<Boarding Action - Marmaroth, Sirius, Draconion, Amraphel, Icelos> <Sirius Jules> By the time Amraphel was done with his 'assigned' Orks, Sirius was done with his. The first was thrown in the abyss behind Sirius as he ducked and then shoved the shield into the Orks abdomen, and with all his strength flipped him like a table over himself and the railway, sending the Ork screaming into the abyss. The only thing heard as he fell was. "MI NO BUUUUUURRRRD!" The second got his choppa stuck against the Master crafted Durandal, the blessed and handcrafted Chainsword of the Apothecary, both insisted with their blade until the Chainsword got through the cheap excuse of a melee weapon and split the Orks skull open, spraying the blood and brain juice everywhere. The third Ork had an actual Chain-Axe of some sort and tried to drive it with both hands into Sirius head. He simply bashed his shield into the Ork to daze him and then gave him a diagonal cut from shoulder to waist. The space was tight and the fight still hot but nonetheless he turned to Draconion (@Draconion ) for a moment. "Protect Marmaroth at all costs, I don't care what happened back on the Angelfall, just ensure his safety, for he is their priority. They will do WHATEVER they can to take him down. Can I rely on you brother?" It was a private vox message. And as soon as it was transmitted Sirius had a fourth Ork upon him that was shoved with his shield toward Amraphel. "You look like you want to help me? Take this ugly fella!" "YOZ AR' UGLY, 'UMIE!" The Ork replied complaining as he was bashed with his back towards Amraphel.
As the Ork flew towards him, Amraphel rammed his mace into the creatures back, penetrating deep into the alien flesh and killing the ork instantly. "Thanks for the gift, but I don't plan to open a zoo", he replied to Sirius, speaking with a sarcastic voice. Finally clear of orks, Amraphel took a bit of time to asses the situation. He immediately noticed that the chaplain was taking heavy hits, since all the orks were shooting at whom they considered to be the biggest. The terminator armor offered massive protection to the chaplain, but It didn't make him invincible. Not wasting any time, Amraphel quickly hurried towards the chaplains position, intend to do whatever he could to prevent harm.
<Air Support- Volorox, Gaius, Dorallius, Kajar> + <Lumber Camps of Kordoba - Tempestus & Angelous> Stormtroopers took positions around the barricades while the Guardsmen and remaining PDF also made a defensive circle around the camps. Anchoring the defense was a big form of Venerable Dreadnought, he felt an approaching Orkish force with his psychic powers. Angelous helped couple of Adepts to install few tarantula sentry turrets, organizing the defense. Air support was here and ready, Gaius scanning the huge forest for any movement but he could hardly pinpoint anything exactly at this moment. However, once the Greenskins emerge from the forest and into the clearing, it would be easy to bomb them from the air. "Easy". <Mining City Bor - Sitri, Jean, Steinar + Fenix> Sitri took the position among other tanks while Jean coordinated the defenses, making sure every station was well supplied and ready for pushing back the Greenskin assault. Steinar and Fenis were led inside of the city where a motley crew of various gangers, hive scum and other shady fellows awaited them. "We are the guerilla force," one of them said, a man with deep scar across his forehead, "And are ready to move in to the mountains, whenever you are." <Hunting Lodges - Edd, Rocky, Sigismund> "Aight then, hop aboard!" Dave shrugged as he gestured them to follow, their convoy getting bigger by those few Chimeras that accompanied the Team. However, only couple of minutes passed before their host received an urgent message via his comm. "Whatcha say, by the Creek?! We're on it!" turning the buggy around, he shot a dark look at Sigismund and Rocky, "My scouts found more tracks, down that road. We gotta investigate it, gotta show it to you that I'm not foolin' around," and indeed, before they had any chance to protest them came across a small mountain stream, filled with blood. Up there, by some rocks, they could see a mangled creature that looked like a terran elk from legends, its intestines thrown all across the shore. Dave and his men hopped out, rifle in hands. While they watched the surroundings, the Trapper gestured the Team to approach. "Lookie, does this look like a sabertooth wound to you?" <Boarding Action - Marmaroth, Sirius, Draconion, Amraphel, Icelos> OOC how did you manage to cut its arms with a mace? Also, you shouldn't