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

What should your focus for the rest of the Quest be?

  • Mercy (Diplomacy and Expansion)

    Votes: 243 73.4%

  • Ruthlessness (Kick the Duchy in the Balls)

    Votes: 74 22.4%

  • Thule (Yeeni Handholding and Piscarian Cuddling)

    Votes: 129 39.0%
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    • Scheduled vote count started by HeroCooky on Jan 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM, finished with 18 posts and 9 votes.
    • [X] Plan: Your Life Ends One Turn From Now
      -[X] [Free] Stop Singing Cry for the Future and Lament Me Not
      -[X] [Free] Transfer 55 choirs from See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil, Do No Evil and 100 choirs from Love Unto Death into the Fifth Diaconate Columns
      -[X] [Free] Consecrate In Sacred Sand (Caiden's Rift)
      -[X] [Free] Share the locations of Ancient Sites for shared loot, I.E. we share the info, they bring the guys, we both get the loot. Warn them that there are only guaranteed finds, not guaranteed value, but also that you should bring a serious military force for each expedition just in case someone starts throwing giant babies at you. No, we're serious, that happened.
      --[X] With the Duchy, share the locations of the Bone-Mender Temple and the Shard of the Black Forest
      --[X] With the Shipwrights, share the locations of the Cross-Wire Nebula and the Great Fire
      -[X] [General] Integrate The New Territories (11/14) 1 Locked + 2 Normal
      -[X] [General] Cross-Cultural Idea Harmonization (Shipwright's Grove) (Mechandrite)
      -[X] Free Melody: Revenant
      -[X] Free Song: A Constellation Called Star - The Star, The Star, The Star, The Star, The Star
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    • Scheduled vote count started by HeroCooky on Jan 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM, finished with 46 posts and 7 votes.
    • [X] Plan: Downfall of the Diaconate
      -[X] [Free] Consecrate In Sacred Sand (Forsworn Realm)
      -[X] [Free] Unto Works Generational is already on, but also let's add any choirs over 2000 from Love unto Death into the Fifth Diaconate Columns.
      -[X] [General] Ministry of Subversion, Infiltration, and Interstellar Communication
      --[X]Cross-Cultural Idea Harmonization (Van Zandt Free Duchy)
      --[X] [AUTOMATIC] System Subversion
      ---[X] Once the Rose-Torn Heralds are integrated, begin integrating the Palace of Stars sub-sector in preparation for colonization.
      -[X] 2x [General] Another Planetmaw (2/4) (1 action + 1 Devouring Mechadendrite Action) This should be reduced from 6 actions to 4 by Unto Works Generational
      -[X] [Military] Begin Military Operations
      --[X] The Target is the Diaconate of the Brandished Sword of the God-Emperor's Faithful
      --[X] The Objective is a dismantling of their ability to conduct war. Their fleets shall be broken, their shipyards destroyed, and even their interstellar shipping seized. We will not attempt to forcefully conquer their worlds, but we will destroy their capability to project force inside and outside their territory. Ideally this ends with our ships in orbit over Heiligdrekreus, overseeing the destruction of whatever gilded temple houses the leadership that oversees such a despicable cult.
      --[X] The Hope is that destroying their capability to dominate their own worlds will cause the Diaconate to shatter into pieces. To this end we will warn and utilize our own Fifth Column forces to encourage and assist in this process, as well as influence any successor states to be as close to our ethos as possible - including an open offer of integration to anybody who wants it.
