NationStates Jolt Archive

LINK (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=487812) to the set-up thread
Current forces:
Chaos
1 Krow Liliowych-Thousand Sons&Tzeentchan Lost and the Damned
2 Chronosia-Iron Warriors of Warsmith Ragnar Steelfist
Necrons
1 The Exodians-The Great Phalanx
Orkses
1 Old Atlantia-Grinnin' Skullz
Space Marines
1 Rodenka-Dark Angels
Imperial Guard
1 31337 soup-Deathworld Alpha
2 Liberated New Ireland(LNI)-22nd Armagh
3 Wanderjar-General Eisen, Sargeant Mikil, and a Squad of 22nd Armagh
4 Velkya-Maverius "Mav" Grindstone
Eldar
Dark Eldar
Tyranids
1 Uldarious-Hive Fleet Calamity
Tau
1 Militia Enforced State
2 Caladonn-Vior'la Sept
3 Servadac-Sa'acea Sept
4 Thrashia-Vior'la Sept
Sisters of Battle

Leth Chamon-Chaos Scorcerer Lord in Terminator Armor
Terminator Chosen of Leth Ghyran-Terminator Chosen with Land Raider transport and Aspiring Champion Leth Ghyran (accompany Leth Chamon).
Brugh'z Big Skalyz-Three Units of Scaly Big Muties with big mutie boss 'Brugh'
Sergeant Mordechai's Lizard Riders-Two Units of Traitor Rough Riders with vetran sergeant Mordechai
The Changed-Thirty Units of Winged Mutants
The Mortals-Twenty-Fiveunits of traitors with Aspiring Champion Leth Azyr
Thousand Sons Marines-Fiveteen squads with Aspiring Champions (unnamed) and Rino Transports
Tomb Spiders-Two Defilers of Tzeentch (heavily modified)
Any unit with an Aspiring Champion may summon daemons (mostly flamers, but some horrors and screamers). They fly about in a Desolator, acompanied by a dozen swiftdeath fighters, and ten doomfire bombers.

As the Necrons wouldn't really use names for identification, and calling them things like XG-1902 wouldn't be very interesting, I've put down what I expect an average human soldier to call these. (If they know about their existence in the first place.) The fleet is still 'under construction' but it will be edited in when finished.

The Great Phalanx
Sub-Phalanx One
"Harvester of Orbs" - Necron Lord with only Orbs as wargear. Appears to prefer capturing new artifacts over reaping souls.
"The Immortals" - Three units of Immortals, one has one member less and is the Lord's retinue.
"Undying Legions" - Six full units of Warriors
"Deathbringers" - Twenty Destroyers
"Portals to Destruction - Three Monoliths
"Cleaners" - Three Tomb Spyders. Not actively fighting, but mostly occupied repairing Necrons or changing scrap into Scarabs.

Sub-Phalanx Two
"Silent Reapers" - Three Wraiths. They appear to be in control when the Lord is not present.
"Undying Legions" - Six full units of Warriors
"Deathbringers" - Twenty Destroyers
"Portals to Destruction - Three Monoliths
"Cleaners" - Three Tomb Spyders. Not actively fighting, but mostly occupied repairing Necrons or changing scrap into Scarabs.

Sub-Phalanx Three"
"Silent Reapers - Three Wraiths. They appear to be in control when the Lord is not present.
"Undying Legions" - Six full units of Warriors
"Deathbringers" - Twenty Destroyers
"Portals to Destruction - Three Monoliths
"Cleaners" - Three Tomb Spyders. Not actively fighting, but mostly occupied repairing Necrons or changing scrap into Scarabs.

Sub-Phalanx Four
"Silent Reapers" - Three Wraiths. They appear to be in control when the Lord is not present.
"Undying Legions" - Six full units of Warriors
"Deathbringers" - Twenty Destroyers
"Portals to Destruction - Three Monoliths
"Cleaners" - Three Tomb Spyders. Not actively fighting, but mostly occupied repairing Necrons or changing scrap into Scarabs.

Sub-Phalanx Five
"Silent Reapers" - Three Wraiths. They appear to be in control when the Lord is not present.
"Undying Legions" - Six full units of Warriors
"Deathbringers" - Twenty Destroyers
"Portals to Destruction - Three Monoliths
"Cleaners" - Three Tomb Spyders. Not actively fighting, but mostly occupied repairing Necrons or changing scrap into Scarabs.

