Code Omega One 2025-12-17 #9

Damn Shadows got the best of us again. I hope the Captain'll be ok. Something's not right about them, I tell thee. Now we're not snitches, but... 

Emboldened by their recent assassination of the Orlock Up-Hiver, the crimson cohort snuck into Yellow Jacket territory, believing their salvage to contain artefacts from Hive Carcosa trafficked by the now deceased agent from the House of Iron.

The Orlocks came out strong too sure-up both flanks and deny the Delaques what ever they were after. Wreckers to the East and the Road Captain flanked by his two champions on the West. They then took First Blood: Gunning down Thale - making him an appointment with Cog Port’s best butcher, but not before he had taken the first objective in secret.

The Thousand Sons (and daughter) moved up en-mas, the Orlocks believing they were going for computer terminals. Yhtil’s covering fire occupied the East flank, but on the West an infiltrating Hali was soon surrounded on all sides by the Road Captain, Sargent, and twin chainsword wielding Wrecker. Whatever strange dark master protected the tentacle faced fiend was with him however, and after the first flurry of blows, no one could take the upper hand.

Quietly, Hawberk –Les Fils’ latest recruit– secured another of the objectives, and pressed forward for the third. Meanwhile two more Yellow Jackets were swarming on the West to join the mass-melee, first they moved to intercept Demoiselle Abandonnée, believing the ‘forsaken’ one was moving on another computer console. Instead she demonstrated her new ‘gifts’ describing the beautiful, stupendous creation; the memory of the Pallid Mask, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth… One Orlock broke and ran, leaving his partner to face twin pistol fire.

Hali was denied any chance to secure an objective with Shotgun ‘One Punch’ Sean joining the pile-on, his knockout blow struck home but couldn’t take the hooded abomination down.

Then the Nacht Guhl emerged from the shadows.

Dispatching the Road Captain and a plasma gun wielding Yellow Jacket, the fight on the West flank swung to the Delaque and with that they secured the 4^th objective.

Satisfied the terrible treasures of Hive Carcosa would remain among the mysteries of the Hyades, the pale strangers slipped back into the shadows, taking their wounded with them