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[xaque]

Okay, this is something I've been working on the past few days. It's a project still in its infancy, so don't expect too much.

The first release has two races: Imperial Guard and Chaos. IG are playable in fortress mode, both are playable in Adventure mode.

Quick Start:

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Imperial Guard:
Their strength lies in numbers. Their weapons and armor are too weak to stand against the forces of Chaos in a one-on-one battle.
When embarking as Imperial Guard, be sure to bring along a Mechadendrite (found under weapons). It is required for all of their smelter reactions
This gives you access to the advanced material technologies of the Imperium, allowing you to refine Plasteel, Ceramite, Armaplas, and Ferrocrete. Plasteel is used in weapons manufacture. Ceramite is the strongest armor metal, while Armaplas is still quite strong, but a little easier to make. Ferrocrete makes your guardsmen very happy when you build them bunkers made out of it.
The Imperial Guard rely on Promethium as their primary source of fuel. You will need to locate oil deposits, which can be found in sedimentary and soil layers. Once excavated, the oil can be refined at a smelter.

Chaos:
Chaos Space Marines are former Space Marines that have fallen to the power of Chaos. They wield a huge variety of weapons and worship the four Gods of Chaos. Their attacks are brutal and savage. Be prepared!

Changelog:

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Release 0.1:

Metals:
- Ceramite: Used to make tough armor. Very hard to make.
- Armaplas: Also for armor. A little weaker than Ceramite, but still much stronger than steel. Easiest to make.
- Plasteel: Used for weapons. Medium difficulty to make.

Minerals:
- Ferrocrete, Oil deposits

Animals:
- Grox

Plants:
- New subterranean plants.
- Nalwood trees.

Weapons and armor:
- Lasguns and flak armor for IG.
- Chaos have a whole range of melee weapons. Ranged weapons include Doom Sirens and Heavy Bolters.

Download Version 0.1

[xaque]

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[Cthulhu]

That seems kind of cruel to put the Imperial Guard against the forces of Chaos, doesn't it?  Especially since the IG apparently doesn't get their tanks.

[xaque]

That seems kind of cruel to put the Imperial Guard against the forces of Chaos, doesn't it?

Yes. Yes, it does.

[Commissar Internet]

What they can't beat with tanks, they can beat by spamming infantry.

[TheNewerMartianEmperor]

They need the space marines!

[Efun]

Adeptus Astartes. Space Marines. The Imperiums Finest.

I suggest when you get to them, give them preset names and icons if possible, i dont want to play as "The Frilly Glove of Dorn"

[Faenaris]

While I'm partial to Space Marines and Orcs (and Squats! *grin*), I'm more than happy that there is a new 40k mod. Looking forward to MOAR CHAOS!

[xaque]

Orks are coming! I'm still trying to figure out how Space Marines should work in Fortress Mode, since they don't really seem like the types to mine their own metals or grow their own food. They'd let the servitors do that, and Servitor Fortress wouldn't be quite as fun.

[dogstile]

Orks are coming! I'm still trying to figure out how Space Marines should work in Fortress Mode, since they don't really seem like the types to mine their own metals or grow their own food. They'd let the servitors do that, and Servitor Fortress wouldn't be quite as fun.

servitor fortress with a small space marine chapter

WIN

[Byakugan01]

Orks are coming! I'm still trying to figure out how Space Marines should work in Fortress Mode, since they don't really seem like the types to mine their own metals or grow their own food. They'd let the servitors do that, and Servitor Fortress wouldn't be quite as fun.

servitor fortress with a small space marine chapter

WIN

Wasn't there a bug with some mod where you could get animal men and use them to do work/tasks? Haven't read much of it, but apparently this got used in Nist Akath or so I'm told.

[Luke_Prowler]

Nitpick: you can't really restrict the IG to what weapons they can use, because they can use the same weapons as SM, just not as well. 

[Byakugan01]

Big difference: IG can't use full sized bolters because of the recoil/weight issue, and I'm pretty sure that for them heavy weapons have to be manned by a whole team instead of a single man. Also, I think marines have access to some weapons that the IG doesn't-been a while though, so my memory there is fuzzy.

[xaque]

Yeah, heavy bolters and stuff have to be manned by two-person teams, and since that isn't in the DF engine yet, they basically can't use them. As far as I know, the Nist Akath thing used a memory editor, which is beyond the scope of this mod. The next version of DF will have a caste system that should allow stuff like servitors.

Anyways, I'm working on getting the next version out. It will make Chaos a playable race and introduce Eldar as a new hostile civ.

[Commissar Internet]

There are individual Necromunda figures wielding heavy bolters single-handedly.  If hive scum can do that, so can the Guard.  The second guy in any given HB team is a loader, and i'm pretty sure there are man-portable heavy bolters in the Dark Heresy rulebook.  Bolt weapons used by the Guard are scaled down for use by "mere mortals", although the Inquisitor's Handbook lists a big game rifle chambered for Astartes bolt rounds.