Gearing up for the Drop

[Julius Quintus]

Julius stood in at arming alcove as the armoury servitor locked the last pieces of his armour to his body. The lobotomised creature fitting the last segment into place and attached the heavy powerpack to its mounting point beween his shoulderblades.

Unpowered, a full suit of Mk.7 power armour weighed close to 600lbs. Even an Astartes couldn't function unencumbered for long while carrying such a burden. With the powerpack in place and active the suit seemed to ceased to weigh anything. The servo-assistance easily carrying the load and allowing him to move as if wearing nothing more than a bodyglove.

Julius moved to the weapons rick and began strapping his weapons into place and loading his armous dispensers with ammo and grenades. troughout the armoury his brothers were doing the same and further down the hall he could see the scouts being helped into their unpowered carapace suits by chapter serfs. The lighter armour had many advantages but Julius knew that every one of them was imagining the day they could be locked into their own suit of 'Imperator' armour.

Julius completed his load up and locked his helmet into place. The HUD lit up infront of his face and he ran a rapid systems check to ensure that everything was working normally. He turned to the test range, drew his unloaded bolter and dryfired a series of shots at the electronic targets at the far end allowing the armour to calibrate its target tracking sensors.

With this done, Julius left the armoury and headed for the hanger where the Thunderhawk waited to carry him and his men into battle.

Loadout:
Mk.Vb Boltgun w/ M.40 scope
Mk. X Chainsword
Catachan 'Night Reaper' combat knife.
- Personal Dataslate
- Position Marking Vox Beacons
- ChemLights
- Combat Rations
- Armour Repair Cement and Vac-Sealent
- FlexSteel Cord (100 ft) w/ Arrestor Gear and Mag-Grapple
- Auspex
- Grenade Dispenser
* 3x Frag Grenades
* 3x Krak Grenades
* 2x Blind Grenades
- Ammunition Dispenser
* 5x Duplus X magazines of standard bolter shells
* 2x Sickle magazines of ‘Stalker’ silenced bolter shells

[Marcus Camillus]

Marcus entered the armoury once more. He had already collected his armour and the squads Melta Bombs but he wanted to do a final check over his other equipment and pick up some extra ammo. He caleed over a Servitor and went through his equipment list on his dataslate.

Being sure to ask for Duplus magazines, they were Marcus' preferred option because of both their reliability and how less reloads were needed, Marcus double checked everything. As he neared the end of the list he also requested a M40 Scope. Due to his head injury his aim was off but he was still a good shot and the scope would help balance it out.

Having finished his checks Marcus left the Armoury for the Hangar and battle.

- Mk. 5b 'Godwyn' Pattern Bolter
- Combat Knife
- Personal Dataslate
- Position Marking Vox Beacons
- ChemLights
- Combat Rations
- Armour Repair Cement and Vac-Sealent
- FlexSteel Cord (100 ft) w/ Arrestor Gear and Mag-Grapple
- Grenade Dispenser
* 4x Frag
* 4x Krak
- Ammunition Dispenser
* 6x Duplus magazines
- M40 Tactical Scope
- Melta Bomb

[Roland Muleto]

He was quite late, his devotions to the God-Emperor had lasted longer than usual, lost in his thoughts he had forget about the time. Very unusual... was it premonitory ?
Nonetheless he was barely in time. Brother sergeant Quintus of the scout squad was nearly in full suit of armor, Roland was in his everyday's robes. He will miss the chaplain Perphius' small service, but he had always be carefree about theses. On Bascogne, religion was a matter of individual belief, not one a great ceremonies and shared prayers. His time in the chapel, alone, was more than a compensation for missing it this time.

Getting one servitor to assist him with his power armor he gave the other his orders for ammunitions, the standard astartes combat load with Sickles magazines. Most of the first tactical prefered the Duplus, for the lesser number of reloads, each one being lost time to their opinion, but Roland found it heavy and bad for the balance of his weapon. On top of that he had never been the marksman of the company, his accuracy was just acceptable for an astartes and during his time as a scout he had the tendency to compensate precision with sustained fire. Old habits die hard, bad one even harder, and smaller clips helped him to keep track of his ammunition and keeping his fire rate in control.

