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This is chapter one for the war between the Allience and the Imperium, some back story, the Allience is a rouge, well Allieance of Humans and Xenos on the edge of Imperium space Dutur is the first large conflict between them, I am not the best writer so if you fell you can do a better job go a head but stay true to the Spirt of the writeing.
“Dutur is are test, are first chance to prove that progress trumps fear, that the fearless and trusted is superior to the fearful and ill trusted. Dutur a name that will ring though history as the point the Alliance rose from the earth to shine a light in the darkness of the Imperium we can not fail and we won't!”
Leodon's senater Richter Winter in passionate speech before the Senate before the final vote for war it passed 65 to 50
Chapter 1 Dawn of War “We show the Imperials the real meaning of the words shock and awe!”
In 2. 850 M40 the Imperium was found that the mining world of Weland was running out of ores. Weland had in the past fueled the production of several forge worlds that made equipment for 5 regiments the lose of such weapons could be the first domino to many regiment running out of supply's when it was needed most. This could not happen the Auditors found 3 places that could replace Weland, the Asteroids of the Rendor system, the moon of Trulite (it self useful for mining) and Dutur. Rendor, Trulite and its moon were traditional sources for ores but Dutur was not it poor substrate had few ores and farming was also poor.
Dutur was a hive world the whole word one huge city save the ocean but the Governor played dangerous politics in making a deal with the Adeptus Mechanicus. In 324 M32 it “payed off” a bio weapons lab had a accident and the deadly virus went to work in 10 years it killed 98% of the population the dead were piled in the street and burned until the living were too few to carry out the task. The world was now worthless, formal guard regiments were the world sole export now not even a regiment could be raised if all the world was conscripted the Imperium left the world to it own saying if it could not give then it will not get.
The Governor stayed behind the general pull out though he was stuck to this world for making it worthless never mind the loss of life. It said a ork Waaagh dropped in system the boss took one look at the world and said “thats not worth it.” turned around and went to another planet. The people live though it was hell over the years lakes held long back by pumps that now rusted solid sending large areas of the city under water. Rain fell for the first time in millennium the vast city's began to rust the every body of water turned red with rust the air filled rust flacks torn off by wind killing people with the a disease called red lung caused by the rust dust in the air. though the number of people began to rebound they lived short sad lives working hard to live feeding off the shrimp that lived in there now toxic seas having to use magnets to make it safe to drink by picking out the iron only surviving only by eating brine shrimp. When the Imperium came back the average life span was 20 years with red lung the biggest killers.
Now Dutur had something worth the effort iron from the former city's enlisting what population that could be found for the job during a 50 year period the standard of livening rose 400% the life span rose to 45 and now the food was more then just shrimp armed with plasma cutter and metal slicers they carved up the ruins for steel. Over the lakes and seas the city's had drowned in Valkyrie with giant Magnets flew pulling tons of Steel out of the red seas out. Then need over came ever thing else Weland finally ran dry and the Rendor had been searching for a place to start they had recently started mining but by the time they got a shipment ready the forge worlds would be out, although Trulite was going well mining at a fast clip the moon was found to be worthless. Both Trulite and Dutur had to make it up. As the pace went up.
Soon the people Dutur were working 20 hours a day 7 days a week to make it up vast army's of prisoners were moved in to speed it up and with the increasing in labor once more red lung killed them off by the dozens shoveled in to mass graves made of iron caskets that then went to a fiery cremation in the forges worlds smelters.
This hell went on for 25 years until a man was found walking though the camp his skin shone with heath not the dingy red of a short life time at the iron farms as they were called at his side stood two angels of death waiting for a crowd of the sufficiently curious yelled to them if they wanted to be free if they wanted to do more then live and die for a Imperium which did not care the workers saw a glimmer of hope the guards saw the hint of rebellion. They moved to meet this man only to be cut down by the guns of the space marines this was the start of the rebellion soon riots filled the rusty streets the Imperium put it down but the man was gone to return with a army the Alliance.
The Vote for war
Deep in the heart of the Alliance the capital world of New Sol was in debate Dutur was had expressed it wish to join the Alliance, or had it according to the loyalist party they had not wished to join the alliance just that they hated the Imperium. Regardless some saw Dutur as there chance to take the fight to the Imperium! Of courses they were warmongers who wished only to fight.
As the debate went fast and furiously and the propaganda machine swung votes to and fore, some for some against the eldar though just did not care it was a human world. Upon the eve of the final vote the planets Leodon's senator Richter Winter rallied the votes for it giving his famous speech calling for saying now was the time for war. The vote passed passed 65 to 50 seconded by the president war would indeed be waged.
While politicians pated each other on the back the real work began. First a command staff was needed arm chair generals said it would likely be ether general Eric Younger defender of Ireye or Derick Gustavus taker of Saxon the choice was a surprise to everyone, Michale Archer. Son of a son of a hero Archer had a impressive record, fighting orks he had no experience fighting Imperials. Archer was the ground commander but for the navy fighting the choice was Alexander Gorden commander of the fleet that beat off 3 times there number of Imperials at Saxon a good choice. The first step Michale took was to request the new ships in his campaign this set off a another round of politicking the vote was 60 to 55 yes he would get his ships.
