>>538234
First for the Space marines being hidden.

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>>538234
Second for the Directorate of Imperial Commissars

>>538234
>>538202
>>538200
>>538192
>>538173
>>538151
Xeroth gets to work on the first proper manufactory on Tarkon IV, even though we will need to get some manufacturing equipment to make it work at full capacity...

What would we like to make at this new facility?

A. Lasweapons, the primary weapons of the Imperial military, from the humble lasrifle to the might lascannon, they are relatively cheap and effective
B. Mining Equipment, the Imperium, like all great Human Empires before it, was built on blood and iron, and we will need lots and lots of iron....
C. Farming Equipment, we need more food, so we can create more bodies to serve the Emperor!
D. Chimeras and Chimera variants, the backbone of any mechanized guard force, the Chimera is a versatile warmachine

>>538261
B. Mining Equipment, the Imperium, like all great Human Empires before it, was built on blood and iron, and we will need lots and lots of iron....

We shall have a surplus of jobs, so that we can build a lower class who will send their kids to school and build up the middle class.

>>538234
>B. Mining Equipment, the Imperium, like all great Human Empires before it, was built on blood and iron, and we will need lots and lots of iron....

>>538261
>B. Mining Equipment, the Imperium, like all great Human Empires before it, was built on blood and iron, and we will need lots and lots of iron....

>>538261
B. Mining equipment.

Does it matter whether we post word-for-word the option we choose in greentext? i just wonder because everyone else is doing it.

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>>538261
>B. Mining Equipment, the Imperium, like all great Human Empires before it, was built on blood and iron, and we will need lots and lots of iron....

Now lets say we wanted to build mining equipment for, say, a gas giant, how far are we from that?

>>538261
B. Mining Equipment, the Imperium, like all great Human Empires before it, was built on blood and iron, and we will need lots and lots of iron...

>>538294
I think we are more basic than that. Your talking about industrial equipment, we are building the tools that will make the tools, to build the industrial tools we want.

>>538286
no I just need the letter
>>538286
>>538279
>>538275
>>538267
Xeroth has a basic assembly line set up, having the workers put together autodrills and autoshovels by hand, more advanced machines will be required if we want to increase production and the sophistication of what we produce...

You are asked once again by Sergeant Zachias to raise a new regiment of jungle fighters from our jungle tribesmen, a specialist force that will serve as staunch defenders of Tarkon IV and asset for the Imperial Guard...

Raise the Regiment?

A. Do it
B. Hold off on this idea for now, we dont really need another unit

>>538316
A. Do it

>>538316
A. Do it

Why not?

Also, we should rename the major celestial bodies of our system. I say we consult with the tribesmen worried about loosing their culture for ideas. It will be a powerful concession that costs us little.

>>538316
A. Do it

How many can we support?

What are our PDF, Guardsmen, Stormtroopers, mercenary numbers, etc at?

>>538316

A. Do it

also advanced machinery FTW

>>538318
>>538375
>>538369
>>538319
The new regiment numbers 10,000 men, trained to a brutally high standard by Zachias, taken from the already hardened jungle tribesman, each squad of recruits is forced to work together, dropped into the jungle unarmed and without food and not allowed to return to base without the corpse of a Tarkonian Tiger, massive beasts that live in the southern jungles.

Many recruits die in training but the men that survive the training are an elite force, thus the 1st Tarkonian Tigers are formed.

>>538369
We can easily support another 10,000 man regiment

We currently have 2000 stormtrooper bodyguards, 10,000 mechanized troops, 10,000 airborne troops, 4000 mercenaries and now 10,000 Jungle Rangers. These are all considered to technically either be PDF or household troops.

We will need to raise another 10,000 men for the Imperial Guard next year for our Tithe requirements.

You are reviewing the newly assembled men in formation when you are notified over the vox, that your astropath has received another message from Tzavaras, apparently he is looking to sell.

You wrap up the review of the unit, and give a brief speech, honoring Sergeant Zachias and the men, before boarding your shuttle back to the space station.

You enter the Astropathic chamber nad get the message....

He is looking to sell several items

A squadron of 5 baneblade tanks(limit of 1 buy)

A shipment of heavy weapons(missile launchers, autocannons, lascannons)

A shipment of 100,000 lasrifles

A Company sized unit of Leman Russ tanks(20 tanks)

A Valkyrie Squadron(5 aircraft)

A Company unit worth of Chimera (20 APCs)

A Company worth of Basilisk Artillery(20 mobile Artillery pieces)

A shipment of manufacturing equipment

A shipment of mining equipment

An old gas freighter

We have resources to trade for 8 Items...

Would you like to buy anything?(please choose)

>>538570
Because last time they weren't here. And I kinda owe that one anon.

>A squadron of 5 baneblade tanks(limit of 1 buy)
>A shipment of manufacturing equipment
>A shipment of mining equipment
>An old gas freighter
>A Valkyrie Squadron(5 aircraft)
>A shipment of 100,000 lasrifles

Ask if he can get anything the space marines might need as well? or atleast the ability to produce what they need?

>>538570
>A Valkyrie Squadron(5 aircraft)
Ask if he can gets us a few Aquila Landers next time.
>A shipment of manufacturing equipment
>A shipment of mining equipment
>A shipment of heavy weapons(missile launchers, autocannons, lascannons)

>>538570

>A shipment of 100,000 lasrifles
>A Company sized unit of Leman Russ tanks(20 tanks)
>A shipment of manufacturing equipment
>A shipment of mining equipment

>>538570
> An old gas freighter
>A shipment of manufacturing equipment
>A Valkyrie Squadron
>A company of Leman Russ tanks
>A shipment of 100,000 lasrifles
>A shipment of heavy weapons
>A company of Chimera

We are making our own mining equipment so we don't need that. Manufacturing equipment will allow us to speed this up or start another industry.

The gas freighter will help us get out from under our Mechanicus debt faster.

Our "mechanized" and "airbourne" divisions barley have the right to call themselves such. They need more tanks, APCs, and aircraft. I thought we were only making companies, not whole divisions.

We always need more basic infantry equipment especially with the tithe coming up.

We should really stop relying so much on Tzavaras. He's a good source for exotic stuff like baneblades but I'm sure we can get standard Guard stuff for much cheaper, if not for free, elsewhere. That should be our next task.

>>538617
I see no reason to get Aquila Lander instead of Valkyrie's.

>>538570
>A shipment of heavy weapons(missile launchers, autocannons, lascannons)
Need some better defences for our planet
>A shipment of 100,000 lasrifles
for training and stuff.
A Company sized unit of Leman Russ tanks(20 tanks)
Something to supplement our baneblades and to provide the troopers with armor presence when no baneblades are available
>A Valkyrie Squadron(5 aircraft)
Need airpower
>A shipment of manufacturing equipment
Build up our world and economy.
>A shipment of mining equipment
Obviously, and we can use it for future mining on other planets.
>An old gas freighter
need to start building our merchant fleet.

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>>538570
Oh god yussss
>A shipment of heavy weapons(missile launchers, autocannons, lascannons)
>A Valkyrie Squadron(5 aircraft)
>A Valkyrie Squadron(5 aircraft)
>A shipment of manufacturing equipment: Lasweapons
>A shipment of mining equipment: For the Gas Giant
>An old gas freighter
>A Company unit worth of Chimera (20 APCs)

leave 1 resource unspent for later
We're probably going to focus for now on having a quick reaction force, so the chimeras and valks are good for that. Baneblades seem like too much of a problem in terms of finding spare parts and such. Mining and manufacturing so we can just produce our own lasguns and such, and the gas freighter to sell more gas and hopefully pay off the new freighter and cruiser quicker.

Also, do the Astartes have any suggestions?

