>>12317800
God damned paper work again? There has to be someone around here that is better equiped to deal with this. Ask the senschal about it.

>>12317844
You summon the seneschal. Unsurprisingly he appears to have been behind you the entire time, but you just didn’t notice it till now. Either he’s really good at just going undetected, or he can magically show up whenever he’s needed. At this point, you wouldn’t if it was both by know. He’s still in his masterfully crafted tuxedo, and when you inquire about the paperwork, he calmly explains, “This was your idea to read over the Warrant of Trade so you wouldn’t be caught in some loophole. If you want, I could read it for you and simply inform you if you’re making a mistake or there’s some clause pertinent about your current actions.”

>>12317922
yeah do that , now timeskip to the officers dinner , and wear our informal clothes again

>>12317922

"Yes, but at that point you'd be the one commanding the ship rather than just the one running it."

>>12317965
>>12317922
Dear lord, he IS ofdenson.

>>12317965
"So, I'll take that as a no. Either way, I'd like to inform you your meeting is in three hours, and Invidia would like you informed she will be here in one."

>>12318008

"Split the difference. Tell me if I'm going to do something that puts my life or the safety of the crew at risk because of a violation of the Warrant, and tell me the heading and rule number. Let me figure the rest out myself."

Pause.

"I've gotten the impression you don't approve of Invidia working with me this closely."

>>12318039
“Very well Captain Deadlift. However, there are certain sections I would personally advice you about reading. As for the girl… well, I think she’s not the healthiest choice for a confident. As I’ve explain previously, she lacks normal human connections, and considering her powers as a psyker, not someone you would like to inadvertently upset. As our astropath, she should be kept in working attitude, and if you were to… upset that attitude, it could be disasterous for the dynasty. Given her past, and that those who gaze upon the Emperor tend not be to the sanest after words, I would not suggest pursuing a relationship with her. Plus, she fucking creepy.”

>>12318124
He has a point. we should keep this thing platonic. Also, just read the damn charter. Don't need him taking over the ship from us

>>12318124
Creepy or not, she seems willing to help us and it's probably a good idea to walk the fine line between not leading her on and not pissing her off. She is, as you said, a psyker and a little unstable.

I only intend to persue a cautious friendship.

>>12318124

"I agree. On the other hand I've seen what prolonged solitary confinement does to people, and it's hardly a state a vital crew-member should be in. So unless you think I should start ordering the crew to have tea with her on a rota, this may be the best way to keep her sane...ish"

>>12318177
Platonic…yeah platonic would be good. At least until you get somewhere that’s not so dangerous to be with an insane astropath. As for the charter, you once again change your mind and go back to reading the charter yourself. While you doubt the seneschal would turn on you, you bet he’s the kind of guy who would manipulate you “for your own good.”

>>12318236
Yes. Let's just read that damned thing.
Time skip an hour? (C'mon dude, let's get this thing moving)

my vote is lets both go over it and compare notes

>>12318297
An hour passes, and Invidia arrives on the dot. Truthfully, you suspect she was waiting outside, waiting for exactly for it to be an hour before she knock. You invite her in, and find her appearance rather odd for book reading. Instead of her normal Astra Telepathica robes, she has a sundress and has tried her hair up in a different style again. Where did she get the dress you wonder, before you stop caring and singal for her to take a seat at the desk. Despite her blindness, she manages to find her way there without a single incident, and sits down. “H-hello Lord Captain Deadlift. Where m-m-may I start?”

>>12318413

aw, shes so cute

>>12318413

>Unzip pants

"You can start right here."

>>12318413
Where the hell does one find a sun dress on this ship?
On second thought, let's not ask that.

"Well, we need to get this all read. I'm almost done, but you could perhaps go over some things and point out anything you think is important?"

You have a niggling feeling that if this was the year 2010 and an anime, there would be boners all around.

Let's do a little small talk before we start.

Ask her things like where she came from, and when she became an Astropath.

>>12318480
Thankfully, once you start to work, she becomes all business as usual. Truthfully, you don’t think you could put up with her fucked up creepy attempts at a schoolgirl crush. About forty five minutes into the Warrant, you notice something odd. You promptly follow up on it, and find something most exciting.

Your Warrant isn’t one of those Letters of Marque that are massed produced for idiots who dream of striking it rich. Instead, you have a genuine Warrant, dating back to the great crusade! It was signed by Sanguinius himself, as an gift to a merchant human, whose ship allowed the Blood Angel fleet to turn the tide against the Orks in a battle during the crusade. Apparently, if not for the merchant’s bold action and nearly sacrificing himself, the battle would have been lost and the legion would have taken a massive blow. In gratitude, Sanguinius granted him a charter, and as an act of friendship he would be allowed to take twenty Blood Angels with him where ever he went, and would be able to call on the legion for aid. In return, he would be required to aid the legion whenever he was called upon, and the dynasty would have to renew an oath of friendship every five hundred years.

However, the previous owner did not do so, and the deal was off. As the latest owner of this Warrant, you are not bound to the Blood Angels, but are allowed to make a similar deal with any Space Marine chapter willing to make such a deal. Awesome.

>>12318597
Awww yeah! Gotta find us some Salamanders or Space wolves.

>>12318597
Gotta go meet my spiritual liege.

Remember kids, the Ultramarines have approximately 20 zillion offshoot chapters that are loyal to them. This means that befriending the smurfs also befriends a goodly number of other chapters.

>>12318619
Go find some Space Wolves!

>>12318639
Yeah, but given hwo stuck they are, do you think would ally with some petty rogue trader house? I sw we go with some "new" chapter, and get in good with them.

