Sterbelicht - One Sacrifice At A Time Against The Galaxy (40K)

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The Federation is alight with the fires of industry and that of the plumes of engines.

From one end, thousands of ships start their mighty trek across the newly conquered territories through the core systems into the heart of their long-standing allies and through it into the fronts of the last still-raging Cult War ongoing; that against the Cult of the Titan Symphosium.

Though the Mashan Temple Authority had already reached the core of this depraved cult, their horrific weaponry and perfidious tactics had ensured that little progress could be made, and what could be done was re-taken within moments.

Yet, beyond that, the might of the Federation added one minor note to the Titans journeying through its lands into that of the Symphosium: that of the Hope Ascendant.

Their first showing was simultaneously the last breath taken by the Hive World of Gugutu, the mightiest of the bastions encountered by the forces of order, where their monumental steps left behind lakes to be filled by rain and hand in the coming decades, every stride taking them closer to the center of resistance, where the armies of the Grove and Federation stilled to pray before the coming of an Avatar of the Omnissiah-And-Emperor manifest. Before that center of Hives, with its spires ranging higher than themselves, the Hope Ascendant's Machine Spirit roared its challenge against the heretics, the cultists, and the daemons.

And the Symphosium answered in terror. Weaponry ranging from horrific to prolific were unleashed, sonic emitters used to shatter war machines and liquify people joined with missiles and barrages of artillery, a rain of deadly projectiles small and gargantuan clasped hand in hand against this monster, with even nuclear warheads thrown against the Titan...

And it was all for naught.

Ascendant merely flipped around their club, one fashioned in the image of ancient weaponry used by honorable warriors, and plunged its thin and studded with spikes body into the ground, leaving it to stand upright before themselves, just to raise their hand with an Ion Gauntlet...and take all of the attacks with ease. Explosions, mundane and nuclear, washed over the avatar of the Machine God, accomplishing nothing, and left behind only despair in the defenders and cheering cries of hope in the breast of the attackers.

Yet, it had taken an attack. Now..., it was its turn.

And Gugutu would not stand beyond that day as Hope Ascendant took their club once more and marched against Hives, their Five-Sided Halo gently floating behind their body pulsing with pristine light that obliterated all incoming projectiles one by one.

---

In stark contrast to all the preceding expeditions to the sites of the Ancients, the expedition sent out this decade returned...not unsuccessful. But certainly without the glory of previous finds.

Within the fleet's holds was no ancient race rescued from ancient mistakes, no forgotten technology that would elevate that of the Federation, and no information or thing that would bring death to Ruin.

Instead...it was a recipe.

For milk chocolate.

Dissapointing.



You Have 2 [Two] Actions. 1 [One] Action is reserved for Integration. Currently Active ISC: [Green Horizons Colonization LTD]. Current Symphony: [N/A]. Current Warp Tremors: [Calm - Decreasing Sharply].
(6-Hour Moratorium)

[] [Free] Consecrate In Sacred Sand (Write-In Sub-Sector)
Works of generations started today.
(Gain: A Consecrated Sub-Sector.)

[] [General] Develop The Federations'...
-[] Food Production XI (0/2) - [1x 50% Discount]
-[] Civilian Infrastructure XVI (0/2) - [2x 50% Discounts]
-[] Heavy Industry XI (1/2) - [2x 50% Discounts]
-[] Void Industry XVII (1/2)
-[] Medical Services XI (1/2) - [4x 50% Discounts]
-[] Military Industry XI (0/2)
(Gain: A boost in production focusing on the chosen option.)

[-] [General] Integrate The New Territories (2/17)
A lot of work is in front of us. Many of these systems, and even Sub-Sectors, are in dire need of...everything. People, food, medicine, protection against Chaos, and more mundane threats. Everything needs to be built, and everything needs to be done. Thankfully, the Federation is overflowing with billions of people willing to volunteer to raise these new homes for new citizens to the heights they deserve.
(Gain: 1 Sub-Sector per Action put in is raised to Federation Standards.)

[] [General] Integrate The Watchtower Confederacy (0/3)
We have fought and bled side by side for decades, our people and cultures coming closer over shared fortune and misfortune. It is time to finally tie ourselves together as one bulwark against the darkness.
(Gain: The Watchtower Confederacy unifies with you.)

