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4	[[caption-width-right:350:Are you ready to confront [[TitleDrop The Tritone Gambit]]?]]
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6	->''"Welcome to the Caesin Sector, a recently settled region of space on the galactic north-east. Discovered by the Rogue Trader Cladius Fivreaous Harron, the sector has been undergoing rapid colonization as the Imperium lays claim to its resources. But frontiers are dangerous, and not only from without. The Inquisition is the shadow organization charged with rooting out the more subversive threats against the Imperium of Man, and a newly colonized sector requires the creation of infrastructure to support such duties. The hastily formed Caesin Conclave has called in every favour available to it to swiftly establish itself in the sector. With the lack of Inquisitorial Agents, several newly recruited acolytes have been dispatched to the Caesin Sector to assist..."''
7	-->-- '''The Introduction''', [[ProlongedPrologue "Ep. 08 – The Archive – Chapter 01"]]
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9	''The Tritone Gambit'' is an adventurecast featuring six friends playing TabletopGame/DarkHeresy , the now-discontinued TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 RPG. The story follows a group of [[NewMeat young recruits]] in the [[StateSec Inquisition]], a shadow organisation that defends the [[TheEmpire Imperium of Man]] from threats without and within, as they run errands throughout a [[SettlingTheFrontier recently colonised]] part of space. But as time goes on, they start uncovering mounting evidence of that [[ConspiracyKitchenSink something is not quite right]]...
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11	Can be found on [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tritone-gambit/id1270342288?mt=2 iTunes]] and [[https://thetritonegambit.podbean.com/ Podbean]].
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13	Members of the group have also played one shots of other games, such as TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons.
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15	!! ''The Tritone Gambit'' provides examples of:
16	* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The Underhive where Rosa grew up.
17	* ActionGirl: Kadis and Anya tend to be the most prominent examples.
18	* AdventureFriendlyWorld: The Caesin sector is a relatively recently settled section of space, rife with danger and opportunity.
19	* AmazonBrigade: The party is an all-female Inquisition Cell.
20	* AnachronismStew: It's TabletopGame/Warhammer40000. Attacking cybernetic zombies with axes and swords is just the tip of the iceberg!
21	* ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge: A staple of the setting.
22	* ArmCannon: The servitors the party keeps running into tend to have these.
23	* BadassNormal: The whole team (barring [[SquishyWizard Sha]]).
24	* BeleagueredAssistant: Magos Tector is shaping up to be this.
25	* BreatherEpisode: The Archived Asides are this, happening between story arcs and featuring somewhat more domestic shenanigans.
26	* BulletproofVest: Kadis and Anya started with a standard issue set of Guard Flak Armour. [[spoiler:Kadis' didn't last the first session.]]
27	* CatsAreMagic: M'tarr the Gyrinx,
28	* CatsAreSnarkers: M'tarr begins to develop in such a manner after he is purchased by Sha in Shipfall.
29	* ChurchMilitant: The setting has numerous examples.
30	* CliffHanger: As an episodic series, this tends to happen.
31	* ColdBloodedTorture: What the party suffers after the Shipfall mission due to Anya's rash actions.
32	* CompanionCube: Skully the servo-skull.
33	* CoolestClubEver: The Lookout Tavern in Shipfall. Whilst not particularly busy or flashy, it gets points for being a ''converted starship bridge''.
34	* CrossPlayer: Rob, Steven, and Ben play female characters (Anya, Rosa, and Sylveria respectively).
35	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Sha's prologue is described this way. With some [[TheCorruption exceptions...]]
36	* DrawSwordDrawBlood: Kadis is a firm believer in this, stemming from the superstitions of her homeworld.
37	* EliteMooks: The Silver Lining Company is hinted at being this compared to the group's regular enemies.
38	* FeatheredFiend: Following several disturbing visions, Sha now considers all birds to be this.
39	* FighterMageThief: Or Kadis/Anya, Sha, and Rosa/Sylvie.
40	* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Episode 21 is a switch from the usual actual play format into a narration of the arc's conclusion, due to the GM losing the original recordings.
41	* GirlsWithGuns: It's an all-female ''Dark Heresy'' party. What did you expect?
42	* HeroOfAnotherStory: The [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]] sometimes come across like this (such as Misaki, Johnson, and Geoff & Gary).
43	* IconicOutfit: Kadis' tarpaulin cloak.
44	* {{Improv}}: It's a bunch of friends playing a tabletop RPG - of course it happens!
45	* KillItWithFire: Kadis concocts a molotov cocktail in the Archive's kitchen which she uses to defeat a mercenary.
46	* LetsSplitUpGang: As with any RPG party, this happens from time to time...
47	* LuckManipulationMechanic: The party has already had to spend Fate points to avoid [[HellGate potentially disastorous miscasts]] by Sha. Twice.
48	* MentalWorld: Sha's prologue took place in one.
49	* NonPlayerCharacter: As this is a tabletop game, [[UnderStatement there are a few]].
50	* OhCrap: That moment in the group's first session together (Ep 8) when they realize that yes, they're playing [[EverythingTryingToKillYou Dark Heresy]].
51	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Fofriss comes across as this, at least at the start of the campaign.
52	* SaharanShipwreck: Shipfall evokes this but with a starship that should have never even entered the atmosphere.
53	* ScarsAreForever: During a tense battle in Shipfall, Sylveria lost one of her eyes. Granted, this is 40k, so it ''is'' possible for her to get a cybernetic replacement...if she ever saves up enough Thrones.
54	* SecretGovernmentWarehouse: Inquisitorial Facility [= K4R4-Z4N =], aka The Archive.
55	* ShoutOut: Numerous.
56	** Rosa's prologue is one to Series/GameOfThrones and Film/TheLordInquisitor.
57	** Anya's prologue involves battling a [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Horde Of Alien Locusts]] on the planet [[VideoGame/StarCraft Tarsonis]].
58	** [=K4R4-Z4N=] is a clear reference to [[VideoGame/WarCraft Karazahn]].
59	** During the Shipfall arc, the party answers to a mysterious man in a sharp suit named [[TabletopGame/ShadowRun Johnson]].
60	* SurroundedByIdiots: Every member of the party has had this reaction at some point.
61	* TempleOfDoom: Appears in Kadis' prologue.
62	* TheChurch: The Ecclesiarchy (the organisation tasked with overseeing the Imperium's religious doctrine) is a big part of ''The Ghostfire Incident'' arc.
63	* TronLines: Kadis' tattoos are this, a tradition on her homeworld.

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