“High ground is good ground for a sniper. But it’s also a danger. It’s the first place a veteran soldier looks for a sniper and, if things go wrong, high ground can be a trap. As Baker Company withdrew across Port Aruna, I forgot that lesson. It almost […]
“We all knew it was coming . . . the Tau attack. We knew it would be a tough fight. But, when the fighting began, we did well. The Tau used the Kroot as cannon fodder, and we slaughtered thousands. But the Tau behind made it to the […]
“Thank God for the flamers. The Tau fire was slaughtering us until we got in range to spray the trenches with holy promethium. The xenos were turned into screaming torches, and those not on fire ran for their lives.“—Captain Stevrous Stark, commenting on the fight for Redoubt #7. […]
As the sniper of the squad, Jean Baptiste knew the success of this mission rested largely on him. Crouched at the corner of the ramshackle shed, Baptiste followed the ork guard through the telescopic lens of his rifle as the xeno made its rounds through the xeno compound. […]
“Hastily trained troops may hold when attacked from the front, but they most certainly will run as soon as the enemy is behind them.“—Qin Zheng, undefeated general, Greater Asian Confederation. (Circa mid-M4.) NEWS REPORT, Imperial Daily Bulletin to Citizens Imperial troops retreat south toward Aruna By Amicia Gellena […]
“The 17th is collapsing, and our flank is exposed. Order all surviving units to retreat. It’s a race to Port Aruna.“—Captain Stevrous Stark, senior Imperial Guard officer on Dar Sai. Relentless xeno assault PDF troops responded as best they could, according to survivors. A squadron of Scout Sentinels […]
“Let me tell you a saga of a victory that crumbled into dust. It was the day the Brass Fang ambushed a Death Guard vessel. Our brothers took it with ease from the followers of Nurgle. But those pox-tainted Death Guard had their revenge.”—Mallous Vándr, pack leader of […]
“The Blood Wolves have come to the Corvus Cluster. They seek to invoke fear, ruin, and heresy. They have sealed their fate. We shall hunt them down. We shall bring them the Emperor’s Justice. We will wipe them from the face of the galaxy.“—Captain Alaric Galba, 3rd Company, […]
Imperial Voxcast, 6 183 740.M41—The shadow world of Volana was the target today of a vicious raid by a traitor band of Astartes that call themselves the “Blood Wolves.” Thousands of colonists were slaughtered by the raiders before Planetary Defense Forces (PDF) mobilized. As overwhelming numbers of Imperial […]
*** As ufar-ma of his tribe, the heretic known as Xy-Tor regularly met with his sub-chieftains every morning in his command tent. This morning, the air was chilly. Sipping a warm bowl of chiffra, Xy-Tor scanned the adobe buildings of his new base of operations. The desert town […]
THE CORVUS CLUSTER 
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