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The Lost Primarch Quest

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  • Spirit of Fire

    Votes: 21 47.7%

  • Vigilance

    Votes: 23 52.3%
  • Total voters
    44
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Sorry guys too busy today, I do not think I can write any omake today, I made lots notes for east continent, hopefully I will write few omakes tomorrow. too busy with office work today.
 
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Daemon Massacre on Abom VI
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    • [X] Simultaneous Strikes
    -[X] Split the Legion into a group of 1000, another group of 10,000 then split the rest into two groups
    -[X] Titans attack the production line (Kesar here)
    -[X] Group of 1000 stealthily destroys the sensor area
    -[X] Group of 10,000 takes the staging grounds

    After examining the situation, Kesar came to a conclusion. The production lines needed to be destroyed. The time on Station Gehenna had been extremely difficult due to the insane production levels. As a result, clearly, this was a primary target. As such, he would direct a group of about 25,000 Wardens along with the Titan Legion to destroy the production lines. Simultaneously, a group of 10,000 would take up the defenses in the staging grounds and a stealth force would destroy the sensor grids. The remaining Wardens would remain in reserve in case of disaster.

    As the Eternal Wardens entered the drop pods and Stormbirds, Kesar waited to launch. In truth, he was not particularly worried about the situation. The hereteks were rather isolated and lacked major staying power. Additionally, he would be striking their production areas with overwhelming force. Hopefully, the hereteks lacked any surprises.

    On Abom VI, the worshippers of thirsting gods continued their nightmarish work. Monstrosity after monstrosity was churned out, turning humans into ingredients. Today, however, today was different. In the skies, a fleet skimmed the atmosphere. Battle barges and strike cruisers launched drop pods and Stormravens in droves while they burned their engines to increase their speed and avoid the defenses. This was easily done due to the rapid maneuver and mass deployment. Then, the hereteks knew true fear when several of the drop pods grew larger and larger. From this, exited the God Machines attached to the Eternal Wardens, and they walked for the first time.

    Surprisingly, the Titans were not the most destructive force. That would be the Primarch and the Wardens. Like the Sovereign himself, the Wardens tore through the daemon engines. What would have made any other Legion pause was but chaff to the Wardens. The most destructive, however, was Kesar Dorlin, who tore apart any semblance of organization. Formations, command vehicles, champions, and so many more blasphemous creations found themselves subject to the Sword of the Lost. Meanwhile, the Wardens killed with Volkite and chain, not even pausing once. And all the while, the God Machines marched unopposed, occasionally firing their weapons at defensive hardpoints or vehicle formations. Within minutes, the hereteks saw the destruction and fled, but this only hastened their demise.

    While the cultists desperately hoped that their losses could be replenished by emergency production orders, they had not received reinforcements. When they checked, they found key parts of the facility destroyed. Power supplies were cut, the human prisoners were freed if pure and mercy killed if corrupted. The damage itself was minor and could have been repaired if given time. However, the hereteks did not even have ten minutes. Without a semblance of organization, the Primarch of the Eternal Wardens led his sons into the facility.

    There, they destroyed the monstrous devices and moved forward, executing any hereteks they found, and most of the corrupted prisoners inside. While several of the Wardens were saddened by the necessity, they hardened their souls and performed their duty. After searching through the various facilities, Kesar concluded his part had been completed and reviewed reports from the two other strikes.

    Meanwhile, the Wardens at the staging grounds for the daemon engines were not idle. Here, 10,000 Wardens took up defensive positions, as they waited for the daemonic engines to charge them en masse. Here, an Astartes named Bader stepped up and gave a short speech. While it was not anything special, it did buoy the Warden's spirits. However, he ended the speech early when the first daemon engines arrived.

    Drawn in by the Pathfinders, the daemon engines had no semblance of organization, so they relied on numbers. Numbers were not nearly enough. As the Sisters of Silence negated warp powers, the Eternal Wardens fired rocket and volkite into the encroaching mass of vehicles. It was terrifyingly effective.

    The daemon engines spread out and charged without thinking. Isolated from their monstrous brethren, they proved that the only thing they were to the Wardens, was targeting practice. They died in the thousands, as the Wardens easily held their defensive position. As time progressed, and it became clear how one-sided this battle was, the Wardens sallied out to ensure the daemonic creatures were wiped out.

