Hail Children of Technology!
Tis I, Redbranch, here to bring you my tales of Dark Heresy Violence from the land of the young!
Let us get straight back to DH seeing as i said i would update a week ago and we've had another game since then..
The Acolytes travelled pretty swiftly from the underhive, using the Adepta Transportica station and headed to the mid hive. The mid hive was mostly Manufactorum buildings creating the large amount of Cogitator Chips that the planet exports as part of its Tithe. At the centre of the mid hive is the Chapel Ministorum, a large and ostentatious building that was the acolytes next stop. There they found the Priests and missionaries of the Chapel were preparing for a Holy Day dedicated to Saint Drusus (one of the Saints of the Calixis Sector). There they confronted Cardinal Augustus Ranus who didn't have a clue why those messages hadn't got through and swiftly presented copies of the messages to the Acolytes. Stumped at this outcome the agents headed to the Adeptus Administratum complex in the upper hive. After several more hours travel, the agents finally reached the complex where they proceeded straight to the Executive Administratum Adept's Office and confronted Bavarus "Brian" Voxman; The booming voiced man, smartly dressed and surrounded by luxury, and questioned him on his knowledge of terrorist threats. He responded by telling them that they should see different people from around the Adeptus Administratum complex. At this point the Acolyte known as Darion Pierce was called away for a questionable assignment elsewhere on the planet(In real life, Alun, the player of Darion did not show up for the next session due to coursework but i will make up for the fact that he missed a few games by offering him the chance to do a solo mission for a particular Ordo that he seemed to show alot of interest in).
After talking to 3 different adepts (Nils Greymourne, Baroness Lao Chi Quan and Commander Marcus Constantine), the adepts found themselves with some information. They found out that before imperial colonisation of the planet, there was a group that controlled the planetary leaders from the shadows. When Imbram Garret and the 52nd Mordian Iron Guard came and took the planet in the name of the Emperor, this organisation (known as The Violet Shadow) were thought to be dead or that they never even existed in the first place. 2 of the people that the acolytes talked to didn't even believe in the existence of the Violet Shadow and told them that they were chasing a old wife's tale but one in particular took a great amount of interest in the Violet Shadow. Marcus Constantine, Baraspine's Planetary Defence Commander and Administratum Adept was convinced that the Violet Shadow were still out there and that the acolytes should keep an eye on Augustus Ranus. Constantine seemed to take a great dislike for the Ecclesiarchy Cardinal and made sure that the Acolytes understood that Ranus was not to be trusted. Before leaving the Administratum complex, the adepts made sure that they would not be sleeping rough again and had Voxman give them permission to take over an apartment overlooking Garret's Rise.
The Next day saw that a event that was called The Grand Baazar outside of the Chapel Ministorum, where thousands of different vendors gathered to sell their wares to the visitors of the Chapel. Tideman managed (after some "hot debate" with the stall owner) to pick up an Armageddon Pattern Autogun with bayonette, 2 Microbeads, an Auspex and a pair of Magnoculars. After a few hours of browsing the stalls and insulting the vendors, the party headed inside. when inside, Tideman broke into the office of Ranus and in the draw of his desk Tideman found a hitlist written on a piece of paper with the other half of the Administratum printing mark implicating Baroness Lao Chi Quan. When Opheilia and Tideman confronted Ranus, he told them that he had never scene the paper or the hitlist before as he had aquired the desk from Baroness Lao Chi Quan. The Adepts raced to her office to find her absent from work. Her secretary told the acolytes that the Baroness was at her personal holdings in the Spire and woundn't be recieving anyone unless they have a appointment with her.
Bending the arm of her secutary the Acolytes secured a appointment with the Baroness and raced to her estate to confront her on their findings. They found her estate and made their way past her personal guard and butler and after some snappy and impatient conversations with the Baroness they realised that they had very little evidence to implicate her. The paper was to be found in the thousands in her office and the desk had been given away weeks ago. Very confused and slightly frustrated that their deadended investigation, the Acolytes headed back to their occomodation and settled down for a night of rest and just as the sun was about to go down behind the horison, the sky turned Violet.
slightly freaked out by the atmospheric effect, the acolytes set about smoking and praying to the god Emperor. things were very peaceful until Tideman noticed a group of people standing near the statue of Imbram Garret. Calling out to Ophelia in the other room, Tideman grabbed his shotgun and spun only to see three figures in black bodygloves and fullface respirators. "The Violet Dawn Shall Rise" said the first Assassin and was met with the responce of with a las burn from Tideman's Las Pistol. The return fire caught Tideman in the leg, wounding him but they would not escape the wrath of a Sororitas Bolt Pistol! The bolter round from Ophelia caused so much damage that in the blast it outrightly killed two Assassins and knocked out the other. The out cold assassin was then dragged into the room, tied up by Tideman and then woken up to be interogated but no matter what Tideman said or threatened, the only thing the man could say was "The Violet Dawn Shal Rise". Assumptions of brainwashing and a knife wound to the leg later, the captive enemy bled out and left the Acolytes with 3 corpses. on the bodies, the managed to find a map to where they thought would be the meeting point after they had been dealt with. they proceeded to take the assassin's bodygloves and respirators and headed to the location, a nearby alleyway. once there they managed to spot the hidden entrance and find the Snake Bite gangers inside who directed them further in. Managing to get into the main chamber of the secret hideout, the acolytes were supprised to find Augustus Ranus, Nils Greymourne, Baroness Quan and two others, Princep Varakov of the Mechanicum Foundaries in Hive Primarius and "Razor" Macgraw, leader of the Snake Bites and Underworld Crimeboss. Disguised as the brainwashed assassins of the Violet Dawn, the Acolytes had sucessfully inflitrated a worldwide terrorist cell. After collecting their gear from the apartment, they headed straight for the Adeptus Administratum complex and informed Marcus Constantine of the locations of the Violet Dawn. They were told to evacuate the city before the widespread violence insued and were swiftly aboard the Arvus Lighter that had taken them down the planet.
So ends the Baraspine Account. Interregator Zane Lazerus, Custodian of The Infinity and Trusted Inquisitorial Agent compiled the report that was then sent to Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor Astrid Skane on the Acolytes completion. Their next mission will take the Acolytes to the frontier world of Marioch on the borders of the Adrantis sub sector, where local people seem to be going missing under mysterious curcumstances.
Hope you enjoyed this recounting of the last Dark Heresy adventure and stay tuned for more from Sister Ophelia and Randolf Tideman in the future as they get their next test to prove their worth as Acolytes of the Inquisition!
But, as always, Keep your Blades enriched with Deeds of Violence!
