Roleplaying campaign
Cast:
Varenus,
Ultramarine Assault marine.
Sepheran,
Blood angel Assault marine
Baldar,
Space wolf Devastator marine
Makradon,
Dark angel Tactical marine
Imperial
fist Apothecary
Kestyr,
Dark sentinel Librarian
Inquisition
Orders –Part one
The
Mission
Onboard
the Deathwatch strike cruiser Spear
of Osiris Captain Lepidus
spoke to the arrayed space marines in front on him, next to the
captain was a holographic projection of a human, the stylised I
marking him out as a member of the emperors holy inquisition. ”Battle
brothers, we will soon be coming out of the warp at the Agri world of
Triplex Mundi. One of Inquisitor Margallus’s inquisitorial cell’s are starnded
in the besieged Talon
spaceport.”
The
holographic representation of Inquisitor Margallus spoke “They are
in need of rescue, from our reports it seems that a number of them
are injured. On my orders, they must be extracted, that is your
primary objective. They have some important information crucial to my
investigation, so they must all be extracted alive.”
The
captain explained “The Orks have surrounded the starport and have
set up four anti aircraft emplacements to stop any craft from leaving
the planet. These must be destroyed before a landing zone can be
secured. Once that has been accomplished I will send down a
Thunderhawk gunship to take you and the injured inquisitorial cell
off planet”
Primary
Objective: Rescue Inquisitorial Cell
Secondary
Objective: Secure a landing zone
Tertiary
Objective: Destroy anti aircraft emplacements
As the
mission was a fast attack, the assault marine from the Ultramarines
chapter called Varenus took up the mantle of leader for this mission.
He swore his oath of the moment. An ancient oath of glory passed the
Adeptus astartes lips.
The
other five members of the deathwatch kill team requisitioned some
additional wargear for the mission.
(Requisition
points for mission for the team 120)
The
Space wolf devastator filled his heavy bolter ammo pack with kraken
rounds.
Makradon
the Dark angel tactical marine requisitioned an auspex and a stummer
in addition to his hellfire bolter clip.
The
Imperial fist apothecary acquired the use of an immolation rifle
The Librarian from the Dark sentinels picked up a clip of hellfire shells
for his bolter.
Everyone
picked up more frag and krak grenades
Triplex
Mundi
The
planet Triplex mundi of came into view as the strike cruiser smoothly
left warp space. Wreckage of Ork and imperial
ships floated scattered around the planet. Further away the space battle raged on. The strike cruiser
entered geo stationary orbit over the spaceport. Soon the black clad
Adeptus astartes embarked into the drop pod. The drop pod was fired
at the planets surface. It shook violently as it entered
the planets atmosphere, the strapped in space marines took little
notice.
The pod clipped a building as it plummeted down to land, the
retro engines engaged, slowing the craft as the pod landed. The doors
surrounding the craft blew open. The Marines vision was filled with
Orks. It was the apothecary who let his bolter sing out first, the
two assault marines charged out and attacked the horde with bolt
pistol and chainsword. The Dark angel fired off hellfire rounds
cutting down even more of the foul greenskins. The heavy bolter
rained out a deadly hail of bolter shells reducing the last of the
Orks to fleshy mess. The space marines on the drop pod had to quickly
active their mag boots in their power armour as the pod rose nine
meters back into the air before slamming back down to the broken
ground. Looking around to see the cause of this disturbance, seeing
Kestyr, the Dark sentinel librarian’s arm glowing slightly.
Jumping off the drop pod the imperial fist consumed some of the
nearest Ork’s flesh using his Omophagea, but found little
information to be of use.
(Ork
boy, Horde magnitude 10, Deathwatch Mark of the Xenos p62)
Gun
emplacement one
Scanning
the area the first Ork anti aircraft emplacement was found on the top
of a four story building just a few streets away. Coming in the
opposite direction a mob of Orks could bee seen approaching. Varenus
gave the order to continue with the Apothecary and the Devastator
becoming the rearguard.
At the
bottom of the building with the gun emplacement, Veranus could see it
was lightly defended. Only a handful of Orks and a larger Ork of the
Noble caste guarded the bottom of the building. He activated his Jump
pack and charged in to attack the Nob. The Ork Nob deftly dodging the
roaring chainsword. Soon the blood angel followed suit and sliced the
Nob across its midriff, it struck back at the ultramarine, its choppa
bouncing off the assault marine’s power armoured chest. A boy
charged into the blood angel but the powered armoured assault marine
dodged the poorly aimed attack. Slowly moving forward the tactical
marine Makradon fired off two shots from his bolter reducing an Ork
to a bloody smear on the building’s wall.
The
Librarian manifested his avenger psychic power and unleashed a gout
of flame immolating three of the Orks. The Ork Nob again dodged the
Ultramarines attacks, but failed to hit the marine back. The blood
angel sliced down the Ork that had engaged him with a nimble twist of
his chainsword.
