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A rogue trader with an empty pantry, a tech-priest who dissects things for fun, an Eldar who shouldn't be here, and an Ogryn who wants to be a tractor. They land on Ostia to beg for grain -- and walk straight into a turf war between the church, the cog-boys, and something nobody's talking about. The food run just became an investigation.
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An Ogryn, Rogue Trader, Aeldari, and an Inquisitor walk into a Warhammer 40,000 TTRPG campaign, and it’s everything you expect it to be! Listen in to Narrative Declaration’s run of WH40K: Wrath & Glory! You’ll laugh, cry, and scream “heresy!” as our party journeys through the “Litanies of the Lost” adventures.
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All right.
So,
you're stranded.
You are stranded
in the Gilead system
after the Great Rift
cuts the galaxy
in twain.
Released alongside
the fall
of the
fortress world
of Cadia,
the Great Rift
has now
severed
systems
across the entirety
of the Imperium
from one another,
from their,
you know,
closest allies,
even to distant Terra
and the light
of the Astronomicon.
Your group
was on board
a vessel belonging
to
Speaker D's character,
Alden.
Um,
Alden,
will you,
um,
tell us a little bit
about your ship?
I'd be more than happy
to discuss
the specifics
of my void craft.
My ship
is a beautiful thing.
It is vast
and winding
and proud.
it is a thing
that exists
first and foremost
to carry goods
throughout the Imperium.
It,
in all of its beneficence,
crude
by the abject
best
the Imperium
have to offer,
have been
plying their skills
back from when
I was a Chartist
captain
and I won
this vessel
as a prize.
It is known
as the Bird
of Paradise.
And to those
loyal
to the Imperial
Throne,
that's exactly
what it is.
a paradise.
Even the place
is backward
and
cursed
as the Gilead
system.
I'm impressed.
Um,
Bird of Paradise
is running on eBay
for about
$18,500
right now.
It's pretty hard
to come across,
I must admit,
but this is
first-rate
and signed
and, uh...
9.5
mint?
Yes, yes.
It's very, uh,
yeah.
It's very good.
I will say, however,
there is a problem
with your ship.
What's, what's the
problem?
What happened?
It's empty.
It doesn't have,
it doesn't have
enough food
to feed the people
on it.
So when you
were shunted
into
the Gilead
system,
left to
essentially
limp along,
finding from
your Vox
signals
to the local
government
organizations here,
um,
the Administratum,
the Ecclesiarchy,
even the Adeptus
Mechanicus
on a nearby
Forgeworlden
system.
Everything
makes it clear
that you've been
shunted
not, not out of,
even out of place
in the Imperium,
but slightly out of time.
This system,
from its
temporal perspective,
has existed
for decades
past the opening
of the Great Rift.
Um, and it has
been doing
everything it can
to survive
in this,
you know,
Noctis
Eterna
timeline.
However,
as you're shunted
out, one of the
strange side effects
of the,
we'll say,
reliable,
but not perfect
Gellerfield
was a,
a mutation
of sorts
in some of your
food stocks.
something that
had to be
purged
and dealt
with immediately.
Um, and that,
that task
fell
to one
individual.
It fell
to
Roos.
Roos,
will you tell us
about yourself
and tell us
about the
epic saga
of how you
cleared out
the mutated,
uh, food
stuffs on
board
Elden's vessel?
Roos is a
towering
ogre.
Pretty much
regulated with
scrap metal
from a
Lehman Russ,
uh, pretty much
forming into
his carapace
type armor,
adorning
himself.
Of course,
he has his
name Roos
written down
onto his
chest plate
itself,
uh,
signifying his
origins of the
squad that he
used to be with.
Uh, along with
that, he also
carries around
with them
a gem,
uh,
a magic,
like, even
though it
might seem
magical to
some, or
mysterious to
others, it
is something
prized and
precious to
him.
Of course,
with his
bushy,
bushy,
shaggy hair
and his
big, thick
beard, uh,
Roos was
able to clear
a majority of,
it was like,
uh, mutated
food stock,
basically, right?
Things went
super wrong
with it.
Yeah, yeah,
yeah, you
can, you
can kind of
elaborate
specifically what
went wrong
with it if
you want.
You say the
alternative to
the monster
sound just
like that one
time.
it all
resembled
that of
giant orcs
that, you
know, fungus
things are
pretty much
mixed in
with them.
So practically
he was
fighting orcs
mixed in
with turnips
and meat
and all
sorts of
things and
he stood
alone as
he chopped
through all
of them,
also eating
half of
them himself.
He gorged
himself the
entire time
and, uh,
was able to
successfully beat
them all in
hand-to-hand
combat and
shove them all
out of the
airlock.
And he did
it because he
had his saw
with them and
he pats, uh,
his, uh, his
glowing orb that's
with him.
I appreciate that
from my perspective.
I like to think
Roos just went
down to the
hold and played
turnip 28 for
several days.
Pretty much.
Um, heck
yeah.
All right.
So, uh, with,
with that, yes,
the situation is,
is dire on board
the Bird of Paradise
because whilst
the, the, the
mutation and
cleansing of the
foodstuffs has,
uh, has been
rectified, sadly,
new foodstuffs and
supplies will be
needed.
Luckily, however,
luckily, the
Gilead system is
home to the
world of Ostia.
It's a planet of
vast forests,
fields, and
oceans.
In many ways,
it's a mirror to
Terra in her
ancient prime,
verdant and
abundant.
You have made
contact with
the world of
Ostia, which
itself is
surrounded by a
network of
defensive satellites,
orbital batteries,
space stations,
all colloquially
known as the
Crown of Blades.
Enough firepower
to destroy an
entire attacking
fleet, garrisoned
by almost two
million souls.
This is the
defense for
probably the
most vital
planet in the
system.
Now, since the
opening of the
Great Rift,
Ostia's production
has been taxed
beyond even
normal levels.
In order for
the Bird of
Paradise to get
its necessary
supplies, you've
had to make a
special request.
And the only,
the only way that
that request can
come through is
through a
particular region
on Ostia.
And this would
be the small
agri-settlement
of Ankra.
It exists in a
valley, the
Ankra Valley on
Ostia, and
it is a
locale where
you could go
and acquire
new supplies.
However, you
don't have quite
the full remit
of just seizing
supplies.
Even as a
rogue trader,
that's not
something that
is going to
really occur
here.
So your
group is
going to
have to
travel there
and petition
for resources.
You've already
made that
petition through
the Voxes
right now.
However,
making that
petition has
led to an
interesting
response.
specifically
garbled
communications
of some
sort of
brewing
rivalry
between
factions
on the
world and
missing
agri-workers,
all of
which have
effectively
forced
your group
to go
and investigate.
So as
we begin,
Heart of
Paradise is
making its
way down
through
orbit
to dock
at the
settlement
of Ankra
by some
of the
very
particular
items of
note here.
The silos,
vast grain
and food
stuff silos
that do
have a
docking
element to
them where
smaller vessels
like the
Bird of
Paradise can
actually enter
the atmosphere
and land.
Your vessel
is one such
vessel and
it has made
the descent
through the
atmosphere
coming
towards the
settlement.
But before
all of
that,
you would
all be
mustered on
the
strategium.
We've
met Alden,
we've met
Roose,
but the
good rogue
trader has
also brought
two other
companions on
this journey.
And I
will allow,
let's say,
Kelrana to
introduce
themselves first.
All right,
yeah,
when
mustered up
to the
deck by
the good
captain,
Kelrana cuts
a tall,
intimidating
figure,
dwarfed only
by the
size of
Roose.
She is
a woman
of wide
stature and
a tall
height,
wearing a
high-collared
jacket with a
sumptuous,
what was
once a
full fur
mantle,
but obviously
whatever cape
it once was
has been
damaged in
some kind
of battle
long past.
Most notably,
to the
surprise of
many of the
members of
the crew
here,
she boasts
two pointed
ears,
marking her
as a mutant
for those
in the
know,
and an
alien for
those who
are.
She
stands at
attention with
a bit of
a casual
slouch,
not really
regarding the
eyes of
mankind upon
her eyes,
just evenly
locked onto
the captain
with an easy
smile.
smile.
She has
these two
massive
teardrop
tattoos under
her eyes.
She is,
looks like a
Jojo character,
let's be real.
As all good
Eldar do.
Of course,
all Eldar
look like
Jojo
characters.
This is
canon.
Yeah.
she wears
minimal
armor and
just kind
of lines
up with
the rest
of the
crew,
just
regarding
Captain
Alden
with an
easy
smile,
just,
that's where
we off
to,
boss.
Where
indeed?
It seems
as if we
must make
for this
settlement
and quickly,
but I
will have
it known
that while
you are
on my
bridge
in front
of my
offices,
I lean
in closer.
I expect
all proper
decorum,
alien.
I run
a tight
ship.
My men
respect me.
There will
be discipline.
Aye,
aye.
Haven't
done
anything
untoward,
at least
not recently.
Not
recently,
but I'm
always
watching you.
Well,
if you get
me a nice
enough pair
of earmuffs,
maybe we
can make
the whole
rest of
the crew
more
comfortable,
aye?
Purchase
your own
earmuffs
at your
own
expense.
I'm not
a luxury
taxi for
you.
Well,
you don't
pay me.
Oh.
I don't?
Of course
I don't.
The fuck
am I supposed
to do
with your
credits?
Is that
what they're
called?
Quite
frankly,
alien,
so long
as you
continue
to make
yourself
useful,
you will
continue
to have
room
and board
here,
provided you
don't become
too much
of a liability.
Beyond that,
you are here
on my account.
I expect you
not to embarrass
me too terribly
much.
Oh,
don't worry,
not a liability
is my middle
name.
I somehow
doubt that.
There is a
fourth
individual
on the
bridge,
someone
who slinks
in
noticeably
later
than the
others.
Hucky
Crow,
tell us
about the
character
who enters.
Or are
you muted?
I am
muted,
because I
was testing
you.
A funny
little character
aspect you'll
come to know.
We'll never
know.
You'll never
know now,
you'll never
notice.
Slinking in
at the back
while the
conversation is
being had
is the last
of this
coterie of
four.
However,
like the
other members
present,
this one is
similarly built
while tall.
Wide would
be a better
descriptor.
Behind them
stands a
fridge-like
humanoid
figure,
clad in
black ceramite
with a great
ruby eye
emblazoned
upon the
chest,
is one
Aloysius
Havstig.
Upon
looking at
him,
you might
notice the
discolored
pallid
and,
in the
right light,
blue skin
of one
versed with
occult
mechanicus.
You may
also be
drawn to
the
assemblage
of wires
extending
from his
arms to
the back
of his
head into
what looks
to be a
reactor with
some sort
of Halo-esque
embellishment
jutting from
the top,
a la Iron
Halo,
cloaked in
the typical
red of
the good
Adeptus
Mechanicus,
but noticeably
more tarnished
with some
deeper red
discolorations
strewn about.
beyond the
black
ceramite
thick as
it may
be,
on the
torso
is flanked
by two
quite imposing
arms,
one fairly
beefy
mechanicus
at that,
one atypical
for their
gaunt and
sickly
compatriots.
you almost
would say
he looks
a little
bit
priestly
at that,
with
flowing
robes of
red
flanking
either one
of his
arms,
a bit
culty,
but then
again,
that is the
cult
Mechanicus
for you,
face,
round,
not quite
rounded,
but squared,
a great
and prodigious
jaw
hiding,
disgusting,
rictus
smile,
and a
great plate
of steel
thrumming
with unseen
electric
currents and
flashing
hololithic
glyphs across
its face.
Aloysius saunters
up to the
rest of the
group,
trudging in
with a
disquieting
squelch to
his footprints.
So,
what will be
the meal of
the day,
Captain?
Do you have
some more
research for
me to do
this time?
No research,
unless you
find finding
a means in
which to
feed the
60,000
crewmates
aboard the
Bird of
Paradise
to be
particularly
rousing.
Well,
while culinary
sciences are
not quite
my forte,
I think we
can manage
some
corpse
stash
modifications
unless we
happen to
find a
suitable
supply of
grox meat
on the
planet below.
Yes,
we have
the supply.
The question
is will we
survive the
conspiring
factions on
this agri
world to
get it?
Frankly,
I'm not
worried about
the squabblings
of menials
below.
We up here
are far
beyond any
sort of
faction
warring.
You,
possessing of
your warrant,
and me,
well,
I can be
very persuasive
as you've
no doubt
seen.
I think
we'll make
it fine,
dear captain.
Perhaps so,
but we
must be
certain not
to break
the chain,
Aloysus.
The chain
keeping this
small
system
from the
war master.
Ah,
fragile
balances.
Always
such a
pleasure
to work
around.
but
they say
can't
make an
omelette
without
scrabbling
a few
dozen
settlements.
Who
says that?
Hmm.
Yo,
I haven't
at least
one person
has said
that in
the past.
I recall
reading
data slate
once.
Perhaps
I'll check
my archives
for it.
Aloysus'
faceplate
begins
thrumming
with a
bunch
of
little
points
of
data.
Oh,
good god
he's serious.
Well then,
I trust
you'll have
a full
report
on my
desk.
The point
is,
we must
make our
way down
quickly,
find the
food we
need,
and ensure
that our
bird of
paradise
does not
choke on
our
aspirations
of escape
and luxury.
hear,
hear.
The bird
is not
going to
choke,
is it,
sir?
Of course
not.
