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At the promise of a fight the marine dropped his food and returned his beaten helmet to his head. And whilst snatching up his weapon he let out a horrid cream entailing, "FEED ME!"

Before the roar's echoes had ceased he was already heading towards the opening to the city, his jump pack engines letting out a strong purr in anticipation.

IC: Vul'tan

*The drop pod shook suddenly as Vul'tan dropped from the sky. Vul'tan after checking his teams vitals, (for the 10th time), checked the count down timer. It read 10 seconds. Vul'tan yelled, "prepare for impact!" There was a huge thud and a big splat as they hit the ground. Vul'tan alreadyhad his harness undone and was hitting the valve release. The doors opened wide. Vul'tan got his first veiw of the planet. It was a dry grassland with bodies littering the ground for miles. The city loomed behind him. It was relatively small for a hive but i was one none the less. Vul`tan stepped out and drew his sword and combat shield. His his three scouts came out each one holding a sniper. "alright form up on me and follow my lead", Vul'tan said. He saw a column of guard marching towards the city and decided to head there.*

OOC:

Now Vul'tan i need you to do this not me. ok

When I asked you I was going to bed that is why. Normally I would do that part!

The trip - part 1

Larkson could see the aggitated look on Charkos' face. They had lost a couple of minutes because of this delay. Ousians were dying out there. Charkos was a very patriotic man, he couldn't cope with the idea of his countrymen dying without him just a few miles from him. Larkson shared this train of thought. The ousians were a patriotic lot. Brave as hell, and tough as gator-skin boots, the Ousians were Guard, through and through.

"I'm glad you could join us Commissar." Charkos sneered. "But, we have all day." he added sarcastically.

The area around the man hole was devasted. They had emerged onto a street. Luckily there was no sign of Nids. The artillery had been fairly precise.

"Larks!" Sergeant Dukkas shouted. "I lost my adjudant down there, you're the new one." he said, not caring wheter Kyun liked it. "Round up the men, double file."

"Squad, double file!" Larkson shouted. "Follow the lieutenant!"

The Trip - part 2

Lieutenent Charkos lead the way, his men at his heels. They had been running towards the shrieks and gunfire just ahead for some minutes now, and it was clear that the nids were foccused on the Company. 2nd Platoon was able to slip through the streets without any nids at their back. The forty men, backed by Vantrava, the tau, and the blood angel, a shabby collection of warriors in all, quickly made their way.

Larkson suddenly saw the reasuring colors of his regiment. Only, the battlegear was worn by a dead Ousian.

"Check for ammo." Dukkas ordered.

Larkson smartly jogged to the corpse. He plucked some choice items from the corpse. Three ammo clips, a grenade, a pack of lho sticks. He wondered if he had to take his dogtags. He shook it out of his mind, and ran after his platoon, who were now a dozen yards ahead of him.

The platoon had arrived at the back of the company's line. Fifth Company was holding a loose line behind the cover of the shot through buildings.

Charkas looked for an officer, and he was dirrected to the commanding officer, who clutched a bloody arm and was armed with a battered laspistol. Some quick words which Larkson couldn't hear, and he beckoned the platoon onwards. They were only at the back of the line. The front was a minute' jog away.

Gunfire, shrieks, explosions. Larkson sensed some action, and smartly put a fresh clip in his lasgun.

Arken and the Scouts made into the city. It seemed odly peacefull unlike the reports sent to the 7th company 3 weeks ago. Arken was slightly confused.
"I thought this planet was meant to be raveged by Tyranids?" Said Arken to one of the scouts.
" It is!" Shouted one of the scouts as warrior jumped at them.
Arken charged ant the warrior and knocked it off the scout with his shield. It got back up and charged at him. Arken swang his sword taking off its head and an arm in one clean sweep. The creature fell to the ground . Arken pulled the Scout up.
"Are you allright?" Asked Arken
"Fine." Replied the Scout.
"Damn we have lost the guards!" Said Arken " Right squad we are going to investgate. See if we can find any more Tyyranids!"

The battle - part 1

The shrieks came closer, The explosions louder, the gunfire fiercer.

"Let's get some!" Charkas shouted, raking his shotgun. " Ousians, reinforce the line!"

