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- Africa
I was thinking not so much about the eldar as about the avatars of Vaul
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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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I was thinking not so much about the eldar as about the avatars of Vaul
Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
- Location
- Dancing on wires!
You'd basically need to awaken all of them and pray you've got enough of the ones with the bits of memory and knowledge relating to them then. The first isn't really sustainable, unfortunately.
- Location
- Alice Springs, Australia
far too ambitious. A decent was near the top limit for its role, a light cruiser would be pushing the limits of belivability. a Grand Cruiser crushes them. Unless you made it ridiculously expensive (Command Battleship level) due to advanced tech
- Location
- Alice Springs, Australia
canon, a believable expansion of existing tech
Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
- Location
- Dancing on wires!
Slap runes of air on it
- Location
- Alice Springs, Australia
1st 2 cannon, 3rd non cannon
- Location
- Alice Springs, Australia
canon a good import
- Location
- Alice Springs, Australia
Not enough for a 3 order of magnitude size increaseSlap runes of air on it
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- madison
- Location
- Alice Springs, Australia
Mostly failed the DC, which admittedly was the hardest as I saw a few ways to abuse them
Relics of the Carcharodon Astra
- Location
- yorkshire
Relics of the Carcharodon Astra
The Banner of Unification
The Banner of Unification is one of the chapters oldest and most prized Relics. It is a banner displaying a large golden raptor Imperialis above the crimson wreathed Chapter symbol, while stark white lighting bolts emblazes the banners cardinal points on a black background with silver trim. Its rolls of honour according to the chapters legend are barely legible and faded micro text of wars as far back as the last Battles of the unification wars, the reclamation of Sol, the great crusade, and on to the current day. While within its heavily decorated bronze-gilded adamantium haft is intricate arcane machinery that's construction is likely lost to man. This leads up to the top of the banner to a iron halo that projects a power field of shimmering energy protecting those nearby and has withstood many an overwhelmingly ferocious artillery barrage, to being on the very edge of a blast from a titan level weapon from a Xenos titan that strained its protection to the breaking point requiring the banner to undergo a decade of careful maintenance before it was deemed restored.
The banner also has a mysterious side to it. There was once a time according to the Chapter records when many who marched under the banner claimed that an air of Supremacy and hope exuded from it during the great crusade when the Emperor walked the Galaxy, and victory felt assured as each foe faced under the Banner of Unification fell with ease as those Astartes that fought under it drove themselves ever onwards to realize mankind's dream. Even when they were exiled this did not fade.
But when the Emperor was interred into the golden throne that air had undertones of grim and steely determination, of the necessity of the chapters methods to preserve humanity that got more pronounced as the millennium past, and throughout that time the amount of strange but welcome streaks of luck, from rare but fortuitous events to the fantastical was alleged to be numerous. The foes weapons that threatened those under its aegis jamming or to the powers of the warp and psykers very often failed to force their way through its resolute field, and those that did were greatly weakened.
However, after the death of the Emperor such things seemed to fade to nought and the miracles ceased and the banner seemed to become nothing more than a powerful technological relic of a lost age. But when the banner was raised over the first world of the Salos cluster that the Chapter fought on in defiance to the traitor Kalrouth, all of the traitor forces aligned with the abomination seemed to shy away for a moment, if stung by something while the followers of the tyrant were driven to attack the hill where the banner was raised in a barely controlled rage. While sorcerers combined their efforts and tried to breach the banner's aegis, succeeding in only causing a minor flicker as their fell powers were rejected. While those traitors that made it through the aegis stumbled as if winded, allowing them to be cut down with great speed. Those that fought under its protection reported that they felt a whisper that gave off a feeling of righteous fury at the very existence of the Abomination, but they dismissed it as the rush of battle however the Machine spirit of the banner has been noted in becoming slowly more active over time.
Currently, the banner is with the four remaining members of the Chapter's Honour Guard that survived the devastating battle with the traitor battle barge Blade of void that reduced the chapter to just ten brothers. They being survivors of the disaster at Norteck and the Salos campaign, as well as having three centuries of service to the chapter were bestowed it and the last remaining Maw blades and promoted to become Horace's honour guard. As well as receiving his teachings on training and leading new Astartes, for the chapter needed teachers now more than ever. And what better to inspire the pups, than to look upon a relic that could show them what had been lost and harden their minds against the archenemy with contempt, and ignite their hearts with a passion to see all of mankind's enemies fall and fear the void.
Maw blades
Within the chapters, reliquary resides four jet black blades' with letters runes and with symbols that no human could have thought of in their imagination. Each one possesses a small simple purple gem that is embedded in the pommel, that seems to glow with a gentle inner light. Despite their Xenos origin, the Chapter prizes these blades as these are among the most deadly blades in that an Astartes could possess. Instead of projecting a normal power field, it projects thousands of small micro warp rifts along the length of the blades that can cleave through any Armour that it encounters. That and the mysteriously stable warp phenomena that surround them.
The only method that the Chapters Master of the forge can discern of their function is that the blades follow the same principles as macro hammers, but the portals will stay only for a moment before it is replaced by another portal instead of acting like a bubble. this is most likely a safety precaution to prevent the rifts from widening and becoming stable.
As for the predictable warp, phenomena could not be explained logically however it seems from examining the alien runes could tell a story of some kind. Or it is a form of warp sorcery that prevents adverse effects on the user as the laws of reality dictate. He could not say for certain what was known was that by removing a gem and activating one of the blades nearly resulting in a stable warp rift forming. Showing that the gems prevented the micro warp rifts from opening a portal to the warp.
Originally there were ten blades they were found by the Cacaradons on a dead world. With the usual Xenos ruins that still transmitted garbled signals into the blackness of space. The planet straddling the edge of the halo zone. The Chapter found it in M36 its purpose was lost to time like so many others. The blades were found in a deep hidden vault in the centre of the ruins in a place that light itself seemed to shy from.
However before any decision about the contents of the vault could be made, The company was assailed by shadowy faceless horrors. That could have been the doom to that world, after hours of fighting and ammunition running out and no end to the horrors. Necessity demanded that they fight their way to the Abyssal wind and her thunderhawk escorts. And every weapon was required to fight the black tide, So the blades were brought forth and the moment the bearers saw the foe the blades activated as if knowing their welders' desires. As the battle progressed their qualities quickly became apparent and proved to be of great help in getting to the dropships leading the company to safety.
The swords later after careful examination they were accepted and then as tradition demanded had names inscribed along with their cross guards each name reflecting a trait or quirk of the blade. Four blades have been lost over the mellenem, for a multitude of reasons and since the chapters civil war, only four remain in loyalist's hands. The others were lost in the chapters many wars. The last two are in traitor hands much to the chapters shame.
The names of the blades that are now in loyalist's hands are Void siren Oblivion's Edge Final Horizon and Onyx Light.
Void siren has its name from the crooning song that somehow emanates from the blade at the moment of activation. The song has been known to afflict the weak-willed with dread and paronina that only grows stronger the longer they listen. To those that have stronger wills, the song is merely an annoyance and uncomfortable at worst. But to beings that have no mind of their own, will often standstill in a trance or move towards the sword as if needing to hear the song more clearly.
The Oblivion's Edge is named for its blade generating twice as many micro warp rifts than its sisters, allowing for the edge of it to act like chainblade. While retaining the look of its sisters a rending wail suffuses the air as it is drawn inwards towards its warp rifts. Due to this, It has been used to cut open bulkheads to even the side of a chaos land raider. Daemons that have been banished by blade despise it with a burning passion. For them to be slain by this blade is agonising as they are torn at by the very energy that makes them, before being sent screaming back into the warp.
