imperial ork

СПОЙЛЕРЫ к бековой части книги. Взято отсюда https://vk.com/lampy_station Отдельным постом, чтобы не захламлять пост с правилами (и чтобы набрать классов, да). Вторая попытка, первая сгорела в бездне "данные загружаются. Пожалуйста подождите" реактора вместе с моим стулом.

"- The Chaos invasion is at first overwhelming, but clever use of ceding ground to the orks, genestealers, etc means that Calgar is able to pit his foes against one another and slow them down, at the cost of the planet being less salvageable should they somehow win.

По-началу вторжение Хаоса сметает всё на своём пути, но грамотное отступление Калгара с орочьего, генокрадского и прочих фронтов, позволило ему натравить врагов друг на друга и замедлить их, правда, ценой того, что если каким-то оброзом они (имперцы?) победят, то от планеты мало что останется.

​- The Vengeful spirit and accompanying chaos fleet are absolutely decimating the Imperial navy, but it's still not quite enough. As a result Abaddon makes a deal with the Fallen (who are hiding in the swirl, as they have a fortress city in there, hence why the Dark Angels were always looking at it in book 1) and they activate a gravity weapon-esque thing called the voidclaw that messes with all the ships in orbit. The chaos navy knew it was coming and had positioned themselves accordingly, but the Imperials are shredded by it and Chaos now has overwhelming naval superiority.

Мстительный Дух (Дух Мщения, как кому нравится прим.перев) и весь флот хаоса полностью опустошили имперский флот, но этого всё равно недостаточно (как одной фразой описать весь бэк, где имперы типо проигрывают ABSOLUTELY decimating...but it's still not quite enough прим.перев). В результате, Абаддон заключает сделку с Падшими (которые прячутся в буре, т.к. у них есть собственный город-крепость - причина, по которой в книге 1 Тёмные Ангелы постоянно что-то ищут) и они включают что-товроди грави-оружия под названием "коготь бездны", которое влетело во все корабли на орбите. Флот хаоса был предупреждён и подготовился, а флот имперцев был полностью рассеян и теперь у хаоса подавляющее преимущество в космосе. 

​- Calgar realises that he's stuffed and his promise to Guilliman will be unfulfilled if things keep progressing at this rate, so he hatches a plan. Thing is, he ideally needs some eldar friends if this plan is going to work, so he goes to the angry Saim Hann lot and after fighting his way through to them and surrounding them, manages to hold a successful parlay.

Калгар понял, что ему напихали и такими темпами он не сдержит обещание, данное Гиллиману. Так что он рождает план. Но дело в том, что для исполнения плана ему нужны эльдары в друзьях, так что он прорывается к злым Сейм-Ханновцам и после того, как окружил их, ему удалось успешно провести переговоры.

​- The plan is basically "Take an aeldari ship, because they're stealthy to avoid radar, and have psykers to avoid the black legion's sorcerers' "psychic radar", fill it with a bunch of deathstrike missiles and ram the vengeful spirit like a fire ship, making Francis Drake proud."

По сути, план состоит из: "возьмём эльдарский корабль, т.к. он скрытный и может избежать радаров, возьмём псайкеров, т.к. они могут скрыть от "пси-радара" колдунов Чёрного Легиона", забить его кучей ракет "смертельный удар" и протаранить Мстительный Дух так, чтобы Фрэнсис Дрэйк сказал малаца. 

​- While this plan is going on, Abaddon and Calgar + their respective bodyguards have their duel. Calgar is trying to draw it out, and this is ok at the start, but eventually the superiority of Abaddon's wargear is really what does it, and Calgar gets sliced open, with his primary heart completely caput and his secondary one with a big dent in it. Just as Abaddon is about to finish him, Haarken gets word that the Vengeful Spirit is in trouble, and Abaddon falls back, which really pisses off his very thirsty sword.

Пока план приводят к действию, Абаддон и Калгар, а также их телохранители устроили дуэль. Калгар пытается тянуть время и поначалу у него получается, но крутость эквипа Абаддона зарешала, и Калгара выпотрошили, основному сердцу настал полярный лис, второстепенное заработало "Инфаркт микарда. Вот такенный рубец" (с). И когда Абаддон уже собрался прикончить его, Хааркену докладывают, что Мстящий Дух в беде, и Абаддон отступает, что серьёзно выбесило его голодный меч.

​- Sure enough, the plan worked, with the Imperial Navy's remaining ships trying to open up a path for the Aeldari (there's a funny little bit here about how they dragged so many ships for this attack away from other planets that the Necrons, etc just took them) and the Eldar managed to ram the Vengeful spirit, ripping a whopping great big hole in it. The ship is very nearly dead, but manages to pull off an emergency warp translation (and therefore will probably be fixed up and fine by the time the writers need it as a plot device), but this hands naval superiority/equality at least back to the Imperium.