The platoon scattered, taking places between gaps in the line. Apparently, they had come just in time to help with the second wave of nids. A hundred yards away, a huge swarm of clawed creatures scuttled closer to the Ousian battleline. Heavy bolters were spitting death, lasbeams stabbed, and rockets hit home within the tyranid horde, but still they came.

80 yards. Larkson squinted through his sights. He picked a target, and squeezed the trigger. A nid's head splattered, brain matter flew in the air. All around him, the Ousians were firing on full auto. Deciding that single shot wouldn't help a lot, he chose to switch to full auto as well.

The line was ablaze, beams of light, rockets and high calibre shells were fired at the horde. It was like fireworks, Larkson reckoned.

The nids were only fifty metres away now. He wondered where their newly found friends were. The mosnters just kept coming closer and closer. There was no way stopping them. It didn't matter how many they took down, there were two more fo ach nid they killed. It wouldn't be long until they reached the line now.

Larkson fired like a madman, not minding where he shot at. His beams sould hit either way, there was no way missing. Several steps next to him, he saw Charkas clenching his shotgun, grinning his teeth.

"Twenty metres!, fix bayonets!" Charkas yelled. The Lieutenant himself had the large trademark short-sword the Ousians were all issued with. Fitted on a lasgun, you'd get a halbard like weapon, but there was no way of fixing the blade to his shotgun.

All around him, men were throwing grenades at the horde. The explosions created gaps in the swarm for a couple of seconds, until they were filled with more xenos.

Around him, Larkson could see Ousians fleeing backwards, towards the second line. He shot a glance at Charkas, then Dukkas. Theye were staying put, so Kyun would do the same. He felt his lasgun falling silent, and quickly reloaded a fresh clip in his gun. The first of the nids were punching through the lines. A couple of Ousians were ripped to shreds, but Larkson could see Charkas shooting and raking his shotgun madly, each shot ripping through chitinous flesh.

OOC: more Ousian violence will come shortly. I have to do some homework now.

IC:
Battle part 1: Vantrava`s view
*Vantrava came around a side street and saw the advantage he wanted. The back of the tyrinid force. "Go now and kill the xenos", yelled Vantrava to his group of warriors. The tau filed into a building next to him and started to fire a barrage of bullets into the horde. The space marine ran at the enemy in a frenzy swinging a chainsword he found. Vantrava pulled out his heavy bolter and walked out into the middle of the street and pour bullets into the backs of the tyrinid. They died in swaths from the onslaught of pulse rounds and bolt rounds, but the space marine slaughtered more in the moments of him attacking then the combined fire of the tau and commissar. He took three guants with a forward sweep and took a warrior on the back swing. Five more nids fell within seconds followed by a group of genestealers. Vantrava could see through the hordes to the front line of the guard. They were retreating from the onslaught of the tyrinid. The tyrinid finally turned to their new attackers and charged. A carnefex at the lead of the charge headed for the space marine. The marine side stepped the nid and grabbed its spiked back and jumped on. The nid frantically bucked to get the marine off but the marine pulled out his melta and shot a beam of heat through its face. The carnefex dropped dead. The marine jumped off into the fray and started to slaughter as much as he could. Vantrava realized he needed to find cover. He jumped into a tollbooth in the center of the road. He pulled out his combi-flamer and fired his special hellfire bolts into the nids.*

OOC:

Alright Neon you`ve gained a chainsword.

