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DLS, you are mistaken.

Prays draws The Emperors light to this damned vessal, unless you question the power of the Emperor?*Raises Eyebrow*

Lord-Loss wrote:DLS, you are mistaken.

Prays draws The Emperors light to this damned vessal, unless you question the power of the Emperor?*Raises Eyebrow*

From what little I have gleaned on my travels, the Mechanus hold... somewhat different views on The Most Holy Emperor than the Imperial Creed, steaming from The Time Before the Imperium.

Indeed, Gwar is correct the Machine Priests of the Mechanicus have rather different views on our beloved Emperor.

*Mumbles something about silly machines and turns back on DLS*

[clarification] I meant no insult to your faith gentleman. Indeed, Mars was a desolate, soulless place before The Omnissiah came to us sheathed in gold and bearing the Flag of the Imperium.

And I too commune with our Lord in differing ways from most of you. Whereas you see a simple datacore reprocessing & distribution node, Isee the Omnissiah's will & divine countenence.

[correction] I simply postulate that now is a time for action as opposed to inaction.

Faith is a stronger weapon than any mere tool, Dark Lord Seanron. It would do you well to remember that.

Into thy hands, my Emperor, I commend myself this day. Let thy presence be with me even to its close, that at night I may again give thanks unto thee; through thy Holy Light, our Lord. Ave.

Grant, Divine Emperor, that I may not be afraid to follow the will of the Divine Emperor, and manfully to fight under his banner against sin, the xenos, and the daemon, and to continue as Your faithful soldier and servant unto my life‘s end. Ave.

Defend, Divine Emperor, this thy Child with thy heavenly grace; that I may continue thine for ever; and daily increase in thy righteous zeal more and more, until thine enemies breathe no more. Ave.

May your divine wisdom grant our hands guidance, to smite your enemies.

UNVOTE: Manchu
VOTE: No Lynch

I thought I'd be able to help better if I tried and surpressed that part of myself. But if that's such a problem for you DLS, then I won't say anything.

I think it would be prudent for everyone to air their suspicions about the other members on the vessel. That way we know why each person is voting the way they are.

I think we would all like to hear from those who have not voted.

I am undecided, as I think a vote against Drk_Obliter8r may be an incorrect vote.

That leaves me confused about whom I should not trust. All others seem so trustworthy, but I know that there are killers amongst them.

Manchu seems trustworthy, as a former Arbitor should. BrotherStynier, also seems to fall into the same category. Stubbs seems physically incapable of such acts, but as others pointed out, perhaps there is alien trickery involved.

I find Airman's interesting in trying to dispose of the body of the Captain, and his subsequent vote of "no lynch" to be telling. He's kept a low profile, and I think that "no lynch" vote might be a tactic to make him appear innocent. It is a nagging voice, but I think my instinct is correct in this choice. I think Airman might be one of our traitors.

Vote: Airman

I can't really decide whom to vote, I have suspicions and theories of who it might be the culprits but it will probably lead nowhere.

EDIT spelling

I also believe that Airman might be one of the culprits.

VOTE: Airman

Something about our resident gearhead isn't sitting right with me.

He claims to be operating under very logical principles, but doesn't seem that logical in action. I've been paranoid about that AdMech stuff before, but I think it's more than that upsetting me.

Orkeosaurus wrote:Something about our resident gearhead isn't sitting right with me.

He claims to be operating under very logical principles, but doesn't seem that logical in action. I've been paranoid about that AdMech stuff before, but I think it's more than that upsetting me.

Aye... While I am trying hard to not let my contempt of DLS to color my judgement, I have also found his reasoning suspect. However, a large part of that was because of his very clear desire to lynch DarkO, even though at the time LoG seemed to be a more likely suspect. We all know how that turned out, though, so I am unsure what to say. I am still of the mind that DarkO is not a likely suspect simply because his actions almost lead to him being lynched. I don't think an actual Xenos would make himself such a likely target.... something that LoG's death has taught me.

I, too, am unsure about Airman, as well as many others who seem very quiet. The Xenos may be just biding their time while we lynch one another before cleaning up the survivors. The less they say means the less we have to go on to suspect them. At the same time, I even suspect Manchu, Stynier, and Gwar!, as they all seem almost "too good". It is a confusing situation and only His guidance will allow us to unravel it.

What voting patterns have people observed?

Wait, our captain is dead.

Who's flying the ship?

The astropaths and pilots.

OOC: IM quite drunk and will be ceasing my posting for the night.

The Navigator is guiding us through the warp.

Otherwise our course has already been charted.

Manchu you were right in identifieing the Imperial Psyker. I am just bothered by the fact you identified him but did nothing to save him. If you were so confident in who he was why was your only action a change of vote? With an innocent life on the line I figured you would be fighting every vote.

