"I fokked the Tyranids, I think I can handle one flesh-lump in a governor’s sash.”
Age: 130 Ichabarr years, 93 Terran standard (juvenat assisted) Rank: Crusade warmaster Profile: Caiser is a short woman, but no-one has ever succeeded in making her look small. Her bombastic personality easily fills a room, and in her hands the silver walking cane that she carries almost takes on the aspect of a deadly weapon. She has a fervent, merciless belief in the Imperial cause, and has marshalled two successful inter-system campaigns in the Ixaniad sector.
Spoiler: Pontifex Byron Albinius
"See warmaster! This is living history!"
Age: 67 Aurelian years, 75 Terran standard Rank: Ecclesiarchy representative Profile: The reigning pontifex of Aurelias Prime, Albinius was the figurehead for imperial resistance when the shrine world came under heavy Chaos attack, although many would argue that the real action was undertaken by his deputy, lord cardinal Tarpeian. Albinius is considered outspoken but moderate in most Imperial circles, and he has leveraged support from his flock by such populist gestures as eschewing juvenat treatments despite his advanced age.
Spoiler: Lord Commissar Havelock Tyne
"You wear a commissar's uniform, and I expect you not to dishonour it."
Age: 74 Strygos years, 68 Terran standard Rank: Lord commissar Profile: Havelock Tyne is the steely eye of the Munitorum on the highest echelons of the crusade leadership. Although many have noted his preference to observe from the background rather than to outright dictate, this just makes the crusade generals nervous of what he is really thinking and noting down for future prosecutions. He is far more direct in handling his subordinate commissars, and has a reputation among many of them as an onerous taskmaster.
Spoiler: Commissar Joseph Schenke
“If one of you listens to that maniac and shoots a civilian who isn't already pointing a gun at you, you'll be getting a bullet in the head from me.”
Age: 29 Terran standard Rank: Commissar Profile: Despite his young age, Schenke carries himself with a natural confidence and authority, secured by an early baptism of fire where he rallied the passengers of an Imperial transport against an unexpected pirate attack. At his side since that event has been Janie Ephese, a hot-blooded young mutant who fought as hard as any puregene human. This frequently causes raised eyebrows from the Guardsmen he is assigned to, but Schenke keeps her around for her practical mindset and - privately - for her sarcastic banter that closely matches his own offbeat sense of humour. Schenke is also a former associate of Ella Seren, having acted as her handler before and during the pirate attack. He is shocked and saddened to learn that she has joined the Adrantian rebels, but a traitor is a traitor - even if they used to be friends.
Spoiler: Magos Jasmin Ankari
“I would prefer for it to be dealt with...internally.”
Age: 136 Perinetus years, 105 Terran standard Rank: Weaponsmith Profile: Jasmin Ankari is a highly influential magos on the Adrantis forge world of Perinetus, second only to the reclusive archmagos Lazarine Krupp. She is a fearsome and enigmatic figure, managing the output of the forge world's armament factories with uncompromising efficiency. As well as frequent liaisons with the Imperial Navy who berth in the shipyards above Perinetus, she has also insinuated herself with the shadowy Lords Dragon who police the mechanicus from within. She has a long-standing working relationship with secutor Vizkop, although that relationship is not always harmonious. After Perinetus erupted into civil war following the Adrantis revolution, she took command of the loyalist mechanicus forces.
Spoiler: Hauptmann Britta Gortz
“Tanks are better at attacking than holding ground, but we'll have your backs little brothers.”
Age: 25 Corrisul years, 32 Terran standard Rank: Captain Profile: A company tank commander under oberst Gangl's 7th Corrisul Armoured Regiment, Britta is a career soldier. She has a talent for whiplashing between being cheerful and being all deadly business. She does not begrudge being outranked by infantry commanders of the same rank, as the 7th Corrisul have fought joint operations with Guard infantry regiments on a number of occasions and she likes to think of her fast-moving Conqueror tanks as the ground-pounders' guardian angels.
Spoiler: Colonel Alexi Dunov
“This starport was the Casterian objective!”