You see
Roos come
up,
just towering
over,
I don't
want the
paradise
bird that
chokes,
sir.
Oh,
of course
not,
Roos.
The bird
will continue
to flourish
under our
leadership,
but we
must make
it so,
feed it,
take care
of it,
keep it
caged,
and release
it when
the time
comes.
Yeah,
but why
do you
keep a
bird,
sir?
No,
I don't,
well,
it's the
name of
the,
I've never
seen you
have a
bird in
the entire
time,
sir.
I used
to have
a bird,
a bird,
that was
very precious
to me.
Just flashbacks
now.
Yes,
I remember
the bird.
Yeah?
It was in
my hands,
and it
would always
look at me,
and it
would say,
Alden,
Alden,
Alden.
But after
I realized
that the
bird was
actually
speaking to
me,
I figured
it was
some sort
of terrible
mutant,
and I
had it
spaced.
And that
was the
end of
the bird.
But I
did still
name the
ship that,
yes.
What was
I talking
about?
Captain,
captain,
one of
the
strategium
officers
calls.
Ah,
yes.
I think
we're about
ready to
get this
thing put
down here.
If you
want to
get yourself
down to
the
loading bay
to
offload.
Thank you
very much,
Mr.
Perraud.
Yeah,
that's me,
Mr.
Perraud.
Thank you for
acknowledging my
name, sir.
It's been
approximately two
and a half years
since he did so.
I really
appreciate it.
I'm going to
treasure this
moment in the
four hours of
sleep that I'm
allowed in a
day.
That being
said,
sir,
quick question
for you.
I guess.
Do I have
permission to
do it
manually
like this
time?
Manually,
eh?
Well,
I'd like to
try some of
the sticks,
see if I
could land
this thing
on my own,
maybe not
interfaced with
the local
mechanicum
or mechanicus
instruments,
if that's
okay.
Well,
why on earth
would you make
that request?
Because
practice,
sir,
ever since
that Noctis
Aeterna
Great Rift
thing,
you know,
we can't rely
on everything
all the time.
Very well,
but should you
make a mistake,
it shall be
deducted from
your rations.
Aw,
thanks,
sir.
You're the
best,
god captain.
What's funny,
the rations
are actually
still zero
right now,
so.
Well,
yeah,
but we're not
going to let
the crew know
that.
Exactly.
He could go
below zero,
he could go
below zero,
we can just
be hacking off
parts of him
and turn it
into corpse
starch.
That is true,
we can't
grind him up.
They know
it's low,
they know
we're going
in for
resupply,
they don't
know that
we're about
to go
on a
mission.
Gotta keep
the morale
high.
So true.
So assume
we're all
filtering in
the back
of this
harvest
lighter.
Oh,
you're in
a big
old ship,
like this
is actually
the ship
itself goes
through orbit
and lands
atop this
side.
Oh my God.
Just the
fucking scale.
Yeah.
Are we in
like high
orbit at
least or are
we like
touching the
earth?
Like these
silos are
meant to
dock
spaceships
that come
and pick
up the
silos.
That's
crazy.
Oh,
rad.
every single
time we're
in a metal
death box
last campaign.
We afford
what we can
afford.
Hey,
we're up
green now,
boy.
I don't
like speakers
ships so
much better.
We love it
because he has
money and he
runs a tight
ship.
Yeah.
Listen,
I have
you know
what Alden
did.
He read
Zedekin.
True.
Exactly.
He put the
principles into
practice.
somewhere
across the
universe,
one particular
Lord Captain
wakes up
restlessly in
his bed and
knows that
some shit is
being said.
It says here
in this book
that this
Captain Zedek
Mascul Dolce
has so many
bitches.
That's
incredible.
What's
bitches,
sir?
I don't
know,
but someday
perhaps we'll
find out.
I hope I get
some soon,
sir.
It sounds
nice.
Me too,
sir.
Wait,
you're not
my sir.
I'm having
you're saying
sir so much
now I'm
saying it.
You seem
to be
dissociating
Captain.
Take a look
inside.
No,
no,
no,
that'll be
fine.
If we go
down this
route,
we're going
to very
quickly become
C-Lab.
Alright,
so with
that you
reach the
loading bay.
The doors
eventually
opening with
a pneumatic
hiss.
As the
vessel has
been descending
though,
you've
actually managed
to get a
good view
of the
valley
itself.
So I'm
going to
show you
a piece of
artwork
here.
Alright,
so there
are several
areas that
you notice
as you
are coming
in.
First of
all,
you can
see that
from above
you see
the layout
of the
entire
complex
here.
There are
several
things.
First of
all,
there are
the silos,
these structures
right here.
I'm going to
ping,
it's a very
small ping
though,
so bear
with me.
Alright,
in the
center.
Then,
close to
those
is a
larger
compound.
This
section,
you can
see,
I'm just
going to
pull it
up right
here,
is a
bland but
very imposing
structure of
industrial
ping and
machinery.
As you
pass by,
you can
see that
there is
in fact
the skull
and cog
symbol of
the Adeptus
Mechanicus
adorning this
structure.
from that
you can
see that
there's
like craggy
lands to
the northeast
and then
what appears
to be
a bastion
of some
sort up
here,
like an
imperial
military
bastion
outpost
of the
Astra
Militarum.
Then,
there is a
large
cathedral
of the
ecclesiarchy,
right,
kind of down
over here
to the
southwest of
where you're
landing.
Then,
a section
of abs
all sort
of put
together to
the southeast
area of
where you
are.
And then,
finally,
there is
a sort
of,
I suppose,
like a
stunted
pyramid of
rock crate
right around
here between
the large
Mechanicus
building and
the cathedral.
And this
structure
is,
has the
very,
very,
like,
bland but
notable
markings of
the
administratum.
Otherwise,
the rest of
this open
space on
this entire
map area
here is
dedicated to
agriculture and
farmland.
It is
massive amounts
of farmland.
Some of them
are being,
like,
you can't get
a good
view from
this orbital
descent of
what's going
on.
but there
is just
a massive
amount of
agriculture
compared to
these
already
massive
buildings.
The Imperium
doesn't do
things small,
and this
is an
example of
that.
Mr. Aloysus.
Yes,
Captain?
You're
standing within
the Adeptus
Mechanicus.
How vast
is it?
Please
remind me.
I will
remind you
once again,
Captain.
I am a
Lex Mechanic.
I am a
tech priest
of the,
well,
in
Equary
to the
Order of
Xenos.
My
standing is
higher than
most,
certainly
higher than
most menials
as Qatari.
So I
should have
some pull
with the
locals here.
Of course,
sparring any
sort of
archmigos
or magos,
that I
might be
a bit
remiss to
outclass
them.
Certainly,
but if we
needed a
meeting with
the local
magos,
could you
arrange
that?
I could
see what
I could
do.
Shouldn't
be any
problem for
any
upstanding
member
of
a
cult?
Most
excellent.
We're
going to
be dealing
with the
local
aristocracy,
and quite
frankly,
the less
entwined we
are with
their
shenanigans,
the better.
If we
could get
a remit
through the
Mechanicus
to ascertain
the validity
of our,
shall we
say,
request
for
replenishment,
that could
sidestep
quite a
few
headaches.
You
will be
correct in
that assumption,
Captain.
They are
very wont
to maintain
the
bureaucratic
nonsense,
all the
trammel of
trying to
request
supplies,
maintenance,
all sorts
of things.
They all
go through
their systems.
I may be
able to
have some
I could
help out.
That's
excellent.
Second
opinions from
the rest of
my away crew?
Bruce,
Calrana?
Bruce looks
down at,
he kind of
glances at
Calrana a
little bit,
but then he
kind of
looks down
at it.
He kind of
looks down
a bit,
she was like,
I ain't got
nothing to report,
so.
But I did
clean out all
the junk,
though,
inside of
the,
you know,
repository area.
That's a
very good
job,
Bruce.
I didn't
even ask
you to do
that.
He smiles.
I took
initiative this
time.
Excellent.
And as I
always say,
I take
out,
I take
off one
of my
leather gloves,
I take
off the
other,
and the
special reward
that I do
for my
crewmates
that do a
great job,
I reveal
my knuckle
tattoos that
just say,
hold
fast.
fast.
Not the
knuckle
tats.
Wow,
that certainly
is something,
Captain.
Russ claps,
he goes,
yeah.
It's almost
as good
as a gold
star,
sir.
I still
have a
fear that
you gave
me,
and he
kind of
shows a
bit,
like,
under,
like,
a plate
or so.
He's got,
like,
three gold
stars,
one slightly
peeling off.
If I get
the fifth
one,
he says,
he's going
to get
me ice
cream.
That's
right.
And so,
hopefully,
after this
adventure,
we'll be able
to get you
this ice-ed
cream,
or whatever
that is.
Now then,
Karana,
have you any
particular
insights as
an alien?
I mean,
a Xenos.
I mean,
a mutant.
It all means
the same
thing.
Right.
Well,
not
particularly.
Fright,
I'm not
necessarily
schooled in
the ins
and outs
of how
your,
uh,
monkey,
I mean,
human
sorts of
systems work.
Frackling
of Vox.
Captain,
we're all
put place
in good
now.
Um,
I'm gonna
open the,
I'm gonna
open the
landing door.
I think you're
good to go
on out there
now.
That's
excellent.
Set a
short,
uh,
fucking,
bleh.
Set a course
for the
Mechanicus
outpost.
We'll see if we
can have word
with the
local
magos.
Oh,
oh,
sir,
sir,
this is the
only place
you can
dock.
Oh.
By the
bloody
hoe,
are we
supposed to
get to
the
Mechanicus
outpost?
Walking?
Yeah,
I don't
want to
side with
the
Zenos,
sir,
but I
think they
expect some
walking.
Excuse me,
sir,
maybe we
can box
over and
try to
ask them
for a
vehicular
divorce
in which
to carry
us.
I mean,
I'm good
for a
good old
dog,
sir.
but,
you know,
maybe they
could give
us a
little bit
of respect
in that
way with
some
weasels.
Those
nice big
words.
Oh,
thank you.
Thank you,
abomination.
It's so,
wait,
I hate
you.
Right,
right,
right,
I hate
you too,
but hey,
good job
on the
abomination.
That's
bigger than
a freak.
Shut up,
Zenos.
He kind
of leans
over.
I don't
mean it,
I'm
sorry.
Oh,
it's
okay.
Filthy
monkey.
I don't
even know
what that
is.
It's
okay,
ruse,
we'll tell
you when
you're
older.
the door
begins to
open as
one of
the loading
bay
exterior
panels
opens,
revealing
the top
of this
immense
silo,
giving you
a good
view of
the entire
valley.
And again,
just the
stretching,
stretching
farmland
around this
area.
As you
can see
out,
there is
an individual
who stands
at the
exterior,
sort of
waiting,
tugging up
a bit of
a coat
around
themselves.
They have
the signature
tattoo of
the
administratum,
and they
sort of
squint with
a balding
head with
minor
visual aids,
like old
skin,
weathered
skin,
as they
sort of
squint
and look
at the
group
exiting
the
vessel.
Oh,
serving.
Can I
help you?
Fine
warriors
of the
emperor,
I welcome
you to
Ankara,
such as
it is.
I won't
insult you
by asking
why you
are here,
as I
understand
my place
in our
glorious
imperium.
I am
Xanthar
Futa,
de
ministratum
adept,
and I
have a
humble
request
of my
own.
You
will
meet
our
confessor
and
leading
tech
adept
shortly.
I
apologize
in advance
for their
behavior.
If you
have time,
must you
are here
to repair
their
relationship?
I would
be most
grateful.
please
seek me
out at
the
overseer's
compound
if you
need
my
assistance
otherwise,
but let
me lead
you over
to the
attending
dignitaries.
Yes,
you stated
you had
a request
of us?
If you
could help
to repair
the situation
with them,
but also if you
could come
visit me
later.
I don't
want to
express
too much
in front
of the
other
two.
It
takes
some
time
to
explain,
you know.
Very
well.
We
shall
see if
we
find
the
means
which
depart
to
meet
your
offices.
Very
good,
very
good.
I
appreciate
it.
He
starts
leading
you
towards
a,
like,
like,
along
like a
rickety
open,
um,
section,
which leads
to a
far
more
rickety
open
plasteel,
um,
a
plasteel
elevator.
Um,
and on
it,
um,
you can
see that
there are
some
individuals.
First of
all,
there is,
there is a
woman who
stands there,
uh,
and she,
she is
looking fairly
noble and
austere in
various
priestly
robes.
Um,
she is
currently
engaged in
some
sort of
discussion
with
another,
um,
individual.
This one
far more,
um,
bionic
technical
in nature.
Um,
let's see
here if I
can pull
over.
Um,
and these
two are
clearly having
a discussion
as you are
approaching,
the tech
adept sort
of being
the one
speaking at
the,
at the,
the current
moment.
This elevator
is a perfect
example of
the weakness
of the flesh.
Query,
do you
calculate
more crops
could be
acquired if
holy servitors
powered this
elevator?
Uh,
the woman
replies,
absolutely
not.
Humanity is
made in the
emperor's image.
If he wanted
us to alter
our forms,
he would have
decreed it
himself.
You impious,
impious fool.
Anger,
predictable.
Perhaps if
the laborers
and yourself
were more
logically inclined,
they would
not believe
foolish myths
and the
righteous work
of the
Omnissiah
could continue
undisturbed.
