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

It came as a surprise. Not only to those stationed inside the territory of the Thrice-Fold Councils but also to those who had been placed to oversee the diplomatic endeavors with the Councils. Everything seemed normal, business as usual, just another day, another week, another year of cooperation for the greater good of each other, further bolstered with the benevolent proposal to allow the Federation's ISCs to operate within their territory for the benefit of everyone.

And like that, like the snap of fingers or the crack of ice...the Councils stopped.

And then took a step back, eyes narrowed.

There was confusion and worry, especially when the Choirs of the Federation were, kindly but firmly, shown the exit door, and the nation's diplomats began to stonewall further attempts at improving relations.

It took months to figure out why, as no other nation had acted this way. Was it some strange insult given, one they knew nothing about, as improbable as it sounded? Was there something...more nefarious at work? Outside influence? ...the taint of Ruin slinking between their elite's ranks?

It was neither.

The Councils knew they owed their existence to the Glimmering Federation; most of their navy was still the designs given to them so many decades ago, and they had no illusions about the gulf of technical knowledge between them, like in so many other things.

Which was the problem.

Before, the Councils had known that the Glimmering Federation could simply conquer them but chose not to. And they were happy about that, as it meant their people would not be put under the yoke of another nation that preached. With a gentle hand, yes, but preached nonetheless.

Before, they had made peace with the knowledge that they were junior partners to the Glimmerlings, people to be lifted up and guided from the muck and mire of the Diaconate.

But then, talks shifted to economic integration.

They knew that cultural integration would soon follow. And after that? Political integration.

They had not fought for over a century with blood and fury, corpses upon corpses littering fields and the void until they were lost in the numbers of their fellow dead, only to end up a vassal that would slowly lose their pride and dignity, turning from self-reliant smiths of their own salvation given aid to supplicants before another preacher.

They knew how to stand now. They were grateful for the aid, for the Choirs, for the ships, for the things given...but they understood how little it had cost the Federation to aid while they choked on their dead, the bitter tang remaining despite the reasons they knew to not feel like that. They remembered the ease with which the Diaconate had been ripped apart. They remembered well that the only thing that had stopped their fleets cold was ancient Archeotech defiled and turned to horrific ends.

They knew how to stand now.

And they very much did not want to stand under the Federation.

With? Yes. Under? ...no.

Not today.



You Have 3 [Three] Actions. Currently Active ISC: [Green Horizons Colonization LTD]. Current Symphony: [N/A]. Current Warp Tremors: [HIgh - Sluggish Increase].
(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 XIV (0/1) - [1x 50% Discount]
-[] Civilian Infrastructure XVI (0/1) - [2x 50% Discounts]
-[] Heavy Industry XIV (0/1) - [1x 50% Discounts]
-[] Void Industry XVII (1/2)
-[] Medical Services XIII (0/1) - [3x 50% Discounts]
-[] Military Industry XIV (0/1)
(Gain: A boost in production focusing on the chosen option.)

[] [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), Gutson (11/11 Systems), Long Tower (4/9 Systems), Palace of Stars (4/26 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 Eight Grand Armies (Write-in Names) for (Sub-Sectors) or 8 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: Eight Grand Armies or Eight Knight Orders.)

[] [Military] Fleet Construction - (3.900 Points per Action)
-[] 8x Nomadic Fleets [Automatic] (0.6/1)
-[] Refit All Fleets To New Standards (0/3)
Chose Names for Fleets: Triumph of Obliteration, Unfettered Zeal, Pathfinding Maw, Causal Wound, Tombmaker, Celestial Fanfare, Watchmen, Light-Sworn.
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)] - [150 DP]
-[] Nomadic Fleets Of Sector Ranges
-[] Lamenting Legion Fleets
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 (100x Grandis (0/1), 60x Modeste Immensus (0/2), 20x Immensa Immensus (0/2), 10x Magnificus (0/3), 4x Momentus (0/4), 2x Deus Machina (0/5))
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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 [Jubilant Den/Circus De Meniue/Flirtatious-Indolent Bay Resort/Flowergarden/ Stone Of Water/Drowned Forest/Crucible of Bile/Temple of The Ancient Tombs/Bell Of Vitaes/Smiling Cat Tavern/Supple Slumber/Friends of the Mountains/Webbed Nests/Hallowed Grounds/Trainyard/Chants Under Hallowed Halls] - (Write-In Military Forces)
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: ~10 Sub-Sectors from Claimed Sub-Sectors. Scouting Efficiency: N/A (80% Three+ Sub-Sectors, 50% Five+ Sub-Sectors, 35% Nine+ Sub-Sectors.)
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: 19
Uncovered: Revenant II and Prophecy III.
Secret: Slumber II.
Star Child: Ruthlessness III and Brutality II.
Kil'drabi: Paths III, Community III, and Family II.
Irrita: Growth III, Plants II, and Hunger II.
Msk'fa: Comfort II, Revenge II, and Retribution II.
Dirut: Peace II, Clockwork II, Candle II, Sunset II, and Dawn II.
Gain: Six Melodies newly Conducted.)

[] [Psykana] Sing two Songs (Choose at least Three below.) - (0.6/1 - 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, Prophecy II, and Revenant I.
Secret: Perception III, Silence III, Grounding III, and Slumber I.
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 III, The Star, and Love III.
Kil'drabi: Void III, Struggle III, Paths III, Community II, and Family I.
Irrita: Growth II, Plants I, Harmony III, and Hunger I.
Msk'fa: Comfort I, Revenge I, and Retribution I.
Dirut: Time III, Clockwork I, Candle 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] Sigils (Input 3 Sigils)
Words of the Faith, given Shape and Weight by Faith and Fervor.
(Actions: [Fly], [Soar], [Nuke], [Heat], [Chill]
Subjects: [Us], [Them], [We],
Effects: [Joy], [Hurt], [Faith], [Wings], [Righteous]
Location: [Abyss], [Core], [Heaven], [Void]
Information: Sigils consist out of 3-5 Words.
Gain: 3 Sigils of the Faith. These enable your Faith Orders to create Small Miracles on the field of battle and at home.)

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

[] [Knightly Orders] Expand (2.5/4)
One war done. Many more remain. The Orders shall not be found without the numbers to fight them.
(Gain: All Knightly Orders double in size.)

[] [Chapter] Brothers For The Barge (11.5/?)
They must be ready for battle and barge.
(Gain: The Lamenters gain 1.4 Chapters per Turn.)

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