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 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 Kharne the Befriender wrote:

Spoiler:

How deadly are these Fog Monsters?

Spoiler:

One killed 30 some marines. RIP War Kitten

Lord Governor Hannibal Pavus sat in his quarters aboard the wrath of Faust. Hannibal knew that outside his chamber door was a very angry Templar by the name of Ivan. Yet he remained perfectly calm enjoying a expensive cigar with his luxurious boots kicked up on the table, he refused to show the slightest sign of respect or fear anyone when in his own domain. Hannibal’s ogryn bodyguard spoke inquisitively “Uh, governor isn’t that space marine waiting out that door for us.” Pavus spoke to brute like a stupid child “Why yes Ruck, he is waiting for us.” “Then why don’t we just let him in now you aren’t doing anything?” “Because he has to wait.” “Oh ok boss.” The former knight chuckled, this was a game he knew all to well not sure how effective it would be on astartes however.

Twenty more minutes of idle waiting pass. Kruger smiled and looked over to one of his honor guard “Show him in.” a moment later a fully clad marine enters the room. His face was un-helmeted and bore a traces of disgust and annoyance. Kruger smiled “Acting Marshall Ivan.” Placing heavy emphasis on acting “What might bring you to my humble chambers at this hour, tell me did you plan to deliver another one of your master’s death threats? I’m glad you have finally worked up the courage to face me when I am conscious.” Ivan felt over-encumbered with annoyance, who was this human lord or no to disrespect him. “Lord Governor I take it you are aware there was an assassination attempt on Lord General Kruger Zonand.” Hannibal feigned a voice of Shakespearian grief when he spoke, “I have heard, I do pray that the Lord general will make a full and speedy recovery, I do consider Kruger a personal friend of mine.” Ivan snarled “Cease your lies cur, we know you hired that kroot assassin.” The hound barked “You dare imply that my lord makes compact with the filth of xenos.” Ivan glared at the man and counter barked “Oh I more than imply I accuse.” Kruger spoke “Easy Captain Braddock, I forgive the Acting-Marshall for his ignorance, and so should you. You see Ivan, excuse me may I call you Ivan, never mind don’t bother answering. You see Ivan I am here on Kagrenz at the request of the Lord General, I am no traitor I would never do the despicable things you accuse me of. Any proof you may have against me is a conspiracy by those who would see our crusade un done. Do you now see Ivan” Ivan shook his head and smiled “I have a message from the Lord Marshall he made it very clear on how he wanted it worded. I AM NOT SO EASY TO KILL, Touch anyone on this ship, and I will take his head personally. Though I can tell now he may have some competition.” The Marine stood up and took his leave. Hannibal never allowed himself a sign of weakness, though he could defiantly feel the weight of the Templar’s boot come bearing down on him.

Meanwhile on the planet's surface.

Captain Tom Reiner was en route to a squad of Faustian Fusiliers who had gone dark after a routine patrol. Tom feared the worst. Finally the Taurox transports reached their destination, however it was too late.

The ten flak-armored corpses were bloodied and in some cases mangled. The Squad’s sergeant a man named Ortanken was still alive, however that would not be the case for much longer. Tom approached the man who sat propped up against a tree, his innards spilling onto the moss laden ground below. He got to one knee so he could speak to the man eye to eye. The man tried to say something but only blood came from his mouth. He then pulled an envelope from his coat pocket. He forced the envelope into Reiner’s hands with the last burst of strength the man had. As Tom took the letter the sergeant gave a momentary smile then all life faded from his eyes. Captain Reiner shut the man’s eyes and opened the letter. Lieutenant Williams asked “Scouting reports?” Reiner shook his head “No a letter for his brother.” A new voice unfamiliar to Reiner spoke “You should have seen the terror on these poor bastards faces. Didn’t even get a shot off.” Reiner raised his rifle at the new trio of intruders “Who are you.” The grizzled old veteran answered “I’m the guy who’s going to track these nasty buggers back to their queen, and I’m probably going to be the one to kill her. Captain Zaied Kassani at your service.”

 jhe90 wrote:

Spoiler:

Well if you kept up to date with my chunks, Shepard now is going to be a father.
Catchans give odd gifts. Just a update foete chunk, how it effects your plans etc

Yeah, pavus, well, the message was pretty simple.

