Let's LARP the Emperor's Finest - a wh40k IF

[ironyuri]

Regarding the loyalty of the other guardsmen, we're a simple private. Having their loyalty or not shouldn't make too much of a difference so far. If we get promoted, then yes.

I meant in terms of them following and agreeing with our decision-making. Chances are the squad may not want to follow us anymore of they don't like us and/or think we're terrible at making them. Some of the squad clearly don't agree with us deciding to keep the Inquisitor alive, and leaving more of our guys to die could cause them to further distrust us.

We're only a private, we have no position of authority. We let the =I= live, and the =I= has already indicated to us that it will be up to our Commissar whether our neglect of our own mission obj in favour of helping Team Prometheus will be seen as heroic or insubordinate.

It'll take us 2-3 hours walking to arrive at the Refinery, the radio went dead amidst screams and gunfire. That's 2-3 hours for whatever is attacking/infecting/zombie-fying our comrades to do whatever it does best. We arrive with our enviro-protections gone, using our respirators which will expose us to the toxic rain (IT'S IN THE RAIN) and we will in turn be zombiefied.

2.

 

[Azael]

Tricky choice. Abandoning comrades to death is bad, but sticking close to the Inquisitor has obvious benefits as well. I have to think this over for a bit, though I'm currently leaning towards 2. The first option just seems like a suicide mission since it would appear that we won't have enough air supply to make it back even if, and that's a big if, we manage to reach the Prometheus crew and rescue them from the xenomorphs whatever they are facing.

EDIT: Reading comprehension error, we might have enough air supply after all.

 

[Ulminati]

The reasons why you might NOT want to do it are as follows
1) Inquisitor might turn out to be a super warp daemon at any moment, better keep an eye on the fucker (although if you actually think this, I'm mystified as to why let him live)

I voted to *BLAM!*

2) Your mission is done and your orders were to report back immediately. Orders are orders.

Remember what happened last time we "reinterpreted" orders? (*cough*Holt*cough*)

3) You might die and more men that would follow you might die as well. It could be a waste of lives.

3 hours to get there. Whatever heavy fighting they're doing right now will in all likelyhood be over by the time we get there. And if it isn't, it's probably something so big and nasty it'll kill us too. and even if it doesn't, the rain will, 'cause we're out of air.

4) High Command needs to be debriefed immediately on what you've found and your might not trust the inquisitor to give a full account of the events.

See 1. Unless someone else is there to ensure the account =I= gives is complete, we've no way of ascertaining to what degree he turned into a puppet for the xenos. Also, we'll miss the part where the Inquisitor SHITS NURGLINGS

5) Heroes r dum

We're not SPEHSS MEHREENS.

As it stands, the inclination for a (decent) soldier would be to try and rescue your men. If you are decent, which we haven't discovered yet. But there are several things that might weigh against that decision, as i've outlined above. I hope i've provided a more comprehensive view of the whole situation.

Problem is that going will in all likelyhood 1) Not save our other team (because they're going to be fighting the "‘Heavy…Esistance. These damn…everywhere! At…Outhern Quadra…Requesting…diate assistance!’" for 2-3 hours before we arrive). 2) Get even more of our BROs killed, because we're leading them into "Heavy...sistance" and 3) Let =I= slip under the radar and perfor more HERESY.

I'm all for being a decent soldier, but going to save the other team is downright stupid.

 

[Ulminati]

Oh, goodie. a slow, agonizing death over a quick, clean one

 

[Esquilax]

I've figured it out, Inquisitor Agern isn't serving Nurgle: he is secretly an aspiring Champion of Slaanesh, known as The Prince, singing terrifying hymns to the Purple Rain that brings death from above. You can tell by the twisted, androgynous symbol on the motorcycle and the flamboyant clothing:

 

[Ulminati]

It all makes sense now!
He even has a crude symbol of slaanesh on the front of that motorcycle.

Damnit, I feel like I just accrued 1d4 insanity points.

 

[Zero Credibility]

this reminds me of gondolin noticing before that he didn't know how a guardsman would normallly act. In this situation, considering both your past, your expertise and the somewhat heavy emphasis the Steel Legion puts on comradeship (as opposed to say, the Death Korps), and furthermore considering your mission is essentially done, you would normally be inclined to try and rescue your fellow guardsmen. It's not so much as being a hero as just being a decent guy and also considering that Prometheus' mission actually isn't done yet. And the Emperor protects in any case.

Come on people, vote for almost certain death heroic rescue! It's what a proper Steel Legion soldier should do. Not to mention it sounds a hell of a lot more interesting then boring debriefing.

The reasons why you might NOT want to do it are as follows
1) Inquisitor might turn out to be a super warp daemon at any moment, better keep an eye on the fucker (although if you actually think this, I'm mystified as to why let him live)

And if he does suddenly turn into a daemon, just what could we do about it to do that a whole ship full of troops can't? Besides die horribly.

2) Your mission is done and your orders were to report back immediately. Orders are orders.

Because following orders worked so great for our late lieutenant. Our comrades are in danger - I don't think covering our asses with the letter of orders is the right thing to do.

3) You might die and more men that would follow you might die as well. It could be a waste of lives.

Yeah, well that's the life of a guardsman for you.

4) High Command needs to be debriefed immediately on what you've found and your might not trust the inquisitor to give a full account of the events.

As I said before, I doubt anything we might say would do any good. Nobody is going to do anything against him based on our testimony.

5) Heroes r dum

Meh, so is the relentless grimdark.

 

[Ulminati]

Should've shot the inquisitor like some of us voted. Then there'd be no pressure to report back and warn someone - ayone - about the incoming HERETIC INQUISITOR RAPE and we could've gleefully gone to rescue our BROs.