Let's keep our options open. If we run into some Marines and can make a deal, yeah, but is it necessary to get ourselves into an arrangement like that this soon?

>>12318671
Like the angry marines?

I think our Muscle-Militant might like them

>>12318597
Tell Invidia about it, and ask if she's found anything

>>12318683
Is that a trick question?
All arguments, no matter how silly or pointless, are necessary.

>>12318597

"Aid the legion"

I'd suggest we tread carefully here. There's a good chance we could get ourselves signed on for one of those "Fought and died gloriously to the last man" deals the Astartes love so much.

Still, an honest to god Warrant, that goes back to before the Horus Heresy... We need more gold braid and skulls for our uniform.

>>12318690
Invidia is ecstatic for you, in her own unnatural way. She does one more of her smiles, and you start to think you’re not going to need eyes where you’re going. Still, finding out you can have marines at your command is an exciting proposition. You saw them in action before once, during the cleansing of Tortured Purity. A deathwatch kill team was called in, and it was awe inspiring. Honestly, you never thought you’d see someone have all their blood punched out, but by the Emperor that marine did it.

Unfortunately though, Invidia hasn’t found anything that exciting, only that when you discover a planet you are allowed to act as temporary governor if you wish, or may choose who will be the acting governor until it is properly brought into the fold.

>>12318597

Also, we should verify this with our Seneschal, and keep quiet about it as much as possible. It's the sort of thing you can throw down in a conversation and completely change the balance of power in your favor, but you want to be absolutely sure, and it works best if the other guy isn't expecting it.

>>12318765

Might be useful if the planet we're going to explore is high tech enough or rich enough to supply our ship.

>What do you now?

>>12318765

Make sure Invidia changes into formal clothes before the meeting to discuss the plan of attack for the planet.

>>12318884
What's the status on that rhino?

>>12318884
>>12318904

A lot of work will go right down the drain if it looks like the first thing we did when we got onboard was start dating the astropath.

>>12318922
Best we arrive separately, then. We'll send her to her quarters to get a more appropriate attire and head to the meeting.

>>12318904
An hour until the meeting, you ask for Invidia to excuse you so you can prepare for the meeting, and make sure she is going to wear formal clothing to the meeting. Emperor knows you don’t want any to thinking you’re involved with your creepy astropath. After a long and relaxing bath, you being to get dressed and contemplate what chapter you should try to align yourself with. You’ve heard about the Ultramarines, and they seem pretty strong. However, they also sound incredibly arrogant, and getting them to work under you might take forever unless you do something grand. The Blood Angels would probably be the easiest, seeing as the Warrant was written for them, and by their primarch. And besides, what’s the worst that could happen by having a couple Blood Angels on your crew. Its not like they’re mass murdering psychopaths of anything. Of course, you could always leave your options open.

Moving through your enormous closet, your thoughts turn towards the impression you wish to give to the crew tonight. What will you wear?
>Military uniform
>Extravagant Rogue Trader clothing
>Plain clothes
>Other

>>12319053

Military Uniform. We've made nice. We've introduced ourselves. Today we are in command and planning to reclaim a planet for the holy light of the emperor.

Or something.

>>12319053
Let us go with proper military attire this time around.

We proved our point last time with the normal attire, now let's be respectful towards our NCOs.

>>12319053
Thirding Military. And putting my lot in with getting Salamanders 'cause they are massive bros and Space Wolves don't like the Blood Angels very much.

>>12319102
>>12319079

Military uniform it is! Time to show them you’re down to business. Throwing on your gear, you prepare for the meeting. The second you step out of your dressing room ready, the seneschal is already there and is handing you a data slate covering all the known information on the unexplored data so far. Along the way to the meeting, you memorize it all to impress them, and it isn’t long before you arrive.

The meeting room has a large, oblong wooden table, and your seat is ready at the head of it. As you enter, you make note that all of your senior staff is already present save the Navigator, and several NCOs are there. To the left of your seat sits Ripley, and to you right stands the seneschal, rigid and at the ready. The air is cool, yet the mood is stiff. As your first mission, the tension is high and everyone is curious as to how you perform.
You take your seat at the head of the table and begin.

>What do you say?

>>12319241
Gentlemen, tomorrow we begin our reclamation of a world lost to the light of the Emperor.

We do not know if it fell off the grid, or if there were some foul trickery, by xeno, or by our Great Enemy.

We shall go planetside, with one hand extended in greeting, and the other 'pon our laspistols, prepared for any outcome.

This planet shall, by hook or by crook, join with the Imperium once more!

Let's get to work!

>>12319241

Gentlemen. We will shortly be arriving at an unexplored system that our Astropath belives contains human life.

We may be conducting a rescue operation, we may be recontacting a lost world, we may run into a planet that has fallen to chaos.

This meeting is to plan our approach and arrival.

First, I need to know how quickly we can map the surface of this world. Even if it turns out to have no other value we can still provide data to the Administratum.

Second I need a team of volunteers to accompany me down to the planets surface if and when we make contact.

Third i need to know what our options are if the planet turns out to be hostile... how much force can we bring to bear?

What are our capabilities in each are.

>>12319241
Alright everyone, this appears to be a fairly simple mission. We set down near the highest concentration of humans, set up as Planetary Governor as per my Warrant of trade, search the planet for anything interesting and/or valuable, inform the Administratum of this planet's existance, and rake in the rewards.