[] [General] Construct Aethyrmetric Engines (0/3)
Aethyrmetric Engines are required to use any Aethyrmetrics, though thanks to our trade with the Duchy, we have been able to copy their current designs as a gesture of goodwill. With our comprehensive understanding of this art and how to sanctify machinery beyond what even our Choirs can do, these Engines will be a great boon in securing critical locations and efforts against Chaos or those of interest to it.
(Gain: Vastly increased anti-Chaos defenses not reliant on psykana.)

[] [General] Colonize (Sub-Sector)
It is time to bring more worlds into the fold. Thanks to the Irrita becoming our Kin, we will not lose any Development when colonizing worlds that are less than habitable due to them being terraformed into habitable worlds.
(Gain: One Colonized Sub-Sector.
Warning: Already occupied systems are not colonized.
Habitable Sub-Sectors: Chery (1/9 Systems), Gulf's Edge (9/14 Systems), Gutson (11/11 Systems), and Tierras de la Santa Muerte (68/72 Systems).)

[] [General] Research:
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[] [General] Ministry of Subversion, Infiltration, and Interstellar Communication
A new age of peace dawns on the Glimmering Federation, and with it rises the required needs of its various branches and plans to come to fruition, from subverting hostile polities to maintaining friendly relations with good neighbors. Thanks to an expansion in resources, the Ministry of SIIC can now focus on multiple things simultaneously.


[] [Military] Create Three Grand Armies (Write-in Names) for (Sub-Sectors) or 5 Knight Orders (Write-in Names)
Grand Armies are composed of 2 SAGs per Sub-Sector System, which are composed of 4 Units each. Though each SAG will have its own Battle Standard and Motto, only those existing will be recorded in detail. A Grand Army requires you to specify each SAG as either Light, Medium, or Heavy, with the further moniker of Infantry/Mechanized/Tanks/Augmetic Legions Formations attached. All other specializations will be taken care of within the Grand Army itself. A Knight Order contains 20 War-Packs, one War-Pack consisting of One Questoris per Four Armigers, of variable Patterns.
(Gain: Two Grand Armies or Three Knight Orders.)

[] [Military] Fleet Construction - (1.900 Points per Action)
(Add 50% Progress to another choice when taken.)
-[] 4x Nomadic Fleet Upgrades + 2x Nomadic Fleet [Automatic] (0.9/1)
Chose Names for Fleets: Ogun, Obatala, Yemaya, Oshun, Shango, Oya, Hungry Claws, Dusty Paths, Bared Talon, Triumpg of Obliteration, and Celestial Fanfare, Unfettered Zeal, Pathfinding Maw, Causal Wound, Tombmaker.
See Informational - Military Forces for Fleet Compositions/Point Values.
(Gain: Fleets.)

[] [Military] Design New Voidship Classes - [Available: Destroyer (1 DP), Frigate (2 DP), Light Cruiser/Freighter (4 DP), Heavy Cruiser/Freighter (8 DP), Grand Cruiser (16 DP), Temple Ship (25 DP), Battleship (50 DP)] - [80 DP]
(Add 50% Progress to another choice when taken.)
From what we can tell, thanks to our history, what information we, the Kil'drabi, Yeeni, and the archives of our planets tell us, the difference between a prosperous interstellar polity and one naught but ash is the strength of their navy. At the moment, we have the beginning of a proud Void Fleet, yet purely defending against our enemies is a great way to get ground down into dust over time; we need to be able to bring the fight to them.
(Information: Ship Classes requiring more DP than you possess take more than one Action to design.
Gain: Newly designed and built Ship Class/es.)

[] [Military] Construct God-Engines (50x Grandis (0/1), 30x Modeste Immensus (0/2), 10x Immensa Immensus (0/2), 5x Magnificus (0/3), 2x Momentus (0/4), 1x Deus Machina (3.5/5)) - [+3 Progress for Ascendancy Integration]
(Add 50% Progress to another choice when taken.)
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(Proposed (and Valid) Designs: Tetrapod
Gain: Titan/s specialized ship/s capable of moving them. A sketch is Mandatory for Modeste Immensus and up. No AI or Reference Images allowed.
Retrieved Titans: Blade of the Rising Sun, Blade of the Burning Dusk.)

