[OOC] Warhammer 40k: The Eternal Fight for Freedom - Penal Legion RP (Looking for cannon fodder!)

[Jb]

Ok dont nake my char an old man...

@DeadDrop

How about a gibbering warp spawn?

[Drunken Conquistador]

@Drunken Conquistador@Laduguer@Amaranth@DeadDrop

Okie dokie, I'm going to do a time-jump, because I cannae think of anything else to do, is that alright with everyone (even DeadDrop)?

@Jbcool

Fine by me.

I'm assuming the time skip is going to be to the actual start of the deployment of the penal legion?

[DeadDrop]

make him a GODDD

[Amaranth]

That’s fine with me.

[Blueskin]

Hey, I was wondering if there was room for one more?

I've been lured to this site by a friend to get back into RPing and I'm stoked to see a few 40k options!

I was hoping to play an Ogryn, likely having undergone BONE treatment so he's got a bit more to see then grunts and such! I've only got a vague concept that will be fleshed out properly if you're accepting. It seems like it might be a good time to jump in, with the squad just finishing a simulation.

[Jb]

@Blueskin Sounds good, feel free to wing me a Character Sheet!

[Blueskin]

Edit: Silly question, which button puts the Hide function on? Posting from my phone.

Name: Waldo

Gender: Male

Age: 28

Former Occupation: 97th Orcan Stonecrushers

Former Rank: Sergeant aka Bone'ead

Mental and Physical Traits: As with most Ogryn's, Waldo is prodigiously strong and durable and capable of tossing a man across a yard and lifting a fallen Sentinel. His thick skin can shrug off a las-shot that would kill a regular human and the usual scrapes and wounds of combat rarely register. Smarter then the average Ogryn, even more so after Biochemical Ogryn Neural Enhancement, Waldo is still considered stupid by the standards of the average Imperial citizen. The only quality that truly sets Waldo apart is a strange trait for an Ogryn: doubt.

Appearance: Waldo stands 7'6" and is a broad and muscled specimen. He's got a bit of a paunch, but isn't unpleasantly fat as many Ogryn's tend to be. Waldo has developed a scruff on his chin since his incarceration, which is slowly turning into a beard. He still prefers to keep his head shaved to Auxilia standard, because he doesn't like 'the tickly bits touching' ma ears.' The left side of Waldo's shaven head is covered by a thick steel plate fitted to the shape of his skull, concealing and protecting the augments he received as part of his BONE treatment.

Wargear:
Ripper Gun (Ogryn sized auto-shotgun)
Trench Shovel XXL
6 Frag Grenades (Multiple grenade types are too confusing)
Flak Vest
Penal Legion Uniform
Gas Mask with inbuilt Inhaler
Ruck Sack
Mess Kit & Canteen
1 Weeks Rations (theoretically)
Blanket and Sleeping Bag
Micro-Bead
Dog Tags

History: The 97th Orcan 'Stonecrushers,' as with most Ogryn regiments gets split into units and seconded to other more standard Guard regiments. Sergeant Waldo's squad and three others had been given to the 43rd Cadian. In Sgt. Waldo's last tour, the 43rd was tasked as part of a mixed Imperial pacification force, bringing a system to heel during an extensive cultist uprising. Waldo's Blue Squad served alongside Cadian infantry amidst brutal trench fighting during the siege of a small hive city that controlled much of the heretics manufacturing potential, and the Ogryn's became a key unit in storming enemy trench works.

The trouble began when Blue Squad was clearing out bunkers alongside the 2nd Platoon of the Cadian 43rd. Ever obedient, Sgt. Waldo would enter each bunker on command and he and his squads Ripper Guns would turn its occupants to mulch. After exciting a recently cleared fortification, an order came from the right of the Ogryn's.

"Ogryn's!" shouted an authoritative voice. "Fire on those men! Clear that trench!"

The Sergeant looked at the source of the command and saw what to him looked like a high ranking officer; a peaked cap, chest full of medals and power sword. Dutifully, Sgt. Waldo ordered his squad to fire with a roar of "Get 'em!" and proceeded to unload upon the panicked soldiers to his left. From that same direction came shouts from 2nd Platoons commander, Lieutenant Stradt.

"Blue Squad cease fire! Blue Squad! Waldo you bonehead, STOP SHOOTING!"

As their Ripper Guns fell silent, Lt. Stradt stepped out from cover, furious.

"You're firing on your own," the man shouted. "The enemy is that way!"

"Don't listen to that man, Blue Squad!" called the other officer. "They're the enemy! Shoot that man!

Lieutenant Stradt's eyes went wide as he saw the expression on Waldo's face turn contemplative. Panicking, the officer raised his laspistol and fired, gaining a direct hit to Waldo's flak covered chest. The Ogryn shredded Stradt with a retort of scattershot, then opened fire on the soldiers behind him. Blue Squad dumbly followed suit. The mystery officer stepped forward, speaking words of praise, only to be shot off his feet in turn as the squad, following Waldo's lead, attacked his position as well.

When other elements of the 43rd came upon Blue Squad's position, the officer in charge demanded a report, he was met with refusal and a repeated question of "Who's side you on?" Quite unsure of what to do with the insubordinate Bone'ead and unable to order he and his squad back to their position, the officer was forced to call for a Commissar who, with an escort of another squad of the 97th Orcan, was able to put Waldo and his fellows under a semblance of arrest.

[Jb]

@Blueskin Hider is the little eye with a line through it. ;)

As for the sheet...very nice! He got arrested because he was confused, is that pretty much it?

Feel free to put him up in the Character Tab.

<Snipped quote by Jbcool>

Fine by me.

I'm assuming the time skip is going to be to the actual start of the deployment of the penal legion?

@Drunken Conquistador

I sense a mood for some bloodletting, so yes, it probably will be.

Monday shall be the time and place, so prepare thyselves to (possibly) die for the God-Emperor.

[Blueskin]

Done! As to why he was arrested, I completedly forgot the main issue of his insubordination. I've added it to his bio, but it reads:

My Hider

Upon later interrogation - an arduous affair when speaking to the intellectually deficient abhuman - it was found that the Bone'ead had a rather unique form of insubordination. For most Ogryn who were folded into the Astra Militarum, the Chain of Command is an almost sacred military edifice, in which the will of the Emperor works its way down through the Officers of the Guard. For former Bone'ead Waldo, that whole fact was now in question. He'd been given contradictory orders by two officers. Which one served the Emperor? How could he tell? What if an order came from the enemy? Waldo was puzzled, and until he figured it out he wouldn't follow any other orders for fear of acting against the Emperor. Facing this sort of insubordination, the Commissars of the 43rd shipped Waldo off to a penal colony to be someone else's problem.

[Blueskin]

We're back!

[Blueskin]

Are we still at this? Anyone still around after the return of the site?

[DeadDrop]

Im ROGUE

[Amaranth]

I'm still here.

[Drunken Conquistador]

So am I.

[Blueskin]

Are we dead before deployment @JBCool? At this point we’re all just waiting for your nudge.