Um,
the woman
then looks
like incredulous
noticing you
and she,
she has to
get the last
word in,
so she turns
to,
to,
to the tech
adept before
turning back
to you.
Perhaps
the blasphemous
mechanic has
worked so keen
to enter
forbidden rooms
and covet every,
convert every
injured citizen
into soulless
servitors,
people would
trust you
more.
Ah,
there you
are,
new arrivals.
What do you
think?
Should elevators
be powered by
glorious manpower
or cold machinery?
I think that my
vessel requires
replenishments
and I would
very much
appreciate
any who
might provide
them.
Now I'm to
understand that
this is the
place I must
go and you
are the
individuals in
which I must
introduce myself
to in lieu
of a seneschal.
I am
Captain
Alden
Rosh.
Just for
listeners.
I know I
got distracted
by Golem on
the argument
there.
It just
completely
destroyed me.
I completely
killed my
role.
As you brought
up the
images,
it's the
woman just
pointing,
just yelling
and this,
the Chad
tech adept
is just not
even looking
at her for
the art.
They obviously
didn't plan it
for that way,
but he's
just staring
forward as
if he was
the Golem
mean of
Golem has
won the
argument and
I was losing
my shit.
Holy fuck.
Oh my god.
So I had to
put that up.
Sorry to
distract.
Go ahead.
In lieu of a
seneschal, I
shall introduce
myself.
I am
Alden
Rosh,
captain of
the Bird of
Paradise and
rogue trader
by writ of
trade.
I do not
know with
whom I
converse,
but I
suspect that
either of
you,
noble servant
of the
Omnissiah and
gracious confessor
of our
blessed god
emperor,
might aid a
fellow servant
of the
master of
mankind.
Yes, I
am confessor
Euphrates.
I am the
most senior
member of the
ecclesiarchy in
Ankara.
I am
Jena
Tor
Heptex.
Well, I
am most
obliged to
meet your
acquaintances.
Nevertheless,
my query
remains.
How might I
easily
recontore and
otherwise
obtain
my
rations?
I have
60,000
people aboard
my
conquest-class
star galleon,
and they
require food,
water,
and a
substantial
rum ration.
And
chocolate.
Don't forget
ice cream.
And ice cream,
I'm told,
but that's less
important.
It's really
important,
sir.
He looks
down at his
arm.
Don't you
agree that
it's really
important?
Oh, you
don't have to
bring him
into this.
I have to
bring him
into this.
All right.
He does
not have to
weigh in.
The outcome
cannot be
predicted.
You don't
know about
ice cream.
You're
bothering him.
My
modest
priority,
ice cream
requisition.
Please.
Thank you,
sir.
if I
may.
Fooder
kind of
like
interjects
a bit.
The
current
rates have
made a
very large
shortfall.
Obviously,
we require
them for
the militarum
and the
systems.
Were we
able to
increase
our
efficiency,
perhaps by
solving some
of the
ongoing
issues here,
we could
of course
perhaps
pause
slightly
use the
added
efficiencies
to
provide for
your vessel.
Smiles,
kind of like,
oh,
there's a
solution.
isn't
that
right,
confessor,
janitor?
And the
tech
takes the
moment to
reply.
Yes,
I believe
that by
converting
perhaps more
servitors,
we will
solve many
of the
issues
here.
And the
confessor is
just like,
bah,
that's a
solution to
everything.
You see,
this is why
I need to
know.
Should the
elevator be
powered by
machines or
man?
And there's
like this
ka-chunk as
the elevator
starts to
activate and
begin to
take you
all down.
What is the
potential
efficiency of
an elevator
powered by
servitors versus
one powered by
the blessed
marvels of
mankind's
form?
Well,
I,
I,
I,
the efficiency
is,
is faith.
Faith powers
and allows
men to
provide more.
That is
not true.
And what
would your
rebuttal
be,
Janitor?
My rebuttal
would be
mathematically
based that
were we to
replace the
cranium with
necessary
augmentations
and update
certain strata
of the
biomass
with
adamantine
reinforcements,
the body
could manage
the needs
of the
elevator
far more
efficiently
than a
crude
zealot.
Ah,
but there
is something
that you're
not asking,
Janitor,
though indeed
your calculations,
I have no doubt,
are mathematically
impossible to
disprove.
how much
do you
wage
it costs
to have
a crew
of servitors
carry a
melter
torpedo
from its
stocks
within
the bowels
of a vessel
to the
efficient
tube
before it
is fired?
No?
I must
consult
the
Battlefleet
Gothic
rulebook
where such
a thing
is
illustrated.
Before you
do such
a thing,
you should...
We are not in
this right
rule system
error.
Before you
do such
a thing,
Janitor,
allow me
to give you
the answer.
The answer
is,
it is not
so much
that they
are always
and frequently
used.
Indeed,
it is sometimes
much more
efficient to
rely on
un-augmented
menials
for such
tasks.
That is
because the
price,
the cost,
the materials,
the effort,
the labor
in creating
servitors that
will break
down and
then need
further repairs
is simply,
well,
not favorable
compared to
the flow of
raw and
untainted
manpower.
To that end,
whilst I have
no doubt that
there would be
an increase
in efficiency,
the question
becomes,
not one
of faith
versus
efficiency,
but of
cost.
Perhaps
in this case,
for an elevator
such as this,
unless overheads
are to
dramatically
increase,
it might be
best to allow
this to be
un-augmented.
And likewise,
should the elevator
prove to be
of the utmost
necessity
to be
abandoned by
servitors,
it may
behoove
the confessor
then to
designate
certain roles
that are
much more
efficient for
un-augmented
menials to
perform.
Yes,
what he's
saying is that
he sides with
me,
Genitor.
No.
I did not
get that
impression.
Genitor,
if I,
Captain,
if I may.
Of course,
by all means,
Alonsus.
Genitor,
are you familiar
with the
Martian
Accords,
I should
take it
you are,
for which
our entire
order has
stemmed from?
Like,
he just,
like,
looks up
and down
his own
robes,
like,
yes.
Then you
recall
doctrines
of
agreement
between
he who
sits upon
the throne
on Terra
and us,
the Mechanicum
on Holy
Mars.
You may
also recall
a sort
of understanding
between
us
and
Aloysus.
Aloysus will
look back to
the other
Imperials
assembled
and them.
Though we
vary quite
differently
in our
ideologies,
we couldn't
be more
than the
same.
In fact,
it's two
halves of
the same
whole.
Now,
dear
confessor,
you're quite
right in that
our menials
are very
valuable.
Faith
itself is
valuable.
Think of
it in terms
of a
fuel,
another
resource
to be
expended.
Faith
carries the
average menial
through their
day in a
promise that
they will
meet tomorrow
and not be
turned into
rations
for it.
But where
faith fails,
the surety
of steel
may intercede.
Thus,
it is not a
simple question
of more
servitors
made from
lobotomized
menials or
ignoring the
rather
disrepaired
state of your
equipment,
but finding a
way to
wed the two.
After all,
we strive to
act what
the flesh
lacks.
But we
must not
forget our
roots.
It really
is quite
simple.
Roos raises
the hand.
Yes,
Roos.
why don't
you just
have the
mechanicus
people do
all the
medial stuff
with the
elevators and
have a
symbiotic
relationship
with those
of the
flesh folk
who help
maintain the
servitor people
so that you
work together
in which to
move the
big heavy
go up and
down things.
So that
both of you
feel important
for the
emperor and
we all
work together.
Keep it
nice and
simple.
Just like my
friend said
and he
pats a
voice.
Bruce,
who taught
you the
word
symbiotic?
He did
and he
taps the
orb.
Of course
he did.
Was the
rock told
or whatever?
The rock
told me.
He's my
son and
he holds
him.
Well,
I'm sure
that can't
be anything
important.
I'll just
continue to
ignore that.
Um,
Mr.
Game Master?
Yes.
Might I
suggest
that
Aloysus
and I
make some
sort of
check to
see if we
can mend
the schism
betwixt these
two warring
factions with
our words,
arguments,
and generally
great demeanor.
Oh,
generally great
demeanor.
Okay.
Uh,
this is an
incredibly
difficult thing
to do.
It's not
something you're
going to be
able to do
in one
specific go,
but it's
something you
could like
work on
over time,
I shall say.
Um,
but this is a
good opportunity.
Uh,
likely this
would probably
be something
along the
lines of
either a
leadership
or a
persuasion
would be the
two skills I
would probably
go for here.
That sounds
fine by me.
Uh,
now,
Aloysus,
I think,
made some
pretty damn
good arguments.
I would
say so.
Um,
could Aloysus
in some
way assist
me?
Through a
scholar check.
Um,
yeah,
I,
I think
knowing some
of the,
the Mechanicus
background here
would make
sense.
Um,
let's see
what I
might do.
Um,
let's have
the scholar
check first.
Absolutely.
We'll see
what happens.
This will be
a difficulty
three.
A difficulty
three scholar
check.
Absolutely.
And we'll
see if the
funny little
thing comes
to help
afterwards.
Oh,
that's very
nice.
That's a
great rule.
Yeah,
eight successes,
uh,
with two shifts
possible.
Um,
so I will
allow you
with your
success and
shifts,
I will
allow you
to take
those shifts
and essentially
what this
will do
with your
success here
is to
pass the
two shifts
on as
bonuses,
uh,
extra dice,
I should
say,
on,
um,
Alden's
check here
as you
have provided
some really
good data,
some backgrounds,
but the,
the,
the goal,
like the,
the main
point of
this is the,
the sort
of persuasion
and or leadership
element here.
Um,
this will be
a difficulty
seven check.
But you'll
get two
extra dice.
Very good,
I'll be getting
two extra
dice,
and I will
also get
an additional
dice,
since I'm
going to
make it a
persuasion
check,
and I
would argue
that this
would definitely
be a test
to acquire
goods and
services.
I think
I,
okay,
I,
I,
I will
argue
in that
yes,
but I don't,
I'm not going
to count
necessarily the
bonus towards
mending fences
between the
two factions.
Those are two
very separate
tasks.
But I'll,
I'll let you
have the bonus
here,
because as I
said,
this isn't
going to be
like,
you're not
going to
succeed this
and suddenly
like everyone's
best friends,
but you can
start making
some inroads.
Sure,
okie dokie.
Let's roll.
Ah,
that's nine
successes with
one shift
possible.
Yeah,
um,
so that was a
good amount
of sixes,
so with that
you're,
you're able to
sort of calm
down the
better part.
Um,
what you've done
here,
um,
through,
through your
negotiations is
given both
sides something
to think about.
Um,
and so rather
than the situation
where you walked
in where you
were kind of
basically being
put in like a
you have to
pick,
um,
you can tell
that as the
elevator is
reaching its
end,
that you've
got both
factions to
a point where
you think they're
both going to
be receptive,
but they
definitely want
to have further
discussions with
you in their
own respective
territories.
Um,
so as you
kind of come,
come,
come to the
end of the
elevator trip,
you know now
that you aren't
going to be
pigeonholed into
a,
oh,
we made the
the confessor
angry so the
confessor won't
really want to
talk to us.
In fact,
you've kept
them both
on a very
good point
and not
not necessarily
mended the
bridges,
but made it
so you on
this planet
can operate
as sort of
an independent
group that
neither side
is going to
just assume
is agents
of the other.
That's very
good.
That's,
that's,
that's a
lovely position
to be in.
Yes.
And so
with that,
the elevator
does kind
of come
to like
a grinding
cathunk
as it
does.
Each of
you walk
out to
see the
two dozen
humans pulling
chains to
make it
operate.
And then
the other
two dozen
humans on
the opposite
side ready
to begin
the process
of pulling
the chains
so the
elevator
rises.
Ah,
good old
imperial
labour.
I just
tears.
Dead food,
I'm just,
yes,
well,
given the
situation,
you are
free,
of course,
to explore
the settlement.
We only ask
that you stay
within the
valley proper.
Don't go
beyond the
western
borders.
Otherwise,
you are free
to explore
and converse
with who
you need
to again
discover
some of
what is
happening
here and
assist us
with the
inefficiencies
and the
disappearances.
If I could
have a short
list of
where to
go and
who to
speak to,
I would
be greatly
appreciative,
for I do
not seek
to be
an errand
boy upon
this world
for too
long.
A
dignitary
ambassador,
as I
can
fulfill
that
role
quite
well.
But I
do have
an
itinerary
to keep.
I can
provide you
with a
schematic
of the
settlement
via data
uplink
one moment.
And, you
know,
Fudo kind
of provides
some to
a data
slate or
whatnot that
you have.
It provides
you basically
with this
map and
indications
of the
individual
locations.
There's not
tons of
specific detail,
but you
would know
again,
the sort
of the
area of
the silos.
You get
more direct
names for
some of
the areas.
Like, there
is the
silo, there
is the
cathedral of
the sun
emperor, and
other locations.
The
Julesian
complex is the
large, like,
adeptus
mechanicus
complex that
you saw
previous.
The
sortium
compound is
the
administratum
area.
the
habs is
sort of
the
people's
living
area.
Obviously, the
field surrounding
everything, and
then something
just marked in
the far
distance as
Outpost
Polaris.
Outpost
Polaris, I
assume that's
the local
planetary
defense force?
Yes, it
is the
Astra
Militarum
outpost on
the world.
It's run
by
Colonel
Crast
Billness.
Crast
Billness.
Am I
familiar with
that name?
Not
offhand.
Okay, so
it's not like a
noble name, the
Grand
Billness
lineage.
