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

Investigate the Sea?

  • Yes

    Votes: 593 80.4%
  • No

    Votes: 145 19.6%

  • Total voters
    738
sigh, freaking chaos. Heere to fight the nid menace eh? well lets see how well you do that if we shoot you!
It does look like Rotbart has defeated at minimum 1 Chaos Fleet (of unknown size and power) after having also defeated 2 Tyranid Fleets which are worth at least a battlefleet each. He did this basically back-to-back with no opportunity to repair, so it might have been enough for him to breakthrough his Naval martial and acquired Paragon.
 
It does look like Rotbart has defeated at minimum 1 Chaos Fleet (of unknown size and power) after having also defeated 2 Tyranid Fleets which are worth at least a battlefleet each. He did this basically back-to-back with no opportunity to repair, so it might have been enough for him to breakthrough his Naval martial and acquired Paragon.
Is it confirmed that he'll get a naval specific paragon trait if he gets his naval up to his land ability?
 
Well mixed turn.

On the plus side internal stuff is going great on the downside it seems the nids are picking up hard.

Also **** Amir-ka.

huh, so it looks like both sides where involved in trying to keep them alive, and oh holy shit it sounds like the PM poked the sea and it went poorly.
That or they were dealing with...well primordial demons.

Things like Oreborus and Drach which seem to be in a league of their own among demon kind.
 
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The Aetheric Concordat Final Report
The Aetheric Concordat Final Report

One of the more interesting results of the attempt to infiltrate the Realm of Plague, and the distractions that the Eldar prepared for it was the Aetheric Concordat, a pantheon formed by the vast majority of the surviving non-chaotic gods, barring those of the Eldar and Orks. Over the last half century they have been hounded by the forces of plague, and suffered greatly. While both of the gods that could be called the Aetheric Concordat's leader survived many of their compatriots did not, including several key members. Between the losses that it has suffered and the members that have lost power it is uncertain how much impact the Aetheric Concordat will be able to have outside of its core territories. What follows is a list of the known members of the Aetheric Concordat, and how they weathered the recent years.

Zahhak: the mercurial devouring goddess. Zahhak is a bizarre creature that seems to feed on other warp entities rather than worship, primarily daemons and one of the strangest, and in some ways both the most and least sane members of the Aetheric Concordat. Zahhak is primarily responsible for the creation if the Aetheric Concordat and it still considered by many to be its leader. She managed to survive the recent years but lost a good deal of her power, including most of the Blackend, her Daemon Princes and in some strange manner her family.

Ugruer: the god of greed and trade. A ancient Primal God who is able to easily transfer power between members of the Aetheric Concordat his presence has been key to allow the Aetheric Concordat to work togather as closely as it has. While he still survives he has lost many of his mortal servants to the forces of plague, and has had to sacrifice much of his power to escape death.

Sophont: a machine spirit that somehow ascended to godhood, Sophont had hidden itself in the Materium, incarnated in countless iterations in the avatar mainframes of its terminal worlds where it relied on vast armies of automata and fleets of autoships to protect it. Between its powerful armies and fleets and advanced technology Sophont was one of the most members of the Aetheric Concordat before its destruction at the hands of the forces of Decay.

Qhaysh: A religious goddess of serenity and harmony formed from the belief of a number of humans. Her creation was a plot by the Aeldari to create a deity that could hard-counter the forces of Khorne. As such it surprises few that despite the best efforts of the Aetheric Concordat that she eventually fell to the forces of blood.

Zaghâsh: Zaghâsh is a god of death and fire, formed from worship and the ritualistic mass-suicide of many of his followers. He maintains an afterlife and has an extensive history of fighting the forces of Nurgle. He was one of the few gods who managed to maintain the power gained in the raids on Nurgle, and as such is now one of the most powerful members of the Aetheric Concordat.

Emerlyn: A transcendent goddess of assassins. Moral and sane by the standards of minor gods, she survived long enough to join the Aetheric Concordat only because of her youth. Like most of the younger members she fell to the forces of Chaos.

Ilfeliare: A sun goddess that has survived partly thanks to her home field advantage - a star - and partly incarnating in the Materium with an avatar, which she uses to rule her polity as its head of state. Her polity is very advanced in the fields of plasmatics, fusion, and astromancy. She formed a pantheon known as the Firmament with the two gods Karzarot and Zuntîram before their deaths. Despite that she is one of the few gods more powerful then they were at the formation of the Aetheric Concordat, due in large part due to the sacrifice of her comrades to protect her. These sacrifices have granted her a protion of her comrades domains, making her one of the most powerful and flexible gods of the Aetheric Concordat.

