The Liber Cluster

[Teetengee]

Welcome Heathens, we are all excited to be working with you.

[Nomus Sardauk]

 

 

I am excited to have the chance to define an aspect of the Scarlet Sentinels! Perhaps part of initiation involves surgery that permanently stiffens the upper lip.

 

You have my enthusiastic blessing to make this so.

 

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COMBAT DOCTRINE OF THE EAGLES OF GLORY:

 

"Damn the lances! RAMMING SPEED!!!"

 -4th Company Captain Davian Farrigun, Master of the Fleet.

 

Brash, headstrong and always searching for the next chance to prove themselves, the Eagles of Glory could easily be mistaken for sons of the Great Khan rather then their true Primogenitor, the Emperor's Praetorian Rogal Dorn.

Again the same assumption could be easily forgiven were one to look at their preferred style of warfare, as the Eagles live by the philosophy "the best defence is a strong offence" and believe that the quicker they can crush one enemy and move on to the next, the better.

 

It is with this strike first, strike hard mentality in mind that the Eagles have shaped their battle doctrine, believing that the ideal fight is one in which your first blow is also your last, hitting the foe without warning and with such overwhelming force that nothing can resist you.

 

As a result the Eagles are constantly on patrol, combing the far reaches of the Cluster for enemies. Upon the discovery of a threat the Astartes make all haste to the warzone, heedless of whether their help is needed or wanted, and engage the enemy immediately. In naval actions their ships are infamous for aggressively engaging hostile fleet elements as well as performing daring manuvers that, although undeniably effective, border on the reckless.

At the same time the Eagles will deploy en mass to the embattled planet's surface via drop pods and Thunderhawk Gunships, often right on top of, the enemy positions. While this approach is highly dangerous it also grants the Eagles an advantage in that their opponents will have almost no time to prepare for the onslaught that is about to assail them.

 

As the fiery forms of Drop Pods hammer down to disgorge dozens of Tactical and Assault marine into the embattled foe, Thunderhawk landers will deploy spearheads of Predator Tanks and Bike Squads nearby to support the first wave as Land Speeder and Stormtalon Gunship squadrons scream through the skies overhead to lay the target to waste.

Once all opposition has been neutralised and any objectives secured the Eagles will return to their ships and set off once more, leaving the corpse-choked battlefield as quickly as they came.

 

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Phew, that took longer than I thought, only just made the Midnight mark.

 

That is so perfect! Take all my likes!!!

 

 

Glad you like it ArcticPaladin, I was worried at times that I might be repeating myself or that I was focussing too much on one aspect of their character but I'm relieved to hear you approve.

Edited June 26, 2014 by SanguiniusReborn

[Conn Eremon]

One thing I'd recommend looking into for inspiration is "Full Spectrum Dominance." It's a bit old school Alpha Legion-y, but very much in keeping with the Eagles' primary source of theme.

 

 

 

1000heathens, I am as excited as everyone else to hear you getting involved, but I want to make sure you are okay with something. If you provide these Reavers, then it means that anybody else can come into the Project and create new lore for them. They might end up being very different from how you picture them now, once multiple people have had their fun and provided their take. If you're okay with this, then I am perfectly okay with easing back on the normal restriction. If not, then I'd recommend you abide that restriction, and contribute something new that you are creating specifically for the Liber Cluster.

 

Whichever you choose, I am eager to read about it!

Edited June 25, 2014 by Cormac Airt

[Hyaenidae]

At the very least, I'd like to keep Akan himself as mine. He is "Me", after all :P . The rest of the reavers can do as they please, under whoever's writing. Or die slowly. Or screaming. Whatev's.

 

Acceptable, or should I walk?

[Teetengee]

I accept these terms. Though you may want to have Akan keep a low profile if that is the case.

[Conn Eremon]

If Akan himself sets foot in the Liber Cluster, I can't promise he will be sacrosanct. It would be unfair of me to make an exception, even if I know that most of us would keep to such a promise.

 

But if you are willing to let the Reavers' fates be determined by the community, then perhaps you can have them rebel not just against the Corsair King, but against Akan as well? Or, you can do as I am with the Black Legion, and have Akan order elements of his forces to the Liber Cluster without being directly involved.

 

However you wish to do it. I hope I'm not off-putting you by this, I do wish to see a heathens' contribution.

[Hyaenidae]

Not off-putting. Let me stew on this for a while, I might have another 'expendable' force laying about in my Folder of Failed Ideas^TM

[Olis]

Whatever is decided, I am stoked to have Heathens on board. Welcome to the mad house, brother.

 

 

Edit - 

 

I just remembered! Brother Maynarr! Lemme just fetch the spiel, a moment, from the old Akan's Reavers thread...

