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Deep on the edge of the Calixis Sector, out toward the border systems that lie upon the brink of the end of the Imperium there lies a temple to the Omnissiah. Long forgotten about and often without outside contact for centuries, the priests of the temple study long forgotten technology and practice research that borders well past heresy. It is among these hallowed halls of science that Tas-ra Bo was born and raised and from here where he first discovered the breech.

Since my players have done the Inquisitor thing we've deceided do the political thing, I always liked the Dune series and the original move had some great scenes which inspired me to this.

'Fear us, for we are acolytes' is a scenario about the lies told to fulfil selfish needs. The PC's play a group of con artists who pose as an Inquisitors acolytes. They target wealthy but isolated people, claiming they are heretics. The victim is killed and possessions taken as evidence. Then the PC's lay low for a few months, living off the wealth. then look for a new target. The gang consists of a Guardsman, a Cleric, an Adept, an Arbitrator, a Tech-priest and a scum class. 

Transmission intercepted by the black ship ‘I02-VII Salient Tangent’ en-route to Groves fall:

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To: Senior Kappa Adept Marston Halcyon
Transmission Origin: Calixus sector: Planet ‘Groves Fall’

The Planet of ‘Groves Fall’ teeters on the edge of rebellion and civil war.

Episode One; Player Character Goals:

A Squad of “The Sons of Guilliman” Space Marines rebelled against the yoke of imperial rule; and the kill team’s sergeant killed off the planet’s imperial governor and seceded the planet from its imperial rule. The sergeant later became known as Constantinus the Liberator. After he plunged the local star systems into rebellion and war, an imperial vindicare assassin killed him.

I bought Dark Heresy, and I think it's awesome. So now I'm trying to stoke my head for all kinds of ideas and things, and figure out what sort of approach I want to take. I've thought about just keeping it relatively episodic, one mission at a time, with maybe some hints and clues dropped in the course of it toward a larger conspiracy. I also thought of going for a kind of sandbox approach, setting up said conspiracy in ludicrous detail, so that the PCs can just sorta be dropped in the right spot, given a gentle nudge, and leaving the rest of the investigation up to them.

The conclusion to the Arastus Affair.