[20:31] <@BradGM> ++++++++Begin Transmission++++++++
[20:31] <@BradGM> +++ Blood Dealings: Blood Dealings: Partners+++
[20:31] <@BradGM> +++Thought of the Day:If a Job is Worth Doing, Then it is Worth Dying For.+++
[20:31] <@BradGM> +++Location: Second floor of Bourfin’s Country Estate, Maxwell, Sisk+++
[20:31] <@BradGM> +++0042Hours- Maxwell Time+++
[20:31] <@BradGM> +++ A quick grenade from the Heretic allowed him to expose both Halo and Mira form their respective cover. A quick firefight left the ganger down for the count and Gallus escaping via a window, only to be seen climbing toward the roof.
[20:31] <@BradGM> Mira followed behind while Grendel and Lazerus ran for the ground access. With both assassins meeting on the roof, the outmatched acolyte did at least manage to learn a valuable piece of information before being knock unconscious; her former mercenary master was now serving under an unknown master.
[20:31] <@BradGM> Grendel showed up in a nick of time to save the situation, shooting Gallus in the back a couple of times, which send the man plunging over the edge. Lazerus stayed to observe the now burning village while the Tech-Priest and Mira went to see Gallus’ body, which was shown to be some type of machined man, which could emulate human vital signs and bioenergy signatures.
[20:31] <@BradGM> The Acolytes decided to get Inquisitor Jex, who slowly made his way upstairs, supported by Captain Rothers. Leaving Mira down with “Gallus”, Jex and Grendel went upstairs to gather the weakened and bruised man’s things, including an oddly shaped pistol weapon one of the pupils had.
[20:31] <@BradGM> Halo unfortunately, did not survive the medical treatment.+++
[20:31] <@BradGM> ++++++++End Transmission++++++++
[20:33] <@Grendel> ((Grendel with the kill shot!))
[20:33] <@Grendel> ((On both Gallus and Halo :) ))
[20:33] <+Mira_Atella> (( I think he stabbed her to death :P ))
[20:33] <+Mira_Atella> (( Totally by accident, I'm sure *cough* ))
[20:34] * +Mira_Atella glances around the room as she waits for the others, putting her eyes back to the "body" once in a while.
[20:35] <@BradGM> Grendel, Jex seems suddenly taken form a moment of weakness, buty manages to stand up still.
[20:35] <@BradGM> Jex "Grendel, I might obliged some medical attention."
[20:36] * @Grendel nods and moves over, storing data on the Inquisitor's weaponry as his mechadendrite goes to work.
[20:37] <@BradGM> Roll it
[20:37] <@BradGM> ((DON'T fail it))
[20:37] <@BradGM> ((freindly advice))
[20:37] <@Grendel> "We will need to seize transportation to remove ourselves. The orks may still be numerous."
[20:37] <@Grendel> !dhroll 63
[20:37] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 95 Failure by 3 degrees!
[20:38] <@Grendel> ((Fate...))
[20:38] <+Mira_Atella> (( rofl ))
[20:38] <@Grendel> !dhroll 63
[20:38] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 18 Success by 4 degrees!
[20:38] <@Grendel> ((not bad. First roll of hte game, and I'm out of Fate :) ))
[20:38] <+Mira_Atella> (( At least you didn't kill Jex! ))
[20:39] <@Grendel> ((I thought about it))
[20:40] <+Mira_Atella> (( I figured that Halo was on purpose to tie up loose ends ;) ))
[20:41] * @Grendel works on the Inquisitor as he reviews what he's gleamed from the falseman.
[20:41] <@BradGM> ((damn BRB))
[20:46] <@BradGM> Grendel, Jex's wounds are mostly the resutls of tireness and stress on the body caused by drugs, lack of food, cleaning, sleep. There is also the classical signs of physical beatings, but they are rather rare to have been used with regularity.
[20:46] * @Grendel does what he can, patching the man up. "Your mission here?"
[20:49] <@BradGM> Jex "Rather a failed one. Thought it appears we have taken care of Gallus and his henchmen, with the help of your hired Xenos. Unfortunate that the presence of those Orks will accelerate the take of power of the Duke of Maxwell when they'll attack."
[20:50] <@Grendel> ((Say that line again?))
[20:51] <@Grendel> ((the take of power BY the Duke of Maxwell?))
[20:51] <@BradGM> ((yes, by))
[20:51] <@Grendel> "The body below is not Gallus, it is a servitor of some type."
[20:52] <@BradGM> Jex "A Servitor you say? Intresting.We must bring it with us."
[20:53] <@Grendel> "Of course, it must be studied by the Mechanicum. I felt it necessary to tell you that Gallus may not have been taken care of, but a simulacrum."
[20:54] <@BradGM> Jex "As this is a matter for the Inquisition, we shall study it ourselves, Grendel. In the meanwhile, if those orks ahave transportation, we must acquire it, or get them to docilly work for us.""
[20:55] * +Mira_Atella kneels down and looks at the belt a bit more that seems to be holding the machine up. "This could come in handy, no more falling off buildings when the babbling priest needs help.."
[20:56] <@BradGM> Mira, the belt seems to be a one-piece thing, cleary non-Imperial.
[20:57] <@Grendel> "Technology is the purview of the Adeptus Mechanicum."
[20:57] * +Mira_Atella looks towards the stairs where the others went.
[20:57] * @Grendel begins to head downstairs once Jex has everything in hand.
[20:58] <@BradGM> Jex "Yes, and we have more than a few Tech-Priests under our wing."
[20:59] <@BradGM> Jex "Wait, take the cog engine form the holo-pict"
[21:00] <@BradGM> Jex "We may yet extract information form it."
[21:00] <@BradGM> ((or have you already did that?))
[21:00] <@Grendel> ((don't think so, it wsan't part of our search results it seems))
[21:00] * @Grendel pauses and moves over to the holo-pict, reciting the proper litanies as he removes the cog engine.
[21:01] <@BradGM> roll tech-use
[21:03] <@Grendel> ((combi tool bonus?))
[21:03] <@Grendel> !dhroll 83
[21:03] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 5 Success by 7 degrees!
[21:03] <@BradGM> (9yes))
[21:04] <@BradGM> You remove the cog engine from the holo pict with minimal waste of time
[21:05] * @Grendel cradles the engine as he moves away, heading downstairs.
[21:06] <@BradGM> !dhroll 52
[21:06] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 53 Failure by 0 degrees!
[21:06] <@BradGM> !dhroll 52
[21:06] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 24 Success by 2 degrees!
[21:07] <@BradGM> Grendel and Jex returns to Mira and the floating body of Gallus.
[21:07] * +Mira_Atella stands back up from the body.
[21:07] <@BradGM> Grendle now has a rather large, filled backpack
[21:09] * @Grendel hooks the body and begins to drag it along as he pokes his optical mechadendrite out through the door, looking for targets or orks.
[21:09] <@BradGM> ((Speaking of, I,ll get you a complete listing of what you got and the stat this wekeend))
[21:09] <+Mira_Atella> "Hold on.. if it isn't too damaged, couldn't you or Rothers control it and walk us out of here without any issues?"
[21:11] <@BradGM> ((not really since you don't know what it is))
[21:12] <@Grendel> "The falseman? No."
[21:13] <+Mira_Atella> "Alright, well our best bet is to get the attention of..." Tries to think of the Ork's name. "The ork leader that went in ahead of us."
[21:13] <@BradGM> ((gorkok))
[21:14] <+Mira_Atella> (( yeah, that one ))
[21:15] * @Grendel peers around, looking for any of the orks, also checking to see how the fighting is going.
[21:16] <@BradGM> Roll awanress, visual, -10 becasue of the numerous fires
[21:16] * +Mira_Atella looks at the Gallus-bot, "Maybe maneuver him to be sort of standing? Dragging him along could get negative attention from any of the men here."
