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Wow we got off lightly, well commanded sir.

Thank you trooper, luckily, the enemy warboss was very badly organised, next time may not be this easy.

WOOHOO! I did not die.

*busts the block on the classic rock station and starts celebrating*

Glad to see we vanquished the enemy! When shall we be nxt doing battle, sir? -Pvt Bayliss

Yay! Pvt Ted did't die I hope I got atleast one of the green munchkins

hlaine.larkin wrote:Well troopers, that was some good fighting. report is below.

The radar blip was a massive mob of orks, we had no idea they were there. However, we were ready for them, so good preparation.
Alpha Platoon held a good defensive line, that ended up being un-necessary.
Gamma Platoons Outflanking action, along with sentinal squadron I caught the greenskin horde off guard.

Honourable mentions

Primaris Psyker Altzer, for singe handedly killing the enemy warboss (similar look to gazkhull)
Gamma Platoon for annihalating two ork mobs with concentrated fire
All 4 leman Russ tanks- who did the majority of the killing
Autocannon team I for destroying an ork bike mob and buggy mob

Tank Scores as follows..
Catachan Bell- 7 points, a Heavy vehicle, 4 infantry squads
Emperors Honour-4Points, 4 infantry squads
-Unnamed- - 4 points, 4 infantry squads
Marshalls Wrath- 3 points, 3 infantry squads

(note, infantry points are awarded for killing half a unit or more


Casualites
KIA------ 0
WIA------ 4
108,109,110,111- Special Weapon Squad Alpha


well fought troopers!


---------------------------Report Ends------------------------------

Commander Seric: Good job to all, and congratulations Catachan Bell, it seems you have won all of the Marshall's Wrath's beer. I think I saw Commander Sigmund over there...

Varrick wrote: WOOHOO! I did not die.

*busts the block on the classic rock station and starts celebrating*

Commander Seric: * notices classic rock, begins to fiddle with vox unit on Emperor's Honour's*
Hmmm... Vox-trooper, I know a way to potentially improve the Emperor's Honour's efficiency in battle, I would appreciate your help...

CadianCommander wrote:15-VT-SWO JKB: So who got wounded?

<checks self all over for choppa gashes>

So it was greenskins. Thought I smelt something. But then just assumed the psyker hadn't taken a bath.

I bathe... most of the time. The foul greenskin could not stand against my mastery of the warp guided by the emperor.

Hooray i knew we would win. Great commanding marshall not only did you win us the battle sir but you brought everyone home.

Yeah Pvt Ted says thanks fer getting me back safe and sound(I think, "note to self better check if I'm alive")

General Seric wrote:

Varrick wrote: WOOHOO! I did not die.

*busts the block on the classic rock station and starts celebrating*

Commander Seric: * notices classic rock, begins to fiddle with vox unit on Emperor's Honour's*
Hmmm... Vox-trooper, I know a way to potentially improve the Emperor's Honour's efficiency in battle, I would appreciate your help...

I like this idea; i like it a lot.

Did Gamma III's flamer kill any one?

SWO Guerrero, call number 66 reporting in, sir! Glad to have served, I drank a bit too much Amasec after the battle, however. Did my flamer torch the greenskins? I'm the SWO in Gamma Squad I. I heard something about a promotion?

gamma have meltas, and all 3 meltas killed atleast 1 greenskin each from both mobs you wiped out; promotion takes more than one battle

130 Commissar Wasabi reporting in:

Gamma, you boys did me proud today, those greenskins were tripping over their own choppas trying to get away from our gunline. Why, I didn't even have to execute any of you for gross incompetence, OR dirtied uniforms! Get some rest, men. You earned it.

And well commanded indeed, Marshall Larkin, It was an honour to slay the wretched greenskins under your leadership.

hlaine.larkin wrote:gamma have meltas, and all 3 meltas killed atleast 1 greenskin each from both mobs you wiped out; promotion takes more than one battle

Good to hear! I look forwards to the next engagement!

...grumble... grumble...

here's yer friggen beer!

...bleedin greenskins clogged up the fektres e couldn't get to more o' them...

next time you will see!!!

Marhall ser.... err next time do try an' deploy us wherdo more damage...

How am I sir?

"Orks aren't that great in CC."

zoat, check the casualty list

Did Alpha Command see any action?

