Okay, which is it.. that they assassin team will be hunting on Scintilla, or off world?? Which was a point I raised before. Off Scintilla and out of the system you have to deal Warp Traveling time to investigate their deaths. And only because well loosing 2 or more heirs in a short time might have got people attention, even if off planet. Of the 3 I posted below and before only the last will require a Ashen Tear Assassin the other 2 should be able to be done by agents. I was going with the few being "High Ranking Targets" and might have been off planet as I said before, yet be respected enough that they could make a legit claim to the title Lord Calixis: #16 Lt. Commander Wynnie Hax whose died when her section was opened to the space because of "accident" #24 Administrator Thomas Wooten-Hax died when "brain aneurysm" occured on Iocanthos #30 Prince Serian Hax had "a hunting accident and died" on a hunting trip to Fedrid

Wow, my 1st question for you besides the my little pony game system, what other games systems do you currently enjoy playing. I've played 40k wargame since there were Squats before they all got eaten😢 and I have played the 40k system since it came out with a local group of players who are liberal as can be. Yes 40k universe is a fascist system that is crumbling as you state that is trying to bind all humanity together in 1 big block to survive against the all threats. As is the Empire in Star Wars. But you miss that while yes the Space Marines are "powerful troops and stars of the Game" what really holding back the hordes (be they Orks, Tau, Necrons, Craftworld or Dark Eldar, Mutants, Chaos forces (Human or Space Marine) or even Human Rebel forces) are the PDF and Imperial Guard units which are made up normal humans. But most people are more concerned with happening on lets say Planet Kadrek, because of the Feudalism nature of the planetary systems then to worry about rest of the Imperium, the planetary ruling class and/or Imperium Assets will care about the sector and above. Even the Imperial Creed changes for "local" conditions. You could and should be able to find just about any government style on the local level from clan/family bands most likely with imported planetary ruler sitting in orbit station to 1980 era [not sure you get much more modern as the setting not that advanced with gear] modern world style governments with the local leadership of any Political Ideologies, because the as long as they meet the Imperial Tithe, the Imperium doesn't care how the planets are run. Fail to make that Tithe and soon or later the Imperium will come calling to find out why.

So how do you "plan" where to place the hijack team? And when to release the Ashen Tear assassin(s) to take the HRT who are outside the Lucid Palace or elsewhere on Scintilla who could able to grab the mantle of the title Lord Calixis. And for most of my problems with the Hijacking, @Cobramax76, filled in the words I wasn't able to find for some of my objection @Cobramax76

let me say thank you as well

Okay, I missed that, I was going with the few being "High Ranking Targets" and might have been off planet as I said before, yet be respected enough that they could make a legit claim to the title Lord Calixis: #16 Lt. Commander Wynnie Hax whose died when her section was opened to the space because of "accident" #24 Administrator Thomas Wooten-Hax died when "brain aneurysm" occured on Iocanthos #30 Prince Serian Hax had "a hunting accident and died" on a hunting trip to Fedrid because if the bulk of these "HRT" are in the Lucid Palace or elsewhere on Scintilla, then there is no reason for them to be target for assassination, as if this plan works they should be dead anyways. So how are they arranging accident that forces the ship by causing enough damage to the prow of the ship to force it into the yard? And to force the evac of the majority of the crew from area? And lastly are you having this done in orbit of Scintilla? Now if they done this they may also have "hurt" the Inquisitorial agents, in the accident. Now not being an expert on how 40k WMD are handle @Cobramax76, and the "launch" rules I assume that at least 2 of the Inquisitorial agents of the Ordo Excorium must "agree" to launch/release the weapon to firing. So the hostile force would need to keep them alive but captured, and Ordo Excorium would be fighting to death to keep from being captured?

To me still this whole operation, has problems: #1, Unless the extended Hax clan is all kept close (in which case the attack on Scintilla solves this problem), those Deaths the PC are looking at could be spread across the sector. Which can mean weeks/months in the Warp. Once I started to off the "legit" heirs who could seize command the title, the clock is already ticking on Scintilla. You shouldn't have that much time to investigate # of deaths and stop part 2. #2, Stealing the Weapons from a Naval Ship. Even if docked in drydock, should be nearly impossible without the help of the both the Admiral of the ship and the Lord Inquisitor who commands the team in charge of the weapon. Now move the weapons to a storage locker while maintance is being done. And given the bureaucratic nightmare that 40k can be, the security could be limited to "just" the Lord Inquisitor team and "limited dockside security" unless the PC team gets there in time. Then you still have to transport the weapon from the naval yard to Scintilla, but we could have a Rogue Trader for that, one who family might have ties to Malfi, or even better ties to Severan Dominate space for the false flag while Malfi, assumes command of the sector. As our group doesn't play Rogue Trader, what weapons are available to a Rogue Trader that could be used to "wipeout/put a serious hurt on" a planet or hive?

I never found one so no

Wait I missed this???

It was a very interesting movie.. and don't forget had what could have a Sister = Severian

I really don't have anything to add, but I would love to hear how this goes because I love where you stole this from

Interesting interlinking idea, and I'm not sure there is going to be an issue doing it that way

Well I am late to the party, but what about having the weapon not seized from a starship but a shipyard depot armoury. It could be something that was "paperwork lost" or mistaken shipped/removed and not replaced post work finished. Something like this Mistake Much easier for a Logician sponcered strike team to seize the hardware, especially if you have a few Ashen Tear Assassins to help the raid out. as for hunting the Hax dynasty, Logician's done hits should be hard to discover unless they go over the top using Ashen Tear Assassin taking out the heirs in bloody fashions, use of Cerebral Annikilators and other "accidents" arranged should besides they are Hax heirs, mean tracing the cause of death will be harder, especially over # of off planet sites. #16 Lt. Commander Wynnie Hax whose died when her section was opened to the space because of accident #24 Thomas Wooten-Hax died when brain aneurysm occured on Iocanthos #30 Serian Hax died on a hunting trip to Fedrid all you have in common is the Hax dynasty, and to investigate you have travel all over the Sector. I do like the idea of framing Severus Dominate agents with planted evidence to distract from the real guilty party

a new one

Of course 1 of our natural Hatred is Psykers so this is an interesting thought

I'm trying to download your Volkite Weaponry pdf and it says unavailable