Monestary

[Celestial Guardian]

It has been established that the chapter has recieved the honor of haveing monestary in the Sol System which houses Terra itself. This monestary will not be on Terra. It can be some whre else though.

Anyone with information about open planets and planetoids please post so that we may begin sorting out our primary post in guarding Terra.

[Lord Commander Erus]

I will volunteer other members who I know have spoken to me on having ideas. Ides, Wolfpack, and I believe you yourself, Mr. Guardian, all had ideas. I remember in my private discussions with Ides that his were rather solid and well researched. He had gone so far as to investigate climates, how power armour and bolters would work in such, how that would impact our combat doctrines, etc..

So Ides, please post those ideas we swapped on Yahoo! the other day, and that research as well. Believe it or not, even I found myself agreeing with you, which is rare.

Wolfpack I think had in particular a moon around Jupiter, though I caution that, as I believe the =][= and Grey Knights operate near there, and that might bring some conflicts being so close.

Those two members, please guys, share your knowledge.

[Celestial Guardian]

Thank you for your help Erus.

[GhostofTerra]

some where near earth like saturn moon? pluto

[Ion Raptor]

There's about 63 or so moons around Jupiter, take your pick

My choices:

-Ganymede, largest moon of Jupiter and has a very thin ozone level. good base for the monastery
-Io, could be used as training grounds because of it's high amount of volcanic activity
-Callisto, also a training ground due to the thousands of craters all over it.

[Ides]

The main thrust of our conversation was that if we are primarily fleet based, we would be doing a lot of fleet assaults and boarding actions (similar to Souldrinkers I think), sabotaging enemy ships, space stations and orbital defenses prior to planetary assaults, and so forth.

(Generally, assault marines trained to use Jump-packs in zero-g, scouts with vacuum-sealed (or sealable) carapace armor.)

Given the extreme cold of deep space I'd reccomd using Calisto or Ganymede as a base (Ganymede having an average surface temperature of -172 degrees celcius.), so that new recruits could be acclimatised to the temperature and how the temperature affects their equipment. Could also be used as a testing ground for new STCs (again, any faults in interior compartment seals, pressurisation, etc.).

As an endorsement for Jupiter's moons in general (Ganymede being the largest), we would be only a short Thunderhawk flight from the other moons if, say, we wanted to go to Io for a specific scenario, or just wanted to train in the gas clouds swirling through Jupiter's atmosphere.

[Celestial Guardian]

I am going to give this 1 more week for stragglers to weigh in. So far the concensous has our monestary on Ganymede. If there are no further objections within 7 days this will be entered as canon.

Thank you all for your help so far...

[Templar Mikeel]

Ides has clearly researched this topic thoroughly, so I agree with him.

[Imperial Commander Gent]

I agree with Ides, it is all very well thought out!

[experiment 626]

i kinda like the idea about Io however as it could instill a propencity for pyromancy in the chapter?! who honestly doesn't have a deepseeded love of fire and seeing things burn in the fires of wrath?!!

or else Io could simply be a secretive training sight for the assault company and the chapter's librarians???

cheers1

[Lord Commander Erus]

Originally Posted by experiment 626

i kinda like the idea about Io however as it could instill a propencity for pyromancy in the chapter?! who honestly doesn't have a deepseeded love of fire and seeing things burn in the fires of wrath?!!

or else Io could simply be a secretive training sight for the assault company and the chapter's librarians???

cheers1

I think that would be more than acceptable.. The chapter kinda spread out on different moons per co. and role, with our central hub being our fleet!

[experiment 626]

Originally Posted by Lord Commander Erus

I think that would be more than acceptable.. The chapter kinda spread out on different moons per co. and role, with our central hub being our fleet!

it could also help foster a space wolf'ish attidute which leads to alot of rivalries and compition between each company! (and thus all the residant puppies are happy that a part of their chapter is represented in ours!)

*throws wolfpack a doggie treat*

cheers!

[Lord Commander Erus]

Originally Posted by experiment 626

it could also help foster a space wolf'ish attidute which leads to alot of rivalries and compition between each company! (and thus all the residant puppies are happy that a part of their chapter is represented in ours!)