Alpha Command were holding the central line with half of alpha platoon, using orders well- and also, you managed to drop 2 ork nobs JKB

SQUUUUEEEEEEE!!!!!!

<cough-cough-hmph-lowers voice>

I mean...err..thank you, sir. Just doing my duty, sir.

Lho-sticks are on me

<wanders off praising machine spirit to the longlas>

Varl Sigmund wrote:...grumble... grumble...

here's yer friggen beer!

...bleedin greenskins clogged up the fektres e couldn't get to more o' them...

next time you will see!!!

Marhall ser.... err next time do try an' deploy us wherdo more damage...

It was nothing to do with placement, the shots kept deviating, and also, the other guns have the range bonus on you guys so it's not your fault, i was making sure you stayed away from a unit of tank bustas who would have loved to smash the wrath to bits

hlaine.larkin wrote:

Varl Sigmund wrote:...grumble... grumble...

here's yer friggen beer!

...bleedin greenskins clogged up the fektres e couldn't get to more o' them...

next time you will see!!!

Marhall ser.... err next time do try an' deploy us wherdo more damage...

It was nothing to do with placement, the shots kept deviating, and also, the other guns have the range bonus on you guys so it's not your fault, i was making sure you stayed away from a unit of tank bustas who would have loved to smash the wrath to bits

Yeah, you try driving through ork swash without sliding, all you other tanks were to far away. Dont worry sarge, weel even it up next time. Ohh and due to a lack of beer, my prices have doubled.

Thank the emperor! For everyone's safety! I'm going to help the medics tend to our comrades....

stonned_astartes wrote:

hlaine.larkin wrote:

Varl Sigmund wrote:...grumble... grumble...

here's yer friggen beer!

...bleedin greenskins clogged up the fektres e couldn't get to more o' them...

next time you will see!!!

Marhall ser.... err next time do try an' deploy us wherdo more damage...

It was nothing to do with placement, the shots kept deviating, and also, the other guns have the range bonus on you guys so it's not your fault, i was making sure you stayed away from a unit of tank bustas who would have loved to smash the wrath to bits

Yeah, you try driving through ork swash without sliding, all you other tanks were to far away. Dont worry sarge, weel even it up next time. Ohh and due to a lack of beer, my prices have doubled.

If it's so hard to shoot stuff while you are ramming your tank into things, why don't you sit back and shoot with the rest of us tanks?

15-VT-SWO JKB: So.....we've been blooded. When's our next deployment?

in a week, a training exercise, so i hope there will be no deaths, maybe a few broken arms.

96- Giles- Sir, I believe the name "Death's Gauntlet" has been agreed upon by Commander Haze and our driver, along with myself, as the name for the unamed Leman Russ, sir.

coolyo294 wrote:

stonned_astartes wrote:

hlaine.larkin wrote:

Varl Sigmund wrote:...grumble... grumble...

here's yer friggen beer!

...bleedin greenskins clogged up the fektres e couldn't get to more o' them...

next time you will see!!!

Marhall ser.... err next time do try an' deploy us wherdo more damage...

It was nothing to do with placement, the shots kept deviating, and also, the other guns have the range bonus on you guys so it's not your fault, i was making sure you stayed away from a unit of tank bustas who would have loved to smash the wrath to bits

Yeah, you try driving through ork swash without sliding, all you other tanks were to far away. Dont worry sarge, weel even it up next time. Ohh and due to a lack of beer, my prices have doubled.

If it's so hard to shoot stuff while you are ramming your tank into things, why don't you sit back and shoot with the rest of us tanks?

Because were men! Men with a demolisher cannon!

Report concerning combat action on 17 Iraeth, 687.M41

Commissar Wasabi reporting for the Catachan 222nd Guardsmen Regiment:

My new position overseeing what has been designated as "Gamma Platoon" of this Regiment has brought me new experiences and opportunities of which I thank the Emperor for each day.