Age: 55 Teran standard Rank: Colonel Profile: A member of the Casterian aristocracy, Dunov’s ascension to a senior military rank was almost guaranteed, even if he didn’t work to ruthlessly position himself above his contemporaries. Appointed to command of the Casterian 85th mechanised regiment, Dunov is used to being the tip of the imperium’s spear, and has built up an impressive combat record. He does not lack for tactical ability, but his pride in his unit’s reputation (and his own) is strong, and he holds a grudge against several other commanders for their “interference” in the battle for Kephistron Altis starport on Baraspine.
Spoiler: The Adrantean Patriots
Spoiler: Subsector governor Thomas Tierce
“They have defined us as traitors and heretics. We must conquer or we must die.”
Age: 59 Baraspine years, 65 Terran standard Rank: Governor of the Adrantis Nebula subsector Profile: Although he rules from the subsector capital of Tephaine, Tierce grew up on its rival hive world Baraspine. Born to midhiver parents, he found himself press-ganged into the Imperial Navy, but was saved from a deck-slave’s life by his parents, who sold everything to buy him a midshipman’s commission. Tierce proved talented, eventually rising to command and winning several high profile naval battles. This earned him a high position when he retired from the Navy to enter politics, setting the stage for his eventual governorship. His leadership was marked by many drives towards greater efficiency and self-sufficiency among the Adrantean institutions. A compassionate man, he believed in the Adrantean people above all and became increasingly disillusioned with the demands of the wider imperium, a disillusionment which became complete with his attempted kidnapping by the rogue inquisitor Nalaran. Several years later, his plans for independence were forced forward by the meddling of another inquisitor, Alia Machairi.
Spoiler: Colonel Serjan Tarquinius
“We just want peace. A chance to use our own resources to shape our own destiny.”
Age: 61 Tephaine years, 56 Terran standard Rank: Commander of the Nebula Corps Profile: The Nebula Corps are governor Tierce’s life guards and rapid reaction force, elite soldiers utilising bionics and armour crafted by tech-priests more interested in protecting the subsector than adhering rigidly to mechanicus procedures. Tarquinius is a hero of the Dominion Crisis and one of Adrantis' longest-serving officers. When the Adrantis military leadership was decapitated by the Chaos assault, Tarquinius and his stormtrooper company were doing boarding combat drills on then-commodore Tierce's ship. He and his soldiers formed the core of Tierce's insurgent force during the crisis. He and Tierce worked in close tandem throughout that time, and after Tierce's appointment as Lord Governor, he handpicked Tarquinius to command his bodyguard detail and eventually to command the Nebula Corps.
Spoiler: Magos Terminius Delzharian
“Such primitive weaponry.”
Age: 275 Perinetus years, 212 Terran standard Rank: Tech priest magos Profile: Formerly third in line to the archmagos’ throne on Perinetus, Delzharian now leads the mechanicus faction sympathetic to the Adrantean cause. He has always had an aesthetic mind, preferring to grace machine spirits with elegant bodies that sometimes seem at odds with the solid power of most mechanicus designs. He gained fame for his work on MIU technology (including a neurofeedback generator that he used to devastating effect on the first day of the Adrantis uprising), although his greatest work is no doubt the implants used by the vaunted Nebula Corps. Constructed in necessary secrecy with the help of shady characters such as the now-dead rogue trader Nibenay, he combined power armour interfaces, communal datafeed links and combat drug injectors to create what he hoped would be the ultimate soldier. Delzharian has extensive frontline experience as an enginseer, although nowadays he prefers to protect his vastly expanded Knowledge by being where the Titans aren’t. He is meticulously careful, and some say that he transferred his human brain into his combat servitor bodyguards several years ago, and now uses his own original body as a decoy.
Age: 34 Marioch, 35 Terran standard Rank: Captain Profile: Alicia grew up on Marioch and served in the newly-formed Adrantis Nebula Corps, rising to interplanetary prominence after she took command and extricated the Nebulas from a deadly ambush, rescuing the captured governor Tierce in the process. Unfortunately, fame drove a wedge between her and her former comrades, and she retired back to Marioch - only to be caught up in a heretic uprising. Making a dark pact to destroy her enemies, Alicia barely survived and was hauled in by the inquisition for monitoring. She served with them until the Saros Station incident, after which she disappeared and took up the disguise of a rogue trader, searching for a new cause she could truly believe in. After being reunited with her former colleagues, she discovered that the erstwhile cultist Arcolin DeRei was her brother, and the daemon she had allowed to possess her was a long-standing ally of the DeRei family. Caught between Arcolin and Tarquinius’ seemingly sincere desire for a better, freer Adrantis on one hand, and the unyielding hatred of her former colleagues on the other, she allowed the daemon to possess her a second time and defected to the Adrantean cause.