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

Spoiler:

Well if you kept up to date with my chunks, Shepard now is going to be a father.
Catchans give odd gifts. Just a update foete chunk, how it effects your plans etc

Yeah, pavus, well, the message was pretty simple.

Spoiler:

Unless he dies first...

 jhe90 wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

Spoiler:

Well if you kept up to date with my chunks, Shepard now is going to be a father.
Catchans give odd gifts. Just a update foete chunk, how it effects your plans etc

Yeah, pavus, well, the message was pretty simple.

Spoiler:

Unless he dies first...

Spoiler:

the Grinch arrives early!
Og and what makes this ship "warpath crucible so special? gloriana class relic ship?

 jhe90 wrote:

Spoiler:

Well if you kept up to date with my chunks, Shepard now is going to be a father.
Catchans give odd gifts. Just a update foete chunk, how it effects your plans etc

Yeah, pavus, well, the message was pretty simple.

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

Spoiler:

Well if you kept up to date with my chunks, Shepard now is going to be a father.
Catchans give odd gifts. Just a update foete chunk, how it effects your plans etc

Yeah, pavus, well, the message was pretty simple.

Spoiler:

Unless he dies first...

Spoiler:

the Grinch arrives early!
Og and what makes this ship "warpath crucible so special? gloriana class relic ship?

Spoiler:

You mean the Warpath Furnace? Its an Abyss class Battleship.

 Kharne the Befriender wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

Spoiler:

Well if you kept up to date with my chunks, Shepard now is going to be a father.
Catchans give odd gifts. Just a update foete chunk, how it effects your plans etc

Yeah, pavus, well, the message was pretty simple.

Spoiler:

Unless he dies first...

Spoiler:

the Grinch arrives early!
Og and what makes this ship "warpath crucible so special? gloriana class relic ship?

Spoiler:

You mean the Warpath Furnace? Its an Abyss class Battleship.

Spoiler:

Interesting, it seems it has laser batteries, an experimental Plasma Lance, psionic mines and fighter bays. To bad it's not made of living metal

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 Kharne the Befriender wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

Spoiler:

Well if you kept up to date with my chunks, Shepard now is going to be a father.
Catchans give odd gifts. Just a update foete chunk, how it effects your plans etc

Yeah, pavus, well, the message was pretty simple.

Spoiler:

Unless he dies first...

Spoiler:

the Grinch arrives early!
Og and what makes this ship "warpath crucible so special? gloriana class relic ship?

Spoiler:

You mean the Warpath Furnace? Its an Abyss class Battleship.

Spoiler:

Interesting, it seems it has laser batteries, an experimental Plasma Lance, psionic mines and fighter bays. To bad it's not made of living metal

Spoiler:

No, that is the Furious Abyss. Same class ship, but used by the Word Bearers

Assault on Fort Lion Heart

Ten miles outside Fort Lion Heart. A party of orks gather under the night sky, nestled in the cliffs that offer a perfect view of the proud fort. Rain and thunder roared above them.

Gadnuk had gathered his men. The Gutrippas, a crack kommando unit that was the pride and joy of Gadnuk’s life. Each member of the squad was hand picked by Gadnuk himself, and each one a proven killer. Gadnuk smiled as he looked over the orks “Right ladz, you have all been briefed on da mission, but I’m going to go over it one last time for good measure. We are going to be tellyportin in to da fort via Weird Boy deep strike. Once inside da base our first objective our da automated defense systems and da big gunz. Once those are out of da way we gonna sabotage da gate. Den Nox and da rest of da boyz will come storming in to finnish off da gitz.” Sarge-Git Bonebleeda added “To get this job done faster we are going to be splitting up into two groups, Gadnuk will take Blakrog, Larpo, Fingaz, Grizz, Dizz, and Burny. Nexmex, Squeeza, Gitsnikk, Skagnet, and Rippa, you’ll be with me.” Gadnuk asked “Any questions?” Sleekit spoke “How are we supposed to signal da rest of Da WAAAGH, their defenses are down.” Gadnuk pulled a flare from his pocket and spoke “Wif dis, I have one and Bleeda has one. Anything else?” The Mob made no further comment. Gadnuk grinned “Dis iz an important one ladz, don’t let me down.”

