For House and Dominion: A Knight's TalePrevious Thread: https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2025/6216450/H&D Wiki: https://houseanddominion.fandom.com/https://twitter.com/ThatSlowTypingGYou are Joanna Farrell, a would be Knight from the Dominion of Royal Houses. You are among the few remaining survivors of House Meros, a minor House that fell during the turmoil and wars of the early 41st century. Now you and other aspirants have ventured out into the unexplored regions of the universe aboard the starship Bertrand to seek your fortune and gather resources to someday reclaim your lost House. >The CrewThe now landless 'Errant' Knight Dar'el Camdie has gathered your group of Knight aspirants in the hopes of forging you into a force to be reckoned with. Despite his age he's a capable fighter and tough by the standards of the Dro'all.Chief Miriam Hannah is in charge of your ship the Bertrand and has been acting as its captain for years now. Sergeant Mulyadi Reza commands the marines aboard ship and acts as your training officer. Sergeant Ram is a veteran who helps lead the squad of marines under your command.>The would be KnightsAlar Ul'torel is a Dro'all Noble. A skilled Medic in addition to their training to one day become a Knight, they've gone out of their way to be friendly to everyone on the team. Kalnit Bakor is a Kavarian. A drone specialist, you've made an agreement with him to trade a suit of Power Cell Armor between you depending on the requirements of the mission.Ninnik Gehell is one of the diminutive Shallan. Though trained primarily as a pilot you've helped encourage them to keep up with the rest of the team in small arms combat. Silvar Valnetios is one of the elf like Hune. Though sometimes distant he is a capable fighter, always ready to charge into the thick of the action.Talaat Matevosian is another Human. A close combat specialist he has a fierce rivalry with Silvar, always striving to outdo him.Vayall Trin'qua is a Dro'all Noble. Though still among the richest families of House Meros they've had trouble adjusting to the fall. A gifted sharpshooter.As for you, you're nobody special. Not even from a noble family like most of the others. Your parents however were loyal to the House when it would have been all too easy to leave it behind. Because of that loyalty you were sent to the academy to be trained. You now have a chance to become an Errant Knight under Dar'el Camdie's tutelage. You'll still be without lands or a legitimate title, but it would be a first step to refounding or reclaiming House Meros and setting things right. You will be a Knight of the Dominion some day.
>The ShipThe Lord Class Assault Transport Bertrand is your mobile base of operations. Able to support special forces units, land ground troops and vehicles, or launch squadrons of starfighters. Knight Dar'el is confident that it will be a valuable asset to the Alliance and your cause. >The Arnach Archipeligohttps://houseanddominion.fandom.com/wiki/Arnach_ArchipelagoA distant galaxy cluster still being explored and charted by the Navigators Guild, this region is already inhabited by a number of alien species. Your operations are expected to be focused on the Bright Tapestry Galaxy, home to the insectile Izuan species. First contact with the Izuan has been more complicated owing to a decentralized government. This has resulted in the need for dozens of separate first contact events just within the Izuan people's home galaxy.The Izuan civilization is proving far more unstable than initially thought and the Factions Alliance task force sent to monitor the situation is requesting reinforcements. With civilian contact teams in distress it seems you'll have plenty of chances to play hero and make some money from the Alliance in the process. Money you desperately need if you ever hope to rebuild your House.
>Last Time on A Knight's TaleYou've been put through intensive training by Sergeant Reza during your flight to the Arnach Archipeligo. Using what time was available you've focused your efforts on a few key areas. Agility - You have unlocked Dodge Roll and can evade many attacks without penalty.Ranged Weapons - You are considered a Marksman with most firearms.Power Armor - Armor is like a Second Skin to you.Your arrival in the cluster went without incident and you linked up with the Alliance fleet. The Alliance has been coordinating with the Navigators Guild exploration efforts and hoping to defend the civilian scientists and ambassadors. Now it's your job too and the Alliance is paying you well. You saw combat for the first time fighting a band of pirates who were in the middle of setting up a concealed base. While boarding the station you scored your first kills. Four people -pirates all- dead at your hand. Though you had to take a moment you'd still had the presence of mind to take cover first. They say it gets easier.Seeing Knight Dar'el win a duel against the pirate captain, then all of you making off with loot rounded out your first outing. It wasn't what you expected but some more victories like that will fill out your roster with the equipment you all need.Back at the fleet you and Vayall had clothing tailored from salvaged nanoweave material. You now have clothing that can save your life from small arms fire. Handy when a Knight might be considered a high value target.Before arrangements could be made to offload some of your salvaged goods to friendly contacts, all of you were called to action once more. The Bertrand and crew were needed to extract Guild and Alliance contact personnel from an Izuan colony world. Riots have broken out on dozens of worlds as the Izuan worker class have learned the Alliance has medicines that could allow anyone to have children. Something not normally possible for them.On the colony world of 'Purplewood' you and the Marines deployed with ballistic shields and stun weapons. At one location after another your team helped evacuate contact teams and get them out via shuttle. All while taking pains to avoid antagonizing the locals.Then everything started to go wrong.
