Board Thread:Warhammer 40k Roleplay/@comment-14745711-20140717001536/@comment-14745711-20140718103200

IC: Coretekh stands beside Dagorekh on the bridge of the Souless Doom, which rests, invisible in its hidden location, waiting to strike should the situation turn sour. "Dagorekh, you need to act quickly to prevent us from having to fight our way out. Those human ships are numerous enough for us to suffer loses. Heavy loses. We won't be able to replenish what forces we have until we reach Colemanth, and that won't be for another month at the best. We can't afford major casualties."

"I know that Coretekh!" Dagorekh sighs sweeps his hand over his head, in a reflex motion as if he was pulling on a thatch of now long gone hair. "Patch me through to the Space Marine, but keep the transmission hidden from the others, don't let them trace it." One of the pilots nods and presses several buttons. "And tell Cabrean he has command over the ground forces. Try and cage those made guard if he can, but try and avoid open battle if possible. But if they fire first, leave none alive."

Just then a holo screen flickers into life, and Dagorekh is able to see the face Javier displayed (what does he look like anyway?). "Well then human, you whished to speak to me?"

Under the ground, Forenekh and the rest of his party are carefully picking their way along the narrow path in single file. Thus far sure footing and caution have kept them safe, and they are now halfway across the chamber. Finally the path just suddenly ends, dropping away into a sheer pit of spikes 20m down. Across from them is a wide circular stone platform, the trouble is, the distance is over 10m between the path and the platform; much further than is possible to reach from a standing jump, which is what must be taken under these circumstances.

However, on the platform opposite, there is a control console, which is clearly connected to some kind of bridge mechanism, but since it is on the other side, it is impossible to reach. Presumably.

OOC: That I will come back too. As soon as I figure out the solution to the problem.

IC: On the surface of the planet (it's Nephes isn't it?) necron forces are deliberately trying to avoid the Imperials, distancing themselves with the hope of lessening the feeling of menace. But the infantry phalanxes are slowly moving to cut the guard off from the marines, and armoured support is training its guns on the humans soldiers.

In orbit the ships have detected the humans powering up their weapons, and respond accordingly, vast amounts of power being poured into the shields, to resist the initial blast before redirecting it elsewhere for a counter attack. The 'ultra-shielding' would be able to shrug off most hits, even on the smaller ships.

OOC: this kind of shielding is only any good if you can take all power away from your weapons systems and engines; these ships are basically just hanging in space, and won't be able to fire their weapons. But they should be able to survive most oncoming blasts. I think it made a short appearance in Secrets of Thelician.