Sterbelicht - One Sacrifice At A Time Against The Galaxy (40K)
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
I do wonder how the Destructive RE thing works. Is it "The more things get dismantled, the better?" Or is it more "You get a roll for everything you dismantle, and a chance to reverse engineer a unique component for each one dismantled?"
I think it should just be a single project though, because otherwise it's a black hole of actions that'll see no limits.
I think it should just be a single project though, because otherwise it's a black hole of actions that'll see no limits.
Vote closed
534.M42 - Thirty Seconds Passed
HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
"This is Admiral Aspadillia van Herrata to the Unknown Voidcraft; you have entered the territory of the Glimmering Federation and are on course to our ships. This is your last warning. Cease your approach and open communications, or we will be forced to assume hostilities on your end and open fire. I repeat, cease your approach and open communications. You have thirty seconds."
Thirty seconds passed.
"Captain, they are not responding nor ceasing their approach," one of the sensor specialists spoke up, the image of the trio of jagged ships still approaching with all speed ahead, their forms starkly visible thanks to the murderous amounts of radiation they emitted.
"Very well. To the Fleet: This is the Admiral speaking. The Unknown Voidcraft are hereby designated a Menace Alpha and are to be engaged. Form up all strike-wings on my Leo, standard patterns Rho-Terra and Sigma-Triarii. Let none pass."
"That was the weirdest battle I have ever had the displeasure of being in," Admiral Aspadillia van Herrata said, staring at the drifting hulks of the ineffective attack from the Menace Alpha craft. "What are the projections? How much radiation got through?"
+++We expect a rise of 78% in cancers over the next three months among the crews of the Leo, Mercurial Vengeance, and Jubilant Jubilee.+++ Magos Hu-0-Li incanted, prodding at a sensor station with his mechadendrites in silent contemplation and vague interest.
"...okay. Does anyone know what Menace Alpha tried to accomplish with this suicide attack?"
+++This will likely only be determined once radiation-resistant specialists can comb through their wrecks. But as a first estimation...death?+++
Though the Celestial Choir of the Glimmering Federation is an old institution now, more than half a millennium old, their powers and versatility have only grown in the time since their inception by Hymnal Bnuy and her compatriots of the First Choir.
Yet, one cannot deny that it is vastly different from how most of (Imperial) Humanity uses or engages with Psykers and Psykana, as grouping our Psykers into five members to a Choir to distribute and even out the dangers and perils of the Warp when backlash happens if an incantation or Melody goes wrong is far different to instructing singular Psykers in a single Discipline which they use for a few decades to a century until they die from age or are taken by a violent end. So, too, is our practice of extending the lives of our Psykers to ensure they have vastly more time to train and become experts, different from how the Imperials do it.
Seeing as those are merely the most surface-level differences between two human institutions, we can readily assume that differences between species are only more pronounced and shocking, with practices we would never consider due to practicality or could never condone due to morality likely to be encountered as we go further into the galaxy.
Those species we encounter that utilize psychic powers likely have their use spark interest and curiosity within our Hymnals, as we can already see an uptick in interest for the divination experiments after merely the insinuation that the Mashan could have it.
Additionally, though that is only a minor part since it has taken on a life of its own due to sheer necessity, some are calling for a more standardized set of rules on how the Federation will interact with already existing Psykana Institutions, as the previously used "We take all new Psykers" could spark conflict and disharmony within new Protectorates.
Thus, the questions stand: How will we interact with foreign Psykana Disciplines, and how will we interact with existing Psykana Institutions that are not our own?
Foreign Psykana Disciplines
(8-Hour Vote)
[] Shun
(You will not utilize any non-Star Child Melodies. All already existing non-Star Child Melodies will be deleted.)
[] Investigate
(This is the Default. You will consider them on their merit and twist them to suit your Song-based Psykana Discipline.)
[] Develop
(You will seek ways to look at and develop non-Song-based Psykana Disciplines. This will split your focus and be dangerous, but it could be rewarding.)
Psykana Institutions Not Our Own:
[] (Write-In)
Thirty seconds passed.
"Captain, they are not responding nor ceasing their approach," one of the sensor specialists spoke up, the image of the trio of jagged ships still approaching with all speed ahead, their forms starkly visible thanks to the murderous amounts of radiation they emitted.
"Very well. To the Fleet: This is the Admiral speaking. The Unknown Voidcraft are hereby designated a Menace Alpha and are to be engaged. Form up all strike-wings on my Leo, standard patterns Rho-Terra and Sigma-Triarii. Let none pass."
"That was the weirdest battle I have ever had the displeasure of being in," Admiral Aspadillia van Herrata said, staring at the drifting hulks of the ineffective attack from the Menace Alpha craft. "What are the projections? How much radiation got through?"
