Warhammer, Rogue Trader Notes

Warhammer, Notes of the Rogue Trader Author: Raven

Introduction:

Calixis Star District, Wandering Port, Blind Eye Bar.

"Hello, friend, come and sit down, do you want to find a job?" A well-dressed man put his arms around you and handed you a glass of Reinca brandy. "You can call me Siegel, the best Rogue Trader in the Kronos Expansion."

"That's what other rogue traders say? My friend, to survive in Port Roaming, you have to make your own judgment."

"Together with us, explore the mysterious planets in the Cronus expansion area, wander in the deep space of the Calixis star area, look for the wilderness galaxies in the hazy star field, and feel the vastness and shock of the entire Milky Way."

"We have fought and made friends with aliens; we have unearthed the cutting-edge technology of human beings in ancient times, and smuggled the exquisite technological products of aliens; we have witnessed the birth of several empire worlds, and we have also given great blows to the enemies of destruction in deep space. strike, even, we will fight side by side with the God-Emperor's Angel of Death."

The man shows you the epaulettes on his arm, with the emblems of the various chapters: Ranger Warriors, Carrots, Black Templars, Lamenters, and more.

"Do you want to join us? The condition is actually very simple, as long as you can survive our next expedition."

"Hey! Don't go!"

Setting data area: Some locations that we will touch in the story

The information comes from the Warhammer 40k running group book and related expansions: "Rogue Trader", "Dark Heresy", "Death Watch", "Black Crusade" and "Only War"

At the same time, it is also a personal warm-up for the CRPG "Traveler" that will be released in 2023.

Thanks to the boss of the translation court!

Let me briefly introduce the places that appear frequently in this article but are relatively rare in official history:

The Calixis Sector: The Calixis Sector is located in the Obscure Sector, on the northern edge of the known galaxy, near the Eye of Terror. It was reincorporated by the Empire around M39. This expedition was known as the Anjou Expedition. .Its first departmental governor was Drews, one of the ablest generals of the Anjou Expedition, who turned the tide when the expedition was stalled, and is now revered as a saint of the imperial sect.

The Calixis Sector is ruled by Sector Moff Marius Hex from the seat of power in the centrally located hive world Scintila, who administers the realms in the name of the Emperor from Macaine's Borderlands, Josien's Realm The core world of the Abyss of Hazeroth extends to the subsector of Malfia and the Borderlands of Drus, bordering the expansion of the Halo constellation, and it is from here that rogue traders and explorers enter these haunted unknowns. world.

Sintila: Sintila is the capital of the Calixis sector in Segmentum Obscura, a thriving imperial hub and the most populous planet in the sector.Sintila is dominated by the two largest hives: Sibellus and Tarsus, though some prefer to call it: shared.The vast majority of the planet's population is crammed into these two hive cities.

She is also the homeworld of the famous noble astral regiment, the Sintila Fusiliers.But completely different from the Star Militarum, the Sintila performed quite well in the Navy and Rogue Traders.

The Kronos Expansion: The Kronos Expansion is a scattered and only partially explored area that contains some untapped young colonies and great natural wealth.It is separated from the Calixis star sector by a huge warp space storm, and is only connected by a passage called the "Great Mouth".

Screaming vortex: You can simply understand it as the Eye of Terror or the Great Vortex in the Calixis area, but there is no Brother Dun or Brother Hugh integrating those chaotic people.

Port Wanderer: A void station on the outermost edge of the Drus' Border in the Calixis sector, in the Ruby II system, rightfully recognized as the last bastion of the Emperor's rule on this side of the Kronos expansion.All those who enter the Kronos expansion share the same experience, that is, they all have to go through Port Wandering.

Area 15: Also located in the Ruby II galaxy, where the famous Gate of Jericho is located.

Gate of Jericho: Connects the Calixis Sector with the Jericho Sector, which is currently undergoing the Achilles Expedition.

Port of Foothold: The first space station, or void building, to enter the Kronos Expansion through the "Great Mouth".

Volume 1 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] The Rogue Trader

Calixis Star District, Wandering Port, State Guest House.

Siegel woke up from a deep sleep, and he gently moved away the white arms and thighs that were on his body, making room for himself to get off the bed.

