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[zomara0292]

"Common lots. Its time for us all to show our penance to He Who Lives on Holy Terra and ready ourselves to be received into his spirit for our final union with him. Lets let our burning passion for the life the Emperor has bestowed upon our worthless corpses!"
Gaultier shouts his words of piety hoping to inspire the men to work harder.

[Nikitian]

Siegmund silently awaits at the helm-controls, ready to relay the commands and make the vessel spring into motion as soon as the orders came. For now, he simply lets her slowly glide through the void at half speed, playing the part of unwary prey.

[Cheesecake]

Echo twitched involuntarily at the Confessor. He muttered under his breath; he was sure that the Machine Spirits would be disturbed by the raucous 'priest'.

"Confessor Gaultier," Echo commented dryly. "Please do not disturb the rest of the Machine Spirits, especially in this crucial time."

[Caellath]

Siegmund silently awaits at the helm-controls, ready to relay commands and put the vessel into motion as soon as the orders come.

Spoiler: Motion (click to show/hide)

The ship is already in motion, at half speed (2). The pilot decides whether he moves half or full speed each turn, executing one of the possible Maneuvering Actions. Read the bit on movement in the core rulebook.

[Nikitian]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Thanks for pointing out. I've brushed up on the ship actions again, and surprise, they all have to be declared before being enacted, even if they come in specified sequence. Anyway, it's not like there is much that can be done now (in the current guise of merchant vessel), and I get it that the standard doctrine for entering Warp is at lowest speed available (i.e. half-speed)? (I couldn't find details on that standard procedure, but half the iconic images of warp travel show ships slowly sailing into or out of temporary warp-rifts.)

Action updated.

[Caellath]

Rogue Trader: "Mr. Maxwell, I'm sure you'll take care of things handily. Try keep an eye on the upper row of augurs, the lower one seems worse for precision."
The Lord-Captain uses his Exceptional Leader ability to give Maxwell Jordan a +10 Bonus to his next Test and orders the NPC Crewmen around.

Echo makes various rites and litanies in Binary, rapidly beeping and buzzing. Tenderly applying sacred unguents and ordering the servitors to spread incense, Echo Jace aids the Machine Spirit, that its augur arrays might find the foe.

Echo Aids the Machine Spirit!
TN = 78 (58 Int +10 Combi-tool +10 Servo-skull Assistance).
Result = 26 (Success + 5 DoS): The Ship's Detection for this Round receives a +15 bonus.

Spoiler: OOC (click to show/hide)

Since you didn't specify the type of servo-skull you were getting, I assumed it would be one with Tech-Use which could then provide Assistance during those Tests.

Maxwell Jordan fiddled with a nearby workstation and began hunting for any suspicious signals.

Maxwell Jordan keeps an eye on the viewscreens and streams of data coming from the sensitive augur arrays, performing an Active Augury.
TN = 62 (12 Untrained Scrutiny, Half Per +25 Detection +15 Aid the Machine Spirit bonus +10 Exceptional Leader bonus)
Result = 14 (Success + 4 DoS). The scan covers +20 Void Units (5 per DoS). A ship on Silent Running is detected at point P18:

Siegmund silently awaits at the helm-controls, ready to relay the commands and make the vessel spring into motion as soon as the orders came. For now, he simply lets her slowly glide through the void at half speed, playing the part of unwary prey.

The ship moves 2 VUs straight forward in its usual unassuming pace as Siegmund performs a Default Manoeuvre Action (Half Speed).

Gaultier shouts his words of piety hoping to inspire the men to work harder.

Spoiler: Note (click to show/hide)

Page 217 of the core rulebook has the list of actions that can be performed during ship combat and the closest one to that is Put Your Backs Into It!, which has no use in the current situation.

The crew stops trying their own scan as soon as they notice Maxwell managed to get the ship on the screens: a Hazeroth-class Privateer trying to sneak towards them unnoticed, and it fits the description of the Abyss Plunderer. An etherics operator pats Maxwell's shoulder in congratulation.


