40K/Inquisitor RPG. The Line of Damnation.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-01-15 03:42am

Kael the Wretched had blazed a trail across more than a thousand worlds before he had even been considered for the honor of wearing the terminator armor. The youngest and newest member of the squad, he had further ambitions, and had envisioned someday rising in the hierarchy of the Legion. Time was on his side, and eventually he could foresee himself serving directly at the beck and call of the Despoiler himself.

The followers of the Corpse God had taken a deep toll upon his battle brothers, but he knew that he had badly wounded the one. Kill the alien, the other inquisitor, and the manlings would be swept before him. He could still achieve his objective, still disable the vessel, and then escape.

Glory was within his reach. Drawing his powersword, he kept his storm bolter at the ready as he began to stalk Adivan through the maze of machines, but kept a careful eye on his auspexes, lest the alien try to ambush him.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-01-15 03:45am

I would have been nice to ambush the Black Legionaire's, but that was practically impossible to do to sensor equiped, superhuman veterans. Gix figured he would have to settle for some kind of pincher movement as he entered the enginarium. At least he had a conversion field and power armour protecting his all too vulnerable flesh.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-01-15 03:46am

"Sir," said one of the crewmen. "The traitors might have that door covered. If we move around to the side entrance, they might not be guarding it."

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-01-15 03:50am

Prius reached out with his senses to see if he felt any presence of ambushers...

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Suddenly, Zael turned and leveled his storm bolter, firing a deadly hail of kraken rounds at Adivan, smashing into the cogitator bank he was currently moving behind.

His external vox cranked to the max, he declared "Your Corpse God can't save you now, little man!"

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-01-15 03:54am

Prius felt no one by the entrance way. The launch bay was huge and there were only four surviving Terminators. To try and cover it all was a herculean task.

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Gix moved further into the Enginarium, using his own danger sense and the suits autosenses to try and find the enemy. He wished he had Severa's hunter-skull now, if only-no, push those thoughts away. I can deal with that latter.

GeneralTacticus · Post by **GeneralTacticus** » 2005-01-15 03:56am

Adivan didn't deign to answer. Moving toward the nearest corner of the cogitator, he glanced down at his melta; it was ready for firing. Murmuring a brief prayer, he put forth his will, and several Krak grenades detatched from his belt, primed themselves, and zipped around the corner at the Traitor. Half a second later, he followed, letting his powers guide his aim. Before the Chaos Terminator could turn his weapon, Adivan's melta had unleashed a blast of searing energy directly at the arm holding his weapon.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-01-15 03:58am

"It's clear," Prius said. "Let's move." He opened the door and cautiously moved through.

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Another blip on his sensors. Kael dispensed three microgrenades into his palm and lofted them over the cogitator as he took the direct approach of ramming into it and through it. Blue and white arcs of lightning shot through the air as the massive cables were severed, the metal shattering and tearing before the might of his terminator armor. At that same moment, Adivan popped around the corner and bathed his storm bolter with hellish melta fire, disabling the weapon.

Snarling, he turned and lashed out with his power sword.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-01-15 04:10am

A Terminator standing in a lake of fuel turned as the door opened. The humans were nearly two hundred meters away and one hundred and fifty from any fuel. He opened fire with his stormbolter.

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The explosions and the sound of tearing metal alerted Jolan to the fight. He ran toward the noise, hoping he would reach it in time.

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The battle barge turned to present its starboard broadside to the Sword of Glory. Her bombardment cannons and weapon batteries racked the battleship, overloading her void shields, blasting off armour, and melting holes in her hull.

As the Sword of Glory bled, she struck back pouring fire into the Harbringer of Agony. The Divine Retribution added her lances and gundecks to the conflagration as the Cobras launched yet another torpedo volley.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-01-15 04:16am

Prius ducked behind an empty ammo cart, praying that the heretic wasn't using kraken rounds.

Over the vox:

"Go. I'll deal with this one."

Likely die in the doing, but that was the job. He stabbed out with a simple message to the terminator mentally.

