Epistolary Exander Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Hi all, below is the current version of BA successor that was inspired by the SG1 episode "Learning Curve." Enjoy. INDEX ASTARTES: SOLVO ANGELUS. “You are scions of Sanguinius like Dante, Mephiston, Seth & all the other legendary sons of Sanguinius. You like all of us all carry the Primarch’s very essence within yourselves, while within us the flaw is slowing destroying us from within eradicating our noble lineage from the stars. Yet within you; you harbour our very salvation, our only chance to check the flaw’s ruinous advance. The nanites within your veins shall accept the visions of Sanguinius and instead of falling to the Black Rage, you will become as we were before the blight of Horus’s curse. You will literally be like our kin at our height during the Great Crusade and from this you will be the free angels; the Solvo Angelus!” Brother Corbulo christening the chapter at its founding ceremony ORIGINS. SOLVO ANGELUS MARINE. At the close of the 41st Millennium the High Lords of the decaying Imperium know their realm is beset by enemies on all conceivable fronts & with this terrible burden they order the human kinds only hope for salvation; They order the number of mankind’s Angels of Death to be vastly increased and so the last & greatest founding of all the Adeptus Astartes is born, the 26th Founding. As the Imperium swung into the colossal motion of siring dozens of chapters from the proven lines of Rogal Dorn & Roboute Guilliman, the High Lords of Terra were visited by an emissary of one of the first founding chapters. This person was none other than Brother Corbulo of the Blood Angels chapter. The exact reasons for Corbulo pilgrimage to the High Lords & what had transpired between himself and the High Lords is not known but it is believed that Corbulo travelled on Terra to petition the High Lords to be allowed to create a new chapter from of the sons of Sanguinius. What Corbulo had to argue to the High Lords to convince them to wave the standing practice on not using the Blood Angels geneseed is not known, yet shortly after Corbulo departed Terra the High Lords decreed the Blood Angels amongst the latest tranche of chapters that would found a new chapter & that the planet of Putus 3 would be used as their latest progeny’s homeworld. How Putus 3 found its fate from the High Lords is known as merchant ships reported that almost simultaneously as the High Lords made the announcement a dozen space marine vessels tore out of the Warp heading in system with all haste. The merchant ships received a communiqué from lead vessel, claiming that the taskforce of ships was there to secure the planet to allow the world to base a Space Marine chapter. Initially at hearing this the citizens of Putus 3 rejoiced at the honour being bestowed onto them, yet as the various ships slipped into orbit the public rejoicing turned into horror & shock as they discovered that they were now subservient to the not so Angelic Host. The Planet’s governor met the descended Angelic Host with disdain at the prospect at what awaiting them he was confronted by the single measured marine amongst the Angelic Host. The exchange that transpired has since fallen into legend. “We the assembled host of all the disparate sons of Sanguinius have arrived for you the blessed people of Putus 3 to return us the fallen Angels to the Emperor’s grace.” The marine countered. “Only the Emperor can return the fallen to grace, so what delusion brings you here to burden my people” the governor replied. “There is no delusion here, after 10 millennia of ceaseless conflict this is the only utopia in the Imperium remaining. The sole source of your heaven in the hell of the current Imperium, which can return our lineage to its original zenith.” the Sanguinary Priest said. “How can our nanites save degenerates like you” the governor scowled. Corbulo smiled “They shall return the Solvo Angelus to mankind.” HOMEWOLRD. Even before the arrival of the Angelic Host to Putus 3 stood alone in the Imperium as no other planet is considered by the myriad of organisations to be unique for so many different reasons as Putus 3. To the administratum Putus 3 is a civilised world, exempt from normal tithes. To the Mechanicus Putus 3 is a source of foreign technology from before Old Night. To the gigantic Imperial war machine Putus 3 is the source of many wondrous vessels, combat systems and vehicles. Yet above all this to the common Imperial citizen Putus 3 is paradise free of the stagnant yoke of the Ecclessiarchy, for on Putus 3 any individual is free to pursue their own path to self betterment. It was to this paradise that Corbulo brought the Angelic Host to give birth to the so called free Angels & in many respects Putus 3 is the image of paradise, indeed