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On the Shoulder of Martyrs (Black Templars 40K Quest)

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[X] A digital eye

Honestly I expected that one to end worse. Everyone fucked up, there. But at least we get a laser eye out of it...
 
RookDeSuit said:
I am sorry, but have you reported to the Chaplain recently? Sounds like you need a visit for suggesting that the sacrifice of our brothers is equivalent to some war gear.
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Sacrifice would imply it was a deliberate choice in which brother died - I half expected us to die in that vote and either have the quest end or us carry on as one of our other brothers. But since Bayard did die, and as a result of his martyrdom, the Trader is offering us aid, I'd argue that it would be an offense to our fallen brother not to have his death serve as much meaning as possible.
 
Artemis1992 said:
Nah, even normal prosthetics are really good in 40k.
Well, not the crap-tier quality some mortals get, but with a Rogue Trader paying the bill that shouldn't be a risk.

They should be a minor handicap once we learned to use them.
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Oh, I know that very well. Rugged but very durable is Imperium's technology in a nutshell.
 
RookDeSuit said:
I am sorry, but have you reported to the Chaplain recently? Sounds like you need a visit for suggesting that the sacrifice of our brothers is equivalent to some war gear.
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We saved people. Civilians. Those that we were meant to save. Those that we were created to save.

Imperium has a tendency to forget that magnificent weapons were created for a purpose, and substitutes tending to a weapon with glorifying it meaninglessly.
 
[X] A digital eye
Adhoc vote count started by Japanime on Apr 15, 2019 at 4:02 PM, finished with 62 posts and 29 votes.
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If the mere presence of a heavy bolter was enough to reliably kill a Khornate berserker, then they'd be jokes. One of the conceits of the setting is that melee combat is effective and common, even in the presence of deadly ranged weaponry.

If a Khornate Berseker could easily be picked off by a heavy bolter, they they'd be easily mowed down by Imperial Guard heavy weapons teams.
 
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I mean, if you came to a 40k quest and expected good things to happen and sacrifices not to be made. ..you're kinda not getting the nature of the universe.
 
Oksbad said:
If the mere presence of a heavy bolter was enough to reliably kill a Khornate berserker, then they'd be jokes. One of the conceits of the setting is that melee combat is effective and common, even in the presence of deadly ranged weaponry.

If a Khornate Berseker could easily be picked off by a heavy bolter, they they'd be easily mowed down by Imperial Guard heavy weapons teams.
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Oh, wow. Look at this. A heavy bolter killing a Berserker.

He heard him first. Fortunately for the Scourge, the Blood God's disciples honoured their deity on the battlefield rather than in the temple, and with war cries rather than prayers. The deep boom of a boorish roar behind Kersh drowned out even the heavy bolters. The Scourge threw the twin-linked weapon around on its hydraulic mount. Before him was a Traitor Astartes, a rust-armoured warrior of the Goremongers renegade Chapter, with a crackling battleaxe swinging about his head.
'Blood for the Blood Go–'
Kersh yanked on the levers as the pintle completed its spasmodic rotation. The Goremonger disappeared in a blur of point-blank bolt fury. Through the miasma of shredded flesh and ceramite fragments, the corpus-captain turned the heavy bolters on the renegade Angel's warband, a blood cult mob of degenerate killers and acolytes who had seen the Goremonger's heresy and leadership as a divine expression of the Blood God's power and legitimacy.
 
Chief18753 said:
Oh, wow. Look at this. A heavy bolter killing a Berserker.

He heard him first. Fortunately for the Scourge, the Blood God's disciples honoured their deity on the battlefield rather than in the temple, and with war cries rather than prayers. The deep boom of a boorish roar behind Kersh drowned out even the heavy bolters. The Scourge threw the twin-linked weapon around on its hydraulic mount. Before him was a Traitor Astartes, a rust-armoured warrior of the Goremongers renegade Chapter, with a crackling battleaxe swinging about his head.
'Blood for the Blood Go–'
Kersh yanked on the levers as the pintle completed its spasmodic rotation. The Goremonger disappeared in a blur of point-blank bolt fury. Through the miasma of shredded flesh and ceramite fragments, the corpus-captain turned the heavy bolters on the renegade Angel's warband, a blood cult mob of degenerate killers and acolytes who had seen the Goremonger's heresy and leadership as a divine expression of the Blood God's power and legitimacy.
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I am not an idiot. I know heavy bolters can kill berzerkers. Our squad literally did it earlier when we landed.

You missed my point entirely.
 
I honestly don't think I can carry on with this. First people vote for the option that we literally knew was likely to get someone killed, even without the mistakes that the GM said he made, and now they're voting for not even taking a reward?

I was perfectly willing to give some of the prisoners up to avoid this, but... nah. I don't think I can play this with the rest of you making stupid ass decisions like this.
 
Alpha Zerg said:
I honestly don't think I can carry on with this. First people vote for the option that we literally knew was likely to get someone killed, even without the mistakes that the GM said he made, and now they're voting for not even taking a reward?

I was perfectly willing to give some of the prisoners up to avoid this, but... nah. I don't think I can play this with the rest of you making stupid ass decisions like this.
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Admittedly, if we'd taken the middle ground option I don't think the Trader's daughter would've survived, or at least may have been really injured in the process. But yeah, we picked the pain, we should (unless it does turn out that there'll be a high chance of it turning us into a pariah within our chapter) accept the gain.
 
Alpha Zerg said:
I honestly don't think I can carry on with this. First people vote for the option that we literally knew was likely to get someone killed, even without the mistakes that the GM said he made, and now they're voting for not even taking a reward?

I was perfectly willing to give some of the prisoners up to avoid this, but... nah. I don't think I can play this with the rest of you making stupid ass decisions like this.
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People believe that picking an upgrade will ruin our reputation irreparably with our chapter (with which I don't agree, but I can see where they're coming from). It's not about refusing our prize, it's about not making it hard for us in the future. I mean, look at our asshole teacher - because we picked the wrong name he's okay with ruining our career entirely, the dick.

But I don't agree with that point of view, I think (and hope) that Reynauld or what's his face is the exception, not the rule.

If he is the rule, then Templar Inquisitor plan is a go for me.
 
[x] To spit on her alien technology.

We need not xeno technology to protect us.

The light of the emperor shall be our sword and shield.
 
[X] A digital eye

This is actually my least favorite of the three options, bit I feel we should get something.

Also I think the people worried about backlash are overly paranoid. This isn't being done in secret, and the apothecary will be there. If something heretical gets implanted into us, his head will roll before ours does.

Besides, we can always just rip it out.
 
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