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[Madman198237]

Heretic Plague: (1) Madman
Greater Plaguemind: (1) Madman
Goliath Truck: (2) MNII, Ghazkull

I urge you to wait until we know what our problems before trying to fix them.

[NRDL]

Heretic Plague: (1) Madman
Greater Plaguemind: (1) Madman
Goliath Truck: (3) MNII, Ghazkull, NRDL

[Tack]

Goliath Heavy Truck
Efficacy: 5 Cost: 2 Bugs: 5

A Goliath purpose-built for war has many differences to the original trucks dredged up from the mines, but devoted hands with welding tools can do much to increase their already formidable toughness and power.
The attempts so far have been a qualified success, and the new truck is a powerhouse of sloped armour and grit. Whilst the speed is modest, it is more than made up for by heavy armour rendering both vehicle and occupants virtually impervious to small weapons fire, and a weapon mount on top for brave gunners to bring extra power to the battlefield- once one is developed. For now a stubgun sits proudly atop the new weapon of war. In addition, the armour has had an unfortunate side-effect, and the vehicle can begin to shake at high speeds. Whilst moving above a battlefield advance, shots are nearly impossible to hit, and only smooth roads will allow it to reach a cruising speed.
This unfortunately wasn't a cheap undertaking however, and many parts used in the refits had to be sourced from relatively rare panels and metals, usually stolen from tank graveyards in the deeps. Whilst it is a powerful truck, it costs quite a bit.

Goliath heavy truck
Civilian Equipment 40, Military equipment 20
The Goliath heavy truck is able to carry two squads of light infantry, or one squad of heavy or bestial infantry. It has a single mount for a heavy weapon.
It can move up to two hubs per turn when in the habs.

It is now the revision phase. You have 3 dice remaining

[My Name is Immaterial]

Should we try and reduce the bugs/cost, or stick a Rockgrinder on it?

[Madman198237]

I'm voting save the dice. We'll have a lot more options open than the other team if we do, so when we see what the first turn looks like we'll be in good standing to react to whatever happens.

[Shadowclaw777]

@Tack I think we should be allowed to perform two designs per turn if we get 6 dice. It may be the Revision phase, its just that the people previously were a little bit scarce on whether to devote to a second Design

Here's another design this turn so that our soldiers/cultist have better personal weapons

Design: BurstGun: Utilizing the autogun as a base, we make a heavier hitting assault rifle that shoots higher-caliber bullets in a auto-burst 3 type of style. It will be designed to have to almost the same power as a Boltgun, so that it can penetrate light surfaces with ease and maybe even light plating of armor.

[Tack]

Whilst absolutely yes, you can have more than one design per turn, you're also right in that people were scarce.
I thought about coinflipping for one of Madman's designs, seeing as nobody actually voted for 'no second design', but thought it might be overly pedantic.

That being said, what you cannot do is just squeeze in a second design because the first went well. Had you rolled poorly, you'd have been using those dice for revisions.
There's no limit to your bank, so you can always roll out muliple designs on later turns, but designs in the revision phase, not so much.

Edit: any voteboxes going up?

[Madman198237]

Save the Dice: (1) Madman

[My Name is Immaterial]

Save the Dice: (2) Madman, MNII

[Tack]

Turn 1
It is time. The disparate and wide-swept forces of the Broodmind have been gathered together at last, and can finally begin the push to remove these usurpers from the hive.
Chaos has not been quiet during this time and the differences between our number of converts is already starting to show. Now is when we prove what the Four-Armed Emperor is capable of!

From this turn onwards the Strategy & Construction turns are available.
Infantry will be available from the moment they are commissioned, however, vehicles and monstrous creatures will be normally required an extra turn for construction.
The exception is this first turn, where all construction is 'backfilled' to allow a normal start to the game.

Spoiler: Forces (click to show/hide)

-None

Spoiler: Resources (click to show/hide)

Manpower: 400 (+400)
Civilian Equipment: 400/1000 (+100)
Military Equipment: 150/1000 (+50)

Spoiler: Alert (click to show/hide)

Ordo Xenos: 0/100
Ordo Malleus: 0/100
Ordo Hereticus: 0/100

Technology

Spoiler: Units (click to show/hide)

Units:
Cultist squad (Troop): Manpower 5, Civilian Equipment 5.
The generic soldier, breeder and worker, ready to die for your cause.

Genestealer squad (Elite): Manpower 40, Civilian Equipment 35
These purestrain aliens are blisteringly quick, and can move freely through rough terrain.
They have no need (or thought) for weapons and equipment, preferring to shred armour with their razor-sharp talons.
However, they are little more than beasts, and can't be trusted to operate as master tacticians.

