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[adwarf]

You are an Imperial Major who is located on the world of Ceteria-Prime, a recently established hive-world that is currently under siege by a small Tyranid fleet. You, and your men are stationed in a small city-fortress that holds a vital roadway leading directly to the hive cities of this world, and you have been tasked with protecting it from the coming Tyranid horde though all you have under your command is a several firesquads, and a single Leman Russ Battle Tank. Your current position is barely fortified with a quickly placed Aegis Defence Line Placed across the roadway, and the remains of several buildings that provide some protection.

But more importantly the chaotic battle seems to have made you forget some important stuff.

1.) Who are you?
2.) What Gender are you?
3.) What was it you were known for among your troops?

Spoiler: Personal Status (click to show/hide)

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Condition:
Skills:
None
Inventory:
Lasgun [8/8, Damage: 2]
Flak-Vest [Protection: 2]

Spoiler: Your Forces (click to show/hide)

15x Guardsmen [HP: 8/8]
      - Lasgun [8/8, Damage: 2]
      - Flak-Vest [Protection: 2]

3x Heavy Bolter Emplacements [HP: 20/20]
      - Heavy Bolter [25/25, Damage: 8, Heavy Weapon]

1x Leman Russ Battle Tank [85/85, Weapon Slots: 3/3, Large]
      - 2x Heavy Bolters [25/25, Damage: 8]
      - Battle Cannon [1/1, Damage: 25, Deals Splash Damage if target isn't Large Class, or higher]

Spoiler: Buildings (click to show/hide)

6x Aegis Defence Barricades [25/25, Cover
7x Building Ruins [45/45, Large Cover]

Spoiler: Supplies (click to show/hide)

Ammunition: 5 Days Worth (Ammo will be counted in Days worth to keep things simple)
Medical Supplies: Scarce
Credits: 500 (Can be used to purchase Ammo, More Troops, Supports, Vehicles, Supplies, ETC.)

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

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...........................BBB
..................BB.........A
...................BB........A
.............................A
BBB................BB........A
BB...........................A
........B........BBB.........A
.......BB....................B
............................BB
B = Building (You can Place your Heavy Bolters Here, or in the open)
A = Aegis Defence Line

Spoiler: Author Note ~ Read This ~ (click to show/hide)

I was throwing this idea around with Gatleos in the RTD IRC, and he convinced me to run this (It was either this, or You are Tyranid). Note this game will be very lethal, and if you take stupid actions you will die, I have no qualms with killing the character if you take such actions. All of this will be a pretty simple game with combat rolls being 1d10s rolled for each squads accuracy, and then damage being dealt by subtracting armor from damage. Same goes for the Tyranids as well though they must first get through your barricades to attack you. Any questions please go ahead, and ask. Also note I have a very limited knowledge of the WH40K universe all of my info comes from the lexicanium wiki.

[Strife26]

Jacquelin Fritz
Female
Liberating all sorts of nonstandard equipment for the unit


I'm thinking that we put everything in the first line of buildings, hold the line there, and use the tank for a mobile reserve.

[Tiruin]

Aurelius Vorden
Male
Leadership, Charisma and an indomitable will.

[adwarf]

As a note I will allow naming of vehicles, and officer units, but average guardsmen, and such will remain unnamed. So later on I may allow some players to claim specific units like tanks, and officers.

Spoiler: Reputations (click to show/hide)

Hell Runners - This Regiment relies on fast hit-and-run tactics using Chimera Transports, Sentinels, and Ambushes to quickly wear down their enemy numbers. Of course they stand little chance in a straight up fight do to this style of fighting, and rely on the aid of other groups for help in defending important locales.
Current Leader: Major Velius Vernus
Base of Operations: None
Reputation: Liked

Spoiler: Rules (click to show/hide)

Combat:
All of this will be a pretty simple game with combat rolls being 1d10s rolled for each squads accuracy, and then damage being dealt by subtracting armor from damage. Same goes for the Tyranids as well though they must first get through your barricades to attack you. First initiative will be rolled adding any bonuses gained, then the groups will act in descending amount of initiative until all troops have gone. Damage calculations, and rolls shall be done as each group attacks another.

