Real life matters so much more, I do hope it all gets easier for you soon. I'm only just getting back into the swing of things now as it is.
Search Posts
Nalthos draws his falchion. [smaller]"I will close to engage in melee. At the least it will disrupt their attempts to command the machine spirits."
Nalthos nods and picks up the shield and made a silent vow to put it to good work so as not to offend the arbites spirit. "Will someone else be going on point to try to deceive anyone inside, or should I move in first to draw fire and begin an overt assault?"
"Whats that I heard a tech priest say before, 'The Flesh is Weak'? This provides solid cover." Nalthos tries to position himself and the lasgun to avail of such cover.
"Very well, I will go wherever is deemed most dangerous if no other factor determines my location."
Nalthos Don's his armour once more. "I imagine the machine spirits of the microbead will not be able to carry our voices that far? I would suggest a full group of us going to the array lest we get sumped down for lack of firepower."
Nalthhos picks up Caius' body taking about as much effort as a normal man would use to pick up a sleeping child. He would not allow them any opportunity to defile or profane his corpse. He then lurches with renewed speed towards the vehicle.
+5 Agility 250xp ...because an agility bonus of two is painful.
Nalthos shuffles forward his abnormal gait slowing his advance.
"Time to put our proper gear back on..." Nalthos shuffles towards their vehicle.
Nalthos looks around to see if there is a way to bar or barricade the door they just left, perhaps a waste refuge container.
Bar: Nalthos gives one last swing but at best wards away the minner before backing away after the others.
I'm also here and happy to continue.
Bar: The blow barely broke Naltos's skin but it had harmed him. Rather than strike out in reprisal against his attacker he focused on finishing off the barman.
In the Bar: Naltos draws his blade and strikes out at the bartender in retaliation for the attack on Caius.
Nalthos watched to see how things would play out with Havelock's ploy.
Bar Hoppers: Nalthos stiffled a yawn and stayed alert... if Caius gambit was to work he needed to hold back a bit for now.
Naltos nods and moves ahead of Havelock and beneath his scarf activates his microbead. "We're entering Sucker Punch." Without his lasgun he still had a pistol and a few bladded weapons of various sizes. "If things get rough we could try to move towards a sideroom of one kind of another to limit numerical advantage." He added without the microbead as he lumbered towards the entrance.
Congrats again and I'll say it again here. My posting will be near non existent from the 29th til the 3rd, just a heads up.
Yeah but that should be done prior to entry. Nalthos might make suggestions but as a mutant he knows he's not in charge.
"I'll go where I'm needed." Nalthos says though he turns towards the bars expecting to be part of the potential assault.
"Perhaps the vehicles could be sabotaged to incapacitate them or unleash the machine spirits cataclysmic wrath?"
"Ahead, the enforcer station is near the hab units. Disguises or assault, either way our path leads down that corridor."
I'm still about and trying to post, this week has been more hectic than most.
After listening for a while Nalthos adds almost sheepishly, which is probably very disturbing. "When my nature became clear the foreman looked at me with a certain degree of awe and jealousy. Any disguise I am wearing being less concealing might help convince them we are on their side if they recognise they we are unknowns."
Nalthos trudges back towards the vehicle and embarks.
Nalthos trudges out in front keeping an eye out for ambushes.
"I do not have the ordnance to destroy any shuttles they might have. Tech Priest Ptah's sway with the machine spirits is a more viable means of keeping the heresy contained."
Nalthos affixes his gas mask and moves onto the elevator...
"If it is an ambush I could stand in a more revealed location to draw fire. My unfortunate nature is unclear to them at such distance. Ill disciplined as they are they will likely go for the easier shot without thinking."
Nalthos keeps looking around. "How do you suggest we differentiate them from one another?"
Nalthos nods in agreement considering that after the surface is cleared potentially sending a vox message with a preliminary report might be on the cards. "So far they've been lightly armed but down below some of the mining equipment could be used as unwieldy but potent weapons."
Naltos stands vigil by the doorway in case more hostiles show up. "Where to next?"
Naltos gives the tech priest time to finish up, he waits at the door. When the others are ready he will turn the key and look into the room, using it as cover just in case an enemy lies within.
"We could double check the bodies, particularly the foreman prior to leaving this area. There might be an access ward or key that might expedite our movement through this place. So far they have shown only small arms, since we are not in a position to as easily maintain a discrete cover now that blood has been spilled perhaps I should be the one breaching doorways, as his shot displayed I'm more resistant to such due to equipment and other less savoury factors."
Nalthos shakes his head, the man was deluded and wished to choose corruption- embraced it even. "Techpriest there will be others if you go that route. Keeping him alive one way or another puts us all at risk. You might find this path of the Magos hard to tread if you're dead."
Nalthos looked at the man after being silent for some time. "When you saw my nature wretch you seemed impressed, does this thing gift these 'worthy' with mutation or allow such twists within the ranks of it's servants?"
Nalthos now much quieter since they were out of combat trudged meaningfully back to the gap in the wall where the foreman had been running. Standing to the side of the gap he leveled his lasgun and waited in case of enemy reinforcements.
Nalthos moves forward and stabs at the minner to no effect.
Nalthos moves forward, shuffling with a twisted haste.
Nalthos is knocked off his feet by the impact but otherwise seems unharmed. Turning his head to Balthazar he calls out. "Would you be so kind as to watch the prisoner. I'm going to draw their fire."
Getting to his feet Nalthos began to advance and called out to the miners "You better kill me before I get to you because I am going to KILL YOU!"
Naltos looks at the foreman "I don't have the time to knock you unconscious so it looks like if you don't want an extended period as a human shield you should start shouting at them to surrender." Hauling the smaller man upwards he started to advance in the direction of the trolley and it's reinforcements.
Nalthos rams the butt of his lasgun into the foreman's midsection pinning him place before bringing the rest of his weight to bare. "Manacles now so I can move to oppose the rest!" Nalthos tone is far more demanding than you have previously heard come from him... perhaps a bit rude even if it is a prudent idea.
"The Emperor protects!" Nalthos says with a sinister grin. Closing the gap he tried to grab a hold of the 'foreman'.
Nalthos' head rocked back a half inch... beneath his goggles his eyes narrowed on the man.
Nalthos slides off the back of the truck and moves up towards the front and the foreman. "Look while you sort this can I use some waste collection facilities?" He hoped the foreman would slow to convince him to go away or at the very least get the focus on him.
Ever vigilant Nalthos hears the meaning, with his weapon at the ready he gave the others a moment to process the situation but looked over his shoulder to keep apprised of the situation at the front of the truck.
Take care.
For initiative I'd definitely say group checks... for awareness we can get by without someone rolling but for initiative we'll always end up waiting on someone.
|