Let's play WH42K - Epilogue [Completed]

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a squad is only 8-10 men. you don't know the situation of the rest of the chapter

Maximum warp

I'm going with B. Might as well keep fighting the good fight we can always blow up the ship another day.

just clarifying - C means only that the tech-priest embraces chaos and acts accordingly, not, i repeat, NOT the rest of the chapter.

also here is a nice picture of your armor, i'll have a complete update about the chapter, origins, lore, etc as soon as you...get somewhere, anywhere at this point, really.

B, because suicide and treason are for the weak and unworthy of being called human, let alone Space Marines.

B it is, then. 8 votes, B has 4, the others have 2 each, the ninth vote wouldn't change the outcome. I'll have to work out a better way to tally this shit in the future, however. update incoming (the last one of the "prologue")

expect an update about your Chapter (finally the name is revealed! woo!) tomorrow

IT IS BETTER TO DIE FOR THE EMPEROR THAN TO LIVE FOR YOURSELF PART TROIKA

The techpriest acquired enough presence of mind for a moment before succumbing to heresy, engaging the core overload system. There was no sound for a long time, as the ship went beyond its physical limits and existed simultaneously in the materium and in the immaterium, both of them pulling it apart. And then there was light.

But not for long. The ship crashed into a gigantic stone structure, half a kilometre wide, one whole kilometre tall. And came to a rest. The foredecks were completely destroyed, as well as half of the crew quarters. The medical bay was severely damaged, and the armory apparently imploded with the force of the crash igniting the ammunitions depot. It was truly a miracle that even half the ship was still whole. Truly, the Emperor protects.

Reclusiarch Jeremiah, High Chaplain of the Chapter, stepped out of the wreckage and surveyed the scene. He ordered a death toll and thorough search of the ship. The bodies of the traitor squad were found, apparently alive but unconscious, and were divested of their power armors before being put to death. And here a curious thing happened: These men were weak and small compared to an average space marine. Their armor had apparently included complex mechanisms to allow them to operate the heavy bulk of the machinery through psychic links. All of them were branded with the Inquisition's seal, and bore the marks of sanctioned psykers.

"Spies. Sent by the unworthy to report on the activities of the worthy. It is just as well we have been declared Excommunicate Traitoris, Brothers, because the Imperium of late is run by villains no better than the Enemies of Man. No true Space Marine would have so easily succumbed to Chaos."

The assembled brother-captains agreed with the Reclusiarch, and spat on the bodies of the fallen before commiting them to the sword. Their morale was high. They had survived a daemonic incursion, the perils of the warp, and had came out alive, with the Emperor's Blessing. The entity that had possessed the Navigator was nowhere to be seen, and nothing remained of him but a pile of blood and ooze.

But such a state of affairs would not last long. When the scouting parties reached the Reclusiarch with the news of their findings, gloom fell upon the assembled Brothers. Over five companies were dead, including the First Company, formerly the Sword Brethren of the Black Templars, the only permitted to wear the hallowed Terminator suits. And their suits were destroyed with them. The Chapter had been reduced to half its standing force, a little over 500 men, in a single fell blow by the Ruinous Powers. The apothecaries did their best, but most of the gene-seeds were beyond retrieval. It would take centuries for the chapter to recover. And they had no home planet, no training ground. They had only their mission.

And they would carry it on, said the Reclusiarch, even if there had been only one Battle Brother left. The Brother-Captains cheered at this, their zeal renewed. This Chapter did not know the meaning of anguish. They had only righteousness.

The navmaps were completely fried, there was no way of ascertaining their position. But there was no need to. The Reclusiarch looked up at the Pylon that the ship had crashed into, and further up into the crimson sky streaked with purple lightning. He knew where they were. They were in Cadia. And Chaos was coming.

Please note, this choice is not what you will do, but rather, what will you focus most on doing while also doing the other alternatives.

Do you...

Focus on defense? Abbadon's forces could arrive at any moment. We must fortify ourselves and prepare for battle, to the last man! Let the exploring and foraging for later!

or...

Do you focus on exploration? Send out scouting parties, ascertain the situation, perhaps there are friendly forces around, though none may be seen currently. Defense is all very well, but without knowing what you are fighting, what's the use?

or...

Do you focus on foraging and rebuilding? Your supplies won't last for long. The drugs needed to sustain the Battle Brothers will soon start to run low. You have to repair the Medical Bay, and re-stock the armory. You cannot fire your bolters without rounds! Leave the scouting for later, for now it is better to focus on the practicalities.

And a second choice, this one obviously excludent:

Do you...

Hand over the command of the Chapter to the Reclusiarch? He is the oldest Battle Brother, and the most zealous. He is however strict and unforgiving, and tends to choose brutality over subtlety.

or...

Do you hand over the command to the Lore Keeper? He is the second oldest of the chapter, and the Keeper of all its secrets, its strategist, and former advisor to the Brother-Commander. He is guileful and wise, but many Battle Brothers consider him too much of a thinker for a true warrior.

or...

Do you hand over the command to one of the Brother-Captains? They are skilled in battle and used to command, and may strike an ideal balance between zealousness and skillfulness.

C for the first

A for the second

After the mayhem think its time to slow down and think.
As we are going to explore and fortify defences anyway should focus on repairing the med bay and the armoury.
In light of our reduced forces cool calm strategy will be key so the Lore Keeper should be in command.
Thats C and B then.

also, just a bit of trivia:

had you guys chosen to disengage the warp drive, you would have ended up in the calixis sector and the game would've been completely different from then on.

had you guys chosen to explode the ship, the game would've ended. (yes well it was fucking obvious wasn't it?)

had you guys actually let the techpriest become possessed you would've landed in Cadia in one piece with the full chapter albeit with a very angry machine daemon on your arse.

A full chapter with Terminators wouldda been too easy for us

C - Without logistical conditions to fight wars, the war is lost already

and

B - Being blunt nearly killed the chapter already.

C first an B second.
Rebuild and fortify yourself in body and mind.

CC is where it is. We need bullets and supplies. The Brother-Captains will do, they're smart enough and brutal enough to do what is needed to be done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeCfod1XT7E

CC for me.

EDIT: Btw the audio in that video is taken from Soul Storm, this is the actual dialogue lol.

BC

We won't just find bolts and other rare equipment from scavenging - we need to know where we are and where our enemies are cowering. As for who should lead us, a Brother-Captains offer us a flexibility and experience that we need.

CC

CB.

B and C.

CC

C and B. Bookmarked for future consumption. Good going, root. (The writing's not half bad either!)