the parallel’s between the planet & old Terra before the rise of humanity’s is striking to all who visit Putus 3. For the planet is population live easily within their means importing all the natural resources they need to craft their world & there goods for the Imperium. Therefore leaving the idyllic world untouched by the parasitic administratum, because of this the individuals of Putus 3 are free to pursue any vocation or path in life they choose. The source of this living heaven is subtle but all empowering technology of nanites in which every human on Putus 3 is injected with from birth. Exactly how the nanites work is not known to the wider Imperium (much to the chargrin of the Mechanicum), but over the past millennia Imperial observers believe they have deduced vaguely how the nanites function. As a person matures the nanites allow each citizen of Putus 3 to intuitively know any area of interest they pursue. This innate ability is later built upon as each individual goes on to choose to master a specific art out of the plethora of arts mankind has endeavored down upon the ages. This luxury of choice comes at a high price as every individual no matter their class or rank when they reach the age of 40 have their nanites harvested to be implanted into the next generation of Putus 3 population. This process is called the ovarium as an individual is giving the next generation of their society the precious power of collective knowledge. Despite the great gift the ovarium undoubtedly is, it is also the ultimate sanction of Putus 3 society as the removal of the nanites leaves the individual’s little better than vegetables fit for use as servitors. For this reason any and all crime on Putus 3 is met only with a premature ovarium on the individuals involved upon where their nanites are destroyed in the hope that their behaviour will never be passed onto the wider population. Through the ovarium and the nanites that each generation of Putus 3 has flourished pursuing any and all knowledge passing it through the millennia, while using their prior kin to machine their lives and exports to maintain their enduring utopia. This is because anyone who has successfully underwent the ovarium will subsequently be turned into a servitor to fulfill any subscribed demand that is prevalent at the time, through this manour the citizens of Putus 3 have a never ending source of menial labour to expertly shape their livelihoods & their world around them. BELIEFS. From the limited patchy evidence of the Solvo Angelus little of certain can be gleamed regarded the chapter’s belief system but the evidence indicates that the Solvo Angelus see themselves as the heirs of Sanguinius & believe it is their duty to find their lost Primarch so that they can fully pursue the Great Crusade uniting humanity. For this reason the chapter’s brethren argue that Sanguinius is the Emperor’s favoured son as he had given Sanguinius the boon of flight with his divine wings, even more tellingly the incalculable gift of forsight exactly like the angels of ancient mythology. The Solvo Angelus views of their fellow scions of Sanguinius is less clear as the chapter’s brethren have never referred to their kin by their names & have even refused to acknowledge they were sired by them when broached on the topic. The magnetic seal on the door deactivated and the ornate iron door swung open to reveal a giant in golden armour worked to resemble the statues of antiquity. The giant’s exposed face was a mask of apprehension, which cracked into a small smile as he bestrode into the dimly lit room to see the figure in hunched meditation on the floor in the centre of the sumptuous room. “The fighting around Ammonai is delicately poised & I’ve had to leave our brethren woefully exposed to best try to contain the Warp filth. I need to know when the rest of our kin shall arrive to carry the day, is there any fragment of the future you are not telling me my friend?” Dante queried. “You speak of the free angels?” the priest replied without moving his position. “Yes, none of our kin have had any contact from the Solvo Angelus in recent years.” Dante replied as he leant against the data terminal left of the door. “That is to be expected; the Primarch’s scrolls are unambiguous, his true sons are not to share our destiny.” Corbulo replied, still not breaking his meditative posture. “What do you mean?” Dante replied quizzically. “They are the golden figures in the scrolls.” Dante cut in answering his own question before Corbulo could reply, his face the very image of an epiphany. Finally Corbulo looks up at Dante with a look of deep resignation, uttering a single world “Indeed.” COMBAT DOCTRINE. The reports of the eye witness to the Solvo Angelus combat operations all report witnessing the golden angels descending on