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So I am noticing that the planet does have a Psyker that is at like Delta Psyker levels minimum. Primaris Psykers aka Psyker Lords are powerful. Choirs would still be a challenge to them though
So, we know now that the Van Zandt Duchy has actions. They just discovered a cabal of powerful psykers on one of their most valuable worlds.
They are almost certainly spending an action next turn to purge Vox Primus, with the full force of an action by a multi-subsector polity, because that's what a dogmatic polity would obviously do. I think we should spend an action to help hide our operation on the planet instead of only veiling our psykers. I feel like the free action is not enough, because they are probably going to send a multi-billion strong army to kill everything in the Underhives that looks funny next turn instead of specifically hunting for Psykers.
The free action plus dampening will probably save our Choirs, but I feel like it will leave the rest of our operations on the Hive World to burn.
Huh, how long has it been since the last civil war with the Black Ash Clan again? Might be worth a look.Nope. Voxx is now at twelve Cobras. Nothing more than that. Oh, and the Black Ash Clan is having a Civil War again.
Ah yes, the unnecessarily long names in the Noble portion of the Imperium. And the Governor of the Hive World. Also this now making me crave fruit again, curse you QM!Lady Governor Omamsi van Grim Dracentia de Larraal Hattie Vetesese Suri Consenho Scalle van der Snipe gingerly stabbed her fork into the small fruit on her plate; the flat thing quickly speared and brought it to her lips, where she took a singly dainty bite, eating a portion like a lady ought to, as she delighted silently in the taste of the fruit. From the sweetness lightly overshadowed by the sour notes replacing them after a second to the consistency of the pulp within her mouth, to the delight of knowing there would be yet more to come, it was all delightful.
oh, so she killed her father to get the position after he started hiring based on merit and skill as oppose to within the Nobility or houses. I do wonder what the PDF and SDF are looking like if the guy was eager to expand it? just land more jobs that gave food and such for the underhivers or what? Sadly I think this one will live long since she is careful about her food consumption and exercising, still a typical Noble. So maybe for another 4 or 5 turns we have her running the show.All too bad that she could not allow herself more than one of these treats per day after her work was done, else she would end up like her dearlydepartedandmuchmissedfather, and nobody would like that, her the least. A healthy body ensured a healthy mind, and she took to great pains to ensure both were in ample supply. Even if the exercises were the worst parts of her day, by far, and she had to deal with that dreadful Lord General Sebulustu. Really, what had her dearlydepartedandmuchmissedfather thought when he had elevated a commoner to that position? He was so...uncouth and brash, always eager to expand the PDF and SDF, chasing after any tail that would permit him to "clean up the Underhives" like that could be done.
Then again, the man did have his advantages, and it was always a good day when she could throw him at some useless fob who thought themselves important enough to order her around with how the military ought to be organized. Even if his obsession with logistics and feeding the troops was a bore at the best of times. The troops of the Free Dutchy were made up of her Hivers, and they were more than happy with the rations and corpse-starch given to them, and anything more than that, even if it were something she wouldn't even dare to touch, would have them praising her like a Saint!
So much effort and resources for a damn map, very much in line for her. Ah so this is charity part where she make show of how she 'totally' cares about them and as way keep people looking for it. Though given how its shown here, I do hope this isn't near our territory yet. And seriously? you have to avoid tearing the packaging around crest of the rations? that's some bullshit but fitting with 40k Imperium.Speaking of which..."Bring the map," she ordered into the room, her invisible gaggle of servants immediately moving around with nary a sound like they were trained to do. Servants ought to be seen, but never heard. It only took them seven-point-four seconds to bring forth and unfurl the map she requested once daily during her little treat. Upon that large banner of cloth that had taken a team of master seamstresses several months of non-stop work to complete was her planet, with all its Hives and all the interiors of the Hives depicted in perfect detail. Humming and still tasing the delightful sourness of her favorite fruit, she took the laser pointer from the plate offered by a servant and hummed for a moment, looking at the map in concentration. She had done the lower left yesterday, and she didn't feel like going to the upper right, so maybe...center middle-lower area? Yes, that sounded like a plan. And with that, she pointed the tiny stick at the map, the red dot illuminating some insignificant area within Hive Draconus.
