Imperial Fists 5th Company

NB - Major Tom will now be using his Imperial Fists instead of his guard. Assume the guard are on the planet, but are a non-player army. The Fists arrived on Varlislia some months before Coteaz's relief force, building fortifications for the upcoming conflict...

The 5th Company of the Imperial Fists chapter of the Adeptus Astartes, known as the “Shield Bearers” and are currently under the command of Captain Tassius and his loyal senior officers Veteran Assault Sergeant Jorn and First Sergeant Gorfast.

Returning to rendezvous with the Imperial Fist fortress monastery and space Fortress ‘Phallanx’ after the successful pacification and destruction of Eldar Raiders via Varlislia for resupply, Captain Tassius and his company discovered a world in the grips of Chaos insurrection and Xeno invasion.

With Imperial reinforcement’s enroute to the system, Tassius decided to land his forces in support of the local Imperial Guard PDF regiments in combating the advancing Xeno hordes to buy time for the rapidly arriving inquisition forces to root out and exterminate the growing chaos threat.

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The bridge was still, the only noise the occasional whirl from a servitor motors or the bleeps of various consoles dotted around the command pulpit.

Stood upon the pulpit were three figures, each easily dwarfing the surrounding servitors and chapter serfs who worked diligently around them.

Each stood still as statues, encased within their yellow power amour with heads bowed in prayer.

As he finished leading his brothers in prayer, Captain Tassius was first to raise his head. Feeling refreshed in his devotion to the Emperor and glad to be leading his brother to battel once more he led Gorfast and Jorn to one of the overhead displays showing the ongoing situation below.

“Brothers, this is Varlislia. Until recently this world was a beacon of Imperial Creed yet Imperial control has broken down, Xeno menaces approach its borders with Tyranids and Orks about to fall upon them.

Within, the forces of chaos attempt to twist its people to their own ends.

We shall not be rendezvousing with the Phallanx, our chapter master has agreed that our place is here where the enemy can not be allowed to gain any foothold. Imperial forces and our Brothers from several Chapters will be here within days but until then we shall hold the line. I have informed the Governor that we shall meet the Ork advance with his PDF forces and once it is neutralised we shall help with the pacification of the Chaos threat.

See to the company, sharpen our blades and prepare our brothers for war.”

(provided by Major Tom)