wings of flame to gracefully cut down their opponents from attack vectors in all 3 planes. The reports also suggest that the chapter attacks with scores of marines in a non Codex Astartes fashion, which has raised questions in amongst some quarters where do the Solvo Angelus combat doctrine originate from?. It has been noted from by the same observers that the Solvo Angelus actions in their combat reports are virtually identical to the surviving reports of the actions of sires in the days before the Horus Heresy. ORGANISATION. At the inception of the chapter it is known that the Solvo Angelus had a typical layout according to Codex Astartes, but there have been increasing doubts raised over recent years as to whether chapter is still codex adherent. This is because the shipyards of Putus 3 that are dedicated to building the chapter’s naval assets have been in ceaseless operation since the chapter’s founding. The dockyards have produced a constant supply of classes of vessels not seen since before the Heresy, indeed perfect replicas of legendary pre-heresy vessels such as the Red Horizon, Epiphany, Ruby Lazarus, Misericord and the latest vessel to be observed on the construction cradles the Red Tear. Quite why the Solvo Angelus are building each of these ships is not clear to wider Imperium as the chapter does not have appeared to suffered heavy losses of vessels supplied to the chapter since their founding. Yet reports received do suggest the chapter are utilising these reborn paradigms, as hosts of golden saviours are increasingly falling onto embattled worlds in an ever increasing bubble of planets in the surrounding sectors of Putus 3. Coupled with this behaviour each year on Putus 3 tens of thousands of the best pupils are scoured from the prodigious military training academies of Putus 3 to be taken to the enormous chambers that house the hundreds of sanguination sarcophagi the chapter possesses. It is becoming apparent to a rising number of observers that the Solvo Angelus are attempting to rebuild the might of the hundred thousand strong Blood Angels legion. If this is true then the Imperium would have to act swiftly to bring the chapter back into the line of the codex astartes before the Solvo Angelus are literally too powerful to challenged by the wider Imperium in this time of unending war on all fronts. However there is a counter argument amongst academia which states that the High Lords ordered the immense undertaking of the 26th Founding & in particular that the Emperor through the High Lords has granted Brother Corbulo’s request to re-sire the Blood Angels. Yet the more pressing issue that surrounds the edges of all the debates concerning this issue is that even with the re-invigorated might of the Adeptus Astartes due to the size of the 26th Founding the Imperium’s slow demise has only increased. This turn of events is due to reports indicating dozens if not hundreds of chapters have expended themselves in vein crusades to roll back the Imperium to its borders of its peak. The argument is that when faced with these facts is that if one world can apparently support an Astartes legion, which has stabilised hundreds of neighbouring planets. Then the Imperium can literally not afford to persecute such a chapter in current times, if anything the Imperium should encourage such efforts in other areas of its borders. Tellingly which ever argument is true, ultimately it does not matter to the people of the ever increasing amount of worlds who the Solvo Angelus have visited to liberate them back into the Emperor’s enlightened fold as they are know under the guardianship of these "Golden Angels". Pain lanced through his body originating from his right shoulder as he received another lightening blow from the lithe Eldar, its blade instantly shredding his golden pouldron and shattering the winged chapter symbol into dozens of pieces. His innards froze as he lost his balance from the blow & he witnessed the eldar’s smile widen to its abhorrently pointy ears. All around him his fellow survivors were being butchered for fun by these dark clad Eldar and to add to their plight his senses told him the remains of the Ruby Lazarus were raining down around the abattoir that was his position. With a pirouette the assailant spun around unleashing a kick to his torso that sent him flying into the purple dirt metres from where he was previously standing. He lifted his head to see the eldar stalking upto him, finally the pain of the kick reached his mind causing him to temporarily black out. When he came round his eyes widen with shock at the portrait his tortured eyes bring to him; the Eldar towering above him about to administer the coup de grace to him being launched over him by an eldritch cyan blast from a blue armoured figure bearing the iconography of