Happy post-holidays, everyone!
@ Ranger: Would you like the same colour scheme as the existing Russ, or the inverse? I believe it had a brown base, with green "extras". I think I could make up a Cadian Gate for his flag.
@ Trokair: Red and Black it shall be. I'm thinking something Gear shapped with a Meltagun inside for the flag.
@ Koval: Would a Gear with crossed blades inside work for the flag for Korama?
@ Halollet: I need a technology-skill value for Cassandra's squad. A number between 1 and 10. 1 has trouble loading a weapon [basic Ogryn], 6 is able to keep a Plasmagun from spontaneously exploding [Plasma Vet, more techy than a standard Guardsman] and 10 is able to repair severe damage to a warp engine. [High Level Mechanicus] Whatever value you think is appropriate to your squad is fine by me. Friendly NPC's get d6+2 for a value, and that's what you'll get if I don't get an answer before we start.
@ Everyone: While the forces you've encountered thus far aren't tainted by chaos, that will NOT be the case in the next mission. There will be a small Chaos Marine force with a larger allied IG contingent... done for story reasons and to get certain Warlord traits... tee hee! I'm going to be up front about this. The Chaos force is
INSPIRED by what little I know of Alpha Legion fluff. I apologize for any blatant fluff failures on my part, so if it helps you to think of them as not-Alphas that act similarly to them but not quite right... then you should do that.
Keep in mind, that the enemy of your enemy might be your friend. You might have common enemies, but different ways to deal with them. Or they just might be someone ready to stab you in the back once the bigger threat is dealt with. Would you eat a poisoned apple, if it cured your disease?
So... I'm planning to have the initial deployment stuff up by the end of the weekend, at the latest. I'm planning to have "my part" posted by the end of each weekend. I'd like to have your replies and orders put in by Friday @ 5 pm, Ontario time. I think that's 10 pm England time. That gives me Friday night to move guys, roll dice, and take pictures. Saturday I can edit the pics, put them online, and start writing the story post. Sunday I can finish the story, and send PM's to everyone with their results, which also leaves me a bit of wiggle room. If everyone has their posts / orders in by Thursday at 5 pm, I have an extra day to work on things, but I don't want to leave players with too little time to reply, since I might not get things up until Sunday night.