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I have no head for strategy, I just want to shoot something.

Question, can the landers be taken out without being turned into space scrap by the imperial cruisers that hang ready near by? Or am I missing something in this situation? So glad I dont have anything bigger than a Thunderhawk right now lol

 blood reaper wrote:

 Lord Magnus wrote:
And it is also worth remembering that we are not Eldar or Necrons, we don't surpass them in tech, armour, weaponry, or even skill, necessarily. You have to find the best way to use your fleet to pose a threat.

We literally have no advantages besides 2, we are defenders, which is an advantage, and we are SPHESS MAHREENS.

The only situation we have an advantage in is close quarters combat.

But Space marines are designed for assault not defense, but then again, the best defense is offence.

What I say we do is assault the lander's in low orbit, weaken the force then strike once they begin to deploy. Constant hit and run attacks, trying to not become defenders. While the Guard have no fortifications or fall back zone, they are at their weakest.

Aren't you an Iron Warrior? XD

Defense against sieges should be your favorite

Yeah, but not defensive sieges where we made be screwed without some form of assault.

To give people a vague idea of the sheer scale of imperial ships, here's a good reference. Strike Cruisers are roughly the size of Dauntless light crusiers, but bet armed. There main strength is speed, an its contents.

Now, the imperials do know your disposition, you have no idea where they'll land either.

We probably have some form of tracking the landing formations, otherwise, we must have some form of scouts.

All we have to do to weaken the Imperials is strike them quickly and stop them from fortifying.

Is there anything necessary about the city itself? We could go for a tactic of giving them a part of the city (rigged with bombs etc. obviously), let them pile in there then go on a counter-attack from ambush? It'd slaughter a small section of their army at least, and mean we were on the offensive rather than defensive.

We could use it as an ambush site. Send out a false Vox message saying that it's our HQ, drawing the guard in, then collapsing the city around them and ambushing the remaining guard. We could loot their bodies and what vehicles are intact and or repairable.

I like it when my players think and plan, when they're adaptable. This is going to be fun.

Glass, if people in the ships aren't going to post, can you please have the lander's begin their decent. Having the RP held up because two players haven't posted is going to kill the RP dead in it's tracks.

I already posted. I wasnt aware people were expecting me to rp the ships landing aswell, I won't have the time to do that until the evening

Gimme twenty minutes lads.

Also, are the Imperials going to take advantage of the air superiority they have within the atmosphere? Valkyries, Vendettas, Vultures, Lightnings and Thunderbolts could easily spearhead the assault.

Well, its why I focused on things like Hyrdas and other AA in my posts before I took over. Also, void shields.

We should really take advantage of the slow nature of the Mechanicus, they are tough, but they can't really counter quick strike well.

Well, anyone feeling like posting?

Good evening gentlemen, I've spoken to TGN and I'll be joining this little party.

Name: Inquisitor Solistilius
Age: 107
Equipment and Armour: Carapace armour, various unholy tomes and blasphemous iconography
Weapons: Needle pistol, Power sword
Warband: His allegiance is his own
Alignment: Chaos Undivided
Bio: Once, long ago, Solistilius served the Imperium of Man amongst the vaunted, shadowy organisation that is the Inquisition. Although never rising to any great prominence amongst his order, he nonetheless achieved many great feats in defence of the Imperium - none of which will ever be remembered beyond being noted in history books long since sealed away. It is not certainly ascertainable whether there was merely one reason which caused Solistilius to turn traitorous and it is not at all clear whether there was one incident which snapped his mind into the servitude of chaos or if the corruption was slow and subtle. Since his turn to chaos in the late 40th millennium, he has disappeared and resurfaced in later centuries several times, the warp often carrying him far into the future on his travels. Whether the dark path behind him will ever catch up with him is unpredictable, for those he wrongs or leaves dead will most likely fall foul from time, leaving only descendants or very old enemies left to enact revenge, should they even by some chance ever find him.
Appearance: Standing a scrape off six foot, the Inquisitor is possessive of a very stern complexion. His hairless head has a thick-set brow and somewhat sunken eyes. His skin is almost tan in a clearly off-colour shade and his face is marked by several deep scars. His eyes are entirely black and unblinking. His armour is dark and battered and a tattered, discoloured red half-cloak drapes from his left shoulder. At his waist is a scabbard containing his power cutlass and a surprisingly well-maintained holster holds an equally well maintained needle pistol. Chains hang loosely across his chest holding various cursed books and ruinous symbols which dangle lazily yet securely. On his feet are thick, well-worn military boots.

Ermahgerd, Le Dark One has returned...

 IHateNids wrote:
Ermahgerd, Le Dark One has returned...

Nice to see you too.

It's been awhile since I properly roleplayed and this is looking to be quite some fun. I anticipate with glee causing all manner of havoc...

What about the Penthouse?

He's not been much interested in the games over there, though I'm involved in a few and running this one.





I still need posts me boyos.

I'd post, but I've posted a lot recently and I've not really got anything to say until the actual fighting begins.

Same here, Ive got nothing until the Imperials are actually knocking on the door

The actualy fighting has begun, the mechancius has forces advancing on the city walls, presumably they're smart enough to be firing rockets and lobbing shells from what mobile artillery they have.

Good to have you on board Darko!

A grand cruiser is well armed, you represented the manouverability of the Strike cruiser well, however, I doubt the GC would sit pretty.

I do like writing for boarding, however. Smash away.

 Toastedandy wrote:
Good to have you on board Darko!

Glad to be here.

I'll get started on an intro post shortly.


Edit: I've posted. The fun begins...

this looks so fun :( i wish i could join with my Gladiator group 666

Name: Lord Atlas
Age: pre-heresy 10,000+
Equipment and Armour: Terminatior armour adorned with skulls hanging from chains
Weapons: a double headed chain-axe, and a custom plasma pistol built into vox-grille.
Warband: 6 berzerkers and one terminator.
Alignment: KHORNE
Bio: Fought on the cursed rock of terra with Primarch Angron, as a sergeant, witness to the holy slaughter of his gene-father, and the failure of Horus. After the defeat on Terra, Atlas was captured by an Iron warriors warband and tortured for many years in a dark fortress world, laying near death in his cell Khorne spoke rage into his heart, and Atlas broke free slaughtering his captors and freeing his right hand man, Lorrik. He has sworn himself to the cause of bloodshed and will fight wherever and with whoever provided there is blood to be shed and trophies to be taken. He harbors a deep animosity for Iron warriors and Black Legionnaires.
Appearance: a Giant warrior standing nearly 8 foot tall, with his double headed chain axe to match his height. Ritually scarred head to toe with bronze inlaid his scars. Skulls swing in the breeze like a cloak hanging from chains.

Posted a bit of a scenario, couldn't do much else at the moment.

High Emp, I think this is full...