The next step Michale took was to pick a staff a logistic officer and what ever aids he felt he needed. His officer and chef aid was Ireye for his experience fighting the Imperium and spy master Rhian Berk she was charge of lintel. His next he asked what troops would be sent? That would be what defined who next choices. The first thing they told him was that the Eldar would not fight this was a human war. Next the Iron dust that filled the air clear caused red lung but what was it? Test proved that the rust in the air when breathed in coated the lungs reducing there ability to carry oxygen to the blood. Trenchys with there far more complex and sensitive lung system meant that they could not be sent. But the Hypons could have air masks and could fight, if they wanted to that is. 3 of the 5 Hypon worlds had voted for it so they worlds could contribute to the army and human worlds would definitely be there. So he picked to head his Hypon Axillary High chef Eron ork smasher.
Now to pick a force, he sent scout ships in system to find out the exact battle field. The Dutur system had 5 planets Dutur was the one they would fight over but the third world out Iladon orbited at the same speed as Dutur but spun on it axis 5 times faster. This in tactile terms meant that if a interplanetary missile silo was placed on the word it could give a sweeping arc of fire to any defending ships that would reach the whole system giving support to any fleet oddly enough the Imperium had ignored this fact. Michale Archer factored this in to his strategy to give control of the system Iladon must be held and a missile silo built upon it. To this end he asked the Trenchy if they could have the job of defending the ground point. Iladon was far dryer then Trencha with no water at all but was cooler and it atmosphere had enough hydrogen and oxygen so that water could be made for over 200 years of occupation the Trenchys agreed and even made nosies suggesting they may want to colonize Iladon. So he added to his staff General Mike to head up the Trenchy Regiments.
Next came the Intel from the planet his spies said that most of Dutur would be for all intent and purpose urban warfare due to the tights streets, in its hight Dutur was one huge city, but not a hive world with towering spires as such so armored vehicles could be used also the reclaiming by the imperial had freed up some open areas. Iladon on the other hand was flat, completely flat like it had been leveled some how ideal terrain for tanks. With these two ideas in mind he chose his forces 18 human Regiments 3 line regiments 2 light infantry, 3 Air Assault, 2 Electronic warfare, 2 Heavy anti air, 2 Recovery regiment, 4Artillery regiment. Theses unites would be sent to Dutur to Iladon he sent the human regiments 2Anti tank Regiment, 3 Mechanized, 2Line Regiment 3 Heavy anti air, 2Artillery regiment, 2 Recovery regiment. Also to Iladon 10 Tenchy Line,Armor and Heavy artillery Regiment would be sent who would do the bulk of the fighting. To the Imperium so many Regiments would be a huge force but the Alliance mounts smaller regiments each about the size of a chapter of marines the gathering of force went by fast in about 3 years but before that it was deemed that only orbital assault forces were needed they would break the world for the following troops then leave once they did. As they would not be need once past that stage.
High General:Michal Archer
Michal is a just but firm man who father was the son of the man who brought Alliance to be. A brilliant commander his duty is to command ground war and the campaign it self but he still occasional finds a reason to lead from the front
Flag Admiral: Alexander Gorden
a proud man who once upon a time was a commissar, he still has the black hat, but grew disenfranchised with the Imperium and during a campaign surrendered to the Tau. He immigrated to the Alliance when the chance presented it self and seeing a empire his moral code matched joined the navy.
General: Ireye
Ireye Is a man born and bred from new sol. His dad joined the army, and his dads dad joined the army and his dads dads dad joined the army. He is a strong and smart man who will not falter. He is in charge of supplying the army.
IPSS flag captain:Rhian Berk interplanetary secret service is a organization in charge of information gathering, military and domestic, assassination, anti terrorism and military police. Rhian Berk is in charge of all of these.
The first the Imperials knew of the attack and the Alliance as anything more then another small human empire on the out skirts, was when strange ships appeared in orbit and dropped orbital landers. As the Adeptus Arbites a and PDF forces on world rallied to fight them the found a new foe, fear the old fear of space marines the angels of death in 4 days the world was there all who fought were killed.
As some managed to escape to bring retribution the Alliance marines left and the main Alliance force landed on both Dutur and on Iladon the silos rose from the sand of like trees from soil. The former workers of Dutur moved into the hab base of there former enslavers. As there life grew better they went back to work, on there terms, payed and with gas mask as they did at first to keep form getting the red lung. As the iron farms began to work once more now to Alliance coffers with workers that now would die for there nation. As the condition of life rose once more the slow gears of the Imperium turned to end this.
Imperial reaction
When the Imperium found out about the fall of Dutur the adepts Mechanicus pushed for its recapture to fuel its forges but reports of the fall were more alarming then the fall more pointedly the attacking forces. Space marines? The possibility that was foremost on every ones mind was heretical Chaos Space Marine empire on the edge of Imperial space, was this the herald to a campaign as bad as any Black Crusade that would pierce the relative undefended sector like a hot knife though butter? And then what? It example of a empire, possibility a huge one out side of Imperium control could inspire countless worlds to join them, then as force were sent to fight them wars they would have been sent to normally would be left to rot thus meaning a higher percent of wars would be lost with no retribution forthcoming this one world could throw the Imperium into Chaos!