Unlike its sisters, the Final Horizon is a glaive whose design is likely a way to protect the user from its own power. It gained its name from the mangled remains of its enemies, for when it cuts into a foe the blade somehow begins to affect gravity. Within a hands span of the blade starts to twist and contort with the strength of a grav gun turning anti-clockwise into the blades warp rifts and into oblivion. In this way, the Final horizon imitates a black hole as such was the fate of WarBoss IronJaw. whose entire upper body was erased from existence and breaking his Waaagh before it reached imperial space. This makes the blade the most powerful of them all in the chapter arsenal after the destruction of its sibling Cry of the Abyss.
Compared to its other sisters, the Onyx Light is a sword that has the most abilities of the remaining Maw blades. But they are not as pronounced or destructive as the rest, however, its ability to reflect and distort light and its limited control over shadows should not be underestimated. As in the hands of an Astartes, it becomes a terrifying instrument of death. The blades first ability renders the welder or itself translucent while it can then create an imperfect but intangible mirrored copy of the user and will appear to take enemy fire for a few precious seconds. While it is also capable of releasing blinding flashes to stun opponents at critical moments in combat. The other trait of this blade is that when its welder wishes it a shadow twice the size of the blade will lance from it becoming a lethal but less potent extension of the blade.
Each is now wielded in the hands of the newly formed Honor guard where their skill will leverage the blades full potential so they may stand as a bulwark for the chapter as their traitor brothers that hunt them across the stars.
Mantles of the Void
Terminator armour was extremely prized in the age of the imperium most commonly Indomitus Pattern Terminator, but other rarer patterns existed. But the five suits of armour called the Mantles of the void are unidentifiable to any one pattern. The only two things that identify them as terminator armour is that the same rough online and such random assortment of other marks of terminator armour make up 90% of the armours shell. However, some sections and patches are not cerimite. Some are crystalline and see-through in nature but as hard as adamantium smoothed and ground down to become a uniformed one with the rest of the armour. While others were torn from war machines that bare no origin of man and welded into place with plasma fire' even now faint alien script can be seen under grey paint.
While within the armoured shell technology wroght of human hand is married with the inexplicable mind of the alien granting the suit capabilities beyond that of normal Terminator armour. Any tech-priest after the death of the emperor would have screamed tech heresy upon laying eyes upon the mantles of the void. but those who do not fight on the galaxy's edge and beyond it, simply will not understand the great difficulties and the fleeting and often dangerous opportunities there are.
The reason for the mantles state is that over the years the Chapter has had to out of nessassaty to replace and repair them as well as other relics with what they could find in the outer dark. Much of which came from ruins of Xenos civilization and torn from their enemies corpses. According to the Master of the forge more the 60% of the internal systems have been replaced by Xeno tech and what they once were is lost. But what their identity was is irrelevant as when the mantles of the void go to war their effect on the conflict often tips it to the chapters favour.
The Chapters primary uses of the mantles in void combat as a spearhead when the chapter commences boarding actions via boarding torpedo or teleportation. To attack key points of the ship and are used to hold and retake sections of the ship they have been stationed on, to cleansing space hulks in the outer dark. While on worlds they serve as the chapters line breakers, against enemy strongholds and weak points in the lines. And if necessary participating in the heaviest fighting to render the enemies of man's designs moot and dead.
The mantles due to their continuous integration with Xeno tech over the millennia has led to unintended but beneficial results. As in combat unlike other suits of terminator armour that wade slowly and steadily into battle the mantles move with an unnerving grace and dexterity comparable to that of power armour. While able to take far more punishment than regular terminator armour due to a strong reflector shield of Xenos origin. That Allows for minutes of heavy anti tank weapons to be sustained and shrugged off with contempt.
But due to such alien origins, the machine spirits of the terminator armour have over time have developed a more difficult side. And possessing a famously ill temperament as well as a cruel side that takes joy in the destruction they wreck in battle. This has led to the mantles rejecting any wearer that they consider unworthy of them. The rejection often results in grievous injury or violent and messy death. This led them to viewed with cautious respect as to wear one is a great honour, but angering the machine spirits of the mantles was seen and is still even more so very unwise.
This truth of this became clear, as during the height of the chapter civil war the mantles Machine spirits become so enraged that they ripped the bulkhead of their relicery and marched from the Star Eaters Vault. And fought against traitors and loyalists alike unable to tell who was the traitor of the chapter, fighting with an unnerving skill that rivaled that of veteran astartes. This resulted in deck two and three becoming a no man's land. As the mantles guarded impassable choke points that had excellent fields of fire, shooting at anything that moved with impaler fire.
The mantles rampage would end only after the civil war and with the intervention of the Master of the forge who placaded them after a tense standoff allowing themselves to be returned to the ships vault. Rumors and speculation spread quickly spread through the chapter it was not unknown for machine spirits to act on their own volition but the skill and precision that the mantles displayed seemed to be more than that. As if there was an echo or an impression of something more within them. But any attempt made to investigate the mantles would be met with quite hostility so the chapter stopped trying. For some things are best left alone and the chapter had more important things to do then chase ghosts.
Abyssal wind
The Abyssal wind is an old and trusted relic of the chapter that has carried them from war to war never failing in its duties in delivering the chapter to its objectives without fail. The Abyssal wind started life out as a Stormbird but like much of the Cacaradons equipment in the outer dark some had to be replaced by Xeno tech. The changes to the Abyssal wind were not so many but the majer charges were as follows. Combining the engines with powerful grav drivers that allowed them to work in near silence and increasing its speed.
While the cogitating systems of the craft are no longer of human make and allow the machine spirit greater reaction time, with more efficient sensor processing helping in informing the pilot of the happenings of the battle, and the control over the twin linked Las-talon turrets. The space for the gunners had been given over to capacitors to sustain the las-talons murdurus rate of fire.The front end of the Abyssal wind was extended and modified to accommodate an assault ramp. That when it slammed down giving it the visage of a terran great white shark. While the rest of the craft had been painted in the animals likeness, as a means to intimidate the foe before the Void breathin storm down the ramp to wreck bloody ruin.
The most used role for the Abyssal wind is the transportation of what the chapter needs most. From leading a planetary assault with the chapters terminators dreadnoughts to critical personnel. To transporting half a company of Void brethin into the heart of an enemy fortresses while the rest of the chapter attack the fortress walls. To act as a firebase rally point and command centre and place of safety for the wounded brothers. While it does not possess the most glamorous role in the chapter without it many planetary assaults would have suffered far greater losses without this venerable machine.
@Durin hope this becomes cannon so the sharks get more lore
The Banner of Unification
The Banner of Unification is one of the chapters oldest and most prized Relics. It is a banner displaying a large golden raptor Imperialis above the crimson wreathed Chapter symbol, while stark white lighting bolts emblazes the banners cardinal points on a black background with silver trim. Its rolls of honour according to the chapters legend are barely legible and faded micro text of wars as far back as the last Battles of the unification wars, the reclamation of Sol, the great crusade, and on to the current day. While within its heavily decorated bronze-gilded adamantium haft is intricate arcane machinery that's construction is likely lost to man. This leads up to the top of the banner to a iron halo that projects a power field of shimmering energy protecting those nearby and has withstood many an overwhelmingly ferocious artillery barrage, to being on the very edge of a blast from a titan level weapon from a Xenos titan that strained its protection to the breaking point requiring the banner to undergo a decade of careful maintenance before it was deemed restored.