    As they did so, the hereteks were desperately trying to regain control of their monsters. Perhaps, they believed, if they could create an organized defense they might be able to escape with their lives. However, it was useless. The Pathfinders had done their jobs well and had managed to enrage the daemon engines to the point that the monstrosities refused to listen to their heretical masters. With a few hours, the hereteks may have been able to regain control, but with the Wardens charging forward, that was a doomed effort.

    Eager to kill, the daemon engines charged the Wardens that had left their defensive structures, only to find that the situation was just as bad for them. The creatures desperately tried to kill, but they were rebuffed at every turn. When screaming tanks drove forwards at fool speed, the Wardens responded with rockets aimed at thin armor. When a spider-like creation bristling with weapons walked out from behind a hill, it was targeted by no less than 50 plasma weapons. When a praying mantis shaped daemon engine with a massive gun attached to its back tried to brace itself to fire, a group of assault marines jumped around it and struck its vulnerable sides. After hours of conflict, the Wardens emerged the victors, but that was never in doubt.

    Meanwhile, a much smaller group of 1000 Astartes was attempting to sneak in and destroy the sensor grid. It had been going poorly thus far. While the Pathfinders had mapped out the sensor locations, it seems that the hereteks here had altered their patrol routes. Normally, this would not have been an issue. Even with another 1000 Astartes, the Pathfinders should have been able to track the guards and sneak in. However, today, they missed something. A camera that was previously damaged had been repaired. When the Wardens passed by it, one of the Astartes passed in view of it. Then, the alarm sounded.

    However, the Wardens were already at the entrance of the central node of the sensor grid, so they quickly charged forward and stormed the area. In teams of four, they branched out as they traveled further into the complex. Working in conjunction with other teams, they timed their assaults perfectly. When one drew the attention of the defenders, another group with strike their flanks. It worked well, and the coordination allowed the rooms to be cleared one by one with minimal losses. The only problem this caused, was that it was slow. As such, the central processing area was heavily defended by the time the Wardens converged on it.

    Here, a plan was formed. The Wardens would place explosives on the walls, ceilings, and floor since they had control of the area around it. Then, at a precise moment, all teams would simultaneously assault. In total, 4 teams assaulted the north wall, 4 teams assaulted the east wall, 4 on the west, 4 teams would drop in from the ceiling, and 4 teams of assault marines would jump through the floor. While an additional set of squads breaching through the south wall was considered, it was discarded since multiples of 6 tended to empower daemons. After mapping their entry points to minimize friendly fire and maximize crossfire, they Wardens prepared to breach.

    Inside the room, the hereteks had equipped themselves with monstrous weapons and a single daemon engine. This creation was the size of an Astartes and had required 504 prototypes. This monstrosity was a nightmarish contraption, but it was unfinished. It lacked weapons or defenses, and instead just relied on its skeleton to murder.

    As such, when the Wardens breached the room, it was only a fraction as powerful as it could have been. Within a second, the majority of the Wardens had targeted the daemon engine, deeming it as the larges threat. Of the 80 Wardens in the initial assault, a full 50 fired their weapons. And still, it remained alive and nearly unharmed. As the daemon engine turned towards one of the squads, the second wave of Wardens entered through the breaches, as the initial squads systematically cleared the remaining hereteks from the room. This second wave fully targeted the daemon engine, and the resulting fire melted one of its six legs. Screeching with its 9 mouths, the daemon collapsed onto the floor, before trying to fire its seven plague guns. And here, was where the 100 of the 160 Wardens targeted it with their weapons once more. Under this last wave, the daemon engine finally gave out and screeched, its eight sword-like arms trashing as it did.

    With this, the Wardens had taken the sensor grid, but the grid was based on corrupted technology. As such, the Wardens decided to avoid using it and avoided touching any of the controls. Instead, they systematically destroyed the facility with flamers and explosives. The biological amalgamations of human brains that comprised the computation were heavily purged. Before long, the entire complex was burning as the Wardens moved on.