Tyranid Hives:
Tyranid Hives are locations where there are immensely high amounts of Tyranid forces gathered, and these places can be sieged by your forces to gain extra credits, special gear, higher rep among certain factions, new recruits, and Command Points. Of course Tyranid Hives will be extremely hard to destroy, and will require you to have at least a full regiment of ground forces, and a battalion of some form of vehicle to aid them in the siege.

Command Points:
Command Points are gained in battle by the main character, and his personal squad members. These can be used to give the characters skills, and abilities of some form, and are required before certain gear can be used. Command Points are mainly gained by surviving combat, and completing major quests, so be wary of your spending.

Credits:
Credits can be gained through completing missions, scavenging, and from trade deals with other regiments. These funds can be used to purchase contraband gear, extra vehicles, and even some soldiers if you grease the right palms. With these you can buy anything from a guardsman to a Leman Russ. Credits are an important resource as they are key in getting extra supplies, and forces easily, and swiftly.

Spoiler: Supports (click to show/hide)

Unknown

Spoiler: Tyranid Hives (click to show/hide)

Unknown

[mcclay]

Aurelius Vorden
Male
Leadership, Charisma and an indomitable will.

This and I'm fairly sure that it is lasgun not lazgun. Slight nitpicking but what ever.

[adwarf]

Thanks for pointing that out. If you see any errors please correct me to help increase my knowledge of the 40K universe

[mcclay]

Right, I know a good  amount of fluff so I should be able to help. The IG looooooovvvvvveeeeessssss their tanks so just one Leman Russ is a little on the low side, espically agianst 'Nids anything. 3 or 4 LRs and a few Baslisks are more like it.

[Strife26]

Not necessarily. While the IG loves their tanks, there is never enough anything to go around, we've only got 15 guardsmen, so it's perfectly reasonable just to have the one tank, which I put forward the name Imperial Grace for.

[adwarf]

Most of the IG forces were destroyed in the first waves of the Tyranid attack. All those that remain are spread very thin between numerous outposts, and town areas to cut off the Tyranids before they can reach the Hive Cities. You have one day until the first fleet arrives to assist in the battle for the planet. With them will come several regiments of guardsmen, a couple of tank battalions, a coupe dozen Basilisks, and two squads of Marines.

[Tiruin]

By Marines, you do mean the Astartes right? 

[adwarf]

By Marines, you do mean the Astartes right? 

Of course what did you think I was sending ya?

[adwarf]

Turn 1: Bellum Incentor Argo ...

It takes a bit, but it all comes back to you, your name, age, and skills pop right back in there, but now is not the time to be pondering how that happened. As you snap out of whatever amnesia took you over the vox crackles to life, and you hear someones voice coming through it, "This is the remains of the Hell Riders! Our position has been over-run, and we are pulling back. The Tyranids were to many, and we took to many casualties, and have numerous wounded. We will be going through the remains of Vulchers Pass in two hours. Be ready for incoming hostiles." With that the vox dies, and the area around you become eerily quiet to your ears.

You walk over to the remains of a window, and look out to find your men scurrying about down below as they push Aegis Defence Lines into position, and secure Heavy Bolter Emplacements in the more able of the structures. You shake your head in doubt about the coming days, and know that many of these men will never see their families again, for you face the Tyranid horde who number, so great that the very land can become nothing more then a writhing mass of flesh when they come in full force. The sound of clanking fills your ears as your tank, the Imperial Grace, pulls into place between two buildings.

You open the small file that was sent to you by the higher ups, and re-read it one more time (Two Missions Gained). The first missioe is of little interest as it tells you what you already know, you are to hold your position to the last man, and fight for every blade of grass they try to take from you. The second mission however is a lot more interesting, it seems that the village your men are holding contains a research lab with several flesh samples from a Norn Queen, and that a squad of Space Marines would be arriving the next day to hold the position, and prep for extraction of the samples. Apparently this takes higher importance than town.

When you finish one of the guardsmen comes running up to you, throws a hasty salute, and says 'Sir! Your orders sir!?"

