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The Long Night Part One: Embers in the Dusk: A Planetary Governor Quest (43k) Complete Sequel Up

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Azgrin said:
I wonder what kind of oh shit buttons Muspelheim will press now that the storm is ending.
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So far we've yet to find anything that actually scares them.

I think the only time Surt's actually done stuff was during the ork attack on Aflehiem... I think the Hulk was called the Wotz that or something.
 
Alex pears said:
So far we've yet to find anything that actually scares them.

I think the only time Surt's actually done stuff was during the ork attack on Aflehiem... I think the Hulk was called the Wotz that or something.
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Well they did install Warp Drives into their cities for emergency use so there's that.

Also the Hulk's name was "Wot the zog was dat?"
EDIT: Sorry, I got the name wrong.
Durin said:
yes the Hulk is called "Wat just happened", it was obviously named by Orks
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I really hope those omakes don't actually lead to a three way battle between the Trust, the Orks and the Abomination. That would probably become a clusterfuck for Durin very quickly.

Oh, and it would suck for us too.
 
I'm unsure whether Orks would be the best enemies for the Abomination to fight or the worst.
On the one hand, they're pretty predictable in the way that they're just going to try and attack head-on, on the other hand, they're Orks, they're almost the definition of crazy.
 
Execute/Dumbo said:
I'm unsure whether Orks would be the best enemies for the Abomination to fight or the worst.
On the one hand, they're pretty predictable in the way that they're just going to try and attack head-on, on the other hand, they're Orks, they're almost the definition of crazy.
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I'd say Orks are one of the better matchups for Abom forces. My interpretation is that the big risks to Abom forces are having leadership taken out in a decaptitating strike, being put in a situation where 'standard' tactics involve effectively marching their army into a meatgrinder, and being harassed to death—the first because it means they don't have orders to follow, and the latter two because they exploits weaknesses in their system. None of those are really part of Orkish standard tactics, especially when compared to groups like the Necrons and the Eldar.
 
BTW, I think that other petty imperiums that didn't fell to Abomination will be wary of us. We worship Emperor, and the information that Emperor and Abomination are two separate entities probably not much widespread. Which is the reason why probably there are not many places that didn't fell to Abomination.
 
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    For most human psykers, scrying for information about a specific issue was a last-ditch effort. Something to be only if more traditional methods of gathering information had failed, or if the object in question was of such dire importance that no stone could be left unturned in its pursuit.This was not due to the general disdain the Imperium held for psykers, but because of more practical concerns. Specifically, most things left behind little in the way of psychic residue, leading to a best-case scenario where a skilled diviner would be able to uncover little more than a few cryptic hints that may or may not be relevant to the case at hand and could lead entire investigations off on a wild goose chase all to easily. On the other hand, those things that left enough residue to be more easily divined tended to be extremely dangerous for even well-trained human psykers to pry into, be they the machinations of the Eldar, the schemes of the Ruinous Powers, or even just the vagaries of the Warp.

    Of course, mankind had done its best to find ways to manage these risks. Entire libraries were filled with everything from complex risk-analysis calculations to historical accounts of investigations helped or hindered by divinatory assistance, and complex wardings developed to allow a diviner access while shielding them from either notice or retaliation. While the Imperium still stood, a proven improvement on these existing methods, however minor, would lead to the discoverer being raised to the heights of fame and esteem in those circles that made use of Divination as an investigative tool. In the end, these standard methodologies generally centered around eking out as much meaning as possible from the few breadcrumbs found while totally avoiding situations where the diviner might draw malign attention.

    Ridcully's abilities turned these common sense measures on their heads. Not only had he demonstrated the ability to avoid notice even when poking around in the homes of the Ruinous Powers, thus largely negating the need to worry about the dangers of drawing undue attention from the denizens of the Warp, but his own finesse in teasing out even the most minuscule of connections generally resulted in a plethora of information gathered, while the normal methodologies focused on extrapolating as much as possible from the barest hints.

