Chapter 6 - War Eternal - OOC

Oh. But only one person knowing the directions from the maps we looked at wouldn't make much sense. I would've thought that since everyone tried to familiarise themselves, that we then are all able to try and find our way?

That's a good point too. If that is the case: 98 vs 23 lolol
http://orokos.com/roll/729523

Hydrako wrote:

Lolololol dude FP that. That's just tragic

I'm just gonna go to bed and cry myself to sleep now.

Iron and Metal wrote:

That's a good point too. If that is the case: 98 vs 23 lolol
http://orokos.com/roll/729523

Welcome to the club, here's your T-shirt.

Fucking orokos lol

Nope. One person leading the way. Assistance from others will give another +20.

Lucius should probably tell Bleda he has lead them wrong, and try to rectify their path. If the Novamarine don't want to be an ass I assume he could tell it on a private channel to Bleda trough the helmet's communication system.

He framed it in a very politically neutral manner over the squad vox.

Sounds good to me, IoM.

Would it be possible for Bleda to check on their position and rectify their path if Bleda finds them to be off from where they should be, GM?

Awareness based on sound please.

Is this for Bleda or all of us?

If it's just for Bleda, ignore. If not: 2 vs 60/7 DoS
http://orokos.com/roll/731331

Lucius hears everyone's fucking thoughts.

All of you. And Lucius gains the psychic eavesdrop power

Yea...Hydrako's gonna leave this one up to Lucius.
91 vs 72 lol
http://orokos.com/roll/731507

For Hydrako.

Hahaha

Hahaha brilliant

Well, I guess every jungle that's safe must have it horrible monster in it.

Hydrako is always down to fight a beast.

Actually, I feel like I should FP that to maintain appearances lol. I will after this meeting!

Had to reroll to keep up appearances...
26 vs 72 = 5 DoS
http://orokos.com/roll/731855

adjusted in character sheet

Awareness

50 vs. 56 = 2 DoS
https://orokos.com/roll/731896

Hydrako wrote:

Had to reroll to keep up appearances...
26 vs 72 = 5 DoS
http://orokos.com/roll/731855

adjusted in character sheet

I STILL WIN

Awareness Test (Perception 57 + 10 from Awareness +10 = 67)

Roll vs 67 is...66! A success with 1%!

http://orokos.com/roll/731959

With 1 DoS Bleda succeeds are anything! Son, I am proud of you.

Awareness: 1d100 59

Awareness is equal to preception (45). Not sure if the helmet HUD sensors add anything that turn that into a success. Assume no.

Everyone go ahead and roll initiative.

Im working on a map. Its going to be the best one I hope.

initiative 16 or 11.
taking 16
http://orokos.com/roll/733398

OK, here are special rules for this scenario:

Moving

Normal moves require a -10 athletics, acrobatics test or move at 1/2 speed. The jungle has very thick foliage and vines and tangle shit.
Anyone using a jump pack is essentially flying blind with Fog of war, you may end up in a bad position. If you start and end a turn with a flying move (Ie jump packs) its a -20 pilot test or falling damage, due to all the vines and shit as well.
If you fly above the canopy to avoid this, you wont be able to come back down the same turn, When you come back down on the next turn you will be able to avoid the test.

The Darkness

To detect enemies, you will need to pass -20 awareness tests (every turn). You might see an enemy that others might not. If you spot them, they stay spotted to you until they move. You can fire without spotting enemies, but suffer the -30 blind fire penalty. This will also affect CC but its doubtful anyone will be moving once in CC, +20 awareness test in CC.
If a nearby enemy (within you per in meters) fires a ranged weapon BEFORE YOU IN THE INITIATIVE, you get +20 awareness. That means you might want to delay until enemies reveal themselves. This resets at the beginning of the initiative so it will hinder those with higher ini more that those with lower ini.


These special rules are a test set. We might change them depending on how well they work/dont work or if the situation changes. I'm going to add them on the initiative board for reference.

Init: 7
https://orokos.com/roll/733415

Initiative: 8 (AB 5 + Roll 3)

Initative roll: 3

http://orokos.com/roll/733485

Initiative: 1d10+4 8

Awareness +20 (trait/skill) -20 (test) <40: 1d100 71

What should we do about squad mode guys? I think being in the jungle will break us up so I doubt we'll be able to stay in it. Every marine for themselves!

Per 52 + 10 HS + 10 awareness -20 =<52
88 = 5 DoF
http://orokos.com/roll/733608
Man orokos has been fucking me in all my game recently...

Drawing Storm bolter. Since Seraphan was going to act as spotter, if he see's anything can he relay the rough position to us for a reduction of the awareness test?

I think we are a high enough rank to have squad mode require audio contact only, but I could be wrong. It's been a long time since I've looked at those rules. Time for a refresher I guess.

