We knew youz wasn't real Orks. Stay outta da way while we smash da humies.
Dere's a big fight ta be 'ad, an' we's gonna be part of it!
The Death of Hive Balmung
- Thread starter Fulton
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We knew youz wasn't real Orks. Stay outta da way while we smash da humies.
Dere's a big fight ta be 'ad, an' we's gonna be part of it!
To: Everyone in the Hive with a Voxcaster
From: Dakka Splatta
(A lot of shouting and sounds of things being smashed can be heard, this goes on for awhile before finally a loud voice shouts something and the sound of someone being punched echos through the Vox)
"I tol' ya all ta SHUT IT, now get out!" (Sounds of Orks swearing and screaming in pain, which finally diminishes to reasonable levels)
"Alright, now, I be Dakka Splatta! I am de Greatest, Greenest, Meanest Ork ere! Dis place it be mine now, and all ya all re gonna get stomped! Now ya see dis ere?! Dis is what gonna happen to all ya Humies!"
(A high pitched voice can be heard squealing) "But, eh, Boss, dey can't see! No pics!"
"I SAID SHUT IT!" (Sound of something being punched) "Right so dis ere be a humie wit all 'is guts all o'er de place. Dis be what gonna happen when yas come 'ere. And dis also be what happens if ya stay dere! HAHAHAHAHA"
(After a full minute of raucous guffaws) "Hey, you lady humie, you sound like a Grot being squished! HAHAHAHA! Ya bossing all yer humies around like ya something big. How's bout ya come down ere! I got me a place all picked out on my Big Tank, I gonna put ya head right on it! HAHAHAHAHA!"
(This continues for some time, Dakka Splatta's meandering speeches of violence and the Greatness of Orks and himself seem to go on for an interminable length)
From: Dakka Splatta
(A lot of shouting and sounds of things being smashed can be heard, this goes on for awhile before finally a loud voice shouts something and the sound of someone being punched echos through the Vox)
"I tol' ya all ta SHUT IT, now get out!" (Sounds of Orks swearing and screaming in pain, which finally diminishes to reasonable levels)
"Alright, now, I be Dakka Splatta! I am de Greatest, Greenest, Meanest Ork ere! Dis place it be mine now, and all ya all re gonna get stomped! Now ya see dis ere?! Dis is what gonna happen to all ya Humies!"
(A high pitched voice can be heard squealing) "But, eh, Boss, dey can't see! No pics!"
"I SAID SHUT IT!" (Sound of something being punched) "Right so dis ere be a humie wit all 'is guts all o'er de place. Dis be what gonna happen when yas come 'ere. And dis also be what happens if ya stay dere! HAHAHAHAHA"
(After a full minute of raucous guffaws) "Hey, you lady humie, you sound like a Grot being squished! HAHAHAHA! Ya bossing all yer humies around like ya something big. How's bout ya come down ere! I got me a place all picked out on my Big Tank, I gonna put ya head right on it! HAHAHAHAHA!"
(This continues for some time, Dakka Splatta's meandering speeches of violence and the Greatness of Orks and himself seem to go on for an interminable length)
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
From: The Arbitrator
To: Lady Inquisitor Jezail Batzces
We serve your will in all things, my lady.
On the matter of the clash with the illegal militia in the Lower Markets, we present these grounds to further justify our actions:
The FIRST, that they exceeded the original mandate set by the Emperor, that there be a force of guards to protect the Cathedral, and the Cathedral alone.
The SECOND, that the militia that seized the Lower Markets did not appear to belong to these Guardians, but were a recently created and independent unit, resembling more a gang than an army.
The THIRD, that such an action was done without the authority of the reigning Ecclesiarchical hierarch, that authority now belonging to Cardinal Borgia, but in abeyance at the time of the clash.
The FOURTH, that the governance of markets previously overseen by the Arbites does not fall under the authority of any crusading forces, who are to seek the xenos and the heretic. Naturally, I shall not suffer the witch to live, so their forces are unnecessary within the regions of my control.
