Ain't nothing like the 101st

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MAjorjav...if ure reading it...i hope to have permission to write about ure drop troop regiment. if not... just notify me!

The Emperor's Divine had just materialized out from the imaterium. The three kilometer long battle cruiser loomed out from the darkness of the shadow as it orbited around the moon of Nostradam. Nostradam was a planet located in the Eastern Fringe of the Obscuras Segmentia, A hive world with four hive cities and a number of scattered towns throughout the planet. The population, currently at 10 Billion, most of them living in and around the Hive cities. It had been called upon to the imperial Navy after recent unkown yet disturning events which i am yet to reveal. The journey had taken a month at least, travelling through the dreaded warp, only to be protected by the Gellar-field and a number of spasmatic and uncontrolable pskers as well as the grateful intelligence of those Astrnomicans.

It was a month on board and the 101st Airborne regiment have been kept confined inside the thick hull of the Emperor's Divine. Constant drilling and combat training have all but kept them from the dead of boredom. They were the scouts, the front line for a larger detachment of the Battlefleet Obscuras who were like the Emperor's Divine currently en route towards the planet of Nostradam. The Hive world gleamed a dark grey as the deadness of the plante's crust mixed with the Churned and twisted metal of the several Hive cities. Hundreds of years of production and manufacturing have left the soils tainted and infertile.

Lol this is just the begining...giving u guys a view of the surroundings and what's what....hope ure interested and will keep reading!

[thefishki345]

cool, i want more!

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The Emperor's divine's plasma drive engines glided the goliath of a ship, smoothly and slowly through space.

"Steady on course of Vector (2,6) X-ray son"-issued the captain

"Aye aye captain, steady on Vector (2,6) X-ray.

The ship tilted a bit as the crew navigated the complex size and sheer mass of the battle cruiser. Captain Amadeus was a heck of an Admiral, having served his Duty for over thirty years. An Old, yet stern and alert man, he had been a veteran of countless campaigns. The Emperor's Divine had been under his command after being handed to him by former Captain Paladdin VI, who died when he and the command bridge was blown up by an armour piercing torpedo during the battle for Orestes IV. The Emperor's Divine took a hard blow, with the command bridge and most of its engines damaged and was about to be scrap metal with thousands and thousands of years of Imperial Duty going to waste, but it was Captain Amadeus who had reconsidered, and within just four years, the Tech priests had fixed her up as good as it had been a thousand years ago.

"Sir we have contact on Radar, Mars class battlecruiser by the size of space displacement, range 300 kiolmeters." said one of the crews.

"There's not supposed to be another ship in this region till two weeks," acknowledged captain Amadeus," Run an intelligence check and notify the fleet."

Captain Amadeus turned to his advisors, especially torcura, a pskyer assigned to help navigate the cruiser. It was routine management to identify and make contact with a ship.

"Captain, the unidentified ship has failed to accept communications."

"Run another through"- said Amadeus.

He looked stern, patient and alert. Nostradamus was supposed to be empty of all imperial Naval forces, and the fleet had not notified the Emperor's Divine of an escort. Amadeus turned to Torcura, who was getting restless as he looked onto the command panel.

"Is there something wrong Torcura" - asked Amadeus, as he noticed Torcura's change in mood.
"He-he-he....." stuttered Torcura, his body now convulsing in spasms, foamn throthing from his mouth, and his eyes turned an electric glow.

The crew of the command bridge looked onto the commotion.

"Colonel Toff, get me a medic stat!" barked Amadeus.

Colonel Toff, Amadeus' third in command was tall and slender, rather lanky for an officer, he passed Torcura, now lying on the floor of the command deck towards the Vox-com and had issued a medic as ordered too.

The room fell silent but was abruptly distrubed with an ear shrieking howl from Torcura.

"HE-RESY!" he screamed

..........Then it struck Amadeus...

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The chaos battle cruiser opened up its forward nova cannon . The massive cannon fired, screaming through space as a gulf of super-heatd plasma raced across towards The Emperor's Devine. Even at a distance of 300 kilometers, the distance between was remarkably short. Amadeus knew that as he cried in deperation.

"Bring her round her starboard side! port engines to half strength, maintain starboard engines!!

"Aye aye Captain!" - cried the navigator.

"Sir- target inbound 100 kilometers and closing"

"Captain! impact in eight seconds!"

