Mangoose
Arcane
Latest Update: 25 April 2013
Our struggle is born with Chaos. The same Chaos that ten millennia ago seduced nine Lords and their Space Marine Legions, casting the Imperium into rebellion and civil war. Only the boldness of the Emperor and his remaining Space Marine forces drove the dark hordes into the Eye of Terror.
For a millennium times ten they have lurked there, emerging to mount their campaigns against the Imperium. And now, more powerful than ever, the Chaos forces of the Dark Lord Zymran strike the very heart of the Imperium.
That's right, I've got Chaos Gate (mostly) working on Win98SE on VirtualPC2007.
Without further ado, we start a new campaign.
I'm going on the regular "Veteran" difficulty as I haven't played this game before past the first 3 maps IIRC. There are two other difficulty levels: An easier mode and a harder mode. The last level on the screen is the same difficulty as the hard, but with Iron Man settings.
Don't worry, I will essentially be playing Iron Man style. It's more fun that way, anyway.THE BATTLE REPORTS
Lastly... RECRUITS!
Enter your application with your desired callsign and squad. Squads II through VI are Tactical Squads. Squad VII are Assault Marines equipped with jump-packs, and Squad VIII is the heavy weapon Devastator Squad. The eminent Squad I is composed of our brothers in Tactical Dreadnought Armor.
But you should already know this, having memorized the Codex Astartes. Right? LIST OF RECRUITS
HQ
Captain "Mangoose" Kruger - In Reserve - Mangoose
Chaplain _____ - In Statis -
Apothecary Azira - Azira
Apothecary Orange - Veteran
Tech-Marine Mac Gyvius - lightbane
Librarian "The Commissar" - Commissar Draco
Librarian _____ - In Statis -
Librarian _____ - In Statis -
Squad I - "Terminatus"
Brother Jack - Mighty Hero - TripJack
Brother Smashing Axe - Mighty Hero - Smashing Axe
Brother Podex Pistor - Mighty Hero - anus_pounder
Brother Oscar - Mighty Hero - oscar
Brother Yeesh - Mighty Hero - Yeesh
Squad II - "Milites Inclina"
Sergeant Gondolin - Mighty Hero - Gondolin
Brother Garfunkel - Mighty Hero - GarfunkeL - 1 Teamkill
Brother Hellenius - Hero - Helly
Sergeant Ollanius - Veteran - Dayyālu
Brother Hefjastos - Veteran - eklektyk
Squad III - Disbanded
Squad IV - Folded into Squad II
Squad V -
Sergeant _____
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Squad VI -
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Squad VII - "The Emperor's Hellraisers"Sergeant Hellraiser - Hero - Hellraiser
Brother Toastboy - Hero - good little toastboy
Brother Slaughter - Mighty Hero - The Brazilian Slaughter
Brother Ungern - Hero - CaptainAwesome
Squad VIII - "Havoc"
Sergeant Janus - Mighty Hero - GreyViper
Brother Boris - Mighty Hero - Boris
Brother Overboard - Mighty Hero - Overboard
Brother K. Slips - Mighty Hero - Kashmir Slippers
Brother Lindblum II - Hero - Lindblum
In MemoryBrother Lindblum - Squad VIII - While rushing to support his comrades, he was caught in the open by a Chaos Marine wielding a heavy bolter. - Lindblum
Brother Eklektyk - Squad VII - Stabbed in the back by a craven Chaos Marine. - eklektyk
Brother-Librarian Draco - Victim of cowardly grenade spam - Commissar Draco
Brother Helly - Squad VII - Fell short of luck dueling a Berzerker - Helly
Sergeant Timoleon - Squad III - Succumbed to burns supporting the offensive into a heavily defended hallway. - Dayyālu
Brother-Captain Root - Squad I - Played with fire, got burned - root
Brother Storyfag - Storyfag - Died a Mighty Hero
Brother Awesome - Hero - CaptainAwesome - Died a Hero
Brother Goku - Hero - KidBoogie - Died a HeroTech-Marine Juden - Corporate_Jew_Master - Died a Veteran
RejectedTindrli - Reason: Tranny - tindrli
What are these Honor Badges?
Achieveme-- Sorry. Badges awarded to characters that do awesome shit to the physical bodies of the enemy faction.
Crux Terminatus: Awarded to Marines that have been promoted to Veteran and has scored five kills in any single mission. (Thanks, Dayyālu)
Marksman's Honor: Hit ten targets during one mission. (I'm assuming different targets. If it does, strategically it'd be best to split shots, though that will conflict with target priority due to variance of accuracy. Probably won't micromanage this any real way).
Imperial Laurel: The character that meets the mission objectives receives this. Perhaps there can be more than one objective. (Basically this is for the strategic layer. I need to keep track of which Marine needs the most exp and have him perform the objective. Of course, if the objective is dangerous and requires speedy and specialized operation while outmaneuvering enemy pursuers, the mission itself is the higher strategic priority)
Purity Seal: Awarded to any character that completes five missions without failing any break tests. I haven't actually read about this in the manual at this point, but I assume it refers to morale in terms of perhaps some reaction roll after a company-mate, or perhaps more importantly, squad-mate death. Or maybe it's just a unit's reaction to its own damage. (It will be interesting to see if anyone has one of these. Also, at this point in 40k rules, Ultramarines don't break morale - in general terms)
The Manual
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Errata
Comments, concerns, criticisms, and advice are all greatly appreciated. I'm here to entertain and to improve my writing skills.
So Far I've learned that...
- Chaos loves grenades. And I should too. No-heresy.
- I really don't have that many men in reserve, especially talent ones...