Krieg guardsman: Go to Vrax they said, die for the Emperor they said, it will be fun they said. Sees Khornate berserkers charging the line. Krieg guardsman: THEY WERE RIGHT!!!!!! Manny happy gas mask noises
One: it's Creed. Two: he is only able to hide those because he is so loyal to the Emperor, he bends light to hide the vehicles. Three: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rex: "Have no uncertainty, in this final battle, you will make the ultimate sacrifice. You will give all for the empire." Krieg Guardsman to his buddy: "I told you I liked this guy."
Daemon of Tzeentch news anchor: _"Yesterday an entire Daemonette orgy was vaporized by blasts redirected by the Vraksian void shields. Casualties are estimated to be in the tens of millions. This tragedy was found hilarious by the rest of the Warp. Next up, Sisters of Battle: which Chaos God is best suited to corrupt them? Our panel of specialists discuss right after these messages."_
Officer: good news men, the citadel will be bombarded to ruins before we get to assault it. *unhappy gasmask muffled murmurs* Officer: the bad news is that 75% of the citadel lies underground, meaning we will have to fight for every meter after all. Ecstatic muffled singing; *celebration time bayonet airpunch bayonet punch, celebration time*
Tyborc adressing his men "Men of krieg, today we die" *Immense cheering so loud the vraksians can only despair at how the imperials must've found some way to end the war in an instant*
SentientVirus. exe I’m still waiting for the story where a non-Kreig officer attends a mass funeral for dead Death Korp members and finds out its to mourn the ones that didn’t die.
@@Life-tastic Nah Russ goes fishing and somehow finds a sea monster (the man managed to catch a kraken (possibly a tyranid) in a wooden boat with low tech equipment so it is possible) and introduces Vulkan to his new friend, who Vulkan also instantly befriends.
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At some point the officers must have looked at each other and said "Maybe the orks were right... perhaps we should just drag asteroids into low orbit and dump them on the citadel".
Frankly that makes TOO much sense....actually, speaking of that; Why the fucc did they not just take all the promethium that a 12 year long campaign requires, pile it all over the citadel and shoot a lasgun bolt in the general direction? I mean they had already calculated what was necessary and started shipping it out soo...why not just cover the surface in flammable goop and purge them by holy fire? After all the weapons are far below ground so a massive fuck off firestorm melting everything on the surface into goop, would actually not be a terrible idea, sure you'd have to dig a hole in the ground but am certain the death korps would not mind digging a few massive slopes leading down to the armories, provided they can fortify the slopes as if they were trenches (not to mention they can force infantry to remain in their dugouts while the heaviest armor punches through the moment the peak of the firestorm is over)
@@Elenrai For the exact same reason they didn't just virus bomb the planet (because that involves a firestorm too) after they planet rebelled (well besides virus bombs empowering Chaos). Because properly reinforced bunkers (like the Vraksian defenses have literally everywhere) will survive the firestorm and they have a *lot* of these bunkers, their defensive lines are just covered with bunkers and other such points that will survive it. So peak fire storm passes, the armor rolls out, and... the Vraksian artillery starts shelling them and it is back to business as usual besides the fact that no man's land is now a bit more black. And no saturating the area with promethium and lighting it on fire would not melt their fortifications seeing as just about everything in the Vraksian defenses are made out of space!concrete, our concrete does not burn unless exposed to temperatures of several thousand degrees Fahrenheit (nearly 1100 degrees Celsius if 2000 F is enough) for several hours and this would be even more advanced than that. I will grant so would promethium be more advanced too (if we are talking about the kind used as a napalm expy and not the promethium they use as gas, it is an interchangeable term for a lot of 40k things) but that wouldn't change as much. If one of these bunkers can survive a virus bombing and the ensuing firestorm (which involves using literally all the biological material on the planet as fuel) it will survive your idea (unless they are constantly pumping promethium into this firestorm I guess). So overall just a waste of good promethium.
@@elysiankentarchy1531 aww.... ......I still think it would work on the First and second line, if for no other reason then the forward artillery....well...artillery heated to those temperatures...think of the shells, etc. Having an effectively infinite amount of materiel would not make much of a difference if your ammounition is outright exploding. Of course I am guessing that a temperature peaking at 800 degrees Celcius for say, 10 minutes, with temps of 300 or above cooking for maybe 15 minutes, might have some severe effects, not to mention that the exits to many bunkers...well, its gotta be some serious non heat conductive Space Steel Doors if you want them to not burn whoever opens it, provided the heat does not make the doors outright expand to the point where its simply stuck in the door frame. Physics are still in effect on vraks....I...think
it's Wednesday and Independence Day on Vraks...but unlike ID4's president Kriegsmen strictly follow the rule: their shield protected them - "but other bombs might be more lucky"
@Your Typical Pinoy An Earthshaker has 38kg shell and a 132mm. Heavy Russian artillery like the 152 mm gun M1910/34 made up a sizable amount of the Russian artillery force at Berlin and their HE shells weight about 43kg at the end of the war. The 122mm Field Artillery guns had shells of about half that weight but I would say that their Artillery capabilities are somewhat comparable.
@@samclark6994 They wanted to retake it initially for it had a huge stock of military equipment and they wanted the take back a holy citadel. At the point of the bombardment it had been years and it was clear that most of the ammo weapons and vehicles had already been used up against the imperium. And the presence of chaos forces ended any hope to salvage the holy site or the planets population. By just nuking the citadel instead of performing exterminatus they would at least keep the planet. Wasting armies and fleets for years was a MASSIVE waste of imperial resources.
@@Kalenz1234 they also wanted to retake the basilica for years, even though it,xs a dumb goal that was something they had been after for quite some time
Lol this entire episode reminds me of that episode from the 2003 clone wars series between Obi-Wan and Commander Cody. Cody: “The siege goes well with our continued barrage their shield should be down in three months.” Obi-Wan: “but we’ve been here a month already.” Cody: “yes sir we’re right on schedule.”
I feel these inquisitors lack imagination. For all the flaws orks have imagination they would just drop a few rocks on it from orbit. It's not the most orthodox of strategies but no one can defy it's effective
Ork routinely break the laws of physics and science with their shenanigans, so they aren't the best comparison. Honestly, the imperium has harnessed asteroids to do the deed, but, I recommend looking up the document "Rocks are NOT ‘free’, citizen." from chapter approved 2001 for the results of that idea for any race other than orks and nids.
Epsilon-228 was surprised to discover he wasn't being sent underground. That's typically what you thought of, as far as an engineer was concerned. A tunneling fool burrowing his way towards something to blow it up with an underground sap. He figured he'd be assigned to swing a pick axe, because how hard could that be? Instead he was put on a road crew. Now, normally being someone who builds a road wouldn't sound that dangerous. I mean, you are just pouring asphalt or using a shovel to remove rocks or fill in holes. Not that big of a deal, right? Except on Vraks building a road was an incredibly dangerous activity. Even where you weren't getting shelled, the need for roads and bridges were often where the sudden downpours of torrential rain caused the most risk. Even if the gully you were bridging wasn't under a thunderstorm at the time, rain far off in the distance could channel a flash flood and wash you away. There were no plants to hold anything together on the surface, thus mud slides and collapses were common. Of course this wasn't half as dangerous as trying to build a road that can support a tank up the side of a hill while you are being shelled. That was his new job. Building roads into contested areas. To be honest they gave him this job because it was MUCH easier then tunneling and if he screwed up, he was more likely to be the only one who died, as opposed to taking out an entire length of a tunnel and kill dozens. Maybe hundreds. Besides, he was assigned to the most hazardous road crew on the planet. Chances are he would dead before he finished his first assignment. As far as the officers were concerned, the whole "Epsilon-228 Issue" would be solved by the end of the day. Just one problem. Epsilon-228 didn't die. Neither did he die the next day. Nor the day after that. Nor the week after that. Nor the week after THAT. Not that it was for a lack of trying, mind you. The unofficial word was if you had a suicide mission, you sent Epsilon-228 on it. Not that the Death Korp of Krieg was particularly kind to its' engineers, but for an army made up of millions of soldiers each with a death wish, Epsilon-228's assignments were, how shall we put it...? Rough. Epsilon-228 had almost supernatural luck. A withering hail of gunfire would silhouette him, destroying his gun, but leaving him unharmed. Explosions would knock him out cold. On two separate occasions his entire squad was killed except for him. Once they walked into a mine field. He volunteered to walk out. If he made it, they'd know which path was safe. If he didn't, well, that was one land mine down. Epsilon-228 made it out safely. However, a mine he had walked over didn't detonate for him, but did for the rest of his squad. The chain reaction left bits of Krieg Engineer all over the landscape. The second time was after an alpha legion infiltrator poisoned a number of MREs. Except it was a binary agent and Epsilon accidentally spilled the water. He only ate half the poison and survived. That was something else that was odd. he should have gotten a new name. As soon as he joined the Engineers they should have given him a new shoulder guard with a new designation. They claimed it was delayed at logistics, when the truth was his superiors never bothered to order him a new one. They expected him to be dead before his first day was out. The longer it went unchanged, the harder it became on the paperwork to justify getting him a new shoulder guard. In a way, the officers wanted him to keep his old designation. It made it easier to keep track of him. No one else was an Epsilon in the Engineers. It helped to make him stand out. Easier to SINGLE him out. However, as time passed, it began to backfire. Word got out that he was "favored by the emperor." There were those who thought he should be shot as such a man could not exist. Then there were those who were treating him with almost religious awe. The number who felt the later were growing as those who thought he should be shot became increasingly convinced it wouldn't do any good. Nobody dodges as many bullets as Epsilon-228. Not without divine intervention. Of course, in the cult of sacrifice, surviving was not necessarily a good thing. So few felt envy for Epsilon, most just kept their distance. You see, the "forgiven one" might be a survivor, but those who went out with him were not. It wouldn't be half as bad a thing if he actually achieved his goals. Somehow, no matter how hard he tried, Epsilon-228 would fail to make his objective, ether because it became impossible to finish, or the materials would blow up, or the reason for building the road would disappear when the fighting shifted. So, depending on how you saw it, going out with him was cursed to failure, or a promise that you would finally get to meet the emperor. Which brings us back to the fact he wouldn't die. You see, in the Engineers, getting "promoted" isn't easy. Usually it involves being the one who lived the longest. Whoever survives the most suicidal assignments is clearly the best choice for leading others into said suicidal assignments. The problem is, the leadership in the engineers were flat out terrified by Epsilon-228. You see, they had been trying very very HARD to kill him. They also knew that Epsilon-228 wasn't actually trying to survive. This wasn't a coward. This was a dedicated man of krieg who took his orders and tried his best to fulfill them. Perhaps a little TOO well. He was showing signs of zealotry. He was the first to rush out into enemy gunfire. The first to run across a mind field. The first to dash out to retrieve misplaced equipment. What's more his attempts to get killed resulted in him "creatively interpreting" his orders to take the maximum risk. He was just... lucky. Theologically, he was a heretical hiccup in the Cult of Sacrifice. No one on Krieg deserved forgiveness. NO ONE. Yet, here was a man of Krieg who seemed to be blessed by the God-Emperor himself complete with Inquisitorial approval. The inquisition might not have a problem with what Epsilon-228 represented, but the theologists of Krieg... they could not accept him. His very presence threatened to destroy the foundation of Krieg Society. He simply could NOT be allowed to return to Krieg. In death was the only way to be forgiven. If a man of krieg was forgiven in any way that did not involve death, it would shatter the faith of every person on Krieg. People might not see the cult of sacrifice to be the one true way. Without the cult of sacrifice, the armies of Krieg cannot function. Every Single military doctrine has at it's foundation the cult of sacrifice. In short, the Inquisition may see him as a blessing from the God-Emperor, but the Krieg Commanders see him as the single greatest threat to Krieg since the Council of Autocrats. And in Epsilon-228 defense, he did not disagree with them. However, as a loyal krieg soldier, he could not just take it upon himself to blow his own brains out, not without direct orders, and the Command staff were not willing to take that final step and flat out defy the inquisition by ordering his death. They too were men of Krieg and followed orders. Even if those orders involved the complete destruction of very foundation of Krieg Society. Unfortunately, they were now in a bind. The military had strict rules on how to handle promotion and like it or not, Epsilon-228 was due. This was not a problem they could keep kicking down the road. He simply has survived too many times and if he's promoted, well... it will be slightly harder to get him killed in the line of duty. And then he'll get promoted again... and again... and if he survives to the end of the war... And so it came to pass at one of the regular meetings of the field commanders where they gathered to discuss strategy, that the topic of Epsilon-228 came up. The conversation ground to a halt. Each one knew the impossible situation they were in and how there seemed to be no way out. In the silence, one officer leaned forward and turned off the recorder on the servo-skull. The room went silent as they all looked at him, expectantly. It was against the regulations to turn off the recorder, but for this topic, the others were willing overlook this infraction, depending on what he said next. The officer only spoke three words, slowly, softly, and heavy with implications. The. Hell. Vein.
