WEBVTT 00:00:01.679 --> 00:00:05.139 Hey everybody, welcome to Roll for Heresy, a 00:00:05.139 --> 00:00:07.759 Wrath and Glory actual play podcast set in the 00:00:07.759 --> 00:00:10.839 Warhammer 40k universe. I'm Kevin the Game Master, 00:00:11.220 --> 00:00:13.679 narrator and voice of the world. Together with 00:00:13.679 --> 00:00:15.839 my three best friends, we will be playing an 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:18.140 original story set in the grim darkness of the 00:00:18.140 --> 00:00:21.000 far future. Introducing the players, we have 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:24.199 Tim, the rules scholar and Raven's Guard aficionado, 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:26.399 always has a secret in the back of his pocket, 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:29.730 Walton. Warhammer lore expert and Black Templar 00:00:29.730 --> 00:00:32.549 player. He knows that canon matters until he 00:00:32.549 --> 00:00:35.850 writes a 400 page fanfic of our own game. There's 00:00:35.850 --> 00:00:38.670 Cliff, the Warhammer newbie with a hopeful optimistic 00:00:38.670 --> 00:00:41.530 outlook on the 40k universe. I'm sure we'll fix 00:00:41.530 --> 00:00:45.450 that soon. And me, your GM. Chaos loving heretic 00:00:45.450 --> 00:00:48.350 who provides bad accents and worse vocal continuity. 00:00:49.009 --> 00:00:51.530 So thanks for tuning in. We appreciate your time 00:00:51.530 --> 00:00:53.820 and we're glad you chose to listen. We're always 00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:56.179 refining how we put the game together, sharpening 00:00:56.179 --> 00:00:58.399 the pacing, tightening the edits, and making 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:00.500 the story clearer for you. We hope this show 00:01:00.500 --> 00:01:02.280 helps you learn a little more about Wrath and 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:05.459 Glory, inspires your own tabletop session, and 00:01:05.459 --> 00:01:08.540 offers a fun, inclusive place to enjoy Warhammer 00:01:08.540 --> 00:01:12.340 40k storytelling. So, laugh with us, argue with 00:01:12.340 --> 00:01:15.099 us, and grow with us as we venture deep into 00:01:15.099 --> 00:01:18.120 the warp. Now grease your chainsword, refuel 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:20.879 your flamers, as we embark on this chaotic adventure 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:47.700 together. and Roll for Heresy. Chet Longbottom, 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:52.140 a rat -like sniper, a very short, very ornery 00:01:52.140 --> 00:01:57.519 survivalist, and he is trying to not get 8. Hi, 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.099 I'm Tim, and I've been playing RPGs for about 00:02:00.099 --> 00:02:02.900 18 years, and I've been into 40k lore for just 00:02:02.900 --> 00:02:05.280 about as long. I'm playing Squigs the Scribe. 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:08.919 He's about 5 '5", with mid -length, unkept salt 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:11.710 and pepper hair, and a scruffy beard. He's been 00:02:11.710 --> 00:02:13.650 shuffled around the Imperium for most of his 00:02:13.650 --> 00:02:16.169 life as part of its endless tides of faceless 00:02:16.169 --> 00:02:18.969 bureaucrats, and he's always trying to stay unnoticed 00:02:18.969 --> 00:02:42.189 and out of trouble. The Crimson Meridian is a 00:02:42.189 --> 00:02:46.650 low -lit cathedral of brass and glass. A battered 00:02:46.650 --> 00:02:50.789 hollow screen dominates one wall, its feed jagged 00:02:50.789 --> 00:02:54.069 and grainy as it relays the latest Drukari raid 00:02:54.069 --> 00:02:57.430 on an Imperial resource caravan. Below the screen, 00:02:57.909 --> 00:03:00.430 a polished table of dark obsidian holds maps 00:03:00.430 --> 00:03:04.270 and projected terrain, orbital lanes, and supply 00:03:04.270 --> 00:03:07.889 vectors in thin blue tracery. Through a broad 00:03:07.889 --> 00:03:11.699 viewport, The void beyond glitters cold. Streaks 00:03:11.699 --> 00:03:14.300 of distant light mark travel lanes picked clean 00:03:14.300 --> 00:03:17.479 by raiders. Voices murmuring in the corridor 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:20.919 die when the raid footage resumes, and each officer 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:24.159 in the room leans inward. The hollow screen shows 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:26.960 Drukari warriors moving like shadows across the 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:30.319 scorched hull and wrecked cargo skiffs. Their 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:33.379 helmets tilt to the camera in deliberate, contemptuous 00:03:33.379 --> 00:03:37.539 gestures. A blade flashes. A detonator is triggered. 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:41.280 and crates erupt in a geyser of flames and black 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:45.300 smoke. The raiders laugh, an ugly, high sound 00:03:45.300 --> 00:03:48.580 that filters through the grainy speakers. They 00:03:48.580 --> 00:03:51.479 brandish gutted containers of food, med supplies, 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:55.139 and guardsmen's heads like trophies. Lounging 00:03:55.139 --> 00:03:57.900 deeply in their chair, rogue traitor Cassian 00:03:57.900 --> 00:04:01.199 Volaris. Tall, lean, and impeccably tailored 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:04.080 in a coat of deep crimson trimmed with gold, 00:04:04.539 --> 00:04:07.199 her unruly fiery hair is kept shoulder -length. 00:04:07.469 --> 00:04:10.490 She wears a weathered navigational sigil hanging 00:04:10.490 --> 00:04:13.250 at her throat while her left hand bears a ring 00:04:13.250 --> 00:04:16.149 of office that seems to reflect light even in 00:04:16.149 --> 00:04:19.170 the shadows. They make a spectacle of it, don't 00:04:19.170 --> 00:04:21.410 they? Taunting our cameras like they're at a 00:04:21.410 --> 00:04:25.209 masquerade makes the loss taste worse. She traces 00:04:25.209 --> 00:04:28.009 the map where the supply lines thin to a pinprick 00:04:28.009 --> 00:04:31.529 and vanishes. She sits up from her slouched position 00:04:31.529 --> 00:04:34.149 and straightens her coat, her eyes narrow with 00:04:34.149 --> 00:04:37.860 a dangerous mix of irritation and hunger. It's 00:04:37.860 --> 00:04:40.939 abhorrent. These spectacles, Cassian, starve 00:04:40.939 --> 00:04:43.920 my men." Standing with his gaze fixed to the 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:47.740 hollow screen, Lord Commander Arcturus Vale broad 00:04:47.740 --> 00:04:50.360 -shouldered and squared off, a statue of a man. 00:04:50.860 --> 00:04:53.920 His scarred face is unyielding, framed by cropped 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:57.240 gray hair and a chiseled jaw set in grim determination. 00:04:57.699 --> 00:05:00.800 His uniform is utilitarian, except for an iron 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:03.839 pauldron, etched with the names of his lost companies. 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:07.800 Every convoy lost is another week my men go to 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:12.259 watch and wait. Food, rations, replacement parts, 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:16.019 these are not curiosities. They are bone and 00:05:16.019 --> 00:05:19.439 breath. We patch morale with promises and men 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:23.300 with half rations do not march well." Leaning 00:05:23.300 --> 00:05:25.699 with his hands firmly planted on the obsidian 00:05:25.699 --> 00:05:29.319 table, Inquisitor Zell Cain, slender and sharp. 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:32.740 His dress adorned in bone and ebony covered in 00:05:32.740 --> 00:05:36.040 symbols of the Ordo Xenos. His angular clean 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:39.519 shaven face is framed by white hair and set with 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:43.060 sharp pale gray eyes. A compact holster at his 00:05:43.060 --> 00:05:46.279 hip holds interrogation tools and faint sigils 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:49.439 scar the inside of his forearm. His cold gaze 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:53.100 is piercing but clinical. You waste your words 00:05:53.100 --> 00:05:58.139 on spectacles and logistics. Crush the Raiders. 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:03.120 hunt their lairs, break their chains of raids. 00:06:04.019 --> 00:06:07.939 Resources follow from security, not from placation. 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:12.100 Let me take agents and a strike unit. Leave the 00:06:12.100 --> 00:06:16.699 rest to me." Security is necessary, but not sufficient. 00:06:17.139 --> 00:06:20.620 Resting upon his subphemeral augmentics, Magos 00:06:20.620 --> 00:06:23.779 verdant Kull. emaciated beneath layered utility 00:06:23.779 --> 00:06:26.540 robes of Martian red. They half -hide arrays 00:06:26.540 --> 00:06:29.860 of grafted wiring and metallic plating. A crown 00:06:29.860 --> 00:06:32.500 of mechadendrites coil from his shoulders with 00:06:32.500 --> 00:06:35.680 every move accompanied by soft hiss of servos. 