Pierce nodded as he reached specter coming at to his side as he saw the path they began following he began tracking what he assumed what would be there target. "Specter do we have any information on the targets that we are heading after?" Pierce asked to get a knowledge of what he would need to do to bring these next targets down.
" Human. Large Insurgent Force. Well trained and armed. Local PDF useless. Details light due to incompetence. Objective find insurgents gather intel, soe terror and kill leaders if opportunity presents itself. Leadership unknown. True extent of numbers unknown. Suspected 750,000 or more Main Body. Possible outside help for insurgents. Secondary Objective, find supply lines and destroy them. Tertiary Objective, Capture proof of off world help." Spectre-77 recited all this mechanically and concise. His mind is on the hunt. "Green Patched PDF are opposed the Gang Members who were our support but lack training and discipline. They went ahead to scout. Expected to be casualties 85%. Expected success of mission now at 78%." Also his eye has been recording everything for possible review by the Inquisitor later. @Vulpas
"Ladies!" Boris chuckled glancing from face to face smile genuine as ever. "What's with the echo chamber we got goin' here? That speaking in unison thing has gotten people shot don't ye know! Would ye like to hear about it? Glorious ol' tale of glorious Imperial dominance and the light of the GLORIOUS Emperor kicking heathen ass! " Extending his arms out to try and cramp all three women under them proud Vostroyan marched for the punch table. Head tipping back he muttered into comm-bead. "Alicia, requesting you get Narthen to set everything up, beginning phase one of my interrogations. "
~~Banquet Hall ~~ "It has been wonderful so far my lady, yet.... I must ask, how have you been finding your time on Verdan Prime?" The Highborn man replied, still pleasant towards the other noble. It would have been obvious to an outside observer that both sides had only really learnt of romance from books rather than actual experience. As for Miria, the Servant replied "Well.... We've been hearing some.... noises from one of the maintenance closets, and they haven't been sounding good. If you would please check it out for us, that might put everyone at ease...." The Spyrer that Sedric was talking to replied "Well, I'm not exactly at liberty to discus where you'd get a Hunting Rig, but I'll tell you a final special thing about them..... They have a special power-boosting system, that means the more you use a Rig, the better it gets. Anyway, I've said more than enough, lest the missus have a word with me about telling secrets." The gathering didn't skip a beat as Zoran arrived, Alicia having just finished speaking with Narthen about getting things Boris needed for his little plan. The Inquisitor gracefully made her through the guests and once she arrived at the Tech-Priest, she asked "Well, what did you find?" The group of girls that Boris had gotten in with paused for a moment, but the first one then said "It' just what all came into our heads at the same time.... That and well, we're all in the same choir, so you could say we're all used to singing together!" The second girl then said "Do tell, I'm sure that your stories are going to be riveting compared to the trash that we get told!" ~~Wasteland~~ Ogedei's lightning assault worked, as Marine landed on the first car, creating a considerable dent in the roof and he then tore both man and machine into chunks, spraying blood and oil on his armour and weapons before doing the same to the second car before either one could react to the sudden attack. At least the driver from the second car was still alive, a human clad in radiation-resistant gear who pleaded "Please, let me live, I'll tell you everything I know!" A look into the person's eyes made it clear that the person was truly desperate, after seeing their fellows massacred by the seemingly invincible Angel of Death. ~~Outer Structure-Van~~ Ferenien's aim was true, and his hot-shot lasgun claimed the stronger of the two Rebels, with nearly all of the rebels dead thanks to him. Naturally, the sole survivor did a runner and fled from this fight, having seen his comrades die to do nothing much than merely annony the Tempestus Scion making the man understandably unwilling to fight. With the perimeter secure, Ferenien could know relax, with the Van secure from anyone that might want to take it. ~~Courthouse~~ Before the cell door shut behind Takashi, the Arbitator said "I'll get on with it then, you can count on us to get ready for anything that happens." Once the door was shut, and the smell from the cardinal became much worse, Merius gloated "Well, here you are, failing to understand that the Emperor couldn't protect mankind... For he died, and the true gods of this galaxy are meant to take his place." ~~PDF Headquarters --> Underhive~~ As the duo of Firebat and Pierce followed the PDF scout team into the Underhive, through one of the 'official' lifts that was meant keep the masses in the Underhive from getting out of their effective imprisonment. But in order to keep their distance, the pair took an unofficial route down via an airshaft hidden by a hollow