WH40K: Allies of Convenience

[meiliming]

(nothing quite as fun as going back to school)

Alexis

Information from the servo skull would be fed back to Alexis. From what he could tell, the Head Magos and others had fortified a nearby machine yard, managing to protect the mechanized vehicles and machines within from the rebels. Every now and then an artillery battery would fire from within, no doubt locked on to some target out in the field. No signs of an ambush here.

"We see a servo-skull," came a message from the Head Magos. "Yours?"

Kalis

"Right... but the point is that we don't want to go around chasing ghosts. Sorry, lady, no physical proof, we can't do anything for y-"

There would suddenly be the sound of an explosion from within the base, instantly followed by the sounds of gunfire. The soldier would do a double-take, looking back at the gate and the smoke that was beginning to roil into the sky as the fight within the base continued. And then, Kalis would hear the sounds of similar chaos suddenly erupting all throughout the city.

"Uh... miss, now seems like a bad time. Lemme see what's going on, and then-"

Fate seemed to like cutting the soldier off, as all of a sudden a throng of people would round the corner. The Harlequin could instantly tell that they were cultists of Chaos, if not by the numerous symbols of Chaos that they adorned (tattoos, emblems, etc.), then by their rotted, disheveled appearance that marked them as followers of Nurgle. They were poorly armed, bearing simply stubguns at best, but there were a lot of them.

"Holy shit!" the soldier would swear, instantly firing his lasgun into the crowd. Shoot first, ask questions later!

Hassad

"Ah, Hassad. Glad to see you made it," the major would say crisply, looking over a small holographic map of the base. "In lieu of any orders from regimental command, the official thing to do would be to sit around on our asses, wait things out, and wait for somebody to tell us to do something."

"So unofficially, I am currently planning on how we're going to take our base back and offer additional fire support to the Sisters, who I am sure are fighting hard to rid this planet of heresy."

"First things first," he would say, pointing to a location on the map. "These traitors have gotten their hands on some of our big guns and I want them back. You ask the Sisters if they'll help, but otherwise, I'm assigning you every man I can spare. Get to those guns, kill any heretics along the way, save anybody else you can. Destroy the guns, secure the guns, I honestly don't care, I just want to know those traitors don't have them. Understood, sergeant?"

Cryspin

"Hm. By who, then? Xeno-"

The man, Isaac, would be cut off as a pulse of light zipped in from the nearby soldier, piercing his skull. He'd fall to the floor, and somebody would yell "SNIPER!" as everybody suddenly rolled and ducked into cover, swearing, some firing wildly back into the forest.

"Shit! What the hell was that?"

Ravier

"Ah, uh... woah there sonnie," the old man would say, dabbing at his head with a handkerchief. His gnarled, wobbly hands would open a drawer, pulling out a number of files and placing them on the desk. He'd fidget around a bit more, pulling out all of the necessary equipment and materials, before slowly and carefully putting his spectacles on. He would clear his throat, before looking back at Ravier.

"All right, slow down. Tyra-whats? Horma-whosits? I'll need ya to speak up, sonnie, my hearin' ain't what it used ta be."

Ash

"Of course, ma'am." And if there was nothing else, everything would be set for her to go. The gunship would arrive, the uniform would be lent to her, the warnings would be issued. Off to investigate!

[dndman997]

"great" cryspin said "just what we need, sniper fire out of nowhere, these i know cant be orks. this isnt their style" theres only so many other xenos that used snipers. Unless it was one of their own.

[Goryokaku]

Kalis looked at the situation and sighed deeply, "Does this count as physical evidence?" pointing at the crowd he was shooting at though the main problem would be how she was going to deal with this issue, she could begin a wholescale massacre and she could probably take them all down the issue would be the injuries she would take in the process and the fact she would have issue getting any medical attention she wasn't sure if these imperials were xenophobic or not. "Well do you mind if I enter the base and find somewhere safe to hide? or do you need help against the hordes of the great unclean one?" she wondered if the guard would see the irony in what looked like a teenage girl talking to him calmly and offering help, but she had problems if the soldier would let her pass then good she would find a squad who weren't likely to get killed in a suicidal defence attempt, or she could attempt to remove what ever caused the explosion in the base, but first she prepared herself if the crowd got to close to her before the guard gave her permission to enter the base she would begin her massacre and hope to god she received some sort of support before she got to injured.

[redkeri13]

"Affirmative" replied Alexei "We're arriving in Chimera-" Alexei gave the Magos the designation and ID for the Chimera he and Juliette were in, "- we'll be at your location shortly, Alexei out." Alexei started up the Chimera again to move in on the machine yard, turning to Juliette to say "No sign of trouble so far, stay alert though. Not that you need me to tell you, but still."

[Gorbaz]

With the plan outlined, Hassad gave a quick salute to the Major. "Aye sir, orders understood" he said, turning around and heading back towards the enterance, hoping beyond hope that the Sisters were stil there, holding the breech and, above all, the Palentine. Although she outranked him, it was still the chain of command and, if she was dead, he didn't know who would be next in line. Their own squad sargent maybe? He didn't know who that was.

