Heresy in the Cor Leonis

[Naryzhud]

Janus sits behind a large desk studying some charts, not acknowledging anyone until all of you have arrived. Around the walls are hung tapestries showing great victories of the Imperium, wars and warriors long past, many of which you have never heard of. Apart from this, the room is empty of ornament, clearly meant to inimidate with it's large, empty space.

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[Clink]

Wood enters silently and presents herself to Janus,
'Lolita Hardwood, Sell-Steel Assassin, I present myself at your order sir.'

She bows and retreats to the shadows of the room observing the more violent tapestries.

[Hendy360]

Wrax enters the room and throws a half hearted salute at the man behind the desk.

"Wrax Grisha reporting as ordered sir, whats on the cards?"

Wrax proceeds to stand easy to the left of the desk and studies the woman in the corner with less than pure intent.

[Kelephon]

From the unnatural slightness, pale skin, black eyes and completely hairless nature of the man who has just entered the room, it is easy to see he is void born.

Even without visual clues, it is immediately apparent he is a psyker.

"Wolfe." He says to the man at the table, offering no more.

To the two waiting in the room, he offes a curt nod, then retreats to the darkest corner he can find.

[Clink]

Wood returns wolfe's nod and glances breifly with distaste at the guardsman before returning to her perusing of the tapestries.

[Hendy360]

Wrax, whose curiosity has been stirred by the two other people in the room straightens up his large frame and moves to get a closer look. As he steps into the light his obvious size and power becomes apparent and between the plates of his flack armour hundreds of tiny scars criss cross his bear skin in a silvery web.

Walking straight past the woman he comes to a stop a few paces from the void born and studies him carefully. More to break the silence than anything else he addresses the psyker in an almost jovial manner.

'So...void born eh?... Don't know how you can handle that, I cant be done without at least some natural gravity at least once in a while.'

[Naryzhud]

Janus looks at his watch and tuts before clearing his throat for silence and beginning. You aren't sure if he was waiting for someone else and gave up or just wanted to make you wait, from what you've seen of him in the few months you've been here it could be either.

"Wood, Wolfe, Wrax." He nods to each of you in turn, "Inquisitor Payne has need of a new Acolyte cell and has commanded me to provide one from our recent intake of recruits." He seems less than pleased at the prospect.

"Against all probability, you three are the best i have, so you are hereby being promoted to full Inquisitorial Investigator status." Standing , he plucks three Inquisitorial Rosettes and reluctantly hands one to each of you, "These will identify you as members of the Emperor's Inquisition, be aware of when to use them and when to hide them."

He turns and walks back to his desk, settling himself and straightening up some files before speaking again.

"I am assigning you to the Cor Leonis system, not far from here, where you will work to root out all signs of heresy, and defend against xeno and daemon alike. From time to time I will assign you missions as intelligence I receive dictates, but at the same time I need you to be vigilant yourselves and take initiative. You are not the only cell in the system, and it is not the only system that I must deal with." As he speaks, Janus looks at you through heavy hooded eyes with what could be mistaken for outright contempt.

"You will be provided with a basic shuttle that can get you from planet to planet and the equipment you have been issued so far is yours to take with you. Be mindful that this equipment belongs to the God-Emperor and do not squander the resources of his most holy Inquisition. That being said, if you do manage to prove yourselves useful, the resources available to you will increase commensurately."

He throws a ratty looking data-slate towards the front of the desk. "There is some basic information about the system here, but don't expect any hand-holding from now on. You're investigators, investigate." He rubs a hand over his hairless skull, scratching the metal plate in the side of his head absentmindedly before continuing, "Any questions before you leave, ask them now."

[Clink]

Wood takes the data slate, glances at the screen, then lowers it.

"Sir, when do we depart?"

[Hendy360]

Wrax moves round behind wood and glaces at the dater slate over her shoulder.

'Seems like we may as well get on with it immediately ladies and gents'

[Naryzhud]

Janus looks pointedly at Wrax, "Your shuttle departs in one hour. Unless you have any further questions, you are free to go and gather your effects."

Wrax, Wood

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Glancing at the data slate you see it is an overview of the system, but far from thorough.

[Hendy360]

Wrax turns away from the data slate. The lack of information contained there has given him a sinking feeling. If theres one thing he picked from his time in the IG its that the less you know the less of you come back.