Name: Severus Zharkov
Wargear: Autocannon, carapace armor
Story: Severus Zharkov was born on the Forge World of Prometheus, and was taken under the wing of Magos Errant Jesek, who taught him the way of the Machine. Shortly after the Cleansing of Prometheus, Severus caught the eye of the Polypsykana Inquisitor Jethroh, who inducted him into his cadre of Acolytes. On Severus' first mission as an agent of the Inquisition, he was sent to the Chartist Vessel Star Childe, which had seen an increase in the creation of heretical cults and a disproportionately large number of psykers born after an attack by unknown assailants.
Upon arrival, Severus met with fellow Technographer Khan. After questioning the local Mech-Deacon by means of uplink, the band met up with the team that cleared away the wreckage after the attack. Strange, pulsating blue and purple fragments that were inscribed with warp-runes were laid out upon a table. As Severus picked one up, he felt more connected with his cybernetics than he ever had felt before. Then, as a group of three tech-priests and several servitors entered the room, the rest of the Acolytes hid, leaving the tech-priests and the technographers alone. Severus questioned the lead tech-priest about he wreckage, who told him that it was a missile from a Thousand Sons vessel. Hoping to learn more, Severus linked up with the heretek, and was filled with visions of great, terrible ravens that laughed at the broken wreck of Humanity's future. He heard thousands of horrid voices, rising as one, to sing the songs that would end the world of sanity and symmetry that Man clung to. And most terrible of all, he saw himself, suspended above all of it, an immortal God-Machine, caring not for the suffering beneath him, a being of infinite power and twisted, impossible logic. After the link, Severus fired point-blank at the heretek, shredding him to gory chunks, the rest of the Acolytes joined the fray, slaughtering the rest of the false-priests. Severus tried to link with Khan, to show him what he had seen, but Khan refused. They departed the witch-vessel, each content, knowing they had done their duty to the God-Emperor, almost all. Severus had taken the strange fragments from the table back on the Star Childe, knowing that there was a great secret locked within them. Only Khan saw him take the pieces, but he said nothing to the Inquisitor, and neither did Severus. Ever since the Star Childe, Severus remains convinced that the cult found aboard the witch-vessel was much more far spread than they were led to believe, that every facet of the Mechanicus in the Calixis Sector is tainted by the heresy they found aboard the Star Childe. Severus was later transferred to the Expedition Fleet by Inquisitorial Order. Though he follows the orders of his Inquisitor, his agenda is much different from the rest of the Acolytes. He sees the constraints put on technology by the Imperium as ludicrously foolish. He secretly has been collecting parts over the years to create a fully functioning sentient machine, the ultimate tech-heresy, the Silica Animus. If these beliefs were ever discovered, Severus would be mind-raped before being scrapped and then recycled into a servitor. In appearance, Severus is obviously a Tech-Priest. countless wires and tubes spill from the coverings of his crimson robes. His legs have been replaced with four thin, spider-like legs, making him incredibly disturbing to those unfamiliar with the Priesthood of Mars. His face has been mostly replaced with metal, bits of white bone show through his brass casing in certain areas, however. He scuttles over the ground on his metal limbs, making unnerving clicking sounds. A belt-fed autogun has been grafted to his shoulder, leaving his hands free for other tasks. His voice has a mechanical timbre to it, often adding to his terrifying appearance.
Personality: Severus, like all Tech-priests, is distant and cold.
Evil (by Imperial standards): Create a fully sentient machine.

OOC: remember there must be around a thousand of them. You, a couple of Tau, and a blood angel isn't going to help much. I was about to RP a retreat for the Guard.

OOC:

Alright finally an evil character with a twist i like it. I`ll add you later we`re in a battle right now.
I know I saw a lucky part in the line but its far from over trust me.

yeroc500 wrote:OOC:

Alright finally an evil character with a twist i like it. I`ll add you later we`re in a battle right now.
I know I saw a lucky part in the line but its far from over trust me.

Alright! I eagerly await your post!