4th Tau Exploratory Division

Commander O'Shovah - with retinue of two Etheral guards

Hailing from the world of Vior'la, Commander Farsight — less commonly known as O'Shovah — has embraced the aggressive spirit of his sept to the point of contravention of Tau doctrine. His first and greatest victories were won against the Orks amid the arid oxide-deserts of Arkunasha. When the Tau colony there was threatened, he led the Fire Warriors in a masterful campaign against many times their own numbers. Farsight's training under the legendary Commander Puretide had taught him to use the terrain against the foe, and O'Shovah's tactical brilliance during the war earned him his famous "Farsight" moniker.

Though his training had shown him the value of long-range firepower, O'Shovah encouraged the aggressive spirit of the Fire caste in his warriors and they fought many bitter battles at close range with the Orks and emerged triumphant. However, by the war's end, Commander Farsight had become deeply embittered, as he believed that others had failed to support him effectively during the campaign.

After the Imperium's aborted Damocles Crusade, O'Shovah led a force to reclaim the lost Tau colonies. As was customary, several Ethereal Caste members were also part of the expedition. Commander Farsight's force ran into unexpected difficulties with an Ork incursion probing at the shattered edges of the Tau Empire. In response, O'Shovah abandoned his recolonization mission and directed his efforts at fighting the Orks and drew his forces into a decade-long campaign across many worlds.

Though his force's Ethereal Caste leaders eventually died in combat, Farsight continued the war against the Orks without guidance. Soon, his expedition was well beyond the known reaches of Tau space. Farsight refused to return to the Tau Empire and instead chose to establish a string of heavily fortified strongholds along the frontier of the Damocles Gulf. The Tau Empire could only conclude that O'Shovah had turned his back on the Greater Good and was now fighting for personal gain.

The Tau 4th Division
x3 Crisis Battlesuits Companies
x1 Stealthsuit Platoon
x6 Fire Warrior Companies (with Devilfish carriers)
x2 Tau Auxillary Companies
x4 Kroot Carnivore Squads
x2 Pathfinder Companies (with railrifles)
x2 Piranha Skimmers Platoons
x2 Gun Drone Companies
x1 Broadside Battlesuit Company

Grinnin' Skullz WAAAAAGH!!

Waaaaagh! Leaders and Key Players

Warboss Lurtz: Big, mean, and utterly insane, Lurtz is everything you'd expect of an Orky warboss and a little bit more... Unlike many of his kind, Lurtz prefers "shooty" over "stompy" and his power-armor reflects that. Instead of weilding powerclaw, Lurtz's right arm is encased in zzzap! cannon he ripped off of a Predator.

Dok Grishnakh: Maddest of the mad doks, Grishnakh has experimented on his soldiers and himself extensively- as a result many of the boyz directly under his command have chainswords for arms... the "doctor" himself has a flamer for a left arm.

Big Mek Grull: A orky genious, Grull designed most of the weapons used by the Lurtz's Waaaaagh! leads Lurtz's armor divisions into battle.

The Rest 'o da Boys...
10 Ork Commandos, w/ Big Shootaz , 1 w/ flamer

50 Nobz w/ Heavy Armor

4000 nobz, slugga boyz, and grotz (mostly grotz)

3000 shoota boyz

300 kannunz (ZZZaap! canons and more conventional artillery)

2 unitz mixed looted Leman Russ tanks, speedaz, trukkz, gunwagonz, and basilisks (approx 1000 total, but most are fairly weak speeders and trukks)

1 battlefortress

2 Squiggoths

1 Heavy Squiggoth (http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/snapdragon.htm)

((If this is too much/too little let me know... I dont really have the numbers and or point system down well))

I'm RPing as the Overall Commander of the Imperial Guard on whatever operation we're fighting, and as a squad for New Ireland's Platoon.


