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[DISCONTINUED] In the Beginning, There Was Man (WH40k x SC)

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aledeth said:
Just a minor quibble about some of the fluff: Power Weapons don't use Electricity. It's just a magic "Power Field" that disrupts any matter it touches, no explanation on how it actually works. They work just as well in a vacuum as they do on land, so I can't imagine a reason why water would make them suddenly less functional.

Though TBH I've never seen underwater combat in 40K Fluff EVER, so if you've seen Power Weapons fail when submerged then I've got nothing to complain about.
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There was underwater combat against Tau. Turns out Land Riders can operate fee km under water with no problem (they are also air dropable thanks to sone derivation of hover tech or grav chute but that is unrelated).
 
torrmercury said:
Peace In Our Time

6d20 = 15, 16, 20, 6, 6, 18
+ 22 (Omake bonus)
Major Success Overall!​

Jim Raynor has nothing to hide. He's seen to it that you receive an answer to every question that you pose to the two men, even when Leroy Jenkins refuses to answer. Where Jenkins is evasive, Raynor is forthcoming. Where Jenkins is accusatory, Raynor is accepting.

You quickly find that you like the rebel much more than Commodore Jenkins.

Still, that does not solve the issue of the Zerg Leviathan floating within striking distance of Eden. Especially since both Terran commanders corroborated the information they had on the Zerg.

Consulting with some of the officers littered about the Might's bridge, you find that the Swarm is very similar to the Tyranids from home. The main difference is that there is currently a human derived intelligence that leads the biological monstrosities.

You take your time to weigh your choices and the potential outcomes, while leaving the Fabricator and Corvus to speak with the Terran commanders and monitor the Leviathan.

You only pray that whatever the Zerg came for is not Eden.
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Ok...
torrmercury said:

You are Jim Raynor, and you think to yourself that Malcador is a pretty swell guy. He's extremely intelligent, cunning, and unassuming all the while making choices any good commander would make. He obviously cares for those under his command, and is more than willing to give strangers a chance. You've seen no duplicity from him so far, and all of the diplomatic ploys he's used are ones that you would use yourself (had you actually thought of them).

While you're more than happy to try and gain another ally for the cause, especially one that you see obviously cares about his people, you're also leery of the titles being thrown around on the Imperium's side. Lords and Ladies, Emperor and Empress? That raises your hackles.

Still though, everyone you've talked to so far seems to be of the decent sort. The Fabricator General would probably get along fantastically with Rory and Egon and you know that you and the Lord Exodus will get on like two peas in a pod, so if this smattering of nobility from the Imperium is representative of most of them, you'd be happy to ally.

You sigh internally. But, caution demands that you gain more intel first.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand of course, there's still that Leviathian to worry about.

"Uhh, hey everyone? What are we doing about the Zerg? I know that the hive is just sitting there, but it's going to move soon. Also, I hate to be the one to broach this topic again, but what are we doing about the Dominion's traitor? They're set to arrive in about a minute."

Yep. Diplomancy at it's finest. Play the fool, hold out a velvet glove, and have a sucker punch ready in case you need it.

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Heh heh heh.
torrmercury said:
2d6 = 1, 1
+ 15 (Omake bonus)
Major Success!​

Ghosts are supposed to be the epitome of the Dominion military. Extremely capable individuals with powerful psionic abilities, equipped with cutting edge technology, able to do what no others can.

You and your squad certainly don't feel like that.

It's just been one mistake after another, one shit storm after another. Though you can say that luck is not on your side, it's the inexperience that's really killing you. You have been working on incomplete information, making less than stellar choices, and have not been resting well. All in all, you've led your team into a cluster fuck of such epic proportions that only the Emperor can save you now.

And so you pray.

And so your team prays.

And suddenly, there is a glimmer of Light that embeds into each and every one of your souls. A burning presence that leaves a searing scar across the matter that makes up you. But just as soon as that pain begins, it slowly starts to subside, and a soothing Light replaces it on the forefront of your senses. The burn is salved, and you can feel the bastion of strength that you can now call upon to supplement your own.

Weakened and tired as the Emperor is, He still gave you a piece of Himself to guard your soul against corruption. And, unless you missed your mark entirely, the Empress's influence is shielding your mind. You've heard that in the final stages, all Ghosts go through a mind wipe, and you give thanks that that will never to you. You give thanks that that can no longer happen to you, thanks to the Empress.

The souls that you saw are beautiful. In the brief moment that you were able to touch the psychic presence that makes up your Sovereigns, you understood what they gave you.

You start to cry.

The ship arrives, and the only thing you can see through your tears is the flagship of the Emperor.

The Might of the Omnissiah.

The comms console starts to blip.
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<4. So beautiful.
torrmercury said:
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The Zerg Leviathian remained motionless for 7 tense minutes and in that time, you order the techpriests to broadcast various signals at it in an attempt to communicate. You reason that if there is a once human that now controls the Zerg, you could probably parley with them, assuming they are reasonable beings. Of course, they are still xeno and hence must be treated with caution, but an attempt never hurts.

1d12 = 9 --> + 5 (Icipall's bonus) = 14
Major Success​

...and speaking of attempts, you have finally received back an audio signal from the Zerg.