 

Got it (from TWO years ago, no less):

 

 

 

 

Alrighty, here's introducing Brother Maynarr, Traitor of Orar, the Butcher of Lancia.


Once a proud member of the Sons of Orar chapter, Brother Maynarr devoted over a century in the service of the Emperor before falling under the influence of the Dark Gods. Maynarr often spent his time in quiet contemplation, eschewing his brothers company for solitary respite. Though not a powerful psyker, he did warrant full Librarian status. It was often that he accompanied his brothers to war, aiding them in their battles and victories - he sacrificed much to allow others the greater glory. Brother Maynarr felt ostracised from his fellows for his known powers - he felt the Librarius treated him as an asset to be deployed rather than a valued brother and the more superstitious of his comrades treated him like a threat.

En route to a new warzone, hearing whispers in the void, Maynarr listened to that which he should have ignored - at first it was little more than his inner-voice but in time it grew into a seperate presence. For weeks the space marine held debates within his mind, not knowing his rationale was being chewed and enjoyed by an outside power. Slowly Maynarr's thoughts changed, his loyalty eroded through false philosophical introspection and mere whispers. Through the warp, Maynarr was turned by the Thousand Son Warlord Set'Leth and his malignant wisdom, Maynarr's psyker powers were nurtured under his tutelage in secret. Ensuring his total corruption, Maynarr was coerced into executing what remained of his fellow chapter members at a crucial point during the Ospacia Uprising, personally putting down three brother marines to prove he was ready to move on. Two of the astartes he cared little for, they kept him at arms length and spoke rarely to him. The last, Brother Terrian, was worse. He acted as Maynarr's comrade in his presence but when his back was turned the older marine proved little more than a two-faced liar, speaking to others about whether Maynarr was 'stable'. For Maynarr, the Emperor hadn't seen fit to help him, perhaps other patrons might. 

Over the years Brother Maynarr discovered the myriad ways of the Dark Gods, shown to him by Set'Leth until Maynarr left acrimoniously and struck out on his own into the Maelstrom. It may be that Maynarrproved to be a rash pupil - it is known that he slaughtered the people of Lancia Minoris in a series of rituals and conjurations culminating in the creation of Maynarr’s stave - this went counter to the machinations of Set'Leth, who dubbed him “the Butcher of Lancia” in scorn. It appears Maynarr may very well have fled from his former mentor as the renegade sports the head of a peer and fellow pupil on his belt, and uses what appears to be an ancient Legion bolter - perhaps Set'Leth's own. The Warlord has since off-handedly attempted to assassinate Maynarr using a few differing methods - all of which have ultimately failed their goal, though each has gotten closer than the last. One attempt cost Maynarr his left arm, another his jaw and the replacement bionics did little to assuage the hunted traitor.

Once free to set his own course, Brother Maynarr travelled throughout the Maelstrom, even attending Lord Blackheart's infamous court on occasion. For a great period, perhaps decades, Maynarr walked alone, rarely taking part in raids and even more rarely allying himself to the many warbands that exist. Joining the warband of Kharrax the Succulent, in time, proved to be a mistake. Although the prospect of making raids seemed little more than an afterthought, the small group that followed the ex-Violater were ill-disciplined and lacked focus. More often than not the motley band of the unbalanced and the insane raided when the opportunity arose, usually without thinking. Although suitably psychotic, Kharrax himself was far too unstable for Maynarr to trust and soon he felt it was time to leave. It was then that Maynarr met Akan's Reavers. As a rival to Kharrax's warband, Akan and his group had come into conflict with them more than once. The last meeting between them, before Maynarr had reason or chance to abandon Kharrax, saw the loss of Orrak Bane, Kharrax's number two, and the capture of Brother Maynarr by Maximillian DeWitt.

Maynarr was subjected to various forms of torture by the ex-Son of Medusa, conventional and arcane, and under such conditions eventually broke. Although he had no true loyalty to Kharrax, he resisted the ministrations of DeWitt until he was a bloody and torn mess. Afterward, his skin was tatooed in preparation of a summoning, the helots and cultists carefully inscribing his flesh for when the time came. To avoid an ignominious fate Maynarr pledged loyalty to the King of a Thousand Heathens before the final sigils were inked, forsaking all his former comrades, for what it was worth. Only for Akan Maynarr would now used his powers but existed far down the pecking order in the warband. Far too far, in Brother Maynarr's opinion. For now, though, he was of use.

Often, Maynarr inscribes his armour with warding sigils and hexes, to fend off possible possession - DeWitt has warned the ex-Son of Orar against removing his tattoos, if he valued his existence. These inscriptions, in turn, have allowed the Butcher of Lancia to turn aside psychic attacks better than his unadorned comrades, something that some of them regard as 'cheap tricks'. They have dampened his own powers, however, much to his chagrin. He has often considered taking the path of Tzeentch but, having seen what Set'Leth had become, still remains an unaligned follower of the Chaos powers.