the 13th Legion. “Salutations Captain Ithimus, I am Chief Librarian Varro Tigurius and I am here to restore the Emperor’s Angels to him.” The librarian greeted the golden warrior lying on the floor before him, his left arm outstretched in offer of assistance. Cyan lightening still dancing around the gauntlet as all around them the legionnaires of the 13th legion were turning the scene into a slaughter house of the degenerate Eldar. GENESEED. Despite the guiding presence of Brother Corbulo during the chapter’s founding, it is believed that the geneseed used to sire the chapter originated not from the Blood Angels but from the Flesh Tearers chapter. The reason for this appears to be that in order to maximise the ability of the nanites to harness the properties of the pre-heresy Blood Angels Corbulo needed the Solvo Angelus to have the geneseed that was most prone to giving its bearer the visions of Sanguinius and this is widely known to be from the Flesh Tearers. If this is true then it appears that the Chapter Master Gabriel Seth will have the last laugh at the flaw that is destroying his brotherhood as his curse is the gift of the redemption of his line and the sire to the greatest sons of Sanguinius in 10000 years. It is still believed that the blood of Sanguinius is still carried within the veins of the Solvo Angelus Sanguinary Priests and the state of the chapter’s geneseed appears to stable as the Mechanicum has not released any data regarding the status of the chapter’s geneseed. Whether this is due to the chapter’s geneseed is more stable than their brethren or because the Solvo Angelus have failed to send its tithe of geneseed is currently not known. The reports handed over by Brother Corbulo himself to the Mechanicum after the chapter’s founding state the Solvo Angelus use the process of the insanguination to turn their recruits into space marines. Due to the sheer number of housing hundreds of sarcophagi, the Solvo Angelus have the capability to raise their numbers to levels reports indicate. As to why their brethren allowed the Solvo Angelus to keep so many invaluable sarcophagi after completion of their founding is not known as Brother Corbulo’s reports conveniently fails to mention how many sarcophagi the Solvo Angelus have at their disposal. BATTLE CRY. “Salvation lies within!” Please feel free to critique :). Exander. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246647-ia-solvo-angelus-10/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Debonair Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Disclaimer time. ;) The following is not a personal attack, nor do I seek to cause any offence in any way. However, in best Liber fashion, I'm about to give you a full and frank C&C of what you've posted, so brace for impact. Ok, now on with the show! :lol: I'll put this plainly; I have no idea what you're trying to achieve here. There's virtually no information on your actual chapter, for one thing. :o Instead you have Corbulo and Dante talking about how they're not the 'true sons' of Sanguinius, which is about as likely as Khorne cheerfully donating a thousand skulls from his throne to the Emperor. From what I can read you've got a population who inject themselves with tiny robots that somehow negate the inherent curse of the Blood Angels. Why don't the Blood Angels take some of these machines for themselves? Why doesn't the AdMech take any? Oh, and then near the end the Ultramarines turn up for... well, no reason. So, my question for you. What is your goal with this Chapter? What do you want them to be? Once you've identified that, I (and others) might be able to make some more helpful suggestions. ^_^ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246647-ia-solvo-angelus-10/#findComment-2989854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epistolary Exander Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 Disclaimer time. ;) The following is not a personal attack, nor do I seek to cause any offence in any way. However, in best Liber fashion, I'm about to give you a full and frank C&C of what you've posted, so brace for impact. Ok, now on with the show! :jaw: I'll put this plainly; I have no idea what you're trying to achieve here. There's virtually no information on your actual chapter, for one thing. :jaw: Instead you have Corbulo and Dante talking about how they're not the 'true sons' of Sanguinius, which is about as likely as Khorne cheerfully donating a thousand skulls from his throne to the Emperor. From what I can read you've got a population who inject themselves with tiny robots that somehow negate the inherent curse of the Blood Angels. Why don't the Blood Angels take some of these machines for themselves? Why doesn't the AdMech take any? Oh, and then near the end the Ultramarines turn up for... well, no