Rogue Trader S2 Ep 27: Drusus Ascendant! The dark times of the Vengeance Of Saint Drusus, the time Lord Captain Xanatov stalked the decks, alone, a broken man. The only man to share his burden is Stern, the man who brought him bottles to drown his sorrows. Stern, the survivor of that ruinous battle, Scourges…
Rogue Trader: S2: Ep 26: Wait, They Have Space Marines Too? We’re Screwed The fall out from the battle with Scourge is far from over. As the “Vengeance Of The Saint Drusus” sits in dry dock, the scarce remaining crew have chance to walk its empty broken corridors and reveal yet further misfortunes. The elder…
Rogue Trader:S2 E 25: Happy Birthday to Urgh or UMIES, STOMP STOMP STOMP Down on the surface of Footfall, the statue of the god emperor still lists slowly, Scourges broadside having ravaged its surface. The culprits’ ship, “The Hammer Of Truth” flees into the orbit of footfall, the “Vengeance of Saint Drusus” hot in pursuit.…
Rogue Trader: S2: Ep24: In The Emperor’s Name, Or In The Emperor’s Head Anyway The days move slowly, Sun Li has not been happy with the agreements made in her name. Godwin Blake is not back upon the craft, held now until Xanatov agrees to a private meeting to discuss Sun Li’s terms. The wait…
Rogue Trader: S2 EP 23: We Need A Knife Proof Back. As two figures scurry across the surface of Footfall, measure proceed apace in the skies above. The Measured Response, a charred husk, is moved to the ship yard to be rebuilt and readied once more, though at least half a year will be spent…
Rogue Trader: Series 2 Episode 22: Shenanigans of Remorse. It has been a months journey back to Footfall, and only so short due to the skill of lead navigator Lucius. The journey whilst short was interspersed by acts of attempted murder on the part of the drunk and broken Pandareos, somehow released from the brig…
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(Note: This takes place in one of the rare quiet moments near the end of https://gamingtales.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/warhammer-40k-rogue-trader-s2-ep-10-fightin%e2%80%99-an-lootin%e2%80%99-its-the-imperium-way/) Rogue Trader: Now I Hear The Laughter A thousand strong chanted as the missionaries walked amongst them, filling the crew with holy fire. In the darkened pulpits a figure sat. Whilst he was nowhere near as able to blend…
Rogue Trader: Intermission 9: The Hard Road This takes place just prior to https://gamingtales.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/warhammer-40k-rogue-trader-don%E2%80%99t-fuck-with-a-rogue-traderpart-1/ I didn’t ask to be lord captain. It never once occurred to me that I would take command of the vessel – not once. But, men must be governed. The ship was in a rapid decline, the captain of the time…
Rogue Trader: Series 2 Episode 20: Vendetta and Violence and Vendetta, did we mention Vendetta? The Fury Interceptor pulls into the sky, its immense speed seems almost crawling now as the daemons overrun the Lord Captain position, tearing and roaring. In the distance a rad storm flares to life. In the moment Victrix’s eyes catches…
40K S2 EP19: The Best Laid Plans. The craft, “The Vengeance Of Saint Druses” has hovered over Xath for three months now, as plans are crafted for the next step to take before the auction commences. Aviner however has toiled longer still, working to bring his beloved Sente back to him. Flesh re-grown from cultivated…
40K Rogue Trader: S2 EP18: The Emperors Representatives As civil war breaks out below, Lucius is in a very different danger. Sat amidst the findings from the planet, his third eye plots the connections of fate and time. Time, it’s all about the dates somehow. Psychic residue remains upon the charts, Elder plots are visible…
Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader: S2: E17: The A and P Show Pandareos laughed, the guncutter riding the gravity wave down. Impact glyphs screamed, Servitors screeched and the crew prayed as he rode the vessel though manoeuvres of a madman. In the eye of the madness he sat, truly living in the face of death. Lighting…
Rogue Trader :S2: E 16: Recovery and Reloading Hundreds of ships descend in a feeding frenzy to the jungle world. Basteel and Scourge’s ships blaze with radioactive fire from the battle just ended. The damage matters not to them, for they are sure their military might will grant then what they need on the planet,…
Rogue Trader: Intermission 8: Memories Lost This intermission takes place after the reunion of Xanatov and Gabriel in https://gamingtales.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/warhammer-40k-rogue-trader-series-5-unknown-time-of-the-living-dead/ DATASLATE INTERFACE Enter Command::> PERS ENTRY ADD — Data Entry: Personal Dataslate; Seneschal Xanatov of the Bismarck. — Entry Begins — I do not know how long it has been since the power failed and I…
Rogue Trader: S2 E 15: Everything Old is Bullet Ridden Again. Not all that happened at Footfall has been spoken of, of the time before the Xenos filth struck, a time a year ago. Amongst the shadowed doom that haunts the Calexis sector a figure walks who has survived beyond all odds, A Navigator known…
