Topic: reforming the 40th Corps (from the EOT thing) now known as the 1759th imperial g

[wellard]

ok people, would anyone else be willing to sign up to a new or the old corps ready for next summer's events??

this was pretty much were we got to before the last black cursade, i think that its time to have a stickyed post with all our regiments/units, brigade together, as this could be used to bulk out fulff and increase the chain of command, also if GW does do something for Xmas we will be ready.

40th Corps
Corps Command – Lord General Grim Stalker
Corps Command Staff – Brig. Insidious Heresy, Maj. Gen. Stormrider, Brig. Wellard, Col. BigBadSheep?, Col. AJ86, Maj. Gen. Umarth

The 40th Corps was formed of a number of veteran Imperial Guard units to conduct the limited campaign know as the Thesodian crusade which goal was to free the Thesodian system from the hands of the rebellious overlord Handil Damaskus who had  denounced the Emperor declared his system independent of the Imperium. The campaign was short-lived and very bloody as the veteran units of the 40th Corps, hardened by several years crusading against the enemies of the Emperor, made short work of the ill-trained Thesodian planetary defence force and captured the capital and the overlord, thus ending the rebellion. This was conducted with outmost efficiency and more quickly than anyone had anticipated.

With Arch Heretic’s 13th Black Crusade now under full way the 40th Corps has, instead of being disbanded as normal, been reinforced with newly drafted regiments and sent directly to the Segementum Obscurus to reinforce the beleaguered defenders of the Agripanaa sector.


61. Imperial Guard Division (Armoured)
Divisional Command – Maj. Gen. Umarth

1st Brigade – Brig. Koonitz
85th Cadian Armoured (Panzer) – Umarth
7th Vastadtian Armoured – AJ86
1st Ry-Chuss Armoured – Koonitz

2nd Brigade – Brig. (Commissar) Gribb
120th Cadian Armoured – BrigGen. Commissar Gribb
112th Lost Hope Armoured Division – ChosenOfAngron
The Siegenal Marauders (Armoured) - Commissar Typhon

3rd Brigade – Brig. Insidious Heresy
45th Varseen Enclave (Mech) - Insidious Heresy
1st Argarian (Mech) - The Evil One
330th Cadian (Mech) - Skankin_Catachan

The 61st Division is the hard-hitting elite of the 40th Corps. It is put together with the sole intention of smashing into the enemy lines and scatter them and send them reeling in disarray. As a Armoured Division the 61st consist mainly of hard-hitting armoured and mechanised regiments. When working together these regiments are able to achieve a breakthrough on a large scale on any theatre of war.
As good as every regiment in the 61st Division have received battle honours for their performances during previous campaigns, and the men and women of the 61st pride themselves as being amongst the very elite of what the Imperial Guard has to offer. Surely they will not fail us as we now encounter the most horrendous threat the Imperium has faced since the days of the Great Heresy!

38. Imperial Guard Division
Divisional Command – Maj. Gen. (Capt.) Harkavian, Brig. Gladewalker

28th Lastrati - Nantarg
9th Ilionian Dragoons - Stormrider
21st Cadian - Capt. Harkavian
33rd Cadian Rifles – Junglesniper
98th Cadian Reserve - Gladewalker

Most of the regiments in the 38. Division have fought together for some time now alongside regiments of the 61. Armoured Division. Even though it isn’t anyway near as decorated as the 61st Division the 38th suffered far more grievous casualties due to being stationed on frontline duty for long periods of time. They have also been called upon to follow up to act as close support for the 61st during their offensive operations innumerable of times, a duty which of course is very hazardous as well. Due to their heavy casualties the 38th Division has recently been reinforced with the 9th Ilionian Dragoons, a newly drafted regiment from the forest world Ilion in Segementum Solar as well as newly drafted recruits form Cadia itself in the form of the 98th Cadian Reserve. How these new recruits will fare against the blood-crazed forces of the Despoiler as he assail the Cadian gate once again is something only time can tell, but many of the veteran officers have voiced their concern. Hopefully the veterans of the other regiments will lead them though this time of testing that is ahead.

89. Imperial Guard Division
Divisional Command – Maj. Gen. Sputnik, Brig. Wellesley

125th Dterian Regiment – Sputnik
236th Leftovers – Staatz
1st Morainian – Virescit vulnere virtus
33rd Praetoria – Brig. Gen. Wellesley
7th Demios – Rudolf

The 89. Division was originally set together to counter the so called Ork “Waaagh” threatening the Amodana system. As it turned out the Imperial Commander of Amodana prime slightly overestimated the Ork threat and it turned out be a few pitiful ork raiders. After destroying the raiders and  reprimanding the Imperial Commander for wasting the Emperor’s valuable resources the 89.’s  commander reported the task successfully to Segemntum command he was ordered to join forces with 38, 61 and 16. Divisions to form the 40th Corps for the Thesodian Crusade. All the regiments in the divisions did their duty and conducted the crusade with the professionalism and reliability that can be expected of true warriors of the revered Emperor of Mankind. Nothing less is expected in of them in the conflicts to come.