The Space hulk groaned at the intensity and speed of the manouvere, even a cruiser took time to manouvere and this still wasn't helping captain Amadeus as the nova cannon's projectile streaked.....punching super heated gas onto the ships main engines. The heat ignited the main fuel cells and blew off a huge chunk off the Emperor's Divine's stern.

"Seal all main bulkheads in that sector!" - shouted Amadeus, "Colonel, i need a damage report in 2 minutes, Tops!"

"Aye, aye captain!"

The Emperor's divine lay parrallel to the oncoming ship, her engines damaged and several ruptured bulkheads where fires were now burning up the ship from the original blast.

**All Units, report. Prepare for emergency combat drop. Prepare for emergency combat drop**-the Vox rang out.

The sirens ran out along every corridor along the ship. Private first class Shawn Mackinsey was at the mess hall when it happened. He fell on the floor when the cannon had hit, falling hard and hitting his shoulder hard on the metallic ground. Red lights soon blurred as frantic men scarmbled with their gear. Mackinsey cursed himself when he got up, his helmet and gear missing. with only his uniform and his laspistol tucked in his holster on his thigh, he made his way to the docking bay.

[twerd]

cool keep it coming

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The starboard docking bay was covered with bewildered members of the 101st and imperial fighter pilots. No one knew who was in command was the first thought Mackinsey could think of as everyone shoved and pushed themselves.

**All units of the 101st must redirect themselves to the portside docking bay** signaled the comm-speaker.

with that sound everyone everyone rushed back into the ships. It would take some time before they reached the other-side of the ship. MPT's or magenetic propelled transports began filling the men of the 101st. The hundreds of tubes were all linked from one side of the ship to the other. MPT's were designed fer quick transport between fighter pilots to engage enemy forces from the determined side of the ship. shaun looked back one more time as he saw thousands of imperial Furies and bombers being tallied out of their hangars and onto the bay.

*Back on the command center*

"Sir, techpriests have shut down main energy cells on the plasma drives. We have 80% damage on the engines and our side thrusters are all we have left"

Amadeus looked on to his enemy, his mind racing....An immobilised ship, a chaos battlecruiser no more than 300 kilometeres away and a ship full of one of the finest imperial guard regiments known to the Emperor.

"Battle stations are under way captain"

"sir starboard batteries are 70% ready"

"Prepare to open up a broadside" - issued captain Amadeus.

"sir, shes displacing"

Captain looked onto the holomap as he saw the chaos battle cruiser igniting its engines, obvious of its flanking manouvre.

"Engage portside thrusters, shes trying to reposition," said Amadeus, "Prepare the starboard batteries to open fire"

"But sir, all guns have not been operational"

"Fire what we have!" ordered Amadeus.

Upon his command, the starboard side of the armoured behemoth opened up its torpedo tubes. Hundreds of different missiles streaked through space onto the battle cruiser's position. Amadeus looked on as he saw explosions rack the side of his enemy. Some of the crew cheared but Amadeus knew it was just a tiny pin prick upon an animal's thick hide.

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with the battlecruiser setting up flanking positions, the Emperor's Divine was forced to react, pivoting alongside the chaos. This caused problems...making the portside facing away from the planet's surface which left the starboard side for the fighter craft. This was all fine and dandy for Captain Amadeus as it kept his armament's fixed on the chaos battle cruiser.

*The command deck*

"Sir, torpedo tubes are primed and ready for second launch"

"Range 200 kilometers and closing"

"shall we commence firing?" - questioned colonel Toff.

"No," replied Amadeus...wait untill she is within 100 kilometers, then we will use our full batteries."

*Portside Docking Bay*

shaun mackinsey had rallied with his squad and was given knew equipment. He could 300 Valkrye transpot ships being tallied onto the launch bays....each one was given their supply of ammunitions, food and medical supplies.

"Alright lads, were gonig in for an emergency combat drop, chaos ship has got us right between the planet so getting there will be our first challenge." said the squad sergeant.

"What's the next step?" said a bewildered trooper, still shocked by the initial attack.

"I dont know yet but...."

