Protocol 55 Campaign pt1

Took some time to get going, but I finally got the chance to start our INQ28 campaign. Here are the first two games between Keron's Ad Mech Excavation Team and my Inquisitorial Trespassers.

Game 1 - Disrupt Supply Lines.

The Mechanicus had found something old beneath the city and were in the process of removing The Casket from it's resting place. Inquisitor Lux had been a step behind the Excavation team for too long now. If he didn't hurry, was going to lose them and The Casket!

Whilst the Ad Mech busied themselves with scanning a data logging details on the Casket's surface...

Inquisitor Lux and his Team advanced on the dig site.

The Ad Mech Leader had anticipated intervention however, B4N3 triggered the early warning system by the storage container, alerting the Mechanicus to the Inquisitorial presence.

Stumbling out of the trip wires around the container, the Arco-Flagellant, B4N3 sights his prey, the Mechanicus Team's light Automaton, RF-2D. The mechanical giant was more than a match a mortal human, B4N3 was no longer classed as human. Plasma shots high calibre rounds filled the air as the Mechanicus attempted to bring the drug fuelled gladiator down, but  B4N3 weathered the storm to get to his target.

Whilst the brutes of the Inquisition and the Mechanicus hammered at each other amongst the ruins, a more sinister weapon was brought to bear at the dig site, The Scorched made it's demonic presence felt is scrambled the brain of a sentry.

Shocked at the sudden and savage attack, the Mechanicus Leader had to step in against the Inquisitorial Zealots, The Scorched was another problem entirely.

The Mechanicus Automaton triumphed against the Arco-Flagellant, only to be berated by with fire and fury from the remaining Inquisitorial Team.

The Automaton set ablaze and forced hold it's ground, the remaining Mechanicus disabled or in retreat, Inquisitor Lux claimed his prize.

Game 2 - Take Prisoners.

With The Casket secured, Inquisitor Lux now needed intel. The Mechanicus Team had been working on this for months before he arrived, they knew more about the Casket than Lux, that wouldn't stay that way if he could get one of them to talk.

The Mechanicus sought a similar objective. The Inquisitor had stolen something precious, hidden it from them, they would see The Casket returned. With a coded order from the team Alpha, one of the Mechanicus priests activated combat protocols. Power boosters and adrenaline injectors kicked in allowing the priests otherwise frail frame to lash out with unrealized ferocity.

Alas, his attempt on the Inquisitor was batted aside. Inquisitor Lux stepped over the unconscious assailant leaving his retinue to bind the Tech-Priest.

Seeking vengeance for his earlier disgrace, B4N3 once again sought out his opposite number within the Mechanicus Team.

The distraction allowing Inquisitor Lux and his group to get in closer...

...soon an all-out brawl erupts. No quarter is given.

Gradually, the Mechancus hold out against the Inquisitions numbers, capturing one of the Acolytes in the confusion. their triumph is short lived however as The Scorched reappears.

Hoping the Acolyte is privy to the Inquisitor's plans, The Alpha orders the withdrawal. Likewise, Inquisitor Lux takes his wounded and his captive back to his lair. Both warbands had been dealt a beating this day, but both had come away with a prisoner for their efforts.  A Draw by any definition.

Great games to start things off and some very cool themes developing. A lot of the narrative for these games game out randomly. the mission for Game 1 worked out well with the Ad-Mech team trying to hold the objectives from their dig site, after that the story seemed to continue organically. Looking forward to some more games next week. let's see who comes out of the wood work.