Karzarot: A vengeful storm god. He embodied both the storm itself and its calm eye; the latter aspect has allowed him to build a positive relationship with his followers and other deities. He was allied with Ilfeliare even before the formation of the Aetheric Concordat, and died protecting her.

Zuntîram: A Xenos god of the earth who's tied very strongly to his homeworld. This tie gives him an immense home-field advantage and lets him freely incarnate in the Materium, but it also means he can never leave his world. It was on his world that one of the plague gods major assaults was stopped, at the price of his life.

Hagal: Human transcendent god. He consumes the souls of all his worshippers upon their deaths, makes extensive use of runes, and has declared war against Chaos. Like most of the other young gods, he proved to be unable to survive against the forces of Chaos for long.

Gatta: Goddess of guns. She represents both the creation and usage of guns. Her domain is very popular and her worship has been spreading extremely rapidly, however, she is targeted by both Nurgle and Khorne for destruction - the former for raiding his worlds, the latter for being a war god. Between her youth and having the emnity of two of the Great Gods of Chaos, it is no surprise that she fell, though not before creating a final masterwork with the aid of Faust and Ilfeliare.

Faust: a goddess of friendship, Faust has always been ill-suited to the hostile galaxy she has found herself in. Her powers are primarily based around enhancing others and moving between those she holds dear. Her fortunes have vastly improved since the formation of the Aetheric Concordat, ensuring she has others to help and fight beside. Within the Aetheric Concordat she has come into her own, becoming one of its most valuable members and gaining a significant amount of power.

Auralvic: a xeno god of law and justice, his birth was hastened to assist with the raid, and doing so was one of his first acts. Since then his followers have benefited greatly from their god, catapulting them from a minor race just beginning to spread out into their home system, to a technological peer to some petty forge empires. However this rise was followed shortly by a fall, with his people exterminated and his worlds turned into worlds of rot and decay. Auralvic died along with his people, working to ensure that a handful could be spirited away by the Aetheric Concordat to prevent their genocide. They now reside far from their original home as a protectorate of the Krork.

The Colonel: a god of unknown origins, the Colonel had the ability to scar the souls of his foes, forever hindering them. He fell fighting side by side with his ancient enemy the The Lionsmith in one of the final pushes by the forces of plague against the Aetheric Concordat.

The Lionsmith: a god of unknown origins, the Lionsmith's power is that of creation. He can easily create potent servitors from raw warpstuff, including ones that act as seeds from which he can be reborn if slain. This proved to be insufficient in the final assault of the forces of plague, where his core was infected with an inescapable plague, claiming his life hours after the battle was one.

Yharim and Yharon: Technically two gods, a brutal warlord, and his draconic steed, but their stories and deeds have become entwined to the point where in many ways they are a single divinity. Together they were one of the most potent gods in the Concordat. As a God who ascended through a religious ritual, they remain moderately rational. While the ruthless warlord Yharim has kept the majority of his power, and still schemes to replace Zahhak as the head of the Aetheric Concordat he has been weakened greatly by the death of his mount Yharon in the final clash with the forces of the plague god.

Zaeed: the sellsword god of mercenaries. Zaeed's origins have been lost to the mists of time, and his power is difficult to judge, being mostly invested into his legions of servants. Zaeed has done extremely well in the Aetheric Concordat. Countless gods purchase his services, enabling him to swell their ranks and might. His endless armies of mercenaries serve as the primary warp forces of the concordat. They can be called forth into realspace or march upon the battlefields of the warp. So far, he cleaves to his contract with Yharim, though as his power grows, some begin to wonder if he will remain a junior partner in the pantheon much longer. With the recent of death of Yharon these murmurs are getting louder.

Valanar: an enslaved smith god of great skill and power, his was enslaved by Yharim after one of his works failed, an failure that many suspect that Yharim himself ensured. Where once he was only able to work as his master commanded under the Aetheric Concordat he was able to escape from many of his limitations. Like Zaeed Valanar has gained much power in his time in the Aetheric Concordat, and has managed to break several of the bindings that Yharim placed on him. Bindings that the Aetheric Concordat has prevented him from reapplying.

Bulwark: a xeno god of fortresses and defense, he was one of the two surviving gods of a region known as the Caligo Expanse. He has formed a close pantheon with Ruick. When the Caligo Expanse fell to the Second Miasma Crusade Bulwark and his followed covered the retreat, dying buying time for their allies. With his sacrifice he was able to will his domains and remaining power to his oldest friend.