[21:17] <@Grendel> !perc 40
[21:17] <@Grendel> !dhroll 40
[21:17] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 3 Success by 3 degrees!
[21:19] <@BradGM> Grendle, it appears waht whatever men are around, are you guys. You can see there is half a dozen kommandos still alive, with the trukk crew dead at the wheel/shoota. Gorkok is missing his rihgt elg under the knee and is lying down, lenaing on a pile of dead carapace hjumans...cont
[21:21] <@BradGM> Another large Ork, Guzin you recall, is standing tall over Gorkok, apparently talking and suchlike.
[21:21] <@BradGM> A few Gretchins are also obersving the scene, more or less intrested about it. The half dozen Kommandos are busy piling up the loot, half paying attnetion to the talk.
[21:22] <@Grendel> ((does it look like we could get to the Trukk safely?))
[21:23] <@Grendel> "It seems the orks survived. Gretchen and half a dozen orks."
[21:24] <@BradGM> ((with a few tricky psots, yeah Grendel))
[21:24] <@Grendel> "We can try, but I am not sure we will be able to reach their vehicle safely."
[21:24] <+Mira_Atella> "And you were against my turning them to our side.. Your ideals would have seen us dead. But don't worry, I don't hold it against you." She gives somewhat of a smile.
[21:25] <@BradGM> Lazerus @@Judging by the way the discussion is going, I think we have be seeing a takeovcer.@@
[21:25] <@BradGM> Roll Forb. lore (Xeno) -10!
[21:25] <@BradGM> ((sorry, straight skill))
[21:25] <@BradGM> ((no -10))
[21:26] <@Grendel> ((Don't look at me. I don't trukk with the xenos :) ))
[21:26] <+Mira_Atella> (( I still have my fatigue.. lovely ))
[21:26] <@BradGM> ((so a -10))
[21:26] <+Mira_Atella> !dhroll 25 xeno lore
[21:26] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 5 Success by 2 degrees!
[21:28] <+Mira_Atella> (( The bot is taking pity on us for the last day of this section ))
[21:28] <@BradGM> From what you remember of your Xeno classes, when a Ork Boss shows a sign of weakness, the second largest, meanest Ork generally kills him and take over the mob. And of course, all previousl deals the ols Boss did are void. Like the one you guys ahve with Gorkok.
[21:28] <@BradGM> ((hahaha yeah he's pretty nice tonight))
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[21:30] <+Mira_Atella> "We need to go another way. Our deal with Gorkok is about to become a non-point."
[21:33] <@BradGM> Lazerus @@We could alwyas intervene.@@
[21:33] * @Grendel glances at Mira to see if she's in any condition to intervene with orks.
[21:34] <@BradGM> ((not really, but if you act qukck enough and get Guzin down quick, Gorkok could always keep,em in check))
[21:34] <+Mira_Atella> (( -2 wounds and 5 fatigue heh ))
[21:34] <+Mira_Atella> "If Gorkok dies, we're on our own."
[21:34] * @Grendel looks over Mira. "Perhaps you should remain behind for now?"
[21:35] <@BradGM> ((well, you are at 1 afatigue, since you are concisou))
[21:35] * +Mira_Atella nods "Leave the.. body.. with me."
[21:35] <+Mira_Atella> (( She's going to hop on it like a broom and fly off! ))
[21:35] <+Mira_Atella> (( k ))
[21:35] <@BradGM> ((haha, bekilled!))
[21:36] <@BradGM> ((since bewitched is heresy))
[21:36] <+Mira_Atella> (( So is working with Xenos, I'd imagine lol ))
[21:36] * @Grendel leaves the corpse with Mira and strides forward, assuming the rest will come with him.
[21:38] <@BradGM> You advance toward the burning village, trying ot make the large turn around to evade the Greenskins. roll silent move+20
[21:39] <+Mira_Atella> (( Where is Laz, btw, if he's using the comm? ))
[21:39] <@Grendel> !dhroll 46
[21:39] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 36 Success by 1 degree!
[21:39] <@BradGM> ((he was on the roof, but he's coming back to you guys))
[21:39] <+Mira_Atella> (( ah ))
[21:40] <@BradGM> ((you can roll silent mvoe as well Mira))
[21:41] <+Mira_Atella> (( Er.. she's not moving though? lol ))
[21:42] <+Mira_Atella> (( but okie dokie ))
[21:42] <+Mira_Atella> !dhroll 54
[21:42] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 89 Failure by 3 degrees!
[21:42] <@BradGM> (9ah ok I tohught you were follwing Grendle Jex and co))
[21:42] <@BradGM> ((in that case forget it))
[21:42] <+Mira_Atella> (( nah, they left the body with her ))
[21:43] <@BradGM> Grendel, you and Jex passes behind a couple of orks busy looting the dead Enoulians.
[21:44] * @Grendel keeps moving, his lasgun at his side for now, not wanting to provoke any orks that see them.
[21:46] <@BradGM> Roll conceal Grendel
[21:47] <@Grendel> !dhroll 6
[21:47] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 36 Failure by 3 degrees!
[21:48] <@BradGM> ((fate?))
[21:48] <+Mira_Atella> (( lol ))
[21:48] <@Grendel> ((spent it not killing Jex))
[21:49] <@BradGM> ((ah, a noble way to spend it))
[21:49] <@BradGM> !dhroll 28
[21:49] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 77 Failure by 4 degrees!
[21:49] <@BradGM> !dhroll 34
[21:49] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 53 Failure by 1 degree!
[21:49] <@BradGM> !dhroll 38
[21:49] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 98 Failure by 6 degrees!
[21:49] <@BradGM> !dhroll 37
[21:49] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 4 Success by 3 degrees!
[21:49] <+Mira_Atella> @@ Lazerus.. if you're not too close, you might want to spot for them, possibly snipe? @@
[21:51] <@BradGM> You pass alongside the action, where Guzin is busy venting out to the down Gorkok, who appears more bored/sleepy/mad at his predicament. As you pass, you inexplicably make eye contact with the Nob's beady red eyes. as you flip around near the burning shack.
[21:51] <@BradGM> Laz @@I can arrange that.@@
[21:51] <@BradGM> !dhroll 100
[21:51] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 76 Success by 2 degrees!
[21:51] <@BradGM> Jex, whispering "I believe your friedn saw you back there."
[21:51] <+Mira_Atella> @@ Alright, if Gorkok dies, we may not have the orks on our side anymore @@
[21:52] * @Grendel continues on.
[21:53] <@BradGM> Laz @@I hear you.@@
[21:53] <@BradGM> Grendle, another silent move before you cna reach the truck, +10 this time
[21:54] <@Grendel> !dhroll 36
[21:54] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 24 Success by 1 degree!
[21:55] <@BradGM> you reach the trukk wihtout ahving borught any dangerous attention to you
[21:56] <@BradGM> Laz @@THey have reached the Trukk.@@
[21:57] * @Grendel looks over the Trukk, examining it, as he keeps another eye on the conflict between the two orks.
[21:58] <@BradGM> You attempts to understand how a string and 2 levers can make a trukk move. Roll Tech-Use -50
[21:58] <@Grendel> !dhroll 23
[21:58] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 95 Failure by 7 degrees!
[21:58] <@Grendel> ((heh))
[21:58] <+Mira_Atella> @@ I don't know, what do you guys think? Take out Guzin just to be on the safe side? @@
[21:59] <@Grendel> @@That may be useful, this ork..contraption is incomprehensible without being studied.@@
[22:00] <+Mira_Atella> @@ Your shot if you can take it, Lazerus @@
[22:01] <@BradGM> 1d10
[22:01] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 1
[22:01] <@BradGM> 1d10
[22:01] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 3
[22:02] <@BradGM> You see a hafl second las line appear in your visual pectrum. Grendle, you can hear the tell tale signs of a cranius cracking from being cooked in its own juice.