"This one," she said, and enjoyed the furious scribbling of the various Administratum Servo-Skulls recording her choice for her daily charitable efforts, knowing that an additional ration filled by her specifications and adorned by her visage and the crest of her House would be delivered to all within that Hab-Block or Manufactory. Of course, selling the rations or defacing the crest of her visage was punishable by death, but that only meant they had to be careful when opening the packages. Something even th-
"My Lady," her handmaid softly spoke a step behind her, bowing forward to hold her head level with hers. Usually, she would not be happy to have her thoughts interrupted, but the girl knew her well enough that she would have waited, so this had to be important. A gesture of her hand allowed her handmaid to continue speaking without fear of punishment. "Psyker-Lord Shem Al-Abdazzah is urgently requesting to meet you. He waits before the doors as I speak."
I thought there was 700 billion people on Vox Primus last time we got numbers on it? was that a mistake or have they 'recruiting' so many people to fill the armies of the Dutchy?This...did make her pause for a moment. Not only that, he had been allowed to walk this far, even if he was the Psyker-Lord of this Sub-Sector and more than 300 billion souls within, as such a thing was not done. So, either he was trying to finally murder her after being corrupted by Chaos (very unlikely, he would have blown up the Upper-Hive Spire just to be sure, cautious as he was), or something had gone very wrong. "Let him enter," she spoke, and the doors opened before her lips had even closed, the man marching into her dining room upright and imperial, coat fluttering behind him. He also had to be a drama queen because being a psyker and reading the minds of her servants was apparently not enough. "I believe I told you to stay out of the minds of my servants. They are mine, after all, not yours," she idly commented, thinking he would have some witty comeback or make a funny face in return. He did neither, speaking gravely and harshly.
"Tell me that you have an explanation as to why my disciples detected what they are very sure is a Cabal of Rogue Psykers right within your Underhive?"
Fucking hell, I know we'll have more in the long run but damn that is a lot of actions. Glad its an auto-ticker and we just have to put 1 action to start it.[] [Blazing Sun] Every World A Fortress (0/32)
No longer left aside.
(Gain: 1 War-Pack per Action on a Planet.)
Wooooo we breached the hundred million mark but holy shit it does not seem that much when the population of the planet is somewhere between 300 and 700 Billion. Its a good base and not sure HOW effective the last action was with infiltrators and the like. Ten years would be enough but who knows how they are working to set up the various gangs Downfall. Is that what's happening QM? or is the ongoing wars between gangs lasting decades and our insurgency there just on the sidelines waiting for the right moment? Also should we be preparing to send a massive shipment of machinery, hydroponics, and the like to help prepare for a massive influx?You are up to around ~110 million people, with gangs slowly starting to flock to your banner for food, guns, and safety. And the sent Choirs have not noticed that they were noticed, that is another Melody. They have noticed several hundred Psykers (only 11 were of Choir Quality) and took them under their wings or put a few hundred rounds through their bodies.
To be honest, we have had the options for it and received confirmation from him that I and other brought up before. Its a gate to the things further down the tree, its locked behind that option and we don't get to just look at the stuff further down the tree, only get to do that once you start it. I and other have stated this is the case many times. Same thing with Servitors upgrade, its IS there but always action cost and focus on immediate returns rather than on unsure future returns. The Voxx mission isn't a bad one just we jumped the gun too soon and believed too much in the Meme of the Imperium of their incompetence. We made a mistake, lesson learned and we'll try to salvage things.Like, you know what you're doing. We've played the entire game in action economy hell. We barely have time to explore anything. Write-ins tend to go well, except when we've apparently compromised our entire mission and might as well not have bothered going to Voxx Primus at all, apparently!
