Blood Crusade

The Blood Crusade

Emergency report- to any and all personal within the sub sector, tarania is underseige by World Eaters!!!  They seem to be well organized and highly trained!! Nothing like the standard berserker but far worse! Things are not looking well... the enemy have just taken our first and second lines of defense and there is no telling when their going to make their final assault. We can only last for so long please if your hearing this message, we are under attack and in dire need of reinforcements- message ends

Beginning of chapter one- my lord!! Yelled Gore"krak, we have just taken their second line of defense. Those loyalist pigs are being pushed into a cage of their own making and they don't even realize it. Ha kind of ironic isn't it my lord? My lord? Is...is something the matter? Asked Gore"Krak with concern in his voice. Yes my friend everything is fine I'm only thinking said Konok, thinking about what if I may ask my lord? I'm only thinking about the reason why the imperium would construct a fortress world so far from imperial space, with a large defense fleet and defense force, and incase you haven't noticed my dear friend, these loyalist are desperate to keep us from getting into the citadel explained Konok, say Gore"krak how much longer do I have to wait for Saturnis and House Gorgon to return? Those walls won't breach themselves my friend. Haha no they certainly won't my lord laughed Gore"krak, I received a message from Saturnis, really now? What did he say? Asked Konok, he said that he has met new friends, and it says here that these new friends happen to be other knights an entire knight house to be exact. Another Knight House?! Are you certain? Asked Konok, yes my lord House Sulfer. Excellent with the combined might of two whole Knight Houses these walls will truly fall and the fortress with it!! My lord instead of waiting on House Gorgon and Sulfer why not use our titans? We do have an imperator? Lest you forget we can end this in seconds!! And it has enough firepower to level the entire thing as well! You see Gore"Krak if we use titans, there will be nothing left of the foretress, or whatever their keeping beneath it, making this assault all for nothing, besides wherever they walk only craters are left behind explained Konok, and again I want this foretress standing when I take it. But my lor... sorry to interrupt my lords!!  But we just received word from Saturnis and the other Houses, they are to make land fall in two in hours!!! Thank you marine you are dismissed said Konok,  well master do you think you'll have time to introduce yourself to whoever is leading House Sulfer? Yes my friend we'll have plenty of time for introductions, however right now we need to make preparations for our final push into the fortress. After all we can't just charge in there without a plan we'll be massacred and I myself do not want to be on the battlefield only to be massacred! Yelled Konok,  you have a point my lord, after all the planets defense force have been reinforced by both the wardens of trek chapter and the iron keepers chapter, they dug themselves in deep and are bound to be waiting for us. Explained Gore"Krak, oh.. I forgot to mention my lord that the entirety of the Black Burn Company have taken up positions waiting for your orders my liege. Good and the other officers? They'll be here shortly, skallarn and his Blood Raptors are mopping up the rest of the loyalist in the old town district. Good said Konok when they arrive we will then make preparations for our final assault. End of chapter 1

Chapter 2

Konok strolled down the cliff where he watched the siege from and walked to a ruined church, the designated place for him and his officers to meet and discuss plans for an attack,  as he walked he looked at his fellow marines, loading their bolters and repairing damaged vehicles, he was proud of what he saw, men who were once blood thirsty savages fighting only to survive and to claim skulls, now fighting organized and efficiently, claiming skulls more effectively. It brought A smile to Konoks face, by the time Konok reached the door his smile faded to a serious look! He opened the door to find his officers waiting there.
Ahhh it was about time you all made it I was beginning to think some of you or even all of you died said Konok, anyway I'm glad none of you are dead so to start things off  I want a quick briefing on your status. Gore"Krak what's your status? Status is green my liege as we were both speaking to one another two hours ago my company has successfully taken the armories and  destroyed the barricades leading to the Keeps Gates, but as of right now my men have taken up positions and are waiting for further orders! Good! Said Konok, Skallarn what's your status? My status is green sir, me and my raptors have successfully leaped over into the manufacturing district and have taken most of the factories, only two remain in loyalist hands however we will soon have them all flayed and their skulls taken my lord! Have your raptors taken the air defenses? Asked Konok,  yes my lord however we... are yet to take the last two, their dug in and both of those chapters have bolstered the men guarding it as well as the other defenses in that section of the district. Said skallarn, very well alright the rest of you listen up since we don't have time to go over your status let's just get down to making a plan for our final push into the keep now shall we?  Now as we all now the keep as well as the planets defense force have been bolstered by both the wardens of trek and the iron keepers chapters. Both are large and experienced meaning this won't be an easy push, so well have to deal with them first I take? Said Sgt. Fang,  no sgt however we will have to deal with them so we're probably going to have to weaken them out just like we did to the guard at the start of the invasion. We'll have to take them by surprise, and overwhelm them with numbers... wouldn't they be expecting this or at least prepared for something like this? Asked Cpt. Zerk, most likely Cpt however if we go in perhaps after an artillery barrage or a bombing run then we should have less defenses and less numbers to deal with, said Gore"Krak,  I say we should go in with a plan like that Gore"Krak but I feel like we should make the final assault at night, we send in skallarn and his raptors and have them take out key points in the enemies defenses, and open the gate for us, we'll send in cultist first to weaken the tired and frightened defenders and then we'll stroll in there and take the keep from there. Said Cpt.alavane, you know that isn't such a bad idea my lord, said Gore"krak, skallarn and his raptors were former night lords, they are experienced in terror tactics and the like so their perfect for the job said Gore"krak, yes however Gore"krak we'll be fighting in the dark as well, the enemy are dug in lest you forget and intel reports they have automated heavy bolters placed in strategic spots as well as lascanons and mortars and so forth, we'll be wandering into range of the guns without even knowing and be slaughtered, said Konok, yes my lord but do we have any intel on where these defenses are placed? Yes my friend but even if we know where they are we will lose a lot of men trying to destroy them, maybe we don't have to destroy them my lord said, Gore"Krak, what do you mean Gore"krak? Asked Konok, maybe we can take them and use them against the enemy! Hmmm maybe if we use haywire bombs on their automated defenses they'll turn on the loyalist making it easier for us to take the Keep!! That's a wonderful idea! Yelled Konok, skallarn are your Raptors willing to take the risk? My lord no matter the risk me and my men would do anything for you! Said skallarn, very well officers you are dismissed, I will have you all informed and notified when the assault will begin and remind you of what role you play in it. Now let's take this keep my brothers!!!! For the 12th!!! And for Khorne!!! End of chapter 2