wall panel. Just as expected, the scout came under fire from Freedom Angel's insurgents as the Chimera went down a street, a missile from a launcher barely missing the vehicle as everyone in the squad got out of that death-trap and starting returning fire on their attackers. Good thing the airshaft had a grate so that they could assess the situation before intervening or not. The pair could get a good position for an ambush via the shaft going into a building on the right side of the street, which had good firing lines onto the Squad's attackers that had taken cover in the street, which consisted of a squad of twelve rebels with two squad leaders, a heavy weapons team with a Missile Launcher in a building dead ahead of the scout squad and a higher up officer with Carapace and a hotshot lasgun. That, and the Retinue's Kroot and.... a Tau Fire Warrior? Underhive Battle Retinue Firebat: 10 Pierce: 12 K'tikathat: 10 Kais: 10 Squad(Allies) Chimera (Hull Points: 5) Gek: 3 Squad Leader: 4 Terna: 3 Arano (Chainsword + autopistol): 3 Zerta (Lasgun) :3 Freedom's Angels Rebels x12: 2 Squad Leaders: 3,3 Heavy Weapons Team: 4 (In building) Officer: 4 ~~Underhive Entrance --> Underhive~~ As Kais and K'tikathat went down into the Underhive, they could hear that there was a pair of people in a shaft beside them, but that was less of a concern, as the shaft ended up leading into a building on the left side of a street where it became apparent that a battle was being fought between the PDF and a bunch of Underhivers who seemed too organised to be your average gang, as evidenced by the use of a Missile Launcher, and sneaking past them would be a difficult proposition. Both being keen-sighted however, they'd be able to see the Skitarii and Vindcare in an airshaft above the battle, in a prime vantage point for observing the battle, and the shaft they were in lead to a building on the otherside of the street. ~~~~ OOC: Maps are likely to be in the next post I make!
Kais grabbed her rifle, and went behind cover. "Never a dull moment here." She looked above, and saw the Skitarii and Vidicare. "Two humans above, unknown faction. Approach with caution, K'tikathat. I'll focus on the Rebels." She held her breath, lined up a shot, and fired a burst at one of the leaders.
Never one to socialize much,especially at occasions such as these,Zeth got quickly down to business as Inquisitor approached him. "Mistress...I have uncovered vital data from the Spire`s vox-network."spoke Zoran,his face bathed in the blue light of his data-slate.His fingers danced artfully over the data-slate,passing the device to the Inquisitor. "I have logged Cardinal Merius venture to Tharsax III two years ago.Upon his return he seems to have established a network of preachers that have left the Ecclesiarchical doctrine and venture in the depths of heresy.Nathan and Lady Ionia seemed to have attempted to thwart the Cardinal`s plans,as the latter approached them with proposal of to join him in his heresy,but they were unable to destroy him,with problems in the Underhive,rampart as it is.I have recorded excerpts from their conversations on the data-slate Inquisitor.I found them...disturbing to say at least."spoke Zeth as he finished his report,glancing to the banquet before him.He saw parts of the retinue enjoying themselves...those that were present at least.Curiosity compelled him to ask...but he was wiser then that.
Ferenien lowered his weaponry, cutting the energy feed to his lasgun once he was extremely confident the coast around the van was clear. He stored his rifle back atop his back, mag-clamped to it's energy pack, going to the van and re-attaching his riot light to his helmet as well. Now it was time to investigate, he would gather the bodies, lining them up side by side in front of the van, taking their nifty patches as 'evidence' as well as stripping them of garments to their undergarments to inspect any trace of heresy there might be on his foes, inspecting their bodies and their gear to do so.
Over the Vox, " Capture the officer and try to capture the squad leaders. Eliminate all others. Pierce, I have the Weapons team. See what you can do to the others. " Moving in a way as not to draw fire by sticking to the shadows. When he got close to the missile team, a great roar of dark fire burst forth. He intended to fry the team. If the fire didn't get them, the toxic fumes from his flames would. " Burn." His voice highly mechanical and intranced with the bright deaths of the missile team.
~~ Courthouse ~~ "I could care less if the Emperor was in fact a cute pink bunny, I survived on my own strength and wits, not because of some god-creature watching over me." Takeshi snorted, pointing his Power Shock Maul still at the cardinal, standing still himself like a marble statue. "However, it was quite impressive of you, you know? I mean I must give you that. That you actually succeeded in letting everyone on this world believe that you are no heretic. Takes a lot of perfume and charme, eh? Anyhow... How about you tell me who is really behind all this crap and I kill you swiftly, rather than have you become a torture pass-time for the Lady Inquisitor, mh?" Evidently, The Silver Shroud had no fear. It was not his first rodeo...