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Trademarks: Silver left paundron adorns every infantry squad, Their language is a mixture of multiple world dialects of Gothic, making them notoriously hard to understand when they don't want to be, known for scrapping and scavenging almost anything still usable. They are not liked by pretty much anyone who isn't a guardsman or works with guardsmen.
Colonel: Iliana Rafella Ketch, a relative unknown to the wider imperium, and she prefers it that way, what is known that she is a woman with red hair, violet eyes trademark of Cadians, and is of impressive height. The men under her command claim she is a peerless warior, and have gone so far as to make the audacious claim that she has faced down threats such as a heretic Astartes and emerged the victor. After a decades long disagreement with the inquisition, and subsequent crusade of redemption, Ketch and her Desert raised regiments returned to active service, primarily as small kill teams intended to fight underground wars or prepare a world for a larger imperial force.
Captain: Captain Gustav Minch, a stout man despite his age, Gustav and Iliana go back to the years following the formation of Haven, and some rumor the two were involved in establishing an imperial fortress on the planet which they crash landed on. Gustav has sand colored hair and clear blue eyes, and a firm jaw that's taken it's fair share of blows. Gustav leads the first company, often from the cupola of a Glyphborne pattern Chimera.
"Life before death,
Strength before weakness,
Journey before destination."
-The First Ideal
Trademarks: Typical Legio heraldry along with the personal heraldry of the Dominus, that being a metal fist closing around a star. The Skitarii attached speak varying degrees of Gothic and have most of their external augments covered in vat-grown flesh to give the maniple a human face to stand with the robots. There are those who might describe the conduct of the Skitarii as "thuggish" at times.
Colonel: Magos Dominus Johann Krypter has led his maniple for centuries and is known as an efficient man of stern character. His hunched machine body is easily recognized thanks to the voluminous robes he wears that make his slender cyborg form look much larger. His stern mood can be known to turn harsh and he tends to be stand-offish with outsiders and fellow Mechanicus alike.
Captain: Tribunus Donovan Anarkos has served the Dominus faithfully for his entire adult life. He is tall and imposing with a shaven head and piercing eyes of cold ice. He is an able commander who is used to maneuvering his troops around the battle robots while they are being commanded far from the front lines. He never questions the orders he is given either because he is that loyal to his Magos or simply because he is not able to.
The Maniple's heart are the five battle robots the Magos Dominus commands through a mixture of pre-set orders and constant updates to information either through the attending datasmiths or the closed command network he has. Krypter commands four Castellex pattern of Castellan Class Robot, each outfitted for shock assault by default but can be equipped for city-fighting and siege assault as needed. The fifth is a Thanatar class robot deployed in heavy fighting situations.
Attending the robots in battle is a regiment of hardened Skitarii the majority of which are outfitted as what are colloquially called Rangers usually sporting either galvanic rifles or arc weapons depending on the situation. Within the regiment are two small squads of elite Sicarian infiltrators whose main purpose is advance scout support to provide accurate reporting to assist in adjusting the movement and attack patterns of the lumbering robots.
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Trademarks:
The menofix is the Menites' official insignia. They generally follow a color scheme consisting primarily of white (though aged a crude shade of yellow), with sanguine as a secondary color, and gold as a highlight. The regiment has no official motto, but ever since the beginnings of the uprising, some notable members have taken a liking to the phrase "the retribution of Adrantis." It has since been adapted by the men as a sort of de-facto motto/war cry.
Colonel:
Spoiler: Amon Severius
Colonel Amon Severius was the last to lead the Harbingers of Menoth, the now-decimated regiment that eventually borne the Martyrs. He had been a firm supporter of the separatist cause since the first fires of the rebellion. After almost losing all his men in a protracted siege, he set about rebuilding his forces with a burning, strengthened resolve. The Martyrs of Menoth, his new legacy, attracted the attention of extremist splinter groups, militias, and remnants, who eagerly joined under his banner.
