Intro:
When Inquisitor Mathias of the Ordo Malleus scented the taint of chaos upon Powaqqatsi VII, he was in a dire situation, he had long been in the red zone of his ordo. His tactics and methods where looked down upon by the more “pure” members of his ordo, and there where whispers of him being tainted by chaos.
Mathias, of course, knew that this wasn’t true, his faith was as strong as ever, but that didn’t change his situation.
As he stood there on his ship, looking at the planet from orbit, he could feel its tainted presence reaching out to him. Laughing at him, for not being able to destroy it. He couldn’t even send his own men, he didn’t trust them, he knew that most of them where double agents of other inquisitors. He couldn’t call another inquisitor either, they would simply take all the honour, he would be called weak for not being able to deal with it himself. And he would be another step closer to the abyss.
“Emperor forgive me”
He had to do it again.
He had to use mercs.
He had to call the Firedragons.
When Mathias first had met them, and their leader, the renegade marine Coatl, he had still been an Acolyte under Inquisitor Ernest, he had been young and idealistic. He thought that Chaos could be fought with a fiery hammer, like those foolish Puritians, later he had learned the harsh lesson that chaos had to be fought on its own field, with a poisoned dagger in the back. Back then, all those many years ago, he had loathed them, these mercenaries, they where traitors and scum. He hadn’t changed his opinion about that, he still despised them, but he saw them as necessary scum.
Now, after so much struggling and work, he could finally exit the red zone, after the taint had been cleansed, he would make sure that the other inquisitors somehow would find out about his success, he could finally prove that his methods where justified!
The mercenaries where successful (as always), they destroyed the source of the taint (an ancient temple deep within the jungles.) by using “His Almighty God-Emperors Most Holy Explosives of Cleansing Foul Taints and Pestilences, as well as Purging Filthy Xenos and Mutants”. He would then “forget” to pick them up again, and leave them there to their fate. He might have felt bad for betraying their longtime trust, but as an Inquisitor, that would be showing weakness, and weakness eventually lead to heresy, and no good Inquisitors are Heretics.
So the Mercenaries where left on a planet filled with hostile Feral Orks, and with no means to leave, and no populated planets nearby, things where looking grim.
But even in the Grim Darkness of the Grimdark future, things sometimes go Just as Planned.
Only a week after the inquisitor left, the Tau Cadre of Shas’o Tianh arrived, seeing an un-populated planet right for the taking.
While the planet was without resources and Imperial population, it had strategical importance, so Segmentum Command set the Krieg 51th Infantry Division under command of Fieldmarshall Hans Grubern on the job of preventing the Tau from taking the planet.
So now, the small group of Mercenaries are trapped between two massive forces.
Will they survive?
Wut r we doin den?:
You are the Firedragons, a group of mercenaries who take in recruits from all the different races and factions. During your last mission, you where ditched on a planet filled with hostile Feral Orks.
Characters:
There are currently 8 Character Slots, 6 designated (to limit the amount of people choosing to be Guardsmen/Spess Mehrens) and 2 random (If somebody absolutely have to be a special race):
Slot 1, Space Marine: SquigPie
Slot 2, Space Marine: Liten
Slot 3, Guardsman: Teh Killer
Slot 4, Tau:
Slot 5, Eldar: Brad
Slot 6, Ork: Warboss Nooka
Slot 7, Human: Destiny
Slot 8, Random:
There are also 8 slots for class (Heavy Weapons, Special Weapons, etc.)
Slot 1, Heavy Weapons: SquigPie
Slot 2, Special Weapons: Destiny
Slot 3, Assault: Teh Killer
Slot 4, Demolitions:
Slot 5, Stealth: Brad
Slot 6, Sniper: Liten
Slot 7, Random:
Slot 8, Bashin': Warboss Nooka
There are also 8 Side Jobs (Cook, Medic etc.) you can be:
Slot 1, Commander: SquigPie
Slot 2, Second-in-Command:
Slot 3, Cook, Hunter and Supplies Master: Brad
Slot 4, Medic: Teh Killer
Slot 5, Mechanic:
Slot 6, Ammunition (Carries extra ammo): Destiny
Slot 7, Scout, Pathfinder: Liten
Slot 8, Jack-of-All (does a little bit of everything): Warboss Nooka?