The Hell Vein. That was the unofficial name for the series of counter tunnels on the north western part of the curtain wall. Most of the earth on Vraks is actually quite nasty, but one section was particularly easy to tunnel, hence why so many underground storage areas had been dug there This included the infamous armory 55-46. There were quite a few armories in that particular sector and every last one had been wielded shut, the air vents filled with permacrete, and TP3 pumped in to give those trapped inside the most horrible of deaths. Unfortunately, on a planet being taken over by Nergal cultists, consigning tens of thousands of people to a horrible, painful, agonizing death via chemical attack, isn't the best of ideas. About a year after the armories had been dealt with, monitoring devices that had been left on in the area, more forgotten than anything, detected the sound of digging. It was slow... faint... but persistent. At first they didn't know what to make of it. Someone finally put two and two together and came up with the impossible. Since the impossible is made possible on Vraks with alarming regularity, they figured they needed to confirm if this had happened again. Eventually someone ordered the use a mole gun to send a bomb with a camera attached down and see what was happening. This took a while to convince command to allow. it was command's position that it wasn't possible that anyone was still alive down there. As it turns out, they were right. Some how the remains of those who died returned to some semblance of activity. Not as the zombies wandering the eastern front. Oh no. The krieg engineers couldn't be THAT lucky. These things returned as skeletons wreathed in TP3 gas as a replacement for the flesh they were missing. They didn't use tools to dig. They couldn't. Any tool they held would disintegrate. What they could do was slowly dissolve the rock by driving their fingers into it, then tear a chunk of rock away, only to toss it over their shoulders. If they had been a bit more careful with how they were disposing of the rubble, the sensors never would have picked up anything. The mole bomb went off and thankfully put an end to that particular tunnel to the surface, which was a good thing. The bad thing is that is was THAT... particular... tunnel. They dropped listening devices all over the area. They picked up a second... and a third. Which terrified command staff Are there any tunnels where these things are smart enough to keep quiet? Hence the need for counter tunnels. They had to get down there and catch these things as they tunneled up before they got anywhere near the surface. Nothing short of complete disintegration stopped these things. If the skull and one arm with still attached to each other, it would slowly worm its way to the surface. Which one managed to do. Once on the surface, it proved remarkably quick and hauled itself over to a near by staging ground for a unit of Shadowswords. Two tanks were damaged, and third rendered completely unsalvageable due to TP3 contamination. Whatever they were, they regenerated their TP3, but only as a replacement for skin. Any attempts to harvest this perpetual source of TP3 failed. Most are unsure if that is a good or a bad thing. Very quickly men were sent back down into the original tunnel to reopen it and start to make new tunnels that would branch off it to create a series of monitoring tunnels that could be used to detect these things as they tried to make it to the surface. Originally it was thought that stealth was unimportant, so they used heavy digging equipment to set up the network. However, these things were drawn to the vibrations of the diggers and two tunneler machines were lost before command decided that it was too big of a risk and withdrew all the heavy equipment. The tunnels would have to be dug by hand. Due to the nature of the enemy, these tunnels became remarkably hazardous. If the enemy broke into a tunnel, they would go after men, equipment, support beams. If they collapsed a section, anyone in that section would die a horrible death. Men would eventually request and be granted suicide vests lined with high explosives. The death toll was horrific for an area that was already "taken" by the Death Korp. Which is why it had been given the unofficial nickname of The Hell Vein. The Hell Vein didn't pump blood. Hell itself flowed through its' halls. Epsilon-228's commander understood perfectly what was being proposed. The rest of the officers all looked at each other, then turned to the officer who turned off the servo-skull. He was the officer who was in charge of The Hell Vein. Ultimately he would be responsible for Epsilon-228 and if this went wrong, the one who took the fall. He looked back at all of them, closed his eyes, then nodded once. The rest did nothing, but words did not need to be exchanged. Quietly, one of the officers reached forward and turned the Servo-skull back on. The meeting proceeded as if nothing happened. Later, Epsilon-228 would find himself promoted and transferred. He was being sent to a monitoring unit that he would take command of. His job would be to lead a team down into the tunnels as they maintained the monitoring devices, as well as intercept any enemy incursions near or into the tunnel monitoring network. On paper, it seemed easy. Epsilon-228 knew, in reality, this was a death sentence. As he reread his new orders, this fact became blindingly obvious. Under his gas mask, he allowed himself a smile. ~Finally...~ Epsilon-228 thought to himself, ~Some GOOD luck for a change!~
To: General Good News! An entire contingent of Tzeechian Scientists have arrived on Vraks! Not by the usual method, mind you, but by a Warp Funnel. A warp funnel is like a warp tunnel, except it has much more fun! There was so much fun that Anti-Void Ship Cannon #4 was consumed in the "Celebration". A small price to play to have the moral boost that comes along with these dedicated scientists to help us in our time of need. The group has requested, and been granted, unfettered access to the Mechanicum Repair Reliquary that has gone under utilized since the revolution as all the tech priests who were using it were dragged through the streets and dismembered in honor of the Cardinal Xaphan, praise be upon him. With any luck, they'll come up with a brilliant break through to finally put an end to the hated enemy! ----- Good News! Cardinal Xaphan has transcended his mortal form and traveled to the spirit realm by becoming a being of pure faith! He has done this to help us in our time of need against the hated enemy. While he is doing battle for our very souls, he has decided to leave in charge Zhufor the Bloodreaver due to his amazing tactical and military prowess. As a sign of Xaphan's approval, he has graciously given up his skull for the skull throne. Whadda guy, that Xaphan. Always giving. Unfortunately, none of Xaphan's command staff survived the cardinal's apotheosis and as such there is a bit of problem as far as delegation of responsibilities. Zhufor is simply too busy to handle the management of the Mortal military forces so he has assigned Lord Alpharius of Alpha Legion to take up the burden of this heavy responsibility. It is heartening to see Adeptus Astartes stepping up to the plate during these trying times. ----- To: General Good News! The Tzeechian Scientists have been working on helping with our dwindling food stocks. Their experiments have finally yielded fruit, in a metaphorical sense, which is important to point out, when dealing with food-like substances made partially out of strange quarks. None of the researchers have spontaneously mutated and started spouting giant blisters all over their misshapen bodies. Nobody then crawled onto the ceiling and started to weave a nest of silk pulled from their abdomen. And certainly, No one started speaking in a disjointed sotto voce humm urging others to harvest said non-existent blisters in an effort to spread his blessings to all of humanity. What HAS happened is that they have developed what is known as "High Energy Cheese". This new food has six times the calories of ordinary cheese. This will prove invaluable when helping our fighting men on the front lines maintain the levels of energy they need to succeed. ----- To: General A correction about a previous post. The High Energy Cheese is apparently High Energy Cheese Food, not actually cheese. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. ----- To: Medical A heads up about the High Energy Cheese Food. Apparently when they said High Energy, they meant radioactivity, not calories. Don't bother trying to treat anyone who ate some, they are already dead. If they are still moving about, encourage them to make a suicidal charge at the enemy as soon as possible. Tell them lasgun fire is the cure or something. Oh. I'm sure the morgue has already figured this out, but the bodies explode about an hour after they die. DO NOT CREMATE ANY OF THE BODIES. That just makes things... so much worse. We did get around to asking the Tzeechian Scientists, "What The Fuck?". They calmly explained that they informed us it was High Energy Cheese FOOD. As in, food you feed to cheese, and not something you feed to anything with a pressurized circulatory system. Now, I say they could have been more clear, but they do have a point. So for now we are locking up the high Energy Cheese Food for everybody's sake. ----- To: General Good News! The Tzeechian Scientists having developed High Energy Cheese Food have moved onto helping us with psychological warfare. To that end they have built what they call the Large Kekron Collider. A device capable to accelerating Memes to near the speed of light, then colliding them so we can understand their properties and determine military applications.
