Open channel to shoot the breeze...

Greetings all, Riggins Harvel Landimere here!  The one and only!  I look forward to being the eyes and ears for the group, and occasionally tapping the enemy on the shoulder with a Long Las.

Are you the same Riggins Harvel Landimere wanted for purloining the contents of the regiments' mess hall?

What?  No!  You're thinking of...Reggins Har-avel Landimmer.  Common mistake you see.  I have a lot of cousins and we're named after a local...saint.  Of pies.  I can see how you might be confused.  Around Sanguinala when we all get together, you know how we tell one Riggins from the other?  We use the last name!  HA!  That's a joke see?  But seriously, the one you're looking for is a right scalawag.  Probably absconded onto a shuttle heading offworld as we speak, but I'll keep a look out, yessirree!  Now, speaking of pies, you'll have to excuse me as I left some in the oven, don't want them to get overdone!

Recruiting is going slow, still no apps yet.  I'll bump the post after new year to see if we get anything, but it might be slim pickings.

If it does dry out, would you want to do a solo run along an NPC squad?

Sure, we can try that.  Let's give it a bit, I bet there will be some apps.

Just dropping in to say hey and introduce myself.  I'll be playing an operator, flavor text below:



It's been quite a bit since I last played Only War so little rusty.  I'll try to get a character sheet finished up by Friday.

Any idea on when you want to start GM?

Welcome Mad Rick!  Say, what does that shiny, dangerous looking button do..?

Heavy Gunner reporting for duty

Welcome aboard!

What is the default gear that we have?  Riggins is already carrying his limit with just the Ratling gear.

The real by the book reading of the carrying capacity rules are to ignore them.

That's something I wanted to hash out with you all before we got started.

The regiment will have the standard fare of Flak vest, Lascarbine, pack and kit, magnoculars and Vox Caster, but is primarily a fire-support force meant to stay put.  I'm not going to bother with carrying capacity on a one-shot, and you are able to leave most of your kit on the ground nearby, anyway.

We can either give you three a Hydra Flak Tank to share while your comrades man a defensive line of Sabre Batteries, or alternatively you can man the Sabre Batteries while calling in occasional fire support from your comrades in a Basilisk/Mortar pit nearby.

For other gear, you will have a Survival Suit (to endure the frozen surface of the planet), and Preysense Goggles (to let you see the heat signature of your foes against the darkness).  That accounts for 23/36 points, so there are 13 more to assign.  Here's a few options...

1. Substitute a M36 Lasgun or Accatran Heavy Laspistol for your lascarbine (5pts) and add a Respirator (8 points)
   
2. Add a Handheld Targeter (10pts) and a Chrono (2pts)
   
3. Upgrade your Survival Suits to Best quality (10pts) and add an Entrenching tool (3pts)

What would you guys prefer?

What does Best quality add to the survival suit?

Will the respirator matter they tend to either be required or not needed at all. If they are required they should be mission assignment gear.

I should have a heavy weapon but even then the M36 upgrade is nice.

Happy new year everyone!


Regarding gear, Riggins I feel would be out scouting and calling down heavy fire perhaps, which could be done with either major upgrade (the tank or the nearby mortar/basilisk).  He's going to use the Long Las regardless of the weapons, so whichever personal weapon upgrade you like is fine.  Option 2 does look good too.

I'd say though number 3 (Best Quality Suit and entrenching tool) kind of gives the idea that we'd be posted there for the long haul, which I think goes well, concept wise.  I like 3.  But if people want a Las weapon upgrade I'll go with that.

Changing my vote for the Chrono and targetter, now that I see what bonus that gives.

Then as a compromise, we'll set the gear to include the following...

• Lascarbine => Lasgun upgrade
• One Handheld Targeter per squad
• One 9-70 entrenching tool, for shoveling snow.

I'm getting the write-up of the first mission ready, so we should be ready to start by Monday.  Lemme know if you need any help with character Creation stuff!