      --[X] The Means is the following 2484 combat ships, including 45 battleships, 250 grand cruisers, 273 heavy cruisers, 1033 light cruisers, 682 frigates and 201 destroyers. Plus five temple ships and the Lamenters.
      --[X] Flag Armadas Magnetar, Broken Void, Ashen Star, Pulsar, Quasar and Black Cat.
      --[X] SBGs Celestial Fanfare, Bared Talon, Dusty Paths, Hungry Claws, Oya, Shanog, Ushun, Yemaya, Obatala, Ogun, Watchwoman, Watchmen, Healing Fire, Burned Offering, Saga of Luthaire, Knight's Watch, Thule Triumph, Light-Sworn, Scything Wing, Mountain Fog, Eluga, Neko, K'uk'ulkan, Chimera, Scylla, Umbra, Anansi, Enfield, Garuda, Phoenix.
      --[X] Nomadic Fleets Thorny-Candlebringers, Shield-Of-Far-Flung-Homes, Trailblazing-Adventurers, Sighs-Born-From-Content-Minds, Hopes-Of-Long-Yearned-Truths, Memories-Of-Healing-Tunes, Abundance-Of-Flowering-Stars, Unimpeded-Festival, Purpose-Of-Unity, Stellar-Harvesters, Lanterns-Against-Dark-Times, Beat-Of-Oiled-Drums, Banished-Sorrows-In-Dark-Times and Hot-Sands-Under-Swift-Legs.
      --[X] LRADs Alpha & Beta.
      --[X] Logistic Fleets Mermaid, Cherub, Nymph, Dryad.
      --[X] Temple Ships The Seeker of Light, The Last Word, The Divine Spark, The Pantagruel, The Fleeting Moment
      --[X] Evacuation Feet
      --[X] Invasion Fleet 1, Invasion Fleet 2
      --[X] The ground forces are allocated to be the entire Legio Gladius, half of each of our knight orders (totaling around 50 war-packs) and roughly half of each grand army. We're seeking to destroy specific targets here, not occupy territory, so prioritize forces good for that.
      --[X] The Lamenters are welcome to come along.
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    • Scheduled vote count started by HeroCooky on Jan 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM, finished with 41 posts and 17 votes.
    • [X] Plan: Stay on Target
      -[X] [Free] Change Diplomacy Target from Van Zandt to Junta
      -[X] [Free] Consecrate In Sacred Sand (Stamp's Grounds)
      -[X] [Free] Send any spare Choirs to help break through the Diaconate's blockade
      -[X] [General] Another Planetmaw (2/4) x2
      -[X] [General] Develop Heavy Industry (Do Not Use 50% Discount if possible)
      -[X] [General] Cross-Cultural Idea Harmonization (Mashan Temple Authority) (Devouring Mechadendrite action)
      [X] [General] Plan: We Grow Taller and a little Wider
      [X] Plan: Go Nuts + Adjust Diplomacy Targets
      -[X] [Free] Change Diplomacy Target from Van Zandt to Junta
      -[X] [Psykana] Sing a Symphony (A Cry for the Future)
      -[X] [Psykana] Sing a Symphony (The Grand Design)
      -[X] [Psykana] Conduct Six Melodies (Class is in Session 1)
      --[X] Slumber, Plants, Hunger, Comfort, Revenge, Retribution
      -[X] [Psykana] Conduct Six Melodies (Class is in session 2)
      --[X] Clockwork, Candle, Prophecy III, Time III, Harmony III, Paths III
      -[X] [Psykana] Sing two Songs (class is in session 3)
      --[X] Rise Anew, Above, Beyond, Embers Of The Ash - Fire, Hope, Death and Growth
      --[X] Prophecy, Time, Wisdom, Paths, Harmony
      -[X] [General] Research: (1 normal action + 3 Cry for the Future action + 6 bonus research actions, all boosted by The Grand Design)
      --[X] Black Cat Ship Weapon Rationalization, Black Cat Shield Overload, Large Black Cat Troop Compartment, Expanded Sensorium, and Black Cat Heat Cyclers (0/1)
      --[X] Sigils (0/1)
      --[X] Malicious Bone-Growth Weaponry, Dark Matter Blaster, and Monomolecular Blade Studies (1/2)
      --[X] Arcanum Psyker Staves (3/5)
      --[X] Hexagrammic Grammophone (0/3)