IC:
Battle part 2: Vantrava`s view
*Vantrava cursed as he saw the horde advance from side streets too. He activated his camo on his suit and ran to the tau occupied building and ran to Kais. "we need to get out of here the tyrinid will overwhelm us if we dont", shouted Vantrava over the screeches of the nids. "i know human we`re currently calling a orca dropship to pick us up. Call your marine back he won't survive without our support", replied Kais. Vantrava agreed. "Vantrava to Veshuma, get back to me we`re leaving i need you". Veshuma understood and chopped his way back to the building. The last few yards he ran through the open ground of the fill zone. A deep roar could be heard then a blast of concrete and shrapnel. Vantrava looked up and saw a tau orca flying above the building. He could see a grav beam coming from the ship. Kais and his squad walked into it. Veshuma walked up and looked at me and made a growling sound that was amplified by his vox. Vantrava urged him forward. The space marine reluctantly walked into the beam. He floated upward. Suddenly a tyrinid warrior burst up the stairs. Vantrava quickly shot it threw the torso a few times. It fell and Vantrava quickly stepped into the beam. He was carried upward and felt nauseas. He finally floated into the orca and stepped onto its deck. It was empty other than the tau and space marine. He looked back down at the battle and was astonished at the bravery of the guard still holding the line. The nid force was thinning out and running to regroup several blocks away. Vantrava caught site of the boy he talked to last night stabbing a warrior in the face. The nid fell back dead after he shot it to eject it off his bayonet. "Kais bring behind the guard line i must help them", Vantrava said. "It's a hopeless effort human, but i will not reject your request", Kais replied. The orca went over to the second line of guard and activated the grav beam. Vantrava went over to the beam and dropped down, closely following was Veshuma. Then Vantrava noticed the tau were coming down too. Vantrava knew that the tau didnt have to, but they did out of honor. Vantrava then felt the ground underneath his feet and walked out of the beam. He ran up to the front line and started to add his fire to the fray. The guard behind him almost shot the tau but realized they were here to help. The space marine ran past Vantrava and started to slaughter the nids that had broken through the lines. Vantrava saw the boy again defending his LT`s ravaged body. He had the combat shotgun in hand and was pumping it as fast as he could fire. Vantrava ran over and fired his flamer attachment kill 20 nids in the flames. The boy looked at the commissar and nodded a silent thanks. Vantrava returned it. The boy then reloaded in the few seconds he had before the nids came back. They both fought back to back for several minutes until there were no more nids. The boy slouched in exhaustion. Vantrava caught him and hauled him back to the second line. Vantrava put him down and let him rest. Vantrava then went up and searched for the LT. After a few minutes of searching he found him. He had a gash down the right side of his face and a slash that had cut his gut open. The commissar uttered an oath of eternal rest. He then walked back to the second line the tau had left earlier to go and regroup with his forces and the marine was out with a kill team to kill any stragglers. The boy was where he had left him. He took the LT. pin he had taken from the dead officer and pinned on his shoulder. Vantrava then noticed the gaping wound on his right arm. Vantrava having fought many wars knew how to treat it. He took out his medic kit he always had on him and dressed the boy up. The wound had only been a slice so he had no broken bones, but he splinted it none the less. He then himself slumped in exhaustion, but was nudged by a officer who was nearby. Vantrava looked up and saw the commander of the regiment. "Commissar that was good work out there, but that doesnt mean you can promote one of my own without my permission", he said. Vantrava looked at him and spat, "I didnt see you out on the front line slaughtering nids. And i`m a Colonel-Commissar so i have full rights. Now if you dont excuse me i need my sleep." The officer backed off and walked away, thoroughly angry from being treated like that. Vantrava didnt care and went to sleep.*

OOC:

Alright i`ll add you once we get the battle from scrazza`s view ok.

The battle - part 3

Larkson was groggy. He was tired from the fight. He lay against a riddled wall, but he could still see his kinsmen dying around him. He had noticed the commissar has pinned something on his collar. He tried to look at it. It were Charkos' rank pins. Why had he promoted him, above all the others? He was just Dukkas' adjudant.

In a grim mood, he realized Dukkas must be dead as well, just like Charkas.

'Wait a sec, Charkas wasn't dead when I left him.'

Larkson pushed his tired body onwards, to the place where Charkos body was lying. It would be a blow to moral, Charkos really pulled the platoon together when it was needed.

He came across dozens of dead. The company had taken quite a beating. He wondered how many men there were left in the platoon, his platoon now.

Somehow, he carried Charkos' shotgun. He didn't remember taking it. He turned around a corpse, but saw that it wasn't Charkos. He wandered about for a while, until he finally found Charkos' body. It was nearly cut to pieces. He had bled out. Larkson found his own lasgun, with his short-sword still attached to it. He picked it up, and shouldered Charkos' shotgun around his shoulder.

The nid swarm was scattered for a while, but Guardsmen were still hunting down roving nids inside the line.

He decided to collect his platoon.

OOC:

Alright Mordo i need you to make a story for there to be a reason for the inquisition ok.