To fight this the one of the greatest mind the Imperium had was chosen, Lord Commander George Dike the son of a odd union between a daughter of Catachan a son of Krieg raised, and trained on Casandra a world that has given more then its share of fine officers and Commissars. He was a man who had reinvented a lost way of fighting, stepped in politics by the dint of home, he was sent to ID the foe and reclaim Dutur. To this he sent a huge under staff to find the men he wanted while he made alliances. On native Cassandra he found the Mechanicus Marines a chapter of the empires marines out of respect of his attempted join them when he was young failing nothing but the gene test they sent a task force of 100 marines led by the commander of the 8th company Akkad seconded by captain Irokk of the 10th company. One by one his staff was chosen and then the real work began.
To plan the war he first he had to know what he was fighting and this soon proved impossible though much information was there on Dutur regarding its terrain, population, gene information, but troops? Spy's sent to Dutur never reported back, navy scout ships reported strange ships along side familiar ones with unknown weapons, defenses and tactics. So using what he had he chose his force for army 8912. Dutur was urban combat possible siege work, unlikely for space marines but his army would be mostly infantry. Seeking a hard bitten regiment he chose the Mordian Iron Guard for his force. A total of 5 infantry regiments, all but one would be newly recruited and trained the one being the 90th Iron Guard a veteran regiment that would steady the newer ones, would be called from Mordian. 3 more would come from Kreig reserved for siege work. Despite the urban nature of Dutur he need tanks to this he got a volunteer force Cassandra third armor regiment, a elite force of tanks veterans of countless battles along with 2 recently replenished Mordian regiments fresh from a Tyranid mop up his tanks core was 3 regiments strong.
For heavy artillery he got 2 from Kreig armed with basilisk. A final check brought up one last request from Cassandra the first, second and third engineering cores for the fighting and last but not lest 2 regiments of Storm Sword Tanks and one Bane blade tank force they would be used as a break though force to explore weakness other forces made. Once he got a final group of storm troopers he was ready. With ground forces ready his navy forces ready (9 ships of the line and 6 escorts) he lunched the attack with his fleet. On 5380831.M40 his fleet lunched the attack.
High commander George Dike
a man who fought his way up from a mere private to a high commander. With no blood ties he has had to make political deals to reach his post. Dike is a strong man with a will of cast iron.
Commissar general: Torstenson Von Diago a veteran of many death word regiments that hate commissars and despite the urban nature of Cassandra, it is one such world so it was felt he was needed to control Dike. Diago mistrust Dike highly
High Magos:Leon Frost
the Representative from Stlock one of the forge worlds Dutur loss effected. He is inclusive and withdrawn and is mostly keeps out of military plans his only focus is keeping the machine running.
Fleet admiral:Karl Von Nafir
Karl was forced upon Dike though a favor he is repaying to his grandfather this is Karl first war as a fleet admiral, and it shows.
High lord Marshal:Joesph Don Ludwig a native of Mordian it was his include on the command staff that allowed 7 Mordian regiments to be brought to this one war. Joesph is a grade A ass kisser and would dump Dike in a moment if he thought his career would be aided by it
Company commander: Akkad
a commander of 100 space marines of the 8th company of the Mechanicus Marines a wise and just man Akkad's primary concern is less the retaking of the planet then the decimation of the chaos marines.
Spy master:Classified
foreword from the Shelok shadows a elite storm trooper regiment that focus on Intel gathering,spying and assignation. He will function as Dike chef source of information.
Provisioner prime:Horul
a man chosen by Dike to keep the army suppled and ready for war. But Horul has a record of corruption and crime but he gets the job done even if he does line his own pockets. He was chosen due to a earlier endorsement he gave Dike that helped his career
Cardinal:Luther
unlike many words Cassandra is secular and that makes Luther unwilling to work with Dike under best cases but since he his following the will of the adepts Mechanicus in this war,,
Tech slave:Miribell
on paper just a servitor. In life a very strong willed and independent women who not only does not look like a typical servitor but one who is forced to be the tool for Leon. Though it has perks (immortality as long as shes oiled) she has to follow Leon every whim. Her expertise is Xenos technology. The only organic thing on her is her brain in a robot shell. Enough of a assist to be listed as command staff
The attack was, unexpected aided from some escort scouts it was unfought. The one thing they had known was that they would have to fight a fair number of space forces, and yet nothing. The vanguard pushed closer to Dutur soon the space strike ships were in orbit they objective was hammer out a secure a landing zone. For the following orbital transports who were already in system and only a few hours out. Orbital pictures showed no troops, odd they expected a world as bad as Brgannion Four but nothing, the space marine chose they landing zone and lunched a massive orbital bombardment to clear the thick city to form open ground. From miles around the sky was lit by massive explosions. As soon as it was over the Thunder Hawks landed and discharged there deadly cargo onto the earth.
