Well, in our previous game, our mission got side tracked as we were downed over a battlezone. This found us in the thick of combat. Durring this combat our psyker rolled not one, but two perils back to back. And... it was the same one. The one where gravity ceases to exist and everyone and everything starts floating up at 3 meters a turn. Because he rolled it twice, it became six meters a turn. The rest of the party found a way to get to safty of the ground, except for mine. After floating up 96 meters in the air, the power ceased to work, and he plummited to his would be death. The burning of a fate point allowed me to live, with two legs where the bone basicly turned to dust. The scenario ended there.

How would a Moritat react to this (apart from the bloody aweful screaming)? Would he cry, as he feels he is useless to the Moritat and its a failure of his Trivial? Or would some see this as a chance to recreate one's self with new mechanical limbs that will make him faster and deadlier then he was before?

(A quick note, our GM is a ****, and loves the idea of not even presenting common or good quality bionics to the group, expecually in the middle of a battlezone)

Obviously this grossly impairs his ability to shed blood. His ability to serve as a blade of the Emperor is in question. Securing some new legs would be a top priority. Until such a time he'll probably be feeling that he is unable to fulfil his purpose. Make sure he doesn't let up on that self flagellation and/or other form of penance.

What? And ruin the opportunity to have slashing bladed doom on a wheely-cart? No knee-cap or groin would be safe! Bonus points if the wheely-cart is motorized!

Edit: O-o-o-o-o! Or become the backpack of another melee character! Oh the awesomeness of continual back-to-back double teaming all on one body! It's like C3po... with a sword!

Sounds like a great excuse for a Dark Pact. Clearly, only by dooming your own soul may you regain your ability to serve the Emperor.

With your GM, the side effects should be suitably unpleasent.

Seriously, if your Moritat assassin is crying like a baby because he lost his legs, he should be shot in the face for the betterment of the Imperium and left to rot. Yes, the situation sucks, but he is the horrible knightmarish, unrelenting weapon of the god emperor, not some pansyboy freshfaced private Ryan trying to make a name for himself. He loses his legs, he picks himself up and makes do with what he has to finish the job he was given. The Moritat is the guy in all those survival horror films which the protagonists are constantly left falsly thinking they have killed ... he's the man who just keeps coming back no matter what. What does Chucky have on the Moritat, or that punk Micheal Myers? If the Moritat assassin is alive he will find a way to kill you ... and if he is dead he will kill you post mortem ... and if that isn't possible ... he'll at least leave you with nightmares for the rest of your life .... the type that keep you awake and off guard enough so you'll lose your edge when the next assassin comes to finish the job.