'Well this looks good, im going to the shuttle. Wake me before we set off.'

Wrax throws a final salute to Janus and with his stuff already packed he heads to the shuttle to get his head down while he can.

Wrax leaves the room.

[Naryzhud]

Wrax

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Leaving the room you realise you don't know which hangar you are supposed to go to, A, B or C? Do you want to wait in the corridoor or just guess?

Wood and Wolfe

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Janus looks at the two of you cooly, "I assume your silence means you have no more questions. Well begone with you, but make sure you are in Hangar B in an hour ready to go." He turns and continues to examine the data slates he was studying when you came in.

[Hendy360]

The door opens again and Wrax pushes his head through.

'Which hanger are we birthed in again...?'

Looking slightly sheepish he awaits the answer.

[Naryzhud]

Janus waves his hand at the other two to fill him in, but otherwise ignores all of you.

[Kelephon]

"Hangar B," Wolfe replies, "Give me a minute and I'll come with. Chuck me that data slate."

Leaving for the hangar with Wrax, Wolfe tells him "Many Imperial craft have artificial gravity, though I am used to low or no G environments. I can also pilot spacecraft pretty well, assuming this shuttle doesn't already have a pilot."

Wolfe studies the data slate, hoping to gain more information on the mission.

[Clink]

Wood turns to follow the other two.
After catching up to them she mutters.
"Well that wasn't very informative, hopfully this inquisitor Payne can give us an idea of what we're actually ment to do."

[Naryzhud]

Are you guys going straight to the hangar or is there anything else you want to do while you're still on the main ship?


Wolfe

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Examining the data slate you see that there are 12 main planets in the system named Leonis Prime through Duodecimus. Prime and Tertius are both hive worlds with Prime being the larger at about 60 billion people and also seat of the governor for the system, a man named Gael Morisus.

Secundus is a factory planet producing a large amount of armaments for the imperial war effort. Apart from this, none of the other planets look particularly important, a scattering of agri worlds, mining colonies and even a forest planet.

Make a perception check. (D100 under your perception stat)

[Hendy360]

Wrax looks to wolfe while they walk.

'To be perfectly honest i would rather have a spacer at the controlls than one of the pilots that i spend my time with in the bar. Half of them can barely speak most of the time'

Turning his attention from Wolfe to Wood, after the intejection.

'Well I bloody hope so, there is nothing worse than going planet side blind. Have seen to many men killed that way before." Adressing both now his tone lightens slightly "Well theres nothing else I need to do before we go, if you guys are ready id like to just get on with it, could do with standing on some terra firma...been in space to long.'

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"I'm good to go... Getting tired of waiting on board ship, i get tense when nothings trying to kill me, see you two on the shuttle"

Wood lengthens her stride and walks off towards the hanger.

On arrival at the hanger she approaches a likley looking pilot.

"Which one of these hulks is headed to the Cor Leonis system?"

[Naryzhud]

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Right you've had a few days so i'm guessing you're ready to set off

Arriving at the hangar, Wood approaches the pilot who just waves her off and points to an off-white shuttle at the end of the strip. It looks like it's seen better days but it seems functional.

Approaching it, the door opens and a fresh faced young man walks down the ramp, waving at you manically. "Hi folks, I'm Narth, and i'll be piloting for you!"

He arrives at the bottom of the ramp, puts his hands on his hips and grins round at everyone, "Come on board, stow your stuff and we'll be off!"



Wolfe

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You notice nothing amiss.

[Hendy360]

Nodding to the pilot Wrax climbs into the shuttle. Once inside he throws everything but his weapons into a corner and begins inspecting the inside of the shuttle.

As a matter of reflex he begins plotting possible bording points and mappind defensive positions.

'You guys comming...shes not much but i have been shipped in worse'

[Clink]

Wood clambers into the craft, takes a seat and begins preping her rifle, keeping herself busy while waiting to embark.

[Naryzhud]

As you settle your stuff on board, Narth clambers into the cockpit and starts prepping for launch. The passenger area could probably hold around 50 people so you're rattling around in it a bit, but it means you all have plenty of room.

