Dropping like a fiery comet, its descent preceded by a thunderous roar, the drop pod of the Knights of Altair announced the beginning of the battle. All morning, Imperial and Tau troops had been advancing toward a satellite array that stood in the center of a pastoral valley […]
A bloody cornfield To the north, a Shaper known as Orek was leading a warband of Kroot on the Gue’la flank. He raised a claw, and the warriors behind him froze, their rifles at the ready. Sniffing the air, Orek scanned the cornfield before him. The tall stalks […]
Return to base His mission was complete, Shas’ui Vurael thought, as he ran out of the front hatch of the satellite array. The enemy security files were downloaded from the archaic Gue’la calculating machines, and the data carefully packed into the storage device inside the satchel on his […]
IMPERIAL VOXCAST (3 362 737.M41)—A battalion Hegira PDF was savagely defeated yesterday in a confused battle on the outskirts of the Barad Mine, Imperial authorities have admitted. Initially reluctant to confirm the battle’s outcome, the Hegira High Command finally acknowledged the military disaster this morning after rumors of […]
“They’re bombing us with incendiary bombs! They’re slaughtering us!”—Final voxcast of the Third Battalion, 112th Regiment, Hegira PDF (3 362 737.M41) Continued … Meanwhile, guardsmen say, the ork warlord and several mobs of Boyz swept around the Imperial flank and quickly overran two squads of infantry and some […]
A muffled rumble, a slight vibration in the deck plating—these were the first signs of activity that the dimly lit corridors of Outpost DY732-A had experienced in months. In one corridor, which led to an airlock in the outer hull, a control panel lit up, and the faint […]
It was on Level IX, Section 2-B, a corridor intersection only 100 meters from the outpost’s generator chamber, when enemy contact was made. With a multi-scanner in hand, Brother Nadael was at the forefront of the squad. The ten Space Marines and Abnightus had descended eight levels, moving […]
“Let’s move it, people,” Drusus yelled, targeting a xeno’s head and blowing away a sizable chunk of the metallic skull. The xeno attack had come quickly. No sooner had Drusus and his men left the security room that auspexes warned of approaching bodies. His storm troopers had set […]
IMPERIAL VOXCAST (3 153 757.M41)—Rumors are spreading that Imperial authorities have suppressed news of a major defeat of Imperial troops at the Tarak Mines. According to sources, a massive ork army attacked several weeks ago and forced Imperial forces out of the mining complex … Battle lines are drawn The morale […]
“The metal monstrosity towered over the ork horde, an insane mockery of the ork gods … yet a mockery whose deadly firepower shifted the balance of power on Hegira.”—Third Battle of the Tarak Mines, History of the 728th Cadian Regiment, 700-800.M41 (Volume 1,892) The Titan-buster As the battle raged […]
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