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I am sorry to say that I am going to have to absent myself from the boards for awhile. Some real life things have come up, and I can't take the time to play or run any games. Sorry to let you all down like this. I have enjoyed playing with you all and hope my leaving won't be too much of an inconvenience. To those of you in my Skull and Shackles game I can't tell you how sorry I am to disappear on you all like this. I said I would finish at least the first book of the AP but it just isn't possible right now.

When they enter the reactor space Morgan moves to the back of the group. Believing that attacks are now likely to come from that direction.

I believe stealth now would be meaningless. We must rely on speed instead. Quickly Brother Vittore guide us to the reactor. Morgan says as he exchanges his partially used clip for a new one.

Morgan fires his bolter a short burst at the furthest Tau warrior.

Semi-auto Burst(53 BS+10): 1d100 ⇒ 37 2 rounds strike the Tau's right leg
damage: 2d10 + 5 ⇒ (10, 9) + 5 = 24 5 penetration per round 10 penetration total.
damage: 2d10 + 5 ⇒ (7, 6) + 5 = 18

His autogun useless against the armored fire caste Morgan steps to the side to clear the way for others to engage the enemyand switches his autogun for his bolter.

initiative: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 are they wearing armor?

"Of Course Brother." Morgan replies to Vittore's request. "Has it worked? Did you learn any thing of use? Where to find this ships power plant would be useful to know."

"Since it was your idea brother Vittore you can do the honors. Let us move to the other side of these preasure doors before you remove your helmet though. Breathing vacum can be problematic. Morgan grabs one of the slain Xenos by the leg and drags it through preasure door. He waits for the others to join him on the otherside of the door. With his autogun up ready to eliminate any of the enemy that might happen along.

to stop the depressurization don't we just have to close the doors of the airlock. we could just go through the preasure door the xenos opend and close it behind us. We can't eat any part of anyone in a depressurized area. Though we may be able to figure out where to go to place the explosives if we do.

didn't think they would last long. Oh well.

Morgan takes a minute to search the two dead xenos for items of use. looking for key cards etc.

perception(41): 1d100 ⇒ 35

initiative: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Morgan fires a short burst at the xeno on the right with his autogun. The silenced weapon chuff softly as Morgan sends three rounds into the xeno's body.

semi-auto burst(53 BS +10): 1d100 ⇒ 13 all three rounds hit
damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

depreasurization is only a problem for the xeno scum that don't have spacesuits.

"We must move quickly brethren. The decompression of this section will alert the enemy to our presence." Morgan says as they hurry towards the bow of the ship.

we have to cut through the preasure doors to leave this section? Morgan is behind Vultur so third inline.

so why did we break into the Tau ship if we are just going to go back to the Xyclorian ship? We could have just cut through the hull from the assault pod. I was under the impression we were gonna find a way to destroy the Tau ship then assault the Xyclorians

Morgan slips in the airlock after Vittore his silenced autogun up at the ready.

which direction are we going left or right. which direction heads towards the stern of the ship?

This is not going to go well. Morgan thinks to himself as he watches the others fiddle with the airlock on the Tau ship. He checks his bolter and autogun again and wishes he had the claymore he left back at the watch fortress.

There was no chance of us opening that airlock was there?

When the oath has been taken Morgan speaks up. "Brothers, I would make an additional oath to all of you. I swear that should any of you fall in battle I will do everything in my power to recover your gene-seed so it may be returned to your chapters or die trying. I would also ask that if I should fall one of you will take my reductor and extract my gene-seed that it might be returned to my chapter on Sacris."

"I must respectfully disagree in this circumstance. I feel attacking the Xyclorians now we risk failing to complete our objective of eliminating the Tau water caste Envoy. Which is our primary objective for this mission. When the Tau arrive they will communicate with the Xclorians if the Xyclorians fail to respond correctly the Tau will leave and we will lose our chance to carry out our mission. I recommend we wait until bolth vessels have arrive and talk have begun."

"Not I." Morgan says. "I have enough to do trying to keep you all alive."

Oath of Glory or Oath of Knowledge work for me. Don't particularly want to be leader because I have never played a deathwatch game before.1d10 ⇒ 9 incase it is decided to roll for leadership.

"It is believed that the Tau are sending a "Messenger" Class Escort. Cruisers are a commodity that cannot be spared for what they consider a simple contact mission."

