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Suspects and Traitors

The mind of a man is a place most odd, while there is forever the yearning for being free, there is yet also the complacency of being shackled, of being controlled. Most are happy to live their lives in such a dull slumbering mass such as this, a constant state of suppression and control wherein they are thought for, told what to do...who to worship, who to like, who to fight even...

Not you, it would seem however. Branded a heretic and sentenced to death, that is the only course of action for you and all your wretched kind. All because you thought freely, perused paths that humanity believed to be barred and gated off. Some of you, may not have even strayed from the true path and yet face judgement... It matters little to the executioner, especially on a day such as this. When else do you get to send several space marines to their doom?

“The weak will always be led by the strong. Where the strong see purpose and act, the weak follow; where the strong cry out against fate, the weak bow their heads and succumb. There are many who are weak; and many are their temptations. Despise the weak for they shall flock to the call of the Daemon and the Renegade. Pity them not and scorn their cries of innocence - it is better that one hundred innocently fall before the wrath of the Emperor than one kneels before the Daemon.” - Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness, P.230

Introduction:

It is the grim future of the 41st millennium, the Imperium of Mankind currently sits as the single most dominant power in the whole universe. Vast, endless armies and untold billions of world are all held under it's sway. But it is assailed upon all sides and even from within, as both the forces of Xenos and daemon seek to destroy humanity.

You are all Space Marines, the genetically enhanced super-soldiers of the Imperium of Mankind. Either through chance or your own infernal action, you have been found and justly accused of heretical actions that go against the God-Emperor of Mankind. You were all once formerly of proud chapters, with long legacies stretching back for generations, but that ends here. All allegiances have been cut, all former battle-brothers will not even look in your general direction. You are truly an ousted member of the proud company you once formed. Now, you have nothing, you are but a husk of a man, a husk of a warrior. 

Under any normal circumstances, there would only be instant death for you all, administered through the barrel of a bolt pistol or through, worse means if you were particularly unlucky as to have been captured. But there is some small glimmer of hope. Dragged forth from the holding cells of the Ordo Hereticus in chains, you were brought before several of the most powerful men in the Imperium, and they decided you fate for you...

And this is where you all come in. You are these castaway marines, those heretics, those traitors. You are wholly considered heretical and otherwise enemies of the Imperium. You will each play as one of these marines, sent upon a suicide mission into an unknown region of space under the guise of recovering an ancient Necron artifact....

Rules:

I shouldn't need to tell you these...

Character Sheets:

Name: This is obvious.
Chapter: The chapter in which they formerly served under.
Appearance: What they look like, what their armour looks like.
Personality: Who they are as a person.
Psychic Potential: How powerful they are as a Psyker, only really applies to librarians.
Role: What role did they fulfil while in their chapter?
Biography: Their life-story.
Why they got convicted of heresy:

Additional Information:

The way I handle the lore is somewhat different compared to that of the offical stuff. Generally, I do not make the universe quick as...grimderp, as it were. Armies do not die in meat grinders akin to Stalingrad quite so lightly, and chapters of marines are larger. Technology is also not regressing, but is mostly stagnant.

Name: The United Federal Kingdom of Arnsbrück 
Demonym: Arnsbrücker.

Description: An idyllic and well-developed nation, known in it's past for colonial ventures and stability, though now racked with hyper-nationalism and the throes of a barely suppressed civil war. Once a series of fragmented smaller states of warring native pagans, the tribes were first conquered some four-hundred years ago by monastic orders of the early Arnsbruckers, the dominance of the region lasted for a few decades, but the monastic orders were dissolved due to religious scandals and turbulence. The remaining knights each fragmented into smaller states and nations, each leading in different ways with differing cultures, it remained in this way for a further two hundred years, long into the 1800's until Sigismund Schnabel, a potent general led a successful term as Emperor of the Kingdom of Stührode, managing to form a political and federal union of the Arnsbrücker people.

