First thing i will say is read Trust Issues otherwise this won't make much sense.

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Immediately after the ambush the team made there way directly to footfall. on arrival they were confronted by a vastly superior inquisitorial force under the control of a puritan inquisitor. He informed the team that they were to go with him for assessment and questioning and Skane is suspected of aiding the escape of known heretics (namely the acolytes original fallen inquisitor, and the two heretics captured during the previous shard of heresy campaign.)

understandably the team had something of a mixed reaction to this

they chose to co-operate and spent days being assessed before being declared fit to serve the emperor still. Though the ogryn did get revealed as an untouchable, and the groups scum (who has a serious spook addiction) finally got outed as a narcisant psyker, this was the first time his character actually realised as well. The group was then sent back out with a puritan inquisitor to aid in the hunt for skane. O route the frigate they were on was disabled by a battleship-sized rogue traders ship, and the team was 'freed' by one of skanes most senior agents. onboard the trader's ship the team were informed that skane had been setup by someone outside the inquisition, with evidence being fed to extreme puritans that skane was behind the exterminatus weapon that was stolen from the Bastion. The group then carried on to Footfall where they managed to meet skane.

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comments as always welcome as this is the mot complex plot i've tried for DH yet.

Surak

I think it sounds very interesting. Looking forward to read more. Might inspire me

Well after two marathon sessions the group have raced throught this campaign (sort of)

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The meeting with Skane was a very cagey affair with none of the acolytes really knowing if they could trust anyone. After about 10 mins of dancing round the subject Skanes handling officer Enabren Tain made a re-appearence having been free from a holding cell on Vaxanide by allies of Skane, but without her knowledge. He brought evidence that an outside group headed by a man refered to as 'The Scorpion' was trying to start a war within the Inquisition, and that this person was somewhere in The Expanse. The team quickly remembered that they had heard about a Lord Scorpious last time they were on Footfall and descided to pay him a visit to see if he was The Scorpion.

One very un-sbtle teleport -attack into the Crystal Citadel later and the team was upto there eye-balls in xeno-loving heretics, warp-dabblers, and 4 heavily armed sentinal walkers.

After a looooong series of firefights which resulted in the squat burning his last fate point (exploding sentinals that you killed in melee can be hazardous to your health) and the ogryn getting a sun-tan, the acolytes managed to find the missing warhead, and place transporter beacon to beam it to safety. They then realised that with both of there teleporters cycling they had to find another way out, or last for several hours. In the end they were extracted by a force of inquisitorial storm troopers after having a run-in with there old nemisis, The Shark.

They are now on there way back to the tricorn palace

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Now onto the follow on campaign - 'Vindication'