“Why did we survive the battle? Because orks can’t get it in their heads that, in urban warfare, you need explosives. If a guardsmen sets a bomb next to a door and wall, he creates an undefended entrance (everyone on the other side is likely dead or dying). […]
“Mayday! Mayday! Decora Mining Base reporting ork ships attacking. Main gun battery is inactive, and boarding torpedoes are approaching. Assistance is needed immediately.”—distress signal received by Imperial authorities Sculptor SystemImperial Voxcast (3 121 743.M41) One week after an ork boarding party seized the Decora Mining Base in the […]
“Orks are a menace. They’re a cancer. Once they enter into a star system, they spread across planets, lurk in asteroid fields, propagate in dank caves and dark forests. They’re almost impossible to stamp out. They’re vermin—three-meter-tall, heavily muscled, insanely violent and dangerous vermin . . . and […]
IMPERIAL VOXCAST (6 015 743.M41)—Food riots broke out in the suburbs of Volantis today after one of the city’s food-processing centers was damaged by an insurgent’s bomb. The Third Quadrant of the outer ring of surface dwellings that surround the Volantis hive city is aflame, as rioters have […]
— “Let the dead rise again. Let the dead feast on the living. Let the dead bring the damned out of the bondage of the Imperium and into the welcoming arms of Nurgle. This is the fate of all men. Let it be so.“—Voloh Gudag, sorcerer of […]
“Come you aliens, show me what passes for fury amongst your misbegotten kind!” — Blood Ravens Sergeant Avitus * * * Strategic Background It is 6 835 742.M41. The Damocles Gulf Crusade has been under way for nearly eight months, and the Imperial Crusade against the Tau has […]
“If your battle plan’s working, it’s probably a trap.“—Kolton Phae, On Military Matters, 739.M41 * * * The Kauyon The military doctrine known as the Kauyon requires a Tau commander to use terrain effectively—and have the patience to wait for the exact moment when to launch an ambush. […]
“To see the heretical scum flee in defeat was a glorious sight to behold. It was also a tragic sight to see any of their number avoid the Emperor’s justice.“—Captain Alaric Galba, commander of the 1st Company of the Knights of Altair * * * Imperial Voxcast […]
“Seven times seven is the goal you seek. Please the Plague God with this many victories without fail, and you shall rise to daemonhood. Fail but seven times, and the Lord of Decay will show his displeasure.“—a warning by the sorcerer Necrosious to the Chaos lord Ghaz Tak […]
“Send forth our followers. Throw ten thousand at the Imperial defenses . . . send fifty thousand. Let them die weakening the False Emperor’s lackeys, so the Death Guard can approach the city and bring it to ruin.“—Ghaz Tak, warlord of Nurgle. * * * What follows is […]
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