Semtexian Bombadiers

The Semtexian Bombadiers are regiments of the Imperial Guard raised on the vital Mining World of Semtexia. The Semtexian Bombadiers regiments were stood up during the Third War for Armageddon, to help in the Imperial defence of the vital Hive World of Armageddon from the massive Ork WAAAGH! led by the notorious Warboss Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka.

History
The world of Semtexia was always considered a modest mining world, providing meagre tithes to the Imperium. Its unique export of Kultrinium was useful to the manufacture of weapons on Armageddon, but it is only since Semtexia has started towards producing military units that the world has steadily increased in importance. The Semtexians are a relatively new regiment, founded in 941.M41 as a direct response to Ghazghkull's first invasion of the Armageddon. This was the first full regiment that had ever been raised from the thinly populated mining world of Semtexia and the rise of their military strength was born of desperation during the Second War for Armageddon. With regiments to raise, more miners were transported to the planet, providing an exponential increase in the population. With the greater workforce, new ore strains were quickly found that have led to more complex and powerful artillery designs and also to the production of the now legendary Semtexian Sink Mines.

Armageddon Wars
With many fighting men from Armageddon's neighbouring worlds already committed to either the defence of Armageddon from this first Orkish assault, or in preparing their own systems for possible attack, it was left to the Semtexians with their limited resources to provide an army of reinforcements. Artillery pieces were hastily manufactured from all the raw materials that could be scraped in time from the planet's surface, with many mining and civilian vehicles cannibalised to provide necessary components. However the 1st Semtexians were woefully short of both men and equipment as they boarded merchant transports for the journey to Armageddon. They numbered barely four full batteries.

As the Ork hordes spread rapidly across Armageddon Secundus, many factories fell to their advance, including those responsible for the manufacture of artillery, thus depriving the Imperial forces of an important resource that was so desperately needed in battle. Once upon Armageddon, the Sextexian Bombadiers were immediately deployed to the front lines of battle, that had been pushed as far back as Acheron Hive by the irresistible Ork tide. Their determined actions in repelling the Orks at Acheron with massed bombardment made the Hive impossible to assault and allowed the beleaguered defenders to hold out until the Space Marines arrived upon the world, spearheaded by the Blood Angels. This single battle ensured that all future regiments raised from Semtexia would continue in the Bombardier tradition.

Regimental Organisation
The Semtexian Bombadiers are primarily composed of artillery and siege assets, untilising a variety of heavier siege vehicles and few light armoured vehicles. They are uniquely organised into batteries instead of the standard company formations of other Imperial Guard regiments. The Semtexians are known to work in close-concert with supporting regiments and are known to help in the construction of massive earthwork fortifications with their engineering companies. These vital fortifications stretch for many miles behind the main war zones, providing a vital network of protection for hundreds of the Semtexians' static emplaced artillery vehicles.

Regimental Doctrine
In battle, the Semtexians work in close concert with supporting regiments and will construct immense earthworks with their Engineering Company to provide protection to the hundreds of artillery vehicles that will stretch in an imposing line for many miles behind the main war zones. There they will stay for the duration of the conflict, ready to receive fire support requests from Guard officers in combat or, alternatively, to launch a series of devastating massed bombardments upon enemy held ground to neutralise all effective opposition before other regiments move in to crush any remaining resistance.

Their method of warfare means that the regiments is extremely vulnerable against a mobile enemy or an army that is capable of launching lightning fast strikes that penetrate defensive lines before any action can be taken. For this reason, the Semtexians will almost always operate in conjunction with other regiments. Relationships between the Semtexians and other Imperial Guard formations are usually very cordial, born of the fact that both realise that once battle is joined, the regiments must rely heavily upon one another.

Notable Semtexian Bombadier Regiments

 * 1st Semtexian -
 * 3rd Semtexian -