    While the miss-match between the carefully refined techniques developed over millennia and the outcomes of Ridcully's divinations frequently irked the investigators of the Inquisition, he was still looked upon with both awe and reverence. His abilities had almost entirely redefined the line between impossible and possible within their field and in so many others. And if this redefinition had exposed some flaws in their carefully honed and hoarded knowledge, so be it. The newly uncovered and created methods they had been refining since his power and skill had mooted the more established ones would have to do for now.
     
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    • Fanhunter696 said:
    Yeah the same here

    By the way @Durin a couple of things

    1 Is the following analysis correct?
    The time since we sent the Fólkvang to repair and the scandal started was 10-13 years, that would mean that the Fólkvang get at least decade of being repaired normally, and now that the scandal has died out, the storm is going to end Vanheim will resume the reparations normally (or even with high priority since that ship is one of the best assets to the defense of the 9 worlds) and we will get the Fólkvang somtime between this turn and the next​
    2 With all the new tech from the library, the Well of Urd and the datacores, combined with the new Super elite operatives bionics. Would we be able to upgrade Frederick Bionic Arm anytime soon?
    3 Which is the weapons equipment that these characters usually carry in their daily live (all the data we have about this was answered before we found the Datacores)?
    3.1 Frederick
    3.2 Syr
    3.3 Jane
    3.4 Klovis Uktan
    3.5 Saint Lin
    3.6 Xavier
    3.7 Tranth​
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    1. yes
    2. maybe
    3. I will get to this later
    True Metal Power said:
    @Durin, did Inquisition quarantined starfort after the incident? It seems like preventing culprit from leaving is a reasonable course of action
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    yes
     
    Most likely and realistic version is that is a work of an alpha psyker. He/she was smart enough to understand that he will get put to sleep on Avernus, so they used their power(divination, telepathy or daemonology) to sneak up on a starship to Starfort, where it should be easy to sneak on a ship to another system. There he or she was detected by Grey Knight and had to get rid of him.

    Stormgear said:
    It's just one room. The Ramilles is HUGE.
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    Culprit can move freely on it. So of course we need to quarantine the whole starfort.

    EDIT: @Durin, how big will be political consequences if a chaos psyker from Avernus will wreck havoc in a different system? What if it will happen on Vanaheim, since our relations already pretty cold?
     
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    Sorry for doublepost, but IIRC Durin will not see notification if I just add his nametag in edited post.

    @Durin, how big will be political consequences if a chaos psyker from Avernus will wreck havoc in a different system? What if it will happen on Vanaheim, since our relations already pretty cold?
     
    It would be extraordinarily difficult for a psyker, let alone a chaos psyker, let alone a chaos alpha psyker, to get on a starship undetected.

    Especially so given that an Alpha will probably go batshit insane and nuke things long before he/she can even conduct long-term planning to specifically kill one GK.
     
    Frankly, events that make an experienced Grey Knight disappear from an empty room are all going to be fringe probabilities. I don't think that even OOC knowledge will help us figure this out.
     
    I think he just decided to go for a vacation to Catacha. Its a nice place this time of year.

    Did anyone check if he filed for leave?
     
    Reynal said:
    Frankly, events that make an experienced Grey Knight disappear from an empty room are all going to be fringe probabilities. I don't think that even OOC knowledge will help us figure this out.
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    Still we can divide posibilities in three major versions: it was an accident, Grey Knight run away voluntarily with some unknown motive, or he become a victim of an enemy. The third one is the most worrying. So we should proceed from this premise until it's proven wrong.
     
    True Metal Power said:
    Most likely and realistic version is that is a work of an alpha psyker. He/she was smart enough to understand that he will get put to sleep on Avernus, so they used their power(divination, telepathy or daemonology) to sneak up on a starship to Starfort, where it should be easy to sneak on a ship to another system. There he or she was detected by Grey Knight and had to get rid of him.



    Culprit can move freely on it. So of course we need to quarantine the whole starfort.

    EDIT: @Durin, how big will be political consequences if a chaos psyker from Avernus will wreck havoc in a different system? What if it will happen on Vanaheim, since our relations already pretty cold?
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    it depends on the system and damge but possibly pretty big
     
    I like the options you are coming up with, not saying how accurate they are but you are clearly thinking about it and understand how unusual this is
     
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