Mission 1: Defense of the Camp

[Newter]

    We had recently made planetfall, but had yet to rendezvous with elements of the Harkorn 88th, known locally as the Apostolate.
    Setting up camp in some ruined buildings on the outskirts of Kanir.  We had only been there a few days when one of our sentries (a servo skull Kokrand had lovingly referred to as 'Pi') reported activity.  We took up ready positions in two separate buildings.  Tank climbed with his plasma gun up to a third floor perch with an excellent field of view. 


Makk set up on the far corner of the ruined office building Tank was in.  I took position on the other corner and Griff hid in a forward position, hunkered down in a doorway.  


    Our razorback moved up into a stable spot in the next building over, covering High Street on the right flank.  A loose spar punched through an armour plate and started a slow coolant leak.  Whispers got into some dense cover nearby with a good vantage over the bridge, hoping for a chance to patch up the razorback. 


Sgt. Harlan Beck was set up just behind Whispers ready to give supporting fire.

[Newter]

Out of nowhere a land speeder came darting forward, guns blazing, supported by 5 marines in scout armour. Raven Guard! Ever allies of Inquisitor Kokrand, did they know?


No, I detected the briefest pause when they noticed our Inquisition markings, but at that point the battle had been joined and we fought back.

As the Raven Guard came towards us, we took heavy fire from their bolt pistols and what seemed like an assault cannon from their speeder, but we avoided injury. I drew upon the warp and brought down a protective veil to give us cover. Makk, Sgt. Beck, and I moved forward to meet the enemy. They continued suppressive fire, and as I reached out to Chaos again, I was able to bring down a beam of power that struck one of them to the ground, unconscious if not worse. Another scout tried to take cover behind a wall, but Tank was still able to bring him down with a shot from his plasma gun.


I continued to move closer as did Makk. More scouts jumped from the speeder and moved in on our razorback. The enemy leader drew an arcane combi-weapon, and suddenly my power armour began to collapse inward on itself around my torso and one leg. I bellowed in pain, but was not about to be slowed. Whispers was brought low by a lucky bolt pistol shot, and our razorback was put out of commission by the enemy krak grenades.

[Newter]

I was able to strike down another of them with another beam of power granted to me by the warp.


I tried to run after their leader but the servos in my damaged leg were locked up. Sgt Beck attempted to avenge Whispers in melee with two of the scouts, but was brought down himself.


He will be in our makeshift infirmary for some time I am afraid. As the Raven Guard made their way down High Street into the deepening gloom, I was able to take another one out with Bal'kizzar, but I was then assaulted by two more scouts, as they gave the rest of their team time to get away. I reached deep into the warp to save myself from these two, a little too deep. I found myself grappling with an entity I cannot describe and disappeared from the field of battle for a time.


When I came back from that realm, the battle was over, Whispers shoulder was being bound, and Sgt. Beck was being treated by Makk.


As soon as he is up and around, Whispers will work on making our razorback run again. It has been patched many times, but he has a bond with its machine spirit. It will run again. Our next focus will be to meet up with the Apostolate as soon as we can. There is much to be learned here to further my mission, not the least of which, is why were we assaulted by the Raven Guard?