To: General Good News from the Large Kekron Collider! Tzeechian Scientists have discovered what being called a Mini-Meme! This meme is only a single character but is capable of driving itself into your mind like a ten credit nail! Literally! Even a glance of the Mini-meme has proven fatal. Unfortunately, the main problem seems to be how to replicate it. No one can survive viewing the mini-meme for any length of time, much less copy it over. Any attempt to transmit it by video feed or other technology results in the inversion of said technology. We even tried to use a photocopier and all that happened is that various human organs spilled out of the paper try. We're not sure if the human organs were there before the attempt to photo copy the mini-meme was made, or if they appeared there BECAUSE of the mini-meme, but either way, everyone is really creeped out. Regardless, such a destructive force will eventually be weaponized and used against the hated enemy. Our victory is clearly close at hand! ----- To: General Good News! The boys down at the LKC have managed to make a brand new logical fallacy so cringy that the last three test subjects exposed to it died from, and I quote, "brain Inversion". While the study into the very depths of meme science is fraught with peril, our scientists solder on, taking on any risk to help defeat the hated enemy. The new logical falacy will not be released until they develop an inoculation that can protect our troops from accidental exposure. Right now they are working with a technique they call, "Lobotomizing." and figure they'll have all the kinks worked out in a few months. ------ To: General Good News! The Tzeechian Scientists working on the Large Kekron Collider have managed to discover a new form of thought that they call, Heavy Memes. When we talked to the scientists, we were told: "My eyes. Sweet Jesus. It's crawling around inside my eyes." and "Kill it with fire." I have seen a sample of Heavy Memes myself and I can only describe it as indescribable. We don't entirely understand what a heavy meme -=IS=-, except that they are very poisonous, and can be apparently be absorbed through the skin. Hell. It can be absorbed through 20 feet of lead. The Tzeechians are confident that this is the breakthrough they have been waiting for and will begin creating a weapon of terrible power as soon as they can harvest enough Heavy memes. ----- To: General Good News! Local girl Shelia brown has "Mad Skillz, Yo" when it comes to playing the guitar and has written several songs that she will be playing at dinner cycle this evening at level 30 section A dining area. Bring the kids for some good wholesome fun! ----- To: General Good News! Shelia Brown's music has proven so popular that she has agreed to go on a Citadel wide tour playing all the dining areas. Expect her to be playing her new hit song, "It's always Darkest before the Don." a tribute to "the Don" and his tragic end. We all miss the Don who was so tragically taken from us. I'm not ashamed to say, not only is it a catchy tune, but the song brings a tear to my eye . I recommend everyone have a listen if you can find the time. ----- to: general Good News! The Tzeechian Scientists after weeks of delicate work have harvested enough heavy Memes to create their nearly perfected Fission-Fusion Memetic Warhead. This weapon should be able to annihilate entire regiments in a single blow without causing any damage to nearby infrastructure. We will need a Hell Drake to deliver the weapon, but that shouldn't be a problem. So everyone can take heart for the end of the war against the hated enemy is almost neigh! ----- To: Administration While the Fission-Fusion Memetic Warhead was being transported to the airfield for delivery via access shaft B, one of the crew transporting the weapon started whistling "It's always darkest before the Don". Unfortunately the viral memetic nature of this song resulted in it contaminating the heavy Memes within the warhead. This caused the beginning of a chain reaction that would eventually run out of control, detonate, and kill everyone in the citadel. Fortunately Maintenance Officer Rod was on the job. His quick thinking saved everyone when he noticed the readouts reporting the beginning of a cascade failure inside the Warheads reaction chamber. he then pressed the glowing red button with the Symbol of Tzeench on it, thus causing the Elevator to stop and open the doors into an apocalyptic hellscape full of tzeechian demons. Those demons were rather surprised when the crew abruptly shoved the Fission-Fusion Memetic Warhead out the door and then hit the override to immediately close the doors, thus saving the Citadel from complete destruction. There is a downside. We think we may have accidentally, and quite unintentionally, sort of nuked The Realm of Tzeench. As for Tzeench, We haven't been able to contact him for comment, but he seems like a tough old bird. We're sure he'll be fine. ----- To: Administration So for the past week all the followers of Tzeench claim they no longer can hear the constant torrent of their god and master's constant chattering of dark and forbidden lore. At first, most welcomed the respite from the unrelenting madness, but as time has been passing, they seem to be getting a bit punchy. It isn't helping that not only aren't any of the demon summoning rituals for Tzeench working, but also anyone who fails to properly summon a Tzeench demon isn't turning into a chaos spawn. I guess what I'm getting at is, nobody should mention to these guys we Nuked Tzeench. I just think it'll be better for everyone all around if we just wait this out. ----- TO: administration I don't know who did it, but if I find out which one of you spilled the beans, I'm going to add your skull to the skull throne personally. On the upside, the tzeenchians didn't go ballistic. They did become catatonic. Most are just hugging their knees and rocking back and forth. Although one guy is carving a wooden model space ship with a potato peeler... using his left hand instead of a block of wood. It's a bit terrifying how life like it is. So, FYI, the Tzeechians are basically useless right now. Hope we don't need them for anything. ----- To: Administration. Guess what? Tzeench is back. Apparently he faked his death as part of a ruse. Why? Because "Muh Master Plan". Just... Sigh. ----- To: Administration I'm not quite sure how to even report this. So the left over High Energy Cheese was put in a freezer on level 30 section G. Apparently it was stored with several blocks of cheese. Well, during the shelling last week the power went out to that particular freezer unit and it all melted. Well... some how... the cheese went into a feeding frenzy and ate all the High Energy Cheese Food. Yes. I know what that sounds like. I saw the security footage. That is exactly what happened. The cheese then gnawed its' way out of the freezer and proceeded to murder the entire kitchen staff for level 30 section F dining hall. Fortunately nobody was eating at the time. The cheese then escaped into the ventilation system. So. To Review... A pack of very aggressive blocks of cheddar are wandering about the ventilation system seeking chaos knows what. ----- To: Security You no longer have to look for the guy spray painting rude words on the walls around the Citadel. We found his hand still clutching a can of pray paint next to a half finished message. It appears he was devoured by a pack of rather large blocks of cheese. So you can close out that particular work ticket. ----- To: Administration I have good news and bad news. The good news is the killer cheese issue has been resolved. The bad news is that it was resolved when the pack accidentally short circuited a control panel for a series of ventilation fans. Every last one appears to have been sucked through a series of said fans. This caused just about every vent on levels 4 through 10 to periodically shoot out bursts of shredded cheddar over an 18 minute period last night. I understand a number of the administration's quarters were on floor 6. We will, of course, give cleaning up your apartments a top priority.
The updated complete story is at: www.uploadmb.com/dw.php?id=1559791154 I fixed the formatting and order of events. I think it flows much better now. However, in fixing it, I may have screwed the order up. So if you see any obvious errors, let me know. BTW, this monster has climbed to 73 pages.
Army command: "You can have any support you can get your hands on and even can shape what bombardment you want when charging the gates of the citadel" Colonel Tyborc: :3 *happy gas mask noises*
We're before the end so I'll give my opinion on The Siege of Vraks series overall. The series captures the essence of 40K, this is a long war with unthinkable cost in life. A war that starts for (comparatively) petty reasons and only grows worse due to incompetence and stubbornness of everyone involved, until the only thing remaining is madness and death. We like to think of 40K (and a lot of media overall) as being mainly about heroes and villains, but for every heroic Space Marine taking down unimaginable forces, there are several worlds that are fought only by the average humans/xenos. Worlds that have many heroes, but those heroes will quickly die and disappear in the mist of time. So overall, it's pretty good.
Ooh, next big lore series! The possibilities are endless! Might I suggest something along the lines of the Damocles Gulf Crusade or mayhaps the Ullanor Crusade?
Arch: "Which meant that the men of the 88th would have to wander straight into pre-prepared killing positions and simply gain meter by meter, purchasing it with the flesh and blood of Krieg" Krieg Guardsmen: *Extatic gasmask noises*
@Arch Warhammer You are the best. When I was first getting into 40k it all seemed so grand and glorious however it was confusing. I was overwhelmed by the ideology and social structure of all the different races and factions. But instead of falling into madness and chaos’s influence. Arch showed me the way. 🤝💪
Tibork: BEGIN THE BOMBARDMENT! Cannonade Commander: But sir, that's right on top of your position! Tibork: DID I STUDDER?? Don't stop until I return! (To men) AFFIX BAYONETS!
No, it's grimdark. There are very few happy endings in 40K, one of them involves Tuska da Daemon-Killa and his boyz fighting in Khorne's domain and being unable to stay dead in the end.
You speak of the Daemon Prince of Slannesh who managed to subvert THREE of his/her greater daemons, when she was human, which resulted in her attaining daemonhood?...it was mutually beneficial, Khorne's forces got a force to practice on with limitless bloodlust, Tuska and his boyz got a good fight that never ends.
You know the more I listen to this series the more I am convinced that Istvaanist Inquisitors are involved in this somehow. Istvaanist Inquisitors are essentially Inquisitors who view the greatest problem the Imperium is currently facing as... there being too few wars going on and that more conflict and war is needed for the good of humanity and they are known to funnel resources into both sides of a war to make the war just that much more destructive. Perhaps the Ordo Hereticus Inquisitors for Scarus includes a few of these Inquisitors (perhaps even Rex's own Ordo Mallus forces as I still think it is weird that Mallus of all Ordos didn't resort to exterminatus immediately). Some supplies to the rebels, some leaked info, ridiculous amounts of men and weaponry funneled in, sounds like something that might happen.