*throws wolfpack a doggie treat*

cheers!

Please don't give him treats... He'll drool on my couch!

This does fit nicely though, I think.

[Baron Spikey]

I like that idea stitch. Which ever moon has the heaviest gravity or similar prohibitive magnetic forces is the one im requisitioning for the 1st, we'll show the damn 7th that no matter what this thrice-damned galaxy throws at us the Grim will still be an unstoppable tide of death

[experiment 626]

Originally Posted by baronspikey

I like that idea stitch. Which ever moon has the heaviest gravity or similar prohibitive magnetic forces is the one im requisitioning for the 1st, we'll show the damn 7th that no matter what this thrice-damned galaxy throws at us the Grim will still be an unstoppable tide of death

well, if Rosenadel and Celestial Guardian don't mind me saying so, we call Io for the 8th assault company and the librarium's secret repository! (fitting that all of our ancient knowledge is guarded amongst the purging flames, no?!!)

cheers!

[Battle-Ranch]

Celestial Guardian, Io does sounds pretty bad ass boss

[Celestial Guardian]

I like your ideas stitch, but we're getting a little ahead of ourselves. Let's get the monestary hammered out and then we'll distribute the training grounds. I like the idea of Io especially since I am the captain of the 8th.

Also when we get the monestary dicided on, I have a little suprise for you guys, but that has to wait till next Monday...

Trust me you'll like it.

[Baron Spikey]

damn the bloody librarians and 8th company have taken the moon with the highest gravity......have fun zipping round there Celestial

The 1st claims Europa in the name of the holy Emperor...its big enough for a few more companies in different areas, any more than 3 though and the Grim will put on their fighting shoes.

sort of surprised you didn't suggest Themisto, stitch, for the librarium. the irregular dark moon that orbits on its own.

[GhostofTerra]

we cant use europa because its ice and has an ocean underneath
im not sinking to death in termie armour

[Baron Spikey]

its not like the ice is an inch thick! its tens of km and since the surface temp. is around -163 celsius i doubt the ice is going to thaw any time soon.....

[Battle-Ranch]

we're a spcae faring, warp travelling race of super men. i'm sure if we have Equipment that can stand the parrels of the warp a tech marine some where can figure out a way to make a building float.

Besides ghost, I'd save you. Yer to Purty to Drown

[Baron Spikey]

you know what Ghost? I've had a rethink how about Themisto for the 1st? Its small (only a 8km diameter) but it could be virtually turned into a floating battle station and its irregular orbit and the fact it isn't part of a group of moons like Io or Europa lends it a sinister aspect.

[GhostofTerra]

very nice

[Torquemada Coteaz]

Personally, I think Ides nailed it pretty well.
As much as I do like the idea of pluto, we'd have to use its sister planet as there is already extensive sensoria/astropathica equipment stationed on pluto its self.

But I also really like the idea of using pluto's moon because it would be the best place to mount a defense of Terra before the enemy gets too deep into Sol.

Io is also my favorite moon of jupiter :P so I'm gonna vote to have one of the major chapter keeps there.

Fleet Based: If we do fleet based we should have something like the that floating-asteroid-chapter-keep-ship whomever uses (was it fists or DA?). Regular Battle Barges just doesn't cut it for me. Maybe we took Pluto's moon and made it into a deathstar-esque ship? lmfao I'm going way overboard with that one.

[Stubber]

Originally Posted by Torquemada Coteaz

As much as I do like the idea of pluto, we'd have to use its sister planet as there is already extensive sensoria/astropathica equipment stationed on pluto its self.

But I also really like the idea of using pluto's moon because it would be the best place to mount a defense of Terra before the enemy gets too deep into Sol.

Fleet Based: If we do fleet based we should have something like the that floating-asteroid-chapter-keep-ship whomever uses (was it fists or DA?).

It'll be the Dark Angels monastery your thinking of, the fortress made from the ruins of Calibran.

Does it not stand to reason that Pluto's moon would also be covered in sensoria/astropathica, it's nearly the same size as pluto and the two are locked in a very close orbit.