p id="docs-internal-guid-c74c1ab8-7fff-daa3-0d46-9f0974a85071" dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Chapter 4: The 10th company scouts./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" They were in the armory, learning how to use their new armor. Strapped into the stands they practiced. The scouts powered armor didn't utilize the black carapace, so the use of it is harder then the standard marine armor. They were near the end of their practice, learning how to do complex movements with both their hands and feet. This continued for hours until they were released, serfs and tech priests removing their armor and securing it. They exited the armory returning to their bunks to change out of their training gear. They changed and continued Marksman training before getting food in the mess hall. There they finally had a chance to relax and talk. "I'm still a better shot then you Tatrasiel. You tried, but you still can't beat me." Jogem laughed after saying this, followed by Tatrasiel chuckling. "I get closer every day. I'll get there eventually." Tatrasiel said. Casios and Turiel continued to eat, not talking but laughed at the exchange. Casios then responded. "Hey now. At least you 2 are better than Sachael. I'm starting to think he's missing on purpose." Sachael sighed and laughed a bit "Hey now, what do you mean? Im a better shot then you." Casios looked at him and shook his head. "Just because you can get a tighter grouping with a bolt pistol doesn't mean you're a better shot. And I'm better than you at close combat as well." "You are definitely not better then me at fighting. That is not true at all." Sachael said, a bit dumbfounded. "I am definitely a better fighter than you." Casios said. Turiel spoke up "Well how about we settle it then. You 2 fight and we see who wins. Unarmed combat." /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" All of them agreed with that and finished eating, before heading to an open spot on the ship. Casios and Sachael got ready as the other members watched. Tatrasiel spoke up "Remember now, no maiming or killing." He bellowed after that statement as they all laughed, and Casios swung at Sachael. Sachael dodged the punch and hit Casios in the face as he kneed him before trying to take him down. Casios remainder and threw Sachael down. He tried to mount him as Sachael threw him off and mounted Casios, and started to pound him as Casios tried to throw him off, and failed. This continued as Turiel stepped in and ended the fight. He spoke "I think we can agree that Sachael won that." Casios stood up and stretched "Yup. He won." Jogem spoke up "Well let's go. Haven't slept in a couple days. Could really use some. They left and showered before heading to sleep. They were woken up by their sergeant at around 0200 ship time. Halbreon spoke "Scouts, your first deployment is up. Head to the armory and get your armor on and weapons. Let's go." They rushed to the armory and got their armor put on by the techpriests and went to the armorer. They were given the gauss Stalker bolters along with a dozen charges, which was around 6000 rounds, 500 each charge. They put their helmets on, as they walked to the briefing room. There were other scouts and a squad of astartes there as well. They lined up as the Force Commander started the briefing. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" Force Commander Bariel spoke "There is a cultist uprising on planet Julleis, which we are orbiting. As you know, this chapter is tasked with helping destroy chaotic forces in this part of the Imperium. It is a hive planet, and an important hub for trade and recruitment. The PDF forces are already deployed and fighting. 7th and 8th company ships should be arriving also. You are the only ship here from the 10th company so don't expect more. Prepare for deployment." Halbrean ran up, with a sniper as he put his helmet on. "Let's go. Follow me to the hangar. This is your first deployment, follow me and do what I say." The squad members spoke as they followed him "Yes Sir". They ran to the hangar with the other scout squads and boarded the thunderhawks. The hangar opened as multiple fighters disembarked. The Thunderhawk pilots entered and exited the hangar, the Strke Cruiser and its escorts the only ships in orbit. The 5 strike craft flew towards the planet, equipped for both atmospheric and orbital combat. As they entered the atmosphere rotations thrusters were retracted and the wings were extended. As they approached anti air fire increased hitting their thunder hawks, bouncing off the armor plating. Interceptors were launched and quickly taken care of by the escorts. Multiple bombers were launched behind them and fired their ordinance, decimating the ground forces including numerous armor detachments and anti air and armor emplacements. They fired their second round of ordnance as the third was loaded. The thunderhawk landed and the scouts departed, the thunderhawk took off and flew back out of atmosphere as did the escorts. