Primus Ta'aun is dead, taken by Oryx, slain by Guardians. His bond brothers, Valus Mau'ual and Tlu'urn are dead, slain by Guardians upon the Dreadnought. Primus Sha'aul is dead, slain on Venus by Vex and Guardians. Valus Ta'aurc, slain on his own ship by Guardians, our leaders are gone, and we are without order, the legions Lash blindly now at out enemies, no supply lines remain. The Empires orders are not followed, and now we cry for help from our Emperor, we are weak, but we may be strong.

I, Val Hor'ual of the Sky burners declare myself Valus Hor'ual, and order all other Val and Valus to the Dreadnought! Oryx is dead! Now we form again! Warlords to me, we will take this ship and present it to the Emperor on his arrival! We will grind the Guardians into the dust, and crush the Hive in their home! When the Emperor's forces arrive we will hand this system to him on a platter! WE ARE CABAL! WE ARE NOT WEAK, AND WE DO NOT FAIL!

-Translated from intercepted transmission to all Cabal installations

The time for war approaches, and the drums beat once again.

The Taken King, Oryx, lies dead. His Taken invasion brought now to a standstill, they and the hive now leaderless. But, the effects of the invasion remain, and few were more affected than the Cabal. With the death of their remaining leader during the Taken war, the legions are now leaderless and their lines of engagement are fractured without leadership. The Emperor I'd on his way, bringing the full force of the Cabal empire down on the system. Many of remaining cabal forces, now lead by the Val, are content to dig in and wait for the arrival of the Emperor, but some are not so content.

The self proclaimed Valus Hor'ual has declared a new campaign, and calls all Bracus, Val and other self proclaimed Valus to the Dreadnought in order to wrest it from the hive, and oust any remaining hive leadership. As this has not been expressly ordered by the Emperor, not all Cabal are behind the new Valus, but many are.

From the assorted legions other new Cabal leadership have emerged, intent to conquer for the Empire and show the Emperor that they will not have been complacent upon his arrival.

Rules/Introduction

This RP is, obviously, focused around the Cabal from Destiny shortly after the Taken king. I will be playing Valus Hor'ual of the Sky burners, and the rest of you will be other Cabal Warlords, anywhere from a Bracus to a Valus in rank.

We are beginning on the Dreadnought, with the first campaign of the new order: Take the Dreadnought for the cabal

Rules

1. Do not argue OOC, in other words no drama OOC, if you have to have it take it to pm (IC drama is fine)
2. Your characters are nother invincible, if you die I will allow you to reapply just know death is possible
3. As this is my RP, know what I say goes, that said I will not be a nazi
4. And, of course, have the funs

Character creation
Post characters in OOC for approval



Legions

The Siege Dancers: Elite cabal detachment focused on the Aquisition and forification of new territory, ma king them a form of stormtroopers. Siege masters, their armor colors are Yellow and blue. Originally lead by Valus Ta'aurc [KIA] who was killed by Guardians in his Imperial land tank

The BLind legion: Elite Cabal detachment focused on acquisition, study and use of vex technology. The most stealth based Cabal detachment, their colors are grey, though Colossi wear white armor, and centurion armor is orange. Originally lead by Primus Sha'aul [KIA] who was killed on venus by Vex and Guardians. More Psion than others legions

The Sand eaters: Largest of the current legions, the Sand eaters are the common soldiery in the system, being deployed to most Cabal Installations. No living Valus known, their armor is White and green.

The Dust Giants: A veteran legion recruited from the Sand eaters and deployed to struggling Cabal lines (at least back when there was still a connected command structure, they now reside mostly on mars in the city of Freehold) No leaders known, armor is Green with yellow trim.

The Sky burners: The fleet based Legion, the Sky burners controlled the unified Cabal fleet, which splintered upon Primus Ta'auns [KIA] death. Almost exclusively found in the dreadnought holding their beachhaed at the Dantalion, their armor is light blue and they have a brush plume on their helmets. Currently, the fleet elements near the dreadnought and the Sky Burners are lead by Valus Hor'ual.

