=][= Winter 2010 Community DIY Challenge =][=

[elohimalpha]

Nice work Ace! Really enjoyable read - I especially liked the parts concerning the friendly rivalry. But who are these mysterious Infinity Knights? If only there was an IA on them . . . While writing yesterday (under the gun of course) I knew I was in trouble when I hit 948 words, and had failed to get to the point. Got bogged down in a story, rather than a history . . . *sigh*. Major Ferkote and the brave soldiers of the fighting Tenadov 407th will have their day I'm sure.

 

Can't wait to see your stars!

[Ace Debonair]

Nice work Ace! Really enjoyable read - I especially liked the parts concerning the friendly rivalry. But who are these mysterious Infinity Knights? If only there was an IA on them . . . ;)

 

I see what you're doing there. All in due course, all in due course. :P

 

Originally the alliance was going to be with the Red Lords before I remembered the Red Lords don't really make friends with people. :lol:

 

EDIT:

 

Just realised I won. Woohoo!

 

EDIT EDIT:

Also, if Brother Tyler would be so kind as to change the insidious typo of 'Capting' in the penultimate paragraph of my submission to 'Captain', I'd be obliged.

The Crusade Continues...

Edited March 7, 2011 by Ace Debonair

[elohimalpha]

You crack me up, little buddy

[Brother Tyler]

I only received one submission for this element, so I'm going to extend the deadline out another week (and will change the announcement post above). The member that made the submission is allowed to submit a second entry if he desires. If there are no other entries, then we'll just go with one battle honour to discuss.

[Brother Cambrius]

I only received one submission for this element, so I'm going to extend the deadline out another week (and will change the announcement post above). The member that made the submission is allowed to submit a second entry if he desires. If there are no other entries, then we'll just go with one battle honour to discuss.

 

Excellent! Gives me a little more time to do something. :D

 

Cambrius

[Brother Tyler]

Okay, I finally got those "star" images made. If I did my homework correctly, we have a few members that have "won" multiple elements. Here's our current list of contributors:

Element 1: Chapter Badge (Concept) (Brother Cambrius)

Element 2: Color Scheme (elohimalpha)

Element 3: Markings (Part I)

Element 3: Markings (Part II)

Element 3: Markings (Part III)

Element 4: Chapter Badge (Colors) (Codex Grey)

Element 5: Homeworld (Ace Debonair)

Element 6: Chapter Name (Brother Cambrius)

Element 7 : Chapter Beliefs (Shinzaren)

Element 8: Recruitment (Ace Debonair)

Element 9: Legendary Hero (Ferrata)

Element 10: Enemies (elohimalpha)

Element 11: Allies (Ace Debonair)

Element 12: Selected Battle Honours (Active)

So that means that Brother Cambrius and elohimalpha are entitled to the "Contributor" banner with 1 star:

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Meanwhile, Ace Debonair is entitled to the "Contributor" banner with 2 stars:

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Maybe someone else will either earn the Contributor banner or will add a star to their existing Contributor banner. Note that Element 12 is the last element, but there will be a few opportunities for contributing to the project once we've finished the elements. Think of the elements as the basic ingredients - we're also going to put those ingredients together in different ways and do a few other things to more fully develop the Chapter.

Good luck to all!

Edited March 14, 2011 by Brother Tyler
Added the code to display the images in signatures.

[elohimalpha]

*Gleeeee* Thanks Brother Tyler!

 

Last element? All the more reason to get after it...

[Ace Debonair]

You crack me up, little buddy

I'll forgive you calling me little, since this is the Internet and you're not to know I'm just shy of being 6' tall. :P

 

On another note, the extended deadline has given me time to throw something together for this one. :P

If I wind up winning, though, Brother Tyler's going to have to make another new badge, so maybe I should have stayed out of this one. :ermm:

 

On the other hand, since this is the last one, I feel almost obligated to give it a shot. :P

 

EDIT:

Not a typo this time, but completely the wrong word.