IC:

*Vantrava woke with a start. He looked around and noticed that the boy had left. He got up. He felt sore and stretched his back. He looked around and realized it was night. He also noticed a platoon not too far away. He decided to go join them. He walked up and realized it was the platoon he had already been with. He walked over to them and raised his hand and yelled, "good work boys. I`ve yet to see such bravery from a small group of guard." They all cheered a victory cry. The boy told the platoon to get some sleep and the platoon left. It was just Vantrava and the boy. The boy looked at him funny and said, "why me sir?" Vantrava said, "because you fought and defended your LT. and the fact that you were brave enough to face the horde when no one else could. I felt it was right to have you promoted, but your colonel didnt take it well. But the platoon needed a good leader and i saw that in you." The boy looked at him, smiled then shrugged, "i guess i was just doin my duty sir." They both laughed. It felt good to laugh thought Vantrava. He motioned towards the shotgun and said, "give it here. Its jammed." The boy looked at him and laughed. I realized he hadn't used one before. He handed it to me and Vantrava pulled back the slide and pulled out his gun cleaner kit. He took a anti-clog solution out and poured it down the barrel. A chuck of dirt fell out the end. Vantrava then shoved a swab down it and pulled it out. He handed back the shotgun. "Now i have to go talk to your commander on issue's of bravery. Commissar first and colonel second", Vantrava laughed to himself and walked off.*

(Simple, the Ordo Xenos would be brought in to deal with the tyranid threat.)

Arken and the scouts were deep in the city. They had been battling their way through the streets.
"Vul'haan auspex report!" Demand Arken
" Somthing is coming and its big!" Replied Vul'haan.
Suddenly a Mawloc eurpted out of the ground. One of scouts went flying. When he landed he was already dead. The other was knocked back to be impaled by one of the Mawloc's Talons.
Arken and Vul'haan turned to look at the monster.
"My Brothers no!" Shouted Vul'haan.
He aimed his sniper at the Mawloc's head. The shot rang and the round flew into it's eye exploding it. The Creature yelled in pain and launched itself at Vul'haan. Arken jumped in the way taking the hit. He flew backward into a building. Vul'haan looked in shock. Arken in his last ditched attempt to kill the beast jucked a melta bomb in its mouth. A large explosion happened in the creatures neck. Fire was pouring out of its mouth nose and eyes. The creature screamed before burrowing its self underground. Vul'haan ran upto Arken.
"Captain!" He shouted.
Arken was sturggling to get up.
"Here let me help!" Vul'haam said.
Vul'haan gave Arken a hand. Arken got up to his feet.
"Thank you." Arken said. He walked up to his power sword and picked it up.
"We need reinforcements!" Remarked Arken.

OOC:

I meant a good reason. Like an investigation to make the story juicy.

IC:

*Vantrava left the tent, furious. He cursed the gutless pig that was the regiments commander. He walked over to the boy`s platoon area. But he was interrupted by the vox in his ear. He got a weak signal. "Any imperial force....Schzzz..... Hello anybod.......Schzzz..... Please respond......Schzzz." Vantrava tapped his mike, "This is Colonel-Commissar Vantrava our coordinates are 4.56 by 5.98". The mike fizzled for a few more minutes then went dead. Vantrava hoped that his message got through. He started again towards the camp. He saw the boy amongst a group of guard. He walked over and pulled him aside. The boy looked at him funny and ask, "sir you need me"? "Yes, i`m going to go look for a group that i just picked up on my vox, and i need a squad, but i dont trust anyone but your platoon, so can you get me a squad of 20 to look for these survivors. They sounded like space marines. But i could be wrong. Oh and whats your name again"? "Its larkson sir, and i can do that sir".*

IC:

Kais sat against the wall, remembering the fight they had. The humans had shown great bravery, it was to be commended. One of the boys seemed to have been promoted. But that did'nt mean it was a good day.

Suddnely he heard something coming through on the communications in his helmet. There was a voice, which kept being interupted by static.

"Kais! Kais! For the sake of the greater good answer me! Kais!"

"Who is that? Is that you, Mont'yr? Mont'yr!"

"It is me, Kais! It is me! We are being attacked! I repeat, we are being attacked! Tyranids! More than we have eer seen! They are attacking the ship! They are ravaging it! Everybody is dying! Everybody! The Shas'O is dead!"

"The Shas'O? Dead?!" Kais paused, and thought about this. The ShasO was dead. His warriors were dying at this exact time. His squad was crowding in around him, as they had obviously heard what he was saying. Mont'yr was still alive. He had to get him out. "Mont'yr, just run, otherwise you will die as well! Retreat, escape! I will come and pick you up! Just run!"

