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Buttery Commissar wrote: Dungeon? Sir, I'm wounded. It's a well sterilised medical bay.
Then again, that's if the Captain likes you. He's a very helpful man.
My EC do play by their own rules somewhat. They're in this for the practise, once they arrive. An entirely unarmed man likely has little to fear from them... unless he's stupid enough to be on the battlefield.
Well first off none of my Eldar are "men" persay. We're aliens, so that makes it bad for us. Two, it's essentially a dungeon, a place I have no desire for my Eldar to be in.
Maybe I'll just stick to going after Kharne's Necrons.
I will stick to fething with you guys.
Feth off TS
TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
Buttery Commissar wrote: Dungeon? Sir, I'm wounded. It's a well sterilised medical bay.
Then again, that's if the Captain likes you. He's a very helpful man.
My EC do play by their own rules somewhat. They're in this for the practise, once they arrive. An entirely unarmed man likely has little to fear from them... unless he's stupid enough to be on the battlefield.
Well first off none of my Eldar are "men" persay. We're aliens, so that makes it bad for us. Two, it's essentially a dungeon, a place I have no desire for my Eldar to be in.
Maybe I'll just stick to going after Kharne's Necrons.
I will stick to fething with you guys.
Feth off TS
You didn't see that coming did you? You didn't expect Ryus to be alive?
H.B.M.C.- The end hath come! From now on armies will only consist of Astorath, Land Speeder Storms and Soul Grinders!
War Kitten- Vanden, you just taunted the Dank Lord Ezra. Prepare for seven years of fighting reality...
koooaei- Emperor: I envy your nipplehorns. <Magnus goes red. Permanently>
Neronoxx- If our Dreadnought doesn't have sick scuplted abs, we riot.
Frazzled- I don't generally call anyone by a term other than "sir" "maam" "youn g lady" "young man" or " HEY bag!"
Ruin- It's official, we've ran out of things to talk about on Dakka. Close the site. We're done.
mrhappyface- "They're more what you'd call guidlines than actual rules" - Captain Roboute Barbosa
Steve steveson- To be clear, I'd sell you all out for a bottle of scotch and a mid priced hooker.
I don't care about that. I'm talking about your insistence on fething with my armies. Go bother someone else.
TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
Buttery Commissar wrote: Dungeon? Sir, I'm wounded. It's a well sterilised medical bay.
Then again, that's if the Captain likes you. He's a very helpful man.
My EC do play by their own rules somewhat. They're in this for the practise, once they arrive. An entirely unarmed man likely has little to fear from them... unless he's stupid enough to be on the battlefield.
Well first off none of my Eldar are "men" persay. We're aliens, so that makes it bad for us. Two, it's essentially a dungeon, a place I have no desire for my Eldar to be in.
Maybe I'll just stick to going after Kharne's Necrons.
All I'm saying is that if we fight, and I win, instead of gunning down all casualties, I may take them home and play a little. Dead is dead, as I said. I'm not going to take any main characters or random people - I didn't even kill the tau because I want Smudge to have a way to respond.
War Kitten wrote: I don't care about that. I'm talking about your insistence on fething with my armies. Go bother someone else.
I can't... I must feth you over for.
H.B.M.C.- The end hath come! From now on armies will only consist of Astorath, Land Speeder Storms and Soul Grinders!
War Kitten- Vanden, you just taunted the Dank Lord Ezra. Prepare for seven years of fighting reality...
koooaei- Emperor: I envy your nipplehorns. <Magnus goes red. Permanently>
Neronoxx- If our Dreadnought doesn't have sick scuplted abs, we riot.
Frazzled- I don't generally call anyone by a term other than "sir" "maam" "youn g lady" "young man" or " HEY bag!"
Ruin- It's official, we've ran out of things to talk about on Dakka. Close the site. We're done.
mrhappyface- "They're more what you'd call guidlines than actual rules" - Captain Roboute Barbosa
Steve steveson- To be clear, I'd sell you all out for a bottle of scotch and a mid priced hooker.