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:38.600 His face is dominated by ocular implants that 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:42.519 glow faintly and a vox caster crackling in binaeric. 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:45.980 He leans close to the hollow screen. fingers 00:06:45.980 --> 00:06:49.019 ghosting over the feed until the projector folds 00:06:49.019 --> 00:07:14.639 into a schematic of a small distant world. Yields 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:18.120 are higher than planetary average, and the root 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:21.980 stores galore density and fibrous tubers suitable 00:07:21.980 --> 00:07:26.319 for long -term preservation. No root. Prime food 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:28.779 starch for the crusades? Tell me where I signed 00:07:28.779 --> 00:07:33.180 the charter. She smiles. The idea of a new world 00:07:33.180 --> 00:07:36.420 wets her appetite. We need stores, and I need 00:07:36.420 --> 00:07:39.379 novelty. Strel gives both, I've voyaged for less. 00:07:39.850 --> 00:07:43.129 If it gives rations quicker, then we should funnel 00:07:43.129 --> 00:07:46.550 what we can spare. He folds his hands. My men 00:07:46.550 --> 00:07:48.949 and I will not be bartered for the promise of 00:07:48.949 --> 00:07:51.949 distant crops. But if Strahl shortens the march 00:07:51.949 --> 00:07:54.709 to full rations, I'll support the allocation. 00:07:55.290 --> 00:07:59.370 You would bet lives on root grown in shadows? 00:07:59.889 --> 00:08:04.129 His gaze narrows on Verdict Co. Strahl is distant. 00:08:05.089 --> 00:08:08.110 Deployment diverted will leave gaps for the Drukari 00:08:08.110 --> 00:08:11.680 to exploit. I will not allow another root to 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:15.759 be bled because of the Magos' whim. It is not 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:19.160 whim. He produces a thin data plate, and projects 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:22.360 a cycle that cascades into numbers, graphs, and 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:27.199 climate curves. Two moons produce fortnital tidal 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:31.959 irrigation. The red sun's spectra induce a higher 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:35.830 carotenoid content. and the tubers biochemistry 00:08:35.830 --> 00:08:39.289 permits fermentation into concentrated rations. 00:08:40.070 --> 00:08:43.409 With additional supply brigades and a basic processing 00:08:43.409 --> 00:08:46.610 mill, the harvest cycles could net a suitable 00:08:46.610 --> 00:08:51.429 yield within two years. The native populace is 00:08:51.429 --> 00:08:56.129 compliant. Low -level governance, simple settlements, 00:08:56.850 --> 00:09:00.690 minimal industrial resistance. Development there 00:09:00.690 --> 00:09:04.210 consumes fewer imperial assets per unit yield, 00:09:04.669 --> 00:09:08.230 then attempts to rebuild raided lanes here. Simple 00:09:08.230 --> 00:09:10.970 people are easier to bring into our fold than 00:09:10.970 --> 00:09:14.730 compromised trade routes. She rubs her chin. 00:09:15.470 --> 00:09:17.769 Grail offers opportunity and a chance to stamp 00:09:17.769 --> 00:09:21.210 my house across the New World. I prefer the trouble 00:09:21.210 --> 00:09:24.350 that pays. And I worry for the cost of blood. 00:09:24.779 --> 00:09:27.600 He glances at the hollow screen, where a Drukhari 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:29.919 fighter removes the limbs of a guardsman and 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:33.340 tosses them at the camera. If Strahl can be raised 00:09:33.340 --> 00:09:36.360 without stripping the front, I'll accept the 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:39.480 transfers, but my first obligation remains to 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:43.279 my command. Then secure the front first, and 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:46.220 I will coordinate strikes into Drukhari staging 00:09:46.220 --> 00:09:50.360 grounds. If you divert resources to Strahl without 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:53.460 neutralizing the raiders, you will doom both 00:09:53.460 --> 00:09:57.710 projects. He inclines his head once decisively. 00:09:57.769 --> 00:10:01.529 Find me the coordinates of their last staging 00:10:01.529 --> 00:10:07.129 point and I will send a purge. Both objectives 00:10:07.129 --> 00:10:10.549 are compatible. He watches them as if they were 00:10:10.549 --> 00:10:14.809 a chemical reaction. A small specialized contingent 00:10:14.809 --> 00:10:18.929 can oversee Strahl's initial cultivations. A 00:10:18.929 --> 00:10:22.480 separate escort led by Inquisitor Zell. will 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:25.419 secure the route to the nearest orbital parcel. 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:30.159 The rest of the convoy capacity should be reallocated 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:33.639 to a forward strike group that I can help provision 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:37.039 algorithmically. Strahl's early planting will 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:40.539 demand seed stock and minimal processing hardware. 00:10:41.500 --> 00:10:45.500 The returns are exponential. There is one significant 00:10:45.500 --> 00:10:50.120 obstacle I have not emphasized. Straw is not 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:55.299 all open plain and obedient hamlet. A vast primordial 00:10:55.299 --> 00:10:58.879 jungle occupies nearly one -third of the habitable 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:04.039 hemisphere. Its canopy is multilayered, hydrodynamically 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:08.639 dense, and biologically aggressive. Native flora 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:12.120 exhibits rapid clonogenic growth and synaptic 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:16.340 mimicry in certain finds. Until that jungle is 00:11:16.340 --> 00:11:19.629 surveyed, and brought under management. Full 00:11:19.629 --> 00:11:23.309 planetary control and uninterrupted yields are 00:11:23.309 --> 00:11:27.909 impossible. A jungle? Sounds romantic. I mean, 00:11:28.330 --> 00:11:32.850 until it eats you. She grins, but the grin tightens. 00:11:33.370 --> 00:11:38.110 Taming a jungle is expensive. And dramatic. Exactly 00:11:38.110 --> 00:11:40.629 my kind of venture if the profit margin survives 00:11:40.629 --> 00:11:44.990 the bite. Taming or clearing. Either way, men 00:11:44.990 --> 00:11:49.110 will die. He clenches his jaw. Those ecosystems 00:11:49.110 --> 00:11:53.149 hide ambushes, disease vectors, and terrain that 00:11:53.149 --> 00:11:56.509 will break formations. Escorting a convoy through 00:11:56.509 --> 00:11:59.629 that green will require scouting parties, path 00:11:59.629 --> 00:12:03.309 clearers, and long -term garrisoning. I will 00:12:03.309 --> 00:12:06.169 not commit my battalions to be swallowed by flora. 00:12:07.110 --> 00:12:10.529 Jungles make for perfect sanctuaries for the 00:12:10.529 --> 00:12:15.659 depraved and the strange. His eyes narrow. If 00:12:15.659 --> 00:12:20.120 Jukari or worse hide there, then Strahl becomes 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:24.879 another thorn. Send reconnaissance and targeted 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:28.919 purge teams. Let the jungle be catalogued and 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:32.139 stripped of its strategic cover before any large 00:12:32.139 --> 00:12:35.320 -scale settlement or processing infrastructure 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:43.899 is established. He taps the overlay and a series 00:12:43.899 --> 00:12:47.580 of mitigation options unfurl. Controlled corridors, 00:12:48.299 --> 00:12:52.279 inoculation points, enzymatic suppressors, and 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:55.440 arboreal engineering nodes. We can establish 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:59.019 managed corridors that channel water and growth 00:12:59.019 --> 00:13:02.799 cycles into productive margins. Deploy a modest 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:06.840 research and containment detachment first. Xenobotanists, 00:13:07.299 --> 00:13:10.259 a handful of servitors with catalytic burners. 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:14.100 and engineers to implant microclimate regulators. 