Previous Threads: https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=The%202nd%20Primarch%20Quest_You are Lieren of Nothing, philosopher of some renown, Hunter of some skill, Primarch of the 2nd legion of the emperor of mankind's space marines, grand architect and head of the Long-Jian ministry of development, friend of the oppressed, enemy of tyrants and husband of the living ship Kanzeon, among a great many other things, including dabbler of the secrets of the old ones and poet of some skill.Presently, you are above an uncontacted world of a substrain of humanity, using a mixture of high technology and sheer telekinetic force to create a monument from the debris left behind by the skirmish with an ork fleet, combining together the metal hulls of the ships that were lost in the battle to form a monolith of burnt and sundered still, that Kanzeon is engraving with the names and histories of the crews of the ship. It is to honor their ultimate sacrifice for a cousin of mankind that had not even known they'd been threatened.A cousin you shall soon meet personally, the envoys that were sent had all agreed that your presence and company would be most welcome as they traveled beneath the frozen surface of the unnamed world to meet with the representatives of the city states, that the aspirants of your legion had, while you and their senior and future astartes brothers waged war against the pirate fleet, had managed to get in contact with the abhuman race. They had taken your challenge to learn how to solve the communication barrier with a society that did not know the sky above their mines existed, yet alone of the worlds beyond their worlds with great gusto and had devised a novel means of breaking that barrier. Which they had done themselves, to prove it'd work. They'd started by sending dummy distress signals near to the surface, which allowed the abhuman miners to realize the source must be coming from beyond their world of rock and stone.And then followed by sending transmission to the groups that had figured it out, and providing proof of a world beyond their mines. Somehow, this was not met with skepticism or derision by the rest of their societies, but rather a rush to be the first to make contact with the "Uplanders" as the underground dwellers called the aspirants and you supposed everyone elseThere was some grumbling, when an Astartes that had been left on the planet to watch over and run the boys through drills had happened upon and discovered what the aspirants were getting up to, but the response from the rulers of the four blocs, which were formed by councils of elders that represented the interests and vendettas of various clans and families, had been one of intrigue and praise for such "Clever little beardlings". Cont
>>6336684And quickly you learned they got along well with Space Marines, at least your gene-sons, and had requested they join in on the talks, which they had insisted be done on individual basis for safety reasonsYou did not need to be present to look upon the contents of their hearts to know that the reasons were they were fearful of sabatogue from their rivals and enemies within the other blocs or else knew that if all four powers held a joint diplomatic meeting, it might turn their cold war hot immediately due to their contentious and quarrelsome nature. This caused no end of headaches and stress to the envoys, who would, to your understanding, greatly prefer to spend as little time underground as possibleBut you'd learned, that the elders of these people were even more stubborn than the most pig headed of Long-Jianese seniors citizens as they would not and perhaps could not be convinced to compromise or change their terms and you were only able to avoid offending them by telling them that the envoys were claustrophobic, which they understood to be a grievous, crippling ailment and made one "Greybeard" stumble over his words to offer his condolences and apologies for potentially offending high ranked and greatly respected diplomatsYou also understood those clumsy apologies were considered to be the heigh of politeness amongst the Squat people, as the act of apologizing for a wrong committed was only performed under great duress or unusual circumstances, even for one as forgiving as Elder Urist. But as they could not be convinced to meet together, at least not yet, as all four powers that be wished to meet privately with you and the official envoys of Long-Jia, you found yourself shouldered with the great responsibility of choosing the first to visit. As the remaining three would surely take offense of the order of the meetings.What do you do, Lieren?>Simply send different groups to meet with each council, simultaneously>Realizing these old men enjoy and make sport of arguing, give them their fill and argue, debating them legalistically and passionately until they submit and agree to meet together>Force them to meet together, by informing them of the danger they were unaware of and the sacrifice of those who held the line for them>Trick them into meeting on neutral ground, and feign ignorance, blaming a fault in communications for all four councils being sent the same time, date and location>Write in
>>6336685>>Realizing these old men enjoy and make sport of arguing, give them their fill and argue, debating them legalistically and passionately until they submit and agree to meet togethergonna learn why Lieren is the Philosopher cause what is Law but a philosophy made into code
>>6336685>Force them to meet together, by informing them of the danger they were unaware of and the sacrifice of those who held the line for them>Write in"Before we talk of the future we must toast to the apst and those whom perished to preserve it, we shall build our future upon this rock and moment, blood shed and memories shared."Operation Dwarf drinking party to get everyone ready to talk is a go.
>>6336685>Realizing these old men enjoy and make sport of arguing, give them their fill and argue, debating them legalistically and passionately until they submit and agree to meet together>Force them to meet together, by informing them of the danger they were unaware of and the sacrifice of those who held the line for them
>>6336685>>Realizing these old men enjoy and make sport of arguing, give them their fill and argue, debating them legalistically and passionately until they submit and agree to meet together
>>6336685>Realizing these old men enjoy and make sport of arguing, give them their fill and argue, debating them legalistically and passionately until they submit and agree to meet together
>>6336685>Argue their fiillOnly a primarch may do this
