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The Galaxy is Flood, Not Food

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Tide is definitely gonna have to put more effort into catching them but man this shit is gonna be something else. Spartan Vs Vindicare and Callidus time.

I'm curious though as to whether Tide could just teleport the Callidus into an area where he has the advantage but I guess teleportation like that requires more processing
 
MadRatSly said:
I feel like going full mask off once she revealed she was an assassin would have been prudent. Turn the ODST's into flies and send backup swarms to immediately infect her so as to gain her knowledge and Assassinorum fuckery.
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That would be pretty hard. Assassins are supplied with suits that are pretty good against environmental hazards, polled, viruses, bacteria and similar stuff. And Callidus would be way better in combat than most Flood forms.

There is also the question of how Polymorphine and Callidus augmentations would interact with the Flood.
 
Alotaro said:
Huh, Two imperial assassins seems overkill for what we thought the imperium knew of the planet. Wonder what prompted that? Perhaps the imperium is more aware of the chaos and genestealer cults on the planet then we previously thought?
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Its not two, its at minimum three. There is no way the that the person they are deploying isn't an Eversor, which are insane muder blenders. The bigger point of concern is if they have a Culexus on the team, because they are blanks on steroids. If that has any effect on Tides control....well that would be really really bad.
 
Zoolimar said:
At least it's Vindicare and Callidus, not the fan favorite Eversor.
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Yeah, so far. Unfortunately this last sentence doesn't fill me with confidence.

Jackson Fox said:
Assuming they ever got that far. With a command to the craft's machine spirit sent via his mask, the Valkyrie's bay doors opened with a subdued hum, while a crane-like appendage extended outwards, dragging its cargo free and suspending it over the hive, much like the Vindicare himself was suspended. By the time it'd fully extended, he'd almost finished readying its occupant's orders.
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This whole prepping the cargo with orders that is implied does not look good. I think there is an Eversor about to drop like a bag of bricks.
 
Jackson Fox said:
Assuming they ever got that far. With a command to the craft's machine spirit sent via his mask, the Valkyrie's bay doors opened with a subdued hum, while a crane-like appendage extended outwards, dragging its cargo free and suspending it over the hive, much like the Vindicare himself was suspended. By the time it'd fully extended, he'd almost finished readying its occupant's orders.
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Yeaaaaah, that's an eversor. There's no other assassin you would want that many precautions for.

It's both terrifying when you think of how dangerous the assassin's are when two of them can trounce Tide's ODST, and also a sobering thought when we the audience understand that this is Tide still using the kiddy gloves and trying for a nonlethal outcome.
 
Zoolimar said:
To be fair they are like one of the few consistently competent organizations within Imperium. Even Inquisition has way worse record than Oficio Assassinorum, what with all their radicals and factions. At least it's Vindicare and Callidus, not the fan favorite Eversor.
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Given the implications of the chapter's ending, I wouldn't be surprised if an Eversor were to make an appearance very shortly.
 
Iridium Flare said:
Given the implications of the chapter's ending, I wouldn't be surprised if an Eversor were to make an appearance very shortly.
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Well, then things are moving in the fun, by Ork definition, direction. Eversors are hardcore enough to carve Space Marines like turkeys. Really, who the fuck decided to deploy three assassins at once? Even two are an overkill in most situations.
 
Fun fact about the Assassinorum: almost all their members are orphans, recruited from the Schola. They tend to come from Death Worlds, Feral Worlds, and Hive Cities.
Vokivas said:
Based on the final line of the chapter, I feel like you've spoken too soon. And so I find myself agreeing with @XenonPrime here. This is probably a squad filled with the different assassins.
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I hope the pilot of a Valkyrie winds up being one of the minor temples like Vanus, running the numbers. Although Venenum would probably be best for the current situation. Adamus would be a good comic relief for the squad.
JmonsterNEO said:
Oh shit. An Eversor.
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I remember the one time a Harlequin tried to do a little trolling with an Imperial Noble until said Noble called in an Eversor for protection as a last resort. (People do dumb things when they are scared)

It ended with a mutual kill for all three when the Nuke triggered, and the Eversor made a good show of it beforehand.
 
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I wonder what they are doing before Tide kicked up a fuss for them.

The Callidus and Vindicare aren't assassinating anyone we know, because they would already be dead if that was the case (sniping upside down from a moving aircraft through walls is crazy).

Kill the chaos lord?

In that case they wouldn't be so close to the PDF and would be trying to get to the chaos lord instead.

Protect the young inquisitor?

They would'vd bumped into Tide far earlier.

Deal with the tyranid problem?

Not quite viable either.
 
Honestly, I think that everyone gravely underestimates the threat here.

Tide's, not facing assassins.

Tide's facing an execution force.

As in a group of assassins comprised of members from every temple, dispatched under the direct orders of the high lords.
 
Parth said:
Honestly, I think that everyone gravely underestimates the threat here.

Tide's, not facing assassins.

Tide's facing an execution force.

As in a group of assassins comprised of members from every temple, dispatched under the direct orders of the high lords.
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I knew that Assissinorum Execution Force is a potent threat indeed (though I don't have the game, you can get help from an Execution Force in the Chaos Gate: DaemonHunters game)....I forgot that the it's the HIGH LORDS that give them marching orders (this only makes me wonder why an Execution Force was involved with the Grey Knights in Daemonhunters).

But back on topic....What is it on Malum that has the HIGH LORDS interested in securing/disposing of?
 
