Manius Agrippa

[Manius Agrippa]

Name: Manius Agrippa (Given name)
Age: 203
Designation: Tactical Sergeant, 4th Company. Omega Marines Chapter.

Height: 7 feet 1"
Hair Colour: Steel Grey

Physical Description: For an Astartes he is more wiry than normal (not excessively so) and an inch or two shorter than his peers. His Bionic Right Eye also covers part of his face and skull - this optic/bionic is a rugged but finely worked brass device. His Bionic Left Arm is made of Plasteel with adamantium rods. A fine tapestry of Gold Filigree worked into the arm like a Tattoo shows the story of both Captain D'Saviolo and him holding off the Hrud in defence of the bodies of their fallen Brothers. This work was commissioned by his Brothers in 7th Company while he was recovering from the loss of his real arm.

Personality: Like all Marines he is ready to spring into action at a moments notice but Manius always looks 'especially coiled' and this sometimes disturbs others, even fellow brethren who have not served with him. Despite his lack of any formal education until his induction into the Chapter, Brother Agrippa possess a healthy appetite for reading - and often spends his daily 'free time' reading some of the great works of the Imperium. He is currently reading 'The Pacifier' - by Warlord Arminius. An Epic Poem based on the life of Lord Solar Macharius. He is also possessed of a somewhat brutal but often self effacing wit. Like all Brethren he is completely indoctrinated into the Chapter and its beliefs and is completely loyal to his Battle Brothers. In particular he is especially loyal to Captain Antonius, grateful as he is for being dragged out of obscurity by the then Sgt and allowed to serve the Emperor in such a way that as a 14 year old Hiver, he could never have even begun to have imagined. In battle Brother Agrippa is always trying to live up to the standards set by Capt Antonius - something that will see him eventually follow the Captain into Chapter Legend or ensure him a hero's death.

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

Weapons:
Mk. 5b 'Godwyn' Pattern Bolter with a M40 Tactical Scope
Combat Knife

Gear:
Standard Battle-Brother 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
- Ammunition Dispenser
* 6x Drum Magazines

Addition Equipment as required by Mission Parameters


History: Taken aged 14 (standard Terran) from the Hive city of Xersus IV on Xersus Prime by a 'hunter force' led by the then Sgt Antonius. Manius and a growing number of followers had been terrorizing his entire hive stack since his 11th birthday and had become a feral homicidal maniac and something of a local legend. Indeed Antonius had been drawn to the Hive (while on a routine patrol of the system) after hearing reports of entire hive gangs having become so concerned about the number of ganger deaths that a temporary and uneasy truce was formed by the principle groups (some of whom had been enemies for millennia) such was their fear. Animal cunning and a Ferocious ambush of Sgt Antonius and his Companions by Manius and his gang proved to be no match for the Marines experience, training and powered plate when the latter descended into the sumps of the 19th Stack district to capture this individual.

The survivors, the young homicidal maniac among them, were recovered to the Chapters Patrol vessel and tested for suitability as aspirants.

Manius, despite his aggressive temperament (some say because 'in spite' of it) was one of the 3 hivers who tested as suitable and the only one who survived the early stages of training and tests to be inducted into the Chapters 10th Company as a Scout. Here he learned the ways of his Chapters trade and learned, grudgingly at first and then with growing admiration, to respect his tutors. By now the Feral Youth was a proud and disciplined individual. Despite this the training Staff and Brethren of the 10th Company never quite managed to overcome their distrust of the once feral youth and this very nearly prevented him from being inducted as a full Battle Brother.
However Sgt Antonius (during a 4th Company Refit period) had seen the potential in the young recruit and with the permission of his Captain and the training staff took over and for 2 months he denied the Scout rest or respite. By the end of this training period none doubted that Manius would succeed as a full Battle Brother.

After several campaigns as a scout Manius was elevated to the ranks as a full battle brother - entering the ranks of the 9th Company and learning the trade of the Devastator. Then after several campaigns bringing death to the enemies of mankind from long range he was inducted as an Assault Marine of the 8th Company and then spent years in each of the Reserve tactical Companies learning the balance and tactical acumen necessary to succeed in this role.

He quickly made a name for himself.
As part of 9th company during the purging of Galamyde secundus, he slew a powerful possessed witch-pysker (with a well aimed burst of 1.00 Caliber Heavy Bolter shells) who was in the process of besting Codicer Silvanus, saving the Librarians life. Silvanus in turn led half of the company into the 2nd breach of the Fell Fortress ensuring victory. This act of marksmanship won Manius his first 'Marksmans Honor badge'.

As part of the 8th Company during a boarding action he took part in the final assault clearing the bridge of the Renegade Destroyer 'Apollo' - he lost his right eye and part of his skull during the savage assault - and was commended for fighting on.

As part of 7th Company he fought back to back with Captain D'Saviolo in the depths of a Hrud breeder hive, the pair of them guarding the bodies of 12 fallen Battle Brothers for the best part of an hour against waves of enraged immature Hrud who were attempting to avenge the death of their slain breeders until the balance of the 7th could reach them.

