Post by fullmetaljacket on Nov 20, 2013 18:20:19 GMT -5
Section One Hectum V
Hectum V, a minning world located in the planetary sector 314, has always been of great importance to the Imperium. At first discovered as a desolate world unhabital by living organisms it was set aside for storage of ammunition, armour, and other military items.
It was only after under ground storage units were being built that the purple gem stones were discovered. The precious stone was sent to be inspected and soon Hectum V became a mining planet. Despite the inability to farm on it's open desolate wastelands, or rugged mountain ranges that covered the planet, the popultain increased dramatically from a few hundred occupants and a defense force to several hundred thousand miners and there families living in the once storage facilities of ammunition and weapons.
The defense force of thé planet was minimal and at best could counter pirates and raiders that attacked the mines and outgoing transportation ships filled with the priceless gems.
The mining operations continued and deeper and deeper they went until they eventually hit huge caverns in the mountain ranges and about 3000 meters beneath the surface of the wastelands. In these caverns, there was a never a gem to be found,
Scientist were sent out to inspect the caverns and the possible reason behind the disappearance of thé gem stones in these large caverns. They could find no natural explanation, but with further inspection of thé the soil, fossils of plants and animals were found. Hectum V wasn't always a wasteland.
The odd thing was the fossil record showed the disapperance of all living species on the planet happened within a couple weeks. There was no evidence of a natural disaster, and they had to find the answer. Lord Centire the planetary Governor, who was born of noble birth and served as an imperial guard officer for many years before he came to this position decided to ignore the caverns for now and decided to just keep opening new mines and abboned the old mines when they reached the caverns.
No safety precautions were taken. Older mines were left open and left many places on the ground unstable. Reports of trucks transporting equipment being swallowed up by the planet when a sink hole occured where happening more and more often. A series of bridges and roads were built above the ground across areas known to be unstable.
As for the scientist, most left the planet puzzeled and confused, not knowing exactly what had happened to Hectum V, some more determined scientist stayed. Constantly searching for the answer.
Soon results were found, large insect exoskeletons were dug up in a mountain range 145 kilometers north of the capitol. Lord Centire saw at the évidence and the findings of the scientist but thought little of it. The scientist asked for assistance in the form of manpower. Asking for a 50 miners, 100, servitors and 100 men for security. The Governor, not wanting to divert his manpower or machines to these scientist, he gave them 25 miners, 50 servitors, and 25 men for security. It wasn't what they wanted but they took them without a complaint, trying not to anger the governors huge private bodyguard, Grubber.
Grubber was an Ogryn the size of a leman russ. He was loyal and tore I half anything that pissed off the Governor. Grubber had been at lord Centires side since he first commanded his infantry company in the ranks of the imperial guard. Grubber was first a bone ead assigned to his infantry company and was chosen to be the Lord's personal bodyguard when he saved the Lord's life by fighting off 10 Orks that had surrounded the Lord's command squad. Since then, Grubber has stood loyally by his side.
The scienctist took the long freeway torwards the mountain ranges to the north of thé capitol with there dig team. Hoping to solve the question of what happened to this world they believed the answer was there.
The teams were split up into two squads with roughly the equal amount of man power, the 25 man security platoon, held patrols and security shifts outside the tunnel entrances, keeping in close touch with the dig teams over there vox casters.
After about a week of digging one team contacted over the vox caster to Lt. Keshner the platoon leader of the security force.
Scientist: Lt. We found, something, we found it!
Lt: what is it what did you find? ( as he sent 5 men to get the other dig team about .5 kilometers away)
Scientist: I don't know, I've never seen life form like this in my life. We made it to the carvern of this mountain and thousands of exoskeletons must be in here.
Lt: that can't be, how did they get there?
Scientists: that's not it. There are spores down here, and small pools filled with living organisms, life there is life!
Lt: I've been on this planet for 20 years now, there is no life on this planet other than us
Scientists: don't you see this is it, the prior inhabitants, what's left anyway, these tiny organisms must have been down here for millions of years! It must be what has eating away at the gem stones and creating these caverns, slowly but surely, that must be why they have the same color as the gemstones!
Lt: ummm sir I'm pretty sure micro organisms created didnt create the hundred thousand miles of caverns around the plantet.
