Board Thread:Warhammer 40k Roleplay/@comment-4948356-20130822002445/@comment-7232811-20130823115049

(I look at Wartek with a devious expression on my face. A sorcerer who is willing to betray his liege lord for the promise of power? This has great opportunities indeed...but then an ugly thought occurs to me. He could be bluffing, trying to lull me into a false sense of security. I change tack, though not even he can realise the hange in the wind. I am a master of treachery & deceit that is on a level with that of a Dark Eldar Archon.)

You seek to have him disposed of then? While I daresay that it would take the likes of the Despoiler himself to do something like that, I will offer you an alternative. Join me, embrace the Alpha Legion, & turn your back on the lies of false prophets & lunatics like Vulture!

Above Septimus...

(Sakro sheaths his sword & gestures to one of the main viewing screens, where the vessels of the Undivided are closing in)

Sakro: Assume battle formation epsilon. We will begin with that cruiser...

(the ships in the fleet form up into a series of small groups, with the escorts forming four groups of five (except for one which turns into a group of four) & the barge & cruiser forming up in the centre of the creche. Then they begin to assault the section of the fleet that came for them. While the escorts utilise wolf-pack techniques, using their manuevrebility & numbers to bring down their targets, the barge & cruiser use their might to try & destroy key ships in the formation, but both support the other. I.e., when a group of escorts encounters a target too large, powerful, or stubborn for them, the larger vessels offer a helping hand to bring it down. When the Hydra's Teeth or the Barge (still haven't named it yet) is threatened to be overwhelmed, the escorts move in to balance the numbers. But the battle takes a turn for the worse when the Hydra's Teeth tries to fire the void pike at an enemy flagship, but is rammed in the side of its prow by a battle barge, causing the shot to veer wildly off course, ploughing through allied & enemy vessels alike, & flinging everyone on board the ship like ragdolls, such is the impact. But that is only the minor problem...)

Sakro: GAAAARRGGH!!! (as he is hurled off his feet into a bank of consoles, smashing through them & getting entangled in a mass of technological detritus. It is something that is happening all over the bridge, as mortal crew & astartes alike are hurled pell-mell across the deck into walls, machinery, consoles, or each other. He sees Cynjax fly several metres through the air before skidding across the floor & smashing into the base of Sakro's command throne. Tearing himself from the wreckage, Sakro's gaze falls upon on of the viewing monitors, & his mouth falls open in shock.)

Sakro: Oh no...link me up to Avian, we are going to have to tell him there has been a slight hiccup with the refugees...

(the shot from the void pike powers through the atmosphere, before striking the fortress the refugees are heading towards. While it is a heavily defended place, the void pike simply powers through it before void shields can be activated, boring through it to strike at the generators beneath it. Almost the entire fortress is obliterated in the explosion, save a few stretches of the outlying walls & bunkers. But there is no way that they would be able to hold such a vast convoy. The only place on the planet is...)

Sakro: Avian, we have a big problem...

& actually LOS, the Hydra's Teeth was a legion ship from the Great Crusade & the years after it. Hence it is a prince of ships when compared to other vessels of its class from the modern era (see my bio on the What's Your Legion etc thread for details on it). The remainder of the vessels (a battle barge & nineteen escorts) were given to me by the 'Chaos Overlord' after my success on Hern.