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I've just installed Chaos Gate on my computer successfully (I think; it's an old, temperamental game) and have created this thread for two reasons: 1) for people to volunteer themselves to be a Space Marine in my campaign playthrough, and 2) for people to discuss the game in general (any advice/tips are welcome).

If you want to become one of my Space Marines (and quite possibly suffer a humiliating, painful death as a result of my command), just post letting me know. Give me a name for your character (mine's Justimus Davimus for example) and what position you would like to fill (as well as preferred weapons). You can also provide a character-profile for me to use, such as you wanting to be running upfront, sniping from the rear, healing teammates etc.
There are 5 Tactical Squads (incl. heavy or special weapons (so flamer etc. or lascannon etc.) trooper), an assault squad, a devastator squad and a terminator squad. Each squad has 5 Marines including a sergeant and 4 marines; some of whom can have heavy/special/fancy-close-combat weapons as desired.
I'll update the thread with your achievements, kills, awards and even deaths (I can respawn/recreate you if there's space).
I'm afraid we're all full-up and can no longer accept new recruits, apologies! Feel free to watch the thread and join in the fun nonetheless, though.

If you don't know what Chaos Gate is, it's an old (1998) turn-based, squad-based game where you play as a small force of Ultramarines fighting Chaos (Word Bearers, Cultists, Daemons): think of it as a more customisable, more personal/close-up Dawn of War, consisting of 5-20 Space Marines and occasionally a vehicle. This video demonstrates the gameplay of one of the missions: skip to 1.32 to view the squad screens, which is basically where I'll customise/create you, then from then it just goes through the mission.

The squads and members currently are:

Terminator Squad I:
1) Terminator Mighty Hero Sergeant: Necroshea/ Isaac Hexen
2) Terminator Mighty Hero: CthuluIs Spy/ Otto Von Swanzstucker III
3) Terminator Mighty Hero: Medium of Death/ Medius Ex Decimus
4) Terminator Mighty Hero: Vortrey/ Vortigern
5) Terminator Mighty Hero:Skarwael/ Herius Pertinax
6) Terminator Mighty Hero: Rotgut/Titan

Tactical Squad II:
1) Tactical Veteran Sergeant: thenoobbomb/ Noobimus Maximus
2) Tactical Veteran: Purplefood/ Purple the Magnificent V
3) Tactical Hero: Commissar Rhodes/ Leonardius Rhodes
4) Tactical Veteran: Platuan4th/ Nominus Terribus
5) Tactical Veteran: Trondheim/ Rasputin

Assault Squad VII:
1) Assault Hero Sergeant: DA's Forever/ Maxima Trauma
2) Assault Veteran: Avatar 720/ Veltan
3) Assault Marine: Super Ready/ Maximus Porkpious
4) Assault Veteran: blood_ravens_marine/ Alactus
5) Assault Veteran: shrike/ Shrikenius The Inept

Devastator Squad VIII:
1) Devastator Veteran Sergeant: JakeCWolf/ Securim Fulmen
2) Devastator Marine: Kirsanth/ Kirsanth
3) Devastator Veteran: n0t_u/ Nu
4) Devastator Veteran: Doctadeth/ Doctadeth
5) Devastator Veteran: SilverMK2/ Silver

Librarian I: Dr What/ Ignatius Avalon
Librarian II: KamikazeCanuck/ Canuck
Librarian III: Shrike/ Shrikenius the Inept
Librarian IV
Techmarine I: ProfessionalAmateur/ Proficio Imperitus
Techmarine II: johnscott10/ Veri - Killed In Action
Apothecary I: Ifepy/ Cato
Apothecary II: Avatar 720/ Won T'urrtabit
Chaplain
Captain (The Chaplain and Captain are only available in the last 2 missions, and I don't know if I'll get that far).

Current kill tally and medals:



[i]Sadly, Final Liberation wouldn't install. :(

Should be fun.

I'll have a gander - Otto Von Swanzstucker III = Heavy Weapons specialist.

Ah, how I would like to play Chaos Gate. Sadly, it doesn't work :(

Final Liberation does work for me, but there was no sound. I don't know where I stored it either :/

Dreadnought : Venerable brother Rasputin

Sadly I do not own the game, but do keep us posted how it goes

I can go for a marine in the first squad, Brother Vortigern. Wish I had the game

I'll lead the Assault Squad! Brother-Sargent Maxima Trauma.