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:18.360 With careful intervention, we will convert only 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:21.500 the buffer zones necessary for planting and processing, 00:13:22.059 --> 00:13:24.919 preserving the rest for ecological stability 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:28.480 and long -term resource harvest. Microclimate 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:32.039 regulators and catalytic burners sound expensive 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:35.679 and dramatic. She leans back, already imagining 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:38.600 contracts and showmen. Microclimate regulators 00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:42.730 are not. This needs manpower and time." He looks 00:13:42.730 --> 00:13:45.809 at Cole. If you require specialist attachments, 00:13:46.629 --> 00:13:49.750 they come under my command or not at all. I could 00:13:49.750 --> 00:13:52.570 spare a corvette and a few barges. I will send 00:13:52.570 --> 00:13:55.210 adventurers and fighters. They will make a name 00:13:55.210 --> 00:13:57.710 for themselves, bring back food and stories, 00:13:58.330 --> 00:14:02.570 maybe new alliances. She glances at Arcturus 00:14:02.570 --> 00:14:06.440 with a reckless grin. They will operate as a 00:14:06.440 --> 00:14:10.480 joint task cadre under custodial oversight. Minimal 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:15.320 troops, maximum technological leverage. The jungle 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:18.440 can be coerced into servitude rather than raised. 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:22.700 That preserves labor, curbs ecological backlash, 00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:27.360 and accelerates yield cycles. Coerced jungles 00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:32.799 breed resentment and opportunists. I will oversee 00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:37.759 any purge operations, and approve borders for 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:41.480 containment." His eyes flicked to the two moons 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:46.320 on the render. I will also audit any operation 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:50.600 I choose. Noted. He tilts his head to Inquisitor 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:54.000 Zell. Zell, if you can promise me a credible 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:57.419 strategy, I will earmark our last battalion's 00:14:57.419 --> 00:15:01.279 worth of escorts for Cassian's convoy. I do not 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:06.620 promise. I act. Send the strike teams. I will 00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:09.879 choose the method. Promptly, then. He smooths 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:12.779 his robes, and for an instant, his optics flare 00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:16.480 with a faint, unreadable light. Strahl will not 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:20.200 require our full retinue if initial stages succeed. 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:24.159 I shall provide detailed field schematics for 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:27.360 immediate deployment. Central Command will be 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:30.399 like the prospect of a new agricultural node. 00:15:30.779 --> 00:15:33.879 They will be quicker to supplement once they 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:37.279 see potential. That's agreed. A multi -pronged 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:40.419 approach. Adventure for me, assurance for Arcturus, 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:43.820 decisive blows for Zell, and scientific victory 00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:47.700 for Call. She raises a glass of stale brandy 00:15:47.700 --> 00:15:51.259 in a gesture, half jest, half pledge. To the 00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:54.440 Crimson Meridian's next profitable gamble. For 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:57.159 the Emperor. He accepts the toast with a grim 00:15:57.159 --> 00:16:03.480 nod. Zell raises his blade. To the purge. In 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:06.759 accordance with the Omnissiah's divine calculations. 00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:10.779 Kull raises a writhing crown of mechadendrites 00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:14.559 towards the vaulted ceiling. Servos whining and 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:18.059 lenses focusing as he bends his head in a slow, 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:22.639 formal homage to the Omnissiah. When he straightens, 00:16:23.059 --> 00:16:26.019 his ocular implants meet Inquisitor Zell's gaze. 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:30.490 Zell catches the faintest. almost imperceptible 00:16:30.490 --> 00:16:33.110 glimmer beneath Kull's usual cold, calculating 00:16:33.110 --> 00:16:36.669 visage. Suspicion that the Magos had run the 00:16:36.669 --> 00:16:40.049 numbers and quietly concealed a variable of his 00:16:40.049 --> 00:16:43.570 own. Verdant Kull's proposal creates a new, immediate 00:16:43.570 --> 00:16:47.009 requirement. A small, highly technical insertion 00:16:47.009 --> 00:16:50.370 team to map and begin controlled taming of Stryle's 00:16:50.370 --> 00:16:53.899 jungle. before mass resource allocations. A small 00:16:53.899 --> 00:16:56.139 portion of freight and one corvette will be sent 00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:58.759 to Strahl, escorted by a light battalion drawn 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:01.980 from Vale's command. An inquisitorial strike 00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:04.420 will be mounted against the Drukhari. Cassian 00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:06.779 will fund and charter contracts and fighters 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:11.980 to seed Strahl's initial plantations. The room 00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:16.000 exhales and the projector stutters. The recorded 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:18.519 laughter of the Jukari warps into a thin line 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:23.000 of static as the hollow screen dims. A new set 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:27.339 of operational markers rise in its place. Stral. 00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:32.039 You all find yourself in the Stral system on 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:35.539 the planet Stral, a backwater agriworld that 00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:39.220 has just been discovered. by the Imperium and 00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:42.779 the Mechanicus. They thoroughly enjoy the Strahl 00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:44.839 Root that you have been producing for many moons. 00:17:45.619 --> 00:17:49.259 This is a boon and a curse, as they've given 00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:52.480 you much new technology to increase production, 00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:56.380 but they demand increased production. Sent to 00:17:56.380 --> 00:18:00.279 develop the world further are the Katakan Jungle 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:04.599 Fighters. They will map out and destroy all that 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:08.440 stands in the way of further progress. Here on 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:11.640 the planet, others have joined the guardsmen 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:15.460 and decided to increase their standing amongst 00:18:15.460 --> 00:18:19.259 the crowd. Others, even so, have a history of 00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:22.559 doing political paperwork and continue to do 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:26.779 so. So, let's start with Chet. Yes, that's me. 00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:31.400 You are in the barracks and it is a closed barracks. 00:18:32.579 --> 00:18:35.880 The... You are, you know, you're a criminal. 00:18:36.180 --> 00:18:39.619 You were shipped here from far away Birmingham. 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:44.859 You are very unfamiliar with the area and you're 00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:47.599 always looking over your shoulder. Oh, chat. 00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:51.880 Hey, come over here. All right, so calm down. 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:54.579 I'm coming. You know, I got small legs, so it 00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:57.119 takes me a little bit longer to get places. I 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:59.299 swear to God, if you use that excuse every time 00:18:59.299 --> 00:19:05.589 you walk. We're gonna grow any bigger Ain't none 00:19:05.589 --> 00:19:11.289 of us figured you ever would listen We got a 00:19:11.289 --> 00:19:15.390 new assignment for you, you know You guys you 00:19:15.390 --> 00:19:19.269 pushed you pushed as far west as you can go The 00:19:19.269 --> 00:19:21.650 big the big bosses they want you to start going 00:19:21.650 --> 00:19:24.910 east eastbound, but they want to start shipping 00:19:24.910 --> 00:19:27.250 in new equipment And you know out there. It's 00:19:27.250 --> 00:19:31.200 all trees So we're gonna have to have you get 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:33.779 some other people and we're gonna have to make 00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:37.599 a good place to land Some landing area. I don't 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:42.839 know listen. I know there's some some Guardsmen 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:45.359 that know how to fly. Maybe they can help you 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.240 go go to the other mess hall and try to suss 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:51.099 them out So I can just go over there. I don't 00:19:51.099 --> 00:19:52.700 have to have an escort or nothing because every 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:55.220 time I try to go to the bathroom one of you big 00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:58.539 Jamux tried Watch me pee and I'm not really I'm 00:19:58.539 --> 00:20:00.599 not really down for that. So if I can walk over 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:05.960 there by myself, I have no problem Listen you 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:08.220 know that I was implying you'd get an escort. 