Post by DAMON on Jan 16, 2014 23:03:58 GMT
Sergeant Gort gave the silent signal for his men to advance, moving forward in the knowledge that his squad were right behind him. The Cadian 24th had been on the planet for 3 days now and there was no trace of xenos activity, the sergeant had left their Valkyrie transport in a clearing some 2 hours ago, one more hour and they would head back to give the same report they had for the last three days, 'no sign of hostiles', he was just contemplating which tone would be appropriate for his report when he sensed rather than saw something to his left, the next second all hell broke loose as trooper hale was lifted into the air and then torn to pieces, at the same time screams and then firing broke out to his right.
Tyranid ambusher beasts 'Lictors' had just killed three of his men, trooper jules flamer and some well aimed lasfire had dealt with one of them but the one which had killed trooper hale had vanished as quickly as it had appeared, his men now stood back to back in a circle whilst he tried unsuccessfully to raise the Valkyries pilot, he had the horrible impression that none of the crew would be answering, suddenly a crashing sound emanated from up ahead and a large armoured beast the size of a leman russ battle tank came charging towards their position, trooper jules flamer would not stop this beast.
The creature would be on them in a matter of seconds and their lasfire was having no effect, when suddenly the creatures flank exploded and it crashed to a halt just yards from their position, somehow another squad had found them, but what emerged from the trees were no imperial troops but lithe armoured warriors in black wearing skull helmets and armed with bulky guns, they were closely followed by a tall figure in robes carrying a spear that crackled with energy, the warriors ignored them but the tall robed figure strode gracefully towards them, the figure stopped a few yards from them and pointed 'you are not welcome here, this planet is under our protection, if your forces are not removed within one solar day, we will remove them by force, there will be no further warnings', the figure and its warriors vanished into the forest.
Sergeant Gort realised his report would be very different today....
Tyranid ambusher beasts 'Lictors' had just killed three of his men, trooper jules flamer and some well aimed lasfire had dealt with one of them but the one which had killed trooper hale had vanished as quickly as it had appeared, his men now stood back to back in a circle whilst he tried unsuccessfully to raise the Valkyries pilot, he had the horrible impression that none of the crew would be answering, suddenly a crashing sound emanated from up ahead and a large armoured beast the size of a leman russ battle tank came charging towards their position, trooper jules flamer would not stop this beast.
The creature would be on them in a matter of seconds and their lasfire was having no effect, when suddenly the creatures flank exploded and it crashed to a halt just yards from their position, somehow another squad had found them, but what emerged from the trees were no imperial troops but lithe armoured warriors in black wearing skull helmets and armed with bulky guns, they were closely followed by a tall figure in robes carrying a spear that crackled with energy, the warriors ignored them but the tall robed figure strode gracefully towards them, the figure stopped a few yards from them and pointed 'you are not welcome here, this planet is under our protection, if your forces are not removed within one solar day, we will remove them by force, there will be no further warnings', the figure and its warriors vanished into the forest.
Sergeant Gort realised his report would be very different today....