Come to me, heretic. I have slain two of your brothers today, one in close combat. Face me, coward.

He pulled his chainsword out, revving up the blade.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-01-15 04:18am

The traitor advanced at a leasurely pace, firing precise bursts with his stormbolter at any exposed target.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-01-15 04:23am

Prius drew a krak grenade and primed it in his hand.

I fear no heretic, for the light of the Emperor can illuminate even the darkest night. I suffer no apostate, for only those true in the Word of Him on Terra rise to sit with him in the time to come. I bring death to those who flaunt His grace...

He sensed the moment and darted around the cart, lobbing the grenade.

...for by victory do I elevate myself in His eyes.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2005-01-15 04:25am

Inside the hanger the machine considered it's options and analyzed it's equipment and stores...

The swivel mounted storm bolters had been stripped away in the passage through the hull before the armoured doors had sealed the bay around him. the Flamer would need full repair and rebuilding before it could be used again, after he had used the turret and some judacious grenade discharges to unturtle it's-self. a sponson gun was damaged from the roll over, yet it still functioned. The rush of atmosphere back into the bay and repressurizing had allowed him to partailly recharge his fuel cells. Now to get assistance from some usefull hands, he was after all surrounded by fuel cells, weapons and ammo, he just lacked the ability to acess them. At least he could still run a charge throug his treads to magnatize himself.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-01-15 04:30am

The grenade explosion cracked the outer layer of the Terminator's chest plate. The force made him stagger back a step.

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Gix's power slammed into Kael, throwing the renegade of his feet and hopefully giving Adivan the moment he needed.

GeneralTacticus · Post by **GeneralTacticus** » 2005-01-15 04:36am

Praise the Emperor, I'm still alive. Time to die, Traitor scum. As the Chaos Terminator fell under Gix's assault, Adivan TKed another pair of Krak grenades from his belt and hurled them at the arm holding the power sword. At the same time, he levelled his combi-weapon, waited a heartbeat for the melta to finish cooling, and fired at the Traitor's head.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-01-15 04:37am

Leaping forward, Prius attacked on both levels, the mental and the physical. His mind stabbed a lance of brute force at the terminator, one that would make a Schola Psykana instructor weep for the graceless technique, but powerful nonetheless. At the same time, he lashed downward with his chainsword, aiming for the storm bolter on the terminator's arm.

"Terminators ain't as fast as regular marines. Other'n that, you'd best be hoping the Emperor's on your side, because they'll kill you faster'n you can spit. Not much in the way of weaknesses to speak of."

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-01-15 04:39am

As he went down, Kael lashed out with his power sword, the deadly glowing blade aimed for Adivan's stomach. The grenades detonated on the arm, shattering armor but not deflecting the strike...

The melta blast at point blank range washed over both of them with a gout of primordial power...

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-01-15 04:44am

The resilient mind of the Terminator was only momentarily stunned by Prius's attack, but it was enough to allow Prius to strike his stormbolter. The Terminator howled and swung his chain axe horizontaly at the colonel-commissar.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-01-15 04:50am

He barely ducked the strike of the chainaxe, ducking his head to the side. As it whirred by, his perception was such that he could count the individual teeth of the chaos weapon as they ran along their endless circle. Time crawled as he recovered, leaning the other way to strike at the terminator's knee joint.

There was no quick kill, not for him. One blow from the terminator and he would likely die, but he would have to slowly degrade his opponent's ability to fight until he was helpless.

He had no problem with that.

He just hoped Varian was making good, conscientious use of the time he was buying for him.

GeneralTacticus · Post by **GeneralTacticus** » 2005-01-15 04:51am

Adivan twisted away as the power sword slashed for him, turning a blow that would have gutted him like a fish into a glancing strike. Still, it carved throuugh armour and flesh with equal ease, and as pure agony flooded through him, he knew he could not fight much longer. Hurry, Gix. Please.

