{"id":368,"date":"2017-03-07T16:38:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T21:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2017-03-28T11:34:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T16:34:07","slug":"death-korp-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/blog\/fluff\/death-korp-overview","title":{"rendered":"Death Korps: Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the Fall of Ulyssia and an escalation of\u00a0Xenos activity in the sector, the beleaguered\u00a0Imperial Government\u00a0requested reinforcements to aid their failing\u00a0armies\u00a0and retake the Pegasus Gulf.<\/p>\n

For many years the\u00a0request went unanswered, until late 003.M42 when a battlegroup carrying the 85th Mechanized arrived in orbit of Heavensreach. The fleet was immediately\u00a0dispatched toward Ravenforge in an attempt to liberate it from the control of the\u00a0Orks and Tyranids. Initially the invasion was\u00a0met with little resistance, as fighting between the two factions had greatly weakened them. This changed with\u00a0the arrival of a third faction, the Necrons.<\/p>\n

The army groups of the 85th were\u00a0quickly pushed back, taking\u00a0heavy losses. In the final days before they were\u00a0forced to return to Heavensreach, the Field Marshal was\u00a0slain in combat. Upon return to Heavensreach, Macher, Commander of the Grenadier Korps, was promoted to Field Marshal.<\/p>\n

Macher\u00a0lead the 85th as part of\u00a0a crusade to reclaim the homestead marches, a cluster of stars who\u00a0declared independence in an attempt to secure their borders against the repeated\u00a0xenos attacks. Through impossible odds and a series of tactical victories, Machers men cleansed the worlds of Blue Hallow and Honhath, the industrial core of the Homesteads.<\/p>\n

Although this was a big gain for Imperial forces in the sector, the work of Macher could not rest.\u00a0He was quickly\u00a0recalled to Heavensreach yet again for another, arguably impossible, assignment. After spending a few months regrouping and supplying his men, the 85th turned its attention towards \u201cThe Black Reef\u201d an artificial world\u00a0infested with xenos. It was here that\u00a0the full\u00a0fury of the 85th was revealed as they swept across the planet. A\u00a0near unstoppable force, the armoured fist of the Death Korp cleared out Xenos strongholds\u00a0and saved\u00a0many Imperial forces from utter destruction.<\/p>\n

In the end, the efforts of Macher proved to be in\u00a0vein, as the planet was destroyed in a final, titanic battle. Again Macher was\u00a0forced to retreat to Heavensreach, where they make ready for another push against the Xenos and the traitor.<\/p>\n

Reinforcements arrive in enormous numbers, swelling Imperial ranks and bolstering morale.\u00a0A great crusade will soon be ready, and Macher expects to lead\u00a0his glorious regiment at the\u00a0front of it.<\/p>\n

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Macher oversees a column of Leman Russ battle tanks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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