No, no,
no.
Okay.
Billness.
Billness.
Yes, well,
sounds a
lovely fellow.
I suppose
he'd have
some stocks.
Well, then,
you mentioned
disappearances?
Well, and
like, with
that, the
confessor steps
up, I
must return to
the cathedral.
I must
return to
the compound
should you
require more
to seek us
out.
And then
they both
sort of depart
in separate
ways, but
the fooder
remains kind
of shifting
uneasily.
Oh, you
handled that
miraculously
well, the
emperor.
Oh, you've
done a great
job.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I owe at
least half of
my success to
my quite
capable second
here,
Aloysus.
I appreciate
your canny
use of
trade and
ancient records
to eliminate
the conflict.
Yes, well,
you see, the
issue is that
more and more
workers are
disappearing
every week.
There are
discrepancies in
the records.
As I mentioned,
they are affecting
some of our
efficiencies.
entities.
You mean to
suggest that
they're just
dropping off?
No wonder
they want to
lobotomize them
and make more
menial servitors.
They're not
showing up.
Well, that's
part of the
problem.
You see,
they wouldn't
happen to have
any leads on
where they may
be going?
Any sort of
grumblings?
The confessor,
the confessor,
she believes
that perhaps
the Adeptus
Mechanicus
have been
zealous
in their
conversions.
Not until
the flesh is
ready, but
more when the
flesh is needed,
and that could
account for
some of the
disappearances.
The janitor is
vehemently against
this, indicating
if that were the
case, that
productivity
would have
increased.
I see.
a mind is
a terrible
thing to
waste.
Yes, the
people, of course,
they come up
with all sorts
of ridiculous
solutions or
local superstitions
related to what
is happening.
Ah, superstition.
Magic is
always a
worthy substitute
for any
sufficiently
advanced
technologies.
I'm sure
it's not so
banal as
a boogeyman
in the night
or an
overly
zealous
janitor.
Is there
a pattern
to the
disappearances,
workers from
one particular
hub?
Oh, I
don't know.
It's not my
necessarily
place in
the pattern.
You're more
than welcome
to come by
the sword
team compound
should you
wish, but
I can only
direct.
I, again,
am not the
most...
I don't
know
everything.
Is that
enough?
With that,
there are, of
course, vehicles
should you need
to take them
to local
locations, but
I, too, must
return to my
duties.
I will leave
you here.
You have
access as
necessary as
agents, but
know that
your authority
will only go
so far here,
so please,
please do be
careful.
The people
here, they
are a
faithful.
I'll
certainly
keep that
in mind.
Thank you.
I'll make
the sign of
the Aquila,
and I'll
see the
Xander out.
Yeah, he
makes the sign
and quickly
walks off to
his own,
and then
heads off.
You're
going to do
that like,
Zoltan,
like,
Zaline.
Goodness
gracious, I
was expecting
this to be a
squabble between
aristocrats.
I'd never
imagine that
the true
argument could
be so petty.
It very
often is
to these
types.
Theodicy
generally clouds
the vision of
those who
could do so
much more.
Quite right
you are.
Well,
Kilrana,
welcome to
the lovely
human
agri-world
complex.
Right,
this is,
uh,
we'll call
it
incredible.
We'll call
it that.
Well,
what do you
aliens use
to power
your elevators?
Well,
we certainly
don't pull
them with
our fucking
hands.
Ah,
you see,
that's
why you're
wrong.
There's
nothing
technology.
Bah,
that's why
we're on
the ascendancy.
We rely on
the innate
strength of
mankind.
I like,
imagine you're
shading it
with grit
teeth.
Yeah,
you logic
and shit.
Well,
you fucking
idiot.
Stupid,
stinky,
magic,
dude.
Fuck you.
We're people.
We have
machines.
We got
computers that
are made
out of
people.
Fuck you.
We're literally
pulling
ourselves
up by our
bootstraps.
What about
you?
You don't
even have
a planet.
Fuck you.
No,
no,
that,
hey,
that was
too close
to home.
Oh,
I'm sorry.
That was
too close.
Too far.
If I may
offer a piece
of advice
to you.
Aye.
You would
know what
this is,
as this is
Eldari for
one shows
good sense
in silence
when one
has nothing
to say.
Aye.
Learned a
bit of the
language,
aye?
Aye.
Then,
I'll respond
in kind
with your,
what's it,
low,
gothic.
I'll do
my
darndest
and I'll
keep my
inside thoughts
inside.
But,
sorry if
the face
shows a
little bit
of,
what's the
word,
disdain?
It's fine.
I've struggled
to put on a
good face
with these
people too
and that
the low
gothic
types are
so insufferable
most of the
time.
That's why I
put this
plate on my
face,
ah!
Yeah,
but sorry you
don't even
have a face.
Exactly,
Roos!
I've found a
strong...
Oh, true, bestie.
I've found
quite the
opposite to be
true in my
experience.
Many of the
high gothic
types that
enlist in the
ensign core,
they tend to
wither quickly.
it's those
that came
from the
ground,
those rare
few gems
that rise
up from the
dirt.
They've always
proven the
most trustworthy.
But whether
high or low
or from
places far
beyond,
we have a
duty here.
Let's see
to it.
Shall we
see to the
confessor first,
do you think?
Yeah.
I'm curious
about these
disappearances.
Oh, that's
my, sir.
Do we go
see the
confessor,
sir?
I'll fight
with him
against orcs,
you know.
He's my
favorite
comment,
sir.
The answer
is unclear.
Try again.
What do you
mean it's
unclear,
sir?
Is that
Michael Dorn?
We've gone
through this
before.
You've asked
this before.
He's not
quite,
sir.
Press that
thing again.
I want to
hear it again.
Hold on.
Just press
it.
He said
that the
answer was
unclear.
He clearly
needs to
react.
Exactly.
Should we
go see the
confessor,
sir,
or go to
the other
folk?
Should we
go see the
confessor,
sir?
The answer
is yes.
And off
we go,
sir.
He always
knows the
best,
ever since
we started
that entire
war.
I just
love,
I love
that Zoran
fucking like
metad the
shit out
of our
party can't
ever make
a goddamn
decision and
we'll be here
for an hour,
so I'm going
to put our
fate in the
hands of
this fucking
war.
war.
Oh my god.
Right.
I think,
uh,
I'm curious
about these
disappearances.
They say that
it might be
your techie
types turning
them into
lobotomites,
but the
techie types
seemed like
they swore
up and down
that they
didn't have
enough
lobotomites.
something's
not adding
up.
Eldare
lobotomites,
oh my god.
You're called
servitors,
Kelrana.
Servitors.
But otherwise,
I find your
analysis is
likely par for
the course.
I think the
truth will only
be elucidated
through brisk
and direct
engagement.
Um,
what are the
vehicles that
were supplied
to us to meet
with the
confessor?
yeah,
so you
are,
you are
provided
with some,
um,
slightly
modified
tractors.
Oh,
that have a
wide back
that can
carry several
people.
Um,
they're like,
they're kind of
like truck
track,
yeah,
like a
futuristic
pickup truck
tractor.
You know,
when I went
to Sweden,
people drive
their tractors
on the road,
they can only
go 30
kilometers per
hour.
They do that
here.
And they
drive them
in one,
like there's
only one lane
that you can
go forward
and they
drive them
on the
highway.
That's like
80 to
120 kilometers
per hour.
And it
made me want
to kill.
I hope
these go
faster than
30 kilometers.
They do that
in the United
States too.
They actually
go 20.
Yeah,
but they
drink it.
That's not
a Sweden
thing.
It's
everywhere.
As you
approach the
tractor car,
you realize
that the
wheels each
have a man
inside manually
turning.
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Beautiful!
Classic
in efficiency.
We love
this.
If you'll
permit me a
moment,
these look
like deer
class
agricultural
corrugators
retrofitted
into
fairies.
One moment.
and Aloysus
will set
to work
his little
servo skulls
tabulating all
of his thoughts
as he speaks
aloud.
I would
love to
make a
text check.
Are you
souping it
up?
I am going
to soup
this tractor,
Thurston.
Okay,
okay,
okay,
okay,
okay.
Let's
pimp the
tractor.
I like to
point out
that as
your servo
skull is
doing
scroll
stuff,
I want
through
every
adventure,
you never
rip it
off,
so there's
always a
paper trail
of wherever
you're going.
Oh,
it's going
to be so
long.
I do have
scroll cases
though for
that.
Maybe we'll
see.
I've already
thought about
that.
I have a
lot of
paper.
We might
be very
efficient in
some ways,
but we're
certainly not
efficient with
that.
Roll me the
difficulty 5
tech check,
please.
Difficulty 5
tech check,
coming at
you.
Yeah.
Boom.
Now that
is a
complication,
however,
I raise you
because I'm
simply better.
I'm going to
choice from
my robe
an ornate
bottle of
sacred machine
oil, which
allows me,
once per
scene, to
ignore any
complication
involving
imperial
technology.
I'm going to
apply the
sacred oils,
I will save
the rights
of grip
it and rip
it, and I
will, well,
I might
try this one,
actually.
Oh no, we're
fine.
You managed to
improve the
efficiency by
removing the
two men
trapped in
the wheel
well.
You,
menials,
before you
go,
you,
yes,
there's so
much smoke
in my life,
my lord.
May you
never find
yourself in
the wheel
well yet
again.
permit me
to ask,
you wouldn't
have happened
to have
seen anything
about those
missing other
menials from
your rather
immobile station?
We're following
up on some
disquieting
information about
your kind.
just some of
the fields,
any points
off in
like, you
know,
a general
direction.
Fields that
way, that's
where some of
the disappearances
happen.
I see.
That's all I
know.
Does the
other menial
have a similar
response?
the other
menial looks
and it's
just like,
I don't
know what
to do
with myself.
I've been
freed from
the wheel
well, but
my family's
been in the
wheel well
for three
generations.
What do I
do now?
You serve
a higher
purpose.
And by
that, I
mean,
you're settled
here.
So go
back and
find another
position to
take, or
take it up
with the
adapter, so
it'll show
you the
light, so
to speak.
I get to
be a
farmer?
Maybe you'll
get to be a
farmer.
We'll see
what they
have in
store.
Wow.
Thurston?
Yes, the
emperor.
Yes.
Do I get
the sense
that the
previous
menial was
withholding any
information?
No, no.
Just like,
one of them
has no
info, the
other one
has clearly
paid attention
while being
trapped in
the wheel
well of
this pickup
truck, yes.
Good enough
for me.
Yeah, for
sure.
So you
kind of have
a general
idea, though,
of, like, a
direction to
go to the
fields where
some of
these
disappearances
have taken
the place.
So you
could go
investigate
that, you
could go to
the confessor.
More options
have opened
their way
out.
I see.
Thank you
very much
for your
insight, too.
May the
Omnissiah
bless you.
And may
you all
serve your
part in
the divine
mechanism.
And they
proceed to
head off.
Yeah, what
do you want
to do now?
I'm going to
drive my
tractor.
Yep.
Yeah.
Now we're
going to
make it
fast
ourselves.
Okay.
So the
Baroque
architecture of
the cathedral
is, you
know, large
domineering.
It's composed
of just dark
gray slabs of
rock, great
Gothic spires,
gargoyles.
The east
side of it
has several
arch-stained
glass windows.
They depict
the emperor
in some
sort of,
like,
they depict
him often
with the
images and
emblems of
suns, like,
just like bright
stars.
As you
approach, you
can tell that
the interior is
open to all
as you park
your tractor.
Um, and
you can tell
that the
interior is
constructed to
maximize the
light of the
dawn.
It's tall and
open with a
single, uh,
damaged pulpit.
Um, but
otherwise, you
can see that
this area is
filled with
people.
There are
hundreds, if
not thousands,
um, scurrying
through the
nave, each
waiting, uh,
to hear the
the flaming
uh, shouting
rhetoric of
the priest at
the pulpit,
which, um,
has no loud
hailers amplifying
their voice.
It's, in fact,
it seems like it
just echoes
through the
room through
fear, doubting,
and force of
will from the
speaker, despite
there being
loud hailers
connected here.
Uh, many of
them are, like,
coated in, in
layers of
dust.
What is the, uh,
sermon about?
Currently, they,
they are
preaching about
the, the
need to
put oneself
into the,
into the
greater
imperium, to
venerate what
they call the
sun emperor,
by devoting
themselves, mind,
body, and
soul, uh, to
their, their
daily labors.
There is a
huge undertone
throughout various
passages and
hymns, detailing
this idea of
agriculture as
worship.
Hmm.
Well, I suppose
anything to keep
the agri-workers
in line.
Sun emperor.
Some planets,
someone might call
that heresy.
local
tradition, do
you think,
Aloysius?
Well, there's
every number of
offshoots of the
imperial faith.
It is worth
investigating further,
I'm sure.
My compatriots in
the Order of
Raticus would
also like to know
this information.
After all,
knowledge is power.
Well, that may
be so.
We should be
careful not to
seek out any
that could be
too useless.
I don't like
it, sir.
What don't you
like?
I don't like it,
sir.
There's no
emperor ain't
no son.
All my
traditional is,
he ain't no
son.
Hmm.
Well, you're
right.
Anybody who
follows a
different type of
emperor than I
follow, gets
the bayonet.
That is so
brave of you,
Roos, Kilrana.
Watch Roos.
Uh, I'm
watching him.
Just entertaining.
Hey, Roos.
Finger puppets.
Shadow puppets.