>>538675
What Baneblades?
Also, we are already making mining equipment at home.

>>538685
>>538570

If we can specify what the manufacturing equipment does I support it producing lasrifles too.

>>538672

I was going to say it had better specs, but you are right the Valkyrie is better than the Aquila Lander in every way.

>>538685
>>538570
Also, if maintenance for the Baneblades going to be a thing to consider unlike all the other vehicles?

>>538713
For the purpose of these purchases, assume that replacement parts and maintenance kits have been provided, however long-term we will need to look into ways to maintain our vehicles, and not be reliant on infrequent shipments from a rogue trader

>>538704
Nvm, I thought we bought baneblades last thread, we almost but wanted devour drop-ships instead.

>>538729
In that case, can we plase start doing what I said near the end of >>538672 ?

>>538713
>>538729

Fair enough. I'd be ok if we get baneblades. I don't think we need them now and I think Leman Russ' are better for now, but eh.

>>538752

I'm not sure we have enough equipment though to actually mine the gas giant. We have transports to send the raw product off, but idk if our facilities can actually produce the gas mining equipment. That way we can pay the mechanicus quicker.

>>538764
I believe we just sent our first shipment of gas off.

>>538570
Considering all of our airborne

>5 valk squads
>old freighter
>lasrifles
>heave equip

>>538570
Voting
>Baneblades
>Heavy weapons
>Gas freighter
>Manufacturing equipment
>Valkyrie squadron
>Leman Russ tanks
>Mining equipment if it's more advanced than what we can manufacture ourselves
Save the last one or two points.

I'm also thinking we should use some of our newly produced mining equipment to construct 4 armoured strongholds around the planet (one near our main city of course) and fill each one with a baneblade and 1000 mechanised troops - no sense keeping them all deployed near our main city if heresy or dark eldar crop up on the opposite side of the planet. And allowing more of the primitives to see the protective might of the imperial baneblade rolling through their territory will definitely halt any thoughts of treason.

Why does everybody keep thinking hersay and treason is gonna spring up suddenly from the natives? We mercilessly purged 3 whole tribes earlier in the year.

>>539017

Sounds liek we due.

>>539140
but why? We've purged the minor corruption and have a SUPER crazy Zealot on the planet, and ontop of that nothing they have can 'hurt' us in any real fashion. There isn't a need or fear of rebellion.

>>539017
It's not that I think heresy is likely to spring up (attack by raiders is much more likely) but if we have 5 baneblades it's a lot more useful to have them positioned to protect as much of the planet as possible. I think we're unlikely to need superheavies at all but in the unlikely event that we do need them ... I'd like to actually have them in position.

If we have them all clustered in our main city then any DE could warp in, take as many slaves as they want then piss off before the baneblade battalion even arrives n the same continent.

>>539158
DE need webway or warp travel. We can detect the warp jumps as we did before. I have no issues with the Baneblades now but I'm confused as to the whole hersay everywhere! Stick

>>538605
>>538617
>>538665
>>538672
>>538675
>>538685
>>538970
>>538991
You decide to order several things from Tzavaras, most notably another shipment of Leman Russ and Chimera, another shipment of lasguns.

You also get advanced manufacturing and mining equipment for the surface, as well as an old gas freighter

Finally to bolster our airforce we buy 2 more valkyrie squadrons...

The shipment should come in in several weeks...

In the meantime Felix has returned from exploring the galactic east. Finding once more several more primitive Imperial worlds, however he also has run across Urian Secundus, a medium sized hiveworld, they have an astropath, a small shipyard and are looking to trade for food, in exchange for manufactured goods...

We also find a major Imperial shipping lane going past Urian Secundus...

With the gas freighter and Tzavaras freighter's coming in and out of our system every few weeks, our system has become more known to local traders, military forces and political leaders...

We should look into improving our spacestation...

You have Xeroth look over the designs and look to outfit some new rooms/functions

A. Additional weapon mounts and reinforced armor, just in case we have a run in with some less friendly guests
B. Ballroom and Luxury Suites, for entertaining high level guests
C. A Pub, with a small performance stage, also good for entertaining and giving everyone a place to wind down
D. Hydronics bay, for growing our own food on the station
E. Brothel, profitable, and keeps the troops and spacers happy too
F. Bazaar, allow local merchants to sell things in one of the large storage bays on the station, we take a small cut of all proceeds of course...
G. Other(write-in)

>>539291
>B and if possible A sense thats external

>>539291
A
Until we get that cruiser our planet is an inviting target for pirates. Especially if we boost our industry before our defence and "let ourselves become more well known"

>>539291
>A. Additional weapon mounts and reinforced armor, just in case we have a run in with some less friendly guests

Just in case some Pirates try to test their luck

>>539291
>A. Additional weapon mounts and reinforced armor, just in case we have a run in with some less friendly guests

We can do B next. Hopefully we don't offend anyone with the amenities in the mean time

>>539291
>F. Bazaar, allow local merchants to sell things in one of the large storage bays on the station, we take a small cut of all proceeds of course
Our space station already has defences, and aside from the DE, we haven't run into any stellar threats.

In saying that, increasing our system fleet should be priority 1. To do that we need more trade / money, ergo, the bazaar.

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>>539340
>increasing our system fleet should be a priority
Well we are getting a Goddamn Cruiser fairly soon. I think that combined with a tge space station's defenses will make us pretty damn formidable in space

>>539357
Not only that but our other ship as well. We aren't looking too bad defensively, especially once the Luna-class Cruiser gets here. With the station upgrades we should be fairly formidable for such a backwater system

>>539291
Make a bazaar for that sweet trade money

F. A Bazaar would help with income and give us a reason to requisition more defences from the administratem

>>539361
>>539357
>>539339
>>539326
>>539314
>>539309
Xeroth gets work on outfitting the station with additional weapons, and reinforcing the armor plating all around the hull, additional bulkheads and interior doors are installed as well, making the station easier to defend and compartmentalize in the event of a large breach...

In the meantime, while construction is underway, shipments from Tzavaras begin to arrive, including the manufacturing equipment, allowing us to build another manufactorum able to build lasweapons.

We also receive some advanced surface mining equipment, to supplement the equipment we are already building, further increasing our yields and producing enough of a surplus that we may be able to start building small ships here, if we had a shipyard....

The captain of one of the freighters tells you of a terrible rumor, that an unidentified xenos force has completely annihlated several Imperial worlds on the far western frontier...

With Imperial Forces stretched thin fighting the heretics in the Sabbat Sector, there are few left to stop these new xenos...

This seems to corrobate that you have recently noticed much more traffic of Inquisition vessels from their base and Corean hasnt contacted you in months...

You have also received a wide astropathic distress call from a hive world to the galactic west, requesting aid in fending off a major WAAAGHH from a space hulk that materialized nearby....

What should we do?

A. Nothing, we need to focus on defenses at home before we worry about other worlds
B. Send some troops in our freighter transport to support them
C. Other(write-in)

>>539404
>B. Send some troops in our freighter transport to support them

I think we could help make a difference, it's also a good move politically, especially if our troops perform well.

>>539404
B. Send some troops in our freighter transport to support them
Goddamn. Do not fuck around with Ork Waaghs. Crush that shit before it starts to snowball.

>>539404
>B. Send some troops in our freighter transport to support them
Oh shit kill it with fire!

>>539404
>B) MY PEOPLE THEY COME. FREE ME WARBOSS

>>539413
>>539411
>>539410
>>539407
A reaction force is assembled to counter the WAAAGHHH, Lieutenant Felix and the Corvette are recalled to escort the large freighter.

Who should be deployed to help defend the hive?

