Rogue Trader: The Lavesgrie Exile - Revision history

TheLoneAmigo: /* Systems & Locations */

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Systems & Locations

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	Since the construction of Lancer Station, Imperial authority has begun to return to the expanse after millennia, and the worlds of the Lancer Reach have most definitely felt the Aquilla's grip. The Imperium has begun to push back the green tide, after centuries of near-unopposed orkish power in the Reach. Naval patrols from Task Force Lancer seek out hidden pirate bases and freebooter raiders, allowing Rogue Traders and Free Chartists to ply the Reach with relative security. The full force of Imperial law has yet to be felt outside of the systems near Lancer Station, but occasional patrols make their way out as far as Volstatt and Qantar, allowing trade to flow from the furthest systems of the Reach.		Since the construction of Lancer Station, Imperial authority has begun to return to the expanse after millennia, and the worlds of the Lancer Reach have most definitely felt the Aquilla's grip. The Imperium has begun to push back the green tide, after centuries of near-unopposed orkish power in the Reach. Naval patrols from Task Force Lancer seek out hidden pirate bases and freebooter raiders, allowing Rogue Traders and Free Chartists to ply the Reach with relative security. The full force of Imperial law has yet to be felt outside of the systems near Lancer Station, but occasional patrols make their way out as far as Volstatt and Qantar, allowing trade to flow from the furthest systems of the Reach.

			=== Restival System ===

			For the past five decades, the Restival system has been the front line of the Lancer Offensive, site of a ceaseless battle between Man and Ork for the destiny of the Expanse. Now, at last, the Imperial forces are pushing back the green tide - only one major hive on the primary world of Restival-3 still lies under the orkish boot, and their naval forces have been reduced to a few raiders and kroozers lurking in the system's outer reaches.

	=== The Klunker Drift ===		=== The Klunker Drift ===

TheLoneAmigo: /* The Crew */

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The Crew

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 The crew haven't been together long enough to form any traditions as of yet. They do seem utterly convinced that the ship is haunted though and have taken to making the sign of the aquila whenever they enter a room. There also seem to be a higher than average number of priests amongst the crew - many of whom have been dragged along by superstitious crewmen hoping that the ship can be exorcised.
 ==== Navigator Lorquacious von der Maret ====
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 ==== Felice-II ====
 === Places ===

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Kaine's Chapel

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	==== Kaine's Chapel ====		==== Kaine's Chapel ====
			If one pictures a chapel to the Emperor, it would be the exact opposite of Kaine's chapel. On the Malleable Abyss, what used to be the chapel was destroyed when the ship was hulked. The repairs to the ship included the chapel but no decorations nor the finery of a chapel were included before being handed over to Lady Captain Lavesgrie. There is little more than a stage, a number of benches and an iron Aquila in the chapel, which is how Kaine prefers his chapels to be.

			Kaine's flock is scattered around the ship, with his junior priests and other ordained people scouring the labyrinthine passages of the ship to purge any traces of chaos with fire and sword. Those who can not reach the chapels still receive their sermons, either via the vox kits which cover the ship, or in live visitations to certain areas each holy day.

	== Major NPCs ==		== Major NPCs ==

TheLoneAmigo: /* Places */

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Places

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	=== Places ===		=== Places ===

			==== The Command Bridge ====

	==== Nil's Archive ====		==== Nil's Archive ====

TheLoneAmigo: /* The Malleable Abyss */

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The Malleable Abyss

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	Persona: Ghostly. The ship has seen and suffered great tragedy during its long life (perhaps the biggest being that it was abandoned for so long), and sometimes manifests that.		Persona: Ghostly. The ship has seen and suffered great tragedy during its long life (perhaps the biggest being that it was abandoned for so long), and sometimes manifests that.

			Panoply: -1

			Crew: 4/4

			Hull Points: 8/8

			Damaged Systems: none

	==== Components & Systems ====		==== Components & Systems ====

TheLoneAmigo: /* The Malleable Abyss */

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The Malleable Abyss

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	==== Felice-II ====		==== Felice-II ====


			=== Places ===

			==== Nil's Archive ====

			==== Ori's Forge ====

			==== Kaine's Chapel ====

	== Major NPCs ==		== Major NPCs ==

TheLoneAmigo: /* Stats */

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Stats

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	Persona: Ghostly. The ship has seen and suffered great tragedy during its long life (perhaps the biggest being that it was abandoned for so long), and sometimes manifests that.		Persona: Ghostly. The ship has seen and suffered great tragedy during its long life (perhaps the biggest being that it was abandoned for so long), and sometimes manifests that.