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Sat, hunched over a glowing display in the darkened study, a cowled figure scrolled through the profiles of heretics and renegades within his 'Black File'. Although there was a degree of obscurity in the description of the renegades he was interested in, Inquisitor Helier recognized the profile of a renegade in the scratched red and white armour was, more likely than not, Brother Maynarr, the Butcher of Lancia. Bedecked in a tattered cloak, small fetishes and arcane charms, Brother Maynarr wore armour of singular heritage; a battered suit of mark four plate and an old mark four helmet despoiled by an eight pointed star etched into the forehead. As always the Inquisitor made a warding gesture when his eyes fell upon the star of Chaos. The bile in his throat was swallowed back down without a sound. The renegade appeared differently to the archive footage Helier was familiar with. He now had long white hair, at odds with his tan complexion whereas before it was short and black. The ex-Son of Orar still had his scarred, noble features yet a terrible balefire now burned from his eyes, his mouth, his nostrils and, of course, the gaps in his battered suit of maximus plate. The flames themselves burned blue and white and the apparent heat distorted the image, which was why Maynarr was still officially unidentified yet by the logis engines. The Inquisitor scrolled on.



Presented and submitted, I give you the Reavers' first Sorceror. I hope that was a good read (sorry for the Wall o' text). 

Edited June 26, 2014 by Olisredan
Consult the Book of Armaments!

[deathspectersgt7]

Combat Doctrine of the Doomsayers

 

Since the destruction of their Home World the Doomsayers have become a Space bound Chapter.In the years that followed they have become the Masters of Naval and Void Warfare.Sternguard Vanguard Squads wear suits of Void harden Armour. While specialist Squads in each Company also have The Harden Armour along with Boarding Shields.And Rapier Weapons platform are a main Stay for Boarding assualts for Hvy support.

 

Beside Boarding Torpedos they have Caestus Assualt Rams and the Vaunted Thunderhawk Gunships and various other classes of Astartes Aircraft.

At this time the size of the Doomsayers fleet is unknown.At entering the Cluster 4 Companys are present.The rest are presently  in route.

 

The Doomsayers follow Standard Codex Tactics for planetary assualts and such. But it is Brutal face to face Boarding Action that Doomsayers Crave.

 

                                                                     Naval !!!                                        

Edited June 27, 2014 by deathspectersgt7

[Tiberius Cato]

Updated Scarlet Sentinels post, added a key engagement in their history!

[Captain Nameless]

Sorry, but I couldn't help laughing.

 

 

 

 Masters of Navel and Void Warfare

 

On a more serious note, is there room for another guard regiment.  Though I think they may be more like Tempestus Scions.

Edited June 26, 2014 by Captain Nameless

[Olis]

On a more serious note, is there room for another guard regiment.  Though I think they may be more like Tempestus Scions.

 

I'd say there's room for more than a handful of others, really. There's always fewer space marines than there are guardsmen. ;)

[Conn Eremon]

There is room for more than can be named. The Imperial Guard has dozens, hundreds of regiments in the Cluster.

[Captain Nameless]

Okay, I'll get to work on them.

[Tiberius Cato]

Thanks for pointing that out brother, I should really turn off my phones autocorrect.

 

Edit: Nevermind, I apparently can't read.

Edited June 26, 2014 by ArcticPaladin

[Nomus Sardauk]

Updated Scarlet Sentinels post, added a key engagement in their history!

 

I just read though it, lovely work, though it might be wise to tone down the Sentinels'... Efficiency?

As good as they are to be counted among the Liber Cluster Astartes' deadliest void warfare specialists, even the most skilled sailors aren't invincible, other than that, excellent work.

 

Oh, and Nephilim Jetfighters are only availible to the Dark Angels and their successors, so that should probably be altered too.

 

 

EDIT: Also, if we're looking to expand the number of currently-represented forces in the Cluster that aren't Astartes, would it be alright with everyone if maybe I had a crack at possibly introducing a new Sororitas Order? Maybe to help flesh out the Ecclesiarchy's presence in the Cluster? Or should I leave that for someone else who doesn't already have a faction to their name?

Edited June 26, 2014 by SanguiniusReborn

[Tiberius Cato]

I'm not too well versed on space marine naval vessels, so I wasn't sure what was reasonable losses and what weren't. Any advice would be very helpful

[Olis]

Here's my take (I won't be getting into grammatical issues, it'll be merely wording):

 

The conflict started with the Scarlet Sentinels emerging from a warp jump and bombarding enemy forces with all manners of naval weaponry, and flawlessly executing many maneouvers to avoid enemy fire and trap them. the Sentinels had emerged from the combat without a scratch.