I might go
Rodda.
Yeah, I got it.
Hey, look at
this.
Uh, I'm gonna, uh,
fiddle around in
my pockets and
I'm gonna pull
out, uh, uh, or
I'm gonna, I'm
gonna make, like,
uh, the little
shadow puppet dog
thing.
I'm gonna, like,
hold it up to
one of the, like,
80 million candles
because it's the
Imperium and I'm
gonna make, like,
a little, little
shadow dog for
him.
Thurston, can I
make a willpower
test to potentially
resist shadow
dog?
Uh, yes.
Um, I have a
question, uh, real
quick.
Um, this will be
an opposed check.
Um, Kelrana, what
is the skill you
would like to use
to construct your
shadow, uh, puppet?
Um, um, um, that
would be...
Psychic mastery,
psychic mastery.
Psychic mastery, I
smite him.
Yeah, exactly.
No.
Uh, uh, uh, uh,
Do you invoke the
powers of the warp to
make it, to make an
animate shadow
puppet?
Um, would it be,
like, I don't know,
I don't have any good
skills for this.
Deception?
Survival.
That would work, but
it's not good.
Like, I'm, I'm
actually wondering, are
you wanting to use
your psychic powers
to animate a shadow
puppet?
I'm down for it.
Uh, I, doing
psychic powers in
the middle of this
imperial church, what
could possibly go
wrong?
Oh.
We're in the
fields, you know.
Fuck it, I'll
make a funny little
shadow dog.
Okay.
Psychic mastery.
If I perils, this
will be extra funny.
Alright, I'll wait
for you to roll.
Never mind, I got
more successes than
God.
Oh my God.
Folks, you're
going to watch, you're
going to watch
perfection in action.
Here we go.
Bam!
Two dialed and one
success.
Let's go!
Hey, Bruce.
Bruce is in
faction.
Would you like to
spend six points of
glory?
Yeah, we got a full
slot of glory.
Wait, you want to
spend all of them
to resist it?
No.
I had to announce
it for that, but
wait, chat.
Chat has to let me.
Chat, type one if
you're going to let
me to spend all the
glory that you just
gave us.
I like the jackets
at this side.
Bruce resisting that
he believes the
shadow is real.
Of course, I have to
go for my
compatriots.
Team, is that
okay?
I think we should
probably save it, but
this is a funny bit.
You asked the chat
first.
We're doomed.
Hold on, let's
query the cost
box here.
And you're going to
use all that, and
you're still going to
fail.
I might get a lot
of sixes.
You can roll a lot
of sixes.
If you don't want
me to, we can just
say no.
No, it's too
funny.
It's fine.
Chat is going to
tell us what we have
to do.
We have a direct
uplink to the ship.
Let me just expand
my hololith.
I can ask all the
menials to vote on
their devices at
home.
Okay.
It seems a vast
majority of chat
wants us to, so
I'm going to take
six additional
die and basically
roll it.
So we're going to
basically raw
roll it, and
basically we're going
to basically do
that.
So, bam.
Roll a bunch of
six.
I got a six.
Three, four,
five.
Yeah, I got
one, six, so
one, two, three,
four, five.
Five along.
So that would
have been six
total.
I hate to say
it.
Unless we break
the order of
ruling and
wrath die, but
that breaks the
rule because we
have the wrath
die at first and
then.
You could have
said you wrath
died at first and
you could spend a
wrath point to
reroll that one
you had into the
six, which would
die.
I will allow it.
Six have never
been lower.
Let's do it,
baby.
I just imagine
Roos, like, the
camera goes on his
eyes, like, steely
squinting as he's
staring at the
fucking shadow
puppet.
It's one of those
shots.
It's one of those
ones where he gets
like super high
res, all the budget
for the episode
right to his face.
Right.
And the shadow
puppet, like, we
can't see it.
It's like the Eldar
Fall in shadow
puppet form.
Okay.
Oh, my God.
Everyone, chat,
believe in me.
Roost, or else is
Roost going to
think this is a
real dog?
Here we go.
I'll roll the
six.
Yes.
Let's go.
It still doesn't
have a shadow.
That's not a real
shadow puppet.
Battle of the
minds.
I think that's
technically seven,
but let's.
Five, six.
No, no, no.
Six counts as two.
No, no, yeah, no.
Six counts as a two.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
No, we're good.
I beat it, baby.
Boom.
You beat it.
Oh, now I've got to
get rid of all of her
glory.
Hold up.
It was all worse
than the end.
Down, down, down,
down.
Look at that, chat.
There's a little
animation.
Isn't that cool?
It's going to be
awesome because we're
going to open, get to
the next room, and there's
going to be like six
Lord of Changes there.
You're like, ah, you
should have saved your
glory.
Uh-oh.
Roost will be like,
those are definitely
not shadow puppets.
Roost sees this shadow
thing that, uh,
the Kerala's doing,
and he's like,
oh, look at him.
Don't even
moans me of a little.
Hey, wait a minute.
She knows filth.
He spits on her.
He just,
he just put her.
She knows filth.
I'm torn of your
trickery.
It's a fucking dog.
Yuck.
He's going to deceive me.
I think he's got a
pretty big jaw.
Do I need a roll
ballistic skill to shoot
spit?
Yeah, roll ballistic
skill.
What the fuck?
Ah.
I got two, oh shit.
I got two successes.
Stop beating the fence.
Oh my god.
Dude, because
how are you the most
shitty Eldar?
How is your defense
that bad?
Okay, yeah, you hit.
Wait, how do I have
a defensive one?
Do I have my shit
equipped?
Oh, oh my initiative
is bad.
Wait, yeah, yeah,
your initiative is
terrible.
Yeah.
Yeah, you're
a Psyker Psyker,
not like melee.
Yeah, I'm a Psyker Psyker.
Yeah.
The ogren spit
smashes into you.
Oh, fucking
just swearing
and Eldari.
I'm going to
whoever's the closest
to me, I'm going to
take the end
of their coat
and wipe the spit
off.
You're going to roll
a 1d2
and see which one
it is.
All right,
Aloysius or Alden.
Aloysius is one.
This is the important
stuff, chat.
I miss this.
Oh, it's Alden.
I take out my
power sword.
Don't even
think about it.
At this point,
it's enough for you
to notice that someone
has been watching
some of this.
Oh, no.
How embarrassing.
There is a
robed priest
who looks
up at all of you.
They are
definitely
a
like
maybe
slightly younger
priest.
This art isn't
super
appropriate,
but I will use it
because cool art.
They have
like the
view,
like the
attire
of a
minestorum priest
and they sort of
look with a bit
of a wide eye
and like kind
of in awe
as they stare
at you.
There's
Scouter
calculating our
power level.
Yes.
That spit
is over
9,000.
They
just look,
their mouth
just visibly
agape.
Straighten
myself up.
Wipe
the spit
off.
I'll
holster
my power
sword.
I'll spit
in the
Zeno,
sir.
Yes,
I noticed.
Thank you.
Aloysus,
please,
let's go and
meet the
priest.
I don't know,
I'm having
quite fun
right now.
Then you
can stay.
Oh,
but you
need somebody
with you
who might
know a
little bit
more about
them,
don't you?
you're from
off world.
That is
correct.
Yeah,
real far
off world.
That is
not the
voice.
I have
for the
art.
Wow.
Yeah.
In the
art is a
guy going
He is
screaming
because he
has not
had his
daily
rat.
He is
some
rat
gashers.
I spent
two days,
or I
spent two
hours a
day screaming
to fill
this hall.
I talk
like this
afterwards
because it's
the only
way I
have a
voice.
True,
got to
protect
the
voice.
Yes,
indeed.
I'm
Captain
Alden
Rosh,
rogue trader.
This is
my retinue.
Hello.
I'm
Javiah
Florin.
I've never
met off
world as
before.
Really?
No,
I've never
met him.
I just
I bring
the faith
to the
people here.
Your
friend is
big.
Yes,
indeed he
is,
and able
to.
I'm
sorry about
your ears,
ma'am.
Sorry
about
him.
The
accident
that
clearly
did
your
deformity.
Oh,
right,
yeah.
The
ear
stretcher,
I have
a lot
of
trauma
about
it,
if
you
could
not
bring
it
up.
Oh,
of course.
Yeah,
she's
quite
sensitive
about
how
hideous
her
deformities
are.
Quite
hideous
indeed.
Terrible.
we like
to remind
her how
ugly
she is
to keep
her
humble.
Oh,
cool.
Yeah.
Fuck.
And we
make her
drink from
a dog
bowl.
I've
told Oda
before,
if you
play
in Eldar,
there's
gonna be
consequences.
Hey,
you're the
freaky
captain.
Yeah,
they put
my ass
in the
ear
puller
every
night
to
repent
for
my
crimes.
Yes,
we
exacerbate
their
trauma
every
single
night
to
remind
them
how
freakish
they
are.
This is
stupid.
Yes.
Indeed.
Well,
I hope
that my
companion's
deformity
does not
in any
way
disturb
you.
I was
hoping to
speak to
someone
qualified
in the
ministry
about the
ongoing
disappearances.
Perhaps
the
confessor?
Yes,
I can
take you
to
Confessor
Euphrates.
Have you
heard
anything
about
these
disappearances
yourself?
No,
just
beyond
the
superstition
of the
Grim
Harvest.
What can
you tell
me about
the
Grim
Harvest?
Well,
it's
an old
urban
local
lore,
one of
the many
primitive
myths
to
Ankara.
It's
known to
every
laborer.
They
speak
that
the
twilight
shades
run
rampant.
They
emerge
at
night
and
shirk
labors
and don't
give
themselves
fully
to the
emperor.
I see.
And how
much stock
do you put
into this
Grim
Harvest?
All I
know is
people have
been
disappearing.
Looks
over your
group.
Could I
speak with
you
privately
for a
moment,
sir?
Of
course.
It kind
of takes
you over
just like,
you know,
a bit
away.
Yeah.
One of
your men
has some
symbols of
mechanical
nature on
them.
I didn't
want to say
in front
of them,
but we
think that
it's not
the Grim
Harvest,
but instead
over eager
Adeptus
Mechanicus
members,
they're
taking
women and
children and
elderly and
converting
them.
yes,
I had
heard such
rumors and
if true,
they are
quite
disturbing,
but I
assure you,
take a
look at
the symbol
on the
man's
chest,
the eye
of the
Inquisition.
He may
belong to
the Colt
Mechanicus,
but his
heart is
the Emperor's.
Oh,
I was
told that
some people
like that
don't have
hearts anymore.
Hmm,
indeed.
Many do
not,
and many
with their
flesh still
intact might
lack them
still.
But he
on his
throne
watches over
the worthy
and the
faithful,
as he will
watch over
you and
us,
pray tell.
You will
find the
source of
these
disappearances
and we
shall remove
them for
you.
Of this,
you have
my word.
Okay,
I'll lead
you to
the
Confessor
now,
and he
sort of
starts taking
you through
the area
into a
specialty
hab
section,
the rest
of the
group
coming as
well,
into sort
of a
section of
this structure
that is,
you know,
clearly priest
hab units that
are attached
here.
Most of
these is
just single
cot storage,
a few
personal
effects.
But as
you come
through,
suddenly there
is a
almost deafening
sound of a
bell
pealing.
it's
tolling,
and you
can tell
it's some
type of
shift
change
sound.
Bong,
bong,
bong.
The
shift
change,
I
assume?
The
man,
like,
nods,
kind of
reading your
lips during
it as it
continues to
drone on.
He waits a
moment as
he comes to
an end.
Yes,
every four
hours,
the shift
change.
four-hour
shifts?
No,
just the
changes for
them.
We
allot
little
time for
sleep here,
for we
must
work hard.
I see.
So how
long is an
average shift?
There are
four hours
in the day
dedicated to
rest.
Ah,
I see.
I see.
Well,
that's
certainly
more
reasonable
than I
previously
thought.
Sixteen
hours of
work per
day,
with the
remaining
hours spent
between
mandatory
periods of
worship,
food,
and then
rest.
I see.
And
these,
well,
I suppose
the confessor
would have
this information.
Forgive me for
troubling you.
would you
mind taking
us there?
We're
almost there.
And he
sort of
continues to
lead you
through
eventually
reaching a
bit of a
fine annotated
door,
which as you
come into it,
you can find that
this hab is
relatively luxurious
compared to the
others.
as it has an
actual bed,
a wardrobe
with vestments,
and there's a
desk piled with
scrolls,
candles,
and a few
data slates.
As you can
see,
the confessor
is in here,
raising a hand
as you enter
and dismissing
the priest
who quickly,
quickly departs
with several
brief nods
and just
some kind of
unspoken
discussion between
the two of them
before the
confessor.
Please sit.
I'll oblige her.
You have
come at an
auspicious time.
There are many
difficulties on
this world.
She stands
upright,
chins very
held high.
It's almost
like she's
proselytizing
somewhat.
The faithful
are doing
what we can,
but the
soulless
blasphemy
of the
Adeptus
Mechanicus.
They threaten
everything.
Are you so
certain that
it's the
Mechanicus?
Their beliefs
border on
blasphemy.
Their bizarre
creations only
terrorize the
truly faithful.
I've even heard
those tech ghouls
are stealing
the bodies
of those
that die
in the field.
Indeed,
but the
disappearances.
Yes,
what of
them?
I was
led to
believe that
that's the
primary
geist
haunting this
world.
That's what
I'd like to
solve.