Character Sheet:
BASICS:
Quote: (Something that sums up your character, like, if you’re an ork, the quote might be “WAAAAAAAAAGH”)
Name: (Your character title, full name, called name)
Race: (Look above)
Class: (Look above)
Side Job: (Look Above)
Sex: (Male, Female, Asexual (Ork))
LOOKS:
Height: (in metres and centimetres)
Physical: (Muscular, large hands etc.)
Facial: (Long scar, broad mouth, red eyes etc.)
Other: (anything not covered by the previous.)
BACKGROUND:
Pre-Firedragons: (Where he/she was born, reasons for becoming an outcast)
Joining the Firedragons: (How did he/she meet them? Why did he/she join them?)
Firedragons: (what happened during his/her time with the dragons? His/hers relationships with the other members).
On Powaqqatsi: (How did he/she take getting left behind on a desolate planet, how have he/she survived?)
EQUIPMENT:
Weapon(s): (Shotgun, bolter, plasma gun, shoota, etc.)
Clothings: (Power Armor, Ranger cloak, Flak armor, etc.)
Combat Equipment: (Grenades, extra ammo, etc.)
Non-Combat Equipment: (Booze, food, picture of family, etc.)
This is the thread for joining and discussing rules and style. New Characters will be edited into the first post.
MY CHARACTER:
BASICS:
Quote: “The Emperor have abandoned me, I gave up my life, my loved ones, for what? For him, and for Glory. What Glory have I been granted? The glory of murdering innocents, of watching my comrades dying around me. I have lost so much, and gained nothing.
No More”
Name: Coatl Ankantaki
Race/Faction: Human, Space Marine, Sauron Guard (Inka/Aztec/Mayan inspired Marines).
Class: Heavy Weapons
Side Job: Commander
Sex: Male
LOOKS:
Height: 3,10 Metres
Physical: Muscular and Massive as all Astartes
Facial: Wooden and emotionless,. Mostly wears helmet.
Other: deep, calm voice. Awe-inspiring
BACKGROUND:
Pre-Firedragons: Coatl used to be a devastator in the Sauron Guard Chapter, one day, during a battle where he watched his entire squad getting murdered, something snapped inside of him, he looted a nearby dead Terminator of his Assault Cannon, and left the battlefield. His chapter never realised this (or wouldn’t admit it out of shame) and listed him as KIA. This is probably why they never hunted him down.
Joining the Firedragons: He didn’t join the Dragons, HE CREATED THEM. After having left the chapter, he spent many years drifting aimlessly amongst different worlds, one day, he gathered a group of outcasts like himself, and thus formed the Firedragons, now,
Firedragons: 150 years later, He still leads them, the original Dragons are all dead except from himself, but members are quickly replaced. Due to the group now being somewhat famous. It have taken him a little time to get used to the new members, but he enjoys their respect, eldar, humans, and orks (His dark green armor, large size, and the high amounts of dakka he delivers, makes him very orky) alike.
On Powaqqatsi: He weren’t exactly happy when he realised that Mathias had left them upon the planet, but he have desperately tried to keep his group together, they have now garrisoned themselves inside a hut in the swamps
EQUIPMENT:
Weapon(s): When he left his chapter, he looted an assault cannon from a terminator, this weapon have since served him well. And he have modified it for his own use (imagine it as if he where using a real-life Minigun). In close quarters, he uses a combat knife.
Clothings: an old and battered Power Armor, he usually wears a helmet (Mk 3)
Combat Equipment: Frak and Krak Grenades, and a Melta Bombs.
Non-Combat Equipment: A picture of his home planet (Maya).
Edited by SquigPie, 18 August 2009 - 08:54.