Da Doof had made preparations for the spell channeling the psychic energy they would need for such a long jump. With his guitar he stirred the winds of the warp around him absorbing power as he played. When Gadnuk and his kommandos approached him he was ready to caste the spell. He played a few more notes before exclaiming “AND ERE WE GO!” in a flash of golden light the orks that had gathered at the ritual sight were gone.

A moment later a bolt of lighting shot from the heavens and struck the compound. Gadnuk and the Gutrippas immediately dispersed as they saw a perimeter light draw near to them. The light examined the scorched earth where the lightening hit and then kept moving. Gadnuk spoke into the squad’s com link “We got lucky ladz, lets hope dis storm keeps up, keep us out of sight and sound. Bleeda your ladz to the eastern wall da rest of us will go west.” Gadnuk’s second broke out on the mic “Roger.”

Gadnuk and his men did a superb job at remaining undetected. Sneaking around perimeter lights snapping the necks of off duty guards. Finally, they reached their primary target a Plasma Obliterator. Gadnuk motioned for Fingaz to get to work and the ork pried away a service panel. He knew aproxamitly which wires and circuits to break to render the weapon inoperable, yet still salvageable. After this was done Bleeda radioed “We took out tower two, der none da wiser boss.” “10-4 keep up da good work.” They then snuck their way over to the next target another bastion of massive ordanace and repeated this process.

Finnally all the defenses were down all that remained was signaling the rest of the WAAAGH! And blowing open the gate. Gadnuk grinned as Bleeda spoke out “We are in position to low the gate, waiting on flare signal.” Gadnuk un-holstered the flare and aimed it at the sky. Clcick. Gadnuk was surprised, no flare meant no signal, and no signal meant no charge, and no charge meant a failed mission. He aimed the weapon again and again there was only a flare-less click. “Zog its to wet.” Gadnuk was furious until he saw something out the corner of his eye. “Blakrog what are those.” The ork examined the industrial fuel cannisters “Looks like promethium storage tanks.” Gadnuk smile “You think they’re full.” The ork with an affinity for explosions smiled knowing where this was headed “I’m on it boss.”

Blakrog returned from his mission of placing every explosive he had and poring a trail of promethium from the base of the tank to where Gadnuk was. The nob grinned as he lit a cigar took a single puff then dropped it into the trail of promethium. The gas ignited and a trail of fire formed from where the kommando stood to where the explosive stock pile was. The explosion was massive it formed a fire ball that shot into the air and rained chunks of wall everywhere. Gadnuk smiled “You think they’ll get the message.” Larpo laughed “I fink you made it rather obvious boss.”

Soon enough hordes of ork bikers led by the infamous Nox WarpRida flooded the broken section of the walls and destroyed gate. The Eldar and human co-inhabitants stood little chance without their defenses. They began surrendering even hoping the savages would show mercy. Nox saw this and laughed he revved his engine planning to mow the cowards down, but Gadnuk intervened. “Hold on a second dey aint no good to us dead.” Nox spoke annpyed at his advisor “What do you mean, deez gitz thought they were tuff but dey aint so now we kill em.” Gadnuk spoke rationally “I know this guy, he’s a chaos lad he pays good dakka to anyone who brings em slaves so we round up deez gitz sell dem to em and get weapons fer our WAAAGH!” Nox dismounted his bike and smiled “I like da way you fink.” Nox turned around and spoke “All right ladz round deez gitz up don’t kill em less you have ta.” Soon the green skins stormed the ranks of prisoners brutally binding them with whatever they could muster on short notice. Gadnuk smiled he had no clue how Arachus would feel about Eldar prisioners but even if the Eldar are a waste of time, there were enough humiez present to make a preaty penny for WAAAGH! Warprider. In the dayz to come the meks would repair, kustomize, and orkify the imperial fort Lion Heart dubbing it instead “Da Castle.”

Nox smiled the world was officially his, granted pockets of humiez and elder hid in holes and in caves around the planet, but they were of no consequence. He had Da Castle so he was the self proclaimed king of the hill. But still it little profits an idle king, Nox realized he killed all the best stuff on Wuldgrund. There was only one logical place to go from where he was and that was up and into the stars.