Note - Crew Rating: A voidship's NPC crew can perform shipboard actions much like the players. When a Characteristic or Skill is called upon to perform a Test, the value is assumed to be equal to the Crew Rating. The NPC crew's actions per round of void combat are limited, either to a number set by the GM (usually three) or the tens digits of the Rating. The Bounty of Scintilla's crew is Crack (40).
Note - Weapon Range: A voidship weapon's maximum firing range is double the range listed in its stats; trying to fire at targets beyond maximum range results in an automatic failure. At half the distance listed or less, the Shooting Action receives a +10 BS bonus, while over the distance listed up to double the range, the Shooting Action receives a -10 BS penalty.

Map Update, enemy turn and next turn coming tonight.

[Caellath]

Spoiler: Current Map (click to show/hide)

The Rogue Trader spends a FP to auto-roll 10 in the Ship Combat Initiative check for a total of 10 +2 (Detection tens digit) = 12!
The Abyss Plunderer rolls initiative and gets 8 out of 1d10.

Someone inquires whether they should make an attempt at a Focused Augury aimed at the enemy vessel, though an etherics officer points out that while broadcasting the usual detection signs can be dismissed by the pirates as a normal precaution, bombarding them with the concentrated emission of a focused detection would make them know they had been discovered. The Rogue Trader agrees with the later opinion since both ships aren't even at fighting range yet.

What about you?


Note: The rulebook doesn't mention whether ships that were discovered via Active Augury know they were discovered. Since the Silent Running vessel cannot magically know their enemies have succeeded on the AA test - it is more about interpretation of the data than how the signal returns - then it stands to reason that despite knowing the ship tried an Active Augury (judging by descriptions the signal can be detected quite easily by everyone around the ship unless it's on Silent Running itself), the sneaky vessel can't know it was detected unless by noticing abnormalities in the other ship.
Also of note is that the book doesn't mention whether the Silent Running ship can disappear from the radar again if it uses it next turn to silent run once more, requiring another Active Augury. Using the personal stealth rules, I'll rule that it's already been discovered and the discovering vessel can "keep it on the radar".

[Cheesecake]

The Enginseer regarded the situation irritably, as if the course of action were simple enough for a toddler.

"We are not in range. The Machine Spirits of the macrocannons, though mighty, cannot smite our foes at this range." He twitched and murmured something in Binary. "Let them wallow in their false safety, and incinerate them with the weapons of Mars when optimal."

[Sirus]

"I agree," Maxwell said. "They will not be expecting us to be heavily armed. Let them get close enough to ensure a solid hit before we open fire. If we act as a poorly-armed, cowardly merchantman would normally, they'll never know what hit them."

[Nikitian]

"We have less speed, we cannot pursue. We need to lure them closer, and finish or cripple them before they can flee." Siegmund raised his hawk-like stare. "We cannot give them a chance to reconsider the attack."

[Caellath]

Spoiler: MAP; SHIP AT C9 (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: The Wolf: Modified Loki-class Q-ship, "Bounty of Scintilla"[/spoiler (click to show/hide)

Speed: 4 | Detection: +15 (+10) | Manoeuvrability: +0 | Hull Integrity: 40 | Armour: 14 | Turret Rating: 1
Space: 45 (Used: 45) | Power: 40 (Used: 40) | Weapon Capacity: Dorsal 1, Prow 1
Hull: Transport | Class: Re-appropriated Loki-class Q-ship | Dimensions: 2 km long, 0.4 km abeam at fins approx.
Mass: 8 megatonnes, approx. | Crew: 18000 crew, approx. | Accel: 6.6 gravities max. sustainable acceleration.
Morale: 100 | Crew: 100 | Crew Rating: Crack (40)
Essential Components: Good Craftsmanship Strelov 1 Warp Engines, Gellar Field, Good Craftsmanship Lathe Pattern Class 1 Drive, Void Shield, Commerce Bridge, Best Craftsmanship Vitae-pattern Life Sustainer, Voidsmen Quarters, M-201.b Auger Array.
Supplemental Components: Dorsal Best Craftsmanship Mars Pattern Macrocannons, Prow Starbreaker Lance Weapon, 2 Main Cargo Holds, Armour Plating, Augmented Retrothrusters, Tenebro-maze.
Complications: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (True identify of three Components is masked: tenebro-maze, lance & macrobatteries), Adventurous (+10 Detection during an Endeavor).
Components & Misc. Bonuses: +10 Detection during an Endeavor; Tech-Use Tests to repair the ship gain +10 as long as the bridge remains undamaged; +10 to all Command Tests when defending against boarding and Hit and Run actions; when a Component on this ship is selected to be affected from a critical hit, it is chosen by the ship’s controller, not the attacker.

