Some form of 40K RP- here and now

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2004-12-12 05:24pm

It's only a company of them. That's just a hundred space marines, worth only as much as a thousand other troops in combat. Plus the daemons that Black Legion is second only to the Word Bearers for summoning lots of.

Unless, of course, they're lying about their numbers just as much as they are about who they are.

Now, why would Raven Guard be riding around on an Arbites cruiser?

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2004-12-12 05:29pm

Raxmei wrote:It's only a company of them. That's just a hundred space marines, worth only as much as a thousand other troops in combat. Plus the daemons that Black Legion is second only to the Word Bearers for summoning lots of.

Unless, of course, they're lying about their numbers just as much as they are about who they are.

Now, why would Raven Guard be riding around on an Arbites cruiser?

I'm figuring that the forces of Light around these parts have roughly two thousand IG on hand, plus how ever many Arbites they can muster... properly placed, a company of CSMs could carve through that like a hot knife through butter. Remember that NL is doing the SMs and CSMs as fluff-capable, not TT-capable.

And the daemons. The freaking daemons. Thank you, I could've happily not thought about that for half an hour or so...

I'm curious about the Arbites cruiser myself, but they're SMs... they do stuff like that, right?

Edit- Actually, with the Stormtrooper wannabe battalion in place they've got more like 2500 troops on hand, now that I think about it.

Squeblish Nef? · Post by **Squeblish Nef?** » 2004-12-12 05:35pm

Raxmei wrote:Personally I'd like to see a witch hunter with an arcoflagellant in tow. The group's heavily unbalanced to the Malleus side right now, and in my humble opinion arcoflagellants are badass (though obviously unplayable on their own).

Good idea.
I don't know very many Ordo Hereticus psychopaths, so I think I'm going to settle on a Tyrus clone in terminator armour.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2004-12-12 05:48pm

So, are the Iron Men and our nifty new equipment going to help, or are we going to be given the same treatment of a pretty face in prison?

Post by **NecronLord** » 2004-12-12 05:50pm

Hard to say. You've managed to cut yourselves off from the Iron Men remember?

So... Folks. How are your backup characters looking?

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2004-12-12 06:02pm

We haven't cut ourselves off, we're just insulating our assets so if they turn out ot be heretical, we can turn and descend on them with all the righteous wrath a couple of IG regiments can bring to bear!

That is to say we'll hurt their feelings very badly.

But there's been no overt 'fuck off' sent their way. Of course, what we're doing is quite evident to the Lord Inquisitor, who likely predicted that we would follow this course of action.

Edit- Re: NL's latest IC post- Oh. Fuck. Me.

Squeblish Nef? · Post by **Squeblish Nef?** » 2004-12-12 07:29pm

My retinue.
Feel free to shout at me, and call me a Mr Poopy-pants.
Or suggest modifications, or de-beardifications.

Inquisitor Valateel Rosanthor
Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor
Power armour on all locations, hexagrammic wards
Left hand: lightning claw w. built-in plasma gun.
Other equipment: psycannon, bolt pistol w. shot selector, special ammo, power sword

Brother Giton, gun-skull w. inferno pistol

Toby, arco-flagellant w. four bigassed decapitators, combat injector, trigger-words ‘Arcesse!’ and ‘Sede!’

Peccator, arco-flagellant w. Dr Octopus-esque system of 6 tentacles, inc. 2 poisoned blades, 2 claws + 2 chainblades, neuro-gauntlets, combat injectors, trigger-words ‘Praesta!’ and ‘Gratulaties!’

Haekl, Skaelotor psyker w. drum GL, lots of ‘nades, neural shredder, 2 venom talons, carapace armour, telepathic abilities, biomantic abilities, familiar

The Jackal, Skaelotor hunter w. web pistol, power halberd, 2 power knives, agoniser, various ‘nades, flak armour, trademark stormshield, combat injectors

(Edit: No longer Tyrus Junior. He's now more laid-back, to make RPing more survivable.)
(Edit(er): Added Alien retainers, to fit in with character story, and to add much-needed support.)

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2004-12-12 07:46pm

Think we can deal with only thirty marines off the bat? Thats the carrying capacity of a TH. Now how potent are these suped up lasguns? Enough to bring a marine down with a headshot on full power? any suped up flamers?