Buttery Commissar wrote: Dungeon? Sir, I'm wounded. It's a well sterilised medical bay.
Then again, that's if the Captain likes you. He's a very helpful man.
My EC do play by their own rules somewhat. They're in this for the practise, once they arrive. An entirely unarmed man likely has little to fear from them... unless he's stupid enough to be on the battlefield.
Well first off none of my Eldar are "men" persay. We're aliens, so that makes it bad for us. Two, it's essentially a dungeon, a place I have no desire for my Eldar to be in.
Maybe I'll just stick to going after Kharne's Necrons.
All I'm saying is that if we fight, and I win, instead of gunning down all casualties, I may take them home and play a little. Dead is dead, as I said. I'm not going to take any main characters or random people - I didn't even kill the tau because I want Smudge to have a way to respond.
I know that, but the best way to defeat Slaneeshi Marines is to deny them their fun. So I shall avoid you at all costs, and divert you to go attack Smudge and his Tau. It's brilliant!
Tactical_Spam wrote:
War Kitten wrote: I don't care about that. I'm talking about your insistence on fething with my armies. Go bother someone else.
I can't... I must feth you over for.
I hear Necrons are much more fun to feth over
TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
War Kitten wrote: I don't care about that. I'm talking about your insistence on fething with my armies. Go bother someone else.
I can't... I must feth you over for.
I hear Necrons are much more fun to feth over
Careful, I'll ally my Carcharodons with them! Back up! I'll do it I swear!
That's beyond stupid...
H.B.M.C.- The end hath come! From now on armies will only consist of Astorath, Land Speeder Storms and Soul Grinders!
War Kitten- Vanden, you just taunted the Dank Lord Ezra. Prepare for seven years of fighting reality...
koooaei- Emperor: I envy your nipplehorns. <Magnus goes red. Permanently>
Neronoxx- If our Dreadnought doesn't have sick scuplted abs, we riot.
Frazzled- I don't generally call anyone by a term other than "sir" "maam" "youn g lady" "young man" or " HEY bag!"
Ruin- It's official, we've ran out of things to talk about on Dakka. Close the site. We're done.
mrhappyface- "They're more what you'd call guidlines than actual rules" - Captain Roboute Barbosa
Steve steveson- To be clear, I'd sell you all out for a bottle of scotch and a mid priced hooker.
The best way to defeat EC is to embarrass them. They literally can't cope with humiliation of being beaten.
And I don't think you get to choose who I make friends with. Though if you prefer I go after humans, I hear there are two rather flashy knight houses stomping around on Crion.
Buttery Commissar wrote: The best way to defeat EC is to embarrass them. They literally can't cope with humiliation of being beaten.
And I don't think you get to choose who I make friends with. Though if you prefer I go after humans, I hear there are two rather flashy knight houses stomping around on Crion.
I'm not choosing who you can be friends with. I'm trying to divert the oncoming gak storm to someone else
TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
Buttery Commissar wrote: The best way to defeat EC is to embarrass them. They literally can't cope with humiliation of being beaten.
And I don't think you get to choose who I make friends with. Though if you prefer I go after humans, I hear there are two rather flashy knight houses stomping around on Crion.
*After battle*
"HAHA I win, you lose!" "Who's perfect now?"
I might yell this after every battle I win against you
<Dynasty> ~10500pts
War Coven of the Coruscating Gaze ~3000pts
Thrice-Damned Plague Corps ~3250pts
Admech (TBN) ~3500pts +30k Bots and Ulator
Buttery Commissar wrote: The best way to defeat EC is to embarrass them. They literally can't cope with humiliation of being beaten.
And I don't think you get to choose who I make friends with. Though if you prefer I go after humans, I hear there are two rather flashy knight houses stomping around on Crion.
Got it. The one way to defeat the Buttery One is to pants his army. Perfect!
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TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
Buttery Commissar wrote: The best way to defeat EC is to embarrass them. They literally can't cope with humiliation of being beaten.