Rogue Trader: S2 Ep 14: Apocalypse 40K Miles away from the coming storm, the gears of the Rogue Trader dynasty are moving, slowly but inexorably. Sire Parcifals moves to find a chink in the armour. As a stock market crash in grey market goods it leaves an important trade route unpopulated. To cover the route,…
Rogue Trader: Intermission: Honour and Duty This intermission takes place during the crew rebellion in https://gamingtales.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/warhammer-40k-rogue-trader-series-4-we%E2%80%99re-so-screwed/ From the Annulus Militae of Commissar Gabriel Forschner of the Scintillan XVIII Rifles, M41/346/125. —Thought For the Day: As I walk through the shadow of the valley of death, I shall fear no evil, for I am fear incarnate—…
RT: S 2: EP 13: Did Anyone See A Planet Around Here Somewhere? The “Vengeance Of Saint Druses” moves through the cold vacuum of space, its immense bulk shifting slowly past the stars. In vacuum there is no sound, but inside the screams of the dying and the gunfire of their executioners rage. Through a…
Rogue Trader: S2: E 12: The Beach, The Blood. Blood and filth drips from the darkened walls. These marks are the only things the Eldar captain of the “Shard Of Dawn” has to set his eyes upon, the only features to keep it from the knowing darkness. But still it sits, contempt on its smiling…
Rogue Trader: S2: Ep11: Spent Shells Are Tax Deductible, Right? Sliding across the polished floor, a hail of gunfire echoing around him, Pandareos smiles. Pulling himself up by the statue of a saint he finds himself behind, his eyes flicker to where his chasers are entering. For some reason they had seemed less than friendly…
Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader: S2 EP 10: Fightin’ an Lootin’, Its the Imperium Way. Still shaken by having his hidden suffering at the hands of the Eldar exposed, Xanatov storms from the navigators room, seeking the solitude of his gravity free chamber. Unsure of how to deal with the very human pain of what has…
(Note: This intermission takes place immediately after https://gamingtales.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/warhammer-40k-rogue-trader-series-4-we%E2%80%99re-so-screwed/) The grind of metal on metal echoed in the dead room, the bolter dry fired again, a suicide in effigy, leaving Aviner spiritually alone in a room lit by brief flashes from the holy readouts, casting two shadows on the wall. He knew he would scream. The…
(Note: This intermission takes place immediately after https://gamingtales.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/warhammer-40k-rogue-trader-series-4-we%E2%80%99re-so-screwed/) Encoded Astropathic Transmission – Inbound via Calixis Templum Est: M41/346/125. Received by X—Information Redacted Subject to Inquisitorial Protocol ‘—withheld—‘ —X -Thought for the day: A tolerant mind is prone to wandering in dark places- —Message Begins— By the most Holy God-Emperor of Mankind and all his blessed…
(Note: This intermission takes place immediately after https://gamingtales.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/warhammer-40k-rogue-trader-series-4-we%E2%80%99re-so-screwed/) —- DATA BEGINS. PERSONAL DATASLATE ENTRIES SENESCHAL XANATOV OF BISMARCK —- TIMES IN REFERENCE TO CRITICAL SHIP EVENT DETAILS OF EVENT: Critical failu//********* DATA CORRUPTED *** ****************// T: \\+3 hours I have awoken in the deepest circle of hell. I tread atop the corpses of thousands of…
(Note: This takes place immediately after the events of https://gamingtales.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/those-fated-for-the-bismark/) Sente knelt on the cold, grilled floor of her armament chamber, the harsh white light of the arc-strips illuminating the small cell. Before her, anointed with sacred unguents, lay her weapon, a Locke pattern bolter gifted to her by High Magos Bure of the Adeptus…
Rogue Trader S2 EP9: Did We Mention We Have Space Marines? Into the dim light of Footfall returns the Rogue Traders, but this time with a new fire in their eyes. Lust for power and prestige fuels them, and the distrust simmers behind guarded eyes. Held aloft solely by the Stimms running through his system,…
Rogue Trader S2: P8: It’s War. Total War! Decades from now, beyond the warp storms that clutch the maw, beyond even the Eye of Terror itself, there is a world that had not known of the emperors glory, a world lost once to Xenos and now free, and upon that world the names Xanatov, Pandareos,…
And I saw a Chapel all of Gold… (This intermission takes place after the assasination attempt by Xanatov in https://gamingtales.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/those-fated-for-the-bismark/) The shrine chamber was plunged into the nocturnal gloom of the Malfian night. Around the central altar, a series of devotional electrocandles fought back the ever-present darkness, their unyielding arc-light illuminating the triptych showing the…
Rogue Trader:S2 Ep 7: Ecstatic Agonies The air is thick with the small of blood, oil and napalm. The ungodly massive chainblade of Mistress De Bataille roars her boiling rage, her wrath at the indignities heaped upon hr noble house given terrible physical form. His red robes stained black with his oily life blood, Aviner…
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