Post by RedCuffs on May 1, 2015 9:00:18 GMT -5
Why do troops of the Imperial Navy Ground Combat Asset wear Codex Grey Fatigues ?
The INGCA wear Codex Grey fatigues to tie them in with the Imperial Navy. (In my little mind all Imperial Navy Personnel are issued working fatigues of Codex Grey).
As my guys are part of the Imperial Navy that’s what they wear as a combat uniform.
Not Bored Yet … then keep reading …
The Senior Admiral who sanctioned the formation of this “Naval ground fighting unit” knows he’s on thin ice by doing so. The Navy not being allowed to hold, let alone command a ground fighting force other than its own Naval Armsmen for ship security. However (upon discovery of the Arduat System) the opportunity to create a combat formation to fight for his naval assets and interests was too good to miss.
To not attract the glare of the Imperium there are few, if any, supply requests of infantry type equipment (such as camouflage fatigues) keeping the INGCA “of the radar”.
To attain any level of camouflage the units paint their equipment (armour, helmets, webbing, weapons and vehicles) to suit the theatre of Operations.
Actual clothing is generally not altered and remains the Codex Grey of general naval issue fatigues.
All INGCA vehicles have been requisitioned from the Arduat System and not officially on the Navy inventory.
Such is the level of secrecy this Naval regiment is referred to as the “Imperial Navy Ground Combat Asset”.
The sub units that are of company strength are internally referred to as “Squadrons” but externally referred to simply as a “Sub-Asset”.
Still not bored … then keep reading …
All members are from the Arduat System.
The “Arduat System (capital planet Ardua)” had been separated and isolated from the rest of humanity for many millennia. Its inhabitants thought that they were the only living beings in the universe. This changed when they first encountered a xenos species and, some time later, a Space marine Chapter who introduced them to the truth concerning Humanity in the greater universe.
Still reading? You have too much time on your hands Dude !!!
I have built my army based upon the unit I served in for 22 years. The RAF Regiment.
The main purpose of the RAF Regiment is to do any fighting on the ground that the RAF needs done and was formed under Royal Warrant at the behest of Winston Churchill as a direct result of the fall of Crete in 1941.
(Brief history, please skip if bored. Crete fell because the British Army did not allocate enough forces to defend the RAF airfields on the island as they did not recognise the importance of them.
The Germans however did and spearheaded the invasion of the island with an airborne assault on those airfields, securing them so re-enforcements could pour in unheeded. The strategically important Mediterranean island quickly fell).
History lesson over but that is basically what my Guard Army’s role is.
The INGCA are split into several Squadrons.
There are six infantry squadrons each with their own specific roles and specialisations. Some line troops, some veterans, some mixed.
1st Sqn. (Mechanised Infantry). Cadian platoons in Chimeras
2nd Sqn. (Sky Drop). Elysian Platoons or D99 list.
3rd Sqn. (Air Mobile). Carapaced Vets made from SM Scouts. Valkyrie transports.
34th Sqn. (Long Range Patrol). Tallarn Vets in proxy Tauros’.
51st Sqn. (Siege). Valhallan Platoons and Vets. Variety of FA and Hvy Spt.
58th Sqn. (Light Infantry/CQB). Catachan Platoons. Specialised in close quarter combat.
Critical Intervention Group. There is an elite squadron of storm troopers known as the “Critical Intervention Group”.
They can have small squads allocated to support squadrons but in an emergency will be recalled by the Arduat Martial Authority to deploy as a single 200+ strong unit.
There are several Combat Support Squadrons. They can be allocated to infantry units in whole or in part by the Arduat Martial Authority. They are :-
15 Sqn. Armoured Recce / Close Support, (10xsentinels).
16 Sqn. Close support (3xHellhound)
19 Sqn. Artillery (3xBasilisk, 3xManticore, 6xHydra).
37 Sqn. Heavy Armour (9xLeman Russ, 1xconverted Chaos Land Raider as a command tank).
48 Sqn. Super Heavy Support. (3xStormlords (can refit to any Shadowsword type variant)).
63 Sqn. Super Heavy Support. (3xBaneblades (can refit to Storm Hammers)).
INGCA Air Support
230 Sqn. 6xValkyrie, 3xVendetta,
7 Sqn. 3x Vulture (can refit to3x Sky Talons).
655 Sqn. Strategic Bomber Group. A dedicated Marauder with two Thunderbolt attached for strategic bombing missions.
665 Sqn. Strategic Strike Group. A Stormbird Transporter and two Fire Raptor Gunships mainly to support the Questoris Arduat Space Marine Chapter.
Also from Ardua is a space marine Chapter (Questoris Arduat) who, due to being a fledgling chapter, are all still roled as Space Marine Scouts and operate under the wing of their founding/mentoring chapter.
They operate in Land Speeders and Land Speeder Storms from a large transporter ship and have two dedicated Fire Raptor gunships for support.
Dedicated to serving the Imperium they have a hidden agenda of finding any isolated human inhabited systems. They are especially concerned with finding the adjoining systems to the Arduat System that were lost as a result of an ancient cataclysm that split and scattered the component solar systems of a small galaxy to the far reaches of space.
