Renown by 16 to add a Mauler Chainblade, Legion Plasma Pistol, or Eviscerator from those found to their Standard Load Outs.

-Any model equipped with Terminator Armor deployed on this Mission may permanently reduce their Renown by 20 to add a Chainfist, Reaper Autocannon, or Heavy Flamer from those found to their Standard Load Outs.

-Any model deployed on this Mission may permanently reduce their Renown by 24 to add a Masterwork Mauler Chainblade, Combi-weapon of any type, or Chainglaive from those found to their Standard Load Outs.

Equipment Descriptions
Ranged Weapons
Weapon / Capacity / Range / Strength / AP / Damage / RoF/ Magazine / Type and Rules
Autogun / 02 / 24" / 2 / - / 1 / 2|3-5|6 / 6 / Rapidfire
Autopistol / 01 / 12" / 2 / - / 1 / 2|3|6 / 6 / Pistol
Bolt Pistol / 01 / 12" / 4 / - / 1 / 1|2|- / 4 / Pistol
Combi-Flamer / 04 / * / * / - / 1 / * / * / *
Combi-Melta / 04 / * / * / - / 1 / * / * / *
Combi-Plasma / 04 / * / * / - / 1 / * / * / *
Frag Grenade / * / 8" / 3 / - / 1 / D6|-|- / 1 / Blast
Krak Grenade / * / 8" / 6 / -1 / D3 / 1|-|- / 1 / -
Heavy Flamer / 05 / 12" / 5 / -1 / 1 / D6|2D6|- / 12 / Assault, automatically hits Targets in Range, ignores the effects of Cover
Legion Plasma Pistol / 01 / 12" / 7 / -3 / 1 / 1|2|- / 6 / Pistol
-Supercharged / 01 / 12" / 8 / -3 / 2 / 1|2|- / 6 / Pistol; a hit roll of a 1 with this weapon causes 1 Mortal Wound on the Shooter after any hits have been resolved; each Supercharged shot uses up 3 "bullets" from the Weapon's Magazine.
Reaper Autocannon / 07 / 36" / 7 / -2 / 1 / 4|5|10 / 40 / Heavy

*By weapon being used. For Combi-plasma guns, the plasmagun portion only has 1 Plasma Cell.
*These items weigh little individually. Up to 2 grenades of any type weigh 01, up to 4 weigh 02, up to 6 weigh 03, and every 1 beyond that adds +01 weight.

Melee Weapons
Weapon / Capacity / Strength / AP / Damage / Rules
Brutal Assault Weapon / 01 / as user / - / 1 / Extra Attack
Berserker Chainblade / 03 / as user / -2 / 1 / -
Chainfist / 05 / +3 / -4 / 2 / Battering, Mauling, Unwieldy
Chainglaive / 05 / +1 / -3 / 1 / Mangling, Reach, Two-Handed
Jakhal Chainblade / 02 / as user / -1 / 1 / -
Mauler Chainblade / 03 / +2 / -2 / 2 / Unwieldy

Special Rules
Battering: this weapon increases its Damage by +1 versus Terrain Features.
Extra Attack: when the bearer Attacks, it makes 1 extra Attack with this weapon.
Mangling: this weapon makes 2 Attacks for every 1 on the bearer's profile.
Mauling: this weapon increases its Damage by +1 when its bearer is outnumbered in the Fight Phase
Reach: this weapon can be used to Attack models within 2", even if they are not Engaged with this model.
Two-Handed: this weapon occupies both of the bearer's hands; they cannot hold another while this one is active unless the other weapon or item straps handsfree to the bearer's vambrace or similar location.
Unweildy: hit rolls made with this weapon suffer -1 to hit.

Consequences for Failing or not Completing this Mission
24 hours after the arrival of the Desolation's Wake, if this Mission is not successfully completed by then, then in any future Missions featuring <Khorne> or <Heretic Astartes> adversaries, the GM gains an additional D6+7 Allotment to spend on Skulls for the Skull Throne! or Boons of Chaos gear detailed on page 5 of this blog, under Using World Eaters and Khorne Daemons as Adversaries and/or Using Black Legion and Other Undivided Chaos Forces as Adversaries.

Allotment: Original Method
The GM begins play with 32 Allotment, not affected by the Doomclock. Only <Cultists> or <Chaos Spawn> may be fielded with this Allotment. These forces must be split between the two Mission boards.