"Ṯ̟̰̠̰̲͚̄ͭ̒͋̈̕h͕̏̈̓̈̈́̅͢͡è̫̱̙ͮ͒̀͜͠ͅ ̢̻͈ͭ̿ͭͧͫ̚ḧ́͘͏̮̜ű̢̬̩̫̩m̸̼̌͗a͖̯͋̽͌͛ͭͦ̑̇̀n͋̊̊͛̒͑̐҉̸̖̱̮͈̻ͅ ̗̣̺̻͚̄ͦͦ͊ͮ͗̓̀ă̸̞̘̦̝͖̘̱͙̜̑ͯṯ̬̭̖̺̣̦͔͛͆͊͗͋̾͢t̥̯͉̄̍ͭ͠e̴͔̺̘͉͚̩̮̳͖̊̀͐ͭ̿̽̈ͮ́͡m̦̰̄̓̈́ͣp̶̷̟̈́͐͗̿͆͝ţ͔̺̮̩̳̘̦̭̙̂ͯ̉ͯ̋͆s̸̀͏̱̗̬̝̳ ̰̠̓͂̈͆̆̃ͤ͊tͯ͏͏̸͓̬̥͖o͚͕̱͉ͮͯ͘ ̢̻̄͌̽̈ͯ͡ͅs̼͉̲ͫͩ̽̈̽̏̀̔͆͟p͓͈ͫ̑̍̔̎͋ͦ̏̚͟͡͡ę̴̹͖͙̦̦̦̏̇̔̈́ͤa̧ͧ̽ͩ͋́̊̆͢͏͚̩̮̣̼͓kͥ̚͢͏̸͖͍͍̥͇͉̥̹ ̵̟̰̣̗̲̭̓ͬ̍̈́ͪ͆͛͢͟w̠͕̹̻̥̓̾̇͆̀ͅi̤̺̩ͬ̅͊̔ͤͣ̑ͤ͝ͅt̶͍͕̅ͩ̀̓͑̚̕͠ḩ̰͍͓̯̟̞͎͑͑́͒̆͐̒̀ ̬͙̜͇ͦ͑̀͊ͧ̾͞ͅt̯͖͍͆ͯ̓̾ͨ̄̄̓̔͜͡͡h̶͈̼͗͛̈̅è͙͈̲͕͚̲̞̖͍ͨ̒ͭ͌̉̾̍ ̘̝͍̌̑̏ͥ̈Š͙̲͖̘̖̿̀̊ͭ̈́̒͒̊͘w̵͚̞͍̌ͮ͑ͫ̅ͮ̇ͬ́a̧̺̘̬̥̬͐͌̌̒ṟ̴̮̟̹͐̽m̸̗̟̲̻̗͇̩̻̀̽͘͡?̞̜̇ͫͅ ̴̤͚̓̽ͩ̌̔̐ͭ͟T͎̣͈͙̬̱͎̰̍͐͗͛ͫ͞͡h̐ͦ͏̨̲͎͓̱̪̭a̦̲ͨẗ̝͓̤̖͕̜̍̂̈́͑ͧ ̵̹̜̻̞͇͈̬̫̃̔̋̈́̊̌͂͜i̴͕̜̱͙͊͝ş̴̰̽ͪ͋͝ ̜̼͔̙̼ͪͪ͛͌͆̈́̊̆ͨǹ͂́̾̌̈ͅẹ̶̡̯̤͔̫̜̇ͫͣ̔̎̊̇̑̏w̤͚̰͇͖͓̯̋̀ͣͧ͆̏ͧͣ͟.̵͉̖̩̬̈̓̕ ̩̤̲͚̼̯̑̓̋ͦͩͭ̔ͅS̴̻̓͛̃͂̾ͫ̓̔̆͡p̡͓͙̼̼̦̻̾͝ͅe̴͉̙͓̳̹͓̩͑̋ͪ̅̄ͪ̎͂͠ȃ̭͈͇̥̥̩̪̤̎̐́̚͞͠k̛͖̘̜ͨ̆ͫ̾̌ͯͭ ̱͕̼̣̙̱̹̻̎̒̀͆͂̽̓͜t̢̜̥̯̱͉̟̮͇̏͝h̜̰̙̳͖͂͊̓ȅ̴͎̬̘̞̙̖̜ͤ̏̎̉ͅn̷̷̟̟͍̤͈̥͍̥ͮ́ͩ̂͋͢ͅ.̹̻̭̖̮͎̮̆ͩ͑ͪ̊̽ͮ̚͢ ̞̅ͭ̍͂W͚̓͑ͪ̀͒̇͘͟͡h̘͔̠̙͙̠̤̘ͪ͋̈̇ͥͨ͗ͦ̅̕a̯̗̙̝̼͕͔͔̓̑ͪ̒̌ͩṭ̶̼̰͕̈́̒ͤ̽̾̚͜ ͍̝̲̓͂͊̌͂̀i̠͎̩̗͂̀ͣ͜s̪̳̼̝̞̲͈̊͌͠͞ ͙͇̖͚̼͇̩̭͋ͧͦͨi̡͇͉ͦ̐ͭ͜ͅt̖͋͛ͪ̏͌ͪ͢ ̷̡̜͎̳͈̤͐͗̋ṭ̖ͯͥ́̈́̓͌̐h̨̧̢̞͕̬ͮ̽̂͊̄ą̶͍͇͍̰̣̬̘̊̉̂͂ͨ͘ṯ̠̖̞̭͈̦̻̮͒̈̅̐̔ͨ̓͢ ̲̣̟̺̱̳͆͂̉̕͟y̸̞͍̞̘̙̌̃ͧ͋͑̚ǫ̸͇̲̹̯͕͉̣̮͉͑ͦͦ̽ͣͪ͂ṵ͔́̊̈́ͫ͐̾͋̚ ̠͓̰͇̤̪̬̼̐ͭͣͦ͊̏w̽̀̕͏̴̹̖ͅi͖͙͔̤̤̪̤̠͑ͣͮ͢s̨̛̭̙͎̺̺̥͔̆̍ͅh̛̝̺̠̯̣͚̖͔̳ͭ͑́͂̈́̉ͬ̚ ̓ͬ͊͛̉̾̓͡͏͎̟͚̗̺͚͍̤t̤̣̹͚͔̮̤̞̊̔̇̽̈́o̶̸͈̼̫̲̥̖ͧ̒̍͗̓̽̃͟ s̬̥͈̤̦̣͇̹̠ͨ̋á͉͉̖̱̮̣̝̳͊̔ͅy̸̝̼̞̲̝̱̭̓̽́̋͌͒̀ͅ?̶̡͇͙̩̭͔̈́͂̃ͥ̓̏͞"

"Greeting Zerg, I am Malcador the Sigillite of the Imperium. With whom am I speaking to?"

