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By the Will of the Machine God

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Khororhoth said:
Yup.
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BLOOD and WAR

And more importantly, they recognized the edges in Demon's Shapes.

One that cost them they cybernetised psyker to See.

An image that could be reasoned of existing when enough of such Edges were examined to feel out its own Shape.

They lacked enought of such Edges to get its Name.

And so they Titled it The Demon King, the one behind attacks on them.

One that already interrupted their work twice and would for sure try again in the future.

And yet now they had its Servant Shapes and road to get its in future.

So it was time to Sharpen their Edge to kill them.

First, its Infernal Court.

Then to topple Demon King.
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This good enought now for Sidestory?
 
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    • Scheduled vote count started by Khororhoth on Oct 23, 2024 at 8:45 PM, finished with 37 posts and 20 votes.
    • [X] Plan: Completing our agreements and restoring our ranks
      -[X] [Military] Restoring the Ranks (1/2)
      -[X] [General] Empyric Mapping Arrays (1/2)
      -[X] [Research] Enhance the Wards' Capabilities
      -- [X] Scope Refinement
      --[X] Efficient Strength
      [X]Plan: Restoration, ward initiation, and the mapping array
      -[X] [Military] Restoring the Ranks (1/2)
      -[X] [General] Empyric Mapping Arrays (1/2)
      -[X] [Military] Redesigning the Doctrines
      -- [X] Initiation Protocols in Hexagramic Wards:
      -[X] [Research] Enhance the Wards' Capabilities
      -- [X] Scope Refinement
      [X]Plan: Restoration, stations, and the mapping array
      -[X] [General] Expand the Castellum
      -- [X] Military Stations (0/3)
      -[X] [Military] Restoring the Ranks (1/2)
      -[X] [General] Empyric Mapping Arrays (1/2)
      -[X] [Research] Enhance the Wards' Capabilities
      -- [X] Scope Refinement
      [X]Plan: Restoration, stations, and ward initiation
      -[X] [General] Expand the Castellum
      -- [X] Military Stations (0/3)
      -[X] [Military] Restoring the Ranks (1/2)
      -[X] [Military] Redesigning the Doctrines
      -- [X] Initiation Protocols in Hexagramic Wards:
      -[X] [Research] Enhance the Wards' Capabilities
      -- [X] Scope Refinement
      [X] Plan Continue Working
      -[X] [Military] Restoring the Ranks (1/2)
      -[X] [General] Empyric Mapping Arrays (1/2)
      -[X] [Research] Enhance the Wards' Capabilities
      -- [X] Scope Refinement
      -[X] [Research] Develop New Warp-Related Technologies
      --[X] Ghoststone Stress-testing
      [X] Plan More Forces
      -[X] [General] Forge Alliances (Who?)
      --[X] The Skitarius
      -[X] [General] Empyric Mapping Arrays (1/2)
      -[X] [Military] Restoring the Ranks (1/2)
      -[X] [Research] The Question of the Machine Soul
      --[X] The Truth(Fact) of the Soul (0/2)
      [X] Plan Search for the Soul
      -[X] [Research] Enhance the Wards' Capabilities
      --[X] Micro-Scale Warding
      --[X] Macro-Scale Warding
      -[X] [Research] The Question of the Machine Soul
      --[X] The Truth(Fact) of the Soul (0/2) x2
      [X] Plan All in wards
      -[X] [Research] Enhance the Wards' Capabilities
      --[X] Efficient Durability
      --[X] Efficient Strength
      --[X] Micro-Scale Warding
      --[X] Macro-Scale Warding
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    (-$$&($$'(&#+_"#&+'#&+ with a damn PIG!
    I'm deeply sorry for arriving this late yesterday was a woozy day and I completely forgot about the quest.
    I proceed with the rolls now.

    Strength: 54
    Scope: 72
    Khororhoth threw 2 100-faced dice. Reason: Research Total: 126
    54 54 72 72
     
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    • In the vast sanctum of the Ephemeralis Astra Castellum's newly restored command chamber, Iomene-35 stood motionless, her mechanical limbs interlocked in contemplation. Before her, the latest war reports scrolled in glowing streams across her ocular lenses, layered with strings of data from the now-operational Empyric Mapping Arrays.