After the 4th and further Battlerounds, the GM and the player that controls the Squad Leader model for each Team rolls off. If the players win, nothing happens. If the GM wins, they gain D3 Allotment per Deathwatch allied model currently on the respective board added to their Adversarial Reserves. When these Reserves become available, at the start of the next Battleround, they may be placed at the end of any Movement Phase, at least 9" from any Deathwatch allied model, on either Mission board, just like the normal 40k rules for Reserves. For these Reserves, the GM may use their Allotment to field <Khorne> <Daemons>, <Cultists>, <Chaos Spawn>, or <Daemonic Engines> only.

Allotment: Revised Method
The GM begins play with Allotment equal to the players' combined CTV, not affected by the Doomclock. Only <Cultists> or <Chaos Spawn> may be fielded with this Allotment. These forces must be split between the two Mission boards.

After the 4th and further Battlerounds, the GM and the player that controls the Squad Leader model for each Team rolls off. If the players win, nothing happens. If the GM wins, they gain D3 Allotment per Deathwatch allied model currently on the respective board added to their Adversarial Reserves. When these Reserves become available, at the start of the next Battleround, they may be placed at the end of any Movement Phase, at least 9" from any Deathwatch allied model, on either Mission board, just like the normal 40k rules for Reserves. For these Reserves, the GM may use their Allotment to field <Khorne> <Daemons>, <Cultists>, <Chaos Spawn>, or <Daemonic Engines> only.

Special Rules
A Drop in the Drink: any model that falls into the Vats of gore will sink to the bottom. Models with Jump Packs or Heavy Jump Packs will be able to extract themselves in one Turn, but must expend so much fuel to escape, their Packs stop working for the remainder of the Mission. Models in Terminator Armor or equipped with a Teleport Homer can opt to be Teleported back to the Intolerance, but are then therefore removed from the Mission. A Space Marine without this Equipment can try to climb out of the Vat, but do so at a -1 to their Strength tests. If trying to climb out, the Vat is counted as 24" deep. All other models that fall in are considered dead, as they drown in the bloody soup.

Locating the Power Source: if the players fail their Tech Skill tests, either on the Regulators or on the Main Mechanism, they must try to locate the Power Source and destroy that instead. To locate the Power Source a model with the Tech Skill must Move into base to base contact with any of the Generators on either Mission board and roll a D6 (these models don't have to have any Ratings left in this Skill to do this). On the roll of a 6, that Generator is the Power Source. If a Generator is identified, it must be destroyed. If none of the Generators on either Mission table are the Power Source, the players may voluntarily add D6 hours to the Mission time to locate it elsewhere. If they choose to do this the Power Source is automatically found and destroyed after the allotted time.

Terminal Data for this Mission
If players have the ability to place Terminals on either board, and are able to successfully interact with them, refer to any previous Mission except DW5: The Skin Vault for the tidbits that can be extracted.

Consequences for Failing or not Completing this Mission
28 hours after the arrival of the Desolation's Wake, if this Mission is not successfully completed by then, starting with the first Battleround of Mission DW8: Onslaught the battlefield becomes subject to the Rain of Blood effect from the Wrath of Khorne table, regardless of where it takes place. This effect persists until the end of the last Battleround of that Mission.

Allotment: Original Method
The GM begins play with any <Heretic Astartes> HQ <Character> they want (hereafter referred to as the "Warlord"), plus 32 Allotment worth of <Heretic Astartes> <Infantry> or <Daemonic Engine> models.

At the end of any Battleround where the total number of Wounds for the GM's forces are a multiple of 8, they gain that number of Allotment added to their Adversarial Reserves which become available to deploy within 2" of any board edge and at least 8" away from any Deathwatch allied models at the start of their next Turn.

At the end of any Battleround where the Warlord has 0 Wounds, the GM may replace his model with a Bloodthirster at full health that may act as normal starting on the GM's next Turn.

Allotment: Revised Method
The GM begins play with any <Heretic Astartes> HQ <Character> they want (hereafter referred to as the "Warlord"), plus Allotment equal to the players' combined CTV worth of <Heretic Astartes> <Infantry> or <Daemonic Engine> models.

At the end of any Battleround where the total number of Wounds for the GM's forces are a multiple of 8, they gain that number of Allotment added to their Adversarial Reserves which become available to deploy within 2" of any board edge and at least 8" away from any Deathwatch allied models at the start of their next Turn.

At the end of any Battleround where the Warlord has 0 Wounds, the GM may replace his model with a Bloodthirster at full health that may act as normal starting on the GM's next Turn.