**All members, prepare for immediate dustoff. All members board your Valkrye's**

"That's it then lads...MOVE it!" shouted the sergeant.

back on the starboard docking bay hundreds of attack Furies and imperial bombers left off from their launch pads. Each one fully armed and manned with the finest of imperial navy pilots. Squads of five ships formed up, waiting the others to assume battle stations. Their afterburners soon gave off heat, which meant the order was out.

The tubes of the Emperor's divine soon burst open, sending their deadly payloads towards the battle cruiser. The Torpedo's sailed above the attack crafts as their homing devices soon kicked in and returning onto its intended target. The attack Furies, escorting the bombers assumed a length wise formation, covering the size of the enemy cruiser. IT was only a matter of time, before the chaos soon would return fire, either opening up their batteries or sending an arsenal of their own pilots. All there was to know at this point....was that the battle was just beginning........

[lordcastellenjon]

awsome story bro keep going its really good

[Cadian 117]

KEWLNESS Really good man, cant wait for more.

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Sorry for being such an old post....but i really want to continue this cos of the great feedback...take sum time to read it agen just for an update....then u can start reading the latest story of the 101st

"All attack craft strafe around docking and ammunition bays!" - shouted the Captain

Before anyone could acknowledge the order, the captain had issued more orders.....

"rally the torpedo bombers along with escorts to target engines...we want them just as immobile as us!"

"Aye aye sir!"

*Starboard side docking bays*

The last of the Furies exited the docking bays with engines humming away into space. by now, hundreds of attack furies were circling around each other, awaiting combat orders....it didn't take long for that to happen. The captain orders were relayed to Squadron leaders and soon the furies broke off into attack formations. pilot Tashima yatsumomo knew very well of the dangers in space combat as he and his squad mates flew along other furies around the Emperor's divine. He switched on his heads up display as the radar popped into view showing squad members as well as the hulk of the Emperor's divine. They were now oncourse, heading straight towards the chaos battle cruiser.

"all Furies to kick in afterburners at my mark" - shouted the squad leader over the comm link

Tashima flipped a cap over a button and steadied his thumb on it

"Mark"

And with that, he pressed the button igniting the fuels cells and accellarating his fury along with others towards the battle cruiser.

*Port side docking bay*

Mackinsey slapped on his flak jacket and jump suit as he boarded the gunship. He sat up straight on his seat and buckled up as his fellow squad members clambered on. He moved his left hand towards the side of his seat and felt the slick metal of his las carbine, strapped carefully into place.

"Alright Boys, this is the sitation," said the sergeant, "We're in for a rough job here cos we've got a chaos battle cruiser right in front of us, and it'll be hell trying to get passed them."

"You got that right," replied the pilot of the Valkrye as he swiveled his head from the cockpit, "Bridge command has given us strict orders to send you guys landfall asap"

"Well, thats that then" said a young trooper at the entrance of the door.

"Fubar, i'd say" said another opposite mackenzie.

And everyone laughed at that remark.

*At the Command Bridge*

"sir, furies are enroute bearing 0-6-2, 80 kiolmeteres and closing" said a member of staff

"Fury leaders have suggested pincer strike formation, should we aknowledge?" said another

Captain Amadeus pondered on the move. he knew that with a pincer strike he could still use his gun batteries to open fire on the battle cruiser whilst the furies and bombers strafed from the sides.

"Thats a negative" he finally said, "continue with full scale attack run"

[Cadian 117]

mm good i like.......................

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Tashima yatsumomo confirmed battle plan details over the comm system. "Roger, that is a negative on pincer strike confirm?"

"That is a confirm Tashima" said the Squadron leader

Tashima switched off the radio chatter that was going on amongst the other pilots.

By now the Furies were 50 kilometeres away, the afterburners doing their jobs as they sped towards the Chaos battle cruiser. It felt eerily silent inside his cockpit with nothing but the low humming of the internal engines working their complex magic. Tashima saw as his heads up display positioned itself on the front window panel. The radar on his left showed the position of his comrades and he knew that some of them, maybe most would not make it back. The massive defense guns of a battle cruiser were immense and holding out against such a beast would be difficult, but he knew his duty was to the emperor. With the emperor on his mind he took out a small picture from his pilot helmet and unfolded it to reveal his family back on Lethe, the planet where he was born.
A yellow light bleeped on one of his control panels and he quickly folded the picture up again. He clicked on it and a voice command along the vox from his squad leader encompassed his ears.