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" Sergeant Halbrean lead his squad and grouped up with the other scout squad, as the normal astartes dropped in friendly lines moved to help the PDF forces. Halbrean spoke "Our job is reconnaissance and sabotage. I will head south and scout out the main force. Sergeant Duriel scout the south and the armored forces. Pick up and move out." The 2 scout squads parted ways and continued through the forest, the HUD on their helmets highlighting possible organic life, showing no humans. The sergeant stopped and got down as multiple life signs appeared on their helmet, multiple people around 2 dozen seen coming from the west. The scout members got down and spread out further. Halbrean opened his VOX "if they are hostile don't engage unless I give the command." /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" 2 dozen cultists were going through the forest with heavy weapons going south towards their lines. A couple had mortars and radios. Halbrean picked up his sniper and aimed. He spoke "fire" the scouts opened fire. Tatrasiel killed a couple of cultists, evaporating their upper torso and head. They were cut down as they moved up. The planet reminding him of Cthonia. He winced internally at that. His dead friends and family coming back to haunt him again. He shook his head and continued, as they checked the bodies. "Markings of chaos undivided, and trackers. They are active we have to move now". They left the scene after setting proximity charges for whoever came to investigate. They advanced through the forests coming to an encampment. Cultists were moving around firing heavy artillery pieces and moving armor around. It was a huge encampment with hundreds of not thousands of cultists. Halbrean stopped and looked through his scope. "We should try and destroy this encampment, at least the artillery pieces. It is vital we scout the camp as well." "Sir, why don't we call in a bombing run to destroy the camp?" Sachiel questioned. "Because, it is most likely protected by heavy anti air weapons. It would be extremely risky to call in a strike." Halbrean answered. Halbrean said "Tatrasiel and Casios head East. Jogem give me your bolter." Jogem gives him it and is given the sniper rifle "You are the best shot out of your squad. Take it and provide overwatch. I'll head forward with Sachael. Casios and Tatrasiel, you will provide fire support as well and serve as the backup demolitions. Let's move." Halbrean ordered. Halbrean headed west with Sachael. Casios and Tatrasiel headed east observing the camp as Jogem set up the sniper. Halbrean put on his camo cloak as did Sachael. The cloak covered most of their body with not much exposed. They entered the camp as Tatrasiel and Casios scanned the camp looking for anybody that posed a threat. As Halbream and Sachael got closer they stopped. Halbrean looked around a corner and Unholstered his supressed stalker Bolter and aimed. He waited for the next volley and dropped some cultists as they continued. He opened his VOX to the squad. "Tatrasiel and Casios, prepare to open fire on my mark. Aim for the gunners on the artillery cannons. We need to take them down. Jogem, kill anybody who looks like a threat once we've started." He ran up and looked around at the first set of artillery cannons. They were packed together and he pulled out his demolition charge. He spoke "once I throw this charge kill anybody left alive in this area. Sachael deal with the second grouping. We'll continue like this till we destroy them all." He armed hus charge as Sachael ran to the next grouping and armed his own demolitions charge. They both threw theirs and they landed on the ground. Shortly after they exploded, sending a shockwave around as they also detonated the ammo completely destroying the guns. Tatrasiel and Casios opened fire on anybody alive near the guns as the 2 moved up to the next 10 artillery guns. Cultists in the camp were converging on them as the artillery continued firing. The Astartes came upon the second grouping as the fire support opened fire on the cultists. They threw their next set as they continued and saw at least a dozen more along with a couple anti air emplacements./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" Halbrean reopened the VOX "change of plan. We are going for the anti air emplacements. Continue to provide fire support." They ran up as Tatrasiel gunned down half a dozen cultists, and Jogem killed one that appeared to have a heavy weapon. Halbrean engaged with a couple cultists before reaching the emplacement and destroying it, as did Sachael. They continued and hid around a corner, the camo cloaks saving them again from being seen. He pulled a melta grenade and threw it at the bunker, which punctured it and melted the contents inside detonating the ammo. Halbrean reopened the VOX "their anti air has been severely hampered. Tatrasiel and Casios fall back and disengage. Jogem regroup with us at co-ordinates 141.3 November-4. Call in aerial bombardment of the camp." Tatrasiel and Casios continued the firefight, an autogun round shattered on his shoulder as he killed the one who shot him. Sachael reloaded his weapon as Tatrasiel continued firing. They set off a smoke gernade and fell back, the bodies of cultists spread throughout the flat camp that they had slaughtered. Jogem has opened a VOX link and called for an air strike on the camp. