In these trying times, it can be difficult to get your gaming fix. I know I've been struggling over the past few years. Enter Five Parsecs From Home, a solo adventure wargame! I picked up this book a few weeks ago and have been having a ton of fun with it since. It is DENSE, and there is a ton of bookkeeping, but with a little imagination, you can get a really good story out of it. More importantly, I'd gotten me to actually finish building an old Inquisitor group I've had in cold storage since... well I don't know how long. Probably about the time the old Ordo codecies came out. To put it in context, and you'll see it in the models below, putting cork on your bases was a relatively new innovation, and considered cutting edge. Yes, most of them are
that old!
My little old Ordo Xenos Inquisitor has his the surface of Avernus Prime in search of fancy forbidden xenos tech. What could possibly go wrong?
Dramatis Personae:
Inquisitor Zholit al-Nasr
Al-Nasr is a member of the ordo xenos with a fairly radical bent. He's obsessed with xenos tech, and in particular that of the Eldar. He's convinced he can find immortality by way of the soul stones the Eldar use, he just has to find the right way to convert them to accept a human soul.
First Mate Ysuranel
A former Exodite, he was rescued by al-Nasr after killing a rival on his world and believes he owes al-Nasr a life debt.
Alcolyte Jalen Ren aka VoidStone
A tech-thirsty hanger-on al-Nasr picked up while refueling on a long-haul freighter. The boy is headstrong, though a little wet behind the ears. He rolled up Hacker as his class during character creation, which is why he has the alias.
Quartermaster Gill-on'Tou
A Kroot hired by al-Nasr during a diplomatic negotiation with the T'au prior to an Imperial invasion. Let's say it was easy to convince him.
Chief Engineer Acetl
Previously lived on Theapra, a death world, as a mercenary. He was the Sergeant of a patrol group that was abandoned by the rest of the mercenary group during a delivery mission and left for dead. Al-Nasr found their bodies and was in the process of looting them when he found out they were still alive.
Engi Trin Flintfinger
Trin was a member of Acetl's squad and the only other one who managed to survive. He's a wiz at fixing stuff, and loves to be up to his elbows in engine grease.
I'm going to start playing a campaign with these guys and see what trouble they can get into.