A. Captain Masson and the Airborne unit, their mobility will be essential to counter the orks unpredictable nature
B. Colonel Detorio, his mechanized forces have the right combination of toughness, speed and fire power to go toe to toe with the orks
C. Sergeant Zachias, his new ranger unit are tough brutal infantry, skilled in stealth and melee combat, the tenacity and ability to dig in anywhere will make them invaluable to the hives defense
D. Other(Write-in)

>>539427
>C
>B once we get the new tanks? In

>>539427
>B. Colonel Detorio, his mechanized forces have the right combination of toughness, speed and fire power to go toe to toe with the orks

We need to bring overwhelming firepower and wipe them out as quickly as we can

>>539429
We did get the new tanks in, sorry if that wasnt clear before

A and B if two or just B

>>539427
If we can take more than one, B&C. If not, B. Let's really not hope we get bogged down in inter-hive fighting.

>>539427

A - The last thing we want to do is get bogged down in a meatgrinder fight. That's just playing right into the ork's hands.

>>539463
And if the planet is over run? And then the next? And then the next? And then they come to our doorstep? Best to do what we can to eliminate the problem where it is now, rather than have them snowball into an epidemic in this region

>>539466

That implies that being swift and mobile is somehow less effective. If there's one thing that can hurt orks, it's precision strikes against leaders and other vulnerable areas - They can't do too much if their vehicle & ship assembly areas keep getting raided, and their bosses crumped up bad.

>>539471
Shit my bad, I totally read that as "Do nothing"

>>539427
>A. Captain Masson and the Airborne unit, their mobility will be essential to counter the orks unpredictable nature

Let's put those Valkyries to good use

>>539482
>>539463
>>539451
>>539443
>>539430
>>539429
Since there seems to be a lot of votes for sending multiple regiments

We will be sending the Airborne and Mechanized units, leaving the jungle rangers at home.

It takes less than a solar day to gather the troops for the operation, our Devourer dropship taking on nearly the full mechanized regiment, while the valkyries are placed in the massive storage bays of the Freighter, prepped for a quick deployment. In addition to our airborne troops, 1 thousand mercenaries have also joined the relief effort, to help guide our airborne forces and provide a core of veteran troops to reinforce any problem areas.

Our forces arrive to find that one the largest, central hives has been lost to the ork surprise attack, while the rest have quickly fortified and assembled their PDF forces.

The orks led by a massive warboss have already seemed to have scrapped together lots of vehicles and are armed to the teeth, they seem to be moving towards the northern hive...

Our troops are quickly deployed to counter the enemy...

Please roll a d100 to determine the success of the operation..

A. Land our mechanized troops behind them and have our airborne harry them on the way to the hive
B. Bolster the defenders of the hive, defensive placing our vehicles and troops, and use the Valkyries as close air support
C. Other(write-in)

Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>539571
FOR THE EMPEROR!

A. Land our mechanized troops behind them and have our airborne harry them on the way to the hive

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>539571
>A. Land our mechanized troops behind them and have our airborne harry them on the way to the hive
You know what would've been nice here? Sending the Lunar for lance battery support.

>>539571
I'm just gonna support this guy. >>539583

>>539590
We don't have it yet

>>539593
Need to roll homie, it's average of the first 3. Don't forget to praise the emperor loudly for best results.

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>539571
A try and snipe the warboss from the air

>>539598
Ah fuck me i forgot it was avg, not the best roll like the other quests I'm in. And somebody beat me to rolling, kek.

>>539583
>>539590
>>539603
Average of 62 a fair success

The devourer lands our mechanized forces on the fallen hive behind the orks, while our airborne troops attack isolated convoys, the Valkyries slaughtering and disabling most of their warriors and vehicles, followed by our droptroopers finishing off the survivors

Our mechanized troops quickly destroy vulnerable enemy supplies...

With much of the more vulnerable force wiped out, only the Warboss on his mighty battlewagon and his host remain.

Unfortunately heavy fire from his vehicles has forced our valkyries away, and our own vehicles are still catching up when he hits friendly lines protecting the northern hive...

The fighting on the ground is savage, as the orks force the PDF troops into hand to hand combat...

However our mechanized regiment is now in position behind the orks...

A. Using the mechanized troops as the hammer to the PDFs anvil, ride in and crush the greenskin scum
B. Have the Airborne launch surgical strike against the warboss, slaying him will break the orks resolve and drive them into the guns of our mechanized comrades

Please roll a d100 to determine the success of this mission

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>539657
B. Have the Airborne launch surgical strike against the warboss, slaying him will break the orks resolve and drive them into the guns of our mechanized comrades

TAKE THE WHEEL MALICE

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>539657
>A. Using the mechanized troops as the hammer to the PDFs anvil, ride in and crush the greenskin scum

Wipe out all of the scum FOR THE EMPEROR!

>>539670
Damn psudo-random dice. I should have waited.

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>539657
One more roll just to keep things moving

Rolland fer the emprah

>>539691
You don't roll again mate, We wait for somebody else.

>>539693
Yeah I wasn't going to, I know it's rude, I was being impatient. My bad

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>539657
>A. Using the mechanized troops as the hammer to the PDFs anvil, ride in and crush the greenskin scum
LET'S GO

Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>539657
>B

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>539657
Fear the Xeno, Hate the Xeno!

>>539696
EVERYTHING WENT HORRIBLY BAD

>>539704
That's what happens when you submit to chaos anon. Malice aint yo friend.

so back to training a new pdf then?

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>>539715
p much famalam

>>539715
We'll only lose like 75% of our shit. Its really acceptable losses for PDF and Guard forces to be honest.

>>539731
>>539735
GLORY TO THE FIRST MAN TO DIE!

>>539715
Don't think of it as battlefield losses, think of it as Veteran training.

>>539747
Promotions for every man who survives! Glory to the families of every man who dies for our cause!

you guys think we should try and get a tribe of Ogryn or not bother?

>>539786
Would be pretty sweet

Hey OP, I'm guessing you've gone to bed or work or whatever (No idea what timezone you're in) but in the future could you let us know when you're done with the thread for a large block of time? Just a quick message that you're done and will be back later in the day/tomorrow/next week/etc would help. Cheers.

>>539657

>>539657
rollin

>>540056
>>540050
Goddamnit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vcUNUarrZA
>>539670
>>539665
>>539698
>>539697

>>540000
Doing proper sessions would be nice

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>539657
>A. Using the mechanized troops as the hammer to the PDFs anvil, ride in and crush the greenskin scum

>>539665
>>539670
>>539691
>>539697
>>539698
average of 32 a minor failure

Colonel Detorio leads the mechanized troops in behind the ork horde, dismounting the infantry and forming a gunline using the chimeras and leman russ tanks, opening up on the orks

Meanwhile above Valkyries strafe exposed orks while droptroopers join the fray, providing fire support to the PDF troops caught in melee with the orks.

Seeing his boys begining to waver, the Warboss turns his attention to our mechanized troops, followed by hundreds of massive Nobz the finish slaughtering most of the first line of PDF defenders before charging our mechanized gun line

Despite disciplined and accurate fire from chimera multilasers and Leman russ battle cannons and storm bolters and our mens lasrifle fire, only half the orks are dropped by the time they get into melee range....

A call to fix bayonets comes down the line as our men prepare to meet the greenskins head on.

Colonel Detorio himself leads the regiment from one of the first line Leman Russes, near the center of the formation. Calling out orders over the vox, he calms and encourages our men to stand firm against the green tide....

Unfortunately as the orks begin to close the gap, their innaccurate but powerful weapons begin to take their toll, with automatic fire ripping through our troops and rockets destroying and disabling several vehicles...

Early in the fighting, Colonel Detorios vehicle suffered a near miss from a large rocket, the vehicle is intact, but the Colonel was knocked unconscious from the blast and has suffered a major head injury...

