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[Lenglon]

making a character.

I forgot to tell you, but you could ask Stirk if you'd be allowed to make a Felinid without going Aberration. Oh, and you don't need to specialize in Basic Laser for the arch-militant's special. Just Basic works since the allowed specs are Melee, Thrown, Pistol, Basic, and Heavy.

Thank you, but I don't want to completely redo Indaria's background at this point anyway. From my perspective that this point I'm committed, besides, I don't know enough about the race to feel comfortable just going with it, and for all we know she actually IS one, because I doubt that the treatment between the two would differ significantly. Hell, she herself might not realize the difference since she was raised in a human community. I will remove the Laser specification from the Arch-militant special though, thank you for pointing that out.

As for the ship, a) we might benefit from giving it a Melodium since it's +10 to social tests within the ship, from Command to Charm or Commerce if we're trying to butter up someone and b) we should come up with a name. Since it's ex-Navy and a Dictator cruiser I say it should be something pompous like Autocrat, Dominion, Inevitable, Sovereign Warlord, Monarch of Wars, King's Ballista, Tyranny Unbound.

I think our RT should pick the name, especially since my taste in names is not compatible with the Imperium's taste in names. Adding Melodium, one moment.
EDIT: added it, but are you sure it's worth it? It costs SP and I thought we were trying to reduce our SP expenses.

[Stirk]

I forgot to tell you, but you could ask Stirk if you'd be allowed to make a Felinid without going Aberration. Oh, and you don't need to specialize in Basic Laser for the arch-militant's special. Just Basic works since the allowed specs are Melee, Thrown, Pistol, Basic, and Heavy.

As for the ship, a) we might benefit from giving it a Melodium since it's +10 to social tests within the ship, from Command to Charm or Commerce if we're trying to butter up someone and b) we should come up with a name. Since it's ex-Navy and a Dictator cruiser I say it should be something pompous like Autocrat, Dominion, Inevitable, Sovereign Warlord, Monarch of Wars, King's Ballista, Tyranny Unbound.

Making a Felinid would have been fine. I would have suggested it myself but we'd lose out on the catgirl concentration camp backstory.

Thank you, but I don't want to completely redo Indaria's background at this point anyway. From my perspective that this point I'm committed, besides, I don't know enough about the race to feel comfortable just going with it, and for all we know she actually IS one, because I doubt that the treatment between the two would differ significantly. Hell, she herself might not realize the difference since she was raised in a human community. I will remove the Laser specification from the Arch-militant special though, thank you for pointing that out.
 I think our RT should pick the name, especially since my taste in names is not compatible with the Imperium's taste in names. Adding Melodium, one moment.
EDIT: added it, but are you sure it's worth it? It costs SP and I thought we were trying to reduce our SP expenses.

The Imperium is nothing if not hypocrites. Abhumans are sanctioned mutants like squats, ogryn, and ratlings (dwarves, ogres, and hobbits respectively). They're not necessarily treated as full humans but killing them for no reason would be considered a waste of the Emperor's resources. The general logic behind persecuting mutants is that the warp causes mutations, so anyone with significant mutations could potentially be affiliated with the warp thus must be purged. Abhuman's mutations are stable on a population level and thus not indicative of warp shenanigans.

Navis are another exception in that they're considered abhumans despite their mutations not being stable since the Imperium couldn't run without them.

They're implied to look either kinda khajit-y or like fluffier humans since it's mentioned they have a thicker layer of body hair and iirc they're the abhumans with the denomination homo hirsutus, which's basically "hairy man'' when translated.