presume there aren't any enemies around you, because there are But more of the Orks kept on coming from the side passages. Despite him slaying half of the attacking force, Amraphel was besieged by yet another group of Greenskins that slammed against his shield and threw him back, away from the "bridge", towards where Icelos was fighting. It was at that moment when he managed to block another swing that a rather big Ork arrived from the shadows in the back, painted in purple paint. It had a big custom shoota, which he used in his sneaky attack and riddled Amraphel's backside with bullets, destroying his robes and damaging his spine. "Oi ya git, say cheez!" it laughed as it pushed the Blackshield on the defense, opening way for its brothers to smack him around with choppas from all sides, throwing him in a real dire situation. However, before he was hacked to pieces, Icelos opened fire with his plasma pistol and killed one of the Orks that was about to cut off his head, giving Amraphel few precious seconds to make his next move. Sirius's mocking worked like a charm since two burna boys saw him and sent towards him their flaming greeting, washing the Apothecary in deadly flames and preventing him from reaching the Chaplain at the moment, pushing him back into the chamber. What was also bad is that at the moment, despite their relative closeness to each other, they were separated by enough green bodies, making Draconion the only one besides Marmaroth who was still standing on the walkway. As for the Librarian himself, the only thing working in his favor was that, like before, most of the incoming Greenskins were focused on the Chaplain and those that came at him where moving in small groups that made it easy for him to block and stab simultaneously, killing them with his force weapon that didn't require the "double tap". But the tables turned once he saw couple of Nobs arriving, most of them hurling themselves at the Terminator while one wielding a huge choppa, easily the size of Draconion himself charged him, smacking smaller boys aside and doing an overhead swing that threatened to flatten Salamander, no matter his shield or not, following it with a simple yet somehow always effective "WAAAGH!" OOC note for other guys, just to make sure you understand (not sure if I made it clear enough). <Angelfall - Feron> "Dont run ya git!" one of the boys shouted at the Salamander, hitting him with couple of bullets from his slugga but the projectiles failed to penetrate the armor, usual Orkish use for their guns was to club your enemy with it, not actually kill it from afar (at least in this lowly Boy's opinion). In any case, the remaining four jumped at him, completely ignoring the fact there were still serfs alive, but it's not like they did any special damage since they were only armed with lasguns which rounds created only small burns and stings on the green skin. Couple of choppas connected with the power armor, forcing the Salamander to grunt in pain but he was still lucky as he managed to parry Nob's wild attacks, couple of saws bursting when connected with Skull Splitter's power field, although even the damaged weapon was more than enough to end Feron's life. (OOC 3 boys, 1 Nob. If you wish, you can kill 2 boys)
<Boarding Action - Marmaroth, Sirius, Draconion, Amraphel, Icelos> <Sirius Jules + @DeathKorpsOfKrieg > Sirius growled and backed away, getting inside the room, he grabbed a grenade of his waist and threw it around the corner, with only a 2 second timer. Then he hurried to the side of Amraphel, since he seemed to be in trouble. And to make it clear he wouldn't do it for the glory of killing a Kommando, he went for the other Orks that troubled him. Without a single word, Durandal was swung horizontally to decapitate an Ork, the shield being slammed sideways into a second one, before giving him another slam with the shield from above, sending the Ork in the ground before stomping on his head and smashing his skull into little pieces. "Take the big one, I have your back." The Apothecary clarified, in case it was still oblivious to Amraphel what he had in mind. <Mining City Bor - Sitri, Jean, Steinar + Fenix> <Steinar Greywold> "We are ready." The Wolf grunted somewhat annoyed. "Lead the way, Scarred one." He ordered. His face was almost expressionless, but his eyes burned with fire. Yet they had a gloom look in the very core, almost as if the core of the fire was actually ice. The aura he radiated was as mixed as the glow of his eyes. Cold and calm, yet fierce and wild. Nobody could guess how Steinar would behave once he spots a Greenskin face to face.