And I don't think you get to choose who I make friends with. Though if you prefer I go after humans, I hear there are two rather flashy knight houses stomping around on Crion.
*After battle*
"HAHA I win, you lose!" "Who's perfect now?"
I might yell this after every battle I win against you
You have to win one and there be enough of you left to speak clearly, first. Getting the EC to fight in the first place may not be as easy as you think, either.
Buttery Commissar wrote: The best way to defeat EC is to embarrass them. They literally can't cope with humiliation of being beaten.
And I don't think you get to choose who I make friends with. Though if you prefer I go after humans, I hear there are two rather flashy knight houses stomping around on Crion.
*After battle*
"HAHA I win, you lose!" "Who's perfect now?"
I might yell this after every battle I win against you
You have to win one and there be enough of you left to speak clearly, first. Getting the EC to fight in the first place may not be as easy as you think, either.
True, Taranis will probably just roar at you... what upgrades could your AdMech provide my 'special' Lightning Claws?
<Dynasty> ~10500pts
War Coven of the Coruscating Gaze ~3000pts
Thrice-Damned Plague Corps ~3250pts
Admech (TBN) ~3500pts +30k Bots and Ulator
Buttery Commissar wrote: The best way to defeat EC is to embarrass them. They literally can't cope with humiliation of being beaten.
And I don't think you get to choose who I make friends with. Though if you prefer I go after humans, I hear there are two rather flashy knight houses stomping around on Crion.
*After battle*
"HAHA I win, you lose!" "Who's perfect now?"
I might yell this after every battle I win against you
You have to win one and there be enough of you left to speak clearly, first. Getting the EC to fight in the first place may not be as easy as you think, either.
True, Taranis will probably just roar at you... what upgrades could your AdMech provide my 'special' Lightning Claws?
You mean, "Taranis will probably stare at you condescendingly"
H.B.M.C.- The end hath come! From now on armies will only consist of Astorath, Land Speeder Storms and Soul Grinders!
War Kitten- Vanden, you just taunted the Dank Lord Ezra. Prepare for seven years of fighting reality...
koooaei- Emperor: I envy your nipplehorns. <Magnus goes red. Permanently>
Neronoxx- If our Dreadnought doesn't have sick scuplted abs, we riot.
Frazzled- I don't generally call anyone by a term other than "sir" "maam" "youn g lady" "young man" or " HEY bag!"
Ruin- It's official, we've ran out of things to talk about on Dakka. Close the site. We're done.
mrhappyface- "They're more what you'd call guidlines than actual rules" - Captain Roboute Barbosa
Steve steveson- To be clear, I'd sell you all out for a bottle of scotch and a mid priced hooker.
Buttery Commissar wrote: The best way to defeat EC is to embarrass them. They literally can't cope with humiliation of being beaten.
And I don't think you get to choose who I make friends with. Though if you prefer I go after humans, I hear there are two rather flashy knight houses stomping around on Crion.
*After battle*
"HAHA I win, you lose!" "Who's perfect now?"
I might yell this after every battle I win against you
You have to win one and there be enough of you left to speak clearly, first. Getting the EC to fight in the first place may not be as easy as you think, either.
True, Taranis will probably just roar at you... what upgrades could your AdMech provide my 'special' Lightning Claws?
You mean, "Taranis will probably stare at you condescendingly"
Yeah, I forgot you can't yell without vocal chords .
but to be honest, it would be pretty damn scary to have Taranis just stare at you... especially when his eyes are just pure black
And I know how Carcharadons sound, they actually have soft voices ironically
<Dynasty> ~10500pts
War Coven of the Coruscating Gaze ~3000pts
Thrice-Damned Plague Corps ~3250pts
Admech (TBN) ~3500pts +30k Bots and Ulator
Ahhh poop. I knew it wasn't unique in the history of storytelling, I didn't realise there was gonna be two dudes with that issue popping up in the same campaign.
Guess I'm changing my OCD marine. I liked the idea of someone so obsessed with damaged self image that he wears full plate, even when it's impractical/weird.
