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. […]
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. […]
“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 […]
Imperial Voxcast (3 994 739.M41)—”A powerful ork attack yesterday failed to break through the stout Imperial defenses on Hegira’s Sea of Dust. Ork casualties are estimated at nearly 80 percent, and the xeno survivors reportedly fled into the barren wastelands of the planet’s southern hemisphere.” + News […]
“It feels like sand is sliding through our fingers. Every day, as you look at the strategic situation, you see cracks in the Imperial defenses. If orbital strikes and nuclear weapons aren’t enough to stem the green tide, is there anything we can do?”—remarks by Senator Gallus Arminius, […]
After the humiliating loss of his base of operations—the second such loss within two months—Brother-Sergeant Kareal Taridon was determined to regain his honor. Thus began a week-long effort to study the orks’ patrol patterns—and to plan a devastating ambush that would bring righteous revenge upon the xenos. Location: […]
Gray dominated the landscape surrounding Brother Batheus. Ork artillery had pounded the suburbs of Susa City for more than half a year, and the area’s gothic architecture had long since been reduced to ruins. Then those ruins had been reduced to rubble, and the rubble ground into a […]
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