>>12319327
>>12319312
The crew seems pleased with your little introductory speech. When you begin to inquire about the mapping, H1256-J47, or Jeff, stands up and says, “By sending out a small squadrons of probes we can have a basic planetary in six hours after arrival. Following that, we can use them as satellites to provide communication and continued ground coverage.”
That question answered, Ripley and Gabriel each stand up, and hand you a report on useable ground forces. Ripley suggests using three two hundred and fifty man units to secure major population centers and possible pockets of resistance, while a five hundred man unit lead by him accompanies you to the ‘capitol’ of the planet. Due to the Aquatic nature of the planet, Chimeras should be issued to in small quantities to the troopers, due to the machines amphibian abilities.

Gabriel suggest carpet bombing everything that survives cannot possibly be human, and thus be killed.

>>12319411

Heh. Maybe there's a loyalist Iron Warriors garrison still holding some forsaken rock at the utter limit of the Great Crusade we could get.

"Really? 10,000 years ago? The entire planet? Drop site? Besieged Terra? Well yeah that fucker Dorn had it coming"

>>12319438
Ripley's idea has a higher potential for profit, so I vote we go for his.

>>12319327
As for the planet turning hostile, the Ingeus Aequitas should have more than enough men and ammo to destroy most pockets of resistance, depending on the technological levels of the planet. Should the worst come to pass, and it is too strong to hold with the men, the orbital lance can be used to strike from the heavens. If there is a fleet and even that is an option, the Igneus should be fast enough to out maneuver and out run any chasing ship, and hopefully return to Imperial space to alert the Navy.

This information provided, what do you do?

>>12319438

Tell Jeff to make ready for scanning the planet. Also tell him to feed the data to Invidia and have her cast the imperial tarot, we might get lucky and detect a hidden threat before it poses a danger.

"I don't plan on assaulting the planet until I've seen their capabilities and intent for myself.

How about orbital fire from the ship? A demonstration of death from above is likely to soften any resistance without requiring us to get bogged down assaulting population centers."

>>12319503

"We will attempt to make contact from orbit. If that fails I will go down in person, and negotiate. Should they prove intractable we will assault the planet if feasible, and should they prove heretic I will withdraw and we will smash as much of the planet from orbit as we can, then inform the Navy of the threat so they can bring the required force for a full purge."

>>12319503
Alright, so the plan as it stands is once we have probes in place, we will secure major population centers and I will personally go to the capitol to reestablish imperial dominance. I do not wish to carpet bomb the planet save as a last resort so as to preserve what ever of value is currently possesses. You all know your jobs. Let's make this happen.

>>12319503
In the year 40000, the heavens pierce you!

Guys if I may?
Perhaps we should hold our troops back and descend upon the capitol with an incredible force behind us.
Any resistance? We proceed to hit it with a lance strike from orbit. Then we move in with occupation forces as necessary. Cuts down on possible battles to be fought, and narrows the chances of shedding blood for anybody.

... Or we could pose as crusaders for the Imperium and use that route.

>>12319573
The crew in general agree to this, though you get the impression Gabriel seems upset about the bombing run being cancelled. How you can tell under his (her?) pilot’s mask and helmet you’re not sure. Perhaps you’re just getting used to your crazy crew.

Anything you would like to address the staff about or ask them?

>>12319622
"Don't worry Gabriel, after we get to Armegeddon and pick up our new army you'll be able to bomb the enemies of the Imperium to tiny bits to you heart's content."

>>12319622
Throw Gabriel a bone and request that our fighter compliment be ready for bombing strike should circumstances require. Further, request that half of the number of usable bombers be fitted for precision bombing. If we hit resistance, it would be nice to have some close air support.

>>12319622
"I would like to remind everyone here that we are performing a valuable task. On our shoulders rest the possibility of bringing a world back to the Imperium. I expect everyone to conduct themselves as if the Emperor himself were watching over us. Violence will be an absolute last resort, and we should endeavor for a bloodless victory if possible."

>>12319622

"I'll need a squad to back me up when I head down to the planet. Ask for volunteers and pick those who are calm and who won't start a firefight without my approval. I will address the crew shortly and explain the mission. Does anyone have any questions or concerns?"

>>12319673
>>12319672
He begins to clap his hands in joy, and all seems good in the world for Gabriel.

What do you do next?

The field No... The field has ARGLAGBLABGLUBRGABHs jka BOW TOO YOUR NEW MASTER WEAKLINGS I AM MARKAVERA HERALD OF KHORNE YOUR BLOOD SHALL WET MY SWORD AND QWENCH IT'S THIRST!

>>12319726
These, then ask for comments and readiness updates.
>>12319708
>>12319698

>>12319726

These:

>>12319698
>>12319708

Then get up and have our seneschal prepare for an address to the troops.

>>12319726
Make preparations to conquer this planet in the name of Dolemite Deadlift! And the Glorious Imperium of Man. And money.

>>12319448

They might take you up on that offer. Since the last consensus was, "WHY." Anything beats watching a rock for ten thousand years, in a warp storm to boot.

>>12319708
>>12319698
The seneschal says he will gather a squad of volunteers. Given how he seems to work, you grow worried for those who don’t volunteer. H1256-J47 also stands up, and requests that he and a small attachment of tech priests to search for any technology and categorize the local fauna.

This seems to be the end of questions. When you ask for an update, the seneschal says the Igneus will arrive with twenty four hours. H1256-J47 also says the Rhino search has been complete. The engine, it seems, has been overcharged. He requests that he be allowed to turn this data into the Mechanicum.

>>12319860
"Of course you can come along, after resistance has been quelled that is, unless you wanted to bring Fluffy in which case I gotta see that in action. And what do you mean by "Overcharged"?"

>>12319860

"If you turn it in what are the likely consequences?" If this was a genuine gift from our brother we don't exactly want to get him on the Mechanicus shit list.

