Marcus moved closer to the beast to support Phantom. The daemon picked Marcus up, kicked Phantom far enough away, made a warp rift, and leaped through. The rift closed behind it with a loud thunderclap. Vross sighed, and checked on Berkar. The sergeant was having trouble breathing, blood flung forth with every heave of his battered chest. Vross urgently opened up his med kit, but Berkar stopped him.
"No, boy... it's my time to see... the Emperor. Infact, I think I'm rather... overdue."
And with that, the sergeant layed his eyes upon the Emperor for the first time, and his soul entered the warp.
THREE YEARS LATER, the all three Siege/Trench corps disbanded due to heavy losses, and the remaining troops were filed into the many other corps of the Cadian 23rd. Sergeant Seneca's squad joined the 54th Motorized Rifles corps, so Ulrick could teach them about trench and siege warfare, making them more versatile. The squad was given the call sign Viper-7, and joined the waning Viper company. The 54th Motorized Rifles mainly served as outriders for the 17th Armor corps, each squad being separated into two fire teams, each with their own Rabbit pattern scout vehicle. The Rabbit pattern was based off a design that is over thirty five thousand years old, with some modifications to make it faster and more versatile. A Rabbit can hold five troopers, including a driver, a commander, and three gunners.
Sergeant Seneca stood out of the top hatch of his Rabbit, peering through his binoculars. The Cadian 23rd had deployed on a desert world called Ragenta. Tyranids had attacked the planet three weeks ago, and the 23rd was in the system, cleansing a neighboring planet of Chaos taint. The 54th MR escorted the 17th Armored, supported by the 1st Infantry, with the 2nd not far behind, to the Hive-City of Trondul. Contact with Trondul had ceased two days ago, and the four corps had been sent to investigate, lead by Colonel Plateck, and assisted by Commissar Adrenec.
Plateck was a charismatic man, who had been a soldier in the 23rd for over forty years of his life. He led with a purpose, and went out of his way to memorize the name of every trooper under his command. Adrenec was a stiff, hard man, but didn't dispense discipline with the barrel of his gun. He was by no means lenient, but he didn't kill a trooper for losing his gun in the middle of a raging firefight.
Seneca raised his vox.
"Ulrick, move your track around to the left. There's an unmapped canyon here, and I don't want the Armor boys to bitch about losing a tank to it." He then switched channels.
"Command, this is Viper-7, there's an unmapped ravine here, just north west of my position. Can you see it?"
"Reading you Viper-7, this is Command. I see it, don't worry. I'm steering the Armor around it as we speak."
Seneca turned back in to his vehicle.
Corporal Ulrick pushed open the top hatch to get a better look at what Seneca was talking about. After about a minute, he sat back down, and turned to his driver.
"Take us down the ravine, as safe as you can. I need to see what's down there."
Seneca's Rabbit:
Phantom mans the AutoCannon, Vross mans the left HB, the driver is a new Tech Priest, and a new addition mans the right HB.
Ulrick's Rabbit:
Xavier drives, while Dariel mans the AutoCannon, while two new additions to the squad man the two HBs.
I rolled for Sergeant, and Corporal, so don't feel like I don't like you if you aren't one.
For the Rabbit, think of a WWII German half-track with two Heavy Bolters and an AutoCannon.
Also, if you would like the squad to be in a different corps, give me a suggestion, and if everybody else agrees, I'll re-roll sergeant and corporal.
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