    Now, Kesar faced a few choices. With the primary dangers destroyed, there were only two remaining areas. The research complex and the prison. Currently, the primary danger was the research complex, which held the most nightmarish creations. However, the Pathfinders had reported that the hereteks at the prison had begun sacrificing the prisoners in some ritual. Of note though, is that they simply do not have enough sacrifices to bring forth any actual danger, unless the few psykers in charge sacrifice themselves. Even then, however, it is unlikely that anything besides normal daemons will be summoned. While they may be a threat due to sheer numbers, Kesar was not worried.

    Currently, he faced two options. Where to send his forces, and how to treat the prisoner locations. In regard to his forces, he could bring in the reserves, as there was simply no reason not to. This meant both locations could be hit with overwhelming force. However, he had to choose where he himself and the Titan Legion would go. For this, he chose to

    [] Send both to the research complex
    [] Send the Titans to the research complex and himself to the prison
    [] Send the Titans to the prison and himself to the research complex
    [] Send both to the prison
    [] Write-in

    Additionally, at the prison, there was the matter of what orders should the Wardens follow. They could simply destroy the prison through the use of heavy weapons. While this would destroy the location, the prisoners would also die. However, there were likely only up to a few thousand that were uncorrupted, nothing of consequence in the big picture. Another idea was to simply assault the location normally. This would be easy to do, but it would kill a significant chunk of the prisoners since the hereteks would try to use them as human shields. The last option was to prioritize prisoner survival at all costs. This would almost certainly result in casualties, but it would keep some of the prisoners alive. Of course, there was also the question of whether this was worth it. In the end, Kesar ordered the Wardens to

    [] Destroy the prison indiscriminately
    [] Assault normally
    [] Prioritize the prisoners' lives
    [] Write-in

    Production Line Destruction: 29 + 40 (Kesar) + 40 (Primarch Equipment) + 20 (A Parent's Love) + 45 (Banish Runes, For the Lost, Sisters of Silence, For Those Denied Salvation) + 5 (Superior Equipment) + 5 (Mark IIB Armor) + 5 (Daemonic Horde) + 5 (Blitz) + 20 (Astartes) + 10 (Valhallans) + 1 (Rune of Reinforcement) + 1 (Perturabo's Notes) + 60 (Titans) = 286
    Production Line Tries: 5 + 40 (Daemon Engines) + 20 (Defenses) + 60 (Rapid Production) Negated by Pathfinders = 65
    Staging Grounds Wardens: 63 + 45 (Banish Runes, For the Lost, Sisters of Silence, For Those Denied Salvation) + 5 (Superior Equipment) + 5 (Mark IIB Armor) + 5 (Daemonic Horde) + 5 (Blitz) + 20 (Astartes) + 10 (Valhallans) + 1 (Rune of Reinforcement) + 1 (Perturabo's Notes) +20 (Defenses) = 180
    Staging Grounds: 17 + 40 (Daemon Engines) + 40 (Numbers) – 20 (Disorganized) = 87
    Sensor Infiltration: 29 + 20 (Astartes) + 25 (Sisters of Silence) + 10 (Realm of Nothingness) = 84
    Sensor Grid Identification: 88 +30 (???) – 30 (Mapped Out) = 88
    Destroy the Sensor Grid: 36 + 45 (Banish Runes, For the Lost, Sisters of Silence, For Those Denied Salvation) + 5 (Superior Equipment) + 5 (Mark IIB Armor) + 5 (Daemonic Horde) + 5 (Blitz) + 20 (Astartes) + 10 (Valhallans) + 1 (Rune of Reinforcement) + 30 (Surprise) = 132
    Sensor Grid's Defense: 31 + 20 (Numbers) = 51
     
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    • @Daemon Hunter thanks for the chapter by the way what were those insightful rating for does the mean the Vigilance will full awaken and become the first ensouled machine making her have huge narrative effects as as living up to the title I gave her the first Ensouled which could allow her to have unique ability?
     
    thefoolswriter said:
    @Daemon Hunter thanks for the chapter by the way what were those insightful rating for does the mean the Vigilance will full awaken and become the first ensouled machine making her have huge narrative effects as as living up to the title I gave her the first Ensouled which could allow her to have unique ability?
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    Those were for ideas of what would happen in response to what is currently occurring with the Vigilance. Basically, I take a fair few ideas from comments and incorporate them into the quest. I will say that it is possible for the Vigilance to obtain a soul, but that is a long way off. However, you have made steps towards that, both knowingly and unknowingly. I will say that for the conditions, there are several of them to fully obtain a soul for the Vigilance, but there are incremental stages. Right now, I will say that two of the conditions with tiers are currently at 3 of 5 and another is at 2 of 4.
     