Must remember crusade against my poor choices of words once the typos are dead forever. :D

Edited March 14, 2011 by Ace Debonair

[Ecritter]

You crack me up, little buddy

I'll forgive you calling me little, since this is the Internet and you're not to know I'm just shy of being 6' tall. :P

 

Well at 'just shy of 6' tall', I guess I can still call you 'littel buddy' then. :ermm:

[Ace Debonair]

You crack me up, little buddy

I'll forgive you calling me little, since this is the Internet and you're not to know I'm just shy of being 6' tall. :P

 

Well at 'just shy of 6' tall', I guess I can still call you 'littel buddy' then. :P

 

Wait, did I write 6 foot tall or six inches tall? I can never remember how many apostrophes after the number means feet. :) :lol:

 

If I made a mistake, then I'll live with it.

But just you wait until I grow up. :D

 

EDIT: To stay on topic - I'll accept 'little buddy' as a nickname from anyone nutsy enough to enter the challenge this time around. ;)

Edited March 14, 2011 by Ace Debonair

[Brother Tyler]

On another note, the extended deadline has given me time to throw something together for this one. ;)

If I wind up winning, though, Brother Tyler's going to have to make another new badge, so maybe I should have stayed out of this one. :ermm:

It's already made. I like to keep my options open and be ready for anything. :D

[elohimalpha]

Ha! You slackers and your extended deadlines . . .

 

Guess I better use the time to put together yet another epic tale of victory and blood for our noble Hunters

[Brother Tyler]

Okay, it's late in the day, but I've finally logged on.

 

First off, since one member was able to submit an entry within the first deadline, that entry is automatically "in". Congrats and another star to elohimalpha (who can scroll up to find the URL for that image :rolleyes: ).

 

So here's the first battle honour that we're going to work with:

 

Obsidian Hunters – Battle Honors

 

Waaagh Blakkeye

 

In the closing days of the 40th millennium, the Obsidian Hunters noticed a marked increase in ork traffic through the sectors neighboring Illustris. The Hunters destroyed several minor ork fleets in a matter of weeks, but still they kept coming, giving the Hunters as wide a berth as they could. Such strange behavior and growing numbers could only bear one fruit: trouble. The Chapter High Command appointed Captain Ir’hin the head of strikeforce Veiled Spear, tasked with tracking the orks to their ultimate destination and destroying them completely.

 

The Obsidian Hunters stalked their prey through the Warp, eventually emerging on the outer reaches of the Andret system. Scanners revealed the signatures of an immense fleet, with a colossal Space Hulk at its chaotic center – the nascent Waaagh Blakkeye. The Hunters knew that to assault the Hulk directly would be tantamount to suicide, the lives of Brothers wasted and their mission incomplete. Knowing that any reinforcements would likely arrive too late before the ever-growing fleet moved on, Captain Ir’hin formed a plan. Remaining outside the scanner range of the main fleet, he ordered a short-range distress call sent out while simulating damage to his ships. The ships, powered down and venting exhausts, waited in the void, looking to casual observers like the victims of ork raiders. After several hours of tense waiting, Captain Ir’hin’s trap proved its worth. Ork ships, newly arrived from outlying sectors and eager to begin looting, fell upon the Hunters’ seemingly vulnerable vessels. Caught completely unawares, the Hunters made short work of the greenskins, trapping several of their ships in the process. Using the captured ork ships as an escort and relaying a message that they had a “’umie gift for da Boss”, Captain Ir’hin limped his fleet towards the Space Hulk.

 

Before boarding, Ir’hin commanded one of the “ork” vessels to find and destroy any and all communications arrays – fighting aboard the Hulk would be difficult enough without reinforcements from the rest of the ork fleet arriving. With that quickly and covertly accomplished, the Hunters docked their ships. The ork boarding parties were the first to fall, but far from the last. Methodically, surgically, the Hunters dispatched the ork bands they found roaming the ship, taking care to strike from ambush, where the orks couldn’t bring their vastly superior numbers to bear. As they tracked the Waaagh’s Warboss, the Hunters again disabled any communications devices they could find. Eventually they made their way to the heart of the ship, where a massive conclave of orks had gathered, anticipating word from their Boss. Their quarry close at hand, Captain Ir’hin ordered the bulk of his men to fall back and secure the path to their ships, and to be ready for a fighting retreat.