Happy new year got at least one 40 on stats so I'm feeling good.

Happy new year all, just saying hi.  Anyone lurking that hasn't hopped in yet?

No new adds, yet.  I think three is all we got.

Still waiting for everyone to finish filling out character sheets before we get into the action so I can scale the threats appropriately, to give you guys an equal opportunity to shine.  However, if you just wanna do some RP while we wait for that I can open up the first thread.   Do you all feel ready,  or would you like some more time to fill everything out?
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:09, Mon 04 Jan 2021.

What else might be needed on the character sheets, Comrades maybe?

Happy late New Year all!  I was away from home for most of the holiday weekend so am a bit behind on my character details.  I will be able to spend quite a bit of time on it tomorrow afternoon after work however.

This is the break down of what all we get from our regiment? Sorry it's a little raw I pulled it from my builder spread sheet.

Name URB 20th INFANTY
Home World Urb
Commander
Favored Weapon Long Las
Favored Heavy Mortar
Commander Type Fixed
Homeworld Type Hive World
Regiment Type Artillery Regiment
Doctrine 1 Anti-Aircraft
Doctrine 2 Sabre Battery
Drawback 1 The Few

Wounds -1
Aptitude Ballistic Skill
C: Agility, Fellowship, Perception 3
C: Agility, Fellowship, Perception 3
C: Ballistic Skill 3
C: Toughness -3
Skill 1 Command
Skill 1 Common Lore (Imperium)
Skill 1 Operate (Surface)
Skill 2 Decieve
Skill 3 Linguistics (Low Gothic)
Special 1 Accustomed to Crowds
Special 1 BS +10 to hit airborne targets
Special 1 Limited Numbers
Special 2 Hivebound
Special 3 Urban Violence
Talent 1 Heightened Senses (Heating), Paranoia, Unremarkable
Talent 1 Bombardier
Talent 1 Storm of Iron

Squad Kit
1 x Basilisk
1 x Vox-caster
1 x Sabre Defence Platform
1 x Targeter

Standard Kit
1 x Uniform
1 x Poor weather gear Main Weapon
1 x M36 lasgun
4 x Charge packs
1 x Knife
1 x Flak vest
1 x Rucksack or sling bag
1 x Set of basic tools
1 x Mess kit
1 x Water canteen
1 x Blanket
1 x Sleep bag
1 x Rechargeable lamp pack
1 x Grooming kit
1 x Set of cognomen tags or equivalent identification
1 x Primer or Instructional Handbook
2 x Combat sustenance rations, week's supply
1 x  9-70 entrenching tool
1 x Magnoculars

That is a big kit...that Riggins will be leaving at the platform.

For Riggins' comrade, he has Quin, who is a bit Green, but is a very competent...assistant cook.

Like I said the straight rules in the book is to ignore carrying capacity. 90% of the standard kit doesn't even have weight. knives weight the same as a roman gladius. missile launchers weigh more more than a modern rpg with my alienware tower duct taped to it.

I once calculated the weight of all the standard kit stuff based on real world numbers and it would take a 4 in S and T bonus to carry everything no specialist stuff added.

In reply to Laine Mackinjohn (msg # 21):

That is correct,  except that there is 1 Sabre Defense Platform per PC.

And yes, you can ignore the weight of your Regimental Standard Kit :)

What is the loadout on those? There are 4 completely unbalanced option.

So is this mostly going to be a turkey shoot?

Mostly.  The main objective is to protect the tithe convoy so most of the game is going to be holding off the waves of ork raiders, followed by frantic repair and resupply.  There will be longer lulls for interaction with allies and administration, as well as strategic control of terrain, but most of it is (as you said) a turkey shoot.

I think we lost our Operator.   Are you guys ready, if we push on without him?

I'm ready if we want to start, and if you keep the recruiting over we can always get reinforced maybe.

I swapped Nerves of Steel for Marksman. But yes I'm ready to go.

Are we not doing this now?