The Lift

Feb 4, 2026 3:38 pm
Even as Rho speaks with the servitor skull the doors slam behind you. Rho does a bit of work on the mechanisms inside the Lift making it move at a little bit faster than a dying turtle. She gets no response from whatever thing was speaking through the Servitor but the elevator stops and the doors open. An ancient voice speaks in a deep High Galactic, "Computer Rooms"

After speaking the Servitor Skull whines, "Lift Power at 0 percent. Please reroute power to lift if you desire to travel to another floor."

Beyond the lift is a hallway full of ancient cogitators the power crackles in them but, it isn't quite enough to fully power these systems. Down the hallway stand two Tech Priests outside of a large steel door with the sigil of the Mechanicus upon it except, the right side of the sigil has had star points added onto the cogs and been painted black. The two turn their heads to your group, you note each of them is carrying a heavy bolter. "The Tech Sister May Enter"
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Map update tonight
Feb 5, 2026 1:29 am
Razick warily steps out of the lift, rifle brandished in his typical staff stance. He eyes the Tech Priests at the opposite end of the hallway, making note of the weapons they carry as he mentally measures the distance between them. His fingers flex and grip the rifle tighter as the quills on his head quiver slightly in anticipation. He plants his feet and crouches slightly so that he is ready to leap into action at a moment's notice.

"None of this looks right to me, and I don't like it. Just say the word and I will strike them down, little machine girl."
Feb 5, 2026 2:35 am
Silaster steps out of the lift last, letting the others clear the threshold before him. His weapon remains ready. His eyes take in the corridor in a single sweep.

He shifts slightly to one side of Rho, positioning himself where he can see both Tech Priests without appearing to challenge them directly.

"Let the Tech Sister go," he says quietly. "If they mean to kill us, they will not bother with permission."
Feb 5, 2026 3:44 am
Rho-Halax-872 scans the two ahead warily, still clutching her rifle in her hands as she steps out of the lift and into the hallway. The dilipidated state of this area seems little better than the rest of the ship, though at least they are not yet being accosted by more monsters.

"Blessings of the Omnissiah upon you. What has happened to this sacred vessel? We have encountered flesh crafted abominations, and the systems are barely functional."

Rho does not trust these priests, but it has also been some time since she has seen those of her order, and it does gladden her slightly to see them once more. Her eyes draw to the sigil on the door. She finds herself agreeing with Razick. It gives her a tingling of disquiet in her circuits.

"What lies beyond the door?"
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Would Rho recognise anything to do with the purpose behind the change to the sigil? Not sure what her level of understanding of 'that' may be. If not, she's probably inclined to go and see beyond the door, wary as she is.
Feb 5, 2026 2:18 pm
Ol' Toothy doesn't share the wariness of the others. He's bored, has been since people started thinkin and chattin, and has made it known with a number of harrumphs and the like. He steps out of the lift and starts plodding toward the door without concern. He knows a heavy bolter when he sees one, sure, but at the same time the humie tech thingies are usually pretty squishy and don't know how to use a loud shoota properly.

"Wazzat?" He grins. "Got some fancy loot in dere?"
Feb 5, 2026 3:13 pm
Martyria steps out of the direct line of fire in the line between herself, the xenos, and the heavy bolters.
Feb 5, 2026 6:18 pm
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I have one too many PC's. Only 4 people could fit in the Lift.
Feb 5, 2026 6:31 pm
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There are only 4 votes for the lift, so someone who voted out has come with. I don't mind having Toothy go a different way if it's easier though!
Feb 5, 2026 6:40 pm
Tickettbror says:
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There are only 4 votes for the lift, so someone who voted out has come with. I don't mind having Toothy go a different way if it's easier though!
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Awesome thanks!
Feb 8, 2026 1:51 am
Map
Feb 8, 2026 7:26 pm
The tech priests look at Rho and respond, "The truth lies beyond the door. The Eye of Ra waits to re-awaken and guide us to glory."
Feb 9, 2026 12:52 pm
"The sacred vessel has the means to re-awaken? Glory to the Omnissiah."

Rho-Halax-872 will approach the door. Even if she has... misgivings about the situation, she must verify the proof of the tech priests' words.
Feb 9, 2026 6:04 pm
Rho approaches and the door opens, beyond she can see other Tech Priests working on various parts of some great machine in the distance. Power lines run all over the floor to a central glowing blue light. Just above the light is a holographic image of a single golden orb of an eye with two huge lines where the lids are closed. All around the room are various symbols and devices from the Tech Priests of Mars.