"Ÿ̟̩̯̦̙̬́̈̾̋̾́ͅö̡̝̯̫̲̬̦͕̪͐̀̚ų̤̫̰̪̯͖͙̀̿͠ ̴͈͋̃͋̇̚͝m̷̥͚͍̫̹̦ͩ̄ͪ̀̍ͩ̽ͧ͛̀͟a̷̷̢͙͚͍̤̔̚ỳ̨̯͕̝̟̆ ̛̥̙̟̻͔̤͈͑̊̇̈͋̋̕c̵̴͕̻̍̿̾ͪa̢͖̙̲͊̾ͮ̉̚͢l̶̬̠̞͈̤̲͂ͦ̓̓͛̍ͥ̀̚l̝͉̜͔̗̬̥ͪ͐ͬ̔̑ͭ͢͝ ̷̨̲̜̮̟̤̫̭͈͊̽̃ͨ̉̑ͥ̍m̷̖̳̉ͦ̌̍ͧͨe̸̞̲͉̦̯͈̦͕͌ͮͮ͒̕ ̲̬͖͊̇͊ͧ̉ͨ͒́ͅN̡̥̪̰̣̤̜͉̒ͨ̎ą̛͉̩̱ͥ̌̈͆ͪ̾ͪ̀̚ḡ̖̤̳̙̹̃ͭͥ͋̐a͚̰̱̗̥͎̋͑ͧ̾͗ͧ.̵̫͔̬̻̪̙̻̔͋̏̀ ̭̙̮͓̤͓̈̀̚Ĩ̳̙̫̺̬̻̺̍ͦ͂ͬ͂͝ ̄͏̬̖̙͈͈̠ā̬̘̂̒̄̂̔̚͝m̊͋̾͆̂͆̈́͏̩̝̖͓̟͚̮̩̰ ͎̞͉̊̓̅̔͗̉͠m̽ͧ̐̏̈҉͚̜̤̬̯͎̼̻a̧̟̩͇͗ͧͯ͜͝s̩̩̞̬̔͊̓ͫͧ̔̌ͧt̪̰͕̖͙̟̫̗͛͋͌ͮ͠é͍͎̮͓ͣ͞ͅr͂̉̇̍͂ͤͧͪ͏̮̩̻̠ ̵̶̡̩ͧ̌ͦo͓̯͛̉́ͨ̌̓̒͢f̵̘̖̜̦̠̽ͮ͗̂͌̌ͦ ̧̘̠͓̲̳̣̃ͭ̔͝ẗ̬͓͙̯̹̫́ͅh̨̦̻̜̯ͨͬͦi̸̪̠̪͍̣̫̋̃͌̾̎̐s̸̆̾͘͏̠̬̩͖̩ ̾͒̚҉̬̦̫̩̼b͍̺̪͓̐̈́͋̐͆̈́͝ȑ̸͉̭ͭ͑͋̔͐̔͗͢o̵̳̫ͨ͌́͊͠o̴̰̯̾͊̾̐̀͂̆ͣ͌͝d͚̱͖̖̩̼̠̊.̼̰̻̓͌͂͑ͭ̈́͘"

"Then, greetings Naga. I would like to ask, what is your objective here? This is Imperial space, and we would rather not have hostilities break out so close to our civilians. Though we do not wish to fight, we shall if you engage first."
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3d20 = 13, 18, 11
Moderate Success Overall​

A bizarre, almost haunting, laughter sounds over the vox.