~~Turn 1~~

Dozens of minutes pass as the transport slowly moves forward while the insidious pirate ship also heads straight ahead. With Abyss Plunderer's presence already known to them, the Etherics crewmen continue to track its movements even as it continues to move in a low-energy mode in its attempt to stay hidden. Though the pirates are unaware they have been discovered, they obviously don't intend to run silently forever.

"They will most likely try to close in, announce their presence and demand our surrender so they may board and plunder any riches. It's what they did to the last vessel they attacked, at least." The Rogue Trader seems to be considering his options. "Depending on how close they are when they hail us, we'll either open fire or 'accept' and let them get closer. I take that's acceptable. Of course, if you want to let a few of their boarders try their luck just to die..."

Spoiler: Advised Actions (click to show/hide)

...Girding loins? Preparing to repel boarders just in case, so that if this turn's test fails or gets few DoS, it can be re-attempted next turn.

Crew:

Spoiler: Lord Captain: The Rogue Trader (click to show/hide)

Too lazy to copy.

Spoiler: First Officer: Siegmund Ivar Torch (click to show/hide)

Character Name: Siegmund Ivar Torch
Career: Void-master (Mastery of Space)
Wounds: 9
Fate: 4
Insanity: 1
Corruption: 0
Ship Role: First Officer (+5 to Command Tests aboard the ship)

WS: 32 (25 +7 PB)
BS: 50 (25 +5 Call to War +20 PB)
S: 30 (25 +5 PB)
T: 30 (25 -3 Battlefleet +8 PB)
Ag: 45 (25 +20 PB)
Int: 40 (25 +15 PB)
Per: 20 (25 -5 Battlefleet)
WP: 35 (25 +5 Battlefleet +5 PB)
Fel: 51 (25 +3 Battlefleet +3 Born to Lead +20 PB)

Origin
Homeworld: Battlefleet (+Pilot (Spacecraft))
Birthright: In Service to the Throne: Born to Lead (Tactica Imperialis, +3 Fel)
Lure of the Void: Crusade: Call to War (Eldar)
Trials and Travails: Hand of War (Eldar, Heavy Weapon Training(Las))
Motivation: Renown (Peer(Military))

Skills
Common Lore: Imperial Navy(+10), War (Int), Forbidden Lore: Xenos (Int), Navigation: Stellar (Int), Pilot: Space Craft (+10), Flyers (Ag), Scholastic Lore: Astromancy, Tactica Imperialis (Int), Literacy (Int) Speak Language: Battlefleet War Cant, Low Gothic (Int), Command (Fel), Dodge (Agi)

Talents
Melee Weapon Training (Universal), Nerves of Steel, Pistol Weapon Training (Universal), Heavy Weapon Training (Laser), Talented (Pilot (Spacecraft)), Talented (Command), Peer (Military), Hatred (Eldar)

Traits
Void Accustomed, Officer on Deck, Ship-Bound fighter, Face of the Enemy (Eldar), Mastery of Space (re-roll all failed Shooting Actions aboard a starship)

Gear
Common Craftsmanship Power Sword, Common Craftsmanship Bolt Pistol, guard flak armor, void suit, blessed ship token, re-breather, Imperial Navy uniform, 2 bottles of amasec, pict-recorder, vox-caster.
Bonus Acquisition: Common Craftsmanship "Wrath" Plasma Pistol

