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It is the 39th Millennia, a time of darkness and constant war between humanity and the alien. In this never-ending nightmare, humanity fights to spread its light across an ever dark galaxy in an attempt to create new worlds for its people. In the Segmentum Obscurus one such system planets was been picked out for colonization; having been discovered by an Mechanicus probe. Thus does the Imperium send a colony force to the planet to set up a permanent settlement. However, all transmissions were lost with them by 39,445M and they were presumed lost. Now the race is on by not just the Imperial Colony Force (which falls under the Imperial Guard) but also from various other factions ranging from the Mechanicus to the Ecclesiarch.

However, humanity is not the only predator on the prowl. Other races have discovered these planet’s and there rich natural resources. From the Orks to the Eldar, Tau, and even other unknown alien races, they all are coming to conquer the system and claim it as their prize. Now the shadow of war spreads across this peaceful planet as the inevitable clash draws ever closer. Let Total War begin!


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Ok, in the spirit of FOG and others like komanko:victory:, I have decided to take a leap of faith and create another empire-building based RPG. Here is your chance to create an army from a pre-existing Warhammer 40k race, or create your own from a Warhammer 40k based species, and conquer the known system itself. I ask that if you join that you take a measure of commitment in creating a great story about an epic clash that’s about to happen. This is not a simple quick post RPG, and will require that you spend a little time writing down your races actions. Please be aware of this from the start. The following rules apply…….

1. No God-Modding. I’m more lenient than other, and I’ll understand if you want to work your story in with another player’s action, but do not control or dictate the other player’s actions.

2. Be fair, no mega weapons, no “Ganging Up” so to speak. Let’s do this like men

3. All combat results will be done with a Combat Calculator that I have pre-designated. No arguing with the results.:smoke:

4. I am God in the sense of what you get. You may request for additional troops, but in the end I will give you what works best for the story.

5. I am the GM; I reserve the right to change, alter, or boot anyone or anything that is getting out of line.

6. Commitment!:fool: I don’t want people who will register then disappear, it’s very rude. Once or Twice a week people are what I’m looking for.


Alright, on to the fun part, below is the system which you will all be killing each other over (starting from the ones closets to the sun outwards).

Galbatorius: “Galba” as it has become known is mainly a volcanic planet, one that supports a thick atmosphere similar to Venus. There is little worth in this planet other than its unusually large amount of natural resources; specifically Tibian Gas used to power beam and laser weapons. However, the atmosphere blocks all scanning and communications so as to hide what really occurs on the planet’s surface. Only one continent stands above the sea of magma and it will be a challenge to whoever attempts to utilize this planet. No moons

Magnar: This planet is in the final stages of development as far as developing stars are concerned. The volcanic activity hear is minimal, and indeed some forms of vegetation and life have sprung into existence. Natural landscape with small lakes and large mountains. Has one moon, Magnar-1.

Yuli-459: This planet is a desert world, devoid of life; similar to Mars. It has little in the way of resources except its naturally occurring polar caps; which house a large amount of ice formations. Has some ancient ruins to the south of its equator that might be worth checking No moons

Yuli-450: This planet is mainly desert, with a curious small continent that is teaming with vegetation and life. The continent could support a small city with enough resources. Surrounded by oceans, with some mountains, make an ideal place for defense. No moons

Yuli Prime: the pride of the system, Yuli is a livable, breathable planet with four major continents and resources aplenty. Mountains, oceans, rivers, lakes, hills, plains, deserts, its another Terra in the making. Ideal for any race attempting to settle system. Two moons, Yuli’s Pride, and Yuli’s Joy, both orbiting at opposite sides.

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Alright, so here we will discuss your race creation rules; and its rather short.

1. Warhammer 40k races must stick to the Codex in essence. No “going off the beaten path” so to speak. However, you can still be creative. You must crave out your own factions, but use the race rules.

2. If you decide to take an alien race, they must be alien, not human. They must be based on a preexisting 40k universe species, check Lexicanium.com if you’re not sure. Also, they must be some kind of intelligent life form with some kind of weapons. No Hrud or Flood type races here please.

3. You will each start out with 100 settlers, 1000 infantry, 20 vehicles, and a basic space fleet (consisting of your Capital ship with up to five escorts of any kind).

4. Be creative!!!

Any other question should be directed to me and I’ll assist you.