План вполне себе сработал. Остатки кораблей имперского флота пытались расчистить путь для эльдар (тут есть сменшной момент, что корабли для этой атаки они наскребли по другим планетам, так что некроны и прочие потом легко захватили их) и эльдарам удалось протаранить Мстительный Дух и проделать в нём здоровенную дырень. Корабль был практически уничтожен, но смог экстренно уйти в варп (и скорее всего будет как новенький, когда писателям понадобится новый Летучий Роялец), но этим имперцы вырввали преимущество/паритет в космосе.

​- Calgar survives his grevious wounds, but is no longer able to fight on the front, instead directing everything from his apothecarion bed. Vigilus is still absolutely boned, but it's not quite over yet."

Калгар всё же выжил, но больше не может воевать на фронте, вместо этого он командует с койки апотекариона. Вигилус всё ещё в полной жопе, но это ещё не конец.

Urban Conquest: The Hivesprawls of Vigilus

Warhammer 40,000: Urban Conquest is available to pre-order this weekend – a campaign box designed to help you fight exciting interconnected battles across war-torn urban environments. With the war on Vigilus dominating recent events in the 41st Millennium, we thought we’d take a look at the lore regarding the many hivesprawls and metropolitan districts that can be found across the embattled sentinel world.

If you’re looking to pick up a copy of Urban Conquest and need some inspiration for a location in which to set your campaign, read on and see where your imagination takes you:

Serving as the lair of the Patriarch known as Grandsire Wurm, Dirkden Hivesprawl has unwittingly been the spiritual home of the Pauper Princes Genestealer Cult on Vigilus for some time, and it swiftly fell under their sway at the outset of the fighting. Dirkden has also been relentlessly assailed by the Orks of the Speedwaaagh!, but it was ultimately the prevalence of cultists within its walls, combined with their control of the hivesprawl’s Bastion force fields, that forced the Vigilite forces to grudgingly abandon the hivesprawl’s defence. However, it surely won’t be long before the Imperium attempts to reclaim that which was theirs.

After a swift, well-organised strike by the Pauper Princes, Oteck Hivesprawl soon became another of their strongholds, though it would not remain so for long. A strike force of Space Wolves, led by Haldor Icepelt, combined their acute senses with Fenrisian fieldcraft to track the cultists underground and ultimately drove them from the Greigan Hollow. Though the insidious plot of the Pauper Princes to corrupt the hivesprawl’s drinking water with their genetic taint was thwarted, vicious street fighting throughout Oteck continues apace.

As the seat of the Planetary Governor and Aquilarian Council, Hyperia Hivesprawl enjoyed the greatest concentration of Imperial military strength in the early stages of the war. Entire regiments of the Vigilant Guard and resident orders of the Adepta Sororitas secured positions around the Governor’s Palace at Saint’s Haven. This gathering of might did little to deter the Saim-Hann warhost of Spiritseer Qelanaris, however, who sought to assail the Aquilarian Palace directly in order to resolve a personal vendetta. Only the timely intervention of Lieutenant Eothrus of the Ultramarines 2nd Company prevented the wholesale massacre of the Vigilite leadership.

As the heart of the Adeptus Mechanicus presence on Vigilus, Megaborealis saw fierce fighting between the invading Ork Speedwaaagh! and the servants of the Machine God. The sudden ferocity of the initial greenskin attack, combined with natural cover provided by an ill-fated storm of dust and pollution, robbed the Skitarii forces of their defensive advantage. The Orks tore deep into the hivesprawl before their impetus was finally stymied. To make matters worse, Genestealer Cultists infiltrated a Titan hanger and detonated a vortex missile, crippling or destroying all of the God-Machines that were being mustered for the hivesprawl’s defence!

Astra Militarum and reinforcements continue to pour into this crucial region, alongside Tempestus Scion drop teams aboard entire wings of Valkyries and Vendetta Gunships, but the hivesprawl is becoming increasingly overrun each day.

Dontoria has been beset by enemies from without and sickness from within. Through plague spread by an infiltrating detachment of Death Guard, and a Gellerpox Infection believed to have originated from the Litmus Dock, the hivesprawl’s population has been cruelly decimated in spite of the extensive quarantine measures hastily put in place. The hivesprawl is all but ready to fall…

Of all of Vigilus’ hivesprawls and false continents, that which has best weathered the storm is Mortwald. So formidable were the defences of the Deinos Trench Network that they held against repeated waves of Ork attacks despite the unexpected collapse of the Bastion force fields. Now reinforced by the Imperial Fists 5th Company, and a host drawn from a number of Knightly households, Mortwald stands as a beacon of resistance in a world at war.

If you’ve been enjoying taking part in the ongoing war for Vigilus, be sure to pre-order Warhammer 40,000: Urban Conquest this weekend and arrange your own campaign for one of the planet’s embattled hivesprawls. Will your force finally be able to break the defences of Mortwald when all others have failed? Can you fight your way through Dirkden and slay Grandsire Wurm in his own lair? These stories and more can be yours to tell!

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