"Sir it's not that I don't respect your ideals, but we don't make dining chairs that accommodate power armor."
"Then I shall stand."
"That won't be awkward at all."
Damnit Kharne, I only wrote two characters and you manage to make one of them superfluous with your continual inability to pick a consistent idea.
At least your marine talks, kharne's doesn't.
Which bears the question, why the feth is he in charge? How does he give orders? Text to speech device? Death threats written on the flesh of an lizard-concubine? Or do they just charge forward, thus minimising the need for strategy and tactics?
aldo wrote: At least your marine talks, kharne's doesn't.
Which bears the question, why the feth is he in charge? How does he give orders? Text to speech device? Death threats written on the flesh of an lizard-concubine? Or do they just charge forward, thus minimising the need for strategy and tactics?
What?
Where does one get one of those in M41? I thought Charcarodons were obsessed with sharks, not Sslyths.
H.B.M.C.- The end hath come! From now on armies will only consist of Astorath, Land Speeder Storms and Soul Grinders!
War Kitten- Vanden, you just taunted the Dank Lord Ezra. Prepare for seven years of fighting reality...
koooaei- Emperor: I envy your nipplehorns. <Magnus goes red. Permanently>
Neronoxx- If our Dreadnought doesn't have sick scuplted abs, we riot.
Frazzled- I don't generally call anyone by a term other than "sir" "maam" "youn g lady" "young man" or " HEY bag!"
Ruin- It's official, we've ran out of things to talk about on Dakka. Close the site. We're done.
mrhappyface- "They're more what you'd call guidlines than actual rules" - Captain Roboute Barbosa
Steve steveson- To be clear, I'd sell you all out for a bottle of scotch and a mid priced hooker.
Taranis does that, but that's because his face and throat are extremely scarred and it's not pretty
aldo wrote:Kharne's grimdark birdmen-turned-fishmen are into that weird no-face-showing fetish too.
Just Taranis, and where did Birdmen come from?!?
aldo wrote:At least your marine talks, kharne's doesn't.
Which bears the question, why the feth is he in charge? How does he give orders? Text to speech device? Death threats written on the flesh of an lizard-concubine? Or do they just charge forward, thus minimising the need for strategy and tactics?
He's slightly psychic so that's how he communicates. I'm tempted to put a laser on hid head...
<Dynasty> ~10500pts
War Coven of the Coruscating Gaze ~3000pts
Thrice-Damned Plague Corps ~3250pts
Admech (TBN) ~3500pts +30k Bots and Ulator
H.B.M.C.- The end hath come! From now on armies will only consist of Astorath, Land Speeder Storms and Soul Grinders!
War Kitten- Vanden, you just taunted the Dank Lord Ezra. Prepare for seven years of fighting reality...
koooaei- Emperor: I envy your nipplehorns. <Magnus goes red. Permanently>
Neronoxx- If our Dreadnought doesn't have sick scuplted abs, we riot.
Frazzled- I don't generally call anyone by a term other than "sir" "maam" "youn g lady" "young man" or " HEY bag!"
Ruin- It's official, we've ran out of things to talk about on Dakka. Close the site. We're done.
mrhappyface- "They're more what you'd call guidlines than actual rules" - Captain Roboute Barbosa
Steve steveson- To be clear, I'd sell you all out for a bottle of scotch and a mid priced hooker.
Also, part 2 of my intro is sorta done, and I say sorta because I'm not sure about it. It isn't bad, but I don't really feel it right. I don't know what to change, but that much dialogue just freaks me out and makes me think its not right.
But before you read it, and because that much dialogue with so little identification is one of the things I'm not sure about but can't think how to fix, a lil' charachter list.
Starring:
The Astartes with:
Asim Torosian as The Chaos Lord
Price Solak as the Strong Silent Type
Engin Vaughan as The Cheeky Bastard
and Madoc Tichaona as Grumpy Techmarine
and
The Mortals with:
Commander Mansur Bevan as the Naval Officer.