[22:02] * Seether (~Seether@191.sub-70-192-197.myvzw.com) Quit (Ping timeout)
[22:03] * @Grendel moves away from the trukk, heading towards Gorkok. "We had a deal."
[22:04] <@BradGM> Gorkok is trying to get up, using a couple of Gretchins as support. "Whu?"
[22:04] <@BradGM> Ork1 "Iza 'notha 'umire!"
[22:04] <@BradGM> Ork2 "Shoot'im!"
[22:04] <@BradGM> !dhroll 39
[22:04] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 76 Failure by 3 degrees!
[22:04] <@BradGM> !dhroll 39
[22:04] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 16 Success by 2 degrees!
[22:05] <@BradGM> 2 orks suddenly open up on you Grendel as you appear out of nowhere for htem. roll dodge!"
[22:05] <+Mira_Atella> @@ What's.. what are you doing? @@
[22:06] <@Grendel> !dhroll 21
[22:06] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 46 Failure by 2 degrees!
[22:06] <@BradGM> 1d10+3
[22:06] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 11:8+3
[22:06] <@BradGM> ((pen 0))
[22:07] <@BradGM> Gorkok "Oi! Quit da shootin'! I'z da fast'un see? Took care o dat Git Guzin too."
[22:08] * @Grendel grunts as the ork rounds impact, but looks more annoyed than anything else (2 damage. 20 of 22))
[22:08] <@BradGM> The 2 Orks looks at you deeply Grendel, before being struck by the concept of a tohught
[22:08] <@BradGM> Ork "Oh yeah, dat 'un."
[22:08] * +Mira_Atella grumbles about not being able to do anything at the moment.
[22:09] <@BradGM> ork2 "I knew iz' wuz 'him, I'z just so fasty I'z think it wuz one o' dem deamon boyz."
[22:09] <@BradGM> Gorkok "Shud'up a get da loot!"
[22:09] <@BradGM> The ork muster back into looting the bodies.
[22:09] <@Grendel> "We require transportation back."
[22:10] <@BradGM> Gorkok "Yeah gimme a moment 'ere...Oi Gob! get Guzin's leg, he'z won't be needin' it." *one of the Gretchin goes to the decapitaded body of Guzin and takes out a serraded knife and beigns cutting the leg under the knee
[22:11] <@BradGM> Gorkok "So, right..back 'were?"
[22:11] * @Grendel glances towards Jex. "Back where we came from for now."
[22:12] <@BradGM> Gorkok also tries to look what you are looking at "oi, who's dat'un?"
[22:12] <@BradGM> Gorkok "Dis ain't Zakaris."
[22:13] <@Grendel> "Ilrelevant."
[22:13] <@BradGM> Gorkok "So he'z ain't comin?"
[22:13] <@BradGM> Laz @@Mira, it appears the situation is safe enough for us to join them.@@
[22:13] <@Grendel> "No."
[22:13] <+Mira_Atella> @@ We have the problem of the Watch Captain, keep that in mind. If he's convinced anyone that we're at fault for any of this, going back could be more difficult @@
[22:14] <@BradGM> ((Watch Captain's dead.))
[22:14] <@BradGM> Gorkok "...So, I'z can shoot him?"
[22:14] <+Mira_Atella> (( er.. did we know that? ))
[22:14] <@Grendel> "If he were alive."
[22:14] <@BradGM> Gorkok "He'z alive, he'z right 'ere!" *He points at Jex.*
[22:15] <@Grendel> ((yeah, remember, they killed them, then disguised themselves as him?))
[22:15] * +Mira_Atella pulls the body by the device and drags it out of the house towards the others.
[22:15] * @Grendel glances at Jex, trying to follow the ork's logic.
[22:15] <+Mira_Atella> (( Yeah.. but the disguised one.. ))
[22:15] <@BradGM> ((Well, that Zakaris guy was dressed as him, just that you forgot to double check that body back at the Duke's castle))
[22:15] <+Mira_Atella> (( We only told a few of the watch that he wasn't him.. he could have convinced them otherwise ))
[22:15] <+Mira_Atella> (( ah.. okay.. it's been a while heh ))
[22:15] <@Grendel> "Zakaris is not coming. You may shoot Zakaris if you wish. This one is coming with us instead."
[22:15] <@BradGM> Jex "I am not this..Zakaris you speak of, but I am going wiht you, Greenskin. perhaps you have ehard of us, Inquisitors!"
[22:16] <@BradGM> !dhroll 39
[22:16] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 45 Failure by 0 degrees!
[22:16] <@BradGM> Gorkok "No, all 'umies' are da same after a while."
[22:17] <@BradGM> Jex appears to be vexed by this. "No matter! We are leaving as soon as we can."
[22:17] * +Mira_Atella approaches them, "Gorkok.. This should make you happy. The man that was to betray you, dead. I think that was our agreement."
[22:17] * +Mira_Atella stops, breathing a bit heavy, the body floating in her grasp.
[22:18] <@BradGM> Gorkok "No, 'dere wuz da matter o, da loot too. I'z ain't leaving without loot."
[22:18] <+Mira_Atella> "Of course."
[22:19] <@BradGM> THe gretchin who was cutting gozin's leg is now busy crudely swoing it on Gorkok's still bleeding half leg.
[22:19] <@BradGM> Gorkok "Right, so wait in da trukk, we'z gettin' whut we came for."
[22:20] * @Grendel moves towards the trukk, examining the ork that shot him.
[22:21] <@BradGM> He's busy looting the carapce armour off an elite trooper.
[22:21] * +Mira_Atella leans close to Jex and lowers her voice, "While not the most accute of allies, I believe they'll do as we ask for the time being. They sacrificed a lot more than we did in this, as long as we let them take their... loot, for now." Grabs hold of the body again and moves towards the vehicle.
[22:21] <@BradGM> You can always roll search to see fi you happen near something intresting
[22:22] * +Mira_Atella looks around as they close the distance to the vehicle.
[22:22] <+Mira_Atella> (( might as well ))
[22:22] <+Mira_Atella> !dhroll 49
[22:22] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 84 Failure by 3 degrees!
[22:22] <@BradGM> Jex "I care little for thier sacrifice, as long as we can keep using them without trouble, we might as well. Besides we are not in a situation where our options are numerous."
[22:22] <@Grendel> !dhroll 50
[22:22] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 27 Success by 2 degrees!
[22:24] <@BradGM> Grendel, as you return to the trukk, you pass near an elite trooper, carapce armour and all, with a hellgun/hellpistol attached to a backpack and a chainsword, knife and a couple of frags at the belt.
[22:24] <@BradGM> Jex "Unfortunate for Sister Elana. Thought I must admire her newfound dedication to covert operations, I barely recognized her the way she his."
[22:24] <@BradGM> ((*his=is))
[22:25] * +Mira_Atella climbs in to the trukk, putting the body across the seat and then sitting on it.
[22:25] <@BradGM> Grendel, the orks have yet to reach this part of the village to loot.
[22:25] * @Grendel leans over and procurs the weaponry, debating the armor. "Sister Elena is not here."
[22:25] * +Mira_Atella peers oddly at Jex. "Sir?"
[22:27] <@BradGM> Jex "Were she not the woman dead on the second floor, having undergo facial reconstruction to better undergo her service in His inquisiton?"
[22:27] <+Mira_Atella> "No, that was an underworld contact we made here who was assisting us."
[22:27] <@BradGM> Jex "You mean a...hired hand?"
[22:27] <+Mira_Atella> "The Sister was injured in Arnhut and is in the care of the temple there."
[22:28] <+Mira_Atella> "Yes. She knew the area and we needed information that we didn't have the knowledge to obtain."
[22:29] <@Grendel> "She did not know the truth of our search however." He scavanges the gun and the armor, loading it into the truck, searching for makers marks.
[22:29] <+Mira_Atella> "She was quite useful, but her end isn't a tragedy. She'd have turned on us if the price were right, without a second thought."
