Ollanius Hive
World : Tancros II
Segmentum Location: ???
Hungry, that's what I felt, As I Toiled In A Manufactorum for My Daily Rations, as I Make Tools for a War in the Stars I don't know, A Holy Cause I learned Since Birth, As Everyday the Foreman accompanied by a Crier shouted out, that our Jobs is Just... And we are Fighting the Good Fight...Well, Words don't really mean Much when Our Food is getting Smaller each day...
I done my work, we were given Rations stamps for our daily meals...Such is the Days I go By, I eat Corpse Starch fast as possible, to Forget the Horrors of My Coworkers having an accident Yesterday prior.., I Head to Bed by Sundown as Spoken by the Vox Speakers in the Public Square, as i prayed to the Emperor for His Protection... I wonder... Will I see The Sun?, For Long I have Been Working in the Hive that I Couldn't Even Afford to see the sun...much less my Sister who works at a Noble House as a maid, Eat More decently than me...
That Particular Night, I Dreamed of The fabled Fruits and Meats of what the Noble eat... Driving a Air Car and Getting A Noble wife...
I woke up and Find The Foreman Standing Infront of the Manufactorum...
"Balphus you are Fired..."
"Sir... I Worked at the Manufactorum for Many Generations, why?"
"As much as I would Like to Keep you, the Cost is too much, and the Higher-ups Demanding that Younger People would work there for less rations... Sorry... Here is the Last Ration Stamp and thank you, for your service..." As the Foreman Stamped Balphus card and went inside...
I Stammering out in the open as all I have left is the Ration Card Stamp for Supposed today work...
How am I supposed to eat?
I wondered, How will I suppose to work, I am too old to be hired by Other Manufactorums...? Chaotic Thoughts is flooding my mind...
I Went to the Benches frustrated, where there are Arbitrators Patrolling the street and keeping an eye on me occasionally...
I seen a Crowd forming Surrounding a Crier as He Says Something that interesting...
"There's a Job for those who are Jobless, Three Meals a Day, and If you Done Well, any of those who have family, will have their families Accompanied them, Those who are willing, Enter the Chimera Behind me" a Chimera Parked behind him...
Interesting.. I Hoped it's not a Cult, I remember my neighbors was In a Slaanesh cult? And the Arbites Crash my door down and Interrogate me for days and had me Publicly Flogged when I don't know anything... But I rather take my chances, than to starve anyway...
"Here, I ready to Go"
"Good there a Man, That would like to follow, Enter the Chimera and you will be Blessed"
I entered the Chimera, It was Almost Full, I was the last Passenger to entered, the Hatch was Closed....
It felt Like Hours to travel...
Then it Stopped... And the Hatch was Opened...
I saw Light not by the Foundries of Orange glow... But A Yellow light... And Sand so white I could not Believe it...
I saw the Sun...
"Attention!!" A Man In a Guardsmen Uniform Approaches
"You are now in Boot Camp as of Today You Are Guardsmen and I am your Drill Instructor Corvin"
Various Protest began among the group
"When you are in training, you will be fed 3 times a day, a Shower and 8 hour of sleep, Or do you not want that? If So, return to the Chimera and let another One take your place..."
After that it was silence, For none wanted to go back...
"Good now let us Begin a Running For 30 Minutes"
Thus Began the Grueling Hard Training...
Long Trek in the wilderness, Digging trenches, and Weight lifting and Sprint test
Though I was seemingly the oldest in the group, I persevere
When the Time Came, that Man didn't lie About eating 3 times a day
On my Plate was a steaming Piles of Meat fruits and Vegetables as if it was plentiful...
We ate as fast as we could and We hoped it's not a Dream.. and the water we drank... it's not a recycled Piss we used to drink... But a Chrystal Water that I could not find anywhere in the Hive
We were invigorated to strive more
For a Year we trained, and Learned Live Fire exercises, doing Maintenance, Until We Came to Practical Experience...
As the Drill Instructor Ordered us into the Firing Range, we were told to Kill the Enemy, A four legged creature with Large Mandible and two Stabbing Arms was Locked In the Cage
"Guardsmen, this is the enemy you will be facing, and it belongs to a faction that is called Arachnid, and today Mission is to Kill this creature Called the Warrior, And One of You should kill it, Each day I will Release such creatures and you will face the fear... You, Guardsman Balphus To the Front and center show me what you got..."
As the Cage were released, it made a Gutteral Roar and Headed towards us... I Aimed the Lasgun and Hit On point, It Staggered for a bit, but rushed toward in greater speed... I shot it one of the Eye and the wound was Cauterized and it Screeching in Pain, I knew it was where it hurts now, I shot more at the Eyes, it Screech was Getting weaker, After my 14th Shot at the Beast, It fell in front and Died..
"Congratulations you managed to kill the Foul beast, And it was a good Try on the first time.. Now Let it be Clear this is Only The Basic, and it was only One, so you will get used to having more than just One..." As the Drill Instructor Grinned
Each Passing day, We Were Having Live Practice, and Each day the Drill Instructor Send out More and More of this things, and our Squad is So Coordinated, that facing a Hundreds of this Things doesn't Faze us..
Then we were having a New enemy to fight a "Tanker Bug" He jokingly as Flambé Bug, as it Shoot concentrated Flames to cook it's enemies, We were required to Kill it with Krak and Melta Grenades while dodging the flames .. and Avoid of getting crushed by its legs...
Practical use of our Stamina was to Reach a so-called Plasma Bug and Kill it, while Dodging its Ball of Slow Moving Plasma constantly, while Avoid or Kill Warriors Bugs that protected it..
The hardest was the Tiger Bugs, Heh they are Similar to the Bugs we used to face, but more Thicker Armoured and Stronger Vitality... Only we had to Overload the LasGuns to deal such threat...
After Training, The Drill Instructor Corvin Congratulates Us as we are being Requested...
The Chimera Came to the Boot Camp
and We all marched in with our Equipment and Await further orders...
The Transit was long but not Boring anymore than before... We reached into a structure and were told that we should get out, I saw a Door.. I instinctively Open the Door, it lead to a Red Dessert but there were buildings that bear the Aquila and Guardsmen Patrolling Giving Us a bit of Relief... And A Kid Who would be the Age of My Brother if he was still alive...Staring at me... He Greeted Us and Showed us around the Base and Informed us that he was the Commander in this base... While we were shown to our Living Quarters, it was lot better than my old bed, Soft on my aching bones... I hoped that I survived this, and I will bring my Sister here, I will make it big...
- Sarge Balphus Kotode
12th Company of M.A.Rs