Behind
them the two space marines met up with the rest of the kill team,
both still firing into the greatly reduced Ork mob. The librarian
charged into the Ork Nob impaling the greenskin on his force staff.
Given a
quick order by Varenus, The blood angel Sepheran activated his jump
pack and headed for the buildings roof, the Ultramarine close behind.
The rest
of the squad concentrated fire on the approaching mob firing bolt
shell after bolt shell into the horde. With only a handful of boyz
left they spotted a larger Ork in huge metal armour clunking its way
down the road towards them, previously hidden from view by the Ork
mob. Baldar cleared away the remaining Orks with his heavy bolter.
The Ork Nob in mega armour charged at them but still out of range
slowed down by its thick armour.
The
Imperial fist apothecary hit the mega armoured Ork in the head
wounding it, but barely slowing its advance.
The two
assault marines reached the roof and the blood angel charged in to
the Overseer causing the grot crew to flee. The ultramarine using two
of his krak grenades on the anti aircraft weapon, detonating in the
weapon’s barrel rendering it useless. Stepping over the dead Ork
overseer at his feet Sepheran joined Varenus looking at the next
emplacement just a few streets away.
Down
below Kestyr channelled all of his energies and lighting burst forth
from his fingers hitting the meganob’s leg. Kestyr could feel the
creatures pain tearing through his mind, its death scream lingering
on his senses. The meganob nothing more than a frazzled ruin. Again
the apothecary tasted a bit of the Orks flesh, spitting it out when
there was nothing of use to be learnt.
(Ork
mob,
Ork boy, Horde magnitude 30, Deathwatch Mark of the Xenos p62)
(Ork
mob leader,
Ork meganob, Deathwatch Mark of the Xenos p62)
(Overseer
Ork Nob x1 Dark heresy creatures anathema p99)
(Grot
crew,
Gretchin x4 Dark heresy creatures anathema p100)
(Guard
leader,
Ork Nob x1 Dark heresy creatures anathema p99)
(Ork
guards,
Ork boy x5, Deathwatch Mark of the Xenos p62)
The
building
The kill
team continued on its route towards the next anti aircraft
emplacement. The street opened up into a large open area, one would
assume this used to be a grass covered park. Now the grass area has
all been churned up and covered with shallow explosion craters. At
the far end, a mob of Orks gathered at the bottom of the six story
building with the gun emplacement. Squad leader Varenus gave tactical
advance order over the open ground swiftly, and then to open fire in
concert at the large mob of Orks. As soon as they reached ninety
metres away the bolt weapons blazed away. The ultramarine and the
Blood angel activated their jump packs switching to another Squad
attack pattern and furiously charged the Ork mob in close combat.
Their astartes chainswords soon clogged with Ork gore. The dark angel
and the Dark sentinel fired deadly hellfire shells in to the mob
causing devastation to the Ork horde.
The Ork
mob now slaughtered by the kill team. The astartes started to clear the building. Baldar
strafed the building at the Orks firing back from the first and
second floor with Kraken shells. The Ultramarine went in first;
slicing his way through the mob the Blood angel and the Librarian
close behind. The Librarian focused his powers and with gush of
psychic flame cleared the ground floor. The windows burst out with
unnatural flame, sprinkling the roads with shattered glass. The
Ultramarine kept going up the stairwell to the next floor where he
and Sepheran cleared the next floor with them both acting in unison
with their chainswords. The windows awash with xenos blood. The
Imperial fist and the Dark angel advanced ahead of the two assault
marines to the next floor. The Imperial fist stabbing out with his
combat knife at the surprised Orks. Makradon hurled in a frag grenade
blasting out the windows and the Orks with it.
The two
assault marines and the Librarian finished with their grizzly
business headed up to the roof. Kestyr blasted the grot crew away
with a frag grenade and the two assault marines engaged the Ork
overseer. The overseer really didn’t have much hope, but he fought
back denting the Blood angels armour with its crude choppa before
whirling chainsword teeth sealed his fate. The Imperial fist finished
the last floor himself taking down the Orks with his combat blade his
silver ornate left arm all red with their blood.
Down
below the Space wolf spotted warbikes travelling down the road
towards their position, he voxed up to the rest of the squad letting
them know of the new enemy targets. Balder opened up with his heavy
bolter the heavy recoil felt comfortable in his hands. He could now
smell the noxious smog coming off the warbikes powerful engines. The
space wolf had long ago taken off his helmet and magnetically clipped
it to his armoured belt. Balder had always felt his wolf senses being
repressed while he wore his helmet, everything smelled too filtered
and sterile.
He could
hear bolter firing down at the warbikes from the rooftops. Before
long all that was left of the warbikers was smoking ruins littering
the roads.