"M̙̙̙̠̲̫ͧ͌ͪ̏ͫ̒̃ý̴͈̫̺͓̙͈̙̦̏͊ͮ́̕ ̥͕͎͎͕̣͊͒͂̎ͫ͋͜ĝ͇͇͉̰̼̖̟̣ͬ̂̅ͪͪ̆͞o̶̹͇͚̩ͤ̉ͦͬa̼̦̝͎̼̦͋ͩͯ͌́l̡̯̞̀̊̏ͮ͝,̵̛̗͚̖̞̭̞̺̟̰ͦ̈́̉̕ ̹̪̖͖̩͉̑̿̂̕͟y̼̠͋ͦ̎͐̏̊͠ỏ̟͎̤̓͘ư̵̫̟̻͇̩̝̎̒̄ͧͬ̃ͮ͜ ͭ̓҉͘͏̦̱̹̜̱̲̲̣a̵͚̘̭̠̰̥͛́͝s̭͕ͬ͌̽̕͜ͅk̴̮̖̟̯̬̼̹ͬ̇̍̍͒̿ͬͤ̀?̢̱̬̥̓̂̑̓͠ ̺̤͉͖͕ͦ̓̊̾ͣ̈͡͝T̢̡͇̠̃ͨ̒ẖ̛̝̮̝̮͖̎͛̌̒̽̋͟ͅḙ̢̺͓̻̳̉́̃ͬ̊ͦ ̃̍͏͍̼̥͔̹̫Q̨̜̖̟̳̖̫̗ͥ̅̓͆̊ͤ̇͞u̟̲͈̳͓̩̬͉̾́͢ḙ̡͈͇͓̮̎ͪͥ̚͜ę̤̻͈̠͕ͩͪͧ̽n̶͖̺͓̳͓̮̾ ̶̲̬̄ͬ͋͋ͮ̎ȍ̷̬̹̹͙̪̭̎̀͢f̶̢̮̙̓ͅ ̴̧͔͔͚̹̹̭͗ͅB̍̔͢͏̲̯͈̟̲͟l̵̝̟̒̈́̆̽ͩͪ̈ͩ̊ͅa͐́̀ͪ̃̌̀҉͚͍͎̬̘ḑ̵̝͖̣̻̤̩̦̗̪̏ͨ̈́̏ͮ̏͋̚͢e͔͓͕̭̻ͥͫ̋ͫ̚͡ş̶̝̖͉̺̙͚͒̒̎̏ ̷͎̻̰̗͎̖̂h̞̻͔ͤ̆ͧ͒̚͝a̪͉̠̝̬̤̼͔ͨ̈́͌͛̀s͕̩͚̃̏ ̣̤͍̲̭̯̓̈́͊̿̂ͩ͊̂c̷̡̗͔̥̫̟̭ͦ͒̅ͬͪoͩ̈̐͏͏̥m̥̘̬͙̬̫̮̖̠̔ͤ̒͐͋ͣ͢m̴̷͕̳̣͈͕̯͇̈ͦ̈́ͬͣͪ̀̚ḁ͇͔̲͍̭̺͒̿͌ͣ̊ͬ͞͝ñ̷̝̣̻̩͔̈́͂̉͗̋ͫ͞d̷̘̰̘̤ͨ́e̗̍ͣḑ̭͈̞̙̬͒͌̌ͬͧ̾̓́͠ ̙̫͔̞̻͉͙͊ͨ̎̋̅̃ͯ̚m̶̠͖̮̰̿ͮ͗̋ͪͦͥ̚͝͞e͎̪͖͔ͫ͑̽̾̏͋̐̓͜ ̼̌ͧͫt̷̨̬̘͓̟͈̑ͥ͂̔̓o̢̠͙̜̪̳̻̰̲͉ͯ̿ͥ̈́̏̆́ ͕͚͍͕͂̂ͯ̽͌̂̚͝f̘͒ͣ̋͝i̽͆̉͞҉͍̠͔͖̣̬̟n̵̗͍̗̼͈̝̭̮̓͂dͬ̀̈ͫ̈ͣͧ҉̜͓̱͖͓͎̫̬̙ ͇̙͖̠ͤ̿ͪͯ̓̕͜t̳͕ͣ̒ͩͨ̈́͑ͤḥ̛̹͕̙̭͊̏̐͗̈́̀e̴̠͖̻̙̠̟ͧ̂̂̈ͤ͊̾̿̕͝ ̷̤͔̘ͩ̄͞p̹̖͙̤͈͓̪ͮ͗ͫͯͮ̑̐ͤs͎̮͑̄̄͟y̞̤̻̹ͨ̅ͪ̈ͫͥ͞c̣̺̈́̓́̀ḥ̤̝͎͐͊͡ĩ҉̩̟͙͎̖c̭̮̯̭̹͉̤̓̃͆ ̤̽ͦͦ̉ͮ̇̓͡à̶̶̷̞̣͒̆̾͆̇̽b̴͕̰͇̝͆̃̽̈́ͬ̆e̦̼̮͉̮ͪ̇ͩ̓̑̉̿͑ͮ̀͟ŗ̴̩̘̟͇̱̰̺̙̯́ͬr̢͓̠͇̭͍̋̂a̼̫͈͖͌̉ͣ̇̃̏̔t̢̰̣͖̙͓͙̙̆̏ͧ̋͋̏ͣͮ̕ͅi̢̩͉̝̣̘̪͕̱̅ͫͯ͒ͭ́o̖͕̘͔ͫͫͭ̃̿̾ͬn̯̤̝̺̞͙̥̬͇̂̒ͮ̆͋͢ ̓͒͐̓̔͌̈͏̢̲s̢̺̜̖͓̳̣̝͖ͤ̄̎͢h̨͓̮̰̮̄̎̈͜͝e̶͕̝̩̰̝̪̲͎̓̆ ̲͚̣͕̾ͤͮͮ͗͟f̳̙̮̲͎̻̂̀ͮ̉͝ͅĕ͉̘̬͈̱̓ͨ̆͛ͅl̬̦̿ͫ̾͒ͯ͊̊̉͢͡t̶̮͓͛̿͠.̟͗̆̂̚͞"

You're getting a bad feeling about this.

"And what, pray tell, will she have you do once you found this... aberration?"

"Ẉ̴͇̫͚̮͖̉͑́̔̿̿̽ͅh͖̮̭̱͉͖̩̪͐̇̈y̸̢̹̔̓.̡̛͇̠̜̩̱̿ͯͯ͌̄ͨͤ͐͠.̦͖̲̥͕͖̖̻̿͂ͩ͂ͦ̄ͤ͢͡͝.̨̫̖ͤ̎ͦ͗ͤ͛ ̪͔͙̦͍ͫ̌̾̈́ͧ̌̐C̞̠͖̖̑ͤͅo̢̨̧̬̰̥̮̤̙̯ͪ͊̀͋̈n̴̷̩̮͔̫͈̗̥̭͖ͩ͘s̨͍͕̳̜̳̮͇͙̍ͤ̇͆͜u͙̖̳͕̼̗̺ͪ̌͞m̧̭̩͔̗̦̖̯ͧ̂ͣ̊̃̔̕e̛̠̘̝̻̗̝͚̓͟ ̡̯͇̟̱ͥ̍͞i̒ͥ͌̒̐̊̒̅͏̰̟̱͚̠̲̠tͬ̂ͬͮ҉͎̩͍͓̫̯̼͘ ̞̞̫̠̹̻̮ͥ̈͗͜ͅf̻̘͕̖͋̏ͨ̌̐̈͌́͘ȯ̖̥͕̜̠̥̇̊͆̈́̓̀ŕ͟҉͉͖̭̩̼̤̪͟ ̶̸̬̩ͩ̈ͦ̒͗̎̾̀t̢̹͔̣̭̳̱̗̙̾ͥ͑ͫ̔̌ͥ͆͜͠h̷̹̠̣̩̲̭̳̽͌̂͝ͅeͣ̔̓͛̇̊̚͏͖̬̹̲̹̯ ̘̪̫̪͕̜̩͈̳ͣͣ̇̓ͮͣ͂̀S̼̦͎͆̏ͯ̅ͨ͆ͬ̍ͣ̕ẉ̤̬̣̹̼̻͒͒͐̓́͝ą̶̪̳̪͇̼̤ͭ̌̿ŕ͎̩͔̦̰̱̙ͮ̔̓́ḿ̛̛̮̥̳̖̻͛̈́̔ͨͦ̕,̫̩͕̓̅̇̚ ̢̬͙͎͉̱͊̀ͨ͑̑̂̓ͪ̕͟o͈̻̖͋́̌̔͠f͈̙̲̠̗͉ͤ̎͊ͦ̌ͥ̅͜͟ ̩͎͖̝́̿̄c͚̟͇̫̩̱̬͉̍̽̓̕͞o̶̫͉̲̓͋̋ͩ̂̉ͅu̜̺̓̈̀̚r̬̠̲͙͉̹̝͈ͭͥs̨͖͙̗̹͕ͦ̋ḛ̮̪́̄ͧ̑̾͋̉̃!ͧ͂͊̃̄̓ͪ҉̣͕̤"