The Mechanicus Marines were siege experts as well as being space marines soon from supply's drawn from the extra thunder hawks bunkers rose and were dug rapidly trenches were dug fast as devastators sighted the guns, then it began. The sky was split with the screams of, Whirlwinds? A bad sign. Marines ran quickly into trenches and underground bunkers as the rockets hammered the zone for a minute. As soon as it was over the marines remand the fire base poked bolters up from trenches, as the air was filled with odd gun fire and soon the marines were in a hard fight. Enemy marines charged the line firing there guns there guns shooting sparks from there muzzles as they shot, veterans knew that look from long experience, fighting the Tau, or more precisely, XV88 Broadsides. The marines closed into only to be driven back by discipled bolter fire. But one thing soon proved clear from these close encounters these were not space marines but men in power armor and more during the close attacks they found that Xenos were aiding them they were proving a match for the space marines heavy gunfire crossed with barbaric savagers.
As news went up the command the Mechanicus were hard pressed under heavy fire they were taking loses, to many more and they have to pull out. The drop zone was not ready so Dike turned to his tank regiments when he commanded the Cassandra third armor regiment he perfected the hot drop deploying tanks straight onto the field literally para dropping them going at full tilt. The 3erd armor, known as the Devil Dogs, were expert at this but the 2 Mordian armor groups, the 42 and 31st,would likely suffer losses if they tried it as high as 90% so he sent the Devil Dogs north to do a hot drop and to the south the 2 Mordian groups would land. Lucky the regiments had arrived moments ago. 3 miles to the north transports flew low over a highway and dropped there cargo. At full speed the tanks dropped with only a drag line parachute slow them down as they went down hard on road. The sound of 6 tank platoon smashing into the ground from 30 feet was deafening the chute fell away as suddenly a large group of tanks was plowing into the Traitors flank. The tanks charged in guns blazing the traitors held on a for a moment but fell back not expecting armor in the first wave and left, until more anti armor could be gathered. And the landing zone was finished. The first battle had been waged but before Dike could reflect on it Iladon aligned and the first fleet engagement began.
Iladon silo was now facing Dutur, or rather the fleet in orbit and proceeded to open up. From the ground 100 10 megaton missiles lunched sending smoking trails arcing up for all to see on a world with no eye to look, or did it? No matter! The missile streamed toward Dutur, silently with no heat. Aboard the fleet as klaxon flared with warning as 10 ships of line with 12 escorts appeared on radar the missiles hit. The ships shock as massive explosion rented even the mighty emperor class battle ship Pitiless to ribbons. Not even the space marine Strike Cruiser Frozen Glory could stand the force. Dike, who was on Pitiless, had to be evacuate with the crew. Once aboard the Light cruiser Hammer he gave the order to retreat, for now.
As his ships left the only imperial army left were the space marines and the 3 18 armor platoons. In warp he now could reflect on such a loss. First thing he did was send a message to Casandra alerting them to the fate of the space marines. He know the marines would save the men left behind as they saved there marines. Next total loss, huge. All his regiments save 2 of the 109, and 89 Mordian guard were damaged, of which half would have to be rebuilt and that would sit them out of his war. He force now numbered 3 regiments from Mordian 1 from Krieg that having to be made from 2 surviving regiments 3 armor regiment trapped on Dutur. Now he need to plan anew the first question was were the hell did those missile come from? Spy ships sent in system could not find the lunch platform until help came form a source unseen, unthought at that. The Inquisition. In the dark of night Dike startled by a gun to forehead held by Inquisitor lord Hermon Lutheran Von Wellburg.
He told Dike that he would join his command staff and that the missiles came from Iladon and that he would take Iladon as he took Dutur. Dike seeing a opportunity said he would help if the Hermon gathered what forces he needed for both wars, Hermon agreed and soon a new army would be made with remains of the old one.
Alliance warfare
as Hermon enlisted Dike to his side Michal Archer was readying for round 2. first he tasked Rhian Berk to find the identity of the enemy command staff, any history on them, political connections and personal relations his strategy was to split the army and set the branches of the army against each other.
As Berk did that he had to destroy the beach head, and what a beach head it was. As the orbital fight went a ground attack had not taken place so the small beach head had become a fortress. The area around it had been farther cleared using tank rounds and high explosives creating a clearing around the base forming a massive kill zone. It walls were Lemen Russ and towers stacked tanks built by Dreadnoughts. After a few attacks into it proved impossible. The Crew of the third armor lead it inspiring and training the others as the Light Infantry they could double as when the situation dictated. After this failed he tried a older approach, he tried starving them out. This proved ineffective as the marines had enough supply's they could ration it with the guard and by the time the marine ran out reinforcements arrived.
Sneaking 3 Battle Barges the Mechanicus Marines led by Chapter Master Lionus Lorien with commander of the 4th company Julius Tacitus. The sky was split in countless places by Thunder Hawk bombers and orbital bombardment. As troops ran every witch way to counter every possible landing zone Thunder Hawks began the evacuee of the fortress as troops and anti air assets moved to counter the real fighting began 7th company troops flew on drop pods deep on Alliance military posts and raised hell as troops split to fight both the thunder hawks got the marines out followed soon by a second wave of Thunder Hawks got the guard out.
As soon as the last wave was leavening the 7th company left as well by yet more Thunder Hawks. When they were aboard the Battle Barges that were rapidly being closed in on by the alliance fleet they left there vast engines speeding them up to blurring speed and then they entered the warp and left. The first chapter of the war was over and soon the second phase would come to life.