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Alright, below is the system of how we will conduct the actual game. In each post you fill out the following sections…

Blah Section: (Not literally its name, but this is where you tell the story from your commanders point of view)

Military Movement: (Consists of troop movements, settlement development, any building, supplies, and positioning.)

Military Actions: (Consists of engagements, fights, duels, and such)

Diplomatic Actions: (Consist of any diplomatic envoys, results, and the like.)

Space Actions: (Ship movements, calls for support, fleet actions and engagements)


Simple, too easy! Now please use the below template when developing your nations. They need a figure head and an identity. I ask that you please post a flag as well.


Leaders Name: Joe Shmoe

Age: (whatever, be young, be old)

Background: (give at least a basic background as to how he came to power. The rest is up to you)

Equipment: (your armor, weapons, additional tools of war that you bring)

Race’s Name: (Ex: Imperial, Tau, Ecclesiarch, Mechanicus, Ork, Dark Eldar (yes, I’ll allow them), Eldar, Necron, e.t.c.)

Army’s Name: (Ex: 101st Space Marine Force)

Description: (Tell a little about your militaries or Army’s specialties)

Space Force: (You have one large ship, a battleship, and dreadnought, whatever you heart likes, and then five small ships, usually destroyers, nothing big. The battleship is your forces center unless you request more space forces, so choose wises)
 
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#327 ·
I so want to wreak havoc with my Necrons. And to beat back these silly Space Marines trying to kill Shadow. :p Bit I guess I should wait for the update before posting again (or it'll just become a post-race!).

And maybe the Outsider might actually HELP his minions. No? Without us, he wouldn't even be here. He wants blood and souls etc. but he's not actually getting any himself. Stupid C'tan. :grin:

Oh, and Serp, I do know that they're not after souls, but it serves as an easier, lazier analogy.

What are they even actually after? Surely not "death to all" like it says about all Necron stuff, when actually it's an annoyingly simplified version of their entire species. Is it just the "life-force" of stuff that the C'tan want? How do they consume it?

So many questions! :laugh:
 
#329 ·
And maybe the Outsider might actually HELP his minions. No? Without us, he wouldn't even be here. He wants blood and souls etc. but he's not actually getting any himself. Stupid C'tan. :grin:

Oh, and Serp, I do know that they're not after souls, but it serves as an easier, lazier analogy.
:threaten:

What are they even actually after? Surely not "death to all" like it says about all Necron stuff, when actually it's an annoyingly simplified version of their entire species. Is it just the "life-force" of stuff that the C'tan want? How do they consume it?

So many questions! :laugh:
Physical energy, especially that given off by life forms (because it apparently has flavour). They used to feed on stars, and still can but prefer to absorb the life from sentient beings.
 
#330 ·
Physical energy.... so whishy-washy.

Plus, just because the life force of creatures tastes better, why!? There's masses of energy in a sun (waaaay too much) and if these guys can defy the laws of physics, surely they can just make another sun whenever they wish? (Make loads of Hydrogen get really, really dense, then watch the magic)

I dunno about you, but if I had to choose between a crapload of pasta bolognese sauce and a couple of gourmet burgers (guarded by a horde of orks) I'd choose the pasta. :p
 
#331 ·
same here hahaha
 
#334 ·
Would it be too late for me to be able to join in on this? I've never seen an rp like this and it looks fun.

If I can join, The race I would want to be would be the tyranids. The only reason I'm saying that is because I noticed there is already a tyranid player in this rp.
 
#335 ·
You'd have to wait for EH to come on and confirm which race you can choose. Although I'm sure it shouldn't be too much trouble.

Just stay away from the Necrons. :laugh:

Although you may have to wait a while; EH's internet seems to be down, as there was an update promised a earlier this week, but also warnings of internet-fails. And now, no update, so we better assume that his internet is down with the fever. :biggrin:
 
#337 ·
Ok guys, sorry that took so long to push out, my Internet and lfie have kept me very busy lately.

So we have our first casualty, everyone give it up for Warsmith4772:victory:(clpa, clap, clap). Ok, so Warsmith, you can now play the orks, I shall work you in the next post.

Next, Xianren, you need to post, or next post your eldar shall be destroyed.

As for you Kalawaki you can join, i have the remaining factions still open. The two maybe's are dependant on if the other guys respond.

Sister's of Battle
Kroot
Imperial guard(maybe)
Inquisition(maybe)

Ok, lastely, whoever it was that wanted to play the Grey Knights, can you please repost your army lists and I'll work you in in a seperate post.

