Warhammer 40,000: Heresy on Stygies

[Cthulus]

Four heretic guardsmen rush down the snowy slope, followed by what seems to be hundreds more. "Die, Space MARINE!" a mutant with a massive chainblade shouts. The horde of crazed heretics charges at the Marine postition, as the rest of the squad and the Chaplain rush forward to meet them or get into better firing positions. Two marines in the back hurl grenades, tearing apart dozens of traitors in their wake. The charge stalls momentarily, and then the mutant commander (mini-boss) urges them forward, as a squad of grenade launchers opens up from the ruins of the outpost and guardhouse. The rest of the squad pumps bolter shells into the massive torrent of attackers. Sergeant Uldram waves to the marines to draw knives and swords; the enemy is close enough. "For the Emperor!"

 

[Tahril]

Joining in Uldram's battlecry, I fire my Heavy Bolter at the guard post and the grenadiers inside.
(Hey, we had Chimera, right? They've got turret-mounter LasCannons, and side-mounted Lasguns, don't they?)

 

[Cthulus]

Yup, two Chimera and a Rhino. And yeah, I think it's one multi-laser turret and two sponsons (we'll assume they're bolters.)
Aran smashes his crozius into a mutant. To his left, he can see the huge shells from a heavy bolter rip a squad of grenadiers into shreds, as a Devastator opens up on them. To his right, the Sergeant and two marines with swords duel with the mutant commander and his bodyguard. The rest of the squad is hunkered behind the first Chimera, which has lost both side-weapons, and only sluggishly fired it's top laser as it burns slowly under all that fire. The other Chimera rolls forward into the enemy ranks and fires at the guardhouse, destroying it. A moment later, a krak missile obliterates it, killing a mass of heretics as well. The Rhino, meanwhile, sits in the rear, it's gunner firing away until a sniper takes him out, the massive body falling off the side. It is then hit by missiles and is destroyed. "Damn these heretics! Find that launcher!" the sergeant barks.

 

[Tahril]

(Chimera, in the game and model, had one turret-gun and six 'sponson' guns, three on the left, three on the right. We need troops in the Chimera to operate the 12 side guns. Predators have one turret and two sponsons.)
Laying down a continuous hail of fire on the Traitor Guard, the Devastator's bolter sweeping back and forth. Using his 'Eye of Vengeance' implant, he searches for the Launcher.

 

[Cthulus]

The launcher fires again, killing a Space Marine instantly, and blowing the right hand off another. However, it also reveals the gunner, an emaciated but massive mutant who is crouching behind a barricade. Another Space Marine rushes to help the sergeant, as one of the bodyguards lies dead in pieces. Meanwhile, another Marine is on the vox-channel, calling for Guard support. Aran fires two shots into a traitor, then swings his crozius into a traitor with a heavy flamer, who engulfs the marine next to him in flames.

 

[Tahril]

Finishing a last clip of Bolts into the closer Traitors, the Devastator then opens up on the Missile Launcher, roaring in defiance of the Traitors and the Chaos Gods.

 

[Cthulus]

The mutant is blown apart by the ferocity of the attack, and a partner carrying the missiles explodes outward as the rounds hit his pack. Aran nods inwardly at the Devastator, then he jumps up onto a mutant with an eviscerator, who is bloodily removing a Marine's head. "Purge these mutants! Focus on the bigger ones, brothers!" he shouts as he smashes it's head with the crozius' power field.

 

[Tahril]

Overviewing the situation, the Devastator decides to provide some cover fire for the more threatened marines. (He fires at the Commander if he's spotted.)

 

[Cthulus]

Another Devastator next to the Heavy Bolter's kneels, and fires his Lascannon. The blast kills three mutants, along with half a squad of Traitor Guard. The enemy begins to waver, as the sergeant distracts the commander. Another volley sends them falling back. Meanwhile, a second Tactical Squad rushes forward, knives drawn as they charge after the retreating heretics. It is then that the Commander laughs boomingly and sweeps his blade in an arc, beheading two bodyguards and cutting Uldram in half. "Who will fight mighty Gorloud?! Khorne himself has bles-" He stops and shakes as Aran backhands him with a newly-equipped power fist, but somehow gets back up. "Shut your mouth and fight, mutant." Gorloud laughs and his left hand transforms into an enormous sword, shimmering with Warp-taint. (Now is the time for the 'boss battle')

 

[Tahril]

The sergeant directs the Las-devastator to fire on the mutant, then provides cover fire if anyone gets to close to the Dev. or the Chaplain.

 

[Cthulus]

Gorloud jumps behind another hulking mutant as the lascannon fires, killing his covering ally, but he escapes death. He snarls at the las-devastator and waves his arm at him. The blood dripping down flies at him and solidifies, cutting through both ceramite and bone and decapitating him. Aran curses and swats at him again, knocking him about before he retaliates and blows the Chaplain away, ploughing through the thinned ranks of Traitor Guard. (There are about a hundred or so left, Gorloud is what's keeping them together.)

 

[Tahril]

The sergeant directs all his fire on Gorloud, but resorts to making Gorloud think to dodge in the wrong direction.