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" Multiple Venator heavy bombers flew down and launched a barrage of hellfire melta missles and plasma torpedoes destroying emplacements in the camp, before strafing with their auto cannons causing immense damage. They launched 2 more barrages silencing the camp before disengaging. The camp ablaze and in ruins, artillery fire on the PDF forces gone. Allied artillery could focus on bombarding the enemy force now instead of counter battery actions. The squad regrouped and retreated into the forest to continue their scouting mission, not encountering enemy patrols or camps along the way. The southern recon had been successful and were being extracted to be relocated to the front to provide support. Halbreans squad continued, eventually finding signs of life with tracks in the mud from vehicles and men, along with destroyed trees and such. They soon encountered members of the Vanguard forces, scouting out the rear. Many field artillery pieces out of range kept in reserve for further bombardments, along with this were huge numbers of cultists and enemy armored vehicles. They saw a predator tank and that stopped them. Halbrean looked at it before turning to his squad "That is a predator tank. That means there must be traitor astartes here. Is… is that the iron warriors symbol?" Tatrasiel spoke up "That is a predator of the Iron warriors legion. Where the marines are I'm not sure, but you are correct." Halbrean took note and made sure his VOX recording had captured it. He continued moving down the tree line until he had fully observed the site. At this point he VOXd for a pickup and was extracted for rearming and to be dropped off to support the troops at the front line. His squad was brought back to the cruiser where they were removed from their armor and taken to the armory again. There, were different sets of armor. One with a power sword and shield, the others with chain swords and a shield./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" They were in the armory, learning how to use their new armor. Strapped into the stands they practiced. The scouts powered armor didn't utilize the black carapace, so the use of it is harder then the standard marine armor. They were near the end of their practice, learning how to do complex movements with both their hands and feet. This continued for hours until they were released, serfs and tech priests removing their armor and securing it. They exited the armory returning to their bunks to change out of their training gear. They changed and continued Marksman training before getting food in the mess hall. There they finally had a chance to relax and talk. "I'm still a better shot then you Tatrasiel. You tried, but you still can't beat me." Jogem laughed after saying this, followed by Tatrasiel chuckling. "I get closer every day. I'll get there eventually." Tatrasiel said. Casios and Turiel continued to eat, not talking but laughed at the exchange. Casios then responded. "Hey now. At least you 2 are better than Sachael. I'm starting to think he's missing on purpose." Sachael sighed and laughed a bit "Hey now, what do you mean? Im a better shot then you." Casios looked at him and shook his head. "Just because you can get a tighter grouping with a bolt pistol doesn't mean you're a better shot. And I'm better than you at close combat as well." "You are definitely not better then me at fighting. That is not true at all." Sachael said, a bit dumbfounded. "I am definitely a better fighter than you." Casios said. Turiel spoke up "Well how about we settle it then. You 2 fight and we see who wins. Unarmed combat." /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" All of them agreed with that and finished eating, before heading to an open spot on the ship. Casios and Sachael got ready as the other members watched. Tatrasiel spoke up "Remember now, no maiming or killing." He bellowed after that statement as they all laughed, and Casios swung at Sachael. Sachael dodged the punch and hit Casios in the face as he kneed him before trying to take him down. Casios remainder and threw Sachael down. He tried to mount him as Sachael threw him off and mounted Casios, and started to pound him as Casios tried to throw him off, and failed. This continued as Turiel stepped in and ended the fight. He spoke "I think we can agree that Sachael won that." Casios stood up and stretched "Yup. He won." Jogem spoke up "Well let's go. Haven't slept in a couple days. Could really use some. They left and showered before heading to sleep. They were woken up by their sergeant at around 0200 ship time. Halbreon spoke "Scouts, your first deployment is up. Head to the armory and get your armor on and weapons. Let's go." They rushed to the armory and got their armor put on by the techpriests and went to the armorer. They were given the gauss Stalker bolters along with a dozen charges, which was around 6000 rounds, 500 each charge. They put their helmets on, as they walked to the briefing room. There were other scouts and a squad of astartes there as well. They lined up as the Force Commander started the briefing. