We Are Our Avatars III (Ended!)

[VeneratedWulfen93]

The Lictor screeched as the claw pierced it but it was cut short as the back of its head was blown clean off, bits of chitin and carapace scattering into the air. It falls still on the ground with a final twitch while a low gurgle slowly fades from its maw.

The death of the Lictor reverberates back to the Hive Fleet. It is slowed as it has to spend time generating another complex vanguard organism that can think out of the synapse of the Hive Mind while also increasing production of warrior-beasts due to the threat it assumes from the planet.

 

[Chungus]

Erica sat down on one of the beds in the infirmary and sighed. I did not enjoy that..." She dryly remarked. Upon hearing Tophat, she looked up. Tophat?

 

[Outisakanobody]

"Very well, though I would like to check to make sure neither of you were poisoned or infected with anything." Graced said as she finished healing Erica.

 

[Random berk]

"That's it for you, freak." James said to the Lictor as its corpse fell still. With the adrenaline surge from the encounter already fading, however, he quickly began to feel weak and sore again. As if on a timer, another coughing fit forced him down on one knee, leaning on the barrel of his rifle as he retched and spasmed.

 

[CmmdrRosh99]

Amy walked over to James. "Hey... You ok?"

Winter and Austin walk back towards the ships.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Makoto nodded. "Good idea. Don't know what that thing was..."

OoC: @Ven Any poisons or acid or anything on thise talons?

 

[VeneratedWulfen93]

OOC: Hive Fleets work on extremely complex math. They have to produce enough organisms to overwhelm and consume a planet while not completely using up all of their biomass. It is more efficient to create synapse creatures such as Hive Tyrants and Warriors to act as a mind for the lesser beasts which take next to nothing to produce since no complex higher though functions are programmed into them. Also the Lictor is not poisonous and its ichor is not dangerous, just thick and disgusting.

 

[Outisakanobody]

Grace moved on to finish what Amy had started with Makoto. "I wonder if that is a beast native to this land." she contemplated as she worked.

 

[HatchyHatch14]

Valentine shakes the blood off her claw.
Death....was your only opinion...
She said as she looks at the corpse, she then spreads her wings and flies back towards the ship.

 

[Random berk]

"Urgh... not really." James gasped as the coughing subsided. "I'm now officially feeling like shit warmed up."

OOC: I've just been looking at images of some of the largest Tyranid organisms, ships and warmachine sized creatures. With the exception of the Heirophant, they all look completely ridiculous. More like cartoons than Lovecraftian horrors.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"I doubt it."

 

[Chungus]

"Unlikely. I've seen it before. It attack me and James back on that airport." Erica said to Grace.

 

[VeneratedWulfen93]

The Lictor's body, if examined, is a biological nightmare. Thick muscle coils and tendons, hardened carapace and every piece of the creature perfectly designed to accomplish its pre-set goals.

 

[Outisakanobody]

"Well I hope it is not." Grace said as she finished healing Makoto. She was pleased to find no infection or poison in Erica or Makoto, and told them so.

 

[HatchyHatch14]

Noel runs into the Med-Bay.
I heard screaming and shouting.....Is everyone ok?
She asks.
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Valentine lands on the top of the ship, she re-tracts her wings and claw.
She sighs and sits down.

 

[Chungus]

"Well, that's a relief." She said to Grace, then turned to Noel. "Heya, No-ele. We are now."

 

[CmmdrRosh99]

Amy helped James up. "Come'on sir. Let's get back to the ship."

Winter and Austin arrived in the med-bay "Everything going ok?"

 

[VeneratedWulfen93]

OOC: @Random its very hard to find descent pictures of 40k stuff usually. The best place I think is the most recent codex for them or Dawn of War 2. The older models were crap and they look much better now. The old Carnifex was disgusting. There are also no decent pictures of Hive Ships anyware, they just don't exist.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"Well, that's a relief." Makoto looked at Noel as she came rushing in. "Don't worry Noel, everyone's fine."

 

[Slenn]

The sisters looked at the Lictor creature to take a close look at its morphology. Sara scanned it with her sword to gather its elemental composition before returning to the ship.