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"Markus Bale" - Tall Tales
« on: January 26, 2012, 02:57:47 PM »
I'm playing in an escalation league and we are creating backstory / fluff for our armies and characters. I thought a really fun way to do this would be to allow all other players in the league as well as anyone else I could get to participate, a chance to tell stories about my comander.

Tall tales often have some basis in fact but they are also often exagerated a bit. I'm going to give a small idea of what my comander is about and then I want everyone's imagination to take over and do the rest. when I have enough stuff, I will start compiling these tales into a real story of sorts. I've also found that some players like to grab or continue stuff that another posted which is fine and all the more fun.

Since it seems nobody for sure knows all the facts about my comander, I want to give some vague guidlines to follow:

Markus "Maverick" Bale

He's a Rogue Trader Prince
He is an expert pilot
He's a gunflighter (think Han Solo)
He's a smuggler (he supplied weapons to both sides during Ryz'a waaaagh defense)
He's a gambler
He currently commands a PDF force for Ryza (combat engineers)
He has served in the penal legion
Although not evil, his morales are certainly flexible
All or non of the above could be 100% true

If you combined 1 part Tony Starke, 1 part "the most intresting man in the world", 1 part Chuck Norris, 1 part Han solo, 1 part Nick Cage's character from Lord of War and Inigo Montoya (princess bride) together - you might have some insight as to who he is. Every person you talk to seems to have a story about this guy be it good or bad.


Here is what has been compiled so far:

"Bale is the only guy I ever knew, who could beat a Farseer at Poker" -First Sgt. Carrington of the 7th Cadian Rifle divsion.


"You know, Bale's picture is on the wall of the Tau's flighter pilot school for a reason dumbass. This bird should never come back unless she's empty, which means all the bombs are gone! " -Lt. Morris, of the 2nd air wing (Vulture Pilot)

"Markus is one sick negotiator. Waay back in the smugglin days, I once seen him sell a Warboss his own damn teef!. Imagine that!" - Cpl Jones (deceased bodyguard)


"Story I heard, is that he once 'lost' a Reaver titan in a card game. I sure bet he had some explaining to do after that. Of course, that's techincally a rumor and the official explanation was a reactor meltdown..." - Joe


"Yeah, he's a fast one alright. I remember back when he first made it back out of the Penal legion and got his self a command again. We're at Dole's ridge fending off a bunch of Cultists, when the men he was comanding began to falter under the weight of the enemy. I think he's got a 6th sense or something cause he whirled around while drawing his pistol and shot that Commissar right in the face before the Commissar did it to him. Sure seemed to improve morale alot." - Jebidiah (Ministorum Priest)

" I can't figure if he is the smartest or craziest guy I ever met. Ya gotta respect someone who is fully willing to utilize a deadman's switch before he is dead." - Kasul Hurn (Rogue Trader)

"Listen up hatchlings, in battle there is only one thing that's going to save you. And that is skill! Unless you have the Emperors own luck, like that Rouge Trader Markus Bale.. Selling Wyrm eggs to the same merchant he stole them from with an Imperial Enforcer in the same room. If that merchant hadn't been blind as a grot, Bale would have gotten a power-maul lesson he would not soon forget. Instead the man walks away with a shipload of goods for free...." - Scout Sergeant No'rah

"Challenge the Maverick with brute force, not wits, lest you lose the battle before it has begun."
-Mordian Nox commander of the Vraksian Reavers traitor regiment.

Dat maverick aint no grot!........Anonymous ork philosopher

Meeting markus in battle has never frightened the enemy. It is the removing of his boot from their arse afterwards that gives them pause. -Sergeant Harold, bravo squad

"Ive heard that markus bale is an incredible commanding officer, his prowess in battle matched only by his tactical genius....then again I heard he spent an afternoon shooting the enemy exclusively in the crotch......so we all have our off days" Morale officer Richards, in regards to falling officer morale.

"Not once have I seen an Imperial Commander have the tactical skills to not lose a single guardsmen, though that probably has to do with the fact that they didn't show up. Just as well, probably would have gotten in our way, though I owe that Markus fellow the bad side of my Thunderhammer..."

-Captain Mathius of the 5th Company Blood Angels

"BAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL LLE!!!!!" Captain J.T. Kirk, Imperial Navy Frigate Millennium Enterprise


"He is an enigma to me. For an individual that is so methodical when he sets out to achieve a goal, I simply can not read him. I honestly think that he proceeds forward with his master plan, and then at a random junction, he simply flips a coin to see what he will do next." - Farseer Daruthaya



"I swear I've killed that bastard at least three different times! He's like a F'n Cockroach or something." - Archon Grhyll




"He is surpisingly althletic & crafty as far as Humans go. However, his ego certainly surpases even ours." - Prince Edukhai (Eldar Autacrh)


"DEVOUR!" -Tyranid Hive Mind


"I heard he was a Ninja...."- Unknown



"So there I was, dropping out of the Valkyrie and scared out of my mind. My grav chute is made by the lowest bidder and the peculiar noise it makes on the way down doesn't make me feel any better about it. I land in the courtyard with 2nd squad and begin to lay down fire. 4th squad also lands and we begin to leap frog across the courtyard with our guns blazing to try and get into the command center. A Vulture screams overhead letting it's Punisher Cannons roar their vengence, shredding the defenders on the walls. Jaro prepares the breaching charge and a moment latter, we are inside. After a brief fire fight with the defenders we have control of the com center and have sustained roughly 50% casualties. You know what we went in for? Cookies. Yeah, F'n stupid huh? Apparently, these cookies are made somewhere special and Bale says that they are worth dyin for which is what 1/2 of us did that night. I'd say he should do it himself next time but don't wanna see that smug look on his face when he actually pulls it off....that's worse than dyin if you ask me. At least he pays really well...." - Victor, 2nd combat enginners sqaud



"amphetamine parrot, that son of a be-atch still owes me money."-- Victor Malcov, Valhallan 112 Supply Officer.