We hope that with Ecclesiarchical Authority restored in the wake of the Synod, all crusading forces will cooperate to annihilate the xenos and the heretic.
May your will, the will of the Terran Lords, and of the Eternal Emperor be done.
The Emperor Protects.
-PRIVATELY CODED MESSAGE-
Inquisitor Garvict sent his greetings before his departure from this world. It was his belief that there remains a conspiracy within this Hive, a conspiracy that may trace all the way back to the rumored evils within Hive Grolth. We request that you investigate this, for not all our allies within the Hive may be as they seem. We are proceeding apace with our own investigations.
To: Lady Inquisitor Jezail Batzces
We serve your will in all things, my lady.
On the matter of the clash with the illegal militia in the Lower Markets, we present these grounds to further justify our actions:
The FIRST, that they exceeded the original mandate set by the Emperor, that there be a force of guards to protect the Cathedral, and the Cathedral alone.
The SECOND, that the militia that seized the Lower Markets did not appear to belong to these Guardians, but were a recently created and independent unit, resembling more a gang than an army.
The THIRD, that such an action was done without the authority of the reigning Ecclesiarchical hierarch, that authority now belonging to Cardinal Borgia, but in abeyance at the time of the clash.
The FOURTH, that the governance of markets previously overseen by the Arbites does not fall under the authority of any crusading forces, who are to seek the xenos and the heretic. Naturally, I shall not suffer the witch to live, so their forces are unnecessary within the regions of my control.
We hope that with Ecclesiarchical Authority restored in the wake of the Synod, all crusading forces will cooperate to annihilate the xenos and the heretic.
May your will, the will of the Terran Lords, and of the Eternal Emperor be done.
The Emperor Protects.
-PRIVATELY CODED MESSAGE-
Inquisitor Garvict sent his greetings before his departure from this world. It was his belief that there remains a conspiracy within this Hive, a conspiracy that may trace all the way back to the rumored evils within Hive Grolth. We request that you investigate this, for not all our allies within the Hive may be as they seem. We are proceeding apace with our own investigations.
Neverwonagame3
Self-Styled Intellectual
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Sorry about this, but dropping this NES. I've got too many things going on my life at the moment, so I had to drop an NES- I'm going to be eliminated on this one fairly soon anyway, so it does fairly little harm.
das
Regeneration In Process
Hmm, Fulton, could you give me one day's extension? I have a potentially troublesome exam to prepare for tomorrow.
The Strategos
Thanatos
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To The Most Righteous Lady Inquisitor Jezail Batzces, Symbol of His Presence with us, your humble servant Deacon Clement sends you his greetings.
By your words you bound us to your investigation, to last one hundred standard terran years, and so we considered the matter ended until you made your judgment known or else called upon us to provide further testimony or evidence. However, we find ourselves compelled to answer the slander of others, lest the faithful be driven away from the Church and as such abandon the worship of the Emperor, as some have already done, to their everlasting destruction. The Cardinal has appointed me to make an account, for I have been from the beginning involved in these affairs, and thus, he judged, best able to make a full and complete account of things.
We dismiss as ungrounded the charge that the Holy Church has exceeded the original mandate set by the Emperor, that there be a force of guards to protect the Cathedral, and the Cathedral alone. The ones that the aforementioned charter covered have continued in that sacred task, not laying one foot outside their assigned bounds in guarding the Cathedral. This fact can be vouched by many pilgrims and other faithful who saw them discharging their duties as they went to worship. Now for the matter of the eight Crusading banners. They were raised under the authority of Inquisitor Garvict, many drawn from the pilgrims who thronged the Cathedral, and who we served with pastoral and physical care while they awaited orders. With his departure, the Crusade became leaderless. We continued to exercise pastoral and physical care, unwilling to dissolve the Crusaders without their task being fulfilled, finding to do so a betrayal of the Emperors Holy Task. We thus, as you yourself are fully aware most Excellent Lady, immediately sent word to you, to see if you wished to take command of these crusaders or wished to delegate that task to another. By your own words you authorized, With this rosette I declare whosoever you should elect to the rank of Cardinal shall act as the leader of HIS Crusade against the mutant, the alien and the heretic.