Reaching the enteranceway, he pressed himself up against the wall and readied his plasma pistol. "Palentine! Sisters!" he called round the corner in the direction of the gunfire. "I have orders, and have beenrequested to gain your assistance!" He hoped that one or two would appear round the corner so that he could outline to them what the mission was, and hoped that their payment for services rendered would just be the chance to smite heretics

[Reapergod36]

Ravier face palmed at the washed out geiser in front of him. "Tyranid, hormagaunt." he said plainly.

[Phoenixcz]

Wearing borrowed uniform and armed by weapon more appropriate for arbiter, Ash waited for transport to bring her to her destination.

[meiliming]

(let me espouse the joys and wonders of college)

Cryspin

"Can't be orks, we'd know if they're on the planet. Eldar, maybe?" "The hell would Eldar be doing out here?" "Man I don't know, those fucking space elves are always doing their mystical shit."

There seemed to be a lot of arguing and friction amongst the various members of the group. If anybody was going to take charge and come up with a plan, it would have to be Cryspin.

Kalis

"The who?" the soldier would ask, although he didn't seem to be paying much attention. "Uh, yeah, sure. Remain calm and try not to get into trouble, civilian." The gates would open for her, and even as more soldiers rushed out to fight the cultists, Kalis would be let in.

Alexei

As the Chimera approached the machine yard, the gates would automatically open to let them in, closing behind them. There were a number of tents scattered about a nearby garage, and that was where the Head Magos told him to go - they had established a headquarters there, and he would meet with Alexei to hash out their plan and exchange information. The exact tent would be given, as well as the passcode to give to the guards to let him pass.

The enginseer would notice that it wasn't only members of the Mars priesthood who were holed up here; there were a good number of the Imperial Guard who seemed to have made it to safety as well.

Hassad

"Of course, Sergeant," the Palatine would say casually, even as she continued to blast apart heretics with the rest of her sisters. "Point us in the direction of the enemy and let us rain our righteous fire down upon them. What do you need?"

Ravier

"Riiight. And, uh, what're those supposed to be?" Ravier was getting the impression that the people around here were rather ignorant of tyranids in general, perhaps not even knowing that such things existed. At least, such might be true for the general populace - one would assume (perhaps hope) that the higher ups were aware of such things.

The old man would peer at him. "And, mmm... you from around here?"

Ash

It wouldn't be long at all before a small gunship arrived to transport Ash, having been redirected from whatever errand it might have been running beforehand. The men would salute her as she boarded (having been told that she was a high-ranking Arbites) before taking off towards their destination.

"Where do you want to be dropped off?" the pilot would ask. "There's an administrative center nearby, but we can also just fly you directly to the site of the incident."

[redkeri13]

Alexei brought the Chimera to a stop back in its docking bay, then got out to head directly to the Head Magos' tent. Looking around, he was glad to see so many of the Guard had made it here. When he reached the tent, he gave the password to the Guard and entered, ready to work out a plan with the Magos.

[Goryokaku]

Kalis didn't wait she moved through the gates to enter the base, she needed now to find someone who at least understood the dangers were more then just the mere cultist that had currently been shown. She figured the command post would be the best spot to search she just had to figure out where it was and probably kill anything that had become a traitor to the Mon'Keigh here.

[dndman997]

"alright" he ordered "everyone regroup now and stay together and stay low and keep an eye for movement" he ducked down and stayed low readying his lascarbine

[Phoenixcz]

"How far is that center from the incident location?" Ash spent time during her flight to make herself familiar with arbites weapon (Is it las- or boltpistol?), as she wasn't armed with her usual arsenal...or, at least with its most powerful and visible part, she knew her hidden blade will be useless against true tyranid, as they are immune to most toxins and small blade won't be nearly enough to kill one in itself, and her digital las will be useful for surprise, but it'll lack a punch. She didn't really expected that she'll run into genestealer (Or hybrid, more likely, purestrain genestealer lack organs needed for attempted rape as happened to the victim. she thought to herself) right away during her investigation, but it's better to be prepared. And if they want to infiltrate cities, alone and in this uniform I'll be the perfect bait...I should be able to kill genestealer one on one with no problem, unless it surprises me too much, and we'll know what are we dealing with then.

[Gorbaz]

Hassad grinned. The Sisters were definatly more than willing to slaughter the enemies of The Emperor, just like he had heard. And, with their superior resilience and bolter fire, they should be able to reach the big guns with far fewer casualties than just throwing a regiment of Guard at them. Of course, he would be going with them - standing back and bellowing was for those highborn academy officers. Hassad liked to get up and personal with his foe.

"It's a simple plan" he said, poking round the corner with pistol ready to snipe off any stragglers missed by the Sister's bolter fire. "There's a battery of big guns that need liberating. Standard artillery composition is between 3 and 9 Basalisks and Griffons, and I'm praying to Him that it's the former number. Standing orders are to take them - either capture or destroy. Personally, I favour capturing, and then flinging some high-velocity shells right down onto those traitor's heads!"

[Reapergod36]

Ravier sighs with impatience, bringing his palm to his face. "My dear wife, perhaps you can get through what I'm saying to to this man."