16. Imperial Guard Division (Light)
Divisional Command – Brig. Wellard (Acting)

96th Brigade – Brig. Wellard
17th Catchan – Brig Gen Wellard
25th Catachan (Light) - Ulthwe4Life
Milena's Militia (Light) – Da Numba 1 Stunna

16th Brigade (Drop) – Brig. (The) Cosmic Serpent
145th Elysian (Dorp) – Botjer
39th Chelsean Verteidiger (Drop) – Colonel Eller
7th Elysian (Drop) - The Cosmic Serpent

The 16. Division consist of the 96th brigade and the 16th brigade. These two units have been put together with the sole purpose of Corps support in mind. These units normally never take on tasks that can be left to normal infantry and armoured regiments. Instead they conduct special operations such as long range recon missions, guerrilla and anti-guerrilla warfare, raids and other special operations. The 96th brigade also specialise in dense terrain fighting such as jungle and city fighting while the 16th brigade, consisting only of drop troop regiments, specialise in airborne attacks of as good as every kind. They are often called upon to spearhead offensives together with the 61. Division by dropping in behind enemy lines to sow confusion and terror in the enemy ranks and to capture important targets, thereby making it easier for the tanks and men of the 61. Division to achieve their goal.

well who's in??

jim

[[dixon]]

I'm in!
Wasn't around for EoT, which is a shame, but anyways, here's my command
32^nd Valhallan Armoured Regiment, Polkovnik (Colonel) Lorenz Kâäs, Commanding
Where you want them to be subordinated is up to you.  How much background info do you want?

[wellard]

thanks kaas

just the regiment/unit name and number(if they have one)
and type, ie armoured, mech, DWvet's, drop, light, cavalry, xeons(sp?), etc

and any background thats you think could be inculded in to the brigades/division history, like being part of a cursade, etc

jim

[Field Marshall Duke Umarth Morte]

But hold on, wasn't the whole point of having the board command structure just for things such as this? Besides, who says that next summer is going to be a 40k campaign? They might not have one at all.......

[PaxImperator]

Count me in as well.

76th Thracian Guard, one demi-company of standard infantry with limited tank support commanded by captain Jaharn, AKA PaxImperator

The 76th Thracian Guard was raised to defend Cadia during the 13th Black Crusade, and was in the middle of some of the most intense fighting on the surface of Cadia. Only one demi-company out of the 6 original companies remains. The hardened survivors are renowned for their determination and resolve. This regiment is unique, in that it incorporates its own armoured vehicles, rather than having tanks from entirely armoured formations assigned to them. A great emphasis is placed on close and effective cooperation between infantry and armour.

[wellard]

But hold on, wasn't the whole point of having the board command structure just for things such as this? Besides, who says that next summer is going to be a 40k campaign? They might not have one at all.......

yes thats true but i want to expand it so we can have a standing force as such,

the next big thing "should" be a 40k, so you in boss??

jim

[ShadowDrake]

Im in.

23rd Dracolian "Striking Serpants" Mobile Infantry, (Drop Troops)
Lead by Colonel Helius Drake.

The 23rd were orignally part of the defence at Cadia, but were re-called to deal with ork pirates, and never actually saw combat against the 13th Black Crusade. They specialise in getting in and out quickly, and are used to attack key installations or supply lines, or in a shock troops role, using their mobility to strike at the weak points of an army.. The Airborne companies are typicly used in an air-cav role, with Viper Combat Transports or Condor Gunships (local transport craft used instead of Valkires and vultures), but also can deploy from high flying aircraft if air defence is to high.

EDIT: Since most armoured companies are airlifted anyway, I'll just classify the 23rd as drop troops.

[Skankin_Catachan]

im down....but wouldn't be a better idea for me to be a commanding pressence among catachan forces?

[Jonik]

Heh, might as well. I'm not sure how you want the info, i play with the 5th and 16th platoons under the command of Major Radlett, but the tolaren 113th is under the control of Colonel Jonik.

so:

Tolaren 113th infantry, with Tolaren 27th armoured support. Under which ever command is necessary.

[wellard]

ok this is going to get confusing,

i forgot that most armies nowday's contain elements from different regiments,
so this is how we're going to do do this,

if you have a pure forces (ie same regiment of the same type, ie all drop, or light infantry), just post it as a regiment,

if like me, and alot of other people you field a mixed "battlegroup" with units from different regiments, or you use muilti detachments, then post them as a formed brigade.

for example

my army has 3 different armoured regiments, supported by 2 infantry regiments, a rough rider regiment, a storm trooper company, and a flight from the imperial navy.

this would become 17th birgade (Britanic Expoditionary force)
with all the regiments named below

hope this makes sense,

jim

btw it will make the formation we are going for huge, and help have the right people commanding higher formations,

[Major Krämer]

Count on me, sir!

23rd Brigade

12th Regiment of Death Korps of Krieg "Black Shadows"(infantry with Heavy Support) under command of Oberst Krämer
3rd Death Korps of Krieg Panzer Regiment(Armored Company) under command of Comissar Heinrich.