Until such a time as a Cardinal was duly elected, the crusaders stayed in their barracks, awaiting their lawfully appointed leader until such a time as an aggressor drove them from their barracks by force of arms. To their number also was not added, save that in witch-hunt authorized by your personage several people were charged for their sins to enroll in a penitential unit, to purify themselves of their sins by giving their life to the Emperors Holy Cause. These were enrolled so that when the duly elected Cardinal was elected, they would stand ready to move at his command. The enrollment was done under the authority of the diocesan administrator, following Canon 427 regarding the administration of a diocese the absence of a Cardinal, A diocesan administrator is bound by the obligations and possesses the power of a diocesan Cardinal, excluding those matters which are excepted by their nature or by the law itself.
We dismiss as ungrounded the charges that those inhabiting the Lower Markets were a gang. The Lower Markets were inhabited by two Crusader banners, which were awaiting the election of a Cardinal so that they might receive proper orders. To this number was added the beginnings of a third banner, a penitential banner which was being raised under strict supervision of witch-hunters and was led by one Usthazares whose solemn and sacred duty was to ensure that they would atone for their sins by their death in the Emperors Cause. These penitents were those sentenced by the lawful witch-hunt, and were set aside to await the target of the Crusade so that their sentence might be fulfilled. As a penitential unit, they could not be the ones referred to by the accusations, as they were certainly not in any way seizing the markets, but were criminals awaiting atonement. Their arming (for they were only gathered and not armed, for they would not be armed until the time of their atonement came) only came after the Crusaders were attacked and thus could not be the cause of the attack.
We dismiss as ungrounded the charges that such an action, that action being the sentencing of sinners to absolution through penitential service, was done without the authority of the reigning Ecclesiarchical hierarch. Under Canon 419 When a see is vacant and until the designation of a diocesan administrator, the governance of a diocese devolves upon the auxiliary Cardinal or, if there are several, upon the one who is senior in promotion. If there is no auxiliary Cardinal, however, it devolves upon the college of consultors unless the Holy Terran Synod has provided otherwise. The one who so assumes governance of the diocese is to convoke without delay the college competent to designate a diocesan administrator.
The Cathedral, and indeed the entire diocese operated under this canonical law, along with Canon 421 The college of consultors must elect a diocesan administrator, namely the one who is to govern the diocese temporarily, within eight days from receiving notice of the vacancy of an episcopal see and without prejudice to the prescript of Canon 502.
Following these Canons, the Cathedral organized itself for governance, with the diocesan administrator overseeing the powers of the Cardinal as stated by the previously mentioned Canon 427. Even if one rejects as applicable the canon law, or believes the canon law was overstepped in the action, the sentencing was done as part of a witch-hunt which needed no reigning Ecclesiarchial hierarch, for it was operating by the command and authority of Lady Inquisitor Jezail Batzces and thus all actions were taken under her oversight. Thus any objections to the sentencing of criminals to a penitential legion should have come from her, and her alone, for none present on this world have the right to question her actions or any actions done under her authority.
We dismiss as ungrounded the charge that the governance of markets previously overseen by the Arbites does not fall under the authority of any crusading forces, who are to seek the xenos and the heretic. We dismiss it on three grounds. First, that the area in question was never previously overseen by the Arbites, until that moment when Arbites forces attacked Crusader forces in their barracks as they were awaiting orders from the commander appointed by your August Personage. Secondly, we dismiss the claim on the account that the governance did fall under the Crusaders authority, as by your command, they were overseeing the hunting and extermination of the heretic in the area, an Emperor-glorifying occupation which was interrupted by a foreign attack. Lastly, we dismiss the charge as irrelevant as the Emperors Own Will, as given to us by your own Noble Personage has placed the area in question under the jurisdiction of the Emperors Daughters, to which the Diocese has never, nor will ever, object, for who would be foolish enough to argue against the Emperors Divine Will?
