Sub sector Calydonia is a small grouping of five planets within sector Spartus of the Segmentum Tempestus. Home to forgeworld Agrippa and Hive World Calidon, the system has a large standing defence force and is in close proximity to the Home world of the Crimson Fists chapter of the Adeptus Astartes. Due to this Sub sector Calydonia is relatively secure from incursions and by Imperial standards hugely productive. It is a point of honour amongst the Calydonian people that they have without fail for the last 1000 years held a mass founding for the Imperial Guard every 50 years.
The 58th Calydonia Heavy Dragoons, known as the “Wild Cards” have a long and proud heritage spanning several decades and were involved in numerous campaigns of great prestige. Its greatest victory was almost its demise while defending Osiris Gate of Malfian hive against Chaos Space Marines and their demonic allies. The Imperial defences were shattered and several regiments fled before the demon hosts and only the Calydonian held fast under their commander, Colonel Augustus Octavos Mettle along with several militia regiments.
In the face of unimaginable horrors brought forth from the warp by chaos cultists and sorcerers, they stoically held the line. For days the Calydonians held the narrow gate, entrance to the hive and the last line of defence for the millions of civilians within, against the forces of Chaos who attacked in great numbers. On many occasions the forces of Chaos threatened to break through, yet on every occasion Colonel Mettle appear red rally the defenders while his command squad reaped a fearful toll upon the attackers with their plasma guns. Finally relieved by the arrival of the 4th company of the Imperial Fists Space Marines chapter at the vanguard of an Imperial relief column, While the Imperial Fists led by Captain Tassius attacked the Chaos forces from the rear the Dragoons sallied forth in their remaining tanks to help break the siege, Colonel Mettle leading from the front aboard his Leman Rush Demolisher “Traitors Bane” and broke the back of the chaos forces.
Such was the intensity of the fighting at Osiris Gate that over half of the four thousand Calydonian Dragoons lost their lives or would never fight again and the entrance was choked with so many destroyed vehicles the Imperial Fists were forced to use the dozer blades of their Rhinos to clear a path for the relief column. In honour of the Calydonian stand, Captain Tassius presented Colonel Mettle with his power sword “Iron Thane” in recognition of his personal courage and swore oaths of friendship between them.
However the Calydonians were about to be struck by the most bitterest of betrayals, Inquisitor Agmar Helgrund who had arrived with the relief column deemed that while resolutely holding the line against the chaos forces was the only reason for Imperial victory the Calydonians had also been exposed to chaos for a considerable time and the threat of taint was high. Inquisitor Helgrund decreed that the 58th Calydonia and the local Malfian militia were to be quietly disposed of to avoid any problems with the Imperial Fists and after being loaded aboard its transport to move to the next warzone the entire deck they were based on was slowly flooded with a chemical nerve gas by the inquisitor’s acolytes.
The only reason the 58th Calydonia survived was the intervention of a rival Inquisitor, Hector Rex, who upon hearing of their valiant stand against the forces of chaos planned to recruit them to his personal inquisitorial strike force. Overruling Inquisitor Helgrunds orders, he had the deck quickly vented of the gas and the Dragoons evacuated but not before all the Calydonians and the militia had been poisoned. The gas had badly damaged every soldiers lungs and left them requiring rebreathers to be worn at all times, now the entire regiment and the militia go to war wearing gas masks, making them specialists in assaulting positions under a covering barrage of gas shells.
Deeply embittered against the inquisition, the 58th Calydonian were none the less completely beholden to Inquisitor Rex and owed him their lives. To avoid being purged for their supposed taint the regiment gladly put themselves under Wrex and soon the regiment was integrated with the local Malfian Militia regiments into Inquisitors Rexs strike force, with Mettle being promoted to its command.
Inquisitor Rex has recently begun an investigation in the Varlisia system, where cases of taint and corruption are being found on a regular basis amongst the sectors population and military. Rex and his fellow inquisitors have deployed hundreds of their agents to root out the source of this taint while an Imperial fleet of reinforcements are assembled to assist with the defence of the system as the Emperors Tarot has revealed several great threats are approaching from just beyond the systems edge.