++Vorhees of the Heart of Iron to Warsmith Archarus++

++This is Archarus. What is it, Vorhees? I thought I told you to stay planetside making sure that my slave trade remained stable.++

Vorhees took a moment before answering, and chose his words carefully.

++This is a rare occasion. The orks brought us a rather large shipment. Including Eldar prisoners.++

Archarus replayed the latest vox message, making sure he heard it properly.

++Then this is good news for us all. Send them my regards, and find out who these orks are. I want to know the name of any creature capable of bringing Eldar to their knees.++


++They already gave it. They're the Gutrippas. Led by Gadnuk Gutrippa. They seemed unnaturally stealth based for orks. Kommandoz, no doubt. I'll make sure to send your regards.++

 2BlackJack1 wrote:
++Vorhees of the Heart of Iron to Warsmith Archarus++

++This is Archarus. What is it, Vorhees? I thought I told you to stay planetside making sure that my slave trade remained stable.++

Vorhees took a moment before answering, and chose his words carefully.

++This is a rare occasion. The orks brought us a rather large shipment. Including Eldar prisoners.++

Archarus replayed the latest vox message, making sure he heard it properly.

++Then this is good news for us all. Send them my regards, and find out who these orks are. I want to know the name of any creature capable of bringing Eldar to their knees.++


++They already gave it. They're the Gutrippas. Led by Gadnuk Gutrippa. They seemed unnaturally stealth based for orks. Kommandoz, no doubt. I'll make sure to send your regards.++

Spoiler:

You have my thanks, Archarus will makes sure they get put to good use. I assure you, Eldar slaves are something I (and by extension, Archarus) get a lot of entertainment out of. Enjoy a little bit of extra payment, take your pick on what that exactly means. Don't get used to the generosity, however. This still is Chaos, after.

Hope you enjoy my newest playthings, WK. I assure you, they will get the treatment they deserve. After all, Archarus and the Eldar have quite the relationship, don't they?

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:

Spoiler:

Is it bad that I totally expect Gadnuk to kill Nox? And take the Waaagh for himself when it gets big enough?

=====Voor'Han Command Room=====
Necron Lord- "Cryptek, analyze the New Order command ship's weapon systems, I want to know its potential.
Cryptek-"Ahead of you my Lo-"
The Crypteks words were cut short by the sudden Hyperphase Sword driving itself into the Crypteks head.
"NO ONE IS AHEAD OF ME!" Yelled the Lord to the rest of the room, "Except the upper Regent of course."
Pointing at a random warrior, "What do we know about the ship?" he said calmly with that common metallic rasp.
"It's primary weapon batteries are formidable my Lord," it replied with no sense of personal drive, "it would be wise
to take it out."
The Lord pondered to himself for a few moments, "Send in a squad of Deathmarks to neutralize them."
"It will be done my Lord.... The team has been dispatched."
=====The Void=====
The Jackal Raider cruised through the void at mind boggling speeds. It's black hull and stealth generator rendering it nigh
undetectable. As soon as it reached boarding distance the Deathmarks were teleported into the primary batteries of the massive flagship.
The team already new where to go and what to strike, they did so swiftly, destroying the primary battery with ease. The Jackal made a
second pass picking up the team and returned to Voor'Han unscathed.
=====Phaeron's Chamber=====
Kageros read over the report and was delighted that he didn't have to sacrifice another Dirge to ram the batteries. He would run out of
Dirges one day. The New Order is sure to retaliate when they discover the perpetrators. He was unsure if his Dynasty could with stand
a mass confrontation. Alliances must be made.
Kageros spoke into his communicator, "Rak, I need you to do something."
"Yes my Lord?" The voice seemed to scratch the communicator as it received the words.
"I need you to send a long range transmission to someone."
"And who shall that be my Lord?" Replied the Nemesor slightly annoyed by the trivial task. There were many on Voor'Han who could do
such a job, but he always asked him. It was fine with him though, he was immortal afterall.
"To this Archarus of the Iron Warriors. I have a deal for him." Kageros mulled this over for a while, "Tell him that he may have the enslaved
populace of Kagrenz, and in return, perhaps our metal warriors may work together." Kageros was satisfied with this arrangement and went to prepare
his invasion force. He would attack regardless of the answer, it needed to be done.
"Yes, my Lord, I'll shall carry the message over personally." Rak'than realized why Kageros had contacted him.