You strap yourselves in to whichever seat you happen to have picked as the engines rumble to life and pretty soon you taxi down the short strip to the launch bay and drop out into space.

The flight is about a couple of hours in when the main communicator starts buzzing.

Janus's face appears on the console and he looks around at you all. "While you're headed in to Cor Leonis, I have a little task to start you off. We need you to pick someone up for questioning. His name is James DiBenedetto and he may be reluctant to come with you. You are to deliver him to the ship I will have waiting for you in orbit above Leonis Prime in 3 days time. He is a minor crime boss so you may have to eliminate some guards, and he was last seen on Leonis Tertius. Don't disappoint me."

Before you have a chance to respond the screen flickers and turns off.

A couple seconds later it comes back to life only this time it is Narth grinning at you from the screen. "Almost in system now, where do you want me to drop y'all?"

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Wood complains, "Does he have to be so vague..."

To the pilot, "Put us down in the largest population centre on Leonis Tertius. Any idea what the planet's like?"

She then turns to her two companions, "Seems like as good a place as any to start searching for this lowlife."

[Hendy360]

Wrax looks back at Wood. 'his vaugeness is all part of his 'look how damn scary the inquisition is' thing!'

'The major population center is a good bet, having said that once, back in the gard we did a boarding action on a ship running guns to feed a chaos cult. Turns out the guy who was running the opperation was doing it from a small shack on a jungle moon.' Wrax chuckles at the memory. 'Good times.'

Wrax seems to let the memory slip and adresses the group. ' Ok...if were going in soon it would be real nice to know what we all can do, least then we will be killing of the same hymn sheet... Ill start...As u will have guessed my name is Wrax, im ex gaurd and a combat specialist, im basicaly here to keep u guys alive if it kicks off. Thats basicaly it. Whos next'

Wrax looks between the other two in the cabin.

[Clink]

'Seems more like an unhelpful git thing'

She pauses thinking about how best to sum herself up.

"My name is Lolita Hardwood, Wood to you or anyone else, got that."
She stares hard at the two of them.
"I'm an assassin specialising in ranged weapons, I'll be your cover and if needs be will nutralise threats before they even know we're there, still i'm pretty appept with a mono blade if things get too close. Outside of combat I trust no one, everyone has their own agenda my only concern is how this affects the mission."
She ***** her unloaded weapon to check the mechanism then waits to hear what the psyker will bring to the table.

ooc: why the hell can't i c0ck my weapon, stupid language filter

[Kelephon]

"I'm Wolfe, I can heal people, and I can shoot straight. Also If I spend a couple of hours applying my psychic imprint to an object, I can instantly summon it to myself, which could be useful."

Wolfe looks around nervously.

"You should also know that I'm a bit of a coward to be honest, I'm fairly useless in close combat, and being void born doesn't leave you with the toughest of constitutions. I also don't like needles. Oh, and don't make fun of me being bald, you're likely to get a nosebleed, can't be helped"

[Naryzhud]

As you all introduce yourselves you can see the planet growing beneath you. It being night time the ground is covered in millions of tiny pinpricks of light from the billions of windows below you. Its hard to tell if there's more of them below or stars above.

Floating down, Narth pulls up suddenly and you land in a hangar in the middle of a busy starport.

As the engines wind down the fore hatch slides open and Narth strides through grinning at you. "Right folks, this is where I leave y'all, and if you need me i'll be right here. You can reach me on my radio but I ain't picking you up if it's too hot, that's above my pay grade i'm afraid." He shrugs apologetically.

"Anyhow, welcome to Manthis, the main spaceport on Leonis Tertius. I hear good things about the sewack races here so I may have to check them out. Laters!" With that he strolls down the ramp and out into the bustle of the starport.

Outside you can see about a hundred shuttles similar to yours berthed in this hangar, with more flying in and out all the time. To your right you can see a seedy looking bar and next to it the exit into the city proper.

[Kelephon]

"Well, seedy bars are usually good for info, especially ones in spaceports. Also good for gettting your head thoroughly kicked in, but still could be worth a look."

Also Carter

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Do i assume that having my ability to summon objects to myself, I will have already spent the required time doing so to my pistol, or will I still have to do that at some point.

[Naryzhud]

Wolfe

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Tell me now what you want to have already done this for, max 3 objects that you own.