 

[Cthulus]

Thus, Gorloud finally ends up where he was destined to be: his face transfixed by the all-penetrating crozius of the Chaplain. He shivers once, and waves his arm in an attack that kills another Space Marine, the attack also passing through his flamer-fuel tank, engulfing another marine and a dozen Traitors in massive sheets of flame. As he falls finally, the mutants begin to curse and they charge desperately, only to be cut down by rallied Marines, who quickly mop up the final enemies. The sergeant nods to the Marine on the vox-network, who reports that several battalions of Guard are coming to reinforce them. "For now, we must hold and keep this station from attack.

 

[Tahril]

The devastator takes up position on top of the guardhouse.

 

[Cthulus]

Through the chilling winds, a single cry reaches the ears of each and every Marine there, a total of about fifty now, as at least sixteen died in the ambush. "Death to the False Emperor and his idiot brats!" Aran turns to face the frozen pass, and he can barely see the dark shape through the heavy snowfall. The form coalesces, and a single Chaos Space Marine in Terminator armor stands before him. As if spell-bound, the Marines don't fire yet, but they take aim as multiple Chaos Terminators stride forth and begin firing heavy weapons at the outpost. Alongside them, squads of Chaos Marines run forth, chanting foul curses and braying prayers to the Dark Gods. The Word Bearers play their first hand on Stygies, and the game is joined.

 

[Tahril]

(Seriously?!)
"Where the hell are our reinforcements?!"
The devastator opens fire on the oncoming Marines, wishing he had something in the way of a rapid-fire lascannon...

 

[Cthulus]

"By the Throne, look out!"
A Marine is hit by a volley of storm bolter shells, which shatter his helm and leave his chest a ragged pulp. Another Marine leaps up and onto the heretic Terminator, who swings his power claw at the sudden attacker, who evades the assault, and places his plasma pistol into the horned helm. A bright light, and the terrifying armored figure falls, a leader obviously, as the remains of the Terminator squad howl curses and and bellow challenges at the brother-sergeant who killed their master. He rushes forward, and tosses his overheated pistol away, killing another Word Bearer instantly with the explosion of super-heated plasma. Nearby, Aran decapitates a Word Bearer flamer-unit, and blows a wicked looking sorceror back five feet with a punch of his power fist. "Guard on the way! I can see their armor!"

 

[Tahril]

(Time for some melee...
The devastator way!)
Sgt. Altaiirus (Yes, a NAME! Finally!) jumps off the tower he was occupying, and charges straight into the swarm. Firing his heavy bolter as he goes, he reaches the first Terminator, jams the barrel in his helmet, and releases a rapid hail of bolts in one smooth motion.

 

[Cthulus]

The Terminator screams horribly and falls backwards. Two Marines take position at the sergeant's two flanks. "We have you protected, brother-sergeant." one says hastily. They fire on any Chaos Marines who dare approach Sergeant Altaiirus, although one is cut down by a Lascannon beam which bisects him.

 

[Tahril]

Altaiirus fires off suppressing fire all along the Chaos Marines' ranks. He does, however, stop to fire a few more bolts at the Terminators and heavy weapons.

 

[Cthulus]

"All brethren, redeploy fifty-feet back. Guard artillery is about to hit." a stern voice spoke into the vox-net. As the Marines jogged backwards, the Word Bearers advanced in earnest, their guns cutting down at least a dozen Marines, and quickly slaying any wounded soldiers. However, before they could reach the guardhouse itself, a shattering boom signaled the bombardment, and a thousand bright lights filled the night. Then there was nothing but white, even the snow absorbed into the massive report.

 

[Tahril]

(It's a comms-net, ya know?)
Altaiirus manages to clear the blast at the last second, cutting down a score of marines and more Terminators with his vengeful fire.

 

[Cthulus]

As the smog and ashes clear silently, the Marines rise with some effort. One was caught in the blast, gene-seed is unrecoverable now. The Marines raise weapons and finish a few survivors, as seven hundred Guardsmen march through them and towards the deeper, more secluded areas of the lowlands.
Several sergeants, a few veterans and the Chaplain gather with a Guard general, speaking silently of war-front news. "Brothers, it appears that there have been some complications with Commander Gerasks' original commands. I have been informed that Hammerfall has given way to the enemy, where a joint attack of the barbarian Orks and these treacherous Word Bearers overwhelmed our Brothers and slew the Governor and his house. It seems that, except for several exceptions, there are only two other Marine forces operating on this planet, with this attack. We make ready to re-group with these two commands and organize anew." The gathered Marines were saddened, only nodding at their Chaplain's words.

 

[Tahril]

(Meh, I want to change characters now...)

 

[Cthulus]

(Go ahead, what'll you be? By the way, with the Marines.. displaced, I'm switching to Inquisitor Hill.)

Striding forth from the ranks of advancing Guardsmen, a power-armored man steps forth. The heavy chain with the Inquisitorial 'I' adorns his breastplate, and another symbol tattooed on his face denotes him as a member of the Ordo Hereticus. "General, Brother-Chaplain I think I have a plan. I will need your Guard and the Astartes to proceed with it, though. Will you support me?" He says, almost tauntingly.

 

[Tahril]

(Vanguard?)

 

[Koloricsi]

Can i join?

 

[Koloricsi]

Anyway, somebody still rp here?

 

[Tahril]

Damn, this thing died.