IC:

*Vantrava sitting on a valkyrie watched the carnage that was unfolding in front of him. He saw the tau getting attacked from all sides. He remembered his promise. He and his entire regiment, The Armageddon 501st, were aboard valkyrie`s riding for the tau lines. Vantrava saw a clearing around a few Manta`s. He ordered the pilots to land in the clearing. The 20 valkyrie`s landed in the clearing and soldiers in the hundreds filed out the dropships. Vantrava yelled into his vox, "help bolster the tau lines!". The guard did as they were told. He ran over to a group of battlesuits and added his fire to the hail of bullets. The closest battlesuit took a glance at him, but didnt complain. The battle started to turn into a stalemate after about a hour of fighting. The tyrinid were dying in swath upon swath, but the tau and guard could barely hold off the tyrinid. Vantrava keyed his vox and tuned to the tau channel. He picked up a frantic cacophony , but he yelled anyways. "Kais where are you. We`re supporting your men but i must know who`s in charge. I must talk to him."*

IC:

Kais hears this from Vantrava and replies frantically.

"There is no one whos in charge, the Shas'O and other high ranking warriors are dead! Just try and find somebody called Mont'yr! He seems to know whats going on! Hes a Shas'ui, but hes not in a battlesuit!"

IC:

*"Ok i got it." Vantrava yells. He motions for his command squad to stay put and to keep the heavy fire on the tyrinid. He runs back towards the center of the ring. He looks for a command squad or a high ranking tau. He sees a Shas'ui giving commands on top of a hammerhead. He runs over and the Shas'ui spots him. He points to a adjacent Shas'ui and he replaced the commander. The Shas'ui drops down from the hammerhead and makes the symbol of peace. Vantrava waves it off, "sorry for my informalities but i need to know how many of you are alive and how much those manta`s can hold"? "We`ve lost somewhere from 700 to 900 warriors from the original 1800 soldiers are here. We`ve also lost all but two hammerhead, and all but one orca. And the manta`s can carry all of the tau. But not your men", said Mont'yr. "That's fine just get all of your troops up onto the manta`s and we`ll worry about ourselves. Plus we have our valkyrie`s", replied Vantrava. "I hope you have a place to land", shouted Mont'yr, because a blob of acid thudded into the ground next to them. "We do the coordinates are 4.56 by 5.98, Vantrava said. "Ok i`m giving the order now", Mont'yr said. Vantrava nodded and keyed his vox, "let's get out of here boys, mount up we`re going home". The retreat took 30 minutes, but they got away. The 501st had taken 70 casualties and a huge amount of wounds. Vantrava sighed, he had fought two huge battles within a single day. He watched the sun rise and fell asleep on the two hour ride home.*

OOC: am I (Larkson + platoon) with Vantrava now, or still with 5th Company?

OOC:
No your currently hunting for the space marine and the scout. I had just remember that i had said i`d come and assist the tau.

ah, oke.

BIC:

Larkson had gathered his platoon. There were only 28 men left, including himself. He made a short count of what tey had. 2 missile launchers, seven shots each, a plasma gun salvaged from Charkos dead specialist, a flamer with half a tank of prometheum. The rest were just armed with lasguns, bar Larkson's new shotgun, swung around his shoulder. as a surplus, they still had the vox with them.

Larkson appointed trooper Wilde and Hailev as squad sergeants. The platoon was now split in three squads, two of twelve men, and one of Larkson and the remaining three others.

The squads made a sweep, according to the last sent message of the Astartes. They were formed up in a sweeping pattern, Larkson's squad in the centre with the only vox, with the two others at his flanks. The platoon had traversed three miles by now, but there was still no sign of the Astartes. According to the last recieved message, they shouldn't be far. Larkson reckoned they must he hiding somewhere, and decided to use the vox.

"Lieutenant Larkson speaking," he said, not fully used to the new title, "Astartes do you hear me? I repeat, do you hear me?"