[22:31] <@BradGM> Jex "Injured, you say. Hmm. Unfortunate. At least you were smart on the way you handle the hired help."
[22:31] <@Grendel> "The assassins that greeted us on this planet are dead as well."
[22:31] <@Grendel> ((br))
[22:31] <@Grendel> ((brb as well))
[22:32] <+Mira_Atella> "They were under the employ of.. Gallus, as well. This servitor may have been placed here after we encountered him there. We aren't sure."
[22:34] <+Mira_Atella> "It took me a while to realize who he was as his voice and features were masked. He had hired some others to abduct me for some other purpose that didn't have to do with Maxwell."
[22:34] <+Mira_Atella> "I have a feeling you might know more about that, when you're feeling more well."
[22:34] <@Grendel> ((Back))
[22:37] <@BradGM> Jex "There was a holo-pict up-stairs if you'd cared to noticed. Grendel has the machine's cog-engine, so we will see with who Gallus was in communications with."
[22:38] * @Grendel nods, continuing to study the forgemarks of the weaponry and armor.
[22:38] * +Mira_Atella sits in the vehicle, on the chest of the Gallus-bot. "Of course."
[22:40] <@BradGM> Grendel, those are standard Imperial arms. Roll Heraldy
[22:42] <@Grendel> ((don't have it. Can I substitute common lore tech?))
[22:42] <@BradGM> ((That'll they you it's a hellgun, cadian pattern, but not who made it.))
[22:44] <@Grendel> ((k))
[22:46] <@BradGM> Jex "Nevertheless Mira, I can tell you a name you'd better remember; Darrius Haddon."
[22:48] <+Mira_Atella> "The merchant?"
[22:49] <@BradGM> Jex "The only name I've managed to get from the Heretic. I have yet to learn anything about Galland, despite having them talked him numerous times."
[22:50] <+Mira_Atella> "The only name we had coming to Arnhut was Darius, he led us to Maxwell."
[22:50] <@BradGM> Jex "Ah, no. That is Darius Mord."
[22:50] <@BradGM> Jex "DArrius Haddon appears to be Gallus' employer, or at least another acomplice to whatever plot he is unfolding."
[22:50] <+Mira_Atella> (( So many similar names this mission has given us heh ))
[22:51] * +Mira_Atella nods.
[22:51] <@BradGM> (( http://www.wobblymodelsyndrome.com/uploads/3/3/4/2/3342427/9989046_orig.jpg ))
[22:51] <+Mira_Atella> (( lol ))
[22:52] * @Grendel listens as he attends the machine spirits of the advanced lasguns.
[22:53] <+Mira_Atella> (( the one on the front page is funny too, considering the earlier conversation ))
[22:56] <@BradGM> It takes 30 minutes for the orks to load the back of the Trukk with loot, mostly Human and Xeno weapons and armour and other equipment. It still takes a good portion of the trukks' space, but at least it is forming a flimsy barrier between you and the orks up front.
[22:57] * @Grendel waits patiently while autorepair diagnostics take place.
[23:00] <@BradGM> Gorkok get on board with his couple of gretchins runts and yell the signal to get going.
[23:01] <@BradGM> Jex "You'd better get down from that body."
[23:01] * @Grendel holds on, making sure the body doesn't float away.
[23:02] <@BradGM> Inquisitor Jex peeks up at the belt and reaches to it. The body suddenly falls onto the bed of the trukk.
[23:02] <+Mira_Atella> (( heh she laid it down and sat on it.. not sure it's going anywhere ))
[23:03] <@BradGM> ((ah ok))
[23:03] * +Mira_Atella lands back on the body as it falls, letting out a small grunt.
[23:04] <@Grendel> "More Xenos technology."
[23:04] <@BradGM> ((just taht it is floating a meter above the bed of the trukk))
[23:05] <+Mira_Atella> (( eh.. not too far, she'll live, she's been through worse today lol ))
[23:05] <@Grendel> ((Mira's riding a dead body...necropheliac!))
[23:05] <+Mira_Atella> (( :P ))
[23:06] * @Grendel doesn't attempt to search out the machine spirit of the Ork's trukk as he makes sure to hold on tightly, remembering the ride before.
[23:06] <+Mira_Atella> "Once the Inquisition has studied it, I do have a request to run past you." Uses one hand to rub her back, still holding on with the other.
[23:07] <@BradGM> Jex "Request?"
[23:07] <+Mira_Atella> "Regarding the device."
[23:11] <@BradGM> JEx "The machined man is unlike anything I know, I do not even know if it is humanly thought and made in the Dark Age of Technology. I do not believe I, nor any of my own superiors, would allow you to keep such..device, as you call them."
[23:11] <@BradGM> ((*them=it))
[23:11] * @Grendel shifts his weight.
[23:12] <+Mira_Atella> "As my request hasn't been made, keeping it would be an assumption. That is why I said I'd wait until after they were done, of course, to make my request."
[23:15] <@BradGM> Jex "We do have some time, do make your request now, if you'd like."
[23:15] <@Grendel> "What are our next steps? Simply investigating the cog engine and falseman?"
[23:17] <+Mira_Atella> "I'll refrain if I may, until any research is done. It could change, or nullify the purpose I seek entirely."
[23:18] * @Ribonizer (~hehe@69.157.190.63) Quit (Quit: Chichin ga puipui)
[23:21] <@BradGM> Jex "First we need to arrest the local accomplices and judge them. Then we should also retunr to sicntilla, and report back our findings. At the very least we should reach the Naval station in the system. Astropaths should be present.**
[23:22] <@Grendel> "The Duke of Maxwell then?"
[23:24] <@BradGM> Jex "He seems the most prominent accomplice. Gallus' boasting is an incredible source of infomration."
[23:25] <@Grendel> "The others that we have found seem to be dead now."
[23:25] <+Mira_Atella> "Assuming Gallus knew what was happening here. This.." Taps the body, "Said it had a new master."
[23:27] <@BradGM> Jex "So either a false lead or a fact."
[23:28] <@Grendel> "Or perhaps it was talking about the real Gallus being its master."
[23:28] <+Mira_Atella> "We do know this isn't the same Gallus we met in Arnhut."
[23:31] <@BradGM> Jex "We cannot study anything in this backwater feudal planet."
[23:32] <@Grendel> "Agreed."
[23:33] <+Mira_Atella> "No. And while I think our actions are going to leave a lot of civil unrest in Maxwell once the Duke is removed, taking the time to settle it could be costly."
[23:34] <@BradGM> Jex "So we should only tke care of the Duke and let the local rabble over the holes to fill?"
[23:35] <@Grendel> "Unless you wish to do more? A word from the Inquisition on a successor may prevent any such irregularities, though I cannot imagine any tithes from this planet that may be impacted."
[23:38] <@BradGM> Jex "There were talks of the leadership being severed soon. I do not know what Gallus had in mind, but it is not like we can simply analyse this false man."
[23:38] <+Mira_Atella> "Those gathered at the masquerade would all have been happy to take the position, though for greed, and not service."
[23:40] <@BradGM> Jex "Masquerade?
[23:40] <+Mira_Atella> "Oh, right.. There was a masquerade, all of the nobility were there. The orks had been hired to.. crash it. They could likely tell you more what the exact job was."
[23:41] <@BradGM> Jex "What? And what have you done concerning this?"
[23:42] <+Mira_Atella> "That was when I managed to get the orks to turn on Gallus, informing them that he would kill them as soon as their part was done. They led us to where we found out, and gave us the distraction to get in unseen."
[23:42] <+Mira_Atella> (( *to where we found you ))
[23:42] <@BradGM> Jex "Ah."
[23:42] <@BradGM> Jex "Good."
[23:43] <@BradGM> Jex "Then we take care of the Duke and his follwoers, then proceed off world, back to the Tricorn."
