"It looked like those mutants that were attacking the mutant tribes."
To everyone searching the bodies
You find a small black scroll on one of the mutants bodies.
It reads as follows:
"The Steel Seakers refused our orders and told Domonic. Their Engine Seer was also spotted with a true copy of the holy text. We must assume the worst. Disable as much of their Ants and transportantion as you can. We will strike them with our full force in 3 days, on the promised day. For the Emperor with Four Arms"
Duncan happily plays with his ant.
"Who can understand the minds of mutants, it'd be best not to try I'd say. They were well armed."
Notch loots, and moves on.
The rest of night passes without incident and in the morning Lord Dominastrum calls a meeting.
He stands on top of the Chimera tank, the chained Mutant kneeling next to him and a Commissar standing behind the mutant, a bolt pistol in his hand.
"Scavengers, we have been betrayed. As you know last night we were attacked by a band of mutants, mutants hired and armed by the Palace. " he holds up a black scroll.
"This scroll is an execution order for each and every one of us. The reason is simple, Mutants have infiltrated the Palace and are trying to destroy our society and way of life. As Scavengers we are their biggest threat. We are the only one who can stop them for we do not suffer mutants live"
A sharp crack fills the air, the comissar lowers his smoking bolt pistol and the mutants dead body falls off the Chimera.
"An army of mutants follows us but I have a plan. Not far from here is metal tower that the engine seers believe was once a void craft called the Omnissiahs Wraith, possessing great weapons. We will strike towards it, capture it and use it to wipe the filth out"
His speech done he climbs down from the tank. Orders filter through the group and you are told that you are part of the advanced guard to seize the Omnissiahs Wraith.
Notch listens intently, not that surprised at the explanation given recent events.
He tries to make sure that as much as possible the camps' weapons and ammo that need to be moved are transported via his gang's recently acquired servo-ants.
As he puts it to the others:
"Things go well, we're seen to be helping. Things go belly up, we have a stash."
While the others settle in for the night, Jak finds a place where he can work on their collection of autocannon parts. To Jak, this is as close as he gets to prayer. Time slips by as the pieces of the weapon filter through his fingers...
As the sun rises and the camp comes back to life, Jak puts aside the mostly assembled autocannon and the few remaining pieces. Stretching as he comes to his feet, he hears the call for a meeting from Lord Dominastrum.
With an effort, and swaying a little at first, Jak staves of the weakness of his flesh and shoves the fatigue of the night's work aside. He who had been blessed with the sacred gifts of the Great Machine would not succumb to mere tiredness! Particularly not that incurred by pursuing the work or his calling!
***
After the meeting, Jak joins Notch in packing their equipment, though he does claim one servo ant for his own transportation.
Davien combs through the journal he had from their first encounter when he manages to find some of the now lacking rare free time.
"I have learned how to see the futher but I can only open the minds of others to this gift. At least for now"
Fortelling
Focussing his preternatural senses onto another person or object,
the psyker receives a brief glimpse of the future.
Prerequisite: Perception 35
Action: Full Action
Focus Power: Difficulty (–10) Psyniscience test
Range: 5 metres x psy rating
Sustained: No
Subtype: Concentration
Effect: The psyker chooses a single character or item within range
and receives a brief and unclear image of the future, giving him
a rough idea of one thing that will happen to the target within a
number of minutes up to the psyker’s PR. The GM decides what
information the psyker receives, with additional degrees of success
on the Focus Power test yielding more important information. For
example, the psyker might learn that the character will be the target
of an attack or will himself become violent, or that a cogitator will
be accessed by an unknown individual. The psyker cannot select
himself as the target of this power.
The work goes well. Your on track to creating a common quality Autocannon with a few more hours work
Your able to get an extra hunting lance for everyone and an additional Ant to carry it as well as additional stablights
Five squads and the Chimera race ahead of the main convoy.
By nightfall your able to get to one of the Omnissiahs Wraith.
It sticks out of the ground at a 45 degree angle, looking like a broken blade. Large cannons stud it's sides
A red robed Engine seer gets out of the Chimera and conducts a ritual before a large gate, 3 Ants wide. After an hour the gate opens and you are ordered into a large metal cavern.
Dominastrum orders you to explore the upper floors and try to get to one of the cannons.
Notch grins as he walks up with a fresh ant - loaded with hunting lances and stablights.
"We have the honour of carrying additional supplies for the camp."
*********
Notch gawks at the sight of the Omnissiah's Wraith.
"Some solid tech there!"
When ordered to scout, he replies:
"Aye! It's what we're here for, right?"
Duncan wanders slightly ahead of the group, ready to draw enemy fire in the case of another ambush.
"Dunc! Don't get too far ahead, the ancestors don't give up their secrets easily." Krevlor calls out also worried that the big guy might get lost. "Notch, your auspex might help us spot threats our eyes can't."
Krevlor keeps his longlas in hand while getting his lamp pack charged up. "We try to find the big guns like the boss said but there may be other bits of tech about that can help us achieve that goal!" ...and we might be rewarded with keeping some to use. "If you see something not right point it out to Jak or Notch before you touch it. Oh and something we can leave trail markers with, this place is a bit of a maze."
