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Yes we did ;-) Lemme pull out some inspirational material on OW.
"Oh be quiet you two."
"Well he will have to wait. And bide his time. I trust that you can handle the General, Ioneyse." Silas swigs some more amasec. "The general will wait for the invasion to start before making his move. He will not be so overt as to depose the governor. He will put an assassin's bullet into him and step in. Putting the blame on xenos or someone else..." "But I am not into divination and don't truly know much hahahaha" "Neither do I know that Dante is the best chance for Damaris."
"Noted." "Our dynasty's contract is to defend this planet and not to worry about General Dante's ambitions." Silas swigs some amasec. "Oh and Master Ludicus, kindly look after that Alpha Distillery. Their amasec is truly to my liking."
"I do care about the image our dynasty projects. We can ill-afford turning on our contracting partner in this case the governor. That being said, this planet is presently under crisis. Surely, the general can be convinced that it is to his best interest to be the hero before attempting to gain the rulership of this planet. Do you see my point?" "Do what has to be done to convince him to wait. It is in his best interest."
"Let's call a brief recess, gentlemen." Silas swaggers to the nearest decanter. They may think me drunk but the levels of my tolerance are quite high. "Lord-Captain Locke, might I have a brief word with you?" In a private corner, Silas whispers, "House Tyr is making this all or nothing gamble. Have you made the same bet as we have?" Silas holds Lord-Captain Locke's gaze for a moment, not a challenge but an assurance of his earnestness.
"My apologies, gentlemen. I am but attempting to seek a solution. But clearly that is beyond our present allotted time and resources, as Governor Kapak and General Dante have pointed out." "The Outriders it is, gentlemen. The Emperor protects." "Any other matters we should consider?"
Silas nods and smiles at Governor Kapak to encourage him. "Let's give the Lord Governor our full attention, please."
Silas whispers: "Iago, I believe that the governor would be able to apply leverage that the general cannot. I have spoken with him and I found a kindred spirit. He will be up to the task." He adds: "To go on executive session to exclude the other stakeholders will only heighten distrust to the detriment of our common goal." "Governor Kapak, you have charged our house to defend Damaris and in our discourse you have committed yourself personally to doing all that is necessary to keep Damaris safe, did you not?" "Can we count on you to address your people and ask them to seek safety and shelter behind the walls? Ask them to uphold the common good of Damaris."
"We can ill-afford to be distracted from our defense of Damaris. By doing this evacuation now, we avoid that problem when the orks are here. As to opposition, I have just outlined a carrot and stick approach to the problem." Silas smiles confidently. "Any other matter to consider?"
"Yes, a unit will be detached, of course, to implement the forced evacuation. But that is to implement that plan and not to stay behind and meet the orks in a futile battle." "Is my intent clear to all?" Silas meets the eyes of his audience.
Silas gives the matter much thought before saying: "Our priority is to hold Damaris at all costs. That said, it is more feasible to forcibly evacuate these people behind the walls than to spare a regiment who will die needlessly in a fight that could be avoided. Gentlemen, we may all die in the defense of Damaris but we will sell our lives dearly and not foolishly." Silas scratches his chin and continues: "... and tell those who will be evacuated that House Tyr will help them rebuild... once the crisis is over provided that they help defend Damaris." "They can be our auxilliary."
"I hear you, Commander." Silas whispers back. "Truth to be told, her words do resonate with my own beliefs. That is: we must confront this aggression with no quarter given. Hence, we must meet the orks head-on." "Lord-Captain Locke, thank you for your presentation. Do we have other matters to consider?"
"Leave the sale part to me, Ludicus." Silas drains his amasec and pours another.
"Now about those stuffed orks, Ludicus, I do hope you've fumigated them before storage. I don't want an infestation of space lice bringing down the crew with plague or worse." "Bring a flamer when you check them. Just in case."
