Battle for Selgrix

[Bara]

Selgrix is a planet located in the Northeastern area of space. It had been home to Descendants of Prisoners, left here for over 5,000 Years, live in here in the Vast Wasteland, where they fight over whatever scarps of technology they can. However, they have 1 mineral that changes the Fate of Selgrix. Katch. Its lighter, then most metals, and can be used as Fuel. Armys of the Impeuim, Tau, and Choas Arrive in this world, in order to take the Planet for there own. Yet, the natives, refuse to back down, thus beginning, the battle for Selgrix

OOC: Begin!

[Pachamama]

"We have reached orbit Commander" The captain of the Imperial troop transport "Fortress of Heaven" turned towards the Guards Leader. "And it seems that we are the first. The Imperial Dreadnought "Starslayer" will keep an eye out for other forces. They will alarm us should anyone else arrive in this system."
"My men are ready to embark on this glorious mission Captain. And I thank you for taking us here. May the Emperor be with you." the Guardsman answered.
"And with you" the Captain replied turning towards the Master of the guns.
"Ready the batteries for orbital bombardment. We will clear a landing zone for our troops."

Guard Commander Bracchus was already on his way down to the hangars were his men were already waited inside the drop-ships. And soon they would make planet-fall.

Yeah. I am the first one here.

[Bara]

The locals began there day as usal. Waking up in there tents, and eating breakfast. But, today, there were these strange men droping from the sky. Men...from somehwere else.

"What the..."

Then, a large pod type thing crashed right into the Camp, sending everybody running towards there Tents. The Warriors had already grabbed there weapons, ready to kill the Metal Beast. They charged, and were cut down. Men stepped out. The woman and children huddled together, hoping they wouldn't be killed. The men from the beast began speaking, and then turened there sights towards the Women and Childern. Then, they stoped. They stood straight up, and men walked toawrds to injured warriors, and nursed them back to health. Then, a Apperntly high ranking member walked out. He pointed towards the Peolpe. He then made a therating motion. He helped the warriors back up, and tried to speak with them.

"Do...you...speak....Imperial?"

The warriors coked there heads, and tryed to make the nosies the strange man was making.

"Doz...ou...eak...imp?"

"Yes. Do you know where we are?"

"We...iz...in...da...Wastes"

"Thank you. Do you know a way to a settlement?"

"Yez...we...guide....healers...."

"Thank you."

The warriors simled. Then, quick as lighting, began attacking the soldiers with Axes and kinfes. They were cut down. Soon, the enitre camp was aflame. The Flame could be seen for miles, and more and more fires joined. Selgrix, was under attack.

[Aquatoria]

"Commander Shas'O Kais, the infidel fleet has appeared already and is landing soldiers on the northern part of the largest continent. What are your orders?" asked the Tau pilot. The Tau Empire had arrived to claim the planet for the Greater Good. The minerals on the planet would be valuble on the Tau's crusade to spread the Greater Good. Shas'O Kail, the hero of the Empire for leading the Tau Empire in retaking Kronus. Shas'O looked over at the pilot. "We are prepared to land our troops on southern part of the largest continent. So prepare to launch the soldiers and all of our equipment." The pilot nodded. "For the Greater Good." he saluted.

"For the Greater Good." Commander Shas'O walked down to the hanger bay where the troops were prepared, he could see the thousands of Fire Caste Tau, Kroot, Verpids, and humans weapons at the ready. Massive battlesuits of all types were just finishing getting into the landing ships. Other vehicles were already ready to go. The soldiers looked up and lifted up their weapons and cried out. "For the Greater Good!" Commander Shas'O smiled and answered with the same words. He then prepared himself into his own battlesuit. The Tau had arrived.

[Bara]

The Warboss looked at his crude map. He didnt know what was going on, but his scouts have been telling him about some Men from the Sky, killing his people. He stood up, showing his scarred skin, mutated from years in the wasteland.

"Light the Warfires. We need the Horde"

The Scout did as he was told, and lit the fire. Soon, the next town lit there fire. and the next. and the next. The horde was coming. And the Horde, doesnt like to play nice.