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2004-12-12 07:56pm

Looks fine to me, Mr. Poopy Pants, but then I'm not the GM.

Thirty marines? Yeah, we could take them... with the usual horrendous casualties that the Guard takes whenever they do anything.

By the way, I think we should do something for the Guard Regiment on the ground to keep Tasoth and Tycho's people occupied. Share the fun, I say. Like say those purge and clean operations on the heretics. Sound good?

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2004-12-12 08:01pm

Tycho and I were planning that, a combat drop from orbit, but with the CSMs coming, you're going to need as much help as possible

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2004-12-12 08:04pm

Of course.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2004-12-12 08:06pm

Since my squad is tending their equipment in a hangar bay(preferably not the one that Thunderhawk is coming in), would they find anything wrong with the equipment?

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2004-12-12 08:13pm

Eeeeeh... if this an infiltration squad, probably not.

Edit- My bad, I thought you were eyeballing the inbound CSMs. So far as I know, nothing is wrong with the upgraded weapons.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2004-12-12 08:20pm

Hrmph. Only another 12 hours until NecronLord shows up again.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2004-12-12 08:21pm

Why wait? We can handle a glorious slaughter on our own! Especially since we have Guardsman and Arbites to burn through... great job volunteering, guys!

GeneralTacticus · Post by **GeneralTacticus** » 2004-12-12 08:33pm

I'm really wishing I'd finished readin this thread before I made my last post. Oh well, plasma pistols are quite effective against power armour anyway, so I'm not completely helpless... and I did bring ten Stormtroopers along, newly kitted out with improved weaponry.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2004-12-12 08:45pm

Okay, here's my thoughts on what's going down. We have three squads of CSMs coming onboard, with the dual objectives of capturing the station and eliminating the inquisitors. They'll move to seize the critical sections- CinC, power plant, etc, only diverting if they can target an inquisitor. Taking out the inquisitors will be their prime mission- they can achieve their goals without the station, but inquisitors could really ruin their day.

In the meantime, the remaining CSMs on the strike cruiser will stage an uncontested landing reasonably far away from any ground forces we have, link up with the surviving Path troopers and prepare to wipe out the forces we have on the ground.

Commodore Severa's wee problem will mean that we can't count on naval security, because at best they'll be misdirected and shuttled into killing zones, at worst they'll be aimed at us.

If IO shows up, it's his turn to create general misery for the group... if not, Pcm and I can handle it.

Sound good?

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2004-12-12 08:46pm

If the alarm klaxons wake my character up he's going to be really annoyed.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2004-12-12 08:53pm

Raxmei wrote:If the alarm klaxons wake my character up he's going to be really annoyed.

Don't worry, he's far more likely to be awoken by the explosions, the screams, and the gunfire.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2004-12-12 08:55pm

Petrosjko wrote:Okay, here's my thoughts on what's going down. We have three squads of CSMs coming onboard, with the dual objectives of capturing the station and eliminating the inquisitors. They'll move to seize the critical sections- CinC, power plant, etc, only diverting if they can target an inquisitor. Taking out the inquisitors will be their prime mission- they can achieve their goals without the station, but inquisitors could really ruin their day.

In the meantime, the remaining CSMs on the strike cruiser will stage an uncontested landing reasonably far away from any ground forces we have, link up with the surviving Path troopers and prepare to wipe out the forces we have on the ground.

Commodore Severa's wee problem will mean that we can't count on naval security, because at best they'll be misdirected and shuttled into killing zones, at worst they'll be aimed at us.

If IO shows up, it's his turn to create general misery for the group... if not, Pcm and I can handle it.

Sound good?

Sounds great. Who do I control?

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2004-12-12 09:04pm

Lessee... you can handle the CSM commander and any sorcerous elements. I'll handle the grunts and the hassle they make... at least until IO shows up, then we dump it in his lap.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2004-12-12 09:06pm

Righto. Could you start it off, please? I need a push to get going.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2004-12-12 09:14pm

Let the terror commence...

GeneralTacticus · Post by **GeneralTacticus** » 2004-12-12 09:21pm

Remind me... what weapons does a Thunderhawk mount aside from that big Battle Cannon on the underside?

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2004-12-12 09:23pm

I have no freaking clue, to be honest. I'm figuring a heavy load of AP weaponry for these circumstances.

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