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 Sgt_Smudge wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:

Spoiler:

Contacting Acting Captain Aurelius....
Contacting...
Contact made.

Brother,
Lord Calgar has received word of the escalating situation in the Charadon System, and he has to send you aid in the form of me and my brothers in the 3rd company. My forces include the full might of the 3rd company, 2 squads from the 1st company, and 3 squads from the 10th company. In addition, Lord Calgar has released to my forces one of our Chapter's few remaining Fellblade Super Heavy tanks. I believe you know this one well Brother. It is the "Wrath of Calth". Estimated time of arrival for my ships is in 4 Terran Days. Emperor Willing we will arrive in time to reinforce you and your company.

Regards,
Captain Julius of the 3rd Company


So I thought I would begin to segue in the forces I intend to bring in to replace my Guard after the whole Vault debacle. Although depending on how long it takes they may arrive just in time to help out. Hope you guys (and especially Sgt_Smudge are ok with it)

Spoiler:

No, I'm fine with it. Aurelius may be in-character relieved for the support or feel a bit miffed as Calgar feels the need to support him, but I'm fully good.
Just a question, seeing as Julius is a full Captain, will he either:

- Replace Aurelius as the ranking Ultramarine commander due to higher rank (Captain > Acting-Captain) and take over Strikeforce Praetoria.

-Submit to Aurelius' command as he's been in the crusade longer.

- Leave Strikeforce Praetoria under Aurelius' command and leave them as two separate armies, due to Aurelius' service in the crusade.

I'm not bothered either way, up to you here.
Other Imperial commanders could put forward their views on how this should turn out if they want to.

I think that my Captain will leave Aurelius in command of his forces, as he's been in the crusade for much longer than my captain. There may be the occasional odd moment when he forgets that Aurelius is acting captain and tries to give him an order, but for the most part he's going to try to work with him.

 War Kitten wrote:

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:

Spoiler:

Contacting Acting Captain Aurelius....
Contacting...
Contact made.

Brother,
Lord Calgar has received word of the escalating situation in the Charadon System, and he has to send you aid in the form of me and my brothers in the 3rd company. My forces include the full might of the 3rd company, 2 squads from the 1st company, and 3 squads from the 10th company. In addition, Lord Calgar has released to my forces one of our Chapter's few remaining Fellblade Super Heavy tanks. I believe you know this one well Brother. It is the "Wrath of Calth". Estimated time of arrival for my ships is in 4 Terran Days. Emperor Willing we will arrive in time to reinforce you and your company.

Regards,
Captain Julius of the 3rd Company


So I thought I would begin to segue in the forces I intend to bring in to replace my Guard after the whole Vault debacle. Although depending on how long it takes they may arrive just in time to help out. Hope you guys (and especially Sgt_Smudge are ok with it)

Spoiler:

No, I'm fine with it. Aurelius may be in-character relieved for the support or feel a bit miffed as Calgar feels the need to support him, but I'm fully good.
Just a question, seeing as Julius is a full Captain, will he either:

- Replace Aurelius as the ranking Ultramarine commander due to higher rank (Captain > Acting-Captain) and take over Strikeforce Praetoria.

-Submit to Aurelius' command as he's been in the crusade longer.

- Leave Strikeforce Praetoria under Aurelius' command and leave them as two separate armies, due to Aurelius' service in the crusade.

I'm not bothered either way, up to you here.
Other Imperial commanders could put forward their views on how this should turn out if they want to.

I think that my Captain will leave Aurelius in command of his forces, as he's been in the crusade for much longer than my captain. There may be the occasional odd moment when he forgets that Aurelius is acting captain and tries to give him an order, but for the most part he's going to try to work with him.

I wonder how Karak will take to more Ultramarines coming. His last experience with them has not been great....

Aurelius may need to act as mediator if Julius is a little abrupt to Karak, at least Aurelius and Karak have earned eachother's respect.

Strike Commander Tullius was on his knees. He'd been forced to move the chairs and the table in the room to make some space for himself, but he needed this more than he cared to admit. There, on the floor, his knees touching the thin layer of dust that lay across the small room, he prayed.

He was never the religious type. Such things were, in his eyes, the field of expertise of more pious men than he would ever be. He enjoyed Chaplain Apollon's sermons, the man's speeches had rallied him more than once in the past, but he preferred to show his loyalty through actions rather than words.

But now, as a captive, locked in a dark room with none of his brothers to speak to, he found comfort in repeating the mantras and litanies Apollon had so often preached to him. He brought himself in a state of trance, dreaming that he was back on Charys, beneath the burning sun. This process was one of the peculiar quirks of his Chapter's rituals, in more ways than one a search for one's soul. The practice had been taken over from the traditional culture of the native Charididians, a proud and fiercely loyal nomadic tribe which roamed the desert mountains.

He breathed, and the smelled the dryness of the vast desert around him. He moved, and felt the soft wind that blew over the desert plains caress his skin. He opened his eyes, and had to shield his eyes from the stark light of the sun.

Tullius walked for what seemed like an eternity. He couldn't help but admit that he didn't know what it was he was looking for. Then again, those who took this route never did. And even if you did find something, it was usually ravelled in mystery, metaphor and allegory, cryptic signs or symbols begging to be interpreted.

