Daedalus (One to Redeem Them)

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Introduction

"My goodness," a flat voice spoke, the exclamation losing some force due to the lack of strong emotional inflection. "When the palace systems awoke me, I did not think it was because an Heir had found their way here. Much to be done, much to be done."

Such was the introduction of the new Heir to the Haarlock Warrant to Daedalus, the techpriest caretaker of Gabriel Chase. Held in stasis and periodically awoken to take care of run-down systems and check on the palace's defenses, he (?) is by far more machine than man, with no remaining flesh visible outside the uniform he wears. Claiming to have served several Warrant-Holders, including the infamous Erasmus Haarlock, Daedalus has become a valued member of Lunamaria's entourage with his knowledge of a vast variety of topics, especially the history and past holdings of the Haarlock Dynasty.

At one time, Daedalus served as Enginseer-Prime of the Spear of Destiny, but later became charged with the duty of watching over Gabriel Chase. He enjoyed being around the fiery and commanding personalities that have invested themselves with the authority of the Haarlock legacy generation after generation, and looks forward to the revival of the dynasty.

Daedalus' personal goals are quite diverse, from self-preservation to the gathering of knowledge about just about any topic under the many suns of the galaxy. He even has diverted some time to the analysis of human and non-human art, although he finds the latter sometimes unfathomable even to one such as himself.

Profile

Character Name	Player Name	Career Path	Ship's Role	Rank	Experience
Daedalus	Sunhawk	Explorator	Enginseer Prime	5	17000/20000
Home World	Birthright	Lure of the Void	Trials and Travails	Motivation	Lineage
Special	Unnatural Origin (False-Man)	Tainted (Deviant Philosphy)	Darkness (Dark Secret)	Devotion (Loyalty)	Heir Apparent

Weapon Skill	Ballistic Skill	Strength	Toughness	Agility	Intelligence	Perception	Willpower	Fellowship	Wounds	Fate	Insanity	Corruption
37	46	51	60	33	70(x2)	40	40	29	17	3	4	0

Skills

• Strength: Daedalus' looming presence allows him to be remarkably intimidating to those he wishes to bend to his will.
  • Intimidate +20
• Intelligence: A variety of practical skills allows Daedalus to apply his mind to a number of purposes.
  • Chem-Use, Demolition, Evaluate, Literacy, Logic +10, Medicae, Tech-Use +20, Tracking
  • Lore (Common): Common knowledge about the Priesthood of Mars and the technology of the Imperium is easy to come by for Daedalus.
    • Machine Cult, Tech
  • Lore (Forbidden): Daedalus has made a habit of learning anything and everything, but specifically knowledge that is little known. A good way to gain his favor is to offer him forbidden texts or secret lore.
    • Adeptus Mechanicus, Archeotech, Heresy, Inquisition, Mutants, Pirates, Psykers, Warp, Xenos
  • Lore (Lingustics):
    • Explorator Binary, Low Gothic, Techna-Lingua
• Perception: Daedalus is a practiced scavenger and analyst, able to quickly filter through information to find what he wants to know from the environment around him.
  • Awareness +10, Scrutiny +10, Search
• Fellowship:
  • Inquiry
• Trades: A keen fascination with many of the more mundane tasks of a crewman or explorer leads Daedalus to be a master of many trades.
  • Archeologist (Int), Armourer (Agi), Astrographer (Agi), Explorator (Int), Linguist (Int), Scrimshawer (Agi), Shipwright (Int), Voidfarer (Agi)

