TheGM: The Damocles Gulf Crusade has ended, and I need to contemplate the Corvus Cluster’s role in the adventure. When I launched this narrative campaign nearly 14 years ago, I set the clock at 001 735.M41. I knew vaguely that, if we kept up this campaign long enough, […]
To Inquisitor Georgene Serillian Ordo Xenos Master of the Conclave of Vigilia Respected Colleague: It is my hope this message will arrive before you hear the news: the Damocles Gulf Crusade has ended on the order of Inquisitor Fidus Kryptman. Your first reaction may be astonishment at Kyptman’s […]
“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, […]
THE CORVUS CLUSTER 
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