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WARP RIFT

ISSUE 18

HORIZON

THE BATTLEFLEET GOTHIC NETZINE

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Roy (Horizon) Amkreutz

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Void Stalker II

Iain (Cybershadow)

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Watcher in the Dark

Ray Bell

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Admirality

Reg Steiner

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Tyranid War Veteran

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Cover Picture – Christian Schwager

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Warp Rift • Issue Eightteen • May 2008

+++ Changer of Ways +++

Warp Rift Blog

Changes. Yes, last couple of months, weeks, days

things have changed in the universe of Warp Rift. As

you can read on this page Warp Rift opened a weblog

and aquired a Warp Rift speciic forum. Read them for

more information.

Since a few weeks Warp Rift also keeps its own weblog.

On this weblog I will post news items, updates or other

Warp Rift related information.

On this blog I will also upload revisions of previous

published Warp Rift articles. Or extensions of certain

articles which did not it into a regular issue of Warp

Rift.

Issue Eightteen – Contents:

Another thing which will have caught your eye should

be the new lay out of Warp Rift. Not entirely different

but improved, at least in my opinion, to make the

articles look better. Feel free to give feedback on the

changes of design. Be it positive or negative. Do you

think the lettertype is bad? Please say so. Do you like

the new headers? Please, tell me as well.

Encyclopedia Gothica

You can check out our blog at the following location:

Legendary Traders pt.1

Anargo Sector Project

http://www.tacticalwargames.net/wiki/tiki-view_blog.

php?blogId=10

High Admirality

Oficial Tyranid Q & A

In the world of Battleleet Gothic it is good to see that

the missing escort ships, like mentioned in the previous

issue of Warp Rift have returned to the new Games

Workshop online store. Only two are still missing

(Cobra and Iconoclast) but I am of good hope these

will return as well.

Warp Rift Forum

Showcase

Hosted at www.tacticalwargames.net Warp Rift

feautures a separate forum.

Khorne Fleet of Chaos

Gothicomp 2008

The new Games Workshop website also means changes

to Specialist Games. As we can read on the homepage

of Specialist Games their site will be abandoned. The

main Games Workshop site now is going to feature

the Specialist Games and have resources available to

download.

The forums of the Specialist Games site will be moved

1:1 to a new location.

This forum is mainly intended to discuss the feautered

articles in Warp Rift. But it also gives you the

oppurtuniy to comment on Warp Rift itself and gives

ideas, tips or otherwise to improve this Ezine.

Oficer’s Mess

Reaper’s Toll

Void Stalker

Direct Links

If you are reading Warp Rift in Adobe Acrobat Warp

Rift enables you to click on the header of an article

and take you directly to the relevant thread in the Warp

Rift forum.

Some articles have threads of their own, while others

fall into the general discussion area.

Alternative Campaign Rules

The Forge

Mineields

Running out of space as I type. This issue features

some real cool articles. Ranging from the irst part of

the Legendary Traders, over the Tyranid Q&A trough

alternative campaign rules ending with the Divine

Intervention. Check them and the other great articles

out and give feedback on them through are new

forum!

Personal Ship Lexicon

Divine Intervention

For people who are reading Warp Rift in another

programm or are reading it from paper I will give the

internet link to the forum below:

Happy Gaming,

Horizon

http://www.tacticalwargames.net/cgi-bin/forum/

ikonboard.cgi?act=SF;f=89

ENCYCLOPAEDIA GOTHICA

FLEETS OF THE GALAXY

Rogue Traders - Legendary Traders pt.1

by Yuber Okami, Roy ‘Horizon’Amkreutz, Yannic, Christian Schwager and Frank ‘Xisor’O’Hanlon

On the following we will show you a couple of Legendary Traders who roam the galaxy. These Infamous captains and or their ships can be added

to any Rogue Trader leet.

the Angelic

Captain Maros Grey

Despite the ending of Uwerton Grey Artelus was intrigued

by the life of a Rogue Trader. Seeing it as an escape from

Tellen IV and possible the same fate as his parents he

started to unfold his ideas for a venture into space. From

his father’s neglected planetary defence force he took the

Angelic, the former lagship, a reitted Merchantmen of

the almost forgotten Aegidius Design, remarkable because

of its extensive sensor arrays, the only ship left in good

enough shape to take on inter stellar journeys, as his ship.

After recruiting the necessary crew and required servitors

he departed for Kar Duniash. A planet from which he

could venture into various regions through trade. With

his inal goal to build a small trade imperium of his own.

But all that changed the very moment Inquisitor Horatio

Luvern came aboard the Angelic.

sensors seem to experience problem when they try to

scan the Angelic. For the Angelic this means that enemy

vessels can hardly target this vessel. This way the Angelic

will only sporadically receive damage to lucky shots.

The closest reference to why and what this protection is

has been given by Inquisitor Luvern: ‘Why do you ask?

For as we know it is an Angelic vessel and Angels do

have a divine protection.’ With that he dismissed further

questions.

The Adeptus Mechanicus has shown slight interest in the

vessel but not to such an extend to invest to much time

into it.