At last the servitor put his power pack in place. All the integrated systems was operational, he was ready for the battle.

- Mk. 5b 'Godwyn' Pattern Bolter
- Combat Knife
- Personal Dataslate
- Position Marking Vox Beacons
- ChemLights
- Combat Rations
- Armour Repair Cement and Vac-Sealent
- FlexSteel Cord (100 ft) w/ Arrestor Gear and Mag-Grapple
- Grenade Dispenser
* 4x Frag
* 4x Krak
- Ammunition Dispenser
* 10x Sickle magazines
- 1 Melta-bomb

[Andrus Taranius]

Andrus was checking his equipment in his head, as the armour plates were fitted, he had no power armour but the ceramite plates were heavy and he had to adjust the weight evenly so he could move freely.
His mental checklist was done, his large combat knife, it was almost a sword in the hands of a normal human, was sheathed on his left side and his rifle hanging over his shoulder.
He checked his combat pockets, his grenades were all there all the extra equipment, his mags everything.
He checked the scope, perfectly clean and straight.
Fully loaded Andrus Taranius walked out of the Armoury headed for the hangar.

Equipment:
- Personal Dataslate
- Rebreather Mask w/ 6 Hour Air Supply
- Dust Goggles / UV Protected, Non-Reflective Surface
- Position Marking Vox Beacons
- ChemLights
- Combat Rations
- FlexSteel Cord (100 ft) w/ Arrestor Gear and Mag-Grapple
- Grenade Bandolier
* 4x Frag
* 4x Krak
- Ammunition Pouches
* 10x Sniper rifle magazines
Auspex Scanner
Sniper Rifle w/M.40 scope
'Bastard' pattern combat knife

[Magnus Calpurnius]

Finally making it to armoury, Magnus quickly went over what he had. He hadn't got the stalker shells for his pistol yet.

Running over to the techmarine, he made a quick request and was given three magazines of stalker shells in return. It was unlikely he'd make much use of them so he had no problem with the limited ammunition, he needed to save room for the heavy bolter ammo anyway. It was fairly safe to assume that was going to get used up fast.

His armour didn't take long to put on, scout armour was light and designed for ease of use, he was done pretty quickly. Attaching his grenades to his bandolier, he set off to the hangar bay.

- Heavy bolter
- Bolt pistol
- Personal Dataslate
- Rebreather Mask w/ 6 Hour Air Supply
- Dust Goggles / UV Protected, Non-Reflective Surface
- Position Marking Vox Beacons
- ChemLights
- Combat Rations
- FlexSteel Cord (100 ft) w/ Arrestor Gear and Mag-Grapple
- Grenade Bandolier
* 4x Frag
* 4x Krak
- Ammunition Pouches
*3x Stalker magazines for the bolt pistol.
*3x 500 round box magazines for the heavy bolter.

[Numerius Silvanus]

Silvanus made his way over to the Armory, although not technically part of the tactical squad he would have to gear up eventually and there was no time like the present.

He had the Techmarine look over his armor, and retrieve his helmet. Its stark white had been slightly diminished with time. Otherwise it was serviceable.

The Techmarine also took an effort to observe his Reductor, which Silvanus tried to take care of periodically. With an adjustment here and there, his armor was good to go.


Mk. 7 'Imperator' Armour
- Heads-Up Display (HUD)
- Proximity Detection System
- Live-Feed Tactical Pict-Caster
- Orbital Data Feed
- InterSquad Vox link w/ External Address System
- Radiation Shielding
- Anti-Flare/Sound Dampening Autosenses
- Gas/Liquid tight Envrioment Seal
- 24 Hour Air Supply
- Servo-Assisted Load Carrying
- In-Field First-Aid System (Antiseptic/Liquid Painkiller Delivery)
- Waste Reclamation and Hydration System
-Reductor

Silvanus took the time to retrieve his personal bolt pistol from the armory, finely tuned and crafted to be like an extension of his arm. The gun had never failed him yet.