After fighting in the Dorian Campaign to conquer the old remains and planets from the destroyed Xanthite civilization, the 12th and 3rd regiments of Krieg joined the Gerulla Battlegroup towards the Cadian gate. After the the uprisings in the Agripina sector they were deployed in Agripina A, where they defended vital emplacements against traitor marines of the Children of the Emperor legion. Despite heavy losses at the beggining of the campaign, they where able to throw the enemy out of the planet.

[Commissar Fidel]

i'm in

the Clauain 29th mobile artillery battery is prepaired to fight  (armored company siege regiment) the origional company was taken down to 25% stength due to a crash caused by pilot error while landing on Armegeadon durning the waning days of the third war of armegeadon the Command structure surrvivd the crash and aquired atnkas as they became "homeless" due to the fighting, 

the Ampan 1st (DWVs) is also ready to be secounded to this endevor veterans of gurilla fighting agienst the tau

as a note they are two diffrent forces that serve two diffrent roles, organize them as you see fit

Commissar Cadet Fidel

[Chuckles, The Space Marine Clown]

Bring it on.

The El Aurens 52nd infantry regiment, Colonel Omarn commanding, reporting in.

 The 52nd are long-standing veterans of xeno-fighting, with a number of elite units having been attached to Ordo Xenos Inquisitor investigation forces. They also took part in the fight for Tarsis Ultra against the vanguard of HiveFleet Leviathan. They consist of roughly 3 infantry companies, or roughly 1,000 men, with a full complement of mobile and armoured support units in keeping with their role as a mobile hit and run assault force.

[Sr. Commissar Gribb]

I'm back! but the 120th has disbanded and gone into retirement on a trophy world (I stopped using the models actually and they're for sale if anyone wants them).

in their place will be fighting the 1st Iosian Shock Army led by the famous General Essene. A big bunch of models too numerous to list. I can assure you though that there is a couple infantry companies, a lot of armor and plenty of commissars to keep the whole thing tied together.


Best of all, Gribby's there himself in all his glory and battle wounds clutching his trusty laspistol and a poweraxe. It should be interesting if I ever find someone to play with.

soo... any of the new recruits to 40kO live in southern new mexico?

[Karl Eller]

Yep, I'm in, even if I didn't get my guard up for the EoT.

Except rather than being the 39th Chelsean Verteidiger (Drop), it's now the 14th Gundelsheimer Panzer Kompanie (Armoured), currently under the command of Hauptmann Alaric von Kreig.

Eller

[MarineForce1]

10th Spetsnaz Grenadiers

Are currently being raised from war veterans from the Spetsnaz Civil War, occuring during the Eye of Terror Campaign. The traitors feeling that they could conquer the world's vast industrial complexes with no resistance, since it was the Spetsnaz's PDF that made up the bulk of the insurgents. The lotalist managed to fight back after holding several key munition plants, acuiring many lighter vehicles and heavy carapace armour and hellguns for most of them. The woman that led the loyalist to victory was Nikita Volga, who is the current commnder of this elite unti based heavily of the Spetsnaz Loyalist Resistance.

[Jonik]

Tolaren 113th Brigade, consisting of the Tolaren 113th infantry and Tolaren 27th Armoured tanks. Lead by Leftennant-Colonel Jonik

The tolaren 113th have fought in several well known campaigns, but none mores so than the Sabbat Worlds crusade, where they fought in some of the further out worlds in the system. A notable mention goes to Major Radlett and his men in the 5th and 16th platoons, who cleared the dense forrest from cultists, when previous regiments had failed to do so.

[Sr. Commissar Gribb]

10th Spetsnaz Grenadiers

Are currently being raised from war veterans from the Spetsnaz Civil War, occuring during the Eye of Terror Campaign. The traitors feeling that they could conquer the world's vast industrial complexes with no resistance, since it was the Spetsnaz's PDF that made up the bulk of the insurgents. The lotalist managed to fight back after holding several key munition plants, acuiring many lighter vehicles and heavy carapace armour and hellguns for most of them. The woman that led the loyalist to victory was Nikita Volga, who is the current commnder of this elite unti based heavily of the Spetsnaz Loyalist Resistance.

pardon my asking- but doesnt "spetz natz" mean "special forces" or something in russian?  It'd be kinda strange to name a whole planet "special forces"

oh well- none of my buisiness- I was never that good at making up names for planets and people anyhow.

[PaxImperator]

I believe it does mean something to that extent, yes. There was a thread some time ago by somebody looking to theme his army around the Red Army, and this was discussed at length. The topic covers several pages, so should be relatively easy to find back. I'll have a look.

And you do get some funny planet names in this universe. Take Armageddon, the end of times, or Golgotha, the mountain where Jesus was crucified, according to the bible. Inspiration literally comes from anywhere and everywhere.

EDIT: found it.

http://www.40konline.com/index.php/topic,91156.0.html

[Major Krämer]

Gw isn't very original at all, you know that.

Come on people join in!

What I've noticed from the topic that General Wellard linked me to is that the leading officers didn't give many orders at all, or fdissapeared for great lapses of time, leavuing the bunch a bit without organisation. I suggest we sort this out and leave a clear defibnition of who is under command of who,so that the Chain of command doesn't break in the middle of a possible conflict.