Most recently, the opportunity to experience lying in a shrub on the sole spot of ground that is not mud, surveying a rapidly brightening horizon through my magnoculars in an attempt to discern the intentions and capabilities of the Ork menace that had been reported to be in the area. Upon seeing nothing, I quit my cover and turn my gaze upon my platoon as they go about preparations for combat. The men of Gamma are restless, obviously eager for the battle to begin. At Marshall Larkin's request, Gamma has been placed on ambush duty, to come into the battlefield from the Greenskin horde's hopefully unprotected flank and inflict massive casualties in the ensuing confusion. The regiment's other platoon, Alpha has been placed on sentry duty, and are to act as a distraction force to draw the xenos' advance. I don't envy their task, but it's a necessary one. For a man to be able to stare down an Ork Waaagh with little more than his lasgun and his wits is no easy task, but I maintain confidence in our comrade's resolve.

Given Gamma Platoon's potentially more dangerous and taxing role in this upcoming battle, Marshall Larkin saw fit to have me lead the men in the ambush. Ostensibly, my obvious skill, wit, and good looks have earned the confidence of the good Marshall. I vowed to be certain to perform extra admirably in the upcoming action in order to affirm just how rightly placed his confidence is.

As I perform a cursory inspection of the men of Gamma, MY men, I am filled with a sense of pride. These men are the pinnacle of the Imperium's armed forces, the envy of armies the galaxy over. Those that no other army might hope to match in strength and resolve. They go through their preparation routines with determination and vigor, checking equipment, cleaning their weaponry, and stretching their bodies in order to be at maximum efficiency when the charge is called. Private Varrick's boots are on the wrong feet again. The fly of Sergeant Marshall's pants is open wide, after his third trip to use the latrine in the past fifteen minutes, and Special Weapons Officer Guererro has been recently reprimanded for his insistence on constantly referring to the Ork incursion as "The Commissar's mother coming to visit." I am proud to lead these men, and without question, they are proud to be led by me.

Time passes slowly as the Ork horde draws closer, then quite suddenly the unmistakable sound of Ork shootas pierces the air, followed by the sound greenskin chanting and shouting follows. The battle has begun, and the Orks have begun to rush madly towards where Alpha Platoon has taken up positions alongside the Regiment's four Leman Russes, the Catachan Bell, the Emperor's Honour, the Marshall's Wrath, and Death's Gauntlet. The crackle of fire being exchanged by the two forces are suddenly drowned out as the exuberant BOOM of the demolisher cannons beginning to rain hot death down on the hated greenskins. The wondrous cracks and booms of the regiment's holy fury is made all the sweeter by the chorus of dying, terrified greenskins. This is war, and I am in love with every second of it.

Suddenly the vox-caster crackles to life as the voice of Lord Commissar Von Humps begins to emanate from it. "Gamma, the time is now! Attack, for the glory of the Emperor, and the glory of the Catachans!" The Lord Commissar has a penchant for the theatrical, but he's a damn good soldier. "YOU HEARD THE MAN, GAMMA, CHAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!" My manly voice roars out the order, and is soon echoed by the men of my platoon, and we burst from our cover and open fire on the rapidly wavering ork horde.

My men unleashed utter hell on the screaming, raging greenskin advance. I myself observed Sergeant Murray's squad gun down well over half a squad of slugga boyz with a volley of fire I ordered them to deliver. From the combined might of Alpha's static fire, the fire from the crews of the regiment's heavy armour devision, and Gamma Squad's excellently led ambush, the Ork forces began to retreat. I ordered my men to follow after the retreating xenos, maintaining fire into their ranks. Our victory was sealed, and the xenos forces shifted from a slow retreat to an all-out rout when their beloved Warboss suddenly exploded in a shower of gore from some unseen force. Perhaps my latent psychic ability has decided to manifest!

(Addendum: I was later told that our Primaris Psyker Altzer was the cause of the exploding warboss, rather than my own rather considerable psychic power.)

The enemy defeated, and our forces victorious, Marshall Larkin ordered a tactical regroup so that we could begin mop-up procedures, and to take stock of supplies and manpower after the battle. In the heat of battle, our forces only suffered four men having suffered non life-threatening wounds, and have since been healed, read poetry, and returned to fighting condition. In all, this battle could not have been a more resounding success for the 222nd.

Unfortunately, the charge through the hedges that provided my squad cover knocked my peak cap from my head, and caused it to land in the mud. The offending hedge was summarily executed for crimes against an officer of the Imperium. Attached with this report you will find a requisition form for a new one, preferably with more gold inlays. My cap was the only Imperial casualty of the entire battle.

I faithfully await further orders.
The Emperor protects.
-Commissar Wasabi, Catachan 222nd Regiment.