Mastercrafted Mk. 3 Bolt Pistol
Standard Battle-Brother Equipment
- Personal Dataslate
- Position Marking Vox Beacons
- ChemLights
- Combat Rations
- Armour Repair Cement and Vac-Sealent
- FlexSteel Cord (100 ft) w/ Arrestor Gear and Mag-Grapple
- Grenade Dispenser
* 4x Frag
* 4x Krak
- Ammunition Dispenser
* 12x Pistol magazines

With all said and done, Silvanus gave his goodbyes to the Techmarine and walked off to the Hanger to see some marines off.

[Lucas Raziel]

Lucas arrived, carrying his sniper rifle in his hands. he looked dow his scope to check if it was working. satisfied it was, he quickly rechecked all off his armour, and inspected his newly repaired combat knife. Lucas grinned. it was sharper then it had ever been. checking his equipment again, he waited for the drop.

Equipment:
- Personal Dataslate
- Rebreather Mask w/ 6 Hour Air Supply
- Dust Goggles / UV Protected, Non-Reflective Surface
- Position Marking Vox Beacons
- ChemLights
- Combat Rations
- FlexSteel Cord (100 ft) w/ Arrestor Gear and Mag-Grapple
- Grenade Bandolier
* 4x Frag
* 4x Krak
- Ammunition Pouches
* 10x Sniper rifle magazines
Auspex Scanner
Sniper Rifle w/M.40 scope
Combat knife

[Manius Agrippa]

Agrippa went through a series of movements, stretches, jumps, tumbles and even a forward flip to ensure that his armor was operating at 100%.

Looking around at the duty arming servitor who was monitoring the suits readout from a terminal the construct bowed and its flat mechanical voice confirming what the Sergeant already knew.

+++SUIT OPERATING SYSTEMS, TARGETING SYSTEMS, COMMUNICATION AND SENSOR SUITE, ACUATORS, POWER COILS, COOLING SYSTEMS AND BACKUPS ALL OPPERATING WITHIN DEFINED PARAMETERS+++

Agrippa nodded once before walking back to the arming alcove and began to load up his equipment.

- Personal Dataslate
- Position Marking Vox Beacon
- ChemLights
- Combat Rations
- Armour Repair Cement and Vac-Sealent
- FlexSteel Cord (100 ft) w/ Arrestor Gear and Mag-Grapple
- Grenade Dispenser
*4x Frag
*4x Krak
-1x Melta Bomb
- Ammunition load carrying system
*6x Drum Magazines

He then picked up his sheathed "Gladius" Combat blade and attached it to his left thigh.

The ‘Hells teeth’ Chainsword in its scabbard then belted around his waist hanging down the left side of his body.

Lastly he hefted his personnel weapon a Mk. Vb Bolter with M40 scope and forward grip.

Inserting one of the Drum magazines he made the weapon ready.

One last thing.

As was his right and duty as a thrice holder of the 'Marksmans Honor badge' he was entrusted with 5 rounds of Kraken Penetrator Rounds.

These he placed in a special clip attached to the left side of the Bolters sliding stock where it would not inhibit the operating or handling of the weapon. They could not be loaded into the magazine and would have to be hand loaded directly into the breech of his weapon.

Slinging the Boltgun and nodding with satisfaction he marched out of the armory.

He was ready for war.

[Demoades Achilles]

Demoades stepped into the shadowy armory as servitors rushed about, adorning him in the black and white halved armor of his Astartes chapter. He had outstretched his arms for them to be able to place the ceremite around him.

And finally, after clasping on his helmet, he picked up the plasmagun. The power from it flowed within him. His combat blade was sheathed within the sheath on his boot. His grenades hung from his belt.

- Personal Dataslate
- Position Marking Vox Beacon
- ChemLights
- Combat Rations
- Armour Repair Cement and Vac-Sealent
- FlexSteel Cord (100 ft) w/ Arrestor Gear and Mag-Grapple
- Grenade Dispenser
*4x Frag
*4x Krak
-1x Melta Bomb
- Ammunition load carrying system
- Plasmagun
- Mk III Bolt Pistol
- 6 magazines
Readings displayed and flickered across the HUD of his helmet. Now the servitors backed away, and the marine began to descend into the hanger bays...