Sir_Travelsalot
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It seemed to be the case, MC was suddenly wondering why the First Legion marine had been shooting at empty space.
Solar Auxilia Officer Quest. A 30k Early Great Crusade quest.
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I mean when one of the Dark Angles fires a presumably handheld version of this weapon we completely forget what he was shooting at so I assume so, and we'll get briefed on whatever the fuck happened once we wake up. (If we wake up.)
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No, they call us savages. Mon'keigh were an actual xeno race.
Ragingbear21
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that was for the handled weapon which was a chrono weapon
for the Bomb I don't think it affects the memory of people Valorum's comparison where the bomb just ate everything around it transformed it to data and delegated the data is more apt. so basically proteus and everything on it were deleted but not the knowledge of it.
The funny reaction I put is one of fear.
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Didn't so much forget as the target never existed to be remembered.
Any more detailed explanation is going to mangle all the tenses in the English language, and most in High Gothic.
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Your suit has always been coded in Arabic, even though you know it wasn't, while you know it has been, and is.
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Ah, now I get it.
That's some cartoon shit right there. That's terrifyingly funny.
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Probably not. I mean, we have the records apparently.
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ok so good to know, there are absolutely times we are going to be sent into situations vastly over our heads that we have no chance to win, and just need to keep ourselves and as many of our men as we can alive. yeah that tracks for a mortal soldier in the great crusade. I don't think anyone will get a black mark for this, given the issue was bad intelligence rather than poor combat. Though i'm not sure what crudly ret-conning the foe out of reality will mean in terms of fallout.
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Seeing the stats... God, those things revive?!
Also good to see how attrition works with the Destroyer Tag.. We shouldn't be using it unless if necessary next time with our Destroyers because it's an every combat turn removal for both sides including our own, granted no one got removed with it from the Center and we successfully did our Side Quest at the cost of 3 Reinforcement Points I guess?
Also, last I checked, Veteran Lasrifle Sections don't have more than one wound, so gotta check that later on info tab or maybe it was due to the MC being there that gave it a +1 Wound? Hmm...
EDIT: Oh, the Cohort Info post got edited... No wonder. Good to know now though!
Also good to see how attrition works with the Destroyer Tag.. We shouldn't be using it unless if necessary next time with our Destroyers because it's an every combat turn removal for both sides including our own, granted no one got removed with it from the Center and we successfully did our Side Quest at the cost of 3 Reinforcement Points I guess?
Also, last I checked, Veteran Lasrifle Sections don't have more than one wound, so gotta check that later on info tab or maybe it was due to the MC being there that gave it a +1 Wound? Hmm...
EDIT: Oh, the Cohort Info post got edited... No wonder. Good to know now though!
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Sir_Travelsalot
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Still some sections left in the update where Primevére is referred to as a man.
Ragingbear21
Victoria Concordia Crescit
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veteran lasrifle section always had 2 wounds, what's powerful about them is the 2 attacks at 4+, we must try to get as many of our lasrifle sections to veteran as we can, that is if they can survive one engagement intact.
and we are the chemical warfare specialist so unfortunately we have to play the dice in the atrition warfare when situations like the one we just faced are very dire, the good thing is the more sections we get the less attrition should hurt us as it always goes from weakest unit first.
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There were the Chrono-Obliteration weapons which removed things from existence and as a side effect, rewrote reality around them, effectively retconning the universe and giving anyone who saw this brain bleeding.
And the "Delete From Quantum Foam" device.
Dezron
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I think we should figure out how we're gonna fight and pick units accordingly.
This planet gave us taste of what Great Crusade can be like and we might not survive if we aren't prepare enough.
For example:
Assult? More Axes, Flamers and Ogryns.
Siege? Rapiers and Lasrifles.
Etc, etc.
This planet gave us taste of what Great Crusade can be like and we might not survive if we aren't prepare enough.
For example:
Assult? More Axes, Flamers and Ogryns.
Siege? Rapiers and Lasrifles.
Etc, etc.
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Nonono. That one was kept in the Emperor's private stockpile. He's personally too busy having psychic battles with the War Witches on Venus to destroy Proteus, so authorized the First Legion to take a superweapon from his vault.
Before the Cohort Info Thread got updated before midnight (in my time zone), last I checked it only has two shots and 1 wound. So it looks like QM just forgot to put that in or edits were made. Well, it's fine, though it looks like we should be gunning to get the First Section always alive to get them upgraded. A shame on the other Lasrifle Sections but RNG giveth and taketh.
I'm curious what next turn will have though, looks like downtime/out of Combat activities?
Sir_Travelsalot
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We'll definitely want more flamer sections, but I'm not all that sold on the axes. Melee-only units feel like a real liability in this system, even if we weren't chucking Destroyer munitions around. And the Charonites will be a political hindrance when dealing with Mechanicum and their close allies/dependants/vassals (due to incorporating heretek methods and possibly even xenotech in their construction).
For now, I think our priority should be getting another flamer unit, maybe another lasrifle section, and then either a rotor cannon or volkite section, or another Rapier. Assuming vehicles don't open up as a new option for purchase in light of the Auxilia's lack of heavy armour assets.
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Dezron
In the Omnissiah we trust !
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I was just giving example.
Anyway.
Melee can work but it either needs something to supress the enemy (Rotor Cannons, Mortars) or used as defensive screening units to stop enemy from charging us.
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RandomTechPriest
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If not for the Phosphex friendly fire the Storm Axes could have done fantastic damage. Even if they were just supporting the Revenants it would have turned a 3v1 into a 3v2.