The message was sent, and legions were prepared. The gears of the Kageros war machine slowly turned to life.

 Kharne the Befriender wrote:
=====Voor'Han Command Room=====
Necron Lord- "Cryptek, analyze the New Order command ship's weapon systems, I want to know its potential.
Cryptek-"Ahead of you my Lo-"
The Crypteks words were cut short by the sudden Hyperphase Sword driving itself into the Crypteks head.
"NO ONE IS AHEAD OF ME!" Yelled the Lord to the rest of the room, "Except the upper Regent of course."
Pointing at a random warrior, "What do we know about the ship?" he said calmly with that common metallic rasp.
"It's primary weapon batteries are formidable my Lord," it replied with no sense of personal drive, "it would be wise
to take it out."
The Lord pondered to himself for a few moments, "Send in a squad of Deathmarks to neutralize them."
"It will be done my Lord.... The team has been dispatched."
=====The Void=====
The Jackal Raider cruised through the void at mind boggling speeds. It's black hull and stealth generator rendering it nigh
undetectable. As soon as it reached boarding distance the Deathmarks were teleported into the primary batteries of the massive ships.
The team already new where to go and what to strike, they did so swiftly, destroying the primary battery with ease. The Jackal made a
second pass picking up the team and returned to Voor'Han unscathed.


=====Phaeron's Chamber=====
Kageros read over the report and was delighted that he didn't have to sacrifice another Dirge to ram the batteries. He would run out of
Dirges one day. The New Order is sure to retaliate when they discover the perpetrators. He was unsure if his Dynasty could with stand
a mass confrontation. Alliances must be made.
Kageros spoke into his communicator, "Rak, I need you to do something."
"Yes my Lord?" The voice seemed to scratch the communicator as it received the words.
"I need you to send a long range transmission to someone."
"And who shall that be my Lord?" Replied the Nemesor slightly annoyed by the trivial task. There were many on Voor'Han who could do
such a job, but he always asked him. It was fine with him though, he was immortal afterall.
"To this Archarus of the Iron Warriors. I have a deal for him." Kageros mulled this over for a while, "Tell him that he may have the enslaved
populace of Kagrenz, and in return, perhaps our metal warriors may work together." Kageros was satisfied with this arrangement and went to prepare
his invasion force. He would attack regardless of the answer, it needed to be done.
"Yes, my Lord, I'll shall carry the message over personally." Rak'than realized why Kageros had contacted him.

The message was sent, and legions were prepared. The gears of the Kageros war machine slowly turned to life.

Spoiler:

No hard feelings TS but I was running out of ships to aimlessly crash.

 War Kitten wrote:

 Kharne the Befriender wrote:
=====Voor'Han Command Room=====
Necron Lord- "Cryptek, analyze the New Order command ship's weapon systems, I want to know its potential.
Cryptek-"Ahead of you my Lo-"
The Crypteks words were cut short by the sudden Hyperphase Sword driving itself into the Crypteks head.
"NO ONE IS AHEAD OF ME!" Yelled the Lord to the rest of the room, "Except the upper Regent of course."
Pointing at a random warrior, "What do we know about the ship?" he said calmly with that common metallic rasp.
"It's primary weapon batteries are formidable my Lord," it replied with no sense of personal drive, "it would be wise
to take it out."
The Lord pondered to himself for a few moments, "Send in a squad of Deathmarks to neutralize them."
"It will be done my Lord.... The team has been dispatched."
=====The Void=====
The Jackal Raider cruised through the void at mind boggling speeds. It's black hull and stealth generator rendering it nigh
undetectable. As soon as it reached boarding distance the Deathmarks were teleported into the primary batteries of the massive ships.
The team already new where to go and what to strike, they did so swiftly, destroying the primary battery with ease. The Jackal made a
second pass picking up the team and returned to Voor'Han unscathed.