That is what
some believe,
but it is the
grim harvest
made manifest.
They,
those people
lacked faith
and the
Emperor
protects
after all.
If I had
to guess,
I would
say the
Administratum
beam counters
like Futa
over-reporting
disappearances,
trying to
frighten the
populace.
And you
would have
the Adeptus
Mechanicus
leave this
planet,
then?
Yes,
I would.
We would do
much better
without their
constant interference.
We simply
need to make
the people
more faithful.
You would
die without
the Adeptus
Mechanicus,
dear confessor.
You've lived
many,
many times
without such
a,
such a robust
presence.
Yes,
but never in
such a time
when warp
storms flare
without end,
when entire
worlds are
consumed by
hordes of
the War
Master's
ravenous
and its
slavish
miscreants.
The
despoiler
runs rampant
over space,
as do
his servants.
And now
you wish
to fracture
the Imperium
in this
agri-world
at such
a time
in which
its services
are the
most needed?
Listen,
all I can
say is
the Adeptus
Mechanicus
are everywhere
in Ankra.
If you want
proof,
find one of
their blasted
flying skulls
as servitors.
You can
investigate the
interior yourself.
they're spying
on people.
Perhaps
they are.
What of it?
Not
spy on the
faithful.
I take a
look at the
guy in the
room that
has the
Inquisition
symbol on
their chest.
You can
see...
I don't want
to cut you
off,
speaker.
No,
please do,
do,
do,
take it,
I talk a lot.
You see
the skull
on the
right side
of Aloysius.
Tabulating
some information,
pause for a
moment,
and a very
large red
rosette appears
on the
tabulated
paper,
reading,
investigate for
potential
contamination.
Aloysius is
grinning very
widely.
I thought
the little
guys flying
around like
to keep
things in
check just
to make
sure there's
no other
bad folk
who don't
believe in
the gold
emperor.
Servoskulls
serve many
purposes,
Roos.
Sure,
they are
with the
watchful eyes
of the
young
messiah,
but they
tend to
machinery,
tabulate
information,
relay messages.
They are the
unspoken
and
underappreciated
many that
keep this
entire system
running.
And if we
are to
spy all
on the
goings-on
in this
world,
what would
be so
wrong about
that,
confessor?
What do
you have
to hide
that you
fear the
watchful eye
of him
on terror?
And Aloysius
will step a
little bit
further towards
the confessor,
and extend
his robotic
arm,
the palm of
which a
small lens
flares to
life and
flashes the
crimson rosette
of the
Inquisition.
We would
love to
know more
about what
you and
your faithful
consider
suspicious
activities.
Moreover,
we would
love to
know what
you don't
consider.
It clenches
fists and
kill the
feed.
Hmm.
You will
have to
understand if
I cannot
take everything
at face value
with off-worlders
since the
rift.
But to
know that
the people
here are
pious and
faithful,
you could
not ask
for a
more worthy
flock.
The laborers
here,
they are
strong and
they care
about their
world.
They're a
bit
backwater and
deviant from
Terran's
standard,
but that was
all approved
by the
greater
ecclesiarchy.
I'm
certain it
was approved.
After all,
any well-meaning
imperial citizen
should be
working for
the betterment
of their
world and
the
imperium
at large.
But you
forget that
though you
remain suspicious
of my
brothers,
sisters,
and others,
and our
most
wonderful
mechanicum,
we all
work towards
the same
goal,
whether we
know it
or not.
we work
to better
the condition
of mankind,
yours by
faith,
ours by
steel.
When you
forget your
place and
this arrangement
that we
have,
division
happens.
Hands go
idle,
workers stop
working,
laborers start
tending their
posts,
and heresy
grows from
idleness.
as almost
on cue,
the
other
priest
comes back
in the
younger
man,
Florin.
I'm sorry
to interrupt,
confessor,
but
there's an
issue in
one of the
nearby fields.
A
squabble
between
the
workers.
One of the
overseers has
made a
judgment,
but the
tech
adepts are
quite upset.
They would
like for you
to make
some time
to,
and she
kind of
waves him
off.
I have no
time for
these petty
squabbles.
I must
send things
here.
I trust
the overseer
to handle
it.
The man
kind of
nods.
Yes,
yes,
confessor,
of course,
of course,
I will
go back
and inform
them of
yes,
yes,
yes,
and he
sort of
nods
and heads
off.
He taps,
Roos taps
the voices
and goes,
didn't you
say
every
sheep
grows
from
idleness?
That it
does,
Roos.
That it
does.
Perhaps we
should check
on these
meetings.
Yes,
if you
wish to
go,
you have
my
full,
full,
support
in this.
Go if
you wish
to see,
you can
see what
the people
of the
fields deal
with here
yourselves.
That's
excellent.
Before we
go,
very quickly,
confessor,
I have
two
pressing
questions.
Yes.
The first,
you state
that your
world is
made of
substandard
stock?
What do
you mean
by this?
I say
that the
people
here,
they are
slightly
backwards
in their
beliefs.
They were
given
certain
permissions
in how
they
venerate
he on
terror.
I see.
Very good.
And yet you
still claim
that they
are faithful
and pious.
They are.
Then what
of those
that have
been taken
away by
this so-called
grim harvest?
Then they
were not
faithful and
pious.
How do
you know
this?
Because
that is
the teachings.
That is
the teachings.
But do
you know
of any
of those
that were
taken
away?
Do you
know their
names?
Their
numbers?
Some of
them,
I believe.
To be
honest,
I believe
that it
is an
overinflation.
I've heard
only a
handful.
Nothing
more than
standard
disappearances
in this
valley.
I would
say the
administratum
are hiding
something.
You mean
to say
that you
do not
tabulate
and record
those who
are less
than faithful
in their
absolute dogma
to him
on terror?
Those who
may pose
a risk
to the
Imperium.
That is
not our
task.
Collating
of data
is the
administratum's
work.
Duty is
every
Imperium
citizen.
Yours,
no matter
how much
your
station
allows
or forbids
it,
is to
tabulate
such
discrepancies
and report
it to
your nearest
Inquisitor,
so that
we may
rectify
these faults.
She pauses
and, like,
looks you up
once down.
I don't
know what
part of the
Imperium you
come from
where an
Inquisitor is
on hand at
all times,
but I
will assure
you this
is not
one part
of the
Imperium
that acts
like that.
We haven't
had an
Inquisitor
come through
these parts
in generations,
let alone
have access
to someone
we could
contact.
How
quaint.
I apologize
for that
outburst
from my
second.
He sometimes
sees the
world as he
believes it
ought to be
rather than
it is.
I understand
that you are
quite limited
in your
capacity.
I beg
you'll leave
for now.
Yes, go,
and she kind
of waves
you off
half-heartedly.
We shall
be in
contact soon.
I have no
doubt of
that.
As we
leave, I'm
going to
kind of go
to Aloysus.
Your observations
are not
necessarily
wrong, my
friend,
but you
must realize
we aren't
dealing with
terror
itself.
These are
the common
clay of
the Imperium,
the fine
dirt of
the agricultural
industry.
You know,
morons.
Well,
accordion
hair doesn't
seem like a
very good
administrator.
Oh, how
common they
are, my
friend.
dear
captain,
a little
fear goes
a long
way,
and it
seems that
they forget
their place
from time
to time.
I merely
keep stock
of these
little
idiosyncrasies
so that
that for
me, the
small fly
on the
wall, the
great spider
of Imperial
Wrath may
descend and
take care of
any infestations
present.
And you see
on his
servo scrolls,
servo skull
scrolls,
that's a
servo scroll,
the servo
scroll.
Uh, many,
many Imperial
Rosettes are
furiously being
scribbled,
like, fuck,
we need to
look at this
now.
Have you
ever seen a
menial rebellion,
Aloysus?
I've quashed
several.
Well, good.
Then you should
know that it's
not wise to be
on the wrong
side of them.
I very much...
Yes, but I
would very much
not like to
be on the
other end of
a horde of
untrained
morons with
pitchforks.
I want to
get our
supplies and
get the hell
out of here.
As you, um,
make your way
out of the
cathedral,
back towards
your, um,
upgraded pickup
truck, uh,
all of you
but Roos
do notice
something,
that almost
immediately upon
exiting the
cathedral,
a servo skull
is trailing
you.
It, it
kind of
bobs and
shifts around,
um, about
half a block
away, but it
is, it is
just noticeable
enough in its
movements.
Uh, the
passive awareness
of everyone but
Roos picks it
up.
Hmm.
Shall we
go, uh,
deal with it,
captain?
Um, is it, uh,
within arm's
reach?
No, it's, it's,
it's a good
ways away.
Uh, you have a
feeling though,
it's, it's not
like it's, it's not
like it's moving
away from you,
it's more
repositioning to
just keep you in
line of sight.
Yeah, like a
flying drone,
basically, far
behind us.
Just keep
Oh, look at
Aloysus.
Can you
interface that
thing?
If I can get
close to it, I
don't have much
to broadcast it.
And the servo
skull, um,
kind of floats
there.
It's, it's not
moving out of
line of sight
though, so you're,
you're able to
approach it and,
you know, get
close if you need
to.
You think, you
don't think it
has any, like,
advanced programming
as far as you
can tell.
Aloysus will
then walk over
to the servo
skull and attempt
to get its
attention without
it flying away.
It is doing
its best to
constantly keep
all of you in
sort of line of
sight.
I take it
you're keeping
tabs on our
own dealings,
genitor.
or whoever
else you
might be at
the beck and
call of.
Rest assured
that we will
have words.
The polished
skull bobs in
the air with
whatever anti-grav
system that
powers it, like
nothing but a
cold, like,
slit over one
of the eyes
kind of shines
some of the
candle and
torchlight that
come in the
cathedral back
at you.
it just
continues to
watch you.
We mean no
harm, but
clearly there
are you
maybe in
need of some
conversation of
our values from
someone like
minded.
We will see you
soon.
And Aloysus will
walk back towards
the group.
And with that,
the pickup truck
makes its way
off into the
fields to follow
up on the
lead the party
has.
And the rest
of the crew
traveling out
towards the
western field,
sort of in
this general
direction, this
way, sort of
out further
west.
The trek you
take, you're
able to get
there in about
just about an
hour, where
you can find
that there
is a group
of laborers
that are
working, and
you can see
the junior
priest who you
were previously
with, who's
come out here
on his own,
who you've been
trailing to
reach the
destination.
He's come off
and he's
talking to
one of the
overseers here.
They're sort of
the people who
walk up and
down all of
the agricultural
lines just to
make sure things
are going on.
If someone needs
assistance, they
get it, that
sort of a thing.
You can tell
that this
particular area
is staffed
in rows, but
some of the
rows are
strictly
servitors, and
some of the
rows are
strictly
living
menials.
And there's
some weird
segregation
happening between
the two groups.
And as you
approach, you
can hear that
the Florent
is speaking
with the
overseer, and
you hear this,
well, you'll
need to do
more than
put them
on half
rations for
such a
transgression.
They can't
keep doing
that.
That's not
enough.
And the
overseer is
sort of
responding with,
well, what
else am I
supposed to do?
I can't just
tell them they
have to work
with servitors.
I mean, I
know they
should, but if
they don't
want to, what
do we do?
what on earth
seems to do?
I'll approach.
Yeah.
What seems to
be the issue?
That, like,
Florent turns to
the group, oh,
you followed me
out here, I
see.
Well, there's
the dispute.
Some of the
laborers here
didn't want to
work alongside
the servitors
from the
Mechanicus.
Yeah, it's
a real big
problem,
especially with
all this
Children of the
Dawn stuff
going on
right now.
I see.
And their
overseers are
sympathetic to
this point of
view?
Well, no,
no, no, and
the overseer
kind of like,
I'm not
sympathetic, it's
just I don't
know what I
can do.
If I punish
them too much
for that,
then they're
just going to
get more of
them Children
of the Dawn
and there's
going to be
more ruckuses
between us
and, well,
and all the
Adeptus
Mechanicus,
and I know
it's not all
the same, but
I don't want to
have some kind
of open fight
between the two
groups.
That don't seem
good.
The Children
of the Dawn.
What can you
tell me about
them?
That's Florent's
turn.
Oh, yeah.
Hardliners who
truly, truly
believe in
the Sun
Emperor and
the purity
of humanity.
They're also
very, very
anti-Mechanicus
and, well,
focused a lot
on, there's a
pause,
keeping,
keeping outsiders
out of some
of the, uh,
the ancient
ruins to the
West.
And why
is that?
Because
they're sacred.
They're runes
from ancient
times on the
planet, uh,
dedicated markers
to the, the
Sun
Emperor.
I see.
Kelrana.
Odo?
I'm muted.
I was crunching.
I've never
had such
sweet corn.
Yeah, just
like a whole
ear of corn.
Just imagine,
just imagine this
as an Eldar
vacation, just
with popcorn.
Like, oh,
this is how
these monkey
live.
I mean, we've
been out of
rations for some
time.
We're probably
all pretty hungry,
I guess.
It tastes really
good.
Like, the corn
tastes really
good.
Or it's already
eaten like five
cobs.
What does
that mean?
What's
bussin, sir?
It's a
Eldar-y word
for delicious.
Anyway, uh,
what's the name?
Oh, this is
bussin.
Slob's a cob.
Okay, bussin
and slob's a cob.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
And that's the
story of how
Roos and Kelrana
were executed
for insubordination.
So true.
So true.
