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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #150 on: November 14, 2013, 01:13:43 AM »
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As far as Maegon can tell the communicator is picking up an encrypted identification signal. Unfortunately it cannot process it properly because of the missing encryption/decryption module. Could it real loyalist marines out there, trying to verify your identity? Where are all the tech-priests when you really need them. Damnation!
Incidentally, the Dark Angels don't exactly have the best history with the Inquisition.  Having them in the same place as Grey Knights could be interesting.

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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #151 on: November 14, 2013, 08:09:23 AM »
I don't think there is a known animosity between the Grey Knights and the Dark Angels. At least not at the scale of the animosity between the Space Wolves and Grey Knights after Armageddon I.

I believe it is one-way, i.e. the inquisition not trusting the Dark Angels or the Unforgiven in general. Probably rightly so if you read the lore about Caliban / Luther / Fallen etc.

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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #152 on: November 14, 2013, 10:00:09 AM »
There isn't any specific animosity between the Dark Angels and the Grey Knights.  The Dark Angels would in fact generally get on less well the Ordo Hereticus (i.e. Maegon ::)), but if there is one of the Fallen in the area they aren't going to be happy about any Inquisitorial agents being around.

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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #153 on: November 14, 2013, 11:14:47 AM »
It is also best not to assume anything about stuff your characters wouldn't know anything about...in Anathema things aren't always what you expect them to be.
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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #154 on: November 14, 2013, 12:47:03 PM »
Fair enough, I know Azrael wouldn't have any idea about the lack of trust between the Dark Angels and the Inquisition.  Maegon might do though.

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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #155 on: November 14, 2013, 01:19:29 PM »
lack of trust between the Dark Angels and the Inquisition

Interesting point  ;)

According to the fluff, nobody outside of the DA Legion knows that "The Great Betrayal" occurred and that "The Fallen" exist. Within the Chapters itself, only the Deathwing and senior officers know these secrets. The Chapter leadership will go to great lengths to ensure that this knowledge does not reach the Imperium at large, even at times going so far as to disobey direct orders from Inquisitors and cause overly curious individuals to "disappear".

However, on several occasions the behavior of Dark Angels raised suspicion. These events were rare and in my humble opinion, the number of people aware of them is very low.
Probably not the full Inquisition.
Not the Grey Knights.
Not Maegon.

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http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Dark_Angels#The_Great_Betrayal
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Ophidium_Gulf_Crusade
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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #156 on: November 14, 2013, 02:05:52 PM »
I think your take on it is reasonable LordPsycho.  Certainly no-one outside the Inner Circle of the Unforgiven chapters knows about the Great Betrayal and the hunt for the Fallen.  I think the general lack of co-operation between the Dark Angels and the Inquisition spreads a little further, but then they are hardly the only one of the older chapters to hold themselves aloof of Imperial politics.

Maegon certainly wouldn't have any idea about the Dark Angels true darker side (as he wouldn't be alive if he did ;)).  However he might well be aware that the Dark Angels are rather secretive and don't exactly have a history of co-operation with the Inquisition.

The disappearance of Inquisitors who put their noses where they aren't wanted would similarly always have been done in such a way that nothing could be definitively tied back to the Dark Angels/Unforgiven.  It is not implausible that there might be suspicions that they somehow had an involvement, but no-one could prove anything.  Rather like how skilled politicians always seem to manage to come out clean after things hit the fan.

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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #157 on: November 17, 2013, 10:58:34 PM »
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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #158 on: November 18, 2013, 12:00:29 PM »
Been at work all weekend, and the trend is likely to continue for the next four weeks and this will mingle with higher frequency of business trips. Every year the run-up to Christmas gets worse and worse, this make me angry.
My assiduity here will per force suffer until Christmas, with intermittent returns... Please feel free to use the marine chappies (not you and your daemons Bjorn :)) ) to avoid disrupting the fun and flow. I will accommodate easily.

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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #159 on: November 19, 2013, 12:47:12 AM »
I just had a good idea about a ship and the daemon, so if Bjorn doesn't mind liberties with his daemon, I am going to write something up.

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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #160 on: November 19, 2013, 08:50:59 AM »
Well, the daemon just left the building so to speak so what do you have in mind?
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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #161 on: November 19, 2013, 12:32:44 PM »
He's going for a hidden or lost ship...

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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #162 on: November 20, 2013, 01:29:02 AM »
Been at work all weekend, and the trend is likely to continue for the next four weeks and this will mingle with higher frequency of business trips. Every year the run-up to Christmas gets worse and worse, this make me angry.
My assiduity here will per force suffer until Christmas, with intermittent returns... Please feel free to use the marine chappies (not you and your daemons Bjorn :)) ) to avoid disrupting the fun and flow. I will accommodate easily.
That's fine, I'll likely be more busy in the run up to Christmas too (as that is my deadline for submitting my thesis).

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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #163 on: November 20, 2013, 08:26:01 AM »
Good luck with that Dragon Lord.
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Re: Anathema: General discussion (OOC)
« Reply #164 on: November 21, 2013, 01:05:54 AM »
Thanks Alex.
I work on debris (think asteroids and comets) in planetary systems, particularly how they relate to the formation of terrestrial planets.