"Tashima keep your vox on...were closing up on missile range, prepare to engage" said his wing man

"Copy that"

[twerd]

keep going with this plz

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Good news twerd, its my school half term, which means more!!

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The Furies had reached missile range as Tashima's Head up display blinked up a cross section of his deadly payload. interstellar hell strike missiles blinkec a green whilst the shorter range side-winders remained yellow.

"All squadron leaders, comm in orders, lock on hellstrikes and prepare to fire on my mark" shouted squadron command

"Eagles confirmed"
"Falcons confirmed"
"hawks confirmed"
"Albatross confirmed"

The whole network lit up with confirmations as a general humm of excitement aroused the pilots. Each one was ready, all their training, their experience and thier will, lead them to such a great event. The chaos battle cruiser loomed closer, its dark, twisted hull bearing the impact strained by the void shields from the torpedos. Tashima eyed the blinking button...... the button that would release the missile.

*Port side bay*

Vulture gunships and valkyries alike hummed as their turbine engines roared to life, Those in the pilot seats could see the darkness of space, lit up by hundreds of speeding furies and bombers. Crew at the docking bays swiveled their light sticks as they directed the machines towards the release area.
mackinsey sat strapped to his seat, he could feel the tension between his squad members as they too sat silent. A worried look befell one of the new guys, and mackinsey knew of his fate.

"Don't worry lads, this old timer here will take us to the planet" belowed the sergeant as he patted the pilot from the back of his seat.

"Yeah, but the worrying part is how i'll get you guys down there" - replied the pilot.

The releasal area, now crowded with hovering gunships as they lined behind each other, thrusters screaming against the weight of the gunships.

Command post

"Captain Amadeus, all landing craft are ready to depart" - said a station crew

"The 101st are all acounted for, including 100 Valkryie support craft"

"Should we confirm the order?" - questioned colonel toff

"Confirm....get these guys off my ship" replied Amadeus. And with that, the order was relayed to the docking bay. Amadeus looked from his screen to the window as he saw the 101st regiment leave the ship.

"All in good order" - reassured Toff "all in good order"

"Lets hope so Toff" - said Amadeus. "whats the situation with the furies, i want a status report now."

He didnt need one. He looked up at the window as he saw the wave of furies in the distance. Eahc one, igniting an orange trail towards the chaos battle cruiser. The stunning display of firepower was magnituded by the marauder bomber's colossus rockets.

"Sir! hellstrikes have been fired! eta, 20 seconds to impact!"

Amadeus saw as the trails of smoke flew through space....seconds passed......

................Tashima saw as his missile was released...... he sat there, admiring it as it flew in front of his craft straight towards the battle cruiser.....the seconds grew as the wall of missiles sailed on.

"Impact!!!!" - shouted a pilot, as the fleet looked on amazement. The missles impacted against the hull creating a giant wall of explosive fire around the battlecruiser. Such fire power was only matched by that of the Emperor's divine, but at this range, it was spectacular. Amadeus looked in amazement as he saw the work of his pilots.

Smoke, covered the entire battle cruiser, but the Furies maintained their formations. Tashima squinted as hard as he can. Did they do it? We couldn't have done it all in one strike could we? questions raced in his minds, only to be answered by the lumbering hulk that still remained. His eyes widened as if a Chaos terror had appeared in front of him.

There floated the chaos battlecruiser, unscarred and undamaged.

"DISENGAGE DISENGAGE DISENGAGE!!!" shouted fleet command "Fan out left and right and regroup at 30 kilometeres from current position"

Furies dove left and right as they turned away from the battlecruiser, turning back towards open space.

"what the hell just happened!?" shouted one over the vox

"Void shields, we must've hit em"

"Are they down?"

"This is Red Eagle switching to sidewinders!" - shouted Red leader "Tashima, switch to sidewinders, were gonna try see if their shields have been knocked out"

Eagle red squadron zoomed closer,then strafed left as they opened up their missiles. They streaked low, punncturing the bottom hulls of 2 gun emplacements as they exploded.

"We have a confirm!" shouted Tashima "Hey Look out!"

Tashima saw as the battlecruiser counterattacked, sending a hail of ballistic barrages at the tailing furies. Missiles streaked towards the two dividing forces. Those at the back ignited as rounds punctured their armor.

"Emperor help them!" shouted Tashima