Ok, keep the war going, hopefully no more delays will happen. thanks for bearing with me dudes.
 
#338 ·
EH please read what my captain is equipped with. nowhere did i state that he had a bolter or a sword for that matter. he has a set of ancient lightning claws on each hand, yes they are force weapons, but no they are not anywhere near a sword. they also have heavy flamers built into them, no bolter, heavy bolter, bolt pistol or anything else like that. i dont want to sound like im bitching but this is a commander and i feel like a mistake in his weaponry by you could mean the end of him
 
#341 ·
Kalawaki, I can let you play the "Nid's," however, you will be working together with G0arr, you will not be your own army. I cannot have two large Tyranid armies runnign around, it unbalances the scale ridiculously.

Basically, if you want to play you'll have a small force under your command, but you will be under the same Hive mind as G0arr and therefore subject to "Mother's" wish's. your choice.

Yes, I'm sorry Apostle, i did this while half alseep last night when my Internet finally cam back. i shall fix that tonight and remove bolter and sword with lightning claw and flamer. Don'r feel like your bitching, it good you point out things like that, that way I can fix them in time:grin:

Yes, Warsmith7752, the Orks are hungry, hungry for a WWWWAAAAAGGGHHHHH
 
#342 ·
Erm Apostle, I'm told I can do one major blow to you, but not fatal.

I don't know if that means limb-loss or just a little tap on the head, but I'm gonna ask you before I go lopping your head off; what do you mind happening to Varian? Non-critical limb-loss (like, a hand or something) or just, I dunno, a foot? I'll leave it up to you, don't want to do anything horrid to somebody's character after they spent so much time thinking them up.

As for Shadow, go mad, he can just be repaired. Not too crazy mind (whilst he can be repaired, a few scattered ashes and the odd lump of molten metal will be hard to put back together!) but I don't mind losing an arm or something. :laugh:
 
#344 ·
hmmmm i would assume a heavy blow would mean something to the effect of, "Swipes at chest, claws gouge deep, heavy wound that hurts like a motherfucker and makes it hard for him to concentrate." something like that lol loss of limb no thank you, at least not at the moment, dont forget you also have the chaplain bearing down upon you so you can attack him also, BUT that leaves your arse open to attack by me :grin: tell you the truth, i dont mind my force dying, this would allow me come back as a chaos player (which is what i really want) BUT i will fight to the death lol
 
#345 ·
Ok, when I say a major wound, Non-Fatal means like the following............

Ex1.: Varian twisted inside the Necrons guard and stabs out, smiling as his claws impale the Necrons left arm rendering it usless.

or

Ex2.: Kruet makes a thrust but extends to far, and Sorrow swipes at his vunerable back, leaving a gashing wound from which blood starts to pour.


Something like that.
 
#347 ·
Awesome, sounds good. Just a couple questions.

So do I take orders from G0arr, or can i act independantly from him but still take orders from Mother?
How large is a "small force?" I completely understand that for balancing reasons you dont want two entire hivefleets on the same team. (though hive fleets have been known to devour each other to widdle out the weak, and the victor becomes one large hive fleet. >.>)

Other then that, just let me know when I can post. :)
 
#351 ·
Awesome, sounds good. Just a couple questions.

So do I take orders from G0arr, or can i act independantly from him but still take orders from Mother?
How large is a "small force?" I completely understand that for balancing reasons you dont want two entire hivefleets on the same team. (though hive fleets have been known to devour each other to widdle out the weak, and the victor becomes one large hive fleet. >.>)

Other then that, just let me know when I can post. :)
Just gonna leave this quote sitting here... '>.>
 
#348 · (Edited)
In my update it speaks about some guy called Varain (assuming he's yours, Apostle) but nobody else... :(

EDIT: I'll assume there is a chaplain there seeing as somebody sent him. Is he also yours, Apostle? Sorry for my laziness, I have had over 19 2-and a half-hour examinations in under a week...

EDIT 2: I just had a nasty idea. He he he... another orbital bombardment, you say Apostle? Well...well...well...
 
#349 ·
Yes Farseer, Apostle has his main character Varian attacking from the front while he has a chaplian attacking from the rear. You are also surrounded by terminators who are engaging your Necron honor guard. Y

Also, might I remind you you have used your phase shifter once, and you cannot use it repeatedly, so be careful in how you apply it.

19 hor exams, whats the topic for, if you don't mind my asking???
 
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