+++We expect a rise of 78% in cancers over the next three months among the crews of the Leo, Mercurial Vengeance, and Jubilant Jubilee.+++ Magos Hu-0-Li incanted, prodding at a sensor station with his mechadendrites in silent contemplation and vague interest.
"...okay. Does anyone know what Menace Alpha tried to accomplish with this suicide attack?"
+++This will likely only be determined once radiation-resistant specialists can comb through their wrecks. But as a first estimation...death?+++
Though the Celestial Choir of the Glimmering Federation is an old institution now, more than half a millennium old, their powers and versatility have only grown in the time since their inception by Hymnal Bnuy and her compatriots of the First Choir.
Yet, one cannot deny that it is vastly different from how most of (Imperial) Humanity uses or engages with Psykers and Psykana, as grouping our Psykers into five members to a Choir to distribute and even out the dangers and perils of the Warp when backlash happens if an incantation or Melody goes wrong is far different to instructing singular Psykers in a single Discipline which they use for a few decades to a century until they die from age or are taken by a violent end. So, too, is our practice of extending the lives of our Psykers to ensure they have vastly more time to train and become experts, different from how the Imperials do it.
Seeing as those are merely the most surface-level differences between two human institutions, we can readily assume that differences between species are only more pronounced and shocking, with practices we would never consider due to practicality or could never condone due to morality likely to be encountered as we go further into the galaxy.
Those species we encounter that utilize psychic powers likely have their use spark interest and curiosity within our Hymnals, as we can already see an uptick in interest for the divination experiments after merely the insinuation that the Mashan could have it.
Additionally, though that is only a minor part since it has taken on a life of its own due to sheer necessity, some are calling for a more standardized set of rules on how the Federation will interact with already existing Psykana Institutions, as the previously used "We take all new Psykers" could spark conflict and disharmony within new Protectorates.
Thus, the questions stand: How will we interact with foreign Psykana Disciplines, and how will we interact with existing Psykana Institutions that are not our own?
Foreign Psykana Disciplines
(8-Hour Vote)
[] Shun
(You will not utilize any non-Star Child Melodies. All already existing non-Star Child Melodies will be deleted.)
[] Investigate
(This is the Default. You will consider them on their merit and twist them to suit your Song-based Psykana Discipline.)
[] Develop
(You will seek ways to look at and develop non-Song-based Psykana Disciplines. This will split your focus and be dangerous, but it could be rewarding.)
Psykana Institutions Not Our Own:
[] (Write-In)
Well the gate turned back off so it's business as normal. No clue why three (what I'm assuming are DEldar) ships decided to kamikaze our lines. Maybe they thought we were far weaker than expected? Doesn't look like we took any casualties.
@HeroCooky how bad would it have been if we didn't specifically say that every ship not need to guard the border or other places needed to come to End of the Line? Also, does the size of the ring being activated indicate anything?
[] Investigate
(This is the Default. You will consider them on their merit and twist them to suit your Song-based Psykana Discipline.)
[] Develop
(You will seek ways to look at and develop non-Song-based Psykana Disciplines. This will split your focus and be dangerous, but it could be rewarding.)
I'm thinking either of these with more of a focus on Investigate. We built our people and nation to nullify any warp shenanigans as much as possible and I'm not sure in non-Songs will weaken that.
@HeroCooky how bad would it have been if we didn't specifically say that every ship not need to guard the border or other places needed to come to End of the Line? Also, does the size of the ring being activated indicate anything?
[] Investigate
(This is the Default. You will consider them on their merit and twist them to suit your Song-based Psykana Discipline.)
[] Develop
(You will seek ways to look at and develop non-Song-based Psykana Disciplines. This will split your focus and be dangerous, but it could be rewarding.)
I'm thinking either of these with more of a focus on Investigate. We built our people and nation to nullify any warp shenanigans as much as possible and I'm not sure in non-Songs will weaken that.
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Travler66
Let her name echo in song!
- Location
- Beyond
Curse the Dark Eldar! They gave our men and women cancer!
Hm im musing can we get a man of stone from somewhere i mean it would super charge our build up even more and we could probaly ward him against any chaos fuckery but well back on topic deldar with suicide ships always not a good omen maybe build up defense platforms around the ring so we dont have to pull our ships from border duty evrytime they come trough?
- Location
- colombia
i think introducing foreign tecniques is worth the effort,we are resistant to warp passive corruption,this puts us on a great position for research and development
a mix of develop and research
>research from first principles: analize and deconstruct foreign psykana to understand the mechanism behind its work once that done
1)apply what was learned from the mechanism to upgrade our hymnal based psykana where possible
2) try copy/recreate the foreign psykana and add it to our repertoire if possible,while tweaking it as much as possible to make it safer and compatible with our already existing disciplines
use what we learn from foreign psykana to upgrade our hymnals
use what we have in our hymnals (and other techniques we will learn) to upgrade the foreign psykana
a mix of develop and research
>research from first principles: analize and deconstruct foreign psykana to understand the mechanism behind its work once that done
1)apply what was learned from the mechanism to upgrade our hymnal based psykana where possible
2) try copy/recreate the foreign psykana and add it to our repertoire if possible,while tweaking it as much as possible to make it safer and compatible with our already existing disciplines
use what we learn from foreign psykana to upgrade our hymnals
use what we have in our hymnals (and other techniques we will learn) to upgrade the foreign psykana
HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
Eh, you would have taken more losses, but that was the middle option/outcome in terms of horribleness.