the Squad: 15 Soldiers

9 Lasguns
2 Grenade Launcers
2 Plasma Guns
2 Bolter Pistols (Fire Team Alpha Leader/Assitant Squad Leader)

Sergeant Mikil is a veteran of many battles throughout his career as an Imperial Guardsmen. His homeworld, which was in the Gothic Sector, was ravaged by Chaos while he was young. An Imperial Inquisitor found him and took him away before using an Exterminatus to cleanse the planet. Since, he was taken by the Guard at 17, and was sent initially to stop a rebellion at Lorn V. However, it soon turned out that the rebellion had more sinister forces behind the scenes. He was one of the few of his battalion to escape that place alive, and earned several medals for valour having killed two Traitor Marines with his killed Platoon officer's chainsword. Soon after, he based upon a world which never recieved a name, but was affectionatley called "Armpit" by Guardsmen stationed there, due to the tedious boredom they delt with. However, a Tyranid hive fleet launched an assault upon the world, in which his Regiment, along with the support of the 3rd Company Ultramarines fought off. He recieved a Badge for his numerous combat related wounds recieved there, and was promoted to full Corporal, skipping Lance, to fill the rank structure of the now battered Regiment. He fought from there on a campaign against the Tyranids on numerous worlds, in which he recieved his famous Scar across his face, which paralyzed the muscles in the left cheek. It is not known what happened on planet 340, in which he recieved his famous wound, but he returned changed. He has not spoken of it with anyone except those who were there. He fought again at Scelus against the Alpha Legion who convinced several of the Nomadic clans to declare war upon the Imperium. After defeating the clans, it is said the Legion was able to summon a Demon (Blood Thirster), in which Mikil led the attack which killed it, but this has never been proven, and he has never admitted this (nor denied). Later, he participated in other campaigns against Orks, more Tyranids, Necrons, and a skirmish against the Tau. Eventually he rose to the Rank of Command Sergeant of his Squad, and is being considered for Platoon Sergeant status.

Imperial Guard Roster - Deathworld Alpha

Command Platoon (16 men, 361 Pts)
DCP
DCP CS (comand squad)
Captain Zins; CCW; Laspistol
2 Guardsmen; 1 Lasgun;1 Autocannon; Krak Grenades;
Medic; 1 Medi-pack;1 Bolt Pistol;1 Boltgun; Krak Grenades (squad); Melta Bombs
Standard Bearer; Shotgun; Krak Grenades (squad)
Chimera
Track Guards; Multi-laser; Hull Heavy Bolter

6 men DCP FS (fire squad)
3 Lasgun ; 1 Autocannon ; 2 Heavy Bolter
6 men DCP SS (Special weapons squad)
3 Lasgun ; 1 Grenade Launcher ; 2 Sniper Rifle ; Frag Grenades

Infantry Platoon (43 men, 465 Pts)
DP 1
DP 1 S C
Captain Rose; CCW; Laspistol
3 Guardsmen; 3 Lasgun
1 Medic; Medi-pack; Bolt Pistol; Lasgun; Frag Grenades
1 Chimera; Multi-laser
9 men DP 1 S 1
8 Lasgun; 1 Heavy Bolter; Frag Grenades
Sergeant Folley; 1 Lasgun; Frag Grenades
9 DP 1 S 2
8 Lasgun; 1 Heavy Bolter; Frag Grenades
Sergeant Acturis; 1 Lasgun; Frag Grenades
9 DP 1 S 3
8 Lasgun ;1 Heavy Bolter; Frag Grenades
Sergeant Peirce; 1 Laspistol & CCW; Frag Grenades
9 DP 1 S 4
8 Lasgun ;1 Heavy Bolter; Frag Grenades
Sergeant Polleck; Laspistol & CCW; Frag Grenades

Infantry Platoon (43 men, 495 Pts)
DP 2
DP 2 S C
Captain Smith; Laspistol; Boltgun
3 Guardsmen; 3 Lasgun
Medic; Medi-pack; Bolt Pistol; Boltgun; Frag Grenades
1 Chimera; Multi-laser
9 DP 2 S 1
8 Lasgun; Heavy Bolter; Frag Grenades
Sergeant Bach; Laspistol; Lasgun; Frag Grenades
9 DP 2 S 2
8 Lasgun; Heavy Bolter; Frag Grenades
Sergeant Gunny; Plasma Pistol; Storm Bolter; Frag Grenades
9 DP 2 S 3
8 Lasgun; Heavy Bolter; Frag Grenades
Sergeant Savage; Lasgun; Frag Grenades
9 DP 2 S 4
8 Lasgun; Grenade Launcher; Autocannon; Frag Grenades
Sergeant Reick; Lasgun; Frag Grenades

Total Roster Cost: 1321

Created with Army Builder
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Note: Wanderjar has control of the 10,000 man 22nd Armagh regiment. This is just the platoon that I plan to control IC.

