Thorstein secundus campagin report

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Being 11 year old pen and paper veteran I'm not new to writing fluff, but i am new to writing fluff from table top perspective; so every advice will be appreciated.

Now lets get started. Me & my mates started a pen and paper campaign some 2 years ago and then started playing table top intensively 1 year ago. Now they have merged into one, alt least that's the idea.

There are 4 of us playing currently (pen & paper and table top) and we plan to expand the team to 7 people (just table top).
Ill try to be constant and post in here regularly but since we all have busy schedules this may prove difficult sometimes. Ill write from as many perspectives as i can (officers and grunts). There will be transcripts between the allies and enemies alike and fluffy battle reports from all players.

We all played this either in table top or pen & paper!

Now to the campaign and the main actors:

Sub-sector - Yggdrasil
System - Thorstein
Planet - Thorstein Secundus (under the protection of Space wolf chapter, now overrun by orks)

Armies (For now):

Space Wolves marine chapter
Imperial Guard
Orks
Eldar

Main(ish) Characters (For now):

- Wolf Lord Erik Morkai - Commander of the Space Wolves
- High Lord General Lucius Sturnus - Commander of 78th Harlech army group
- Fedguz - ork warboss
- Skrewdrivah - ork big mek
- Chorkorot - ork boss

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And now for the introduction:
After a catastrophic defeat Space wolves mission has backfired and ork infestation turned into full blown Waagh. The control of the planet was lost (battle report will soon folow) and Imperial guard has been summoned to help out.



Dispatch: Wolf Lord Erik Morkai (on behalf of the council of Wolf Lords of Fenris)
Recipient: Harlech Army Group High Command
Date: 0.087.889.M41

Commanders

As you may know the Imperial world of Thorsheim Secundus has fallen into ork hands some 15 solar rotations ago. Although it is positioned in the territories under the protectorate of the Space Wolves of the Adeptus Astartes, we have not been able until recently to assess the threat and relieve the planet due to the Imperial effort on Cadia.

On the Imperial Date 0.082.889.M41 however the Council of the Wolf Lords harshly decided that measures are to be taken to free Thorsheim Secundus of the ork plague, and a reconesence group from my own Great Company, under the command of Wolf Priest Berengar the Wise, was sent to assess the situation and take necessary measures. Their objective was to confront an remarkably tech savy orc tribe and eliminate their leader in order to prevent him uprising into a possible planet wide Waaagh.
The battle group was completely annihilated.

From the few survivors we managed to pull off Thorsheim Secundus we learned that the planet is by now completely ork infested. Human life barely has any presence there.

We have also learned that the rapid growth in ork numbers is due to the arrival of the menace Fedguz who made planetfall on Thorsheim Secundus some 10 rotations ago, and as you will surely remember, ravaged your own system in 1.067.871. M41.
What was a mission to prevent a potential Waagh uprising turned out to be fully grown Waaagh Fedguz which could in time threaten the whole system.

Although we know that Priest Berengar fought on until his battle group was completely wiped out, he has failed, and we have learned that he and the remains of his squad were sucked into a warp hole created by some orkish technical abomination.

As you will find, it is not in my nature to plea for aid, but the rest of the Wolf Council does not see eye to eye with me. My Great company has been given the honor of purifying Thorsheim Secundus, and while we are fully capable in orchestrating Fedguz's demise, the others think that in order to fully neutralise any ork presence on the planet we will need the assistence of your men and your siege specialists.

The campaign on Thorsheim will begin in 2.092.090.M41.
The Great Wolf himself seeks your compliance.
It is an great honor for your company.

I hope for your sake you will answer to this summons.
I am not a man to be denied nor made an enemy!

In His Glorious Name!

-Wolf Lord Erik Morkai


Dispatch: High Lord General Lucius Sturnus, Commander of 78th Harlech army group
Recipient: Wolf Lord Erik Morkai
Date: 0.128.889.M41

Revered Wolf lord Erik Morkai. I was one of the Harlech commanders who received the news about Thorsheim Secundus and your request from Harlech command and I have to inform you that you have stirred quite an avalanche here. After a very brief and heated session in my with my senior officers it has been decided to make all the necessary preparations for transfer. I have personally requested the audience with his grace High Lord general Victarion Castus of 4th Combined Army group for my immediate transfer. Because of your specific and rather particular request he and the other lords agreed grudgingly but surprisingly fast. But then unsurprisingly the Departmento Munitorums response was typically ponderous. Let me quote the relevant part for you :

*** From: High Lord Hammond Jennsen acting subsector supervisor ***
*** To: 4th Combined Army group command***

We have received your request along with the attached request from the Wolf lord Erik Morkai. Because of the recent passing of my predecessor and the high demand of man power and supplies for the Cadian and Armageddon campaigns, recent Ork uprisings in the whole subsector and the alarmingly high Eldar activities Departmento Munitorum and Imperial guard sector command has concluded that the available resources for the campaign of that magnitude will be available at 0.065.930.M41 with a variation of 10 years. In conclusion we cannot grant you transfer to the Thorsheim Secundus and we inform that all present and future Harlech regiments in this sector will be used accordingly. On behalf of Departmento Munitorum and Imperial Guard sector command I offer my sincerest apologies.
_TEXT ERASED_