I trust that these few words have been enough to put to rest idle slander. We ask that you request all parties to speak only when asked during the course of your investigation so that rumormongers and slanderers shall have no undue cause to speak ill of the Emperors faithful servants. I, and all members of the Holy Church stand always ready to assist in the investigation.
By your words you bound us to your investigation, to last one hundred standard terran years, and so we considered the matter ended until you made your judgment known or else called upon us to provide further testimony or evidence. However, we find ourselves compelled to answer the slander of others, lest the faithful be driven away from the Church and as such abandon the worship of the Emperor, as some have already done, to their everlasting destruction. The Cardinal has appointed me to make an account, for I have been from the beginning involved in these affairs, and thus, he judged, best able to make a full and complete account of things.
We dismiss as ungrounded the charge that the Holy Church has exceeded the original mandate set by the Emperor, that there be a force of guards to protect the Cathedral, and the Cathedral alone. The ones that the aforementioned charter covered have continued in that sacred task, not laying one foot outside their assigned bounds in guarding the Cathedral. This fact can be vouched by many pilgrims and other faithful who saw them discharging their duties as they went to worship. Now for the matter of the eight Crusading banners. They were raised under the authority of Inquisitor Garvict, many drawn from the pilgrims who thronged the Cathedral, and who we served with pastoral and physical care while they awaited orders. With his departure, the Crusade became leaderless. We continued to exercise pastoral and physical care, unwilling to dissolve the Crusaders without their task being fulfilled, finding to do so a betrayal of the Emperors Holy Task. We thus, as you yourself are fully aware most Excellent Lady, immediately sent word to you, to see if you wished to take command of these crusaders or wished to delegate that task to another. By your own words you authorized, With this rosette I declare whosoever you should elect to the rank of Cardinal shall act as the leader of HIS Crusade against the mutant, the alien and the heretic.
Until such a time as a Cardinal was duly elected, the crusaders stayed in their barracks, awaiting their lawfully appointed leader until such a time as an aggressor drove them from their barracks by force of arms. To their number also was not added, save that in witch-hunt authorized by your personage several people were charged for their sins to enroll in a penitential unit, to purify themselves of their sins by giving their life to the Emperors Holy Cause. These were enrolled so that when the duly elected Cardinal was elected, they would stand ready to move at his command. The enrollment was done under the authority of the diocesan administrator, following Canon 427 regarding the administration of a diocese the absence of a Cardinal, A diocesan administrator is bound by the obligations and possesses the power of a diocesan Cardinal, excluding those matters which are excepted by their nature or by the law itself.
We dismiss as ungrounded the charges that those inhabiting the Lower Markets were a gang. The Lower Markets were inhabited by two Crusader banners, which were awaiting the election of a Cardinal so that they might receive proper orders. To this number was added the beginnings of a third banner, a penitential banner which was being raised under strict supervision of witch-hunters and was led by one Usthazares whose solemn and sacred duty was to ensure that they would atone for their sins by their death in the Emperors Cause. These penitents were those sentenced by the lawful witch-hunt, and were set aside to await the target of the Crusade so that their sentence might be fulfilled. As a penitential unit, they could not be the ones referred to by the accusations, as they were certainly not in any way seizing the markets, but were criminals awaiting atonement. Their arming (for they were only gathered and not armed, for they would not be armed until the time of their atonement came) only came after the Crusaders were attacked and thus could not be the cause of the attack.
We dismiss as ungrounded the charges that such an action, that action being the sentencing of sinners to absolution through penitential service, was done without the authority of the reigning Ecclesiarchical hierarch. Under Canon 419 When a see is vacant and until the designation of a diocesan administrator, the governance of a diocese devolves upon the auxiliary Cardinal or, if there are several, upon the one who is senior in promotion. If there is no auxiliary Cardinal, however, it devolves upon the college of consultors unless the Holy Terran Synod has provided otherwise. The one who so assumes governance of the diocese is to convoke without delay the college competent to designate a diocesan administrator.
