Yesterday's game of Rogue Trader was fun
I missed the last 2 games, so it was nice to get back into it.
Apparently, the captain had tried to buy a moon, but the wire transfer for the funds was intercepted. So we use our underworld contact to trace where the money went. We flub the profit factor roll, so in order to get the information, we have to do a job for the crime boss: Orks have hijacked a shipment. We need to get it back.
We find where the ork shuttle crashed. 15 orks, plus 2 fighting for command. Our "spy" stealths himself up a tree, while we set up an ambush using frag and krak grenades as mines 50 yards from the orks, then move another 50 yards back. I get an idea...
I make a successful tech lore roll, and duct tape a laser sight to my las-cannon. Since I don't have the heavy weapon skill, I'm taking a -20 on my to-hit rolls. This'll give me a +10 bonus. Using the spy as a spotter, I fail my first aim roll and paint HIM. The next aim roll, I crit fail and paint the shuttle, which alerts the orks. OOPS! I make the next roll, paint an ork's face, and the spy tells me to fire. I barely miss my roll, and vape the ork's arm...which just makes him mad. The orks charge, lead by the winner of the duel.
I fire at him, and miss. Next round, a shaman comes out of the shuttle and gives the orks a WAAGH bonus. I fire at the warboss again, and miss, but manage to hit another ork in the chest.
Next round, the spy shoots the shaman in the head, but doesn't kill him. The warboss hits our minefield and steps on a krak grenade. I fire again, and miss.
Next round, the warboss fires at me, and I flub my dodge roll and take 12 points of damage, leaving me at 1. I fire, roll an 04, and vape his head. Our redshirt squad manages to chew up the remainder of the charging orks, and the spy gets lucky dodging the shaman's psyker attack and tags him in the chest, killing him.
We get the goods (leaving the battle tank that was in the ork shuttle for later) and head back to the station.
I pay 400 XP and spend a week getting heavy weapons training while the rest of the party investigates the people that stole our money. Heading back from training on the 3rd day, the GM tells me to roll my perception. I rolled REALLY well. I'm being followed by someone who sticks out like a sore thumb. My reaction? I draw my bolt pistol and shoot at him, but miss. He runs away. But hell, my character is happy because he got to shoot at somebody.
Somebody is watching the rest of the party, too. The cyber-raven from our first game. Our arch-nemesis has sent his psyker whore. The spy sneaks into a nearby building and snipes the raven. Our psyker discovers that the person linked to the raven is in a cafe across the street. The party heads that direction, but her bodyguards open fire above the heads of the crowd, slowing them down.
I get a message to get there ASAP as a firefight breaks out. We need to capture this woman, so the spy is sniping the guards who are trying to help her get away.
Then comes the fun part. Station police are headed that direction as well. GM tells me to roll perception, which I make, then roll dodge, which I barely miss. An aircar hits the cop beside me, sending him flying into my back and injuring me. I get up, draw my plasma rifle, and hit the car...twice. Not because I'm trying to reinforce my shipmates...but because I'm pissed that the damn thing (indirectly) HIT ME! It goes careening around the corner out of control, and I go after it.
The pilot makes a corrective maneuver (because the aircar is badly damaged and barely staying in the air) just as the passenger is trying to throw a grenade at my shipmates. The GM offers me an incentive: shoot the grenade out of the air and I get an extra fate point. I miss. :( The roll to determine where the grenade scatters: 100. It goes BACK IN THE CAR AND ASPLODES.
Somebody is trying to snipe my shipmates with a needle rifle. I put the plasma gun in maximal mode, take aim at the window he's behind (as directed by the spy), and when I fire, I take a chunk out of the building. Then tell the cop, "Dude, it was self defense!"
I love playing with this group...we had an absolute blast!
Apparently, the captain had tried to buy a moon, but the wire transfer for the funds was intercepted. So we use our underworld contact to trace where the money went. We flub the profit factor roll, so in order to get the information, we have to do a job for the crime boss: Orks have hijacked a shipment. We need to get it back.
We find where the ork shuttle crashed. 15 orks, plus 2 fighting for command. Our "spy" stealths himself up a tree, while we set up an ambush using frag and krak grenades as mines 50 yards from the orks, then move another 50 yards back. I get an idea...
I make a successful tech lore roll, and duct tape a laser sight to my las-cannon. Since I don't have the heavy weapon skill, I'm taking a -20 on my to-hit rolls. This'll give me a +10 bonus. Using the spy as a spotter, I fail my first aim roll and paint HIM. The next aim roll, I crit fail and paint the shuttle, which alerts the orks. OOPS! I make the next roll, paint an ork's face, and the spy tells me to fire. I barely miss my roll, and vape the ork's arm...which just makes him mad. The orks charge, lead by the winner of the duel.
I fire at him, and miss. Next round, a shaman comes out of the shuttle and gives the orks a WAAGH bonus. I fire at the warboss again, and miss, but manage to hit another ork in the chest.
Next round, the spy shoots the shaman in the head, but doesn't kill him. The warboss hits our minefield and steps on a krak grenade. I fire again, and miss.
Next round, the warboss fires at me, and I flub my dodge roll and take 12 points of damage, leaving me at 1. I fire, roll an 04, and vape his head. Our redshirt squad manages to chew up the remainder of the charging orks, and the spy gets lucky dodging the shaman's psyker attack and tags him in the chest, killing him.
We get the goods (leaving the battle tank that was in the ork shuttle for later) and head back to the station.
I pay 400 XP and spend a week getting heavy weapons training while the rest of the party investigates the people that stole our money. Heading back from training on the 3rd day, the GM tells me to roll my perception. I rolled REALLY well. I'm being followed by someone who sticks out like a sore thumb. My reaction? I draw my bolt pistol and shoot at him, but miss. He runs away. But hell, my character is happy because he got to shoot at somebody.
Somebody is watching the rest of the party, too. The cyber-raven from our first game. Our arch-nemesis has sent his psyker whore. The spy sneaks into a nearby building and snipes the raven. Our psyker discovers that the person linked to the raven is in a cafe across the street. The party heads that direction, but her bodyguards open fire above the heads of the crowd, slowing them down.
I get a message to get there ASAP as a firefight breaks out. We need to capture this woman, so the spy is sniping the guards who are trying to help her get away.
Then comes the fun part. Station police are headed that direction as well. GM tells me to roll perception, which I make, then roll dodge, which I barely miss. An aircar hits the cop beside me, sending him flying into my back and injuring me. I get up, draw my plasma rifle, and hit the car...twice. Not because I'm trying to reinforce my shipmates...but because I'm pissed that the damn thing (indirectly) HIT ME! It goes careening around the corner out of control, and I go after it.
The pilot makes a corrective maneuver (because the aircar is badly damaged and barely staying in the air) just as the passenger is trying to throw a grenade at my shipmates. The GM offers me an incentive: shoot the grenade out of the air and I get an extra fate point. I miss. :( The roll to determine where the grenade scatters: 100. It goes BACK IN THE CAR AND ASPLODES.
Somebody is trying to snipe my shipmates with a needle rifle. I put the plasma gun in maximal mode, take aim at the window he's behind (as directed by the spy), and when I fire, I take a chunk out of the building. Then tell the cop, "Dude, it was self defense!"
I love playing with this group...we had an absolute blast!