YES. this has been my thing and what I say a few pages before the update. I didn't WANT to colonize the planet that leads to Voxx Primus but since we did, just build up static Defenses. do a write in for Orbital Defense Stations and build up, like how Voxx Primus did early on. I would say to build up Orbitals in addition to the BSG's stationed there. Maybe make it a military planet or outpost to founded instead.I, actually, do know what I am doing, thank you very much. You do have time to explore stuff, the problem is that you are apparently under the impression that you need to annihilate Van Zandt in a Death War instead of making yourself look too strong to attack. You can do that, by the way. Just park two BSGs next to them and blow up any scouts that come your way. They ain't gonna keep throwing ships away if you do that.
Yahhhhh, I got to that conclusion thinking on it and it makes sense. these are decently leveled pyschers with 200 years to get their shit together.As for the Psykers getting noticed, yes. That is what happens if you send 25 Psykers capable of using the Warp to collectively fry a Battleship to a crisp in exchange for their lives to unto a planet of a nation that goes: "Fuck Insurgents This Turn." Tell 'em to lay low, slot in the Grounding Melody, and you will be able to avoid the danger until people grow bored.
Yup, as stated ALL of our choirs when they appear on the Free Choir part are ones with 200 years of training and getting their shit together. A thing most pyscher don't have besides eldar and that gives us a massive advantage. So yah getting discovered by the Dutchy's would make them investigate because those don't just pop out of nowhere.Most Psykers AFAIK don't have access to Rejuvenat as we do, so for them having lived their entire lives there and suddenly encountering something new, it'd make them interested enough to investigate.
Oh sweet, Glad we got this and I didn't realize there were THAT much more as well there. Shit, the Hive World are just breeding grounds for this shit aren't they? Thank You QM.-[] Free Action: If our efforts in subverting Voxx Primus are detected due to our Choirs getting noticed in the Warp, tell 'em to lay low and point one of the dozen hanger-on gangs at some nearby Psykers unwilling to become a part of the Celestial Choir. When they are dead, have the gangers deliver the Psykers to local Arbites or Ecclesiarchy to sell their bodies and evidence of their psyker nature for cash or goods. Then do nothing but silently listen for a decade or two.
Wait is THAT how it works? I didn't look into that stuff but witchsight is a thing like in Witcher? or maybe Assassin's creed with their sights? Huh, that would explain a lot now and how our Choirs would look to them.... Yah I think we way overshot it by sending Five choirs. i get wanting to do 5 every chance we get but we should have tested the waters first with one before sending 5 at once. sending one choir every decade or so. Oh well.It's b/c the more powerful the Psyker, the more they stand out to others with Witchsight, and those that are part of a Choir are pretty damn powerful, like at least Gamma or Delta level. And we sent 25 of them all to one place.
Oh right, was looking at the informational about the Lamenters while looking for something else and noticed these. Is the reason they don't have a Chief Librarian because our Choirs snatch all the Psychers? and what do we need to research or do in order to be able to create Dreadnoughts?
Yup![X] Plan: Keep calm, Ramp Up.
Can we design that many at once?
Though you should know, the Crux-T design on there is based on if we have Autoloaders standardized. If you go through with the plan with them as is, we're going to be giving the Crux-T a detriment since it's 2DP over budget.Yup!
[ ] [Military] Design New Voidship Classes - [Available: Destroyer (1 DP), Frigate (2 DP), Light Cruiser (4 DP), Heavy Cruiser (8 DP)] - [8 DP]
We've got 2 destroyers, 1 frigate and one light cruiser on the docket!
... ah. Thank you. I was not aware. Let's swap it to the Sagittarius design, since the Crux design I was quoting on seems a little half-baked. Sorry for the edit!Though you should know, the Crux-T design on there is based on if we have Autoloaders standardized. If you go through with the plan with them as is, we're going to be giving the Crux-T a detriment since it's 2DP over budget.