Knight Dar'el deployed to the surface with reinforcements only for someone to start jamming your communications. Switching to line of sight helped but proved impractical when inside of buildings. The next location you were sent to assist turned into an ambush. Pirates, mercs or whoever they were seemed to be hoping to take a Dominion noble hostage. They even offered your Marines free passage if they handed you over. That wasn't an option. With your House long gone there's no one to ransom you to. In the close quarters indoor fighting that followed your squad used their shields to full advantage. Closing to melee nullified the enemies superior ranged weapons. You stabbed and lashed out with your High Frequency blade so many times your arm started to go numb from the impacts. The fight was won, though some hostiles escaped. Worse, not only was the Bertrand under attack in orbit but the mercs had a stealth LST operating over the city. A Landing Support Transport is a craft large enough to support full on energy shields unlike common shuttles. With the Bertrand in retreat nothing in your inventory can scratch it. Despite the risk a shuttle was called in to evacuate a wounded VIP and one of the captured hostiles. Using the surrounding buildings for cover they managed to pull off a landing and pickup. As tempting as it might be to shove off you're not done in this city yet. You're going to go aid Knight Dar'el. He's still out of contact.
"We're moving out on foot. Tell Vayall to head for Knight Dar'el's position at best possible speed but to watch out for that LST."The pilot of Shuttle One wishes you good luck out there.All of you bail out of the loading ramp before the shuttle dusts off again. One of the marines grabs another medkit before departing."Some of us are still a little messed up after that brawl."As the shuttle departs everyone heads back inside for a moment. The dead mercs have the same class of armor as yours and some of it can be salvaged to fix up your own gear. Ram helps you replace the damaged shoulder guard on your armor while the the medics do a quick once over of everyone that hasn't been treated. Most also take the time to scavenge weapons and the Sergeant hands one to you."If we're running into more of these assholes you might want to swap out your phase rifle for a repulsor rifle."You take the offered weapon and grab some ammo from a nearby body. You still have a sidearm that can stun any hostile Izuan civilians you encounter. The shield is a bit worn after the recent fight, sporting a grouping of craters from repulsor shots, but it's still adequate to keep a crowd at arms length. "We've wasted enough time. Sergeant, let's move.""Move it out!" Ram orders.Back out on the street the squad picks its way past a few craters the LST blasted in the sidewalk and start jogging east, picking up speed. There's been no contact with the Knight since the shuttles lost line of sight with him on entering a building. From the city maps it looks like a warehouse that must supply nearby businesses. It was the source of another distress beacon, one flagged as belonging to a missing contact team member. Just like the trap you fought your way out of. It was a legitimate distress beacon, which means someone probably is wounded for real and needs recovery. "Shuttle Five to ground teams. The crowd of Izuan civilians near the Knights position are breaking up somewhat. Still seeing numbers of them staying near the building entrances."You copy Shuttle Five and keep moving.Rounding a corner and headed south your squad double times it, headed for the next cross street. You feel better knowing that Vayall and her team should be on the way. With their flight packs they should make good time and should blend into the city well enough not to attract attention from above.
At the cross street you encounter the civilians streaming your way. Some are on their own others are in groups. A few are carrying placards with political slogans. It doesn't take long for them to notice you and start pointing. You could use your shields to push through the few groups that are blocking your path. Or you could fire your phase weapons in the air to scare the civilians enough to clear a path. So far you've avoided directly attacking any Izuan but making an example of someone who wont get out of your way might get the message across. [ ] Push through with your shields[ ] Fire warning shots[ ] Make an example
FOR HOUSE AND DOMINIONprobably won't have time for reading (and voting) until later
>>6353881That's fine. Thanks for posting.I wrote a bunch of stuff during the hiatus that doesn't actually line up with the map. Gotta re-write it.