=====Phaeron's Chamber=====
Kageros read over the report and was delighted that he didn't have to sacrifice another Dirge to ram the batteries. He would run out of
Dirges one day. The New Order is sure to retaliate when they discover the perpetrators. He was unsure if his Dynasty could with stand
a mass confrontation. Alliances must be made.
Kageros spoke into his communicator, "Rak, I need you to do something."
"Yes my Lord?" The voice seemed to scratch the communicator as it received the words.
"I need you to send a long range transmission to someone."
"And who shall that be my Lord?" Replied the Nemesor slightly annoyed by the trivial task. There were many on Voor'Han who could do
such a job, but he always asked him. It was fine with him though, he was immortal afterall.
"To this Archarus of the Iron Warriors. I have a deal for him." Kageros mulled this over for a while, "Tell him that he may have the enslaved
populace of Kagrenz, and in return, perhaps our metal warriors may work together." Kageros was satisfied with this arrangement and went to prepare
his invasion force. He would attack regardless of the answer, it needed to be done.
"Yes, my Lord, I'll shall carry the message over personally." Rak'than realized why Kageros had contacted him.

The message was sent, and legions were prepared. The gears of the Kageros war machine slowly turned to life.

Spoiler:

No hard feelings TS but I was running out of ships to aimlessly crash.

Spoiler:

Jokes on you, there are no people on Kagrenz at the moment except for the fog beasts and Imperial Forces. Either that or they're REALLY good at hiding

=====Kagrenz=====
A small recon team comprising of a squad of warriors and a Ghost Ark was sent to the surface to explore
the area for a suitable outpost location. They searched and sifted around in what appeared to be an abandoned mining
area. The lead warrior stopped and scanned the area raising his flayer causing the others to do the same.
the pilot of the Ark looked at his displays but didn't detect anything, a split second later the ark was struck by
a barrage of rockets and heavy rounds causing it to explode in a golden fireball. The warriors immediately
started firing at the approaching horde of Orks. It was too late, the warriors were ripped apart and torn asunder.
=====Command Chamber=====
"AAAAGGHH!" The Lord bellowed as he killed an additional 2 warriors in his rage. He would have to tell the Phaeron
in person of his failure. He strolled to his Phaeron's chamber thinking of how he would explain his failure, surely he
would be exiled, or executed.
=====Outside the Phaeron's Chamber=====
His Phaeron was alerted that one of his Lords was seeking counsel with him. He met
with the Lord outside of the chamber, catching by surprise.
"M-My Lord!" the Lord was at a loss. " I bring regrettable news, our...scouting mission was a failure."
Kageros simply stood and stared at the person in front of him with a blank face.
"I know that I will be executed for this my Lord and I wo--" He was cut off by his Phaeron's voice.
"Are you the Lord that killed the Cryptek and 2 warriors?"
"Yes my lord, I-"
"You need to calm down and not to kill people, well, our people." And with that, he walked away to see how the
latest Dirge crash went. Leaving the Lord severely confused and quite stunned at his apathy of the situation.
=====Command Chamber=====
Kageros strolled into the Command Center like he owned the place. Looking at the closest warrior sitting at a
terminal.
"You there! Bring up the latest Dirge report." Kageros pointed and commanded, much like on the field of battle.
"Yes, my Lord" Replied the warrior with a cold air of boredom. As the video display flickered to life the warrior
commented, "We managed to achieve nothing my Lord"
"I wasn't expecting to," the warrior stared at Kageros, almost confused,"I crash Dirges because it send a message."
The warrior still stared at his Phaeron. "What message my Lord?"
"I'm still not sure." Replied Kageros, almost to himself. He looked back at the warrior who went back to his terminal.
"I need to get you a personality..."

The army assembled outside of the tunnel system that had been designated by the Templars' fleet as the main hive of the Fog Beasts. Julius sensed that this would be a very important battle, so he had pulled out all of the stops. Every brother was equipped for an up close and personal fight, with flamers and melta guns being brought in to replace grav and plasma weapons. He had even deployed the company's revered Sicaran and Fellblade battle tanks, the ancient relics deploying into the maelstrom of battle once more. As the warhost approached the cave system Julius heard Vargos unleash a blistering series of curses. The Tunnel system narrowed drastically after the first few meters, meaning that the vehicles would have to stand guard outside the cave system. This would be a bloody fight, Julius realized. He grimaced, being in close quarters with these creatures would mean massive casualties, even for the Astartes. But he could not shirk his duty, he WOULD not shirk his duty. Resigned to whatever came next, Julius sent the signal to the Death Korps to begin their advance.