>>12319894
“The engine seems to be overcharged. It means that it will move much faster than normal rhinos. Usually, this is unique to Blood Angel vehicles. To see it reproduced is amazing. Turning it in to the Mechanicus would surely put you as a rising star to them, and increase your standing.”

>>12319964
And I'm guessing that if we turn it in then we don't get to keep it, is that correct?

>>12319964

"It was a gift from my brother.... give me some time to contact home before making any report"

>>12319976
"You will get to keep the machine, if you wish. Its is the blue prints that are important. The Blood Angels are reported to have found a blueprint from a SCT, and never turned it in. It is said to be a Rhino variant with overcharged engines, and somehow they managed to put these engines on almost all their vehicles."

>>12319964
We wanna turn it in, then. The AdMech are very good allies to have.

As to where our brother got a blood angels rhino... hm.

>>12320006

If we turn it in will it affect the terms of our Warrant of trade with the Blood Angels?

"My brother truthfully deserves any credit that may come from this. Give me time to contact him and then I will make a final decision. Make no report until then"

>>12320006
Well then yes, by all means send it ahead. Seems rather selfish of them to keep such a useful thing to themselves in the first place.

>>12320006
I want those blueprints copied and the Rhino stored away. When/If we meet the Mechanicus again we will gladly turn over a copy of the blueprints and the Rhino should they wish. But I want us to have the capability of producing our own. We don't know when we may need such a vehicle.

If we turn in the Rhino - complete with unique, chapter-specific technology - to the AdMech we'll probably piss off the Blood Angels... And there goes our Warrant's neat little clause.

>>12320012
Well, the charter was signed by the blood angel primarch, so it could have come with the warrant. given how H1256-J47 said the thing was kept as a secret by them, if we turn it in we could piss the off. Do we want them as enemies more than the mechinicus?

>>12320025
The agreement with them was broken anyway, but yeah after this they won't be in any mood to renew it. But, who cares about them let's get a stable chapter, Like the Salamanders or the Imperial Fists.

>>12320032
>>12320025

“Very well Dolemite, I will postpone sending the report,” he replies in his mechanical voice.

What next?

>>12320092
Thank our brother for being awesome.

>>12320092
Change into the most pimpin' Rogue Trader outfit we have, with a massive, magnificent hat. Gotta make a good impression on the natives.

We should probably talk to our brother before we act "Hey, where did you get that Rhino? The tech priests are all over it", maybe it turns out he bought it from a scrap dealer and had no idea what it was, maybe it turns out he has access to BA tech. Repaying a favour by screwing someone over, even second had is bad karma, and in this setting Karma takes the form of horrible warp spawned demons.

>>12320123
This. At least the hat.

>>12320092

Have Invidia send a short, non specific message to our brother saying all is well, and thanking him for the gift. Mention the tech priests who serviced the vehicle to make sure they had compatible parts are impressed but no more details.

Go back to our room and get ready to address the troops.

>>12320109
Could be he's awesome... Could be he was setting us up to shoot ourselves in the foot by giving us Blood Angels tech and a direct line to Mechanus. We found the Blood Angels clause, who's to say he didn't? Or that the Blood Angels don't still know about it and would constitute handing the Rhino over as a betrayal?

No... I feel as though our smarmy little brother had ulterior motives in mind.

BTW, ask the Explorator if it's possible to replicate the Overcharged engine now that he has one to work off, produce more of them and put them in our Chimera's.

>>12320109
Perhaps Judias wasn’t such a massive douche in the first place. Sure he stole your right to be planetary lord, let you get sent of to be shot at during your time in the inquisition, staffed your crew with veritable madmen, and virtually exiled you from home… Ok, he stills a gigantic dick, but not as big as one.

You cancel the meeting, and return to your bedroom for the night. Before you head to bed, you have the seneschal arrange for you best Rogue Trader clothing to be ready for the landing tomorrow, and you head to sleep. Not a bad day really.

End Day 3

>>12320176
That the end of the session?

>>12320170
Again, the last holder of the Warrant already broke the agreement with the Blood Angels. We have no agreement with them. Instead we are free to make a similar agreement with any other Space Marine chapter.

>>12320176
The next day you wake up fully rested, and ready for the day ahead. Today’s the big day, where you perform your first official act as a Rogue Trader and bring a planet into the Imperium. As you get dressed in the outfit you had the seneschal prepared last night, you idly wonder if every mission will be this exciting. You can only hope so.

Your dressed, and you know that sometime today you will be stepping down on a planet that probably hasn’t even begun to grasp its place in the universe. Thankfully, the whole day is ahead of you. Now, go out and seize it!

>What do you do?

>>12320240

Have Invidia send a message to our brother before she gets too busy with the telemetry data from the planet and get ready to address the troops.

>>12320170
>BTW, ask the Explorator if it's possible to replicate the Overcharged engine now that he has one to work off, produce more of them and put them in our Chimera's.

This.

>>12320260
You are growing to loathe your frequent trips down to the astropath. You’d say it’s the general creepiness of the woman or the fact you’re so far away from any real humans if anything goes wrong that’s the worst of it, but mostly it’s the long trip in the Elevatus with nothing but the most horrifying music this side of the warp to listen to that’s the worst. You’d ask the tech-priests to change it, but you know they’d through a fit about it, and that is one group of people on the ship you’re not too keen on alienating.

As you enter the Elevatus, you notice two things. First of all,, it doesn’t seem to move just up in down, but also on an y and z axis, judging from the places you’ve exited it from compared to where you entered it. Secondly, is that there is no button for the sixty third floor. Previously you became aware of this anomaly, but it was quickly forgotten in the rush to prepare for arrival. Guess it’s just something that you’ll have to ask the cog heads about.