 

[lightbane]

1. We're Shepard and we do not believe on that "consequences" thing. Our duty is to perform hilariously dangerous actions and spit Death on her face because we can, Jedis Spectres heroes are never wrong, after all.

 

[Kz3r0]

2)

 

[Commissar Draco]

We should have shot the Heretic =I= and then rescue our comrades after sending Coporal with samples and report to HQ... sights, now we must answer ourself what we're going to do after mission:
1) Staying with regiment than we MUST choose One... or our boys will frag our ass during sleep.
2) If we're planing to join =I= we should go with Inq... we will have last one chance to shoot him if he'll shit nurglings from his Ordo sanctioned in the craft... then He is better uncorrupted cause demoted private testimony will mean shit... if we survive the trip back.... All is hanging on fact we can't be sure... Is he still INQ?

I'm voting for 2... too late now for heroics.

 

[GreyViper]

Thing is by going 1st choice, =I= can dispose the troopers not following him. Either they die in combat or there wont be any evac and if they manage to get back they face court martial. Besides Shepard's a medic not HW specialist and Ulminati pointed out the right thing we are not SPEHSS MEHREENS. We are a private and we follow orders, when we want to.

‘My mission still takes priority. I will return aboard the Thronum with what we’ve collected. And you’ll be disobeying a direct order if you choose to rescue Prometheus. But I can live with that. I can allow the pilot to fly you to the Refinery. After that, you’re on your own and at your commissar’s mercy. It’s up to him to decide if you’re being insubordinate or heroic.’

Now this guy isn't Holt, but there is bound to be backslash, that would lead with certainty another trip to hive. Difference being how much we know about enemy, because IF we get lucky with current choice the =I= will keep us in the loop, maybe even let us know what the servo-skull found.

2)

 

[Ulminati]

Stay close to =I=, remain vigilant, when the corruption takes hold, administer the Emperor's Benediction.

Thought of the day:
The Emperor requires only that you hate.

 

[Azael]

I'll be voting for 1, even though I hate the idea of letting the Inquisitor out of our sight. We've basked in the light of the Tyrant Star and came out alive and with our sanity (mostly) intact, we killed our own CO out of sense of duty and we are damned sure going to extend the same courtesy to our brothers in arm if they too have been corrupted.

Onward, to def and defeht!

 

[Storyfag]

I'd really, REALLY like to hear a psyker's opinion on what we're dealing with here. HOWEVER following the Inquisitor up to the Thronum won't necesserily give us that. So let's go with 1.

Flopping to 2 after all.

 

[Ulminati]

I'd really, REALLY have liked to shoot the inquisitor

Even if we would probably have been *BLAM*'d upon return if we did. The lot of an imperial guardsman is to choose between what color of methaphorical spiked tentacle that buttrapes them.

 

[eklektyk]

2 lets turn our quest in, recive xp, collect new loot and see what new adventure our Bro _I_ have for us. besides narration options from our ship can put us anywhere on planet[rescue for rafinery, reinforcement of Lord Commisar or even reconasince in force of hive city looking after that tech skull we managed to missplace] so many glorious posibilities [and of coz consequences, always remember consequences ]

 

[Ulminati]

Problem with 1 is that it really isn't presented as an option that's likely to succeed in anything. We need a 3) fly to the other teams dropoff site, reestablish radio contact if possible and reasses. If noone answers, bugger off. If they're all "OMG WE NEED EVAC NAOW!" consider helping. Because going in with an hours worth of oxygen to a fight that began hours ago seems like grasping at straws.

 

[Saark]

"Your mission is not to be heroic or to stand against impossible odds. Your mission is to die so that the Imperium can survive. If you’re unable to grasp this simple fact, I suggest you leave. I’ll shoot you if you do."

Nuff said. 2.

Well, to say a little more:
-Going into a refinery with Hell- and Autoguns sounds fucking stupid to me, considering we are going to expect a firefight. And we're not exactly trained to be a perfect shot.
-Squad 2 was supposed to meet up with Holt, and then do a flyby to see whether there are enemies in there. We now know that there are, and the colonel may decide to send more people down there with fresh and proper gear to clear the refinery out. Their main objective was to set up the comms gear, and they did.
-Losing the "respect" of our fellow guardsmen sounds illogical to me, considering we're the one that's gonna stitch them up. There's three people in the world you don't want to screw with - your doctor, the people that handle your food, and Lord Commissar Motherfucking Holt.
-We're a private, not a hero.

 

[Ulminati]

Oooooh! I had totally forgot about that part. Hellguns in a firefight in a promethium refinery!

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!

 

[Azira]

Plus, even if we went there and somehow saved Holt or some other, he'd still shoot us for disobeying orders. I hold to my vote of returning to the battlecruiser.

 

[Jaedar]

2
No sense risking more lives. I would have liked to see the enemy, but it's not worth it. 'Sides, someone has to keep an eye on inquisitor.

 

[Hellraiser]

2) We're already pushing our luck by having a tainted inquisitard with us.

Unless death in a promethium explosion is preferable to KHAOS INQUIZITARDZ raping us with their witchcraft, there is no reason to vote 1.

 

[Darth Roxor]

COWARDS and FEWLS all of you, not worthy to be named Steel Legionnaires.

We shall go rescue our BROs, descending upon the foe, overwhelming them, leaving none alive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU6npAzHhpg

The ways, the ins and outs of heaven still elude us to the end
The tears, the sun the rain, I feel them on my face against my skin
We loved you then, we love you still
And don't you know, don't you know that heroes never die,
They sail forever

 

[Renegen]

2, we're putting our hide ahead of our bros.