No Quarter Given Despite the Astartes’ early success, the xenos were determined to fight on. Teams of Tau Crisis Suits dropped from the sky, landing behind the Space Marines’ front lines and attacking them from the rear. While some Crisis Suits targeted the Imperial armor with mixed success, […]
Given that the battle lines on Hegira [Sculptor IId] have changed little in the past two years, it would be easy for casual observers to believe the ork threat has been contained. That’s far from true. It’s true that Imperial defenses have held, but given the reproductive rate […]
The Orks Charge Over the next few minutes, guardsmen began to hear the orks bellow, their warcries building as the xenos worked themselves into a war fury. Finally, as one guardsmen commented, “the war cries suddenly melded into this thunderous WAAAGH! and the greenskins broke into a charge […]
Imperial Voxcast, 3 097 740.M41—A major ork attack on the fortified defenses of Susa City was repelled yesterday, with Imperial authorities announcing that ork casualties were heavy. The attack was centered on Redoubt 109, located just north of the Caratice Housing Development and just outside the city’s defenses. […]
Heresy is like a tree, its roots lie in the darkness whilst its leaves wave in the sun and to those who suspect nought, it has an attractive and pleasing appearance. Truly, you can prune away its branches, or even cut the tree to the ground, but it […]
“The Astartes truly are a gift from the Emperor. How a handful of men, even equipped with power armor, can stand against hundreds of orks . . . even amidst the horrors of war, such a sight makes the heart soar.“—unidentified guardsmen, witness to the battle outside Susa […]
“Squad Damaras to Sévin: Xeno warlord identified. Advancing on position X9-783.” “Sévin to Squad Damaras: I see him. Descending on his position. Death to the Xenos.” —Vox transmission, Knights of Altair frequency. Inspiring Sight By this point, the Space Marines’ firing line was targeting the advancing orks and […]
The first time Sgt. Matius Grentanus caught sight of a primitive, blue-colored ork, wielding a stone axe of all things, was when his unit was fighting near the Barad Mine more than a year ago. “It was the damnest thing,” he recalls. “Amidst the greenskins, firing crazily with […]
Priority Message to Nguyen Naval Base: Previously suspected ork naval force in Sculptor System launched multiple attacks on Fleet Corvus in recent weeks. Xeno forces are far greater than projectioned, and Imperial losses have been serious. Reinforcement of Fleet Corvus is requested immediately.—Commodore Gadea Hennard. Response to Fleet […]
13 Imperial warships Lost Near Sculptor IVb Given that ork naval forces appear to be dominated by escort-class vessels, Flotilla 18-B is created. It consists of only two cruisers but 10 Firestorm frigates and 10 Cobra destroyers. The theory behind this force is that the escort flotillas will […]
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