The banner also has a mysterious side to it. There was once a time according to the Chapter records when many who marched under the banner claimed that an air of Supremacy and hope exuded from it during the great crusade when the Emperor walked the Galaxy, and victory felt assured as each foe faced under the Banner of Unification fell with ease as those Astartes that fought under it drove themselves ever onwards to realize mankind's dream. Even when they were exiled this did not fade.
But when the Emperor was interred into the golden throne that air had undertones of grim and steely determination, of the necessity of the chapters methods to preserve humanity that got more pronounced as the millennium past, and throughout that time the amount of strange but welcome streaks of luck, from rare but fortuitous events to the fantastical was alleged to be numerous. The foes weapons that threatened those under its aegis jamming or to the powers of the warp and psykers very often failed to force their way through its resolute field, and those that did were greatly weakened.
However, after the death of the Emperor such things seemed to fade to nought and the miracles ceased and the banner seemed to become nothing more than a powerful technological relic of a lost age. But when the banner was raised over the first world of the Salos cluster that the Chapter fought on in defiance to the traitor Kalrouth, all of the traitor forces aligned with the abomination seemed to shy away for a moment, if stung by something while the followers of the tyrant were driven to attack the hill where the banner was raised in a barely controlled rage. While sorcerers combined their efforts and tried to breach the banner's aegis, succeeding in only causing a minor flicker as their fell powers were rejected. While those traitors that made it through the aegis stumbled as if winded, allowing them to be cut down with great speed. Those that fought under its protection reported that they felt a whisper that gave off a feeling of righteous fury at the very existence of the Abomination, but they dismissed it as the rush of battle however the Machine spirit of the banner has been noted in becoming slowly more active over time.
Currently, the banner is with the four remaining members of the Chapter's Honour Guard that survived the devastating battle with the traitor battle barge Blade of void that reduced the chapter to just ten brothers. They being survivors of the disaster at Norteck and the Salos campaign, as well as having three centuries of service to the chapter were bestowed it and the last remaining Maw blades and promoted to become Horace's honour guard. As well as receiving his teachings on training and leading new Astartes, for the chapter needed teachers now more than ever. And what better to inspire the pups, than to look upon a relic that could show them what had been lost and harden their minds against the archenemy with contempt, and ignite their hearts with a passion to see all of mankind's enemies fall and fear the void.
Maw blades
Within the chapters, reliquary resides four jet black blades' with letters runes and with symbols that no human could have thought of in their imagination. Each one possesses a small simple purple gem that is embedded in the pommel, that seems to glow with a gentle inner light. Despite their Xenos origin, the Chapter prizes these blades as these are among the most deadly blades in that an Astartes could possess. Instead of projecting a normal power field, it projects thousands of small micro warp rifts along the length of the blades that can cleave through any Armour that it encounters. That and the mysteriously stable warp phenomena that surround them.
The only method that the Chapters Master of the forge can discern of their function is that the blades follow the same principles as macro hammers, but the portals will stay only for a moment before it is replaced by another portal instead of acting like a bubble. this is most likely a safety precaution to prevent the rifts from widening and becoming stable.
As for the predictable warp, phenomena could not be explained logically however it seems from examining the alien runes could tell a story of some kind. Or it is a form of warp sorcery that prevents adverse effects on the user as the laws of reality dictate. He could not say for certain what was known was that by removing a gem and activating one of the blades nearly resulting in a stable warp rift forming. Showing that the gems prevented the micro warp rifts from opening a portal to the warp.
Originally there were ten blades they were found by the Cacaradons on a dead world. With the usual Xenos ruins that still transmitted garbled signals into the blackness of space. The planet straddling the edge of the halo zone. The Chapter found it in M36 its purpose was lost to time like so many others. The blades were found in a deep hidden vault in the centre of the ruins in a place that light itself seemed to shy from.
However before any decision about the contents of the vault could be made, The company was assailed by shadowy faceless horrors. That could have been the doom to that world, after hours of fighting and ammunition running out and no end to the horrors. Necessity demanded that they fight their way to the Abyssal wind and her thunderhawk escorts. And every weapon was required to fight the black tide, So the blades were brought forth and the moment the bearers saw the foe the blades activated as if knowing their welders' desires. As the battle progressed their qualities quickly became apparent and proved to be of great help in getting to the dropships leading the company to safety.
The swords later after careful examination they were accepted and then as tradition demanded had names inscribed along with their cross guards each name reflecting a trait or quirk of the blade. Four blades have been lost over the mellenem, for a multitude of reasons and since the chapters civil war, only four remain in loyalist's hands. The others were lost in the chapters many wars. The last two are in traitor hands much to the chapters shame.
The names of the blades that are now in loyalist's hands are Void siren Oblivion's Edge Final Horizon and Onyx Light.
Void siren has its name from the crooning song that somehow emanates from the blade at the moment of activation. The song has been known to afflict the weak-willed with dread and paronina that only grows stronger the longer they listen. To those that have stronger wills, the song is merely an annoyance and uncomfortable at worst. But to beings that have no mind of their own, will often standstill in a trance or move towards the sword as if needing to hear the song more clearly.
The Oblivion's Edge is named for its blade generating twice as many micro warp rifts than its sisters, allowing for the edge of it to act like chainblade. While retaining the look of its sisters a rending wail suffuses the air as it is drawn inwards towards its warp rifts. Due to this, It has been used to cut open bulkheads to even the side of a chaos land raider. Daemons that have been banished by blade despise it with a burning passion. For them to be slain by this blade is agonising as they are torn at by the very energy that makes them, before being sent screaming back into the warp.
Unlike its sisters, the Final Horizon is a glaive whose design is likely a way to protect the user from its own power. It gained its name from the mangled remains of its enemies, for when it cuts into a foe the blade somehow begins to affect gravity. Within a hands span of the blade starts to twist and contort with the strength of a grav gun turning anti-clockwise into the blades warp rifts and into oblivion. In this way, the Final horizon imitates a black hole as such was the fate of WarBoss IronJaw. whose entire upper body was erased from existence and breaking his Waaagh before it reached imperial space. This makes the blade the most powerful of them all in the chapter arsenal after the destruction of its sibling Cry of the Abyss.
Compared to its other sisters, the Onyx Light is a sword that has the most abilities of the remaining Maw blades. But they are not as pronounced or destructive as the rest, however, its ability to reflect and distort light and its limited control over shadows should not be underestimated. As in the hands of an Astartes, it becomes a terrifying instrument of death. The blades first ability renders the welder or itself translucent while it can then create an imperfect but intangible mirrored copy of the user and will appear to take enemy fire for a few precious seconds. While it is also capable of releasing blinding flashes to stun opponents at critical moments in combat. The other trait of this blade is that when its welder wishes it a shadow twice the size of the blade will lance from it becoming a lethal but less potent extension of the blade.
Each is now wielded in the hands of the newly formed Honor guard where their skill will leverage the blades full potential so they may stand as a bulwark for the chapter as their traitor brothers that hunt them across the stars.
Mantles of the Void
Terminator armour was extremely prized in the age of the imperium most commonly Indomitus Pattern Terminator, but other rarer patterns existed. But the five suits of armour called the Mantles of the void are unidentifiable to any one pattern. The only two things that identify them as terminator armour is that the same rough online and such random assortment of other marks of terminator armour make up 90% of the armours shell. However, some sections and patches are not cerimite. Some are crystalline and see-through in nature but as hard as adamantium smoothed and ground down to become a uniformed one with the rest of the armour. While others were torn from war machines that bare no origin of man and welded into place with plasma fire' even now faint alien script can be seen under grey paint.