Terminal Data for this Mission
If players are able to place any Terminals this Mission, roll randomly to determine their Power Level. If any are successfully interacted with they provide a data tidbit that may be traded to any Ordo Malleus, Ordo Hereticus, or Inquisitorial Faction present in the Narrative for +3D6 Esteem or exchanged for +1 CP to the players' main CP Pool during Mission DW8: Onslaught.

Consequences for Failing or not Completing this Mission
If this Mission is not successfully completed then this Warlord is added to the GM's forces in Mission DW8: Onslaught for free.

Allotment: Original or Revised Method
The GM begins play with 8 Allotment, plus any bonuses awarded from previous Missions failed or missed.

At the start of each Battleround after the first until Battleround 8, the GM generates more Allotment equal to the Battleround's number times 8. This Allotment must be spent this Turn and takes its first Movement Phase from the GM's deployment edge.

Terminal Data for this Mission
If players are able to place any Terminals this Mission, roll randomly to determine their Power Level. If any are successfully interacted with they provide a data tidbit that may be traded to any Ordo Malleus, Ordo Hereticus, or Inquisitorial Faction present in the Narrative for +3D6 Esteem or exchanged for +1 CP to the players' main CP Pool during subsequent tries to complete this Mission.

Consequences for Failing or not Completing this Mission
If this Mission is not successfully completed then it must be repeated until it is won, all player-controlled experienced Deathwatch models are dead, or time runs out on the Doomclock.

Ship's Story
Da Biggest Fist must have been purpose built, for its prow too closely resembles an Ork's balled fist, even down to the clawed fingernails. This vessel has surprisingly thick armor, but not nearly as many weapons as the average Orkish spaceship. Brief glimpses of the ship's main hull as it smashed into the [++Redacted++], indicated it may once have been reliant on swarms of Fighta Bombaz, but perhaps its time in the Warp has shed this vessel of that capability. In any case, Da Biggest Fist is alive with activity and an extant threat to the overall Mission of the Deathwatch for certain.

Complications
If there is a Mission ongoing when this vessel arrives, the board is immediately subject to a Hulk Quake (see the Mundane Events chart for details) and, unless the Mission at hand is using the Teleportarium or the Defensible Position Extraction options, the sheer violence of its arrival adds an additional D3 hours to the Mission's Extraction time.

All Routine Missions that occur after this Vessel's arrival are subject to the Mundane Events chart. In addition, all Exploration Missions that occur on the [++Redacted++] from this point forward take an additional D3 hours due to decks smashed flat, cut with Orkish decks, filled with debris, or torn out completely.

Orks of many different warbands are present on this ship and at first they will be content to fight each other for the right to storm out into the Hulk first. Starting 3D6 hours after this ship's arrival, Orks will begin to appear in Missions. The first time they arrive, in whatever Mission they participate in, the GM receives a bonus 15 Allotment to spend specifically on models from the Ork codex. When they arrive, the GM must pick a clan for them. Whatever clan is chosen will become the Dominant Clan for all future Missions. In Missions where Orks are required to field an Elite or HQ Unit, they must be from this Dominant Clan, although other Orks - even other Elite and HQ units - may be from a different Clan.

Ship's Lore
If a player asks for more information about this Vessel and they have the Command, Forbidden Knowledge, Psychic Sense, Stealth, and/or Tech Skills*, they may use it to glean any of the following tidbits of information (GMs, prompt players with the following topics and have them pick one for each appropriate Skill Rating they collectively have.):

Manufacture (Tech or Forbidden Knowledge): Da Biggest Fist has all the hallmarks of the average Orkish warship in that it is ramshackle, cobbled together from whole chunks of other ships, and garishly painted. However, the fist at the prow and the extra armor festooning it appears fabricated and suggests a level of sophistication not commonly associated with Orkish craftsmanship.

Armed with this information, Deathwatch models gain +1 Renown whenever they remove the last Wound from any Ork model with the <Mek>, <Spanner>, or <Painboy> keyword.

Crew (Forbidden Knowledge): picts of Orkish glyphs scattered across the exterior of this vessel reveal to the trained eye that many Orkish factions are present. This means two things, primarily. One, the clans are fracturous and infighting will likely hamper their efforts at mayhem. And two, there is likely a Warlord of some power onboard whose presence keeps those factions from degenerating into total chaos.