Drk_Oblitr8r is desperately clinging to life. I understand why, but in the process he is making strange bedfellows. He wants to live regardless of the reason. I serve the God Emperor and will die accordingly.

Mekboy was close to something. I will find out what. Till then Drk_Oblitr8r pick your side very carefully. The God Emperor does not take kindly the traitors innocent of being genestealer or not.

Twice I brought up your loyalty and twice I have been ignored. I have enough doubt to cast my first vote...

Vote: Manchu

My reason is you knew a Loyal Servant of the Emperor...A Psyker and did nothing to save his life. Even someone who questioned your loyalty not once but twice and did nothing? That is worse then death.

[clarification] Indeed, I still maintain my suspicion of Dark_Oblitr8r - the reason I changed my vote was to accordingly coincide with the votes of the collective.

Admittedly, whilst not the most logical course of action to the unaugmented it was a perfectly logical desicion: it allowed us to thin our numbers and possibly come closer to the genuine suspect(s)

This may seem cold, but that is our nature my friends. We are the Mechanicum and to shirk from knowledge, no matter how terrifying is a sin.

[additional point] furthermore, my reason fro Dark_Obltr8r is sound.

>>> His sudden change in characer now two are dead

>>> His apparent ignorance of both this ships course and the death of our captain {point of interest: the body was lying in front of us all day yesterday - who did he think it belonged to? Also considering we talked about it all day yesterday also. He is either poorly attempting to cover his own xenos tracks, or he is an idiot}

>>> His rapid changing of his vote from Manchu (probably the most level headed of you all) when it was clear he lacked the support.

And again, I care not whether or not you like or dislike me based on my faith or appearance. I am 73.98% augmetics with an extra 39.77% additional mechanical mass. I weigh just over 1.6 tons, but can function due to high-gauge suspensor fields. If I cared what the small-minded thought of me, I would not be what I am.

I did not recognize LotG as a psyker. You should have listened more carefully. What I actually said was that I didn't know whether or not he was a heretic and that he was certainly acting strangely enough. I voted for and still vote for Drk_O because I feel that he hoodwinked most of the rest of you with that little martyrdom trick. Absent that, I probably would have followed Orkeosaurus's logic in evaluating LotG's seeming identification of the Emperor with a "hive fleet" and voted along with the majority to lynch him. What made me hesitate was the extremely suspicious way that the votes suddenly piled against LotG when they had previously been heavily against Drk_O even though LotG had already behaved suspiciously. What cements my suspicion of Drk_O is that instead of trying to clear his name with logic he continued to play the martyr, claimed to have been persecuted merely for being different, and then vindictively turned against m,e despite the fact that I voted for him, as I told him and the rest of you at that time, as a warning that he had better explain himself. So far, he has only seemed more suspicious. Gone is the whimpering child who lacked all self-control and instead we have what seems to be a rather cunning manipulator. As the techpriest has just pointed out, he also dropped his accusations against me once it became apparent that the rest of you wouldn't follow him into madness for no logical reason.

I understand your reasoning, FPotato. If I recognized a loyal servant of His Divine Majesty and did nothing to save him then I would of course be a traitor, whether perfidious genestealer or no. It would have been enough to damn my soul to the warp if I had merely stood by and done nothing. But your argument, however valid in itself, fails on its foundational premise: I did not recognize LotG as a psyker. I appreciate that you are at least trying to fit the pieces together and invite your to continue trying--although to perhaps be more careful when framing your arguments. If you go about making accusations in such a careless manner, you will undoubtedly be suspected of doing so on purpose . . . to mask your own guilt.

Only in Death does our duty end.

While unfortunate, it is soothing to know that LotG proved himself loyal to the end and thus earned himself a place at The Emperors side.

If LOG was psyker, and not an Imperial pyker, he could have been a danger to us all!

*nods hooded cowl toward Manchu*

[agreement] whilst we have not seen eye to eye subject Manchu, I do concur.

[information] And there would be little to fear from the lat subject LoG gentlemen. This class of Dauntless Frigate come equipped with the VHR55 Melchior Class Geller Field generators, plus each bulkhead is coated with a 0.6652mm thin veneer of Psyochtas Mineral. Even a catostrophic Psy-backdraft would be halted by the fields effects.

Which would save the ship, but would compartmentalize the damage to the area where we're currently residing, if I read you correctly. Not so comforting.

I still say that Airman deserves looking at. Again, Drk_O seems too obvious.

Manchu wrote:I am not convinced. No, I am not convinced, as the rest of you seem to be, by this dubious self-sacrifice. If anything, it reminds me of the smarter, sicker scummers who'd play mind games with us Arbitors, wheedling at us for pity when Emperor knows they deserve none at all. No, I think you all should trust your instincts about this one. I know I will.