“Dutur is are test, are first chance to prove that progress trumps fear, that the fearless and trusted is superior to the fearful and ill trusted. Dutur a name that will ring though history as the point the Alliance rose from the earth to shine a light in the darkness of the Imperium we can not fail and we won't!”
Leodon's senater Richter Winter in passionate speech before the Senate before the final vote for war it passed 65 to 50
Chapter 1 Dawn of War “We show the Imperials the real meaning of the words shock and awe!”
In 2. 850 M40 the Imperium was found that the mining world of Weland was running out of ores. Weland had in the past fueled the production of several forge worlds that made equipment for 5 regiments the lose of such weapons could be the first domino to many regiment running out of supply's when it was needed most. This could not happen the Auditors found 3 places that could replace Weland, the Asteroids of the Rendor system, the moon of Trulite (it self useful for mining) and Dutur. Rendor, Trulite and its moon were traditional sources for ores but Dutur was not it poor substrate had few ores and farming was also poor.
Dutur was a hive world the whole word one huge city save the ocean but the Governor played dangerous politics in making a deal with the Adeptus Mechanicus. In 324 M32 it “payed off” a bio weapons lab had a accident and the deadly virus went to work in 10 years it killed 98% of the population the dead were piled in the street and burned until the living were too few to carry out the task. The world was now worthless, formal guard regiments were the world sole export now not even a regiment could be raised if all the world was conscripted the Imperium left the world to it own saying if it could not give then it will not get.
The Governor stayed behind the general pull out though he was stuck to this world for making it worthless never mind the loss of life. It said a ork Waaagh dropped in system the boss took one look at the world and said “thats not worth it.” turned around and went to another planet. The people live though it was hell over the years lakes held long back by pumps that now rusted solid sending large areas of the city under water. Rain fell for the first time in millennium the vast city's began to rust the every body of water turned red with rust the air filled rust flacks torn off by wind killing people with the a disease called red lung caused by the rust dust in the air. though the number of people began to rebound they lived short sad lives working hard to live feeding off the shrimp that lived in there now toxic seas having to use magnets to make it safe to drink by picking out the iron only surviving only by eating brine shrimp. When the Imperium came back the average life span was 20 years with red lung the biggest killers.
Now Dutur had something worth the effort iron from the former city's enlisting what population that could be found for the job during a 50 year period the standard of livening rose 400% the life span rose to 45 and now the food was more then just shrimp armed with plasma cutter and metal slicers they carved up the ruins for steel. Over the lakes and seas the city's had drowned in Valkyrie with giant Magnets flew pulling tons of Steel out of the red seas out. Then need over came ever thing else Weland finally ran dry and the Rendor had been searching for a place to start they had recently started mining but by the time they got a shipment ready the forge worlds would be out, although Trulite was going well mining at a fast clip the moon was found to be worthless. Both Trulite and Dutur had to make it up. As the pace went up.
Soon the people Dutur were working 20 hours a day 7 days a week to make it up vast army's of prisoners were moved in to speed it up and with the increasing in labor once more red lung killed them off by the dozens shoveled in to mass graves made of iron caskets that then went to a fiery cremation in the forges worlds smelters.
This hell went on for 25 years until a man was found walking though the camp his skin shone with heath not the dingy red of a short life time at the iron farms as they were called at his side stood two angels of death waiting for a crowd of the sufficiently curious yelled to them if they wanted to be free if they wanted to do more then live and die for a Imperium which did not care the workers saw a glimmer of hope the guards saw the hint of rebellion. They moved to meet this man only to be cut down by the guns of the space marines this was the start of the rebellion soon riots filled the rusty streets the Imperium put it down but the man was gone to return with a army the Alliance.
The Vote for war
Deep in the heart of the Alliance the capital world of New Sol was in debate Dutur was had expressed it wish to join the Alliance, or had it according to the loyalist party they had not wished to join the alliance just that they hated the Imperium. Regardless some saw Dutur as there chance to take the fight to the Imperium! Of courses they were warmongers who wished only to fight.
As the debate went fast and furiously and the propaganda machine swung votes to and fore, some for some against the eldar though just did not care it was a human world. Upon the eve of the final vote the planets Leodon's senator Richter Winter rallied the votes for it giving his famous speech calling for saying now was the time for war. The vote passed passed 65 to 50 seconded by the president war would indeed be waged.
While politicians pated each other on the back the real work began. First a command staff was needed arm chair generals said it would likely be ether general Eric Younger defender of Ireye or Derick Gustavus taker of Saxon the choice was a surprise to everyone, Michale Archer. Son of a son of a hero Archer had a impressive record, fighting orks he had no experience fighting Imperials. Archer was the ground commander but for the navy fighting the choice was Alexander Gorden commander of the fleet that beat off 3 times there number of Imperials at Saxon a good choice. The first step Michale took was to request the new ships in his campaign this set off a another round of politicking the vote was 60 to 55 yes he would get his ships.