Ben Page it says on the video description on mine released today however I’m reading comments from 2 days ago! I checked yesterday and nothing though 😅 I dunno UA-cam influencing the warp 😄
Can we see a new map now?? A large shot and a in-depth shot of the building and defemsive positions please and thank you. Also more info on the current # if any data is available??
It would seem that the tutor of the defence and exterminaton of heresy has finally found his pace. This is good. Let the secrets and information flow forth spreading the will and message of the emperor through the carefully spilled blood of vanquished, not by desire but some mole necessity to impose order. And once his usefulness has past, we shall grant him a position amongst the truly penitent.
Kriegsmen are the best of men. As sad I am about Tybork marching his men to their deaths I am equal parts proud to see such a badass exist in an imperium filled with so much dumbassery and backstabbing and high and mighty bull crap. it’s cool to see a man who follows orders and is apparently damn good at killing and staying alive
How dare you listen to the exploits of the Emperor’s servants while amassing a heretical legion?! I DECLARE EXTERMINATUS TO REMOVE THIS VILE HERETIC’S HERESY!!! *IT IS DOUBLE HERESY MOST FOUL!!!*
Could you be able to put gas through a void shield? If it can stop solid objects what about gas... So take a fast release impact gas shell and shoot it at the void shield. The gas canisters hit the gas releases and falls through. To make it better they can do it at night to make the gas harder to see when it falls. Just a thought though. Tell me if it can work!
If there's any lore videos that you'd have some bile directed at, it'd be the following: Big Papa Ultrasmurf, Angron the Gamma Irradiated Barbarian, Lorgar Aurelian and the certain armless successor to the traitor Warmaster himself.
@@tomashton1562 Well I think there are a few reasons for that. For one torpedos are mostly a ship vs ship weapon. Of course there are things like cyclonic torpedos, but if they wanted to use them they should have done so from the start. This could be compared to using HEAT or APFSDS shells to fire at buildings. It's gonna do some damage but plain old HE is going to be more efficient. I also think that way back we got the info that the navy presence over vraks was the bare minimum due to a notable lack of vraksian void capabilities and orbital bombardments were out of the question due to their defensive batteries. Hence I doubt there are many ships carrying "orbital Bombardement torpedos" in the fleet to begin with. There is also the thing with their void shields, firing a precise torpedo at a target as "small" as the citadel propably requires a geostationary orbit that denies the use of any other weapon other than the lances. Then again the vraksians can prepare for impact and calibrate the shields to deny the torpedo entry. Mind you, torpedos only traverse void shields because they are very low on energy (relatively) while passing them, hence why they don't trip the shield's reaction.
Just so im clear. The Imperial Navy (IN), of the 41st century, is capable of dropping 100,000kg of bombs per day using a designated bomber. In the 1970 the USN A-6 intruder (a small strike bomber) was capable of carrying an 8000kg bomb load. So your contention is that the a single, non-space fairing, USN Carrier of the 1970s could, using only 13 aircraft, drop more ordinance than a space fairing IN carrier that is 38,030 years more advanced. Hmmmmmmm
If the void shield stops high velocity objects, and energy beams, etc., then it should stop the planetary defense laser batteries' energy too right? Or is the orbital defense cannons' muzzle just outside the shield umbrella? I honestly don't understand this part. Logic tells me it should work both ways. But I am "somehow" guesssing it's not the case...
I am presumably a potato, but where was the second breach at? on the picutres/maps first one was at 9 o'clock, but the second was where? did i miss something, there was that cavalry thing at 1 o'clock- 1 and 30 minutes o'clock. or was is a bit to the side to that after the reserves were siphoned off to cover that breach
Our names -- legion Our blood -- ocean We won't retreat and we won't surrender when we have our orders We are no titans and we are no heroes Everyone here is a humble soldier We do not die -- we just march to hell and regroup there - HMKids, Guard Song
Krieg guardsman: Go to Vrax they said, die for the Emperor they said, it will be fun they said.
Sees Khornate berserkers charging the line.
Krieg guardsman: THEY WERE RIGHT!!!!!!
Manny happy gas mask noises
AFIX SHOVELS!
"Vehicles of that size are notoriously difficult to hide."
Tell that to Creed.
I believe its pronounced Creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed ! Some chaos cultists claim Tzeench constantly shouts his name as a curse.
One: it's Creed.
Two: he is only able to hide those because he is so loyal to the Emperor, he bends light to hide the vehicles.
Three: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rex: "Have no uncertainty, in this final battle, you will make the ultimate sacrifice. You will give all for the empire."
Krieg Guardsman to his buddy: "I told you I liked this guy."
Krieg Guardsman to his other buddy: "But I dislike the wacky dude who wanted to spare us oceans of blood"
Daemon of Tzeentch news anchor: _"Yesterday an entire Daemonette orgy was vaporized by blasts redirected by the Vraksian void shields. Casualties are estimated to be in the tens of millions. This tragedy was found hilarious by the rest of the Warp. Next up, Sisters of Battle: which Chaos God is best suited to corrupt them? Our panel of specialists discuss right after these messages."_
Where do I sescribe to this channel hahaha.
Yes, inquisitor. This is the thing I was talking about.
For the sisters of battle? I’m sure Slaanesh would LOVE to corrupt them.
When in doubt, papa Nurgle
I say Khorne, they are crazy, bloodthirsty and do not like to do much other than fight.
Officer: good news men, the citadel will be bombarded to ruins before we get to assault it.
*unhappy gasmask muffled murmurs*
Officer: the bad news is that 75% of the citadel lies underground, meaning we will have to fight for every meter after all.
Ecstatic muffled singing;
*celebration time bayonet airpunch bayonet punch, celebration time*
Tyborc adressing his men
"Men of krieg, today we die"
*Immense cheering so loud the vraksians can only despair at how the imperials must've found some way to end the war in an instant*
That's the Death Korps of Krieg equivilant to a powerful Ork Warboss shouting "Boyz, we're going to WAAAGH!!!"
Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant
Kriegsman, depressing but still ballsy as all heck.
@@l.d-b3465 they are fatalists, they are ready to die at any time.
SentientVirus. exe I’m still waiting for the story where a non-Kreig officer attends a mass funeral for dead Death Korp members and finds out its to mourn the ones that didn’t die.
I noticed, on the last picture, the two kriegsmen talking :
"The casualty figures were THAT high !
-Glory to the Emperor !!"
Oceans of Krieg blood? Sounds like 40K gets its Beach Episode!
Swimsuits everywhere! Fan service in abundance!
@@invaderHUNK
I just imagined Vulcan in a speedo.
Life
Corax under a beach umbrella to avoid getting a sunburn.
@@LordDeathwing17
So, Vulcan hugging everyone while wearing a speedo and Corax writes horrible goth poetry, all
Whilst Russ chews on a fish he found
@@Life-tastic Nah Russ goes fishing and somehow finds a sea monster (the man managed to catch a kraken (possibly a tyranid) in a wooden boat with low tech equipment so it is possible) and introduces Vulkan to his new friend, who Vulkan also instantly befriends.
Inquisitor Rex "we need to breach the void shield... Let's just bombard them to shit"
Zulka *surprised pikachu face* "that's what I told them to do"
You didn't say it like this, so it doesn't count. 😎🎤⬇️
Captain Puffin Puffinson when did you see this first ?? It just popped up on my device a few minutes ago
@@halfcantan1208 when you shill in patreon a few $ you get the video about 2 days a head...
Comment made 2 days ago, on a 1-day old video? What Tzeenchian devilry is this?
*The Emperor's Most Holy Inquisition wants to know your location*
@@ComradeMeow the warp does strange things in the comment section
Cadian Guardsmen: "Cadian guardsmen are the best guardsmen."
Krieg Guardsmen: "Get my shovel".
damned brain I first read that as Canadian Guardsmen
'YOU UTTER FOOL ! KRIEG GUARDSMAN ARE THE BEST IN THE GALAXY!"-Colonel Rudol von Stroheim
Catachan guardsman holding back a devil with a hand knife "you two are just adorable "
Cadian Kasrkin vs Death Corps Grenadiers
IT'S TIME FOR A DEATHBATTLEEEEEEEEEEEE~!!!
@@dralord1307 The eh'ty eh'th siege regiment
Will Tibork survive?!
Will the 88th defeat the Vraksian defenders?!
Will they see the defeat of the Heretics?!
Find out next time! on Dragon ball Z
Next Episode: Tibork victorious!
Oh! The Suspense!
You stole my Stitch 😐, but did it better. 😃👍🏿🤷🏿♂️
*cue 5 episodes of people powering up and screaming intensely*
They really need to add more dietary fiber to the field rations if they’re THAT constipated.
Lucky if you read it Tibork end up~~~ WAIT NO CRAP CRAP CRAP *Random inquisitor is seen taking me away*
At some point the officers must have looked at each other and said "Maybe the orks were right... perhaps we should just drag asteroids into low orbit and dump them on the citadel".
*BLAM*
Frankly that makes TOO much sense....actually, speaking of that;
Why the fucc did they not just take all the promethium that a 12 year long campaign requires, pile it all over the citadel and shoot a lasgun bolt in the general direction?
I mean they had already calculated what was necessary and started shipping it out soo...why not just cover the surface in flammable goop and purge them by holy fire?
After all the weapons are far below ground so a massive fuck off firestorm melting everything on the surface into goop, would actually not be a terrible idea, sure you'd have to dig a hole in the ground but am certain the death korps would not mind digging a few massive slopes leading down to the armories, provided they can fortify the slopes as if they were trenches (not to mention they can force infantry to remain in their dugouts while the heaviest armor punches through the moment the peak of the firestorm is over)
@@Elenrai For the exact same reason they didn't just virus bomb the planet (because that involves a firestorm too) after they planet rebelled (well besides virus bombs empowering Chaos). Because properly reinforced bunkers (like the Vraksian defenses have literally everywhere) will survive the firestorm and they have a *lot* of these bunkers, their defensive lines are just covered with bunkers and other such points that will survive it. So peak fire storm passes, the armor rolls out, and... the Vraksian artillery starts shelling them and it is back to business as usual besides the fact that no man's land is now a bit more black.