A strange thought arose in his mind. "Why do I call myself Tullius?", he heard his own voice ask, although his mouth did not move. "That is not my name, is it?"

He was confused by the question. He changed his name when he ascended to Captaincy, but why would that matter now?

The desert seemed to stretch out until the horizon, each step seemingly only prolonging his journey. There were mountains in the distance, but they always seemed to be out of reach, as if he wasn't ready to reach them yet.

He didn't even know why he wanted to reach them.

After several more hours of walking aimlessly, he stopped. Panting, he wiped the sweat off his forehead and looked to the sky. It was blue, endlessly blue, not a single cloud would give him respite from the sun's burning intensity.

As he looked back down, he suddenly found a burnt stretch of sand in front of him. The black, scorched earth formed a pattern, one he recognized all too well.

An eight-pointed star.

Curiously, four rocks sat alongside it, opposite one another around the arrows that formed the star. Tullius involuntarily reached out a hand to pick one of them up, but as his fingers touched its surface, a sharp jolt of pain struck him. He recoiled, his armoured hand scorched, the rock glowing angrily. For a moment, he could swear he could see a malign grin within the white-hot glow.

He blinked, and they were gone.

Ajuran.

His own voice spoke again, the word carried away by the wind.

That is my name.

As he spoke those words, the world was filled with fire. The desert plains became a warzone, the dead and dying all around him, screaming his name.

He put his hands over his ears, trying to block out the noise. He closed his eyes, hoping the image would fade.

And it did. And he opened his eyes once more.

But as he did, he noticed he was no longer alone.

Three figures stood around him, all of them strangely familiar.

Watch-Captain Titus. Acting-Captain Aurelius. The Sorcerer.

They stared at him, their expressions blank. Their eyes were fixated on him, burning questions and cruel remarks hammering on his mind.

"How did you let them escape!", shouted Titus. "Where were you when we needed you!", screamed Aurelius. "Is this your best, Death Raven?", the Sorcerer sneered.

Their words beat into him, forcing him to his knees. Ajuran clasped his hands around his ears, but the voices became only louder. He gritted his teeth, his eyes kept shut, until finally, anger rose from the depths of his mind.

ENOUGH!

The sound of glass shattering surrounded him, and he found himself in a small and dark room again.

And a figure was standing in front of him.

Watch-Captain Titus loomed overhead, his cold eyes staring seemingly into Ajuran's soul.

"Strike Commander Tullius. I believe I have found use for you. You and your men will provide our forward elements at the Vault with an exit strategy. Under the watchful eye of some agents of the Deathwatch, of course. We wouldn't want the Remnants to escape again, would we?, he spoke calmly, as he lay a dataslate on the table. "Any questions?"

"Ajuran."

"Pardon?"

Ajuran slowly rose up from the ground, his eyes filled with purpose, his body radiating determination.

"My name is Ajuran."

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:
Aurelius may need to act as mediator if Julius is a little abrupt to Karak, at least Aurelius and Karak have earned eachother's respect.

True, only took dropping a warship on a planet and the biggest cc kill ever to achieve that lol

So next who opens the vault?

A great story Jhe90 you did all my characters justice, loved every word

Alone deep in the caverns of the underground Sibyl walked alone far away from the nearest ork or imperial. Instead of her typical nurse’s scrubs she dawned an ancient suit of plate-mail. As she walked along the concrete path the halls echoed with the click of her metal boots. She wiped away some frost from a wall and looked at the ancient runes that foretold all that happened. Sibyl smiled and continued down her path. From the shadows stone gollums approached. The beasts drew near and bowed before the woman taking a knee. She pet one of the creatures on the head “Ah, did you miss me.” The beast spoke, it sounded much like an ork’s voice “My lady, the orks have reached the harrowing grounds, we could not stop them.” The woman smiled “Its alright all is going as planned my pet.” The Gollum seemed to take comfort in the woman’s words. “Take me to where I may watch the ritual.” The beast nodded and approached a wall Sibyl placed her hand to the wall and with a flash of green energy a hidden door slid open.

Commander Caleb Axton and his men were acting as armored reinforcements to the primary strike force. With a Stompa roaming around the underground every piece of heavy weaponry would be needed to bring it down. Axton sat in his land raider pondering. He had gotten word that Sheppard and his men had been reprimanded for their action against the Inquisition, luckily they had gotten off relatively easy. However, what disturbed Axton was that the inquisition didn’t take any actions against him or his chapter. That either meant they didn’t know of his role in the plot, or the Inquisition was holding back, perhaps Captain Titus did know and was only looking out for a fellow son of Guilliman. What frightened or rather angered Axton was the possibility that the leak was one of his own brothers. Axton looked at his command squad in the tank. The two men that accompanied Axton on the inquisition mission were there with him. Brother sergeant Zethos was Axton’s closest friend, he was honorable to a fault, but would that sense of honor drive him to out Sheppard and his men? The other was Brother Agamemnon, he was an especially pious marine but completely loyal and dedicated to the chapter. Axton trusted both of the men with his life, he detested the possibility of their betrayal.