From the chatter of binaric in the room it is very clear that the priests are working to restart an incredibly powerful artificial intelligence.
Feb 9, 2026 7:44 pm
Silaster stiffens the moment the chamber reveals itself. The glow. The eye. The binaric chanting wrapped around a forbidden center. He does not step forward. His gaze moves from the corrupted sigil to the priests at work, then settles on the closed golden eye.

"They do not seek to repair the vessel," he continues. "They seek to be guided by it."

Silaster waits, motionless, judgement held back only long enough to be certain.
Feb 10, 2026 8:38 am
Rho-Halax-872 looks into the room, and as she hears the binaric chatter her grip on her weapon tightens. She lets out an angered burst of binaric as she realises what is going on within the room.

"Soulless Sentience......you have taken leave of your adherence to our sacred laws and your senses, siblings.
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Rho is probably ready to use force to stop them here. How many combatants would we be looking at? She's dogmatic, but she's also not going to immediately start a fight if they're heavily outnumbered.
Feb 10, 2026 2:11 pm
Rho speaks the words and the door beyond slams closed. One of the priests at the door begins to power up a heavy plasma weapon and the other reveals a heavy bolter. "The Omnissiah wills it sister. The Eye must open; the knowledge must be gained. We will be reborn beyond the flesh."

In the room beyond there had been 9 more Tech priests with one at the very center of the activity one in what was once Space Marine armor. There had been another creature in the room as well, a metal skeleton like thing with green power running through it, it looked at Rho for a brief moment with an utter alien gaze just before the door closed.
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Your choice time to fight or time to try a different level?
Feb 11, 2026 12:53 am
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What do we think? Not sure on our odds of the four of us vs all of them, but Rho would be fairly eager to stop them.
Feb 11, 2026 2:01 am
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Razick will never back down from a fight as long as there's a chance he can win. We could probably easily handle the two outside, but if the others come out that could be a problem with just four of us.
Feb 11, 2026 5:43 am
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The lift is also out of power at the moment, so we'd need to work out how to reroute power to it to go to another floor, maybe from the cogitators in the hallway. Not sure if the tech priests outside will let us do that. We'll see what Silaster and Martyria think too.
Feb 12, 2026 9:48 pm
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These are heretics, and thus they must die. Our own lives are inconsequential. The Emperor Protects.
Feb 13, 2026 2:46 am
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Fight.
Feb 13, 2026 2:57 am
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PCs may act then
Defense = 4
Wounds = 10
Feb 13, 2026 2:42 pm
Razick has been around these imperial types long enough to understand that there was something was not right about these priests. They haven't even mentioned the Emperor once yet, let alone a half dozen like his cohorts, so clearly they have been taken by Chaos or something equally as nefarious. That was all the consent that the Kroot needed to take these two down.

"Let's get down to business, shall we?"

Razic drops low and sprints toward the tech-priest brandishing the plasma weapon, stopping just short of his foe as he brings the bladed stock of his rifle around in an upward arc.
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Just barely hit with 4 successes, but a 1 on the Wrath die. 17 total damage on the strike.
Last edited February 13, 2026 2:43 pm

Rolls

Kroot Rifle + Wrath Die - (8d6+1d6)

(63412342) + (1) = 26

Damage 9+7ED w/ Brutal - (7d6)

(6561332) = 26

Feb 14, 2026 12:26 am
Rho-Halax-872's combat subroutines take over as she hears that plasma gun warming up, her rifle snapping up and aiming for the other tech priest as Razick charges the first one. She lets out a burst of binaric before opening fire.

"The Omnissiah shall not forgive you for your transgressions, and I am his Sacred Instrument."
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5 Icons and 1 Exalted Icon. So I can shift the exalted icon for an extra dice, and I get another extra dice from Rapid Fire. Rending will give me +1 AP on this too. So 3 extra dice total (1 base, 1 shifted exalted icon, 1 rapid fire). 12 Damage total.
Last edited February 14, 2026 12:30 am

Rolls

Galvanic Rifle (Aim) + Wrath Die - (8d6+1d6)

(53426452) + (4) = 35

Damage - (3d6)

(452) = 11

Feb 14, 2026 5:49 am
Razick and Rho render the two chaos sworn tech priests into scrap. The heavy door though remains closed tightly. A screen above it lights up and you see the pure metallic skull staring at you with green energy animating it. "Rude, but I have little time to deal with you now."