Also finishing my sheet:

Spoiler: Character Sheet (just filling in) (click to show/hide)

Name: Marco Guerra
Career: Rogue Trader | Ship Role: Lord-Captain
Wounds: 11/11 | Fate: 4/4
Insanity: 1d10+1d5 | Corruption: 0
Initiative: 1d10+4
Movement: Half-Move: 4m / Full-Move: 8m / Charge: 12m / Run: 24m
Max Carrying/Lifting/Pushing Weight: 36.0 Kg / 72.0 Kg / 144.0 Kg
Origin Path:
Homeworld: Battlefleet
Birthright: Child of the Creed
Lure of the Void: Zealot (Unnerving Clarity)
Trials and Travails: Dark Voyage
Motivation: Devotion (Duty or Loyalty)
Lineage: Of Extensive Means (Peers to the Imperial Navy, x, x)
Appearance:

Characteristics (100/100 PB):
(40) Weapon Skill
(25) Ballistic Skill
(30) Strength
(40) Toughness
(42) Agility
(30) Intelligence
(20) Perception
(55) Willpower
(51) Fellowship

Skills:
• Command (Fel);
• Commerce (Fel);
• Common Lore: Imperial Navy, Imperium (Int);
• Evaluate (Int);
• Forbidden Lore: Archeotech;
• Literacy (Int);
• Navigation: Stellar (Int);
• Pilot: Space Craft (Ag);
• Scholastic Lore: Astromancy (Int);
• Speak Language: Battlefleet War Cant, High Gothic, Low Gothic (Int).

Talents:
• Air of Authority;
• Peer (Imperial Navy, x, x);
• • Good Reputation (Imperial Navy);
• Resistance (Fear);
• Unshakeable Faith;
• Weapon Training: Pistol and Melee (Universal).

Traits:
• Exceptional Leader;
• Office on Deck: +5 to Command aboard ships;
• Ship-Bound Fighter;
• Void-Accustomed.

Inventory:
• Mordian-pattern Power Sword: Dmg: 1d10+8 E | Pen: 5 | Balanced, Power Field, +5 to Parry | WT: 3.0 kg | Avail: VR;
• Ryza-pattern Plasma Pistol: Range: 30m | RoF: S/2/- | Dmg: 1d10+6 E | Pen: 6 | Ammo: 10 | Reload: 3 Full | Maximal, Overheat | WT: 4.0 Kg | Avail: Very Rare, three (3) photonic hydrogen flasks;
• BC light carapace armor: AP 6 | Location All | 7.5 kg;
• Eos Star Amulet;
• Fine Clothing;
• Xeno-Pelt Cloak ();
• Void Suit;
• Micro-bead.

Acquisitions: Starting: Eos Star Amulet (-30 ER Avail. +30 Negligible = +0).
Total XP: 4500 base +500 starting experience that doesn't count towards ranksxp
XP Spent: 300/500xp
Purchase History: Lineage (300xp).

Personality: .

Backstory: Marco Guerra was by far the youngest child of the Guerra warlord dynasty and is now the lone master of a storied house and a lord-emissary of the Imperium. His is obviously an enviable success story proving just how capable he must’ve been to reach such a position, riiiiiiight? “Something like that”, he’ll say.

Born as the result of a quick tryst between the Guerra family’s patriarch Bernardo and the lowborn voidswoman Sheera, Marco’s future might’ve been far different hadn’t his father been supporting all of his offspring. It was a fierce attempt to find the one who'd make the dynasty climb further while taking full advantage of the old covenants ensconced within its military warrant. The siblings were always in conflict, and so Marco's brothers and sisters first kept him in check by using their authority to have him spend as much time as possible within station or ship-based temples, to push him away from a future succession dispute or even hopefully convince him to become a man of the cloth. While Marco developed a strong faith based on the local (void-focused) interpretation of the Imperial Creed, that plan failed, but his siblings also had a solid backup.

As Marco grew older and gained a position in the Battlefleet, it was made sure he'd be assigned dangerous missions. It was during one of these, investigating debris left behind by a space hulk that had flashed in and out of realspace, that he was taken hold by a piece of ancient tech that almost managed to do what his familial competitors had wished for—destroy him. It was hard to tell whether those were only memories, but for the time he spent comatose Marco lived a life that wasn't his and saw many things that didn't belong to his era. Upon waking up, the trauma of having spent decades as other(s) and then returning to his original body was almost too much. He survived, even if he required sedation and some time to recover. The archeotech artifact had disappeared as if it had never existed, and he was now changed. [further details to be added or maybe kept secret]

After arriving at the family's small station to rest, Marco was given a leave from ship duty allowed a spot in the family's planning sessions. As it happens, that exposed to quite a bit more of how the now-decadent military family usually handled their section of space and everyone under them. It turned out to be a bad move by old man Guerra, to say the least. Killing the orks? It was to protect the people, of course. Killing the eldarin? It was to protect the people, of course. Killing the people? It was to protect the people, of course!

