| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Warhammer: 3025
Freelance
Captain, AFFC (Ret.)
Joined: 29-Jan-2005 00:00
Posts: 1856
|
 Posted: 18-Nov-2005 04:08 Post subject: Comstar's Colombus Base |
  |
|
I was rereading the Comstar Explorer Corps. book, and a thought came across me when I got to the part about the discovery of Colombus Base. In it, it describes how an unknown jumpship (which an insert identified as probably being a Jarnfolk ship) drew away the majority of the bases defenders, a combined-arms regiment. The regiment never returned (the insert also states it's highly unlikely that the Jarnfolk had the capability to annihilate the SLDF force).
The question is: what happened to them?
_________________
Evil is like a bowl of oranges. Only one, instead, is an orange of DOOM. That orange has a fate to rule over the other oranges with an iron fist. That orange is me.
Because sometimes, there are many guards in the castle.
Ya Rl'yeh!
|
|
| Back to top |
 
|
Karagin
Imperial Karagin Army
Imperial General
Joined: 04-Feb-2002 00:00
Posts: 4120
Location: United States
|
| Posted: 18-Nov-2005 05:26 Post subject: RE: Comstar's Colombus Base |
|
|
Let's see...
The ship was WoB and the CAR (Combined Arms Regiment) was in favor of joining them or had sleeper agents who where in command postions and handed the CAR over to the WoB. You know the normal uber WoB agents.
Or the ship was Clan and they probed the defenses, and beat the ComStar CAR, but didn't have the manpower to take the base.
OR...
The ship was part of the Wolverines and they beat the ComStar CAR but didn't take the base since it would be to much of an issue and would alert the whole IS/Clans to their still being alive.
OR...
This was a cool side story that never went anywhere because the writers have forgotten about it over the years...
Or....aliens where in the ship and with their phase array disruptors wiped out the CAR.
_________________
Karagin
Only the dead have seen the end of war. - Plato
"Wasted trip Man. Nobody said nuthin' about lockin' horns with no tigers." Oddball
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Sleeping Dragon
Draconis Combine
Tai-i
Joined: 06-Apr-2005 00:00
Posts: 4820
Location: Czech Republic
|
| Posted: 18-Nov-2005 11:52 Post subject: RE: Comstar's Colombus Base |
|
|
Or...
some terrible accident with KF drive. The workings of this system still have some unknown problems (mis jumps, ...)
[ This Message was edited by: Sleeping Dragon on 2005-11-18 11:54 ]
_________________
The dragon NEVER sleeps!
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Seraph
Blighted Sun Battalion
2nd Company
"Seraph's Slaughter"
Major
Joined: 11-Mar-2004 00:00
Posts: 1744
|
| Posted: 18-Nov-2005 19:06 Post subject: RE: Comstar's Colombus Base |
|
|
Or....
The commanding officer fell deeply in love with one of the Jarnfolk and soon they all lived jumpily ever after.
Then a black hole ate them all. 
_________________
If ignorance is bliss, then why are you so miserable?
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Sleeping Dragon
Draconis Combine
Tai-i
Joined: 06-Apr-2005 00:00
Posts: 4820
Location: Czech Republic
|
| Posted: 19-Nov-2005 02:49 Post subject: RE: Comstar's Colombus Base |
|
|
Or just were put in stasis and ... Red Dwarf!
_________________
The dragon NEVER sleeps!
|
|
| Back to top |
|
McBride
Draconis Combine
Shujin
Joined: 06-Nov-2004 00:00
Posts: 101
Location: Canada
|
| Posted: 19-Nov-2005 17:32 Post subject: RE: Comstar's Colombus Base |
|
|
"They're all dead, Dave. Everybody. Everybody is dead, Dave"
... Or The CAR was made up of Celtic folk and they made the mistake of stopping by the local pub on the way home.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
WhizzbangThePowerSquig
Royal Black Watch Regiment
Master Sergeant
Joined: 21-Mar-2005 00:00
Posts: 345
Location: Canada
|
| Posted: 19-Nov-2005 20:03 Post subject: RE: Comstar's Colombus Base |
|
|
Obviously, they didn't meet anyone nice, or who could shoot straight.
As for misjumps, could they have ended up on some planet, inhabited by giant intelligent birds, and populated by the desendants of other unfortunate misjumpees? Can you say Far Country?
_________________
All fear Squiggy!
"I've never seen anything this beautiful in the entire galaxy - okay, give me the bomb." - Ultra Magnus
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Zippythewonderslug
Federated Suns
Private
Joined: 27-Aug-2005 00:00
Posts: 18
Location: United States
|
| Posted: 11-Dec-2005 17:08 Post subject: RE: Comstar's Colombus Base |
|
|
Well if you realy want to know...its my fault...see we lost the other ship...landed on this planet becouse we ran out of snacks on the trip out and needed some chips and lotto tickets and well...ya see...Bob locked the keys in the jumpship....Still waiting on AAA 
_________________
To seek, To strive, Not to yeild
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Delta
Lyran Alliance
Leutnant
Joined: 11-Dec-2004 00:00
Posts: 635
|
| Posted: 11-Dec-2005 20:37 Post subject: RE: Comstar's Colombus Base |
|
|
Quote:
|
On 2005-12-11 17:08, Zippythewonderslug wrote:
Well if you realy want to know...its my fault...see we lost the other ship...landed on this planet becouse we ran out of snacks on the trip out and needed some chips and lotto tickets and well...ya see...Bob locked the keys in the jumpship....Still waiting on AAA
|
|
AAA always screws you over. Next time, bring a couple sets of spare keys...
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Khayman
Blighted Sun Battalion
2nd Company
"Seraph's Slaughter"
Corporal
Joined: 14-Nov-2004 00:00
Posts: 91
|
| Posted: 12-Dec-2005 01:26 Post subject: RE: Comstar's Colombus Base |
|
|
Well that makes sense. And here I thought the writer just had a heart attack and died ala 'Monty python.' 
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
