TheGM: The Damocles Gulf Crusade has ended, and I need to contemplate the Corvus Cluster’s role in the adventure. When I launched this narrative campaign nearly 14 years ago, I set the clock at 001 735.M41. I knew vaguely that, if we kept up this campaign long enough, […]
TheGM: I don’t write a lot about painting. The original purpose of this website was to record our tabletop adventures—to create a narrative of our battles and provide a backdrop, a foundation, a narrative reason, for the battles yet to come. But lately I’ve been painting up a […]
To Inquisitor Georgene Serillian Ordo Xenos Master of the Conclave of Vigilia Respected Colleague: It is my hope this message will arrive before you hear the news: the Damocles Gulf Crusade has ended on the order of Inquisitor Fidus Kryptman. Your first reaction may be astonishment at Kyptman’s […]
“It saddens me to realize that the heroics of the 310th Cadian Regiment—at least its role in the Damocles Gulf Crusade—will never be known. We have too few victories and too many defeats to satisfy what the Imperium wishes history to be.” “So the truth will be rewritten. […]
The common guardsmen doesn’t need to know why a battle is being fought. He needs only know what’s expected of him. He fights. He dies. He is the cannon fodder that ensures the Imperium’s survival.”—Colonel Klaus Vorndrath, 143th Death Korps Regiment, circa 453.M40 * * * Continued from Part […]
“I do not offer hope, comfort, or safety. I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles, and death. Let him who loves his Emperor with his heart, and not merely his lips, follow me.”—General Milus Montague, commander during the War of the Beast, M32. * * * * […]
“War Zones” is a semi-regular feature of the Corvus Cluster, designed to update readers about ongoing military campaigns in our little corner of the galaxy. It’s a useful feature, as there are only so many tabletop battles that can be fought in a year, and some ongoing campaigns […]
“Attention all crew! Enemy ships to our front. Prepare for battle. Show no mercy. Kill the heretic. Kill the traitor. Kill them all.“—Commodore Gadea Hennard, commander of Battle Flotilla Dozaria Relief 1 (DR-1) * * * IMPERIAL VOXCAST (6 097 746.M41)—A traitor fleet commanded by the Death Guard […]
“Speakeman! Those idiot ships have fallen behind. They’ve betrayed me and cost me the battle. If they weren’t doomed, I’m have their captains up for court martial. Order all ships to the Mandeville Point. We’ve failed. Oh, the shame of it.“—Commodore Gadea Hennard, commander of Flotilla Dozaria Relief […]
IMPERIAL VOXCAST ( 6 073 746.M41)—The latest dispatches from the Damocles Gulf Crusade report that Imperial ground forces have reached the outskirts of the Tau city of Gel’bren—but xeno resistance is fierce and the battle for the city remains ongoing. A spokesman for the Imperial Navy reminded the […]
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