EclecticGamer said:
I knew that Assissinorum Execution Force is a potent threat indeed (though I don't have the game, you can get help from an Execution Force in the Chaos Gate: DaemonHunters game)....I forgot that the it's the HIGH LORDS that give them marching orders (this only makes me wonder why an Execution Force was involved with the Grey Knights in Daemonhunters).

But back on topic....What is it on Malum that has the HIGH LORDS interested in securing/disposing of?
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Does it matter? at this point tide's survival just went from most likely to survive, to one mistake and it's over.
 
So at least two, maybe three or four assassins on Malum. With just the Vindicare I guessed he was tasked with protecting the inquisitor, but with multiple I doubt that's the main mission, at most it'd be a side objective or something the Vindicare did on his own initiative (keeping inquisitors alive is usually a good idea) because he was in the area and it didn't endanger the mission.

I do think Tide should've gone full mask off the moment the Callidus went mask off. Since Assassins wear sealed armour/suits, the only way to infect them would probably be to physically get through the armour, like say using a swarm of Infection Forms.

Though maybe Tide didn't go fully mask off like that because he didn't want to fully establish himself as hostile to them? As the original goal/motive was to just find "Sulla" and ask her some questions.

Speaking of Sulla, if the real "Sulla" is dead (presumably by the Callidus to steal her appearance as a disguise) then unfortunately the real Orion will be getting some bad news. Another Tide therapy scene?

A psychic scream killed the tarot card reader? Betting that's when the Flood arrived.


Jackson Fox said:
It's the most derivative, cliche, and plagiarism filled 2 hour spectacle ever seen and no one who sees it ever realizes this because the only people still alive who have seen the sources of the stolen material are either busy silently screaming as a skeleton on a throne or busy maintaining a massive museum (also as a skeleton).
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I can definitely see Big E, Malcador, Trazyn and Perpetuals (in general) making constant references. Hell, the Astartes legions and much of the Imperium is just one big Roman Empire reference (Legionnaires, Centurions, etc).

If the Halo franchise existed in the 40k universe, Big E will probably recognise exactly what the Flood is but also kinda freak out at the fact it's somehow real. Possible premise for a TTS omake? Big E either meets Tide or finds out what's going on at Malum and freaks out while everyone else is confused. Except maybe Magnus who actually gets the references due to his extensive research and curiosity about what in the Warp, Big E and Malcador were (still "are" for Emps) constantly referencing.
 
Cooldude101011 said:
A psychic scream killed the tarot card reader? Betting that's when the Flood arrived.
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"It is the 42nd Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries the Emperor of Mankind has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Terra. His Imperium spans the galaxy, yet it has been split in two by the Forces of Chaos after the Fall of Cadia and the opening of the Cicatrix Maledictum. Yet, with the tear in reality, opened by the malevolence of the four Dark Gods, something unexpected emerged into this reality. Something not within the plans of any player of the Great Game."

I'll just post this, it's the little bit below the title on the first page.
 
Cooldude101011 said:
I do think Tide should've gone full mask off the moment the Callidus went mask off. Since Assassins wear sealed armour/suits, the only way to infect them would probably be to physically get through the armour, like say using a swarm of Infection Forms.
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I don't think him going mask-off would've helped much against a Callidus.

Those gals and guys are basically Astartes in terms of lethality, and the ODST force that Tide sent was deadlier than any Flood infection form he can cook up on the fly against her.

Especially with the Vindicare watching 'nearby'.
 
I'll admit I'm confused about the assassins and the threat they present. I get that they are badass and all, but they're not fighting one target. They're fighting a hivemind in multiple places around a planet who is ultimately gigantic and far beneath the earth.

Like.. Tide doesn't really have many direct threats short of a nuke to the face or exterminatus. Maybe a particularly nasty (planetwide) chaos ritual? He can be inconvenienced, but hell, he can probably recycle his downed units as fast as they are killed.
 
AmbiguousAngle said:
I'll admit I'm confused about the assassins and the threat they present. I get that they are badass and all, but they're not fighting one target. They're fighting a hivemind in multiple places around a planet who is ultimately gigantic and far beneath the earth.
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The Eversor has a nuke in their heart I'm pretty sure.

But their threat isn't physical.

The Assassins answer directly to the High Lords. So if they suspect Tide is what he is, it's 100% Exterminating Crusade order directly from the High Lord or Guilliman himself.
 
questioningmeme said:
The Assassins answer directly to the High Lords. So if they suspect Tide is what he is, it's 100% Exterminating Crusade order directly from the High Lord or Guilliman himself.
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Is it wrong that I'm kinda hoping for this? Our protag is already powerful enough where you need fleets, completely overwhelming orbital superiority, especially mean chaos tricks, or.. really, bringing out some of the bigger names in the setting. Being shadowed by looming overwhelming death would at least keep him from going from planet to planet exponentially growing.
 
AmbiguousAngle said:
Is it wrong that I'm kinda hoping for this? Our protag is already powerful enough where you need fleets, completely overwhelming orbital superiority, especially mean chaos tricks, or.. really, bringing out some of the bigger names in the setting. Being shadowed by looming overwhelming death would at least keep him from going from planet to planet exponentially growing.
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He will be able to do that even if they realize he was there anyway.

He's all the way over in the Ghoul Stars section of the Galaxy and is therefore the furthest possible away from the High Lords.
 
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