Ruick: Bulwark's partner, Ruick is a god of the frontier and its exploitation, be it establishing mines, terraforming worlds, or paving the way for further development. He led the exodus from the Caligo Expanse after the Second Miasma Crusade, and has found himself the leader of a massive nomadic fleet traveling the galaxy. Bulwark was able to pass on his power, knowledge and domains to Ruick, giving him a far more borad protfoloi and setting him up to be one of the most powerful gods of the Aetheric Concordat
 
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The Colonel: a god of unknown origins, the Colonel had the ability to scar the souls of his foes, forever hindering them. He fell fighting side by side with his ancient enemy the The Lionsmith in one of the final pushes by the forces of plague against the Aetheric Concordat.

The Lionsmith: a god of unknown origins, the Lionsmith's power is that of creation. He can easily create potent servitors from raw warpstuff, including ones that act as seeds from which he can be reborn if slain. This proved to be insufficient in the final assault of the forces of plague, where his core was infected with an inescapable plague, claiming his life hours after the battle was one.
Someone's been greatly enjoying Cultist Simulator, I see.
 
Ugruer: the god of greed and trade. A ancient Primal God who is able to easily transfer power between members of the Aetheric Concordat his presence has been key to allow the Aetheric Concordat to work togather as closely as it has. While he still survives he has lost many of his mortal servants to the forces of plague, and has had to sacrifice much of his power to escape death.
Trade and Greed will never die, faces change, bodies change and even so do minds and people and societies - But at the heart of any civilization there is trade, and so you ain't killing him. His Trade power is probably what let him directly trade his stored power straight into survival.
 
A repost would be nice.
Here: Embers in the Dusk: A Planetary Governor Quest (43k) | Page 4544
To 1. I build the equation so that only the same two variables are needed. So you would "only" need to visit the cells that calculate rebate. I admit that I do not know how many that are but I can only speculate on a number between 21 and 210...

But I can make it easier!
Article:
My Original:
'=IF((D4*B4)<(D4/(1+B4)*(B4+1-1/(1+B4)));D4*B4;D4/(1+B4)*(B4+1-1/(1+B4)))

Replaceable
'=IF((XX*YY)<(XX/(1+YY)*(YY+1-1/(1+YY)));XX*YY;XX/(1+YY)*(YY+1-1/(1+YY)))
XX is the Upkeep of the troops
YY is the thite percentage

=IF(
(XX*YY)<(XX/(1+YY)*(YY+1-1/(1+YY)));
XX*YY;
XX/(1+YY)*(YY+1-1/(1+YY))​
)
IF checks wheter the old or new equation is cheaper.
Until 61% the old is used. Including 62% the new is used.
"XX/(1+YY)" calculate the upkeep before the upkeep of the thited troops is added to it. XX reprecent 100% + YY of thited troops. It can be peplaced by ZZ if your spreadsheet differenciate the two already.
"ZZ*(YY+1-1/(1+YY))" is a shortenet refraction of "ZZ*YY+ZZ*(1-1/(1+YY))". It calculates the portion of the upkeep for the thited troops and an additional rebate to the planet to cover training and other cost for the troops.
That second part can be removed but than only the thited troops recieve a rebate for their upkeep.
The work would still be to copy the equation somewhere (text editor), find the cell for the rebate in the spreadsheet, replace the equations variables with the cell coordinates, insert equation into the rebate cell.

Here the relevant result:
Upkeep Cost Thite % Thite Cost Total Upkeep   Rebate Total Cover % Thite Cover Normal Cover
500 5% 25 525   26.25 5% 105% 0.25%
500 20% 100 600   120 20% 120% 4%
500 60% 300 800   480 60% 160% 36%
500 70% 350 850   555.88 65.4% 158.82% 41.18%
500 100% 500 1000   750 75% 150% 50%
1. What is your opinion on this compromise?
1a. Do you have questions? I know that I don't like getting math thrown at me without any context but I do not know what you want.
2. What is the members opinion on this compromise?

Sorry If I hount you with this but the proposals in the update will only solve the poblem in the short term...
 
Zahhak: the mercurial devouring goddess. Zahhak is a bizarre creature that seems to feed on other warp entities rather than worship, primarily daemons and one of the strangest, and in some ways both the most and least sane members of the Aetheric Concordat. Zahhak is primarily responsible for the creation if the Aetheric Concordat and it still considered by many to be its leader. She managed to survive the recent years but lost a good deal of her power, including most of the Blackend, her Daemon Princes and in some strange manner her family.

