quick update as to where we are with the game and future plans. i'm thinking that we should put the game on hold until after the club moves to its new location, so we can get everything sorted. this means that it's probably worth a quick recap of where we are and what's happened.
very quickly:
following their success on iocanthus, the acolytes were picked up for processing by the calixian conclave of inquisitors. having been apparently free of taint, they were assigned to investigate the church of the emperors eye on hiveworld (censored by the inquisition) for non-payment of tithes.
the acolytes were dropped in the ash deserts near hivecity (censored-)primus and told to make their own way by the aquila lander. they chanced upon a nearby settlement and cathedral, apparently part of the church of the emperors eye. interrogating the abbot, they were left alone with the tithe records that seemed to check out just fine. however, upon returning from the cloister they found the cathedral to be completely deserted. leaving the cathedral they soon heard the rumblings of tanks. despite a standoff and heroic charge at three leman russ, the acolytes were taken. some went quietly, some got beaten down by a man claiming to be a commissar. the acolytes flashed their seal which was quickly taken for 'verification'. the tanks then blew the cathedral up with the only explanation being that it populated by heretics.
the acolytes were driven by tank to a base, which they were told was the local guard barracks. however, they discovered that all the guard were from the planet, which seemed most unorthodox to those who knew about the normal guard recruitment scheme. however, they discovered that the camp held a deathstrike along with three russ and a few chimeras.
after a scuffle, the commissar came back to the acolytes saying he had had word from an inquisitor and that they had checked out. they should now follow his orders. the acolytes were then loaded into a russ and battered old chimera (that was customised) and accompanied by a few other armoured fist squads for another raid on the catherdral. upon reaching the cathedral, the acolytess detected an emergence of psychic power and were astonished to find that the cathedral had repaired itself.
at this point a number of the guard went crazy and abandoned their posts. the acolytes, seized the initiative and deployed from their chimera into the cathedral. they were met by a terrible warp entity emerging in front of an unholy crowd. bullets seemed to do nothing to affect the ghostbeings or the warp-entity. the acolytes sanity was again put to the test. the comissar went a bit crazy and drove his russ into the cathedral. after a scuffle, the assassin seized brief control of the tank and the acolytes got the launch code for the deathstrike transmitted. they managed to get out as the commissars death throes drove the tank at the daemon. the acolytes managed to bundle in to their battered chimera and get away before the deathstrike nuked the cathedral.
finding themselves stranded and abandoned on the planet - the inquisitors received a radio message from a man claiming to be the master of their inquisitor. he claimed that if the acolytes could raise the funds to hire a ship, he would meet them in low orbit. to prove himself true, the inquisitor would send them two more of their party.
the acolytes decided that an arms deal for the now abandoned tanks would raise the funds and made their way to the city to meet their party and cost up a ride off the planet.
Hi guys
quick update as to where we are with the game and future plans. i'm thinking that we should put the game on hold until after the club moves to its new location, so we can get everything sorted. this means that it's probably worth a quick recap of where we are and what's happened.
very quickly:
following their success on iocanthus, the acolytes were picked up for processing by the calixian conclave of inquisitors. having been apparently free of taint, they were assigned to investigate the church of the emperors eye on hiveworld (censored by the inquisition) for non-payment of tithes.
the acolytes were dropped in the ash deserts near hivecity (censored-)primus and told to make their own way by the aquila lander. they chanced upon a nearby settlement and cathedral, apparently part of the church of the emperors eye. interrogating the abbot, they were left alone with the tithe records that seemed to check out just fine. however, upon returning from the cloister they found the cathedral to be completely deserted. leaving the cathedral they soon heard the rumblings of tanks. despite a standoff and heroic charge at three leman russ, the acolytes were taken. some went quietly, some got beaten down by a man claiming to be a commissar. the acolytes flashed their seal which was quickly taken for 'verification'. the tanks then blew the cathedral up with the only explanation being that it populated by heretics.
the acolytes were driven by tank to a base, which they were told was the local guard barracks. however, they discovered that all the guard were from the planet, which seemed most unorthodox to those who knew about the normal guard recruitment scheme. however, they discovered that the camp held a deathstrike along with three russ and a few chimeras.
after a scuffle, the commissar came back to the acolytes saying he had had word from an inquisitor and that they had checked out. they should now follow his orders. the acolytes were then loaded into a russ and battered old chimera (that was customised) and accompanied by a few other armoured fist squads for another raid on the catherdral. upon reaching the cathedral, the acolytess detected an emergence of psychic power and were astonished to find that the cathedral had repaired itself.
at this point a number of the guard went crazy and abandoned their posts. the acolytes, seized the initiative and deployed from their chimera into the cathedral. they were met by a terrible warp entity emerging in front of an unholy crowd. bullets seemed to do nothing to affect the ghostbeings or the warp-entity. the acolytes sanity was again put to the test. the comissar went a bit crazy and drove his russ into the cathedral. after a scuffle, the assassin seized brief control of the tank and the acolytes got the launch code for the deathstrike transmitted. they managed to get out as the commissars death throes drove the tank at the daemon. the acolytes managed to bundle in to their battered chimera and get away before the deathstrike nuked the cathedral.
finding themselves stranded and abandoned on the planet - the inquisitors received a radio message from a man claiming to be the master of their inquisitor. he claimed that if the acolytes could raise the funds to hire a ship, he would meet them in low orbit. to prove himself true, the inquisitor would send them two more of their party.
the acolytes decided that an arms deal for the now abandoned tanks would raise the funds and made their way to the city to meet their party and cost up a ride off the planet.
(to be continued...)
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