    "Restored and fortified," she whispered, her vocal modulator crackling softly. "The Castellum breathes once more."

    Her augmented hands danced across the control altar, each movement precise and calculated. With a thought, she accessed schematics of the newly-inscribed wards that fortified the Castellum, her gaze narrowing as layers upon layers of hexagrammic runes unfolded before her. The improved lattice structure hummed with suppressed power, the result of months of brutal research, countless failures, and… blood.

    Iomene's mind shifted, dwelling for a moment on The Blood King-incited slaughter—the scent of burning metal, the sight of shattered automata crumpling beneath blood-soaked claws, the screams of Tech-Priests whose wards had faltered. Eighty-eight Bloodletters, each daemon claiming more than one life before the Castellum's defenders drove them back.

    Her emotion buffer kicked in, dulling the rising swell of grief and regret. Loss is inevitable. Knowledge is eternal. The ranks had been restored, but not without effort—and not without scars.

    From the viewport, she observed dozens of automata units patrolling the outer structure, their movements eerily precise. She had overseen the ward-inscription on every chassis, ensuring that no infernal presence could subvert them again. Side by side with her engineers, the Legio Cybernetica cohorts stood, cold and silent—watchful guardians of iron and machine soul.

    The Explorators' mapping arrays were already proving invaluable, marking paths through space where the warp was weakest, charting planetary anomalies with unprecedented precision. Thanks to the Explorators' help, no battlefield or distant star was beyond their grasp.

    They had grown stronger. And they would never be taken unawares again.

    Her voice hummed through the noosphere, transmitting to Vehlaris-00302. "Magos Majoris Vehlaris, status report. We are ready."

    ⚙️ ⚙️ ⚙️ ⚙️ ⚙️​

    In the Castellum's lower sanctums, Vehlaris-00302 inspected the new recruits, his multi-limbed form unfolding with slow precision. The air hummed with the chanting of restorative rituals, as the latest batch of acolytes knelt before their sacred icons, their minds being reshaped and reinforced to endure the horrors yet to come.

    "Your soul must never falter," Vehlaris rasped, his voice a mechanical purr amplified by vox-casters embedded in his chest. "Only a mind fortified in the Machine God's truth can withstand the poison of the warp."

    He moved through the chamber, his many arms adjusting training servitors, correcting acolytes' posture, and marking notes in his internal data-logs. This new doctrine was not merely one of combat—it was about endurance. Flesh and mind had to be tempered just as surely as steel.

    Too many had broken in the slaughter of these sacred halls. Too many had fallen—not to blades, but to madness.

    At the far end of the hall, battle automata units awaited their final inspection. Their ward-inscribed armor gleamed under dim lumen-strips, and their engines growled quietly, waiting for commands. These automata—repaired, upgraded, and made anew—would act as shields against the tides of chaos. The first line of defense.

    Vehlaris reached out with his noospheric senses, running a final diagnostic through their control networks.
    No errors. No gaps. Every unit prepared to fight to the last cog.

    He shifted focus to the mapping arrays, whose feeds streamed directly into his processors. His mind touched the warp-layered grids of distant worlds, sensing disruptions and rifts long before they could manifest into physical threats. Detection and prevention. That was their way now. They would not wait for the enemy to come to them.

    "The Castellum may bleed," he muttered to himself, "but it will not fall."

    His thoughts drifted to Iomene-35. They had disagreed in the past, clashing over strategies—Iomene preferring foresight, Vehlaris favoring swift retaliation—but both knew that the future demanded unity. They had sacrificed too much to falter now.

    Vehlaris sent a brief noospheric ping to Iomene. We stand ready.

    For twenty years, the Castellum had endured its wounds, and now it healed—not as it was before, but stronger, forged in battle and reinforced by knowledge. When the enemy came again—and they would—the Castellum would be prepared.

    They would not be caught off-guard again.