Scientists: it has to be there is no other explanation!... Wait what is that???
Lt: what is what?! What do you see? ( just then the 5 men he dispatched to locate the other dug team returned with bad news)
Scientist: it's getting humid down here we are going down into a carvern, it looks as if the organisms are getting bigger! They are covering the area from the ground to the ceiling! This is remarkable!
Lt: sir the other dig team can't be contacted over the vox and is missing, my men couldnt find them! Ide should inform you to get out of there.
Scientist: by the emperor throne, that one is huge! I need to get measurements then we will be right out, the dig team will start making their way out.
Lt: hurry sir, I don't think it's safe.
Scientist: we will be famous Lt. With this discovery may come a new species! Lt. I will be mentioning you in my report, all of your help will be noted! Alright then lads lets catch up with the miners, they are on their way ... What the hell was that??
Lt: sir I strongly advise you to get out of their as soon as possible!
Scientist: the walls they are moving, what are they??? There are thousands of them! Run!!!!
Lt: what is your status?! What is your status?!
Scientist: were under attack! They got them I'm the only one left, ! I'm hiding in a crevas!
Lt: be quiet we will come and get you, dont draw attention to yourself. Stay calm.
Scientist: what are they? They swarmed over the others and in a second they were gone!... Wait I hear something... It sounds like it's right in front of me , but there is nothing there!?
Lt: just stay put, were coming to get you!
Scientist: Holy Emperor! ----static----
Lt. Kreshner led his men into thé dark abyss of thé tunnels, lasguns raised high, with their illuminators on, weapons they had received from the leftovers of thé storage areas, they moved forward at a walking pace... Aww damn what stinks down here one of the guardsmen mummered. About 200 meters in they found what they thought was what was left of the miners and servitors, scattered mechanical remains, and equipment the miners carried. Disgusting!, never in my life... Yelled one of the guardsmen, Lt. Kreshner was more and more sure that the remaining scientists wasn't alive, but curiosity got the best of him and he led his men forward, all 25 of unsure if they will ever see home again...
They camr apon a fork in the tunnel, he did not know which one to go down so he split up the team's, 1st squad went right, 2nd squad went left along with his command squad and himself. They kept in touch, constant citreps through the vox casters.
1st : we are approaching the cavern sir, I think this is where they were, that nasty smell is coming around again.
Lt: check it out, if you can't find the scientist, pull out in 5
1st : yes sir, understood
The Lt stopped the men with him and held tight for a response.
5 min later..
Lt: have you found him, 1st squad have you found him???
Not being able to reach 1st squad Lt kreshner pulled his men back to the fork... There he put his men into 3 ranks and tried to reconnect with 1st squad.
Lt: 1st squad what is your status ? .... 1st squad what is your status ?...
1st: we came across something, I dont know what... We open fired, but we were shooting every where , we couldn't see them! There is only two of us left, we are heading back...
Lt : hurry up, were waiting here for you at the fork
Surely enough two dim lights from the pdf troopers lasguns could be seen coming at them from the pitch black. They slowly made there way closer, they got britgther, and just like that one light flew up into to air, then fell, along with it came a high pitch scream and the other light came dashing towards the formation. The trooper could now be seen clearly, bloodied and bruised he ran for his life from something he or anyone could even see.
Then with a blink of an eye there it was the huge beast, it was three times the height of the trooper in close pursuit. The pdf trooper wasn't quick enough, the beast severed the trooper in two with ease and made it's way to the formation, Lt kreshner yelled open fire, and a blaze of las fire flew down the tunnel, many of thé hits bouncing off of thé creatures carapace armour.
It made it the 1st rank and began its feast, the Lt. Pulled his men back towards the tunnel entrance, the sounds of screams filled the air as men were dying and being ripped apart all around him! He made. The men brave enough to stop and fire, were torn in two by the creature, as they neared the entrance, it became silent. Lt Kreshner and two troopers stood outside the tunnel barely believing what just happened. Lt Keshner turned around with las pistol raised and sword at the ready, along with his two troopers on each side of him and their lasguns.