He gently sat up from the bed, his upper body was completely exposed, his strong and tough muscles were covered with various scars, and there were several scratches left on his back from last night, the blood stains on them had solidified, and the wounds that had begun to heal seemed to be There is some itching.Siegel scratched his chest a few times with his left hand. It is worth noting that his left hand is completely mechanical.

He got off the bed, found his pants on a messy ground, put on his gorgeous coat after putting it on, and walked out of the room.

In the corridor, Siegel saw through the porthole the Terra timekeeping of the Time Court in the distance: 0125.805 M41.He has been in this world for almost 30 years.

He is not a person under this worldview, at least not the soul.

At first, he just thought that he came to some kind of punk world, and he was very glad that he was born in an aristocratic family, but when he thoroughly figured out what kind of worldview he was living in, everything was over. Too late.He is used to life here, and he can't even remember his name. Now, he is Siegel, the patriarch of the Foster family.

Siegel Foster was born in a family of rogue traders in Sintila, the capital of the Calixis star area. The family once followed the Star Guards in the Anjou expedition to recover the Calixis star area. discuss.The Foster family even collected a relic of the imperial saint Drews, which also put them on the line with the imperial state religion.

When Siegel knew that he had come to the world of Warhammer, his connection with the state religion became closer. He made many pilgrimages to the shrine world of the Obscure Star Region, and met almost all the cardinals in the Obscure Star Region.

Regarding the fact that Siegel failed to become a pious state priest, Cardinal Hoffman of the Calixis sector expressed some regrets, but this friendship has always been maintained.

And Siegel's idea is actually very simple. I am afraid that I will not have the opportunity to enter the Terra Palace to meet the Emperor in this life. Believe in the state religion.

The Foster family’s main businesses in Sintila are metal raw material processing, ship parts making, parchment synthesis, and medicine preparation. The Sturt family's own business.

Due to an accident, the members of the Foster family now withered.The future of the entire family rests on Siegel's shoulders. He inherited his ancestor's career and became a rogue trader of the empire.

In Warhammer 40, the Imperium of Man is a huge region that encompasses almost the entire galaxy, but on the fringes of the galaxy, those remote areas that are inaccessible to the Torchlight, the only human settlers are traitors or their ancestors. Colonial pioneers completely forgotten millennia ago.

Much of the galaxy remains unexplored, unknown, and extremely dangerous; new worlds, alien civilizations, and unimaginable resource potential necessitate a class of free-roaming Imperial agents known as the Rogue Traders .

The Roaming Port is the gate connecting the junction of deep space and the empire's territory. It is the last supply station between the empire's frontier and the Kronos expansion area, and all people who intend to enter the Kronos expansion area will pass through here.

Not long ago, Siegel completed a deep space exploration in the Cronus expansion area, returned to the roaming port with a full ship, and sold it to the merchants in the roaming port.

The long-term deep space exploration made the crew exhausted. After distributing the throne coins, Siegel and his men began to rest in the roaming port.

Siegel sat on the viewing platform of Roaming Harbor, holding a glass of "Golden Dry Red" produced by Quatis in his hand, relaxing his body and mind leisurely.This is the leisure residence provided by Roaming Port for guests living in the State Guest House. Here, you can observe the entire night sky and the busy scene outside Roaming Port through the star dome above.

Most of the surroundings are senior officers of the Imperial Navy. The tradition of the Imperial Navy is that during the rest period, the officers and soldiers rest in different areas according to their ranks, so as to avoid the morale of the soldiers due to the restrictions of military discipline. good reply.

The officers gathered together in twos and threes, telling jokes that belonged to the navy.to

As for the others, most of them are rogue traders like Siegel.

A beautiful figure sat next to Siegel. She was wearing a slim navy uniform to show her bumpy figure to the fullest. Her brilliant blond hair was scattered behind her, and her slender fingers lightly placed the glass on the After pouring Siegel's "Golden Dry Red" on the table, I took a sip.

"It's still a rogue trader who enjoys life. Even if I'm on vacation, I don't have so many throne coins to waste on drinks." Her voice was a little hoarse, her thin lips were moistened by the red wine, and she looked extremely attractive, " Long time no see, Siegel, it seems that the storm in the expanded area has not swallowed you."

