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Post by Magnus Calpurnius on Apr 12, 2009 22:14:48 GMT
Fair enough, I was wrong on that one  (been waiting ages to use that  ) |
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Post by Jacen Cartern on Apr 12, 2009 23:14:08 GMT
Umm...I was looking through the 5th Edition Rulebook when i looked at a map of Chapters and where they are in the universe.
Interestingly, there was an Omega Marine group going through the Eastern Fringes, Tau territory.
I heard people say before that we don't deal with the Tau. Apparently we do. Just wanted to point that out.
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Post by Guillford Flavius on Apr 12, 2009 23:20:24 GMT
Jacen is right. I just double checked him in my codex and he is right. The Omega Marines have a crusade fleet going through the Eastern Fringes.
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Post by Manius Agrippa on Apr 13, 2009 3:48:35 GMT
We could explain that away by saying that it is say the Crusade based on the 5th Battle Company Group Task Force is carrying out a recon in force of an area of the Galaxy 'recently' rediscovered on an ancient database.
It showed several Dozen systems that had been conquered (and subsequently settled) or peacefully added to the Imperium, by the Ultra Marines Legion during the Great Crusade.
It is hoped that some of these systems might have survived isolation throughout the Millenia and be brought back into the fold.
Also the Tau Empire is relatively small so the 'Crusade' might not even come close to it.
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Post by Deliverance on Apr 13, 2009 9:08:35 GMT
Two battle Barges are stationed in the Segmentum Solar. These are the flagship 'Proditor Nex' and 'Sanctified'. Three strike cruisers are also present, 'Deliverance' , 'Steadfast' and the 'Virtus'
The crusade fleet is composed of the battle Barge 'Judgment and the strike cruisers 'Veneratio' and 'Incendia Talio'
Both have numerous escort vessels. The Chapter Master is aboard the Chapter's flagship and as such our Chapter works on a moving fleet with recruitment from any world in the fleet's path.
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Post by Roland Muleto on Apr 13, 2009 19:06:43 GMT
Hum... If I understand this as I should we have a crusade of a company (since the nine others were sent to Armageddon), with a big third of our navy ? Isn't it a little out of proportions ?
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Post by Magnus Calpurnius on Apr 13, 2009 20:58:11 GMT
I dunno, I mean they have to support themselves without any help from the rest of the chapter, so they need more resources I guess. That's the best reason I can think of anyway.
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Post by Rallus Zenodius on Apr 14, 2009 14:37:35 GMT
The fifth codex is after Armageddon.
The majority of the Omega marines are spread out over the Segmentum Solar.
There is a crusade fleet on the Eastern Fringes (after Armageddon) that is roughly a third of our total chapter navy.
The companies undergoing rebuilding and recruitment are kept closest to the Segmentum solar because many are not at full strength.
A detachment of the first company and 3 companies are in the crusade fleet fighting the tau encroachment.
We can afford to have a crusade fleet active because our Chapter is one of many that patrols the Segmentum solar.
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Post by Roland Muleto on Apr 16, 2009 14:09:26 GMT
First update of the IA, didn't have time and inspiration to do this sooner. I hope it will please you. Please do not hesitate to discuss any point, the IA was my suggestion but I think we all have an equal right to participate, apart from Deliverance, whose word is law  I took the liberty of writing that we are successors of the Angels Porphyr (to use it about the battle at Gate IX) and that our first chapter master was Weylands. Our color scheme gave me the idea of a light/darkness opposition. This shows only in our battle cry for now but I will try to make it a more distinguishable feature of the chapter. I thought our extra battle barge could be a gift of the Mechanicus, in payment for a debt they had since the Angels Porphyr helped them, I intentionally didn't mention what debt since I'm not sure what debt would be worth a small fleet. I also chose to have logistic ships (namely a forge ship from the Mechanicus) to serve as our monastery, instead of dividing it in the three battle barges, which are combat vessels and would be impaired if they had to work as forges, hospitals, supplies cargos in addition to being full of weapons. I was also wondering about a piece of fluff I vaguely remember, where each captain had a function within the chapter aside from just leading the company (for example the third having the key of the armoury and dispatching the most valuable equipment between the companies). If I recall correctly the captain of the fourth is also master of the fleet... A very important duty for a fleet-based chapter and possibly the reason of the reputation of the company, the very important space marine naval crew being almost part of it and at least answering to our beloved Eulaus Antonius. |
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Post by Magnus Calpurnius on Apr 16, 2009 17:17:48 GMT
Most (if not all) captains are "master of *insert something here*, so having Antonius be the master of the fleet would work.
An idea for the favour we did to get that extra ship: How about the Angels Porphyr saved a forgeworld (perhaps one that specialises in ship building) from a tyranid invasion? Just a thought anyway.
Oh, the battle cry, while kinda cool, doesn't exactly sound like a battle cry, more like a motto. I find it unlikely that shouting that would unnerve a bunch of crazed heretics charging at you.
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Post by Manius Agrippa on Apr 16, 2009 23:16:20 GMT
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Post by Roland Muleto on Apr 17, 2009 7:47:26 GMT
I know... but :
- it's IA: Omega Marines, not IA: 4th company
- I like gold better with black and white scheme
- I was to lazy to make a new one so I just took the one someone did earlier, which had 2nd company markings...
Bad excuses, I know... If you want green so much I will do it later.
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Post by Manius Agrippa on Apr 17, 2009 12:26:40 GMT
It was more an excuse for me to have a crack at the Bolter and Chainsword sites marine painter than any pedantic desire to correct you. Regarding the parent chapter I agree that the Angels Prohyr sound like a good candidate but could we also consider the Eagle Warriors (first color plate example in the latest Marine Codex). These have a simular color scheme to ourselves and their back ground matches our own (sort of)..... "The Eagle Warriors are a Space Marine chapter formed from the Ultramarines in the Second Founding. They participated in the Balur Secundus Strike Force. They are a fleet-based chapter, continually on campaign in the systems conquered by Robute Guilliman during the Great Crusade"wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Eagle_Warriors |
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Post by Magnus Calpurnius on Apr 17, 2009 12:28:22 GMT
The Eagle Warriors sounds way too aztec inspired to me. But hey that's what I get for playing age of empires 3 for too long.
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Post by Manius Agrippa on Apr 17, 2009 12:58:17 GMT
Nah thats the Rainbow Warriors ;D
American indian Myth has them as the eternal warriors that will bring balance to the world at its time of need - hence why Greenpeace named their flagship as such!
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