DogWelder Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I posted this on News and Rumors but thought I'd also re-post it here since this is an Ultramarine-specific thing as well. Mods are free to remove this if it is too redundant. I was able to glean some info from the fluff segments regarding Mortarian and the Death Guard's invasion of Ultramar. HEAVY spoilers below. I'll basically be summarizing the main points. -Three systems to the galactic north of Ultramar are fully corrupted by Nurgle, becoming the Scourge Stars which will serve as the staging area for the invasion of Ultramar by the forces of Nurgle. Note that these systems are NOT part of Ultramar but are simply to the north of it. This will be an important distinction later in the story. -The Invasion is led by Mortarian and Typhus who leads the entire Plague Fleet on this offensive as well. There is a Great Unclean one named Ka'Gash who joins their forces as well. -Initially the forces of Mortarian grind down the Ultramarines and their auxilia, making progress in their invasion. They even launch swift, probing, hit and run attacks against Maccrage as well. -However, Guilliman returns with his Primaris Marines and the Ultramarines regain the initiative, bringing the invasion to a grinding halt and allowing the fronts to stabilize. -Several Ultramarine successors also arrive, defending the shipping lanes of Ultramar against the attacks from the Plague Fleet. -A huge battle takes place on the world of Parmenio, where there is the largest armored clash between the traitor and loyalist forces. The Ultramarines space fort Galatan tries to provide support but gets boarded by the Plague fleet and the Chapter Master of the Novamarines is killed. Eventually the loyalists gain the upper hand with Roboute Guilliman killing Ka'gashs' lieutenant and shattering his Plague Guard (unique formation?). -Guilliman leads a relief force to Iax which was being invaded by the Death Guard. The final battle takes place here and the Primarchs fight each other to a standstill. -After this battle, the Death Guard withdraw from Ultramar as their Scourge Stars (mentioned earlier) had become threatened by the "War in the Rift" (no idea what that is). There is a short blurb in the Primaris Marines datasheet, where Captain Acheron of the Ultramarines proclaims that the forces of Nurgle were "driven off" from Ultramar and has him saying that they would beat them several times over if they desired to return. By his upbeat tone, I'm guessing the whole affair ended in a loyalist/Imperium victory. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/334174-warzone-ultramar-plot-summary-leaks/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Arias Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I am guessing that Captain Acheron is the new Primaris Captain? Very interesting, I wonder where all the other UM Companies are at or doing at this point. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/334174-warzone-ultramar-plot-summary-leaks/#findComment-4767472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I wonder what company he is the captain of, and who died... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/334174-warzone-ultramar-plot-summary-leaks/#findComment-4768533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogWelder Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 I wonder what company he is the captain of, and who died... Acheron? He replaces Sicarius as captain of the 2nd since Sicarius is now elevated to Guilliman's personal champion. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/334174-warzone-ultramar-plot-summary-leaks/#findComment-4768534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 That makes sense. Good on Guilliman, to remove that hot-head from command so that soldiers stop needlessly dying. ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/334174-warzone-ultramar-plot-summary-leaks/#findComment-4768866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogWelder Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 That makes sense. Good on Guilliman, to remove that hot-head from command so that soldiers stop needlessly dying. To be fair, his plans are incredibly stupid but they do work Blades of Damocles: Uses his squad as bait so he can use a borrowed jetpack to jump onto Tau Sunshark bombers and beahead their pilots with his sword Fall of Damnos: Uses his company as bait so he can use a borrowed jetpack to jump onto a Necron monolith and blow it up from the inside Black Reach: Uses his company and the Imperial forces as bait so he can fight the Ork Warboss one on one and win Chapter's Due: Uses his recon squad as bait so he can draw out the corsair queen and kill her Knight of Talassar: Uses his company, his Dreadnoughts an an entire regiment of Kriegers as bait for an Ork-controlled starfort so he can board it and kill the warboss Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/334174-warzone-ultramar-plot-summary-leaks/#findComment-4768916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Idaho Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Reassuring to know Ultramar still exists. The war in the Rift is interesting. Sounds like something Xenos against Chaos. After all, Mortarion's scourge stars are where thr Tau are supposed to be. ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/334174-warzone-ultramar-plot-summary-leaks/#findComment-4769111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of the Raven Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 The war in the Rift is interesting. Sounds like something Xenos against Chaos. After all, Mortarion's scourge stars are where thr Tau are supposed to be. The T'au recently gained the ability to pull entire armies and fleets out of their sleeves in quantities high enough to make Mass Effect 3's Cerberus green with envy, so they could actually provide a threat potent enough to drive the plague fleet back to its staging grounds. I'd rather have Imotekh (he's around Ultramar, isn't he?) and the Sautekh Dynasty coming by to say "hello" to the Death Guard with the plan to turn it into a "goodbye" though. For that old Necrons versus Chaos vibe. And because I love Newcrons. If Nemesor Zahndrekh is the one leading the whole offensive, I'll be on cloud nine. To go back to the warzone of Ultramar though, there's as much tension about who will prevail as I expected: none at all. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/334174-warzone-ultramar-plot-summary-leaks/#findComment-4769124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Ed Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 The War in the Rift is almost certainly the chaos gods fighting one another as their victory in real space appears ever more immanent. Also, I just want to point out that when I posted without bashing Cato (not even praising him, just not bashing) I was accused of "fanboy-ing" for the thoughtcrime of merely not searching the fluff for reasons to hate him. Some of you people are downright loony over interpretation here. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/334174-warzone-ultramar-plot-summary-leaks/#findComment-4769456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogWelder Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 The War in the Rift is almost certainly the chaos gods fighting one another as their victory in real space appears ever more immanent. Also, I just want to point out that when I posted without bashing Cato (not even praising him, just not bashing) I was accused of "fanboy-ing" for the thoughtcrime of merely not searching the fluff for reasons to hate him. Some of you people are downright loony over interpretation here. Oh, I was trying to make a bit of a joke there. Tbh, in all of those novels/codicies his plans are gambles but they do pay off heavily in his favor. When the trap is sprung, he is an incredibly competent commander who uses specialized squads to fulfill tasks and manages to keep a grasp on the battle as a whole while also engaging in heavy combat itself. For example, when taking down the Ork-controlled Star Fort, any other Imperial commander would have lost astronomical amounts of troops there. However, with Cato's gambit the Ultramarines only lost 10-15 marines. TL;DR: While I do tease him for taking those incredibly risky gambles, they do work in the end and I acknowledge he has the rare ability to pull off dangerous maneuvers consistently with success. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/334174-warzone-ultramar-plot-summary-leaks/#findComment-4769721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reldn Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Aside from the Novamarines, do they happen to mention which of the other Successor Chapters arrive to help? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/334174-warzone-ultramar-plot-summary-leaks/#findComment-4770106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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