Beyond the Grace of the Emperor

[Knives91]

Stig, after *gifting* himself three of the parachutes, moves over to Wormwood, lasgun still held in hand, but no longer with finger on trigger.

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Stig will never turn down free useful stuff. Parachutes are definitely useful.

[Zen Master]

We all in the same room?

By Stigs instruction, you all hid in Storage D - where the spiders were. The plan made sense to me, so I didn't question it overmuch =)

Wormwood struggles to get up, still woozy from his mental malfunction.

"I th-think we're g-good," he says after the elevator leaves. He walks over to the open sarcophogi. "Wh-what's th-this?"

@Acromos

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I know Wall Walk is on, but after the 10 turn limit comes up for sustaining powers, I'mma just let it go. Fat lot of good it did.

As noted, there are four sarcophagi. One is open and empty, clean of whatever horribly viscous fluids it would have contained. Numerous tubes - one can only horribly imagine the orifices they whould have connected to - fill the cradle, which itself is clearly manshaped.

You look from the open one to the next one over. Inside you see a very large human male. With a half-mask covering the lower part of his face, you only take note of the low brow and beetling eyes - however, staring for a moment at this, you figure: This could be Big Lug. Checking the remaining two caskets, you find yey another two Big Lugs. However, upon closer inspection, these guys are slight variations over the theme - Big Lugs, but not quite identical to Big Lug.

[Leon]

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Ok i was unsure so i thought it best to check

Nixios will examine the pods

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Tech Use +10 (INT 40) (d100)[64]
Common Lore (Tech) (INT 40) (d100)[37]

[Astro_sol]

Wormwood points at the Big Lugs.

"Th-th-that c-can't be right. I k-k-killed him," he mumbles quietly. He raises his head and speaks up. "Th-these guys m-m-might have someth...thing to d-do with F-felicia and Antoun's d-deaths. And. Y-you know. Us."

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Well, huh. I'd love to blow these up, but that'd prolly get us spotted. I'd also like to cut their power. That would also get the ship's attention, most likely. So. What do?

[Zen Master]

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Ok i was unsure so i thought it best to check

Nixios will examine the pods

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Tech Use +10 (INT 40) [roll0]
Common Lore (Tech) (INT 40) [roll1]

Examination reveals:

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These are clearly some sort of cryo-devices. Highly interesting to you in light of your specialization in biomancy. The cryo-sarcaphogi themselves are known tech - though in an unusual configuration - however, the Big Lugs are an entirely different matter.

This is your first time up close with a specimen, and these guys are greatly enhanced. Bone structure and muscle tissue are clearly super human, the skin looks to be extremely tough, and if you had to guess, you go so far as to expect organ redundancy as well.

Furthermore, their genitals are clearly shrunken and most likely of no use for reproductive purposes.

On top of all their enhancements, you would guess at a much reduced intelligence.

All this, btw, from a failed tech use test, and a succesful common lore test.

Wormwood points at the Big Lugs.

"Th-th-that c-can't be right. I k-k-killed him," he mumbles quietly. He raises his head and speaks up. "Th-these guys m-m-might have someth...thing to d-do with F-felicia and Antoun's d-deaths. And. Y-you know. Us."

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Well, huh. I'd love to blow these up, but that'd prolly get us spotted. I'd also like to cut their power. That would also get the ship's attention, most likely. So. What do?

Wormwood:

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Felidae. The nice assasin-lady's name was Felidae.

[Astro_sol]

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[Knives91]

"As if one was not enough. Shoot 'em?"

There is no problem in the world that cannot be solved by proper application of bullets. At least as far as Stig is concerned.

[Astro_sol]

"As if one was not enough. Shoot 'em?"

Wormwood shook his head. "W-w-we c-could be d-det-tected..."

[Knives91]

Wormwood shook his head. "W-w-we c-could be d-det-tected..."

Looking at both Wormwood and Rho, Stig queries:
"Thoughts? Options?"

[Astro_sol]

Looking at both Wormwood and Rho, Stig queries:
"Thoughts? Options?"

Wormwood believes we should finding some place for Rho to hack would be best. That said, maybe we could overload these things and make it look like an accident,

[Zen Master]

"As if one was not enough. Shoot 'em?"

There is no problem in the world that cannot be solved by proper application of bullets. At least as far as Stig is concerned.

Wormwood shook his head. "W-w-we c-could be d-det-tected..."

Wormwood believes we should finding some place for Rho to hack would be best. That said, maybe we could overload these things and make it look like an accident,

The proper application of bullets could work - but these guys are frozen in their cryo tubes, and Delta-Rho can inform you that without a proper, controlled and assisted thaw, they are basically dead the instant the machines are turned off.

