Hi all, am starting to get into writing
40k fiction and this is what I have so far. Opinions wanted please
Chapter 1
Tech-Sergeant Soren Solanus ducked behind a rock and cursed as bolt shells flew over his head. He could hear the insane chanting of the Chaos Space Marines as they fired upon him and his squad. There were five Chaos Marines, who had successfully managed to hold their ground against Soren's squad, which numbered nine Tech-Brothers and Soren himself. The foul Chaos Marines had the advantage of being in the area longer, they had managed to prepare a defensible location on a sand dune. There was a hastily prepared wall of rocks, and it was these that provided the heretics with cover from the Cybermarines.
Soren risked a quick look, and slowly raised his head above the rock. He immediately ducked again as a Heavy Bolter began to churn out bolt shells at a staggering rate. He reached up and triggered his helmet vox.
“Brother Hyperion! Hit those heretic scum with a missile!”
“Aye!” Was Brother Hyperion's quick and to the point response. Hyperion loaded a fresh Frag missile into his launcher and darted up from his own rock, took aim and pulled the trigger. The missile soared towards the Chaos Marines, and there was a loud explosion. The Heavy Bolter stopped abruptly, and Soren leapt out of cover, charging towards the Chaos position.
“Brothers! With me, for the Mechanicus!” He yelled as he ran towards the rocks ahead. Brothers Hyperion and Augan jumped up and followed Soren's lead. Together they vaulted the rock wall and tore into the Chaos Marines. Only three had survived the Frag missile, and they had drawn combat knives, ready to engage the Cybermarines. Hyperion clubbed one around the head with his launcher, knocking him back. He then drew his standard Astartes Bolt Pistol, placed it against the Chaos Marine’s helmet and pulled the trigger. The pistol spat out three bolt shells on burst fire, and blew the Chaos Marine’s head apart.
Augan had drawn his own combat knife, and was in a duel with one of the other Chaos Marines. He was ducking and swerving to avoid the Chaos Marine's blows. He punched up with his free hand, stunning the Chaos Marine, and then he planted his knife straight into his head, instantly killing him.
Soren had grabbed the final Chaos Marine with his Servo-Arm. He lifted him off of the ground, spun him 180 degrees so he was upside down, and slammed him head first into the rock wall. The force of the impact broke the Chaos Marine's neck and shattered his skull. Soren released his body and it fell with a thud to the ground.
Soren, Hyperion and Augan walked back down the sand dune and regrouped with the rest of the squad. They gathered and began to talk.
“At least we've identified them now, Chaos scum!” Said Augan with disgust.
“Aye, Bionicus will want to know immediately. I don't like the way they've managed to dig in, despite only being on this planet for an incredibly short time.” Replied Soren, “Lets head back to the
HQ, stay alert Brothers and watch for more heretics.”
With that, they began to head towards the main headquarters, located just outside of the Mechanicus dig site.
HQ was a mass of prefab structures, hastily deployed by Mechanicus personnel. A whole company of Cybermarines were stationed here, assigned to protect Adeptus Mechanicus personnel whilst they excavated. They had heard there were relics, technology from times past, buried under the barren sands of this planet. The planet didn’t have a name, just an Imperial designation; Planet #1109.
Tech-Captain Bionicus was in charge of the Cybermarine 1st Company. He was a good soldier and an even better commander. He had set up in a medium-sized prefab, and spent most of his time in there. The door was guarded by two of his personal retinue. They were armoured battle-servitors, armed with Heavy Bolters. Bionicus was always followed by a small squad of his modified servitors. He had spent a lot of time in armouring them up, and they were far superior to normal battle-servitors.
They slowly panned round and faced Soren as he approached the door.
“Halt. State purpose.” Said one of the servitors.
“I need to speak with the Tech-Captain urgently. He is expecting me.” Replied Soren.
“Access granted.” And with that, the servitors slowly stepped aside to allow Soren through. He opened the door and entered the prefab. Bionicus was standing over a command map, studying the latest recon reports.
“Ah, Soren! I assume you have found out what I asked?” Bionicus said as he looked up at Soren.
“Yes Bionicus, I regret to inform you that we are facing the heretical Chaos Space Marines.”
“Any idea of numbers?”
“Not yet, but with extended reconnaissance we should be able to determine how many of them are here.”
Bionicus looked back at his map and loaded up some more reports. “Current scans don’t show exactly how many, but it shows there is a small force, possibly a forward scouting party.”
“Bionicus, do you have any idea as to how we’ll face them?” Soren asked.
“Throne.. We’re not going to hold them off if they find
HQ, we need to strike now whilst they’re not expecting it.”
“Good idea, I request permission to lead my squad out now, we should be able to do some damage.”
“No Soren, I need you to inform Zikos about this. He needs to know. I will send Servos to set up an ambush, see if we can take out some of their forces. If you see Servos, tell him to report to me immediately.”
“Aye sir, I will do it now.” And with that, Soren left the prefab. He walked towards the Mechanicus prefabs, searching for Tech-Priest Zikos. He found Zikos talking to Tech-Sergeant Servos. Servos was Soren’s friend, someone he could trust. He looked up as Soren approached.
“Soren! I was just talking to Zikos about the dig, he thinks they might have found something.” Said Servos.
“Well, Augar scans have shown some interference under the dig site, nothing significant. It might just be regular interference, or there could be something down there.” Remarked Zikos.
“Interesting, well we’ll see soon enough. I need to speak with you Zikos, and Bionicus wants to speak with you Servos.” Soren said to the pair.
“Aye, well I’ll go and see him now.” Said Servos as he walked off.
“Right, what did you want to speak to me about?” Asked Zikos.
“We’ve managed to identify the forces that have landed, they are Chaos Space Marines.”
“Damn.. This is going to be an eventful dig.”
“Aye, well Bionicus might want to discuss matters further, he’ll send for you if he needs you.”
“Ok, well I need to get back to the dig.” And with that, Zikos turned and headed towards the main dig site. Soren turned and started to walk towards his squad’s prefab.