[23:43] <@BradGM> +++++++Terminate Transmission+++++++
[20:31] <@BradGM> +++ Blood Dealings: Blood Dealings: Partners+++
[20:31] <@BradGM> +++Thought of the Day:If a Job is Worth Doing, Then it is Worth Dying For.+++
[20:31] <@BradGM> +++Location: Second floor of Bourfin’s Country Estate, Maxwell, Sisk+++
[20:31] <@BradGM> +++0042Hours- Maxwell Time+++
[20:31] <@BradGM> +++ A quick grenade from the Heretic allowed him to expose both Halo and Mira form their respective cover. A quick firefight left the ganger down for the count and Gallus escaping via a window, only to be seen climbing toward the roof.
[20:31] <@BradGM> Mira followed behind while Grendel and Lazerus ran for the ground access. With both assassins meeting on the roof, the outmatched acolyte did at least manage to learn a valuable piece of information before being knock unconscious; her former mercenary master was now serving under an unknown master.
[20:31] <@BradGM> Grendel showed up in a nick of time to save the situation, shooting Gallus in the back a couple of times, which send the man plunging over the edge. Lazerus stayed to observe the now burning village while the Tech-Priest and Mira went to see Gallus’ body, which was shown to be some type of machined man, which could emulate human vital signs and bioenergy signatures.
[20:31] <@BradGM> The Acolytes decided to get Inquisitor Jex, who slowly made his way upstairs, supported by Captain Rothers. Leaving Mira down with “Gallus”, Jex and Grendel went upstairs to gather the weakened and bruised man’s things, including an oddly shaped pistol weapon one of the pupils had.
[20:31] <@BradGM> Halo unfortunately, did not survive the medical treatment.+++
[20:31] <@BradGM> ++++++++End Transmission++++++++
[20:33] <@Grendel> ((Grendel with the kill shot!))
[20:33] <@Grendel> ((On both Gallus and Halo :) ))
[20:33] <+Mira_Atella> (( I think he stabbed her to death :P ))
[20:33] <+Mira_Atella> (( Totally by accident, I'm sure *cough* ))
[20:34] * +Mira_Atella glances around the room as she waits for the others, putting her eyes back to the "body" once in a while.
[20:35] <@BradGM> Grendel, Jex seems suddenly taken form a moment of weakness, buty manages to stand up still.
[20:35] <@BradGM> Jex "Grendel, I might obliged some medical attention."
[20:36] * @Grendel nods and moves over, storing data on the Inquisitor's weaponry as his mechadendrite goes to work.
[20:37] <@BradGM> Roll it
[20:37] <@BradGM> ((DON'T fail it))
[20:37] <@BradGM> ((freindly advice))
[20:37] <@Grendel> "We will need to seize transportation to remove ourselves. The orks may still be numerous."
[20:37] <@Grendel> !dhroll 63
[20:37] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 95 Failure by 3 degrees!
[20:38] <@Grendel> ((Fate...))
[20:38] <+Mira_Atella> (( rofl ))
[20:38] <@Grendel> !dhroll 63
[20:38] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 18 Success by 4 degrees!
[20:38] <@Grendel> ((not bad. First roll of hte game, and I'm out of Fate :) ))
[20:38] <+Mira_Atella> (( At least you didn't kill Jex! ))
[20:39] <@Grendel> ((I thought about it))
[20:40] <+Mira_Atella> (( I figured that Halo was on purpose to tie up loose ends ;) ))
[20:41] * @Grendel works on the Inquisitor as he reviews what he's gleamed from the falseman.
[20:41] <@BradGM> ((damn BRB))
[20:46] <@BradGM> Grendel, Jex's wounds are mostly the resutls of tireness and stress on the body caused by drugs, lack of food, cleaning, sleep. There is also the classical signs of physical beatings, but they are rather rare to have been used with regularity.
[20:46] * @Grendel does what he can, patching the man up. "Your mission here?"
[20:49] <@BradGM> Jex "Rather a failed one. Thought it appears we have taken care of Gallus and his henchmen, with the help of your hired Xenos. Unfortunate that the presence of those Orks will accelerate the take of power of the Duke of Maxwell when they'll attack."
[20:50] <@Grendel> ((Say that line again?))
[20:51] <@Grendel> ((the take of power BY the Duke of Maxwell?))
[20:51] <@BradGM> ((yes, by))
[20:51] <@Grendel> "The body below is not Gallus, it is a servitor of some type."
[20:52] <@BradGM> Jex "A Servitor you say? Intresting.We must bring it with us."
[20:53] <@Grendel> "Of course, it must be studied by the Mechanicum. I felt it necessary to tell you that Gallus may not have been taken care of, but a simulacrum."
[20:54] <@BradGM> Jex "As this is a matter for the Inquisition, we shall study it ourselves, Grendel. In the meanwhile, if those orks ahave transportation, we must acquire it, or get them to docilly work for us.""
[20:55] * +Mira_Atella kneels down and looks at the belt a bit more that seems to be holding the machine up. "This could come in handy, no more falling off buildings when the babbling priest needs help.."
[20:56] <@BradGM> Mira, the belt seems to be a one-piece thing, cleary non-Imperial.
[20:57] <@Grendel> "Technology is the purview of the Adeptus Mechanicum."
[20:57] * +Mira_Atella looks towards the stairs where the others went.
[20:57] * @Grendel begins to head downstairs once Jex has everything in hand.
[20:58] <@BradGM> Jex "Yes, and we have more than a few Tech-Priests under our wing."
[20:59] <@BradGM> Jex "Wait, take the cog engine form the holo-pict"
[21:00] <@BradGM> Jex "We may yet extract information form it."
[21:00] <@BradGM> ((or have you already did that?))
[21:00] <@Grendel> ((don't think so, it wsan't part of our search results it seems))
[21:00] * @Grendel pauses and moves over to the holo-pict, reciting the proper litanies as he removes the cog engine.
[21:01] <@BradGM> roll tech-use
[21:03] <@Grendel> ((combi tool bonus?))
[21:03] <@Grendel> !dhroll 83
[21:03] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 5 Success by 7 degrees!
[21:03] <@BradGM> (9yes))
[21:04] <@BradGM> You remove the cog engine from the holo pict with minimal waste of time
[21:05] * @Grendel cradles the engine as he moves away, heading downstairs.
[21:06] <@BradGM> !dhroll 52
[21:06] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 53 Failure by 0 degrees!
[21:06] <@BradGM> !dhroll 52
[21:06] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 24 Success by 2 degrees!
[21:07] <@BradGM> Grendel and Jex returns to Mira and the floating body of Gallus.
[21:07] * +Mira_Atella stands back up from the body.
[21:07] <@BradGM> Grendle now has a rather large, filled backpack
[21:09] * @Grendel hooks the body and begins to drag it along as he pokes his optical mechadendrite out through the door, looking for targets or orks.
[21:09] <@BradGM> ((Speaking of, I,ll get you a complete listing of what you got and the stat this wekeend))
[21:09] <+Mira_Atella> "Hold on.. if it isn't too damaged, couldn't you or Rothers control it and walk us out of here without any issues?"
[21:11] <@BradGM> ((not really since you don't know what it is))
[21:12] <@Grendel> "The falseman? No."
[21:13] <+Mira_Atella> "Alright, well our best bet is to get the attention of..." Tries to think of the Ork's name. "The ork leader that went in ahead of us."
[21:13] <@BradGM> ((gorkok))
[21:14] <+Mira_Atella> (( yeah, that one ))
[21:15] * @Grendel peers around, looking for any of the orks, also checking to see how the fighting is going.
[21:16] <@BradGM> Roll awanress, visual, -10 becasue of the numerous fires
[21:16] * +Mira_Atella looks at the Gallus-bot, "Maybe maneuver him to be sort of standing? Dragging him along could get negative attention from any of the men here."
[21:17] <@Grendel> !perc 40
[21:17] <@Grendel> !dhroll 40
[21:17] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 3 Success by 3 degrees!