History

The Warrant of Trade was bought with a lot of money

that Artelus Grey inherited from his deceased parents.

His father was governor on Tellen IV, located in the

Segmentum Paciicus, a wealthy and lourishing planet.

But unfortunately wealthy people attracted unscrupulous

people, at the age of eighteen Artelus his parents got

assassinated, leaving all their money and wealth to Artelus,

their only child. Artelus never knew who was responsible

for the murder.

After Artelus Grey retired from active Trading and he re-

sided to his mansion on Lanioor Prime. The Angelic re-

The following years Artelus lived an isolated life in the

family mansion, spending his time thinking on what he

should do with his life. At one evening, from a drawer in

his father’s study room, he found a diary and some reports

regarding his great grandfather Uwerton Grey. Uwerton

Grey was a so-called Rogue Trader, captain of the revered

Venidictus, a re-commissioned Dominator class cruiser.

He led many expeditions far into the unknown reaches

of the Eastern Fringe. Discovering backwater human

colonies and bringing the Light of the Emperor to them.

His encounters with various alien races varied from brutal

battles to peaceful negotiations. Uwerton Grey’s last

mission was a venture into the realm called Gates of Varl.

Since then no one heard of him. The last transmission

from the Venidictus made report of an ambush by alien

forces.

From the moment Inquisitor Horatio Luvern

came aboard the Angelic the history of this vessel

becomes shady. From what can be gathered the

Inquisitor and Artelus Grey commanded the

Angelic into the mysterious Khareshi Expanse,

located somewhere on the Eastern Fringe. It is

assumed the vessel stayed for almost six months

within the Expanse before it returned to known

space. The ships log on this time period has been

sealed by the Inquisition and captain Artelus

Grey has never spoken about the venture into the

Khareshi Expanse. One can only guess on what

has happened.

It is rumoured that the Angelic has a strange,

possibly alien, protection device. Standard

mained in dock for a few years, untouched by anyone and

protected by the local Guard from curious eyes. Artelus

children did not want to follow the same path of trading as

their father. It was Artelus his grandson, Maros Grey, who

took on command of the Angelic in 995.M41 at young

age.

Inheriting all prosperous trade privileges from his father,

who on his account got these through the Inquisition, Ma-

ros quickly formed a decent transport leet.

But the fact that the Angelic went into active service again

did not go unnoticed. Very soon Maros received a visit

from Inquisition Luvern. This time the Adeptus Mecha-

nicus showed more interest for shrouded reasons and on

orders of Magos Explorator Inachus Tynton they ordered

a single light cruiser to accompany the Angelic for further

investigations.

up startling Tau colonies.

Reportedly Inquisitor Luvern went aboard once again and

now the Angelic left the trading to other vessels belonging

to the Grey Mercantile. Its current course unknown. Yet is

believed Maros Grey, just like his grand father once, took

on the path of a Rogue Trader.

Maros Grey and the Angelic have

been on trade routes between vari-

ous Lucrative Imperial Worlds and

TYPE/HITS

SPEED

TURNS

SHIELD ARMOUR TURRETS

Merchant/6 25cm

90º

ARMAMENT RANGE/SPEED

FIREPOWER/STR FIRE ARC

Dorsal Lance Battery

45cm

L/F/R

Port Weapons Battery

30cm

Starboard Weapons Battery

30cm

Prow Launch Bay

ighters - 30cm 1

The Angelic

150 points

Captain Maros Grey, Leadership 8, 1 re-roll.

Special Rules

• Improved Sensors Array ( as in Rulebook, +1 Leadership)

• Khareshi Expanse Legacy – Divine Protection

Enemy vessels must take a Leadership at a –3 modiier test before they can ire

at the Angelic.

The Angelic can take the following passenger aboard:

• Lord Inquisitor Horatio Luvern +25 pts

When the Inquisitor is aboard the Angelic the ship receives an additional re-

roll (ship only) and the attack rating of the leet improves by +1 (to a maximum

of 3).

‘Why the Angelic you ask? As you might now from ancient religious stories Angels are beings

sent forth by God. Divine and blessed beings. This ship, the Angelic, had been chosen by

our Divine Emperor to guide me on my voyage into the Khareshi Expanse. And you captain

had already been blessed with the Angelic, I do not know how you attained the Angelic, but

a blessing it was. And because of your blessing it was very clear to me that we both should

venture into the Expanse. Guided by an Angel sent forth by our Emperor!’

Inquisitor Horatio Luvern

• Adeptus Mechanicus Interests

Very recently Magos Explorator Inachus Tynton has shown interest in the An-

gelic. Believing it to be a design similar to the ancient Aegidius design. To

this end he ordered an Adeptus Mechanicus Light Cruiser plus a few attendant

escorts to investigate the vessel. For the time being with a passive stance.

A leet led by Maros Grey and the Angelic may include the Adeptus Mechanicus

Endeavour Class Light Cruiser ‘Protector of Knowledge’ (gift = energy emer-

gence reserves) and two Adeptus Mechanics escorts.

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