While within the armoured shell technology wroght of human hand is married with the inexplicable mind of the alien granting the suit capabilities beyond that of normal Terminator armour. Any tech-priest after the death of the emperor would have screamed tech heresy upon laying eyes upon the mantles of the void. but those who do not fight on the galaxy's edge and beyond it, simply will not understand the great difficulties and the fleeting and often dangerous opportunities there are.
The reason for the mantles state is that over the years the Chapter has had to out of nessassaty to replace and repair them as well as other relics with what they could find in the outer dark. Much of which came from ruins of Xenos civilization and torn from their enemies corpses. According to the Master of the forge more the 60% of the internal systems have been replaced by Xeno tech and what they once were is lost. But what their identity was is irrelevant as when the mantles of the void go to war their effect on the conflict often tips it to the chapters favour.
The Chapters primary uses of the mantles in void combat as a spearhead when the chapter commences boarding actions via boarding torpedo or teleportation. To attack key points of the ship and are used to hold and retake sections of the ship they have been stationed on, to cleansing space hulks in the outer dark. While on worlds they serve as the chapters line breakers, against enemy strongholds and weak points in the lines. And if necessary participating in the heaviest fighting to render the enemies of man's designs moot and dead.
The mantles due to their continuous integration with Xeno tech over the millennia has led to unintended but beneficial results. As in combat unlike other suits of terminator armour that wade slowly and steadily into battle the mantles move with an unnerving grace and dexterity comparable to that of power armour. While able to take far more punishment than regular terminator armour due to a strong reflector shield of Xenos origin. That Allows for minutes of heavy anti tank weapons to be sustained and shrugged off with contempt.
But due to such alien origins, the machine spirits of the terminator armour have over time have developed a more difficult side. And possessing a famously ill temperament as well as a cruel side that takes joy in the destruction they wreck in battle. This has led to the mantles rejecting any wearer that they consider unworthy of them. The rejection often results in grievous injury or violent and messy death. This led them to viewed with cautious respect as to wear one is a great honour, but angering the machine spirits of the mantles was seen and is still even more so very unwise.
This truth of this became clear, as during the height of the chapter civil war the mantles Machine spirits become so enraged that they ripped the bulkhead of their relicery and marched from the Star Eaters Vault. And fought against traitors and loyalists alike unable to tell who was the traitor of the chapter, fighting with an unnerving skill that rivaled that of veteran astartes. This resulted in deck two and three becoming a no man's land. As the mantles guarded impassable choke points that had excellent fields of fire, shooting at anything that moved with impaler fire.
The mantles rampage would end only after the civil war and with the intervention of the Master of the forge who placaded them after a tense standoff allowing themselves to be returned to the ships vault. Rumors and speculation spread quickly spread through the chapter it was not unknown for machine spirits to act on their own volition but the skill and precision that the mantles displayed seemed to be more than that. As if there was an echo or an impression of something more within them. But any attempt made to investigate the mantles would be met with quite hostility so the chapter stopped trying. For some things are best left alone and the chapter had more important things to do then chase ghosts.
Abyssal wind
The Abyssal wind is an old and trusted relic of the chapter that has carried them from war to war never failing in its duties in delivering the chapter to its objectives without fail. The Abyssal wind started life out as a Stormbird but like much of the Cacaradons equipment in the outer dark some had to be replaced by Xeno tech. The changes to the Abyssal wind were not so many but the majer charges were as follows. Combining the engines with powerful grav drivers that allowed them to work in near silence and increasing its speed.
While the cogitating systems of the craft are no longer of human make and allow the machine spirit greater reaction time, with more efficient sensor processing helping in informing the pilot of the happenings of the battle, and the control over the twin linked Las-talon turrets. The space for the gunners had been given over to capacitors to sustain the las-talons murdurus rate of fire.The front end of the Abyssal wind was extended and modified to accommodate an assault ramp. That when it slammed down giving it the visage of a terran great white shark. While the rest of the craft had been painted in the animals likeness, as a means to intimidate the foe before the Void breathin storm down the ramp to wreck bloody ruin.
The most used role for the Abyssal wind is the transportation of what the chapter needs most. From leading a planetary assault with the chapters terminators dreadnoughts to critical personnel. To transporting half a company of Void brethin into the heart of an enemy fortresses while the rest of the chapter attack the fortress walls. To act as a firebase rally point and command centre and place of safety for the wounded brothers. While it does not possess the most glamorous role in the chapter without it many planetary assaults would have suffered far greater losses without this venerable machine.
@Durin hope this becomes cannon so the sharks get more lore
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would the basic idea of a race that reproduces via infection be viable? the concept of an otherwise virtuous society where giving up ones humanity is seen as just part of growing up is one I find fascinating.
omakes aside, wiki updte. I finished the vehicles and non weapons page, excluding the knights and titans.
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Nightingale Stealth Bomber
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Peregrine Fighter
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Phoenix Gunship
the predecessor to the Thunder hawk gunship, it serves the same role as an elite gunship and transport. Compared to the Thunderhawk that replaced it once the knowledge to build it was lost, it several notable advantages. In addition to a better internal layout, it is notably faster and more...
Shadowbat Stealth Assault Shuttle
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Stormcrow Bomber
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Cloaking Fields
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Psi-Throne Mechanicum
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Titan drop pods
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I never really responded to this at the time, but I honestly think this kind of stuff is a really good idea. Obviously I can't speak for the QM, but I think all this stuff seems like it would fit in well, without being too overpowered. The only criticism I might make is that it seems to, if anything, balance things too harshly. As an example, the Advanced Knowledge Implantation Chairs seem pretty prohibitive in terms of cost, and beings four times as expensive for only a 30% increase in efficiency seems like a poor tradeoff to me at least. I think you could afford to either increase its efficiency or reduce the cost a bit, without it being too overpowered.
Additionally, I would also like to suggest that you consider improvements that could be made to other kinds of tech. Going with the theme of neurotech from the Knowledge Implantation Chairs, what about the Djinn Skein Gladiatoria? Something to make it cheaper or more effective in any way could have a really enormous impact on the quality of troops that we and the Imperial Remnants can field. In terms of ideas, what if it had some kind of time dilation effect, so you could amass massive amounts of experience and training in a very short space of time? Or what if it could train muscle memory and reflexes, rather than just giving you experiences?
Similarly, stuff like Mind Catchers, Mind Impulse Units, and more are all examples of very advanced neurotech where even small improvements could be hugely useful. Improvements to Servitors and Cogitators could also be really useful, and would definitely be "force multipliers" like you envisaged.
Any chance you'd consider trying to come up with a neurotech specialist? I think it's a field that tends to be overlooked, yet which could also have some really enormous benefits, both for us and the other Imperial Remnants.Callumite Magi
Akadia Lethe II
M- 18: An ex-explorator Fabricator Lethe is no stranger to war, but prefers to leave command to those trained for it.
I- 27: Highly experienced in matters of stealth, Lethe is an expert manipulator and skilled at finding and using secrets.
A-48: There are few administrators in the galaxy more skilled than Fabricator General Lethe.
L-42: Fabricator Lethe is the head of the largest Forge Empire in the galaxy. While she is not as knowledgeable in certain areas as some of her most skilled Archmagi, she is an undeniable master when it comes to Robotics, Industry and Administration.
D-49 (58): An unusual rarity when it comes to the Mechanicus, Lethe is an unmatched negotiator and has unified the battling egos of her polity to an unprecedented degree.