And no saturating the area with promethium and lighting it on fire would not melt their fortifications seeing as just about everything in the Vraksian defenses are made out of space!concrete, our concrete does not burn unless exposed to temperatures of several thousand degrees Fahrenheit (nearly 1100 degrees Celsius if 2000 F is enough) for several hours and this would be even more advanced than that. I will grant so would promethium be more advanced too (if we are talking about the kind used as a napalm expy and not the promethium they use as gas, it is an interchangeable term for a lot of 40k things) but that wouldn't change as much. If one of these bunkers can survive a virus bombing and the ensuing firestorm (which involves using literally all the biological material on the planet as fuel) it will survive your idea (unless they are constantly pumping promethium into this firestorm I guess).
So overall just a waste of good promethium.
@@elysiankentarchy1531 aww....
......I still think it would work on the First and second line, if for no other reason then the forward artillery....well...artillery heated to those temperatures...think of the shells, etc. Having an effectively infinite amount of materiel would not make much of a difference if your ammounition is outright exploding. Of course I am guessing that a temperature peaking at 800 degrees Celcius for say, 10 minutes, with temps of 300 or above cooking for maybe 15 minutes, might have some severe effects, not to mention that the exits to many bunkers...well, its gotta be some serious non heat conductive Space Steel Doors if you want them to not burn whoever opens it, provided the heat does not make the doors outright expand to the point where its simply stuck in the door frame.
Physics are still in effect on vraks....I...think
Did you just praise a xenos?
Grabs his plasma pistol letting it rest for the waited response
15,000 gun bombardment. Fifteen THOUSAND.
It's Wednesday on Vraks.
Wait til you see the gun salutes at the victory parade
The Russians during the Siege of Berlin had some 40,000 in the area. So 15,00 isn't all that large.
it's Wednesday and Independence Day on Vraks...but unlike ID4's president Kriegsmen strictly follow the rule: their shield protected them - "but other bombs might be more lucky"
Just the usual happenings every second in the great Imperium
@Your Typical Pinoy An Earthshaker has 38kg shell and a 132mm. Heavy Russian artillery like the 152 mm gun M1910/34 made up a sizable amount of the Russian artillery force at Berlin and their HE shells weight about 43kg at the end of the war. The 122mm Field Artillery guns had shells of about half that weight but I would say that their Artillery capabilities are somewhat comparable.
Tyborc is still alive?
What kind of Kriegsman DARES to live in an active warzone for EIGHTEEN YEARS?
Serve first sacrifice after.
One that is too skilled to die
Arch may of forgot to cover it, but yes. Officially, Hector Rex after debriefing Tyborc adds him to his General staff for the remainder of the war.
The kind that makes his death count.
This is getting silly, even for 40k. The Vraks citadel has plot armour stronger than Ned Stark's daughters.
And Joffery. That fucker should be dead during the Red Wedding
And everyone in the imperial military forgets that nukes are a thing.
@@Kalenz1234 well, they want to RETAKE vraks, not gonna be much to retake if they nuke the place
@@samclark6994 They wanted to retake it initially for it had a huge stock of military equipment and they wanted the take back a holy citadel. At the point of the bombardment it had been years and it was clear that most of the ammo weapons and vehicles had already been used up against the imperium. And the presence of chaos forces ended any hope to salvage the holy site or the planets population. By just nuking the citadel instead of performing exterminatus they would at least keep the planet. Wasting armies and fleets for years was a MASSIVE waste of imperial resources.
@@Kalenz1234 they also wanted to retake the basilica for years, even though it,xs a dumb goal that was something they had been after for quite some time
Lol this entire episode reminds me of that episode from the 2003 clone wars series between Obi-Wan and Commander Cody.
Cody: “The siege goes well with our continued barrage their shield should be down in three months.”
Obi-Wan: “but we’ve been here a month already.”
Cody: “yes sir we’re right on schedule.”
Thank the God Emperor! *happy gas mask noises*
I feel these inquisitors lack imagination. For all the flaws orks have imagination they would just drop a few rocks on it from orbit. It's not the most orthodox of strategies but no one can defy it's effective
Ork routinely break the laws of physics and science with their shenanigans, so they aren't the best comparison. Honestly, the imperium has harnessed asteroids to do the deed, but, I recommend looking up the document "Rocks are NOT ‘free’, citizen." from chapter approved 2001 for the results of that idea for any race other than orks and nids.
Epsilon-228 was surprised to discover he wasn't being sent underground.
That's typically what you thought of, as far as an engineer was concerned. A tunneling fool burrowing his way towards something to blow it up with an underground sap. He figured he'd be assigned to swing a pick axe, because how hard could that be? Instead he was put on a road crew.
Now, normally being someone who builds a road wouldn't sound that dangerous. I mean, you are just pouring asphalt or using a shovel to remove rocks or fill in holes. Not that big of a deal, right?
Except on Vraks building a road was an incredibly dangerous activity.
Even where you weren't getting shelled, the need for roads and bridges were often where the sudden downpours of torrential rain caused the most risk. Even if the gully you were bridging wasn't under a thunderstorm at the time, rain far off in the distance could channel a flash flood and wash you away. There were no plants to hold anything together on the surface, thus mud slides and collapses were common.
Of course this wasn't half as dangerous as trying to build a road that can support a tank up the side of a hill while you are being shelled.
That was his new job. Building roads into contested areas.
To be honest they gave him this job because it was MUCH easier then tunneling and if he screwed up, he was more likely to be the only one who died, as opposed to taking out an entire length of a tunnel and kill dozens. Maybe hundreds.
Besides, he was assigned to the most hazardous road crew on the planet. Chances are he would dead before he finished his first assignment. As far as the officers were concerned, the whole "Epsilon-228 Issue" would be solved by the end of the day. Just one problem.
Epsilon-228 didn't die.
Neither did he die the next day.
Nor the day after that.
Nor the week after that.
Nor the week after THAT.
Not that it was for a lack of trying, mind you. The unofficial word was if you had a suicide mission, you sent Epsilon-228 on it. Not that the Death Korp of Krieg was particularly kind to its' engineers, but for an army made up of millions of soldiers each with a death wish, Epsilon-228's assignments were, how shall we put it...?
Rough.
Epsilon-228 had almost supernatural luck. A withering hail of gunfire would silhouette him, destroying his gun, but leaving him unharmed. Explosions would knock him out cold. On two separate occasions his entire squad was killed except for him. Once they walked into a mine field. He volunteered to walk out. If he made it, they'd know which path was safe. If he didn't, well, that was one land mine down.
Epsilon-228 made it out safely. However, a mine he had walked over didn't detonate for him, but did for the rest of his squad. The chain reaction left bits of Krieg Engineer all over the landscape.
The second time was after an alpha legion infiltrator poisoned a number of MREs. Except it was a binary agent and Epsilon accidentally spilled the water. He only ate half the poison and survived.
That was something else that was odd. he should have gotten a new name. As soon as he joined the Engineers they should have given him a new shoulder guard with a new designation. They claimed it was delayed at logistics, when the truth was his superiors never bothered to order him a new one. They expected him to be dead before his first day was out.
The longer it went unchanged, the harder it became on the paperwork to justify getting him a new shoulder guard.
In a way, the officers wanted him to keep his old designation. It made it easier to keep track of him. No one else was an Epsilon in the Engineers. It helped to make him stand out. Easier to SINGLE him out.
However, as time passed, it began to backfire. Word got out that he was "favored by the emperor." There were those who thought he should be shot as such a man could not exist. Then there were those who were treating him with almost religious awe.
The number who felt the later were growing as those who thought he should be shot became increasingly convinced it wouldn't do any good.
Nobody dodges as many bullets as Epsilon-228. Not without divine intervention.
Of course, in the cult of sacrifice, surviving was not necessarily a good thing. So few felt envy for Epsilon, most just kept their distance. You see, the "forgiven one" might be a survivor, but those who went out with him were not. It wouldn't be half as bad a thing if he actually achieved his goals. Somehow, no matter how hard he tried, Epsilon-228 would fail to make his objective, ether because it became impossible to finish, or the materials would blow up, or the reason for building the road would disappear when the fighting shifted.
So, depending on how you saw it, going out with him was cursed to failure, or a promise that you would finally get to meet the emperor.
Which brings us back to the fact he wouldn't die.
You see, in the Engineers, getting "promoted" isn't easy. Usually it involves being the one who lived the longest. Whoever survives the most suicidal assignments is clearly the best choice for leading others into said suicidal assignments. The problem is, the leadership in the engineers were flat out terrified by Epsilon-228.
You see, they had been trying very very HARD to kill him. They also knew that Epsilon-228 wasn't actually trying to survive. This wasn't a coward. This was a dedicated man of krieg who took his orders and tried his best to fulfill them. Perhaps a little TOO well. He was showing signs of zealotry. He was the first to rush out into enemy gunfire. The first to run across a mind field. The first to dash out to retrieve misplaced equipment. What's more his attempts to get killed resulted in him "creatively interpreting" his orders to take the maximum risk. He was just... lucky.
Theologically, he was a heretical hiccup in the Cult of Sacrifice.
No one on Krieg deserved forgiveness. NO ONE. Yet, here was a man of Krieg who seemed to be blessed by the God-Emperor himself complete with Inquisitorial approval. The inquisition might not have a problem with what Epsilon-228 represented, but the theologists of Krieg... they could not accept him. His very presence threatened to destroy the foundation of Krieg Society. He simply could NOT be allowed to return to Krieg. In death was the only way to be forgiven. If a man of krieg was forgiven in any way that did not involve death, it would shatter the faith of every person on Krieg.
People might not see the cult of sacrifice to be the one true way. Without the cult of sacrifice, the armies of Krieg cannot function. Every Single military doctrine has at it's foundation the cult of sacrifice. In short, the Inquisition may see him as a blessing from the God-Emperor, but the Krieg Commanders see him as the single greatest threat to Krieg since the Council of Autocrats.
And in Epsilon-228 defense, he did not disagree with them. However, as a loyal krieg soldier, he could not just take it upon himself to blow his own brains out, not without direct orders, and the Command staff were not willing to take that final step and flat out defy the inquisition by ordering his death. They too were men of Krieg and followed orders. Even if those orders involved the complete destruction of very foundation of Krieg Society.
