>>5228380It's very tempting. It does mean our fleet loses the benefit of our direct leadership for overall tactics, but in many many battles of 40k the benefits of the right action by a Primarch outweigh that many times over. Plus, if Guilliman has the wherewitall to see a whole battlefield in his head even while he's punching some orks, Talos likely can too.
>Write-InGentlemagi, even though we must protect the Blackstone Fortress I propose we do not ignore the plight of Lucius. Supposedly the Warboss may even be there:
"As we have not had signs of the Warboss he will likely be on this one"
Even if he isnt' there, we can do more than just sit here. Leave our children to the protection of our best, ensure that we have done everything to protect the bridge from the best defensive turrets to multiple layers of bridge shielding and hallway bulkheads, to anti-assassin Scyllax robots in case the enemy tries something sneaky.
We should get on the Onus Probandi and rally what ships we can spare that could be taken without undue risk to the Blackstone Fortress, and move against the fleet. Not to destroy or turn it about, but to mitigate the worst damages from the impact to Lucius.
If we are so fortunate to find the Warboss ship, we could even attempt to disable its engines and slow its progress down just long enough for the Blackstone Fortress to fire off. When that happens, all hell will break lose amongst the ork ranks and even their mekboys will find their equipment now prone to malfunction. . .and fuel loss. We could trap this Warboss here and eliminate him even if the rest of his ships try to break free.
