Dark Heresy: Illumination

[Lighthawk]

0615, day 3

"I do?" Haxta asked, somewhat bewildered. She fell into step next to Milo. "Who?" she asked bluntly.

[Mikey]

0616 - Milo laughed awkwardly. "My mother," he said thickly. "She was an enginseer. She didn't raise me, of course, but we saw enough of each other." He nodded at the half-track and went on quietly, "She was like that - she'd devote as much care to a recaf brewer as to a plasma generator or a cogitator." Milo paused for a moment, coughed, and said more loudly, "Anyway, let's see what the good interrogator can outfit us with." He stalked off toward the Valkyrie.

[Aaron]

0616-0620 Day Three:

As the last of the party throws their kit into Ferringo's Valkyrie, the engines on both roar to life, the air if filled with the sound as they rise straight up the doors still open. As they transition to forward flight the door gun on the other craft opens up with a load tearing noise and a line of bolter rounds intersect with the old half-track and the bed bursts into flame.

On board your craft Ferringo is busy speaking into a headset with glances at your weapons. You can make out the words "mortar, hotshot and manstopper" over the din before he yanks his headset off and shouts, "a cargo lighter will meet us outside of Stern Hope! It'll have two mortars and some more effective ammo and the medic for us! We''ll assault the town from there, any of you ever grav-chute before?"

[Tyyr]

0620

Phebia leaned back against the bulkhead, at ease in the Valkyrie. She nodded at Ferringo's question, "Several times in training."

[Mikey]

0621, Day Three

Milo had been chanting litanies under his breath when he heard Ferringo's shout. He made the sign of the aquila on his chest and yelled back, "Grav-chute? Not part of the standard training at the Scholastica Psykana. Any chance of finding a spare set of armor, maybe an autogun or shotgun, on that lighter?"

[Aaron]

0621 Day Three:

Ferringo nods before replying, "I'll make there on board." He puts the headset back on and you can see him start speaking.

[Lighthawk]

0621, Day 3

Haxta kept her head down, trying to ignore the bolter fire as the truck was slagged. Upon hearing about the grav-chuting however, her head snapped up. "Do what now?" she asked with poorly disguised nervousness.

[Aaron]

0621 Day Three:

"Grav chute!" Ferringo yells back, "you'll jump out with a....it's like a belt! Just remember to bend your knees when you land, you'll be fine!"

[Lighthawk]

0621, day 3

Haxta's eyes were wide under her hood, the memories of her less than stellar performance on the lighter coming to mind. "I would like to see and inspect these devices, if it would not offend. Also, how high up?"

[Aaron]

0622 Day Three:

Ferringo gets off his seat and retrieves a grav chute from an equipment rack, passing it to Haxta. In answer to her question he replies; "depends on if they shoot as or not! If not , about three hundred feet or so! If they do, over a thousand! We'll hit the area with mortars and the Valkyries will do a few runs first though!"

[Lighthawk]

0622, day 3

Although not particularly familiar with grav-chutes specifically, Haxta is easily enough able to confirm all the individual parts are in fine working order, and all connections secure. Returning the chute to the rack, she takes a moment to bless the lot of them, running a hand over each individually to appease the machine spirits.

[Aaron]

0622 Day Three:

Ferringo nods and mutters something over his headset before addressing the party, "you may as well rest, it's a two hour flight to the rally point!" As he settles back in his seat, you can see the two door gunners start to relax and you notice that the Ogryn is sitting on the edge of the open door, dangling his feet in the air.

[Mikey]

0622 - Milo grinned at Haxta's discomfort. "Don't worry, gadget-girl - whatever doesn't kill you... will only hurt you." Feeling comfortable himself on the inside of the troop ship, he stood and sidled over to Ferringo. "What's the plan? You can't intend to use a team of acolytes to spearhead an assault. Do we use the troopers' cover to try and locate the Overseer and the bishop?" Milo thought for a moment, and asked, "Would this overseer have a psychic signature to trace?"

[Aaron]

0622 Day Three:

Ferringo hands a headset over to Milo and waits for him to don it before answering,"we're going to meet the the cargo lighter at a rally point, get your new gear and setup a pair of mortars. The mortar teams will pound the town with high explosive, gas and smoke bombs. We'll use the cover of that to drop the troopers off at the town gates while we drop onto the cathedral. Hopefully the troopers will draw out any Constructs. As for the Overseer, their Blanks. All Slaught are actually."

[Lighthawk]

0622, day 3

Haxta rolled her eyes at Milo but chose not to respond. Instead she made her way back to her seat, and began going over her gear in an effort not to think about the up comming jump.