Lieutenant Rukiye Feray as the Sociopathic Army Officer.
Lieutenant Katida Aksoy as the Only Sane Person in the crew, intelligence provider and logistics person
Doctor Iestyn Kostandin as the Mad Scientist and Zombie Maker, ocasional medic.
and Eser Kondwani, The Wich, Sorcerer and maker of Warped Chaos Cookies
Spoiler:
-... A direct attack on the world’s capital with chem bombardments. That would crack the moral of the defenders instantly.
-Have you seen the anti-air defence graphs? No way I’m sending my birds in against that. We would barely cause enough damage to justify...
-What about leaving them without food? those farm-cities are vulnerable...
-We don’t have the resources nor the time to subdue this world by hunger, we should just jump in and plunder what we can, surely the Imperium will exterminate everything to make sure it isn’t “tainted”.
-No, no, no, we should sack all those ruins, ancient artifacts surely await us there.
-Enough!
All faces that seconds before were bickering around the holo-maps and the data-chips turned towards their leader.
As always, Mansur wondered if the lord, or captain, as his navy-trained mind prefered, would have been as handsome had he not been an astartes. And he always ended with the same answer. No. It was that combination of genetically architecture beauty, too symmetric to be human, that unmistakeable white hair, and those patrician features, which made him an almost hypnotising figure, which, when combined with his natural charisma had given him command of a fanatically loyal force. And considering that that force seldom could decide by itself what to do, it truly was a blessing to have him in command.
- I believe Kondwani has detected the presence the Illuminated legions in this system.
The witch nodded before mumbling in a half asleep voice-A red banner will soon float in Hive Cogger, and the sons of the Maelstrom have arrived as well. But there is also a laugh in the background of the aether, foreseeing the coming of The Thirsty’s own. And a strange star can be smelled, stealing and assimilating those she comes upon, strangely vampirical yet with a life of its own, shining with a whole rainbow of blessings and curses.
-Red banners floating?The sons of the Maelstrom? The Thirsty? Smelling stars? This witch has finally gone insane, I say.
-You say many things Madoc, sadly most of them aren’t too smart.
-Keep your mouth shut pup. I trampled my way across the stars way before you were born, I was at the Siege, you know, I saw your father’s blood on his feathers.
-And what a job you and your brothers and cousins did, failing at achieving anything, even with overwhelming numerical superiority. Surely we must listen to a man capable of such strategic feats. -laughter- As for that father of mine, at least he wasn’t the one who lowered the shields of his battle barge and allowed the False Emperor to destroy him, was he?
-I said enough. The sorcerer has proved a useful tool across the years. And we
would be way better if you two employed your time in something productive instead of discussing the size of your respective fathers’ genitals.
-My lord, if I may…
-Yes Lieutenant Aksoy?
-I have some coincidences here. The Sons of the Maelstrom are, I’d bet my last credit, a reference to the Red Corsairs… Anything to add lord Solak?
-Keep going mortal, I have nothing to say about my once-brothers.
-And this red banner thing I don’t know what it is, but what we have caught on some orbital scans of Hive Clogger fits right in with other data regarding a band calling itself “The Flayed Legion”, which then, brings us to one of their cultist band’s aliases, “Brotherhood of the Red Banner”. As for The Thirsty, it's a somewhat looser connection, but as our dear sorcerer went on a binge of eldar soulstones lately… it could be a connection to the eldar name of the Dark Prince, which points us to…
-The Third.
-Yes my lord.
-Hum, all humans I’ve known have said that family meetings are horrible things. Would you adhere to that Lieutenant Feray?
-chuckle- I killed my family for a chance to get out of the slums, I doubt any meeting with them would be too happy on my side.
-Forgot about that part of your biography. But even if we manage to negotiate joint action with the our other “Enlightened” cousins, we will need a place of our own to deploy. I doubt we can keep hiding our presence for too long, and this half-collapsed hulk is hardly a space superiority vessel..