The laughter carries across the bridge and you motion for the audio to be cut. Before you are able to though, various crew members and techpriests cry out warnings.

The Leviathan is on the move, and you relay the situation to Adam. While you know he has a plan, you just hope that he take the proper precautions and doesn't do something reckless...

You start to hurry down towards the deployment bays.
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One hundred Space Marines stand at attention, ready to enter drop pods and deploy, with Corvus Corax, standing before them in a full panoply of war. The black armor seems to absorb all light, casting unnatural shadows around the massive form of the Primarch as he argues with his brother over a voxcaster that allows video playback. The caster shows the face of Jaghatai Khan, who's expression is filled with grim determination and annoyance at his brother.

"I must protest your leading this strike. Or at least leading it from the front. While I understand that you are itching to stretch your muscles and do something besides think, you are the Lord Exodus. I myself would also like to lead this taskforce, but Father makes a good point that we are both too valuable to risk in this deployment. Especially at this early juncture in this new universe when we know nothing of the threats we face."

Corvus sighs.

"I know, brother... But this mission is also too critical to leave in the hands of an ordinary Space Marine, as capable as they are. While I trust their leadership and ability absolutely, I do not trust these xeno to throw something at them that they cannot face without catastrophic losses. As you said, this is an early juncture in this new universe, and we do not have complete information on whether or not the Zerg will prove as deadly as the Tyranid, or more. I also refer you to the fight you had against the Crystal Beast. Can you tell me that I should not be deploying for security's sake? I should be deploying for precisely that reason!"

"Then send in the Custodes with them! Have the fleet unleash a barrage against the bioship! There are ways around this, brother!"

"The Custodes will take too long to gather, spread out across the fleet as they are, and destroying the bioship will gain us nothing. The Mechanicus needs live specimens, not burnt out husks!"

"Brother, I-"

"Space Marines! At attention!"

All heads turn to the entrance of the deployment bay, and the golden form of the Emperor of Mankind strides in with Malcador the Hero at his side. The sight is like a scene straight out of the stories of old, from the days of the Great Crusade, and each and every mortal present fall to their knees in awe, as the son of the Emperor and His Angels of Death form the sign of the Aquilla.

There is a brief pause in noise as the Emperor Himself looks over the gathered force. He nods to them before looking towards the Primarchs.

"My sons... I will lead this force. The Imperium has made due without me for fourteen thousand years, and though it required my intervention to save even this paltry fleet, it will continue to survive without my presence, should anything go wrong. However, I am more than capable of handling myself and the Company. Allow me to go in both of your steads."

There is a longer silence this time, as both of the Emperor's sons look at their Father.

A sigh comes from the Great Khan.

"As you wish, Father."

The Lord Exodus glances quickly at his brother's image before turning back to the Emperor with a withering glower. The glare softens into worry as he speaks, "You'd better come back to us alive this time. I don't know what we'd do if we lost you again."

A sad smile mars the immaculate face of the Master of Mankind as he nods to both of His remaining sons.

Corvus Corax nods to his brother and motions for the vox connection to be cut, before saluting the Emperor. The Primarch calls out, "Space Marines, rise!"

You are High Marshal Rodrick Wilhelm, and you are the Force Commander of this smattering of one hundred Imperial Fists and successors. You had been prepared to do your duty and fight against this xeno foe, had been prepared to die if necessary to complete the objective given to you by the Emperor Himself. But, now He will lead you and your brethren. Your breathes come fast and short, and your hearts race in your chest. Your muscles tense in anticipation of the glory to come.

You know your brothers all do the same.

As you enter into a drop pod, brothers at your side, you grin within your helm. The purpose of the Black Templars is to act as the Emperor's champions. That you can fight at His side before death is something that you have never even dreamed of.

The last thing you see before the pod closes around you is golden armor climbing into a drop pod as well.

You broadcast on an open vox channel to all Imperial Fist marines being deployed.

"Space Marines, stand tall for we are being lead by the Emperor Himself! Brothers, show these wretched xenos no pity! No remorse! No fear! Ave Imperator!"

"AVE IMPERATOR!"
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Oh yeah.

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1d100 = 29 --> - 35 (Accumulated malus) - 15 (Shadow in the Warp) + 16 (Ynnead's Psyker Rating)
Minor Critical Failure!​

You are Ynnead, Empress of the Imperium and Mother Goddess of Humanity and the to-be-reborn Eldar, and you are helpless. The Shadow in the Warp is deepening even as you try to rip a hole in reality, but you come up short. You don't know how, but the Zerg have intensified the blockage to a point that no psyker will be able to call upon their powers without fear of it backfiring, and the astropaths will be singing into a void.

You pound upon the barrier to reality, and you curse your lack of a body. You realize now that this is why the Chaos gods never did their own dirty work. The amount of strength needed to break the barriers of reality and affect the Materium, especially outside of the Eye of Terror, is far too much to be worth it. That is why they feared Adam so much; why they feared a god in a man's form.