00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:13.839 Well, I need to hear you say it Listen take tenor 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:16.420 Tenor is gonna take you actually and he's gonna 00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:19.799 take you to the mess hall and then you both are 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:22.700 gonna go looking for the guardsman who knows 00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:24.200 what the hell he's doing with planes, all right? 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:27.960 I don't care who it is, just find somebody. All 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:30.500 right. Well, you're sticking me with Tenor, who's 00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:32.559 probably one of the most perverted of the bunch, 00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:37.779 but I ain't got much choice in it. Listen, this 00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:39.400 is just a way for me to get Tenor out of the 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:43.220 building, so anything to help me and torture 00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:48.660 you, I'm good with it. You know what? You're 00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:51.000 a hard man to deal with. Yeah, well, at least 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:53.440 there's not a lot of you to deal with. Well, 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:56.339 that's just not nice what you just said. I gotta 00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:58.160 tell you, Chet, it's a harsh world out there. 00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:02.980 I don't know if you realize this. You know what? 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:07.700 Someone go get Tanner. Tanner, you some bitch? 00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:15.000 Tanner, get your ass in here. Uh, hey, uh, we 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.279 ready to go to the mess hall? Well, we gotta 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:20.299 go to the mess hall and... It's not going to 00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:22.799 be very exciting for you, I'm guessing, because 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.940 you're not going to be able to watch repeat. 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:28.019 But let's get on over there. You always take 00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:30.960 such a long time. I'm curious what you're doing 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:33.640 in there. You know what, Tenor? I don't need 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:39.359 your lip. OK, Chet, whatever you say. Let's get 00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:44.259 a mosey on. All right. This way. Maybe if we 00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:46.400 get there on time, you know, a little early or 00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:48.779 something, they might have some food that is 00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:55.890 not. made out of people. Alright, you do that. 00:21:56.289 --> 00:21:58.670 I'll look the other way if you grab something 00:21:58.670 --> 00:22:03.190 for us both. Alright, don't get too excited. 00:22:03.390 --> 00:22:09.130 Let's go. Alright, follow me, Chet. Alright, 00:22:09.589 --> 00:22:12.490 you exit the closed barrack with your escort 00:22:12.490 --> 00:22:18.430 in hand and you see a bustling military operation. 00:22:18.890 --> 00:22:26.710 Your section is kind of like a pop -up building. 00:22:27.349 --> 00:22:31.470 It was clearly not there for very long. It looks 00:22:31.470 --> 00:22:37.410 very out of place. Much of the original architecture 00:22:37.410 --> 00:22:42.910 is made of traditional wood and stone. All the 00:22:42.910 --> 00:22:47.430 newer military pop -up bases are metal and tent 00:22:47.430 --> 00:22:52.799 material. for quick assembly and disassembly 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:58.319 so there's this contrast between like new age 00:22:58.319 --> 00:23:01.920 technology and like older modern building technology 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:05.900 as the planet becomes more developed so they 00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:10.180 take you tenor takes you and he begins to lead 00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:14.519 you towards the mess hall and you arrive and 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:18.359 the mess hall is You know, there's there's not 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:23.380 a lot of recruits for the guardsmen it's it's 00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:28.160 mainly offworlders that have been pushing into 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:33.240 the the jungles and only There hasn't really 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:37.539 been a need for conscription. So only real volunteers 00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:42.039 have have begun to show up show up for this kind 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:46.079 of activity so you enter and there's a handful 00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:50.319 maybe a dozen people eating and right away one 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:56.619 person stands out and that'll be Francisco. Yeah 00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:58.759 Francisco definitely stands out as you can see 00:23:58.759 --> 00:24:03.819 even while he's eating his meal here. He is dressed 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:07.279 full pirate pilot garb he's got the cap on he's 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:09.940 got the little bomber jacket he is he looks like 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:12.839 he is like ready to hop into a cockpit at a moment's 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:16.740 notice. He's also sitting alone just sort of 00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:19.400 poking at his food and like every time he takes 00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:21.160 a bite of it he just sort of makes a face of 00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:27.500 disgust. Alright Chet, find out which one of 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:32.319 these can do what the commander said. Alright, 00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:36.559 I'll be here at the door. Alright, alright, I 00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:39.440 just don't don't yeah you stand by the door don't 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:42.319 don't cramp my style this is a very sensitive 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:45.900 area we're gonna get into where I'm negotiating 00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:48.700 with the strangers I've never met before. And 00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:51.000 I don't need some big jmoke just standing over 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:54.299 my shoulder. I know how sensitive you are Chet, 00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:58.619 don't worry. Dammit Tenet, alright you just go 00:24:58.619 --> 00:25:02.740 stand by the door. He gives you a big wink. And 00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:05.380 Chet's probably you know still in his prisoner 00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:08.619 uniform that's not tailored at all so it looks 00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:13.900 like you put a set of mechanics overalls on a 00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:18.940 10 year old and he just kind of scans the room 00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:22.519 and he sees Francis go and he kind of his eyes 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:24.799 kind of gleam a little bit and he kind of waddles 00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:27.160 over there he's probably still wearing like ankle 00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:30.359 irons not you know kind of shackled up so he 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:32.559 can't run but it just kind of waddles over there 00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:37.000 towards him hey you uh you you look like you 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:42.240 uh fly fly ships you do that Fly yes, I fly I 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:44.500 definitely fly hello Yes, and you see him like 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:47.539 stand up from the table and immediately like 00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:50.460 spill his tray and knock over his drink And he's 00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:53.039 just like sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry. Can we get 00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:56.440 other towels? I don't I don't All right calm 00:25:56.440 --> 00:26:00.400 down calm. Oh, yes. Hello So first of all, I 00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:02.480 didn't introduce myself. That's awfully rude 00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:05.119 to me My name is Chet long bottom of the Birmingham 00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:08.579 long bottoms. You've probably heard of us so 00:26:08.809 --> 00:26:13.710 I'm in a bit of a pickle uh I was told by let's 00:26:13.710 --> 00:26:18.410 say uh overseers of my current predicament and 00:26:18.410 --> 00:26:22.329 he's clearly like motioning towards his uniform. 