The next step Michale took was to pick a staff a logistic officer and what ever aids he felt he needed. His officer and chef aid was Ireye for his experience fighting the Imperium and spy master Rhian Berk she was charge of lintel. His next he asked what troops would be sent? That would be what defined who next choices. The first thing they told him was that the Eldar would not fight this was a human war. Next the Iron dust that filled the air clear caused red lung but what was it? Test proved that the rust in the air when breathed in coated the lungs reducing there ability to carry oxygen to the blood. Trenchys with there far more complex and sensitive lung system meant that they could not be sent. But the Hypons could have air masks and could fight, if they wanted to that is. 3 of the 5 Hypon worlds had voted for it so they worlds could contribute to the army and human worlds would definitely be there. So he picked to head his Hypon Axillary High chef Eron ork smasher.
Now to pick a force, he sent scout ships in system to find out the exact battle field. The Dutur system had 5 planets Dutur was the one they would fight over but the third world out Iladon orbited at the same speed as Dutur but spun on it axis 5 times faster. This in tactile terms meant that if a interplanetary missile silo was placed on the word it could give a sweeping arc of fire to any defending ships that would reach the whole system giving support to any fleet oddly enough the Imperium had ignored this fact. Michale Archer factored this in to his strategy to give control of the system Iladon must be held and a missile silo built upon it. To this end he asked the Trenchy if they could have the job of defending the ground point. Iladon was far dryer then Trencha with no water at all but was cooler and it atmosphere had enough hydrogen and oxygen so that water could be made for over 200 years of occupation the Trenchys agreed and even made nosies suggesting they may want to colonize Iladon. So he added to his staff General Mike to head up the Trenchy Regiments.
Next came the Intel from the planet his spies said that most of Dutur would be for all intent and purpose urban warfare due to the tights streets, in its hight Dutur was one huge city, but not a hive world with towering spires as such so armored vehicles could be used also the reclaiming by the imperial had freed up some open areas. Iladon on the other hand was flat, completely flat like it had been leveled some how ideal terrain for tanks. With these two ideas in mind he chose his forces 18 human Regiments 3 line regiments 2 light infantry, 3 Air Assault, 2 Electronic warfare, 2 Heavy anti air, 2 Recovery regiment, 4Artillery regiment. Theses unites would be sent to Dutur to Iladon he sent the human regiments 2Anti tank Regiment, 3 Mechanized, 2Line Regiment 3 Heavy anti air, 2Artillery regiment, 2 Recovery regiment. Also to Iladon 10 Tenchy Line,Armor and Heavy artillery Regiment would be sent who would do the bulk of the fighting. To the Imperium so many Regiments would be a huge force but the Alliance mounts smaller regiments each about the size of a chapter of marines the gathering of force went by fast in about 3 years but before that it was deemed that only orbital assault forces were needed they would break the world for the following troops then leave once they did. As they would not be need once past that stage.
High General:Michal Archer
Michal is a just but firm man who father was the son of the man who brought Alliance to be. A brilliant commander his duty is to command ground war and the campaign it self but he still occasional finds a reason to lead from the front
Flag Admiral: Alexander Gorden
a proud man who once upon a time was a commissar, he still has the black hat, but grew disenfranchised with the Imperium and during a campaign surrendered to the Tau. He immigrated to the Alliance when the chance presented it self and seeing a empire his moral code matched joined the navy.
General: Ireye
Ireye Is a man born and bred from new sol. His dad joined the army, and his dads dad joined the army and his dads dads dad joined the army. He is a strong and smart man who will not falter. He is in charge of supplying the army.
IPSS flag captain:Rhian Berk interplanetary secret service is a organization in charge of information gathering, military and domestic, assassination, anti terrorism and military police. Rhian Berk is in charge of all of these.
The first the Imperials knew of the attack and the Alliance as anything more then another small human empire on the out skirts, was when strange ships appeared in orbit and dropped orbital landers. As the Adeptus Arbites a and PDF forces on world rallied to fight them the found a new foe, fear the old fear of space marines the angels of death in 4 days the world was there all who fought were killed.
As some managed to escape to bring retribution the Alliance marines left and the main Alliance force landed on both Dutur and on Iladon the silos rose from the sand of like trees from soil. The former workers of Dutur moved into the hab base of there former enslavers. As there life grew better they went back to work, on there terms, payed and with gas mask as they did at first to keep form getting the red lung. As the iron farms began to work once more now to Alliance coffers with workers that now would die for there nation. As the condition of life rose once more the slow gears of the Imperium turned to end this.
Imperial reaction
When the Imperium found out about the fall of Dutur the adepts Mechanicus pushed for its recapture to fuel its forges but reports of the fall were more alarming then the fall more pointedly the attacking forces. Space marines? The possibility that was foremost on every ones mind was heretical Chaos Space Marine empire on the edge of Imperial space, was this the herald to a campaign as bad as any Black Crusade that would pierce the relative undefended sector like a hot knife though butter? And then what? It example of a empire, possibility a huge one out side of Imperium control could inspire countless worlds to join them, then as force were sent to fight them wars they would have been sent to normally would be left to rot thus meaning a higher percent of wars would be lost with no retribution forthcoming this one world could throw the Imperium into Chaos!