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" Force Commander Bariel spoke "There is a cultist uprising on planet Julleis, which we are orbiting. As you know, this chapter is tasked with helping destroy chaotic forces in this part of the Imperium. It is a hive planet, and an important hub for trade and recruitment. The PDF forces are already deployed and fighting. 7th and 8th company ships should be arriving also. You are the only ship here from the 10th company so don't expect more. Prepare for deployment." Halbrean ran up, with a sniper as he put his helmet on. "Let's go. Follow me to the hangar. This is your first deployment, follow me and do what I say." The squad members spoke as they followed him "Yes Sir". They ran to the hangar with the other scout squads and boarded the thunderhawks. The hangar opened as multiple fighters disembarked. The Thunderhawk pilots entered and exited the hangar, the Strke Cruiser and its escorts the only ships in orbit. The 5 strike craft flew towards the planet, equipped for both atmospheric and orbital combat. As they entered the atmosphere rotations thrusters were retracted and the wings were extended. As they approached anti air fire increased hitting their thunder hawks, bouncing off the armor plating. Interceptors were launched and quickly taken care of by the escorts. Multiple bombers were launched behind them and fired their ordinance, decimating the ground forces including numerous armor detachments and anti air and armor emplacements. They fired their second round of ordnance as the third was loaded. The thunderhawk landed and the scouts departed, the thunderhawk took off and flew back out of atmosphere as did the escorts. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" Sergeant Halbrean lead his squad and grouped up with the other scout squad, as the normal astartes dropped in friendly lines moved to help the PDF forces. Halbrean spoke "Our job is reconnaissance and sabotage. I will head south and scout out the main force. Sergeant Duriel scout the south and the armored forces. Pick up and move out." The 2 scout squads parted ways and continued through the forest, the HUD on their helmets highlighting possible organic life, showing no humans. The sergeant stopped and got down as multiple life signs appeared on their helmet, multiple people around 2 dozen seen coming from the west. The scout members got down and spread out further. Halbrean opened his VOX "if they are hostile don't engage unless I give the command." /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" 2 dozen cultists were going through the forest with heavy weapons going south towards their lines. A couple had mortars and radios. Halbrean picked up his sniper and aimed. He spoke "fire" the scouts opened fire. Tatrasiel killed a couple of cultists, evaporating their upper torso and head. They were cut down as they moved up. The planet reminding him of Cthonia. He winced internally at that. His dead friends and family coming back to haunt him again. He shook his head and continued, as they checked the bodies. "Markings of chaos undivided, and trackers. They are active we have to move now". They left the scene after setting proximity charges for whoever came to investigate. They advanced through the forests coming to an encampment. Cultists were moving around firing heavy artillery pieces and moving armor around. It was a huge encampment with hundreds of not thousands of cultists. Halbrean stopped and looked through his scope. "We should try and destroy this encampment, at least the artillery pieces. It is vital we scout the camp as well." "Sir, why don't we call in a bombing run to destroy the camp?" Sachiel questioned. "Because, it is most likely protected by heavy anti air weapons. It would be extremely risky to call in a strike." Halbrean answered. Halbrean said "Tatrasiel and Casios head East. Jogem give me your bolter." Jogem gives him it and is given the sniper rifle "You are the best shot out of your squad. Take it and provide overwatch. I'll head forward with Sachael. Casios and Tatrasiel, you will provide fire support as well and serve as the backup demolitions. Let's move." Halbrean ordered. Halbrean headed west with Sachael. Casios and Tatrasiel headed