40K/Inquisitor RPG. The Line of Damnation.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-04-08 02:55am

"FOR THE EMPEROR!" he shouted, as he burst across the street, an armored missile aiming for the other entrance.

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The stormtroopers clambered back aboard, the lander lifting as the ramp started to close. Aiming for the roof, it accelerated rapidly, bursting through the hole at what would seem to be a fairly insane clip. Obviously, the pilot was a pretty hot hand. Engines redlined, the craft clawed its way back into the sky under the protective umbrella of its fighters.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-04-08 03:31am

The dead greated Ristani as he crashed through the door. Burning, grenade shredded bodies lay scattered, the victims of his troops brutal assault. His soldiers where just moments behind him. In front of him he could hear the sounds of intensive weapons fire inside the building ahead of him.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-04-08 03:43am

"No more grenades," he ordered tersely. Wouldn't do to go to all this trouble only to have their artifact of times past shredded by an Imperial grenade. "One of ours is in here, and he must be saved. Be sure of your targets."

He continued forward.

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2005-04-08 04:37am

Nathan slid amongst the Golden Dawn warriors ,a ghost , He knew he couldnt keep this tempo going for much longer using his TK to help accelerate himslf beyond normal human speed but he also didnt care.

He was certain that this was the day he would die.He wwas tired,injured and he could feel many aches and pains as he gutted one warrior then decapitated the one tryibng to slip up behind him. He was grabbing them by the belt and fighting at point blank range so that any fire they used would hit there own as well.

He heard a nopise behind himself and blured forwards his blade arcing only to stop a scant inch from a loyalist trooopers neck.He loooked at the man wondering idly what he was doing there as a las bolt hit him in the shoulder from behind.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-04-08 04:43am

Prius hurled the power maul. The field deactivated as soon as his thumb as no longer on the activation rune that powered it, but it was still a solid piece of metal that thonked off the Golden Dawn warrior's helmet with a solid thonk.

He lept forward, following with a desperate slash of his chainsword that tore into the heretic, before jerking his chainblade free and looking around wildly. Only when he was sure all the enemy troops were down, either by his hand or that of his men, did he move toward the inquisitor.

"Nathan," he said, the voice halfway between a prayer and a moan, as he crouched down. "Damn it, Nathan, why did you come here?"

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2005-04-08 04:52am

"Doing my jop....hunting the enemy ..." Nathan tried to stand up but his reserves were very low he was kneeling as a medic inspected his wounds.

"Was going to go help Gix ....managed to get aboard a drop pod....Novadlorian willl definitely skin me....but enemy triple A managed to knock my sorry ass off course .....been running looose down here for a few weeks behind there lines.....raised all kinds of Helll fucking with them but always trying to stay hid."

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-04-08 04:55am

"Well we're going to get you out of here, inquisitor," he said, emphasizing the last words for the ears of those around him.

Not that they should be surprised. He'd spent half his time on the planet pulling one inquisitor or another out of the fire. To be fair, Varian had saved him at the battle of the crater, while he was in the process of saving Pater.

He said a quick prayer for Varian and Pater, neither of whom he had any idea of the fate of, as he assisted Nathan to his feet.

"Guard this man with your life," he ordered the troops.

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2005-04-08 05:04am

"Pris ke[ep oyour eyes open...Harlequins are loose nearby.....they do not do anything without a reaon even if said reason is known only to them." Nathan slowly sttod back up .

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-04-08 05:06am

"Xenos, here?"

Of course.

Xenos and chaos, hand in hand, everywhere they went.

"Men, there are xenos in the field as well. Be watchful for their craven deceptions."

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2005-04-08 05:08am

Nathan nodded as well he knew the men were leery of him and would say something of it but given his fatiggue he figured to hell with it.

He followed them quickly out of the building "How are we doing so far? I have tended to keep my vox off on the off chance an enemy patrol heard it.....also didnt use it no need for them to find out where I was..."

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-04-08 05:12am

"In theory," he said softly. "We go back up to the roof of this building, cross over the bridge we made, and we're back in our territory, assuming the lines haven't been pushed back yet."

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-04-08 10:59pm

Jolan watched the medicae work on Hethor. It wasn't too much longer now. The medicae said Hethor's chances were good. Jolan hoped the he was right. "Emperor above, watch over you servant," he whispered.