The Cathedral, and indeed the entire diocese operated under this canonical law, along with Canon 421 The college of consultors must elect a diocesan administrator, namely the one who is to govern the diocese temporarily, within eight days from receiving notice of the vacancy of an episcopal see and without prejudice to the prescript of Canon 502.
Following these Canons, the Cathedral organized itself for governance, with the diocesan administrator overseeing the powers of the Cardinal as stated by the previously mentioned Canon 427. Even if one rejects as applicable the canon law, or believes the canon law was overstepped in the action, the sentencing was done as part of a witch-hunt which needed no reigning Ecclesiarchial hierarch, for it was operating by the command and authority of Lady Inquisitor Jezail Batzces and thus all actions were taken under her oversight. Thus any objections to the sentencing of criminals to a penitential legion should have come from her, and her alone, for none present on this world have the right to question her actions or any actions done under her authority.
We dismiss as ungrounded the charge that the governance of markets previously overseen by the Arbites does not fall under the authority of any crusading forces, who are to seek the xenos and the heretic. We dismiss it on three grounds. First, that the area in question was never previously overseen by the Arbites, until that moment when Arbites forces attacked Crusader forces in their barracks as they were awaiting orders from the commander appointed by your August Personage. Secondly, we dismiss the claim on the account that the governance did fall under the Crusaders authority, as by your command, they were overseeing the hunting and extermination of the heretic in the area, an Emperor-glorifying occupation which was interrupted by a foreign attack. Lastly, we dismiss the charge as irrelevant as the Emperors Own Will, as given to us by your own Noble Personage has placed the area in question under the jurisdiction of the Emperors Daughters, to which the Diocese has never, nor will ever, object, for who would be foolish enough to argue against the Emperors Divine Will?
I trust that these few words have been enough to put to rest idle slander. We ask that you request all parties to speak only when asked during the course of your investigation so that rumormongers and slanderers shall have no undue cause to speak ill of the Emperors faithful servants. I, and all members of the Holy Church stand always ready to assist in the investigation.
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
We shall leave the legality of the Ecclesiarchy's unguided actions to the Inquisition's discretion.
What is most important is that we now cooperate to drive back the xenos once and for all, first on this level of the Hive, and then below.
OOC: Orders in some time tomorrow. Hope you're somewhat flexible with the specific time, Fulton.
What is most important is that we now cooperate to drive back the xenos once and for all, first on this level of the Hive, and then below.
OOC: Orders in some time tomorrow. Hope you're somewhat flexible with the specific time, Fulton.
das
Regeneration In Process
Melchior Trent and the Balmung Compact defer to the Lady-Inquisitor's decision on the matter of the Cadians.
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
It's somewhat unclear to me whether reinforcing units have to stay put for 2 turns, or can carry out other actions in the meantime. Could you clarify?
Good Question. Reviewing how the game has gone thus far, I'll say that units can't attack while they're being reinforced. They can move and defend, however. Their effectiveness will be determined by the amount they are recovering. A unit that is .2 veterans and .8 reinforcements will do worse in combat that a unit that is .7 veterans and .3 reinforcements.
The Underalliance is a most unlikely organization, forging together disparate factions of the underhive into a single, generally centralized organization ruled by a triad of significant leaders within the region during the early days of the fall of Hive Balmung. Its roots lie in a series of alliances developed as a counterreaction to the overwhelmingly powerful gang, the Skulls. The slowly maturing alliance was suddenly forced to advance its development, however, with the Imperial abandonment of the hive. Its leaders signed the Underalliance Pact, pledging to protect the people of Balmung from the Xenos and all Humans who would use this most chaotic and impious time to seize personal power at the expense of their neighbours. Today, its leaders are:
Trandug Murthek, a mighty, if somewhat thick man, reputed to have at least a few Ogryn lurking around in his family tree. Boss Murthek has been grudgingly credited with holding back many Orkish offenses in the past, maintaining a base of operations spread in the secret passageways at the base of the Underhive, even extending into the Sump. Murthek's Marauders, Murthek's Warboars and the Road Hogs report to this man, although members of the triarchy are known to issue commands to each others units depending on who is available in the relevant battlefront.