-If I may, my lord, there is a minor city isolated in an island in Luna Epsilon, apparently lacking all but the lightest of defences. We are in a dire need of supplies after a warp jump this long. And the witch - said Katida while glancing at Kondwani- says that the Warp has already started to take a hold in that moon, so it could provide us with a safe-ish base in the system.
The holo map swiftly switched to a full view of Luna Epsilon, and then to the city named Arcadis Bay.
-As you can all see, while its position doesn’t favour a combat landing, it would be vulnerable enough should we deploy in the western half of the island, Montessa, and go from there.
-Let’s see… Solak, Bevan, I want eyes down there, so start moving. Engin and Feray, get everyone prepared for deployment, we are leaving this hulk once we hear the LZ is clear. And no, Kostandin, I don’t care about your lab, pack it in any way you can. Kondwani, you know the drill, don't worry about the sacrifice victims, we'll get more, just leave them here, Madoc, I want this whole damn hull rigged with explosives. While we can’t use this as a base anymore, it will do us a last service. Aksoy, you are on babysitting duty, watch out and keep everyone from fething up. I will see you all in five hours, get working.
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Levvet doesn't take his helmet off because he got hit in the face by a tyranid, and it's embarassing.
I mean it wounds his pride that a Xenos bettered him.
He's going to be very used to being bettered by Xenos by the time my Eldar are done with him...
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TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
Also, part 2 of my intro is sorta done, and I say sorta because I'm not sure about it. It isn't bad, but I don't really feel it right. I don't know what to change, but that much dialogue just freaks me out and makes me think its not right.
But before you read it, and because that much dialogue with so little identification is one of the things I'm not sure about but can't think how to fix, a lil' charachter list.
Starring:
The Astartes with:
Asim Torosian as The Chaos Lord
Price Solak as the Strong Silent Type
Engin Vaughan as The Cheeky Bastard
and Madoc Tichaona as Grumpy Techmarine
and
The Mortals with:
Commander Mansur Bevan as the Naval Officer.
Lieutenant Rukiye Feray as the Sociopathic Army Officer.
Lieutenant Katida Aksoy as the Only Sane Person in the crew, intelligence provider and logistics person
Doctor Iestyn Kostandin as the Mad Scientist and Zombie Maker, ocasional medic.
and Eser Kondwani, The Wich, Sorcerer and maker of Warped Chaos Cookies
Spoiler:
-... A direct attack on the world’s capital with chem bombardments. That would crack the moral of the defenders instantly.
-Have you seen the anti-air defence graphs? No way I’m sending my birds in against that. We would barely cause enough damage to justify...
-What about leaving them without food? those farm-cities are vulnerable...
-We don’t have the resources nor the time to subdue this world by hunger, we should just jump in and plunder what we can, surely the Imperium will exterminate everything to make sure it isn’t “tainted”.
-No, no, no, we should sack all those ruins, ancient artifacts surely await us there.
-Enough!
All faces that seconds before were bickering around the holo-maps and the data-chips turned towards their leader.
As always, Mansur wondered if the lord, or captain, as his navy-trained mind prefered, would have been as handsome had he not been an astartes. And he always ended with the same answer. No. It was that combination of genetically architecture beauty, too symmetric to be human, that unmistakeable white hair, and those patrician features, which made him an almost hypnotising figure, which, when combined with his natural charisma had given him command of a fanatically loyal force. And considering that that force seldom could decide by itself what to do, it truly was a blessing to have him in command.
- I believe Kondwani has detected the presence the Illuminated legions in this system.
The witch nodded before mumbling in a half asleep voice-A red banner will soon float in Hive Cogger, and the sons of the Maelstrom have arrived as well. But there is also a laugh in the background of the aether, foreseeing the coming of The Thirsty’s own. And a strange star can be smelled, stealing and assimilating those she comes upon, strangely vampirical yet with a life of its own, shining with a whole rainbow of blessings and curses.
-Red banners floating?The sons of the Maelstrom? The Thirsty? Smelling stars? This witch has finally gone insane, I say.