Once more, you stand outside the massive bulkheads that stand as the entrance to Invidia’s strange, Arcane Sanctum. What do you do?

>>12320360

Knock.

Relay our message. Give a pep talk about the mission.

>>12320360
Go to knock knowing full well she'll open it before we can.

>>12320392
You knock on the door, and almost instantaneously it opens for you. Truth be told, you kind of preferred it when it would just automatically open for you. Having to knock is a small price to pay to know that she’s staying out of your head. Emperor knows what she might be doing in there.

The room is empty at the moment, and for the first time you get a good look around the place. The room is a cold and Spartan, the walls a pure white and bare save for a few holy symbols. Against one walls you see a massive computer, probably so she can communicate with the ship at large. While the computer is against the wall opposite of you, on the walls to either side there is a metallic door, likely automated. You have no idea where they lead, though you suspect one leads to her living quarters. Perhaps this is just her ‘living room,’ where she greets her rare guests? In the middle of the room, there is a plain white table, with two seats. In the middle of the table there seems to be her tea set. There is only two cups, one chipped ever so slightly. You marvel at the craftsmanship of the tea pot and the cups. Surely, they are antiques and were crafted by a master.

Oddly, Invidia has yet to arrive in the room. Where could she be?

What do you do?

Actually, now that I think of it giving the blueprints to the Mechanicus and pissing off the Blood Angels will probably make the Space Wolves love us. Just throwing that out there.

>>12320360
All right, I'm thinking that Invidia needs to have an assistant or twelve assigned to give her someone to creepily latch onto aside from us. Not that it's not very nice that she thinks the world of us, but this is not a particularly stable situation. I imagine that if we look through the whole crew, we'll be able to find at least a handful of people who will respond to her in an acceptable fashion.

Also, coming to her quarters is annoying. We should arrange for each of our officers to meet with us on a daily basis in one of our doubtless numerous offices/receiving rooms, just to alert us to anything anomalous under their purview or to speak with us in general. It would add some bureaucracy to our life, but save us a lot of wandering around and keep us well-informed. She can have a timeslot like everyone else, and save us the bother.

>>12320500

Look around to see where she could be. If she's not in her chambers call the seneschal.

>>12320501
We could hold the blueprints from the Mechanicus and gift them to another Chapter directly, should we want to get in good with them. Just sayin'.

>>12320500
I'd just wait around politely for a few minutes, if she does show perhaps call out to her, and if she's still not around then... something else. Don't go wandering in her rooms, bad plan all around.

Take a seat at the table and wait

>>12320692
You casually walk over to the table and take a seat. The wait is somehow peaceful, and at the same time disturbing. Given how she lives almost entirely in this room, you can almost understand how one could get so creepy. Having your eyes burnt out too wouldn’t help either, you admit.

After a few minutes of waiting, the door on the right side of the room opens to reveal Invidia in her Astra Telepathica robes. When she sees you she seems shocked, and rushes over to you apologizing for the wait. She explains why she took so long, as she had yet to get dressed, and there are specific routines drilled into psyker’s heads during training, and such was it that she is all but forced to observe these daily rituals. Creepy as she is, you don’t really fault her for keeping you waiting. Much better, in your opion, that she keeps you waiting than accidently unleashing a daemon on the Igneus.

>>12320703
Assure her it's not a problem and get immediately down to business. There are important things to be done!

>>12320703

"No problem. Two things, first I need to send a message to my brother, thanking him for the gift and mentioning that the tech priests who went over the vehicle to make sure we had correct parts and stores seem very interested in it. Second I want to make sure you're ready for the mission today."

>>12320736
She is notably relieved you aren’t upset, and when you mention getting down to work, she quickly becomes all business. “Contacting your brother might take some time, depending on the nature of the message. Would you like a static message, or would you like a live conversation with him? As for the mission, I’m very ready. I’m not sure how much use I can be, but I’ll do what I can up here in the Igneus,” she replies quickly.

>>12320780

"Just a static message will be fine, and making the search for life more efficient you will help out. If you can detect signs of worship of the ruinous powers you may spare us all alot of greif."

Excuse yourself politely and get ready to address the troops.

>>12320780
I would further ask if she would desire a servant of some sort to help her out. It seems unfitting for a person of her stature on our ship to not have someone as a subordinate. (this might be handy for heading off at least some of the energies powering her crush on us.)

>>12320846
To the Troopers!

You politely depart from the astropath’s presence, though you can tell she wishes for you to stay longer. Like warp that was happening, even if you had free time. As you make your way back to the main part of the ship, you have the seneschal gather up the main contingent of troopers so you can address them personally. After receiving your orders, he promptly disappears into the shadows. Man, you’ve got to learn how to do that.

You have roughly an hour before you must go and address the troops. What do you do?
>Go see someone
>Read the Warrant
>Time skip to troops

>>12320915

Read the warrant.

>>12320907

Next time we see her this could be a good idea.

>>12320915
I'm still all for sending those blueprints along to the mechanicus, after keeping a copy for ourselves of course.

>>12320915
Explore deck 63.

>>12320923
That damnable warrant is so long, it’s truly taking over your life. Thankfully, your almost done with it. An hour passes before you depart, and save for small details you learn nothing new. Thankfully, almost eighty percent of it has been read already.

With a short trip guided by the seneschal, you arrive at the stage created to address the troops. In various places you notice cameras strategically placed, ready to begin recording. When you ask the seneschal about it, he informs you it would be good for morale to record your first official actions as a Rogue Trader, and would be good evidence that all the procedures have been followed when the Administratum comes to claim the planet.

You approach the mike to address the troops. What do you say?

>>12320970
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR HIS THRONE! SOULS FOR THE SOUL EATER!