Staring down the tunnel they could see nothing then both troopers shouted in pain as they both were lifted above the Lt.s head and the beast, the bug could be seen only a matter of inches in front of him. Lt. Kreshner plunged his sword deep into the bugs belly and it let out a massive roar, the tentacles hanging from it's mouth drooled and the Lt fired his las pistol until the beast kicked him, off the ledge in front of thé tunnel.
He rolled down the mountain to a ditch about 50 meters from the tunnel entrance. Knocked out cold he woke up three hours later in the dark cold winds of thé planet. He made his way back to the freeway where the transports had dropped him off, when he got there he ordered the driver to take him to the capitol, a heavy head and a sore chest he rode in silence.
He reported the events to his captain who sent the message to lord Centire who had Lt kreshner brought to him at once. The Lt stood face to face with the governor and his body guard trying to explain what had happened over the past couple days without sounding like a lunitic. The governor ordered the captain and 50 men to go with the Lt to check out his story and search for the missing scientist and miners. The Lt wasnt believed becuase there had been no kind of life before the imperium came to Hectum V. So the Lt took them.
He, the. Captain and 50 men loaded up into trucks loaded up and head into the cold night. They soon arrived at the depot near the mountain where he and the scientist had left the highway... Everything was in ruin. Blood smeared across the walls, trucks slashed into two, nothing was left alive. Lt keshner panicked, that beast I spoke of it must have followed me here, to find more prey, that's why I was able to escape , said keshner. The captain formed up his men set up a perimeter and sent the situation back to the capitol over the master vox. What ever the beast is, it should still be here then right? Said the captain... Lt keshner looked around as the wind picked up and brought in a dust cloud that limited visibility. Soon the shrieks of dying troopers could be heard but from all around, the captain looked but could hardly see a thing due to the heavy dust cloud. What is happening!!! He shouted.
The command to fire at will was soon given, las fire was every where, no one had any idea where to shoot, the captain sent a message back to the capitol saying, it's true, I don't know what it is but it's killing all my.... ---static----
The governor, shocked by the message called for aid...
Section Two Death Korps
Normally aid to a planet would come years later, after there was no hope of saving it, luckily nearby was an imperium cruiser, transporting the 11th assault brigade of thé Death Korps of Krieg. And frankly they were happy to help, and liked the sound of thé mission.
The 11th Assult Korps of the 88th siege regiment Was raised about 23 years before hand for the Siege of Vraks. Of grueling battle which lead to billions of deaths, long grueling war of attrition against traitors, hordes of chaos and daemons. These men had lead the charge on two major offensives on Vraks but since then have been sitting tight, itching for a fight.
General 101 of thé 101st infantry regiment had his men on the planet within 48 hours, already digging in around the mountain. Trenches stretched for Miles around what was known as the hot zone, death rider teams led routine scout patrols searching for signs of thé beasts.
The general 101 met with lord Centire and to much of his disgust with Grubber he held back from executing the mutant himself, his hand twitching by his pistol waiting for an excuse... The governor already in discontent with the general for wearing a gasmask into his capitols halls, was also annoyed with the generals overall rudeness and demeaning tone. This was now military operation giving the general full power, he wanted all remaining pdf troopers searching the planet for more bugs, and setting up rear security.
Colonel 050 had his company just south of thé mountain, directly between the city and the hot zone. The riders were reporting no signs of life. He and his company would lead the charge into the hot zone when the time came, until then they held routine drills, fortified there positions and awaited am attack.
Beneath the surface, engineers dug tunnels and set up listening post awaiting an unknown enemy.
0300 in the morning, colonel 050 inspected his frontal defences, and ofciarse everything was perfect, by the book, to every detail. Guardsmen stood at attention as he passed. When he came to a sentry position he decided to take a look over the top into the hot zone. Nothing a barren waste land and the mountain, behind it. But wait something cuaght the colonels eye, movement in the distance all across the line vox casters were lighting up and chatter began, reports of movement, heading towards them. Guardsmen took their positions on the parapet without a flinch.
The Colonel grabbed his binoculars and could still only make out a blurr of what was really there. Then to the colonels right about 50 yards away lasgun fire had begun, but no tracers could be seen down range, colonel 050 rushed to the noise with his command squad to find a beast with tenticals around it's mouth drooling and attacking his men in the trench. The saliva Burt holes in the guardsmen amour as they stabbed it their bayonets. The colonel charged into the frey, dodging the beasts attacks, and slashing at the creature with his power sword. Once crippled a guardsmen plunged a krak grenade into an open wound on the creature and it exploded, spewing the acid across several guardsmen killing two more men and severely wounding another four.