Adam could bring the full force of his power to bear regardless of whether or not he was in the Immaterium. You really need to start working on a body, and soon...

For now though, you will trust that Adam can handle himself.
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I thought Ynnead's psyker rating was 22?
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10d12 = 5, 4, 6, 5, 7, 12, 9, 1, 11, 11, 12, 10
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Minor Critical Success!​

The first thing that you see as the drop pod's bay doors open is a xeno lifeform hissing at you, long bladed-like arms glinting in the low light of the bioship's interior. It spits massive needles at you, and you dive from where you were, your four brothers fanning out behind you. Your powerfist charges and a blue light bathes the room before you rush at your foe and smash your fist into the thing's neck.

The xeno explodes into a shower of gore.

You gather yourself and open a vox channel to try and find where the rest of the squad landed.

"This is squad Actual-2. We are in a sort of... spawning pool. There are what the Terran call hydralisks being birthed here from eggs. What are your orders Grand Marshal?"

"This is squad Actual-1. Hold your position and try to destroy that pool while we try to reach your position. If you are being overwhelmed, you have permission to use melta bombs to try and force your way out of that chamber. Just keep us updated."

"Compliance, Marshal."

Unbeknownst to you, the same scene plays out many times across the Leviathan as the Space Marines did what they do best. Act as the Emperor's sword.
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OH YEAH!!
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1d100 = 12
1d100 = 77 --> -35 (Accumulated Maluses) + 16 (Adam's Martial Rating) + 25 (Omake bonuses)
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Moderate Success​

You are the Emperor, and you are staring down a massive xeno bioform. The tusks are scythe-like, and it has the body of a charger. This is an ultralisk, if you remember correctly.

You dodge out of the way of its initial charge before running underneath it, power sword glowing an electric blue. You slice up into its torso before it has a chance to turn or try and crush you, and it's organs start to spill out of the cut you made in its hardened carapace before the wound suddenly starts to close up. You notice this, even as you continue to move out from under the titan.

Your eyes narrow as you stare it down. The ultralisk tries to gore you with a tusk blade, but you grab it and the momentum stops dead. The creature itself is startled at this turn of events, and you take advantage of its shock to slice off half the tusk with your sword.

Tossing the half you have in your hand off to the side, you briefly lament your lack of time to recovery use of your psyker talents.

No matter.

You charge this time, and jump onto the beast's other tusk. You know that you are heavy, especially as you're wearing full power armor, so you make it quick as you run up the ultralisk's jaw, onto its head and then body. It bucks, trying to throw you off, but you hold fast with a single hand, as your other brings your weapon down.

Your sword's power field bites deep into its neck, and you twist the blade. The damage done by your motion should be impossible for any biological healing to repair.

The creature is now bucking even harder, though more haphazardly, and you use the opportunity to leap off of it as it continues its death throes.

You land, surrounded by a horde of dog-like xenos; zerglings. They are easy pickings, but as more and more of them come at you, you realize their plan. Though they cannot harm you, they can corral you to where they want you to go: and that is towards a pool of greenish liquid.

You push back against the swarm and start wading through the numerous bodies, but another ultralisk comes barreling down towards you and you are unable to dodge. One of its tusks impacts against your side, and you are sent skidding. You are unable to recover fast enough as a tendril lashes out from behind the pool and throws you into it; a sunken colony, your mind unhelpfully provides.

At the very least you had a chance to take a breath before you started sinking rapidly. You flail about for a second trying to swim your way to the surface, but the liquid is far too viscous, clad in as much armor as you are. So you hold your breath and let yourself sink.

As you hit the bottom of the pool, maybe 20 meters deep, you notice a long, dark serpent-like shadow in the murk.

Your ears are ringing now, as the creature's voice starts to vibrate within the pool.

"Greetings human. I am impressed with how much damage only one hundred of you have done, but now you are in my domain."

You would laugh at the paltry threats being leveled against you if it didn't mean letting oxygen out of your lungs. You switch your power sword's field on again, and find that the liquid is non conductive. The electricity that would normally allow you to cut through nearly anything does not coat your blade, and so you toss it aside to retrieve later as the Zerg creature comes towards you.

You wrap your arms around the serpent as it slams into you and exert extreme amounts of force into the clamp. It screams out in pain, and the liquid vibrates so much that it bursts your eardrums, reinforced as they are.

The pressure you feel, slowly starts to rise, and you have a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. You try to reach out for the creature, to try and end it before it can do any more, but it quickly swims out of reach.

"You will pay for that, human. The Queen will have your body to play with as she pleases, and perhaps she'll give it to Abathur. I'm sure he will be entertained by your genetic enhancements..."

Your vision starts to blacken at the edges as the pressure mounts. You rage against your own foolishness, overconfidence, and strain in your connection to the Warp. You can no longer hold your breath from the immense forces pressing into your armor and body.

You vision blackens.
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Fifteen minutes pass as the Space Marines wreck havoc within the Leviathian. The creature is taking enough internal damage that signs are starting to show on the outside, but that damned Shadow in the Warp is only getting stronger.

You are Malcador and you have a sinking feeling about this. You had told Adam that this was a stupid idea. You had told him that there will be other chances for the Mechanicus to study these creatures. You had TOLD HIM that invading the enemy's domain without sufficient preparation is suicide.

And just like in the days of old, he listens to your words and rebuffs them with his reasoning. And as sound as his reasoning is, it is backfiring, just like before because he will not be cautious.

You let out a frustrated sigh and then turn back to the video feed.

The Leviathian is still moving towards Eden. You hope that Adam will kill it soon-

...

Fuck.

It just released a cloud of spores towards Eden.

1d50 = 1
1d50 = 8 --> + 27 (Omake bonus) + 23 (Other Zerg omake bonus) = 58
Minor Critical Success!!!​

And the fleet responds instantly, with lance, laser, and other weapon batteries opening fire into the mass of biological material. While they cannot fire upon the Leviathan itself, for fear of harming the Emperor and his Marines, they go all out on the spores.