The first squads of Astartes and Guardsmen began their advance into the tunnel system cautiously. Auspexes were checked and double checked as they began their advance into the darkness. After only a short amount of time the narrow tunnel opened up into a massive chamber, enabling the bulk of the force to enter in and spread out throughout the chamber. The lead Death Korps trooper turned around to look back at the tunnel, glancing at the massive Fellblade that had taken up a cover fire position, when he suddently felt a sharp pain in his lower back, and then he knew no more. The offending Fog Beast was blasted apart by the combined fire of an entire company of Astartes, plus the vengeful Death Korps. "CONTACT" came the cry from the Sergeant Ixion, as the auspex in his hand suddenly lit up, showing a massive force coming towards the combined army. "GET READY FOR CONTACT" Julius bellowed, just as the first of the beasts pounded into the chamber. For the next few minutes all went well, none of the beasts made it further than a few meters before they were blasted apart by the Death Korps gunline, shot down by lethally accurate heavy bolter fire from the Devastators, or blasted to ashes by the Fellblade back at the tunnel entrance. Then the second attack came, not from the front, but from above. It started with a few Korpsmen dragged off into the shadows, then it became a full out attack. The Imperials found themselves under attack from nearly all sides, and they found themselves being pushed back step by bloody step. None were spared, Ultramarine, Templar, Death Korps. Far too many fell. Then Julius and Vargos charged into the fray. Before this, they had been relegatd to the back, opting to try and coordinate the massive force. But when they noticed that the Imperial lines were bending, they charged in, if they were to die then they would die alongside their men, fighting in the Emperor's name. The two of them hit the Fog Beasts with the force of a hurricane, the two of them forcing the beasts back several paces, giving the Imperials time to drag their many wounded comrades to the rear lines, and giving them a second to breathe. Julius fought like a man possessed, the deaths of his brothers lighting a vengeful fire within him, and his relic blade cut down the Beasts like a scythe through wheat. Then the big one showed up. It's appearance defied explanation, but all the same Julius raised his blade to it and prepared to charge, determined to give his brothers the time they needed to pull back and prepare themselves. He never got the chance to. The venerable Fellblade "Wrath of Calth" had not had much chance to engage the enemy so far, the Fog Beasts being too close to their brothers to risk firing at the bulk of the Fog Beasts. But when they saw the massive winged beast appear at the back of the cave, they saw their chance. The commander of the venerable war machine barked the order to fire all weapons upon it. The ordinance from the venerable machine staggered the abomination back several paces, before it seemed to shake itself off and crash through the ceiling. It was trying to escape. The commander of "Wrath of Calth" would not allow that abomination to escape, so he voxed some orders to the surrounding Sicaran Battle Tanks, and together they reversed back out of the cave and trained their weapons upon the fleeing beast. It would not escape their wrath.

*later*
Julius and his surviving brothers walked slowly, painfully out of the tunnel. They had done it. The Fog Beasts had finally been purged. But at what cost? So many of his brothers had fallen, with only Tactical Squad Axiom miracously not taking any losses. Every other squad had lost at least half of their number to the claws and fangs of the beasts. The Templars had fared worse, with only Chaplain Vargos and Marshall Karak being able to walk unassisted. Even those who had not fallen nursed severe injuries. But they had done it. And the report from the Fellblade Commander made him smile, despite the pain it caused him. After the Beasts' leader had crashed through the ceiling of the cavern the Fellblade and the Sicarans had engaged it as it tried to flee, supported by air assest from the Imperial Navy, and they had cut it down mercilessly. The surviving Imperials clambered back onto their transports and began the long drive back to base, Crusade Command needed to know about what had happened here. As they drove away Julius could not help but feel that he was not done on Kagrenz yet. He had a bad feeling that more threats would be coming to this planet soon, threats that had nothing to do with the beasts in the fog


Contacting Crusade Command....
Contacting...
Contact Made.

My Lord,

The Fog Beasts have been purged from Kagrenz. The planet has been secured for the Imperium, at great cost. I am saddened to say that most of my company has fallen or lays injured with severe wounds. As I write this the Apothecary is treating me for several broken bones, but I felt that you needed to be informed as to the situation on this planet. The Templars and Death Korps suffered severe casualties as well, but we are victorious. We will continue to fortify our hold on this world, and we await further orders.