reason. So, my question for you. What is your goal with this Chapter? What do you want them to be? Once you've identified that, I (and others) might be able to make some more helpful suggestions. :jaw: Thats 2 questions :P I deliberately edited out most of chapter focused info. as the IA is based on Imperial Academia perspective of the chapter. I apologise if this would make you guys lives harder, but you are seeing what the Imperium sees of the Solvo Angelus. I was trying to show how the nanites have stopped the chapter from suffering from the Black Rage and the Red Thirst by the nanites locking the marines into the mind set of making them believe they are the actuall pre-heresy Blood Angels. Yet the chapters marines only half experience it in like a fugue/ auto pilot mental state, which is why no one can seem to get a straight answer out of them etc. It is because of this that there is so little information of the chapter in the IA. It is also why Tigurius has turned up to make the nanites work properly so that the chapter actually thinks for themselves. The Blood Angels havent done this as far as they are concerned the nanites work & they now have more pressing concerns ;). As for why Blood Angels dont take them; Carbolo believes that Sanguinius planned for Solvo Angelus to be there at the End Time with him. More importantly I just cant cure the entire Blood Angels lineage & therefore reverse a deeply entrenched part of the BA fluff. One of themes I trying to convey is that Corbulo went out of his to ensure the chapter would be around for the Imperium as the true sons of Sanguinius, forseeing his own & his kinsmen demise in the current conflict in the Baal system. On top of this the people of Putus 3 hoard their nanite technology, which is why the mechanicum has never got their hands on it. Or it could just be that the nanites dont work on other humans & that the mechanicum have never found out why. Or the Emperor could have declared at the behest of one his sons that the planet be left untainted by the Administratum. For the sake of the IA the Imperium doesnt know why, all it knows in current times is that the planet is how it is. Corbulo & Dante would believe that as this is set in a slightly different Imperium. This is reflected in the size of the 26th founding, the size of the losses of marine chapters & how the golden figure in Sanguinius scrolls is now multiple individuals instead of one gold power armoured person. I hope this clarifies some of the issues. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246647-ia-solvo-angelus-10/#findComment-2989915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Debonair Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Corbulo & Dante would believe that as this is set in a slightly different Imperium. This is reflected in the size of the 26th founding, the size of the losses of marine chapters & how the golden figure in Sanguinius scrolls is now multiple individuals instead of one gold power armoured person. Well, if it's set in your very own Imperium, then I can't actually offer any further advice. Apart from some kind of disclaimer at the top of your IA will stop everyone else repeating what I've just said. :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246647-ia-solvo-angelus-10/#findComment-2990420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epistolary Exander Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 Techniquely arent all DIY IAs based in their author's own Imperium? :lol:. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246647-ia-solvo-angelus-10/#findComment-2990444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Debonair Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Techniquely arent all DIY IAs based in their author's own Imperium? ;). The answer to that is both somewhere between yes and no. ...That was such a helpful response, wasn't it? :lol: Alrighty then, I'll throw in an explanation too. That is to say, you're absolutely correct, but each author's individual Imperium has, to a greater or lesser degree, many things in common. For instance, in most people's personal Imperium, Chaos lives (mostly) in the Eye of Terror, the Adeptus Mechanicus have to spend fifteen minutes praying to the toaster to get a warm breakfast, and the Emperor spends his free time on the throne corpsing it up and eating psykers. Whether or not the psykers have also been toasted first does vary on the writer, but that's neither here nor there. ;) That's what we call the shared universe - the bits of 40k that pretty much everyone accepts. The thing is, in that shared universe, the Blood Angels are regarded by many (including themselves) as the true sons of Sanguinius, and as likely to denounce their role as such as the Black Templars are to send Abaddon a birthday card. I