“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. * * * * […]
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 […]
IMPERIAL VOXCAST—In the face of fierce xeno resistance, ground forces of the Damocles Gulf Crusade report mixed progress in their latest attack on Dal’yth Prime, a strategically important planet in the Tau Empire. New dispatches indicate a major battle is underway for control of a xeno city called […]
“Some say I am ruthless in throwing men into battle. That is true. Some say I throw away men’s lives. That is untrue. A human wave attack has value, but it isn’t entirely mindless. Artillery and air support can be used to assist the attack. Minefields can be […]
“Our galaxy is not safe. It is filled with heretics, traitors, and xenos. We survive only because we fight. We believe the Imperium promises us safe harbor, but that promise is a fairy tale. Death comes to all of us. We can ignore the dangers of our galaxy. […]
“See before you men! In the distance, the wretched xenos known as Tau await our attack. Their weapons are powerful, but not as powerful as our determination to serve the God-Emperor and wipe this entire species out of existence. Forward to victory. Death to the xenos!“—Colonel Willem Vance, […]
“No weapon draws our wrath as does the Tau railgun. It does not simply kill our battle-brothers upon impact but it often destroys the progenoid glands that our Apothecaries normally harvest from the fallen. Without their recovery on the battlefield, we cannot replenish our numbers. It is a […]
“The skies grow dark. The sound of battle fades. Here I lay, wounded beyond hope of another day. As my eyes close, I think of the Greater Good that I served, and I am at peace.”—a High Gothic translation of “Remembrances of a Warrior,” a book of Tau […]
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