I know I broke a rule by putting more than one special weapon in sections B and C, but I think it's a little more realistic this way. My unit is modelled somewhat after the Cadians, but put a little more stress stealth (using two squads of snipers). The Platoon is poorly trained, but has fought Tyranids before. I'm going to say they came to... wherever we're RPing at, to train with the Tanaris platoon.

Force Overview
Armagh 22nd Regimental Platoon, under LT. Bryan Skelter

Command - LT. Bryan Skelter
- 2 Heavy Bolters with Crew
- 5 Guardsmen

Section A - Vet. Sergeant Randall McMurphy
- 9 Guardsmen w/ Autoguns, Laspistols, and Carapace Armor

Section B - Sergeant Garris Shrike
- 2 Guardsmen w/ Grenade Launchers
- 7 Guardsmen

Section C - Sergeant Patrick Sullivan
- Guardsman w/ Flamer
- Guardsman w/ Melta Gun
- 7 Guardsmen

Section D - Sergeant Rack
- 9 Ratling Snipers

Section E - Sergeant Grout (Sniper)
- 9 Ratling Snipers

Section F - Sergeant Jackson McDonner
- 3 Missile Launcher Crews
- 1 Heavy Bolter
- 1 Guardsman

Section G - Veteran Sergeant Mikil
9 Guardsmen w/ Lasguns
2 Guardsmen w/ Grenade Launcers
2 Guardsmen w/ Plasma Guns
2 Guardsmen w/ Bolter Pistols (Fire Team Alpha Leader/Assitant Squad Leader)

Backstory/Character Bios
The former Hive World of Armagh was recently invaded by a Tyranid swarm. The world quickly raised a large army (over 50 regiments), and was supported by elements from other worlds, but the Tyranids quickly overwhelmed their defenses. Within two weeks, the only survivors of Armagh were the twelve regiments who made it off-world. One of those regiments was the 22nd.

This is one of the platoons of the 22nd Regiment. It consists of 50 humans and 20 Ratlings (but I like to think of them as Skavens, aesthetically). Every one of them has seen and survived heavy combat with Tyranids, and the platoon is even credited with the death of a Carnifex.

Bryan Skelter, Randall McMurphy, Garris Shrike, Patrick Sullivan, Rack, Grout, and Jackson McDonnerd are the main characters of the platoon.

Bryan Skelter was an upstanding citizen of Armagh, until he was conscripted on the eve of the Tyranid invasion. He is thin and wiry, like most of the soldiers in the platoon. He fought with dedication, made his way to the top of the unit when everyone above him was killed during a Termagaunt rush. He is close with his men, and ensures that their lives are not wasted. He has a grudge against the Tyranids for sacking his homeworld and killing his family, and cannot wait to see action against them.

Randall McMurphy was a little less than upstanding, spending many of his years in and out of prisons and mental institutions. During the Battle of Armagh, he earned a reputation for his ability to lead other soldiers in rushes, and survive. He leads the Elite squad of the platoon, each of them notorious for their fearlessness and survivability.

Garris Shrike is a notorious soldier, who survived the Battle of Armagh simply by keeping at the back line of the Platoon, and using his own troops as a shield. He rules his squad and protects his position through fear: it is rumored that he fragged several soldiers who were complaining about him during the battle. Despite his inferior leadership, his squad is capable, reliable and brave.

Patrick Sullivan is a very brave and honorable soldier, commanding his men capably. He is skilled at close combat, and is very tough.

Rack is a ratling sniper, born and raised. He is credited with the deaths of several hundred Tyranids, and has trained his squad from scratch. They are all top notch shooters. Grout is as good a sniper as his brother, Rack, and has a penchant for leading his squad into enemy territory and laying masterful ambushes.

Jackson McDonnerd is a capable heavy weapons expert, and is quite reliable.

For quick reference:

Captain Zins is Alpha's commander, under him are:
- Captain Rose (Platoon 1's, or DP 1, Commander)
- Sergeant Folley (DP 1 S1)
- Sergeant Acturis (DP 1 S 2)
- Sergeant Peirce (DP 1 S 3)
- Sergeant Polleck (DP 1 S 4)
- Captain Smith (DP 2 Commander)
- Sergeant Bach (DP 2 S 1)
- Sergeant Gunny (DP 2 S 2)
- Sergeant Savage (DP 2 S 3)
- Sergeant Reick (DP 2 S 4)

Shas'O Vior'la Kais Ytr (General, Commander of this Army)

La Vior'la Riunshi (recruit on Baptism of Fire)

Shas'Vre Vior'la Aun'ish (Lieutenant)

Shas 'El Vior'la Lovah (Captain)

They have a small expeditionary force, but a significant fleet that can drop more troops if needed.

