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- Vigilant_GM> IT IS THE 41ST MILLENNIUM...
- * Nitrous aims at the bandit vehicle
- * Karpath tries to scan for a way out of this mess.
- <Vigilant_GM> While the chaos of the situation makes it difficult for the acolytes to see any redeeming terrain features that can be of help to their escape, the Black Reaver's exhausts produce great dark plumes of smoke as its systems are pushed to the limit to catch up to the taurox.
- * Tony Tries to focus for a opening to take short cuts but can not see with the sand kicking up
- <Vigilant_GM> Summoning unnatural strength, the crystaline-hide creature rushes as though a torpedo in water, slamming against the taurox, bringing it to a hazardous tilt as it is raised from its tracks on one side. If not for Shiv's reflexive maneuvering, the vehicle would sure have toppled flat on its side.
- * Shiv floors it to escape the monster chasing them.
- * Nitrous fires a full salvo into the creature
- <Karpath> "Hey guys there is a sign ahead with three triangles above a semi circle."
- <Tony> "Point it out I can get a closer look"
- * Karpath points it out for Tony.
- <Tony> "I don't see anything ahead besides the dunes."
- <Tony> "Artur, Do you know anything about Three Triangles above a Semi Circle!"
- <Vigilant_GM> The operator tilts his head, trying to understand the question.
- <Tony> "Come over I will show you."
- <Vigilant_GM> The pursuing vehicle continues to race through the dunes, burning aggressively through its fuel, while each of its massive grooved wheels kicks up a veritable storm of dust.
- * Tony As he passes his Magnoculars to Artur and points out the sign
- <Vigilant_GM> It fires twice with its cannon, shards of glass striking at the rear of the taurox, and... at the creature.
- <Tony> "I got an idea Ikit, that it might work."
- <Shiv> "All ears, Tony."
- <Tony> "But it involves us getting close to the Raiders."
- <Shiv> "I don't like this."
- <Tony> "But it might help us get this thing off our tail."
- <Vigilant_GM> The creature emits a dry, skin-crawling howl, rearing its head up from the sand. Two bright blue marks of cooling plasma still scar it, as it dives head-first burrowing itself under the sands.
- * Shiv turns the vehicle towards the left to avoid the signage.
- * Nitrous-Timor fires a twin shot into the creature
- * Karpath sees another ones of the signs he had seen moments ago. "Got another ones of those signs."
- <Karpath> "About 50 meters for the first."
- <Vigilant_GM> Artur tries to do as bid, but the turn and cramped conditions in the taurox make it impossible for him to observe adequately.
- <Tony> "Lets have a look"
- * Tony Looks at the signs to try and gage a better idea what it could mean
- <Vigilant_GM> Seeing the change in course, the Black Reaver shifts into an intercept course of its own, at its maximum speed.
- <Vigilant_GM> Shards of glass fly into the taurox, striking aggressively against the side hull.
- <Tony> ++Hows the Taurox looking up there?++
- * Baird drops back down into the turret and releases a burst of heavy stubber fire in the direction of the creature to little effect.
- <Nitrous-Timor> +Not good detevtive.+
- <Vigilant_GM> The beast rushes once more just beneath the sands, going on a wide angle to your right as it gains to ram against the vehicle once more. Before the deafening cacophany, you see the first sign liften in the air as the creature moves underneath it. Seconds later, an entire fields goes up in a short sequence of explosions that lift sand dozens of meters into the air.
- <Nitrous-Timor> +That's...intersting+
- <Baird> +Rotate the gun and fire on the vehicle. Seems the creature is significantly slowed down.+
- * Shiv takes evasion actions after hearing the explosions.
- * Nitrous-Timor rotates the gun and takes aim at the bandits
- <Karpath> "Well I had a feeling about that."
- <Nitrous-Timor> +How's the creature?+
- * Karpath begins scanning in the direction of the creature getting hit by the explosions. +So the creature is not moving, I'm not getting any movement, just a large mass under the sand.+
- <Tony> "Huh, We might have another option instead of running into them Ikit."
- <Tony> "Ed can that Auspex detect heat signatures?"
- <Karpath> "Yep it can..... Umm, what are you thinking?"
- <Shiv> "FECK NO!"
- <Tony> "Well that answers that, drive into them it is."
- <Baird> +What's all the commotion down there?+
- <Shiv> +They wanted me to drive into the minefield. Now, it's driving into the madmen.+
- <Tony> +Unless you had a plan I would be open to hear it Ikit.+
- * Baird shakes his head and sighs heavily. +Hopefully the Emperor is watching over us. Those aren't the greatest plans.+
- <Vigilant_GM> Stubber fire and glass shards both miss, but the Black Reaver's operator navigates the dunes effortlessly, able to use the momentum from the descent of a particularly tall sand dune to close in to just over 70 meters away.
