Rogue Trader - The Frozen Reaches (OoC)

[Maugan Ra]

A quick scan reveals that the Aegis, the Navy ship under Captain Locke, has it's weapons at just a hair under fully active. Experience with Naval efficiency tells you her ship could probably be moving and fighting inside, oh, a minute.

It's the equivalent of keeping one's hand on the hilt of a sword. Probably rude, as far as the locals are concerned, but... Imperial Navy.

[Lucretia]

I'm confused about why a pseudo-Imperial colony would have an Imperial Navy Light Cruiser in orbit.

Not confused as in 'how dare you!' Perhaps intrigued is the proper term. What's she doin' here! That's the question.

[Baveboi]

The navy will always be jumpy and trigger-happy. There was even an incident were a Rogue Trader, returning from a successful forage around the edges of known space, returned to find himself at point range of an entire fleet. Arguments were made that could not be taken back and disaster fell that poor person, all for a misunderstanding.

Better not to give them cause, I say.

Originally Posted by Lucretia

What's she doin' here! That's the question.

Let's find out!

[Maugan Ra]

Indeed. Technically, as Damaris doesn't pay taxes yet, it isn't entitled to Navy protection as more than a passing courtesy to fellow humans. However, the Navy traditionally gives it's captains a significant degree of latitude in performing their duties, especially for something like the Aegis, which is a long-range patrol and interception ship.

Locke will, naturally, be at the Council. As will most of the important captains and generals.

[Lucretia]

The biggest issue would be destroying the battlestation. That would be difficult, but we could devote a four-macrocannon broadside to it, while attacking the light cruiser with the other (presuming we're 'in between' them). Then a quick vox to try and buy out the other Rogue Traders through whatever they're interested in, perhaps a share of Damaris' glory, and then bob's your uncle. If there's no information being shared, we could lie to the RTs and say that there was some terrible insult from the battlestation first.

Naturally this would require that we not be in the midst of an orkish invasion, but still.

EDIT: Don't forget to add our Detection to your Active Augury attempts. Generally we'll have Sigma use Aid the Machine Spirit to up our detection, and in the same round, have Victris make his attempt. Should maximize our efforts.

[Winthrow]

The Dice-gods were not favourable, if cgrela was assisting I think he'll need 3 DoS on his tech-use test.

[Lucretia]

And I would have given you exceptional leader for a +10, but saying that now makes it seem like it isn't what I would have been doing in the first place.

[Winthrow]

Originally Posted by Lucretia

And I would have given you exceptional leader for a +10, but saying that now makes it seem like it isn't what I would have been doing in the first place.

well, you did order me to run the scans at their best the moment we came through earlier, probably shouldn't have jumped the gun and posted to quickly but waiting for another player before posting can mean a very long wait. Don't even know if cgrela "assisting" after the roll is kosher.

[Lucretia]

Totally understandable. But feel free to ask before you commit to the [roll]s.

[Winthrow]

asking IC?

"'Captain... the void is so... very very big. Could you offer some moral support? or a hand to hold?' Victris asks with a tremor in his voice."

[Lucretia]

In the OOC, silly.

[Baveboi]

Hehe I hope you know, Henry, that the blindness and fried-out white orbs for eyes that Carlyle has are actually a gift from a meeting with the Emperor himself, and not really a mutation.

[Henry the 57th]

Originally Posted by Baveboi

Hehe I hope you know, Henry, that the blindness and fried-out white orbs for eyes that Carlyle has are actually a gift from a meeting with the Emperor himself, and not really a mutation.

It's more the fact that he's a psyker that creeps Luff out. Witches are, after all, to be abhorred in the Imperial Creed, and are rarely fully trusted by the most tolerant of men at the best of times. And Luff is not the most tolerant of men, at least towards mutants.

The eyes just remind him of it all the time. He'd like them covered so he can think about it less.

[Baveboi]

As it should be. Very well, as even the lady-captain insists, I shall cover it.

[Winthrow]

Cue the "blind" seer.

Blindfold - check
Staff - check
Mysterious aura - check
Spouting half-insane predictions - check
Prophecy of planetary doom - Forthcoming.

[Lucretia]

Don't worry, Smarx the helpful rating will have a sandwich board with 'WHO TOUCHED SASHA?' and 'THE END IS SPY' printed on them.

[Henry the 57th]

Originally Posted by Lucretia

Don't worry, Smarx the helpful rating will have a sandwich board with 'WHO TOUCHED SASHA?' and 'THE END IS SPY' printed on them.

I don't get it.

[Lucretia]

A sandwich board is a pair of boards connected by two straps, which can be worn over the torso to promote or spread a simple message.

In the popular online multiplayer first-person shooter Team Fortress 2, there is a character (named Heavy) who loves sandwiches. His extremely large weapon is nicknamed Sasha, and one of the statements associated with him is 'who touched Sasha?!'

In addition, a different character (named Spy) is capable of disguising himself as other classes. When he backstabs one of your team mates, you can declare "that X is a spy!" Or, should the spy impersonate a spy, you might say "that spy is not OUR spy!"

This becomes a pun with the popular sandwich board message of 'the end is nigh,' which indicates that the apocalypse approaches.

Seen here.

[Henry the 57th]

Ah. Thank you.

[Lucretia]

Of course. I'm happy to help!

[Baveboi]

The end of the world in 2012 was canceled here in brazil so I don't have to deal with that **** anymore. Apparently, as a 3rd world country, we don't have the budget for such a gaudy event.

[Winthrow]

That will have to be some staff car if it is to fit Luff and his wide... hips.

[Maugan Ra]

They attached a trailer to the back, for the Enforcer to ride in

(Really, it's as big as it needs to be for the sake of plot).

[cgrela]

...I should really quit sleeping. See how much I miss?

[Henry the 57th]

Originally Posted by cgrela

...I should really quit sleeping. See how much I miss?

Sleeping is for the weak! Like sanity.

[Winthrow]

I've felt much the same thing, time seems to move in bursts as all of a sudden you return to half a page of new posts. If I couldn't check in from work (this week) I'd be far behind already. The high pace is really fun at times though, so it's tricky.

[Henry the 57th]

How exactly are space mines supposed to work? I mean, space is huge, and anyone remotely competent could just fly up and over them.

[Donan]

If they see them. And Orks aren't too competent when you get right down to it.

There's also Ulrich's suggestion to draw them right into the minefield.

[Henry the 57th]

If we can actually draw them so easily, then we should lure out the biggest ship (obviously the Warboss') and kill it. If we could do that, we might well stop the invasion before it begins.

[Lucretia]

Personally, I think we should go to the meeting and talk to these people. Running preemptive strikes, attempting to blanket any swath of space with macrobatteries (or, in our case, macrolasers), all of these are things we can discuss in the Council itself.

That said, I am in favor of preemptive strikes. Not in the asteroid belt itself, that's folly. But if they move out of the belt, I'd really like to know well before they get within 18VU of us.

That is, after all, the maximum range for our las-broadsides.