The resulting chaos is not entirely unexpected, but the scale of it surprises you. The spores detonate upon contact with anything the Imperial fleet throws at it, and produces a rapidly expanding cloud of opaque material that within a matter of minutes, engulfs a lightsecond's worth of the system. The cloud quite effectively blocks all forms of scanning within it, hiding the Leviathan and part of the Dominion and Imperial fleets, as well as the Dominion's renegade ship.

Your stomach drops.

"All psykers aboard the Exodus Fleet, keep watch for any indication that the Leviathan will move into the Warp. We must not let it escape with the Emperor aboard!"

Just as you give the order, a hole is ripped in the fabric of reality and the gas is slowly being sucked in, revealing the silhouette of the bioship moving into the rip.

Panic grips you-

"Oi Malcy!"

You blink. Is that...?

"I gotz a solushon fer ya!"

"Gorehowl?"

"Eya?"

"What solution?"

"Weeeeeeeeellllllllllll I waz slee-err waz awake an' seriously watchin' da boyz make dis contrapshion. 'Fer science!~' Dey sed. But anywayz it'z a reverse teleporta. I'm uzin' it nao ta get back empy and hiz boyz. Oh, an' also dat renegade ship too."

"Wait, you're acti-"

"HIT IT BOYZ! YES BOSS!"

"WAIT!"



You open your eyes and see a blue sky above you. You try to lift your head and find that the viscus liquid that you were submerged in is sticking to the grass beneath you, preventing you from lifting you head more than a few centimeters before your hair got caught.

You turn your head and see an entire Terran battlecruiser half buried into the earth of Eden, it's crew being led out by a couple of soldiers with skintight suits. You turn your head the other way and see Gorehowl and his boyz cheering on a job well done. You turn your head and look straight up at the sky again and Jaghatai's face fills your vision. His expression is flat, but you know better than that. He's angry. And if he's angry, then Corvus will be too. And if both Primarchs are angry, then Malcador will be insufferable.

You pause. And then you think of Ynnead's reaction.

You are Adam, and you close your eyes before you let out a small groan.
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Whew.

Well, that didn't go as horribly as it could have. We hurt the zerg, we saved the Ghosts, and we didn't take any major losses. Now we just have to deal with Jenkins.

Let's not try that again, though.
 
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Indeed, it appears 13000 years of sitting has dulled the Emperor's martial abilities. We need to get a training regiment for him. Tch, requiring rescue, our Lord has let himself go.
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To be fair, he did and will always ripped through any and all regular Zerg units like nothing. It's only the specialist units like powerful queens, defilers, and other such things (like Abathur, Zagara, Kerrigan, etc) that will give him any trouble at all. And even then, Naga only "won" because of having Adam in the liquid. If you didn't notice, Adam hurt Naga rather badly even while submerged. A Major Success would have seen Naga nearly dead instead of nursing injuries.

aledeth said:
Just a minor quibble about some of the fluff: Power Weapons don't use Electricity. It's just a magic "Power Field" that disrupts any matter it touches, no explanation on how it actually works. They work just as well in a vacuum as they do on land, so I can't imagine a reason why water would make them suddenly less functional.

Though TBH I've never seen underwater combat in 40K Fluff EVER, so if you've seen Power Weapons fail when submerged then I've got nothing to complain about.
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It's not water. It's a viscus green liquid that Naga lives in. The power field isn't able to form in it due to the non-reactive nature of the fluid. Basically space tech-magic bullshit. ;)

The_Butcher said:
Gorehowl ex Machina much? Do we get that tech? Does this mean we can now use quick insertion strike teams, have them set our enemies up the bomb and TP them out? Can we build a mobile version? A tank which launches unmanned bombers that come back instantly once they dropped their payload?
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The reverse teleported only worked as well as it did because they were Space Marines + the Emperor and a ship. While you can keep using it, the consequences of prolonged exposure to the Warp without Terminator suits is not a good thing. That being said, teleporting termies that can exfil using a reverse teleport is quite a boon. ;)

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This was supposed to be a moderate success, so why did it look so much like a failure?
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Weeeellllllllllllllll, choosing to engage the Zerg in diplo was a terrible idea. Naga (the serpent that Adam was fighting in the liquid) now has info on the Imperium, a power sword, and can give those to the Queen of Blades. Also choosing to send a strike team was also the worst possible choice that could have been made. The best one of the given options would have been for the fleet to engage and kill the Leviathan, and the absolute best course of action was to have Emps coordinate the fleet, which was a proposed write-in. The roll was to determine how much you can salvage.
 
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The reverse teleported only worked as well as it did because they were Space Marines + the Emperor and a ship. While you can keep using it, the consequences of prolonged exposure to the Warp without Terminator suits is not a good thing. That being said, teleporting termies that can exfil using a reverse teleport is quite a boon. ;)
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So, we have a minor version of the Protoss's Recall ability? That's still pretty useful.

And yeah, leading a ground invasion was a rather stupidly risky strategic move.
 
Why..... Why did the thread try to fucking go all white knight diplomacy with goddamn zerg? This is what I get for lurking in a quest. We're the goddamn Imperium of Man, we shoot the shit out of aliens who just want peace and happiness, why did we decide to give all consuming malevolent space bugs the benefit of the doubt?
 
Chief18753 said:
This is why you don't fucking talk to space locusts
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Yeah...
Can we please not do this again?
Please?

It really made a mess of things.

Karugus said:
Why..... Why did the thread try to fucking go all white knight diplomacy with goddamn zerg? This is what I get for lurking in a quest. We're the goddamn Imperium of Man, we shoot the shit out of aliens who just want peace and happiness, why did we decide to give all consuming malevolent space bugs the benefit of the doubt?
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Tag some voters who went for that and ask.
 