At Selons Landing still as a Member of 7th Company, commanding a Typhoon Speeder he was one of the first to land as part of that great campaign to crush the Ork Migration sweeping through that system and his Speeder is credited with over 40 Ork kills and 6 Vehicle/Walker Kills on the first day alone. Later he was badly injured during the reduction of the Brall Pocket, his left arm severed after his Speeder was destroyed. This arm was replaced with a bionic.

After he recovered he was inducted into the 6th Company and further honed his skills as a Tactical Marine and acquainted himself with the fortes and foibles of the Space marine Bike. As part of his Squad, Manius took part in long range Patrols into the wastes during the battle of Armageddon in an attempt to deny the Ork freedom of movement around the principle Battle fronts.

He and his squad were later used to bolster the strength of 4th Company in the conventional Tactical Squad role after the Companies dreadful losses during the Campaign.

Not long following the Chapter's with drawl from Armageddon after the effective end of that Campaign, Manius had been one of the 6th Company Marines transfered to the now 'Captain' Antonius's 4th Company as part of its rebuilding process. Initially he had been a member of the 4th Companies No 9 "Devastator" Squad but after the Lalinta Prime Campaign and later the defeat of the Iron Warrior Battle group, while supporting their Brother Marines in the Star Dragon's Chapter in the Solar Segmentum, Captain Antonius Saw fit to change his role to that of Tactical Marine and promoted him to the rank of Sgt as part of Strike Force Alpha.

Sample Roleplay - (I am taking some liberties with Names etc and using Fire team Descriptions i.e. Charlie and Delta to describe the 2 elements of Number 9 Squad. 9 Charlie comprises the units heavy weapons and is led by the most senior Marine in the squad. 9 Delta is the remaining Marines led by Sgt Renius. This fight takes place during 4th Companies supporting action along side the Star Dragon Marines as they sought to eliminate the Iron Warriors Presence on an 'as of yet' un-named planet).

Shadows danced as the burning Rhino illuminated the ruined street.

Led by Sgt Renius, 9th Squads Delta Fire team rapidly 'leap frogged' forward past the Traitor Transport, that had not twenty seconds before been trundling slowly forward giving cover to a unit of Iron Warriors following closely behind. The Same Iron Warriors who had been totally unaware, that their objective, the once truly impressive Primary Courts Building, had already been occupied by Sgt Renius's Devastator Squad.

It had been a rude surprise and for the APCs Driver and four of the Iron Warriors of the following squad - a somewhat fatal one when 9th Squads Charlie Fire team had opened up - their Heavy Bolter's and Missile Launchers ripping the 30 tonne tank apart in seconds - before shifting their fire and cutting down half of the 8 Strong Traitor Marine unit as it tried to reach the cover of an almost intact Administratum Building.

The highly experienced Sgt Renius had acted as soon as the Traitors reached the relative safety of the building by leading the 2nd half of his squad in a rapid assault.

Brother Agrippa made a power armored sprint past his Sgt as Renius took up a cover fire position behind a ruined ground car aiming his plasma pistol at the building. Slamming shoulder first into a pillar outside the somewhat spuriously named 'First ministry Building', Agrippa also aimed his Bolter toward the front of the Building. His built in Proximity Detection System and HUD showed no targets as dozens of 'smaller' explosions intermixed with a few much larger ones ripped at the front of the target building as the Heavy Weapon Marines of 9 Charlie continued to pour suppression fire into it.

Brothers Septinius, Cicero and Tiber quickly moved past them both, stacking up on the left side of the main entrance of the Administratum Building.

The supporting weapon fire from 9 Charlie shifted its focus to the upper floors and in a matter of seconds Brother Agrippa and Sgt Renius had taken up 'breaching' positions to the Right side of the entrance.

++PREP FOR ENTRY++

Growled the Sgt and all 4 Marines reloaded their Bolter's with fresh clips or as in Manius's case a fresh 60 round Drum Mag.

++TWO,FOUR FRAG AND GO++

Septinius and Agrippa having practiced this type of set piece Assault thousand's of times and done it for real hundred's of times were already prepared and each threw a grenade into the buildings Foyer. The entire Squad began moving to clear the room as the grenades detonated with concussive 'thumps' and Manius entered and went right, his weapon to his shoulder and set to automatic, covering his arcs and trusting his Brothers to cover the rest of the room.

Suddenly something staggered from out of the smoke right in front of him and his HUD immediately tagged the target as a hostile. Perhaps stunned by the grenades or already injured by the heavy weapon fire the traitor was too slow. Agrippa reacted first firing a 15 round burst into what he could now see was one of the Traitor Iron Warriors from a range of no greater than 5 meters.

The Iron Warriors suit of powered plate shattered and dented under the onslaught, his bolter blasted out of his hands, with perhaps 3 of the Rounds penetrating chest, hip and left arm, blowing great chunks out of him and knocking him over onto his back. Giving him no chance to recover Manius charged forward stamping his foot down on the traitors chest plate and firing a 'controlled burst' into the renegades helmet.
The Helmet deformed and shattered and then the traitors head exploded. A definite kill.

"FOUR - ENEMY DOWN"

He snarled into his Vox with not a little satisfaction in his tone.