00:26:23.230 --> 00:26:27.529 I uh I've been going west for a bit clearing 00:26:27.529 --> 00:26:30.650 out the jungles and scouting and now they want 00:26:30.650 --> 00:26:33.890 me to go all the way east and not only go all 00:26:33.890 --> 00:26:36.730 the ways they want me to carry a bunch of gear 00:26:36.730 --> 00:26:41.039 and crap for Stuff that I it's not in my business 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:44.119 really. I don't have any mind to what they're 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:45.819 doing I just do what I'm told because I have 00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:49.740 to and I was looking to see if someone could 00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.839 fly that stuff over there So I didn't have to 00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:54.680 lug it all the way there by myself. Is that something 00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:58.650 you think you might be able to do? you see that 00:26:58.650 --> 00:27:01.589 as Francisco stands up to his full height he's 00:27:01.589 --> 00:27:03.390 about he's about five seven or so five eight 00:27:03.390 --> 00:27:06.029 maybe so you know taller than you but most people 00:27:06.029 --> 00:27:12.190 are he he looks at your chains and he seems visibly 00:27:12.190 --> 00:27:16.309 confused by the situation but he puts it aside 00:27:16.309 --> 00:27:19.730 it just says yes hi I'm Francisco he puts out 00:27:19.730 --> 00:27:24.509 his hand to shake yours Francisco Francisco torrent 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:28.960 I'd be happy to fly you out east. Well, Francisco, 00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:31.420 it's nice to meet you. You know, if I don't shake 00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:33.480 your hands, I apologize, you know, with the chains 00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:36.880 and everything. But if you can do that for us, 00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:39.839 that'd be a real solid because if they want me 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:42.119 to lug all this crap all the way back east, it's 00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:44.700 going to take, I don't know, a couple of months 00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:47.140 and then I'll probably get killed or eight or 00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:50.700 something while I'm doing. Oh, I will definitely 00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:52.839 do my best to make sure you do not get killed 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:55.990 or eight. uh the chains seem like they would 00:27:55.990 --> 00:27:59.009 make things difficult i don't want to be rude 00:27:59.009 --> 00:28:02.150 or presumptuous but uh what's what's up with 00:28:02.150 --> 00:28:03.569 the chains what's the deal with the chains what's 00:28:03.569 --> 00:28:05.750 uh what's going on with the chains no no no these 00:28:05.750 --> 00:28:08.950 are just a good question so i i did some stuff 00:28:08.950 --> 00:28:11.369 and things that i'm not going to really get into 00:28:11.369 --> 00:28:16.650 and uh as part of doing that i am now what you 00:28:16.650 --> 00:28:20.789 might consider a prisoner quote unquote prisoner 00:28:20.789 --> 00:28:24.539 so they they ship me out And said, hey, you're 00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:26.440 going to fight with them jungle fighters. And 00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:28.700 I said, OK, well, I don't have a choice there, 00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:32.019 boss. So that's why I'm here now. Oh, I didn't 00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:35.799 know. I didn't know that was the thing the Imperium 00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:41.880 did. So so you're you were criminal, but now 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:45.440 you're. No, no, I'm still criminal. Oh, OK. Oh, 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:49.640 all right. Let's I who am I to judge? We've all 00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:54.730 done something. Not horrible terrible, but things 00:28:54.730 --> 00:28:58.589 right right? Well, yeah, we've all done stuff, 00:28:58.589 --> 00:29:01.430 but you know not all of us are currently serving 00:29:01.430 --> 00:29:04.750 Punishment for said things that may or may not 00:29:04.750 --> 00:29:07.190 have occurred and I will not incriminate myself 00:29:07.190 --> 00:29:10.829 by saying anything further on that matter right 00:29:10.829 --> 00:29:13.910 Yes, and you see him Francisco like we get you, 00:29:13.930 --> 00:29:15.809 but then realize like he has no idea what he's 00:29:15.809 --> 00:29:20.049 doing But he's like so yes, I can fly Where should 00:29:20.049 --> 00:29:22.740 I? go to do that are you ready to go now we could 00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:26.799 head out uh well yeah i still gotta find i think 00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:30.539 a couple more people uh tenant that big weird 00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:33.220 guy over there in the corner he's he's my escort 00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:38.339 uh so i'm assuming once i find all the the requisite 00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:42.200 people for this uh job here that tenant will 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:44.720 bring his weird self back over here and take 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:48.160 us uh whoever's gonna issue out our our gear 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:50.819 and give me my rifle back They don't let me have 00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:52.859 my rifle because last time they gave me my rifle 00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:55.660 I shot someone and you think that would be fine 00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:58.200 But apparently you can only shoot people when 00:29:58.200 --> 00:30:00.460 they tell you it's okay, which seems a little 00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:03.140 bit restricted if you ask me Yeah, I mean for 00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:04.900 the military it would make the most sense to 00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:07.079 shoot people also hi tenor and he waves a tenor 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:09.640 and then he whispers down to you like he leans 00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:12.440 low because you're shorter and he's just like 00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:15.259 tenor tenor is weird right like every time we're 00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:18.069 in the urinal together he keeps like Shifting 00:30:18.069 --> 00:30:20.289 his eyes towards me. I don't understand why. 00:30:20.710 --> 00:30:23.509 That is what I've been saying this whole time. 00:30:24.690 --> 00:30:26.829 Okay, all right, not just me then, not just me. 00:30:28.029 --> 00:30:33.029 Goddamn. Sorry, Kevin. No, do it. I love it. 00:30:34.789 --> 00:30:37.589 Then yeah, I'm good to go. Let me just get some 00:30:37.589 --> 00:30:39.509 towels to mop this up, but I'll follow you and 00:30:39.509 --> 00:30:42.890 Tenor to the rest of the repositioning. All right, 00:30:42.890 --> 00:30:45.069 well, I'm not going anywhere, you know, on account 00:30:45.069 --> 00:30:49.349 of the chains. I can't. Right, those will come 00:30:49.349 --> 00:30:52.210 off for the mission, I assume. Ah, they usually 00:30:52.210 --> 00:30:54.730 do. One time they didn't take my leg irons off, 00:30:54.750 --> 00:30:57.589 and then they asked me, why'd it take you three 00:30:57.589 --> 00:30:59.369 weeks to get to this checkpoint? I was like, 00:30:59.529 --> 00:31:01.569 well, you left my damn leg irons on, stupid. 