To fight this the one of the greatest mind the Imperium had was chosen, Lord Commander George Dike the son of a odd union between a daughter of Catachan a son of Krieg raised, and trained on Casandra a world that has given more then its share of fine officers and Commissars. He was a man who had reinvented a lost way of fighting, stepped in politics by the dint of home, he was sent to ID the foe and reclaim Dutur. To this he sent a huge under staff to find the men he wanted while he made alliances. On native Cassandra he found the Mechanicus Marines a chapter of the empires marines out of respect of his attempted join them when he was young failing nothing but the gene test they sent a task force of 100 marines led by the commander of the 8th company Akkad seconded by captain Irokk of the 10th company. One by one his staff was chosen and then the real work began.
To plan the war he first he had to know what he was fighting and this soon proved impossible though much information was there on Dutur regarding its terrain, population, gene information, but troops? Spy's sent to Dutur never reported back, navy scout ships reported strange ships along side familiar ones with unknown weapons, defenses and tactics. So using what he had he chose his force for army 8912. Dutur was urban combat possible siege work, unlikely for space marines but his army would be mostly infantry. Seeking a hard bitten regiment he chose the Mordian Iron Guard for his force. A total of 5 infantry regiments, all but one would be newly recruited and trained the one being the 90th Iron Guard a veteran regiment that would steady the newer ones, would be called from Mordian. 3 more would come from Kreig reserved for siege work. Despite the urban nature of Dutur he need tanks to this he got a volunteer force Cassandra third armor regiment, a elite force of tanks veterans of countless battles along with 2 recently replenished Mordian regiments fresh from a Tyranid mop up his tanks core was 3 regiments strong.
For heavy artillery he got 2 from Kreig armed with basilisk. A final check brought up one last request from Cassandra the first, second and third engineering cores for the fighting and last but not lest 2 regiments of Storm Sword Tanks and one Bane blade tank force they would be used as a break though force to explore weakness other forces made. Once he got a final group of storm troopers he was ready. With ground forces ready his navy forces ready (9 ships of the line and 6 escorts) he lunched the attack with his fleet. On 5380831.M40 his fleet lunched the attack.
High commander George Dike
a man who fought his way up from a mere private to a high commander. With no blood ties he has had to make political deals to reach his post. Dike is a strong man with a will of cast iron.
Commissar general: Torstenson Von Diago a veteran of many death word regiments that hate commissars and despite the urban nature of Cassandra, it is one such world so it was felt he was needed to control Dike. Diago mistrust Dike highly
High Magos:Leon Frost
the Representative from Stlock one of the forge worlds Dutur loss effected. He is inclusive and withdrawn and is mostly keeps out of military plans his only focus is keeping the machine running.
Fleet admiral:Karl Von Nafir
Karl was forced upon Dike though a favor he is repaying to his grandfather this is Karl first war as a fleet admiral, and it shows.
High lord Marshal:Joesph Don Ludwig a native of Mordian it was his include on the command staff that allowed 7 Mordian regiments to be brought to this one war. Joesph is a grade A ass kisser and would dump Dike in a moment if he thought his career would be aided by it
Company commander: Akkad
a commander of 100 space marines of the 8th company of the Mechanicus Marines a wise and just man Akkad's primary concern is less the retaking of the planet then the decimation of the chaos marines.
Spy master:Classified
foreword from the Shelok shadows a elite storm trooper regiment that focus on Intel gathering,spying and assignation. He will function as Dike chef source of information.
Provisioner prime:Horul
a man chosen by Dike to keep the army suppled and ready for war. But Horul has a record of corruption and crime but he gets the job done even if he does line his own pockets. He was chosen due to a earlier endorsement he gave Dike that helped his career
Cardinal:Luther
unlike many words Cassandra is secular and that makes Luther unwilling to work with Dike under best cases but since he his following the will of the adepts Mechanicus in this war,,
Tech slave:Miribell
on paper just a servitor. In life a very strong willed and independent women who not only does not look like a typical servitor but one who is forced to be the tool for Leon. Though it has perks (immortality as long as shes oiled) she has to follow Leon every whim. Her expertise is Xenos technology. The only organic thing on her is her brain in a robot shell. Enough of a assist to be listed as command staff
The attack was, unexpected aided from some escort scouts it was unfought. The one thing they had known was that they would have to fight a fair number of space forces, and yet nothing. The vanguard pushed closer to Dutur soon the space strike ships were in orbit they objective was hammer out a secure a landing zone. For the following orbital transports who were already in system and only a few hours out. Orbital pictures showed no troops, odd they expected a world as bad as Brgannion Four but nothing, the space marine chose they landing zone and lunched a massive orbital bombardment to clear the thick city to form open ground. From miles around the sky was lit by massive explosions. As soon as it was over the Thunder Hawks landed and discharged there deadly cargo onto the earth.