Vote: Drk_Oblitr8r

Lord of the Ghosts may very well be insane and even a heretic for all I know. His ravings are certainly damning enough, as you all clearly recognize. But I would remind you that none of us--and I realize this means even me--can be above suspicion in each other's eyes.

The fact that so many of you seem eager to absolve Drk_O of guilt in this matter astounds me and I refuse to let him off that easily. Whether it makes me unpopular with his sympathizers is immaterial to me, for I'll have done my duty to Him as I always have and always will.

Let me pose these questions: How many of us have sacrificed everything to be on this ship bound for Holy Terra? For how many of us is this the summation of all our lives' goals? And this one claims he got on by mistake? I must say again, I am not convinced.

Mekboy wrote:Wait.. I've just realised. He's a psyker, right? And there's only one role that can be a psyker? Therefore:

Unvote: Lord of Ghosts
Vote: Drk_Oblitr8r

This is the chain I noticed and having trouble wrapping my head around. You did not say he was a psyker but inferred enough for someone to say it. That person is dead.

Manchu wrote:I did not recognize LotG as a psyker. You should have listened more carefully. What I actually said was that I didn't know whether or not he was a heretic and that he was certainly acting strangely enough. I voted for and still vote for Drk_O because I feel that he hoodwinked most of the rest of you with that little martyrdom trick. Absent that, I probably would have followed Orkeosaurus's logic in evaluating LotG's seeming identification of the Emperor with a "hive fleet" and voted along with the majority to lynch him. What made me hesitate was the extremely suspicious way that the votes suddenly piled against LotG when they had previously been heavily against Drk_O even though LotG had already behaved suspiciously. What cements my suspicion of Drk_O is that instead of trying to clear his name with logic he continued to play the martyr, claimed to have been persecuted merely for being different, and then vindictively turned against m,e despite the fact that I voted for him, as I told him and the rest of you at that time, as a warning that he had better explain himself. So far, he has only seemed more suspicious. Gone is the whimpering child who lacked all self-control and instead we have what seems to be a rather cunning manipulator. As the techpriest has just pointed out, he also dropped his accusations against me once it became apparent that the rest of you wouldn't follow him into madness for no logical reason.

I understand your reasoning, FPotato. If I recognized a loyal servant of His Divine Majesty and did nothing to save him then I would of course be a traitor, whether perfidious genestealer or no. It would have been enough to damn my soul to the warp if I had merely stood by and done nothing. But your argument, however valid in itself, fails on its foundational premise: I did not recognize LotG as a psyker. I appreciate that you are at least trying to fit the pieces together and invite your to continue trying--although to perhaps be more careful when framing your arguments. If you go about making accusations in such a careless manner, you will undoubtedly be suspected of doing so on purpose . . . to mask your own guilt.

I do not mask guilt for I have guilt. We as citizens failed to save now two of our own. The signs are becoming more obvious but I fear we are all dead before an answer emerges.

You seem to have no guilt why is that?

Valhallan42nd wrote:I still say that Airman deserves looking at. Again, Drk_O seems too obvious.

Best place to hide is in the open.


Manchu, I still have my suspicions about you but they are steadily declining. The point is Mekboy ate the bullet I believe in your stead. You should be dead not him. My next questions are: Was it a mistake and you should of been the mark? Or was Mekboy on to something? Did you set up Mekboy?

He suspected Airmen, Gornell , Lord Seanron and Brother Stynier.

Some inquisitor acolyte I have turned out to be. I will solve this even if it costs me my life.

EDIT: Spends his time re-studying each recorded log for the last few days.

Frenzied Potato wrote:Best place to hide is in the open.

I don't think the fact that Drk_Oblit came so close to being lynched everyone thought he was lynched supports this theory.

I would say the best place to hide is where you're well-known but not particularly scrutinized. Being the target of everyone's accusations isn't good, and neither is being the quiet kid in the corner. The Genestealer should strive to be involved just as much as he has to be.

Some inquisitor acolyte I have turned out to be.

Hmm. Perhaps you can shed some light on what's going on?

Guilt is something that every person bears. I never claimed innocence. I did not kill LotG; I just wasn't smart enough to figure out what he really was in time to try and save his life. Thank the Emperor that I didn't contribute to his murder in fact but, as I already said, if it hadn't been for the suspicious circumstances of Drk_O's ordeal I probably would have agreed with those that did. I, too, am guilty in this way.

Frenzied Potato wrote:The point is Mekboy ate the bullet I believe in your stead. You should be dead not him. My next questions are: Was it a mistake and you should of been the mark? Or was Mekboy on to something? Did you set up Mekboy?

First of all, absolutely not. Second of all, that is an intriguing point but I must confess I don't follow the reasoning of your deduction. Please explain to us what you mean--at least it will preclude any one else from attempting that strategy if you openly explain it. The more talking we loyal citizens do, the better the chance that we'll hit upon the xenos scum rather than helping them massacre us. Those who dissuade us from logical argumentation are, in my opinion the most suspicious. Which brings me to Orkeo's point:

Orkeosaurus wrote:The Genestealer should strive to be involved just as much as he has to be.