The colonel was assessing the situation and giving orders when the quarter master showed up. Taking what was left of the dead guardsmen, blood, ammuntion, uniforms , and killing off any krieg guardsmen that didn't look like they were going to make it. This proceeded for another 10 minutes or so when large earth tremors began. Again colonel tooka position on the parapet, the blurred movement in the distance continued but then as the tremor began to grow stronger, an object rose from the ground, it shared the same look as the carapace armour on the beast, reports of sightings like this were happening up and down the line.
The blurred movement began to get closer. And soon they could see what it was. Colonel 050 got on his master vox and contacted the general 101.
They spoke for s short time, the governor waiting eagerly at his side for an answer. General 101 put down the vox , walked to the governor Centire and only said one word...Tyranids....
Guardsmen looking over the parapets saw the bugs getting closer and closer, they waited for the order... Open fire colonel 050 yelled, and a fury of lasgun fire unleashed into bugs. Pinpoint accuracy and help from nearby heavy weapons teams chased massive casualties on the bugs side, but they just kept coming, the carcasses of thé were piling up and were piling up providing cover for the thousands of bugs, soon the light artillery opened up. Pieces of thé bugs and dirt were being flung into the air. The tubes of the heavy mortars grew red hot but never backed off. They kept the rounds coming.
There were no breaks in colonel 050s line but over the vox he could hear that tyranids were in the lines and positions were being overrun. Soon they will be outflanked and overrun as well, he and his men would fight to the end, a beautiful death. But first they must take as many of these bugs lives as they can, For the Emperor!
Firing away the horde of bugs got closer and closer he awaited steadily with his power sword. Then a large blast hit the enemy directly, it was to large to be a round from a heavy mortar. It was a leman Russ. The 66th and 61st tank regiments had been deployed and strengthed all the lines. The tyranids were beaten back as they ran for their lives.
Colonel 050 along with the rest of the krieg guardsmen were ready to counter attack. It was only under the advice of commisar general Bracks, who strongly disagreed with the idea of a counter attack at that time. They should refit, regroup, and reorganize and await for the heavy artillery to get into place before the assault on the mountain.
Word reached General 101 of thé successful counter of thé bugs first attack. he then devised a plan, for his assualt on the mountain. The gonvernor furious at this man's reluctance to provide him with the slightest bit of information on the matter took things into his own hands, stepping up to general 101 and telling him to resign and give up the command to him. The general turned around and said it was an act of treason that he was commuting and advised him to back down, just as the general was tapping his pistol, ogryn grubber put his huge hand on the generals chest seeing his act as threatening. The general quickly drew his sword and sliced the ogyrns hand off, after the ogryn backed off and stared at his stump he then charged in a fit of rage, a wave of his hand and the generals men opened up on the huge beast, putting him on his knees bleeding from multiple las wounds. The General walked up, pointed his pistol between the eyes of the bodyguard and pulled the trigger. The ogryn lay dead on the floor and the general bolstered his pistol while murrmuring mutant scum.
The governor was about to flee the room as the general looked at him and said by the Way governed, you will have your wish. An iquisitor is on his way and will be taking over in my stead, he should be here any minute, when he does, I will join my regiment at the front... The governor left the room and never saw general 101 again.
Inquisitor Roman Baleuos, wanted to lead this battle himself and had been granted permission through the departmento muntorium early that week. He had a similar plan to general 101, he would focus his attack on the large tyranid structures coming from the ground. He felt that the desctrution of thé structures would lead to the loss of connection the tyranids have with each other. Chasing them to hopefully weaken and become more vulnerable.
Inquisitor Baleous had general 101, general 066 place their men and tanks in position. On the 5th sunrise, the attack would begin.
More to come....
Me and a friend will be playing an apocalypse game this coming Monday or Tuesday, November 24th or 25th.
The game will consist of tyranids 15000 points and my Death Korps of Krieg 15000 points. Actual deployment and mission are subject to change. I will be taking pictures and posting a battle report, hope you enjoyed the prequel! Stay tuned, leave comments,give me some ideas for the battle.