	==== Components & Systems		==== Components & Systems ====

	'''Blessed Teleportarium'''		'''Blessed Teleportarium'''

	When you '''activate the teleportarium''', roll +Adroit. On a 10+, you arrive on target. On a 7-9, you arrive, but choose 1:		When you '''activate the teleportarium''', roll +Adroit. On a 10+, you arrive on target. On a 7-9, you arrive, but choose 1:
	*The teleportarium matrix scrambles your internal organs, suffer 2-harm ap.		*The teleportarium matrix scrambles your internal organs, suffer 2-harm ap.
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	'''Tenebro-Maze'''		'''Tenebro-Maze'''

	The interior of the ship is laid out according to schematics and plans that evade comprehension, creating a maze-like tangle of facilities and passageways that will entrap the unwary. Take +1 to resist boarding actions, and auguries cannot accurately penetrate the interior of your vessel.		The interior of the ship is laid out according to schematics and plans that evade comprehension, creating a maze-like tangle of facilities and passageways that will entrap the unwary. Take +1 to resist boarding actions, and auguries cannot accurately penetrate the interior of your vessel.

	'''Weapons'''		'''Weapons'''

	Broadside (port/starboard):		Broadside (port/starboard):
	*Pharos-pattern Las Battery (3-damage close/far)		*Pharos-pattern Las Battery (3-damage close/far)

TheLoneAmigo: /* The Malleable Abyss */

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The Malleable Abyss

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	*Obadias and I go way back; they’ve got my back in a pinch.		*Obadias and I go way back; they’ve got my back in a pinch.

	== The Malleable Abyss ==		== The ''Malleable Abyss'' ==

	=== Stats ===		=== Stats ===

	Class: Conquest-Class Star Galleon (1 shield, large, 3 cargo)		Class: Conquest-Class Star Galleon (1 shield, large, 3 cargo)

	Persona: Ghostly. The ship has seen and suffered great tragedy during its long life (perhaps the biggest being that it was abandoned for so long), and sometimes manifests that.		Persona: Ghostly. The ship has seen and suffered great tragedy during its long life (perhaps the biggest being that it was abandoned for so long), and sometimes manifests that.
	~~Archaic~~ Components: Blessed Teleportarium and Tenebro-Maze
	Weapons ~~Components~~: Sunhammer Lance~~, Pharos Las~~-~~Battery~~		==== Components & Systems

			'''Blessed Teleportarium'''
			When you '''activate the teleportarium''', roll +Adroit. On a 10+, you arrive on target. On a 7-9, you arrive, but choose 1:
			*The teleportarium matrix scrambles your internal organs, suffer 2-harm ap.
			*You arrive disorientated and sickened, take -1 ongoing until you can rest.
			*Your beacon malfunctions, leaving you dangerously off-target.
			On a miss, you’ve seen Star Trek. Anything could happen here.

			'''Tenebro-Maze'''
			The interior of the ship is laid out according to schematics and plans that evade comprehension, creating a maze-like tangle of facilities and passageways that will entrap the unwary. Take +1 to resist boarding actions, and auguries cannot accurately penetrate the interior of your vessel.

			'''Weapons'''
			Broadside (port/starboard):
			*Pharos-pattern Las Battery (3-damage close/far)
			*Sunhammer-pattern Lance (1-damage close/far precise)

	=== Looks ===		=== Looks ===
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	=== History ===		=== History ===

	The Malleable Abyss has a long and generally horrid history. It was orginally built in the post-Heresy days to be a fine warship for the forces of the God-Emperor to fight back against those who turned to Chaos. But the ship was believed cursed from day one after suffering a Geller Field failure on its maiden voyage and losing a third of the crew to warp incursions. For the next few millenia, the ship pass through the hands of multiple commanders, each happy to be rid of it. It was eventually captured by pirates and used to plunder the sector before falling into the hands of Chaos forces. The ship was eventually recaptured by the Imperium and cleansed (the fortitude of the Machine spirit in resisting corruption was duly noted) and put back into service. But soon after that, the ship was attacked by Ork forces. Damage was high and the ship limped back towards port. A decision was made to scuttle it rather than repair it, but the ship mysteriously vanished into the warp before that was possible. Perhaps the machine spirit didn't want to die? The ship became a hulk, spending several more millenia floating through the warp, occasionally emerging for a century or two during which it was colonised by vermin, xenos and outcasts. Eventually, about a hundred years ago, the hulk was recovered by the Inquisition, with assistance from the tech-priesthood. After they realised its age, they opted to restore the ship as best they could rather than destroy it. Since then, the ship has been the property of the Inquisition.		The ''Malleable Abyss'' has a long and generally horrid history. It was orginally built in the post-Heresy days to be a fine warship for the forces of the God-Emperor to fight back against those who turned to Chaos. But the ship was believed cursed from day one after suffering a Geller Field failure on its maiden voyage and losing a third of the crew to warp incursions. For the next few millenia, the ship pass through the hands of multiple commanders, each happy to be rid of it. It was eventually captured by pirates and used to plunder the sector before falling into the hands of Chaos forces. The ship was eventually recaptured by the Imperium and cleansed (the fortitude of the Machine spirit in resisting corruption was duly noted) and put back into service. But soon after that, the ship was attacked by Ork forces. Damage was high and the ship limped back towards port. A decision was made to scuttle it rather than repair it, but the ship mysteriously vanished into the warp before that was possible. Perhaps the machine spirit didn't want to die? The ship became a hulk, spending several more millenia floating through the warp, occasionally emerging for a century or two during which it was colonised by vermin, xenos and outcasts. Eventually, about a hundred years ago, the hulk was recovered by the Inquisition, with assistance from the tech-priesthood. After they realised its age, they opted to restore the ship as best they could rather than destroy it. Since then, the ship has been the property of the Inquisition.

