In the dark years of the 40th millennium, war has not changed. War is still fought with soldiers who are lead by officers. Officers, given what little power needed to lead, command soldiers who are loyal to him, therefore if the officer is deemed a heretic, then his men are known as traitors. The highest officials are Inquisitors, who have god like power over a section of the human empire, the Imperium. Unlike an officer, a Inquisitor is rarely deemed a heretic do to their power which in turns creates what many fear, an Inquisitor heretic with god like powers commanding several million live to his will.
Chapter One – The Team---Planet Armageddon---
The Valkyrie dropship flew lower to the ground, blazing at the speed of sound over the barren wastelands. Flying beside it was two other Valkyries and three Thunderbolt Fighterships. Below them, some sixty feet, were the Steel Legion regiments and a green sea of orks, splashing against the steel of the Imperial Guard tanks.
Sergeant Demoritus Adrian, commander of the 19th Steel Legion Stormtrooper Company, was embarked on the lead Valkyrie. Beside him was Viktor Blood, the oldest in the squad and probably the wisest man Demoritus had ever known. Nicklas Mckie, the newest member in the squad was a harden veteran in the 101st Cadian. Chris Virgo, the man with bombs, was the company's best demolition expert and very smart when it came to explosives. And Sellene Ashford, the squad's communications expert, had been to the Mardian's training academy and could have been an officer if she truly wanted to be. Across from Demoritus was Leon Blackwood along with his heavy flamer. On his left shoulder pad was a row of medals, not normally worn in combat, of each campaign and honor he had won up to date. Next to him was the largest man in the company, Deng Xiaophing, the squads heavy weapons expert and his custom heavy stubber, a .50 cal machinegun that ripped through steel like it was paper. Yuri Blin, company scout and the best marksmen Demoritus had ever seen. The man had a white tally mark for every enemy leader he had killed and his once gray armor was turning white from tally marks. Decimus Forsythe was the company's private preacher, holding his book of prayers and a plasma pistol; he had seen the bowls of hell and traveled back to say what he had found. And then there was Julius Adair, the combat medic who never had anyone die on her. This was team Delta, an elite team of the best warriors the Imperium has to offer next to the Space Marines.
The squad was in complete silence inside the Valkyrie as it flew over the battlefield. Everyone was in his or her private prayer, as they all knew that any given moment they could die. No one had moved or said a word for an hour after they left the capital city and continued till the click of the intercom was heard as the voice of the pilot came over them.
"Entering air combat zone. Need air support on the left flank from ork fighters. Over."
The compartment grew quit then a robotic voice of a pilot servitor from a Thunderbolt came in.
"Roger that Valkyrie two nine three. We will engage ork fighters to clear a path to your designated LZ. Over."
"Copy that. Valkyrie Two Six Five and Valkyrie Two Zero Seven, clear run ways after we approach LZ. Command says that the area is crawling with orks and we have no room to land on the runway at all. Use only autocannons and Hellfire missiles, over."
"This is Valkyrie Two Six Five. We copy that and are ready to rock and roll. Over."
"Valkyrie Two Zero Seven is locked and loaded for runway construction. Over"
Demoritus was in the back of the crew compartment watching the battle unfold below him when two burning ork fighters flew by and crashed into the green sea. The Valkyrie shifted to the left as it descended closer to the ground. The thuds of the Valkrie's 105mm automatic cannons sounded inside the compartment as the outpost came into Demoritus' site. The Valkyries fired its twenty hell fire missiles into the sea of orks, creating massive balls of flames and charred orks around the outpost.
The intercom came back on and the sounds of the pilot's compartments that sat right above the forward mounted autocannons which could be heard over the pilots voice as he tried to shout.
"LZ approaching! Preparing for runway construction! Stormtroopers, man your stations! Over!"
Demoritus stood up along with his men. Still holding onto his power sword and hellpistol, he faced the hot wind as it blew into the crew compartment of the dropship when it came to a halt. Speaking into his personal headset he called out to his men.
"Squad Delta sound off! Then give me a weapons check, were going in hotter then ever so I need everyone in tip top shape got that!"
The squad responded with the squads name "Delta". Once all nine had came back on the comm-link with "Delta" Demoritus unsheathed his power sword and readied himself for the fight.
Decimus' voice came through the head set with the Imperium's war cry, "For the Steel Legion, For Armageddon, For the Emperor!"
The rest of the squad came back with a shout of, "For the 19th Stormtrooper Company!"
The intercom came back to life with the pilot shouting, "Touch down in three...two...one touch down. Move it, move it, move it!"
The dropship's bottom boosters flared up to slow the landing as it neared to LZ. The Valkrie's landing gears crushed several corpses as it hit the ground splattering the entrails of the fried ork bodies.
Demoritus jumped out of the Valkyrie with his hellpistol blazing and power sword at the ready. Aiming and firing his hellpistol into the mob, pounding into the heads of orks as they attempted to assault the storm troopers, leaving smoldering holes in their skulls. Demoritus charged into the nearby mod hacking and slashing through the massive, bulky bodies of the green xenos, spilling blood on the ground. He cut into an ork's ribs, slicing it in two, then turning onto another ork, riddling its chest with smoking holes. From the side of him an ork jumped out with its large axe, swinging it wildly, Demoritus turn around to meet the ork head on and severed the creature's head off with one sweep of his power sword.
Leon and Viktor jumped out behind their Sergeant, putting fire down on Orks as they ran at the Valkyrie. Leon poured the chemical flames of his heavy flamer into the ork rank, leaving charred bodies where they once stood. Viktor fired volleys of las fire from his Hellgun, ripping through the ork's thick skin. Both Viktor and Leon meet their Sergeant and took their position by Demoritus.
A group of orks near by targeted the Valkyrie and fired upon it with five of their missile launchers. The pilot saw the flames of the rockets and quickly attempted to take off. The rocket smashed into the right wing, clipping it and taking a lascannon with it. Demoritus watched as the Valkyrie took off to join back up with the other two, which had dropped off the other two Storm trooper squads near the underground bunker complex.
Demoritus turned to Viktor and Leon.
"I need you two to meet up with the rest of the squad in the bunker complex! I'll get the sentry turrets online to give you guys covering fire!"
Leon shook his head and they both took off into the layers of the outpost. Demoritus ran across the ground of charred orks, shooting three rounds into anything that moved. When he reached the small security bunker he heard the sounds of the ork automatic weapons and the swift sound of Eldar shrunken rounds on the other side.