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[WB20k] The Empress’ Fleet

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Space is pretty big and it is in much of need of policing as the rest of the Empire.

Not only that but someone has to ferry the grunts around between missions!

This sorry responsibility falls upon the Empress’ Fleet. Selected from the best graduates in mathematical and physical sciences from various higher education establishments Fleet recruits are the best and the stated aim of the institution is to “make the best better.”

They do have a funny way of doing it…

For most Fleet Academy graduates the majority of their early careers will involve serving drinks to lecherous senior officers in a uniform that doesn’t exactly help matters.

Those few who get past Stewardess will have to fight tooth and nail to become Captain of their own ship.

Of course it’s not just Officers in the Fleet. There are also the Marines and Fighter pilots recruited from particularly raucous hockey societies. They act more like the dumb grunts of the Guardians but they’re unlikely to be a match for them physically.

Fleet do get involved in personal combat a lot more often than one would think. As well as boarding actions and the occasional planet fall Fleet are constantly in conflict with their rivals in the Guardians.

As a Warband (or ‘away team’) they bring considerable prowess in close range engagements and can dig in to a position like only a bunch of girls used to confined spaces can!

[WB 20k] The Empress’ Guardians

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The Guardians are the ground forces of the Empire.

Why does an Empire bristling with super weapons capable of cracking planets open like eggs need an infantry? Because the Infantry Soldier is, and always will be, the ultimate weapon: You don’t use a meat cleaver to cut out a tumour you use a scalpel.

The average Guardian is far from this subtle but she’s the best the Empress can do. As most wars in the Empire are small counter insurgency affairs Guardians are taught to make the best of their shoddy equipment and fight like tigers whatever nasty scrape they fall into.

Tactically Guardians are about outshooting their enemies. All of their Favoured Weapons are Medium to long range and they gain an additional bonus for using them making them a really nasty bunch of heavily armed battle bitches.

[WB20k] Allegiances

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The Empire of Woman is rife with chaotic internal unrest.

As well as the ever present threat of Dissidents the various arms of the Empress’ government do not get on at all and often come to blows on a small scale in various secluded corners that go unwatched by the Quizzers (who often start these conflicts anyway!)

Warbands in Whore’s Blade 20,000 choose their Allegiance at the start of play.

Each Allegiance subtly changes the Warrior Creation process and applies unique tactical strengths and weaknesses to the Warriors in play making their battle plans highly varied.

The Core Rulebook covers the main human factions in play.

At some point I will get round to writing Alien Nations which shall detail the various Alien species and their politics (assuming they aren’t integrated into the Empire’s.)

[WB20k] Warriors

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Building Warriors is a bit like a simplified version of building a History Farce Character. Each Warrior has the following…

Gene Grade: Similar to Courtesans 20,000 only instead of Strong Stats it boosts the effectiveness of Proficiencies if you have a higher Grade and there are no Grade Weaknesses.

Statistics: Each Warrior has 3 Statistics Aggression, Grit and Will. The first Dot in each is free further Dots must be purchased.

Proficiencies: A bit like Good Ats but you are only allowed 1 for each Statistic.

Weapons, Features and Bugs and Psychic Powers have their own chapters but the basics are covered in Warrior Creation for purposes of quick reference.

This is a very flexible system allowing you to customise your very own little Warband to protect the Empire or destroy it.

This of course depends on the Allegiance you select!

[WB 20k] Background

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In Courtesans 20,000 I answered the basic questions about the Setting of the Empire of Woman. It was however quite brief and for good reason.

I had a lot of new rules to cram in and the third, and probably most popular, Alternate Setting was also something of an afterthought.

In the Whore’s Blade 20,000 Rulebook I go into further detail about the Empire. Not just from the context of the Quizzers either.

The Core Rules shall focus on humans the most populous sentient species.

There shall be a future supplement about Aliens but there is enough variety to fill up a Wargame in just human politics both between the Empire’s various power blocs and the various Dissident factions.

So there you have it, the Wargame gives you more detail than the Roleplaying Game… funny that!

Whore’s Blade 20,000 Update!

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One week since I started and I have a 3 finished Chapters!

Seriously this is just pouring out and that is a problem: Why? Because the promotional minis that inspired this game are still being sculpted, artists need their time and I really hate having nearly finished books lolling about on my hard drive waiting for a couple of pictures.

Thus Whore’s Blade 20,000 will be taking a backseat until I’m a bit more secure in being able to do it the full justice it deserves.

Of course for me “taking a backseat” means I’m cutting down on time spent on it. Not that it is being ignored!

I will of course post previews of what I have so far 🙂