I, yeah, what, what,
what do these
ruins look like if
you could give a
physical description?
Oh, I, I don't
know.
I've, I've never
been out to them.
Neither have I.
The Confessor, she's
something of a
hardliner, yes?
Lauren kind of
looks a little bit
side-side up.
Well, I would say
she doesn't support
the Adeptus Mechanicus
in their, their
efforts here, no?
Would she
potentially find
a great deal in
common with these
children of the
sun?
Of, of the
don?
Um, I, I've
never, I've never
heard of any
association between
them.
They're like some
kind of informal
order.
But have you ever
felt any
condemnation?
No.
Not really.
I mean,
some, but
nothing,
nothing with
substantive action.
They let them.
They're, they're some
of the hardest
workers.
That's very
true, the
overseer.
That's the other
reason.
If we had a
ruckus and the
children of the
dawn got all
problematic about
it, well, our
production would
slip even further.
We probably
wouldn't be able
to make the
quota for the
planet.
I see.
That's quite
interesting.
Now then,
the issue here
is with the
workers not
wanting to
participate with
the servitors
on display.
They didn't
want to do
a shared
field, so we
had to do
some extra
logistics.
Well then,
I'd say they
ought to be
rewarded.
What?
The children
of the dawn,
your hardest
workers, tell
them that
a rogue
traitor from
outside of this
sector has
heard their
reports and
would like to
applaud them in
person.
it's a high
honor.
I am, after
all, chartered
by the
emperor himself.
And during
that meeting,
I'm going to
look at
Kelrana.
I'd like you
to take a
look for any
improprieties.
Aye.
I could
probably get
something.
It's going to
take me, but I
probably won't
have it to the
evening.
Got to talk to
some of the men
around here.
The evening is
just fine.
Let them
internet to
them that I
may wish to
recruit one or
two.
It's not
actually true.
Okay.
But, uh,
you know,
make them feel
better.
Up their
spirits.
The overseer
kind of nods
repeatedly.
Yeah, I
can pass
that on.
I'll get
with you.
And he
looks to the
priest.
Priest
Florin.
Florin nods
and then kind
of Florin
turns back to
the group.
He looks up
at Rus,
looks over at
everyone.
Where are you
staying while
you're here?
You know, I
hadn't quite
thought of that.
Our ship is
docked, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's at the top
of one of the
big, like,
grain silos.
Rus is
choked.
My room's
that warm.
He plays to
one of the
windows with
pinpoint accuracy
on the ship.
We are
currently
intending on
residing within
our Conquest
Class Star
Galleon, but
I suppose
before we
leave for the
evening, we
could hold an
audience in the
area outside of
our ship
stocking.
Must take a
long time.
I mean, you
didn't get out
here for a
while.
It's several
hours to get
in and out
from where you
need to be.
You raise a
fair point.
We might have
to requisition
some form of
lodging.
Why does this
guy want to
know this?
Yeah, I was
about to say,
this is like,
oh, you
should sleep
where my
assassins are.
Yeah, I
want to do a
quick, uh,
I want to
understand what's
going on with
this guy.
this guy's
asking me some
sussy questions
here.
Okay, okay,
okay, okay,
okay.
Um, let's
see, what's a
good skill for
us?
Yeah, insight is
probably the best
one here, yeah.
What's my DN,
old friend?
Uh, three.
Okie dokie.
Oh.
Well, that's
going to be five
successes.
Oh, yeah.
Five successes and
a shift.
Would you like to
shift that into
glory?
Um, yeah,
might as well.
Yeah, okay,
cool.
Uh, remember,
you can always
shift, take one of
your shifts, put it
into glory, it
only costs, but
you can only do it
once per check.
Uh, all right,
you get the
impression that
the, the priest
Florin, um, is
asking this because
he's very much
interested, like,
where, where are
they staying?
Like, if I'm
supposed to give
this information,
like, where do I
go and find them?
They're, they're
like, legitimately,
but there, there,
there doesn't seem
to be a lot of,
like, wireless
communication or
whatnot here.
Fair enough.
Maybe in that
case, uh, it
would be better for
them to be arrayed
into some sort of
area and then us
to arrive at a
certain time.
Yeah, well, that
could be, that
could be a great
suggestion.
There's so much
of them.
Perhaps you can
have them arrayed.
Do you have some
sort of area where
you appraise
particularly large
fruits and
vegetables?
Well, I could, I
could be here.
You know, um, he
kind of looks like
side to side again,
the, the Overseer.
I mean, I, I, I
sleep in the Habs,
but that's not
going to be for
another looks at,
looks at their
chrono.
Eleven hours.
Hmm.
I see.
Well, that's
fine, just, uh,
pretty the bloody
place up and I
don't know.
Give them an hour
extra rest on my
account.
Hour of extra
rest.
Awful.
Awful generous.
Okay, I'll, I'll
see where I can
find.
Most excellent.
All right, then.
Uh, we shall
return here in,
let's say, you know,
what's a day on
this planet?
Hey, Thurston, what
is the time and hour
scale on this
particular planet in
particular?
I'm sure you've
already done all of
that information.
On this particular
planet in particular?
Yeah.
Particularly on this
planet.
Particularly since,
you know, each planet
would have its own
unique days and they
wouldn't necessarily
be 24 hours.
Hours, 100%.
And that would be
a lot of...
And now, and what's
the gravity here
also?
And the class of the
stun, the sun?
The class of the sun,
I mean, I could
probably find out the
class of the sun.
What does the dirt
taste like?
The dirt tastes like
sponge cake.
And what's the
other's favorite
color?
Let's just eat the
planet, boys.
Looks like dirt.
Back on the menu.
Yeah.
It has a 24-hour cycle.
Wow.
It's so perfect.
Terran Standard.
That's so convenient.
Exactly.
Exactly.
I see you.
I see you trolling me.
I see you trolling me.
What?
I would never.
Never in a million.
Such a lovely time slot
for a science fiction
universe.
Way to go, Warhammer.
Yeah!
Yeah!
Excellent.
They couldn't figure it
out.
They ripped off the
time zone.
And perhaps let's
meet here at, like,
I don't know,
20...
20...
20...
20 hundred hours.
Yeah.
All right.
Sounds good.
Yeah.
Great.
That's on a...
That's divisible by
four.
That's good enough.
All right.
Very well.
In the interim,
we've got a servo
skull following after
us.
That you do.
Is it still following
us?
Yes.
You can actually see it,
like, between some
stalks of corn.
Fuck up.
Permission to go and
intercept the fucking
skull.
Yes.
Permission granted.
Ah.
I'm gonna skulk over to
it.
And does it, like,
move away from me?
No.
Well, no.
It's more trying to keep,
like, the whole group in
focus.
And then we'll, like,
at regular intervals,
turn over to where you
are to snap, like,
a view of you.
Calrana.
Okay.
I'm gonna walk up to the
servo skull, and I'm
just gonna make a grab
for it.
Just kind of grab it on
either side of its little
cranium.
Okay.
Give me an athletics
check.
Okay.
Uh, I'm...
I'm okay at athletics.
Yeah.
We'll see.
Uh, what's my DN?
Uh, two.
Two.
Two.
Very nice.
Very nice.
Ooh.
Not a goddamn one.
Not a.
Not a.
You can wrath it.
You got wrath.
There is wrath.
Why is every game you
play with us, you just
can't...
What's going on, man?
It is an honest-to-God
curse, because it even
occurs...
It happened in Norfolk
Wizard game.
It happens in all my
home games.
It happens every game
here.
I have a curse.
Hey, Odo.
Hey, Odo.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Suggestion, if I can.
Oh, I can re-roll it
with wrath.
I was gonna say...
There's a store you
can go to.
There's a store I
can go to?
You know what they sell
at that store?
There's a house in New
Orleans?
You know what they sell
at the store, Odo?
Yeah.
They sell good.
They sell good.
Yeah, you can go to the
store and get some good.
Get some good.
Odo Roshi has left the
campaign.
You're having such a shit
time.
We're ragging on your
Zenos, which we had to
clarify before.
We're gonna have to brag
on you because it's
a true old Zenos.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And now we're gonna
have a hand and you
have a game.
Don't worry.
It's all right.
It's all right.
Because now what you
can do...
Now what you can do...
Is re-roll.
Is you can spend it with
Wrath and re-roll.
Exactly.
Exactly.
That wasn't better.
Actually, that was enough
successes.
Wahoo!
That wasn't it.
You got one six.
Yeah.
Alright, yeah.
Do I grab...
It's like the most dainty
Eldari grab, but you grab it.
Exactly.
Monkey skulls are so
brutish and annoying.
I know.
I grab the thing and
heft it up, kind of turn it
over and look at it, like
flip it upside down.
And it like makes some
like weird like winding
grinding sounds like
meh meh meh meh meh meh
meh.
Aw, are you mad, little
thing?
Alright, uh, Captain, I've
got it.
Uh, I think it's taking
photos of me.
If you're gonna do that,
at least get my good side.
Uh.
Oh, Loisus!
Uh, I'm gonna pitch it out.
I'm like a, uh, dodgeball.
Loisus will attempt to
catch.
Yep.
Athletics.
Athletics?
Ooh.
What's the difficulty?
Ew.
Oh, thank God.
Fuck.
Alright.
Oh, wait, I got it.
Wait.
No, you got it, you got it,
you got it, you got it,
right?
That was a, you got it,
you got it.
No, it's a four, never mind.
You don't got it.
Let me, uh.
Wrath, wrath to reroll one
of those dice?
Yeah.
Yeah, okay.
Eh.
The exact same.
No!
Uh, well, at this point
you do have two points
of glory in the pool,
should you wish to
reroll some glory.
Can I use a glory?
We used it for dumber.
Go ahead.
I'm just worried
the servo skull's gonna
break and a mind's
a terrible thing to waste,
especially when it's been
cauterized, lobotomized,
and stuffed full of more
wires to make it not
realize it's a mind.
Bip it.
Bop it.
Yeah, go for it.
Turn it.
Write it down.
Let's do it.
We only spend glory
for funny reasons.
Exactly.
Never for things
that could benefit
or affect the consequences
of the rest of the game.
Only this.
fucking playing football.
Roll it.
That's a full run of this.
You did.
There you go.
You did it.
Did you only roll one glory
or two?
Only one.
That was one.
Okay, all right.
I'm pretty good.
Add that one other one back.
All right.
All right.
So with that,
you, like,
it's like the meek Eldari
and the tech nerd
playing, like,
passing a football
to each other.
We're just doing it.
The saddest thing
to watch, actually.
It's like,
eh, eh.
No, we're doing that shit
from the room
where they're just playing
catch with a football.
It's, like,
kind of awkward.
They only sort of grasp
how they play it.
They think they're playing
football, sort of.
Nice.
Why did we invoke anything
that compares this campaign
to the cinematic
masterpiece of
the room?
Oh, don't worry.
It'll get worse.
What a story, Thurston.
Yeah, I pitch it
at Aloysius
and just,
I think this is more
your wheelhouse.
Aloysius, one hand,
catches it.
Love how you make it
so badass.
Sure, okay, yes.
Bro, I built, like, a fridge.
I could've played
college ball, you know?
Could've gone pro.
Could've gone pro,
my dear,
and I don't know
what I've seen us.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Bless you.
All right, all right.
What are you going to do
with the skull?
Well, it's probably
a security feat.
These things are
very, very common.
But let's crack her open
and see what secrets
it has.
Please do.
I would love to make
a tech check.
Yeah, give me
some of that
sweet, sweet tech.
The difficulty here
will be five.
Five.
Beep, beep.
Let's see.
Have we changed
scene at all?
Yeah, so your
complication oils
are good
at this point, yes.
Yeah!
Can I roll it?
Coincidentally,
it's when I needed it.
None!
We should announce
a draw for people
listening at home.
I rolled three successes
and a complication.
Yes.
I'm going to,
number one,
I'm going to wrath that.
Yeah.
So I can actually
get a success.
So re-roll
with that wrath, dog.
Just right-click
and do the re-roll
with wrath.
And get exactly
what I need.
Yeah, exactly.
There you go.
Mom, we're using wrath
on important things?
No.
That's boring.
I am going to invoke
the rites of
St. Tagethan again
and I'm going to
grip and rip this
machine oil
to avoid a complication
again.
Waiting for Thurston
to get annoyed
and force me to do
another tech check
which I cannot succeed.
No, it's fine.
It's fine.
That's why you have it.
You're the person
who can kind of use
use it, right?
Exactly.
glean.
Yeah.
All right.
Avoid the complication.
We've got a total
of six successes now.
Thurston, what do I
glean from the funny skull?
What do you glean
from the funny skull?
It is definitely
sending remote signals.
It is sending
those remote signals
to somewhere
on the planet.
It's sending
coded Vox transmissions
with probably
pictorial data.
it's something
that you can
definitely tell
is a basic
monitoring servitor
or servoskull
I should say.
Yeah, it's something
you can easily disable.
You could like
keep it around
should you want.
You could even
potentially bring it
back to
the cathedral
if you wanted to
turn it in
and keep it
mostly intact.
Yeah.
Because of the
relative size of this
and they will
no doubt
send another
servoskull
if we damage this
as to not
curry
displeasure
with our
mechanicum friends
we've yet to meet
I think
it would behoove us
to bring it with us
or at the very least
leave it somewhere
locked in a room
where it can't do anything.
Okay.
