The universe changed completely with the fracturing of the Milky Way in two, and with the resurrection of the Primarch over a century ago, but two things remained and endured as they had for thousands of years - the foes of Mankind in all their forms and with all their perils, and the Emperor's Holy Inquisition standing firm to combat them and root them out wherever thy may be found.
As with everywhere within the Imperium, the Helvin Expanse - a sector of space on the fringes of Imperial authority as it is - did not remain untouched by the fallout of the Rift, and the Inquisitions foothold there, known as the Tamahai (tah-mah-hay) Conclave, have began to mobilise on a scale not seen before to counter potential threats.
Inquisitor Lycus Xande of the Ordo Xenos has set his Acolytes (or one group of them at least) on the trail of a missing member of his retinue, an Interrogator no less, who has failed to report in at the allotted times; they are now considered dead or missing in action, and truthfully Inquisitor Lycus would prefer it to be the latter.
Taskana IV is the planet, seek out and recover the asset, or failing that dispatch them to the Emperor's mercy, is the goal... and time is never on ones side.
Out-of-Character
I've been thinking of starting an Inquisition/Dark Heresy-based RP for a while now, and decided that now would be as good a time as any - if you enjoy the adventures of Eisenhorn and Ravenor, if you were a fan of FFGs Dark Heresy TTRPG, if you like getting in close and personal with the inner machinations of the Imperium and beyond (and possibly with near limitless power to back you up), and if you're looking for such an RP that isn't going to shy away from more non-PG subjects within 40k, then I'd suggest signalling your interest in this here thread.
As for the meat and vegetables...
Taking place through a series of Acts/Sessions/Scenarios, we shall be dropped into the roles of newly-minted Acolytes for one Inquisitor Lycus Xande of the Ordo Xenos, a figure who has not been seen in person by anyone for quite some time but is nevertheless as active as ever; the typical archetypes and representatives of the various Imperial branches are welcome, as are more unorthodox figures depending on a small chat with myself.
Character Statements
We're going to go a little more prose-based for the Character Sheets in this RP, and this is how, a simple statement with the first half giving the vitals of ones character - looks, age etc, anything of the like that the writer thinks others need to know - while the second half will be an in-character scene, although what your character is doing is entirely up to the writer.
Characters will hopefully grow as the RP progresses, and specific missions may require specific armaments and the like, so don't get too comfortable with a standard set-up for ones character.
Anyway.
Please post your CS in the OOC thread inside a hider, after all is approved and done it can then be coped to the Char section.
If you've any questions then please feel free to ask.
The Emperor protects.