WH40k - God Machine — Roleplayer Guild

GOD MACHINE

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war. 
The Immortal God-Emperor of Mankind sits upon the Golden Throne, an icon, a beacon, a deity to humanity. The citizens of the Imperium of Man, over a million worlds, worships the God-Emperor. For over ten thousand years He has protected the Imperium against countless threats. Barbaric aliens, traitors who worship evil, and the many horrors of the galaxy. Thousands of wars are waged throughout the Imperium. The Imperial Guard, consisting of billions of brave men and women, countless tanks, artillery and aircraft, fight back against those who would exploit, enslave or devour humanity. The Emperor's own Angels of Death, the most elite warriors of the Imperium, genetically enhanced, armed with the most powerful of armors and deadliest of weapons, once lead by the Emperor's own sons, the Primarchs. These Space Marines are entrusted with the most dangerous missions against the many foes of the Imperium. 

But without the Adeptus Mechanicus, the Priesthood of Mars, all of the armies of the Imperium would grind to halt. The planet sized factories, Forge Worlds, fuels the war machine of the Imperium, constructing tanks, munitions, armors, all that would be required. These Engineers are not only builders, but also explorers, scientists, and warriors if need be. The Mechanicus being so powerful, so different, that some consider it an allied empire rather than an organization within the Imperium of Man. Rather than worship the Emperor, the Techpriests of Mars worship the Omnissiah, the Machine God. In the tens of thousands of years that the Imperium has stood, countless technologies has been lost to time and war. The Mechanicus reveres these pieces of technology from a lost age, seeing them as holy relics, rather than simple tools. To enforce the will and to defend the Forge Worlds, countless legions of cybernetic warriors, the Skitarii, stand ready. And when the armies of the Imperium and Mechanicus are not enough, the Titans. The Collegia Titanica, a branch of the Adeptus Mechanicus, commands colossal war machines, dozens of meters tall and carrying enough firepower to annihilate entire divisions of warriors. These Titans are ancient, revered, and jealously guarded by the Mechanicus. 

The current state of the galaxy is one of despair. In the 42nd Millennium the vast Imperium of Man has been split in half by The Noctis Aeterna, the Blackness. A cataclysmic rift that has broken the boundaries between our galaxy and the dimension of The Warp, where the forces of Chaos and countless daemons lie. It spans the entire galaxy, dooming entire star systems to death, terror, and enslavement. The legions of Chaos, traitor Space Marines, Imperial Guard, the Dark Mechanicus and its corrupted Chaos Titans, all have spilled out to destroy in the name of their dark gods. On another front a race known as the Tyranids threatens the Imperium. Aliens from outside of our galaxy, organic, armored in chitin, with claws sharp enough to rip through tank armor, weapons that spit bio-plasma, acid and hooked tendrils. The Tyranids surge towards Holy Terra, where the God-Emperor sits upon his golden throne, the capital planet of the Imperium. The Tyranids consume all life in their path, leaving behind hollow husks of worlds once teeming with life. 

But not all hope is lost. Roboute Guilliman, one of the Emperor's own sons, a Primarch, has been resurrected. He now leads a vast army across the stars, reinforcing the depleted warriors of the Imperium, breaking sieges, and fighting back the countless invaders to bring back hope. It is called the Indomitus Crusade, and with every passing day, Guilliman and his warriors fight to secure the Imperium of Man.

Forge World Ferrox, located on the border of Segmentum Solar, the core worlds of the Imperium, and Segmentum Tempestus, the southern region, is under threat by the Tyranids. Hive Fleet Leviathan has sent a tendril of ships to destroy Forge World Ferrox in order to starve the armies nearby of munitions and repairs. Under threat, the Forge World has unleashed its Titan Legion, Legio Viribus, the Iron Disciplined. The Imperium and Mechanicus, knowing that the tendril has to stop on the nearby world of Chemasto, has sent their forces to the planet. Forge World Ferrox has sent out a call for help and trusted friend of the Mechanicus, Inquisitor Zhevon Amoxa, has promised reinforcements and a way to destroy the Tyranid tendril entirely, but he is still weeks away. Legio Viribus, assisted by a dozen regiments of Imperial Guard, an army of Skitarii and the Imperial Navy have entrenched themselves, waiting for the Tyranids to come, and hoping that the Inquisitor and his reinforcements come swiftly.

	In this RP we will play as the pilots of the Titans of Legio Viribus, the Princeps. We'll be going about it pretty loose so you don't have to be a die-hard fan of Warhammer 40k, and know every bit of lore to participate. So if you want to pilot a huge war machine, slaughtering countless bugs per blast, join in. Watch out though, Tyranid Bio-Titans exist, and they will be a match for our grand God-Machines. This will be an action packed RP, with a few moments of respite, the focus will mostly be on our characters and how the war takes its toll on them. For all the power our war engines have, the pilots are still human. We will also clash with the many commanders of the Imperium that will arrive to help, some of them think they can boss us around, but we don't answer to them, others will be wiser, but most will be less than great strategists.

OOC Here: roleplayerguild.com/topics/170707-wh4…

If you're not too familiar with 40k's Titans, I've copied over a boatload of lore for you to glance over. More information will be in the OOC, such as what the crew of a Titan is like, what kind of weaponry, etc.