The Mechanicus Marines were siege experts as well as being space marines soon from supply's drawn from the extra thunder hawks bunkers rose and were dug rapidly trenches were dug fast as devastators sighted the guns, then it began. The sky was split with the screams of, Whirlwinds? A bad sign. Marines ran quickly into trenches and underground bunkers as the rockets hammered the zone for a minute. As soon as it was over the marines remand the fire base poked bolters up from trenches, as the air was filled with odd gun fire and soon the marines were in a hard fight. Enemy marines charged the line firing there guns there guns shooting sparks from there muzzles as they shot, veterans knew that look from long experience, fighting the Tau, or more precisely, XV88 Broadsides. The marines closed into only to be driven back by discipled bolter fire. But one thing soon proved clear from these close encounters these were not space marines but men in power armor and more during the close attacks they found that Xenos were aiding them they were proving a match for the space marines heavy gunfire crossed with barbaric savagers.
As news went up the command the Mechanicus were hard pressed under heavy fire they were taking loses, to many more and they have to pull out. The drop zone was not ready so Dike turned to his tank regiments when he commanded the Cassandra third armor regiment he perfected the hot drop deploying tanks straight onto the field literally para dropping them going at full tilt. The 3erd armor, known as the Devil Dogs, were expert at this but the 2 Mordian armor groups, the 42 and 31st,would likely suffer losses if they tried it as high as 90% so he sent the Devil Dogs north to do a hot drop and to the south the 2 Mordian groups would land. Lucky the regiments had arrived moments ago. 3 miles to the north transports flew low over a highway and dropped there cargo. At full speed the tanks dropped with only a drag line parachute slow them down as they went down hard on road. The sound of 6 tank platoon smashing into the ground from 30 feet was deafening the chute fell away as suddenly a large group of tanks was plowing into the Traitors flank. The tanks charged in guns blazing the traitors held on a for a moment but fell back not expecting armor in the first wave and left, until more anti armor could be gathered. And the landing zone was finished. The first battle had been waged but before Dike could reflect on it Iladon aligned and the first fleet engagement began.
Iladon silo was now facing Dutur, or rather the fleet in orbit and proceeded to open up. From the ground 100 10 megaton missiles lunched sending smoking trails arcing up for all to see on a world with no eye to look, or did it? No matter! The missile streamed toward Dutur, silently with no heat. Aboard the fleet as klaxon flared with warning as 10 ships of line with 12 escorts appeared on radar the missiles hit. The ships shock as massive explosion rented even the mighty emperor class battle ship Pitiless to ribbons. Not even the space marine Strike Cruiser Frozen Glory could stand the force. Dike, who was on Pitiless, had to be evacuate with the crew. Once aboard the Light cruiser Hammer he gave the order to retreat, for now.
As his ships left the only imperial army left were the space marines and the 3 18 armor platoons. In warp he now could reflect on such a loss. First thing he did was send a message to Casandra alerting them to the fate of the space marines. He know the marines would save the men left behind as they saved there marines. Next total loss, huge. All his regiments save 2 of the 109, and 89 Mordian guard were damaged, of which half would have to be rebuilt and that would sit them out of his war. He force now numbered 3 regiments from Mordian 1 from Krieg that having to be made from 2 surviving regiments 3 armor regiment trapped on Dutur. Now he need to plan anew the first question was were the hell did those missile come from? Spy ships sent in system could not find the lunch platform until help came form a source unseen, unthought at that. The Inquisition. In the dark of night Dike startled by a gun to forehead held by Inquisitor lord Hermon Lutheran Von Wellburg.
He told Dike that he would join his command staff and that the missiles came from Iladon and that he would take Iladon as he took Dutur. Dike seeing a opportunity said he would help if the Hermon gathered what forces he needed for both wars, Hermon agreed and soon a new army would be made with remains of the old one.
Alliance warfare
as Hermon enlisted Dike to his side Michal Archer was readying for round 2. first he tasked Rhian Berk to find the identity of the enemy command staff, any history on them, political connections and personal relations his strategy was to split the army and set the branches of the army against each other.
As Berk did that he had to destroy the beach head, and what a beach head it was. As the orbital fight went a ground attack had not taken place so the small beach head had become a fortress. The area around it had been farther cleared using tank rounds and high explosives creating a clearing around the base forming a massive kill zone. It walls were Lemen Russ and towers stacked tanks built by Dreadnoughts. After a few attacks into it proved impossible. The Crew of the third armor lead it inspiring and training the others as the Light Infantry they could double as when the situation dictated. After this failed he tried a older approach, he tried starving them out. This proved ineffective as the marines had enough supply's they could ration it with the guard and by the time the marine ran out reinforcements arrived.
Sneaking 3 Battle Barges the Mechanicus Marines led by Chapter Master Lionus Lorien with commander of the 4th company Julius Tacitus. The sky was split in countless places by Thunder Hawk bombers and orbital bombardment. As troops ran every witch way to counter every possible landing zone Thunder Hawks began the evacuee of the fortress as troops and anti air assets moved to counter the real fighting began 7th company troops flew on drop pods deep on Alliance military posts and raised hell as troops split to fight both the thunder hawks got the marines out followed soon by a second wave of Thunder Hawks got the guard out.
As soon as the last wave was leavening the 7th company left as well by yet more Thunder Hawks. When they were aboard the Battle Barges that were rapidly being closed in on by the alliance fleet they left there vast engines speeding them up to blurring speed and then they entered the warp and left. The first chapter of the war was over and soon the second phase would come to life.