Authors note: Fallout 3 is property of Bethesda and Warhammer is property of Games Workshop.

Please note that very few characters of 'cannon' origin will be in this story. The Lone Wanderer may or may not make an appearance, they will be mentioned however. This story takes place after the battle at Project Purity. Please Read and review. Anonymous reviews are welcomed so long as it's not flaming. R&R and enjoy!

The Blood Ravens are property of Games Workshop and relic. Aramus (c) to Chris Roberson and credit will be given as characters appear. For the Blood Ravens this takes place after the near destruction of their recruiting grounds. Any event referanced will be from Relic's game "DAWN of WAR II"

~Forever-Frayd

Prologue:

War never changes. That statement is both a contradiction and a truth. War is a forever changing condition the world suffers through it's ages. In a manner of speaking it changes, the form it takes, the tactics that evolved themselves to fit more efficient or brutal methods of killing, this is the contradiction. However, war will always exist, war will always harm those who fight for the very thing spawned by the absence of said war, and war shall always be the second half of an endless cycle to preserve the existence of peace. This, is the truth in the statement.

Even as the sun hid itself beyond the horizon of Joshua Keir's view, even as the stars revealed themselves, he could see the battles the coming weeks would bring. See the lasers, the artillery, the empty casings of bullets shot with one purpose. Death. Walking down one of the new battlements added to the Citadel he listened to the clanking of his power armor on the grating. The sound of metal hitting metal as his helmet bounced at his side. The soft hum of the laser rifle strapped to his back.

"This is Paladin Keir, northeast battlement secure, no movement," he reported as he removed his helmet from his belt and put it on over his head. The night vision activating as soon as the UV sensors recognized the absence of the sun.

"Roger Paladin Keir, continue your shift and make sure the unit stays up and alert, because of the doc's kid the Enclave has a new interest in the area…"

"Noted, continuing watch…" Josh often times grew tired of nightwatch, and had his unit not suffered the casualties they had, they might have still been fighting on the front line. But the pure and simple fact of the matter was that they needed to defend the Citadel and, with no re-enforcements coming, they had to make sure the units that ventured into the wasteland had the ability to come home.

"Paladin Keir, we have movement. Calculated but heavy, looks like the Enclave is trying a new approach. Verified demon armor, Northwest battlement. Engage?"

Keir turned and reached around for his laser rifle, enjoying the feel of it's weight in his hands as he ran to the battlement he had been at a moment before "This is Paladin Keir, I need lights in the sky!"

As he gave the order a series of flares flew into the air, lighting the area around the Citadel in a reddish light. Which glinted off of the armor of the Enclave soldiers in a way that only added to the ferocious look of their Mark II armors.

"Engage! Engage!" he snapped his rifle up and fired a beam through the helmet of on soldier, only to have the body pushed away and replaced with one that could still move "fire only when given a chance! Do not use up a shot if you don't have the bastards in your sights!" They were about to be in for a very long night…

"Coming out of warp now Captain, in three, two, one…" the serf in front of the command dais reported with practiced ease.

As space rematerialized around them, Captain Aramus of the Blood Ravens 5th company stared at the barren wasteland that was the planet called 'Earth'. The co-ordinates they had followed were hoped by the Chapter Master to have been co-ordinates to a planet with either chapter relics, or even a new recruiting ground. However, it seemed as if there was little life on this planet.

"Do a life scan on the planet," Aramus crossed his arms, taking his hand off of the hilt of his powersword.

"Yes sir…Captain initial scans show a dramatically decreased population count," the serf reported "from it's hive status it is now a wasteland,"

"In numbers?"

"From approximately seven billion, the population is now somewhere in the millions, if that,"

Aramus scowled and turned, walking to the door before stopping "Call all Sergeants to the briefing room, there is a new matter that must be discussed,"

"So, that is our situation," Aramus concluded "I am going to send tenth squad down to investigate the, as of three hours ago, most active area of this wasteland, they are to report any and all activity."

"You got it Captain, the Tenth and I will go down and get a better understanding of the situation," Cyrus, the scout sergeant, nodded.

"Good, if there are any relics down there, we need to obtain them and return to Chapter space," Aramus nodded "Emperor be with you,"

"Always Captain,"

Josh did a quick headcount. He had lost two more men, but thankfully that's all he had lost. With Liberty Prime defending Project Purity, they were left severely underpowered. The few squads that were left in the Citadel and not out fighting had gotten good at defending their territory, but something needed to change. The Brotherhood did it's best with what it had, but it's best was quickly becoming not enough.

"Paladin Keir, we have incoming from the sky, a streak of light appeared and then slammed into the DC wastes, out by GNR," a report came in "be prepared for more targets within the next few hours!"

"Roger…lets see what happens," Josh sighed and replaced the microfusion cells in his laser rifle as he watched his men scavenging through the Enclave bodies for anything useful "lets just see what happens…"

Authors note: Chapter 1 will be longer, this was written as of course an intro, and to see who was interested. If you liked it, review and let me know ^_^