Whether turning them off will prompt some reaction from the captains lightshow in the cockpit is another matter - you really have no way of knowing.

As to detection, Delta already discharged a shotgun, and no one heard. Bulkheads (especially on military vessels) are thick, and sound doesn't travel far.

Now, the elevator shaft is entirely another matter.

[Astro_sol]

"Rho, w-we sh-should find where th-th-they st...store inform-m-m-m-m...info. W-we came to f-find evidence. M-maybe w-we should focus on th-the mission."

That being said, Wormwood enters a discussion with Rho on if there's any way possible to make these short circuit and kill the occupants, while making it look like an accident.

"If w-we play our c-c-card r-right, we c-can m-make them think th-th-this is all a p-problem with the elec...elec...electrical s-systems."

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Is there any test you could do to see if there's a way to make it look like a technical accident, Rho? I want these bastards dead 5 minutes ago.

[Knives91]

"Rho, w-we sh-should find where th-th-they st...store inform-m-m-m-m...info. W-we came to f-find evidence. M-maybe w-we should focus on th-the mission."

That being said, Wormwood enters a discussion with Rho on if there's any way possible to make these short circuit and kill the occupants, while making it look like an accident.

"If w-we play our c-c-card r-right, we c-can m-make them think th-th-this is all a p-problem with the elec...elec...electrical s-systems."

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Is there any test you could do to see if there's a way to make it look like a technical accident, Rho? I want these bastards dead 5 minutes ago.

"I have little knowledge in this area. I'll stand guard till you need me."

Stig moves around the room, searching through various boxes and seeing what is to be found.

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Don't know if there's anything to find, but I'll roll perception just in case. Need a 31 or lower.
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Nooooooooope.

[Leon]

+++I will see about it after i get a good log of them in my files+++

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Need to acquire a Pict recorder...

Do the cables from the pods lead to any particular terminal or port?

[Zen Master]

"I have little knowledge in this area. I'll stand guard till you need me."

Stig moves around the room, searching through various boxes and seeing what is to be found.

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Don't know if there's anything to find, but I'll roll perception just in case. Need a 31 or lower.
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Nooooooooope.

It's actually Stig's idle prodding about, looking for loot that isn't nailed down, that leads him to the wall socket, to which the cryo tubes are connected.

Being a reasonably practical sort of guy, he wonders: "Say - ya think we could simply yank out them sarco-thingies?"

+++I will see about it after i get a good log of them in my files+++

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Need to acquire a Pict recorder...

Do the cables from the pods lead to any particular terminal or port?

The cryo tubes appear to be self-contained and not connected to the shipboard data systems.

[Leon]

+++I cant see any links to the rest of the ship concerning data or systems aside from the power for cryo. Do it but let us be prepared in case there is a fail safe on the bridge+++

[Astro_sol]

Wormwood shrugs and moves to unplug the cryo thingies.

[Zen Master]

The lights on the control panels of the three active cryo sarcaphogi wink out, and the soft whirring of fans subsides. Nothing else happens.

Then ....!

Nothing continues to happen.

For reference, there are three more storage rooms, the engineering room, and a lift and stairs to the other decks of the ship.

[Astro_sol]

Wormwood is going to look through another storage area.

Before he leaves, he looks at the cryo tubes once more.

"If w-we plug th-th-them b-back in, will they rean-n-nimate? Th-the less evidence we l-l-leave that we've b-been here, the b-b-better."

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I don't remember where all the doors are, so I'll just randomly pick one.

[Leon]

+++They shouldn't but we can let them thaw for a little while until we are ready to if you want+++

[Zen Master]

Wormwood is going to look through another storage area.

Before he leaves, he looks at the cryo tubes once more.

"If w-we plug th-th-them b-back in, will they rean-n-nimate? Th-the less evidence we l-l-leave that we've b-been here, the b-b-better."

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I don't remember where all the doors are, so I'll just randomly pick one.

The corridor stretches the length of the ship, with Storage E (your point of entry) at one end, storage C and D (where you fought the spiders) closest to E. Then the elevator area, where the corridor also widens (to make space for lifting machinery for loading and off-loading), then Storage A and B at the opposite end of the corridor, and finally Engineering.

Unless you feel otherwise, I assume you enter Storage C?