Power Axe and Bolt pistol (plasma if possible) I want to lead the charge!

Put me somewhere in melee. Glory to the front line!

Brother Isaac Hexen

I don't know how loadouts go, but power sword and storm shield sounds about right, but if shields aren't allowed like that a bolt pistol will be fine.

I'm also cool with a simple chain sword

As a Blood Angel I simply *must* be in the Assault squad. ...Sergeant's taken, huh? Battle Brother it is then designation is "Maximus Porkpious"

Ooohh! This sounds like fun. I remember playing the demo of Chaos Gate a lot when I was a kid ages ago. Unfortunately I never got the full game.

Can I sign up? I'll be "Herius Pertinax". I can't think of anything witty, so, I'll go with one of my best characters from Rome: TW. You can put me wherever you want, though I'd prefer to be at range

This seems fun, maybe you could use game capture to post the missions for us all to watch?

I'll take the Devastator Sergeant position, someone has to bring up the heavy guns after all, can't kill those chaos spawn with the "little guns" can we?

Sergeant Caninus Securim Fulmen

Heavy Bolter & Melee Weapon if applicable, though I don't think Devastator can take any given they are burdened with their Big Guns, but if not that's fine.

Also can you give them any other options, like an Iron Halo?

 JakeCWolf wrote:
This seems fun, maybe you could use game capture to post the missions for us all to watch?

This is a fantastic idea!

I'm liking this idea a lot xD

Tactical squad 2 Brother-Marine Doctadeth reporting for duty. I ask a flamer.

(would you want a digital manual, because I have a copy)

I'd be up for the Librarian slot.

Ignatius Avalon

I'd like the Chaplain spot but seeing as you said you won't need it ill jump into any open tac position! Can't wait to see my guy die a horrible death!

Brother Titan reporting for a gruesome death, give Titan some purity seals and send him on his way!

 Doctadeth wrote:
(would you want a digital manual, because I have a copy)

I'd love to page through the manual if you have a copy (or know where to find it online).

Thanks for all the volunteers, guys! Gonna start the 2nd mission in a bit I think.

Trondheim wrote:Dreadnought : Venerable brother Rasputin

Sadly I do not own the game, but do keep us posted how it goes

Dreadnought's don't appear for a while, so I've thrown you in as a standard marine in the Devastator Squad. Here's to hoping you die a particularly gruesome death in the meantime...

CthuluIsSpy wrote:Should be fun.

I'll have a gander - Otto Von Swanzstucker III = Heavy Weapons specialist.

Ah, how I would like to play Chaos Gate. Sadly, it doesn't work :(

Final Liberation does work for me, but there was no sound. I don't know where I stored it either :/

You don't happen to know how to get Final Liberation working on a 64-bit PC do you?

Skarwael wrote:Ooohh! This sounds like fun. I remember playing the demo of Chaos Gate a lot when I was a kid ages ago. Unfortunately I never got the full game.

Can I sign up? I'll be "Herius Pertinax". I can't think of anything witty, so, I'll go with one of my best characters from Rome: TW. You can put me wherever you want, though I'd prefer to be at range

Devastator squad is about as ranged as it can get...

Doctadeth wrote:Tactical squad 2 Brother-Marine Doctadeth reporting for duty. I ask a flamer.

(would you want a digital manual, because I have a copy)

Yeah, I wouldn't mind a gander, thanks.

Dr. What wrote:I'd be up for the Librarian slot.

Ignatius Avalon

Done. Librarian's don't appear 'til around 4/5th mission, however.

Rotgut wrote:I'd like the Chaplain spot but seeing as you said you won't need it ill jump into any open tac position! Can't wait to see my guy die a horrible death!

Brother Titan reporting for a gruesome death, give Titan some purity seals and send him on his way!

Done. Thrown you in the first squad. Die well, brother.

 JakeCWolf wrote:
This seems fun, maybe you could use game capture to post the missions for us all to watch?

I'll take the Devastator Sergeant position, someone has to bring up the heavy guns after all, can't kill those chaos spawn with the "little guns" can we?

Sergeant Caninus Securim Fulmen

Heavy Bolter & Melee Weapon if applicable, though I don't think Devastator can take any given they are burdened with their Big Guns, but if not that's fine.