"On Omicron Persei 8, during the battle against the xenos Emperor Lrrr's personal bodyguard army, Bale's men conducted an airborne assault on our command post. They killed a score of our troopers, knocked out our communications, and made off with 18 pallets of Sororitas Scout Cookies. The coms blackout opened a hole in our lines which allowed the enemy to initiate a counter-assault. 11,876 Imperial soldiers and officers lost their lives and the pacification of Omicron Persei 8 was delayed by 3 months because of him. He WILL die at my hand."

- Col. Valentina Tereshkova, 644 Valhallan Supply Regiment, testifying before Inquisitor Albus Castigorus for failure to receive vital communications that resulted in an enemy counter-attack which cost the lives of 11,876 Imperial soldiers and delayed the pacification of Omicron Persei 8 by 87 standard Terran days.


"My bad." -Markus Bale



"Of all the creatures I have encountered since my awakening, this Markus Bale is the single most perplexing off all. I do not know whether to face him as an honorable opponent, and all the rules that apply as such, or deem him below the codes and use all at my disposal to kill him..."-Overlord Tal'yasoth.



"He sent the GreenMother back into stasis, my lord."-Report by an unknown Cryptek after the banishing of Overlord Tal'Yasoth's C'tan Shard.



"I'm not exactly sure how he manages to stay in the Imperium's good graces. I mean sure, he knows lots of important people and he's rich as hell, but that only goes so far. No, it's gotta be something else. He dables in things he ought not to be dabbling in if I had to make a guess. He's got gear & weaponry like I've never seen, his forces are equipped with high tech equipment and he's not affraid to consort with the types the Imperium condemns. It's a dangerous path he treads to be sure." - Arbiter Walucern



"He's a F'n legend ya know. He did a stint in Ryza's penal legion for shooting another officer over a card game. Bale said he was cheatin. Of course, no one ever thought that they would see him again cause most don't make it outta there. Thank the Emperor he did though or you and I wouldn't be here today. We might as well call him our patron saint." - Penal Legion trooper #11143356


"Weird.....I've got the strangest feeling that we are building a bridge in the exact same spot we demolished one last month. I'm guessing our client doesn't know that we blew it up to begin with...lol." - Sgt crewz, 4th combat engineers


"Wasn't me." - Markus Bale


"The Holy Office of the Inquisition dispatched me to look into the notorious doings of Commander Bale. I remember him offering me a drink of amasec when I first met him in his office. I could never explain adequately to my superiors exactly HOW I woke naked in a hotel room on planet Reno IV three weeks later with two Adeptus Soriatus Sisters, an albino ambull and a tribal tattoo on my face." - Former Inquisitor Lord Stuben Price


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- Necron Lord Elegast



"That may be the funniest one yet, especially the part about the dead robot hookers in the stolen ammo carrier. The picture in my head of the Necron lord phasing out of the Custodes temporary holding facility and laying into his subordinates for not getting him out sooner almost made me pee my pants."-unknown


 "You think you're tense? Hell, you shoulda been there when me and Markus got in that tight spot on Reno IV! We had to ditch this Inquisitor dude that Markus 'took care of' and then ended up facing his five angry henchmen that came looking for him. You know, you always hear stories about how fast Markus is, but it never compares to actually seeing it up close. He shot 3 of them and cut another down with his blade before their first gun even cleared a holster! I did get to shoot one of them but of course, no thanks from Markus. He only pointed out the fact that he also shot that guy as well. Damn he's soo smug sometimes."- Jebidiah (Ministorum Priest)


"The Vulture came in low on our posistion. It had already dropped it's main payload on it's first pass at us and now was just trying to finish off the remnants of my heavy weapons team with it's 'Eavy Boter. Hank gets off a lucky shot and heavily damages the wing as well as the fuselage. It quickly goes down the few meters that it was skimming over the ground and meets the earth with tremendous impact.
It begins skidding nose first towards us, throwing up huge gouts of dirt and rock which terrifies my men. As I see it skidding to a stop, the cockpit canopy raising simultaneously, a shadow figure leapt out slidding down the length of the aircrafts nose and touching ground just ahead of it as it came to rest. He drew a pistol and shot my last three gunners dead and I'm pretty sure that's when I noticed I had pissed my pants.
He walked up to me and I thought for sure that I was a gonner. Instead he let me live so he could borrow my com long enough to call an unidentified party, and let them know that this was Bale, he had won the bet and that they had better pay up. He then told me to turn around and start running so I did. I have no F'n clue what the hell that guy was talking about." - Sgt Meeks's testimony


"Cmon, you better get going on that 2nd coat of paint...you can still see the Cadian lettering on that Russ. Bale will have your ass if someone notices that underneath." - Jarvis (supply depot clerk)


"Balls of steel, that's what he's got I tell ya. He always acts like he's 10' tall and bullet proof and sometimes, it's hard to argue that fact. Lots o' times I can't figure how he made it out of spots he got his self into but he does. Every time." - Sgt. Crewz, 4th combat engineers.










That's what has come in so far. Feel free to add to it. :)


















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