    You Have 3 [Three] Actions.
    The Procession of 12 + To finally See = 0.1 Research AP per Action
    Research Domes = 0.1 Per AP put on Research
    Research Banked= 0.65 AP
    [ ] [General] Expand the Castellum
    The Ephemeralis Astra Castellum, already a beacon of knowledge and defense, can evolve into an even greater citadel of power and discovery.
    - [ ] Infrastructure (0/3)
    - [ ] Military Stations (0/3)
    - [ ] Research Domes II (0/3)
    - [ ] Voidship Dockyards (0/3)

    [ ] [General] Forge Alliances (Who?)
    Now that our faction has the respect of Mars' other Tech-Priests, the opportunity to forge alliances with influential Mechanicum factions presents itself.
    - [ ] Hespherstari
    - [ ] Provender
    - [ ] Genetor
    - [ ] Logis
    - [ ] Vulpaxis
    - [ ] Lictanex
    - [ ] Dominus
    - [ ] Cordantor
    - [ ] Mhalagra
    - [ ] Alchemys
    - [ ] Myrmidex
    - [ ] Lachrimallus
    - [ ] Munitoria Logis
    - [ ] Macrotechnia
    - [ ] Lacyraemara
    - [ ] Bonded Cybernetica
    - [ ] Autokrator
    - [ ] Basilikon Astra
    - [ ] Legio Titanicus
    - [ ] Ordo Reductor
    - [ ] The Skitarius

    [ ] [General] Reinforce the Legio Cybernetica Archives
    The Legio Cybernetica aid will never be forgotten. Time to repay part of our Debt.

    [ ] [Military] Redesigning the Doctrines
    This updated doctrine ensures their forces are adaptive, vigilant, and spiritually fortified, merging human ingenuity with warded automation to confront and conquer even the darkest horrors of the Empyrean.
    - [ ] Initiation Protocols in Hexagramic Wards:
    Every initiate, from the lowest menial to the aspiring Magos, would now be drilled in the understanding and application of warding symbols. Wards would not merely be a passive tool inscribed upon armor and circuits—those who wore them would know their meanings, strengthening their spiritual and technical discipline against the Empyrian's denizens.

    - [ ] Integrated Combat and PsyTech Readiness:
    In previous battles, inexperienced tech-priests had failed to recognize the subtle influence of Empyric incursions until it was too late. The new doctrine demanded that all combatants, including maintenance crews and servitor handlers, be trained to use the Warp Geiger to detect and respond to esoteric threats, with combat drills integrating PsyTech into every battle simulation.

    - [ ] Legio Cybernetica Coordination Protocols:
    The bond between the Magi Ætheric and the Legio Cybernetica had proven invaluable, but the chaotic nature of battle often saw independent automata break formation. A new series of network protocols was devised, ensuring smoother coordination between Battle-Automata cohorts and their Ætheric handlers. Teams would be drilled to anticipate both physical attacks and Empyric disruptions, trusting not only their machines but their wards.

    [ ] [Military] Exploratory Missions Support
    Onwards. For Humanity. To reclaim what was lost. To purge the Darkness of the Long Night. For the Machine God. We March.
    - [ ] Sol (Easy)
    - [ ] Mercury (Medium)
    - [ ] Venus (High)
    - [ ] Holy Earth (Maximus Extremus)
    - [ ] Luna (Maximus)
    - [ ] Jupiter (Maximus)
    - [ ] Saturn (Extreme)
    - [ ] Uranos (High)
    - [ ] Neptune (High)
    - [ ] Pluto (Medium)
    - [ ] Oort Cloud Perifery (Easy)

    [ ] [Research] Enhance the Wards' Capabilities
    Currently, the Wards are powerful, but they are also fragile and limited in scope. Further research could yield advancements in durability, range, and flexibility.
    - [ ] Efficient Durability
    - [ ] Greater Scope (0/2)
    - [ ] Greater Strength (0/2)
    - [ ] Ward Overhaul Initiative (0/2)
    - [ ] Micro-Scale Warding
    - [ ] Macro-Scale Warding

    [ ] [Research] The Question of the Machine Soul
    The Wards, as they stand, protect the spiritual aspect of the sacred Machine that reside within the vast array of Mechanicum technology. With the Magi Ætheric possessing this groundbreaking ability, the potential for greater communion with the Machine Spirit becomes tantalizingly within reach.
    - [ ] The Truth( Fact) of the Soul (0/2)
    - [ ] The Narrative( Tale) of the Soul (0/2)
    - [ ] Refined Rite Overhauling
    - [ ] Rite of Manifestation (0/2)