In the modern day, the kingdom sits on something of an unspoken powder keg. While their armies are vast and their industries huge, one failed war, one slight of ill-fated luck, and they risk a further uprising by the most left-wing elements of their nation. A potential second civil war that would tear apart the fragile peace gained through the Treaty that ended the first civil war.

Politically, the situation is extremely bleak for some people within the nation. While the vast majority of the people fully support the current kaiser and the prospect of a royal family, there remains groups of people who would want to see the institution torn down and removed altogether. The current political party is extremely nationalistic and populist in nature,  they care not for other parties who are liberal nor socialist as most of their members are veterans of the civil war against the communist uprising in the nation. Their policies are highly loved, however, and have allowed the nation to become at least somewhat prosperous despite the wars.

The people themselves are actually generally very happy with the current system. Their populist ideals mean they feel supported and cared for while the ever expanding industries allow for jobs to be created with some swiftness.

Government: Federal Absolute Monarchy/Military Dictatorship:  
The nation is propped up by the military that reinstated their Emperor after a most grievous civil war that left the nation reeling. The nation works on the federal level, as each province of the nation is controlled by a separate ruling family. These all then form a sort of political advisory and senate that advises the current Emperor. The Emperor holds all real power, however.  Civilians DO vote, but their votes are all meaningless as their one-party system dictates that there is only varying shades of Nationalist-Populism to choose from. 

The form of nationalism implemented is highly militaristic in nature, nigh on all young men go to work or they go into the army. There is no greater honour than to serve your nation and fight the political enemies of the current regime. However there is no real limit on intellectual thinking, and so the nation has produced some truly great scientists and engineers, though their artists are never truly popular abroad.

Head of State: Lord Protector of the Steel Nation, Wilhelm Steinhäuser II of House Köler-Röhr. 

National Anthem:  
youtube.com/watch?v=IjJa3_dR5Ac - Deutsche Kaiserhymne
youtube.com/watch?v=StZcUAPRRac&list=R.. - Sonne, Rammstein

Economy: 
There is little in the way of consumer goods or real mineral worth in the nation, however, heavy industries are immensely huge, affairs that dominate the whole of the Arnsbrücker economy. Their three primary streams of revenue are Military exports, Steel, and Refined Petroleum. 

Population: 66,000,000
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Demographics: 
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Notable Locations: Capital City: Königheim: An ancient city founded, in its first iteration, about a thousand years ago by pagan peoples native to the nation. This city was first brought into the current fold some four hundred years ago by a series of pushes into the island by monastic orders that sought to spread their religion. 

Cultural Capital: Schärkirch: Not so much old as it is an oddity. It perfectly shows off all the flair and little nuances that the Kussteiners value so dearly. It is a rather small city, with much of its space being taken up by age-old castles from by-gone eras of time.

Economic Capital: Neunholder: A trade city in the north of the main isle, Neunholder is a fairly average city, just that it houses some fairly monolithic administrative complexes.

Industrial Capital: Freiräschen: Similar to the real world Rohr valley, this bustling city is a gargantuan sprawl that stretches across a whole valley and then some. Most of the buildings, aside from housing, are all factories or other industrial assets.

Regime Personalities: Wilhelm Steinhäuser II of House Köler-Röhr: A young and proud man by all regards, Wilhelm is a paragon of the cause he leads. A powerful public speaker and a keen economist, he forged his legend in the streets and fields of his nation as he led the loyalist forces to drive back a potent socialist uprising that caused an immense civil war to wrack the nation from the inside out. Nowadays, he is a calm and level-headed leader that seeks to see his people thrive and survive in the world after the wars of late.

Kronprinz Robin Kaltenbrunner I of Lüdingbruck: An oddity of an ancient, Robin is old,nearing his 60's and yet he is still going strong despite the numerous attempts on his life and his family. He is a fair man in all regards, and serves as one of the most esteemed and trusted advisors within the royal court at all times. Such is his favour that he is allowed the personal title of “Die Verdienter” or “The Honoured.” He is the current UN representative for the nation.