Unfortunately, they were now in a bind. The military had strict rules on how to handle promotion and like it or not, Epsilon-228 was due. This was not a problem they could keep kicking down the road. He simply has survived too many times and if he's promoted, well... it will be slightly harder to get him killed in the line of duty. And then he'll get promoted again... and again... and if he survives to the end of the war...
And so it came to pass at one of the regular meetings of the field commanders where they gathered to discuss strategy, that the topic of Epsilon-228 came up. The conversation ground to a halt. Each one knew the impossible situation they were in and how there seemed to be no way out. In the silence, one officer leaned forward and turned off the recorder on the servo-skull. The room went silent as they all looked at him, expectantly. It was against the regulations to turn off the recorder, but for this topic, the others were willing overlook this infraction, depending on what he said next. The officer only spoke three words, slowly, softly, and heavy with implications.
The.
Hell.
Vein.
The Hell Vein.
That was the unofficial name for the series of counter tunnels on the north western part of the curtain wall. Most of the earth on Vraks is actually quite nasty, but one section was particularly easy to tunnel, hence why so many underground storage areas had been dug there This included the infamous armory 55-46. There were quite a few armories in that particular sector and every last one had been wielded shut, the air vents filled with permacrete, and TP3 pumped in to give those trapped inside the most horrible of deaths.
Unfortunately, on a planet being taken over by Nergal cultists, consigning tens of thousands of people to a horrible, painful, agonizing death via chemical attack, isn't the best of ideas.
About a year after the armories had been dealt with, monitoring devices that had been left on in the area, more forgotten than anything, detected the sound of digging.
It was slow... faint... but persistent. At first they didn't know what to make of it. Someone finally put two and two together and came up with the impossible. Since the impossible is made possible on Vraks with alarming regularity, they figured they needed to confirm if this had happened again.
Eventually someone ordered the use a mole gun to send a bomb with a camera attached down and see what was happening. This took a while to convince command to allow. it was command's position that it wasn't possible that anyone was still alive down there.
As it turns out, they were right.
Some how the remains of those who died returned to some semblance of activity. Not as the zombies wandering the eastern front. Oh no. The krieg engineers couldn't be THAT lucky. These things returned as skeletons wreathed in TP3 gas as a replacement for the flesh they were missing. They didn't use tools to dig. They couldn't. Any tool they held would disintegrate. What they could do was slowly dissolve the rock by driving their fingers into it, then tear a chunk of rock away, only to toss it over their shoulders.
If they had been a bit more careful with how they were disposing of the rubble, the sensors never would have picked up anything.
The mole bomb went off and thankfully put an end to that particular tunnel to the surface, which was a good thing. The bad thing is that is was THAT... particular... tunnel. They dropped listening devices all over the area. They picked up a second... and a third. Which terrified command staff Are there any tunnels where these things are smart enough to keep quiet?
Hence the need for counter tunnels. They had to get down there and catch these things as they tunneled up before they got anywhere near the surface. Nothing short of complete disintegration stopped these things. If the skull and one arm with still attached to each other, it would slowly worm its way to the surface. Which one managed to do. Once on the surface, it proved remarkably quick and hauled itself over to a near by staging ground for a unit of Shadowswords.
Two tanks were damaged, and third rendered completely unsalvageable due to TP3 contamination.
Whatever they were, they regenerated their TP3, but only as a replacement for skin. Any attempts to harvest this perpetual source of TP3 failed. Most are unsure if that is a good or a bad thing.
Very quickly men were sent back down into the original tunnel to reopen it and start to make new tunnels that would branch off it to create a series of monitoring tunnels that could be used to detect these things as they tried to make it to the surface. Originally it was thought that stealth was unimportant, so they used heavy digging equipment to set up the network. However, these things were drawn to the vibrations of the diggers and two tunneler machines were lost before command decided that it was too big of a risk and withdrew all the heavy equipment.
The tunnels would have to be dug by hand.
Due to the nature of the enemy, these tunnels became remarkably hazardous. If the enemy broke into a tunnel, they would go after men, equipment, support beams. If they collapsed a section, anyone in that section would die a horrible death. Men would eventually request and be granted suicide vests lined with high explosives. The death toll was horrific for an area that was already "taken" by the Death Korp.
Which is why it had been given the unofficial nickname of The Hell Vein. The Hell Vein didn't pump blood. Hell itself flowed through its' halls.
Epsilon-228's commander understood perfectly what was being proposed. The rest of the officers all looked at each other, then turned to the officer who turned off the servo-skull. He was the officer who was in charge of The Hell Vein. Ultimately he would be responsible for Epsilon-228 and if this went wrong, the one who took the fall.
He looked back at all of them, closed his eyes, then nodded once.
The rest did nothing, but words did not need to be exchanged. Quietly, one of the officers reached forward and turned the Servo-skull back on. The meeting proceeded as if nothing happened.
Later, Epsilon-228 would find himself promoted and transferred. He was being sent to a monitoring unit that he would take command of. His job would be to lead a team down into the tunnels as they maintained the monitoring devices, as well as intercept any enemy incursions near or into the tunnel monitoring network.
On paper, it seemed easy.
Epsilon-228 knew, in reality, this was a death sentence.
As he reread his new orders, this fact became blindingly obvious.
Under his gas mask, he allowed himself a smile.
~Finally...~ Epsilon-228 thought to himself, ~Some GOOD luck for a change!~
To: General
Good News!
An entire contingent of Tzeechian Scientists have arrived on Vraks! Not by the usual method, mind you, but by a Warp Funnel. A warp funnel is like a warp tunnel, except it has much more fun!
There was so much fun that Anti-Void Ship Cannon #4 was consumed in the "Celebration". A small price to play to have the moral boost that comes along with these dedicated scientists to help us in our time of need.
The group has requested, and been granted, unfettered access to the Mechanicum Repair Reliquary that has gone under utilized since the revolution as all the tech priests who were using it were dragged through the streets and dismembered in honor of the Cardinal Xaphan, praise be upon him.
With any luck, they'll come up with a brilliant break through to finally put an end to the hated enemy!
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Good News!
Cardinal Xaphan has transcended his mortal form and traveled to the spirit realm by becoming a being of pure faith! He has done this to help us in our time of need against the hated enemy. While he is doing battle for our very souls, he has decided to leave in charge Zhufor the Bloodreaver due to his amazing tactical and military prowess.
As a sign of Xaphan's approval, he has graciously given up his skull for the skull throne. Whadda guy, that Xaphan. Always giving.
Unfortunately, none of Xaphan's command staff survived the cardinal's apotheosis and as such there is a bit of problem as far as delegation of responsibilities. Zhufor is simply too busy to handle the management of the Mortal military forces so he has assigned Lord Alpharius of Alpha Legion to take up the burden of this heavy responsibility. It is heartening to see Adeptus Astartes stepping up to the plate during these trying times.
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To: General
Good News!
The Tzeechian Scientists have been working on helping with our dwindling food stocks. Their experiments have finally yielded fruit, in a metaphorical sense, which is important to point out, when dealing with food-like substances made partially out of strange quarks.
None of the researchers have spontaneously mutated and started spouting giant blisters all over their misshapen bodies. Nobody then crawled onto the ceiling and started to weave a nest of silk pulled from their abdomen. And certainly, No one started speaking in a disjointed sotto voce humm urging others to harvest said non-existent blisters in an effort to spread his blessings to all of humanity.
What HAS happened is that they have developed what is known as "High Energy Cheese". This new food has six times the calories of ordinary cheese. This will prove invaluable when helping our fighting men on the front lines maintain the levels of energy they need to succeed.
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To: General
A correction about a previous post. The High Energy Cheese is apparently High Energy Cheese Food, not actually cheese. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.
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To: Medical
A heads up about the High Energy Cheese Food. Apparently when they said High Energy, they meant radioactivity, not calories. Don't bother trying to treat anyone who ate some, they are already dead. If they are still moving about, encourage them to make a suicidal charge at the enemy as soon as possible. Tell them lasgun fire is the cure or something.
Oh. I'm sure the morgue has already figured this out, but the bodies explode about an hour after they die. DO NOT CREMATE ANY OF THE BODIES. That just makes things... so much worse.
We did get around to asking the Tzeechian Scientists, "What The Fuck?".
They calmly explained that they informed us it was High Energy Cheese FOOD. As in, food you feed to cheese, and not something you feed to anything with a pressurized circulatory system. Now, I say they could have been more clear, but they do have a point.
So for now we are locking up the high Energy Cheese Food for everybody's sake.
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To: General
Good News!
The Tzeechian Scientists having developed High Energy Cheese Food have moved onto helping us with psychological warfare. To that end they have built what they call the Large Kekron Collider. A device capable to accelerating Memes to near the speed of light, then colliding them so we can understand their properties and determine military applications.
To: General
Good News from the Large Kekron Collider!
Tzeechian Scientists have discovered what being called a Mini-Meme! This meme is only a single character but is capable of driving itself into your mind like a ten credit nail!
Literally!
Even a glance of the Mini-meme has proven fatal. Unfortunately, the main problem seems to be how to replicate it. No one can survive viewing the mini-meme for any length of time, much less copy it over. Any attempt to transmit it by video feed or other technology results in the inversion of said technology.
We even tried to use a photocopier and all that happened is that various human organs spilled out of the paper try.
We're not sure if the human organs were there before the attempt to photo copy the mini-meme was made, or if they appeared there BECAUSE of the mini-meme, but either way, everyone is really creeped out.
Regardless, such a destructive force will eventually be weaponized and used against the hated enemy. Our victory is clearly close at hand!
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To: General
Good News!
The boys down at the LKC have managed to make a brand new logical fallacy so cringy that the last three test subjects exposed to it died from, and I quote, "brain Inversion".
While the study into the very depths of meme science is fraught with peril, our scientists solder on, taking on any risk to help defeat the hated enemy. The new logical falacy will not be released until they develop an inoculation that can protect our troops from accidental exposure. Right now they are working with a technique they call, "Lobotomizing." and figure they'll have all the kinks worked out in a few months.
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To: General
Good News!