[Astro_sol]

The corridor stretches the length of the ship, with Storage E (your point of entry) at one end, storage C and D (where you fought the spiders) closest to E. Then the elevator area, where the corridor also widens (to make space for lifting machinery for loading and off-loading), then Storage A and B at the opposite end of the corridor, and finally Engineering.

Unless you feel otherwise, I assume you enter Storage C?

C it is. Wormwood's gonna go for that. Knives says Stig will follow me, although I imagine he'd do that anyway.

[Zen Master]

Wormwood opens the door to Storage C. From the corridor, a cone of light falls into the dark room. Centeret in the light is a box with yellow markings and warning stickers.

The room is largely empty except for some sort of workbenches, various (possibly advanced) machinery, and against the far wall, four large, manshaped upright hulks.

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[Astro_sol]

Chucking a grenade at that box with warning labels on it. No more bloody spiders.

Wormwood also lets Rho know about complicated looking machinery and those slightly worrisome hulks.

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Rolling against BS, base is 42. I suppose I could also bother to aim, so +10 at least.

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[Knives91]

Seeing Wormwood tossing around high explosives like they were candy sets Stig a little on edge. He grabs the man and drags him from the doorway and closes the door.

And prays. Lots of praying for prevention of hull breaches.

[Leon]

Nixios will recouple the cryo cable before he leaves - +++Power failure it will be deemed as+++

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Reload Shotgun and move to join others in next room (need a Ironclaw)

[Zen Master]

Chucking a grenade at that box with warning labels on it. No more bloody spiders.

Wormwood also lets Rho know about complicated looking machinery and those slightly worrisome hulks.

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Rolling against BS, base is 42. I suppose I could also bother to aim, so +10 at least.

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Wormwood, full of un-fulfilled grenady urges, lobs a frag at the box. He sees to his satisfaction that it flies at a highly satisfying trajectory towards it's target, then ...

Seeing Wormwood tossing around high explosives like they were candy sets Stig a little on edge. He grabs the man and drags him from the doorway and closes the door.

And prays. Lots of praying for prevention of hull breaches.

... Stig grabs the smaller man by the shoulders and lifts him bodily from the doorway, closing it and leaning against it. 'Darn it Worms,' he growls, 'beyond those walls is nothing but the void!'

With a giant *CRUMPH!* the grenade goes off. No scream of escaping atmosphere is heard. However, grenades are MUCH louder than shotguns and lasguns.

Nixios will recouple the cryo cable before he leaves - +++Power failure it will be deemed as+++

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Reload Shotgun and move to join others in next room (need a Ironclaw)

Noted.

So ... should I expect you to inspect the resently derelicted room, and inform you what you detect?

[Leon]

+++What did you do!+++

[Astro_sol]

+++What did you do!+++

"F-f-found more sp-spiders. S-sent them t-t-to the Warp. Or w-wherever they g-g-go."

With that said, Wormwood lightly pries Stig off of him and returns to inspect the room.

Oh, Emperor, I hope the bulkheads held most of that sound.

[Zen Master]

"F-f-found more sp-spiders. S-sent them t-t-to the Warp. Or w-wherever they g-g-go."

With that said, Wormwood lightly pries Stig off of him and returns to inspect the room.

Oh, Emperor, I hope the bulkheads held most of that sound.

Ceiling mounted cranes are overhead - various appendages dangle from them, clearly intended not only for lifting. They are mounted with an array of tools, as if they should assemble or dismantle something.

Along the wall to your left are what appear to be four arcane pieces of machinery, upon each of which is mounted some sort of armored, square-ish block-thing. A symbol of some sort adorns each machine.

To your right are shelves with part - stuff you figure is hydraulics, armor plating, gears and other such tech-arcanery beyond your ken.

Along the last wall, opposite the doorway, are what you can only guess to be four huge suits of powered armor. Mentally sizing the suits up for the Big Lugs, you figure it would be a match.

In the center of the room are four platforms, upon which you imagine the Big Lugs would stand to be armored up.

To your right, beside the door through which you entered, are what you can only describe as really huge friggin shootas.

Wormwood:

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You were on a black ship. That is an arbites vessel, and you've seen stuff like this before. Or, similar, at least. What occurs to you, looking at this, is 'wow - this is kinda like the gear that the space marines uses ....'

Delta-Rho:

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Frankly, rather than feed you info, I'd like to hear your own thoughts on what you've found so far. Then I'll provide additional info as required.

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This could be Stig's worst nightmare. Power armor! Bolters! Huge stacks of ammo!

And all of it sizes bigger than anything he could ever hope to use himself. Inside, he despairingly wails 'WHY, EMPRAH, WHY-YYYY!?!?!'

=)