Notable Men of the 97th Marutanian:
Brigadier General Lucius Cornielius Bachst,
BrGen Bachst is the supreme commander of the Marutainian 97th, he is also one of the only men in the regiment to have been trained in a schola not on the planet Marutainia. He has been the commanding officer since the last one, Lieutenant General Jameus Seymore Pianto lost his life in heroic action against the great enemy on the planet Outholu VII. As is the custom the next highest ranking member of the regiment became the C.O. of the regiment. BrGen Bachst was then only the Colonel of Platoon A, however with the report coming over the vox that he was the new C.O. he quickly organized the defence of the starport the regiment was defending and held off the enemy for 3 days without re-enforcement and minimal casualties. After securing the starportthe newly ordained C.O. was awarded a powersword crafted in the planet's forges and a new bolt pistol (the one he had been using during the battle had been fired so much that the barrel overheated and warped enough that if he had put another clip through on full-auto the gun would have exploded in his face). After a brief Ork clean-up on Godenvia Prime a few months after his promotion to C.O. he had finally apointed a new J.O. to command his old platoon, Platoon A, The man, Sargeant Barthol was found after he failed the rigorous tests to become a Kasrkin. It was only weeks before thier next campaign against a Tyrranid Splinter Fleet. The objective of the 97th and 98th this time was to help the local Arbites escort the people of Krasnogar IV offthe planet. All was going to plan until some of the refugees turned out to be Genestealer hybrids. The entire planet was thrown into turmoil as the local Arbites refused to let any more civilians onto the leaving shuttles until they were tested not to be 'stealer hybrids. Within five days of the crackdown only half the population was off-world and that was when the first 'gants started landing, then the only thing between the 'nids and and a buffet was the 97th and 98th Marutainian, and various Arbites that decided to help the Marutanians out. The 97th rallied against this new threat under the leadership of their new C.O. Bachst, and with help from the mighty Leman Russes of the 98th they stopped the endless tide of chitin. Finally re-enforcements from the Yaleken 214th and Kaiseran 723rd and 849th arrived from a troopship in orbit to releive them. The 97th lost almost all of Platoon E to a flanking move by the 'nids that eas led up by two carnifexes and a zoanthrope. Bachst himself lost his left eye to a 'nid warrior's claws. For his actions he was promoted from Colonel to Brigadier General, and he recieved the Marutainian Cross Of Bronze, this prestigious award is only given to member of the Marutainian gaurd or PDF who shows outstanding bravery and a sharp tactical mind, even in the face of overwhelming adversity.
His current staff are,
Master Sargeant Finneus Vargus,
The Master-Vox operator of the 97th, he is a failed techpriest and chose to join the gaurd when he was not admitted into the brotherhood of techpriests. His great skills with machines and thier workings almost got him a position in the 98th, however he requested a posting in a frontline unit (Emperor only knows why). His skills with the vox and managing the flow of garbled messages, as well as his ability to repair the unt in the middle of battle eventually led him to the top of the chain, and hes been there ever since.
Colour Sargeant Mikealus Shazzo,
Shazzo is an ex-Kasrkin who was hand chosen by Bachst to carry the battle standard of the 97th into battle. Only the Brigadier General himself knows much about Shazzo and his past, he rarely speaks, but when he does it is often a simple platitude of battle. The other men find him oddly detached from the rest of the regiment.
Corporal Franklin Madd,
Madd is the head field Surgeon of the 97th, his low military rank leads many to belive he has the position only because he is the son of a wealthy Pharmacutical company co-owner (Madd & Gamble) back on Marutania. However before he joined the gaurd he was top of his class in Medical Schola, and aftr he joined his skills with a scalpel were reported to the top brass, who until Bachst took over, wouln't even consider him for top surgeon. Bachst however had his bionic eye put in by Madd and then asked him if he was willing to be head surgeon which he gratefully accepted.
Private First Class Gerogio Brags,
Brags is an ex-ganger who chose to join the gaurd along with some of his gang friends to escape the lawless underhive. Always a bit of a pyromaniac he eventually was assigned to flamer duty, which was in the words of one of his friends Lance Coroporal Volcan "The best damn thing that emperor could ask for, and the worst our enemies could". He worked so well with his friend fire that he was eventually let into D platoon's command staff where he asked for a bigger gun, and a bigger gun he got. He is now the 'Meltagun Extrodinaire' in H.Q.
Commissar Justinian Bartolomeu,
The son of a priest who decided to join the gaurd to become closer to the Emperor. His outstanding battle record earned him the right to go back to the schola on Marutania to become a senior officer. Bartolomeu instead chose to go to a schola on another planet to learn the ways of the Commissariat. This is of course extremely rare, however he was allowed to attend, and after four years of schooling and another five as a Cadet Commissar in the Jumaken 223rd, he has finally returned to be the head Commissariat official of the 97th.