As the melta shot struck with a flash brighter than any star, he hurled himself backwards, knowing that to do anything else would be sheer suicide. He landed gracelessly on his back several metres away, every nerve in his body exploding with pain as the heat of his own melta-blast washed over him. The combi-weapon's remains slipped from his fingers and landed somewhere behind him. He couldn't see. He could hardly move. But he was an Inquisitor, and he would not simply lie down and die for a mere Heretic, not even a Traitor Marine clad in Terminator armour. his energy blade sprang his belt to his still-functioning right arm, igniting on the way, and he forced himself to his feet. The eyes of his body might be blind again, but the eyes of his mind remained wide open, and they would serve for now. Through sheer force of will, he managed to stand straight, and held the glowing rod of energy between himself and the Traitor. As an afterthought, he put forth his will, yanked his plasma pistols from their holsters, and fired them at Kael's face.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-01-15 04:57am

Jolan called upon his strength and propelled himself across the room and into the melee. He lashed out with powersword and force rod, trying to block the Terminator's sword and cripple his sword arm.

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Varian joined the fray by hitting the traitor with the full force of his will channeled through his force rod. The intense psychic blast momentarily stunned the deadly killing machine.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-01-15 05:04am

Blinded and crippled, Kael lashed out at nothing in particular. His sword knocked from his shattered gauntlet by Gix, at the end the mighty terminator was as a blinded animal, raging against the inevitable. The hail of fire from Adivan's plasma pistols finished him.

And so ended the tale of Kael the Wretched, ambitious beyond his station and possessed of delusions of grandeur that he failed to live up to...

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Prius fought down a surge of irritation at Varian's assistance. His life was nothing to that of the safety of the vessel, and Varian should already be at the damned hanger controls by now. If reinforcements came...

No choice but to go for the quick kill now, lest everything be lost. He swung his chainsword high and put every ounce of strength he had into a single downward slice, aiming for the damaged armor from his grenade and Varian's force blast.

"DIE, YOU BASTARD!" he bellowed.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-01-15 05:11am

The Terminator staggered back as Prius's chainsword tore at his armour and through, into his no longer mortal flesh. Pink gel sprayed up as Prius ripped his lung to shreds. The traitor attempted to raise his chain axe, but Prius twisted the blade in the wound, pushing the buzzing blade through one of the traitor's hearts and his spine in a shower of strange coloured gore. The Termintor fell. Prius dropped a frag grenade into the wound just to be sure.

A muffled whump sounded behind him. Now all Prius had to do was cross a lake of fuel 100 meters across and reach the control room.

GeneralTacticus · Post by **GeneralTacticus** » 2005-01-15 05:12am

As Adivan felt life leave the last enemy remaining in the enginarium, he smiled. Fresh agony shot through him, but he barely noticed. "Three, Gix," he whispered dreamily, "Three. Chaos Terminators, and three of them died by my hand. Praise the Emperor..."

What little energy he had left seemed to out of him then, and he fell backwards, hitting the deck with a loud clank. Even at a glance, Gix could see that his injuries were terrible; his left arm was gone at the shoulder, the outer layer of his armour had been entirely capourised along his front, the layers below were cracked and partially melted, and he was surrounded by the smell of charred flesh. And yet he was alive, if only just; Giix could feel his soul still clinging stubbornly to his body. With medical attention, he might yet survive.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-01-15 05:15am

Gix gently picked up Adivan's armoured bulk. Without the power armour, he would have to rely on his psychic abilities, which he had already made use of several times in the last half hour. He began to run, reaching a loping stride that was as fast as a sprinter. Adivan wouldn't die if he had anything about it. Only know did he allow himself to think about Severa.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-01-15 05:18am

Prius turned to run for the controls, though his ability to really speed along was impeded by both the slick surface and the damned suit, but he had no complaints- how many men could boast of having slain a marine in close combat, let alone a chaos terminator? The Emperor had smiled on him once more. He triggered his chainsword first in forward and then reverse, termie-chunks flying from the blade in a cleaning cycle.

All praise to the God-Emperor, for letting us slay his foes again on this day. I live for the glory of the Emperor, and I will die for the glory of the Emperor.