With this information, in any Mission where there are two or more Ork clans represented, add the following Tertiary Objective:

Execute the Nobs First: any Deathwatch allied model that removes Wounds from an Ork model with the <Nob> or <Character> keyword earns an additional +1 Renown when they do so. If all Ork models with the <Nob> or <Character> keyword are removed as casualties this Mission, the Mission Leader model gains an additional +D3 XP.

Something Amiss (Command): while the arrival of Da Biggest Fist is loud and violent, there is no accompanying outpouring of battle-mad Orks. In fact the ship seems mostly quiet for far too long. This is an opportunity.

This knowledge unlocks the Routine Mission: DBFa: Dazed and Confused.

A Great Disturbance (Stealth or Psychic Sense): Da Biggest Fist crackles with energy; the sensorium detects huge concentrations of power within the ship's interiors. And while the Tech-heads might dismiss this as ineffecient Orkish engine wiring, savvier souls maintain deeper suspicions.

This knowledge reduces the Mission time for DBF2: Strange Noises by -D3 hours. Additionally, any discoveries made by that Mission grant all Deathwatch allied models with the Stealth and/or Psychic Sense Skills +1 Renown, whether they are sent on that Mission or not. This includes any future recruits that begin the Campaign with either of those Skills.

*GMs, prompt your players with these Skills so that they know they have the option to use it. Using a Skill in this way does not expend a Rating.

Interior Architecture/Terrain Guidelines
This ship's interiors should look like virtually any other wreck, but with excessive amounts of barricades and armored balconies. Perhaps a mix of spaceship and mektown decor. Scatter terrain should look like ramshackle technology - mek shops, tesla coils, chunky bundles of exposed wiring, etc.

Available Missions
DBF1: Investigate the Ship: Exploration
DBF2: Strange Noises: Optional Exploration

Unlockable Missions
DBFa: Dazed and Confused: Routine
DBFb: Cut the Engines: Routine
DBFc: Cut the Power: Routine
DBFd: Smash the Gate: Routine
DBFe: Fungal Burn: Routine
DBFf1: Draw Out the Boss: Repeatable Linked
DBFf2: And then Kill Him: Repeatable Linked
DBFg: You Got His Attention: Routine

Loot
Missions that take place partially or wholly within the interiors of Da Biggest Fist may add up to D3 scattered Loot boxes. Players and GM should alternate placing these on the board anywhere in Ork rooms or within 6" of Ork terrain areas. In addition, Exploration Missions on board Da Biggest Fist use this chart to determine treasure gained.

2D6 roll: Ork Loot
2: Booby Trap!: The random junk in this box includes a crude detonator. In addition to scrap weighing 01 and worth D3 Esteem to any Admech Faction, the model that rolled this result gains D3 Wound Tokens.

3: D6 Shootas: Each of these crude, heavy bore weapons weigh 03. If any number of them are taken back to the Intolerance for study, all Techmarines on all players' rosters gain +1XP. If the Deathwatch accumulate 10 or more of these weapons, they may add a single Sanctified Xenos Weapon to their Arsenal of the Ordo Wargear List with the following profile:

Threshold / Cost / Capacity / Item / RoF / Magazine / Range / Strength / AP / Damage / Special Rules
10 / 02 / 03 / Shooter (Sanctified Xeno Rifle) / 2|5|10 / 30 / 18" / 4 / - / 1 / Assault. Any roll of a 1 when Shooting fouls the weapon, requiring a successful Tech Skill test to clear. Until this weapon is cleared, it cannot fire.

4-5: 2D3 Frag Stikkbomms: These weapons work similarly to Frag grenades except that they have a 1 Turn delay. When thrown, pick a point in range and roll to hit. If the weapon hits, place a Marker to indicate its location. The weapon detonates at the end of the Adversary's Movement Phase, causing D6 Strength 3, AP-, Damage 1 hits divided randomly amongst all models within 3" of the marker.

6: D6 Sluggas: Each of these oversized, overweighted pistols weigh 02. If any number of them are taken back to the Intolerance for study, all Techmarines on all players' rosters gain +1XP. If the Deathwatch accumulate 10 or more of these weapons, they may add a single Sanctified Xenos Weapon to their Arsenal of the Ordo Wargear List with the following profile:

Threshold / Cost / Capacity / Item / RoF / Magazine / Range / Strength / AP / Damage / Special Rules
08 / 01 / 02 / Slug Thrower (Sanctified Xeno Pistol) / 1|-|2 / 8 / 12" / 4 / - / 1 / Pistol. Any roll of a 1 when Shooting fouls the weapon, requiring a successful Tech Skill test to clear. Until this weapon is cleared, it cannot fire. The Slug Thrower may also be used in the Fight Phase as an improvised weapon, at Strength +1, AP -, Damage 1

7: Random Scrap: machine parts worth +2D3 Esteem to any Admech Faction.