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The sound of approaching boots interrupted Nathan and Prius. More shooters come to reinforce the position of the Golden Dawn.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-04-08 11:41pm

"Prepare yourselves," he ordered his troops quietly, hefting his weapons.

No time right now to figure out just where he was going to stash his troublesome inquisitor in order to keep him safe, there was more killing to be done.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-04-09 02:11am

The chaos soldiers weren't looking for Talstrem or Ristani. Instead they were just heading to the next building to kill their enemies. One of the troopers carried a plasma gun in his gauntleted hands. The others were armed with lasguns tipped with viscious bayonets.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-04-09 02:15am

Well, an unaware enemy was the best kind. He slid his power maul to its belt clip, and then unslung his hellgun, preparing to open fire, gesturing for the others to follow suit.

Might as well continue to try to shift the odds in their favor a bit.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-04-09 02:46am

Ristani's attack took them by surprise. Prius sliced off an arm with one weapon and shattered a lasgun with the the other. He finished the screaming soldier with a messy disembowling cut, spilling entrails all over the floor while crushing another's skull with his shock maul. His troopers opened fire and point blank range as did Nathan. In moments, the enemy lay dead or dying at their feet.

Prius could hear a large number of soldiers approaching his position from further inside the building. Apparently his noisy slaughter had been noticed, even in this abatoir of a battlefield.

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"General, Major Rilk reports that he is being overrun."

"Tell him to hold fast."

"Yes General."

General Kalif looked at the holo displays on the table before her. Red triangles were advancing on the gold double eagles. "Any word from Ristani."

"No general."

"Begin evacuating our troops from the vault to our fall back positions in the tunnels."

"But our orders-"

"Were given when the situation was better. Ristani and the inquisitors are dead for all we know." She wisely didn't add the word hopefully. Inquisitor Varian in particular had demonstrated the tactical sense of a labotomized ork. Not that Ristani was much better. Hopefully he wouldn't be getting too many more valuable soldiers killed. "Set the rear guard emplace. Prepare to move. And set the blasting charge for this building. "

"Yes, general."

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-04-09 02:50am

He held up a grenade by way of example to the rest, then lobbed it toward the oncoming troops as he found some cover. Let them walk into some fire before closing to engage...

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-04-09 02:54am

There was a lot coming. At least an entire platoon, probably more. The grenade volley killed the first few, but they responded with flamers and lasgun fire.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-04-09 02:59am

And now it was a brutal, bitter battle for survival. He slammed a fresh powerpack into his hellgun and swept out from behind his cover long enough to fire a quick salvo, using his preternatural sense of placement to locate a target to fire at.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-04-09 03:11am

Heretics died as hellgun bolts and las beams slammed into them. Las bolts and flamers fired back and wrecked their own brutal havoc. Two soldiers fell screaming as they burned. Heretic fire was thick and heavy, helping to supress Imperial fire. Shouts indicated more troops were coming.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-04-09 03:23am

He gritted his teeth. They were about to get overrun here.

"Fall back," he ordered tersely. "Cover as we go."

Maybe Nathan could use some telekinetics to assist them, because otherwise, things were going to be very ugly.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-04-09 03:40am

Nathan whirrled around an opened up on the walls behind them with his plasma pistols. The archaeotech energy weapons blew gapping holes in them. He telekinetically whipped a few grenades in front of the Golden Dawn. "We had better get moving," he said sardonicaly.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-04-09 03:44am

"You," he said, pointing a troop. Irksome, not knowing any of their names. "Take point. Move out. Nathan, you're in the middle, if you please. I'll be with the rear guard."

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-04-09 04:17am

Ristani's soldiers exited the building with great haste. Of course, the one that they were going to wasn't substantially safer, but the heretics inside that one weren't shooting at them yet. And it was away from the dangerously homicidal Prius Ristani.

The soldiers of the Golden Dawn were momentarily stopped by the grenade barrage. Not for very long though. The survivors blasted las bolts at Ristani's men as more reinforcements moved up.

Petrosjko · Post by **Petrosjko** » 2005-04-09 04:44am

He hurled his last grenades, then drew his chainsword and backpedaled, firing controlled bursts from his hellgun.

Maybe this was the moment, but if it was to keep Nathan safe, it was a worthy moment.