 

Ir’hin, with hand-picked Brothers, crept along the walkways above the horde in total silence, knowing that the slightest noise would mean their deaths, the deaths of their Brothers, and the shame of failure. They made their way to a heavily defended room, knowing that the warboss would be surrounded by his strongest guards. Dispatching the outer guards by stealth, Ir’hin and his men took up the guards’ weapons and moved into the room. Abandoning all pretense of stealth, the Hunters made as much noise as possible, butchering the orks in an explosive assault. When the carnage ended and the warboss was slain, Captain Ir’hin and his men, wounded but alive, dragged in the bodies of the guards outside. With all the orks killed by ork weapons, it would appear to the rapidly approaching orks outside that Boss Blakkeye’s guard had turned on him, and then on each other. Slipping silently into a nearby vent, the Hunters made their way back to their ship, and made their way to the edge of the fleet unchallenged.

 

Upon learning of the death of their warboss, the ork mob fell to infighting, each splinter fleet eager to take control of the Hulk. The battle raged on for hours, with what orks remained aboard the Hulk or immediately surrounding it. Suddenly, the Hulk began to buckle, then belched fire from its underbelly. Explosions continued along its midline in a great chain, sundering the vessel in a matter of minutes. Ir’hin smiled to himself – he still had a great sense of timing.

[Brother Tyler]

Voting for the other selected battle honour is taking place here.

[elohimalpha]

Woohoo! Thanks BT! Another default win, huh? Funny how we get 20 color schemes, but ask people to string some words together and it's a ghost town :huh:

 

So, not to jump ahead or anything, but it looks like we've got all the major elements together - what's the next step? What if the Obsidian Hunters were really a Chapter from a lost (female) Primarch that gets lost in the warp and then goes on crusades, riding around on huge animals and emo wings... Epic

[Brother Tyler]

I think this comes down to an inverse relationship with the effort involved. It's not too difficult to come up with a snazzy color scheme using the painter, nor is it too difficult to come up with an idea for a Chapter name. Anything involving writing, however, is exponentially more time-consuming, resulting in less people being interested (or having the time). I half expected this type of result, though it's still disappointing to see.

 

Before we move forward, we need to choose the other Selected Battle Honour.

 

I have some ideas on our way ahead, but want to explore the options with you guys. That discussion will come soon enough, never fear.

[Ace Debonair]

So, not to jump ahead or anything, but it looks like we've got all the major elements together - what's the next step? What if the Obsidian Hunters were really a Chapter from a lost (female) Primarch that gets lost in the warp and then goes on crusades, riding around on huge animals and emo wings... Epic

 

Just to make sure I've understood this correctly: Do you mean the Primarch is a crusading, winged emo chick in the warp, OR that the crusading primarch chick in the warp has wings that are emo?

 

I mean, either way, it'll signal the end of my participation in these challenges if the Hunters go in this direction, but I like to know exactly what I'm rebelling against. :cuss

[Dosjetka]

Quick question: Can the winning Battle Honour still be tweaked with or will it stay as it is?

 

Ludovic

[elohimalpha]

As I understand it, elements can be tweaked to make them into a more coherent whole.

 

And Ace, for sure the first one - the second scenario is simply ridiculous

[Ace Debonair]

As I understand it, elements can be tweaked to make them into a more coherent whole.

 

And Ace, for sure the first one - the second scenario is simply ridiculous

Yep, definitely stretches credibility. :cuss

-=-=-=-=-=

Chief Librarian: "Chapter Master! I've just discovered our Primarch was actually a chick in charge of one of the lost legions, and she's in the warp even now fighting daemons!"

 

Chapter Master: "Say what? Then we must go find and aid our Primarch! To battle!"

 

Chief Librarian: "She also has emo wings, Chapter Master. As in; wings that are emo."

 

Chapter Master: "... Goodbye, suspension of disbelief. Belay that last order - she's a lost cause now."