Marco disagreed with the last notion. While he once hadn't minded the dynasty's methods of governance, now his mind's eye had been stitched open. His father said he was far too young a rapscallion to understand that kind of thing! It was a matter of time until the fingerling learned how things really worked, he said while patting the young lad’s head to emphasize his point. Marco disagreed harder. Much harder. He incited a bloody insurrection in his family’s holdings that washed his family line and its sins away in a deluge of blood, also for the sake of emphasizing his point. His treacherous siblings were the first to go.

A few allies and enemies of the Guerra house tried to either help the patriarch keep the house together or take its holdings for themselves—sometimes it was hard to tell who was doing which, as surprisingly it turns out no one likes rebellious lowborn—so Marco killed those as well. He came out of the other side bloodied, more experienced and commanding the trust and loyalty his ancestors might have once held. As far as the Imperium is concerned, it was yet another fratricidal noble coup that didn't threaten its status, and as soon as the purge was done playing out Marco was recognized as the battle royale’s victor and the official holder of the military Warrant of Trade of the Guerra family.

You really don't want to deal with Insanity or Corruption do you :V

 

[Caellath]

EDIT: added it, but are you sure it's worth it? It costs SP and I thought we were trying to reduce our SP expenses.

It isn't necessary but it's 1 SP for +10 to skills that include Command (which is rolled for attack craft operations), Charm and Intimidate (for social endeavors) and Commerce (for business negotiations as well as acquisition haggling). I'd say it's worth its price since we're going hard into the fleet carrier aspect and it has other bonuses.

You really don't want to deal with Insanity or Corruption do you :V

I can't say I enjoy corruption but it's mostly because a) the idea flowed out of my head and b) to be different from my latest characters. My most recent 40k char was a RT who leaned towards space dandy with his noble birth, sensual behavior, and lack of anything that'd help with his WP tests (resistance, unshakeable faith)—at least until I eventually got Jaded after mostly focusing on charm and commerce. Meanwhile Marco has Battlefleet pedigree, was trained as a Navy commissar, and you really don't want the RT to be the first one to panic.

[Lenglon]

cool, I have no objections with the melodium then.

[Stirk]

Since we're a few finishing touches away from finishing it looks like we'll be able to start tomorrow!

I'll start in the morning if everything is ready, at night if they arn't.

[Caellath]

I was eyeing the Rogue Planet origin path option for a secondary plot line but I figure we already have a big main one so we might not even have the time for a secondary one. Plus I've already added the "weird archeotech thing that made you live through lives from other times" as a plot hook if necessary.

Stirk, any Peer options that wouldn't be easily obtainable in most campaigns that could be an option in this one due to the theme and Guillithumbs-up? Like Peer (Eldar) for example.

[Stirk]

I was eyeing the Rogue Planet origin path option for a secondary plot line but I figure we already have a big main one so we might not even have the time for a secondary one. Plus I've already added the "weird archeotech thing that made you live through lives from other times" as a plot hook if necessary.

Stirk, any Peer options that wouldn't be easily obtainable in most campaigns that could be an option in this one due to the theme and Guillithumbs-up? Like Peer (Eldar) for example.

Peer (Eldar) would be acceptable. If you can think of another one it will probably also be acceptable, though the obvious one in the government probably won't come up too much.

Do you have any preference for your ship's culture or do I have free reign there?

[Caellath]

I haven't given it much thought aside from it cleaving at least a bit close to the Navy due to captain, dynasty and ship, but looser since it isn't an actual Battlefleet vessel and it's the fringes.

It's time to do something I've never done and make friends with the astartes in a RT game then. Peer: Astartes here we (hopefully) go.

