pele QUA ‘Characters belonging to the Cadian 99th Mechanised Infantry gain the following advantages: Characteristic Modifiers: +3 Agility, +3 Ballistic Skill, 3 Perception, +3 Willpower. eet een te Starting Skills: Command, Common Lore (Imperial Guard), Common Lore (Imperium), Common Lore (Wat) Linguistics (Low Gothic), Operate (Surface). ‘Starting Talents: Combat Formation or Double Team, Hatred (Servants of Chaos), Nerves of Steel or Sprint, Rapid Reload, Bred For War: Cadians possess an entirely justified siege mentality. This is a natural result of daily lives shaped by the need for perpetual vigilance against an enemy that could strike at any time, and the discipline requed to respond to that threat swiftly and effectively. Cadians are loyal almost to a fault, and reluctant to disobey orders even with good reason, ee ae en eer ee kc es ee ee et eee et! Hated Enemy: Cadia stands on the edge of the Eye of Terror, within the only stable passage out of the massive Warp Storm, and the Cadians are taught to loathe the forces of the Lost and the Damned that frequently venture forth fiom the hellish daemon worlds within the Eye. All Cadians have Hatced (Servants of Chaos). However, this hated is often so strong as to overwhelm reason and sound judgement, and Cadian characters may be required, at the GM's discretion, to take an Ordinary (+10) Willpower Test in order to restrain themselves from attacking without mercy when confronted with Chaos forces. Wounds: Characters from this regiment generate starting Wounds normally Standard Regimental Kit: | Good Craftsmanship M36 lasgun and 4 charge packs, autopistol and 2 clips, knife flak armour, 2 frag grenades, 2 krak grenades, uniform, poor weather gear, rucksick, basic toolkit, mess kit and water canteen, blanket and sleep bag, rechargeable lamp-pack, grooming kit, dog tags, Imperial Infantryman’s Uplifting Primer, 2 weeks’ rations, gas mask, micro-bead, and a single Chimera Armoured Transport per squad. Favoured Weapons: Autocannon, grenade launcher. REGIMENT CREATION NB ‘other non-local sources, with a signif regiments amongst them, and aslow trickle ofr from Cadia to replace some of those lost each yeat. Cadian regiments of all kinds have served Worlds in the Spinward Front, with Lord Marshal Ghan THE CADIAN 99TH oan MECHANISED INFANTRY ‘ None are entirely certain how many different incarnations ‘employing a dozen regiments of Cadian infantry as part of the permanent defence force of Fort Drusus Dozens, perhaps ‘even! hundreds more serving on worlds across the Peciphery, holding the line against C ‘iders, Dark Eldar {ncursions, and rebels From the Severan Dominate. COT a Vice ttt a OLE Stock TRoors eee Ree et ec a ee See ee ere? Creation Rules later in this chapter. The following Pee er: Home World: Fortress World Reece) era Te ee ny Doctrines: Close Order Drill, Iron Discipline enn er nillennia. The most recent incarnation was raised only a year 30, and were intially intended to join the Margin Crusade, but received orders to reinforce the Spinward Front instead, of the Cadian 99th Shock ‘Troops have existed across the a! For all the Guardsmen’s inexperience, they are nonetheless Cadians, and they b for the Imperium. ‘olonel Dero Arkat, a thiny-yeat veteran of the Interior Guard assigned to lead the newly-raised regiment, bas worked tirelessly to prepare his men for warfare, and appes sded thus far, operating as part of a series of rapid assaults against Chaos forces infesting the Periphery and worlds beyond. trained since they were children to to have su