With that the lift powers up again and from inside you hear the servitor skull, "Warning! Necron energy detected. All civilians abandon ship."
Feb 14, 2026 5:13 pm
Martyria, blessed by ignorance like all of humanity's masses, had no idea what necron energy was. She assumed it was some sort of motive force the Tech-Priests went on about. Nor did the ominous warning deter her. The sealed blast door did however.
"The Lord of Death demands we reap the foul and the wicked. Can you breach that door?"
Feb 15, 2026 8:08 am
Though Rho-Halax-872 was familiar with what Necron energy was, it did little to deter her from the task before her. The thought of the Soulless Sentience gaining control of such a vessel was abhorrent to her, and if the foe were in reach she must at least try to stop them.
"The Omnissiah wills it so that the heretics be slain. I will attempt to breach the door's mechanisms."
She steps toward the door, beginning to try and open it with her tools and mechadendrites.

Rolls

Tech Check - (5d6+1d6)

(46341) + (1) = 19

Feb 19, 2026 2:52 pm
Rho works on the door but, realizes very quickly that another power is ensuring that she can't open it. Then a green light appears in the hallway. The skeletal robot? Appears and aims its weapon. A green beam lashes out striking Rho, the beam disintegrates a hole through her armor and it is only through sheer luck that she is not rendered into a pile of dust.
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Necron does 11 damage. Resilience to resist and then any extra damage goes to wounds
Necron Warrior: Defense 3 Resilience 11 (5 armor) Wounds 10

Rolls

Ballistic Skill - (9d6+1d6)

(651545111) + (5) = 34

Feb 19, 2026 6:09 pm
Just as swiftly a shadow leapt forward as Martyria catapulted herself towards the Xenos abomination. The power fields of her twin swords sung as she spun and twirled around the construct striking it multiple times, returning it the favor of disintegration..
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Multiattack 1, 4 hits - 3 defense = 1 shift.
9 damage (-2 AP)

Multiattack 2, 5 hits - 3 defense = 2 shift.
11 damage (-2 AP)
Last edited February 19, 2026 6:14 pm

Rolls

Multiattack 1 - (7d6+1d6)

(2532456) + (4) = 31

Multiattack 2 - (7d6+1d6)

(5462515) + (2) = 30

Damage 1 - (5d6)

(23521) = 13

Damage 2 - (6d6)

(625116) = 21

Feb 22, 2026 9:48 am
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I've got 10 resilience, so just 1 damage left over. I'll roll determination. Skitarii gives me +rank to determination rolls. That'll change to 1 shock instead. I'll draw my weapon as a simple and then shoot with a combat action.
Rho finds herself knocked against the door she's working on from the force of the blast, her display showing that while the shot pierced right through her, luckily it missed anything vital. Combat protocols taking over, she spins around and fires off a shot with her rifle.
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Attack hits with the normal icons, so I can shift the exalted. 1 AP from rending, 3 extra dice total. 12 Damage at AP 1
Last edited February 22, 2026 9:54 am

Rolls

Determination (toughness) - (5d6)

(25522) = 16

Attack Roll (BS + Short Range) - (9d6)

(414445163) = 32

Damage Roll - (3d6)

(136) = 10

Feb 22, 2026 5:19 pm
As the sickly green blast of Necron energy lances through the still air and the body of his associate, Razick lets out a trilling warcry in his native language and leaps into action along with the others. The enemy's defenses prove formidable as it shrugs off much of the damage dealt to it, but Razick presses on. His hands slide down the barrel of his rifle as he swings it wide like a scythe, aiming directly for the Necron's head.
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7 successes on hit with a Wrath complication, shifting both exalted icons for +2ED. 14 total damage.
Last edited February 22, 2026 5:24 pm

Rolls

Attack (WS) - (8d6+1d6)

(36623555) + (1) = 36

Damage (9+7ED) w/ Brutal - (7d6)

(1113345) = 18

Extra damage from shifting exalted - (2d6)

(11) = 2

Feb 26, 2026 2:49 pm
The Necron takes quite a bit of the damage, his body literally regenerating between the various attacks. Still, with enough attacks you are able to mostly beat the mechanical thing apart until there is a green light that flashes and the body is gone. Did you kill it or did it teleport away?

The door is still shut tight, meters thick ceramite armor and Rho can't even hear binaric chatter on this side anymore. You will have to find the generators and shut them down or get into this place another way.
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Sorry for the delay. Dealing with snow and other issues.

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