Ah, whoops, that was just me math-ing wrong. Yeah, best just switch to the Sagittarius-S for now. We can wait for the auto-loaders for the Crux-T.... ah. Thank you. I was not aware. Let's swap it to the Sagittarius design, since the Crux design I was quoting on seems a little half-baked. Sorry for the edit!
It's probably better this way anyways, since the Crux's were initially designed as lineholders when we were playing in the little leagues. Now they're skirmishers, but the Sagittarius is potentially better in the harrasment role since it's longer-ranged.
Apologies, I don't think I saw that earlier when you posted it. Can you link that post or describe the issue again? It's a destroyer that if we build a dozen or so of them will serve to blunt infrastructure losses, carry out humanitarian missions and generally act like a pseudo-trait. Having the capability to deploy mobile missionaries, doctors and infrastructure capacity is powerful, helping us diplomatically and in expansion.The Libra-Q is right, but I've made my feelings on the Cassiopeia not really being a great choice before, and upgrading our Sloops right before we get better scouting gear hurts me.
At this point I don't want to swap out designs again. If you want to swap it out make a new voting option and I'll probably back it in addition to my own.I do have a stealth raider destroyer sitting around if you want to replace one of them.
Apologies, I don't think I saw that earlier when you posted it. Can you link that post or describe the issue again? It's a destroyer that if we build a dozen or so of them will serve to blunt infrastructure losses, carry out humanitarian missions and generally act like a pseudo-trait. Having the capability to deploy mobile missionaries, doctors and infrastructure capacity is powerful, helping us diplomatically and in expansion.
I think it's inarguable there's a lot of potetnial for a support ship, though I could see an argument for something like the Anthikera Class Engineering Vessel if you also wanted it to serve as a ship support vessel that can do repairs.
Huh, I personally went with a more lightweight design since we're still struggling making heavy cruisers in a timely fashion.[] [Heavy Cruiser] Aquarius-class Logistics Cruiser
-[] Length - 5.400 Meters (-2 DP)
-[] Width - 1.000 Meters (-2 DP)
-[] Acceleration - 3 Gravities
-[] Armor - Thin Bulwark Hull
-[] Shields - Two Lattices
-[] Weapons - 1x Medium Fighter Hangar (-1 DP)
-[] Equipment - Armored Life Pods/Ship Shrines/Superior Gravimetric Engine Calculations/Medical Deployment Division/Orders of the Guiding Hands/Large Repair Bay (-23 DP)
This is not a ship designed to fight in the line, it's intended to sit with the Andromedas in the back, because its job happens when the fighting is over. It is big, chonky, maximum sized, and still hits 3 gs of acceleration in spite of this. That being said, its armament is just a token force of fighters.
It's real upside is being able to repair virtually anything we have in the Void right now, and to provide key logistical support on campaigns, extending our endurance dramatically by being able to repair anything that doesn't need yard time in the field, while being able to provide major sophontarian support to the ground. It's also more practice at building Heavy Cruisers, which is a nice bonus.
Basically, what I'm trying to say is "If you want a dedicated Logistics ship that isn't going to run into Problems, it can't be significantly smaller than the ships it's working on".
Huh, I personally went with a more lightweight design since we're still struggling making heavy cruisers in a timely fashion.
[] Capricornus Light Fleet Tender (v.1.3)[25DP]
-[] Length - 4.000 Meters (+1)
-[] Width - 500 Meters (+1)
-[] Acceleration - 5 Gravities (-1)
-[] Armor - Medium Double Hull
-[] Shields - One Matrix
-[] Weapons - 1x Medium Fighter Hanger (-1)
-[] Equipment - Large Repair Bay/Small On-Board Manufactory/Yeeni Auxiliary Engineer Division/Ship Shrines/Armored Life Pods/Medical Deployment Division (-25)
That's fair. I'll defer to you on this ship specialization.You only need one of these per battle group, realistically. That's affordable.
Building Big is the only way you're going to get anything halfway resembling good performance out of a Large Repair Bay however, you can't fucking do serious work on a ship that's in the same weight class as you are.