generally aim my C&C at helping people fit their ideas into the shared universe. As a result, if you're sticking to an alternate Imperium that differs from the shared universe, any faults can be explained with 'yeah, that's actually how it is here'. Now, that's all well and good. Alternate universes for the win and so forth. Vive la alternate Imperium! :lol: But the thing is, people giving C&C don't like to be told afterwards that said C&C has basically been a waste of their time, so a word of warning beforehand that you're differing from the shared universe would save anyone else giving C&C some headaches. ^_^ Apologies for the wordy response, but that's what happens when you wax theoretical at me. :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246647-ia-solvo-angelus-10/#findComment-2990956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epistolary Exander Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 Techniquely arent all DIY IAs based in their author's own Imperium? :). The answer to that is both somewhere between yes and no. ...That was such a helpful response, wasn't it? :lol: Completely :P. Alrighty then, I'll throw in an explanation too. That is to say, you're absolutely correct, but each author's individual Imperium has, to a greater or lesser degree, many things in common. For instance, in most people's personal Imperium, Chaos lives (mostly) in the Eye of Terror, the Adeptus Mechanicus have to spend fifteen minutes praying to the toaster to get a warm breakfast, and the Emperor spends his free time on the throne corpsing it up and eating psykers. Whether or not the psykers have also been toasted first does vary on the writer, but that's neither here nor there. :) That's what we call the shared universe - the bits of 40k that pretty much everyone accepts. The thing is, in that shared universe, the Blood Angels are regarded by many (including themselves) as the true sons of Sanguinius, and as likely to denounce their role as such as the Black Templars are to send Abaddon a birthday card. I generally aim my C&C at helping people fit their ideas into the shared universe. As a result, if you're sticking to an alternate Imperium that differs from the shared universe, any faults can be explained with 'yeah, that's actually how it is here'. Now, that's all well and good. Alternate universes for the win and so forth. Vive la alternate Imperium! :lol: But the thing is, people giving C&C don't like to be told afterwards that said C&C has basically been a waste of their time, so a word of warning beforehand that you're differing from the shared universe would save anyone else giving C&C some headaches. ^_^ I understand what you are saying here & I have been wondering if I can make the IA work set in the canon universe. Certainly I can edit out the differences & there are a number of ways of which I can not cure the flaw for the wider the BA chapters. The primary reason I have stuck with the theme of the Dante & Corbulo thinking the Solvo Angelus are the true sons of Sanguinius was to strengthen the case for the chapters creation. Saying that it isn’t necessarily needed as Corbulo would have had the chapter created just as an effort to see if the nanites could cure the flaw for the wider BA lineage. At this point I am open to doing an edit on the IA to bring it in line with the current universe, but I feel the best way to go forward with the use of nanites affects on the Solvo Angelus is what is happening in the IA. Please argue away if you think another idea approach would be benefitial? Aopolgies for the wordy response, but that's what happens when you wax theoretical at me. ;) The IA can only be improved with the exchange of ideas, which goes back to my response above ;). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246647-ia-solvo-angelus-10/#findComment-2990989 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightrawenII Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Aopolgies [I see typo!! I see typo!!!!] for the wordy response, but that's what happens when you wax theoretical at me. B) The IA can only be improved with the exchange of ideas, which goes back to my response above :D. Why don't the Blood Angels take some of these machines for themselves?Why doesn't the AdMech take any? The Index Astartes is first and foremost about explanations... if and when you cannot give the explanation for certain things in your article, then these things don't exist. Plain and Simple. The Putus 3 would be either brought into Imperium's fold or burned to the crisp, you don't mess with Ecclesiarchy and Mechanicus. ~NightrawenII. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246647-ia-solvo-angelus-10/#findComment-2992427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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