I am also in a pleasant, "Fuck off, it was self-defense" stance. The Imperium tends to believe the word of the first person they hear anyway. Besides, the Aquairre was two seconds away from combat readiness before this magic-fuck-all happened. If Durke dies onboard, all the better, because he wont be able to spin the story into a version favorable to him.<br/><br/>We are absolutely within our right and state of mind to attack the Ingominious for attacking us first. We knew it was against our better judgement to let anyone onboard, but we still did because it was 'civilized'. While not necessarily betrayed, we have been infiltrated yet again by Chaos and an Inquisitor just appears out of nowhere to spring a trap on. our. own. ship. without a care for the consequences.<br/><br/>How are we any different from the Imperium if we chose to kill a few hundred innocent to save the lives of thousands, if it purges Chaos from our ranks? The Inquisition and the Imperium should give us medals for doing their job for them.<br/><br/>We are fucking Rogue Traders. We answer to no one save the authority that granted our Warrant of Trade, which is probably a Solar General or Lord back on Terra. The Inquisition can only enforce its will were it has the resources and manpower to do so and the Mextil Sector is still pretty much a frontier zone. Dont look at Ares for resources or backing. We are Patron Saints to them. We answered the distress call, killed the Reaver Fleet, -and- are rebuilding them. Oh there may be some tenth of a tenth of a tenth of a percentage that will help the Inquisitor, there always is, but it aint much and definitly wont be in the administratum of Ares.<br/><br/>sorry if it sounds vindictive, it is a little bit. it kind of irks me that we didnt hear any grumblings from a high morale crew and that so few opposition are able to infect our ship with nurglings, rogue servitors, take over the enginarium, and practically bone us. After this fight, there will be a complete (read COMPLETE) sweep of the ship. Halls, rooms, bilge tanks, pipes, empty space. Everything will be X-rayed, Thermographed, Sounded, pried open, and visually confirmed. If it aint human or acceptable abhuman, it will be purged with fire. The Aquairre will be put back into a condition that she was when she was made. If it takes a year, so be it. There will be an unbroken web of humanity as it goes from the stern to aft and port to starboard. We have the manpower for it, and I'll commit a decent portion of the crew to it.<br/><br/>I trust the crew, but there will be changes made. There will be annual psych evals and if subversion or anything of that nature is found it will be purged. Crew will challenge other crew on a regular basis with identification and if something doesnt add up, or there is something suspicious, they TELL US.<br/><br/>by the way, tagan, you may want to have sarah get into her armor. there is a doppleganger cortez on the loose and he'd probably try for the bridge. and your a prime target since you can fly the aquairre on sails alone. I've told everyone on the bridge to shoot any look-a-likes, but until there is another PC onboard with you, its pretty precarious. Im pretty sure that Tarsus has the bridge blood-locked, TGT if he values his life and reputation as a competant XO.<br/>