DEATHWATCH
KILL TEAM SCION OF WAR
OPERATIONS IN THE ANTIOCH SUB SECTOR
973-984.M41
The Deathwatch kill team under Captain Paraendum was assigned to hunt down and destroy the elusive space hulk Scion of War during the Antioch Worlds Crusade of 976 to 984.M41. During their five year mission the kill team encountered the hulk and the orkish hordes aboard on numerous occasions but never came close to bringing down its warlord Gasharg Skull Crusher until the final battle for Antioch in late 984.M41. The kill team earned numerous commendations from both the Inquisition and Lord Commander Symaros, and were the first to encounter the necron threat hidden within the sub sector.
Space Hulk Scion of War
The space hulk codified as the Scion of War was first noticed by the Adeptus Astra in 436.M39. It was noted to be built around the cruiser Lord Callistor which was thought lost in the warp in early M33 however later investigations revealed its core to be the former Death Guard battle barge Mortifaction, believed destroyed during the Great Crusade in the Aegon warp storm. The hulk appeared only once again in Imperial space prior to the forty-first millennium, this time as part of a war fleet under the Archenemy warlord Baalberith Adramelecht during the invasion of Scythius in 451.M40. It would not return after its believed destruction until 944.M41.
The Scion's return was heralded by increased warp storms near the Charadon Empire. It arrived within the ork-held territory and was immediately occupied and claimed by the xenos hordes. The ork warlord Dagskar took over the hulk, bringing his forces aboard before leaving the sector to rampage across neighbouring worlds. It first garnered attention from the Ordo Xenos and the Inquisition as a whole when it attacked the Inquisitional holding world of Tampus Var in the Vahnoff system. Inquisitor Cyrac-tal managed to escape the assault with copies of the astropathic surveys of the hulk and managed to bring them to Conclavical attention.
Inquisitor Cyrac-tal's findings noted that the hulk wielded weapons not commonly found in orkish or Imperial arsenals. The Conclave decided to place Inquisitor Algier in command of the investigation with Cyrac-tal providing background assistance. Algier decided to make use of the Deathwatch in his mission, with the plan of eliminating the orks onboard the hulk and securing it for research.
However during Algier's mission preparation the Scion of War had already launched another attack on Chrissenholm, an armoury world not far from the Antioch sub sector. During the assault the orks were joined by those of Waaagh! Gasharg fresh from their war in neighbouring Eltenor. Gasharg was impressed by the size of Dagskar's space hulk and killed the warlord and took it as his own.
The space hulk left Chrissenholm with a sizeable force of orks aboard, escorted by the warships of Gasharg's Waaagh! Imperial astrologists and astropaths managed to predict its course, believing it to be heading for the Antioch worlds with several translation points on its way. Inquisitor Algier, with his assembled Deathwatch kill team, chose their point of attack and prepared to assault the hulk in the Lantea belt in 974.M41.
Kill Team Scion of War
Inquisitor Algier's kill team was named after their target and has passed through numerous rosters in its lifetime. The team commander, Captain Lusha Paraendum, has seen close to a score of Astartes serve under him as part of the kill team during their hunt for the space hulk, and regrets the cost paid by each and every one of them. It was initially assembled in the year 973.M41 by Inquisitor Algier and was in operation for eleven years until the Battle for Antioch and the conclusion of the Antioch Crusade in 984.M41.
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I finally figured that I'll start a log on B&C that will (hopefully) go somewhere. This is my Deathwatch kill team (or at least the startings of) that I began in the Summer of 2009. They sat mostly unpainted until the Christmas break when I decided I needed something to break up the monotony of the holidays with. I'd like to say updates will be regular, but they won't. University takes priority here, and anyone else who stays in Glasgow knows all too well that getting decent lighting for photography is pretty tough. Plus I'm still figuring out how to get decent close-up shots of the individuals, so those may have to wait a while.
The Deathwatch conversion kit is currently sitting on my desk waiting to be used. This means that the first few models of the kill team will be complete relatively soon, weather permitting. Currently on the workbench are an Imperial Fist veteran, a Blood Ravens Librarian (pictured is an Exorcist battle-psyker. More on him later) and a White Scars veteran.
C&C are always greatly appreciated
~Horus Aximand