- <Shiv> +We drive fast till we outrun them or run out of fuel.+
- * Baird again pops up out of the hatch and lines up a shot with his plasma pistol.
- * Shiv floors it again. He says +FECK ALL OF THIS!+
- <Tony> "Well Better get that Auspex ready Ed."
- <Vigilant_GM> Rushing the vehicle onward, Shiv is unaware of the danger ahead. A single mine blasts the front right track system with a concussive force that tears at the links in the track, bringing the taurox to an awkwardly forced right turn.
- * Tony from the shock being close to the front shakes back at the chair and is knocked out from bumping his head
- * Nitrous-Timor fires a single twin shot at the front end of the vehicle
- <Vigilant_GM> The rounds strike hard against the frontal armor, causing sparks and deformation on the front plate.
- * Karpath uses the auspex scanner and finds where the mines are. "We need to go left."
- <Vigilant_GM> The Black Reaver roars onward, now at a distance where this is literally true - the growling of its engines closing as it reaches the 50 meter mark before firing.
- <Vigilant_GM> A glass shard misses the taurox, instead setting off a mine some 30 meters away, stubber fire pinging against the side of your vehicle.
- <Baird> Despite his aim being thrown Baird fires two plasma blasts at the vehicle, both impacting on the front plate.
- * Shiv corrects the course and turns 90 degrees leftward.
- * Nitrous-Timor fires another shot into the front plate
- <Tony> "Uhhhh.. my head..."
- <Shiv> "How's your nap?"
- * Karpath tries the scan ahead but doesn't get anything.
- <Tony> "The thing says we are in the Green uhh..."
- <Shiv> "Forward it is!"
- <Tony> "Painful..."
- <Vigilant_GM> Taking aim at the left tracks of your vehicle the glass shard cannon goes off. Shiv is able to jink the vehicle away from the impact, just as the stubber fires all around the taurox hull. Before the firing clears, the Black Reaver rams into the tracked vehicle with dreadful force.
- <Nitrous-Timor> "ugg...."
- * Karpath reacting quickly as he was the only one not to be knocked out, he grabs the stim from the medic kit and stabs one into Tony and then in flash he moves back to the turret and does the same for Baird.
- * Tony gets knocked to the side then shortly comes back to from the a sudden rush then panics and grabs the wheel seeing Shiv out cold.
- * Tony grabs his Autogun by the side seeing the a chance to finish this he fires his Lil Friend.
- <Vigilant_GM> Out of the Black Reaver begin to disembark the warriors of the wastes transported within.
- * Baird drops to the deck of the Taurox and quickly rolls about, smothering the flame on his clothing.
- <Vigilant_GM> After the long robed shaman blasts the vehicle in flame, a nomad emerges from the hatch and rushes the taurox, climbing onto its turret.
- <Vigilant_GM> He is followed by one of his comrades who turns and opens the hatch above.
- <Vigilant_GM> Once it is open, he sprays the turret with autogun fire.
- * Shiv shoots his flamer up thru the hatch while on the floor. He burns Nitrous and scares the attacker away from the hatch. He patches himself while on the floor
- <Vigilant_GM> A large bulky man jumps from the Black Reaver to the side of the taurox, and opens the hatch.
- <Vigilant_GM> Once open, he fires into the vehicle with a powerful pistol blast.
- <Vigilant_GM> Another of the nomands leaps onto the front of the taurox and sprays into its frontal viewslits.
- * Karpath is able to dodge out of the way of the pistol blast.
- <Vigilant_GM> Finally, a chieftain in splendid barbarian finery charges forward pushing his underlings away from the turret as he stabs at Nitrous with a blade the likes of which you've never seen.
- * Tony drives into a side of the Taurox as Autogun fire pours into his direction taking some hits
- * Nitrous-Timor ducks down and misses the shot
- * Karpath pulls out his bolter and opens fire on the guy who shot at him, hitting him with all three shots.
- * Tony Moves aside Shiv as he pours his Lil Friend at the guy above them striking him in the leg
- <Vigilant_GM> Seemingly out of nowhere, the robed shaman grabs at Artur, pulling him out of the vehicle.
- <Vigilant_GM> In one swift motion, the operator's throat is opened by the ceremonial blade he wields.
- * Baird stands and draws a bolt pistol alongside his plasma. Finding two targets he opens fire. The plasma blasts annihilating the shaman and the bolt rounds destroying the campions leg.
- * Tony Hugs the side as heavy fire is sprayed at his direction
- * Shiv fires at the two nomads at the side panel and kills one of them. He gets up.
- <Vigilant_GM> Frohrn the Slayer, dread chieftain of the wastes, roars with fury as he jumps into the vehicle, sword first.