Ugruer: the god of greed and trade. A ancient Primal God who is able to easily transfer power between members of the Aetheric Concordat his presence has been key to allow the Aetheric Concordat to work togather as closely as it has. While he still survives he has lost many of his mortal servants to the forces of plague, and has had to sacrifice much of his power to escape death.

Sophont: a machine spirit that somehow ascended to godhood, Sophont had hidden itself in the Materium, incarnated in countless iterations in the avatar mainframes of its terminal worlds where it relied on vast armies of automata and fleets of autoships to protect it. Between its powerful armies and fleets and advanced technology Sophont was one of the most members of the Aetheric Concordat before its destruction at the hands of the forces of Decay.

Qhaysh: A religious goddess of serenity and harmony formed from the belief of a number of humans. Her creation was a plot by the Aeldari to create a deity that could hard-counter the forces of Khorne. As such it surprises few that despite the best efforts of the Aetheric Concordat that she eventually fell to the forces of blood.

Zaghâsh: Zaghâsh is a god of death and fire, formed from worship and the ritualistic mass-suicide of many of his followers. He maintains an afterlife and has an extensive history of fighting the forces of Nurgle. He was one of the few gods who managed to maintain the power gained in the raids on Nurgle, and as such is now one of the most powerful members of the Aetheric Concordat.

Emerlyn: A transcendent goddess of assassins. Moral and sane by the standards of minor gods, she survived long enough to join the Aetheric Concordat only because of her youth. Like most of the younger members she fell to the forces of Chaos.

Ilfeliare: A sun goddess that has survived partly thanks to her home field advantage - a star - and partly incarnating in the Materium with an avatar, which she uses to rule her polity as its head of state. Her polity is very advanced in the fields of plasmatics, fusion, and astromancy. She formed a pantheon known as the Firmament with the two gods Karzarot and Zuntîram before their deaths. Despite that she is one of the few gods more powerful then they were at the formation of the Aetheric Concordat, due in large part due to the sacrifice of her comrades to protect her. These sacrifices have granted her a protion of her comrades domains, making her one of the most powerful and flexible gods of the Aetheric Concordat.

Karzarot: A vengeful storm god. He embodied both the storm itself and its calm eye; the latter aspect has allowed him to build a positive relationship with his followers and other deities. He was allied with Ilfeliare even before the formation of the Aetheric Concordat, and died protecting her.

Zuntîram: A Xenos god of the earth who's tied very strongly to his homeworld. This tie gives him an immense home-field advantage and lets him freely incarnate in the Materium, but it also means he can never leave his world. It was on his world that one of the plague gods major assaults was stopped, at the price of his life.

Hagal: Human transcendent god. He consumes the souls of all his worshippers upon their deaths, makes extensive use of runes, and has declared war against Chaos. Like most of the other young gods, he proved to be unable to survive against the forces of Chaos for long.

Gatta: Goddess of guns. She represents both the creation and usage of guns. Her domain is very popular and her worship has been spreading extremely rapidly, however, she is targeted by both Nurgle and Khorne for destruction - the former for raiding his worlds, the latter for being a war god. Between her youth and having the emnity of two of the Great Gods of Chaos, it is no surprise that she fell, though not before creating a final masterwork with the aid of Faust and Ilfeliare.

Faust: a goddess of friendship, Faust has always been ill-suited to the hostile galaxy she has found herself in. Her powers are primarily based around enhancing others and moving between those she holds dear. Her fortunes have vastly improved since the formation of the Aetheric Concordat, ensuring she has others to help and fight beside. Within the Aetheric Concordat she has come into her own, becoming one of its most valuable members and gaining a significant amount of power.

Auralvic: a xeno god of law and justice, his birth was hastened to assist with the raid, and doing so was one of his first acts. Since then his followers have benefited greatly from their god, catapulting them from a minor race just beginning to spread out into their home system, to a technological peer to some petty forge empires. However this rise was followed shortly by a fall, with his people exterminated and his worlds turned into worlds of rot and decay. Auralvic died along with his people, working to ensure that a handful could be spirited away by the Aetheric Concordat to prevent their genocide. They now reside far from their original home as a protectorate of the Krork.

The Colonel: a god of unknown origins, the Colonel had the ability to scar the souls of his foes, forever hindering them. He fell fighting side by side with his ancient enemy the The Lionsmith in one of the final pushes by the forces of plague against the Aetheric Concordat.

The Lionsmith: a god of unknown origins, the Lionsmith's power is that of creation. He can easily create potent servitors from raw warpstuff, including ones that act as seeds from which he can be reborn if slain. This proved to be insufficient in the final assault of the forces of plague, where his core was infected with an inescapable plague, claiming his life hours after the battle was one.