As this is happening the Warboss and his nobz have begun cutting down hundreds ofour men, massive ork cleavers hacking down man and machine alike...

Seeing the Colonel is down and the center of the line wavering, Captain Masson is forced to make the decision to launch an attack run on the Warboss, despite friendly troops still engaging the orks in melee.

The roar of a dozen valkyries is heard over the battlefield as they fly over, cutting down dozens of Nobz and badly wounding the Warboss, long enough for the rest of the mechanized troops to reorganize and focus fire. The beast taking multiple battle cannon shells to finally take down.

With his death the nobz are cut down by focused fire as well, but not before cutting down dozens more of our troops in close range fighting...

Seeing the Warboss slain, the defenders rally and rush out to slaughter the rest of the orks, surrounding the surviving greenskins

Another hour of fighting to wipe out the rest of the trapped ork passes, eliminating the threat at the cost of a great deal of Tarkonian blood spilled....

An extensive operation is launched to clean up the hives of any trace of ork activity, finally being declared secure, a great feast is held in honor of our men and their timely rescue of the world...

>>540108
>>540000
Sorry guys, I will try to better about that, I am on eastern time for what its worth, and part of the reason there are gaps between the posts is that I try to slip a few posts in at work and then a few after I get home before bed.

>>540137
Hey as long as the Colonel gets medical attention and I mean good medical attention, This was a victory... and we can recover the wrecks/left over weapons of the lasguns and shite.

>>540137
We need to shoot the Colonel for incompetence, who the fuck forms a static gun line when your a fucking MECHANIZED as in MOBILE unit?

>>540144
All good mate, Send the men for R&R after clean up duty.

>>540170
Hey now, we're not exactly actual Guard units. Let him live and learn how a Chimera can shoot while in full reverse.

>>540170
>>540199
Is this guy our cousin who is supposed to have experience in armored warfare? How'd he get to be so shit?

>>540170
>Employing effective tactics with a shit roll
>executing our own cousin

Lad

>>540208
There could be any sort of reasons why. Insufficient communication between the order of battle, little or bad intelligence on the enemy location, suprise on the enemy's part..
A military unit consisting of two regiments can be hard to keep in order.

>>540217
As soon as they saw the orcs charging they should have all mounted back up and moved out of the way.

>>540211
I know its because of the roll, but in-world it should be recognized that forming static formations with a mobile regiment is a shitty thing to do.

>>540137
It is unclear if Colonel Detorio will survive, and the family will be displeased to hear if your cousin has fallen after serving you for less than a year

All is not well with the troops either, heavy casualties were taken among the mechanized troops, while casualties were relatively light in the airborne unit

This divide is further exacerbated by the fact that Captain Masson ordered an attack run on the Warboss, while he was engaged with our men in melee, resulting the several hundred men and a few vehicles lost to friendly fire...

Of the 20,000 men deployed, almost 5,000 were lost

Most in the last battle fighting the warboss.
Several companies in the front line were wiped out to a man.

16 Chimeras were lost, along with a dozen Leman Russ, additionally 2 Valkyries were shot down by ground fire.

After the battle, the bodies of our fallen troops are collected(whats left of them anyway)

With the wounded getting the attention they need, and the feast over. Our men depart back to our world...

Upon their return, Sergeant Zachias is fuming after reading the battle reports, chastizing the officers of our forces for not using effective combined arms tactics and taking advantage of their superior mobility.

He claims an Imperial Army unit half the size couldve wiped out that WAAGH with minimum casualties

With the battle over, he institutes new tougher training for both new recruits and veterans...

After the battle, you receive a message of thanks from the Governor of Radick's Folly, the hiveworld we just saved, he offers a number of gifts, you may only take one.

A. A shipment of powerswords from the worlds greatest artisans
B. A shipment of 100 Leman Russ tanks, fresh off the factory line
C. A shipment of 100 Chimera apcs, fresh off the factory line
D. A full wing of Valkyries. 20 aircraft also fresh off the line
E. Specifications and technical support to build a small shipyard
F. A corvette, fresh out of their shipyard

>>540228
Maybe they were in heavy fog, or in a mountainous region, or stuck in front of chokepoints like bridges or gates. The hedgerows of France during WW2 could impede the tanks of the day.

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>>540233
>E. Specifications and technical support to build a small shipyard
We Spess Ships now!

>>540233
E. Specifications and technical support to build a small shipyard
Here we go. Improved shipping, access to naval repair, domestic production of Defence Monitors and light cruisers. This is the shit right here.

>>540233
>A. A shipment of powerswords from the worlds greatest artisans
While the shipyard is tempting, we don't have the industrial base to support if.

Everything else we can get from our friendly Rouge Trader - but power weapons are unique.

Ensure to take one for ourselves and our tribal bodyguard.

>>540233
E.

In addition, ask him to replace our losses in terms of vehicles lost. Shouldn't be too much to ask for.

Also, do the vehicle casualties include those that could be repaired?

>>540233
E. Specifications and technical support to build a small shipyard

>>540233
>A. A shipment of powerswords from the worlds greatest artisans

Could use some to gift to some of the ranking planetary leaders.

While the shipyard sounds awesome to me as well, remember our talk about the locals culture erasing and modernizing the planet too fast?

>>540252
Mate, the natives won't be in the fucking shipyard. We have hives on the world remember?

>>540252
I'd feel much more sympathetic if the planet wasn't a feudal world. Our value to the Imperium is really low, unless an Astartes Chapter wants to settle down.

>>540238
>>540228
>>540217
>>540211
>>540208
>>540199
I reasoned that he was faced with coming from behind the orks in a dense urban area, while the orks were engaged with the local PDF, which forced them to get in closer than theyd like and give them limited room to manuever, even on the wide roads of a highly developed hive city

>>540261
Wait, we have a Hive?

I thought hives were the results of centuries of unplanned, ad hoc buildup? What we have is more like a planned out city.

>>540266
We have HIVERS from our familys? Shipment that came in. So we can stick them in the shipyard. No need for the natives to get all spooked.

>>540261
Building up the manufacturing capacity to work with a shipyard would be the issue.

>>540268
How do we support the shipyard?

We have 1 major factory on the ground producing lasguns. We'd need hundreds to produce all the components required to build a shipyard, let alone the ships themselves.

>>540274
Well, it wouldn't need to get done right away. This can and probably will be a gradual building project. Who knows, by the time of it's ribbon cutting we could be a civilized world.

>>540274
>>540270
We're not IMPORTING a newly built shipyard. We're getting the designs to build one, this MEANS we can focus on the industry on the planet or nearby worlds and then build the shipyard off of our station. We can always get power weapons shit from these guys later.

>>540280
Meaning it doesn't do us much good, and we will be needing to take it easy on industrializing the planet as it is.

>>540287
>We're not IMPORTING a newly built shipyard.
Duh

>>540302
In the long term, this is the best option. All of the other things we have gotten from other places so far. This is a better deal than what the Mechanicus would ask for the same.

>>540251
>>540250
>>540244
>>540241
You graciously accept the governors gift, and ask for the shipyard designs, in addition he sends over an engineer to assist on the project, Lyra Kaine, while young she is quite brilliant and graduated from one of the top Academies in the region, she also happens to be the niece of the governor....

In order to build the shipyard itself we will require a great deal of steel, as well some compounds we will have to import.

Things return to business as usual when you receive a message from Corean congratulating you on your successful defense of Radrick's Folly.

He doesnt go into specifics, but states that there are problems on the western frontier and warns you against doing anything there at least for the time being...

The day finally comes when your cruiser arrives...

A Lunar-class fresh out of the shipyard, she is a sight to behold.... In fact so big, we will need a shipyard to do any meaningful work on her...