- <Vigilant_GM> With horrifying skill, and a dreadful weapon, Frohrn stabs and slashes at the acolytes in a close group.
- * Tony leaps into the other side into cover with a nasty
- * Nitrous-Timor moves fast and misses his shot
- * Karpath gets hit hard by the sword of the Slayer.
- * Tony takes the moment to line up and fire into the other foe spraying the cover being injured
- * Shiv starts laughing mencially and pulls out his hand flamer. He fires at the Reaper vehicle and at the remaining nomads. One nomad is dead, the other is on fire and there's screaming coming from the other vehicle.
- <Shiv> "DIE, DIE, DIE!"
- * Baird unleashes bolt and plasma point blank at the chieftain.
- <Vigilant_GM> In retribution, the chieftain slashes at Baird, causing a grievious wound to the acolyte.
- <Vigilant_GM> Then, the whistle-like calls of Glassteeds sounds across the dunes. Four riders in long robes, their leader wielding a ceremonial crozius, charge into the melee.
- * Nitrous-Timor misses another shot
- <Vigilant_GM> Out of nowhere, the Black Reaver begins to reverse. However, having rammed into the taurox, it has difficulty dislodging the frontal plates.
- * Tony continues to pour fire into the nomads continuing to go wide as he struggles to focus
- * Karpath tries to stop the bleeding but is unable to at the moment as he fumbles his hands.
- * Baird draws his other bolt pistol and fires a barrage of gunfire into the Slayer obliterating his leg, resulting in a gory explosion of blood and bone, the bone fragments pinging off of his armour.
- <Vigilant_GM> One of the glassteed riders crashes into the back of one of the exterior nomads, the sharp angles of the beast's legs shredding him utterly.
- * Karpath is also hit by the bone and blood gory explosion into his chest but takes no damage.
- <Vigilant_GM> In a panic, his comrade fires into the riders, to little effect, only to be brutally hit at full gallop by another of the riders not a second after.
- * Shiv cooks the vehicle with his flamer and hand flamer and sets the cockpit of the vehicle on fire. He hears screaming from the vehicle and it stops moving.
- <Vigilant_GM> "By the Emperor's Holy flame be cleansed heretic!" the long-robed rider calls out seeing the fire engulfing the nomads. Through the open hatch, he hurls a sharp hook at Frohrn, catching the chieftain by the shoulder. He pulls the man out of the taurox with the chained hook, and drops him on the sand below.
- <Vigilant_GM> Dismounting with crozius and holy tome in hand, he approaches the wounded nomad.
- <Nitrous-Timor> "Oh thank the emperor."
- * Nitrous-Timor slumps unto a nearby wall
- * Tony passes out he slowly drops out cold with his Autogun by his side tired from the fighting
- <Nitrous-Timor> "My comrads need assistance."
- <Baird> As the stimm wears off Baird feels his fatigue set in and is unable to rise for a few brief moments. After a bit he collects himself and begins searching the nearby nomads for anything of note while the newcomer has the nomad leader subdued.
- * Shiv starts patching up the blood loss and starts to heal his allies.
- * Tony slowly comes over as he finds Shiv there above him
- * Karpath with Shiv's help, he is able to get himself healed but is unable to do much for Baird.
- * Tony Slowly pulls himself up weakened by the fight as he looks to the sudden new guests
- <Vigilant_GM> The base of the crozious is shaped like a sharp tip made of an exotic metal. He places it over Frohrn's heart before reciting a High Gothic rite of banishment.
- <Vigilant_GM> Once done, he closes the tome, and drives the spike into the chieftain's heart, ending his life.
- <Nitrous-Timor> "Thank you."
- * Nitrous-Timor bows deeply to the gentlemen
- * Baird slowly approaches the newcomer who just finished off Frohrn. "Appreciate the assistance. You have quite the timing."
- <Vigilant_GM> "You are favored by the Emperor, to be alive," he bows his bald head.
- <Baird> "That we are. Favored even more so given that we cam into the wastes seeking you I think. And here you are, arriving when needed most."
- <Vigilant_GM> He has a long white beard, and narrow eyes. Religious icons cover his robes, a silver censer is fixed to his waist.
- <Vigilant_GM> "I am here for all His children. Even those lost souls who the wastes tempt into damnation."
- <Vigilant_GM> "Alas, not all can be saved," he says looking at Frohrn's corpse.
- <Nitrous-Timor> "I see."
- <Baird> "Not all are meant to be saved. Some must find redemption in the Emperor's light. But. To business." Baird steps closer to the man and speaks low. "We are here seeking allies against a vile cult. If you are the people we seek I beleive you've already been combatting their filth." Having said this Baird will reveal his rosette briefly to the priest before returning the icon to his pocket.