"Until he orders me otherwise," replies Draconion curtly to Sirius before falling silent to focus on the fight. As the big Nob with the even bigger Choppa comes for him, he responds with all the alacrity the crisis demands. With no room for evasive footwork, he instead hurls his boarding shield at almost supersonic velocity into the Nob's torso, propelled by telekinesis. Simultaneously, he draws Ryugamaru with his left hand, its blade glowing and flaring like an angry star as it feels the touch of his mind. "Time to work, old friend," he grunts, stepping forward into the strike to make a defensive countercut with Purgatory against the Ork's thick wrist while positioning himself to get hit by the Ork's fist rather than the blade of the Choppa if his primary defence fails. In the same movement, he rams the point of Ryugamaru into the creature's chest, seeking its vitals and sending a pulse of power into the blade to snuff out its life-spark.
<Feron> Without numbers the smaller boys were a far smaller issue and the Salamander put his murderous intents toward the leather skinned Nob. A monster with darker skin than the rest he brandished Skull Splitter in both hands now baiting the buzzsaw limb into a strike before bolting aside to swing over and down intent on sundering his foe's skull like he had the previously slain boyz. "Steady yourselves! Aim for the heads and focus fire! " Calling out to his Serf support a mental impulse activated his comms-bead. "Strauss status report. "
OOC Reminders just in case ppl missed earlier post and also so I don't have to bot those guys\their parts. https://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/the-road-of-blood-casual-rp.43698/page-274#post-738826 @Vulpas @PorOborosCain @DaKaptin @Shadhunter @Xaphen
"Orks will likely begin using the Lumber to make camps or possibly begin burning it with those Burners of theirs." Volorox said as he checked the weapon system at his control. "How much air power do you think the orks will have and how many of those orks on rockets do you think we will see Gaius?" Volorox asked as readied he looked to the pilot and Dorallius.
- Rocky and Edd (before) Rocky's team Arrived at the Hunting Lodge with a warm welcome by their acting leader. This Dave person showed no official Rank and seem to think Edd was their leader. The rest of his men seemed to be drawn from the civilian hunter population. All armed, gruff, and seemed to know what they were doing. Before Rocky could introduce them, and establish his authority. The revealed Sigismund went and got them moving. In the transport, Rocky cleared his throat as the travelled to the staging area. "Mr. Dave, I'm Inquisitorial agent O'Rafferty. You can call me Rocky. With me are agents Edward and Sigismund of the Ordo Xenos. We're here to assist you in repelling the Ork's assult. Our intel tells us they are on the move. What...?" "It's beautiful here Rocky. Smells a lot nicer than dat hivecity planet did." "Yes, Edd. It's very nice. As I was saying. What forces do you have to fight the orks Dave? Mind if I call you Dave?" "You can call me Edd! Yer planet es real pretty." Edd says and exstends his bionic right hand for shaking. Smiling innocently, as his red eye gives off a eire contrast. (Now) Looking at the local fauna. Rocky knew right away, what did this. "Edd, Checker your BONE. Got any files?" "Don't need em Rocky. Wot shot et was definitally an Ork." "Definitally looks like an ork type of wound. Anything that blows holes that big into an armorless target is no hunter... But if that's the case. Why haven't we seen them so close... Oh no." "I know Rocky! Kommando boys are dat sneaky... Ooooooh."
