Battle Barge Description
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rather_analyticalA simply enormous spaceship the Space Marines use, this is the largest class of warship used by the Adeptus Astartes. You can read up on certain details about battle barges here. You'd think Poscle would be appreciative of this... but he's more concerned about what the Iron Hands would do without it as well as the frustration of having to clean up the place. And fix up what he can. Fortunately... it is still flying in space. This distance between it and Ink City is the biggest defense against attack there is against the Battle Barge, barring it's sheer size and any boarding maneuvers.
While the Battle Barge is mostly intact, there are some things that either aren't intact or are simply missing. Most notably, all of the warp engines and most of the more conventional engines are gone. Completely gone. No sign of tampering or anything. It has enough engines to keep it in orbit, but it's not going anywhere with those engines dedicated full-time to keeping it in orbit.
The second most notable nonintact thing about the Battle Barge is that a large number of the Bombardment Turrets, Torpedo Tubes, Drop Pods, and Thunderhawks--as well as the other vehicles stored there--are either completely missing, irrepariably destroyed, or severely damaged. Poscle will eventually mark all the damaged areas with caution tape, as well as marking the working ones with reflective line green duct tape, both of which he'll end up getting from the Grocery Store. (Hey, it works, and it's easy to use!) However, the number of them which still work is just a few, meaning he can't just go out and deploy a tank for the heck of it--the few that still work are valuable relics to him, and he has to have a damn good reason to deploy one of them rather than keeping them safe and sound in the battle barge.
The third most notable thing is that the power system is mostly intact. There's some odd power fluctuation or other malfunction that Poscle has yet to figure out, which is keeping it from running at full power, but for now it runs with just enough power to reliably power the engines, doors, lights, and machinery in the forge inside the Battle Barge. Poscle is well aware that firing the bombardment cannons and artillery tubes still left will undoubtedly tax the power systems, if not disable them outright.
Then there's the Battle Barge's industrial forge. This is the area Poscle spends the most time in within the Battle Barge, with plentiful supplies for engineering, many tools, and plenty of machines which aid in producing and implanting cybernetics, usually performing jobs hard or impossible to do with conventional tools. There's also various DNA testing machines in here as well. While he's up here, this is where you're most likely to find him.
There are also enough sleeping quarters to house a small army, as well as a cafeteria capable of feeding a small army and enough storage for the food rations. While they were designed for a hardier folk than normal humans, a normal human might be able to eat some of those rations on the Battle Barge, but it's definitely not suggested. It's a better idea to get some food from the Warehouse than here, provided one does not have the digestive system of (or comparable to) a Space Marine.
Other areas within the battle barge include training rooms (for melee and ranged combat, primarily focused on the latter), the occassional large open expanse not filled with a room but left open for the building process, a bridge, a strategy room, and a small library filled with various Imperial docterines and books declaring and explaining the Iron Hands beliefs, as well as other, more general books regarding the Space Marines. Spare parchment and ink is still there, although the parchment, along with the books, are weathered and old, although not to extreme age. Poscle would likely react in anger if you defiled any of those books, accidentally or otherwise.
There's also a few onboard armories, scattered throughout. Poscle keeps these thoroughly locked up unless needed otherwise, although not all the equipment that should be there is. After all, he'd rather not risk a security breach. He'll also keep all the (working) vehicles locked up as well, to keep them from being used against him.
The Battle Barge itself lies in space. The teleportation beacon to get up to the place lies on plot 68, and is simply a small building with an attached power generator and designated spots to stand to be teleported up (and down) from the Battle Barge.
While the Battle Barge is mostly intact, there are some things that either aren't intact or are simply missing. Most notably, all of the warp engines and most of the more conventional engines are gone. Completely gone. No sign of tampering or anything. It has enough engines to keep it in orbit, but it's not going anywhere with those engines dedicated full-time to keeping it in orbit.
The second most notable nonintact thing about the Battle Barge is that a large number of the Bombardment Turrets, Torpedo Tubes, Drop Pods, and Thunderhawks--as well as the other vehicles stored there--are either completely missing, irrepariably destroyed, or severely damaged. Poscle will eventually mark all the damaged areas with caution tape, as well as marking the working ones with reflective line green duct tape, both of which he'll end up getting from the Grocery Store. (Hey, it works, and it's easy to use!) However, the number of them which still work is just a few, meaning he can't just go out and deploy a tank for the heck of it--the few that still work are valuable relics to him, and he has to have a damn good reason to deploy one of them rather than keeping them safe and sound in the battle barge.
The third most notable thing is that the power system is mostly intact. There's some odd power fluctuation or other malfunction that Poscle has yet to figure out, which is keeping it from running at full power, but for now it runs with just enough power to reliably power the engines, doors, lights, and machinery in the forge inside the Battle Barge. Poscle is well aware that firing the bombardment cannons and artillery tubes still left will undoubtedly tax the power systems, if not disable them outright.
Then there's the Battle Barge's industrial forge. This is the area Poscle spends the most time in within the Battle Barge, with plentiful supplies for engineering, many tools, and plenty of machines which aid in producing and implanting cybernetics, usually performing jobs hard or impossible to do with conventional tools. There's also various DNA testing machines in here as well. While he's up here, this is where you're most likely to find him.
There are also enough sleeping quarters to house a small army, as well as a cafeteria capable of feeding a small army and enough storage for the food rations. While they were designed for a hardier folk than normal humans, a normal human might be able to eat some of those rations on the Battle Barge, but it's definitely not suggested. It's a better idea to get some food from the Warehouse than here, provided one does not have the digestive system of (or comparable to) a Space Marine.
Other areas within the battle barge include training rooms (for melee and ranged combat, primarily focused on the latter), the occassional large open expanse not filled with a room but left open for the building process, a bridge, a strategy room, and a small library filled with various Imperial docterines and books declaring and explaining the Iron Hands beliefs, as well as other, more general books regarding the Space Marines. Spare parchment and ink is still there, although the parchment, along with the books, are weathered and old, although not to extreme age. Poscle would likely react in anger if you defiled any of those books, accidentally or otherwise.
There's also a few onboard armories, scattered throughout. Poscle keeps these thoroughly locked up unless needed otherwise, although not all the equipment that should be there is. After all, he'd rather not risk a security breach. He'll also keep all the (working) vehicles locked up as well, to keep them from being used against him.
The Battle Barge itself lies in space. The teleportation beacon to get up to the place lies on plot 68, and is simply a small building with an attached power generator and designated spots to stand to be teleported up (and down) from the Battle Barge.