Dark Angels' "Sustained Suppression" is looking pretty good right now. Maintain Overwatch even while moving and taking normal actions. That's how you advance through jungle right there.

This plan sounds good

Cassiel:
http://orokos.com/roll/733812
12

Hydrako is up. You failed awareness pretty bad. Where are you going to move? recall the movement rules this battle.

Hydrako wrote:

Since Seraphan was going to act as spotter, if he see's anything can he relay the rough position to us for a reduction of the awareness test?

I'm sorry, but I don't know how this has happened. We've gone from hearing gunfire off in the distance, to stopping and changing formation, to battle already? The whole point of stopping and putting Seraphan at point was so that he would act as a scout moving forward and pull us up as we got closer to the scene, even a stone's throw away, and assess what was going on. He was going to relay what he could glean and we would make a decision from there. Or have I missed something? If anything, does my question from earlier give us anything? It would at least act as a segue/bridge from then to now.

If not, Hydrako will take off and hover above the trees until he can see muzzle-flashes and get an idea of what's what

The map is in the formation you described. Your essentially "in the zone" for combat operations, which is why we went into structured time.

What about Seraphan being on point - any help there?

He is on point, 4 m to each side is the others as Hydrako described and 8m off of that is the far flankers.

Each square is either 4 or 5m on the map if I didnt mention that. Gotta look through my notes to be sure.

If Hydrako is wanting to keep Serephan in the front, he and everyone ahead of him will need to delay.

*Edited*

Is it a full turn to activate suppressive fire squad mode? Hydrako will do THAT if so lol

Sylphilis wrote:

He is on point, 4 m to each side is the others as Hydrako described and 8m off of that is the far flankers.

Each square is either 4 or 5m on the map if I didnt mention that. Gotta look through my notes to be sure.

If Hydrako is wanting to keep Serephan in the front, he and everyone ahead of him will need to delay.

So, I think there is a big miscommunication happening here. Andrew's original concern was regarding our point man essentially not giving us any forewarning of what's going down and essentially throwing all of our attempted tactics into the gutter.

I believe the question was whether or not Seraphan's being on point would aid those in the back's awareness tests. It wasn't simply a question of whether or not he was on point.

I think what Heath is saying is Seraphan is up ahead (10m or whatever you chose) but he still can't see shit due to the thick jungle (hence fog of war). You and he can hear combat ahead some place. Being ahead he'll at some point potentially see something before you guys.

Ok, so if those in the party are fine with it, I'm going to activate Sustained Suppression and delay to keep our formation right. The enemy might still not know we're here so going in cautiously is better than blind.

Hydrako: Activate squad mode (FA) + delay

Sing out if you have issues otherwise I'll make this my final action once the weekend is over

OK cool.

Let's get cohesion figured out. Starting Cohesion for this mission RAW is: 4 (Hydrako Fel bonus lol somehow is that high) +1 (rank 4) +1 (command known) = 6

Squad Mode Dark Angels "Sustained Suppression" - Per Forging the Bond, we can all benefit from this. Cassiel should call it out and save us some cohesion points.
Normally it is: 2, but if Hydrako calls it, it will be 5. Fuck that.

Alrighty, well I will roll my awareness test then.

Per 36 + 20 (Heightened and Auto) - 20 (Test) = <36: 11, 4 DoS.
https://orokos.com/roll/735032

Hell yes!

Gonna let Cassiel call the squad mode so we can save the $$$

ok. I sent some stuff to Serephan based on his success. Will need some IC/tests from him and some squad mode activation IC from Cassiel.

Fuck it, I'm always down for some RP. LUCIUS TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!!


IC: Lucius thought for a moment on their current tactical situation, his mind going to a formation they had trained relentlessly with the Dark Angel. He clicked the squad vox: "Cassiel, you thinking what I'm thinking?"

I'm out of town. Sorry for any delays in responding.

IC: Serephan moved slowly into position making sure he was in front and able to see, well, as much as he could see given the conditions. Which, weren't the best. He focuses his awareness, trying to draw out any identifying factors that might help him in their quest to find out just what the Throne was going on. Then it comes, the hard banging sound from a bolter.

"Got bolter fire in the mix due north."

He sees the shadows slinking through the thick foliage and catches glimpses of two separate groups converging in the direction of the bolter fire.

"Have movement. Two separate groups moving north towards the bolter fire. Going to attempt to get eyes on the groups."

He moves forward slowly, hoping that the bolter fire and the attention of the shadows would remain fixed on their original objective.

Athletics -10:

I believe acrobatics is its own skill still? If not it carries over to athletics.
So you have trouble with the terrain and move at half speed.

Was that a full move or half?

Also, I take it everyone is going to use the delayed action to half move as well?

Lets see if I can IC Cassiel properly.

Yeah, they're still separate skills.

Lucius isn't moving unless the order to advance by Hydrako is given. But before any of us moves, let's get that squad mode activated to give us every advantage here.