<Air Support- Volorox, Gaius, Dorallius, Kajar> + <Lumber Camps of Kordoba - Tempestus & Angelous> "Heads up Brother," Howling Griffon nodded to the radar as it showed multiple aerial contacts inbound towards their location. Volorox could see spots on the horizon, coming in fast. "Flyboys, coming in hot! Evasive actions!" Gaius roared in the vox as the Valkyrie pilots obeyed and turned the noses of their crafts towards the incoming Orks. "They are getting in range in 30 seconds. You are the gunner Brother, you have the honor. Fire at will." From across the sky, a squadron of Ork-made aircraft headed straight for the Stormbird and the rest of the Imperial position. First signs of the Greenskin force were finally shown to this part of Niona. (OOC Ork flyers inbound, around 15 of them. @Vulpas you can emote both flying our Stormbird and shooting couple of them off the sky, like a real aerial battle if you wish). <Hunting Lodges - Edd, Rocky, Sigismund> @Loldoom Just as Ogryn ushered those words, gunfight erupted all around them. Despite their experience, a number of hunters was caught unaware and was killed in that first wave, as great many Greenskins finally showed their faces. They were hiding in the vicinity of the creek, leaving that carcass in the open was their way of being sneaky. And this time it worked. However, they weren't counting on the Stormtroopers and Rocky, Edd and Sigismund leading them, the Inquisitorial force quickly rallying and opening fire from the Chimera multi lasers, burning up the countryside. Dave dropped on all fours next to that dead elk and opened fire with his hunting rifle, managing to take out one Ork. "Damn ye buggers, ruining such a good drink!" All of them could see that a bottle of whatever passed here for liquor dropped (or was shot) from trapper's belt, getting broken on the rocks below. (OOC you are getting attacked by an unknown number of Orks, hiding behind trees, bushes, etc all around you. Feel free to continue from here on as you see fit ). <Angelfall - Feron> "There are many of them but we are holding fast, the Emperor.." and then everything went to warp. The void battle took its toil on the Heavy Cruiser, it suffering lots of damage from the enemy guns. One of the shells fired from Emperor knows which exact Krooza impacted on "Angelfall's" blessed hull close to where Feron was fighting the Orks. There was a huge explosion that threw everyone around right before they were welcomed by the cold space outside, as this part of the ship was now completely opened to the void. Serfs died in horrible way, first their eyes popping out due to pressure difference, followed by every other blood vessel in their body. Orks were a bit more resilient as they floated in space like some castaway dolls. Feron was saved from such fate as his suit was designed to withstand such things, but not for long. Salamander was also cast, floating in the void, however he was still only couple of meters away from the actual ship, but that distance grew larger with every passing second. <Boarding Action - Marmaroth, Sirius, Draconion, Amraphel, Icelos> @Draconion Thrown shield met with the choppa's head and both of the things broke in spectacular fashion, the shield getting torn open while Ork lost the killy part of his weapon alongside couple of broken bones in one of his arms, but that didn't trouble him much. "Youz guna pay me for dat!" he roared angrily as he saw the incoming attack and managed to somewhat evade Ryugamaru and hit Draconion with all his strength (and broken choppa) straight in Librarian's helmet. Such was the force of the impact that it tossed the Salamander on the floor and nearly broke open his helmet. However, not before Purgatory found purchase in Greenskin's chest and burned his soul inside-out. From his prone position, Draconion became a witness of another terrible event as the Chaplain, alongside no less than four Nobs, was thrown off the walkway and into the abyss below, leaving only a pile of Orkish corpses behind him and a number of Boys who were still drawing breath, peering into the darkness of the fall and cursing (or cheering) that their prey "got away". OOC @DeathKorpsOfKrieg giving Amraphel a chance to drop a post: @Uriel1339 Turning around, the Apothecary also saw what happened to the Chaplain, however he was in a tight spot. Many Orks lied dead in this chamber, however at least a dozen of them still drew breath and were either fighting with Icelos or were trying to get to the Blackshield. But what happened was that the grenade Sirius threw indeed went off, killing the burna boys and also damaging the door separating this chamber from the walkway, its mechanism giving away and the bulkhead began to close. Son of Guilliman was offered a choice now - either move towards where Draconion was and help him (since he also saw him lying on the floor) or help Amraphel and Icelos (where the locator beacon and the explosives to blow up the generator, thus completing the mission were). He had to chose fast as the closing door reached the "half-way"...