      --[X] Rejuvenat Experimentation IIb (0/2)
      -[X] Psykana-Repelling Persons (0/2) (1 Cry for the Future action, 1 bonus research action)
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    • Scheduled vote count started by HeroCooky on Jan 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM, finished with 22 posts and 13 votes.
    • [X] Plan: The Development Treadmill
      -[X] [Free] Consecrate in Sacred Sands (Verdant Dawn)
      -[X] [Free] Remove the Choirs from the Diaconate Fifth columns except where they're critical to establishing stable psykana traditions on their new worlds, and allocate them and any extra choirs to helping the Interstate Council of the Triumvirates stabilize and expand.
      -[X] [General] Develop The Federations'...
      --[X] Food Production XI & XII (NOT USING the 50% discount) (2 actions)
      --[X] Heavy Industry XII & XIII (1 Devouring Mechadendrite action) (Using one of the 50% discounts)
      --[X] Medical Services XI & XII (Using one of the 50% discounts) (1 action)
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    • Scheduled vote count started by HeroCooky on Jan 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM, finished with 26 posts and 10 votes.
    • [X] Plan: The Final Preperatory Steps
      -[X] [Free] Flip ISC to Green Horizons Colonization LTD
      -[X] [Free] Consecrate In Sacred Sand (Hessen)
      -[X] Food production XIII (Not using the 50% discount!)
      -[X] Military Industry XI
      -[X] Military Industry XII (Devouring Mechadendrite)
      -[X] [General] Research: (1 action yields 2.5 actions, 0.75 banked, so 3 actions and 0.25 banked actions remain)
      --[X] Sigils (0/1)
      --[X] Arcanum Psyker Staves (4/5)
      --[X] Psykana-Repelling Persons (1/2)
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    • Scheduled vote count started by HeroCooky on Jan 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM, finished with 27 posts and 10 votes.
    • [X] Plan: We're Going Nuts
      -[X] [Free] Consecrate in Sacred Sands (Firc)
      -[X] [Free][Psykana] (0.8/1 - Auto Complete) - [Choose Melody]
      --[X] Growth II
      -[X] [Psykana] Sing a Symphony (A Cry for the Future)
      -[X] [Psykana] Sing a Symphony (The Grand Design)
      -[X] [Psykana] Conduct Six Melodies (Class is in Session 1)
      --[X] Slumber, Plants, Hunger, Comfort, Revenge, Retribution
      -[X] [Psykana] Conduct Six Melodies (Class is in session 2)
      --[X] Clockwork, Candle, Time III, Harmony III, Mercy III, Community II
      --[X] If we already have any of these, change to another valid melody another valid melody, it's very confusing.
      -[X] [Psykana] Sing two Songs (class is in session 3)
      --[X] Rise Anew, Above, Beyond, Embers Of The Ash - Fire, Hope, Death and Growth
      --[X] A Path Towards the Future - Prophecy, Time, Wisdom, Paths, Harmony
      -[X] [General] Research: (1 normal action + 4 Cry for the Future actions + 7 bonus research actions, remaining research bonus of 0.5) (Italicized numbers are reduced by Unto Works Generational. Also Grand Design is active so all of these should be buffed)
      --[X] Black Cat Ship Weapon Rationalization, Black Cat Shield Overload, Large Black Cat Troop Compartment, Expanded Sensorium, and Black Cat Heat Cyclers (0/1)
      --[X] Hexagrammic Grammophone (0/2) x2
      --[X] Choir's Tangle (0/3) x3
      --[X] Discordant Shriek (0/6 )x6
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    Edit: Huh. Huh.
    HeroCooky threw 3 100-faced dice. Reason: Psykana Total: 224
    81 81 88 88 55 55
    HeroCooky threw 1 100-faced dice. Reason: Chaos Negation Total: 99
    99 99
     