Thank you again
Tony A.
Hectum V, a minning world located in the planetary sector 314, has always been of great importance to the Imperium. At first discovered as a desolate world unhabital by living organisms it was set aside for storage of ammunition, armour, and other military items.
It was only after under ground storage units were being built that the purple gem stones were discovered. The precious stone was sent to be inspected and soon Hectum V became a mining planet. Despite the inability to farm on it's open desolate wastelands, or rugged mountain ranges that covered the planet, the popultain increased dramatically from a few hundred occupants and a defense force to several hundred thousand miners and there families living in the once storage facilities of ammunition and weapons.
The defense force of thé planet was minimal and at best could counter pirates and raiders that attacked the mines and outgoing transportation ships filled with the priceless gems.
The mining operations continued and deeper and deeper they went until they eventually hit huge caverns in the mountain ranges and about 3000 meters beneath the surface of the wastelands. In these caverns, there was a never a gem to be found,
Scientist were sent out to inspect the caverns and the possible reason behind the disappearance of thé gem stones in these large caverns. They could find no natural explanation, but with further inspection of thé the soil, fossils of plants and animals were found. Hectum V wasn't always a wasteland.
The odd thing was the fossil record showed the disapperance of all living species on the planet happened within a couple weeks. There was no evidence of a natural disaster, and they had to find the answer. Lord Centire the planetary Governor, who was born of noble birth and served as an imperial guard officer for many years before he came to this position decided to ignore the caverns for now and decided to just keep opening new mines and abboned the old mines when they reached the caverns.
No safety precautions were taken. Older mines were left open and left many places on the ground unstable. Reports of trucks transporting equipment being swallowed up by the planet when a sink hole occured where happening more and more often. A series of bridges and roads were built above the ground across areas known to be unstable.
As for the scientist, most left the planet puzzeled and confused, not knowing exactly what had happened to Hectum V, some more determined scientist stayed. Constantly searching for the answer.
Soon results were found, large insect exoskeletons were dug up in a mountain range 145 kilometers north of the capitol. Lord Centire saw at the évidence and the findings of the scientist but thought little of it. The scientist asked for assistance in the form of manpower. Asking for a 50 miners, 100, servitors and 100 men for security. The Governor, not wanting to divert his manpower or machines to these scientist, he gave them 25 miners, 50 servitors, and 25 men for security. It wasn't what they wanted but they took them without a complaint, trying not to anger the governors huge private bodyguard, Grubber.
Grubber was an Ogryn the size of a leman russ. He was loyal and tore I half anything that pissed off the Governor. Grubber had been at lord Centires side since he first commanded his infantry company in the ranks of the imperial guard. Grubber was first a bone ead assigned to his infantry company and was chosen to be the Lord's personal bodyguard when he saved the Lord's life by fighting off 10 Orks that had surrounded the Lord's command squad. Since then, Grubber has stood loyally by his side.
The scienctist took the long freeway torwards the mountain ranges to the north of thé capitol with there dig team. Hoping to solve the question of what happened to this world they believed the answer was there.
The teams were split up into two squads with roughly the equal amount of man power, the 25 man security platoon, held patrols and security shifts outside the tunnel entrances, keeping in close touch with the dig teams over there vox casters.
After about a week of digging one team contacted over the vox caster to Lt. Keshner the platoon leader of the security force.
Scientist: Lt. We found, something, we found it!
Lt: what is it what did you find? ( as he sent 5 men to get the other dig team about .5 kilometers away)
Scientist: I don't know, I've never seen life form like this in my life. We made it to the carvern of this mountain and thousands of exoskeletons must be in here.
Lt: that can't be, how did they get there?
Scientists: that's not it. There are spores down here, and small pools filled with living organisms, life there is life!
Lt: I've been on this planet for 20 years now, there is no life on this planet other than us
Scientists: don't you see this is it, the prior inhabitants, what's left anyway, these tiny organisms must have been down here for millions of years! It must be what has eating away at the gem stones and creating these caverns, slowly but surely, that must be why they have the same color as the gemstones!
Lt: ummm sir I'm pretty sure micro organisms created didnt create the hundred thousand miles of caverns around the plantet.
Scientists: it has to be there is no other explanation!... Wait what is that???