Sibyl emerged from the dark pathway to her perch above Harrowing grounds she saw the orks begin to disperse on top the ritual grounds. She was a distance away from the green skins but she heard the voice of the orks’ pirate leader quite clearly “Begin Da Ritual.” Sibyl smiled “So the end has begun.”

Hmmm, interesting.

Not sure how much help the vanguard is, nothing to dent a stompa in the man portable armoury. , but maybe a plot can be made :-)

I really want to change my faction, but feel like I have a short attention span for wanting to...

Eh, don't worry about it. After the whole vault debacle I'm going to change my faction from Guard to Marines

I think I'm going to post one thing more then decide whether to abandon my New Order...

Well it was not me, so result might not be mind bending as I would have, walking on ceilings, orks fighting shadows of there own making, nightmares and ghosts, basicly vault doing anything to trip, trick and stop a invader.

Eldar would get a multi dimensional maze where gravity, time and such are not fixed.

Not me, I eagerly await the winner to share their story!

Not me either. Can't wait to see what happens.

Chazz?

If it is, this could be very good.

Welp the surprise is gone, yes twas me orky shenanigans and epic battles soon to come, this may take a while

The number generated was 47, chazz had 48, tactical spam has 42. ezra had 44 Closest anyone has ever gotten to picking their actual number. It was crazy, when I saw what people were picking I thought either everyone is going to be very far off or...I didnt know I would roll right in the thick of the fighting...

Dang, I wasn't far off at 34. Well that sucks. Oh well. Can't wait to see what Chaz does with it.

Compared to everyone else, War kitten, not even a game of Horse Shoes made you close XD

 Tactical_Spam wrote:
Compared to everyone else, War kitten, not even a game of Horse Shoes made you close XD

Well, no need to be so rude about it . I need something to make me feel better about neglecting my Guard on Gailor Prime. Hope to do better with my Marines, and actually contribute worth a crap.

i missed so bad i was a storm trooper and red shirt in one. 91....

Im off by continents lol

Aaargh... so close.... so close to finally getting my hands on Acting-Captain Aurelius! I will catch you one day, Aurelius, I have already foreseen it! - The Sorcerer, upon hearing the news.

Well, you're all spared of the epic amounts of trolling the Remnants would have let loose upon your poor soldiers, so we've got that going for us





Plot twist: They're still going to troll the gak out of all of you

Would it be too late to do something real stupid story-wise? I have a really stupid Idea floating around. Not as fun as beheading a gargant with a battle cruiser but still over the top.

I'd say go for it, I'm quite curious to what you've come up with

I had 63, not a massive amount off! To be honest, I didn't even know what I'd do if I did get it right, so I'm not that fussed.

Foiled again, Ezra! There's always next time...
Yeah, I like the Ajuran part. Adds a bit of mystery to him, and seems to fit in well with all the psychic shenanigans going on.

Tactical_Spam, as long as it doesn't affect chazz's narrative too much, I'd say it's good!

chazz, well done on the close draw!
The orks have been preparing for this whole strike the longest of all of us, so it seems to make sense that they would be one step ahead.

If I may ask, are you going to write up a really big section about everything that happens to our characters when the vault opens or do we get to react to things with our characters?
Because, like, none of my forces are actually anywhere near the vault. (Totally supporting the Imperial war effort here, don't mind me )

Mine are only 20 Templers, 30 and mech, maybe 20 ish due loss,s and a few guard, but now has characters so cannot all just be killed.

Not sure what they can do to stop all those orks + a gargant.

Ditto, my Guard are off supporting the war effort as well, and since I failed so utterly with them, I'm putting them aside and bringing in my Marines. Here's hoping I can actually be productive with them

Contacting all Crusade Commands
Contacting....
Contact made

Greetings brothers,
Lord Calgar has learned of the escalating situation in this system and has dispatched me and my brothers to this system in order to help out my chapter brothers, and the other Imperial forces that are present. Strikeforce Aquila has arrived in-system and is currently moving to make orbit above Gailor Prime. Estimated time of arrival is in 2 Terran Days. I bring with me the full might of the Ultramarines 3rd company, with reinforcements from the 1st and 10th companies. With me I bring a small fleet of my chapter, lead by the Battle Barge "Honour". I look forward to the rendevouz with you all.

Captain Julius- Ultramarines 3rd Company.

So basically I wanted to bring in my marine army to make up for the failure that was my attempt to work with my guard. The makeup of this Strikeforce is:
Captain Julius
Librarian Veho
Chaplain Scipio
Command Squad (5 Members, will be named eventually)
Tactical Squad Axion
Tactical Squad Nemen
Tactical Squad Maximus
Tactical Squad Brutus
Tactical Squad Anvilan
Tactical Squad Tavi
Assault Squad Veck
Assault Squad Isan
Devastator Squad Agrippa
Devastator Squad Voth
Venerable Brother Aventus
Assorted Rhinos/Other vehicles to be determined
Fellblade "Wrath of Calth"

Hope you guys are ok with it (especially Smudge, since there will be 2 Ultramarine Captains running around after this)