[] [Military] The Ancient's [Bone-Mender Temple/Jubilant Den/Circus De Meniue/Great Fire/Flirtatious-Indolent Bay Resort] - (Write-In Military Forces)
(Add 50% Progress to another choice when taken.)
Hippity Hoppity has revealed to us a site where technology, rites, knowledge, or culture of the Ancients yet remain...if not how intact. It is far away from our borders, and thus the fleet sent there to uncover the truth must be guarded.
(Gain: One plundered Ancient Site.)

[] [Military] Begin Military Operations (Assign SAG/s) (Choose Location/s) (Designate Objective/s)
There is war to be had and battle to be made. Send troops to resolve issues, squash opposition to the Star Child and Humanity and all Their Protectorates, and send ships to scout neighboring systems to understand what is happening there.
(Gain: Military dispatched to put down opposition violently. Scouts are sent to look at other systems.
Scouting Range: ~20 Systems from Claimed Systems. Scouting Efficiency: N/A (75% Three+ Systems, 50% Eight+ Systems, 30% Fifteen+ Systems.)
Note: For use outside your territory or in support of forces specified within another Action.)

[] [Psykana] Conduct Six Melodies (0.4/1 - Auto Complete) - [Choose Melody]
The Celestial Choir has been given the means; with time, they shall conduct their songs. They will listen to the Warp and filter out the false whispers from the slumbering guidance of the Star Child. In halting prayer and stumbling humming, the truth will be stripped until nothing but it remains in the hands of those who shall make it anew into power to be wielded by the Choirs to come. As there are 10 Celestial Choirs free to pursue research, the High Council can ask them to pursue a target instead of what comes close. This will, naturally, be lost once they dip below 10 Choirs.
(Total: 23
Uncovered: Revenant and Prophecy III.
Secret: Slumber.
Star Child: Mercy III, Ruthlessness III, Brutality II, and Love II.
Kil'drabi: Paths III, Community II, and Family II.
Irrita: Growth II, Plants, Harmony II, and Hunger.
Msk'fa: Comfort, Revenge, and Retribution.
Dirut: Peace II, Clockwork, Candle, Time II, Sunset II, and Dawn II.
Gain: Six Melodies newly Conducted.)

[] [Psykana] Sing two Songs (Choose at least Three below.) - (0.1/1 - Auto Complete) - [Choose Song]
Mere Melodies are not the end of the journey, nor should they be the start. They are the middle, from which all things shall grow and wither.
(Uncovered: Technology III and Prophecy II.
Secret: Perception III, Silence III, and Grounding III.
Star Child: Protection III, Fire III, The Sun V, Humanity III, Creativity III, Song III, The Home III, Logic III, Unity III, Progress III, Compassion III, Hope III, Health III, Death III, Justice III, Wisdom III, Innovation III, Machinery III, Ruthlessness II, Brutality I, Mercy II, The Star, and Love I.
Kil'drabi: Void III, Struggle III, Paths III, Community I, and Family I.
Irrita: Growth I and Harmony I.
Dirut: Time I, Sunset I, Dawn I, and Peace I.
Gain: Two Songs.)

[] [Psykana] Sing a Symphony (Choose Five Songs)
Words beyond meaning, songs beyond uttering, a hum of power that is the Warp reveling in its own power unleashed. A Symphony crafted from labor centuries long, and one that shall burn itself into history eternal, both mortal and Immaterial.
(Gain: A Symphony)

[] [Faith] An Unborn Guide Sought Out (Write-In)
...
(Gain: Guidance on how to deal with or gain something.)

[] [Knightly Orders] Put Down The Last Resistances (0.5/1)
Let this decade end centuries of pain.
(Gain: Wiped out the last organized Chaos Resistance.)

[] [Chapter] Brothers For The Barge (4/?)
They must be ready for battle and barge.
(Gain: The Lamenters gain 6 Companies per Turn.)

[] [Other] Take Care Of [Future Or Current Problems]
(Write-In the problem being addressed.)