	It was then passed onto the newly minted Lady-Captain Lavesgrie, a brand new rogue trader in need of a ship. Lord Inquisitor Valerus arranged for the ship to be transferred to her when she was granted her warrant, purely because she needed a ship and this one happened to be handy.		It was then passed onto the newly minted Lady-Captain Lavesgrie, a brand new rogue trader in need of a ship. Lord Inquisitor Valerus arranged for the ship to be transferred to her when she was granted her warrant, purely because she needed a ship and this one happened to be handy.

	The ship as always been called the Malleable Abyss. Attempts to change it in the past resulted in the new lettering peeling off surprisingly fast. Kelara hasn't attempted to change the name - she quite likes it and feels it reflects her own mood over the whole matter.		The ship as always been called the ''Malleable Abyss''. Attempts to change it in the past resulted in the new lettering peeling off surprisingly fast. Kelara hasn't attempted to change the name - she quite likes it and feels it reflects her own mood over the whole matter.

	=== The Crew ===		=== The Crew ===

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 *Kelara intrigues me, I must know more.
 *Obadias and I go way back; they’ve got my back in a pinch.
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 === Layla the Knife ===
 == Organisations & Influence ==

TheLoneAmigo: /* Systems & Locations */

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Systems & Locations

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	=== The Lancer Reach ===		=== The Lancer Reach ===

			Since the construction of Lancer Station, Imperial authority has begun to return to the expanse after millennia, and the worlds of the Lancer Reach have most definitely felt the Aquilla's grip. The Imperium has begun to push back the green tide, after centuries of near-unopposed orkish power in the Reach. Naval patrols from Task Force Lancer seek out hidden pirate bases and freebooter raiders, allowing Rogue Traders and Free Chartists to ply the Reach with relative security. The full force of Imperial law has yet to be felt outside of the systems near Lancer Station, but occasional patrols make their way out as far as Volstatt and Qantar, allowing trade to flow from the furthest systems of the Reach.

	=== The Klunker Drift ===		=== The Klunker Drift ===

			An immense nebula filled with the drifting hulks of some forgotten war, the Klunker Drift is home to uncountable numbers of orks who spew forth at distressingly regular intervals. Navigating the Drift is almost impossible for Imperial ships, as pulsars within the nebula disrupt the Light of the Astronomican and render navigators near-blind in space, while Orkish ships seem to flit back and forth with the ease of a migrating seabird. Worlds with names like Konk, Git, and Red'un are surrounded by immense belts of roks and drifting hulks that often play home to far more orks than the planets themselves.

			There is no unifying authority in the Klunker, no single mighty warboss to give the orks purpose and strategic drive, just a thousand competing warlords and freebooter captains who war against one another as eagerly as they war against the Imperium. Yet numbers have a quality all of their own, allowing the orks of the Drift to plunder hundreds of worlds over their long history, bringing back much of the spoils to their nebulous home.

			=== The Lost Forges ===

			In the distant past, the Adeptus Mechanicus maintained two great forge worlds in the Malerian expanse: Janus-Q7 and Xyra-39. Both were lost millenia ago with the collapse of Imperial power in the Expanse - Janus-Q7 to an unknown plague, and Xyra-39 to xenos attack. Their memories have echoed in the lore of the Machine Cult through the aeons since, legendary worlds where tech-priests broke boundaries and delved into the dark arts of technology. The forge world of Janus was known both for its biomantic arts, and for its great gravitic shipyard, the Cavor Pit, where techpriests assembled immense battleships and dreadnoughts within the core of the planet itself. Xyra, on the other hand, was known for its mastery of warp technology, teleport engines, and astropathic beacons. Knowledge lost with these forge-worlds set the servants of the Omnissiah back millennia.

			With the Lancer Offensive, these worlds are once again within the reach of Imperial explorers. There is no doubt that a vast array of technological treasures are still to be found on the Lost Forges, for those willing to brave their dangers. Many have attempted to plumb their depths, but few have returned. Those that do speak of technological monstrosities, forgotten death traps, robotic guardians left to rot for millenia, and strange pillars that seem to warp the very laws of reality around them.