Total XP: 500
XP Spent: 450
Purchase History:
In Service to the Throne: Born to Lead (200xp)
Crusade: Call to War (150xp)
Dodge (100xp)

Spoiler: Master-at-Arms: Maxwell Jordan (click to show/hide)

Character Name: Maxwell Jordan
Career: Arch-Militant
Wounds: 10
Fate: 3
Insanity: 1d5
Corruption: 0
Ship Role: Master-at-Arms (+10 to the Prepare to Repel Boarders! Action)

WS: 40 (25 +15 PB)
BS: 47 (25 +17 PB +5 Advance)
S: 30 (25 +5 PB)
T: 30 (25 -3 Born to Lead -5 Zealot +13 PB)
Ag: 45 (25 +15 PB +5 Advance)
Int: 30 (25 +5 PB)
Per: 25 (25 -5 Battlefleet +5 PB)
WP: 30 (25 +5 Battlefleet +5 PB)
Fel: 56 (25 +3 Born to Lead +3 Battlefleet +5 Zealot +20 PB)

Origin
Homeworld: Battlefleet
Birthright: In Service to the Throne: Born to Lead
Lure of the Void: Zealot: Favoured of the Faithful
Trials and Travails: Dark Voyage
Motivation: Devotion: Loyalty

Skills
Command (Fel), Common Lore: Imperial Navy, War (Int), Dodge (Ag), Intimidate (S), Literacy (Int), Pilot: Space Craft (Ag), Scholastic Lore: Tactica Imperialis +10 (Int), Secret Tongue: Military (Int), Speak Language: Battlefleet War Cant, Low Gothic (Int), Trade: Voidfarer (Int)

Talents
Basic Weapon Training (Universal), Melee Weapon Training (Universal), Peer (Ecclesiarchy), Pistol Weapon Training (Universal), Resistance (Fear), Sound Constitution, Throwing Weapon Training (Universal)

Traits
Loyalty (+5 bonus to all Willpower and Fellowship tests made while aboard the ship the character lives on), Officer on Deck (+5 to Command aboard a starship), Ship-Bound Fighter, Void Accustomed, Weapon Master (Basic)

Gear
Good Craftsmanship Mono Swordstick Cane, Good Craftsmanship Hellgun, enforcer light carapace armor, void suit, bolt shell keepsake, medikit, manacles, arms coffer.
Bonus +0 Acquisition: (Whatever you want or pick the suggested:) Eos Star Amulet (re-roll one failed Interaction Test per game session).

Total XP: 500
XP Spent: 500
Purchase History:
In Service to the Throne: Born to Lead (200xp)
Devotion: Loyalty (100xp)
BS Simple Advance (100xp)
Agility Simple Advance (100xp)

Spoiler: Enginseer Prime: Explorator Echo Jace (click to show/hide)

Character Name: Echo Jace
Career: Explorator
Wounds: 11
Fate: 2
Insanity: 20
Corruption: 0
Ship Role: Enginseer Prime (+10 to Emergency Repairs Action)

WS: 25(-5 Homeworld)=20
BS: 40
S: 35(+5 Advance)=40
T: 45(-3 Birthright)(+5 Advance)=47
Ag: 35(+3 Fit for Purpose)=38
Int: 45(+5 Homeworld)(+3 Birthright)(+5 Advance)=58
Per: 45
WP: 30
Fel: 25

Origin
Homeworld: Forge World
Birthright: Savant: (Choose any Logic)(+3 Int)(-3 T)
Lure of the Void: Renegade: Dark Visionary (1d5+1 Insanity Points)(Dark Soul talent)(Choose any Forbidden Lore)
Trials and Travails: Dark Voyage (Increase a Forbidden Lore by 1 level)(1d5 Insanity Points)
Motivation: Prestige (Peer(Adeptus Mechanicus))