At this Morgan looks up from the Dataslate. [b]"Really? just an Escort class ship. They either do not think much of this envoy or they are unsure of how they will be recieved by the Xyclorians and do not want to risk a larger ship. It does make our job simpler though. Patrolling Baracuda fighters would have made the insertion interesting."[b]

you could go with autogun and a silencer Vittore. Autoguns don't work well against armored targets though. Mag boots are apparently built into the armor. As an apothecary I don't think Morgan can lead the kill team. Any extra req we could use on extra demo charges.

"If we do not wish our involvement in the deaths of the Xyclorian and Tau envoys to be known. Then limiting the Xeno ships ability to communicate with anyone outside the immediate area, and making it impossible for them to flee must take priority. It may be wise for us to wait to strike until the ships docked together. If we can then arrange several explosions on the Tau vessel it may be possible to decompress both vessels which will through our enemies into a state of panic and confusion thereby increasing the chance of our successfully completing our misson. If possible destroying the Tau vessel with planted explosives would enable us avoid having to fight the Fire Warrior security force during the boarding action." Morgan says thoughtfully. "The Tau are likely to send an "Emissary" class cruiser to transport the envoy. I wonder if it would be possible to cut through the hull and plant explosives on their drive with out being detected?" The apothecary is focused on the dataslate containing the mission briefing and could be talking to himself.

How is this for a plan. We slip in and plant explosives on the Tau ship. Then we cut through the hull of the Xyclorian ship, and we blow the Tau ship at the same time. That way we don't have to worry about the Fire warriors coming to save the Tau envoy. We will have to completely destroy both ships anyway since we don't want to leave any evidence behind.

Argus is right the soles of the armor can be magnetized to function like Mag-boots. So I am going to drop the Mag-boots and take a Diagnostor Helmet instead. cost is 15 Requisition so I only have 1 to contribute to the group pool.
My revised list is
90mm Autogun cost N/A
Silencer cost 3
Red-dot Laser sight cost 10
Astartes combat knife cost 3
Diagnostor Helmet cost 15
Injector cost 3
Deadlock (toxin) cost 10
Stummer cost 5
Inhalation Grenadex3 (Deadlock toxin)cost N/A *Rites of Battle table 3-5 I don't know if I have to get the toxin seperate from the grenades.

that makes a total of 26 extra requisition. Corbulo's 13 and 13 from Morgan. I would recomend it be used on medical equipment or explosives. Unless one of the others has a gizmo they really want that could save our colective bacon.

the Astartes Webber in Rites of Battle would be great for this mission but none of us have the renown to get it. So how are we going to do this. We want to keep it as quiet as possible for as long as we can? Or just go in guns blazing and make sure there are no suvivors. Also how do we bring back a sample of their sheild tech do they want the whole ship?

I will have to leave my claymore behind. There will be no room to wield it effectively onboard a ship. Morgan thinks to himself as the briefing continues. I will likely need to take charge of securing the Xeno. Deadlock toxin may be effective, and I am sure the inquisition wouldn't mind a live specimen to interogate. He makes several notes on his dataslate and transmits them to the Armory. With luck the things he has requested will be ready for him to pick up by the time the briefing is over.
Requisition for Apothecary Morgan:
90mm Autogun cost N/A
Silencer cost 3 *A Silencer is not usable on a bolter. it can only be used on autoguns, autopistols, and sniper rifles.*
Red-dot Laser sight cost 10
Astartes combat knife cost 3
Astartes Magboots cost 3
Injector cost 3
Deadlock (toxin) cost 10
Stummer cost 5
Inhalation Grenadex3 (Deadlock toxin)cost N/A *Rites of Battle table 3-5

Do Deathwatch apothecaries wear black armor too, or do they keep the customary white?

Morgan was talking about the Xyclorian geno warrior, not the water caste Tau.

Is the Xeno Warrior wanted alive or will a corpse do? The Storm Warden Apothecary asks from the back of the group. It is the most words any of you have heard him speak in the entire time any of you have known him. He is not much different from many battle brothers. Average height and weight for an Adeptus Astartes. His choice to wear his hair long in a a manner that can only be assumed to be related to what ever culture his chapter recruits from sets him apart from the others int he room except for maybe the battle brother from the Space Wolves.