P-52: Fabricator Lethe's will was put to the test by Archangyls of the Abomination and the questioning of her fellows and come forth unbending.
C-34: Fabricator Lethe's augmentation's grant her immense power, and she has no small experience in combat. However she does not have a martial disposition, with the brunt of her strength coming from the artefact The Gift of Mars.
Stunningly Beautiful-(+4D, +1I, far more likely to persuade people of the opposite sex) Fabricator General Lethe's beauty is enough to melt the iron hearts of the Mechanicus, that alone should say enough.
Apex Augmentations (+5M, +2I, +8A, +6L, +5D, +5P, +10C *3 melee damage, *3 health, increase armour by 5, bio lightening, +50 to detection rolls, regenerator, suffer no negative effects from aging) Fabricator General Lethe has taken advantage of her unique nature and has a suit of genetic augmentations applied to her that take her into a realm equal to the astartes mentally and physically, along with a slew of other upgrades. With additional technology from the Conclave it is being seen if she can improve these further.
Supreme Genetic Receptacle (Increases the level of genetic augmentations that can be applied to her by 1 step according to technology, +100 to designing augmentations for Fabricator General Lethe) Long before she rose to the position of Fabricator General, it was discovered that Akadia Lethe's genetic code was supremely suited to receive genetic augmentation, an existence of remarkable rarity. Over time she has been the recipient of dozens of procedures that would have killed another hundreds of times over.
Lethe (+2L, +2D) Fabricator General Lethe is undoubtedly descended from her legendary ancestor, having inherited both her mind, diplomatic ability and distinctive appearance.
Paragon Piety- Unbowed, Unbroken (Immunity to morale damage, mind altering effects and surprise) Once captured by Ophelia, an Archangyl of the Second Circle attempted to corrupt her mind, but was utterly rebuffed. Lethe returned uncompromised and confirmed as pure.
Fabricator General of Callamus (+2M +3I, +8A +10L, +6D, +10P +4D with Callamites) Akadia Lethe leads the largest mechanicus remnant and one of the galaxies largest surviving polities and does so with immense skill.
Grandmaster Administrator (+12A) Long centuries of command have turned Fabricator Lethe into a nearly unparalleled administrator.
Grandmaster of Industry (+8L +4A +80 to industry related technologies) In her efforts to make Callamus as great as it can be Fabricator General Lethe has made it her goal to understand the Industrial technology that is at the heart of it all, and has made several improvements herself over time.
Grandmaster of Robotics (+8L +2C, +2A +80 to robotics related technologies) Keenly interested in preserving life Fabricator Lethe has encouraged the improvement of robots in hopes of reducing the casualties on valuable soldiers and has created numerous improvements herself.
Ex-Explorator (+3M, +3I, +5L, +4D, +4P, +5C less likely to die) In her youth Fabricator Lethe was an explorator who even managed to recover a rare STC template. This showed her a great deal of Segmentum Temptestus, and influenced many of her skills.
Benevolent Caretaker (+5A +6D +2 Civilian Moral, -25% cost for educational, medical and other projects that assist the greater population.) During her time as Fabricator General, Akadia Lethe has greatly improved the living conditions of Callamus, increasing education, health care and general quality of life.
Beloved by the People(+2I, +4D +2 Civilian and Military Moral, reduce cult growth by 10%) For her actions and the prosperity she has brought them, the people of Callamus truly adore Akadia Lethe.
Artefact: The Gift of Mars (+6C, 24AP, *2 damage, *3 against chaotically corrupted machines, amplifies lightening +5D with Mechanicus Members) Crafted in the forges of Mars by the then Fabricator General, as praise for the first Akadia Lethe's expert founding of Callamus, the Gift of Mars is a massive cog axe, with a unique red power field. Crafted from solid adamantium by the last Fabricator General of Mars, the weapon is so heavy that it is nearly impossible to lift without aid, with only Akadia's genetically infused strength allowing it, but it is a nearly unmatchable weapon and symbol.
Fabricator General Akadia Lethe was one of thousands of descendents of the original legendary founder of Callamus, educated in the schools of the machine where her unique genetic susceptibility was discovered. Despite being a curiosity little was thought of it beyond a small amount of experimentation and Lethe graduated with high marks.
While it was expected she would move towards the path of the Forge Master, instead she opted to join a recently formed Explorator Fleet with her friend Lataminus.
Despite most Explorator fleets usually being quite sedate affairs in the modern day, primarily exploring the territory Callamus itself controls, the commander of this fleet heard rumours of an ancient dark age facility and took the fleet beyond Callamus's borders, into an Ophelian ambush who were using an existing facility as bait.
There she was captured, and subjected to an attempt at mental domination at the hands of a powerful Archangyl, but miraculously she managed to fend off the attempt, escaping into the facility.
The story goes that she prayed and showed respect to the machine spirit of the complex and by doing so, was able to enter and took control of its cybernetic guardians, routing the Ophelians, rescuing the survivors before sending out a distress call.
When they were finally rescued Lethe had managed to recover a large amount of advanced technology, including several complete industrial STCs, which managed to send her star surging and ensured her promotion to Forge Master and Magos at the prodigal age of 89.
For the next two centuries Lethe seemed content to develop her skills, grow her connections and act as one of the best Forge Masters in Callamus, learning industrial, robotics and administration during this time as well as supplementing the red robes, with the white of the Altima and the green of the Organists.
Despite impeccable credentials she was not initially in the running to replace her predecessor during the so called time of troubles. During potentially Callamus's darkest period the previous Fabricator General launched a disastrous attack on the Maynarkh dynasty, which resulted in his death, the deaths of his senior Magi and the opening of an entirely new front on the already besieged polity, one that they were losing ground on. This coincided with renewed Ophelian aggression, a waaargh and far increased divisions within the polity itself.
With no Fabricator General to unite them, the factions and forge worlds argued whilst their enemies drew ever closer, unable to decide on a new leader, egos and ambitions refusing to back down and compromise.
This was where Akadia entered the picture.
While extremely young by Mechanicus standards, she had great prestige and perhaps more importantly had developed her skills in an area most Magi simply ignored, diplomacy.
Despite being one of the Altima, she managed to bring the Praelia behind her with the promise of increasing funding to the Callumite military, and with both Praelia and Altima supporting her and being able to outclass her rivals in the political sphere she managed to secure herself as the 11th Fabricator General.
Akadia proved to be as good as her word, giving Archimandrite-General Secutos a practically unlimited budget, while implementing numerous Altima proposals to improve education and living standards across Callamus. This was made possible only thanks to her unrivaled administrative genius and diplomatic skill letting her convince the usually highly independent Fabricator Generals to follow her lead.
Within fifty years the situation had managed to reverse. While Callamus was still threatened on all fronts, its industrial capacity had grown by a staggering level for such a short time, the number of tech priests being recruited, educated and pressed into service had grown by leaps and bounds, the menial population was quiescent, healthy and devoted to the Fabricator General and the various Forge Worlds and factions enjoy a level of cooperation that had not been seen since the polities foundation.
Despite predictions of doom, Akadia Lethe has managed to continue this trend, improving the polity in ways great and small, encouraging factions to experiment and improve the technology under their care (the bio skittari that make up an increasing portion of their fighting strength have come about from experimenting with her DNA and sponsorship of the organist faction are an example of this.)
Before the conclave, only a few questioned Lethe's abilities, muttering about the incident with her capture, wondering if there was some secret that she did not divulge. However, the mind boggling amount of holy technology from the Conclave has silenced any detractors, and given her an even greater degree of control.