Skills
Common Lore: Tech (Int)
Common Lore: Machine Cult (Int)
Forbidden Lore: The Warp
Forbidden Lore: Archaeotech
Forbidden Lore: Adeptus Mechanicus
Literacy (Int)
Logic (Int)
Speak Language: (Explorator Binary, Low Gothic, Techna-Lingua)
Tech-Use (Int)
Trade (Technomat)(Int)

Talents
Technical Knock, Dark Soul, Basic Weapon Training (Universal), Melee Weapon Training (Universal), Logis Implant

Traits
Mechanicus Implants
Calculus Logi Implants (+10 bonus to any Literacy, Logic, or Scholastic Lore Tests.)
Good-craftsmanship Cortex Implants (1d10 Insanity Points)(Unnatural Intelligence (×2))

Gear
Best-Craftsmanship lasgun, best-Craftsmanship shock staff, Enforcer light carapace, multikey, void suit, injector, sacred unguents, micro-bead, combi-tool, dataslate. Servo-skull (stats on p. 376)

Total XP: 500
XP Spent: 500
Purchase History:
Intelligence (100xp)
Strength (100xp)
Toughness (100xp)
Common-craftsmanship Cortex Implants to Good Craftsmanship (200xp)

Spoiler: Ship's Confessor: Gaultier (click to show/hide)

Character Name: Gaultier
Career: Missionary
Wounds: 8
Fate: 3
Insanity:1d5
Corruption: 0
Ship Role: Ship's Confessor (+10 to the Put Your Backs Into It! Action)

WS: 40
BS: 40
S: 35
T: 30
Ag: 40
Int: 40
Per: 35
WP: 25
Fel: 40

Origin
Homeworld: Forge World: -5 WP, +5 INT
Birthright: Stubjack (-5 FEL, +5 WP
Lure of the Void: Duty Bound: Duty To Your Dynasty (-3 TGH, +1 profit)
Trials and Travails: Ship-Lorn: Against All Odds
Motivation: Pride (89)
Career: Missionary:

Skills
Awareness (Per), Common Lore (Ecclesiarchy, Imperial Creed, Imperium, Machine Cult, Tech) (Int), Dodge (Agl), Forbidden Lore (Hersey) (Int), Intimidate (Str), Literacy (Int), Medicae (Int), Performance (Singer) (Fel), Scholastic Lore (Imperial Creed) (Int), Speak Language (High Gothic, Low Gothic) (Int)

Talents
Basic Weapon Training (Universal), Dark Soul, Melee Weapon Training (Universal), Pure Faith, Quick Draw, Rival (Rogue Trader Family), Technical Knock, Unshakeable Faith

Trait
Stranger to the Cult

Gear
Best-craftsmanship Laspistol, Good-craftmanship Chainsword, Best-craftmanship Guard Flak Armor, Ecclesiarchal Robes, Aquila Pendent, Sepulchre, Censer And Incense,  Micro-bead, Reliquary of Saint Drusus
Bonus Acquisition:

Total XP: 5,000
XP Spent: 500
XP To Spend: 0
Purchase History:
Dodge: 100 XP
Common Lore (Ecclesiarchy): 100 XP
Awareness: 100 XP
Performance (Singer): 100 XP
Literacy: 100 XP

Spoiler: OOC Notes (click to show/hide)

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[zomara0292]

(Question, do we have boarding ships?)

[Nikitian]

((All ships supposedly have some boarding shuttles for 'Hit and Run' action (basically, fly to their ship, drop a bomb, get back); boarding proper, however, requires bringing the ships themselves close together. ))

[Caellath]

((Turn included in the post I made earlier. I've been reading on assault craft and torpedoes and the latter are very, very deadly.))

[Nikitian]

"I say, let them come and board, Captain. Officer Jordan can whip the armsmen in shape prior to the boarding action, and either of us could lead them into fight. Furthermore, since my guidance at the helm would not be needed while the ships are tangled together, I could lead a crack team of marines to board and assault their ship from the opposite side, hopefully crippling their engines. With our vessel's speed and shape, long-range combat will likely not be to our favour in this fight, whereas this way we might win without so much as a scratch on the blessed adamantine plating of your vessel."