I'm soon going to receive Dark Heresy 2nd and I plan to combine it with a Great Crusade narrative campaign. The characters are still being thought up, but this is my idea so far:
The opening scenes of the campaign involve contact with a sector of space. To learn if compliance can be achieved without warfare, a diplomatic mission is sent to meet with representatives on a neutral, uninhabited planet on the sector border.
Characters are transported in an Aquilla Lander, so there will be seven passengers and the two crew:
1. Diplomat: I was thinking of using an adept with strong communication skills.
2. Adept: In this case, someone who has been able to quickly study and learn the language. Plenty of deciphering and language skills.
3. Recorder: Someone who keeps a record of the diplomat's many negotiations. Possibly with a couple of servo skulls, one with a pict recorder and the other scratching away on scrolls. Perhaps the character will be more a controller.
4. Remembrancer: Another adept, possibly paired with the recorder, who will have plenty of skills for investigating, studying and writing. She's the Lois Lane of 30K.
5,6,7: Three guardsmen, the diplomats bodyguards, who will be the only "action heroes" of the group.
Both pilots will have skills for land, air and space vehicles and navigation skills.
I welcome any input you might have.