It is thought that this cataclysmic event was created by a non-human force for the reason of conquering each system separately.
The INGCA wear Codex Grey fatigues to tie them in with the Imperial Navy. (In my little mind all Imperial Navy Personnel are issued working fatigues of Codex Grey).
As my guys are part of the Imperial Navy that’s what they wear as a combat uniform.
Not Bored Yet … then keep reading …
The Senior Admiral who sanctioned the formation of this “Naval ground fighting unit” knows he’s on thin ice by doing so. The Navy not being allowed to hold, let alone command a ground fighting force other than its own Naval Armsmen for ship security. However (upon discovery of the Arduat System) the opportunity to create a combat formation to fight for his naval assets and interests was too good to miss.
To not attract the glare of the Imperium there are few, if any, supply requests of infantry type equipment (such as camouflage fatigues) keeping the INGCA “of the radar”.
To attain any level of camouflage the units paint their equipment (armour, helmets, webbing, weapons and vehicles) to suit the theatre of Operations.
Actual clothing is generally not altered and remains the Codex Grey of general naval issue fatigues.
All INGCA vehicles have been requisitioned from the Arduat System and not officially on the Navy inventory.
Such is the level of secrecy this Naval regiment is referred to as the “Imperial Navy Ground Combat Asset”.
The sub units that are of company strength are internally referred to as “Squadrons” but externally referred to simply as a “Sub-Asset”.
Still not bored … then keep reading …
All members are from the Arduat System.
The “Arduat System (capital planet Ardua)” had been separated and isolated from the rest of humanity for many millennia. Its inhabitants thought that they were the only living beings in the universe. This changed when they first encountered a xenos species and, some time later, a Space marine Chapter who introduced them to the truth concerning Humanity in the greater universe.
Still reading? You have too much time on your hands Dude !!!
I have built my army based upon the unit I served in for 22 years. The RAF Regiment.
The main purpose of the RAF Regiment is to do any fighting on the ground that the RAF needs done and was formed under Royal Warrant at the behest of Winston Churchill as a direct result of the fall of Crete in 1941.
(Brief history, please skip if bored. Crete fell because the British Army did not allocate enough forces to defend the RAF airfields on the island as they did not recognise the importance of them.
The Germans however did and spearheaded the invasion of the island with an airborne assault on those airfields, securing them so re-enforcements could pour in unheeded. The strategically important Mediterranean island quickly fell).
History lesson over but that is basically what my Guard Army’s role is.
The INGCA are split into several Squadrons.
There are six infantry squadrons each with their own specific roles and specialisations. Some line troops, some veterans, some mixed.
1st Sqn. (Mechanised Infantry). Cadian platoons in Chimeras
2nd Sqn. (Sky Drop). Elysian Platoons or D99 list.
3rd Sqn. (Air Mobile). Carapaced Vets made from SM Scouts. Valkyrie transports.
34th Sqn. (Long Range Patrol). Tallarn Vets in proxy Tauros’.
51st Sqn. (Siege). Valhallan Platoons and Vets. Variety of FA and Hvy Spt.
58th Sqn. (Light Infantry/CQB). Catachan Platoons. Specialised in close quarter combat.
Critical Intervention Group. There is an elite squadron of storm troopers known as the “Critical Intervention Group”.
They can have small squads allocated to support squadrons but in an emergency will be recalled by the Arduat Martial Authority to deploy as a single 200+ strong unit.
There are several Combat Support Squadrons. They can be allocated to infantry units in whole or in part by the Arduat Martial Authority. They are :-
15 Sqn. Armoured Recce / Close Support, (10xsentinels).
16 Sqn. Close support (3xHellhound)
19 Sqn. Artillery (3xBasilisk, 3xManticore, 6xHydra).
37 Sqn. Heavy Armour (9xLeman Russ, 1xconverted Chaos Land Raider as a command tank).
48 Sqn. Super Heavy Support. (3xStormlords (can refit to any Shadowsword type variant)).
63 Sqn. Super Heavy Support. (3xBaneblades (can refit to Storm Hammers)).
INGCA Air Support
230 Sqn. 6xValkyrie, 3xVendetta,
7 Sqn. 3x Vulture (can refit to3x Sky Talons).
655 Sqn. Strategic Bomber Group. A dedicated Marauder with two Thunderbolt attached for strategic bombing missions.
665 Sqn. Strategic Strike Group. A Stormbird Transporter and two Fire Raptor Gunships mainly to support the Questoris Arduat Space Marine Chapter.
Also from Ardua is a space marine Chapter (Questoris Arduat) who, due to being a fledgling chapter, are all still roled as Space Marine Scouts and operate under the wing of their founding/mentoring chapter.
They operate in Land Speeders and Land Speeder Storms from a large transporter ship and have two dedicated Fire Raptor gunships for support.
Dedicated to serving the Imperium they have a hidden agenda of finding any isolated human inhabited systems. They are especially concerned with finding the adjoining systems to the Arduat System that were lost as a result of an ancient cataclysm that split and scattered the component solar systems of a small galaxy to the far reaches of space.
It is thought that this cataclysmic event was created by a non-human force for the reason of conquering each system separately.