Also can you give them any other options, like an Iron Halo?

Narp. I'm afraid - beyond the assault squad and grenade options - options are fairly limited. Don't think I can give you both the heavy weapon and sergeant position, so you'll need to choose one or the other methinks, apologies.

Don't happen to know of a free game capture-thing-a-me do you?

Devastator Squad VIII:
5) Heavy Weapons: Position open

Could I be this chap?

 SilverMK2 wrote:
Devastator Squad VIII:
5) Heavy Weapons: Position open

Could I be this chap?

Yep. You're in. Want an in-game name?

Dreadnought:
Noobimus Maximus


Obviously.

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Dreadnought:
Noobimus Maximus


Obviously.

Dreadnought's already taken I'm afraid.

Oops, didn't see that in the list

Tactical Squad III:
1) Sergeant: Noobimus Maximus

,then.


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As for game capture, the free version of bandicam allows you to record 20 minutes of gameplay.

 Just Dave wrote:

 SilverMK2 wrote:
Devastator Squad VIII:
5) Heavy Weapons: Position open

Could I be this chap?

Yep. You're in. Want an in-game name?

Brother Silver will do - whichever weapon you want him to have; I'm not fussed too much since the Imperial Pig Dogs can't take autocannons

Assault Squad VII (can have assorted CCW's):
4) Marine: Position open

I'll jump in here, helps fill out a squad.
Hmm, I guess you can shorten my Dakka name to Nu to make it work. Weapons... I guess a power sword or a special one if available and a plasma pistol.

Updated the OP: thanks for the volunteers guys.

Part way through the second mission, no casualties yet, although Otto Von Swanzstucker III has been wounded.

Silver, you signed up too late to be given a heavy weapon I'm afraid, but you'll get one next mission. I'm not sure I want to give you such a weapon though - I'm pretty sure you've not hit a single thing yet! I've moved you to the point man to at least catch some bullets!

Rasputin was given a heavy bolter (usually to be Silver's) this mission and has been racking up the kills. Maybe not entirely fairly though...
I threw Doctadeth into Tactical Squad II until his squad is filled up and he was lucky enough to find a missile launcher at the beginning of the mission. With which he proceeded to shoot some... BARRELS! TWICE!

More in-depth updates to follow later, I've been taking notes as I go, whilst - of course - leading from the front (much to Securim's dismay it seems).


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Whoops. Looks like I forgot to give Swanzstucker a heavy/special weapon. He's still been getting some kills though.

Vortigern just caught a frag grenade too.

 Just Dave wrote:
Silver, you signed up too late to be given a heavy weapon I'm afraid, but you'll get one next mission. I'm not sure I want to give you such a weapon though - I'm pretty sure you've not hit a single thing yet! I've moved you to the point man to at least catch some bullets!

Rasputin was given a heavy bolter (usually to be Silver's) this mission and has been racking up the kills. Maybe not entirely fairly though...

See, you give my primary weapon to some else and then blame me for not doing so well

A bad commander blames his troopers!

 Just Dave wrote:
Vortigern just caught a frag grenade too.

There goes my luck xD

Purplefood the Magnificent V as a Tactical marine if you could Dave.

SilverMK2 wrote:

 Just Dave wrote:
Silver, you signed up too late to be given a heavy weapon I'm afraid, but you'll get one next mission. I'm not sure I want to give you such a weapon though - I'm pretty sure you've not hit a single thing yet! I've moved you to the point man to at least catch some bullets!

Rasputin was given a heavy bolter (usually to be Silver's) this mission and has been racking up the kills. Maybe not entirely fairly though...

See, you give my primary weapon to some else and then blame me for not doing so well

A bad commander blames his troopers!

Don't answer back to your commander. Keep this up and you'll be resident meatshield next mission! Probably hit more that way at least...

Vortrey wrote:

 Just Dave wrote:
Vortigern just caught a frag grenade too.

There goes my luck xD

It's alright, power armour saved ya.

purplefood wrote:Purplefood the Magnificent V as a Tactical marine if you could Dave.

Done. You're in 1st squad...

... No drinking on duty!

I don't even know what you mean...

Medius Ex Decimus - put me where you need me. A chaplain would be preferable but I really don't mind.

*crosses fingers for eventual terminator honours*