Lt: what is what?! What do you see? ( just then the 5 men he dispatched to locate the other dug team returned with bad news)
Scientist: it's getting humid down here we are going down into a carvern, it looks as if the organisms are getting bigger! They are covering the area from the ground to the ceiling! This is remarkable!
Lt: sir the other dig team can't be contacted over the vox and is missing, my men couldnt find them! Ide should inform you to get out of there.
Scientist: by the emperor throne, that one is huge! I need to get measurements then we will be right out, the dig team will start making their way out.
Lt: hurry sir, I don't think it's safe.
Scientist: we will be famous Lt. With this discovery may come a new species! Lt. I will be mentioning you in my report, all of your help will be noted! Alright then lads lets catch up with the miners, they are on their way ... What the hell was that??
Lt: sir I strongly advise you to get out of their as soon as possible!
Scientist: the walls they are moving, what are they??? There are thousands of them! Run!!!!
Lt: what is your status?! What is your status?!
Scientist: were under attack! They got them I'm the only one left, ! I'm hiding in a crevas!
Lt: be quiet we will come and get you, dont draw attention to yourself. Stay calm.
Scientist: what are they? They swarmed over the others and in a second they were gone!... Wait I hear something... It sounds like it's right in front of me , but there is nothing there!?
Lt: just stay put, were coming to get you!
Scientist: Holy Emperor! ----static----
Lt. Kreshner led his men into thé dark abyss of thé tunnels, lasguns raised high, with their illuminators on, weapons they had received from the leftovers of thé storage areas, they moved forward at a walking pace... Aww damn what stinks down here one of the guardsmen mummered. About 200 meters in they found what they thought was what was left of the miners and servitors, scattered mechanical remains, and equipment the miners carried. Disgusting!, never in my life... Yelled one of the guardsmen, Lt. Kreshner was more and more sure that the remaining scientists wasn't alive, but curiosity got the best of him and he led his men forward, all 25 of unsure if they will ever see home again...
They camr apon a fork in the tunnel, he did not know which one to go down so he split up the team's, 1st squad went right, 2nd squad went left along with his command squad and himself. They kept in touch, constant citreps through the vox casters.
1st : we are approaching the cavern sir, I think this is where they were, that nasty smell is coming around again.
Lt: check it out, if you can't find the scientist, pull out in 5
1st : yes sir, understood
The Lt stopped the men with him and held tight for a response.
5 min later..
Lt: have you found him, 1st squad have you found him???
Not being able to reach 1st squad Lt kreshner pulled his men back to the fork... There he put his men into 3 ranks and tried to reconnect with 1st squad.
Lt: 1st squad what is your status ? .... 1st squad what is your status ?...
1st: we came across something, I dont know what... We open fired, but we were shooting every where , we couldn't see them! There is only two of us left, we are heading back...
Lt : hurry up, were waiting here for you at the fork
Surely enough two dim lights from the pdf troopers lasguns could be seen coming at them from the pitch black. They slowly made there way closer, they got britgther, and just like that one light flew up into to air, then fell, along with it came a high pitch scream and the other light came dashing towards the formation. The trooper could now be seen clearly, bloodied and bruised he ran for his life from something he or anyone could even see.
Then with a blink of an eye there it was the huge beast, it was three times the height of the trooper in close pursuit. The pdf trooper wasn't quick enough, the beast severed the trooper in two with ease and made it's way to the formation, Lt kreshner yelled open fire, and a blaze of las fire flew down the tunnel, many of thé hits bouncing off of thé creatures carapace armour.
It made it the 1st rank and began its feast, the Lt. Pulled his men back towards the tunnel entrance, the sounds of screams filled the air as men were dying and being ripped apart all around him! He made. The men brave enough to stop and fire, were torn in two by the creature, as they neared the entrance, it became silent. Lt Kreshner and two troopers stood outside the tunnel barely believing what just happened. Lt Keshner turned around with las pistol raised and sword at the ready, along with his two troopers on each side of him and their lasguns.
Staring down the tunnel they could see nothing then both troopers shouted in pain as they both were lifted above the Lt.s head and the beast, the bug could be seen only a matter of inches in front of him. Lt. Kreshner plunged his sword deep into the bugs belly and it let out a massive roar, the tentacles hanging from it's mouth drooled and the Lt fired his las pistol until the beast kicked him, off the ledge in front of thé tunnel.