While the majority of the Inquisition Strike force remains in reserve to react to any widespread outbreak of heresy or sedition, the 58th under General Mettle have moved to counter a growing threat of a building Ork WAAGGHH in the system.
The 58th Calydonia Heavy Dragoons, known as the “Wild Cards” have a long and proud heritage spanning several decades and were involved in numerous campaigns of great prestige. Its greatest victory was almost its demise while defending Osiris Gate of Malfian hive against Chaos Space Marines and their demonic allies. The Imperial defences were shattered and several regiments fled before the demon hosts and only the Calydonian held fast under their commander, Colonel Augustus Octavos Mettle along with several militia regiments.
In the face of unimaginable horrors brought forth from the warp by chaos cultists and sorcerers, they stoically held the line. For days the Calydonians held the narrow gate, entrance to the hive and the last line of defence for the millions of civilians within, against the forces of Chaos who attacked in great numbers. On many occasions the forces of Chaos threatened to break through, yet on every occasion Colonel Mettle appear red rally the defenders while his command squad reaped a fearful toll upon the attackers with their plasma guns. Finally relieved by the arrival of the 4th company of the Imperial Fists Space Marines chapter at the vanguard of an Imperial relief column, While the Imperial Fists led by Captain Tassius attacked the Chaos forces from the rear the Dragoons sallied forth in their remaining tanks to help break the siege, Colonel Mettle leading from the front aboard his Leman Rush Demolisher “Traitors Bane” and broke the back of the chaos forces.
Such was the intensity of the fighting at Osiris Gate that over half of the four thousand Calydonian Dragoons lost their lives or would never fight again and the entrance was choked with so many destroyed vehicles the Imperial Fists were forced to use the dozer blades of their Rhinos to clear a path for the relief column. In honour of the Calydonian stand, Captain Tassius presented Colonel Mettle with his power sword “Iron Thane” in recognition of his personal courage and swore oaths of friendship between them.
However the Calydonians were about to be struck by the most bitterest of betrayals, Inquisitor Agmar Helgrund who had arrived with the relief column deemed that while resolutely holding the line against the chaos forces was the only reason for Imperial victory the Calydonians had also been exposed to chaos for a considerable time and the threat of taint was high. Inquisitor Helgrund decreed that the 58th Calydonia and the local Malfian militia were to be quietly disposed of to avoid any problems with the Imperial Fists and after being loaded aboard its transport to move to the next warzone the entire deck they were based on was slowly flooded with a chemical nerve gas by the inquisitor’s acolytes.
The only reason the 58th Calydonia survived was the intervention of a rival Inquisitor, Hector Rex, who upon hearing of their valiant stand against the forces of chaos planned to recruit them to his personal inquisitorial strike force. Overruling Inquisitor Helgrunds orders, he had the deck quickly vented of the gas and the Dragoons evacuated but not before all the Calydonians and the militia had been poisoned. The gas had badly damaged every soldiers lungs and left them requiring rebreathers to be worn at all times, now the entire regiment and the militia go to war wearing gas masks, making them specialists in assaulting positions under a covering barrage of gas shells.
Deeply embittered against the inquisition, the 58th Calydonian were none the less completely beholden to Inquisitor Rex and owed him their lives. To avoid being purged for their supposed taint the regiment gladly put themselves under Wrex and soon the regiment was integrated with the local Malfian Militia regiments into Inquisitors Rexs strike force, with Mettle being promoted to its command.
Inquisitor Rex has recently begun an investigation in the Varlisia system, where cases of taint and corruption are being found on a regular basis amongst the sectors population and military. Rex and his fellow inquisitors have deployed hundreds of their agents to root out the source of this taint while an Imperial fleet of reinforcements are assembled to assist with the defence of the system as the Emperors Tarot has revealed several great threats are approaching from just beyond the systems edge.
While the majority of the Inquisition Strike force remains in reserve to react to any widespread outbreak of heresy or sedition, the 58th under General Mettle have moved to counter a growing threat of a building Ork WAAGGHH in the system.
(Provided by Major Tom)
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