[First person perspective of Private Jenkins]
{53rd Armored Fist Platoon}
I looked across the Chimera to my Sergeant, Sergeant Blackrock. That man was as hard as adamantite and cold as space, but he was a damn good officer. He lead us, the 53rd Armored Fist Squad or 'Rock's Raiders' proudly and we in turn would proudly, and unhesitatingly, follow him into the depths of Hell.
Which was just what we were about to do.
I took apart my Lasgun and rebuilt it, putting in a fresh energy cell. I was nervous. We all were. If we had been fighting Orks we wouldn't worry, the only things that could open our APC would be a 'rokkit', which misses more than half the time or a walking tin can. These were Tau and we had seen what their infamous 'railguns' could do.
Here's our story. The Tau are expanding and the Imperium doesn't like it, so they send their finest cannon fodder, us, down to stop them from taking this world. Now the weird thing is the Tau didn't want to fight. They sent ambassador's to negotiate peace. We, or I should say they...the Xenophobic Inquisition...executed them on the spot. We were always taught to think that they were evil and we were there to purge them, strange...
Anyway, we do what we are told, that's the story of our lives. So the 'Morning Glory' and the 'Glory of the Rising Sun', two sister ships, were descending into orbit. The Tau had railgun emplacements ready. Now these aren't those 'light' railguns their 'Broadside' suits mount. Oh no, these were heavy railguns. A twin linked emplacement, 8 heavy railguns in all destroyed the 'Glory of the Rising Sun'. The Glory was nearly instantly transformed into a pile of wreckage. I don't know the exact figures but at least 25 Adeptus Astartes, Space Marines, and 8 full Platoons of guardsmen in our detachment all died. No survivors.
(A/N: Now those of you who don't play Warhammer 40K, you probably don't know what a railgun is. Well it's a linear anti-material munitions based weapon. The railgun speeds a metal slug to hypervelocity and sends it zooming off. In short it's the best weapon in the game.)
The Chimera slowed to a halt and the back ramp opened up. "All right grunts, this is where we get off" said the Sarge. The 8 other troops piled out followed by the Sarge and I. "Form ranks and sweep east" he said in that casual tone he used with us. "Sir! Yes, Sir!"
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Me: I kinda get the name: Warhammer, but why does it have a 40,000 after it?
Friend at Gaming Club: Because that's how much money you can easily drop collecting it.
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{53rd Armored Fist Platoon}
I looked across the Chimera to my Sergeant, Sergeant Blackrock. That man was as hard as adamantite and cold as space, but he was a damn good officer. He lead us, the 53rd Armored Fist Squad or 'Rock's Raiders' proudly and we in turn would proudly, and unhesitatingly, follow him into the depths of Hell.
Which was just what we were about to do.
I took apart my Lasgun and rebuilt it, putting in a fresh energy cell. I was nervous. We all were. If we had been fighting Orks we wouldn't worry, the only things that could open our APC would be a 'rokkit', which misses more than half the time or a walking tin can. These were Tau and we had seen what their infamous 'railguns' could do.
Here's our story. The Tau are expanding and the Imperium doesn't like it, so they send their finest cannon fodder, us, down to stop them from taking this world. Now the weird thing is the Tau didn't want to fight. They sent ambassador's to negotiate peace. We, or I should say they...the Xenophobic Inquisition...executed them on the spot. We were always taught to think that they were evil and we were there to purge them, strange...
Anyway, we do what we are told, that's the story of our lives. So the 'Morning Glory' and the 'Glory of the Rising Sun', two sister ships, were descending into orbit. The Tau had railgun emplacements ready. Now these aren't those 'light' railguns their 'Broadside' suits mount. Oh no, these were heavy railguns. A twin linked emplacement, 8 heavy railguns in all destroyed the 'Glory of the Rising Sun'. The Glory was nearly instantly transformed into a pile of wreckage. I don't know the exact figures but at least 25 Adeptus Astartes, Space Marines, and 8 full Platoons of guardsmen in our detachment all died. No survivors.
(A/N: Now those of you who don't play Warhammer 40K, you probably don't know what a railgun is. Well it's a linear anti-material munitions based weapon. The railgun speeds a metal slug to hypervelocity and sends it zooming off. In short it's the best weapon in the game.)
The Chimera slowed to a halt and the back ramp opened up. "All right grunts, this is where we get off" said the Sarge. The 8 other troops piled out followed by the Sarge and I. "Form ranks and sweep east" he said in that casual tone he used with us. "Sir! Yes, Sir!"
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Me: I kinda get the name: Warhammer, but why does it have a 40,000 after it?
Friend at Gaming Club: Because that's how much money you can easily drop collecting it.
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