"I have followed the meaningless riddles of crones, endured the lies of daemons, and blooded myself against unspeakable things to get here. The very voices of the dark gods themselves have whispered to my ears that HERE, I will find my destiny. Let them whisper. Let them cajole and bargain. I am through with being lead. Whatever treasures, whatever prize lays on this world... Xarmarazdik - Will. Be. MINE!" -Acheron the Archfiend
Leader: Acheron the Archfiend, Chaos Lord of the Black Legion
Why are you here? Ambition. Power. Opportunity. The 13th Black Crusade has dragged on through the 41st Dark Millennium. During the course of the war the warband known as the Black Circle came to hear of an opportunity for power and riches unbound on a world untouched by the Imperium. A world ripe for conquest and plunder that could perhaps be used to gain favor with the Despoiler or even the Chaos Gods. The Chaos marines gathered many others in preparation for their journey: Titans, mutants, renegades, beastmen, cultists, the foundation of a vast warhost. On an odyssey like journey through the warp, following the prophesied rantings and divination of a mysterious crone and the treachery of their daemonic guide, the warband has now become stranded.
But Acheron senses something strange about this world, something that teases the sixth sense. The Black Legion warlord senses an opportunity, one that may secure his rise to power, perhaps something more than even Abaddon could ever grant him.
Everything happens for a reason, and Acheron will find it even if he must tear this planet to shreds. Whatever secrets and riches this world hides will be his...
Tier A: Futuristic factions, Extremely high end magical factions, High end magitek factions, Post-Cyberpunk
Tier A gets:
- 5 Great war engines
- 75 war engines
- 1500 beasts of war
- 7,500 cavalry
- 3,750 elite infantry
- x2,500 Chaos Space Marines (Divided roughly by class and profession along the lines of a standard Chapter/Legion Company)
- x250 Rogue Psykers
- 150,000 Infantry
- x150,000 Traitor Guard/Enginseers/Armed Beastmen/Xenos Mercenaries
- 450,000 Chaff Infantry
- x450,000 Chaos Cultists/Indentured Soldiery/Mutant Fodder
- 7 heroes
- Terminus, Son of Olympia, Siege Master and Lord of the Warpsmith Conclave
- Korsaad Ark, Son of Arkoa, Warband Champion, Aspiring Champion of Khorne
- Ebolus Corpa, Son of Cthonia, Corpse Slaver, Sorcerer of Nurgle
- Sithis Aren, Son of Nostromos, Sorcerer of Black Legion
- Mozenwrath, Son of Prospero, Sorcerer of the Black Legion, Daemonbinder
- Imolass Kan, Son of Chemos, Aspiring Champion of Slaanesh
- Imortias the Unfallen, Warband Champion, Dreadnaught
- Saren Iskod, Daughter of Earenar, Shipmaster of the Manifest Diabolus
- 5 ships of the line
AIRSHIPS SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER: IT'S ACTUALLY HELL
- 25 Galleons
- 500 galleys
- MORE TANKS FOR THE TANK GOD
- ARTILLERY FOR THE ARTILLERY THRONE
- 10 airships
- 37 heavy aircraft
- x15 Thunderhawks
- x16 Harbinger Heavy Bombers
- x6 Stormbirds
- 750 light aircraft
- x200 Hell Talons
- x260 Hell Blades
- x150 Valkyrie VTOLS
- x70 Heldrake Daemon Engines
- x70 Fire Raptor Gunships
Traits
+ Daemonic Sorcery: While the warriors of the Black Circle do not believe in over-depending on the power of Chaos, this does not leave them without a sense of faith or pragmatism that finds it advantageous to raise icons to the Dark Gods when it suits their purposes. Their sorcerers and demagogues posses masterful knowledge of the various esoteric-mimetic equations, warp rites, and rituals that thin the skein between the mortal world and warp that allows the summoning of daemons, construction of Chaos rituals, and black sorcery.
(Bonus in research and application of Dark/Demonic magic)
+Chaos Corruption: Where the forces of Chaos go, madness, corruption, and heresy follow in their wake. Where the armies of the Black Circle march, it is not uncommon for them to seed cults and aid recidivist forces of their enemy. Daemonic taint tends to linger and spread wherever they go that facilitates the creation of cults, drawing in the foolish, the desperate, the ambitious, and the damned. If left unchecked, such cults could grow into full blown rebellions or even - Gods of Light forbid - Daemonic incursions...
(Corruption Effect: Bonus to the creation of Cults. Chaos Taint causes social unrest in enemy nations)
+-Only War/Horde: In the earliest days of the Black Legion, The Warmaster Abaddon the Despoiler had declared that those who wore the black should remain a fleet based legion, as to avoid the old mistakes of the Sons of Horus. The Black Circle have taken this suggestion to heart. The armies under Acheron establish no cities save those rebuilt on the bones and ruins of the ones they conquer. Their forces are followed by a train of orbital barges and transports that carry their infrastructure with them. Their encampments are stout fortresses of prefabricated buildings, repair bays, trench networks, and bunkers. Their logistical train is a maw that devours battle loot leaving destruction and ash in their wake. Slave camps run by brutal overseers are left behind, pumping resources from the land until nothing remains or the slaves and servitors die of exhaustion. All of which can be quickly and efficiently packed up and moved with them as the tactical situation demands.
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Fist list draft, think the numbers need to be crunched more and I admit I (perhaps foolishly) assumed that ships of the line could exchanged with airships on a one on one basis.
Not really sure what I want to to do with those extra great engine points other than toss them into either more beast of war or chaff, same with the points left over in elite infantry.
Deciding on ships was a weird thing for me to because I was thinking of Warhulks as essentially mobile cities of a sort. I'm just sitting here wondering If I really need them to reflect the mobile nature of my faction or whether Only War/Horde adequately explains it or not. The transports and barges it mentions are by no means unarmed but they certainly don't hold up against their equivalent weight class.
EDIT: Bloody crap I forgot the flaws.