***Transmission end***

But then, just ten days later 4th Army group command got a comfirmation from Departmento Munitorum and Imperial guard sector command that the formation of the relieve force for Thorsheim Secundus was granted. I was very surprised when I was summoned to a meeting with High lord general Castus, Lord Inquisitor Hans Gruber and High Magos Cthreepius. It seems that Adeptus Mechanicus and the Holy Inquisition had nudged the lumbering beast into motion. Harlech got commissioned for immediate recruitment of 200 000 men for the vanguard of the 78th Harlech army group following by the additional 1 850 000 for the prolonged warfare and reserves up to 6 000 000 give or take. I had been given the command. It seems that Waagh Fedguz had gone from minor to top priority in just ten days. We are coming with all due haste Departmento munitorum can manage.

I am compelled to personally thank you for two reasons, first being the immense honor of fighting by the side of Space wolf chapter and your Great Company, and the second is more personal. Thirty years ago I was just a lieutenant when we met on the battlefield at Harlech 4. We were ambushed and hard pressed by greenskins when your company shoved up in the nick of time and helped us win the day for the Emperor. You saved my tanks that day and I have prayed to this day that I get the chance to thank you in person and now finally the good Emperor has seen fit to grant me that honor.

And now I must also express my concerns to you. I’m just a simple solider who only follows orders but the size of this army puzzles me and worries me. Given the extent of ork threat on Thorsten secundus the strength of 78th Army group and your Great Company seems more than adequate to handle the threat, to be exact it can handle three times the magnitude. I have also been informed that Adeptus Mechanicus had taken a keen interest in this campaign and they are coming in force my Lord. Separate fleet with scinence wessels, Skitarii Legions accompanied and comanded by High Magos Cthreepius himself and judging by the constant presence of Lord inquisitor Gruber he and his retinue are tagging along as well. All this accompanied by the unusually high number of Eldar acivity in the sector, and new potential ork boss that goes by the name Chorkorot deeply concerns me and makes me think that Wagh Fedguz is just a tip of the iceberg.

May the Emperor watch over all of us!

Lucius Sturnus

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DEPTUS ADMINISTRATUM / ADEPTUS ASTRA TELEPATHICA
>>CLASSIFIED<<

Planetary Vox Relay was activated on xeno overrun world Thorsheim Secundus. Tarask class merchantman IMS "Confession" passing by picked up this transmission. Here follows transcript as our best xenologists could interpret it.


VOX TRANSMISSION INTERCEPTED <<
THORSHEIM SECUNDUS (SEGMENTUM OBSCURUS/YGGDRASIL SECTOR/UPPSALA SUBSECTOR/THORSHEIM SYSTEM) <<
PLANETARY VOX RELAY <<

TRANSCRIPT<<

<HAMMERING NOISES, LOUD ABOMINABLE ORK VOICES>

<XENOFORM (SPECIES ORK) DESIGNATED WARBOSS FEDGUZ>
Oi you gitz, now is dis werkin'?? Gett it fixed or I stomp ya again!"

<XENOFORM (SPECIES ORK) DESIGNATED BIG MEK SKREWDRIVAH>
It's werkin' boss, I fixed it wif dis... big... round... kustom thingie... itz me latest invenshun, I call it da kustom transistoring orksilator... all da boss's can 'ear ya now!"

<FEDGUZ>
Alright! Now Skrewdrivah, gett yer meks outta my Waaghroom, I gotz matters of strateebik importans to diskus!"

<SKREWDRIVAH> Aigh't ya runtz, gett outta 'ere, boss gotz speshul taktiks to werk out!"

<INCOMPREHENSIBLE NOISES>

<FEDGUZ>
Lis'n up boyz! Dis is Boss Fedguz ou'er here, da biggest, greenest ork in all da sektor! Wiv me tehnikul 'nowledge I lern'd dat hummies be kommin dis way 'ere to fight. DAT IZ GREAT! I wan't yer bestest fight'n boyz an' yer biggest gunz an' all da dakka you got oe'er here at me warcamp at Orkheim Seknundos! Now!!!
Just say yer flyboyz to luk fer da biggest waaagh sign in all da kozmos!"

<SOUNDS OF ELECTRIC DISCHARGES>

<FEDGUZ> Skrewdrivah, ya lousy maggot!!! Dis 'ere kommunikashion fing iz broken, it burn'd me face!

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Battle reports, character updates and more fluff will soon follow.
Battles so far played are: Initital battle Orks vs. Space wolves
Eldar vs. Imperial guard and Space wolves