He rolled down the mountain to a ditch about 50 meters from the tunnel entrance. Knocked out cold he woke up three hours later in the dark cold winds of thé planet. He made his way back to the freeway where the transports had dropped him off, when he got there he ordered the driver to take him to the capitol, a heavy head and a sore chest he rode in silence.
He reported the events to his captain who sent the message to lord Centire who had Lt kreshner brought to him at once. The Lt stood face to face with the governor and his body guard trying to explain what had happened over the past couple days without sounding like a lunitic. The governor ordered the captain and 50 men to go with the Lt to check out his story and search for the missing scientist and miners. The Lt wasnt believed becuase there had been no kind of life before the imperium came to Hectum V. So the Lt took them.
He, the. Captain and 50 men loaded up into trucks loaded up and head into the cold night. They soon arrived at the depot near the mountain where he and the scientist had left the highway... Everything was in ruin. Blood smeared across the walls, trucks slashed into two, nothing was left alive. Lt keshner panicked, that beast I spoke of it must have followed me here, to find more prey, that's why I was able to escape , said keshner. The captain formed up his men set up a perimeter and sent the situation back to the capitol over the master vox. What ever the beast is, it should still be here then right? Said the captain... Lt keshner looked around as the wind picked up and brought in a dust cloud that limited visibility. Soon the shrieks of dying troopers could be heard but from all around, the captain looked but could hardly see a thing due to the heavy dust cloud. What is happening!!! He shouted.
The command to fire at will was soon given, las fire was every where, no one had any idea where to shoot, the captain sent a message back to the capitol saying, it's true, I don't know what it is but it's killing all my.... ---static----
The governor, shocked by the message called for aid...
Section Two Death Korps
Normally aid to a planet would come years later, after there was no hope of saving it, luckily nearby was an imperium cruiser, transporting the 11th assault brigade of thé Death Korps of Krieg. And frankly they were happy to help, and liked the sound of thé mission.
The 11th Assult Korps of the 88th siege regiment Was raised about 23 years before hand for the Siege of Vraks. Of grueling battle which lead to billions of deaths, long grueling war of attrition against traitors, hordes of chaos and daemons. These men had lead the charge on two major offensives on Vraks but since then have been sitting tight, itching for a fight.
General 101 of thé 101st infantry regiment had his men on the planet within 48 hours, already digging in around the mountain. Trenches stretched for Miles around what was known as the hot zone, death rider teams led routine scout patrols searching for signs of thé beasts.
The general 101 met with lord Centire and to much of his disgust with Grubber he held back from executing the mutant himself, his hand twitching by his pistol waiting for an excuse... The governor already in discontent with the general for wearing a gasmask into his capitols halls, was also annoyed with the generals overall rudeness and demeaning tone. This was now military operation giving the general full power, he wanted all remaining pdf troopers searching the planet for more bugs, and setting up rear security.
Colonel 050 had his company just south of thé mountain, directly between the city and the hot zone. The riders were reporting no signs of life. He and his company would lead the charge into the hot zone when the time came, until then they held routine drills, fortified there positions and awaited am attack.
Beneath the surface, engineers dug tunnels and set up listening post awaiting an unknown enemy.
0300 in the morning, colonel 050 inspected his frontal defences, and ofciarse everything was perfect, by the book, to every detail. Guardsmen stood at attention as he passed. When he came to a sentry position he decided to take a look over the top into the hot zone. Nothing a barren waste land and the mountain, behind it. But wait something cuaght the colonels eye, movement in the distance all across the line vox casters were lighting up and chatter began, reports of movement, heading towards them. Guardsmen took their positions on the parapet without a flinch.
The Colonel grabbed his binoculars and could still only make out a blurr of what was really there. Then to the colonels right about 50 yards away lasgun fire had begun, but no tracers could be seen down range, colonel 050 rushed to the noise with his command squad to find a beast with tenticals around it's mouth drooling and attacking his men in the trench. The saliva Burt holes in the guardsmen amour as they stabbed it their bayonets. The colonel charged into the frey, dodging the beasts attacks, and slashing at the creature with his power sword. Once crippled a guardsmen plunged a krak grenade into an open wound on the creature and it exploded, spewing the acid across several guardsmen killing two more men and severely wounding another four.
