Chapter One
………………………………………………………………………………..………
…………………………..Sending Transmission ………………………
………….………………..
…..Date: 1294. M41……………
…..Planet: Inshyn Sabbat 6……..
…….Enemy: Blood Pact Chaos soldiers (Possible presence of Marines)
..Your Orders are as follows Brother Triton…………..
.Eliminate all presence of enemy troops.
Keep Endimos Safe he has great potential
Your secondary objective is to eliminate a general of the Blood Pact (allow this to be completed by Endimos he needs this as his rite of initiation)
……………………..The coordinates of Inshyn are sending now…………………….
…. Coordinates Received….
Please be careful Brother Marine all of Terra is praying for you.
Lord Ulac….
………. End Transmission…………
Triton looked up from the data slate. He had the look of a warrior and a rare fierceness in his eyes. He and his team were on a Thunderhawk transport en route to the Imperial fortress on the planet Inshyn. It was the 4th Sabbat planet inhabited in the Sabbat worlds.
He felt the gunship lurch as its thrusters engaged for decent through the atmosphere. As he felt the temperature of his chamber rise he knew it was show time. He assembled his gear which included the most holy of holies. The Space Marine armor and his bolter. Once he was fully dressed and donned his armor and ran through the specs of his suit which is connected directly to his nervous system by a sacred technology called the Black carapace. This allows him to feel with the armor on and it allows the armor to administer pain killers and anti-toxins.
The ship lurched one last time as the thrusters were disengaged and the Thunderhawk had landed safely and perfectly. Only a perfection learned by a space marine.
Triton stepped off the ship and as far as he could see were open plains. He knew that at once they must assemble a better defense. He completely ignored the honor guard and walked straight to the commanding officer of the imperial guard. His name was Lord Militant General Noches Strum.
As Triton approached Strum was a nervous as ever. The approaching marine was well over 7 feet tall and weighed about a quarter ton without his armor. Triton spoke to Strum about the lack of defense and Strum sent his best men to work. There will be a wall to help hold off the enemy forces. Every 20 feet there will be a heavy bolter turret armed by the strongest men of the Imperial guard. In front of the wall there will be trenches networked together will fall back routes to the wall. A plan this good could only come from someone as experienced as Triton. This battle will be his 600th and he will have to make one hell of a sacrifice to the God Emperor as thanks for letting him be so victorious.
About a quarter mile away the marines of 4th company were dismounting their Thunderhawks and setting up their equipment. A neophyte by the name of Endimos walked off the ramp followed by more space marines and their equipment.
Let's break away from the story for a few and let me tell you a little bit of information-
Endimos is a scout. Scouts also called neophytes are basically Space Marines in training. They still have to prove themselves on the battlefield but they have donned their first set of power armor made of the same materials as the Space Marine armor but not as large and not connected with a black carapace. They basically go through a "Baptism of Fire".
Back to the story-
Endimos was a 3rd year trainee, he was nearing the end of his training but had one last very important mission to accomplish before he can be officially called a Space Marine.
Endimos went over to his equipment and thought about what to bring on his mission. He was to assassinate a leading figure in the Chaos Blood Pact regime. This person was a general and a traitor. He had spilled all but a few of his secrets of the Imperial guard to the Chaos and now he must die with the last of his secrets. Endimos had finally made up his mind. He would take his sniper rifle with 3 spare 6 round clips and he would take his sacred war-katana. Once he assembled his gear he donned his camouflage cloak sheathed his katana and strapped it to his back, dumped the sniper clips into his magazine holders built into his webbing and finally put the strap of the rifle over his shoulder with the rifle in his hands he walk over to his Commanding officer. Brother Triton.
Triton was loading his drum magazine full of mass reactive bolter shells when the neophyte by the name of Endimos approached. He made the sign of the aquila and show triton that he was ready. "Brother I am ready to fulfill the Emperor's last request. I have loaded my weapon and donned my gear, I am ready. Just say the word and I shall begin". "Dear Neophyte I will arrange a diversion to get you a clear path straight into the heart of the enemy position." replied Triton. "We will loan you a bike and I will send 3 Predator tanks in a triangle position with you in the middle. They will plow you a path through the front lines and will break away when you are all clear. Do you understand that?" "Yes Sir!" replied Endimos as he ran off towards the motor pool where three tanks and a bike were waiting already primed to go by the Techmarines.