>>12320980
Sounds legit.

>>12320970
Tell them that this is a planet that is by our hands being returned to the Emperor's light. We are this day instruments of his will. Furthermore, there is likely untapped bounty to be had. As such, we need to handle our new prize with as much tenderness as absolutely possible. Beyond that, they know their jobs and we expect and trust that they will fulfill them. Now lets go make our pay!

Normally, I'd have something nice and inspiring to say but I am far too tired to make a speech. So I'll just have to settle for speaking against>>12320980

>>12320970
Men!
Your "Rouge" Trade demands loli! The first trooper to bring me an "18" year old girl. Japanese "18" of course, will be rewarded with NCO status. Delicious flat chest is a must as well.

>>12320970
Men, we are going down on an alien soil. There are here some who would stand between you and death. You must not die. You must not die by any hany hand; but least of all by your own.
Until the other, who has fouled you sweet life, is true dead you must not die; for if he is still with the quick Un-dead, your death would make you even as he is.
No, you must live! You must struggle and strive to live, though death would seem a boon unspeakable.

You must fight death himself, though he come to you in pain or in joy; by the day or the night; in safety or in peril!

>>12321030
>>12321022
>>12321000
>>12320980
Stop shitting up my quest thread, assholes!

>>12321012
This please

>>12321051
>>12321012
The soldiers seem more confident, empowered by your speech. It is met by cheers of victory and heroism. Man, you are one suave son of a bitch with words. Must be the hat.

>>12320970

Crew! Loyal Subjects and Servants of the Imperium!

Today we go into orbit around an uncharted world. We may arrive to deliver the light of the Emperor to a lost world, or we may be on a mission to deliver his righteous fury to a world of heretics. We will discover soon enough. This much is certain, through faith, and courage and skill we shall soon win a planet for the Imperium of man!

Glory, wealth and honor are all ours if we have faith and do our duty! Look to your officers, look to your training and look to your faith and we cannot fail, no matter what waits for us on the surface.

>>12320970

Right lads, look, we are here to kick ass for the emperor, and make a nice bundle of money at the same time. Play it smart, watch your backs, and above all, don't fuck this up.

>>12321066
Punctuate it by shooting a psyker.

>>12321074
With this finishing touch, the troopers explode into rounds of applause and cheers. Truly,yu are gifted with words. You exit the stage to make room for Ripley and his senior staff, who brief the soldiers on the upcoming mission.

Now that thats over, you have roughly six hours until arrival. What do you do until then?

>>12321115
EXPLORE DECK 63, FOR FUCK'S SAKE.

>>12321120
To Deck 63!

When you inform the seneschal of your plan, he actually seems dumbstruck. A moment passes by before he regains higher brain functions, and he says, “As much as I respect you position on your ship, you can’t do that. You’re less than six hours away from your first official action as a Rogue Trader, and you want to go exploring? Who knows how long that will take, or what you’ll find? Besides, how will you get there? The Elevatus doesn’t even go to that floor.”

>>12321149

"Sorry... adrenaline i tend to get a little fired up. Make a note... deck 63 is a priority."

>>12321149
Sigh, and agree to put it off until we're done here.

Back to the charter! There's 20% that could hold fucking anything left!

>>12321165

Also, do I have artificer armor or something? I haven't seen it in my wardrobe.

>>12321178
Seeing to arms and armor should be our next priority. Also seeing if our brother's gift is in shape for use would be good as well. And asking for advice as to what our personal squad should consist of.

>>12321165
>>12321173
“Of course sir. When this affair is finished, I’ll have a meeting arranged with Ripley to search floor 63. Until then, I believe you should focus on the matter at hand.” With that said, he performs one of his mysterious disappearances and is gone. Huh, he seemed pretty against going to deck sixty three for some reason. You wonder if he’s hiding anything about it, but then dismiss the notion.

Following that little encounter, you head up to your study to finish reading the Warrant, only to find someone waiting for you.

Who is it?

>>12321178
Yes definitely get our armor and weapons set up. Also! Now that we know that the Rhino is good we should have id fitted with command gear! We need a vehicle, and a bad ass arsenal. Rosarius anyone?

>>12321149
Of course not NOW. I meant, naturally, that we should plot out exactly what such an expedition will require and draw any relevant documents so that we will be well-prepared to conduct such an exploration after this little planetary matter is dealt with.

A project to be conducted between dealing with incoming information about the planet, naturally.

>>12321206
A short, squat man, with a beard.

>>12321222
THIS.
Or the astropath, likely.

>>12321206
Hopefully not the psyker, right? This could end badly if it is... We have some arming etc. to see to.

>>12321222

Fool! You'll get us all killed!

>>12321206

Hopefully it's the archmilitant, since we're going to be going onto the planets surface we should probably discuss when tearing people's heads off is and is not appropriate.

>>12321235
AND THE PLANET IS POPULATED WITH MALAL-WORSHIPING ZOATS.

>>12321254
So we must enlist the help of the Rainbow Warriors.

>>12321228
Invidia. Figures that creepy woman is waiting for you, likely to ambush you. In hindsight, you begin to think perhaps you should have followed your seneschals advice on her. As you walk in the room, you try your hand at being sneaky for once. The second you open the room though, the astropath turns around and looks at you with her eyes closed. “M-my Lord! I w-was just looking over your Warrant, to help you with the upcoming mission. I’ve just had… so much free time lately thanks to you. I wanted t-to come help you, as thanks.”

You can the room to verify her story. She appears to have taken her seat from the night before, and in her hands are pieces of paper belonging to the Warrant. Now that you think of it, how can she even read without eyes?