She'll need a name and a captain, what should we do?(also we never named our corvette)

(This is a write-in)

>>540494
>Bright Lance for Luna-Class [Give the Corvette guy a promote to this]
>Flaming Arrow for Corvette [Put his second in command here]

>Ask our tech-priest about where we could get the imports and also if we could build the shipyard to be connected to our station to make it larger

>>540494
Astraea for the Cruiser, Narcissus for the Corvette.

>>540494
Waxing Crescent for Lunar Class

Redline for the Corvette

>>540208
“The 75mm main gun is firing,” Lt Giles recalls, breathlessly. “The 37mm secondary gun is firing, but it’s traversed round the wrong way. The Browning [machine gun] is jammed. I am saying, ‘Driver advance’ on the A set, but the driver – who can’t hear me – is reversing.
“And as I look over the top of the turret, and see 12 enemy tanks, just 50 yards away, someone hands me a cheese sandwich.”

>>540494
Edge of Tomorrow for Lunar-class

Dawn's Early Light for the Corvette

>>540515
Might do to find a proper captain with experience, I'm sure the rogue trader would know someone.

>>540562
I dunno. Considering the possible legal issue of a simple planetary governor owning an Imperial Navy warship, I'd rather have loyalty for a ship this big than some better experience.

>>540562
you mean a person with loyality elsewhere?

>>540494
I like >>540537's suggestion for the corvette

For the Cruiser though, I'd say Ex Tenebris Lux

>>540531
Backing these names.

For the captain, I suggest that we promote Lt Felix.

For the now Captain-less Corvette, I suggest that we request some newly minted naval officers out of the nearest Schola.

>>540571
I would assume since we got it from the mechanics we should be square.

>>540573
I mean someone who knows what they are doing with a proper ship, wherever we get them from.

>>540494
>>540573
we could ask if our friend governor has any relatives in the navy business who would want a commission, it would be up to our Astartes friends to determine if he's capable

We have a friend abroad that has connections, and a dozen of the most experienced soldiers available. Time to work with them a bit.

>>540648
I hate to cast doubt right now, but we're asking somebody if they like to command a Lunar cruiser for a newly minted governor of a feudal world, that doesn't even have the infrastructure down to repair it. It's kinda a big temptation to take the thing and run.

>>540233
We did make sure they all got scrubbed down and washed, including our equipment and ships before the came back home right?

>>540494
Some purity seals, and promote some of our current navy guys.

We need to build up our base knowledge so they can man our equipment or do this >>540562
>>540551
lol

>>540494
Promote Felix to command the cruiser, loyalty is what I care for most in the man commanding the enormous armoured gun battery in orbit around our world.

I'm also backing a diplomacy roll to get the governor of R's Folly to replace our vehicle losses in the battle. As >>540250 mentioned.

Our mechanised veterans should have some good experience now, right? Especially with Great Crusade-era space marines training them.

For names
>>540556 Edge of Tomorrow - cruiser
>>540515 Flamng Arrow - corvette
Are pretty good.

>>541017
>>541009
>>540683
>>540648
>>540592
>>540591
>>540575
>>540573
>>540571
>>540562
>>540556
>>540537
>>540531
You recall Lieutenant Felix and invite him to your office, having seen the Cruiser in orbit, he seems to know what you are going to say....

You offer him the rank of Captain and command of the Edge of Tommorow, which he accepts immediately.

You will need to find a replacement for the commander of the Redline, where Lieutenant Daniels is in command for now

You also, seeing the losses sustained in the battle for the hive, decide to contact the Governor and ask him as a sign of friendship between our two worlds, if he would be willing to replace our vehicle losses.

Please roll a d100+20 to determine the success of this action

Rolled 64 + 20 (1d100 + 20)

>>541046

Rolled 45 + 20 (1d100 + 20)

>>541046

Rolled 6 + 20 (1d100 + 20)

>>541046

>>541046

Rolled 2 + 20 (1d100 + 20)

>>541046

Rolled 55 + 20 (1d100 + 20)

>>541046

>>541066
>>541064
>>541052
58.3 a very minor success

Using a little bit of charm, and guilt, you are able to convince the Governor to send you replacement vehicles for the losses sustained on his world.

You have been increasingly attentive to the astropath lately as their are many distress calls coming from worlds on western frontier, they claim to be battling xenos that resemble robotic skeletons and possess advanced technology....

Word from the 2nd Sabbat crusade is grim as well, with the main thrust stalled out against a heretic stronghold world...

Our men have drawn adoration and commendations by their commanders, who were expected feudal barbarians, but received properly trained and equipped infantry, who have proved resolute in the face of harsh odds, and gained fame and renown for their ferocity in melee combat with their Tarkonian war axes and a few Tarkonian war hounds they managed to sneak onto campaign with them...

The hivers and local Tarkonian warriors seemed to have blended into a seamless unit, the hivers adopting many traditions of their adopted home on the brutal battlefields of the Sabbat sector...

Unfortunately rumors have spread that they were trained and gifted their weapons by a powerful astartes warrior in black armor, which could potentially draw the wrong type of attention to our operations....

Seeing these things has only made you more determined to make our planet as self sufficient and defensible as possible...

You pull up your datapad and look into another surface project....

A. Build an underground bunker complex
B. Build a school(we will need someone to run it)
C. Expand the mines
D. Expand the farms
E. Have a small lasweapon manufactory built
F.Other(Write-in)

>>541120
>D. Expand the farms
With the food from the farms we can trade with the neighbouring hiveworld for vehicles, las weapons or heavy weapons as needed. Maybe even get ourselves some power weapons for our bodyguards.

School I think is the least useful given our tribal's fears of being cultarally genocided.

>>541120

>D. Expand the farms

Need to compensate for the coming boom in population and giving exporting the surplus to the hive world in need of food.

>>541120
>D. Expand the farms

>>541156
>School I think is the least useful given our tribal's fears of being cultarally genocided.

Was thinking, we might could do something to promote their culture in regards to a school. Not sure what, but could do with something along the lines of a martial school.

>>541120
D, Expand the mines,

Gotta get ore for both the lasweapons and the shipyard.

Also, when we start making lasweapons can we make the frame out of wood to save on costs?

>>541179
>Also, when we start making lasweapons can we make the frame out of wood to save on costs?

Could be cool flavor there, wouldn't do for our airborne guys tho.

>>541184
Yeah, they need lasrifle carbines.

>>541120
D. Expand the farms

>>541156
>>541120
Actually, can we ask Inq Corean to gently suppress the Astartes rumours.

We also need to put a strategy in place to prevent further tithed regiments from running into the same problem, loose lips sink ships/planets. Maybe have our astartes take a step back from training and only work through intermediaries or with our trusted non-tithed regiments. Also direct troops in describing them as knights or something, make them out to be some feral world's vague (but Eclesiastically benign) superstitions rather than Astartes (or demons).

Finally, can we get a summary of our current production in terms of
>Frenzon
>Population
>Plantation + farms
>Mines
>Gas mines (IIRC we upgraded the gas mining capacity after we made the multi-year contract for our cruiser so we should be able to use the extra gas capacity to make additional purchases from the forge world)
>Current manufacturing capacity
That way we can work out how much more we can regularly purchase from rogue trader +/- hive world +/- forge world.

>>541193

I also think a resource and production summary is sorely needed now.

>>541120
C. Expand the mines

How many gas shipments have we sent so far?

>>541204
I think somewhere around... 7 units of gas, Cause we paid off the first 5 and we're currently working on the 20 for the cruiser.

>>541201
Really some pastebins showing our military forces, production, and characters and relations wouldn't hurt.

>>541193
>Actually, can we ask Inq Corean to gently suppress the Astartes rumours.