At present she is focused on rapidly implementing the technology gained at a ludicrous pace. She has also been noted as studying the nano technology gained at the conference, looking to adapt it for wider scale purposes.
In person Akadia Lethe is an imposing woman standing over seven foot tall, with a striking combination of dark skin, gold hair and eyes. Generally described as "enchanting" even by members of the mechanicus, she tends to spend her time either working or playing with her daughters, the Lethians.
Archmagos Lataminus- The laser savant
M-20: Far from inexperienced Lataminus is far from a great leader, especially when it comes to inspiring troops.
I-9 (42): Subtly is a word he knows, yet chooses not to follow unless its within one of his creations.
A-6 (35): Lataminus prefers to let his friend the Fabricator General deal with such things. However he is very mindful of logistics and ergonomics with regards to his devices, considering such things carefully.
L-56: Lataminus is probably one of the galaxies greatest experts in his field, that field being the domain of lasers and light.
D-3 (15): Caustic, acerbic, steel tongued, acidic, vulgar these are all terms that people have used to try and describe Lataminus, none of them truly capture just how rude, stubborn and generally unpleasant he is.
P-42: While not on the same level as his only friend, Lataminus managed to survive their capture by the Ophelians without breaking and has a level of dedication and focus to his craft that is terrifying.
C-45: Possessing a body with some of the most powerful las weaponry in the galaxy, combined with a great amount of experience using said weapons has made him a deadly combatant.
Savant: Light (+10 L, +50 to all technology rolls involving light, -20D, -15A, -15I, -120 to all rolls to create technology outside of this specialisation): Lataminus is a savant in all senses of the term, skilled beyond all sense in a single thing, yet tragically deficient in almost any other area.
Paragon of Las Tech (+12 Learning, +120 to all technology rolls involving Lasers) Lataminus rapidly became one of the leading experts in laser tech, pioneering dozens of new systems for them on space and on land.
Laser Paragon: Stars in the Night (Increases the efficiency of laser based designs allows for exploration of las tech outside of accessible tech levels, allows for normally impossible applications of Las tech to be created) Possessing an unparalleled understanding of light has let Archmagos Lataminus create weapons of increasing power, while also maintaining a level of cost effectiveness and skill that ensures they will continue to be active long after other weapons have failed.
Learning Paragon: "I'll show them!" (+75 to creation rolls when attempting to create something widely deemed impossible. Reduces DC for impossible inventions to the merely impossibly improbable.) Lataminus has a habit of proving people wrong, especially when they tell him he can't do something because its impossible. While he's not managed it with every invention, his FTL drive for example didn't work, he's still managed some truly impressive creations.
Ex-Explorator: (+3M, +3I, +5L, +4D, +4P, +5C less likely to die) In his youth Archmagos Lataminus was an explorator who even helped to recover a rare STC template. This showed him a great deal of Segmentum Temptestus, and influenced many of his skills.
Best and only Friend: (+13D when dealing with Callumites, will be quiet and let Akadia talk, less likely to cause a scene, loyal to Akadia Lethe) Despite his skills Lataminus owes his current standing and success to his only true friend Akadia Lethe. His known friendship helps him in interactions with others and has taught him that it is best to hold his tongue.
Warmachine: (+3M,-2D +5C) Lataminus has developed his body into an extremely potent crucible of war, equipped with some of the most advanced las weapons in the galaxy.
Xenotech experimenter: (+5L, -3D with conservative magi, familiar with many types of xeno las tech, willing to use uncorrupted xeno tech) Latiminus's single minded desire to advance his craft has led him to utilise alien technology in numerous designs, although his most advanced creations remain his eyes of wonder.
Niche developments: (+2L, slightly reduce penalty for working in areas outside of speciality, significant with Lethe's assistance.) With much coaching Akadia Lethe has taught her friend how to apply his genius to other areas of technology by recontextualising them as a light based problem. She's even managed to get him to design a melta gun.
Accepted into the Cult of the Machine at an incredibly young age the Tech Priest Lataminus quickly made numerous enemies with his abrasive, disrespectful and at times almost heretical beliefs and opinions (as well as out right insults.) The only person seemingly capable of standing the man was Akadia Lethe, who found his frequent attempts to drive her away amusing more than insulting.
Despite frequent close calls, Lataminus was able to survive in part due to Akadia's intervention and his own genius. While tightly focused there is likely not an human in the galaxy as skilled in his domain as he, in particular las technology. Creating his signature "pulse" las style and demonstrating it with the creation of a far more potent turbo laser Lataminus should have been a rising star, but instead floundered significantly.
Even still his contributions to the poility in weapons and industrial applications of his lasers kept him comfortable and inventing, despite provoking the ire of the conservative faction on numerous occasions.
With Arkadia Lethe's rise to Fabricator General, Lataminus was granted vast resources and allowed to unleash his creative genius sometimes to great success (such as the creation of the Precision Laser Cutting System that revolutionised Callamus's production of advanced material) and impressive failures like his abortive FTL drive.
With knowledge from the Trust in particular Neutron Weapons, Lataminus is working himself harder than ever on two main areas after rapidly competing the ship scale neutron weapons.
First an even grander version of the Superlance, to strike at enemy battleships from extreme range.
The second a secret project assigned to him by the Fabricator General herself rumoured to be related to her experiments with the Legio Cybernetica.
Osagos Proval
Age 624
M- 14 Not a skilled tactician, but knowledgeable in how his creations are used.
I- 10 Highly unskilled in the back room dealings of the mechanicus, he prefers his work.
A- 25 Very adept at marshalling his resources for his various projects.
D- 15 Remarkably skilled diplomatically by the standards of a tech priest.
L- 52 A genius when it comes to the biological.
P- 35 His faith in the Quest for Knowledge is Strong
C- 25 His augmented frame compensates for his lacking experience.
Archmagos Biologis (+4L, +2D, +1I, +2P, -1M, -1C)- Osagos Proval has ascended to the honoured rank of Archmagos, one of the highest ranked members of the organist faction and a master of flesh and bone.
Tech-Priest ( +4L, +2P, +1C, -2D, -1I, -1M)- Osagos Proval is a fully ordained member of the Adeptus Mechancius, the Tech-Priesthood of Mars who build and maintain the Imperium's more advanced technology.
Augment Designer: (+4L, +3P, +4C, +50 to designing biological augmentations) Proval has made his career out of designing biological alternatives to cybernetics or augmentations cybernetics simply cannot perform the function of and having them perform as well if not better than metal alternatives.
Military Logistician: (+4A, +2L, +2M) In order to make his designs as efficient as possible for military operations Proval has studied military supply theory extensively.
Father of Bioskittari: (+6L, +3P, +4D with Callumites, +20 to rolls involving bio skittari) Proval was the mind behind the Bioskittari initiative during the resource wars of Callamus. The resource-efficient warriors saved the polity an economic and military crisis and while traditional skittari remain, bioskittari are a staple of Callamus's forces.
Genetic Cataloguer: (+4L, +2A, +2P +10 to genetic engineering rolls) Proval has made it a habit of ensuring that he has access to as many approved genetic sequences as possible. In his pursuit of this he set up the precursor to the modern-day clinic system that provides free healthcare to the menials of Callamus in order to catalogue them.
Grandmaster of Genetic Engineering (+8L, +80 to genetic engineering rolls) Proval is likely the greatest expert in genetic engineering in Callamus, able to weave effective combinations of DNA that would fall apart in others hands.
Potent Augmentations Package: (+2 all stats, *2 damage, +1 armour extended life) Derived from his study of Akadia Lethe II his personal genetic augmentations are not as extreme, but turn him into a potent individual.