    [ ] [Research] Develop New Warp-Related Technologies
    The Warp Drive and Gellar Field are merely the first steps in the exploitation of Warp energies. With the Ephemeralis Astra Castellum built, the Magi Ætheric can now seek to develop new machines, perhaps even ships, that interact directly with the Warp in novel ways within a... safe-ish environment.
    - [ ] Gellar-Field/Ward Advanced Studies (0/2)
    - [ ] Metamaterials (0/3)
    - [ ] Psy-Artifacts and Warp-Artifacts Studies (0/3)
    - [ ] Ghoststone Stress-testing and Sreamlining
     
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    • the cybernetica did their part,time to do our part of the deal

    i wanna go for grandscale wards on the extra research AP to be able to protect big areas
    then 1 AP to cybernatica
    1 to rites of refinement
    1 to exploring the oort cloud
     
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    Reinforce the Archives, and uh, are we missing some other task to do for the Explorator QM? I'm assuming Void Dockyards...? Or is that for the Metallurgists?

    Macro and Micro scale wardings as well as Gellar-Field/Ward Advanced Studies (0/2) are needed for our commitment to the Metallurgists. @_@; That's four AP for the research. I wonder if we can tackle building Military Station somewhat now just as a fail-safe of sorts... or do we double down on Research Station? @_@?
     
    Wait, was The Dragon's cage affected at all when Reality Tumor no.1 did its rampage? Is so was are really in the deep stuff as that was made by Big E.
     
    We should build some alliance build up our base more. Maybe even military to fight demons easier because it will happen again.
     
    Lord Cheddar said:
    I will note that we STILL haven't finished work on Ghoststone. We even have a new and improved project on it!
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    Is that a pre-requisite for a commitment for an alliance we have right now? o_O?

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    We should build some alliance build up our base more. Maybe even military to fight demons easier because it will happen again.
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    I'd still suggest we finish our current commitments before getting more alliances else we'll be stuck in AP Hell especially if we get unlucky on the Research Rolls. I'm keen on the military part though more as a failsafe if we do get unlucky...
     
    DiscordOxymoron said:
    Is that a pre-requisite for a commitment for an alliance we have right now? o_O?


    I'd still suggest we finish our current commitments before getting more alliances else we'll be stuck in AP Hell especially if we get unlucky on the Research Rolls. I'm keen on the military part though more as a failsafe if we do get unlucky...
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    To me it seems that everything we finish something like the explorer people we get another request from another group of people. So maybe we can synergy quest together. Though that's just a thought.
     
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    To me it seems that everything we finish something like the explorer people we get another request from another group of people. So maybe we can synergy quest together. Though that's just a thought.
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    Probably... we still have the Metallurgists which is 4 AP worth of Research. At least we're done with the Explorator judging by QM's reply, and the Warding for the Archives will finish up the Cybernetica. We could probably do an alliance... but only one. Might be time to get Skitarri? @_@? But with everything else we want to do like building or the Doctrines... OTL
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    No you have done your part, the Void Dockyards are just the Explorators being grateful.
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    Ah, gucci. We can still further talks/alliance with them (and the others) if we do it again right with an AP down the line right? o_O?

    [X] Cybernetica Focus + Doctrine
    -[X] [General] Reinforce the Legio Cybernetica Archives
    -[X] [Military] Redesigning the Doctrines
    --[X] Integrated Combat and PsyTech Readiness
    --[X] Legio Cybernetica Coordination Protocols:

    I kinda want us to build up the Military stuff first before delving into the 4 AP Research Commitment we have with the Metallurgists...

    [X] Cybenertica Commitment + Military Station Failsafe
    -[X] [General] Reinforce the Legio Cybernetica Archives
    -[X] [General] Expand the Castellum
    -- [X] Military Stations (0/3) x2

    Alternative, building up the Military Station which we were told will help for said Incursions...

    [X] Cybernetica + Explorator
    -[X] [General] Reinforce the Legio Cybernetica Archives
    -[X] [Military] Redesigning the Doctrines
    --[X] Legio Cybernetica Coordination Protocols
    -[X] [Military] Exploratory Missions Support
    --[X] Sol (Easy)

    ...this is feeding my curiosity, since we might get some goodies which might result in having AP. We sorely need AP badly for the many stuff we have to do and if we get a STC when exploring about... :V
     
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