Well, this is certainly
just a monitoring
servitor
servoskull
it isn't quite
as robust
as the servitor
so it's sending
these
likely picked
feeds somewhere
I would presume
it is
the janitor
whoever they're
allied with
but I cannot say
for certain
unfortunately.
Best we can do
for right now
I would assume
is
have it tag along
we could
throw it in a bag
it can't go very far
doesn't have
that kind of power
or we can
take it back
to the cathedral
over there
throw it
in an alcove
and forget about it
we'll retrieve it
later or tell them
where to fight
you just hook it
in the corn
and forget about it
no it'll fly out of the corn
we're certain
it belongs to the janitor
no I'm not certain
unfortunately
captain
there's no way
to tell for certain
or certainly
without more
complex machinery
I wouldn't
code the vox frequencies
they are encoded
blind and definite
if you
if I shall
and Aloysius
will
deftly
move his hand
over the servo skull
and
try to
pluck out
its optic
yeah
which you could do
like you don't need
to make a check
for that
it is
it is enough
but as it
as you pull it out
it makes like a
like a whining sound
kind of like a
crying baby
just as you do it
it's okay
he's just gonna
unscrew this one
it's not the
fucking baby
not the baby
no it is a game
it's one of
at this point
um
oh right
go on
oh I was gonna say
Aloysius is just gonna
take the unscrewed optic
and just shove it
in one of the ports
on the
skull that are not
currently occupied
just like any
open space
so it carries it
with it
they can fix it
later
because he respects
the technology
but he's not
going to
destroy
perfect
uh
so with that
um
the deal
of the art
at this point
is is you
with your
with your
meeting set
you have enough
time to probably
go and investigate
one more area
on the planet
there's a couple
areas you can
certainly go to
you could start
getting uh
more information
from the habs
or the fields
to talk to
you know
the common
working people
you could go
to the
um
the administratum
section
the
um
mechanicum
sector
you can even
make your way
out to the
bastion
uh
and contact
the military
officials there
you have some
some options
on which
way to go
so i'm gonna
leave it
kind of up to
you to decide
exactly
how you
would all
like to proceed
from here
though i
loathe to
say it
it seems
our time
is limited
aloysis
i do
want to
know
who this
server
skull
is reporting
to
but i
think it
is of
the utmost
priority
we understand
who the
victims
of these
disappearances
are
and the
best way
we can
do that
is by
meeting
with the
administratum
what do
the rest
of you
feel
about
this
well the
thing
was
definitely
taking
pictures
of us
uh
thurston
i did
you did
say that
it
specifically
zoomed
in on
me
a couple
of
times
yeah
like
it
was
it
was
definitely
like
taking
like
optical
recordings
of
everyone
and
kind
of
monitoring
what
you
were
each
doing
okay
i
personally
i'd
like
to
see
where
that
information
was
going
just in
case
it
gets
to
somebody
who
wishes
us
ill
but
personally
i want
to see
the
ruins
that
these
people
are
so
intent
on
keeping
people
out
of
i
would
second
their
opinion
ancient
ruins
on a
backwater
planet
like
this
offshoots
of the
imperial
creed
reeks
of some
kind
of
heresy
then
i
suggest
we
go
there
but
after
our
meeting
sneak
out
in
the
night
certainly
then
should
we
happen
to
find
some
interlopers
out
there
well
we might
be one
step
closer to
discovering
where
these
disappearances
are
the
proud
lord
captain
skulking
around
in the
shadows
that's
cute
i like
that
yes
you'll
find
that a
proud
captain
finds
themselves
in all
sorts of
disreputable
conversations
disreputable
places
and with
rather
disreputable
company
i say
paying you
a
pointed
look
never met
anyone like
that myself
so in
that case
who do
we meet
with
which
monk
human
are we
going to be
talking to
next
the
administratum
you said
that's
where my
instincts
point me
and i
suppose
in lieu
of a
better
idea
we can
head
there
if we
had better
transport
i would
suggest
aloysis
meet with
the
mechanicus
but
as of
right now
time seems
to be
of the
essence
could we
split up
i don't
think we
have the
luxury
for right
now
fair
enough
what do
you think
my
chrome
dome
friend
much
as i
wish
to
meet
with
the
local
segment
of
the
mechanicum
the
captain
is
right
we
would
be
better
off
seeing
what
the
administratum
knows
gleaning
their
information
from
there
willing
to
investigate
if we
have
the
time
we
should
rendezvous
with
the
genitor
and
their
cohort
and
try and
deansome
truth
from
these
three
disparate
bickering
perspectives
perhaps
there
might
be
some
their
stories
a
mind
is
a
terrible
thing
to
waste
as
i've
said
but
good
meat
is
hard
to
come
by
sometimes
hey
roos
yes
how's
the
corn
the
corn
is
excellent
to
my
palate
roos
what's
your
what's
your
opinion
on the
unique
socio
political
situation
happening
on this
planet
that would
mean
someone's
trying to
hide
a bunch
of
stuff
and
eventually
you
thought
we'd
start
to
find
them
or
make
nobody
towards
the
shoot
any
of
you
i don't
want
you to
become
like
one
of
my
other
sons
and
we're
going
to
crush
some
schools
you heard
the man
after
another
corn
he picks
another
one
out
sweet
anchor
corn
cut to
like a
full
five
minute
commercial
anchor
corn
what you
need
for your
imperial
settlement
yeah
so you
can take
your
person
operated
free
pickup
truck
and make
your way
back
east
towards
the
primary
settlement
specifically
going to
pick up
or not
pick up
but but
to go to
the
administratum
structure
which i
mentioned
before
it's kind
of this
this squat
gray
pyramid
structure
right here
as you
do so
it's grand
austere
it has
this like
monotone
almost
menacing
nature
there are
various
bureaucratic
folks
in and out
however
when you
get there
there is
there is
a line
at the
front
yeah we
pull up in
our pickup
truck
we're playing
what's what's
what's the
40k version
of kenny
chesney
kenny
chesney
or something
yes chesney
a very
very austere
inquisitor
yeah you
get out
and there's
like lines
and there
are menials
and you
can tell
that even
to get
inside this
building
um
that
it will
take time
to get
inside
oh
can you
wave around
wandering
clerks
who are
like not
tending
to things
but sort
of
monitoring
the line
can you
wave around
your position
or should
i uh
offer a
little
assistance
here
well i'd
love to
do what
i can
but quite
frankly
when it
comes to
the
admitters
stratum
social
standing
hasn't
always been
the thing
to part
the sea
of red
tape
right
i'll
do what
i can
i suppose
i'll find
a clerk
hi
air
how you
doing
hello
greetings
i am
alden
rosh
rogue
trader
captain
of the
bird
of
paradise
i seek
an urgent
meeting
with
xanther
uh
okay
okay
um
do you
have
your
m342
form
no
okay
that
that
that
sometimes
happens
okay
so my
next
question
is
is
do
you
have
your
m4
backup
form
how much
money do
i need to
pay you
to bribe
you
what
a bribe
will you
accept a
bribe
i don't
want to
deal with
this
do you
take
bribes
here
you like
looks
like
you
just
like
uh
no
i'm
uh
no
i'm
paid
in
food
do you
have
do you
have
food
i reach
down
at
uh
rus
now
rus
yes sir
i know
that you'll
really
really like
the corn
here
but if
you want
corn
and be
able to
eat it
in your
room
you know
the closet
we're going
to need
the corn
that you
have right
now
he
covers it
he's clearly
got like a
stock
that he's
been like
got on
his belt
he clutches
it
the backup
corn
oh
well
how about
this
rus
when we
go and
we meet
the nice
people
we'll
get you
more
corn
than you
have
right
now
probably
i want
i want
to be
convinced
all right
i'll roll
persuasion
i'll roll
leadership
because i'm
not lying
yeah
yeah
i'm a
father to
my men
thurston
what i need
to roll
against
okay
let's
let's
let's
look at
your sheet
and see
what like
would
oppose
here
dude
all
of our
twos
are
one
i'm
fucked
he's
gonna
win
yeah
i was
gonna
say
this
would
be
opposed
by
your
resolve
uh
which
i believe
is
one
maybe
your
conviction
watch
me
go
actually
roll
a five
yay
that's
a good
number
though
well
i gotta
ask my
sir
first
sir
shoot
sir
he brings
out his
orb
you know
he speaks
into it
sir
should i'll
give him
all the
corn
so we
can kind
of get
through the
lawn
faster
without
killing
all these
people
i could
answer
for him
you really
should
give him
the
corn
the
signs
say
no
i
ain't
giving
you
no
damn
corn
sir
the
sign
says
so
but
i guess
i can
well i guess
i can
you know
sorry sir
but
he makes
a good
argument
he only
gives you
a couple
of his
cobs
of corn
like
he doesn't
give you
all of
them
he keeps
a couple
for himself
and out
of the
fight
he like
biked
in the
one
little
bit
like
yeah
he's not
used to
you being
his
pure
saw
but
uh
you know
he's like
he jumps
all
he makes
a good
point
he gives
you some
of his
corn
why thank
you
roos
your
sacrifice
for the
many
shall be
remembered
and
well
savored
i'll return
to the
uh
the guy
i was just
talking to
and i'll
hand him
a cob
of
corn
i
see
might
sweeten
the
deal
uh
oh
it's
sweet
corn
is that
a pun
okay
you want
it to
be a
pun
wow
fill out
the
pun
form
okay
somewhere
across the
star
is a
road
trader
is
having
a
heart
attack
i will
allow
you
to
make
either
a
difficulty
three
deception
persuasion
or scholar
test
here
with
this
fellow
based
on your
with
your
bribery
and
stuff
absolutely
can i
assist
with
uh
my
survival
yes
yeah i can
only roll
two die
for this
um
complicate
no
i'm excited
it's
it's the
base
not my
full four
survival
right it's
my base
two
correct
yeah
yeah
okay
so my
dice
pull will
be
two
for this
here you
go
got a
complication
yeah i knew
i knew it was
coming
i knew it was
coming
and i'll roll for
the complication
uh physical
mishap
you're clumsy
or tongue
tied you do
or say
something you
didn't mean
to causing
a problem
russ
like as russ
is like
handing over
the corn
or whatever
he trips
and falls
and smashes
just
cat
just
destroys
the desk
or something
he just
falls
what have you
done
what have you
done
it's all
well
this is
horrible
uh
now there's
all this
attention
on you
as you've
just finished
handing over
a cob
of corn
to this
administratum
adept
everyone's
looking at
the bribery
so how would
you rate
this corn
eight successes
rate the corn
with the shift
uh you want
to bank a glory
off of that
yeah i would
love to
okay okay
thank you glory
on that
uh you
you do some
shifts
and then the
guy's just
like
okay
well
yeah i think
we can
we can get
you in
uh normally
the process
takes a day
i can get
you uh
into the
expedited
line
uh
that'll be
an hour
an hour
eh
right
expedited
lines right
there
i'll take
what i can
get
but if it's
not an hour
have someone
fill out
these forms
while you're
in the
line
hands over
like a
stack of
of like
paper
or like
like reams
of paper
i should say
i will
like
learn it
out
take the
reams
of paper
and then
immediately
deposit
them
into
aloysus's
lap
unfortunately
aloysus
it seems
as if
you'll need
to fill
out
these
reams
of
paper
oh joy
this is
exactly
what they
make me
for
i had a
feeling you
would say
something
quippy
like that
i know
ain't i
a stinker
aloysus
will begin
to set
to work
looking over
the paperwork
roose
raises
the hand
yes
roose
sir
aloysus
and sir
sir
arden
um
i'll have
an inquiry
is that
how you
say it
yes
you're
doing
good
buddy
oh
so
if all
still
if we
have to
wait
an hour
sir
but
if
these
folks
if we
are
raking
of them
and us
dispensing
of them
you know
in a brutal
fashion
but also
calls an
extreme
amount of
paperwork
for this
here clerk
because the
paperwork
would pile up
in terms of
the death toll
so if i
started going
in sort of
stabbing people
with bayonets
going to front
of the line
we would get
there faster
and they
wouldn't be
able to
stop us
due to us
being a
higher rank
and then that
person would be
filled with a
bunch of
paperwork
honestly
it would be
a lot less
paperwork
for this
person's
fingers
if they
just let
this
pass
ruse
we've
already
bribed
the man
yeah but
i don't
want to
wait an
hour
it's
too
long
ruse
why didn't
you try
and occupy
yourself
by counting
all of the
cherubs
and giving
them names
oh
okay
he starts
going up
to him
that one's
called
flip
wonder
dude
that one's
called
cosmic wolf
that one's
the rock
that one
over there
oh he's
my favorite
that's
that's
that's
beautiful
and we
we undertake
an hour
enduring
this
oh yeah
no no no
we you know
what i'm actually
gonna have
zoran continue
for the next
hour please
carry on
zoran
oh okay
that one's
jers
that one
over there
oh that's
abrium
you know
and that one
that one's
got a broken
wing
that one's
tank big
and blow
he's a
good chap
he is
you could
floor my
little friend
and as
as
as
roos
begins
to name
every
cherub
in the
line
fluttering
around
the
the stone
impressive
structure
of the
administratum
building
i think
that is
where we
will call
this first
episode
just for
everyone
listening
again
this is
definitely
more of
like an
investigatory
style
adventure
so
there is
a lot
of build
up to
figure out
what's
going on
and you
know
time for
players to
get into
care
a lot
of role
playing
plenty of
shooting and
murder later
don't worry
but of
course with
that
with all
of our
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