"Long time no see, Victoria, you are still as beautiful as before." Siegel looked at the Lieutenant Colonel of the Imperial Navy. She was the captain of a provocative-class light cruiser in the Cronus fleet, and her brother was also Fleet Commander of the Rhonus Fleet.

"Thank you. I just started my vacation two days ago. When the ship entered the port, I saw your 'Golden Journey' being overhauled on the berth. I knew you were back. I didn't expect to meet you here." Victoria leaned forward and frowned. Picking up his nose and smelling Siegel's body, he smiled teasingly and said, "It seems that you had a very comfortable holiday, so I think you shouldn't know about it."

"What?" Siegel showed a very interested expression.

"About your great-grandfather's fleet." Hearing Victoria's words, Siegel's pupils shrank suddenly.

My great-grandfather once led a fleet of Rogue Traders to explore in deep space. Legend has it that they swept up several pagan planets in the expanded area and gained a lot, but they were finally lost in the subspace and disappeared. ...

A large number of family members disappeared in that accident, which was the beginning of the decline of the Foster family.

Volume 2 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] The First Arrow

Apart from the huge statues hanging in the family and some logbooks, Siegel has no impression of his great-grandfather.Not to mention great-grandfather, even his grandfather returned to the emperor's throne not long after Siegel was born.In fact, Siegel's only direct blood relative in the family is a half-sister.

But he will still be interested in this matter. In addition to the legendary treasures in the fleet, there is another more precious thing on board, which is the original navigation book of the Foster family.

The Foster family’s original navigation code is a creation of ancient technology. It records the safe subspace passages that the Foster family has found in the expansion area for generations, the changes in subspace ocean currents, and marks the hidden transition passages and time. The window, and even the precious star map inside, can bring those galaxies lost in the dark universe back to people's vision.

The records on the Navigator Codex represent great wealth, opportunity, and danger, and its owner often sacrifices his life to protect the secrets within.Siegel didn't know that such a precious item was lost in the sea of ​​stars until he became the owner of the Foster family.

He probably understood why his grandfather and father both left early, probably out of anger...

"I really haven't heard of this." Siegel was not surprised that he didn't know the news. In Port Wandering, there are a lot of rumors every day, and every time the Rogue Trader returns here from deep space exploration, , The messages they miss are often countless.Therefore, after docking, some civilian staff on the ship tend to be more busy. They need to quickly obtain the local transaction status and search for various rumors.

He also needs to confirm whether the source of this news is reliable.

"That happened during my last vacation," Victoria leaned back on the chair, and slowly told Siegel what happened at that time, "A starship blown to an unknown galaxy by a subspace storm , the astropaths on board heard a faint message, a cry for help from a lost Imperial ship. When they examined the message, they stumbled across a hidden message about the flagship of the Foster family' The star sign of the First Arrow. Since the ship was full of cargo at the time, they planned to explore the First Arrow after completing this rest.”

"It sounds like I'm late."

"No, on the contrary, bad luck found them even faster. There was a bizarre riot inside the ship. When they arrived at the Wandering Port, the astropath was inexplicably smeared on the neck, and the captain lost himself in the casino. The last piece of family property. After a series of disputes, the captain entered the naval cell in Port Roaming. Now, he is still counting on this information to bring him back to life." Victoria drank the wine in her glass, and then directed at Sig Earl smiled charmingly, "It's a pity that his asking price is too high. No one knows what's on the ship of 'First Arrow', so no one will pay such a high price for its position except you. "

"That's right, it seems that only me, the Foster family, would pay such a high price." Foster leaned sideways, stretched his body leisurely, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the blond beauty in front of him , asked: "So, as a middleman, what do you want?"

Victoria smiled, like a rose with thorns, she said to Foster: "It seems that there is indeed what you want on it, as for me, um, we have half and half of the property on it?"

Half and half, this is a commonly used distribution method in roaming port, and it is generally used between acquaintances.In Port Wandering, brokers usually don't have the chance to make their fortunes in Kronos, instead relying on peddlers to make money from Rogue Traders. "Half and half" means that the counterparty of the transaction can decide the price of the message by itself, no matter how much it is, the broker will accept it.However, whether the broker will reciprocate friendship or hatred depends on the price.

