Strange Aeons: A 40k Xeno Governor Quest

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The cost is only gonna be 10 Exatari Alloys and one of the MC actions, and with more resources, we are gonna find more things to spend them on and raise our upkeep along the way, so any cheap action with no DC, is still worth it

Also what will Massive Investment from Exatari Favors do?
An example was getting another infiltrator directed here for backup.
 
[X] Plan I Still Serve
-[X] Comprehensive Subterranean and Void Fortifications
--[X] Atraxas
--[X] Harkar
---[X] Araahal
--[X] Urma
--[X] Private Army
--[X] Private Army
--[X] Private Army
--[X] Private Army
-[X] Improve The PDF
--[X] Private Army
--[X] Private Army
--[X] 100 R
-[X] Create Diplomatic Corps
--[X] Akiona
-[X] Contact the Pathfinders
--[X] Atraxas
-[X] Establish Subsector Spies
--[X] Atraxas
--[X] Nalka
-[X] Militant Citadel
--[X] Atraxas
--[X] Urma
-[X] Dig into planetary education system
--[X] Balkavus
-[X] Redesign Osiris' frame
--[X] Atraxas
--[X] Use Favor for a relevant Archmagos to lend assistance
--[X] 10 R
-[X] The Calculation Heart
--[X] Atraxas
--[X] Exatari Alloys
-[X] The Calculation Heart
--[X] Atraxas
--[X] Exatari Alloys
-[X] Research Osiris
--[X] Atraxas
--[X] Nameria
--[X] 5 R
-[X] Heart Forge
--[X] Atraxas
--[X] Calculation Heart
--[X] 150 R
--[X] Use Exatari Alloys
-[X] Buy 15 more units of Bauxanium

Edit: This is also good
[X] Plan Nameria works a lot
 
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I will say that getting another Exatari is possible, but it would not be the best move since it would reduce max suspicion. Two beings that look and have generally the same level of skills so far beyond the norm for humanity would be rather suspicious.
 
[X] Plan I Still Serve
Uhhh. I'm counting more than three personal actions, which would make our wounds worse and stop us from regenerating. Also, I thought we were assigning our current Heart to Harkar to better finish the fortifications.
Getting a other infiltrator would be nice, but i think the GM said at somepoint that is was not something we could do, buy maybe that has change
Here's the reference:
You would need over 500 Favor to be able to drag out another Scholar of any type, 750 for Eternity or Ending due to their more active souls. Also yes, Ending and Eternity always suffer those effects, it's a matter of how psyker/blank powers interact with Exatari brains. Honestly your best chance is to go insane, doing that in a controlled manner would result in the best long term outcome.
I will say that getting another Exatari is possible, but it would not be the best move since it would reduce max suspicion. Two beings that look and have generally the same level of skills so far beyond the norm for humanity would be rather suspicious.
Yeah, figured, just using it as a metric of how serious serious investment is. Some more alloys and an LM Blueprint for Meta Shields would be nice, though not immediately necessary.
 
Not exactly, you see Osiris' body is a Learning action and researching him is Faith. I used 2 Personal Actions to make the last 2 supercomputers and 1 more (plus our existing supercomputer) to work on the Heart Forge. So that's 1 Learning, 1 Faith, and 3 Personal. Also, the Fortifications will be finished regardless since there's plenty of dice assigned to it that even below-average rolls should finish it off. @The Froggy Ninja
 
[X] Plan I Still Serve

seems like we are gonna lose a lot Suspicion from this plan, might be a good idea to add something that cost a lot Suspicion
 
Do we need to contact the pathfinders? I thought they were gonna get a hold of us on their own. Wouldn't it be better to work on the next style we need?
 
Private Army: Can undertake Martial Actions when on world with a bonus of 5
The info post has them with a bonus of +10 and one action per 2 bonus but in the planning vote the old values are still there.

