Re: [Epic] Ork Campaign Background

From: Chris White <chris_at_...>
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 13:02:14 -0700

At 02:30 PM 9/9/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Thought some of you might be interested in the brief background story
>for our upcoming campaign. I will be posting the special rules and
>charts as an add-on to my existing campaign system in the next day or
>two.
>
>== Overview
>
>The following sections provide an example of how to customize the
>campaign system to incorporate a storyline, specific objective and
>special rules for the races you are using in your game. This sample
>campaign involves the combined might of the Imperium against the Ork
>Tribes. Special rules for the Ork Tribes are introduced, as is a chart
>of events based on victory point levels.
>
>== The Background
>
>In terms of population, Anacreon Five was a minor colony of the
>Imperium. Only one of its seven continents, imaginatively named Alpha,
>had been cleared and colonized. The world was barely inhabitable by
>human standards with a thin atmosphere and light gravity. Surface
>temperature swung like a crazy pendulum and dust storms swept across
>the rocky terrain. The Anacreon system, however, was remarkably rich
>in rare ores and centrally located in Santanni Sector. The Imperium
>had therefore placed a sizable military base on Anacreon Five, the only
>inhabitable planet in the system, and shipped in thousands of colonists
>over a century ago.
>
>Alpha continent is home to both the military base (which contains the
>only spaceport on Anacreon) and the planetary capital city, Anacros.
>Most of Anacreon Five's four million colonists live in Anacros, the
>rest being spread out among various towns across the continent. The
>major industry is survival, coupled with native agriculture and mineral
>processing. While not as rich in ore as the rest of its system,
>Anacreon Five can sustain the building and repair needs of its
>inhabitants and the spaceport.
>
>The Imperial Defense forces on Anacreon Five consist of a mixed
>infantry and armor regiment of Imperial Guard drafted from the planet
>and a Titan Battle Group from the Star Swords Titan Legion. Anacreon
>Five's central location and the fleet operations in the area make any
>kind of space-borne attack nearly impossible. Therefore, Anacreon Five
>is considered to be at 'low risk'. However, because of its importance,
>Anacreon Five is on the High Lords' priority list for response forces
>should trouble occur. Several light years away is the home world of
>the Shadow Skulls Chapter of Space Marines and they are earmarked as a
>first response force in case of trouble in Anacreon.
>
>The Imperium is aware of an Ork presence on the other continents of
>Anacreon. To date, however, the Orks have been fighting perpetual
>tribal warfare with each other. The Orks are not in possession of
>spacecraft, nor were they aware of the Imperial presence up until
>recently. Now that has changed. A great Ork Warlord has risen, one
>strong enough to potentially unite the Orks into a Waaagh. He has
>discovered the presence of the humans which gives him someone to fight
>other than the rest of the Orks. The path to unification of the tribes
>will be difficult, but the potential rewards are staggering. The dream
>of sweeping the humans off the planet and gaining access to their
>technology and spaceships to cross the stars is a compelling one and
>this Warlord is spreading it as gospel. First, however, he must prove
>to the other Orks that he is the great leader and slayer of humans that
>he claims to be...
>
>An Imperial Outpost on the coast of Alpha continent spots a dark line
>on the dim horizon. As dawn breaks, a massive fleet of makeshift
>vessels can be seen making its way towards the land. Loudspeakers
>magnify the chants and yells of the occupants, announcing that the
>Waaagh has arrived. As the guardsmen frantically relay the news to the
>capital and take up their positions, the first ships begin
>disembarking. As a plume of thick black smoke laced with fire from the
>burning ruins of the outpost and its defenders soars into the sky, so
>also does a powerful telepathic message from the Astropaths of Anacros,
>headed across space for the home world of the Shadow Skulls.
>
>Regards,
>
>- Erik
>
        Wow! I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this!


Nickles
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