themandudeperson wrote:Jungle Ravens and Their Homeworld: Copia

Copia is a fairly large planet with a diameter roughly equal to 1.25 times that of Sol’s 5th orbiting planet. Um, not to be picky, but 5th is Jupiter. Any planet nearly this size would be a gas giant.
The planet’s axis has very little tilt, resulting in very mild seasons. If by mild, you mean the same all year round, then yes. he actul temp. would depend on its closeness to the equitor, which would more pronounced than on earth
This allows agricultural operations to function year round and due to the fertile soil, crop yields are much higher than average. In addition, Copia also has large, dense deposits of various minerals in and around its northern and southern mountain ranges, providing ample metal for the construction of farming equipment and (more in the Imperium’s interest) weapons and warmachines. Hindering these operations is a dense, global rain forest and various guerilla forces led by nearly any faction who would see death to the Emperor. As has been said, why cant 1k SM kill a few rebels. Cool consept tho
To protect Copia from the scourge of the xeno and the heretic there are three military entities: The Copia Combined Armed Forces, The Ordo Hereticus, and a Space Marine Chapter; The Jungle Ravens. Each serves an important role for the safety of Copia. The CCAF’s primary mission is to oversee and protect the farming and mining operations. The Ordo Hereticus’s objective is to ensure that no member of the Imperium on Copia falls to the lure of the enemy’s silk words as well as providing intelligence to both the CCAF and the Jungle Ravens. This leaves the Jungle Ravens with the primary responsibility of punishing those who would dare impede the Emperor’s wishes!
The only reason for interest in this planet is it’s overabundance of resources. This leads to incessant guerilla attacks on the Imperial forces as various factions vie for these assets. To counter this, The Jungle Ravens have been forced to redesign their Chapter’s colors for roughly one third of their force to provide them with the camouflage necessary to stalk the skulking enemies of the Emperor and to visit upon them the full measure of the Emperor’s revenge. hee, camo marines. Something you dont see everyday. Also, in order to manage a global war with their few numbers, the Jungle Ravens have a high dependency on maneuverable and rapidly redeployable combat units. Often, long range infiltration elements are sent into areas of suspected enemy occupation to seek out enemy positions and then observe the enemy and provide intelligence for the remainder of the chapter. Due to the close fighting quarters caused by the dense foliage, combat is most often a flurry of gunfire followed by the battle cries and noise of men exchanging blows until one side is silenced forever. Good, sets out army selection and fighting style
The CCAF’s forces are, on occasion used to aid the Jungle Ravens anytime a large conflict is expected. When planning an attack with CCAF reserves, the Jungle Ravens take only the best marksmen and insist that they be organized into units that can match the mobility and flexibility of the chapter itself. The remainder of the CCAF protects all high priority operations on Copia using what could be considered typical tactics and strategy used by other Imperial Guard armies. This would include a great many platoons of soldiers, heavily entrenched and an equally great number of heavy weapons and artillery emplacements supported by both air support and large columns of heavy armour. In times of dire need, the CCAF will call in the support of all of these assets to beat back their enemy. If this fails, they then resort to calling in support from both the Ordo Hereticus and the Jungle Ravens.
When the call goes out both Grey Knight terminators Why are there GK there? IIRC they travel around the galaxy, only selttling on Triton. Also, they are O Mallus, not hereticus and Jungle Raven terminators are teleported to the location to provide heavy support until elements of Sisters of Battle and Jungle Ravens arrive. Most guerilla forces will break off long before the forces arrive as the initial attacks are often diversionary. During this time, the majority of Jungle Ravens are scrambled and in the air, listening to all comm channels waiting for the second and usually main assault force to attack.
The Ordo Hereticus is primarily concerned with observing, although they do have combat units in the area to assist in repelling raids. In addition, these forces are there on the off chance the taint of the xeno, the mutant or the heretic makes itself known among the members of either the Jungle Ravens or the CCAF. Often, any without the necessary faith in the Emperor are eliminated with the whisper of an assassin’s blade as it slices wind and flesh with equal ease. Other times, dozens of men and women are killed in terrible and violent assaults led by Grey Knights.

Well, does it sound plausible for my Space Marine Chapter?

Storm Lord wrote:Just remember this is science fiction, so there could be a planet out there that size not made out of gas. As with regards to rebels, it woukldn't be too hard to hide underground or in small caves where marines can't get to very easily-allowing them to fight on for longer. main references here go to the VietCong and their tactics.