"Gentlemen," Silas nods at Nacht and Iago. He then finishes his amasec and refills his goblet again as he muses over the system map. The key will be denying the orks a foothold.
"Your optimism reassures me, Ludicus. But we will not have any stuffed orks onboard. Do I make myself clear?" says Silas in mock seriousness.
"It is good to be back, Commander." "Ludicus, you old dog, thirsty?" Silas offers a goblet of amasec. He then looks at the map. "I have seen the troop disposition and I concur with your assessments. Though I do not relish a ground war, if we can end it in space. But that is a fool's wish when dealing with orks."
"Welcome, Casimir and Ioneyse, I am pleased to see you here. We will be seeing more of each other in the days to follow, as you are now part of... the inner circle. There are no secrets nor censure when it comes to expressing your opinions on the matter at hand and know that I value your input."
Silas moves to the nearest decanter, "Might I offer you some amasec? It's quite excellent, you know."
"Gentlemen, I take it that the planning is going smoothly... and I see new faces. Please introduce yourselves."
Yours truly will deploy on the Aeternum.
friend request sent
don't see your friend request, AK. profile pic is of me and my girlfriend. perhaps u can send me your email so i can send the friend request.
had problems in RL and the game slipped from my mind since last i remember you were still having RL issues. anyways, lucky to be back... but... what????!!! i'm in a duel???!!! whose wife did i deflower???? and do i have a second on this one?? at least formal duels do require seconds. for future reference, i can always be reached on facebook just look for me under the name "Rodello Buado"
Just so u know m posting from my cell
while we're waiting for AK to get up to speed, any1 here interested in playing a bit of DW?
Ahoy, maties.
hehehe offer a signing bonus that'll speed the hiring process hehehe
Hello. Any1 wanna give Rogue Trader another shot?
"Governor, if you have anything on the General... something that would make him pliable, now would be the time to tell me about it. He is proving a very difficult and uncooperative fellow. We don't want to have a showdown of who should lead Damaris' defense. You are Damaris' leader and my House is your hand in this."
"Sorry about that governor. I didn't want to bother you with my House's internal affairs hehehe. But Navis is correct. Commander Iago will be leaving the party." "But as to the matter I wanted to discuss with you, I want to keep that between us." "Don't worry, Navis is and has always been a paragon of discretion."
Silas excuses himself from the governor before replying to Iago: "Don't make any offers we are not prepared to deliver, Commander. Though you can always say you have to check with me first." Silas sends over the microbead.
Am still here. Will see this through to the end.
"My thoughts exactly, governor. Perhaps we can discuss more on the subject in a more private surrounding." "Oh and your speech was inspiring, governor."
Move to my country. We have a four day weekend coming up :-)
Welcome back. We'll get this show back on track and shifted to high gear, hopefully soon.
i envy you. i wish i can afford to go on a vacation ;-) btw I am doing a survey/interest check on DeathWatch in the recruitment forum.
i sympathize with you. m usually on call 24/7
alright let's move on. unless some1 here isn't telling me that they are an impersonator-assassin....
Loss of morale may be a problem unless the blame can placed squarely on the orks. At which point revenge and overall outrage should outweigh any sadness people may feel about the general's death.
enjoy bro. guys, i want to change gears on this general. instead of wooing him as we have been trying to do. how about we eliminate him and install our own man? do you think that is feasible? possible negative impact? thoughts....
Silas raises his glass to his advisers, "Gentlemen and lady, here's to an endeavor worthy of remembrance."
Yo guys, how's it hanging?
yo AK. how you doin' now?
Silas nods at his advisers' words. He turns to Navis and whispers: "Navis, get your 'consultants' out there. I want a complete dossier on those two ready before we resume any further advance."
"Again, you speak a lot of sense. Keep up the excellent work." Silas smiles and nods his head in the direction of the general and the commander. "Those two will be a big problem." "Perhaps a tour of the Aeternus will help prove to them the value of our help."
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