    Daemon Hunter said:
    Those were for ideas of what would happen in response to what is currently occurring with the Vigilance. Basically, I take a fair few ideas from comments and incorporate them into the quest. I will say that it is possible for the Vigilance to obtain a soul, but that is a long way off. However, you have made steps towards that, both knowingly and unknowingly. I will say that for the conditions, there are several of them to fully obtain a soul for the Vigilance, but there are incremental stages. Right now, I will say that two of the conditions with tiers are currently at 3 of 5 and another is at 2 of 4.
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    paradoxically having a soul prevents possession by acting as a firewall against the warp this is why machines that don't have a soul get possessed easily however its nearly impossible for daemon to find it but if it does then things go to hell fast
     
    [X] Send both to the research complex
    [X] Assault normally

    I feel for the prisoners, and an effort should be made, but I won't hobble our men over a few thousand people. Our guys are objectively worth more. Also, if the other side knows you won't be deterred by human shields, they won't bother with them in the future.
     
    [X] Send the Titans to the research complex and himself to the prison
    [X] Prioritize the prisoners' lives

    We are the Eternal Wardens, and we will not just let those under our protection die to save ourselves, and every uncorrupted human is under our protection.
     
    Daemon Hunter said:
    Those were for ideas of what would happen in response to what is currently occurring with the Vigilance. Basically, I take a fair few ideas from comments and incorporate them into the quest. I will say that it is possible for the Vigilance to obtain a soul, but that is a long way off. However, you have made steps towards that, both knowingly and unknowingly. I will say that for the conditions, there are several of them to fully obtain a soul for the Vigilance, but there are incremental stages. Right now, I will say that two of the conditions with tiers are currently at 3 of 5 and another is at 2 of 4.
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    Are any of Kesar's brothers close to geting an ensouled ship as he is?
     
    [X] Send the Titans to the research complex and himself to the prison
    [X] Prioritize the prisoners' lives

    I understand wanting to not lose more of the Wardens, but I believe that Kesar's overwhelming presence will be enough to render the casualties low regardless. This may not win, but it feels more in character in my opinion.
     
    [X] Send the Titans to the prison and himself to the research complex
    [X] Assault normally

    I can't wait to see Mechanicus reaction when Vigilance wakes up.
     
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    Nicholas Brooks said:
    "There can be no other possibility, Lord Pri- no. Lord Omnissiah."
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    ehh, that probably wouldn't happen unless Kesar was actively trying to make that happen, as opposed to it just kinda happening on accident like it has been so far. That said, we DO have a research track that will lead to souled machine, and that will most likely lead to some thinking him the Omnissiah for legitimate reason.
     
    jjffjhjf said:
    ehh, that probably wouldn't happen unless Kesar was actively trying to make that happen, as opposed to it just kinda happening on accident like it has been so far. That said, we DO have a research track that will lead to souled machine, and that will most likely lead to some thinking him the Omnissiah for legitimate reason.
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    Pretty much this. While Omakes did start you on the track towards getting a souled machine, it's a long way from finished. Also, most of the steps ate going to have to be done in the quest itself, not just as Omake rewards.
     
    jjffjhjf said:
    ehh, that probably wouldn't happen unless Kesar was actively trying to make that happen, as opposed to it just kinda happening on accident like it has been so far. That said, we DO have a research track that will lead to souled machine, and that will most likely lead to some thinking him the Omnissiah for legitimate reason.
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    If Kesar created a Soul for a Machine, that already makes him an Omnissiah candidate. I don't mean for this to happen soon, but rather upon Vigilance's awakening/true birth which is the actual feat of Soul creation they use to justify that Omnissiah candidacy. Star also referenced their reaction upon the completion of the Vigilance Machine Soul.
     
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