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The size is roughly that of the english isle.

How about that Castle at grid point 126 be an Imperial Citadel. A big one, like on Hydra Cordatus.

Ooo oo, Tau.

*Not Tao >>...*

Not quite sure what I'm going to do...I havn't done WH40K things forever, but I'll have something up tommorow.

So far I haven't got a lot, I'm still looking for information and would be glad for any extra links that will be supplied, I'd appreciate it if someone sends me the Tyranid Codex my email is is purpleheroman@hotmail.com
I expect to be doing a fair share of editing this post as my forces come into shape, of course my "Hero" units had to be kinda improvised, so sorry if they suck.
But at least I have a name and it is...Hive Fleet Calamity

Krow, any info on how many Carnifex and such like I can have would be good, I expect to have many, many "critters", tens of thousands is the obvious number and perhaps more as more of the biomass on the planet is converted. But bigin's are a different issue that I'll need some help on.

Well in any case, stay tuned for updates!

Tyranid Hive Force Comfirmed Units

Notables
Broodlord "Terror"
Hive Tyrant "Horror"
Hive Warrior "Scarred One"

High-Commanders


Commander-Broodlord henceforth known as "Terror": This is a unusually strong and fast Tyranid, made up of Space-marine geneseed. This one in particular is tall, relatively human (for a Tyranid) and equiped with massive wings and rending claws as well as scything blades, it holds a bio-blade sword capable of slashing through the hull of a tank and is strong enough to go head-to-head with a daemon.

Being a higher-order Tyranid it is capable of exerting synapse control over it's lesser minions and will serve as my commander untill the Hive Tyrant arrives.
This beast is a skilled and merciless warrior with many battles under his belt, so to speak. This Broodlord is intelligent enough to realise the advantages of things such as taking to the air to swoop down into the rear of formations, laying ambushes, ranged support and the such like 'course it doesn't think like a person would it merely understands the advantages of these things.

Tyranid Hive Tyrant henceforth known as "Horror": Big, dark and deadly as well as able to control other Tyranids with advanced synapse-control.
This one in particular is equiped with a range of hideous bio-weapons including a huge bio-blade sword held in the upper right hand. Bio-acid-dripping jaws, a bladed mace-like tail and two scything blades left and right hand sides lower and upper respectively also make up parts of this creatures' arsenal. The last limb, lower left hand, is a vennon-cannon.

Aside from direct-combat weapons this beast also has enhanced regerative capabilities and a spiky armoured hide as well as a toxic miasma.
This is quite an experienced Tyranid, and smart in a beastly way, it has landed on two worlds before hand and it's genetic material has done ten-times that. It is a crafty and powerful close-range fighter as well as an adept synapse manipulator.

Heavy combat/under command
A dozen-and-a-half Tyrant Guards, of course serving as Hive Tyrant's body-guard.
About 102 Tyranid warriors, ninety of which are spread throughout the swarm to maintain Synapse control. One squad of a dozen warriors acts as heavy a bit of an extra "punch".

Half a dozen Lictors serving as a kill-squad.
Nine Carnifex, for the Bull-rush option.


Hive Warrior-"Scarred One" This is an unusually strong warrior, it lost both it's lower arms, a leg, most of it's tail and much of it's body in battle with Orks and as a result seems to fight them out of preference, but perhaps this is merely a coincidence.
It has been battle-hardened by this Orkish-maiming experience however and in it's time has evolved many adaptations including flesh hooks, poison sacks and a spiked hide, as well as it's original clawed upper limbs. But it still remains heavily scared with tough ridge-like formations criss-crossing it's armoured hide.
It's bottom limbs are now harpoon-like barbs as a result of it's maiming and resulting adaption and regrowth as is it's tail.

Swarmers and swift-assault
Tens of thousands of Hormogaunts, probably around Forty or forty-five thousand, equiped with all the crazy scything blades you could EVER wish to see.
Probably around three-hundred Genestealers with claws, talons, tendrils, poison, acid, barbs, spikes and all the crazy Tyranid death-bringing stuff.
Thirty Raveners. Three squads of ten.
Seventy Gargoyles. (half of which are serving as Terror's Guard) all armed to fire down death on their ground-bound foes..