Kronprinz August Schürmann VII of Lustentetten: A fiery tempered, middle-aged man who has never held a decent temper in his whole existence. He is a tall, giant of a man and is festooned with more medals and military honours than should be possible.

Verteidigungsminister Tilmann Junkermann: The be all and end all when it comes to the land-based armed forces. Tilmann is a veritable genius when it comes to tactics and logistics, though he is lacking in compassion and a sense of empathy towards his soldiers. He expects them to hold the line and die standing. He is a veteran of multiple wars and bears numerous scars to prove it as he lacks his left eye and several fingers and toes.

Minister der Marine Edmund Feuerstein: Stoic and determined. Stubborn even. All are traits that Edmund possesses in spades. He's a young man, yet with the heart of a lion. He was born into a large maritime family that taught him much about the inner workings of ships and their use.

Minister der Luftwaffe Wilhelm Walker: Master aviator and inventor to boot, Wilhelm is a flying ace from the days when aircraft were just a curiosity that many believed could never work nor exist. He piloted the first model of aircraft ever produced by his nation some years ago.

Vizekönig Meik Pöpel: A woman which quakes the souls of even the most gung-ho of people, she may well be old and perhaps feeble, but Meik has all the skills in which to decimate someone financially. She acts a duel role as both a chancellor of finance and as a diplomat when the normal UN representative is not available.


National Religion:  
The current state religion of The United Federal Kingdom of Arnsbrück, is currently Arnsbrucker Orthodoxy, a rather old religion that was formed some thousand years ago and carried into these lands by monastic orders of militant knights. They converted the native pagans by force, which was in many ways against their faith.

The modern faith is drastically different, while it does bear many of the traditions of old, it also changed and evolved greatly to face the modern world.

The religion is poly-theistic, with numerous gods but most notable are:
Bældæg, God of Justice, Knowledge and Wisdom.
Njörðr, God of Warfare and Engineering.
Þunor, God of the Harvest.
Saxnōt, God of the Skies.
Máni, God of Death, and of Life.

The Orthodoxy teaches numerous things, and never condones force unless the person deserves it for a great wrongdoing, the main teachings are:

No man should ever be shackled unjustly due to crimes he did not commit
No man should ever be murdered unjustly, for all humanity bears equal right to life.
Co-exist with your fellow man, lest his existence be one purely of evil.
Think freely, and allow not your mind to be shackled.


Institutions: [Under Construction.]


Total Army Size: 320,000.
50,000 In the Navy, 50,000 in the Luftwaffe, 220,000 in the Bundeswehr.

The army views itself as mostly clean from the stains of their fascist past, however some of the veterans that still fight are still often reported for excessively brutality or often complete misconduct when around soldiers of certain races/nationalities. They view themselves as bribery-free, but there is a certain level of back-handedness about some of the mid-tier officers and general staff.

The modern land-based armed forces of the The United Federal Kingdom of Arnsbrück, The Bundeswehr serves as a mostly peacekeeping and otherwise defensive force, relying more so on the strength of defence than on the lightning wars of old. They are a well-trained force of mainly volunteers, however all young men and women are expected to serve at least two years of national service to ensure they are fit to fight in case of national emergencies. Women are not normally drafted into the army, however they will be trained should they try to join the army, as they are normally fitted into organised provincial militias that are only called upon in times of war.

The service uniform is theoretically the standard type of Bundeswehr uniform for general duty and off-post activity. The army's service uniform consists of a light grey, single-breasted coat and darker grey trousers, worn with a light blue shirt, black tie, and black shoes. Peaked caps are administered to commissioned officers and noncommissioned officers to show their rank. The battle and work uniform consists of Flecktarn camouflage fatigues, which are also worn on field duty. In practice, they are also used for general duty and off-post at least at barracks where there is also field duty even by others, and for the way home or to the post, and generally regarded as the Heer uniform. In all three services, light sand-coloured uniforms are available for duty in warmer climates, as are grey for urban conflicts, and white for arctic and winter operations. 