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To be fair, he did and will always ripped through any and all regular Zerg units like nothing. It's only the specialist units like powerful queens, defilers, and other such things (like Abathur, Zagara, Kerrigan, etc) that will give him any trouble at all. And even then, Naga only "won" because of having Adam in the liquid. If you didn't notice, Adam hurt Naga rather badly even while submerged. A Major Success would have seen Naga nearly dead instead of nursing injuries.


It's not water. It's a viscus green liquid that Naga lives in. The power field isn't able to form in it due to the non-reactive nature of the fluid. Basically space tech-magic bullshit. ;)


The reverse teleported only worked as well as it did because they were Space Marines + the Emperor and a ship. While you can keep using it, the consequences of prolonged exposure to the Warp without Terminator suits is not a good thing. That being said, teleporting termies that can exfil using a reverse teleport is quite a boon. ;)


Weeeellllllllllllllll, choosing to engage the Zerg in diplo was a terrible idea. Naga (the serpent that Adam was fighting in the liquid) now has info on the Imperium, a power sword, and can give those to the Queen of Blades. Also choosing to send a strike team was also the worst possible choice that could have been made. The best one of the given options would have been for the fleet to engage and kill the Leviathan, and the absolute best course of action was to have Emps coordinate the fleet, which was a proposed write-in. The roll was to determine how much you can salvage.
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Oh, yeah. Because Kerrigan will so be able to reproduce DAoT Power Field tech with Zerg bioforms. When they can't do the same with Protoss psi-blades, despite having dozens of examples available. Yeah.

And it's just a Power Sword. If it was the Emperor's Rune Sword (the flaming sword he holds in the picture where he confronts Horus), I'd be worried.

Mind, we're still playing a recovering Emperor. If he'd been slightly more recovered in Psyker Rating, he'd have fried Naga in a heartbeat.

Also, slightly disappointed that the new High Marshal of the Black Templars didn't go into battle with the Sword of the High Marshals.

Overall, not the optimal choices, but hardly a disaster.
 
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Oh, yeah. Because Kerrigan will so be able to reproduce DAoT Power Field tech with Zerg bioforms. When they can't do the same with Protoss psi-blades, despite having dozens of examples available. Yeah.

And it's just a Power Sword. If it was the Emperor's Rune Sword (the flaming sword he holds in the picture where he confronts Horus), I'd be worried.

Mind, we're still playing a recovering Emperor. If he'd been slightly more recovered in Psyker Rating, he'd have fried Naga in a heartbeat.

Also, slightly disappointed that the new High Marshal of the Black Templars didn't go into battle with the Sword of the High Marshals.

Overall, not the optimal choices, but hardly a disaster.
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It wasn't a disaster in spite of our choices. Not because of them. Regardless of how much we have or haven't hurt ourselves here, it's obvious our decision making was shitty, and we really have to work on that.
 
Delta Green said:
Oh, yeah. Because Kerrigan will so be able to reproduce DAoT Power Field tech with Zerg bioforms. When they can't do the same with Protoss psi-blades, despite having dozens of examples available. Yeah.

And it's just a Power Sword. If it was the Emperor's Rune Sword (the flaming sword he holds in the picture where he confronts Horus), I'd be worried.

Mind, we're still playing a recovering Emperor. If he'd been slightly more recovered in Psyker Rating, he'd have fried Naga in a heartbeat.

Also, slightly disappointed that the new High Marshal of the Black Templars didn't go into battle with the Sword of the High Marshals.

Overall, not the optimal choices, but hardly a disaster.
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Can't do it with the psi-blades because they run off psi energy. You know, the reason they want people to noms, so they can use that shit on a major scale?

DAoT tech, on the other hand, is physics. High-end physics, but physics.
 
ArchAIngel said:
Can't do it with the psi-blades because they run off psi energy. You know, the reason they want people to noms, so they can use that shit on a major scale?

DAoT tech, on the other hand, is physics. High-end physics, but physics.
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And they have but one example to study, when their entire focus is on genetics.

I'd be more worried about the drop pods left behind, if I didn't know they have self-destruct devices for just such occasions.
 
torrmercury said:
To be fair, he did and will always ripped through any and all regular Zerg units like nothing. It's only the specialist units like powerful queens, defilers, and other such things (like Abathur, Zagara, Kerrigan, etc) that will give him any trouble at all. And even then, Naga only "won" because of having Adam in the liquid. If you didn't notice, Adam hurt Naga rather badly even while submerged. A Major Success would have seen Naga nearly dead instead of nursing injuries.
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Yeah but he got rendered uncouncious by Zerg water. I call shenanigans.
 
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And they have but one example to study, when their entire focus is on genetics.

I'd be more worried about the drop pods left behind, if I didn't know they have self-destruct devices for just such occasions.
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Eh. I'd say you have a point, but the Zerg are quite bullshit. I doubt they could mass-produce power swords of this level, but turning it into a Swarm-wide boost to AP? Yeah, that would totally fit in with what they can do.
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Yeah but he got rendered uncouncious by Zerg water. I call shenanigans.
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Zerg are bullshit. News at 11.
 
Hey, @torrmercury ?
Did we get any Zerg remains that we can research?
Maybe something on our weapons?

Something like virusbombing, only focused solely against Zerg.
With no Nurgle... well, it's an interesting field of resarch.

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I'd be more worried about the drop pods left behind, if I didn't know they have self-destruct devices for just such occasions.
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I can't imagine they don't.


Anyway, I think we can all agree our Krork has earned his place around the weekly poker table.

ArchAIngel said:
Eh. I'd say you have a point, but the Zerg are quite bullshit. I doubt they could mass-produce power swords of this level, but turning it into a Swarm-wide boost to AP? Yeah, that would totally fit in with what they can do.
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It's DAoT stuff.
No, they shouldn't be able to just turn around and do that.

ArchAIngel said:
Zerg are bullshit. News at 11.
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Adam is in a god-level body.
 
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