Suddenly holes began too appear in the wall ahead of him and something slammed into his left shoulder pauldron spinning him slightly. He was totally aware of where his Battle Brothers were, despite the smoke and confusion. It was defiantly an 'enemy' shooting blind through the wall at him!
Raising his weapon and dropping to one knee Manius began to 'hose' the same wall - but had only fired some 15 rounds before his weapon jammed.

"FOUR - STOPPAGE"

He barked slamming himself into the wall to his right and ejecting the drum mag as he did so. Rapidly moving the weapon action he cleared the stoppage and attached a fresh drum.

"FOUR - READY"

Ahead of him Sgt Renius and Brother Cicero had already fragged and stormed the next room. By the time Manius had taken up formation over watch at the rooms entrance Brother Cicero had already shot the legs from under the Traitor and Sgt Renius was busy hacking the Iron Warrior into steaming bloody chunks with his Mk. 10f 'Hells Teeth' Pattern Chain Sword. The Traitor spat vile curses even as he died.

Sgt Renius stood back up his helmet and armor covered in splatters of the Traitors blood. He locked his gaze with Agrippa and Manius knew the Sgt was grinning behind his helmet as he did so.

++ONE ---- ENEMY DOWN++

Still no time to savor the kills. They all knew that there were 2 more Iron Warriors loose somewhere in the building and none of them thought that they would be as easy to take down as the first two had been.

The volume of fire from 9 Charlie had now slackened to a more conservative rate.

While 9 Delta formed up and began to systematically clear the building.

It was time to hunt and persecute.

[Julius Quintus]

This is a good effort but there are a couple of major problems with it that will have to be sorted before we can accept you.

Firstly, you can't be a sergeant. Not yet anyway. As an OOC organisation mechanism the sergeants will be secondary GMs and board moderators. Because of this Deliverence and myself will be appointing sergeants from people who we have RPed with before so that we know can do the job.

Secondly because of the small size of the game atm we don't have an assault squad on the books yet. We're going to fill out the tactical and scout units first so we can start gaming and then we'll build assault and devastator units in as we gain members.

With both those points in mind you need to rework this application to make Manius an ordinary battle brother. the basic concept of a close combat specialist is valid and if, when the time comes to form an assault unit, Manius is alive and has performed well enough in battle you may still get to be the squad sergeant. Its something to aim for.

Here is a list of things you can do to make the application better:

• Your physical description needs to be a lot longer, about the same length as your personality section.
  
  
• Its fine to play an aggressive marine but remember that this is an ultramarines successor chapter. An outright homicidal maniac isn't going make it through selection.
  
  
• As a normal battle brother you need a more standard equipment list. (I'll write up a standard gear list for all marines and it should be posted soon)
  
  
• Your history is good up until the start of your description of the retaking of the Apollo but you need to seriously tone it back to make it more likely as a battle brother. You're character needs to have spent his whole operational career in the 4th company (excluding time spent in the reserves) and he can't be a member of the 1st.
  
  
• When you get your sample post written it should be combat based and include interaction with other marines of the chapter. Put plenty of time into it to make it as good as possible because its the most important part of your application.
  

Overall I quite like the basic concept it just needs to be made to fit the realities of the game. address the points I've listed above and we'll take another look at it.

Good luck

[Deliverance]

Julius has banged the nail on the head.

If you want a longer history then that is fine. However, your marine will have to be much older than 83.

Check out the standard marine equipment for details of the standard weapons carried by battle brothers. Equipment will be changed per different mission.

If you want a more assault orientated individual you are welcome to use a close combat loadout (bolt pistol and chainsword) when the mission dictates. However, no equipment info is necessary in the application (see template)

Please leave your designation blank. The GMs will be assigning designations once your application is accepted.

You need to write a sample roleplay.

[Manius Agrippa]

No worries - I will make the changes tonight when I get in from work.

[Julius Quintus]

Theres no rush. Take your time and do the best job you can.

[Manius Agrippa]

Amended the original write up - taking your notes (and the obvious case of there being no Assault Squad) into account and added a sample post.

[Julius Quintus]

This is much better, one small amendment to your history,
This will be the 4th companies first deployment since the Armageddon War so the last paragrargh of your history needs either removing or ammending so that he's still serving with 6th company (that would also solve the name problems in the sample RP.

You also need to change you profiles display name to Manius Agrippa

With those changes made I'm happy to accept your application to join the Omega Marines. If Deliverence agrees then your app will be moved to the roster thread.

PS. I have no problem with the bolter customisation, you give good reasons for it in your history.

[Deliverance]

The history is fine. As mentioned in the brief history of the company after Armageddon (see info section) the 4th company did indeed support Star Dragon actions against the Iron Warriors. The history is fine.

However, with such an extensive history you have to be much holder. At least 200 years old.

Change your display name as Julius mentioned.

Following that I will officially accept this application with the Rank of Sergeant.

[Manius Agrippa]

Amended as requested

[Rallus Zenodius]

I have taken the liberty of changing your Display name (as requested).

This application is approved with the rank of Tactical Marine Sergeant.

Welcome officially to the RPG from the Staff.

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