"The Warhound-class Titan belongs to the smallest class of Imperial Titan, and is used as a scout or as the flanking element of a Titan Legion in conjunction with others of its kind. The Warhound-class Titan is thus the most common form of what is classified as a Scout Titan by the Collegia Titanica.

The Warhound Titan, despite being a class of Scout Titan, is still an immense war machine that stands ~14 metres (approx. 45 feet) tall. On the battlefield, the Warhound has been proven to be very effective, as the double-barrelled Turbolaser Destructor which it is now possible to mount on a Warhound-class chassis can destroy even super-heavy armoured vehicles with ease. When they are deployed against other titans, Warhound Titans use their superior speed and manoeuvrability to avoid enemy weapons fire. They also make use of pack oriented techniques to destroy enemy Titans, and there are some instances where lone Warhound Titans have defeated heavier classes."

"The Reaver-class Titan is a flexible, multi-role humanoid combat walker known as a Battle Titan that is commonly used by the Imperial Titan Legions at the forefront of the fighting. Amongst the honoured ranks of the Collegia Titanica the Reaver, like its larger counterparts, is regarded as a holy engine of destruction, an incarnation of the power of the Machine God, thrice-blessed by the Tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus before striding into battle. Reavers are of an ancient design, predating even the Age of the Imperium and having seen action on Mars during the battles of the Age of Strife when the Mechanicus first seized control of the sacred soil of the Red Planet. Reaver Titans are not as heavily armed as the Warlord-class Titans which form the mainstay of the Titan Legions' Battle Titans, or as fast and agile as the Warhound-class Scout Titans, though the Reaver is still a potent war machine in its own right. The Reaver was designed at approximately the same time as the Warhound-class."

"The Reaver-class Battle Titan differs considerably from newer designs, such as the Warlord Battle Titan, in placing the Titan's vulnerable plasma reactor towards the rear of the carapace housing. While this makes the Reaver difficult to knock out from frontal attacks, the more exposed cooling bars of the reactor make it a comparatively easy target from the side or rear. The greater speed of the Reaver over the Warlord minimises this problem but it does make Reavers unsuitable for heavy fighting in cities or other close terrain (such as urban assault) where they can be easily struck from all sides. They stand just under twice the height of a Warhound."

"The Warlord-class Titan is a large and powerful type of Battle Titan, armed with much more firepower than its counterpart, the smaller Reaver-class Titan. The Warlord appears to be the most common class of Battle Titan in use by the Titan Legions of the Imperium of Man, and many Adeptus Mechanicus Forge Worlds field their own patterns of this class. Due to their immense size, Warlord Titans are not nearly as fast or agile as the Reaver-class Titans or the Warhound Scout Titans, but they more than make up for this failing with their sheer firepower and heavily armoured bulks."

"The Warlord Titan's colossal size, incalculable power and superior design make it both extremely difficult to harm from ground level, with its vital systems elevated far above the heads and hulls of those upon the battlefield below it, while its legs are plated with metres-thick armour to prevent it from being assailed by infantry or laid low by explosive charges. The Warlord is much larger than the aging Reaver-class Titan"

Note that the Emperor Class Titans are split up into two subclasses, Imperator and Warmonger Emperor Class Titans.
"The Imperator-class Titan is the largest and most powerful variant of Emperor Titan ever deployed by the Titan Legions of the Adeptus Mechanicus. It is literally a walking fortress and is armed with much more firepower than the next Battle Titan in size, the smaller Warlord-class Titan. An Imperator-class Titan is one of the two classes of super-heavy Titans known as Emperor Titans that also includes the even more rarely deployed Warmonger-class Titan. The Imperator-class of Emperor Titan is a general-purpose assault platform, whereas the Warmonger-class Emperor Titan is a dedicated fire-support unit with more advanced fire control and targeting systems intended to aid its more specialised function. Both classes of Emperor Titan represent the most powerful mobile weapon systems in the arsenal of the Imperium of Man and are often unmatched by any force deployed by the enemy. Emperor Class Titans are extremely rare in the Imperium as the Adeptus Mechanicus has lost the capability to manufacture these monstrous war engines. Due to their immense size, Imperator Titans are not nearly as fast or agile as their smaller Scout and Battle Titan counterparts, but they more than make up for this failing with their sheer firepower and heavily armoured bulk. The Tech-priests of the Mechanicus consider the two classes of Emperor Titan to be avatars of the Machine God, walking incarnations of death intended to destroy all those who have displeased the Omnissiah."

"These formidable super-heavy combat walkers are the largest and most powerful war machines at the disposal of the Imperium (with the exception of void ships); their firepower remains unrivalled by any other land unit used by any of the other factions of the galaxy. The size of their arm-mounted primary weapons are surpassed only by the ordnance of the largest vessels of the Imperial Navy. They are loaded to the brim with pre-installed weapons, and their mounts can handle Titan weapons too big for even Battle Titans (they do not carry any of the close-combat weapons, as their sole focus is on extreme firepower). Emperor Titans are very rare, and can crush many weaker war engines. Taking advantage of this formidable firepower, the Imperator Titan bombards enemy positions with an awesome and relentless barrage, far out of range of most of the enemy artillery."
(Note its the one with the big castle on its back)
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