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    • Scheduled vote count started by HeroCooky on Jan 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM, finished with 57 posts and 28 votes.
    • [X] Plan: More Faith and Less Blood
      -[X] [Free] Turn off The Grand Design Symphony
      -[X] [Free] Send out broad alerts based on the readings of the Warp Observatory reading of "Anticipatory." We hope not to have a sudden repeat of the warp storm of ages past, but we must be on high alert for Warp disturbances in the near future.
      -[X] [Free] Remove 55 Choirs from See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil, Do No Evil and 1,000 Choirs from[Interstate Aid], place 250 additional Choirs into See the Seer, 555 choirs into A Trusted Map, 250 choirs into Ashen Fields. Any new Choirs can go into Ashen Fields.
      -[X] [Military] Design New Voidship Classes x2 (145x2=290 points)
      --[X] 3x battleships (150 points)
      --[X] 3x Grand Cruisers (48 points)
      --[X] 4x Heavy Freighters (32 points)
      --[X] 3x Heavy Cruisers (24 points)
      --[X] 1x Light Freighter (4 points)
      --[X] 4x Light Cruiser (16 points)
      --[X] 5x Frigate (10 points)
      --[X] 4x Destroyer (4 points)
      --[X] That's 288 points. Maybe a stealth frigate?
      -[X] [Military] Create Eight Grand Armies (Heartbeat of Industry action)
      --[X] Tierras de la Santa Muerte Grand Army
      --[X] Forsworn Realm Grand Army
      --[X] Verdant Dawn Grand Army
      --[X] Shattered Yards Grand Army
      --[X] Embermire Grand Army
      --[X] Ambrosius Grand Army
      --[X] Hidden Village Grand Army
      --[X] Melritrum Grand Army
      -[X] Research (1 action + 1 Bonus research, new research bank of 0.75) (Does not have Grand Design applied)
      --[X] Warcaskets Upgraded (0/1)
      --[X] Malicious Bone-Growth Weaponry, Dark Matter Blaster, and Monomolecular Blade Studies (1/2)
      -[X] [Faith] Sigils (Input 3 Sigils) (Cry for the Future action 1)
      --[X] [Us] [Soar] [Heaven] [Void]
      --[X] [Joy] [We] [Faith]
      -[X] [Faith] The Matter Of The Anti-Souls (Cry for the Future action 2)
      --[X] [Righteous] [We] [Nuke] [Hurt] [Them]
      [X] Plan: More Faith and Less Blood - Automata Variant
      -[X] [Free] Turn off The Grand Design Symphony
      -[X] [Free] Send out broad alerts based on the readings of the Warp Observatory reading of "Anticipatory." We hope not to have a sudden repeat of the warp storm of ages past, but we must be on high alert for Warp disturbances in the near future.
      -[X] [Free] Remove 55 Choirs from See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil, Do No Evil and 1,000 Choirs from[Interstate Aid], place 250 additional Choirs into See the Seer, 555 choirs into A Trusted Map, 250 choirs into Ashen Fields. Any new Choirs can go into Ashen Fields.
      -[X] [Military] Design New Voidship Classes x2 (145x2=290 points)
      --[X] 3x battleships (150 points)
      --[X] 3x Grand Cruisers (48 points)
      --[X] 4x Heavy Freighters (32 points)
      --[X] 3x Heavy Cruisers (24 points)
      --[X] 1x Light Freighter (4 points)
      --[X] 4x Light Cruiser (16 points)
      --[X] 5x Frigate (10 points)
      --[X] 4x Destroyer (4 points)
      --[X] That's 288 points. Maybe a stealth frigate?
      -[X] [Military] Create Eight Grand Armies (Heartbeat of Industry action)
      --[X] Tierras de la Santa Muerte Grand Army
      --[X] Forsworn Realm Grand Army
      --[X] Verdant Dawn Grand Army
      --[X] Shattered Yards Grand Army
      --[X] Embermire Grand Army
      --[X] Ambrosius Grand Army
      --[X] Hidden Village Grand Army
      --[X] Melritrum Grand Army
      -[X] Research (1 action + 1 Bonus research, new research bank of 0.75) (Does not have Grand Design applied)
      --[X] Warcaskets Upgraded (0/1)
      --[X] Autonomously Automated Automata !!!WARNING!!! (0/1)
      -[X] [Faith] Sigils (Input 3 Sigils) (Cry for the Future action 1)
      --[X] [Us] [Soar] [Heaven] [Void]
      --[X] [Righteous] [We] [Nuke] [Hurt] [Them]
      --[X] [Joy] [We] [Faith]
      -[X] [Faith] The Matter Of The Anti-Souls (Cry for the Future action 2)
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    1 = Automata
    2 = Vanilla