All Bundeswehr soldiers are equipped more or less the same, each given a standardised automatic assault rifle and sidearm that is typically a smaller calibre semi-automatic handgun. However some officers use revolvers but they are discouraged from doing so on the official level. The typical weapon fires the equivalent of a 7.62mm calibre bullet. All soldiers are given adequate field supplies and rations are typical Germanic foodstuffs which are normally handled on the provincial level under their local kingdom/province, the same also holds for uniforms in some cases, as some use crested bronze helmets when on parade, whereas others simply comply.

The Bundeswehr has:
210,000 Personnel arranged into: 
30 Infantry Divisions of 5,000 Men each.
8 Fallschirmjäger Divisions of 2,500 men each.
10 Artillery Divisions of 2,500 men. 
10 Panzer Divisions of 2,500 men.

Artillery Regiments are designed primarily around the use of heavier calibre, defensive guns.
Of those panzer divisions, each division has 200 tanks, 150 Medium, 50 Heavy.


The Kriegsmarine is the organised naval force of The United Federal Kingdom of Arnsbrück, they are a relatively new force having been renamed from the Reichsmarine mere years ago at the end of the war. They are a volunteer force that serves to protect Arnsbrucker waters and serve in international aid when needed. 

They are primarily made up of lighter ships and transports, as the navy has fallen in a bit of disrepair these past few years and after losing many of it's most impressive vessels during the Great War. Namely, it lost it's several of it's battleships – with only two remaining of a once proud six. However nowadays it  serves mainly to transport soldiers and generally police trade in the area, ensuring that no one blockades the area.

Submarines are the primary method of warfare for the Kriegsmarine. They serve as both a scouting force and as a primary method of dealing with the bigger enemy ships. 
The current list of ships for the Kriegsmarine is as follows: 

2 Battleships, the “Der Kaiser des Meeres” and the “Das Bügeleisen.”: All battleships are based off of the Bismark class, (42,000 tons, 8 × 380 mm guns)
1 Aircraft Carrier, the “Kanonenkugel.”: (23,369 tons, 8 × twin QF 4.5-inch dual-purpose guns, 6 × anti-aircraft guns)
4 Dreadnought-Class: König class (28,600 tonnes, 10 × 30.5 cm guns)
6 Heavy Cruisers: (12,000 tons, 6 × 280 mm guns)
8 Light Cruisers: (8,000 tons, 9 × 150 mm guns)
20 Destroyers: (3,155 tons, 5 × 127 mm guns)
14 Submarines – Most are former Fascist vessels: (1,610 tons, 6 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern), 24 × torpedoes or 72 naval mines, 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) deck gun)
Misc. Axillary vessels.

The naval forces wear the traditional navy blue, double-breasted coat and trousers; enlisted personnel wear either a white shirt or a navy blue shirt with the traditional navy collar.


he modern day air force of The United Federal Kingdom of Arnsbrück, the Luftwaffe first found use during a series of large wars roughly thirty years ago, during the dawn of air craft for military use, where bi-planes still ruled. Now, the luftwaffe enjoys immense amounts of resources form the government, enough so that all current aircraft are no longer propeller-based but rather make use of jet engines. 

The current Luftwaffe has:

40,000 Personnel.
Roughly 720 Aircraft spread across various roles, with 20 of those on the current aircraft carrier.
The aircraft on the aircraft carrier are a 1:1 mix of fighters and heavy bombers.

The normal air force is organised into 35 squadrons of 20 aircraft, as following:
13 Fighters
2 Heavy Bombers
5 Medium Bombers.

The air force service uniform consists of a blue jacket and trousers with a light blue shirt, dark blue tie, and black shoes.

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