Talents

• Ambidextrous:
  • Can use either hand well, and does not suffer any penalties for using an off-hand.
• Armour of Contempt: Daedalus has been remarked to have a strong resistance against the corrupting effects of the Warp.
  • Whenever gaining Corruption Points, one less is gained.
• Autosanguine: Daedalus' circulating fluid is not blood, but serums of nanites and critical substances that enhance repairs.
  • Always considered to be Lightly Wounded when healing, naturally heals 2 Damage per day.
• Binary Chatter: Daedalus can speak an optimized form of Techna-Lingua that is customized for communication with servitors.
  • +10 to any attempt to communicate with servitors. Any vessel on which he serves gains +1 to Crew Morale.
• Chem-Geld: Daedalus has only an academic interest in more prurient appeals and is immune to blandishments of the flesh.
  • Seduction attempts against automatically fail, Charm Tests against increase their Difficulty by one level.
• Electro Graft Use: Daedalus' electro graft has an enhanced broadband data channel that allows him to examine more data more rapidly.
  • Gain +10 to Common Lore, Inquiry or Tech-Use Tests while connected to a data port.
• Enemy (Ecclesiarchy): Daedalus is not inclined to bring himself to favor with any of the clergy of the Imperial Creed, and the favor is returned.
  • Suffer a -10 penalty to Fellowship Tests when dealing with this group.
• Ferric Lure: One of the most arcane abilities of an Explorator, the ability to move metal objects to his hand is Daedalus' to master.
  • Can call an unsecured metal object to hand from up to 20m away that weights up to WP in kilograms with a Full Action and a Willpower Test.
• Foresight: Daedalus' logical faculties allow him to prepare for a test of his knowledge.
  • With ten minutes consideration, gain +10 to an Intelligence Test
• Heavy Weapons Training (Las): While not frequently called upon in physical combat, Daedalus knows how to use some very heavy firepower when necessary.
  • Considered to be trained with Las-type heavy weapons.
• Infused Knowledge: Although fascinated with secret knowledge, Daedalus knows something about just about everything under the sun.
  • All Common and Scholastic Lores are considered to be Basic skills.
• Jaded: Daedalus has seen much in his long life, and he is proof against many events and beings that would send a lesser being mad with fear.
  • Extreme events and xenos do not cause Insanity Points or Fear Tests. Terrors of the Warp do still have an effect.
• Logis Implant: Advanced targeting circuitry that allows Daedalus to temporarily improve his combat capabilities.
  • Using a Reaction and making a Tech-Use Test allows +10 to all WS and BS skills until the end of the next round. Toughness Test or gain a Fatigue.
• Luminen Charge: Daedalus' systems can recharge power packs or temporarily charge even large-scale machinery.
  • With a successful Toughness Test and one minute of meditation, can power or recharge machinery with the potentia coils. Toughness Test or gain a Fatigue.
• Resistance (Fear): Daedalus is strongly resistant to the fearful events that can envelop an explorer.
  • Gain +10 when making tests to resist Fear.
• Talented (Awareness, Tech Use): Daedalus is especially capable at the usage of technology and the interpretation of sensory data.
  • Gain +10 when making Awareness or Tech Use Tests.
• The Flesh is Weak 2: There is no visible flesh on Daedalus; his organs are mechanical in nature.
  • Gain the Machine 2 Trait.
• Total Recall: The cogitator systems in Daedalus' system allow him to recall almost any sensory record perfectly.
  • Perfect sensory memory, can automatically recall trivial details or, with an Intelligence Test, very obscure or difficult factoids.

Traits

• Loyalty: Daedalus is strongly attached to his duties, his ship and his captain, wherever they lead him.
  • +5 to Willpower and Fellowship Tests made while aboard the Spear of Destiny.
• Machine 2: Daedalus' systems have given him protection from many hazards of an organic body.
  • Does not need to breath, immune to vacuum and extremes of cold, immune to mind-influencing psychic effects, Armour applies to Fire damage. +2 to Armour in all locations.
• Mechanicus Implants:
  • Electro-graft, Electoo Inductors, Respirator Unit, Cyber-Mantle, Potential Coil, Cranial Circuitry
• Role - Enginseer Prime: Long practice in keeping a ship's systems running have given Daedalus experience in quick fixes for combat damage.
  • +10 to Ship Action 'Emergency Repairs'
• Stranger to the Cult: Daedalus has little patience for the cult of the Imperial Creed or its functionaries.
  • -5 Fellowship vs. Ecclesiarchy
• Unnatural Intelligence (x2): Daedalus' built-in cogitator systems give him an advantage in many circumstances.
  • Double Intelligence Bonus value. +2 degree of success in any Opposed Intelligence-based Test.

Equipment

Bionics

• Cortex Implants (Best):
  • Grants Unnatural Intelligence (x2) and acts as a cogitator system (adds +10 to Tests involving the sifting or analysis of large amounts of data)
• MIU Implant (Good):
  • Gain +10 to Tech-Use, Pilot, Drive, Logic, Inquiry and Ballistic Skill Tests, as well as to communicate with machine spirits. Can share senses of cyber-familiars.
• Augur Array (Good):
  • Range 50m, +20 to Awareness Tests, make Tech-Use to detect biosigns and the like, allows rerolls for all Perception-based Tests that use it.
• Memorance Implant (Common):
  • Adds +10 to Trade (Remembrancer) Tests and similar tests that involve memory and gives the Total Recall talent.
• Locator Matrix (Common):
  • Aware of true magnetic north, present location, relative velocity, altitude, time of day and various other valuable information when on a planet.
• Bionic Arms (Common): Daedalus' arms are fully mechanical, although the long time spent maintaining the estate has worn at their quality.
  • no difference from organic arms
• Bionic Locomotion (Common): Daedalus' legs are also fully mechanical and in similar crude state to his arms.
  • no difference from organic legs
• Cranial Armour (Common): Daedalus' brain is protected by a reinforced metal skull, giving him little to fear from armaments.
  • +1 to Head Armour, cumulative with worn armour.
• Vox Implant (Common): An implanted vox system allows Daedalus to communicate without speech or a more common micro-bead.
  • Acts as a micro-bead.

