Turning to the men of your command battalion you speak up,
"We need those AA batteries down, and I know that the 2nd was ordered to do it, but I'm sending you along with six squads from the 1st, 2nd, and Heavy Weapons battalion to assist. If we hurry this move will take them by surprise, and the combined force of the 2nd's assault and ours will bring the AA batteries down before the enemy can send reinforcements. Now get moving before we starve, or worse run out of munitions for the fething autocannons.
Commissar-General Kalman sir, I would like it if you accompanied my men on the assault, its not gonna be easy and they'll need someone with experience in fighting Chaos there to lead them."
The man grinned slightly as he took his bolt pistol from its holster, and slammed a clip of shells into it,
"Why of course, a Commissar serves best at the front ... and so does a good commander, you must lead by example at a time like this Mordecai as I know you feel the same this will be an interesting tour with you nearby."
As the man finishes he slides the bolt pistol into its holster, and stalks off with the stormtroopers and Cadet Commissar Malkon nipping at his heels like a pack of loyal dogs, you realize that of course in all honesty that is what they are. You take time to think of what the Commissar said, and quickly catch the advice hidden within it, a commander must lead by example if he wishes to trust his men and for them to trust him in return.
Smiling slightly you give the order to move out, by the time you cross the trench the engineers are working on all the stragglers have caught up and a force of of close to one hundred and twenty soldiers begins to make its way up through the pass in straggled lines or small clumps as they hugged the cliff faces to either side. You find yourself tagging along with the Commissar-General, both of your bodyguards spread out around you to protect from any harm, you walk in silence but quickly find that the the Commissar has a kind of aura about him that makes those near him walk tall with pride.
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Silence falls throughout your forces as they begin to creep towards the mouth of the canyon, the jungle sprawling out of it like some giant sea of green, hand signals flash down the line as squads begins to move from cover to cover. Near one hundred lasguns rise at once as a few men emerge from the thick of the jungle, you order the men to lower their weapons as you quickly see they're men from your regiment, some of the scouts come to greet you.
The first one takes pulls back the hood of the camo-cloak as you approach, you soon realize close on half his throat is a mechanical replacement as a mechanical voice greets you,
"Colonel Castronova, names Ralph, Captain of the scout battalion, my men call me "Old Ironside" on account of about half my right side being replacements. Glad to see you got through the canyon with out incident, I lost a man a ways back through there to a some feth of a wolf that disguised itself as a rock.
However we both know you wanna hear about what we've found, well there is some good news we found the crash site of the dropship off to the east, and some sort of Chaos camp about half a kilometer to the north. I've already dispatched all but my squad to go and recover what they can from the crash, and we stayed behind to give you what information we can on the camp.
From what we managed to see before having to back off it has one of the anti-air batteries inside, they've hid the guns up in the tops of the trees, and from what we saw they've built a small town up in there with them. On ground level there is a wall made out of armor plating welded together and fused into the trees somehow, we couldn't get a look at anything inside because of the walls but the entire place stinks of decay to the point that we all about retched just being near it."
You notice Commissar Kalman's brief look of confusion, but have little time to think on it as the men look at you waiting for an assault plan.
Possessions:
M35 M-Galaxy Short pattern Lasgun
Standard Issue Bayonet
Superb Longsword
Flak Armor
Standard Trooper Combat Webbing [Three Frags and a Krak Grenade]
Regiment Relationship: Somewhat Liked.
Accompanying Forces:
Captain Ralph 'Old Ironside' [Long-las, Flak Armor, Camo-Cloak]
Personal Guard [Hotshot Lasguns, Carapace Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1), Krak Grenades (1/1)]
3 Veteran Infantry Squads [Hotshot Lasguns, Flak Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1), Krak Grenades (1/1)]
6 Infantry Squads [Lasguns, Flak Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
Scout Unit [Long-Las, Leather Armor, Camo-Cloaks, Motorized (Bikes), Frag Grenades (1/1)]
Commissar-General Kalman [Garm Pattern Bolt Pistol, Chainsword, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
Cadet Commissar Malkom [M35 M-Galaxy Short pattern Lasgun, Bayonet, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
Stormtrooper Squad [Hotshot Lasguns, Carapace Armor, Melta Bombs (1/1), Veterans]
Skills:
Competent Leadership
Competent Swordsmanship
Average Thrower
Average Marksmanship
Terrible Technical Aptitude
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Key
- = Canyon Wall
. = Ground
D = Dropships
Note: All squads of the Volgar 3rd have Excellent Melee Weapons. The 1st & 2nd Infantry Battalion are trained for effective massed fire.
Command Battalion
Morale: Excellent
Skill: Veteran
Command Chimera [Heavy Bolter, Medium Armor, Field HQ, Capacity: 0/2]
Personal Guard [Hotshot Lasguns, Carapace Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1), Krak Grenades (1/1)]
3 Veteran Infantry Squads [Hotshot Lasguns, Flak Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1), Krak Grenades (1/1)]
Scout Battalion
Morale: Excellent
Skill: Bloodied
4 Scout Units [Long-Las, Leather Armor, Camo-Cloaks, Motorized (Bikes), Frag Grenades (1/1)]
1st Infantry Battalion
Morale: Excellent
Skill: Bloodied
10 Infantry Squads [Lasguns, Flak Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
10 Infantry Squads [Lasguns, Leather Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
2 Anti-Tank Squads [Missile Launcher, Flak Armor, Krak Grenades (1/1)
3 Heavy Weapons Squads [Autocannons, Leather Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
2nd Infantry Battalion
Morale: Excellent
Skill: Bloodied
10 Infantry Squads [Lasguns, Flak Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
10 Infantry Squads [Lasguns, Leather Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
2 Anti-Tank Squads [Missile Launcher, Flak Armor, Krak Grenades (1/1)]
3 Heavy Weapons Squads [Autocannons, Leather Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
Heavy Weapons Battalion
Morale: Excellent
Skill: Bloodied
10 Infantry Squads [Lasguns, Flak Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
2 Infantry Squads [Lasguns, Leather Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
8 Heavy Weapons Squads [Autocannons, Flak Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
4 Anti-Tank Squads [Missile Launcher, Leather Armor, Krak Grenades (1/1)]
Engineer Battalion
Morale: Good
Skill: Green
18 Engineer Squads [Entrenching Tools, Construction Units, Lasguns, Leather Armor]
4 Trojan Support Vehicles [Supply Vehicle, Towing Vehicle, Very Light Armor]
Artillery Battalion
Morale: Excellent
Skill: Green
4 Basilisks [Earthshaker Cannon, Medium Armor, Slow]
9 Centaurs [Heavy Stubber, Light Armor, Artillery Tow, Capacity: 0/1]
9 Heavy Mortars [Immobile, Artillery, Emplacements]
2 Hyrda Flak Tanks [Twin-linked Autocannons, Medium Armor, Anti-Air]
Skill: Bloodied
6 Infantry Squads [Lasguns, Flak Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
3 Infantry Squads [Lasguns, Leather Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
Missing In Action
4 Basilisks [Earthshaker Cannon, Medium Armor, Slow]
Centaur [Heavy Stubber, Light Armor, Artillery Tow, Capacity: 0/1]
Heavy Mortar [Immobile, Artillery, Emplacements]
2 Infantry Squads [Lasguns, Flak Armor, Frag Grenades (1/1)]
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