(Ork
mob,
Ork boy, Horde magnitude 40, Deathwatch Mark of the Xenos p62)
(Ork
mob leader,
Ork Nob x1 Dark heresy creatures anathema p99)
(Overseer
Ork Nob x1 Dark heresy creatures anathema p99)
(Grot
crew,
Gretchin x4 Dark heresy creatures anathema p100)
Ork
mob on floors: Ground, 1, 2 and 3,
Ork boy with shoota, Horde magnitude 10, Deathwatch Mark of the Xenos
p62)
(Ork
warbikers,
Ork boy, Horde magnitude 10 with Dodge (due to heavy smog from
engines), Deathwatch Mark of the Xenos p62)
The
warboss
From the
rooftops the Kill team scanned the area fro the next emplacement, it
was easily spotted and it seemed like the next emplacement just
beyond it in the middle of a paved plaza area, its weapons looked
like crude rockets.
They
also spotted what had seemed like the largest Ork mob they had seen
so far. Lead by a far larger Ork too.
Sepheran and Varenus flew on to
top of the building across the road from the Ork hordes. The Space
wolf, Dark angel and Imperial fist made there way through the ground
floor of the building opposite the Ork mob and hid behind cover
waiting for the signal. The Librarian got himself in position on the
ground floor in the building next to the rest of the kill team
surrounding the Ork mob. Each member of the kill team readied a frag
grenade in each hand.
1
- Varenus Ultramarine Assault marine.
2
- Sepheran Blood angel Assault marine
3 -
Makradon Dark angel
Tactical marine
4 -
Baldar Space wolf
Devastator marine
5 -
Imperial fist Apothecary
6
- Kestyr Dark sentinel Librarian
7
- Overseer
(Ork Nob x1 Dark heresy creatures anathema p99
8 –
Anti aircraft weapon on building roof
9 -
Ork Warboss
(Ork Warboss, Deathwatch Mark of the Xenos p63)
10
- Ork mob
(Ork boy, Horde magnitude 60, Deathwatch Mark of the Xenos p62) +
(Ork Nob x1 Dark heresy creatures anathema p99)
11 -
Grot crew
(Gretchin x4 Dark heresy creatures anathema p100)
Once
everyone voxed that they were in position Varenus lifted off with his
jump pack he looked back and could see that the blood angel was
following. As soon as they were above the green sea of Orks they
dropped their frag grenades. They exploded into the horde causing
destruction to their numbers.
Seeing
the signal the rest of the kill team threw in their grenades at the
surprised greenskins. Once the smoke had cleared the remaining Orks
charged across the road towards there the kill team where readying
their weapons. The Ork Warboss in the centre was shouting his orders
and urging the boyz on further. The flying blood angel landed in
front of the Ork overseer slashing it across the thick chest plate. A
section of the building on Ork mobs left flank looked to be covered
in frost. The Orks nearest to it could feel it was extremely cold,
suddenly out of one of the building ground floor windows a Jet of
purple flames engulfed a part of the mob catching the Warboss and
burning its arm. The creature spotted the black armoured librarian
and bellowed an order at the Orks and charged. The Ultramarine
charged in combat with the Ork overseer. His chainsword plunged into
its back, and it fell to the floor. The grot crew shot their weapons
at the two space marines, causing little effect except for chipping
paint.
Back on
the ground the apothecary fired off shots with his bolter hitting the
Warboss in its leg. The Warboss carried on limping slightly. A
combined effort from Makradon and Balder reduced the remaining boyz
to mush, leaving only the Nob left. The Ork warboss charged at the
librarian its heavy power klaw fizzled with barely contained power,
at the last moment Kestyr parried the blow away with his force staff.
In a complex twist and whirl with his force staff which left the
Warboss bewildered, the force staff slammed into its arm, the
astartes psyker pushed all of his mental power along into his staff.
Green sparks flew off the Orks skin and it reeled back, disorientated
the Ork Warboss swung wildly at the librarian, who was able to dodge
the power klaw easily. Ducking under another power klaw swing the
librarian smashed the tip of his staff in to the xenos leader’s
chest, hearing its mighty ribs crack, throwing the Warboss backwards
to the rubble strewn ground. Much to Kestyr's relief the creature
didn’t rise up again. In the middle of the road the apothecary
charged at the Ork Nob, slashing out with his astartes sized combat
blade, slicing across the greenskins arm. The Ork Nob took the
imperial fist by surprise and landed a hit on his head causing minor
bleeding which healed almost instantly. The Apothecary counter
attacked with controlled anger gutting the foul greenskin and letting
its corpse fall.
The
Assault marines on the rooftop destroyed the anti aircraft weapon.
Leaving only the rocket emplacement left.
++++++++++++++++Transmission
end+++++++++++++
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