Five Turns Until Arrival of the Hell Runners, and their Pursuers

Spoiler: Personal Status (click to show/hide)

Name: Aurelius Vorden
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Health: 10/10
Skills:
Natural Leader
Learned Silver Tongue
Experienced

Inventory:
Lasgun [8/8, Damage: 2]
Flak-Vest [Protection: 2]

Spoiler: Missions (click to show/hide)

Pro Imperium

Objective: You, and your men are to stand your ground, and fight. For the God-Emperor, and for the people of the Imperium stand, and fight. To the last man, to the last breath fight the Tyranid hordes, and do not let them take a single blade of grass without shedding every bit of blood, and sweat you can to hold it.

Success: You hold the village, and the Tyranid Forces are eradicated.

Failure: Your forces perish, and the Tyranid make it to the Hive Cities wiping out all humans on the planet.

Ob Secundum

Objective:You are to hold the Research Lab within the village until the Space Marines arrive, and it is taken of world for analysis, and research. These samples are vital, and are more important then the lives of all your men. The evac of the Samples will take an entire day, so we ask that you assist in protecting it until they are lifted of world. Afterwards the Marine Squad will march out to their next objective, aid them where you can. Attempt to spread word of this mission will have you face Inquisition.

Success: The Samples are Escorted off World.

Failure: The Tyranid Locate, and Destroy the Samples.

Spoiler: Your Forces (click to show/hide)

15x Guardsmen [HP: 8/8]
      - Lasgun [8/8, Damage: 2]
      - Flak-Vest [Protection: 2]

3x Heavy Bolter Emplacements [HP: 20/20]
      - Heavy Bolter [25/25, Damage: 8, Heavy Weapon, In Cover]

Imperial Grace, Leman Russ Battle Tank [85/85, Weapon Slots: 3/3, Large]
      - 2x Heavy Bolters [25/25, Damage: 8]
      - Battle Cannon [1/1, Damage: 25, Deals Splash Damage if target isn't Large Class, or higher]

Spoiler: Buildings (click to show/hide)

6x Aegis Defence Barricades [25/25, Cover
Top Right Occupied Building [45/45, Large Cover, Houses 1 Heavy Bolter Emp.]
Bottom Left Building [45/45, Large Cover, Houses 1 Heavy Bolter Emp.]
North-Most Center Building [45/45, Large Cover, Houses 1 Heavy Bolter Emp.]
4x Building Ruins [45/45, Large Cover]

Spoiler: Supplies (click to show/hide)

Ammunition: 5 Days Worth (Ammo will be counted in Days worth to keep things simple)
Medical Supplies: Scarce
Credits: 500 (Can be used to purchase Ammo, More Troops, Supports, Vehicles, Supplies, ETC.)

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

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RR............................BBB
RR...................BB.........A
......................BB........A
................................A
...BBB................BB........A
...BB..................G........A
...........B........BBB.........A
..........BB....................B
...............................BB
B = Building (You can Place your Heavy Bolters Here, or in the open)
A = Aegis Defence Line
R = Research Lab
G = Imperial Grace

[Tiruin]

(I'm assuming the 'A's on the map are the barricades and the open space is the outside.)

Move two Heavy Bolter emplacements to the 2nd to the topmost barricade and the other to the 2nd bottom most barricade. Place the third in the left-middlemost building for covering fire.

Move the Imperial Grace in front of one of the alleyways of the three buildings, prioritizing a fall-back position in case the barricades are broken.

Order 4 pairs of your men to the side of the empty barricades left. The rest garrison in buildings.

[adwarf]

Your Heavy Bolters are already in place in quite a good position are you sure you want to move them?

[adwarf]

> Sorry I accidentally clicked Quote instead of Modify <

You can also do more things then position troops. You could scout the surrounding area, search for supplies, contact the other outposts, do training drills (Requires Squads to be made), etc.

EDIT: Keep in mind your PDF, so you'll be looked down upon unless you can prove yourself. But don't worry the only officers near here are several galaxies away (This planet housed a Officer Academy, Needless to say it was the first to go down)