Rogue Trader RPG Session 5: The Battleground

Lord Captain Regis Krell of House Xerxes (Rogue Trader)
Lord Captain Mikkos Krell of House Xerxes (Rogue Trader)
Cort Gillam (Astropath Transcendent)
Torian Aurelius (Navigator)
Atticus Fidelus (Arch-Militant)
Brother Bron (Missionary)
Athena Veritas (Seneschal)
**CLASSIFIED**(Explorator)
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+++DATE 2702017 M41
+++REF 1010/LOG/RKX
+++AUTH RKRELLX 0823.74
+++RE THE BATTLEGROUND
+++THOUGHT: TRUE FAITH IS BLIND AND JUSTIFIED.
+++START LOG ENTRY
-REVIEWED STATUS OF THE HAMMER OF HEPHAESTUS, HAVOC CLASS MERCHANT RAIDER
-24,000 FULL CREW, CURRENTLY AT 20,500 (85.4%)
-WOLF IN SHEEP CLOTHING. DISGUISED SYSTEMS INCLUDE SUNSEAR WEAPON, BARRACKS AND RETRO THRUSTERS.
-SHIP IS REBELLIOUS.
-BEFORE LEAVING PORT WANDER, REQUEST RECEIVED FROM PRIEST JOHANES, TO TRANSFER SISTER ATIKAI AND HER RETINUE TO FOOTFALL. DISCOVERED HER RETINUE CONSISTS OF 220 FANATICAL FOLLOWERS, MOST ARMED WITH WEAPONS.
-SMALL CEREMONY HELD FOR GENERAL ZERO, WHO SURPRISED US WITH GIFTS INCLUDING A MONO-MOLECULE DAGGER, SINGLE-SHOT HAND CANNON, HIGH-END PROVISIONS AND FOUR FIGHTER JETS COMPLETE WITH MAINTENANCE CREW. GENERAL ZERO'S GENEROSITY SHALL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
-DEPARTED PORT WANDER VIA ZONE 15, THE SAME ZONE THE FEL HAND LEFT FROM. DISCOVERED MY FATHER LEFT VIA PASSAGE 27, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BLOCKADED FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON.
-ASSISTANT NAVAGATOR JESSE BENNETT WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE COMPLEX WARP EDDIES THAT PROVED DIFFICULT FOR TORIAN AURELIUS, WHO HAS BEEN RECOVERING FROM MENTAL FATIGUE.
-AFTER APPROXIMATELY SIX DAYS, THE HAMMER OF HEPHAESTUS ARRIVED AT THE TEMPLE, ONLY TO RECALIBRATE OUR SYSTEMS AND PREPARE FOR THE NEXT JUMP.
-THE TEMPLE APPEARS TO BE A DEAD SYSTEM, COMPLETELY SYMMETRICAL AND OFTEN USED AS A SYMBOL IN THE EMPEROR'S TAROT DECK.
-CONTINUED TO AREA KNOWN AS THE BATTLEGROUND, WHERE THE WARPSTORMS WERE CLEAR, BUT MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF SHIP AND HULK DEBRIS RESULTS IN AN ALMOST JUNKYARD APPEARANCE.
-AUGERMASTER DALTON RECEIVES A FAINT DISTRESS BEACON CLAIMING TO BE FROM THE PENITENT TRAVELER, A KNOWN PILGRIMAGE SHIP CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 2,000 PASSENGERS. VISUAL CONFIRMATION RECEIVED.
-RECEIVED VOX TRANSMISSION FROM KNOWN ROGUE TRADER JON QUIN SAUL, AN ASSOCIATE OF MY FATHER, WARNING US THAT WE ARE HEADED INTO A TRAP, BUT THAT WE WERE TO NOT ADJUST OUR COURSE.
-THE HAMMER OF HEPHAESTUS'S GELLER FIELDS ACT UP. JUMPING INTO THE WARP IS NOT AN OPTION.
-HELMSMAN PAYTAS LONG CAUTIOUSLY BRINGS US TOWARDS THE PENITENT TRAVELER AS TWO WOLFPACK RAIDERS FROM THE STYGIAN REAVERS PIRATE CLAN EMERGED.
-BLESSINGS FROM THE EMPEROR GRANTED US VICTORY AS ONE RAIDER SHIP WAS DISABLED AND THE OTHER FLED THE BATTLEGROUND.
-PHYROUS DUMARFAK CONTACTED FROM THE PENITENT TRAVELER. ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE WITH ROGUE TRADER JON QUIN SAUL TO DIVIDE ANY SPOILS FROM THE ENGAGEMENT.
-DUE TO INCREASING INSTABILITY WITH SISTER ATIKAI'S FOLLOWERS (AND SOME OF OUR CREW), IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT ATIKAI SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE OTHER SHIP, WHERE HER ENERGIES CAN BE SPENT HELPING TO CLEANSE ANY WARP TAINT LEFT ON THE SHIP. ARBITER LARSON TO HEAD TRANSFER.
-THE PENITENT TRAVELER IS TO REMAIN AT THE BATTLEGROUND UNTIL REPAIRED.
-BOARDING ACTION INITIATED AGAINST DAMAGED RAIDER SHIP.
+++END LOG ENTRY
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