Chapter 4 - The Lord Inquisitor and the Lord Captain

Walkthrough for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader's Chapter 4, covering the return to the voidship, new quests like The Lord Inquisitor and the Lord Captain, and companion quests.

You will emerge from the Webway Gateway on Janus to the surprise of witnesses.

Demand assistance (Persuasion -15) and the old man will lower his weapon. Tell him that you need a shuttle and he will direct you to their flying ferry. If Eklendyl is with you, he will demand to know whether he will be exchanging one prison for another. Respond as you please and the scene will switch to the voidship where Janris will debrief you.

If you made a deal with the Aeldari earlier, Muaran will meet you at the Webway Gateway and take Eklendyl under his protection.

After Janris has finished, Nomos will enquire about what you did with Tervantias's stifler.

Tell them what you did to reinforce their conviction. With that done, Janris will bring a number of matters to your attention: Drukhari raids are continuing, the Cult of the Final Dawn has shown its hand and besieged Eufrates II, one of House Chorda's worlds has fallen to the Drukhari and open hostility has broken out between House Chorda and House Winterscale after Calligos Winterscale refused a summons to join the Lord Inquisitor's forces. Apparently, Calligos and his retinue have decamped to a world named Quetza Temer where they are hunting Aeldari. Meanwhile Calcazar has declared himself Warden of the Koronus Expanse and has turned Footfall into his base of operations. The upshot is that you will have two main quests added: The Lord Inquisitor and the Lord Captain and Hunting Grounds along with a couple of new rumours: Fall of Santiel's Pride and Siege of Eufrates II.

If Solomorne was a member of your party but did not accompany you to Commorragh, Janris will also tell you that he has been discharged and is now an overseer on Vheabos VI, initiating Condemned.

After speaking to Janris, a number of companions will come forward with personal requests. Abelard tells you that the Werserians have been accused of treason against you. Governor Drivestem is responsible for making the accusations and the Werserians have invoked the right to petition you for protection. Agree to personally take part in the investigations to initiate Blood Ties.

Next up is Idira who tells you that she's been having visions of a door behind which lies blessed silence. However, when she goes to open it, she always snaps out of the vision only to find herself in some compartment in the ship. Ask about her visions to get some clues as to where to start looking and agree to find this door somewhere in the Koronus Expanse to initiate The Door.

Third is Jae who complains that she is having trouble with her trade network and has lost contact with her team on Footfall. It seems that they have been kidnapped and Jae is being pressured to give up her Mercatum Tabula Officiale in exchange for the lives of her people. Agree to help out to initiate Rat Hunting.

Finally, Heinrix will come to your study saying that Emelina Lichtenhart, the colleague who transferred Scalander into his remit, has requested his assistance. It seems that Emelina is a Sage, a person with a prodigious memory and the ability to compartmentalise, lock and overwrite parts of it. The request he received was scrambled and the only thing he knows is that he needs to go to a remote planet named Phton IV. Agree to help to initiate Price of Humanity.

And, because there is no rest for the wicked, we have to deal with Heinrix again since he is demanding that "justice" be served on Yrliet.

Certain other members of your retinue pipe up as well. Presumably, if you wanted Yrliet dead, you would have killed her on Commorragh so tell them where to get off.

While you're on the bridge, speak to Vigdis and Janris to unlock a number of new rumours: A Rare Find, Oversized Asteroid, Emperor's Miracle in Cinerus Maleficum, One Way Road, Elusive Plunderers, Forewarning, Unidentified Anomaly and Visions in the Dark.

The Path We Lost (Conclusion)

Finally, look for Yrliet and speak to her to being her companion quest to a close.

Before continuing, you may want to do some trading with Janris. Most of the factions have expanded stock and you should have picked up enough Xeno-Artefacts to gain 1000s of reputation with the Kasballica Mission and Fellowship of the Void.

Bring up the Koronus Map to unlock the 4th and 5th tiers of your colonies. You should be able to start on a couple of tier 4 projects right away.

Highrise
Complete a tier 5 project to unlock the related trophy.

Master of Trade
When you bring up the Koronus Expanse Map, you should also unlock the final 8 contracts. Assuming you unlocked the hidden ones in Chapter 2 (Melting the Ice, Void Beacons and Sanctions Against the Gapraks), you should be able to unlock the related trophy. Since this will cost you -6 Profit Factor, you may want to do this in the context of a temporary save.

If Solomorne was a key member of your Chapter 2 squad and you want to pick him up now, head to Vheabos VI to do so and return to Telikos Epsilon to pick up the main quest. If you want to clear Abelard's quest on Dargonus before the walkthrough takes you there, you can do that as well.