[Pachamama]

"Scanners report another vessel within range op the planet Sire" the Adeptus manning the seeker systems called out.
"Warcomp identifies it as a Tau warship." he added.
Captain Armand of the Imperial dreadnought "Starslayer" turned towards the monitors.
"Battle alert" he said.
"Gunnery Master prepare all weapons. Helmsman set a course toward the enemy. Seekers call as soon as we reach firing range."
The bridge of the huge warship came alive.
Like an ants nest the crewmen ran about. But to any professional there seemingly random movement showed great organization and purpose.
The huge ship fired it's main engines, fighting against the planets gravity to turn about and face the enemy that had approached.
"Sire there are multiple smaller units coming from the ship. Possible landing craft."
"Inform the Guards about the enemies arrival" the Captain told the Mechanicus at the comm console.

[Pachamama]

On the ground Commander Bracchus stood amidst the burning carnage of what had been a small village.
His drop pod had come down outside the safe zone the orbital bombardment had cleared.
The villagers had proved primitive and barely human.
Now that he took the time to look at their corpses closer he saw several mutations, clearly a blasphemy on the pureness of the human race.
"For the sake of the empire those unclean creatures must be purged. " he tought.
"But first things first"
He turned towards his men.
"Form a perimeter and get our troops over here. Try and find any units that got diverted away from the drop zone ASAP.
we will make our HQ here."
His commlink crackled to life.
"This is the Imperial Dreadnought " Starslayer" calling the Imperial guard. A Tau warship has entered the system. Several landing ships are on their way inbound. we will engage the enemy. Ready for their approach. Coordinates will follow."
"All men assemble as fast as you can. Send the closest troops to move ahead and reinforce our position on this spot." Commander Bracchus told his officers pointing on a map.
"The Tau will land here. Don't let the alien scum approach our positions. And unload the artillery. The sooner we can engage them the better."
Behind the Commander drop-ships touched down and Land Raiders in guard colors rolled away from their transports.
Engineers deployed cratering charges to build up positions for the artillery and troops.

[Bara]

Altough it takes a while for the Horde to arrive, the Smaller militia troops began attacking the Outsiders. When ever a group first lands, they quickly overrun them by sheerforce of numbers. After they are dead, they take there armour, hoping that they will have a better chance agisnt there weapons. Then, one milita group found these huge, hulking beasts, with these large shotguns. only 1 manged to surive. out of a 40 man group, 1 lived. By nighfall, most of the militas had fell back to there towns, expect 1. They re-orginzed themselves into the "Ghost Rangers", and began raiding the Outsiders. By then, the horde had assmbled. And, a new therat have arrived. Somepeolpe shouting "For the Greater Good."

[Aquatoria]

ooc:Christmas party, got to go. Will do this when I get back.

[Pachamama]

The damn planet wasn't as easy to take as the imperial tacticians had believed.
Several of those inbred mutants had attacked scout units with quite some unexpected success.
Commander Bracchus had reorganized the patrols, sending out Land Raiders to scout ahead. they had enemy contact and made short work of them.
Those lousy pests had salvaged, no stolen, imperial equipment and dared using it against his own man. He was furious.
he looked at the map in front of him.
"I don't care for the villages. Bomb them if you have too" he shouted into his comlink, looking at the holographic images of his lieutenants.
"I only want those mines. Capture them undamaged. Destroy anything else if you have to."
The land raiders would advance toward the mining communities in assault lines supported from the rear by artillery.
However he could not forget the Tau units that had landed. he advanced his scout units in that sector to keep an eye on them. while night had fallen they had not advanced from their positions, or so it seemed. No one could tell for sure with those damn alien monsters.

[Pachamama]

ooc:Christmas party, got to go. Will do this when I get back.

Have fun Canada 

I have to go to bed now. It's early up to work for me 
Will see you guys in 15 hours.

[Pachamama]

Bara
All of this happens more or less at the same time.
Don't just run trough this. Play the fights. More fun that way.

Guardsman Arcas lay under a camo blanket and looked into the darkness trough the IR rifle-scope.
He had chosen a spot of high ground from where he could overlook a small road winding trough a field of scrap metal and machine parts.
The metal chunks created shadows that appeared on the scope as black spots of total darkness.
Anything moving in there would light up like a torch.
He had been in this position since nightfall and according to his chronometer day would come soon.
He lay and waited and listened to the breathing of his spotter who kept an eye out on their surroundings.