The colonel fancies himself an orator, swaying his men with sermons and buzz-phrases. He stands at the same height as an average man, but still somehow manages to give off an imposing aura. A calm, collected demeanor cements his image as a respectable man, but his energetic outbursts do nothing to hide his fanatical tendencies. Still, he does well to not let his dogma cloud his better judgement. He had learned his lesson after the first time around.
Captain:
Spoiler: Mikael Kreoss
Captain Kreoss was one of those who heeded Colonel Severius' call to join the Martyrs. Formerly a remnant of another similarly unfortunate regiment, he fit in fairly well at his new command. He is notably one of the more cool-headed members of the Menite brass, which sometimes puts him at odds with the more fanatic officers, but he had long earned the right to some leeway after earning the colonel's favor. That said, he is by no means the colonel's lackey. It just so happens that the two somehow share a common vision most of the time.
He stands slightly taller than his men, and sports a bald head with the menofix tattooed on the forehead. In battle, he dons a helmet that, like his uniform and armor, bears an aesthetic that seems to be a cross between a commissar and a bishop. Whether in battle or not, he carries himself confidently to keep up the image of a respectable and feared commander.
Heh. “Self-sufficient” means something different when you’re the locals whose stuff they’re commandeering. Accepted!
Originally Posted by Atrum Daemon
Regiment Name: Destruction Maniple Alpha-Rho-Phi
Accepted! I think I already know what their first posting will be.
Originally Posted by Ma1chbox
Regiment Name: Martyrs of Menoth
Accepted @Ma1chbox! Although I have a couple of questions - what does the “cult of the Menites” actually entail (in this 40K setting)? The Imperial church (and by extension, the Adranteans) give fairly broad leeway to local religions, provided that they recognise the Emperor on Terra in one form or another as the one and only god.
Also how did the original regiment end up martyred?
Best part is I've dredged up everything from battles that have actually happened on the tabletop, It was a battle against Death Guard in which one of my Company Commanders managed to get a lucky final shot on a Plague Marine, while my Infantry stood down some Terminators, it was a good fight. So yes, my commander has actually kill Chaos Space marines.
"Life before death,
Strength before weakness,
Journey before destination."
-The First Ideal
I didn't actually intend for the Menites to be a cult, just a fairly loyal regiment named after its founder. Taking what you said into account, though, I suppose making Menoth a minor saint that the Harbinger remnants follow would be a fitting change. The Menites could then be some sort of local fire cult. Perhaps the Harbingers originally interpreted Menoth's fire as more of a guiding light, but the Martyrs took to interpreting it as the fires of judgement.
As for the reason the Harbingers were almost wiped out, I just wrote the first thing that came to mind, which was them fighting a protracted siege against a loyalist fortification during the first parts of the uprising. That actually brings to mind a question, how long as it been since the rebellion started? I'm under the assumption that it's been more or less a decade or so.
By the time we launch, the rebellion (or liberation - where is your sense of Patriotism, citizen of Adrantis?) has been underway for a matter of months - essentially long enough for both sides to reorganize and make ready for war.
Now, if you're in the market for a homeworld and a tough siege which bloodied the regiment badly...perhaps your regiment was founded on Tephanie (seat of Patriot government) from the remnants of a Planetary Defense Force (think military reservists) unit and civilian volunteer militias who attacked one of the main symbols of Imperial authority, the precinct-fortress Arbites (think Judge Dredd and you're there) in the earliest moments of the liberation?
You'd get yourself many, many martyrs - and who better than the Imperial super-cops who are all about judgment themselves for the regiment to have blooded themselves in combat against?
PaintSerf is correct; it has only been a matter of months...which is damn fast by Imperial standards, but they pulled and redirected a tonne of local sector forces to respond to such an extreme rebellion as fast as possible.
Both sides are suffering from the speed of the counterattack - the Imperials are a jumble of different units who have not had any chance to train together yet, and half their reinforcements are still en route, whereas the Patriots are still attempting to consolidate their position and put together an effective industrial base.
Ground War - recruitment and OOC
Originally Posted by Derpnaster
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