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First Captain Maximus Van Dammage
Topic Started: May 24 2009, 02:47 PM (174 Views)
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Maximus rose quickly through the ranks of the CSK(od) distinguishing himself in battle on countless occations. His exploits are a thing of legend and he could always be found in the fiercest fighting often dragging a wounded comrade to safety or remaining behind to hold off hordes of fearsome xenos single handly.
As the Chapter's greatest hero he was selected to become the genetic template for the newly created Clone army. It was after this time that something about him seemed somewhat...well...different.
In the past he had lead his troops personally into battle, his strategies were bold and daring, his intellect being able to match any of the the great heroes of the Astartes. But now he has adopted a much more cautious approach to warfare, deploying wave after wave of troops, often sacrificing hundreds of his men before even setting foot on a battlefield.
It is widely believed amongst the Serfs and Servitors that Maximus was in fact killed by one of his clones who then took his place, but any who voice such opinions have found themselves assigned to the Rules Lawyers and suffered mysterious deaths not long afterwards.

Since his appointment to Captain of the first company Maximus has since lead the Astartes of the CSK(od) to victory on nearly one occasion. The first company of the CSK(od) is unique amongst the Chapters of the Imperium being that it is made up of his personal guard of three hundred Astartes, a core of loyal battle brothers that he would heroically and selflessly sacrifice in order to get pretty darn close to completing an objective.
During the most recent conflict Vaan Damage fearlessly lead his personal Clone guard to the planet surface of Vengist IV to battle the terrible Petra-Squirrels. After several minutes he was urgently recalled to the battle barge to be fitted with his new golden artificier armour to mark the begining of the campaign. However his personal guard fought on valiantly in the name of the Imperium whilst suffering horrenedous casualites at the hands of the tiny terrors.
Although adored by his men the Chapter Serfs and Servitors think he's a bit of a jerk.


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Personal Heraldy incorporating the Crux Terminatus
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Captain Vaan Damage and Supreme Grand Chapter Master Slab Bulkhead.
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Rules for including Van Dammage including the Cosmic Space Knights (...od)


Maximus Van Dammage counts as a Space Marine Chapter Master and must replace his boltpistol and chainsword with a plasma pistol and Powerfist. He may not take any other wargear but may take a Personal Aid as detailed below.
He may be accompanied by an honour guard and must include the following rules at an additional 20pts.


"Surprise!!!"
First Captain Van Dammage recognises the true value of the art of surprise.
A single tactical squad can be deployed via Thunder Hawk straight into the midst of the enemy forces, more often than not from a great height.
The tactical squad enters play using the Deep Strike rules and may do so regardless of the scenario in play.
Once the unit has landed it counts as Going to Ground for the duration of that turn.
In addition should the unit land on an enemy unit then the enemy unit must make an immediate morale check suffering -1 to their leadership for each model they have under the deep strike template up to a maximum of -3 as screaming power armour warriors rain down on the startled unit from the skies.


"Great Leader"

Van Dammage realises as a great leader that he must fight amongst his men to earn their respect and to give them a chance to prove their worth by saving their glorious leader's life in battle.
Van Dammage must always start the game attached to another unit. Should the unit be destroyed and he survives then he must fall back to the nearest friendly unit that is not in close combat and join them.
Should he find himself alone with no other friendly units that are not engaged in close combat then he must Run towards the nearest table edge. If he reaches the table edge then he has been called away on important chapter business and is removed from the game.


0-1 Personal Aid


Being assigned to Maximus as an assistant is to assigned a life of misery and suffering that few could dare to imagine. His endless demands and narcissistic ways are enough to make even the strongest willed individuals want to throw themselves in front of a rabid Carnifex.
As a result the asssistants will willingly throw themselves into the path of any incoming shots just to end the suffering. Maximus however sees this differently believing that the Serfs love him so much that they would gladly sacrifice their own lives to save him.
The Curse of the Absurd however cruelly makes sure that they survive the attacks no-matter what hits them. The other Serfs are so afraid that they will end up as a replacement Aid that they will ensure the wounded Aids are patched up with bionics in time for them to wake up just in time for his next toe nail trimming session.
The Personal Aid counts as a Storm Shield following the rules in the Marine Codex. The Personal Aid counts as wargear and may not be targeted. If Maximus is removed then the Aid is also removed.
Maximus may take a Personal Aid at the cost of fifteen points.




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