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"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..."
— The Introduction, "Ep. 08 – The Archive – Chapter 01"
The Tritone Gambit is an adventurecast featuring six friends playing Dark Heresy , the now-discontinued Warhammer 40,000 RPG. The story follows a group of young recruits in the Inquisition, a shadow organisation that defends the Imperium of Man from threats without and within, as they run errands throughout a recently colonised part of space. But as time goes on, they start uncovering mounting evidence of that something is not quite right...
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Members of the group have also played one shots of other games, such as Dungeons & Dragons.
The Tritone Gambit provides examples of:
- Absurdly Spacious Sewer: The Underhive where Rosa grew up.
- Action Girl: Kadis and Anya tend to be the most prominent examples.
- Adventure-Friendly World: The Caesin sector is a relatively recently settled section of space, rife with danger and opportunity.
- Amazon Brigade: The party is an all-female Inquisition Cell.
- Anachronism Stew: It's Warhammer 40,000. Attacking cybernetic zombies with axes and swords is just the tip of the iceberg!
- Archaic Weapon for an Advanced Age: A staple of the setting.
- Arm Cannon: The servitors the party keeps running into tend to have these.
- Badass Normal: The whole team (barring Sha).
- Beleaguered Assistant: Magos Tector is shaping up to be this.
- Breather Episode: The Archived Asides are this, happening between story arcs and featuring somewhat more domestic shenanigans.
- Bulletproof Vest: Kadis and Anya started with a standard issue set of Guard Flak Armour. Kadis' didn't last the first session.
- Cats Are Magic: M'tarr the Gyrinx,
- Cats Are Snarkers: M'tarr begins to develop in such a manner after he is purchased by Sha in Shipfall.
- Church Militant: The setting has numerous examples.
- Cliffhanger: As an episodic series, this tends to happen.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: What the party suffers after the Shipfall mission due to Anya's rash actions.
- Companion Cube: Skully the servo-skull.
- Coolest Club Ever: The Lookout Tavern in Shipfall. Whilst not particularly busy or flashy, it gets points for being a converted starship bridge.
- Cross Player: Rob, Steven, and Ben play female characters (Anya, Rosa, and Sylveria respectively).
- Deliberately Monochrome: Sha's prologue is described this way. With some exceptions...
- Draw Sword, Draw Blood: Kadis is a firm believer in this, stemming from the superstitions of her homeworld.
- Elite Mooks: The Silver Lining Company is hinted at being this compared to the group's regular enemies.
- Feathered Fiend: Following several disturbing visions, Sha now considers all birds to be this.
- Fighter, Mage, Thief: Or Kadis/Anya, Sha, and Rosa/Sylvie.
- Formula-Breaking Episode: 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.
- Girls with Guns: It's an all-female Dark Heresy party. What did you expect?
- Hero of Another Story: The NPCs sometimes come across like this (such as Misaki, Johnson, and Geoff & Gary).
- Iconic Outfit: Kadis' tarpaulin cloak.
- Improv: It's a bunch of friends playing a tabletop RPG - of course it happens!
- Kill It with Fire: Kadis concocts a molotov cocktail in the Archive's kitchen which she uses to defeat a mercenary.
- Let's Split Up, Gang!: As with any RPG party, this happens from time to time...
- Luck Manipulation Mechanic: The party has already had to spend Fate points to avoid potentially disastorous miscasts by Sha. Twice.
- Mental World: Sha's prologue took place in one.
- Non-Player Character: As this is a tabletop game, there are a few.
- Oh, Crap!: That moment in the group's first session together (Ep 8) when they realize that yes, they're playing Dark Heresy.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Fofriss comes across as this, at least at the start of the campaign.
- Saharan Shipwreck: Shipfall evokes this but with a starship that should have never even entered the atmosphere.
- Scars Are Forever: 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.
- Secret Government Warehouse: Inquisitorial Facility K4R4-Z4N , aka The Archive.
- Shout-Out: Numerous.
- Rosa's prologue is one to Game of Thrones and The Lord Inquisitor.
- Anya's prologue involves battling a Horde of Alien Locusts on the planet Tarsonis.
- K4R4-Z4N is a clear reference to Karazahn.
- During the Shipfall arc, the party answers to a mysterious man in a sharp suit named Johnson.
- Surrounded by Idiots: Every member of the party has had this reaction at some point.
- Temple of Doom: Appears in Kadis' prologue.
- The Church: The Ecclesiarchy (the organisation tasked with overseeing the Imperium's religious doctrine) is a big part of The Ghostfire Incident arc.
- Tron Lines: Kadis' tattoos are this, a tradition on her homeworld.
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Writing by the Seat of Your Pants: The Games Master's style of running the game is almost certainly this.