If you want a custom legion pm me about. I will allow a few as the Cabal are pretty fractured atm. Also, you may be in another players legion, but you will either be competitors or their second in command (and possibly bond brother)

The cabal race and war machine

Cabal physically: Cabal are huge creatures stand anywhere from 8 to 15 feet tall, and are incredibly bulky. Their weighty bulk is enhanced by their heavily armored environment suits, made to allow them to survive in the much hotter, dryer environments of other worlds. A cabal with a damaged helmet is a dead cabal.
A cabal's face


command structure: The command structure is very straightforward for such a militaristic race. Basic trooper ranks include: Psion, Legionary, Phalanx, Centurion, Colossi. Above these are the named ranks, explained below

Bracus: Lowest named rank, most likely a sergeant or Lieutenant equivalent. Made up of mostly Centurions
Val: Rank held by the guards of a Valus or Primus, includes Phalanxes, Centurions and Legionaires
Valus: Second highest rank encountered by Guardians. Most likely equivalent to colonel up to major and even more minor generals. Most legions have anywhere from 1 to 3 or even 4 Valus. Take the duties of a Primus in their absence
Primus: Highest encountered rank. Equivalent to a high general, In charge of an Entire legion

Nots: Psions are actually outside of the classic command structure as they are not technically cabal, and have access to powerful psychic powers

Current state of the Cabal War machine: After the Taken king destroyed the base on Phobos, the SKy Burners established a beachhead within the Hive dreadnought by ramming their flagship, Dantalion Exodus VI into the ship. The leader of the Sky burners legion, Primus Ta'aun attempted to lead a squad to kill Oryx, but was Taken and later killed by Guardians.

The two Valus of the Sky Burners, also Ta'aun's bond brothers, lead a strike force into the core of the Dreadnought, intending to blow its core in revenge for the death of their commander. If their plan had succeeded, approximately half the system would have been destroyed. They were killed by a Group of Guardians and their bombs were dismantled.

With the death of the Sky Burners Legion command, every single Cabal commander in the system was dead. The Cabal legions then sent a call for reinforcement to the Empire outside of the solar system, and have now dug in to all their positions, intending to survive until the Emperor's arrival. With the original leadership dead, many lesser Val and Bracus have taken control of sections of their legions in order to maintain order, which has lead to a heavily fragamented front.

Now, self proclaimed Valus Hor'ual has placed a call to arms, not content to wait for the Emperor Hor'ual intends to tke control of the leaderless Hive Dreadnought and present it to the Emperor on his arrival, as well as inititate new campaigns against most of the other races in the system.

Hive dreadnought


The Dantalion Exodus VI

@NanoFreakV2@Vocab@Blubaron45@Claw2k11
Making sure your all aware the OOC is up, I will be making Valus Hor'ual today, and I hope you still wish to make your own Warlords

Yup, will start working on it. Just been busy this past few days.

Awesome!

@Vocab@Blubaron45@Claw2k11
Can you guys just let me know your still interested?

Hello. I'd like to join.
Can i be a Psion Flayer?

Absolutely! I was hoping we'd have a psion, which legion do you intend to be attached to?

i was thinking blind legion or skyburners

Go ahead and make him I'd you so feel the urge

beg your pardon?

I meant you can go ahead and write your char, autocorrect changed it

@agentmanatee

Name: Gaxkang

Gender: Male

Rank: Psion Flayer

Troop type: Psion

Appearance: Gaxkang is about 6'9. His slightly battle-scarred armor bears the markings of the Ice Reapers, The elite psion unit of which Gaxkang is the last of in the system. His semi-transparent, twin-tailed mantle shifts in color depending on which element it is charged with.

Disposition: Gaxkang is cold and calculating. He tends to keep and even temper and calm demeanor regardless of the situation. Gaxkang is a sly tactician and may often play hostile forces against eachother rather than immediately taking them on himself. He is no stranger to defying orders to achieve his objectives, an offense usually forgiven for efficiency.