Couldn't they be chalked up to some Deathwatch that he allows to aid us?

>>541210
>Deathwatch that he allows to aid us?

If we know about the Deathwatch we could suggest it as an alternative to our astartes friends.

>>541193
>>541210
Stats and useful information
Current Worlds controlled
Tarkon IV
- Farms
- Imperial Shrine
- Improved Frenzon Plantation
- Primitive Manufactory(farm equipment
- Modern Manufactury(mining equipment)
- Iron mines
- Gold mines
- Military Training ground
- Lumber Yard
- Advanced Medical lab
In Orbit

Imperial Class- Space Station
Upgrades
- Medical Bay
- Advanced Defenses
- Gun Range/Workout facility
- Astropathic Chamber


We also have a mining station on Tarkon II, mining Hydrogen Gas

Military Assets

Warships

Edge of Tommorow- Lunar Class Cruiser
Redline- Claymore Class Corvette

Planetary Defense Forces
2,000 Elite stormtrooper bodyguards
10,000 Mechanized troops
10,000 Airborne troops
10,000 Jungle troops
4,000 Airborne mercenaries

60 Leman Russ Battle Tanks
60 Chimera APCS
20 Valkyrie gunships
1 Devourer dropship

We also have large stocks of lasweapons and other heavy weapons in storage

Important Characters
Captain Lorenzo Felix- Leader of our space forces and captain of the Edge of Tommorow
Colonel Reynaldo Detorio- Leader of our mechanized forces, also your cousin on your mothers side
Captain Salazar Masson- Mercenary commander of the remnants of the 854th Elysian Regiment, on longterm contract to help lead and train our airborne troops
Sergeant Zachias- time warped Dark Angel, from the fall of Caliban, training our PDF
Battle Brother Ishmael- time warped Dark Angel, trained as an apothecary, working in our medical lab
Battle Brother Gideon- time warped Dark Angel, trained as a pilot, working with our Valkyrie squadron
Xeroth- Our resident Techpriest
Deacon Abrams- our representative from the Ecclesiarchy, very zealous
Lord Inquisitor Corean- Our friendly neighborhood inquisitor
Rogue Trader Alexios Tzavaras- Our friendly neighborhood Rogue Trader, can get you almost anything and everything if you are willing to pay for it

>>541217
Well, it's something Corean would have to suggest true enough, but talking with him about suppressing the rumors seems to be a prudent course of action.

>>541193
I am working on a production summary as well, probably will do it sometime tomorrow

>>541228
Am I missing anything, also I am doing production as a separate page, since that will change frequently

>>541238

The gas freighters

>>541228
Thank you

>>541210
>Couldn't they be chalked up to some Deathwatch that he allows to aid us?
YES!
That's a perfect cover. We just need to make people think that.

>>541238
What about our brother?

What's he getting up to

>>541206
>>541204
Weve currently made 8 gas deliveries, but its going to take another 17 to pay for the cruiser...

>>541192
>>541193
>>541172
>>541160
>>541156
Another massive plot of land is cleared for farming, with the crops planted immediately, fit will be a few months before we get any yields, but these new crops will help us expand our surplus and support future population expansion....

You go over your reports and learn that your brother has gotten up to his old way, contriving a way to turn some of the lumber workers rations into alcohol making some sort of improvised still, hidden in the jungle...

Now that we have Felix and the Cruiser, we need to assign a mission to our ships...

(This is a write in)

>>541292
Isn't there trouble afoot to our west?

Having them do some patrols in that area might be useful.

>>541292
Continue surveying the area around us.

We still need to look at the South and West, right?

>>541295
>>541315
>>541292

Lets do south first, the Inquisitor told us to avoid the west for now.

>>541228
What about our younger brother managing the timber operations...

How's he going btw?

>>541322
Right, south it is then.

>>541193
Teach them concepts of OPSEC.

>>541210
an we have the Inquisitor say they loaned them to us from his retinue? Maybe actually loan them a bit to Corean so its not a total lie.

>>541228
We have too many 10,000 Mechanized troops, and too few vehicles to use them properly.

What happened to our other brother or whoever we left to work on a lumber mill?

>>541325
>>541331
>>541292
>You go over your reports and learn that your brother has gotten up to his old way, contriving a way to turn some of the lumber workers rations into alcohol making some sort of improvised still, hidden in the jungle...

>an we have the Inquisitor say they loaned them to us from his retinue? Maybe actually loan them a bit to Corean so its not a total lie.

Would be mutually beneficial and further our friendship with Corean as well.

>>541292
Chastise our brother for his actions and inform him that he has one last chance to run straight, otherwise we will take appropriate measures.

Also, buy off some of the workers to monitor him for us.

>>541322
Can we launch probes to act as listening devices into the western region?

>>541292
Patrol the nearest route to a trade-able planet to us, and begin trade.

>>541322
Why not... why don't we organize a mini-crusade against this new xeno threat? It be a great idea guise! Guys? right?

>>541341

Y'know, we might could indulge him and set him off on building up a profitable liquor/wine industry for export.

>>541292
Offer our Big I friend any aid he needs, while also moving our Brother once more or put him in charge of tasting the wine. Something useful...OR SEND HIM TO THE SPACE MARINE MEDICAL PLACE.

>>541339
Yeah I posted before the auto updater kick in.

So long as he promises to make sure to return them in good order, and to make sure he gives them a good story/background that works well with ours. It may also help him in his troubles in the west, earning us more brownie points.

>>541353
I say we put some more effort into whipping him into shape, or else we have to face the shame of a family burden and dishonour.

>>541325
>>541331

See

>>541292
>You go over your reports and learn that your brother has gotten up to his old way, contriving a way to turn some of the lumber workers rations into alcohol making some sort of improvised still, hidden in the jungle...

Also about our brother, this may sound crazy but what if we gave him the resources to make an actual distillery? If he is so passionate about alcohol maybe we could challenge this into something positive. Make it a challenge for him, if he is going to be a drunken fool let make something out of that drunken fool. Hell he might surprise us and make something we could export.

>>541377
>Also about our brother, this may sound crazy but what if we gave him the resources to make an actual distillery? If he is so passionate about alcohol maybe we could challenge this into something positive. Make it a challenge for him, if he is going to be a drunken fool let make something out of that drunken fool. Hell he might surprise us and make something we could export.

I'm for it.

>>541386
We should make sure hes responsible and doesn't end up feeding his habit.... Duty first. Make him a connoisseur of sorts for fine dining, foods, and quality control.

>>541377
I'm game, perhaps use him in the marketing, the deltoro seal of approval or something.

>>541377
I disagree, drunks will say that every wine tastes great and are poor conversationalists.

>>541377
While I'm sure he could run such a facility, I think he'd do so much more poorly then someone who isn't a miserable alcoholic.

He does seem to have a knack for scrounging though, as evidenced by his improvised still. Maybe we should conscript him and put him up as the head of planetary logistics. Scrounging is an important ability for a quartermaster.

>>541377
I think we had get to know our brother better before trying anything with him. He's got to have a reason to try to be something.

>>541292
>You go over your reports and learn that your brother has gotten up to his old way, contriving a way to turn some of the lumber workers rations into alcohol making some sort of improvised still, hidden in the jungle...

Send him into the army as a private. He'll either shape up or get his ass killed. either works for us.

>>541541
No, we can't get him killed, he's family. We've got to avoid the political ramifications of his shocking failure.

>>541545
Don't send him to fight, if he really is such a fuckup he can go peel potatoes back at base.

But I agree on sending him to shapen up in the military.

>>541552
I think the carrot might be more effective than the stick, if the carrot is used first. I'd like to just talk to him, see if we can figure out what motivates him.

>>541545

So we put him on stasis and send him to the family home on Sanguinala?