The Tzeechian Scientists working on the Large Kekron Collider have managed to discover a new form of thought that they call, Heavy Memes. When we talked to the scientists, we were told:
"My eyes. Sweet Jesus. It's crawling around inside my eyes."
and
"Kill it with fire."
I have seen a sample of Heavy Memes myself and I can only describe it as indescribable. We don't entirely understand what a heavy meme -=IS=-, except that they are very poisonous, and can be apparently be absorbed through the skin. Hell. It can be absorbed through 20 feet of lead. The Tzeechians are confident that this is the breakthrough they have been waiting for and will begin creating a weapon of terrible power as soon as they can harvest enough Heavy memes.
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To: General
Good News!
Local girl Shelia brown has "Mad Skillz, Yo" when it comes to playing the guitar and has written several songs that she will be playing at dinner cycle this evening at level 30 section A dining area. Bring the kids for some good wholesome fun!
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To: General
Good News!
Shelia Brown's music has proven so popular that she has agreed to go on a Citadel wide tour playing all the dining areas. Expect her to be playing her new hit song, "It's always Darkest before the Don." a tribute to "the Don" and his tragic end.
We all miss the Don who was so tragically taken from us.
I'm not ashamed to say, not only is it a catchy tune, but the song brings a tear to my eye . I recommend everyone have a listen if you can find the time.
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to: general
Good News!
The Tzeechian Scientists after weeks of delicate work have harvested enough heavy Memes to create their nearly perfected Fission-Fusion Memetic Warhead. This weapon should be able to annihilate entire regiments in a single blow without causing any damage to nearby infrastructure. We will need a Hell Drake to deliver the weapon, but that shouldn't be a problem.
So everyone can take heart for the end of the war against the hated enemy is almost neigh!
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To: Administration
While the Fission-Fusion Memetic Warhead was being transported to the airfield for delivery via access shaft B, one of the crew transporting the weapon started whistling "It's always darkest before the Don".
Unfortunately the viral memetic nature of this song resulted in it contaminating the heavy Memes within the warhead. This caused the beginning of a chain reaction that would eventually run out of control, detonate, and kill everyone in the citadel.
Fortunately Maintenance Officer Rod was on the job. His quick thinking saved everyone when he noticed the readouts reporting the beginning of a cascade failure inside the Warheads reaction chamber. he then pressed the glowing red button with the Symbol of Tzeench on it, thus causing the Elevator to stop and open the doors into an apocalyptic hellscape full of tzeechian demons.
Those demons were rather surprised when the crew abruptly shoved the Fission-Fusion Memetic Warhead out the door and then hit the override to immediately close the doors, thus saving the Citadel from complete destruction.
There is a downside. We think we may have accidentally, and quite unintentionally, sort of nuked The Realm of Tzeench. As for Tzeench, We haven't been able to contact him for comment, but he seems like a tough old bird. We're sure he'll be fine.
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To: Administration
So for the past week all the followers of Tzeench claim they no longer can hear the constant torrent of their god and master's constant chattering of dark and forbidden lore. At first, most welcomed the respite from the unrelenting madness, but as time has been passing, they seem to be getting a bit punchy.
It isn't helping that not only aren't any of the demon summoning rituals for Tzeench working, but also anyone who fails to properly summon a Tzeench demon isn't turning into a chaos spawn.
I guess what I'm getting at is, nobody should mention to these guys we Nuked Tzeench. I just think it'll be better for everyone all around if we just wait this out.
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TO: administration
I don't know who did it, but if I find out which one of you spilled the beans, I'm going to add your skull to the skull throne personally.
On the upside, the tzeenchians didn't go ballistic. They did become catatonic. Most are just hugging their knees and rocking back and forth. Although one guy is carving a wooden model space ship with a potato peeler... using his left hand instead of a block of wood. It's a bit terrifying how life like it is.
So, FYI, the Tzeechians are basically useless right now. Hope we don't need them for anything.
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To: Administration.
Guess what?
Tzeench is back. Apparently he faked his death as part of a ruse. Why? Because "Muh Master Plan".
Just... Sigh.
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To: Administration
I'm not quite sure how to even report this.
So the left over High Energy Cheese was put in a freezer on level 30 section G. Apparently it was stored with several blocks of cheese. Well, during the shelling last week the power went out to that particular freezer unit and it all melted. Well... some how... the cheese went into a feeding frenzy and ate all the High Energy Cheese Food.
Yes. I know what that sounds like. I saw the security footage. That is exactly what happened.
The cheese then gnawed its' way out of the freezer and proceeded to murder the entire kitchen staff for level 30 section F dining hall. Fortunately nobody was eating at the time. The cheese then escaped into the ventilation system.
So. To Review...
A pack of very aggressive blocks of cheddar are wandering about the ventilation system seeking chaos knows what.
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To: Security
You no longer have to look for the guy spray painting rude words on the walls around the Citadel. We found his hand still clutching a can of pray paint next to a half finished message. It appears he was devoured by a pack of rather large blocks of cheese. So you can close out that particular work ticket.
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To: Administration
I have good news and bad news.
The good news is the killer cheese issue has been resolved. The bad news is that it was resolved when the pack accidentally short circuited a control panel for a series of ventilation fans. Every last one appears to have been sucked through a series of said fans. This caused just about every vent on levels 4 through 10 to periodically shoot out bursts of shredded cheddar over an 18 minute period last night.
I understand a number of the administration's quarters were on floor 6.
We will, of course, give cleaning up your apartments a top priority.
The updated complete story is at:
www.uploadmb.com/dw.php?id=1559791154
I fixed the formatting and order of events. I think it flows much better now. However, in fixing it, I may have screwed the order up. So if you see any obvious errors, let me know.
BTW, this monster has climbed to 73 pages.
I do a bit of ghost writing here and there.
*The Final Countdown starts to blare as both sides gear up.*
This has been such a consistently great series
Army command: "You can have any support you can get your hands on and even can shape what bombardment you want when charging the gates of the citadel"
Colonel Tyborc: :3 *happy gas mask noises*
*ecstatic gas mask noises* FTFY
Partially convinced these title typos exist to mess with us
He's a genius. Gets the results he wants in the comment section from commenters like you and commenters like me commenting on commenters like you.
Yeah
Lets add more engagement to the algorithm!
ENGAGING ENGAGEMENT
I read the Imperial Armor book on Vraks. All I can say is that Lord Hector Rex learned that the ride, indeed, never ends.
We're before the end so I'll give my opinion on The Siege of Vraks series overall.
The series captures the essence of 40K, this is a long war with unthinkable cost in life. A war that starts for (comparatively) petty reasons and only grows worse due to incompetence and stubbornness of everyone involved, until the only thing remaining is madness and death.
We like to think of 40K (and a lot of media overall) as being mainly about heroes and villains, but for every heroic Space Marine taking down unimaginable forces, there are several worlds that are fought only by the average humans/xenos. Worlds that have many heroes, but those heroes will quickly die and disappear in the mist of time.
So overall, it's pretty good.
Welcome to another episode of the siege of Vraks. Today's episode is named "Still better then season 8." =)
of Game of Thrones?
Bruh, I could take a fat shit, and it would still be better than GoT: S8
A bloody shit would be better than the last two seasons of GoT. Fucking shit writers.
www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/731556
Still better than game of thrones s8
Yes! New vraks lore vid, emperor be praised! Arch be praised, thanks arch!
Can you do a lore video on the Praetorian Guard once you finish the Vraks series?
Since u mentioned the next lore series will it be on the badab war ?:D
Yes please
2years later. Yall were right
Sir they've raised shields.
-"AFFIX Bayonets!"'
Sir you can't face all your problems with a bayonet charge.
-"Commissar, I require your services"
what are we gonna do when we ran out of shells? We have 10.000 catapults to shoot Kriegsmen against their voidshield 24/7 !
That's heresy... No Krieg Korpsmen would ever say such foul thing
Ooh, next big lore series! The possibilities are endless!
Might I suggest something along the lines of the Damocles Gulf Crusade or mayhaps the Ullanor Crusade?
Would love to see the Damocles Gulf Crusade.
The Betrayer book from the Horus Heresy which includes the Shadow Crusade.
Caleb Shaw ULLANOR, ULLANOR, ULLANOR!!!
Hi could they have just used a ships torpedose dnt they just pass through void shield thats alot of fire power isnt it
Mayhaps Sabbat Crusade? :3
Arch: "Which meant that the men of the 88th would have to wander straight into pre-prepared killing positions and simply gain meter by meter, purchasing it with the flesh and blood of Krieg"
Krieg Guardsmen: *Extatic gasmask noises*
This Siege has more Episodes than the average DBZ Fight....and I like it!
This is the longest siege in the history of ridiculously long sieges. By the time it's finally finished it's gonna be Warhammer 40MILLION k
@Arch Warhammer You are the best. When I was first getting into 40k it all seemed so grand and glorious however it was confusing. I was overwhelmed by the ideology and social structure of all the different races and factions. But instead of falling into madness and chaos’s influence. Arch showed me the way. 🤝💪
You see this is why the Warpsmith I sent there isn’t alive anymore
Perturabo you’re forces on Vraks have been absorbed into that khorne dudes command...
How does this make you feel?
perfect, another part for my good night story
Arch at conclusion please do an Omnibus of the episodes. I need to pass this out and teach some people how to prosecute a bloody seige.
So first third is how to not do it, seccond is how it should have been to begin with and third how to deal with bad siege.
@@Jaegerrants in a few rp situations. I have run into folks that think a seige is effective after seven days.
@@jackrook8715 sure if the other side has inadeguate food stores. But historically were speaking mostly of weeks and months, in few cases years.
I hate myself for how excited I get when I see another new episode
I was sad Friday when I didn't see a Vraks video up yet. But now I am glad for the delay. I hope you put up another series like this.
I believe he already has another one planned
Inquisitor Rex: I think we need more of a way through the shield
Guardsmen: Bayonet?
Krieg officer: not yet, hans
Ahhh that lovely Holiday town of Vraks...How relaxing. Speak on, good sir.
The last couple videos have came as soon as I woke up, absolutely glorious, thank you arch!!!
you need to string it all together into a 30 hour episode when youve finished
Tibork: BEGIN THE BOMBARDMENT!