For those making plans of their own A turn vote with only the locked in actions filled in:
Listing the source of each Atraxas action makes the tally pick it up(as it removes duplicate lines) and makes easier to see if you used the correct number of actions
Will post my plan soon

[] Plan Template
-[]Martial
--[] Comprehensive Subterranean and Void Fortifications
---[] Atraxas Martial
---[] Harkar
----[] Araahal
---[] Urma
---[] Private Army x5
-[] Diplomacy
--[] Create Diplomatic Corps DC: 55
---[] Akiona
--[] Contact the Pathfinders (Auto completed due to Ultramarine force arriving in Turn 6
---[] Atraxas Diplomacy
-[] Intigue
--[] Establish Subsector Spies DC: 148 (Result: gain direct access to the subsector plans. Have access to all the diplomatically important events)
---[] Atraxas Intigue
---[] Nalka
-[] Intigue
--[] Stewardship Citade lDC: 75 (Result: -10 suspicion, reduces suspicion of all actions by 5 as long as it exists)
---[] Atraxas Stewardship
---[] Urma
-[] Learning
--[] Dig into planetary education system DC: 14 (Result: Learn what if anything is broken in the eduction sector and how to correct it, unlocks actions to correct/improve the education system on Shogi)
---[] Balkavus
--[]
---[] Atraxas Learning
-[] Faith
--[]
---[] Atraxas Faith
-[] Personal
--[]
---[] Atraxas 1st
-[] Personal
--[]
---[] Atraxas 2nd
-[] Personal
--[]
---[] Atraxas 3th

-[X] Redesign Osiris' frame
--[X] Atraxas
--[X] Use Favor for a relevant Archmagos to lend assistance
--[X] 10 R
-[X] The Calculation Heart
--[X] Atraxas
--[X] Exatari Alloys
-[X] The Calculation Heart
--[X] Atraxas
--[X] Exatari Alloys
-[X] Research Osiris
--[X] Atraxas
--[X] Nameria
--[X] 5 R
-[X] Heart Forge
--[X] Atraxas
--[X] Calculation Heart
--[X] 150 R
--[X] Use Exatari Alloys
-[X] Buy 15 more units of Bauxanium
All 5 army actions are locked into the void fortifications so the PDF cant be started this turn
Nameria is also locked in on the void fortifications

Redesign Osiris' frame requires two actions:
(Suspicion: -40) (Resource Cost: 10) (DC: 50) (Special: Requires 2 actions, does not gain extra dice)
(Effect: Osiris is much happier, has a slightly better view of Atraxas, is less likely to spill the secret, is more willing to be seen and act)
 
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Redesign Osiris' frame requires two actions:
(Suspicion: -40) (Resource Cost: 10) (DC: 50) (Special: Requires 2 actions, does not gain extra dice)
(Effect: Osiris is much happier, has a slightly better view of Atraxas, is less likely to spill the secret, is more willing to be seen and act)
It does not require 2 Atraxas actions, that part can be done by anyone technologically competent.

All 5 army actions are locked into the void fortifications so the PDF cant be started this turn
The private army can in fact be shifted around due to its nature as a non singular force.

Nameria is also locked in on the void fortifications
Nameria can take extra actions at a cost to her bonus.
 
[X] Plan I Still Serve
It does not require 2 Atraxas actions, that part can be done by anyone technologically competent.
Use Favor for a relevant Archmagos to lend assistance
How much Favor is required to get an Archmagos to perform an action?

Light Tanks (Resources: 10. Upkeep: 5 Military Services. DC: 25)
Light Vehicles (Resources: 5. Upkeep: 5 Military Services. DC: 25)
Vehicles (Resources: 5. Upkeep: 1 Military Services. DC: 25)
As we are spending and earning resources in their hundreds buying these cheap ones for admech favor to see if having them increase the army bonus might be worth it
The Vehicles (Resources: 5. Upkeep: 1 Military Services. DC: 25) are probably the best bet for that as those allow them to move around better.

Grav (Resources: 30. Upkeep: 10 Military Services. DC: 25)
Us learning more about Grav has dropped the upkeep here from 25 to 10.
 
We need a way to get some more AdMech Favor, maybe we should contact Norastye again, first to buy some alien tech and see if the AdMech wants from them like last time
 
I think that is contacting the forge world another option is studying the Multi Energy Lance and giving copies away once we can make them
 
It's something else, look back to the update where Atraxas discovered Ruin and the last part of it. The Star of Shogi is protected by Atraxas' presence.
I did not know what the nature of the human Emperor was, but I understood enough that he would not provide such a noticeable warning for anything less than a real danger. Nameria was clear in this being an anomaly for him and I would accept her at her word. In the end all possibilities returned to a conclusion I had wished to not reach: the most likely force coming would include at least one being on par with Vor'khul'arak's might or even possibly his better.