>>541295
>>541322
>>541344
You have Felix head south, scouting the area for worlds looking for trade, meanwhile you have the corvette patrol to the west, staying alert for threats....

Meanwhile you try to think of a long-term solution to deal with your brother

A. Send him to the military, let Sergeant Zachias straighten him out
B. Put him in charge of our winery operation
C. Other(Write-in)

>>541562
A. Let the sergeant at him

Just don't out him through the regime with a high mortality rate...

>>541559
No, that's a fail state as well. Also what a shitty present to give on a holiday, good emperor.

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>>541562
>A. Send him to the military, let Sergeant Zachias straighten him out

We can make him an NCO or even a low-level officer or something, but I think getting his ass kicked a few times would straighten him out.

Plus the guard is dry in basic as I recall. Call it "rehab for the unwilling"

>>541562
>B. Put him in charge of our winery operation

Give him one more chance to straighten himself out before we do it ourselves, which I mean our men do it for us.

>>541571
No, he needs to start at the bottom.

>>541562
>B. Put him in charge of our winery operation
>Warn him if any wine goes missing his being sent to the military.

>>541562
>B. Put him in charge of our winery operation

>>541504
This actually, supporting this!

Also, how do our jungle fighters compare to Catachans?

>>541562
>C. Other(Write-in)
Speak to him first, see >>541504 this before
>A. Send him to the military, let Sergeant Zachias straighten him out
If all else fails.

>>541562
>A. Send him to the military, let Sergeant Zachias straighten him out

>>541562
A. Send him to the military, let Sergeant Zachias straighten him out

>>541562
> B.
we give him a fixed allowance of wine to drink based on how good he does. and inform him that should he fail he will be joining the pdf.

>>541622
my philosophy here is that he would be working hard to keep his addiction, same as pimps use crack we will use absinthe to control him.

we could even make an exotic drink to send with our troops, they will carry that to the front lines of a crusade, we could have generals grow to like the stuff, it could become as popular as gin and absinthe became during their height of popularity as the flavor of our planet. If we do that we could have nobility lining up to get the stuff.

>>541653
Thats why I want him doing the wine. He'll make sure its the best fucking wine he can make/produce.

>>541622
Supporting this idea.

>>541683
you're going to have to vote for this to make sure the QM recognizes it. just a >B
>>541670
I was thinking of seeing what bootleg drinks he made are good and instructing him to make that, we're probably cornered on wine here.

>>539144
It's cause it's 40k. There's ALWAYS heresy. Thinking there's not, that's how they get ya. You're thinking it's cool, everything's ok, then BAM! Slaneshi cultists. Or you've just gone through some purges, you know, sisters o' battle and the inquisition working to make sure the populace is loyal and your ass is safe in the governor's seat, maybe they tear off a few toenails or pop a few citizens what aren't singing loud enough in church, and no sooner than they packed up and went off to the next world, and you're thinking you're able to get back to the business o' quality control and employee training in the harem when POW! Your second best concubine turns out to be a Khornate cultist who knows some nifty tricks with a chopstick.

Man, cultists and heresy, I tell you.

>>539144
In all seriousness now, the hazard with heresy isn't a worry about political stability, it's that Chaos is seductive, and the question isn't "is there a cult" its "did we get them all in time?" When Chaos does its mind-warpery so that many people exposed to it fall prey, it pays to keep seriously vigilant and patrol shit.

>>539357
I think you just named our cruiser.

>>538250
yep

>>541758
>>541683
>>541622
>>541589
>>541586
>>541575
You call up your brother to the station one day, and tell him that this is his last chance. You tell him since he likes to drink and carouse so much anways why doesnt he take over our wine export operation, maybe if he refines that stuff he was making in the still, he could sell that too.

You know if he fails we always have Sergeant Zachias to straighten him out...

You put him to work on that, while you attend to other governor's business. You are finally getting a free moment, playing with Tarquin, when you are alerted to a contact entering the sytstem.

You are soon hailed by Johan Achilles Cicero, a man claiming to be the governor of a feudal world north of us, he says that he was contacted by our ship on its scouting mission and has heard impressive rumors about us from the Sector Governor's court.

He wishes to purchase some wine from us and get to know us better....

A. Let him aboard, its always good to have friends in the Imperium
B. Shoo him off, we don't need a second rate governor trying to leach off of us
C. Other(write-in)

>>542245
>A. Let him aboard, its always good to have friends in the Imperium

>>542245
Let him aboard but be prepared for heresy and/or betrayal

Pack every room next door to the one we're meeting him in with as many axe-wielding savages, stoomtrooper bodyguards and Elysian veterans as we can.
And put as many as the rules of diplomacy will allow in the same room as him/us. And our big fucking dog

>>542278
Far out man, have you been exposed to the warp recently? Experienced any taint or come into contact with heretical objects? You are mighty paranoid. Although I do like the idea of introducing him to our war hound.

>>542245
Why did we go with B. when A and B were tied?
Could have done a compromise.

>>542278
Backing this. But not cramming our rooms full of men, as that will limit the tactical value of our troops, who need to be able to move and maneuver. Rather, have our highborn bodyguard nobles, 2 squads of Stormtroopers, 4 squads of our jungle troops, and about 100 airborne troops with a 50/50 mix of our own and mercenaries, all packing serious firepower.

>>542281
Never heard of gunboat diplomacy?

>>542301
My bad, mustve miscounted, anyways he will likely be joining our PDF if he fucks up again

>>542301
>Never heard of gunboat diplomacy?
Not until this post. Funny what you learn about, playing games on image forums.

>>542245
>A. Let him aboard, its always good to have friends in the Imperium

Showing off some of our Honor Guard and Tarquin sounds like a good idea, and I imagine he might like a brief tour of the station while we get to know each other

>>542311
Also, let's pay attention to how Tarquin behaves around our guest. We might learn something....

>>542309
Its a very fitting concept for 40k me thinks.

>>542308
Eh, I just wanted to get to know him, see some char development, and not feed his addiction, unless its to wean him off of the stuff.

My city has a serious drug problem (relatively speaking) so I hate the idea of indulging bad habits and addictions.

>>542315
>>542311
>>542261
>>542278
You decide to allow him to board, but not before positioning your guards all around your quarters, as well as 2 bodyguards and Tarquin in the room with you itself.

You make sure that the party meeting him is impressive as well, consisting of a dozen stormtrooper bodyguards in perfect formation, while you are flanked by two Serathi highborn warriors at all times.

You can clearly see the man disembarking was the subject of some gene therapy, reminding you of home, getting that perfect tall blonde, noble look.

The man seems to be dressed in the finest liveries and accompanied by a few stormtrooper bodyguards of his own...

Despite his attire, he arrived in beat up freighter and his bodyguards don't seem quite as sharp as our own, taking a moment to fall into formation or stand to attention....

He seems quite impressed by the tour of the station, commenting that you have come so far for only running the place for less than 2 years....

He talks about how tempting it is to simply enjoy life and let the planet run itself, collecting the tithes once a year but otherwise leaving the natives to their business...

You finally get around to dinner and discuss many things, notably politics and the goings on of local noble families...

Using some of that wine you glean some useful information out of him, apparently he is the member of an old noble family too, and took over his planet around a decade ago.

His planet is undeveloped, and seems to rely on exporting manpower and ceramite to the greater Imperium, he mentions that he can easily sell Ceramite to the local forge world, but they can provide little in terms of the finer things in life. He claims he sells lots of military equipment he gets from the forge world to Rogue Traders and passing merchants in exchange for Wine, Fine Food, Fine women, and implied drugs as well...

