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For fifteen-thousands of years the Space Hulk Tomb of Madmen has drifted in and out of the warp, collecting ships both old and new and often bringing their crews with them. Most go insane and are driven to suicidal madness to escape the warp energy and foul creatures that inhabit the graveyard of metal and rock. Hundreds of terrible stories of doomed travelers and foolish looters color the Tomb of Madmen but there are also tales of great riches and technology that can no longer be found anywhere else. Some have even said that there are ancient cogitators from the Golden Age of Technology that can teach even the most basic of men how to construct every wonder of that age and great manufactorums that can create all of these machines for the user. This space hulk has appeared once again in the Segmentum Ultima, in the cold void between the stars, and its lure has attracted attention from all across the galaxy.
The closest imperial world to notice the Tomb of Madmen is the civilized world Progressio, a wealthy and prosperous world protected by the wider imperium and its moon of Boros. Boros is the home of the Boros Paladins Space Marines, a relatively young and optimistic chapter founded just over three hundred years ago. The chapter suffered a terrible civil war 100 years ago and though it prevailed and was determined pure by the Inquisition its chapter master was sentenced to a crusade of penance in the Eye of Terror for 100 years with only 10 of his best brothers and a strike cruiser for support. The Boros Paladins have brought the fight to Chaos wherever they can be found in order to try and redeem themselves and to pave the way for their brothers' return, now collectively known as The Crusading Martyrs. Their crusade is complete but they have yet to return and the rest of the Chapter grows anxious. Knowing the fickle nature of the warp it is possible that their lost brothers could be on the Tomb of Madmen and so the Boros Paladins have pledged their support in finding and exploring the space hulk.
Recognizing the importance of this space hulk and the support of the Boros Paladins the Imperium has organized an expedition to explore and secure the vessel. The Adeptus Mechanicus and Imperial Navy have arrived to secure the void space around the vessel and have requisitioned several Imperial Guard and Skitari regiments to help secure it, along with several Space Marines from other chapters who volunteered to help. The Boros Paladins and other Space Marines will form the vanguard of the expedition while the other forces protect the Mechanicus elements as they study and catalogue what they find. No one knows what awaits inside, be it glory or damnation, but it will most certainly be an adventure.
Rules:
The closest imperial world to notice the Tomb of Madmen is the civilized world Progressio, a wealthy and prosperous world protected by the wider imperium and its moon of Boros. Boros is the home of the Boros Paladins Space Marines, a relatively young and optimistic chapter founded just over three hundred years ago. The chapter suffered a terrible civil war 100 years ago and though it prevailed and was determined pure by the Inquisition its chapter master was sentenced to a crusade of penance in the Eye of Terror for 100 years with only 10 of his best brothers and a strike cruiser for support. The Boros Paladins have brought the fight to Chaos wherever they can be found in order to try and redeem themselves and to pave the way for their brothers' return, now collectively known as The Crusading Martyrs. Their crusade is complete but they have yet to return and the rest of the Chapter grows anxious. Knowing the fickle nature of the warp it is possible that their lost brothers could be on the Tomb of Madmen and so the Boros Paladins have pledged their support in finding and exploring the space hulk.
Recognizing the importance of this space hulk and the support of the Boros Paladins the Imperium has organized an expedition to explore and secure the vessel. The Adeptus Mechanicus and Imperial Navy have arrived to secure the void space around the vessel and have requisitioned several Imperial Guard and Skitari regiments to help secure it, along with several Space Marines from other chapters who volunteered to help. The Boros Paladins and other Space Marines will form the vanguard of the expedition while the other forces protect the Mechanicus elements as they study and catalogue what they find. No one knows what awaits inside, be it glory or damnation, but it will most certainly be an adventure.
Rules:
- No godmodding: Don't script other people's characters without discussion, don't make incredibly overpowered characters (A daemon prince or a C'tan for example) and don't kill other writers' characters unless they've agreed to it
- Please try to make all of your posts at least a paragraph (Five sentences) and please try to post at least once a week
- Please try to keep (real world) cursing and lewd speech to a minimum in the IC thread. I don't care what you do here in the OOC
- If you get bored of the RP or know you have to leave for an extended period of time, please communicate with the rest of us
- This RP will be set in the eastern part of Ultima Segmentium in the year 016 M42. Please write an appropriate character
- All character types are welcome as long as they fit the setting. This is a big scary space hulk so most of us should either be part of the imperial expedition (Mechanicus, Imperial Guard or Astartes) Or someone from a race that could survive on a space hulk (Some member of Chaos or an ork). I don't imagine the Tau or Eldar would be interested in this sort of thing and being a tyranid would be a little hard to write (Although I'm willing to be proven wrong!)
- I will be playing a Space Marine Libararian from the Boros Paladins and the commander of the Astartes elements of the expedition. I'd like to have three or four other imperial characters. More is okay. Chaos or Ork characters could be quite interesting but may be on their own for a while
- Have fun!