Death Reclaims #1

“Mortis Causa Iter Facere”

The Black Phallanx Penal Crusade

Lost in time are the true origins of this fleet based battleforce. Ancient texts state that they once fought under the banner of the Ecclesiarchy….

Excerpt, “Of the Forces loyal to the Throne Eternal” , M31

…hence they roam the galaxy as a kind of shadow-fleet, vaguely independent and under no strict authority…. Lead by a “Warden Prime” they are frequently requisitioned by Inquisitors of various Ordos….

…They recruit from the worlds they come by and “specialize” in mopping up the dregs of society and all able bodied death sentenced. They regularly “recruit” from prison worlds and penal colonies not seldom picking criminals right from the noose with ancient writs of “pardon through repentance”…

…Once in the bowels of the crusade ship, the convicts are rigorously selected, brainwashed and sleep-tought battle-doctrines, trained every day awaiting their first deployment as “regulars”….

… regulars are trained in different fighting styles using either shield,spear or stubcarbine. Formations are coreographed and hypno-conditioned keywords trigger rages of battle-frenzy….

…While their gear and armour are ramshackle and threadbare at best, most soldiers equipped with only one of the trained weapons, the only way to break a Black Phallanx battle line is to wipe it out completely….

 

Death reclaims!

 

Next Issues: Details on Force Organisation, Special Units, Doctrines