Ranged
About five thousand Termagants, mainly equiped with fleshborers and devourers, although some deathspitters and other ranged weapons are evident.
About a half-dozen Zoanthropes. (long range support), spread out through the ranks.
One Carnifex equiped for long range with toxic spores, venom-cannon, barbed-stangerlers and acid spewing bio-cannons as well as a toxic miasma and bio-plasma
Two Biovores. For spore-mine barrages.

Calamity Tyranids are dark purple-blacky coloured with white claws, teeth, scythes etc and silver-blue markings, for now, this may change though.

I'm not planning to take a whole battallion in to die with me, only a platoon initially, then i'll bring in more forces if everyone else's army is bigger (most likely, more powerful).

(Think Cadian, but from a different world)


Tanaris 5th Platoon - Captain Henry Fisher

Platoon Command Squad - Captain Henry Fisher
- 2 Lascannon Guns with crews

1 Section - Vet. Sergeant George McCowell
- 9 Guardsmen Armed with Shotguns, Laspistols & Swords

2 Section - Sergeant Harold Fisher
- Missle Launcher Crew
- Grenade Launcher
- 6 Guardsmen

3 Section - Sergeant Barry Fletcher
- Missle Launcher Crew
- Melta Gun
- 6 Guardsmen

4 Section - Sergeant Karl Lindsey
- 19 Conscripts (Men in training)

5 Section - Sergeant Hooky (Ratling Sniper)
- 9 Ratling Snipers

6 Section - Sergeant Rostoff Karlsson
- 3 Mortar Crews


1 Transport Chimera
1 Lemun Russ Battletank


Back Info :

Tanaris is an agricultural world in the middle of Imperial Territory, one of the few worlds in the whole of 40k that sees bugger all action. They send their meager forces to semi-active worlds to train in case of a hive invasion fleet etc.

The 5th Platoon is the second newest platoon, meaning that it is still by being supplimented with his heavy gear and conscripts are being trained into regulars.

The only men who have faced real combat are :

Henry & Harold Fisher; George McCowall and Hooky. Everyone but them have had basic training ('cept the 19 conscripts). For majority of them, this is their first tour of duty.


Henry Fisher : Brother of Harold Fisher and son of William Fisher Snr, Commander of the Tanaris Armed Forces. Henry is thin and wiry, preferring to keep his distance and make sure the CoC is observed and feels his job is not to be in the van with the rest of lads, but to ensure he's keeping an eye on them all. Very protective of his men, and suspicious from any higher ups. Saw action on the front of Orc space and had one or two skirmishes while serving under the 2nd Tanaris.

Harold Fisher: Brother of Henry Fisher and son of William Fisher Snr, Commander of the Tanaris Armed Forces. While his brother took after his father, Harold took after his mother. Thicker built, and without the knack of advanced leadership, he went for soldiering and landed quickly as a sergeant after rescuing and combining several lost squads behind orc lines while serving with the 1st Tanaris, under his father. Prone to losing his temper, he keeps his men in check with brute force and bullying, but not taking it so far that they rebel.

George McCowall: Served with the 1st Tanaris. Distinguished himself in combat time and time again. Originally a Lemun Russ commander, he lost his tank is a surprise push from renegade Imperial Forces, but managed to get his crew out alive all fall back to friendly lines. Earned his first medal of distinction by foiling a plot to assassinate William Fisher Snr by outsniping the assassin with his pistol at long range. Requested a transfer from Fisher Snr's personal guard "because someone's gotta look after them damn rooks".

Hooky : Some of you may recall this plucky little fellow from the "Battle of Glazer's Creek", the humourous Zulu remake that showed in the introduction of the Praetorian Imperial Guard. Basically, Orc counterattack, replace Zulu's with masses of green skins. Hooky stayed alive by staying ontop the highest windmill and sniping the orcs from the best vantage point.

Originally deemed unfit for military service, he was pressed into battle by the desperate men to defend Glazer's creek. After the mass retreats of the Imperial Guard, the survivors fled the planet and managed to get offroad. The battle of big toof river was a total failure for imperial forces.

After the battle, Hooky moved to Tanaris where he was requested to take on a training role for the small resident group of ratling snipers. With the high pay offered and the Guarantee he wouldn't need to enter active combat again, he jumped at the chance offered,

For his own reasons, when the 5th were sent onto active combat training, Hooky surprised Tanaris high command and requested to go along. Happily, they agreed and he loaded his custom sniper rifle into the rack and joined his most recent trainee ratling squad.