-You say many things Madoc, sadly most of them aren’t too smart.
-Keep your mouth shut pup. I trampled my way across the stars way before you were born, I was at the Siege, you know, I saw your father’s blood on his feathers.
-And what a job you and your brothers and cousins did, failing at achieving anything, even with overwhelming numerical superiority. Surely we must listen to a man capable of such strategic feats. -laughter- As for that father of mine, at least he wasn’t the one who lowered the shields of his battle barge and allowed the False Emperor to destroy him, was he?
-I said enough. The sorcerer has proved a useful tool across the years. And we
would be way better if you two employed your time in something productive instead of discussing the size of your respective fathers’ genitals.
-My lord, if I may…
-Yes Lieutenant Aksoy?
-I have some coincidences here. The Sons of the Maelstrom are, I’d bet my last credit, a reference to the Red Corsairs… Anything to add lord Solak?
-Keep going mortal, I have nothing to say about my once-brothers.
-And this red banner thing I don’t know what it is, but what we have caught on some orbital scans of Hive Clogger fits right in with other data regarding a band calling itself “The Flayed Legion”, which then, brings us to one of their cultist band’s aliases, “Brotherhood of the Red Banner”. As for The Thirsty, it's a somewhat looser connection, but as our dear sorcerer went on a binge of eldar soulstones lately… it could be a connection to the eldar name of the Dark Prince, which points us to…
-The Third.
-Yes my lord.
-Hum, all humans I’ve known have said that family meetings are horrible things. Would you adhere to that Lieutenant Feray?
-chuckle- I killed my family for a chance to get out of the slums, I doubt any meeting with them would be too happy on my side.
-Forgot about that part of your biography. But even if we manage to negotiate joint action with the our other “Enlightened” cousins, we will need a place of our own to deploy. I doubt we can keep hiding our presence for too long, and this half-collapsed hulk is hardly a space superiority vessel..
-If I may, my lord, there is a minor city isolated in an island in Luna Epsilon, apparently lacking all but the lightest of defences. We are in a dire need of supplies after a warp jump this long. And the witch - said Katida while glancing at Kondwani- says that the Warp has already started to take a hold in that moon, so it could provide us with a safe-ish base in the system.
The holo map swiftly switched to a full view of Luna Epsilon, and then to the city named Arcadis Bay.
-As you can all see, while its position doesn’t favour a combat landing, it would be vulnerable enough should we deploy in the western half of the island, Montessa, and go from there.
-Let’s see… Solak, Bevan, I want eyes down there, so start moving. Engin and Feray, get everyone prepared for deployment, we are leaving this hulk once we hear the LZ is clear. And no, Kostandin, I don’t care about your lab, pack it in any way you can. Kondwani, you know the drill, don't worry about the sacrifice victims, we'll get more, just leave them here, Madoc, I want this whole damn hull rigged with explosives. While we can’t use this as a base anymore, it will do us a last service. Aksoy, you are on babysitting duty, watch out and keep everyone from fething up. I will see you all in five hours, get working.
I'd hate to nit pick, but can you indicate who is talking and maybe make it so your story elements don't look like a script?
H.B.M.C.- The end hath come! From now on armies will only consist of Astorath, Land Speeder Storms and Soul Grinders!
War Kitten- Vanden, you just taunted the Dank Lord Ezra. Prepare for seven years of fighting reality...
koooaei- Emperor: I envy your nipplehorns. <Magnus goes red. Permanently>
Neronoxx- If our Dreadnought doesn't have sick scuplted abs, we riot.
Frazzled- I don't generally call anyone by a term other than "sir" "maam" "youn g lady" "young man" or " HEY bag!"
Ruin- It's official, we've ran out of things to talk about on Dakka. Close the site. We're done.
mrhappyface- "They're more what you'd call guidlines than actual rules" - Captain Roboute Barbosa
Steve steveson- To be clear, I'd sell you all out for a bottle of scotch and a mid priced hooker.