00:31:02.549 --> 00:31:04.130 Right, that could definitely cause problems. 00:31:05.210 --> 00:31:09.170 Am I? So Tenor, you know what, I'll save that 00:31:09.170 --> 00:31:10.630 question for later. But yeah, I'm ready to go 00:31:10.630 --> 00:31:14.069 whenever you are. All right. So we look around, 00:31:14.109 --> 00:31:16.990 see if there's anybody else interesting in the 00:31:16.990 --> 00:31:20.190 mess hall. Uh, you don't see anyone else of note. 00:31:20.430 --> 00:31:23.109 Uh, you feel that, you know, you found the one 00:31:23.109 --> 00:31:28.170 person you - you came to see, so, uh, Tenor kinda 00:31:28.170 --> 00:31:30.890 is watching you talk for a while, and then he 00:31:30.890 --> 00:31:37.630 - he walks over. Ahem. Hey, have ya? Oh, I see. 00:31:38.230 --> 00:31:55.900 How ya doin', Francisco? Long time no see. Great! 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:12.519 Let me take you back to - Staff Sergeant Boussaint. 00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:18.500 He'll fill you in. Come on, Chet. Let's go back. 00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:22.240 Alright, Kenny. I told you to stop being weird. 00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:25.099 You don't gotta... Alright, just go. We'll follow 00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:30.799 you. You guys are... You guys are so mean. I'm 00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:33.880 not weird. And you see he's like pushing bits 00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:37.019 of food into his pockets that he's clearly stolen. 00:32:37.789 --> 00:32:40.490 Chet looks at Francisco, it's like, this is why 00:32:40.490 --> 00:32:42.410 I don't talk to, I don't talk to Pinnit, if I 00:32:42.410 --> 00:32:45.089 can avoid it. Yeah, if we could just avoid Tanner 00:32:45.089 --> 00:32:46.529 for the rest of it, but Sergeant Busan sounds 00:32:46.529 --> 00:32:50.990 great, I'm very excited. Okay, come on. Back 00:32:50.990 --> 00:32:55.309 to base. Er, not base, we're at base. Back to 00:32:55.309 --> 00:32:59.549 the office. Okay, so as you exit, you know, the 00:32:59.549 --> 00:33:04.190 streets are a hustle and bustle, you see various 00:33:04.190 --> 00:33:10.359 planes and... flying overhead as you know They're 00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:12.980 their delivery planes. So they're gonna have 00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:15.019 you know, different kinds of shipping containers 00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:19.160 that they're carrying to various places So it's 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:25.119 kind of noisy as you walk outside You know this 00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:28.640 nice agri world that you're on the air is was 00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:32.000 very fresh but it's beginning to smell a little 00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:38.920 bit like used fuel as development and infrastructure 00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:43.960 begins to dominate this area. Yeah, uh, Francisco, 00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:45.720 you'd probably see, like, if you're walking, 00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:47.799 you'd probably notice that if you're looking 00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:50.859 at Chet, he's actively fiddling with his leg 00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:54.279 irons and his arm irons while he's walking. Like, 00:33:54.420 --> 00:34:22.079 he's eyeing chances to break out. Alright. Sorry 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:25.239 that those things are so itchy, Chet. You'll 00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:28.849 get them off soon enough. I'm just saying, Tenet, 00:34:29.190 --> 00:34:31.329 if we're real buddies, you just take this off 00:34:31.329 --> 00:34:33.650 for me right now and I can just walk like a normal 00:34:33.650 --> 00:34:37.409 Rattling Man. Uh, you know I can't do that, Chet. 00:34:38.050 --> 00:34:41.510 If you want, I could carry you, though. No, you 00:34:41.510 --> 00:34:42.869 are not going to carry me, Tenet. You look like 00:34:42.869 --> 00:34:46.489 you're fun to carry. That is offensive, and I 00:34:46.489 --> 00:34:49.409 will not be carried by some strange jemoke like 00:34:49.409 --> 00:34:52.510 you, Tenet. We do not have that kind of relationship. 00:34:52.510 --> 00:34:56.860 Well, the offer is always on the table. You leave 00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:58.840 that offer on the table, it ain't going nowhere. 00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:04.579 Alright, go in and talk to Sergeant Busan. He'll 00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:08.019 fill you in for the rest of it. You know, that 00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:12.500 check kinda waddles in. Where's the sergeant 00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:14.559 at? I brought this guy, I brought Francisco here. 00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:19.780 He's gonna fly us all this gear. Ah, you're here. 00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:23.699 You see a man turn. Turn the corner. He's holding 00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:27.820 a clipboard with multiple frazzled pages, you 00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:31.420 know barely hanging on in the clip The pen once 00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:34.139 attached to the clipboard by like a string clearly 00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:36.739 has broken and he's like trying to like write 00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:38.500 with it But it's like out of ink and he's like 00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:40.739 jamming it in there and he looks up. He's like, 00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:44.139 oh You two must be here for the new Eastern job. 00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:48.980 Yeah Sergeant Pizan guardsman Francisco torrent 00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:50.840 reporting for duty and I stand at attention and 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:56.630 salute him Oh, good. He gives you a salute back. 00:35:57.110 --> 00:36:03.090 At ease. At ease, Guardsman. Yes, the one in 00:36:03.090 --> 00:36:08.010 irons. Yeah, you keep being relaxed too. Alright, 00:36:08.170 --> 00:36:12.250 so I assume you've heard the new advancements 00:36:12.250 --> 00:36:18.250 out to the east. We need a team to survey the 00:36:18.250 --> 00:36:22.400 area and find a good landing zone. It seems that 00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:25.059 Francisco, you've got some training as a pilot, 00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:28.940 so you know a good place to land. So you're gonna 00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:31.980 have to lead this little team to scout the area. 00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:37.820 Yes, sir. Absolutely, sir. Looks like this catacan 00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:41.699 jungle fighter, Chet. Yeah, you'll be there. 00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:45.079 You watch out. This one, make sure he doesn't 00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:49.460 run away. Now why would I go do something like 00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:54.730 that? Why would I yearn for freedom? Listen, 00:36:55.010 --> 00:36:59.429 son, we'll all be free soon enough. I don't like 00:36:59.429 --> 00:37:02.210 the way you phrased that, but okay. You have 00:37:02.210 --> 00:37:08.929 nothing to worry about, sir. What rank would 00:37:08.929 --> 00:37:17.789 I call Chet? When I say private long bottom is... 00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:21.780 I will look after Private Longbottom. What lore 00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:27.400 rank would I use to call Chet Longbottom? I don't 00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:32.380 know the hierarchy of a penal jungle fighter. 00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:37.699 Yeah, I guess Private would be acceptable. All 00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:39.880 right, I would be like then yeah, uh, you have 00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:41.599 nothing to worry about Sarge was on a private 00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:45.639 long bottom is will be looked after and The mission 00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:47.780 will be carried out without a hitch. I'm very 00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:50.739 certain I can I can I can fly any ship anywhere. 00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:53.340 I can thread that needle I can land in the jungle. 