 

I would drop the use of the word 'flawlessly' and substituting in a less absolute word, such as 'skillfully' or 'deftly'. I would also state that they took minimal losses, rather than got away scott-free from the encounter.

 

The main part of the battle was fought in orbit above Libertas. After defeating the heretic fleet that was stationed above Libertas, the Scarlet Sentinals quickly set about creating a blockade. It was a wise decision by them. Mere moments after the Eagles made planetfall a massive fleet had emereged from the warp near Libertas. The fate of the planet was firmly thrusted into the hands of the Sentinels at that point. The Sentinels valiantly fended off the host of chaos forces intent on defeating the imperial invaders. They deployed all of their Nephilim fighters and thunderhawks to engage in all out orbital warfare and boarding actions. Astonishingly, very few losses were incurred by the Sentinels, their superiority in the void and the discipline they possessed in all aspects of war had seized victory for the Imperium.

 

I'd advise dropping the word 'quickly' from the third sentence altogether, as I feel the superlative to be unnecessary. Perhaps instead of the fourth sentence, you could delete that and slip 'wisely' in where quickly was. 

 

As for losses, I think "Astonishingly, very few losses[...]" should be changed to "Acceptably low casualties". Hopefully these suggestions help you refine the details. 

[Tiberius Cato]

Thank you very much Brother Olisredan! I shall make the changes promptly.

[Hyaenidae]

Sangyreborn: More Sororitas, the better.  :

 

Well, well, well. Found an old CSM character from Black Crusade, before I realized I had no stomach for a game where the players play politics followed by sneaky knives in the back. He was meant to be a forsaken, but a few twists could easily turn him into a decent renegade mercenary commander with a loyalty to money and not Gods. I also have no emotional attachment to him, so if he gets his head blown off, c'est la vie.

 

Al-Rashid Ibn Khroda, the Ashen, leading his renegade mercenary battalions, The Seraki Lions.

 

I'll get to work right now.  :)

[Nomus Sardauk]

I'm not too well versed on space marine naval vessels, so I wasn't sure what was reasonable losses and what weren't. Any advice would be very helpful

 

Well, if you'd to brush up on your Astartes Fleet knowledge, this might could help. As for ship loss numbers, the initial strike against the traitors' in-orbit defences seems to very much take them by surprise so having the Sentinels take no real losses there probably wouldn't be much of a stretch.

The fight against the returning heretic fleet is a different matter however, from what you wrote I gather that the fleet was very large, but given that these are only crewed by turncoat humans and they're going up against an entire Chapter Warfleet that specialises in naval combat... Hmm...

 

Okay, how about this, 3 escorts are lost, another one and a Strike Cruiser, the Conqueror, badly damaged. The Conqueror's Captain, realising his ship is lost, gives the order to abandon ship before steering the vessel into the midst of the heretic fleet and deliberately overloading her Plasma Core. The resulting detonation tears the heart from the enemy armada and sends them reeling long enough for the remaining Sentinels' to counter-attack and mop them up. What do you guys think?

 

Also, in case you guys haven't noticed yet I've decided to theme the Sentinels' ships by naming them after certain British warships, though some might be a little alter to better fit the universe, like the Battle Barge Ark Imperial.

 

Now if you'll all excuse me, it's 3:36am in the morning and I need some dang sleep, night all.

Edited June 26, 2014 by SanguiniusReborn

[Tiberius Cato]

I'm not sure whether or not it is solely turncoat humans, I think for the sake of adding some epicness so it really does seem like a huge defining moment in the chapter's history that there is a need for a warband or two to be present too. (couldn't resist the t(w)o(o)'s) It seems fitting that the Scarlet Sentinels developed an intense rivarly with the Eagles because not only did they carve the path for the Eagles, they made damn sure no one would stop them and kept a huge fleet of heretics off the planet Edited June 26, 2014 by ArcticPaladin

[Wade Garrett]

Well, with the Blackjaw Kindred hanging around we know there were some Astartes in the Cluster before the current wave of Imperial settlers showed up.

 

It's unlikely that they all kept fighting the good fight after being cut off from their high command for centuries, it is quite likely that there are native Warbands, whose interactions with the newly arrived Black Legion would be...interesting.

[Tiberius Cato]

I changed up what I wrote for the Scarlet Sentinels a bit, edited out obviously incorrect information and fleshed out other aspects. I intend to add a bit about the recruitment process, nothing pertaining to the English is truly complete with mention of stiff upper lips (also the queen, but she holds no status in this realm). :P

 

P.S. I mean no offense by mentioning Her Royal Majesty.

[Aegnor]

Warp storm has abated, with only marginal damage to my gellar field and propulsion systems. Will look to produce something for the Angels Exultant this evening.