Weapons

Weapon Name	Quality	Class	Range	Rate of Fire	Damage	Penetration	Clip	Reload	Special	Weight	Rarity
Hellgun	Good	Basic	110m	S/3/-	1d10+4 E	7	30	2 Full	Reliable	6 kg	Rare
Man-Portable Lascannon	Best	Heavy	300m	S/-/-	5d10+10 E	10	5	2 Full	Reliable+	55 kg (27.5 kg)	Very Rare
Power Axe	Good	Melee	---	---	1d10+7 E	7	---	---	Power Field, Unbalanced	6 kg	Very Rare

• Hellgun (Good): For targets that don't really warrant the big gun, Daedalus has a smaller hellgun
• Man-Portable Lascannon (Best): For someone who doesn't really go in for personal combat, Daedalus has an awfully large gun...
  • Omniscope: Combines the benefits of a Preysense Sight, Red-Dot-Laser Sight and Telescopic Sight.
  • Suspensors: This weapon is considered to be half the normal weight and the operator is considered to have the Auto-stabilized Trait.
  • MIU Link: This weapon is connected to an MIU Implant.
• Power Axe (Good): A trusty axe is a good way to deal with enemies mano-a-mano.

Armour

• Dragon Scale Armour (Best): A combination between power armour and scaly clothing, this platinum-and-gold marvel is constantly worn.
  • Locations All, Armour Points 9, includes photovisor, integrated auspex and hexagrammatic warding, +10 to Strength Characteristic, powered by Potentia Coil (10 kg)
    

Servoskulls

• ?

Other Equipment

• Multikey
• Combi-tool
• Dataslate

Skill/Talent Snippets

• Trade (Scrimshawer)

Daedalus scratches carefully at the piece of ivory.
Scritch. Scritch-scritch. Scritch. Scritchy-scritch.
Finally he leans back and brushes tiny pieces of material away from the tooth.
Dunking it in water and scrutinizing it carefully, he nods in approval before setting it beside a dozen or more similar works and picking up another ork tooth.
Scritch, scritch scritch.
Thus time passes at Gabriel Chase in between long 'sleeps'.

• Chem-Geld

Animals, Daedalus thinks, examining old vid-footage of a marriage - that of Euclides Haarlock, a junior member of the House from several centuries ago - usually deal with matters of mating far better than human beings. He found the obsession with courtship behavior sometimes puzzling and often detrimental to proper functionality. Ah, well. He chalks it up to 'normal human' frailty and continues his admiration of the music played for the ceremony. He makes a note to afterwards try once again to understand human drives surrounding sex and mating rituals. It passes the time, and he never got bored of trying.

Experience Spent

• Rank 1-4 (17000):
  • Origin Path (700):
  • Characteristics (4000): Ballistic Skill +5, Strength +15, Toughness +15, Intelligence +20, Willpower +5
  • Skills, Strength (500): Intimidate +20
  • Skills, Intelligence (1300): Chem-Use, Demolition, Evaluate, Literacy, Logic +10, Medicae, Tech-Use +20, Tracking
  • Skills, Fellowship (100): Inquiry
  • Lores, Forbidden (900): Heresy, Inquisition, Mutants, Pirates, Psykers, Warp, Xenos
  • Skills, Perception (800): Awareness +10, Scrutiny +10, Search
  • Skills, Trades (1200): Archeologist, Armourer, Astrographer, Explorator, Linguist, Scrimshawer, Shipwright, Voidfarer
  • Talents (3000): Binary Chatter, Electro Graft Use, Ferric Lure, Luminen Charge, The Flesh is Weak 2, Foresight, Infused Knowledge, Heavy Weapon Training (Las), Talented (Awareness, Tech Use), Resistance (Fear), Jaded, Armour of Contempt
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