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Force: Tylansian 7th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Battalion, 220nd Regiment, 1st Company.
Current Leader: Major Dall Harrick
Additional Leadership: Commissar Raiden
1st Platoon CO: Captain Rick Garrison
2nd Platoon CO: First Lieutenant Bart Johanes, "Captain Falcon"
3rd Platoon CO: Second Lieutenant William Gorman
Doctrines:
Cameoline
Iron Discipline
Heavy Weapons Teams
Chem Inhalers
Close Order Drill
Additional Doctrines (used depending on mission, point values, and what I generally feel like doing)
Drop Troops
Hardened Fighters
Light Infantry
Major Vehicles:
Chimera 1: "Puma"
Chimera 2: "Ol' Ironsides"
Chimera 3: "Bastion" (Command Vehicle)
Leman Russ 1: "Deus Ex Machima"
Leman Russ 2: "Mjolnir"
Sentinel 1: "Deputy"
Sentinel 2: "Alice"
Sentinel 3: "Roundhouse Kick"
Valkyrie 1: "Foehammer"
Theme Music:
Setup: Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner), Marines Hymn (USMC)
Movement: Sami's Theme (Advance Wars), Questing (Legend of Zelda series), Clubbed to Death (Rob Dougan)
Shooting Phase: Militia Theme (Black Hawk Down), USA Theme (Command and Conquer Generals), Duel of the Fates (Star Wars), Blow Me Away (Breaking Benjamin)
Assault Phase: Encounter (Metal Gear Solid), Blood Red Sandman (Lordi), Getting Away With Murder (Papa Roach), Battle of Heroes (Star Wars)
Victory: The Chosen Ones (Dream Evil), FF7 Victory Theme (who DOESN'T use that?), Main Theme (Metal Gear Solid 3).
Loss: Leave No Man Behind (Black Hawk Down).
Assorted Fluff:
During the dark days of the Horus Heresy, a small industrial world, forgotten during mankind's early explorations of the universe, was rediscovered by a unit of Cadian Kaskrin while on a scouting expedition. Known as "Tylansia", the world had been accidentally deleted from early mankind's rosters by a simple clerical error. The people of the world were stuck in the electrical age, with no real way to become space-faring again, until their rediscovery.
The Kaskrin called for the world's most adept warriors to form regiments of Guardsmen in order to fight the forces of Chaos. A total of ten Expeditionary Units were created, each geared towards rapid insertion and mobile firepower. The warriors that comprised these units, culled from the planet's small standing armies, were trained to fight from land, sea, and air, using various support elements and rapid attack forces to catch their enemies off balance. Invoking them motto of their ancient predecessors, a force now only known as the "Colonial Marines", the motto of these collective forces was "First to Fight". Calling themselves "Marines", in honor of their progenitors, the ten Tylansian MEU's served in the Horus Heresy. The First MEU was lost to Chaos, but the rest of the unit remained pure and untainted by Chaos.
For millennia afterwards, the Tylansian MEU's have remained a small, capable force, focusing on close range engagements. Every Marine is trained to use both the standard Lasgun and a more primitive rifle used by the Tylansian armed forces for millennia. Equal in power to the Lasgun and much easier to maintain, the autoguns issued to the Marines share some resemblence to the Lasgun after their last major overhaul. The obvious drawback is the fact that a Marine toting an autogun can carry a limited amount of ammunition and cannot shoot as far as a lasgun can, though the autogun does have the psychological effect of shredding through enemies instead of killing them with neat, crisp laser burns.
The Tylansian MEU's use surplus gear scavenged or bartered from other worlds, most of it Cadian surplus. Their world only can produce so much in terms of military gear, and it is much easier to commandeer older equipment. The MEU's use Cadian issue flak armor, infused with a special active camoflauge technology. The process to transform standard armor into Tylansian armor is a process kept secret by Tylansian armorers. All armor that has been transformed usually remains black. The armor will blend in to the surrounding enviornment when prompted by the wearer- the armor is connected to a neural interface in each Marine's spinal cord, and measures brainwave patterns. All a Marine has to do is think about blending in, and his armor will do so. The process takes about two seconds. Tylansian BDU's follow the same procedure. Each Marine undergoes years of mental conditioning in order to fully utilize this style of armor.
Occasionally, Marines will don what they call "Skull Suits", skinsuits that enhance their performance by optimizing blood flow to major organs. They also seal off wounds and can act as vaccuum suits if necessary. This improves a Marine's performance in hand to hand combat.
The Tylansian Marine Corps is unique in that it allows women to join it's ranks in frontline combat positions. Though units like the Cadian 8th incorporate women, the TSMC (Tylansian Marine Corps) allows dedicated female Marines to take up arms and fight alongside their counterparts.
First Company of the 220nd Battalion has faced many adversaries in the past. They often clash with Necron forces, due to the presence of a Necron tomb world somewhere close to Tylansia (it has remained hidden, despite two hundred years of searches). They often participate in training exercises versus other Guard units, such as the Cadian 8th, and even Space Marine units, such as the Ultramarines. They are respected for their instinctive use of cover and "strike hard and fast" mentality.
(Author's Note: I do not actually have 2 of the 3 Chimeras, and am lacking a Leman Russ, along with the Valkyrie. I'm waiting for the new plastic one.
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Pic Time:
Most of 1st Company:
Yay heavy weapons!:
1st and 2nd Platoons:
3rd Platoon:
My Grenadiers/Stormtroopers. They use Cadian heads, arms, and legs, but Haloclix Spartan chestpieces:
My Chimera, "Puma":
My Leman Russ, "Deus Ex Machima"
And one of my favorite models: Guardsman in foxhole!
Note that most of the above models are at a cumulative 65% completion status. I still have to touch up most of the models and put varnish on them (they looked a lot better until I started actively wargaming in October. They all need touch ups). I still have to invest in several Chimeras & Leman Russes, along with at least one Demolisher and Valkyrie. I'd also preferrably like to make some more Grenadiers and have at least 40 more Cadians. Jeez, that's a lot of money. :(
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