You get down to business, with Johann asking you if you would be interested in selling a shipment of wine to him, hes also interested in Frenzon and the Tarkon leaf drug as well if we were willing to sell that to him.... You can get 1 item for the wine, and another if you are willing to sell him drugs as well

He claims to have several things hes willing to trade for these items...

A. Ceramite, needed to build our own shipyard
B. A shipment of Leman Russ Tanks
C. A shipment of Chimera APCs
D. A shipment of melee weapons, including a few dozen power swords
E. A shipment of hand selected men and women from his world, chosen for their beauty...
F. We aren't really interested in making a deal with this guy right now
G. Other(write-in)

>>542359
E, informants would be nice, but he might be a cultist so watch out

>>542359
>A. Ceramite, needed to build our own shipyard

Ceramite certainly, I'm unsure about a second item, I'll leave that up to the other anons

>>542367
Definitely the Ceramite. I'm debating giving him some drugs in exchange for Power Weapons too. They could really make out already melee-oriented infantry a whole lot deadlier

>>542376
Thats a good idea, powerswords would be useful.

>>542367
so + powerswords on this one

>>542359
>A. Ceramite, needed to build our own shipyard

And D

>>542359
G. Other(write-in)
Express interest in a few things such as ceramite and surplus equipment he has at hand for the finer delicacies from our planet. Show him around the place, and make small talk on trade and throw in a mention of trade agreements or contracts. Then take him on a tour of our vineyards and show him some of our production facilities.

When hes all buttered up and fat on the luxuries we can trade/offer him, then we strike the bargain and deals. Have us tailed by some of the finest beauties our planet can offer, and have them cater to his every whims with food, wine, delicacies and sex.

This should make for us in a very powerful trade position, while our PDF runs military drills coincidentally in the area. Not to close as to disturb our conversations, but close enough to be seen, but not heard.

>>542365
Good idea, but I'd advise against that until we build up the local women to be smart, and educated enough to operate Imperium spy equipment and understand what chaos, heresy, and information to look out for etc.

>>542359
2 years already? Felt like less than 10 months....

>>542359
>He seems quite impressed by the tour of the station, commenting that you have come so far for only running the place for less than 2 years....
>He talks about how tempting it is to simply enjoy life and let the planet run itself, collecting the tithes once a year but otherwise leaving the natives to their business...


Perhaps when our business deals are concluded, we could politely urge him to take a more pro-active approach to governing his planet. He seems somewhat remorseful of his hedonistic ways, and having a productive ally might prove useful down the line.

>>542359
>>542435
Also, let him stay for a few days. Up to a week, while we treat him, not to lavishly, but better than what hes likely got at home.

>>542359
>a
>d

>>542359
>A. Ceramite, needed to build our own shipyard
>D. A shipment of melee weapons, including a few dozen power swords

>>542359

Keep an eye on this guy and what ever he brings. You don't usually brag about not doing your job with strangers and could be rivals.

>>542359
this guy is a slaaneshi cultist

>>542517
That was my thought as well. But he might just be a decadent idiot, neglecting his planet. Something to keep an eye on however, and possibly something for our Lord Inquisitor to hear about next time we see him. Maybe not until we have actual intel first though.

Considering that if heresy pops up on his planet, that will hurt us too as it's our guys who have to go and fight the heresy.
We should make sure to try and nip it in the bud.
Ultimately, our drugs aren't anything beyond combat stimulants.
However, if they're misused, it could lead to heresy.

We should tell that ecclesiarch that he should send some guy to check up on him.
The drugs we sold him can make him do his job better if he uses them correctly.
The alcohol can help him in diplomatic work.
However, he needs a moral compass in order to make sure he doesn't fall into temptations of easy pleasures.

Also, it was a really good call to send your guys to send your guys to deal with the orks immediately.
If the hive world had failed in repelling the orks, we might have faced an even stronger force.

>>542539
I'm not sure we should do anything. We're a planetary governor, not an inquisitor. We aren't afforded the same treatment.

>>542541
And it looks great politically. But yeah that was the general idea "if this planet is overwhelmed they'll eventually make it to us".

>>542542
I agree that it isn't our business, we can't really go stomping around in someone elses station and world and send off our Ecclesiarchy to investigate. That would be overstepping our bounds. But if we catch wind of anything more suspicious than his general debauchery and indulgence we should at least pass along the suspicion.

>>542539
>>542542
>>542546
We could covertly take over the place, keep the head (Johan), but replace the neck to the body (planet).

We should also ask our rouge trader friend about him next time he comes by. No doubt hes done trade with the guy in the past, and don't forget to celebrate the (first?)/new batch of wine from his own vineyards.

>>542500
>>542481
>>542511
>>542453
>>542435
>>542421
>>542378
You accept the offer to trade your wine and drugs in exchange for a shipment of ceramite ore and a shipment of melee weapons, which will serve your Serathi bodyguards and officers well...

You have the governor stay for a few days, as you take him on a brief tour of the world, spending most of the time in a villa near the vineyards, making sure to briefly fly the shuttle over the military facility during the tour, allowing him to get a glimpse of our PDF engaged in wargames...

A night of drinking and whoring in the villa, leads to you growing closer, talking about home...

He decides to invite you to a "social gathering" he is having on his station in a month...

You tell him you will think about it as he leaves back to his world, contract in hand...

As he leaves, youre datapad is lit up with a notification from your Astropath, who requests your presence immediately...

You rush to the chamber, and enter alone, leaving your guards outside. He tells you he sensed another psyker attempting to intercept his messages, he believes they are human and likely somewhere within the sector....

What do we do now?(this is a write-in)

>>542554
call the police
this is an orgy
wtf

>>542554
Are you able to locate the Psycher? Get a rough distance? Can our Astropath psychly attack the psycher? If so have him do that.

As for the gathering, we should go, we should find a way of recording it and as soon as we have evidence that it's heresy gtfo and call the inquisition

>>542562
You gotta ask yourself, what would the Emperor do?

>>542554
Lets play a game of Ask the Inquisitor!

>>542554
>Call for our friendly Big I

>>542570
Forget he had actual flesh and blood children shortly after impregnating them all.

>>542554
>none of my posts get quoted ;.;

Can it be ascertained as to what messages they were trying to intercept?

Raise the Alert level for the PDF, inform Captain Lorenzo Felix, to make a quick stop by in system to do some scans before returning to his schedule, and to check back in every 72 hours until we receive the all clear.

See if we can set up some sensors and scanners to relay info back to us, place them onto nearby celestial objects and debris, things like comets that come and go from the system, and space junk.

I don't even know if we can do all that, we may have to buy or request them from our rouge trader friend.

>>542542
Well if they get chaos cults on their planet, it's us who gotta clean it up.

>>542570
spetnaz style invasion
kill everyone
even the innocent ones

>>542579
No, it's not us. It's the Inquisition. Even if they decide to use our cruiser and our men, it's their jurisdiction.

I've an idea.
How abouts we contact the rogue trader?
We could ask him to track down the psyker with his Navigator, because rogue trader navigators tend to be pretty powerful in comparison to your average psyker.

>>542584
Yea, but I mean it's probably our resources that get spent on that.

>>542566
Our astropath is too weak to track the other psyker, also it seems that the other psyker is deliberately veiling their presence and location...

>>542594
this could be a trap

>>542588
It will also make us look good though. Political capital can be pretty useful. We will be the guy sent out to some remote backwater planet who, in such a short time, rooted out and destroyed a cult left behind by the previous governors incompetence, built up his PDF to be a skilled and powerful force that helped stop an Ork invasion and then discovered and put a stop to a heretical governor in a near by system who was worshiping slaanesh.

Pretty impressive.

>>542594
In that case I agree with contact the Rogue Trader. Also have our ships do a sweep of the system for unknown entities (although I suspect this is the work of someone aboard the visiting Governors ship)