8: 1 Big Shoota: This crude, heavy bore weapon weighs 04. If it is taken back to the Intolerance for study, all Techmarines on all players' rosters gain +1XP. If the Deathwatch accumulate 10 or more of these weapons, they may add a single Sanctified Xenos Weapon to their Arsenal of the Ordo Wargear List with the following profile:

Threshold / Cost / Capacity / Item / RoF / Magazine / Range / Strength / AP / Damage / Special Rules
15 / 08 / 04 / Heavy Shooter (Sanctified Xeno Rifle) / 3|9|15 / 100 / 36" / 5 / - / 1 / Assault. Any roll of a 1 when Shooting fouls the weapon, requiring a successful Tech Skill test to clear. Until this weapon is cleared, it cannot fire.

9: 1 Rokkit Launcha: This weapon is essentially an unguided explosive warhead on the end of a crude, man-portable launching system. It weighs 01. It may be taken back to the Intolerance for study, earning all Techmarines on all players' rosters +1XP. If the Deathwatch accumulate 10 or more of these weapons, they may add a single Sanctified Xenos Weapon to their Arsenal of the Ordo Wargear List with the following profile:

Threshold / Cost / Capacity / Item / RoF / Magazine / Range / Strength / AP / Damage / Special Rules
25 / 15 / 02 / Launcher (Sanctified Xeno Rifle) / D3|-|- / 3 / 18" / 8 / -2 / 1 / Assault. Any roll of a 1 when Shooting means the warhead failed to launch and detonates in the model's hands. The model equipped with this weapon suffers 2D3 Strength 6, AP -, Damage 1 hits and, if they survive, must spend a Phase cleaning and reloading the weapon if they have any extra Rockets with them. An unloaded Launcher weighs 01.

10: D3 Rockets: These volatile warheads may be used as reloads for the Sanctified Xeno Rifle: Launcher. Each weighs 01.

11: D3 Reloads for Sluggas, D3 Reloads for Shootas, and 1 Reload for a Big Shoota: up to 2 Slugga/Slug Thrower Reloads weigh 01; up to 2 Shoota/Shooter Reload weigh 01; each Big Shoota/Heavy Shooter Reload weighs 01.

12: Sophisticated Scrap: this stuff weighs 04. If a model takes it back to the Intolerance it is worth 3D3 Esteem to any Admech Faction or D3+1 Esteem to any Ordo Xenos Faction. Alternatively, it may be exchanged for +D3 Renown.

Discoveries
Have each model that deployed on this Mission roll a D6 during the Debriefing Phase to determine what secrets are discoveredand/or what Missions are unlocked while onboard.

D6 Roll: Discovery
1: Power Relays Everywhere, but They are Easy to Trace: this unlocks the Mission DBFb: Cut the Engines. If more than 1 model rolls this result, each one of them gains +1 Renown. Any model with at least 1 Rating in the Tech or Stealth Skill that rolls this result also gains +1XP.

2: There is Certainly a Lot of Daemons Running Around in Here: this unlocks the Mission DBFd: Smash the Gate. If more than 1 model rolls this result, each one of them gains +1 Renown. Any model with at least 1 Rating in the Forbidden Knowledge or Psychic Sense Skill that rolls this result also gains +1XP.

3: There's at Least One Whole Compartment Just Filled With Fungus: this unlocks the Mission DBFe: Fungal Burn. If more than 1 model rolls this result, each one of them gains +1 Renown. Any model with at least 1 Rating in the Forbidden Knowledge or Inspire Skill that rolls this result also gains +1XP.

4: There's Glyphs of Every Orkish Clan and Clear Evidence of Conflict: this unlocks the Mission DBFf1: Draw Out the Boss. If more than 1 model rolls this result, each one of them gains +1 Renown. Any model with at least 1 Rating in the Command or Inspire Skill that rolls this result also gains +1XP.

5: Structural Integrity is Suprisingly Sturdy, but it Still has its Exploitable Flaws: this adds the following Tertiary Objective to any Mission that takes place onboard this Vessel. If more than 1 model rolls this result, each one of them gains +1 Renown. Any model with at least 1 Rating in the Demolition or Tech Skill that rolls this result also gains +1XP.