Victoria is a well-known broker in Port Wandering.The special family background made her very convincing when she was only a lieutenant colonel. She often represented the navy to negotiate with various forces, and few people dared to neglect this golden rose.Her "Eagle" provocative-class light cruiser is also the only carrier-based aircraft carrier of the Cronus fleet.She is a maverick woman written from top to bottom, full of charm and irresistible.

Siegel recruited the waiter to come over, and he said to the service staff on the viewing platform: "Take a box of 'Old Brew' and send it to the 'Eagle'." He then turned his head and said to Victoria: "A little heart, Zhong The school must not be polite."

"Oh~ Siegel, you are really caring." Victoria put on a charming expression, "Tomorrow afternoon at Gate 13 of the paddock, my people will lead you to meet that poor captain."

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When Siegel returned to his room, the two service staff who had a good night together last night had already left their room. Before leaving, they cleaned up the room.

Even the clothes Siegel left in the room were cleaned without any wrinkles.

Siegel put on his well-tailored and expensive uniform, which was embroidered with gold thread and the empire's double-headed eagle logo, and the silk collar was bound by a gold neck guard, inlaid with several ruby.

Among the group of rogue traders, low-key simplicity and pretending to be pigs and eating tigers are almost non-existent.Gorgeous costumes directly represent the status of Rogue Traders, which can save them from many troubles in places like Port Wandering.

When sailing in deep space, the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people on a ship are completely in the hands of the Rogue Trader, and the Rogue Trader must use various methods to maintain his authority.The problem that Rogue Traders are most familiar with is the trolley problem. In their eyes, it doesn't matter what choice they make. The choice cannot be judged by right or wrong, because the final consequences will fall on them.

Siegel put on his captain's hat and walked out of the room. This afternoon is the day when the main personnel on their ship meet.On the one hand, he wanted to confirm the repair status of his ship, and on the other hand, he also wanted to tell these men about his next plans.

This is the rule on the ship. As the captain, he needs to share some of the things he knows with the management on the ship. The goal is clear, so as to ensure that the people on board are in harmony.

At the same time, he has to satisfy the demands of these people as much as possible, otherwise it may be a better ending to part ways with each other.

"The emperor's lungs..."

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Volume 3 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] Companions

Port Wandering, Seat of the State Church, Solstice of the Empire.

The Imperial Solstice was once a pilgrimage ship used to ferry pilgrims from all over the sector to Port Wandering.However, due to a catastrophic plasma engine accident, the Imperial Solstice was abandoned. Miraculously, in this accident, the Imperial Solstice suffered no casualties, which is also regarded by the faithful as a grace of the Emperor.Over time, the Solstice of the Empire was connected to Port Wandering and became part of its structure, where hundreds of churches and sanctuaries of the branches of the State Church were established. (Is there a four-armed God Emperor religion? BANG!)

Siegel walked into the largest church in the solstice of the empire, where a golden statue of the emperor stood.He greeted each other with the priest of the church with the Eagle Ritual, walked under the statue of the God Emperor and prayed for about a quarter of an hour.

After the prayer was finished, Siegel followed a pastor to a conference room at the back of the church.

He was the first person to arrive at the meeting place. Many factions in Wandering Port would provide this kind of conference room to facilitate the various religions and streams living in Wandering Port.

The confidentiality of this kind of conference room can only be said to be better than chat. There is a saying in Port Roaming: "What you say can always be heard by a third person." This is such a place.

Siegel was sitting at the head of the conference room, studying his mechanical arm boredly, carefully observing the joint parts on it.This hand was the result of a subspace accident, and Siegel still has lingering fears when thinking of that accident.

[Only losing one hand is the most perfect result. ] Siegel put away his thoughts, and his family members began to come to the meeting place one after another.

The first to arrive was the navigator on board.She is a navigator from the Executive Yuan family, but due to some accidents, she walked out of the navigator family fortress prematurely and faced this cold universe.Her body has some mutations that are unique to the navigator family: she is slender and very thin; her skin has become pale and somewhat transparent, and the blood vessels under her body can be seen; the phalanges of her fingers have grown and hardened into claws.