The colonel was assessing the situation and giving orders when the quarter master showed up. Taking what was left of the dead guardsmen, blood, ammuntion, uniforms , and killing off any krieg guardsmen that didn't look like they were going to make it. This proceeded for another 10 minutes or so when large earth tremors began. Again colonel tooka position on the parapet, the blurred movement in the distance continued but then as the tremor began to grow stronger, an object rose from the ground, it shared the same look as the carapace armour on the beast, reports of sightings like this were happening up and down the line.
The blurred movement began to get closer. And soon they could see what it was. Colonel 050 got on his master vox and contacted the general 101.
They spoke for s short time, the governor waiting eagerly at his side for an answer. General 101 put down the vox , walked to the governor Centire and only said one word...Tyranids....
Guardsmen looking over the parapets saw the bugs getting closer and closer, they waited for the order... Open fire colonel 050 yelled, and a fury of lasgun fire unleashed into bugs. Pinpoint accuracy and help from nearby heavy weapons teams chased massive casualties on the bugs side, but they just kept coming, the carcasses of thé were piling up and were piling up providing cover for the thousands of bugs, soon the light artillery opened up. Pieces of thé bugs and dirt were being flung into the air. The tubes of the heavy mortars grew red hot but never backed off. They kept the rounds coming.
There were no breaks in colonel 050s line but over the vox he could hear that tyranids were in the lines and positions were being overrun. Soon they will be outflanked and overrun as well, he and his men would fight to the end, a beautiful death. But first they must take as many of these bugs lives as they can, For the Emperor!
Firing away the horde of bugs got closer and closer he awaited steadily with his power sword. Then a large blast hit the enemy directly, it was to large to be a round from a heavy mortar. It was a leman Russ. The 66th and 61st tank regiments had been deployed and strengthed all the lines. The tyranids were beaten back as they ran for their lives.
Colonel 050 along with the rest of the krieg guardsmen were ready to counter attack. It was only under the advice of commisar general Bracks, who strongly disagreed with the idea of a counter attack at that time. They should refit, regroup, and reorganize and await for the heavy artillery to get into place before the assault on the mountain.
Word reached General 101 of thé successful counter of thé bugs first attack. he then devised a plan, for his assualt on the mountain. The gonvernor furious at this man's reluctance to provide him with the slightest bit of information on the matter took things into his own hands, stepping up to general 101 and telling him to resign and give up the command to him. The general turned around and said it was an act of treason that he was commuting and advised him to back down, just as the general was tapping his pistol, ogryn grubber put his huge hand on the generals chest seeing his act as threatening. The general quickly drew his sword and sliced the ogyrns hand off, after the ogryn backed off and stared at his stump he then charged in a fit of rage, a wave of his hand and the generals men opened up on the huge beast, putting him on his knees bleeding from multiple las wounds. The General walked up, pointed his pistol between the eyes of the bodyguard and pulled the trigger. The ogryn lay dead on the floor and the general bolstered his pistol while murrmuring mutant scum.
The governor was about to flee the room as the general looked at him and said by the Way governed, you will have your wish. An iquisitor is on his way and will be taking over in my stead, he should be here any minute, when he does, I will join my regiment at the front... The governor left the room and never saw general 101 again.
Inquisitor Roman Baleuos, wanted to lead this battle himself and had been granted permission through the departmento muntorium early that week. He had a similar plan to general 101, he would focus his attack on the large tyranid structures coming from the ground. He felt that the desctrution of thé structures would lead to the loss of connection the tyranids have with each other. Chasing them to hopefully weaken and become more vulnerable.
Inquisitor Baleous had general 101, general 066 place their men and tanks in position. On the 5th sunrise, the attack would begin.
More to come....
Me and a friend will be playing an apocalypse game this coming Monday or Tuesday, November 24th or 25th.
The game will consist of tyranids 15000 points and my Death Korps of Krieg 15000 points. Actual deployment and mission are subject to change. I will be taking pictures and posting a battle report, hope you enjoyed the prequel! Stay tuned, leave comments,give me some ideas for the battle.
Thank you again
Tony A.