Sabotage the Structure: any model that plants a Bomb of any kind, a Booby Trap Marker, or deliberately damages a terrain feature can be considered to have personally completed this Objective.

6: The Orks Aren't Doing a Great Job of Hiding Their Intentions: if any Mission on this chart has not been uncovered by rolling, a model that rolls this result can select to have "discovered" it anyway. If more than 1 model rolls this result, each one of them gains +1 Renown. Any model with at least 1 Rating in any Skill that rolls this result also gains +1XP.

Consequences for not Completing this Mission
In all upcoming Missions that take place on board this Vessel, the GM may place up to D6 Fancy Gubbinz Terrain Features. These features are no more than 3" in any dimension, but may be placed anywhere on the board after all terrain has been placed. They must be clearly identified by the GM to the players. Each Fancy Gubbinz Terrain Feature generates D6 Allotment at the start of each Battleround. This Allotment may be spent on anything from the Ork Codex and may be placed on the battlefield at the end of any Ork Movement Phase in base to base contact with any Fancy Gubbinz terrain feature when doing so, even if this places them in Engagement Range of an enemy model. If they are placed in Engagement Range, these Ork models count as Charging this Turn.

If players do not undertake this Mission, these Fancy Gubbinz are treated as Terrain Features with Toughness 10, 8 Wounds, and an Armor Save 4+. If players do take on this Mission, these Fancy Gubbinz are treated as Terrain Features with Toughness 6, 3 Wounds, and an Armor Save 5+. The unknown is scary and tough.

Discoveries
Have each model that deployed on this Mission roll a D6 during the Debriefing Phase to determine what secrets are discovered and/or what Missions are unlocked while onboard. Models with the Tech Skill gain +1 to this roll for each of their Ratings in that Skill.

D6 Roll: Discovery
1-2: Nope, This was a Huge Waste of Time After All: nothing interesting is discovered by this model. If more than 1 model rolls this result, each one of them gains +1XP.

3-4: Some of These Power Relays are for Something Other Than Engines and Guns: this unlocks the Mission DBFc: Cut the Power. If more than 1 model rolls this result, each one of them gains +1 Renown.

5+: Oh, the Orks ARE Hiding a Secret Project After All: this adds the following Tertiary Objective to any Mission that takes place onboard this Vessel. If more than 1 model rolls this result, each one of them gains +1 Renown.

Target the Fancy Gubbinz: any model that removes the last Wound from an Ork Fancy Gubbinz terrain feature can be considered to have personally completed this Objective.

Allotment: If using the original Allotment rules, the GM begins the Mission with 30 Allotment (not affected by the Doomclock). If using the revised Allotment rules, the GM begins the Mission with Allotment equal to the players' combined CTV, not affected by the Doomclock.

At the start of every Battleround, the GM gains an additional D6 times the Battleround number in Allotment. These are added to the GM's ongoing Adversarial Reserves. All Adversarial Reserves become available to draw from starting on Battleround 2 and take their first Movement Phase from any table edge.

Starting with Battleround 2, the GM should roll 2D6 at the start of the Battleround. If they roll a double 1 or a double 6, they also gain D3 times 15 Allotment that must be spent on an Ork HQ model (any left over Allotment may be spent on Nobz or other Elite models from the Ork Codex).

Terminal Data for this mission
Any Terminal on the table provides snippets of data for every tidbit a model extracts. Record how many Data Snippets player(s) retrieve and for each, they gain D6-1 (to a minimum of 1) Esteem with the Lord's Own Code Faction or D3 Esteem with any Ordo Xenos Faction.

Relics
Threshold / Cost / Capacity / Relic / Description
45 / 25 / 01 / Archeotech Multitool / Inexplicably, this sophisticated Relic Tool has found its way into the possession of Orks. If the Deathwatch liberate it, the Machine Spirit is so grateful, it provides any Imperial bearer with 1 re-roll per Turn for their Tech or Medic Skill.

50 / 25 / 01 / Intimidation Rod / This artifact may be used in the Fight Phase. It provides Strength +1, AP-, Damage 1. Any time this weapon hits it causes a deafening "BONK" noise, imposing a cumulative +1 penalty to Adversary Morale tests within 6" of the bearer. Alternatively, as an Action in the Command Phase, the bearer may strike this Relic against any surface, immediately imposing a -1 penalty to Adversary models' Leadership within 6", until the end of the Battleround.