She is holding the navigator's scepter, but the mutant fingers make it difficult for her to hold it comfortably. The purple navigator noble robe covers most of the mutations on her body, and the special accessories cover her dangerous body. The third eye, even so, she is still not used to walking in front of people.

Followed by the astropath, Liz, she has a good relationship with Cassia, the two together constitute the psionic power on the ship, she came a step late, it should be because of the strange The earth psionic concentrator was stopped by someone. After all, putting a pair of animal horns on the head is really easy to make people sensitive.

Next came his Void Corporal and two chief armed men, Gloria, Skadi and Laurentina.The three of them came from an ocean planet called Agor.This planet is very interesting. It is a food planet in the Calixis sector. The creatures in the ocean on it are dominated by a kind of hive will. "Ming mark" algae.

But the Mechanicus was convinced that the creatures above were edible, and the Agors were responsible for capturing these creatures and contributing them to the empire as the tithe tax of the planet.

Agor's PDF name is also full of the characteristics of their planet - deep sea hunter.Skadi and Laurentina were recruited by Siegel from the second and third regiments of the Deep Sea Hunter, as well as armed sailors from two companies.

As for Gloria, she was originally the head of the second group of deep sea hunters.It took Siegel a lot of effort to dig her onto his ship. He originally planned to let her be in charge of commanding all land affairs, but later discovered her talent in commanding naval guns. After several battles, it was logical for her to Land became the Void Captain of the ship, also known as the Chief Mate.

When it was the final time for the meeting, the sound of two people talking came from the corridor. The missionary Remulle and the explorer Father Mel finally arrived at the meeting place.

Missionaries of the Empire's state religion are commonly deployed to the Rogue Traders, as their travels outside Imperial space present countless opportunities to contact and transform lost human civilizations, and to bring the lost to the Return to the jurisdiction of the empire.However, only a small number of state church officials are sensible enough to carry out such a task.

Missionaries had to witness worship ceremonies that would have a cardinal declared heresy and an entire planet excommunicated, and they had to keep silent when needed.Their task is to examine the exotic beliefs held by ignorant souls and devise a plan to convert them into the Imperial creed.

Siegel and Remulle met when he went on a pilgrimage to various shrine worlds. She was originally a promising priest in a state religion world, and the two then went on pilgrimages to various shrine worlds together.After learning that Siegel became a rogue trader, Remulle gave up his chance to be promoted to a bishop in the church, and became a missionary to join Siegel's team.

However, compared to the eloquence of other missionaries, Remulle seems to be better at preaching with bombs or automatic guns, which makes their missionary journey a bit confusing, because many pagans can't find their own minds up.

The prospector who came in with her, Father Mel, came from the famous foundry world of Calixis, the Lathe foundry world.She is holding the classic power ax of Mechanicism, wearing a red robe of Mechanicism, both arms have been mechanized, and two servo skulls follow her footsteps.As a mechanical priest, Father Mel is not very old. When she came out of the training cabin, she was already a middle-level manager of the Mechanic Church.

According to what Father Mel said, she had her own mentor in Las Forge World, completed the basic practice of the two subjects of blacksmith and geneticist, and went to forge worlds such as Lucius for further studies, and in At the same time, he won the two titles of "Forging Scholar" and "Gene Scholar".

At present, she has changed her job again to become an "explorer" on the grounds that her promotion path has been blocked.In Mechanicism, if you want to be promoted to a higher level of sage, you need to produce more technical achievements.Of course, there is a more convenient option, digging out a complete STC or digging out the grave of a certain Tomb Dynasty.

Siegel wondered which logic circuit the other party had miswired and would think the latter option was simpler.Her reason is that research and development can be carried out on the ship, but such things as sticking people's graves are rare. In the foundry world, such a good thing will never happen. She also plans to have a foundry of her own before the age of 200. What about the world?

Officially, the state religion and the Mechanicum are not close, but that's not the case on the Rogue Trader's ship.Siegel would love to see Remulle and Mel discuss issues of faith, as if they were doing a sociological study.

Judging from the content of the conversation between the two just now, the two of them were discussing the symbolic meaning of the bolt gun in their respective religious scriptures.