[21:19] <@BradGM> Grendle, it appears waht whatever men are around, are you guys. You can see there is half a dozen kommandos still alive, with the trukk crew dead at the wheel/shoota. Gorkok is missing his rihgt elg under the knee and is lying down, lenaing on a pile of dead carapace hjumans...cont
[21:21] <@BradGM> Another large Ork, Guzin you recall, is standing tall over Gorkok, apparently talking and suchlike.
[21:21] <@BradGM> A few Gretchins are also obersving the scene, more or less intrested about it. The half dozen Kommandos are busy piling up the loot, half paying attnetion to the talk.
[21:22] <@Grendel> ((does it look like we could get to the Trukk safely?))
[21:23] <@Grendel> "It seems the orks survived. Gretchen and half a dozen orks."
[21:24] <@BradGM> ((with a few tricky psots, yeah Grendel))
[21:24] <@Grendel> "We can try, but I am not sure we will be able to reach their vehicle safely."
[21:24] <+Mira_Atella> "And you were against my turning them to our side.. Your ideals would have seen us dead. But don't worry, I don't hold it against you." She gives somewhat of a smile.
[21:25] <@BradGM> Lazerus @@Judging by the way the discussion is going, I think we have be seeing a takeovcer.@@
[21:25] <@BradGM> Roll Forb. lore (Xeno) -10!
[21:25] <@BradGM> ((sorry, straight skill))
[21:25] <@BradGM> ((no -10))
[21:26] <@Grendel> ((Don't look at me. I don't trukk with the xenos :) ))
[21:26] <+Mira_Atella> (( I still have my fatigue.. lovely ))
[21:26] <@BradGM> ((so a -10))
[21:26] <+Mira_Atella> !dhroll 25 xeno lore
[21:26] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 5 Success by 2 degrees!
[21:28] <+Mira_Atella> (( The bot is taking pity on us for the last day of this section ))
[21:28] <@BradGM> From what you remember of your Xeno classes, when a Ork Boss shows a sign of weakness, the second largest, meanest Ork generally kills him and take over the mob. And of course, all previousl deals the ols Boss did are void. Like the one you guys ahve with Gorkok.
[21:28] <@BradGM> ((hahaha yeah he's pretty nice tonight))
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[21:30] <+Mira_Atella> "We need to go another way. Our deal with Gorkok is about to become a non-point."
[21:33] <@BradGM> Lazerus @@We could alwyas intervene.@@
[21:33] * @Grendel glances at Mira to see if she's in any condition to intervene with orks.
[21:34] <@BradGM> ((not really, but if you act qukck enough and get Guzin down quick, Gorkok could always keep,em in check))
[21:34] <+Mira_Atella> (( -2 wounds and 5 fatigue heh ))
[21:34] <+Mira_Atella> "If Gorkok dies, we're on our own."
[21:34] * @Grendel looks over Mira. "Perhaps you should remain behind for now?"
[21:35] <@BradGM> ((well, you are at 1 afatigue, since you are concisou))
[21:35] * +Mira_Atella nods "Leave the.. body.. with me."
[21:35] <+Mira_Atella> (( She's going to hop on it like a broom and fly off! ))
[21:35] <+Mira_Atella> (( k ))
[21:35] <@BradGM> ((haha, bekilled!))
[21:36] <@BradGM> ((since bewitched is heresy))
[21:36] <+Mira_Atella> (( So is working with Xenos, I'd imagine lol ))
[21:36] * @Grendel leaves the corpse with Mira and strides forward, assuming the rest will come with him.
[21:38] <@BradGM> You advance toward the burning village, trying ot make the large turn around to evade the Greenskins. roll silent move+20
[21:39] <+Mira_Atella> (( Where is Laz, btw, if he's using the comm? ))
[21:39] <@Grendel> !dhroll 46
[21:39] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 36 Success by 1 degree!
[21:39] <@BradGM> ((he was on the roof, but he's coming back to you guys))
[21:39] <+Mira_Atella> (( ah ))
[21:40] <@BradGM> ((you can roll silent mvoe as well Mira))
[21:41] <+Mira_Atella> (( Er.. she's not moving though? lol ))
[21:42] <+Mira_Atella> (( but okie dokie ))
[21:42] <+Mira_Atella> !dhroll 54
[21:42] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 89 Failure by 3 degrees!
[21:42] <@BradGM> (9ah ok I tohught you were follwing Grendle Jex and co))
[21:42] <@BradGM> ((in that case forget it))
[21:42] <+Mira_Atella> (( nah, they left the body with her ))
[21:43] <@BradGM> Grendel, you and Jex passes behind a couple of orks busy looting the dead Enoulians.
[21:44] * @Grendel keeps moving, his lasgun at his side for now, not wanting to provoke any orks that see them.
[21:46] <@BradGM> Roll conceal Grendel
[21:47] <@Grendel> !dhroll 6
[21:47] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 36 Failure by 3 degrees!
[21:48] <@BradGM> ((fate?))
[21:48] <+Mira_Atella> (( lol ))
[21:48] <@Grendel> ((spent it not killing Jex))
[21:49] <@BradGM> ((ah, a noble way to spend it))
[21:49] <@BradGM> !dhroll 28
[21:49] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 77 Failure by 4 degrees!
[21:49] <@BradGM> !dhroll 34
[21:49] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 53 Failure by 1 degree!
[21:49] <@BradGM> !dhroll 38
[21:49] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 98 Failure by 6 degrees!
[21:49] <@BradGM> !dhroll 37
[21:49] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 4 Success by 3 degrees!
[21:49] <+Mira_Atella> @@ Lazerus.. if you're not too close, you might want to spot for them, possibly snipe? @@
[21:51] <@BradGM> You pass alongside the action, where Guzin is busy venting out to the down Gorkok, who appears more bored/sleepy/mad at his predicament. As you pass, you inexplicably make eye contact with the Nob's beady red eyes. as you flip around near the burning shack.
[21:51] <@BradGM> Laz @@I can arrange that.@@
[21:51] <@BradGM> !dhroll 100
[21:51] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 76 Success by 2 degrees!
[21:51] <@BradGM> Jex, whispering "I believe your friedn saw you back there."
[21:51] <+Mira_Atella> @@ Alright, if Gorkok dies, we may not have the orks on our side anymore @@
[21:52] * @Grendel continues on.
[21:53] <@BradGM> Laz @@I hear you.@@
[21:53] <@BradGM> Grendle, another silent move before you cna reach the truck, +10 this time
[21:54] <@Grendel> !dhroll 36
[21:54] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 24 Success by 1 degree!
[21:55] <@BradGM> you reach the trukk wihtout ahving borught any dangerous attention to you
[21:56] <@BradGM> Laz @@THey have reached the Trukk.@@
[21:57] * @Grendel looks over the Trukk, examining it, as he keeps another eye on the conflict between the two orks.
[21:58] <@BradGM> You attempts to understand how a string and 2 levers can make a trukk move. Roll Tech-Use -50
[21:58] <@Grendel> !dhroll 23
[21:58] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 95 Failure by 7 degrees!
[21:58] <@Grendel> ((heh))
[21:58] <+Mira_Atella> @@ I don't know, what do you guys think? Take out Guzin just to be on the safe side? @@
[21:59] <@Grendel> @@That may be useful, this ork..contraption is incomprehensible without being studied.@@
[22:00] <+Mira_Atella> @@ Your shot if you can take it, Lazerus @@
[22:01] <@BradGM> 1d10
[22:01] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 1
[22:01] <@BradGM> 1d10
[22:01] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 3
[22:02] <@BradGM> You see a hafl second las line appear in your visual pectrum. Grendle, you can hear the tell tale signs of a cranius cracking from being cooked in its own juice.