IC:

*Vantrava was woken up by one of his men as they landed. He stepped off the valkyrie and looked around. Fifth company had been hit again. It was a small force but they looked battered. Vantrava keyed his vox, "Alright 501st move up and bolster the lines, double-time"! Vantrava watched his troops move up to the lines and set up their heavy weapons. Vantrava then watched the valkyrie`s take off and land in the square down the street. The manta`s moved in then and they landed. A whole 700 tau walked off the ships and got into ranks. Then the Shas'ui Mont`yr walked off and ordered the tau to move into the buildings surrounding the street. The tau executed this perfectly and smoothly. The two hammerheads left took up positions behind the third line. Two squads of broadsides moved for small buildings on the side. They shot the corners and cause a ramp to be formed from the rumble. They walked up the ramps and set up for support. Vantrava met up with Fifth company and went to the command tent. The commander wasn`t the same. "who are you", Vantrava asked. "I am the new commander, commander Sceptus died in the last assault. I`m commander Fernet.", replied Fernet. "Ok then. Now where is Larkson`s platoon"? "Out on the mission you sent them on", Fernet said. "Alright thank you commander", Vantrava said as he left the tent. A orca then came from the north and landed next to the valkyrie`s. Vantrava watched Kais walk out of the orca and approach Mont'yr. They talked then Kais walked over to me and padded me on the shoulder and walked into a building next to the command tent. Vantrava walked over to his now set up command tent and picked up the vox, "Larkson if you can hear me respond".*

IC:

Kais moved towards Mont'yr and spoke to him.

"It's great again to see you alive friend. Tell me, how large was the Tyranid force that attacked you?"

"The feeling is mutual. They attacked in an amazingly large force. I estimated 20,000+ Tyranids. Our firepower took a lot of them out when we first saw them, but then they swarmed over our forces. It was terrifying. We were lucky we pulled out when we did, with the help of your Imperial friends."

"They are our allies, true, as they have proven thier worth. Now, we need to discuss who will take over command from the Shas'O."

"Agreed. Now, you have always been a leader, you could lead."

"No, you should, as you have had more experience than me when it comes to fighting Tyranids. Besides, you deserve it for your bravery back there."

Mont'yr paused, and then spoke again.

"Fine, I shall do it. Just take care of yourself Kais."

"You too Mont'yr. Now, I think you should go and make your authority known."

Scrazza wrote:ah, oke.

BIC:

Larkson had gathered his platoon. There were only 28 men left, including himself. He made a short count of what tey had. 2 missile launchers, seven shots each, a plasma gun salvaged from Charkos dead specialist, a flamer with half a tank of prometheum. The rest were just armed with lasguns, bar Larkson's new shotgun, swung around his shoulder. as a surplus, they still had the vox with them.

Larkson appointed trooper Wilde and Hailev as squad sergeants. The platoon was now split in three squads, two of twelve men, and one of Larkson and the remaining three others.

The squads made a sweep, according to the last sent message of the Astartes. They were formed up in a sweeping pattern, Larkson's squad in the centre with the only vox, with the two others at his flanks. The platoon had traversed three miles by now, but there was still no sign of the Astartes. According to the last recieved message, they shouldn't be far. Larkson reckoned they must he hiding somewhere, and decided to use the vox.

"Lieutenant Larkson speaking," he said, not fully used to the new title, "Astartes do you hear me? I repeat, do you hear me?"

"Arken! Some one is trying to contact us over the vox!" Said Vul'haan.
"Relay the message!" Demaned Arken.
Vul'haan let vox come thourgh. The message was faint and crackly "Lieutenant Larks...... sp....Ast....es do you hear.....e? I repeat, do .....,?
"Its the Gaurdsmen looking for us!" Arken replied."Vul'haan contact them."
Vul'haan started recording the message. "This is Scout Vul'haan of the Sons of the Dragon Chapter we are just out side of the city. I repeat we are just out side of the city. Oh damn it more Tyranids...."

Larkson could hear the Astartes message loud and clear.

"Platoon, we foudn them, they are just 2 miles away from us!" Lakson said.

This was met by a cheer from the men, not long now, and this dangerous trip would be over.

"This is Larkson, hold on, we are converging on your location. "

Just as he sent that message, he recieved a vox of Vantrava.

"I hear you loud and clear, sir." He spoke through the link. "We have just found the Astartes, they are located just outside of the city. We are converging on their position as we speak. Larkson out."

He gave the vox horn back to the opperator, and urged his men on.

"Swamp rats, double time!"

OOC:

I have taken the liberty to make a map of the area we are in.

The grey circles are cities, the grey lines are roads. The blue blob is a lake. The green sprays are forests.
The green splatters on top of the brpwn spray is a swmapland, with the blue line as a river through it, and the grey square a local fishing town.

Feel free to edit Yeroc.