00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:55.199 I've got plenty of experience. I'm gonna I'm 00:37:55.199 --> 00:38:00.599 gonna stop now Good no son, that's good. We like 00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:04.019 your enthusiasm, but there ain't no flying here 00:38:04.250 --> 00:38:06.789 You're just gonna be scouting for a landing zone. 00:38:06.829 --> 00:38:12.309 You know that, right? Oh. Oh, right. Yeah, that's... 00:38:12.309 --> 00:38:13.750 No, well, definitely. Yeah, definitely. We'll 00:38:13.750 --> 00:38:16.690 scout for the landing zone. I'll... Yes, that 00:38:16.690 --> 00:38:19.070 makes sense. And he looks very disappointed, 00:38:19.309 --> 00:38:23.989 but doesn't say anything else. Anyway, so, one 00:38:23.989 --> 00:38:27.050 more thing. You're gonna need somebody who's 00:38:27.050 --> 00:38:29.349 good with maps. A cartographer, I think they're 00:38:29.349 --> 00:38:35.050 called. Go to the mutatorium. Find somebody there 00:38:35.050 --> 00:38:37.690 who looks bored. Let me I'll tell you they all 00:38:37.690 --> 00:38:41.409 look bored and You're gonna need someone to come 00:38:41.409 --> 00:38:44.889 with you that that'll be able to record your 00:38:44.889 --> 00:38:51.190 your position out there and Record a good Topographical 00:38:51.190 --> 00:38:54.030 location so we understand where we're actually 00:38:54.030 --> 00:38:57.130 flying to that makes sense every time y 'all 00:38:57.130 --> 00:38:59.469 send me I just point me in a random direction 00:38:59.469 --> 00:39:01.070 and tell me to start walking we're getting the 00:39:01.070 --> 00:39:03.940 map guy now Well, yeah, because, you know, the 00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:05.579 last time we sent you out walking, you almost 00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:08.000 walked off a cliff. So this time we're gonna 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:11.400 try a little harder. Alright, well, I guess we'll 00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:15.840 go over to, uh, the Munatorium. See if we can, 00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:18.340 uh, scrounge up there, eh, friend? Just go... 00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:20.300 Does Tenet have to keep coming with me? I mean, 00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:22.519 we're obviously doing something important. If 00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:25.599 you got my irons on, I don't see why you need 00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:30.710 this big weirdo following us around. Uh, no. 00:39:30.989 --> 00:39:35.349 Tenor can go back to the barracks. Francisco, 00:39:35.710 --> 00:39:39.230 you're in charge of watching Chet now. Off you 00:39:39.230 --> 00:39:42.429 go. I've got stuff to do. And he continues to 00:39:42.429 --> 00:39:45.469 scribble. Why won't this fucking pen work? God 00:39:45.469 --> 00:39:49.789 damn it. Understood, sir. I will look after Private 00:39:49.789 --> 00:39:51.489 Longbottom and I will find us a cartographer 00:39:51.489 --> 00:39:55.570 at the Munitorre. He sits down in his chair. 00:39:55.630 --> 00:39:59.130 Fantastic. Now, move along. Fuck! He rips out 00:39:59.130 --> 00:40:00.969 a page, crumples it up and throws it on the ground. 00:40:01.550 --> 00:40:04.949 Continues to write. And I sort of, like, just 00:40:04.949 --> 00:40:07.210 start to leave, but I hold the door open for 00:40:07.210 --> 00:40:10.130 Chet. Oh, well, I appreciate that. It's very 00:40:10.130 --> 00:40:13.949 nice of you. And he kind of shuffles, duck walks 00:40:13.949 --> 00:40:16.349 his way through the door. Tenor looks over and 00:40:16.349 --> 00:40:22.809 goes, Oh, are you two ready? Tenor, you've been 00:40:22.809 --> 00:40:25.769 relieved of your... If you're watching over me 00:40:25.769 --> 00:40:28.489 duties, you can go back to the barracks and being 00:40:28.489 --> 00:40:32.829 a weirdo friend. Sarge, what's your rank there, 00:40:33.030 --> 00:40:36.469 Francis? That's a great question. I assume I'm 00:40:36.469 --> 00:40:38.769 still private. It's very early in my thing, I 00:40:38.769 --> 00:40:42.429 assume. Yeah. Yeah. Private. Private torrent. 00:40:43.250 --> 00:40:46.769 My fellow private non -prisoner guy is going 00:40:46.769 --> 00:40:48.869 to escort me to the mutatorium and we're going 00:40:48.869 --> 00:40:50.590 to try and find another guy to fill out this 00:40:50.590 --> 00:40:55.980 outfit. Alright, if that's the order, here Francisco, 00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:58.739 you'll need this. And he rumbles in his pockets, 00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:01.139 and he pulls out a key that's covered in food, 00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:03.860 and he hands it to you. I take it, and I don't 00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:06.079 see anything. Chat ties get super wide. Does 00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:09.179 he see the keys? Yeah, that's the key to your 00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:15.239 shackles. Okay, alright. Oh, oh, I did it. If 00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:17.400 you look under my bunk, I left a corpse starch 00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:21.570 cookie under there. Oh, that's very kind of you. 00:41:21.690 --> 00:41:23.369 I didn't say you could eat it. I'm just letting 00:41:23.369 --> 00:41:29.349 you know it's there. Oh, I get it. Wink, wink. 00:41:30.449 --> 00:41:33.829 I'll see you later, Chet. Damn, he's gonna eat 00:41:33.829 --> 00:41:35.690 that kagashin that told him nothing about it. 00:41:36.090 --> 00:41:37.769 You should have kept the cookie quiet. He is 00:41:37.769 --> 00:41:39.809 eating that cookie. He's gonna eat that cookie. 00:41:39.889 --> 00:41:43.730 Damn it. He continues to lumber. He starts to 00:41:43.730 --> 00:41:45.710 eat the food that's in his pockets and he's like 00:41:45.710 --> 00:41:47.590 licks his fingers and like the food is covered 00:41:47.590 --> 00:41:50.409 in lint And then he walks away. I almost rather 00:41:50.409 --> 00:41:53.289 eat it now because his hands are all nasty. No 00:41:53.289 --> 00:41:56.469 Whatever let's get out of here. Let's get out 00:41:56.469 --> 00:42:01.789 of here. I wiped the key down Somewhere and then 00:42:01.789 --> 00:42:06.050 I just exit out. Yeah, we can go to the you know, 00:42:06.050 --> 00:42:10.349 the mutatory you called it I Believe that's unmuted 00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:14.039 Mutatorium is that correct him? Yeah, the mutatorium 00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:17.559 or like the administratum Whatever pig land you 00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:19.519 want to use mutatorium does all their bullets 00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:22.920 of bullshit It's the reason nobody has okay reason 00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:24.820 nobody has any bullets because they're busy counting 00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:27.519 them all the time Right. So the mutatorium is 00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:31.119 for munitions. Mm -hmm, and we can just whatever 00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:34.159 it's fine You can just go to the mutatorium where 00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:40.789 alone you're on loan. Yeah Okay So you venture 00:42:40.789 --> 00:42:46.769 off to the mutatorium This moderately sized building 00:42:46.769 --> 00:42:51.650 you can smell the gunpowder and you can you can 00:42:51.650 --> 00:42:56.750 like feel the air is Kind of weird over here 00:42:56.750 --> 00:43:01.090 as it's just stacks upon stacks of ammunition 00:43:01.090 --> 00:43:07.309 And it's like floor to ceiling There's a bunch 00:43:07.309 --> 00:43:11.789 of people walking around holding scrolls of various 00:43:11.789 --> 00:43:16.710 lengths and they're recording stuff. They're 00:43:16.710 --> 00:43:18.829 in like a hustle and bustle and nobody's paying 00:43:18.829 --> 00:43:22.710 attention to you. Tim, where would you like to 00:43:22.710 --> 00:43:27.690 be? Squigs, where are you in this area? Squigs 00:43:27.690 --> 00:43:31.929 would probably be sitting on a crate of munitions 00:43:31.929 --> 00:43:33.670 of some sort with another crate in front of him 00:43:33.670 --> 00:43:38.849 just going through sheets and sheets of paper. 00:43:39.369 --> 00:43:44.010 basically just doing accounting this here okay 00:43:44.010 --> 00:43:46.329 this checks this checks it's like cross -checking 00:43:46.329 --> 00:43:53.610 things you see there is just a stacks upon stacks 00:43:53.610 --> 00:43:57.590 of paperwork all around him kind of in a corner 00:43:57.590 --> 00:44:02.469 of a warehouse probably what's actually verify 00:44:02.469 --> 00:44:06.110 occasionally what's there and just engrossed 00:44:06.110 --> 00:44:09.809 with looking over charts I'm like this The handwriting 00:44:09.809 --> 00:44:13.530 doesn't even fucking matter. Okay, no, okay. 00:44:13.710 --> 00:44:16.510 All right, that's good. Just sheafing through 00:44:16.510 --> 00:44:20.309 paperwork. All right, so you see all of this 00:44:20.309 --> 00:44:26.170 when you arrive and as soon as you walk in a 00:44:26.170 --> 00:44:30.449 floating servo skull comes and addresses you. 00:44:30.610 --> 00:44:35.710 Good day. How may the mutatorium be of assistance? 00:44:36.849 --> 00:44:43.610 Private. Yes, this is Private Torrent. I'm looking 00:44:43.610 --> 00:44:48.170 for a cartographer on behalf of Sergeant Busan's 00:44:48.170 --> 00:44:53.409 latest request. Sergeant Busan, requisition accepted. 