-=-=-=-=-=

 

Maybe we should just stick with Guilly as the Primarch. <_<

[elohimalpha]

See? It pretty much writes itself!

[Ferrata]

OR that the crusading primarch chick in the warp has wings that are emo?

Hey! That sounds like my Ynsoldea!

[Ace Debonair]

OR that the crusading primarch chick in the warp has wings that are emo?

Hey! That sounds like my Ynsoldea!

I thought she was a Dark God(ess), not a Primarch. :P

 

See? Completely different idea! :D

[Brother Tyler]

I reserve veto rights - no shenanigans! ;)

Okay, it's Sunday. As promised, I've closed the poll and our winner is the Garthid Campaign by Ace Debonair. He is entitled to a third star on his contributor badge:

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The Victorious Dead of Cadsei-Svon M41 was submitted by elohimalpha (curses, foiled again!). Since his first submission was also accepted, elohimalpha should have two stars in his contributor banner:

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The Garthid Campaign M41

The Obsidian Hunters have won countless victories on countless battlefields. Although with each of these victories the historians scribe another page into the glorious history of the Imperium, a few campaigns stand out even amongst the vast successes of the Chapter.

One such notable victory that veterans of the Obsidian Hunters recall with particular fondness is the Garthid Campaign, fought in the early years of M41.

When the Lord Governor of the Garthid system turned his back on the Imperium, claiming the system for his own, the Imperium's response was brutal and swift. Imperial forces arrived swiftly, from many sides, flooding into the system. The rebellious naval forces were destroyed in the first weeks of the campaign, and from there the Imperium's ground forces moved in. Whilst the main forces on either side were comprised of Imperial Guard, the Imperium had brought a company of Astartes from the Brazen Lords chapter to tip the scales heavily in their favour.

The campaign went smoothly, up until the Brazen Lords launched an assault on the Lord Governor's headquarters on Garthid Prime. As the Lords gained entry into his vast fortress-compound, they found themselves facing not only renegade guardsmen, but a force of traitor Astartes. The traitors had planned their moves well - immediately the revelation was made, another, larger force of traitors concealed outside the compound moved in, ambushing the Brazen Lords and preventing Imperial reinforcements from lending any aid to the trapped Astartes.

General Atmus of the Corlic 7th division was the leader of the campaign, and he reluctantly put out a call for aid. The Obsidian Hunters would be first to respond, sending two companies into the fray.

On their arrival at Garthid Prime, the Obsidian Hunters 7th Company landed en masse on the far side of the Lord Governor's compound, using the Company's Dreadnoughts to breach the walls and create a diversion. As the renegade forces moved to respond, the 3rd Company landed near the beleagured Brazen Lords, ambushing the traitor forces that penned the Lords in and crushing them utterly. From that point, the flow of the battle favoured the Imperium heavily, and even the Lord Governor's final fortified bunker presented barely any challenge to the Space Marines. The Brazen Lords lost half of their company in the campaign, with many others suffering debilitating wounds, preventing them from taking part in the final stages of the battle.

From there, the Imperium's re-conquering of the Garthid system went smoothly. Without a leader, the rebellious worlds were in many cases eager to rejoin the Imperium, and the few that resisted were taken back by crushing force. Indeed, with the Obsidian Hunters advising General Atmus on his plans of campaign, many battles were won with minimal Imperial casualties.

Captain Navus of the Brazen Lords later thanked the Obsidian Hunters for their assistance in the campaign. Although even the watching guardsmen could see it was an insincere, half-hearted display, any subsequent reports that mentioned it simply dismissed it as injured pride on the part of Navus.

Way ahead notes/discussion/decision coming SOON.

[Ace Debonair]

Okay, it's Sunday. As promised, I've closed the poll and our winner is the Garthid Campaign by Ace Debonair. He is entitled to a third star on his contributor badge:

Muhuhahahahaha!

Thanks, everyone who voted. Another step closer to world domination! :P

I mean, uh... Glory to the Emperor, and all that business. <_<