Biography: Gaxkang entered the system with Numoc, Kolar, and Vatch. While the other three went to deal with the Warmind Rasputin Gaxkang was assigned to Primus Sha'aul's Blind Legion, Primarily dealing with the Black Garden. The death of Primus Sha'aul initially left only a minor disarray most operations continued as normal save for there being little communication between the remaining Valus. This lead to the Blind Legion being divided into cells at various ruins, mostly unaware of what the others were doing. Gaxkang and his unit abandoned the ruins they had recently occupied after hearing of the death of other Cabal officers and an overwhelming Vex offensive. His retreating unit caught a signal from the dreadnought, a call to arms from Valus Hor'ual. Gaxkang had his Psions salvage a transport ship and made his way to the dreadnought.

Legion: Ice Reapers. Attached to Blind Legion.
Commands a regiment of Psion Operants (32 Operants)

Equipment:
-Psion Flayer armor
-Flayer Mantle, Modified to switch between Arc, Sol, and Void
-Sol, Arc, or Void shielding
-Slug Rifle

Other:

@Zetsuko accepted, move him to characters

Name: Maruu Hylo’al
Gender: Male
Rank: Valus
Troop type: Psion

Appearance: He is slighty taller than most Psions. His armor is clearly worn out due to the battles he’s been in. The most prominent feature about him is a large gash on his chest piece that clearly goes deep enough to reach. Only few have seen his scar as he wears a black hooded cloak at most times.

Disposition: On the outside he displays a calm and cold attitude. Only few have experienced his Anger. Mainly because few have survived it.
He often plans out his actions but has hard time following his own plans as he loses himself in his rage amidst combat.
As long has he stays outside of the fight he can command his troops well, once the battlefield, they’re on their own.

Biography: Even when a mere regular pawn he displayed extreme ruthlessness. During an incursion by guardians on the moon, he the lone survivor picked them off one by one. He survived the encounter leaving one large scar on his chest due to a sword slash. His success secured him a position as a Bracus.

Once he was that far he didn’t hesitate to grab even more power by killing the former Sand Eaters Valus and forcefully taking his place. He now fights from the shadow and has not announced his new position. As such it is still believed that The Sand Eaters Valus is dead.

(It's all I could come up with biography wise, considering how little I know about destiny and what the cabal do throughout their lives, except fighting)

Legion: The Sand Eaters (I know too little of cabal troops/ships so I couldn’t say how many or what troops he has under his command. I defer to you judgement for that.)

Equipment: He has standard Psion equipment with the exception of the hooded cloak he wears at most times.

Other:

@NanoFreakV2

1. As stated pions work outside of the regular and therefore do not attain rankss llike bracus or valus

2. As a psion connected to the sand eaters you would probably control a large portion of the psions attached to the leegion and possibly a small number of regular cabal guards (Like... 100 or so psions and 20 cabal as they are all less about skill and more about numbers)

other than those points your fine, fix those and i'll accept it

@agentmanatee *sigh* Alright is there any other cabal class that isn't just a huge dumb grunt?

Heh you assume being big makes them dumb brutes? The cabal are actually rather brilliant strategists. They manage to consistently hold their ground against and defeat time traveling sentient robots, a race of super powered magical bugs who are literally led by gods, an entire race of hit and run four armed space pirates AND the ultimate warriors of light. Even a planets worth of brute force alone could not accomplish these things. The cabal also have an intrensic sense if martial honour, willing to fight to the last for their commanders and the wider empire. Cabal can be clever, underhanded, sneaky and generally dangerous. They are a diverse military force, not just a bunch of big dumb grunts. Just because Valus Hor'ual is a classic example of how others see the cabal they do not all fit his mold.

The cabal, despite their size and perceived clumsy way of war are as diverse as humanity is. @NanoFreakV2 remember, big does not mean stupid or brutish, it just means a cabal I'd able to crush you just as easily as he cod get at your back to take you out. They are not a homogeneous race, they are individuals

@NanoFreakV2 you could be a centurion. Could even keep your cs mostly the same that way as well.

@Zetsuko@agentmanatee Very well, what kind of forces would a valus centurion have under his command?

@NanoFreakV2
Well it sorta depends on the legion. A sand eaters valus would have more soldiers under their command than say a blind legion valus

For instance the only reason Hor'ual has command of his entire legion due to its reduced size as they took EXTREMELY heavy casualties. Cabal have huge numbers, toss out a figure and I'll refine it

Maybe 15000 regular troops and 50 elites that have the bracus rank ?