What do you do?

>>12321280
You're not keeping me from my psyker waifu, OP.

>>12321280
"If you didn't have much free time before, what were you keeping busy with?"

>>12321280

"Actually let me ask you, have you heard anything about deck 63?"

So who thinks we should be brutally honest with her and admit that we're more than a little freaked out by her?

>>12321280
Accept her reasoning, but explain we are going to be pretty busy in the next few hours getting prepared for our excursion. Perhaps while reading, and checking on our arms and armor, trying to talk about her personal history. Getting more background on our people would be good.

>>12321308
“Before you took over, I-I was still the astropath of the Igneus Aequitas. However, as part of the Domian fleet, and a scout ship at that, I was constantly r-relaying orders and sending information back t-t-to the fleet. It was stressful, but good work. Much more than witch like me deserved. But no, I have been rewarded for my work by being allowed to serve under you,” she smiles another of her sanity destroying smiles, and blushes slightly. Oh god, this is not going anywhere that you need eyes for real quick.

>>12321338

Deep breath. "Okay, it looks from here like you have a crush on me. And that's fine. I like working with you, and you're a vital member of this crew... but it can't go any further than that." Pause. "I don't want to lead you on, because I literally cannot reciprocate any feelings you have. I have the power of life and death on this ship and I cannot be seen to have a favorite."

"I want your help, and I need your skills, and I (hope she isn't scanning for a lie) like your company, but that's all we can have together."

>>12321338
Fuck her. Literally. Just bend her over the table and think what your missionary would do.

>>12321338
"And I'm glad of it. You're an excellent astropath, Invidia."

>>12321392
Disregard this. Psyker sex would be one hell of an experience.

>>12321392
I second this

>>12321395

Thirded. Time to bone the wench. She'll never SEE that coming.

>>12321409
here, fourthing
>>12321395
Prepare for warp phenomena.

>>12321392
“I-I-I…” She freezes in sentence, only able to pronounce that one vowel. Oh crap, you think. You just broke her. After a minute or two of just waiting there, she begins to recover and says, “But, I thought… I mean, you visited me every day. Y-you came to me first, before any of the other crew. Invited m-me up here, to help you.” Yeah, you may have just fucked up big time. She begins to move towards you, and you fight the urge to flinch backwards as she continues, saying, “I thought you cared. I thought you… liked me…”

She closes the gap between the two of you, and before you can react she places her cold, pale hands upon your face and pulls it towards her. You soon find her lips to be unnaturally cold, and your eyes are wide in shocked.

What do you do?

>>12321485

The hivemind wants a psyker waifu... and I am but one dissenting voice.

Weakly murmur "This is wrong... we shouldn't..."

And let nature take it's course

>>12321485
STOP FUCKING RAILROADING YOU COCKSUCKING SMEGMAGOBBLER. FUCK. HER. NOW.

>>12321485
Well that was, rather unexpected. And I DO like you. It's just, I've only been captain for a few days and I can't risk showing favoritism among the crew.

>>12321485
CHOO CHOOOOOO
Fuck her. Do it. Stop picking and choosing.

>>12321524
second dissenting voice
please no

>>12321485
Place hands on her shoulders to check her movements. "Invidia, please. I am sorry if I have misled you. While I care for you, it as a valued member of my crew. As the lord of this ship, I cannot show favoritism of any sort to a crew member. It is simply unethical. This has nothing to do with your being a psyker or whatever have you."

>>12321485
We have sexual intercourse with her. That guy was outvoted, faggot.

>>12321568
>This has nothing to do with your being a psyker or whatever have you.

She didn't say anything about you rejecting her because she's a psyker. Quit being stupid.

>>12321485
Gee, that's tough. Everyone said "FUCK HER". You chose the one guy that said "DON'T FUCK HER". What do you think I'll say?

fuckin love these threads keep it up /tg/

>>12321588
>>12321578
>>12321546
>>12321526
All you morons saying screw her, have any of you actually read any of how she is being described? This is not the kind of woman that gets a man aroused.

>>12321485
Well, glad we didn't lead her on any farther than that, eh? Could be a lot worse. Gently, gently, push away...

"Invidia, I do care. I wish for you- as this ship's only astropath and a crew member whose importance is rivaled by only a handful of others- to work with me closely and to be happy. And I have met much worse people to spend time with. But please do not expect more than that."

AWESOME, RT QUEST!
Lessee. Oh. We're a Rogue Trader. Fucking bitches is, like, our job. Do it.

>>12321620
We are DOLEMITE DEADLIFT. We can do this.
Fuck her.

Popping in to vote for fucking her. I've always wondered what happens when a psyker orgasms.

Somehow, things spiral wildly out of control. What begins with her cold chaste kiss becomes something much, much more. ‘Oh Emperor, where did she learn to kiss like this,’ you wonder, before you realize she’s probing your mind to find out what you like. She’s a little sloppy at kissing, as if she hasn’t had a lot of practice. It doesn’t matter though, as you realize the implications that she is inside your head, and can tell how you feel about her. All those times you were creeped out, all the times you were glad to be gone of her, she probably knows about it. And yet she’s still kissing you. Man, she does have issues if she still wants to do this with you. Yet she isn’t the only one, you note. After all, you’re doing it too. Still after so long in the Inquisition, where you’re lucky to get laid, and if you do it could be with someone who’s part of a genestealer cult, it’s only natural to do this with the first girl who comes onto you. Right?

It quickly gets even more out of hand, as the two of you move back towards the desk, and you throw everything off and throw her down on it. You look down at her, and she makes another of her creepy, predatory smiles. Still scares the shit out of you, but by now you just don’t care.