Paragon of Learning: The Flesh is Strong (All biological augments designed by this character have significantly increased, albeit varying, rates of power, efficiency and ease of implementation.) Despite much scorn from his fellow in the Mechanicus Proval has demonstrated the strength of flesh, creating legions of incredibly efficient warriors, and augmentations powerful enough to rival astartes.
One of Callamus's most respected and revered Magi for pulling the polity from a nearly catastrophic end. This was known as the resource crisis, brought on by the immense slow down of transportation following the end of the astronomicon. While Imperial tithes were no longer a problem, Imperial aid had also vanished forcing Forge Worlds to rely upon their local subsectors for resources. This aid was often lacking as it is a rare forge world that can operate at anything resembling full efficiency on such meagre resources, with Callamus alone surviving well.
Something needed to change, but this was at a time, much like in the Trust, when the Conservative faction within Callamus was making its final stand. Enter Archmagos biologis Paraval, who went to the then Fabricator General with an ingenious solution. There was a way to cut down on expenditure of resources, by simply rerouting them away from the Skittari. Instead a transfer to primarily genetically enhanced bio skittari who required primarily food as upkeep instead of constant maintenance to repair breaking down augmetics would ease the budgets of most forge worlds immensely whilst a solution was found.
In spite of protests, the Fabricator General of the day allowed Osagos to test his hypothesis on the Skittari of Callamus and found that his results were positive.
Ordering a mass implementation and promoting him to the position of Archmagos, Osagos Proval has since then continually improved the bio skittari that have become a staple of the polity.
Bellona Garval
Age 326
M 37 Skilled from long experience in the art of war.
I 26 Hiding in ditches and hacking data terminals has served this one well.
A 16 She knows how to manage her funds.
D 13 A quiet person who prefers their own company when possible.
L 54 Impossibly skilled at seeing how best to improve and reuse technology.
P 34 Her faith in the Omnissiah has been tested, but ultimately found strong.
C 45 A veteran of long combat combined with powerful augmentics and weapons.
Tech-Priest ( +4L, +2P, +1C, -2D, -1I, -1M)- Bellona Garvall is a fully ordained member of the Adeptus Mechancius, the Tech-Priesthood of Mars who build and maintain the Imperium's more advanced technology.
Archmagos Constructus: (+4L, +2D, +2M, +2P, +1I, +1C +10 to designing weapons) A master of constructing and building new weapons of war, Bellona Garaval has ascended to a position of extreme power within the mechanicus.
Ex Enginseer (+4L, +4M, +5C, +3D with Callumites +30 to repair rolls) Enginseers are some of the most respected members of Callamus, with Archmagos Bellona surviving three tours of service as one.
Genius of Design: (+5L, +50 to designing improvements to existing equipment, +50 to utilising existing equipment in novel ways.) Archmagos Bellona is not especially skilled at creating new ideas from scratch, but she can optimise what already exists, or take an old item and apply it in an innovative ways with terrifying ease.
Combat Veteran: ( +5C, +3M) Like many Callumite Magi, Garaval has experience in combat and has internalised those lessons.
Battle Engineer: (+2L, +1M, +30 to repair rolls, +20 to designing fortifications) A member of the Praelia, Archmagos Garaval is renowned for her ability to build defences, and repair damaged equipment even in the midst of battle. Her greatest achievement in that regard was the repair of the Imperator Titan Gratus Ferrum during its duel with an Archangyl.
Warmachine: (+8C, +1M, -1D) Archmagos Garaval has modified herself into a powerful engine of destruction.
Learning Paragon Trait: Iterative Design (Can find means of improving currently accessible tech on a variable DC, can attempt to simplify existing techs to reduce their cost.) Archmagos Garaval tends not to create designs of her own, but is able to take another's creation and often bring significant improvements to it based on other patterns or her own genius.
One of the younger stars of Callamus who rose to prominence thanks to the sponsorship of Fabricator General Akadia II, Bellona started her life bound for the Enginseers of Callamus. Supervising fortifications, battle strategies and War automatons, she would have likely risen high in this role, but inevitably been slain in the eternal conflicts which grip the great powers.
However, her intellect saved her from that fate, noble as it maybe. During the depths of combat against the forces of Ophelia on the world of Seklis II, she successfully simplified the pattern of the Impaler Carbine which is standard for Callumite forces. These modifications were rushed, but they allowed her commanders to rapidly outfit milita forces with an effective weapon, and hold off the Abomination's forces.
Following this display she was snatched up by the growing conclaves and choires of researchers dotted around Callamus, where she proved to have an easy grasp of creating varients of designs from existing tech, and simplifying what was available to her.
Snatched up by the Fabricator General, shortly before her ascension to her current position, Archmagos Bellona heads up innumerable projects, with her greatest success being in the Boar line of vehicles, with its dozens of variations all baring her personal touch.
In the modern day she has been assigned the role of combing through the new technologies provided by the conclave, applying her intellect to it to simplify what she can for easier mass production.
Archmagos Lorelie Secoros
M- 8: She should not be allowed to command, not even the ships she so loves to create.
I- 13: An understanding of Mechanicus intrigue is no substitute for skill in the game.
A- 31: Capable of effectively administrating research departments hundreds of light years apart.
D- 26: A charming personality combine well with impressive degrees of piety.
L-53: She knows what she loves, and has endeavoured to master it utterly.
P-34: Her faith in the beauty of the Omnissiah's works has pushed her to immense displays of faith.
C-32: Immensely powerful augmentics compensate for lack of skill
Tech-Priest ( +4L, +2P, +1C, -2D, -1I, -1M)- Lorelie Secoros is a fully ordained member of the Adeptus Mechancius, the Tech-Priesthood of Mars who build and maintain the Imperium's more advanced technology.
Archmagos Naupegus: (+5L, +4A, +4P, +2D, -2M, -3I, +25 to ship technologies) No other in the Forge Empire of Callamus exemplify the ability to design and construct new void based technologies, no matter the form.
Noble Upbringing (+2L, +2D, +1I, -2A, -1M) Born the scion of one of the many noble families that still exist supplying Callamus's forge worlds with raw materials, Secoros was selected at a young age for the mysteries of the machine.
Artistic Flair: (+5L, +3P, +3D) A remnant of her noble upbringing and a personal passion, Archmagos Secoros attempts to venerate the Omnissiah through beauty as well as technology.
Eye for Details: (+3L, +3A, +1I, +1D) A keen eye has saved numerous projects from minor flaws in design that could have led to disaster.
Big is Beautiful: (+3L, +3P +25 to projects above cruiser size) Archmagos Secoros sees large ships and structures as the perfect canvases on which to create icons to the Omnissiah's glory.
Industrial Mandate
Deceptive complexity: (+4L, +2I) Although her preference for large ships may lead some to believe otherwise Archmagos Secoros has a knack for eeking the most out of a very small area, creating systems that seem simple, but are actually very complex.
Paragon Learning Trait: Complete Quality Assurance: (Reduced complete destruction chance of designs, decreased repair time, an increase of ease to produce high-quality designs.) Quality is a word usually associated with Archmagos Secoros. Everyone of her designs are, designed to be safe, reliable, enduring and beautiful. Hat she succeeds at this is demonstrative of that quality.
Total Cybernetic Rework (+2 to all stats, +10C, +5 armour, *2 health) A long project that saw her fully converted to cybernetics aside from her brain, Archmagos Secoros's body is a lethal weapon and a terrifying fashion statement.