00:44:54.929 --> 00:44:58.050 Follow me. And the server skull begins to float. 00:44:58.789 --> 00:45:04.210 And as it floats, first it takes you to a young 00:45:04.210 --> 00:45:07.360 man. who's got a scroll and he's furvishly writing 00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:12.539 stuff down. He goes, mm, not available, continuing. 00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:16.639 And next he takes you down the line and this 00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:19.639 continues for a little while as it starts scanning 00:45:19.639 --> 00:45:23.619 each different person there until it stops at 00:45:23.619 --> 00:45:26.840 a middle -aged man in his forties sitting on 00:45:26.840 --> 00:45:30.719 a crate as described previously. And he goes, 00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:35.849 mm, this one is on loan. and may be relinquished. 00:45:36.730 --> 00:45:43.630 Thank you, thank you. Hello, sir. I am Private 00:45:43.630 --> 00:45:49.449 Francisco Torrent. Sergeant Busan has asked that 00:45:49.449 --> 00:45:51.949 we find a cartographer. We're scouting a landing 00:45:51.949 --> 00:45:55.010 zone out east. Could we... I don't know what 00:45:55.010 --> 00:45:57.389 you're doing right now, but can we pull you away 00:45:57.389 --> 00:46:01.650 from it? He looks up and just kind of sighs a 00:46:01.650 --> 00:46:04.280 little bit, looks at the skull. with like, uh, 00:46:04.739 --> 00:46:08.360 like, fine, this is, this is how it is, uh, and 00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:11.559 stands up and is like, dusts himself off, files 00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:14.000 his paperwork, uh, very A -type personality, 00:46:14.099 --> 00:46:15.559 making sure everything's nice and clean and set 00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:19.099 up, um, and then once his stuff is all squared 00:46:19.099 --> 00:46:22.380 away, he finally turns to look at you, look at 00:46:22.380 --> 00:46:30.159 both of you, um, and, uh, goes, I guess, yes, 00:46:30.659 --> 00:46:34.260 alright. So, it looks back towards the skull, 00:46:34.360 --> 00:46:41.400 I am relinquished? Yes. Squigs, Sage, Squigs 00:46:41.400 --> 00:46:45.199 is now being reassigned to the scouting quest 00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:49.920 out east. Fuck, okay. Private, is that all you 00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:55.019 are here for? Uh, yes, that's all. Please leave 00:46:55.019 --> 00:46:57.760 the mutatorium now that your business has concluded. 00:46:58.380 --> 00:47:00.420 Alright, well... Come with me, I'll show you 00:47:00.420 --> 00:47:04.920 out before this thing gets angry. Thanks. Squigs, 00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:10.219 was it? Yes. Squigs. Squigs will do. Hi, Squigs. 00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:14.159 I'm Francisco Torrent. This here is Chet Longbottom. 00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:21.320 Squigs. Squigs puts a hand out very perfunctorily 00:47:21.320 --> 00:47:24.960 to shake each of your hands. They shake back. 00:47:25.139 --> 00:47:28.050 You can see, like... It's stained with ink and 00:47:28.050 --> 00:47:30.630 he's got, like, paper cuts and his skin's kind 00:47:30.630 --> 00:47:39.210 of almost prematurely leather. Haven't heard 00:47:39.210 --> 00:47:41.789 of the Long Bottoms, though. I don't think there 00:47:41.789 --> 00:47:47.070 are many of your... people? Here? Well, there's 00:47:47.070 --> 00:47:51.789 only like 13 of us right now. There was 15 before 00:47:51.789 --> 00:47:56.840 I entered my situation, but... Two of them got 00:47:56.840 --> 00:48:03.539 smashed by a tank. Yep. Yep, the tracks. Yeah, 00:48:03.639 --> 00:48:06.579 that's what ran them over, was the tracks. Oh, 00:48:06.619 --> 00:48:11.780 well. Sorry for your loss. It's fine, it happens. 00:48:12.780 --> 00:48:14.480 You mess with tanks, eventually one of them is 00:48:14.480 --> 00:48:16.000 going to run you over. That's what my dad always 00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:20.480 says. Oddly, my mother said the same thing. Yeah, 00:48:20.480 --> 00:48:22.179 they taught us that in school. You mess with 00:48:22.179 --> 00:48:23.880 tanks, eventually they're going to run you over. 00:48:24.159 --> 00:48:29.679 Well, um, very well, let's... So, what are we 00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:33.179 doing? What's the plan? Out east, they need a 00:48:33.179 --> 00:48:35.219 new landing zone as they're starting to expand 00:48:35.219 --> 00:48:38.119 in that direction, so I guess we're just scouting 00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:40.519 it out. I don't know what other provisions if 00:48:40.519 --> 00:48:43.800 we're gonna take a vehicle there. They said I'm 00:48:43.800 --> 00:48:47.119 not allowed to fly out there, not yet, but we 00:48:47.119 --> 00:48:48.940 should go find a place so that we have a landing 00:48:48.940 --> 00:48:50.840 zone so we can fly there further in the future. 00:48:51.800 --> 00:48:56.730 Oh. Okay. All right, yep. Yep. This is what I 00:48:56.730 --> 00:49:01.789 wanted to do today Sure, let's go Sorry, they 00:49:01.789 --> 00:49:06.269 said you're on loan. What does that mean exactly 00:49:06.269 --> 00:49:13.070 if it's not too personal to ask the Munitorum 00:49:13.070 --> 00:49:18.329 sent out plenty of the gestures towards our small 00:49:18.329 --> 00:49:22.389 catachan fighter said sent out plenty of soldiers 00:49:22.719 --> 00:49:27.440 ammunition and equipment and not enough quartermasters 00:49:27.440 --> 00:49:31.059 to keep track of them and they requested very 00:49:31.059 --> 00:49:36.699 nicely that some of our local sages and scroll 00:49:36.699 --> 00:49:40.679 workers be assigned to them and as part of this 00:49:40.679 --> 00:49:46.099 amenable deal I was taken off of my counting 00:49:46.099 --> 00:49:53.139 and accounting tasks for our Various routes and 00:49:53.139 --> 00:49:57.219 other such exports and assigned to count last 00:49:57.219 --> 00:50:04.920 packs all the last packs every oh Okay But that's 00:50:04.920 --> 00:50:07.320 okay last packs don't go anywhere or get used 00:50:07.320 --> 00:50:11.559 often so it's a very easy job where no one bothers 00:50:11.559 --> 00:50:17.719 the last packs so let's The farther the way from 00:50:17.719 --> 00:50:19.679 the building we are I think the better I will 00:50:19.679 --> 00:50:23.840 feel Agreed yeah, we can head out then because 00:50:23.840 --> 00:50:29.559 I think we've got what we need Good good I What 00:50:29.559 --> 00:50:36.139 do you need me for my counting trees steps? You're 00:50:36.139 --> 00:50:42.539 a map guy oh Okay Very well you can you do maps 00:50:42.539 --> 00:50:44.860 is that it's that a thing that you uh that you're 00:50:44.860 --> 00:50:50.800 good at I can do maps I can make maps go I think 00:50:50.800 --> 00:50:53.300 Sarge Busan mentioned topography. He wants the 00:50:53.300 --> 00:50:57.340 topography of the area. You have to forgive me, 00:50:57.340 --> 00:51:00.340 I'm not quite sure on cartography, terminology, 00:51:00.780 --> 00:51:04.940 but does that all make sense to you? Yes. I think 00:51:04.940 --> 00:51:10.079 I'll be able to manage that. Routes and maps 00:51:10.079 --> 00:51:13.639 are just a different type of accounting. So, 00:51:14.420 --> 00:51:19.119 yeah. Okay. It's been a while since I've seen 00:51:19.119 --> 00:51:22.960 sunlight. Let's let's This this is new. Let's 00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:25.480 let's let's go. Let's go farther away from the 00:51:25.480 --> 00:51:28.539 building the better and He pulls a satchel and 00:51:28.539 --> 00:51:34.079 he's got papers and a clipboard And several records 00:51:34.079 --> 00:51:40.179 Plus his auto quill So he's uh He's just kind 00:51:40.179 --> 00:51:43.500 of like walking behind you Unsure exactly like 00:51:43.500 --> 00:51:45.639 he looks kind of unsure of exactly what he's 00:51:45.639 --> 00:51:49.940 supposed to do with just like a pen and his Clipboard 00:51:49.940 --> 00:51:52.940 yeah, your name is you said squigs. That's your 00:51:52.940 --> 00:51:57.800 name squigs, right? Yes Squigs is my name. I'm 00:51:57.800 --> 00:52:02.059 not trying to be insulting but uh What exactly 00:52:02.059 --> 00:52:05.039 are you going to do? Do you have like a weapon 00:52:05.039 --> 00:52:08.659 or? Anything of the nature to defend yourself? 00:52:08.809 --> 00:52:13.809 Other than your clipboard and quill, which while 00:52:13.809 --> 00:52:17.010 deadly looking, will probably not offer you much 00:52:17.010 --> 00:52:20.250 protection in the wilds. The power of paperwork 00:52:20.250 --> 00:52:22.409 conquers all. And if that doesn't work, I have 00:52:22.409 --> 00:52:25.510 a las pistol. Okay, there we go. We're good. 00:52:25.690 --> 00:52:32.309 Alright. I, um... Yes, it was, um... It was left 00:52:32.309 --> 00:52:37.150 behind. This las pistol. Bureaucratic oversight, 00:52:37.250 --> 00:52:39.929 as it were. Well, I'm sure you counted all the 00:52:39.929 --> 00:52:43.110 laspacks, so, you know. I did count all the laspacks. 00:52:43.469 --> 00:52:45.550 I'm not in charge of counting the las pistols. 00:52:45.989 --> 00:52:48.449 Perfect for us, then. Thank you for listening 00:52:48.449 --> 00:52:51.590 to Roll for Heresy. 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