Cannonade Commander: But sir, that's right on top of your position!
Tibork: DID I STUDDER?? Don't stop until I return! (To men) AFFIX BAYONETS!
The ending is very 40k.
You have been warned.
let me guess, they all die and the planet is offered up to Nurgle.
No, it's grimdark. There are very few happy endings in 40K, one of them involves Tuska da Daemon-Killa and his boyz fighting in Khorne's domain and being unable to stay dead in the end.
@@NetMoverSitan the only happy ending that doesnt happen in slaaneshes realm :P
You speak of the Daemon Prince of Slannesh who managed to subvert THREE of his/her greater daemons, when she was human, which resulted in her attaining daemonhood?...it was mutually beneficial, Khorne's forces got a force to practice on with limitless bloodlust, Tuska and his boyz got a good fight that never ends.
James Garratt I would expect nothing less for a campaign as grueling and hellish as this.
It's Vraks o'clock! Happy Gas mask noises
Gasmask sound intensifies
Arch you beautiful bastard I need more to listen while at work!!!🤣
Gasmask: on
Bayonett: fixed
Voidshields: bombarded
Death: impending
Yee: Haw
You know the more I listen to this series the more I am convinced that Istvaanist Inquisitors are involved in this somehow. Istvaanist Inquisitors are essentially Inquisitors who view the greatest problem the Imperium is currently facing as... there being too few wars going on and that more conflict and war is needed for the good of humanity and they are known to funnel resources into both sides of a war to make the war just that much more destructive.
Perhaps the Ordo Hereticus Inquisitors for Scarus includes a few of these Inquisitors (perhaps even Rex's own Ordo Mallus forces as I still think it is weird that Mallus of all Ordos didn't resort to exterminatus immediately). Some supplies to the rebels, some leaked info, ridiculous amounts of men and weaponry funneled in, sounds like something that might happen.
Can’t believe this come out 2 days ago and I’ve only just got the notification, I might’ve painted something yesterday!! 😅 great vid as always arch. 🙌
Alex Hunt this was released today wdym
Ben Page it says on the video description on mine released today however I’m reading comments from 2 days ago! I checked yesterday and nothing though 😅 I dunno UA-cam influencing the warp 😄
I approve this historical document,
Signed =][=.
**happy gas mask noises** I have been itching for a new Vraks video like I had Nurgles Rot.
Where's my flamer?
@@NetMoverSitan an ork took it to kill a demon prince.
That's a good way of dealing with those affected with Nurgle's Rot before they're killed by the disease.
Vraks !!!!
Yes , thank you Arch senpai .
I watch this series for a week straight to catch up. I hope The Emperor approves
The Emperor most definitely approves
*PRAISE THE EMPERAH!!!*
Was about to go to sleep but then I see this. Worth it.
After playing squad, I can attest to the suffering one goes through with even a minute long arty strike
I eagerly await the arrival of my 208 Kriegsmen off of ebay as I enjoy your lore videos! KEEP THEM COMING!!!
Can we see a new map now?? A large shot and a in-depth shot of the building and defemsive positions please and thank you. Also more info on the current # if any data is available??
It would seem that the tutor of the defence and exterminaton of heresy has finally found his pace.
This is good. Let the secrets and information flow forth spreading the will and message of the emperor through the carefully spilled blood of vanquished, not by desire but some mole necessity to impose order.
And once his usefulness has past, we shall grant him a position amongst the truly penitent.
god, i adore this series. the drawings just add so much to the expierience.
I am amazed they can get anything done with amount of red tape one would have to slog through.
Not really a big series but the siege of terra maybe?
Not a big series until the horus heresy books on the siege of Terra is done.
Kriegsmen are the best of men. As sad I am about Tybork marching his men to their deaths I am equal parts proud to see such a badass exist in an imperium filled with so much dumbassery and backstabbing and high and mighty bull crap. it’s cool to see a man who follows orders and is apparently damn good at killing and staying alive
I'm glad to see the captain got a promotion for his heroism at least
Arch: 34 episodes: 24h 32min 24sec
Comments: we need more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This series is great. Thanks for keeping me company while I paint my Alpha Legion.
How dare you listen to the exploits of the Emperor’s servants while amassing a heretical legion?! I DECLARE EXTERMINATUS TO REMOVE THIS VILE HERETIC’S HERESY!!! *IT IS DOUBLE HERESY MOST FOUL!!!*
Hydra Dominatus
I love the format. It is the waiting that kills me!
I agree. I like this pacing for your big series Arch
What do y'all think the chances are that a guardsman arrived day one of the battle and survived to see the end? The Emprah' protects after all.
In bed with a bad fever :(
Arch posts more Vraks..
THANK THE GOD EMPEROR FOR I AM SAVED!
May nergule leave you be brave guardsman
Plague father be praised
"theoretically, should eventually" sounds like a great plan
Could you be able to put gas through a void shield? If it can stop solid objects what about gas... So take a fast release impact gas shell and shoot it at the void shield. The gas canisters hit the gas releases and falls through. To make it better they can do it at night to make the gas harder to see when it falls. Just a thought though. Tell me if it can work!
Loving this series. Keep up the good work.
Tyborc the Immortal. Blessed to sacrifice for eternity. A fitting blessing for a man of Krieg.
If there's any lore videos that you'd have some bile directed at, it'd be the following: Big Papa Ultrasmurf, Angron the Gamma Irradiated Barbarian, Lorgar Aurelian and the certain armless successor to the traitor Warmaster himself.
1:15 I noticed the "MORTAL defenders of Vrakks" What about the "non" variant ?
2 tonnes of payload really isn't that impressive considering we're in 40k here. I always expected them to carry more.
Already put this on but could they just use topedos from an imperial ship as they just pass through void shilds dnt they im not sure
@@tomashton1562 Well I think there are a few reasons for that. For one torpedos are mostly a ship vs ship weapon. Of course there are things like cyclonic torpedos, but if they wanted to use them they should have done so from the start. This could be compared to using HEAT or APFSDS shells to fire at buildings. It's gonna do some damage but plain old HE is going to be more efficient.
I also think that way back we got the info that the navy presence over vraks was the bare minimum due to a notable lack of vraksian void capabilities and orbital bombardments were out of the question due to their defensive batteries. Hence I doubt there are many ships carrying "orbital Bombardement torpedos" in the fleet to begin with.
There is also the thing with their void shields, firing a precise torpedo at a target as "small" as the citadel propably requires a geostationary orbit that denies the use of any other weapon other than the lances. Then again the vraksians can prepare for impact and calibrate the shields to deny the torpedo entry.
Mind you, torpedos only traverse void shields because they are very low on energy (relatively) while passing them, hence why they don't trip the shield's reaction.
Well if thats the case shouldnt normal shells pass through it as they move slower than a torpedo thus having less energy than the torpedo anyway lol
Cos dnt torpedos move a hell of alot faster
Energy in a shells he isnt ther till it detonates so its just an even less energy torpedo in the end
Keep up the great work Arch Warhammer love your content!
Dam that ending was a good one thanks for the upload and the hard work 👍👍👍👍
"Finale Battle"
Arch i think you meant Final Battle, lmao
Virus. exe agreed, Eroupes go home Reeeeeeeeeeee
Hey Virus are you in a Kik rp-group?
@@ibexhunter5624 "Kik rp-group" i don't know what that even is but my interest has been peaked. what is it?
I'm beginning to suspect he's doing it on purpose.
@@bryanbarcelo5440 Well there are Role-play Groups on Kik
Is Tybork a named Krieg character? Does he have a model I can play?
Just so im clear. The Imperial Navy (IN), of the 41st century, is capable of dropping 100,000kg of bombs per day using a designated bomber. In the 1970 the USN A-6 intruder (a small strike bomber) was capable of carrying an 8000kg bomb load. So your contention is that the a single, non-space fairing, USN Carrier of the 1970s could, using only 13 aircraft, drop more ordinance than a space fairing IN carrier that is 38,030 years more advanced. Hmmmmmmm
@Comrade Slane lol. Too true.
If the void shield stops high velocity objects, and energy beams, etc., then it should stop the planetary defense laser batteries' energy too right?
Or is the orbital defense cannons' muzzle just outside the shield umbrella? I honestly don't understand this part.
Logic tells me it should work both ways. But I am "somehow" guesssing it's not the case...
When at first you don't succeed, apply more high explosives.
can we please get a Badab Wars series
Hearing the plan at the end for the Infantry assault is making the Sabaton song Price of a Mile play in my head
I am presumably a potato, but where was the second breach at? on the picutres/maps first one was at 9 o'clock, but the second was where? did i miss something, there was that cavalry thing at 1 o'clock- 1 and 30 minutes o'clock. or was is a bit to the side to that after the reserves were siphoned off to cover that breach
They blew up a wall, then the Titans shot up a gate
You know I work in logistics. It is a huge headache when things goes missing
Do you think there was a guardsman who landed on Vraks on day one and survived the ENTIRE siege?
Yes
Definitely, and they were probably colonels by this point.
I'd love to see the next series scaled back to something smaller... Say Istvan.
*Spacemarine flashback noises*
Angry raven noise
*WE ARE BETRAYED BROTH... BLAM BLAM*
At this point it would be good to go back to the first Siege episode to recap on the original objective and limitations at the start.
Our names -- legion
Our blood -- ocean
We won't retreat and we won't surrender when we have our orders
We are no titans and we are no heroes
Everyone here is a humble soldier
We do not die -- we just march to hell and regroup there
- HMKids, Guard Song
You know shit has really hit the fan when the Grey Knights need to call for reinforcements.
Awesome as always thank you for a awesome telling.
Guardsman: we brought the artillery to the front sir!
Guardsman commissar: We’re in the endgame now
I'm still waiting for the Anarc's Heart to just pop back out of it's own ass and continued to fuck up everything even further.
I literally saw this video was out and shouted “YASSSSS!!!”
That’s Scottish for: “I’m pleased”
I thought it was the gay yes
Can’t it be all 3? We do wear skirts after all!
@@ScabbyP fair point lol
Had a good news at work... Followed by a Vraks video... Good news good news...
Arch you cliffhangery beautiful bastard, that was a great episode