Strange by some standards, Archmagos Secoros is from the family of a minor mining nobility, whose planets supply the voracious appetites of the Forge Worlds. Born into this odd void between true power as a tech priest, but not being one of the infinite workers, Secoros pushed herself towards the real power of the polity. Gaining acceptance into the schools of the machine, she set about setting herself apart both in skill and diplomatic knack. Combined with genuine piety in the machine god she, her rapid rise through the ranks was unsurprising to most. What was much more interesting was her genuine innovation in the area of the void, in part inspired by her unique approach to the subject.
Whilst possessing a style associated with the Mechanicus, and certainly not ignorant of such affairs, for the most part the priests of the machine tend towards quite utilitarian designs. Indeed hodgepodging various styles, eras and other things is often fairly common so long as the machine spirit does not protest and the result is functional. Archmagos Secoros disagreed, instead applying her love of artistry to her work, creating both stunning ships, that combined form and function to create a greater seamless whole.
So effective was her work especially on the Calamity Battlecruiser that became one of the polities mainline ships, that the Fabricator General enlisted her, as her expert on void construction, working on everything from industrial fabricators to massive dreadnaughts.
Although many of her creations including her beloved Calamities have been rendered outdated by the Conclave, Archmagos Secoros works to bring Callamus's void power up to speed, and works excitedly on the Calamity MKII.
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Well this took longer than expected, anyhow some ideas for Callamus's leader and learning paragons.
Hopefully, 1 or 2 will make canon
@Durin
As an example, inspired by Ilbgar's omake, Knowledge Implantation Chairs are an incredible asset. More effective and cheaper chairs mean that they can have a larger impact on the overall education of our citizens, which in turn will increase their economic productivity, and also make them more effective at whatever it is they do. Additionally, one of the main bottlenecks that we face, is that while it's possible to cheaply create vat-grown humans, our ability to grow our population faster is constrained by the difficulty in adequately educating them to a high enough level. As such, Knowledge Implantation Chairs that can be built more cheaply and which are more effective would allow us to have a faster rate of population growth, particularly for the AdMech, and in turn have a larger economy and a larger military.
Other kinds of neurotech would also be incredibly useful to have. Cheaper or more effective Djinn Skein Gladiatoria would improve the quality of our troops a lot, or allow Secundus to rapidly train conscripts to fight the Destroyer. This could allow them and us to field larger and more effective armies, as soldiers could be trained more quickly than before, and to a higher standard, cutting down on the amount of service and training previously needed.
Better Mind Impulse Units would lead to greater battlefield performance in terms of controlling Titans and Knights, and could also potentially be used in other vehicles, greatly improving their performance. Better Mind Catchers would provide an edge against the dangers of scrapcode. For both technologies, enough advancement might also allow them to be applied and used in different ways, like controlling factory systems and improving economic efficiency. There really are absolutely enormous possibilities.
First of all, thanks for all the work on the wiki! Secondly, I think the problem isn't so much that it's a race that reproduces via infection which is a problem - that is kinda what genestealers do, after all. Instead, I think that the issues stem from how the other elements could be abused. With vat grown humans or other organisms for example, there could be a genuinely ludicrous birth rate. And with something like Orks, or the Tyranids, you could end up with some kind of techno-organic version of the New Devourer from 50k. Added to that, the enormous intelligence of the gestalt consciousness they share, and the fact they supposedly have advanced technology, means that they could very rapidly snowball as the number of Elders increased, getting vastly more powerful technology.
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the tech was 12ish, which is advacned to peopl who are not us, but I see your point. I might do a toned down version of them if its possble. I like the look of them and the idea of a race that as part of its very nature goes against human exceptionalism is a really nifty narrative device. Mayve ditch the elders thing and have most of their werid biomcinal bits need manufacturing. really the elders where added as something to take away more than anything.
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- Peterborough, NH, USA
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- England
Is the price the only thing that makes the Skyfall unworkable?
Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
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- Dancing on wires!
Aren't most things
But, yeah to get even close to the amount of size you want you'd need to make something that costs the same as a commandbattle ship which is a fraction of the size and has an even smaller amount of the fire power.
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- England
Big IS beautiful
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- Alice Springs, Australia
And Titans work great in 6foot tall tunnelsBig IS beautiful
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- The United States
Would a sufficiently large titan be able to enlarge a 6 foot tall tunnel?
Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
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- Dancing on wires!
Probably.
Not eventually you're just going to blow up/bring down the mountain.
Criticisms of the Skyfall class Grand Cruiser
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- England
@Durin based off your feedback
Criticisms of the Skyfall class Grand Cruiser
"How do you expect us to pay for these Lorelie? The jet lift systems alone costs as much as a usual grand cruiser, while for the price of the grav scoop we could have a squadron of battleships."
-Akadia Lethe II
"This thing flies worse than a pig. If you ever stop, you crash to the ground, if you go too fast, you crash to the ground, if you take all that much fire, you, you guessed it, crash to the ground."
-Commodore Horace Muntz
Callumite Navy
"I beat it in a frigate in sim. Managed to keep out from under the guns, spattered the fighters and just kept away from its belly guns. This big bastards can hardly even manouver in the void, let alone get us under its guns."
-Commander Theodore Kait
Callumite Navy
"Even I don't fully understand how the grav scoop works, let alone that crazy techpriest who built it. I'm hugely impressed at the results, though, even if they're impractical."
-Primarch Vulkan
"HERESY the whole way down! Discarded the methods of the ancients in favour of a bodge! Lorelie should be excommunicated as soon as possible. Then torn down for parts. Then the parts should be burnt"
-Archmagos Rei Gann, leading Callumite conservative
"My planets weather system still hasn't recovered from the storms that bloody thing caused. Our tourism industry will never recover! Managed to see the swarm of gargants threatening my capital off in hours though..."
-King Philip V of Hispaniola II
"This is the first time we've ever been the cheap alternative, and I'm not quite sure how to deal with it."
Princeps Hai Muclough
-Legio Fulminata Optimus
Criticisms of the Skyfall class Grand Cruiser
"How do you expect us to pay for these Lorelie? The jet lift systems alone costs as much as a usual grand cruiser, while for the price of the grav scoop we could have a squadron of battleships."
-Akadia Lethe II
"This thing flies worse than a pig. If you ever stop, you crash to the ground, if you go too fast, you crash to the ground, if you take all that much fire, you, you guessed it, crash to the ground."
-Commodore Horace Muntz
Callumite Navy
"I beat it in a frigate in sim. Managed to keep out from under the guns, spattered the fighters and just kept away from its belly guns. This big bastards can hardly even manouver in the void, let alone get us under its guns."
-Commander Theodore Kait
Callumite Navy
"Even I don't fully understand how the grav scoop works, let alone that crazy techpriest who built it. I'm hugely impressed at the results, though, even if they're impractical."
-Primarch Vulkan
"HERESY the whole way down! Discarded the methods of the ancients in favour of a bodge! Lorelie should be excommunicated as soon as possible. Then torn down for parts. Then the parts should be burnt"
-Archmagos Rei Gann, leading Callumite conservative
"My planets weather system still hasn't recovered from the storms that bloody thing caused. Our tourism industry will never recover! Managed to see the swarm of gargants threatening my capital off in hours though..."
-King Philip V of Hispaniola II
"This is the first time we've ever been the cheap alternative, and I'm not quite sure how to deal with it."
Princeps Hai Muclough
-Legio Fulminata Optimus
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- madison
I mean, it depends entirely on how attached you are to whatever is above those tunnels.
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- Australia
Cybernetic guardians? So this was a legit dark age facility with battle robots within it?