[Egan_BW]

peer space marines wow I didn't realize that you were a teenager just getting into 40k because of the cool spacemen and racism

[Caellath]

Now you know. 😔

[Lenglon]

Cael, do you have a name in particular for the ship that you prefer?

If I were picking the name it would the be Sparrow, which, again, I don't think really fits the imperial naming scheme.

peer space marines wow I didn't realize that you were a teenager just getting into 40k because of the cool spacemen and racism

Now you know. 😔

haha.

[Caellath]

Yeah, the names are usually something pompous and valiant or just straight-up ripped from the Royal Navy registry like the Warspite or an entire class named after the HMS Repulse (now renamed Repulsive-class post regular defection of crews to Chaos thanks to its warp drive instabilities). I think Sparrow would fit a much smaller ship like a corvette or destroyer rather than a fat, heavy-hitting ship-of-the-line.

Since it's a full carrier we could get get something from here. Ark Royal, Venerable, and Leviathan are good options. Ark Royal even more so.

As for non-RN names, Crown Prince, Trindade de Fogo (Trinity of Fire), Blazing Archangel, Crown of Thorns,  or bow/long-range siege engine names (Arbalest, Longbow, Trebuchet, Catapult, Onager, Scorpio), were other ideas I had in mind. In case no other idea sweeps in, I think we could default to Ark Royal as a pretty storied and cool-sounding name.

[Lenglon]

Yeah, the names are usually something pompous and valiant or just straight-up ripped from the Royal Navy registry like the Warspite or an entire class named after the HMS Repulse (now renamed Repulsive-class post regular defection of crews to Chaos thanks to its warp drive instabilities). I think Sparrow would fit a much smaller ship like a corvette or destroyer rather than a fat, heavy-hitting ship-of-the-line.

There's reasons small ship names sometimes get on big ships, but I do fully agree that Ark Royal is a name more likely to show up in the imperium.

[Caellath]

Also Egan stop just shitposting and join up.

@Stirk: I think we are done to be honest. Though I forgot to ask which sort of Peer talent I should have to signify good rapport with common crew members/ratings. Should it be Workers or something else?

[Stirk]

I haven't given it much thought aside from it cleaving at least a bit close to the Navy due to captain, dynasty and ship, but looser since it isn't an actual Battlefleet vessel and it's the fringes.

It's time to do something I've never done and make friends with the astartes in a RT game then. Peer: Astartes here we (hopefully) go.

Sounds fine. You probably won't see Space Marines for a while though.

Any preference for armsmen/House Guard standard equipment? Do the pilots and HG have a separate culture or are they more or less integrated?

Yeah, the names are usually something pompous and valiant or just straight-up ripped from the Royal Navy registry like the Warspite or an entire class named after the HMS Repulse (now renamed Repulsive-class post regular defection of crews to Chaos thanks to its warp drive instabilities). I think Sparrow would fit a much smaller ship like a corvette or destroyer rather than a fat, heavy-hitting ship-of-the-line.

Since it's a full carrier we could get get something from here. Ark Royal, Venerable, and Leviathan are good options. Ark Royal even more so.

As for non-RN names, Crown Prince, Trindade de Fogo (Trinity of Fire), Blazing Archangel, Crown of Thorns,  or bow/long-range siege engine names (Arbalest, Longbow, Trebuchet, Catapult, Onager, Scorpio), were other ideas I had in mind. In case no other idea sweeps in, I think we could default to Ark Royal as a pretty storied and cool-sounding name.

Ark Royal, aka the lolicon from Azure Lane.

Also Egan stop just shitposting and join up.

@Stirk: I think we are done to be honest. Though I forgot to ask which sort of Peer talent I should have to signify good rapport with common crew members/ratings. Should it be Workers or something else?

If you want it to be just your ship "My Crew" would work. I always read Peer as a list of suggestions rather than an exhaustive list of all Peer options. Voidborne would cover the entire current crew but not any replacements you get from planetside. Workers would cover the lower class shipmates but not more prestigious or martial positions.