As Segmentum Tempestus struggles against the increasing xenos threat, the mighty Hive Fleet Leviathan spearheads into one of the northernmost subsectors, attempting to breach Segmentum Solar and in turn, Holy Terra itself.
In the closing years of the 41st millenium, there is only war.
Attrition has torn down the defenses of the entire sector. Nothing has stopped the ceaseless and adaptable waves of Hive Fleet Leviathan. Entire worlds have been consumed in a matter of days, the Imperial Navy struggling to transport the guard fast enough, let alone mount an offensive against the xenos menace. Now entire sub-sectors face a near apocalyptic situation of isolation, without reinforcement and unable to flee. Those capable of mounting a defense have organized a huge army on a singular world, one which the hive fleet is heading right towards.
On the small world of Krakof is a sea of imperial servicemen and vehicles of all patterns, concentrating themselves into a defensive position, harassed constantly by the Tyranid infestation. They protect a massive and walled off coastal city that serves as a connection to the last bastion of Imperial civilization, with a massive bridge stretching out to a hive city far off in the distance in the midst of the planet's dangerous ocean. The coastal city itself has become so fortified that it'd make a Cadian feel like they're back home, with enough ammunition and weapons to last a centuries-lasting war. The city walls stand taller than any building, lined with artillery cannons and men watching over the surrounding war zone.
Surrounding this city is mud as far as the eye can see, a wasteland of ruin and smoke rising tall from the ruins of far off cities and destroyed tank formations. Trenches stretch out from the base of the wall and miles outward, filled to the brim with whomever could hold a gun, with bunkers and mines lining stretches of land that the foe would inevitably cross. Despite the numbers, weapons and defenses, despair kept a tight grip over the defenders. With no sign of a navy left to protect them, the Tyranids are bound to win.
1. You can be almost any rank/position that you want. Want to be a guardsman scournging around for supplies? Go ahead. A medic trying to keep men alive? Yup. A lieutenant trying to herd a bunch of NPCs around? Uh-huh. A captain who lost his ship and now bums around with his remaining crewmen? I don't mind. Techpriest? Go ahead bro.
However, if I say no or don't like the idea of where your sheet is going, either change it or give me a convincing justification. I don't like limiting people...much.
1.5. However, I said almost. You're not allowed to be Space Marines, nor anything like that. I don't hate the big guys, I just prefer more human characters in this one. Fits the theme of inevitable death and demise better.
2. However you may be abhumans. I fucking swear if there are some god damned catgirls... You can even pilot the smaller knight titans, be techpriests, psykers, go nuts.
3. Another thing, everyone is going to be in the trenches one way or the other. Not literally, but my point is the Tyranids are going to be your characters biggest threat. So as much as I love my logistics, no one is going to be hiding behind the wall. You can serve from the trenches closest to the wall or the trenches farthest from it, or if you're in a huge ass vehicle you can park it somewhere on the remains of the old road stretching out from the wall.
4. Custom regiments/what have you are absolutely allowed, as long as it isn't anything too abnormal or absurd.
5. I don't see myself limiting this numbers-wise, so if you want to join in late feel free. I'm always going to keep a vague mass of NPCs around just in case anyone wants to make a character and pop in out of nowhere.
1. Timeline? M41, given the 'nids somewhere near the closing years, but not M41.999 exactly.
2.Abhumans? FELINIDS? I see a lot of anime avatars so I'm suspecting one person is thinking this. Yes, you can go ahead and be THAT kind of abhuman. However I despise 99% of anime shit, so your face claim can be animoo and all that, but don't go around acting like this is one of your...chinese cartoons.
3. Plot? There isn't any bby, we don't need PLOT where we're going. You got a bunch of characters in a nightmarish situation while I throw tons of Tyranids at your face and try really hard to kill you. Probably going to be forced to retreat. If that doesn't sound fun then I guess you don't know how to have a bloody good time. The bloody is literal in this case.
4. Free to do whatever? Yes and no.
If you want to kick hormagaunt ass, be creative with your character and overall have a good horrifying time I'm all for it. Just follow the rules and my word. Also stay within the location I'm confining people in. Outside of that go nuts.
5. Only humans/abhumans? Yes. I didn't say you couldn't worship Chaos though now did I?
Note: I like not worrying over RPs like its my life. Sure they're a time investment (I draw art, I know what that means) but the most fun I've had in my decade-or-so of RPing is when no one is trying too hard or worrying about posting on time and shit like that. I'm just here to have fun, thats how I play. I take settings and lore seriously mind you, but I'm not gonna beat you up over inaccuracies or getting stuff wrong, nor will I harass you if you stop posting. This is just a big casual thread I wanted to do. Treat it as such, I like interacting with people too so get chatty if you want, spitball ideas, banter.
Thread probably wont take off, but hey a good reference point to how I am for the future.
Final note: Feel free to do romance stuff if you want, though that doesn't take any importance on this thread whatsoever so that'll be up to characters and the players involved. We're not 18+ though so get your weird Slaaneshi mind outta here with that.
How it look? People interested? Someone? Anyone? Spare change? And who needs intro threads am I right? Oh yeah and since this is casual, minimum of a few paragraphs, and effort put in of course. Probably gonna just paste all this stuff over into the actual thread as well if this kicks off.
I'm a fan of them military things and the big explosions.
I do art.
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