east observing the camp as Jogem set up the sniper. Halbrean put on his camo cloak as did Sachael. The cloak covered most of their body with not much exposed. They entered the camp as Tatrasiel and Casios scanned the camp looking for anybody that posed a threat. As Halbream and Sachael got closer they stopped. Halbrean looked around a corner and Unholstered his supressed stalker Bolter and aimed. He waited for the next volley and dropped some cultists as they continued. He opened his VOX to the squad. "Tatrasiel and Casios, prepare to open fire on my mark. Aim for the gunners on the artillery cannons. We need to take them down. Jogem, kill anybody who looks like a threat once we've started." He ran up and looked around at the first set of artillery cannons. They were packed together and he pulled out his demolition charge. He spoke "once I throw this charge kill anybody left alive in this area. Sachael deal with the second grouping. We'll continue like this till we destroy them all." He armed hus charge as Sachael ran to the next grouping and armed his own demolitions charge. They both threw theirs and they landed on the ground. Shortly after they exploded, sending a shockwave around as they also detonated the ammo completely destroying the guns. Tatrasiel and Casios opened fire on anybody alive near the guns as the 2 moved up to the next 10 artillery guns. Cultists in the camp were converging on them as the artillery continued firing. The Astartes came upon the second grouping as the fire support opened fire on the cultists. They threw their next set as they continued and saw at least a dozen more along with a couple anti air emplacements./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" Halbrean reopened the VOX "change of plan. We are going for the anti air emplacements. Continue to provide fire support." They ran up as Tatrasiel gunned down half a dozen cultists, and Jogem killed one that appeared to have a heavy weapon. Halbrean engaged with a couple cultists before reaching the emplacement and destroying it, as did Sachael. They continued and hid around a corner, the camo cloaks saving them again from being seen. He pulled a melta grenade and threw it at the bunker, which punctured it and melted the contents inside detonating the ammo. Halbrean reopened the VOX "their anti air has been severely hampered. Tatrasiel and Casios fall back and disengage. Jogem regroup with us at co-ordinates 141.3 November-4. Call in aerial bombardment of the camp." Tatrasiel and Casios continued the firefight, an autogun round shattered on his shoulder as he killed the one who shot him. Sachael reloaded his weapon as Tatrasiel continued firing. They set off a smoke gernade and fell back, the bodies of cultists spread throughout the flat camp that they had slaughtered. Jogem has opened a VOX link and called for an air strike on the camp. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 2.4; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Comfortaa; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" Multiple Venator heavy bombers flew down and launched a barrage of hellfire melta missles and plasma torpedoes destroying emplacements in the camp, before strafing with their auto cannons causing immense damage. They launched 2 more barrages silencing the camp before disengaging. The camp ablaze and in ruins, artillery fire on the PDF forces gone. Allied artillery could focus on bombarding the enemy force now instead of counter battery actions. The squad regrouped and retreated into the forest to continue their scouting mission, not encountering enemy patrols or camps along the way. The southern recon had been successful and were being extracted to be relocated to the front to provide support. Halbreans squad continued, eventually finding signs of life with tracks in the mud from vehicles and men, along with destroyed trees and such. They soon encountered members of the Vanguard forces, scouting out the rear. Many field artillery pieces out of range kept in reserve for further bombardments, along with this were huge numbers of cultists and enemy armored vehicles. They saw a predator tank and that stopped them. Halbrean looked at it before turning to his squad "That is a predator tank. That means there must be traitor astartes here. Is… is that the iron warriors symbol?" Tatrasiel spoke up "That is a predator of the Iron warriors legion. Where the marines are I'm not sure, but you are correct." Halbrean took note and made sure his VOX recording had captured it. He continued moving down the tree line until he had fully observed the site. At this point he VOXd for a pickup and was extracted for rearming and to be dropped off to support the troops at the front line. His squad was brought back to the cruiser where they were removed from their armor and taken to the armory again. There, were different sets of armor. One with a power sword and shield, the others with chain swords and a shield./span/p