"Sounds good Krev!"
It looks like there's two ways of going up from here.
The first is a spacious, if dark set of stairs and the second is an small elevator that you might be able to get working again, due to the counterweight still being hoisted
"Dunc, if we can get this elevator working will you go inside with us. We'll stay with you the whole time."
As Notch draws out his combi-tool, he says:
"You keep working on Dunc. We'll keep working on this iron spirit!"
Duncan stairs at the small metal box and blanches visibly. "Dunc climb," He says emphatically "Dun climb good." And he begins to back up towards the stairs, warily staring down the evil contraption as he does.
"Dunc you can sit out here with me for a bit. Let's go over how to take care of your ant again, a rider and his ant need to take care of each other after all." For now Krevlor settles on keeping Dunc about.
The party resigns itself to the stairs, trudging up into the dark.
You climb for several hours before reaching a door.
Beyond it you hear horse guttural voices talking.
The voices are too deep to be human
Notch feels the drain from pounding boots upstairs.
He listens.
And stops, getting his pistol ready.
"Hold up. Those voices up ahead. Not human. Too deep."
"More mutties? No decency to come down and give us a reason to stop on the stairs." Krevlor made sure to wind up his lamp pack in case the fight kept going. Longlas at the ready and double checked his medkit before nodding at the others/
"Me open? The simple minded giant waits for orders, ready to unleash unmitigated destruction on the enemies of the four armed emporer.
one moment... davien reachs out to see if any other psykers are nearby.
[ooc] thats about 4 DoFs. Haha.
As you charge though the door you see 3 large green men, one of which towers over the others. The 2 smaller ones have crude swords, while the larger one has a rifle of some kind
You hear 2 more behind a wall
They screen WAARGH and charge at you
Initiative
Davien
Jak
Notch
Krevlor
Green men
Duncan
Krevlor almost panics for a moment... these mutants only had two arms... they weren't even as big as Dunc! "Eat lasbolt mutties!" Krevlor aims and shoots his longlas at the big one on overcharge mode! Diane fired off a paniced shot.
Notch nearly bottles it but stands firm - and shoots!
"BITE LAS, MUTIE!"
Legs working like the pistons that Jak wished they were by the time they reached the top, he silently and laboriously follows the others up the darkened stairs.
Recognizing the voices as non-humans, Jak's servo arm unfolds and clamps a couple of times. The motion is very reminiscent of someone loosening their muscles before a strenuous task.
Unfazed by the severely aberrant appearance of the foes, Jak calmly raises his lasgun to his shoulder and opens fire.
Davien freezes in surpirse at the green coloured mutants.
Hit to the right leg
Hit to the chest
The three visible Green monsters shoot at the group, the smaller ones with pistols and the Hulking one with a lightening gun.
Notch is hit in his leg by a pistol shot and Duncan take a lightening blast to the chest.
Two more monsters run around the corner, one with a large machine gun(red) the other with the cutting torch (Blue)
Order
Duncan
Davien
Jak
Notch
Krevlor
Green men
Duncan bellows as he manages to dodge directly into the blast, sparks and scorch smoke cascading off his front. He charges forward, and fires his weapon into the closest of his foes. He screams their cry back at them.
3 success or 4 if hulking enemy.
Body, body, arm, head if hulking.
Davien pulls a denethor and flees back down the stairs. Tales of these mutants returning from his childhood.
Krevlor's hand starts to move towards his medkit but then Dunc starts to charge off. That wound will have to wait... "No more shooting Dunc with that gun muttie!"
Jak sights carefully down his las gun and fires again into the biggest ork calling calmly for his comrade to add his own las fire.
"FRACK, THAT HURT! FRACK YOU BACK!", Notch yells in pain and anger as he shoots at the small one who shot him!
blue
A blow to the target’s body steals the breath from his lungs. The target can take only a Half Action on his next Turn.
Yellow
-8
Big
The blast of energy sears the flesh and bone of the target’s leg, leaving a nasty burn scar. The target may not
Run or Charge for 2 Rounds.
The closest Ork's run causes him to dodge 2 of Duncan's shots but the rest catch him knocking the wind out of him.
Notchs las fire hits the Ork causing damage.
Krevlor las fire burns the leg of the large Ork causing it to stumble
The orks charge at the party but don't reach you yet
The big ork and the machine gun Ork fire widely but hit nothing
Krevlor keeps firing at the lumbering figure. "DIE MUTTIE!"
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Duncan continues to spray down his enemies with reckless abandon. All the while echoing the noise they made.
I am rethinking my whole build path.... Obviously meant to be a sniper.
Head Head Arm Body Arm Body
two furies
Seeing the muties charging their position, Notch prioritises shooting the closest!
Jak and Notch badly hurt an Ork (Yellow)
Davien continues running
Krevlor switches his longlas back to the standard setting while he waits for a clear shot and tries to put the mutant down...
[ooc]27.BS+10.Aim+10.Accurate+10 Single Shot+5 Volley Fire+5 Custom Grip+2 Modified Stock.+30 Point Blank Range. Shooting into Close Combat -20=79[/dice]
Notch levels his lasrifle at the nearest mutant and keeps firing!