[22:02] * Seether (~Seether@191.sub-70-192-197.myvzw.com) Quit (Ping timeout)
[22:03] * @Grendel moves away from the trukk, heading towards Gorkok. "We had a deal."
[22:04] <@BradGM> Gorkok is trying to get up, using a couple of Gretchins as support. "Whu?"
[22:04] <@BradGM> Ork1 "Iza 'notha 'umire!"
[22:04] <@BradGM> Ork2 "Shoot'im!"
[22:04] <@BradGM> !dhroll 39
[22:04] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 76 Failure by 3 degrees!
[22:04] <@BradGM> !dhroll 39
[22:04] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 16 Success by 2 degrees!
[22:05] <@BradGM> 2 orks suddenly open up on you Grendel as you appear out of nowhere for htem. roll dodge!"
[22:05] <+Mira_Atella> @@ What's.. what are you doing? @@
[22:06] <@Grendel> !dhroll 21
[22:06] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 46 Failure by 2 degrees!
[22:06] <@BradGM> 1d10+3
[22:06] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 11:8+3
[22:06] <@BradGM> ((pen 0))
[22:07] <@BradGM> Gorkok "Oi! Quit da shootin'! I'z da fast'un see? Took care o dat Git Guzin too."
[22:08] * @Grendel grunts as the ork rounds impact, but looks more annoyed than anything else (2 damage. 20 of 22))
[22:08] <@BradGM> The 2 Orks looks at you deeply Grendel, before being struck by the concept of a tohught
[22:08] <@BradGM> Ork "Oh yeah, dat 'un."
[22:08] * +Mira_Atella grumbles about not being able to do anything at the moment.
[22:09] <@BradGM> ork2 "I knew iz' wuz 'him, I'z just so fasty I'z think it wuz one o' dem deamon boyz."
[22:09] <@BradGM> Gorkok "Shud'up a get da loot!"
[22:09] <@BradGM> The ork muster back into looting the bodies.
[22:09] <@Grendel> "We require transportation back."
[22:10] <@BradGM> Gorkok "Yeah gimme a moment 'ere...Oi Gob! get Guzin's leg, he'z won't be needin' it." *one of the Gretchin goes to the decapitaded body of Guzin and takes out a serraded knife and beigns cutting the leg under the knee
[22:11] <@BradGM> Gorkok "So, right..back 'were?"
[22:11] * @Grendel glances towards Jex. "Back where we came from for now."
[22:12] <@BradGM> Gorkok also tries to look what you are looking at "oi, who's dat'un?"
[22:12] <@BradGM> Gorkok "Dis ain't Zakaris."
[22:13] <@Grendel> "Ilrelevant."
[22:13] <@BradGM> Gorkok "So he'z ain't comin?"
[22:13] <@BradGM> Laz @@Mira, it appears the situation is safe enough for us to join them.@@
[22:13] <@Grendel> "No."
[22:13] <+Mira_Atella> @@ We have the problem of the Watch Captain, keep that in mind. If he's convinced anyone that we're at fault for any of this, going back could be more difficult @@
[22:14] <@BradGM> ((Watch Captain's dead.))
[22:14] <@BradGM> Gorkok "...So, I'z can shoot him?"
[22:14] <+Mira_Atella> (( er.. did we know that? ))
[22:14] <@Grendel> "If he were alive."
[22:14] <@BradGM> Gorkok "He'z alive, he'z right 'ere!" *He points at Jex.*
[22:15] <@Grendel> ((yeah, remember, they killed them, then disguised themselves as him?))
[22:15] * +Mira_Atella pulls the body by the device and drags it out of the house towards the others.
[22:15] * @Grendel glances at Jex, trying to follow the ork's logic.
[22:15] <+Mira_Atella> (( Yeah.. but the disguised one.. ))
[22:15] <@BradGM> ((Well, that Zakaris guy was dressed as him, just that you forgot to double check that body back at the Duke's castle))
[22:15] <+Mira_Atella> (( We only told a few of the watch that he wasn't him.. he could have convinced them otherwise ))
[22:15] <+Mira_Atella> (( ah.. okay.. it's been a while heh ))
[22:15] <@Grendel> "Zakaris is not coming. You may shoot Zakaris if you wish. This one is coming with us instead."
[22:15] <@BradGM> Jex "I am not this..Zakaris you speak of, but I am going wiht you, Greenskin. perhaps you have ehard of us, Inquisitors!"
[22:16] <@BradGM> !dhroll 39
[22:16] <+DiceServitor> BradGM: 45 Failure by 0 degrees!
[22:16] <@BradGM> Gorkok "No, all 'umies' are da same after a while."
[22:17] <@BradGM> Jex appears to be vexed by this. "No matter! We are leaving as soon as we can."
[22:17] * +Mira_Atella approaches them, "Gorkok.. This should make you happy. The man that was to betray you, dead. I think that was our agreement."
[22:17] * +Mira_Atella stops, breathing a bit heavy, the body floating in her grasp.
[22:18] <@BradGM> Gorkok "No, 'dere wuz da matter o, da loot too. I'z ain't leaving without loot."
[22:18] <+Mira_Atella> "Of course."
[22:19] <@BradGM> THe gretchin who was cutting gozin's leg is now busy crudely swoing it on Gorkok's still bleeding half leg.
[22:19] <@BradGM> Gorkok "Right, so wait in da trukk, we'z gettin' whut we came for."
[22:20] * @Grendel moves towards the trukk, examining the ork that shot him.
[22:21] <@BradGM> He's busy looting the carapce armour off an elite trooper.
[22:21] * +Mira_Atella leans close to Jex and lowers her voice, "While not the most accute of allies, I believe they'll do as we ask for the time being. They sacrificed a lot more than we did in this, as long as we let them take their... loot, for now." Grabs hold of the body again and moves towards the vehicle.
[22:21] <@BradGM> You can always roll search to see fi you happen near something intresting
[22:22] * +Mira_Atella looks around as they close the distance to the vehicle.
[22:22] <+Mira_Atella> (( might as well ))
[22:22] <+Mira_Atella> !dhroll 49
[22:22] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 84 Failure by 3 degrees!
[22:22] <@BradGM> Jex "I care little for thier sacrifice, as long as we can keep using them without trouble, we might as well. Besides we are not in a situation where our options are numerous."
[22:22] <@Grendel> !dhroll 50
[22:22] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 27 Success by 2 degrees!
[22:24] <@BradGM> Grendel, as you return to the trukk, you pass near an elite trooper, carapce armour and all, with a hellgun/hellpistol attached to a backpack and a chainsword, knife and a couple of frags at the belt.
[22:24] <@BradGM> Jex "Unfortunate for Sister Elana. Thought I must admire her newfound dedication to covert operations, I barely recognized her the way she his."
[22:24] <@BradGM> ((*his=is))
[22:25] * +Mira_Atella climbs in to the trukk, putting the body across the seat and then sitting on it.
[22:25] <@BradGM> Grendel, the orks have yet to reach this part of the village to loot.
[22:25] * @Grendel leans over and procurs the weaponry, debating the armor. "Sister Elena is not here."
[22:25] * +Mira_Atella peers oddly at Jex. "Sir?"
[22:27] <@BradGM> Jex "Were she not the woman dead on the second floor, having undergo facial reconstruction to better undergo her service in His inquisiton?"
[22:27] <+Mira_Atella> "No, that was an underworld contact we made here who was assisting us."
[22:27] <@BradGM> Jex "You mean a...hired hand?"
[22:27] <+Mira_Atella> "The Sister was injured in Arnhut and is in the care of the temple there."
[22:28] <+Mira_Atella> "Yes. She knew the area and we needed information that we didn't have the knowledge to obtain."
[22:29] <@Grendel> "She did not know the truth of our search however." He scavanges the gun and the armor, loading it into the truck, searching for makers marks.
[22:29] <+Mira_Atella> "She was quite useful, but her end isn't a tragedy. She'd have turned on us if the price were right, without a second thought."