Reality shivered as I pondered that thought. Space itself screamed so silently that only I could hear. I knew that the humans noticed it not, but I could feel something within my flesh screaming in rejection of something new. A foulness that had not been present a moment before now lingered upon existence. I knew that Araahal felt it as the gun flared with power before settling down in what seemed to be confusion. The golden embers on my flesh dimmed unnaturally as the silent wave passed over me, and reality itself was made darker. Something truly foul had entered the universe in response to my actions, showing a path to the victory Chaos so sought.

Denied access to the power of Ruin by their own nature for so long, now it dangled before them as a tempting treat. If I failed and the secrets fell into Chaos' hands, the balance of power would shift irreversibly towards them. I stood up as I stared outward. I never cowered before and I would not start now. I will stand against all that Chaos might throw at me and prevent them from taking the secrets of Ruin at any cost.
Atraxas protecting the Star? I don't see the direct reference, but I'm not surprised and good to know.

Reformation of the shadows ... every stage of the Matryoshka System completed will increase stage of the Internal Spynet by 2

Foundational Medical Care ... genetic profiling begins and expands with every stage of the Matryoshka System completed, Health gains +2 per stage completed

System Overhaul ... all infrastructure and Megaproject actions have their resource costs reduced by 10%

Divinity: ... improve Megaproject effects
@Leon12431, I'm assuming that System Overhaul needs to be done before any given Megaproject to gain benefits, but I'm curious about the rest of these. That is, if we don't finish Shadows and Medical Care and Divinity until after Megaproject 1, are we inherently losing some of the possible maximum bonus?

Create trustworthy assistants (Learning) - Why should you try to find a human to aid you when you could simply make one from scratch? The technology to do so is forbidden by Imperial law as you understand it, but if kept secret, you would not have to fear betrayal and exposure by them.
(Suspicion: 15) (Resource Cost: 40) (DC: 60)
(Result: Gain an extra action in each category barring Personal, these actions are done with 1/5 of your Learning and increase suspicion on actions by 10)
@Leon12431 Are there any actions that Created Assistants could take that would bypass this automatic suspicion cost? Something offworld? Something in a private lab (not yet constructed)? Something funded with Hidden Wealth?

Life: When overspending actions lose a wound for every other action taken (1,3,5,7...), allows for much more effective healing devices and technology relating to mutant/abhumans (DC500)
Attention planners: If and when we can somehow get this, it will be incredibly valuable...
 
You would need to build them a notable base for that.
So next turn we contact them next turn and build them a base

Say even if we dont have a misson for things, but still learn new things that the Exatari will want, do we still gain favor?

Also if we get a Young Living Mausoleum, how would the humans react to that, and how strong is it and what benefits would it give us?
 
@Leon12431, I'm assuming that System Overhaul needs to be done before any given Megaproject to gain benefits, but I'm curious about the rest of these. That is, if we don't finish Shadows and Medical Care and Divinity until after Megaproject 1, are we inherently losing some of the possible maximum bonus?
It's more that if you finish the Megaproject first it makes those harder to do since you have to patch holes that would otherwise have been done predicted and filled in prior.

Also system overhaul does not have to be done, its just a very good idea to do so.
@Leon12431 Are there any actions that Created Assistants could take that would bypass this automatic suspicion cost? Something offworld? Something in a private lab (not yet constructed)? Something funded with Hidden Wealth?
If you built a hidden heart forge with hidden wealth that would in fact reduce the suspicion, but you would have to forge documents as well to fully negate it.

Atraxas protecting the Star? I don't see the direct reference, but I'm not surprised and good to know.
Focus on the second paragraph of what you quoted, that is what I was referencing Atraxas' reaction to the event. That is anomalous.
 
@Leon12431, how much suspicion would using an Awakening Chamber to create a combat relevant number of Blanks in our private army be?
Also, are there any ways to increase sus-cap?
As long as you were careful and had taken reasonable precautions such as grabbing people from outside the sector or from other Subsectors, you could get away with little to no suspicion. Well unless you go hog wild and get like a 1000 blanks or something equally stupid. But you can easily do a bit of paperwork fuckery to hide around ten to twenty blanks per turn up to a max of around 200 per century before anyone starts getting overly suspicious.

As for sus cap, not really, at least directly. The best direction would be to work on cultural shifting, to make Shogi distinct from the greater imperium to make the local people less likely to ring the bell. Of course that would be pretty obvious so again not really something easily done.

Well if you built an Inquisition Base on Shogi that would be around +50 max suspicion, but you then have to deal with the Inquisition on your literal doorstep. Technically you could try to get the local Astartes chapters to agree to create a Chapter for Shogi which would do the same, but that would require a ton of favor trading.
 
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