Barry Fletcher : Served under Harold Fisher during his active service. This fellow is pretty unremarkable, except he likes to do things by the book.

The others can develop their own personalities as we go along

No Mordian Guard yet from any of the IG players...interesting.

Ragnar Ironfist- Warsmith in Terminator Armor
"Forgebreaker"; the hammer of Perturabo; 2 Squads of Terminators and Obliterators
"The Unconquered" 20 Squads of Chaos Space Marines
"The Claws of the Primarch" 3 Defilers
"The Fist of Iron" 4 Predators, 2 Basilisks

Ok, seeing as this ISNT what i initially thought (hoped) to be a small RP, voici the mods to my Sa'caea Hunter Cadre

1 Crisis commander along with 2 Crisis Bodyguards
3 Broadsides (w. Shas'o Crun'el - second in command)
6 Crisis (w. 2 Crisis leaders)
24 FW (w. 2 FW leaders)
10 Vespids (w. Strain Leader - Intelligence ops)
3 Sniper Drone squadrons
3 Shield drones
8 Gun drones
3 Pirana light skimmers w. Fusion blasters
1 Hammerhead gunship w. Ion Cannon
8 Pathfinderes w. carbines and markerlights

My commander's names remain unchanges. Just more troops :D
Although I am still probably outnumbered, a few modified characteristics might do the trick... (I never liked hitting on 4+ anyway. 3+ is sooooooo much cooler... Please, tell my if you have a problem with that. Nothing is permanent... yet.

Dark Angels Chapter Expeditionary Force to Caladan

Force Overview

Command
Interregator-Chaplain Emariel (Plasma Pistol, roasarius and Crozius Arcanum,
-5 marines with bolters, 1 with flamer
-Land Raider w/ pintle mounted storm bolter

Elites
Dreadnaught Andariel (Twin-linked lascannons, Rocket launcher)
Dreadnaught Samiel (power fist, flamer, assault cannon)

Troops
1st Squad, 8 marines (6 bolters, 1 Plasma cannon, plasma gun)
-mounted in Rhino
2nd Squad, 8 marines (7 bolters, 1 heavy bolter)
-mounted in Rhino
3rd Squad, 8 marines (7 bolters, 1 rocket launcher)
-Mounted in Rhino
4th Squad, 8 marines, Vet. Sergeant (jump packs, bolt pistols, chainswords. Vet. Sarge has power sword and plasma pistol)
1st Scout Squad 9 scouts, 1 sarge(7 bolters, 2 sniper rifles, 1 heavy bolter)

Heavy Support
Devastor Squad Tacitus (1 bolter, 2 plasma cannons, 1 rocket launcher, 1 lascannon)
-Mounted in a Razorback with twin-linked Heavy bolters
1 Predator-Anhilator tank( Lascannon turret, heavy bolter sponsons, pintle storm bolter)
1 Whirlwind artillery piece

Space Force
The battlebarge Vengance
4 strike crusiers

Bio for Maverius "Mav" Grindstone

Faction Affliation: Imperial Guard
Rank: Corporal
Role: Stormtrooper
Weight: 180 lbs.
Height: 5' 11"
Blood Type: O-
Age: 31
Birthplanet: Cadia
Equipment:

Stormtrooper Armor and Gear (http://www.becsta.com/albums/40k_Cadian/Dscn3421.sized.jpg)
Standard Issue Imperial Autogun with welded underbarrel shotgun. (http://www.planetfortress.com/tf2models/previews/Battle%20Grounds%2040K/AutoGun.jpg)
Plasma Pistol (Scavenged) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v185/noluukataal/Warhammer%2040k/sw_plaspistol1.jpg)
Standard Issue Imperial Combat Knife (http://ran3d.com/lowpoly/rifles/kbar.jpg)

Maverius is a corporal within the vast ranking structure of the Imperial Guard. He is an experienced soldier, unlike many of his current comrades, and has fought with the Cadian Shock Troops on many occasions before his troop ship and damaged and crashed on Caladan. He was rescued by Imperial civilians and impressed into the local Imperial forces. He is a sarcastic and mostly cynical person, mostly due to his harsh wartime experiences in battles against the forces of Chaos. He maintains a dark sense of humor as well, and is skilled with his autogun, which he has named Annihilator and has heavily carved with prayers and the scars of war.