And no, as far as I am concerned.
No.
That's [Investigate].
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
... Were those what I thought they were?
EDIT: Oh... Oh no. It Is
THEY'VE BROKEN CONTAINMENT, WHAT HAVE YOU FUCKING DONE @HeroCooky
EDIT: Oh... Oh no. It Is
THEY'VE BROKEN CONTAINMENT, WHAT HAVE YOU FUCKING DONE @HeroCooky
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- Location
- USA
wait. ... o god no non nnothey DIED THEY WERE ALL KILLED!
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
"So, you thought the Orks were bad? How about a species of trans-Space Marine radiation filled killing machines that exist solely to brutally murder All Living Beings in the Cosmos?"
Just Edge of the Galaxy Things. And now they have apparently broke into the Webway.
Notably, doctrinally speaking, they are our Counter. Nothing like Turret Fucking Five on a Light Cruiser
Just Edge of the Galaxy Things. And now they have apparently broke into the Webway.
Notably, doctrinally speaking, they are our Counter. Nothing like Turret Fucking Five on a Light Cruiser
Is this Gate a sort of Garbagechute?
Put all the stuff you don't want to deal with on ships with "fly straight" automation and chuck them out the gate?
- Location
- USA
Wait those? I thought it was something else, as I don't know any machines that do that but I know a species who does.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
It's the Rak'Gol, we just had enough firepower in place that we didn't get to see the absolute nightmare fuel they are when they get to assault range.
- Location
- USA
yeah, good to know same thought. HOW THE FUCK ARE THEY ALIVE, TWO PRIMARCHS KILLED THEM ALL! AND ONE DIED DOING IT!
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
They've got a presence in the Koronus Expanse, which is why I'm going "OH FUCK THEY BROKE CONTAINMENT"
EDIT: For those who aren't aware, the statblock on a basic bitch Rak'Gol trooper is about on par with a starting level Deathwatch character in combat ability, complete with Unnatural Strength/Toughness as well as comparable level of Armor on the Body (With extremities being slightly less). Except a Rak'Gol has eight limbs and only needs four to have standard mobility. They're extremely tough, use sophisticated tactics, and oh yeah, always attack in squads of ten to twenty per group. They are constantly boarding you at all times, and they have the best Point Defense in the Rogue Trader RPG. You also can't counter-board them because they fill their ships with absurd amounts of radiation that kills someone who isn't specifically wearing anti-rad armor within an hour or two even if you're not being killed.
Their only weaknesses are that they're absolute dogshit at hiding because of all that radiation, and their Armor sucks compared to most ships. Also, somehow through some mysterious method, everything remotely salvageable mysteriously disappears along with any survivors if they ever lose, and what's left is completely useless.
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HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
Bruh, what containment? They aren't contained so much as "Concentrated In That Region."
As for what I've done...Gods Will.
Wrong Species. These are the radiation cyborg lizards, not the Time Destruction Lanky Fucks.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
You gave them Webway Access is what I meant
Hoo boy, yeah, the Rak'Gol are very, very scary though. Especially if you can't stop them from spamming boarding attacks, which they always do and never stop doing until every single one is dead. This worked out because there was only a couple and he had a very large garrison here.
HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
*The Drukhari gave them Webway Access.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
LOL
God damn Spiky Space Elfs! They ruined Space!
I'm surprised that this hasn't led to the Rak'Gol invading Cormorragh though, they're sort of in the policy of attacking every living being in the cosmos indiscriminately with the sort of zeal even Orks would call a bit intense.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
We're not talking normal Anti-Radiation here. We're talking "We literally make our emissions even worse to the point where standing in any of our ships is about the same as hanging out next to the Elephant's Foot." They just don't give a shit because even a basic bitch Rak'Gol Marauder has effectively 8 Toughness Bonus and enough cybernetics to get the rest of the points. "Who cares if you take 1d10 Energy Damage per hour when I ignore the first 13-14 points of damage I take per attack"
They're a Horde Army that uses tactics and has their basic troop being comparable to fully trained Space Marines. The Rak'Gol are absurdly dangerous, and are only mitigated that their bloodthirst is genuinely too great for them to use sophisticated tactics when Something Exists in front of them. They do exactly one thing. "Close to assault range, launch boarding attacks until our ship explodes or everything that isn't us is dead"
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