Gorillian: A Self-Styled Warlord, Gorillian is a fierce and crafty leader, caught up very much in the trappings of a force more formal than the motley assortment of gangers under his command. His quirks are forgiven for his noted talent in Underhive combat, and his significant forces- all of the numbered Underalliance 'Divisions' report to Warlord Gorillian.
Praeto Kujarian: The third member of the Triad commanding the Underalliance, Master Kujarian is a holy man of the ecclesiarchy, although any formal contact with the greater structure of the church seems to have been severely limited due to recent events. Kujarian walks a strange line between a clerical figure and a gang leader, leading his fervent troops and preaching of the Emperor, who protects those that protect themselves. Kujarian, living up to his philosophy, searches constantly for ways to give his forces the edge. While some would say that he has a tendency to disturb things which might better be simply left alone, Kujarian's hunts are curtailed by a very clear awareness of the dangers presented by the powerful and taboo. The Adherents, Penitents and Illuminants are all loyal disciples of Kujarian.
House Machrius: A minor house consigned to the Underhive, Machrius was nonetheless a heavyweight among the lightweights. However, somewhat directionless leadership and misfortune during the waning days of Hive Balmung have led to its incorporation into the Underalliance. Machrius provides the most presentable face of the multifaceted organization, but it is clear to all but the self-deluded that the gangers remain firmly in control of this 'partnership' as Lord Dermillo Machrius most euphemistically refers to it. Artemenens Tusk, the unfortunate individual who has found himself put in a position as an intra and inter-factional messenger within the Underalliance, serves in the Machrius Sentinels, one of the four House Guards of Machrius, the others being the Cuirassiers, Arbelestiers and Lancers.
Trandug Murthek, a mighty, if somewhat thick man, reputed to have at least a few Ogryn lurking around in his family tree. Boss Murthek has been grudgingly credited with holding back many Orkish offenses in the past, maintaining a base of operations spread in the secret passageways at the base of the Underhive, even extending into the Sump. Murthek's Marauders, Murthek's Warboars and the Road Hogs report to this man, although members of the triarchy are known to issue commands to each others units depending on who is available in the relevant battlefront.
Gorillian: A Self-Styled Warlord, Gorillian is a fierce and crafty leader, caught up very much in the trappings of a force more formal than the motley assortment of gangers under his command. His quirks are forgiven for his noted talent in Underhive combat, and his significant forces- all of the numbered Underalliance 'Divisions' report to Warlord Gorillian.
Praeto Kujarian: The third member of the Triad commanding the Underalliance, Master Kujarian is a holy man of the ecclesiarchy, although any formal contact with the greater structure of the church seems to have been severely limited due to recent events. Kujarian walks a strange line between a clerical figure and a gang leader, leading his fervent troops and preaching of the Emperor, who protects those that protect themselves. Kujarian, living up to his philosophy, searches constantly for ways to give his forces the edge. While some would say that he has a tendency to disturb things which might better be simply left alone, Kujarian's hunts are curtailed by a very clear awareness of the dangers presented by the powerful and taboo. The Adherents, Penitents and Illuminants are all loyal disciples of Kujarian.
House Machrius: A minor house consigned to the Underhive, Machrius was nonetheless a heavyweight among the lightweights. However, somewhat directionless leadership and misfortune during the waning days of Hive Balmung have led to its incorporation into the Underalliance. Machrius provides the most presentable face of the multifaceted organization, but it is clear to all but the self-deluded that the gangers remain firmly in control of this 'partnership' as Lord Dermillo Machrius most euphemistically refers to it. Artemenens Tusk, the unfortunate individual who has found himself put in a position as an intra and inter-factional messenger within the Underalliance, serves in the Machrius Sentinels, one of the four House Guards of Machrius, the others being the Cuirassiers, Arbelestiers and Lancers.