- <Vigilant_GM> "A most vile conspiracy," he nods.
- <Vigilant_GM> "Heresies revolving around long-dead xenos species, a daemonology of the worst kind, I fear. And with allies which aid and fuel their operations across the system."
- <Nitrous-Timor> "Yup."
- * Shiv whispers to Tony "How deep of a hole have we fallen in?"
- <Baird> "Indeed. Do you have a place we can go and recuperate and discuss the issues at length?"
- <Vigilant_GM> "I haven't much. I am a traveling missionary, and a humble camp is all I can muster."
- * Tony pulls out a packs of lho-sticks and pulls one out
- <Tony> "A Very deep hole. Ikit"
- <Baird> "Ah, I assumed if you were the group we sought that given the level of resources they had they would have quite the sizeable force. Or perhaps as a traveling missionary you know of them?"
- * Tony As passes the pack to Shiv, he walks outside and lights his stick with the remaining fire about and take a moment to try and calm his nerves
- <Vigilant_GM> "I am afraid I am not a man of worldly resources, sir. Faith keeps me and mine, and guides the lost souls we encounter."
- <Vigilant_GM> "We can, however, be of assistance if you do the Emperor's holy work."
- <Shiv> "Not now, Tony. I have still have 'delicate' work to do. Well, depends on where we going or... not going."
- <Baird> "We certainly do sir, and welcome greatly the assistance."
- Vigilant_GM> "I have followed the Emperor's calling in these wastes for decades. My knowledge will be at the service of the Emperor's agents, wherever they may be."
- <Baird> "Well we are looking for a group within the wastes that fight against these vile heresies, seem to be well equipped, and have a connection to these." Baird pulls one of the bone coins from his other pocket and passes it to the missionary.
- * Karpath sits there at the edge of the hatch, pain still running through his body.
- <Vigilant_GM> He drops the coin on the sand, and makes the sign of the Aquila.
- <Vigilant_GM> "I fear you may be lost! These are Thaurian of origin. Likely brought here by the dreadful heretics who infest its holy mausoleums!"
- <Baird> "It seems I've been misinformed then. I was told of the Thaurian origin, but was led to believe they were holy men such as yourself."
- <Vigilant_GM> "The Inheritors, they are so-named by their void-capable conspirators," he explains. "They are the conspirators who corrupt the holy shrine world of Thaur. A blight upon the sacred lands of that planet."
- <Vigilant_GM> He kicks the chieftain's weapon to one side.
- <Vigilant_GM> "These... artefacts. Weapons, and others like them," he sprinkles himself with holy water.
- <Vigilant_GM> "They are traded, sought for, by the cultists."
- <Baird> "I see. Then we must return and make our report. We'll remove the artefacts and ensure this issue is dealt with how we can." Baird turns to the other Acolytes hoping they'll assist him since he can barely keep his feet underneath him. "Can one of you secure the blade. Be sure not to touch it with your bare hands."
- <Vigilant_GM> "You must persist!" he exclaims.
- <Nitrous-Timor> "We will."
- <Vigilant_GM> "I have followed a caravan. Fleeing from the Hive with more of these artefacts, to be taken to the Inheritors off-world. Don't you see? The Emperor has placed you here, at this time, to pursue this opportunity!"
- <Nitrous-Timor> "Oh..."
- <Vigilant_GM> He lifts a finger, as though asking you to wait, and reaches for a small piece of parchment from his robes.
- <Baird> "So it seems." Baird turns once more to the others. "It seems we can't return yet everyone."
- <Baird> "Someone still needs to secure the blade however. we don't want it falling into anyone's hands."
- * Nitrous-Timor rips off clothes off a dead nomad and throws it on top of the blade
- <Vigilant_GM> "Here... a camp," he points to it - a poorly put together thing made of running ink on old dry parchment, "a shuttle arrived just a week ago. With the artefacts brought to the camp, they will pursue their filthy affair in a matter of hours!"
- <Nitrous-Timor> "That's as close as I'm going to it."
- * Shiv sticks his head out and says "We need a new vehicle or a lot of time..."
- * Baird reaches out and takes up the poor map. "Thank you sir. Have you a way for us to reach them in time. Our vehicle is hardly in any shape to move."
- <Vigilant_GM> "I have wandered these wastes for over twenty years, sir. Me and my followers will put our faith in the Emperor to go on. You may have our beasts," he bows solemnly.
- <Baird> "It is appreciated sir. You may have the vehicle if you'd like. Though it is in poor condition."
- <Vigilant_GM> "Fear not for us, sir. The Emperor's Holy work must be carried out. We will dispose of the filth left behind by these heretics, and find our way to shelter."
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