I tend to agree, although this statement is so broad as to make many of us--including myself and even you, Orekosaurus--look more suspicious.

*Edits for very poor formatting

OOC: When is our cut-off time before night begins?

Frenzied Potato wrote:

Manchu wrote:I am not convinced. No, I am not convinced, as the rest of you seem to be, by this dubious self-sacrifice. If anything, it reminds me of the smarter, sicker scummers who'd play mind games with us Arbitors, wheedling at us for pity when Emperor knows they deserve none at all. No, I think you all should trust your instincts about this one. I know I will.

Vote: Drk_Oblitr8r

Lord of the Ghosts may very well be insane and even a heretic for all I know. His ravings are certainly damning enough, as you all clearly recognize. But I would remind you that none of us--and I realize this means even me--can be above suspicion in each other's eyes.

The fact that so many of you seem eager to absolve Drk_O of guilt in this matter astounds me and I refuse to let him off that easily. Whether it makes me unpopular with his sympathizers is immaterial to me, for I'll have done my duty to Him as I always have and always will.

Let me pose these questions: How many of us have sacrificed everything to be on this ship bound for Holy Terra? For how many of us is this the summation of all our lives' goals? And this one claims he got on by mistake? I must say again, I am not convinced.

Mekboy wrote:Wait.. I've just realised. He's a psyker, right? And there's only one role that can be a psyker? Therefore:

Unvote: Lord of Ghosts
Vote: Drk_Oblitr8r

This is the chain I noticed and having trouble wrapping my head around. You did not say he was a psyker but inferred enough for someone to say it. That person is dead.

Manchu wrote:I did not recognize LotG as a psyker. You should have listened more carefully. What I actually said was that I didn't know whether or not he was a heretic and that he was certainly acting strangely enough. I voted for and still vote for Drk_O because I feel that he hoodwinked most of the rest of you with that little martyrdom trick. Absent that, I probably would have followed Orkeosaurus's logic in evaluating LotG's seeming identification of the Emperor with a "hive fleet" and voted along with the majority to lynch him. What made me hesitate was the extremely suspicious way that the votes suddenly piled against LotG when they had previously been heavily against Drk_O even though LotG had already behaved suspiciously. What cements my suspicion of Drk_O is that instead of trying to clear his name with logic he continued to play the martyr, claimed to have been persecuted merely for being different, and then vindictively turned against m,e despite the fact that I voted for him, as I told him and the rest of you at that time, as a warning that he had better explain himself. So far, he has only seemed more suspicious. Gone is the whimpering child who lacked all self-control and instead we have what seems to be a rather cunning manipulator. As the techpriest has just pointed out, he also dropped his accusations against me once it became apparent that the rest of you wouldn't follow him into madness for no logical reason.

I understand your reasoning, FPotato. If I recognized a loyal servant of His Divine Majesty and did nothing to save him then I would of course be a traitor, whether perfidious genestealer or no. It would have been enough to damn my soul to the warp if I had merely stood by and done nothing. But your argument, however valid in itself, fails on its foundational premise: I did not recognize LotG as a psyker. I appreciate that you are at least trying to fit the pieces together and invite your to continue trying--although to perhaps be more careful when framing your arguments. If you go about making accusations in such a careless manner, you will undoubtedly be suspected of doing so on purpose . . . to mask your own guilt.

I do not mask guilt for I have guilt. We as citizens failed to save now two of our own. The signs are becoming more obvious but I fear we are all dead before an answer emerges.

You seem to have no guilt why is that?

Valhallan42nd wrote:I still say that Airman deserves looking at. Again, Drk_O seems too obvious.

Best place to hide is in the open.


Manchu, I still have my suspicions about you but they are steadily declining. The point is Mekboy ate the bullet I believe in your stead. You should be dead not him. My next questions are: Was it a mistake and you should of been the mark? Or was Mekboy on to something? Did you set up Mekboy?

He suspected Airmen, Gornell , Lord Seanron and Brother Stynier.

Some inquisitor acolyte I have turned out to be. I will solve this even if it costs me my life.

EDIT: Spends his time re-studying each recorded log for the last few days.

"Inquisitor Acolyte?" I ask, my interest peaked by the sudden claim. "In my service as an Arbitor that was a common claim from people we had apprehended as a way to try and get out of their crimes. Needless to say it never worked, no Inquisitors ever showed up to help them out of those messes. So if you are the Acolyte, then where is your master?"

Valhallan42nd wrote:OOC: When is our cut-off time before night begins?

Three weeks (Terran standard), I believe.

Time flows strangely in the warp.