[22:31] <@BradGM> Jex "Injured, you say. Hmm. Unfortunate. At least you were smart on the way you handle the hired help."
[22:31] <@Grendel> "The assassins that greeted us on this planet are dead as well."
[22:31] <@Grendel> ((br))
[22:31] <@Grendel> ((brb as well))
[22:32] <+Mira_Atella> "They were under the employ of.. Gallus, as well. This servitor may have been placed here after we encountered him there. We aren't sure."
[22:34] <+Mira_Atella> "It took me a while to realize who he was as his voice and features were masked. He had hired some others to abduct me for some other purpose that didn't have to do with Maxwell."
[22:34] <+Mira_Atella> "I have a feeling you might know more about that, when you're feeling more well."
[22:34] <@Grendel> ((Back))
[22:37] <@BradGM> Jex "There was a holo-pict up-stairs if you'd cared to noticed. Grendel has the machine's cog-engine, so we will see with who Gallus was in communications with."
[22:38] * @Grendel nods, continuing to study the forgemarks of the weaponry and armor.
[22:38] * +Mira_Atella sits in the vehicle, on the chest of the Gallus-bot. "Of course."
[22:40] <@BradGM> Grendel, those are standard Imperial arms. Roll Heraldy
[22:42] <@Grendel> ((don't have it. Can I substitute common lore tech?))
[22:42] <@BradGM> ((That'll they you it's a hellgun, cadian pattern, but not who made it.))
[22:44] <@Grendel> ((k))
[22:46] <@BradGM> Jex "Nevertheless Mira, I can tell you a name you'd better remember; Darrius Haddon."
[22:48] <+Mira_Atella> "The merchant?"
[22:49] <@BradGM> Jex "The only name I've managed to get from the Heretic. I have yet to learn anything about Galland, despite having them talked him numerous times."
[22:50] <+Mira_Atella> "The only name we had coming to Arnhut was Darius, he led us to Maxwell."
[22:50] <@BradGM> Jex "Ah, no. That is Darius Mord."
[22:50] <@BradGM> Jex "DArrius Haddon appears to be Gallus' employer, or at least another acomplice to whatever plot he is unfolding."
[22:50] <+Mira_Atella> (( So many similar names this mission has given us heh ))
[22:51] * +Mira_Atella nods.
[22:51] <@BradGM> (( http://www.wobblymodelsyndrome.com/uploads/3/3/4/2/3342427/9989046_orig.jpg ))
[22:51] <+Mira_Atella> (( lol ))
[22:52] * @Grendel listens as he attends the machine spirits of the advanced lasguns.
[22:53] <+Mira_Atella> (( the one on the front page is funny too, considering the earlier conversation ))
[22:56] <@BradGM> It takes 30 minutes for the orks to load the back of the Trukk with loot, mostly Human and Xeno weapons and armour and other equipment. It still takes a good portion of the trukks' space, but at least it is forming a flimsy barrier between you and the orks up front.
[22:57] * @Grendel waits patiently while autorepair diagnostics take place.
[23:00] <@BradGM> Gorkok get on board with his couple of gretchins runts and yell the signal to get going.
[23:01] <@BradGM> Jex "You'd better get down from that body."
[23:01] * @Grendel holds on, making sure the body doesn't float away.
[23:02] <@BradGM> Inquisitor Jex peeks up at the belt and reaches to it. The body suddenly falls onto the bed of the trukk.
[23:02] <+Mira_Atella> (( heh she laid it down and sat on it.. not sure it's going anywhere ))
[23:03] <@BradGM> ((ah ok))
[23:03] * +Mira_Atella lands back on the body as it falls, letting out a small grunt.
[23:04] <@Grendel> "More Xenos technology."
[23:04] <@BradGM> ((just taht it is floating a meter above the bed of the trukk))
[23:05] <+Mira_Atella> (( eh.. not too far, she'll live, she's been through worse today lol ))
[23:05] <@Grendel> ((Mira's riding a dead body...necropheliac!))
[23:05] <+Mira_Atella> (( :P ))
[23:06] * @Grendel doesn't attempt to search out the machine spirit of the Ork's trukk as he makes sure to hold on tightly, remembering the ride before.
[23:06] <+Mira_Atella> "Once the Inquisition has studied it, I do have a request to run past you." Uses one hand to rub her back, still holding on with the other.
[23:07] <@BradGM> Jex "Request?"
[23:07] <+Mira_Atella> "Regarding the device."
[23:11] <@BradGM> JEx "The machined man is unlike anything I know, I do not even know if it is humanly thought and made in the Dark Age of Technology. I do not believe I, nor any of my own superiors, would allow you to keep such..device, as you call them."
[23:11] <@BradGM> ((*them=it))
[23:11] * @Grendel shifts his weight.
[23:12] <+Mira_Atella> "As my request hasn't been made, keeping it would be an assumption. That is why I said I'd wait until after they were done, of course, to make my request."
[23:15] <@BradGM> Jex "We do have some time, do make your request now, if you'd like."
[23:15] <@Grendel> "What are our next steps? Simply investigating the cog engine and falseman?"
[23:17] <+Mira_Atella> "I'll refrain if I may, until any research is done. It could change, or nullify the purpose I seek entirely."
[23:18] * @Ribonizer (~hehe@69.157.190.63) Quit (Quit: Chichin ga puipui)
[23:21] <@BradGM> Jex "First we need to arrest the local accomplices and judge them. Then we should also retunr to sicntilla, and report back our findings. At the very least we should reach the Naval station in the system. Astropaths should be present.**
[23:22] <@Grendel> "The Duke of Maxwell then?"
[23:24] <@BradGM> Jex "He seems the most prominent accomplice. Gallus' boasting is an incredible source of infomration."
[23:25] <@Grendel> "The others that we have found seem to be dead now."
[23:25] <+Mira_Atella> "Assuming Gallus knew what was happening here. This.." Taps the body, "Said it had a new master."
[23:27] <@BradGM> Jex "So either a false lead or a fact."
[23:28] <@Grendel> "Or perhaps it was talking about the real Gallus being its master."
[23:28] <+Mira_Atella> "We do know this isn't the same Gallus we met in Arnhut."
[23:31] <@BradGM> Jex "We cannot study anything in this backwater feudal planet."
[23:32] <@Grendel> "Agreed."
[23:33] <+Mira_Atella> "No. And while I think our actions are going to leave a lot of civil unrest in Maxwell once the Duke is removed, taking the time to settle it could be costly."
[23:34] <@BradGM> Jex "So we should only tke care of the Duke and let the local rabble over the holes to fill?"
[23:35] <@Grendel> "Unless you wish to do more? A word from the Inquisition on a successor may prevent any such irregularities, though I cannot imagine any tithes from this planet that may be impacted."
[23:38] <@BradGM> Jex "There were talks of the leadership being severed soon. I do not know what Gallus had in mind, but it is not like we can simply analyse this false man."
[23:38] <+Mira_Atella> "Those gathered at the masquerade would all have been happy to take the position, though for greed, and not service."
[23:40] <@BradGM> Jex "Masquerade?
[23:40] <+Mira_Atella> "Oh, right.. There was a masquerade, all of the nobility were there. The orks had been hired to.. crash it. They could likely tell you more what the exact job was."
[23:41] <@BradGM> Jex "What? And what have you done concerning this?"
[23:42] <+Mira_Atella> "That was when I managed to get the orks to turn on Gallus, informing them that he would kill them as soon as their part was done. They led us to where we found out, and gave us the distraction to get in unseen."
[23:42] <+Mira_Atella> (( *to where we found you ))
[23:42] <@BradGM> Jex "Ah."
[23:42] <@BradGM> Jex "Good."
[23:43] <@BradGM> Jex "Then we take care of the Duke and his follwoers, then proceed off world, back to the Tricorn."
[23:43] <@BradGM> +++++++Terminate Transmission+++++++