Iron Father Ferrum

Obadiah: He nodded at Varne. "That will certainly hamper long-term travel and inflict plenty of chaos, but I think our first move should be to cut communications." His finger stabs at a building on the north side of the river. "This is the Astropathicus relay. If we want this uprising to succeed long-term, our first step should be to kill the Imperials' ability to call in reinforcements. Ergo, first act: kill the Astropaths. As quietly as possible, too, to keep any on-planet response delayed." He looked up and around at the group, focusing mostly on the mortals. "I can take a small team in, stealthily, and execute the choir -- but it'll have to be folks who can walk softly in shadow. We will need someone to pick us up and get us across the river to join in the rest of the mayhem, too." He tapped his chin for a moment. "I suppose we could take the Wasp in. Any takers?"

Oh come on! I just want to be able to *never* fail a Stealth check! Is that too much to ask?!?

Is there a way for one of our Tech Priests to integrate the stummer I just acquired into my armor? It only runs for 20 minutes on a full charge, and being able to have it just run off the armor's power plant would be awesome.

Is the Astropathic delay on there? We've been discussing it, but I also know that might not be something you want in the middle of a city. You know, in case of. . . incursions.

Crashing a ship into the relay while broadcasting an SOS will make it look like an accident, but will still provoke an emergency response. A military response may be minimal, but there will be lots of EMS there to dig out survivors. I'd prefer there as few people there as possible while we're executing the Astropaths.

Obadiah: He stroked his bearded chin for a moment, considering Varne's words, then shared a chuckle with him over Ukalegon. "Well. I've certainly never seen him tuck it and run from a fight!" He followed the other Astartes as he turned for the bridge. "You really think we're dastardly?" he asked with a grin. "I was hoping for villainous."

Being too loud taking out the Astropathic relay is a bad idea. Crashing a ship into it, destroying it via bombs, etc. will all prompt an emergency response from the authorities -- which is the opposite of what we should want for our initial foray. We want all Imperial authorities, be they on- or off-world, to be kept in the dark as long as possible to delay any kind of armed response to our incursion. I really think that this should be me and maybe a mortal or two with Stealth training infiltrating the facility to start slitting throats. Keep it as quiet as possible so that the Imps are in the dark as long as possible.

I was actually considering this too -- after all, communications interruption can only mean one thing: invasion. But yeah, I can go in (leads small team?) to take out the vox and/or astrotelepathic relays.

Sure.

Okay, if we're going through Strabo instead of the station gray market, I would like to test for a Comm Leach, Multikey, Signal Jammer, and Stummer. All will be useful in an insurgency situation.

Obadiah: He watched Hagga as the Executioner trudged away. His pace certainly wasn't trudge-like, but it was clear that the other Astartes' mind was mired in dark thoughts, so at least the term seemed appropriate. He gave just a brief moment to wonder over Hagga's state of mind before turning to Varne and giving him a companionable thump on the pauldron. "I noticed the leg, Varne," he said without preamble. "It seems this line of work doesn't particularly agree with us." He gave him a pointed look and added, "Any of us," before scrubbing at his face with his armored palms.

Noted. I can still work with this.

I just have to say that you guys putting Obi's Unremarkable-ability into your narratives, especially the way it's been done so far, is just filling me with joy. I literally laughed at Varne's double-take. That being said, rules question for the GM: In the gift of the gods description, it calls this version of Unremarkable an "active" ability. Does that mean I can like, suppress it? Turn it off if I'm in a situation where I want to be loud and large and intimidating?

That's a very good point.

I would like a comm leach, a multi-key, and a stummer. Since we're trading, is there any change to the process or is it still just acquisition rolls?