Tag: Naval Battles

Ork Freebooterz board Death Guard cruiser (Part 1)

There is no peace among the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter and the laughter of thirsting gods. * * * The PlagueclawAroria System6 231 744.M41 Vraxos-Kam took his time with the last living ork. The dismembered xeno roared his defiance, hate, and frustration as the […]

Tau fleet defeated in battle over Dar Sai

“Speakeman? What’s all this talk about a Tau naval force heading our way? Good. If the Tau want a fight with the Imperial Navy, let’s give it to them. Maybe I can show those idiots at fleet headquarters that I deserve to be an admiral.“—Commodore Gadea Hennard, commander […]

Astartes retake mining station – Part 1

“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 […]

Astartes retake mining station – Part 2

“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 […]

Dark Mechanicum seizes Mechanicus vessel

“The path of the Omnissiah has left humanity dithering in the darkness, incapable of advancing on the paths of knowledge. Embracing the warp reveals technology that the primitives on Mars could never dream of wielding.“— Magos Caine of the Five-Fold Path, heretek of the Dark Mechanicum * * […]

Crusade fleet routs Tau warships near Garrus Colony

“You have learned a great deal about tactics, maneuver, and leadership at this institution. These were important lessons. But understand this: You don’t win a battle solely through good tactics, maneuver, and leadership—you win a battle by killing your enemy.“—retiring  Admiral Aldous Collymore, speaking to graduating officers of […]

Necrons ambush Imperial cruiser

Imperial Voxcast (6 127 742.M41)—An Imperial cruiser was attacked earlier this week by a dozen Necron warships during a routine patrol of the Vorta System. The Lunar Class vessel, Golden Drake, survived the encounter, destroying four of the xeno vessels and driving the rest out of the system. […]