An hour later, the two of you lie naked in your big comfy chair. You sit there, holding her, wondering what the fuck just happened. Nuzzles your neck, and you cease to care for a moment.

Then, suddenly, the door opens. In comes your seneschal, flanked by Ripley and Gabriel. For a moment, time stops. The trio stares at the two of you, while you stare back. Invidia, either oblivious or just not caring, continues to nuzzle you. Time resumes, and in one brief moment, the seneschal face palms while Ripley simultaneously give you a silent thumbs up and Gabriel just cocks his head to the side.

End Part 3

The railroading bullshit because of the single person who wants us to not fuck her is garbage. You have at least 5 different readers who all vote to fuck her, and instead you are following the one anon who wants to be all white knight?

FUCK THAT! WE ARE DOLEMITE DEADLIFT! We are a goddamned Rogue Trader! We ply the stars of awesome and bring death and dismemberment to xenos and the downtrodden. Fucking bitches is at least #2 on our priorities (behind finding out what the fuck is on deck 63.)

>>12321643
I wish you were OP. I really do.

Well, part 3 is over. Any questions?

Oh and I wasn't trying to railroad, I just normally took the first suggestion or applied how Dolemite would react.

>>12321643
>the seneschal face palms while Ripley simultaneously give you a silent thumbs up and Gabriel just cocks his head to the side.
Made it all worthwhile.

>>12321652
Well, that went better than expected.

>>12321663
Clearly, we all (save one) wanted that sweet psyker ass. Can you stop railroading the feelings now?

Past that, deck sixty three. Tell usss.

>>12321652

When's the next part?

We may be entirely too nice to be a Rogue Trader.

And did this imply we had sex with a genestealer? Apparently we're suckers for creepy telepaths.

>>12321663
Ended awesomely. After all, there is exactly one chick on board from what I can tell, and we just nailed her.

>>12321693
Not sure it counts when we are the only one who will talk to her.

>>12321688

I don't think it's railroading. This quest has typically operated on first response gets to decide.

I just got unfortunately lucky with that post (Yes I was the guy)

>>12321692
Pfft, who isn't? Tasting the Warp and seeing music is what psykers are for.

>>12321699
At least three guys know now. Everyone else is gon' be jelly.

We need to hire an Untouchable as soon as we can. The Astropath situation has gotten out of hand, and we need someone that can shut her down hard and fast when it becomes necessary.

>>12321719

If they tell anyone else we need to keelhaul them when we're in the warp.

>>12321724

Really? You think we're going to be able to do that to our psyker waifu?

>>12321692
I'm thinking tomorrow night, tuesday, or next friday. I have classes early on tuesday, so monaday's quest might not be that long. Which would you guys prefer?

>>12321688
The feelings are still mostly there, you guys just tell him whether or not to go with them. Obviously you guys wanted psyker waifu, so you got one. Truth be told, I new you guys would go for one no matter what, so I just decided to make one that would make the courting and consequences fairly unique.

Deck 63? I'm not sure myself yet. What do you think is there?

>>12321693
I try my best. And there are possibly more woman on the crew, you just haven't met them yet or know they're female

>>12321729
I think having a psyker that's able to talk to any planet anywhere at any time completely loyal to ourselves will be worthwhile, don't you agree.

>>12321734
Me? I think there's squats there. Or the Rainbow Warri

>>12321734

Monday would be fine. Get us to the surface of the planet at least. It's ultimately up to you though. Personally I just need to know the time to know if I can make it.

I'm hoping deck 63 is the seneschal's private garden/quarters, and where the tunnels he uses to move around the ship are.

Either that or it's your run of the mill 'the warp broke through and now there are twisted and malevolent spirits clawing at the paper thin fabric of reality seeking release' problem.

>>12321754
What are the Rainbow Warriors?

>>12321767
Alright, I'll probaly have it up by 9 oclock central time, or 10 eastern.

Anyway, can somebody archive this?

Oh, OP, thanks for giving us such a badass crew. Daft punk navigator? Mad scientist explorator? Womanizing missonary? /Ofdenson/? aw yeah.

>>12321782
They're an old space marine chapter from the original Rogue Trader. Next to no information on them, and they've been all but discarded by GW

>>12321784

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12317800/

Archive is go.

>>12321785
No problem. Oh, and no need to call me OP, Tablet will do.

>>12321801
Sweet, thanks. Everyone get voting please!

Just to chip in my few cents; I don't feel like Tablet was railroading, I feel like he/she was trying to represent everyone's feelings. Dolemite resisted, as those few dissenters wanted... and then he reluctantly caved, as those others wanted.

Excellent job, by the way. The tongue in cheek humour suits Rogue Trader well.

I vote to shoot the Astropath, getting a replacement ASAP.

>>12321922
I vote to shoot this guy, getting a replacement ASAP.

>>12321937
Having an astropath falling in love with you is the last thing you want. After all they are highly emotionally unstable, not to mention mentally fragile. Their job is to send and receive astromessages, basically a fax machine/telephone. She obviously has that "Doesn't take no for an answer" look, and it's unbecoming of a Captain to be sleeping with any his crew. If you need some female/male company, you'll need to go planet side. Or someone outside your command structure, as it could get you in trouble by ordering a lover to do something then have the lover refuse even if you are the captain and you giving in because he/she is your lover. Then theirs the attachment which you have to go save her if you get too attached, and will likely bring more trouble upon yourself.

Either execute her, or find hire a choir for her, so she can resume her job and not bother you the way she has been in the future. That or get a blank bodyguard, she'll take the not so subtle hint to back off.

>>12322104
I think I'll have another session tonight, depending on how early I get out of my classes.

>>12324194
awesome