    Edit: Writing.
    HeroCooky threw 1 2-faced dice. Total: 2
    2 2
     
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    • Scheduled vote count started by HeroCooky on Jan 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM, finished with 51 posts and 12 votes.
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    I will use the Freighters proposed in [Standardized Freighters] as no other designs have been put forward.

    Updated Military Forces (Lamenters, Grand Armies, Militant Faith Orders), Species List (Wayfarers), Nations List (Duchy Entry), and will soon do the Ships.
     
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    • Scheduled vote count started by HeroCooky on Jan 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM, finished with 21 posts and 13 votes.
    • [X] Plan: Ordo Abyssal, or The Abyssal Order
      -[X] We shall construct a large space station in close orbit around the Black Hole Abyssal Eye, just beyond the hazard zone of the accretion disk. It shall be built to the highest standard, with abundant luxuries, Federation-leading workshops, child-rearing and education facilities, as well as biological enhancement and rejuvenat capabilities. Not to mention triple-redundant backups to all vital systems and excellent defenses. This shall be the home of the Abyssal Order, and shall be named simply "Abyss Station" or "The Abyss."
      -[X] The Abyssal Order will be founded at Abyss Station, and shall consist of Blanks from across the Federation found during the same testing that finds Psykers. They will be mandated to join as soon as they are discovered. Every effort will be made to convince them this is the best option, to be amongst those who will not react with discomfort when in their presence, to receive the highest level of education, medical care and biological and cybernetic enhancement. However, ultimately they do not have a choice in the matter. Discovered Blanks must join the Ordo Abyssal, for their own good and the good of the federation, much the same as psykers must be trained when they are discovered.
      -[X] The Ordo Abyssal will seek to train their members to a high base level of competency in nearly every subject, including combat, negotiation, interrogation, medicae, piloting, tactics, strategy, the military equipment of the federation, as well as general scholarly works including alien studies, linguistics, demonology and did I say combat? Combat is heavily emphasized as the most important skill for the members of the Ordo Abyssal to learn, and regular competitions and tournaments will take place to emphasize the importance of martial skill, often coming with rewards of status and personal training.
      -[X] To this end the Ordo Abyssal will have access to the best trainers from across the Federation, though it is recognized that such trainers will likely only serve a short stint on the station due to the discomfort from so many blanks in close proximity. However, as the Ordo Abyssal gains skilled members they will be encouraged to return and teach the next generations, as well as accept additional training themselves. For a member of the Abyssal Ordo is never complete with their learning, and with easy access to juvenat they are expected to become masters of many fields and assets to the Federation over their long, long lifespans.
      -[X] The Ordo Abyssal will be led by "The Abyssal Council," a group of eight elected by ranked-choice voting that occurs every fifty years. Only those members who have over a century of active combat-adjacent service are eligible to both stand for election and vote in said elections. The candite who overall wins the election gains the title "Master of the Abyss," has two votes on the council, as well as default disciplinary and command power that requires a 5/8 majority from the rest of the council to overturn.
      -[X] The members of the Ordo Abyssal have a duty to the Federation in turn, and they must serve the broader Federation, utilizing their training and abilities to counter psykers, demons and other warp-magic as they see fit. Ultimately it is up to them what form this service will take, but they are strongly encouraged to serve tours of duty with the Order of Cerberus, the Lamenters, the Knights, the Navy or the Armies of the Federation, negotiating with the command structure of such an organization for their placement and chain of command. However, a trained Blank of the Ordo Abyssal is never lower in military rank than a Major, and they have that status in every organization they interact with, including local police forces, system-defense forces, armies, knights, etc. It is expected that individual Blanks will form lasting relationships with particular organizations and train further blanks to follow in their footsteps, relying on their contacts to place their students among the external organizations once they are sufficiently trained. The relationship with the Order of Cerberus is expected to be especially strong.
      -[X] It is valid for a blank to serve in other non-combat organizations, including on the Abyssal Station itself as a trainer, or among the research divisions, or even to aid in Choir training. However, such service does not count towards the "active service" required for voting or serving on the leadership council of the Ordo Abyssal. Additionally, the childcare and education aboard the Abyssal Ordo is intentionally designed to imbue young children with duty, patriotism and pride that will lead them towards seeking combat assignments.
      -[X] The Ordo Abyssal's secret duty is to hunt demons wherever they are found, and discover methods to kill them permanently. This mandate is known to the Order of Cerberus and the Celestial Choirs, who are tasked to aid the Ordo Abyssal in their search for methods to true-kill Demons and otherwise frustrate those who use the powers of the warp against the Federation.
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    • Scheduled vote count started by HeroCooky on Jan 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM, finished with 13 posts and 8 votes.
    • [X] Plan: Pulling Back from the Precipice, Colonization Edition
      -[X] [Free] Turn off A Cry for the Future
      -[X] [Free] Consecrate In Sacred Sand (Iskhe)
      -[X] [Free] Dedicate half the new choirs to Ex-Diaconate Worlds, dedicated the other half to Council Aid.
      -[X] [General] Develop The Federations'...
      --[X] Military Industry XIII (0/1)
      -[X] [General] Colonize (Sub-Sector) x2
      --[X] Yearning Tower, Broken Tower
      -[X] [General] Ministry of Subversion, Infiltration, and Interstellar Communication (Devouring Mechadendrite)
      --[X] ISC Access - (Thrice-Fold Councils)
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