Ymgarlite squad (Elite): Manpower 40, Civilian Equipment 50
Spawned with minor shapeshifting ability, these genestealers are able to morph their four arms into various weapons to suit the enemy they are fighting. Whilst not as good as a specialist, they are able to overwhelm foes of varying types with relative ease.
Their mutative nature and haemovoric diet makes them cause greater alarm than standard Genestealers..

Patriarch (Ruler):
Try not to attack with this guy, because if he dies it will end the game.
In any battle he is in, however, he improves the stats of every genestealer near him.

Spoiler: Vehicles (click to show/hide)

Goliath Heavy Truck
Civilian Equipment: 40 Military Equipment: 20
The Goliath heavy truck is able to carry two squads of light infantry, or one squad of heavy or bestial infantry. It has a single mount for a heavy weapon.
It can move up to two hubs per turn when in the habs.

Spoiler: Gear (click to show/hide)

Autogun: Military Equipment: 5 or Civilian Equipment 10
The basic weapon of the cults, able to be cobbled together from practically anything and only slightly less reliable than a sharp stick.

Improvised Knife: Civilian Equipment 5
It's a sharp stick. Good for attacking people who do not have sharp sticks. Bad for anything else.

Autopistol Military Equipment: 5 or Civilian Equipment 5
Shorter range and a slower rate of fire than the Autogun, but otherwise the exact same, but in handheld form. Helpful if your other hand is being used for, say for carrying a sharp stick.

Spoiler: Tech (click to show/hide)

Patilineal infiltration units
This cult has a slower conversion rate, hurting their manpower, whilst their cultist varieties have a higher morale to compensate.
However, Purestrain Genestealers may be assigned to either battle or 'recruitment', allowing them to bolster their influx.

Civilian Jury-Rigging
This cult is proficient in refitting the tools of their trade and salvaging scrap and ganger gear.
Mining equipment, civilian weaponry and junkyard constructions can be designed.

Hybrid bioforms
The progression from "injected human" to "purestrain genestealer" requires multiple generations of bestial offspring, ranging from clawed and carapaced abominations, to "perfectly human" infiltrators with a captivating voice and hypnotic gaze.
This allows projects based on the Genestealer template and human-Genestealer hybrids.

It is now the Design phase. You have 8 dice remaining

[Madman198237]

Heretic Plague
True to our name, we do in fact have the Microbe Division, made of up a hundred trillion crack microbe spec-ops teams, ready and willing to force anyone who ingests them to serve the Hive-Plague. To start simply, we have designed a modification to a single Genestealer, which secretes a compound containing a virus based on the Genestealer's DNA-injection system (That's what viruses DO, after all), which is, at present, only waterborne. This allows us to infect various numbers of people and gain immense numbers of recruits, very quickly, should the need present itself.

Greater Plaguemind (Does this have to be a Grand Design? I hope not)
A gradual adaptation to our Patriarch, focusing our hive mind on him and his will, allowing our pure-form units greater adaptability as the Patriarch changes their (Still beast-like and simplistic) orders as necessary. Not only does it tighten the Patriarch's control, but it also makes our hivemind stronger, binding our units together more than before, allowing for great levels of coordination against the machine-armed foe.

Alright, I'm going to suggest these again.

We're supposedly going to be suffering for manpower. Let's overcome that shortage before it even becomes an issue. Also, the Patriarch redesign is going to make our Purestrains much, MUCH more intelligent and capable against hostile forces.

[Shadowclaw777]

Heretic Plague: (1) Shadowclaw
Greater Plaguemind (Grand Design): (?)
BurstGun (1) Shadowclaw

[Tack]

1. Heretic Plague
2. Greater Plaguemind

1. Am I interpreting this correctly as a self-proliferating Genestealer's Kiss Virus?
2. If it's just allowing the Patriarch to exert greater control over purestrains and/or increasing their intelligence, then no. If it's ramping up the Broodmind, bringing it closer to a hivemind, yes, but the benefits would be much more wide-ranging.
3. The Plague-plague naming scheme is making me see nurglenids. Not an official note, just amusing.

[Madman198237]

1. Basically, yes, Tack. It is a virus, that assimilates things into the hive mind. It doesn't have to be fast, but it's meant to be relatively unnoticeable, seeing how it's a virus and the Imperium doesn't give have a thought to quality of life for the useless suckers in our areas of the universe.

2. No, not a grand design, or no, not viable? Because it's a mixture of the two. It's making the Patriarch the undisputed focus of our hivemind, and making it stronger through that connection. Also expected to turn the Patriarch into a Gravemind, but that might be a later design.

3. You loser, it should be making you see Flood.

Heretic Plague: (2) Shadowclaw, Madman
Greater Plaguemind (Grand Design): (1) Madman
BurstGun (1) Shadowclaw

[Tack]

How are we with votes? I'm going to be rolling the turn later today and I need to know whether you'll be doing one design or two.