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Post by Timf on Jan 18, 2013 16:31:05 GMT
OK FIrst up - please keep this to Official record posts. To comment please use a separate thread!
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Post by Timf on Jan 18, 2013 16:31:30 GMT
Here lies the formal record of the vigil of Deathwatch Kill-Team Epsilon Rho Beta - sealed to Astartes and Inquisition ranks only. Formation of Kill-Team. Month 6, 816.M41 Requests issued to the Adeptus Astartes for formation of a new Kill-Team. Tithed members to be transported to Scintilla Watch Station. The Imperial Fists tithed a Tactical Marine and the Hammers of Dorn tithed a Librarian. The Blood Angels and Black Templars each released an Assault Marine to service. The Dark Angels have volunteered a Devastator Marine and the Ultramarines have admitted a Techmarine to our service. Praise the Emperor for they will be his Word in the Jericho Reach. An Apothecary has been assigned for strategic purposes to ensure purity in post-action debriefings. Month 8, 816.M41 Kill-Team completes orientation and basic training and are transported through the Koronus Expanse via <redacted> to Watch Fortress Erioch in the Jericho Reach. Month 9 816.M41 Kill-Team Oath of Vigil observed before the Omega Vault. Shortly thereafter the Omega Vault opened a minor room. The contents of the room were an empty bolt casing, a bolt casing filled with Tau blood, a twisted Cog of the Omnissiah and a dataslate containing one text file. Text File reads <Angels in the Shadow, Shadows in the Reach, Death Walks once Again, Will this Golden Hammer seek or break>. Kill-Team to be placed under close observation. Month 10, 816.M41 Kill-Team assigned to shakedown operation aboard Deathwatch Frigate Thunder's Word. Distress Call received from Magos Biologis operative on Tantalus, Prime Moon of Castobel. By order of Watch Captain Ortemis: Biologis datacore to be retrieved by Kill-Team, secondary objective to retrieve Magos himself and his initial analysis of Tyranid gene sequences. Augur array sweeps indicate massive controlling presence of Tyranid organisms on the moon. Imperial resistance slight, population casualties in excess of 75% of initial census of 79,429,886 individuals. Resistance expected to fail completely in the next 48hrs from cogitator analysis. Tantalus is lost to the Tyranid host, remaining Imperial forces may be considered expendable. Kill-Team is authorised to conduct Scorched Earth policy to deny biomass and mineral resources to the Tyranid host if nothing can be saved. Exterminatus is not available at this time. Insertion will be by MkIII Drop Pod. Thunderhawk Emperor's Grace will stand by for extraction. Drop Zone is expected to be hot. Tyranid harbinger and vanguard organisms present in force in variety of species. Estimated time frame for operation - 5 hrs before main tyranid swarm reaches area and extraction becomes impossible. Go in the Emperor's Name |
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