Yharim and Yharon: Technically two gods, a brutal warlord, and his draconic steed, but their stories and deeds have become entwined to the point where in many ways they are a single divinity. Together they were one of the most potent gods in the Concordat. As a God who ascended through a religious ritual, they remain moderately rational. While the ruthless warlord Yharim has kept the majority of his power, and still schemes to replace Zahhak as the head of the Aetheric Concordat he has been weakened greatly by the death of his mount Yharon in the final clash with the forces of the plague god.

Zaeed: the sellsword god of mercenaries. Zaeed's origins have been lost to the mists of time, and his power is difficult to judge, being mostly invested into his legions of servants. Zaeed has done extremely well in the Aetheric Concordat. Countless gods purchase his services, enabling him to swell their ranks and might. His endless armies of mercenaries serve as the primary warp forces of the concordat. They can be called forth into realspace or march upon the battlefields of the warp. So far, he cleaves to his contract with Yharim, though as his power grows, some begin to wonder if he will remain a junior partner in the pantheon much longer. With the recent of death of Yharon these murmurs are getting louder.

Valanar: an enslaved smith god of great skill and power, his was enslaved by Yharim after one of his works failed, an failure that many suspect that Yharim himself ensured. Where once he was only able to work as his master commanded under the Aetheric Concordat he was able to escape from many of his limitations. Like Zaeed Valanar has gained much power in his time in the Aetheric Concordat, and has managed to break several of the

Bulwark: a xeno god of fortresses and defense, he was one of the two surviving gods of a region known as the Caligo Expanse. He has formed a close pantheon with Ruick. When the Caligo Expanse fell to the Second Miasma Crusade Bulwark and his followed covered the retreat, dying buying time for their allies. With his sacrifice he was able to will his domains and remaining power to his oldest friend.

Ruick: Bulwark's partner, Ruick is a god of the frontier and its exploitation, be it establishing mines, terraforming worlds, or paving the way for further development. He led the exodus from the Caligo Expanse after the Second Miasma Crusade, and has found himself the leader of a massive nomadic fleet traveling the galaxy. Bulwark was able to pass on his power, knowledge and domains to Ruick, giving him a far more borad protfoloi and setting him up to be one of the most powerful gods of the Aetheric Concordat
So summarising this:

Alive Gods

Ilfeliare (The Sun) - Gained portion of [Storm] and [Earth] domains through final sacrifices.
Ruick (The Shaper) - Gained Bulwark's domains, [Fortress] and [Defense] via final sacrifice.
Zaghash (The Burning Death)- Prospered
Faust (The Friendly Hand) - Prospered
Zaeed (The Mercenary) - Prospered
Valanar (The Smith) - Prospered, Gained some measure of freedom?
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Zahak (The Warp-Eater) - Lost top-tier daemon princes equivalent + Power.
Ugruer (The Trader) - Lost followers + Power.
Yharim (The Warlord) - Lives at the cost of Yharon.

Dead Gods

Yharon (The Dragon) - I die but my Yharim lives on.
Auralvic (The Judge) - Sacrificed himself to protect his species.
Karzarot (The Raging Storm) - Sacrificed himself to protect Ilfeliare.
Zuntiram (The Deep Earth) - Sacrificed himself to protect Ilfeliare.
Bulwark (The Bastion) - Sacrificed himself to protect Ruick.
Gatta (The Dakka Lady) - Made her Magnum Opus before dying.
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Sophont (The Technologist) - Rusted to nothing.
Qhaysh (The Peace) - Plowshares fail against Swords.
Emerlyn (The Assassin) - Young, transcendent and dead.
Hagal (The Death-Eater) - Young, transcendent and dead.
The Colonel (The Unhealing Scar) - Died side by side with his ancient enemy.
The Lionsmith (The Eternal One) - Died side by side with his ancient enemy.

OOC note: One's Magnum Opus is one's Greatest Life Work. Naturally one cannot make anything greater after making a Magnum Opus - So it would naturally be one's last creation.
 
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OOC note: One's Magnum Opus is one's Greatest Life Work. Naturally one cannot make anything greater after making a Magnum Opus - So it would naturally be one's last creation.
yes, actually Gatta would have just failed to make it going by rolls, but narrative won out (due to Law of Narrative) and she succeeded
 
1. able to simultaneously engage and defeat every splinter fleet with forces to spare, so between 80 and 120 battlefleets as things stand (trust has 14)
You know on the one hand I'm glad Chaos is taking the Nids seriously, on the other I'm really upset they're coming to us to deal with one of them...ahhhh christ.
 
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