Sir_Travelsalot
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Yeah, but the screening can be done roughly as well by the same cost in Lasrifle sections, and they can still shoot at the enemy prior to melee happening. They just don't really feel like they've shown themselves as very cost-effective. Plus, Veletarii are supposed to be veterans, so losing boatloads of them isn't a good look for an officer.
Welp, let's see if we can do it.
Have to give the Apothecary credit, he is very focused on his job.
Insert 'raining men' joke here, and this is...yeah I am thinking this operation is rapidly going south, the Cymoeba are proving to have too many advantages for what we need to do. We have to burn this otherwise we risk spreading it elsewhere or creating an even worse situation...but the enemy isn't under the same restrictions and is able to use things that can take out entire ships...I can't see this not being a massive loss.
Ah, the Napoleonic vibes are getting so strong...I LOVE IT! The Eagle shall stand!
...Is this what I think it is?
Oh...this is horrifying. This really is just an outright massive organism and we're fighting bits of it. We cannot burn this thing fast enough...except I have a really bad feeling about this.
We have committed to this, if we hesitate, we are going to be screwed...Hopefully this isn't quest over.
Yup, this is a nightmare AND a shitshow. I don't think the people who planned this thought the thing could do this much. Heads are going to roll in the higher ups.
We shall greet death like an old friend, and invite him in for canapes!
Hear hear! Hopefully our troops at least see we are willing to put up when we ask them to make the risky plays too. Eager for glory and nobility yes, but we are not some REMF fop that is afraid of dirt, let alone danger.
...Okay, I might be glad we didn't go to the right flank. Then again it's looking like going anywhere but left might have lead to death...
Glad to see at the very least that having our arty lead the attack in the center had the desired effect.
Ye gods the cymoebas are nasty beasts. Pity we didn't bring the flamers, it would be good to see these things *burn*
How DARE it! None but a member of the Cohort shall touch the Eagle! I mean, the Raptor!
Yup, the enemy didn't count on layered enemy forces and got cocky, thus leading to a countercharge doing effective damage.
I imagine that shooting the Cymoeba is like bubblewrap...but disgusting. I can't imagine we're going to be able to hold for long if we don't get reinforcements with how many of the enemy are being shown now.
Oooh no, we did the charge at least in part because it was 'fight off initial force, hold for backup'...if we cannot call in the backup, we have immensely overextended.
Hear hear!
Oooh fuck, if we can't get reinforcements, yeah we're screwed. The Imperium was not prepared for this fight. We are, just on this front outnumbered more than...33 to 1? Wee bit of tall odds I'd say
We shall sell ourselves dearly at the very least, but this is only going to get more bloody.
Welp, there goes our backup, it's just our vets holding the line at this point. I do really like the using of the writ and its reason as a battlecry, good to remind the men we have left of why we are fighting: That this isn't just about purging degraded mutants and other monsters of fallen humanity...this is removing an outsider invasion that sought to profit off of mankind's weakness. This is securing our home system.
"You arent' dead, so gimme details." Gotta love how focused Herrand is when in the battle. He might be a fop but damn if he isn't a competent one.
Well at least the flank is holding, even if it was as bloody as I expected. Really hope the flamers weren't wasted here as I am not seeing anything related to them.
Heeey, it's our boi! Of course he's being huffy about the help...and yikes, okay, going here would have been bad, I was wrong, and it would have been disastrous if the rolls remained the same. Still, we cannot be blamed for the dude dying and going to help the space marines is a noble task in any respect.
Speaking of respect, seems Khorban, for all his brusqueness, does respect and appreciate our sending backup unasked because we wanted to help.
So our troops died to a man but they did their job in dying to help the Space Marines hold the right flank, which was the intended goal. Assuming we survive, which is at this point a legitimate assumption, this should get us the good graces of the Marshal.
...Iiiii've seen enough hentai to know where this is going, nopenopenopenope.
Oh...okay, so not only are our ships not safe, which is really hurting our efforts, but this thing has the option to just fuck off?! I...okay, we're fucked, unless they plan to break out the good stuff, nothing we have here is going to be enough to win.
....Okay, yup, we're boned. We are boned like a chicken in a fox den. We were not told about building sized monsters but it makes sense with what we are facing.
So command literally underestimated the Cymoeba, not only in troop composition but the size of them as well...Goodie.
Indeed, we charged into certain danger, it would be in poor taste to be a tease and turn skirt.
And they have energy shields...caloo callay -_-
Oh, the first legion is here...That is both good and bad. Good in that the reinforcements have arrived with what seems like the good stuff...the downside is that the First legion is here with the good stuff. This means, ALL doubt that this hasn't gone ploin shaped is removed and we have good odds of not surviving whatever weapons they are using which seem to be possibly Eldar tech.
...Mommy.
I really, REALLY hope that the weapons are just fucking with the suit's electronics, rather than being something that fires tachyons or worse as a way of weaponizing time itself. Oh I am worried badly.
Also the First legion showing their level of courtesy in the last section by shoving our people aside...rood. They must be albish.
Aaaay! Our boi came to rescue us! Glad to see that Khorban has adopted Herrand enough to give the first legion some of their own back to get him to safety.
Called it! People assumed we'd be fine and we were most emphatically NOT fine.
Seems about right that we just didn't have the armor available to hold against the heavier enemies we were facing, there's only so much lasfire can do against house sized cybergoo piles.
So as bad as things were...we are part of the solution and helped to get what could escape back to the ships. This is good...hopefully
Yup, Exterminatus was NOT something that the Imperium does willy nilly, and it's arguably one of the things I find most annoying about TTS in that they leaned on that meme hard and it's been taken as gospel by a lot of strawman tilters. Exterminatus was and still is in the setting an explicitly last ditch option and the Imperium would rather throw immense armies to retake a planet.