Brother Orson's page

"Good questions Brother Rann and Agent Caericius." He responds and shoots a quick glance at the silent companion in a hooded robe. "The first report came 10 solar cycles ago. The gang knows as the blackhearts went missing with no reports of violence in their sector.The comings and goings of gangers are of little importance so this went largely unnoticed until another gang called the Rathole jokers lost a considerable amount of men and vehicles. This time we had a location, it was near the wildsnake brewery topside near the Ash road. The Rathole jokers give allegiance to House Orlok and there was reports of battle between them and an unknown nomad force believed to have come from the wastes." As Brother Orson speaks he flicks on a monitor that barley comes to life and has low resolution. He points to various points on the map of Hive Primus provided.

"Then the Adeptus Arbites engaged the very same force alleged to have been seen fighting House Orlok previously. They took significant loses and were forced to call in reinforcements to push them back."

Brother Orson turns to Father Gathrix "Do you wish to show them what happened at the stranger's spire Father Gathrix?"

"Yes of course Honorable Astartes." Father Gathrix fumbles with the controls a bit before he is able to change the monitor to show an area of the Hive known as the Stranger's Spire. "As you know Necromunda is one of the rare worlds where xeno presence is tolerated. Some of my misguided colleagues went to spread the word of the God Emperor to these pathetic creatures in hopes of saving their souls. I warned them it would do no good, but their determination was admirable. They never returned, but the Eldar Wardens that police this area gave similar reports of wastelanders being responsible. We can only believe xeno lies so much though of course, so I sent in my own agent. She tracked down an old pipe system that lead deep into the underhive. The presence of an Ambull made her give up the hunt for now. "

"Lastly, Brother Carsten was on a recruiting mission in the Blood Needle Spire hab block 2071. His vox went silent at 0600 hours and his scout bike was never found. After a week long purge of the area we are still unable to account for his whereabouts but in the area he went missing an Ambull corpse was found. According the Ordo Xenos agents it appears to have been mutated or purposefully experimented on. They suggest it is possible the enemy has the ability to control these great beasts or at least direct them somehow." Brother Orson says stoically.

He looks at Agent Caericius"Hive quakes have remained constant. The incident involving the Van Saars experimental weaponry seems to have happened during a large quake, though it is undetermined if it was the cause or effect of the quake."

Brother Orson speaks before Father Gathrix has a chance to answer
the question asked of him "We have all been asked here because there is something going on here in the underhive. Inquisitorial agents and Imperial Fist scouts as well as entire gangs have been disappearing in the underhive without the usual explanations. Once we have specific evidence to the cause we will dispatch the appropriate Ordos for reinforcements, but until then it is just us. That is us and Sister Catherine, but she had other issues to attend to and could not wait any longer. Should you require her aid you can find her at the Ash Road Abby topside. I will remain here to act as control and judge evidence accordingly. Once I deem you have sufficient evidence we will begin the next phase. Father Gathrix will accompany you three and provide the Emperor's blessings. Questions?" Brother Orson stands with authority ready to answer questions, but you get the sense that he is not very patient.

You continue onward to the back of some ancient building that probably predates the first war of Araneus. Brother Orson wipes away dirt and grime around a 10' section of the ground revealing an Imperial Aquila. "Bunkers like these are rare and unreliable. Built in the ancient times. Stand close." He waits for you all to gather around him and he activates the right eye of the aquila. It spins, and you all with it and slowly drops down into the earth creating a cylinder into the ground about 12' deep. Suddenly a field is created above your heads and the cylinder moves rapidly down and suddenly stops.

The cylinder wall around you goes from being of earth to a transparent field. Out side of it you see inside an Imperial Bunker. There is some very old monitors and computer stations that seem to no longer be functioning. "We keep the systems powered down incase some lucky ganger should stumble upon this. The Van Saar came close, but the Delaque were paid to keep them occupied. You won't find much in the way of supplies here, they were seized long ago, but this is a rare spot where we can meet without being constantly harassed by lasfire."

"I hate comeing down here, but once I am here I enjoy the quiet." Father Gathrix says as he steps out of the translucent field into the bunker. "Allow me to introduce myself officially. I am Father Gathrix, we have a friend in common." The last part he says to Velatinius and he flashes an Inquisitional rosarius under his robes.

The first room of this bunker is 20'x20' in a octagon shape. There is a large table and chairs around it. There is several door ways leading out of the main room.

Your ambush worked and left the gangers drowning in their own blood.
You can recover 1 Frag grenade, 1 Las pistol, and one Industrial Bludgeon off the gangers. If you try to recover the bikes you know you will soon be overrun with Escher reinforcements.

"Good job Brother Markov, but we must hurry. This is only going to escalate tonight." He starts down a tight alley where you can only walk in a single file, stuck between the mountain of rubble and an old dilapidated building. "I suggest we stagger and spread. This was Van Saar territory before they caused this crater. Might be traps or mines, but we can't go the way we came from. The gangs are swarming to claim this area now. " Leadership: 9d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 4, 4, 2, 6, 6, 4, 5) = 42

You feel inspired. If you follow Brother Orson's instructions you will gain 1ED on Awareness to spot traps and mines and tech to disarm them. You will also gain 1 to your Defense when taking full defense to avoid blast damage from any traps set off.

Velatinius deftly moves about the debris and does so with great speed, however his verbose explanation of the current conflict eats any time gained by his athletic prowess.

Normal Human succeeds at the task with no complications.

Going to continue, If Markov can't make it down in time Brother Orson will assist him.

When you make it down, Brother Orson is waiting for you. He has a storm bolter in one hand an a siege auspex in the other.

"You are late marine." The gruff Astartes says as he extends his hand to Markov Rann." Sister Agnes had to leave. Brother Gathrix here decided to stay. " He points to an older man in green robes, which indicates he is of the Jade Spire Cathedral sect. One of the larger Cathedral Spires in Hive Primus with known ties to fanatical redemptionists.

"Follow me to the bunker, we have much to discuss. Lt. Weis of the Necromunda 8th is waiting for us there. Here Brother Markov, monitor the auspex while I take point. " He hands Markov the siege auspex which indicates local threats.