At the HQ commander Bacchus looked at the 3-dimensional map in front of him.
Holographic images showed the positions of entrenched solders, artillery positions and the current whereabouts of the patrols he had send away.
Also the Tau positions featured prominent on the screen. They had taken a foothold on the southern part of the continent.
they were not moving, but that was a bad sign. "Probably reinforcing their positions."
He would have to take care of that later.
He had put the Whirlwind units at the outer edge and formed a second circle closer to HQ with the artillery batteries.
The Adeptus mechanicus entered the command bunker that had been erected overnight from prefabricated parts by the combat engineers.
“I have the analysis for you Commander” the adeptus said.
“It seems that those “Mining villages” are mere collection points and trade posts.
It seems that the mineral is spread throughout the surface and is mined by machines travelling about the planet.”
Bracchus took the information with a nod.
“That much about securing the mines”, he thought.
Now he would have to secure each of those mining units one by one.
But at least by conquering the trade posts he would get hold of the already mined resources.


The dreadnought “Starslayer” was moving closer to the Tau warship.
“Open fire on maximum distance. Maybe we can get in a lucky shot” the Captain Armand ordered.
The gun technicians tended to their fire control panels and within seconds the mighty cannons swung towards the target sending ultra hot beams of plasma towards the enemy vessel.
The batteries fire was followed by a barrage of anti-ship missiles.
Hopefully the fire from the energy weapons had blinded the Tau sensors long enough to prevent anti missile barrages and keep their gunners from locking on.
Captain hailed the smaller troop transport.
“Fortress of Heaven I want you to engage the Tau landing forces and cut off their supply lines.” He said.
"We understand Starslayer" Captain Xerxes replied.
"But we will need another quarter fragment to round the planet."

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The intention here is to take the Tau ship in a pincer movement. I will have the troop transport attack their drop ships while the dreadnought attacks the main vessel/ vessels.
Also i will take time off to re-read some info about the imperial guard. God it's almost 20 years since I last played WH40K

[Aquatoria]

The Tau warship took the enery weapon hit and the missiles slammed home and tore through the ships infrastructure. The Tau hadn't expected someone to send a dreadnought. The Tau cruiser was too weak against such a monster. So they turned and warped out. They would be back and next time it would be with a larger fleet. As for the landing ships, they were finding it hard to defend themselves against the Imperial vessel, but it could only attack a certain amuont of ships, so the landing ship did evasive manuvers and tried to keep the Imperial ship's guns firing wildly. A few ships lit up and exploding leaving Tau and auxillary bodies everywhere. But a majority of the landing ships made it to the planet and began landing their ships in the south and prepared for their campaign.

[Bara]

The small band moved. They were one of the unlucky ones. They havent heard about the landings. They have, however, saw the ships land. Thinking it was another crashed ship, oh so common on Selgrix, they move out towards it. They began nearing it, using the small road. It was just about Day break. Everybody was silent, expect for the small babys crying. Then, one man fell. The Warriors began grabbing there weapons, but one by one, they fell. The was dead within minutes. Anthoer band, folowing the other, soon died along with it. All expect for 2. They roared up there harvesters, and fled. They began working on there radios, trying to find another band. Warning from one band to another, trading posts giving out directions. Soon, they found the Warning Frequency.

Hey! We got some problems! Some body, or thing, had killed 2 bands so far. We dont know whats going on. Were at the Crash of the...uh...Falcon of Greed. Requsting Asstaince from Milita! Help!

The frequency was heard at a local Warhut, 2 miles away. The milta, some still sleepy, grabbed there weapons. Crude Blunderbusses, Axes, Zipguns, and a Old rifle or two. They moutned there horses, and rode off to see what the treat was. They didnt last long. When the 2nd group looked for them, they saw them alright. Right before they died to.

[Bara]

The Militia soldiers saw what happened. The sky had been filled with fire. Then, they saw these ships descend and land, only a little bit father. The Militia soldiers dismounted, and left there horses tied up. They began to crawl towards a large piece of scarp metal. The one man with the long rifle began looking through his scope. Men wearing Armour that  covered there whole body. Other peolpe that looked like them. Then, thiese flying peolpe, and these peolpe with Gun-blades. The sinper then took his shot. the sound was loud, yet, nobody fell. The group stayed crouch down, as the sinper fired agian. and agian. Nothing happend. Finally, the 20 man group charged. There webbed fingers, there hard skin, there bony ridges on ther backs. There Blunderbuss fired. Yet, they were cut down. Only 3 remianed, and they quickly gave up. They threw down there weapons, and got on there knees. As on there world, it was normal for prisoners to ask if they could live, and maybe get to work as a slave. Yet, maybe these off worlders would just kill them. They iddnt know. painc was growing inside of them, and only one thought was one there minds.

Would i live?