Regards,
Captain Julius

Archarus smiled as he felt the cold encrust his armor. Today, he would finish off that titan in the seas, and this planet would truly be his. Anyone who thought him unworthy of Warsmith had changed their minds upon seeing his new ship sail out, as it bore the snarling mouth of a daemon at its prow which spout out warp fires to destroy any ice that dared to stand before it.

Inside the mouth was several Eldar, whose blood was slowly being drained from them, and fed the ship its life. After all, what better way to finish off tyranids than use a daemon engine fueled by the Warp's favorite meal; Eldar. The Warsmith enjoyed their suffering, and regretted that his amount of Eldar captured was so little.

Archarus shook these thoughts away, such pride would not due. Not when he had a very real threat somewhere in front of him.

And so, the Chaos Lord sailed in silence for several hours, heading towards the creature's favorite feeding ground. Archarus knew that the place was where his men deposited any mortal remains too contaminated for the recycling process for new proteins for the slaves.

Once they reached it, it was obvious the creature favored the area. Archarus saw hormagaunts and termagaunts on the ice, probably hunting any fish that got near. Or each other, if things turned desperate. They all had the same markings as the titan, and the Warsmith knew they were of its spawn.

He ignored the creatures, and let the accompanying Valkyries and Aquila take care of them. His target was their mother. And soon it came, unleashing a fury that only it could bring.

The first two skimmer ships were torn asunder, their occupants drowning or devoured by the titan. Unfortunately for the titan, it would have to fight harder to pierce the Chaos embued battleship. As it swam towards the ship with the intent of sinking her to the bottom of the ocean, a gout of fire washed over the beast, setting its hideous head alight with unholy fire.

Even as it submerged, steam poured off of it as the icy ocean was destroyed by the fires. Archarus laughed at the spectacle, and part of him wanted to dice after it. To kill it in its own domain. The Warsmith shook such suicidal thoughts away, they were only the madness of Khorne taking effect, and had no place in his mind.

Meanwhile, several submarines took off after the titan, firing torpedoes into its fleeing hide. The creature roared in pain and thrashed out at the subs, shattering them and dooming its pilots to being crushed by the pressure of the sea water.

As it came back to the surface to wreak more havoc, the valkyries opened fire, raining down missile after missile onto its still burning skull. The titan thrashed one last tine before it stopped moving. It's eyes flashed white, appearing lifeless.Much like the sharks of Terra. For a moment, Archarus thought it had died. Then its eyes returned to their original black hue, and it moved once more.

One Valkyrie swooped down next to rhetoric beast, and Archarus saw a red blur jump off.

++I shall call it Ishmael. And it shall die by my hand, in the name of the Blood God!++ the voice rasped out, and Archarus knew it as Kyrkk'ryk'ykk. He was not surprised.

The Daemon lashed out with its axe and talons, ripping sizable chunks from the beast. The beast dived deeper into the water, and Archarus had to act lest he lose his daemonic ally. Knowing the warp creature could withstand its breath, he gave the order to unleash another wave of fire at the beast.

The torrent hit it harder than before, and bathed it in enough heat to fry whatever passed for its brain.

The titan howled one last time before it expired, and it's massive body floated to the surface.

Archarus stared at the creature, almost disbelieving that it had died. Something that caused him so much strife had perished, and now his expansion could go on unmolested. Not only the creature perished, but the Eldar captives had been drained of the last of their lives to power the final blast. A fitting end to such an enemy, Archarus thought.

++The Father of Blood smiles upon us. Now, shall we tow this beast back to the mainland? I believe your men still need to eat, after all.++

"No trophies, it seems. The beast's entire skull us destroyed from this." Archarus replied, before signaling several men to fire their harpoons, so that they could drag the beast away.

 2BlackJack1 wrote:

Spoiler:

But then I can't have fun teasing your Eldar by making your kind suffer. Chazz bringing me those slaves has been great fun, and it's only one day in.

 2BlackJack1 wrote:

Spoiler:

But then I can't have fun teasing your Eldar by making your kind suffer. Chazz bringing me those slaves has been great fun, and it's only one day in.