A-MECH-666

OMEGA-666 Ordo Reductor

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A-MECH-666
Livery of the Ordo Reductor
Primus:	Mechanicum
Divisio:	Ordo Reductor
Designation:	A-MECH-666
Cognomen:	Omega-666 Strikeforce
Allegiance:	Undecided
Skirmish Summary A-MECH-666 fought Combatants Won Lost Draw L-XX-3187 0 0 1 L-XII-1995 1 0 0 L-XII-1974 1 0 0 L-XIV-3076 2 0 0 A-MECH-1199 0 2 0 L-XIII-5240 2 0 0 L-IV-2000 0 1 0 L-XVII-6935 0 1 0 L-VII-8431 1 0 0 Q-KNT-2151 0 1 0 L-VII-1140 0 1 0 L-XVIII-2139 0 1 0 L-I-3135 0 1 0 L-XIII-1313 0 1 0

History

OVERVIEW OF THE ORDO REDUCTOR

The Ordo Reductor are a sinister and secretive militant order of the Mechanicum, oriented first and foremost towards destroying the fortifications of enemies of the Red Planet. Their symbol is the 'Shattered Rook' however it is not just terrestrial fortifications they excel at reducing. They may be called to storm Void Stations, subterranean and fortified habitats, aquatic stations and cities, orbital defence networks, asteroid demesnes. They may also be called upon to crush and drive enemy forces in high danger zones such as rad-wastes, solar conflagrations, space hulks, unstable geological structures, worlds inhabited by extremely dangerous alpha-predator-level fauna or flora, areas of gravitational flux, and psychically unstable areas or zones where basic human psychology cannot function or quickly breaks down.

The Ordo Reductor is broken into many mendicant taskforces, moving around within warzones to where-ever they are called, drawn to areas of extreme danger and resistance. They are equipped for the most part with materiel which shares as much commonality with Astarte equipment as possible, making resupply quicker. They are also able to self replenish their ranks with Thallax troops.

They are masters of reduction, mass destruction and massacre.

OVERVIEW OF THE OMEGA TASKFORCES

Omega-666 is one of many Ordo Reductor Task Forces under the Omega designation. They are used in savage forlorn hope engagements which the Thallax were designed for, closing the distance to a breach in the enemy defences or lines, and relentlessly butchering all enemies they come across. The Omega designation forces are known in Imperial High Command circles by the Old Earth fragment Les Enfants Perdus translated roughly as 'The Lost Children'.

Their prime role is to seize the breach in an engagement and push in, destroying materiel and slaughtering weapons teams and support staff to make-safe for Enginseers and other Magos inbound in second waves.

Composed in the most part of Thallax Cohorts - savage and merciless cyborg assault troops - and heavily armoured assault vehicles. The many battlefields of the Great Crusade provides a perfect recruiting ground for humans willing or unwilling, to undergo the transformation into brutal cyborgs.

OMEGA-666

Leadership - Omega-666 is lead by a shadowy Archmagos Reductor known to Imperial forces as 'The Martian', an inscrutable cyborg of master-designed build, wielding a broad archeotech axe which has seen many foe, xenos and traitor alike fall to its swift blows. Only those within the inner circle of the Reductor are aware of the truth behind his dark genesis.

The being known as 'The Martian' was once a Barbarian King on Old Terra during the Age of Darkness. Ruling over a fortified hive containing vast Archeotech troves, he warred against plunderers from the Red Planet. After decades of remorseless combat his kingdom was extinguished and he was killed in a last ditch defence, going down fighting against maniples of Battle-Automata. Impressed by the tenacity of the ancient king, victorious Magos Reductor salvaged his brain and nervous system and interred them in a master-work prototype version of the Lorica Thallax. Kept in a data-cairn on Mars, the great crusade has called for great leaders and under a cyber-geas The Martian leads his Thallax minions into the most extreme combat imaginable.

History - Having fought alongside the Iron Tenth legion on many occasions, and debts of honour owed in both directions, The Martian immediately responded to Lord Ferrus' summons to strike at the traitors in the Istvaan system. Using their swift warp drives, The Barbican and escorts were amongst the first forces to arrive in-system and made planetfall via heavy lifters and gunships straight into the Urgall Depression. The massed Thallax and Land Raiders made relentless strikes against the fortifications and Legions clustered around the megalithic xenos structures present on the battlefield, but suffered grievous losses and moved back to a rear echelon to regroup and repair. The fall of Ferrus and the arrival and betrayal by the subsequent legions came as a double hammer blow to The Martian, who realising the situation decided to get-offworld as the fight was lost.

Breaking through the lines and rescuing a company sized element of Iron Hands under Terran Praetor Dio Attianus, The Martian led the remnants in a brief back-line insurgency against the Word Bearers legion, finally ambushing a dropped breacher contingent and seized their Stormbird. They laid low in the system for 239 hours before sending an encoded message and rendezvousing with The Barbican.

Swearing an Oath of Vengeance against the Traitor forces, they made for a little-known world and outpost of the Mechanicum - the forest world of Baphomet. Finding primary Forge-Station under attack by Nightlords forces, Omega-666 fell with vengeance upon them, shattering their small fleet with a surprise Zero-G void intrusion attack on their ships by Thallax Maniples, followed by direct insertion onto the planet itself. Scattering the Night Lords into the wild woods, they met with the inhabitants of the word, the Myrmidon Brotherhood known as The Sons of Kouretes. Together they stripped what technology and STC they could from Baphomet, burning the rest, and reclaiming the various Night Lords ships.

They set out once more for vengeance.

Current Composition - Omega-666 is a fleet based shock-force able to deploy into a variety of environments. Operating around their immense battleship-grade assault ship The Barbican which functions as the primary supply and refit plus cannibalisation and refit factorum of the taskforce. The Barbican is escorted by four Sword Class Frigates, and several smaller and unorthodox pattern destroyers. During the retreat from Istvaan, Omega-666 met with a Loyalist Rogue Trader and his small remnant fleet which had been decimated during the apocalyptic space battle in the Istvaan system. After the battle and cannibalisation of the stations at Baphomet, two ex-Night Lords cruisers were added to the adhoc fleet, the latter ships being reconsecrated and handed to the Sons of Kouretes.

The primary power of Omega-666 is the massed ranks of the Thallax shock troop cohorts. Although slaughtered at Istvaan V and only escaping with a fraction of his forces, The Martian has had his Magos Biologis working overtime rebuilding their strength, currently at around five thousand troops. Due to the nature of the cyborg Thallax, they are easily repaired with stock parts brought up from the immense storage vaults and manufactorum on board The Barbican.

Additional forces under Omega-666 include:

The Sons of Kouretes Myrmidon Brotherhood, led by Archmagos Myrmidax Apollodorus, numbering around one thousand Myrmidons including the much feared 'Golden Band' phalanx made up of veteran Destructor Hoplites. Suplemented by several hundred Magos and Adepts, along with tens of thousands of mind-wiped tech-thralls.

Legio Cybernetica Cohort Decius IV, A full strength Battle Automata Assault Cohort, not deployed to Istvaan V and thought to be at near full strength and supplemented by additional Vorax-Class automata salvaged from Baphomet.

Several Solar Auxillia Cohorts the Margrave's Guards Grenadiers, understrength remnants of a grand army being transported by the Rogue Trader Cassius Margrave. Suffering massive casualties during ship to ship combat with World Eaters Astartes, the survivors - mostly Veletaris - are a combat blooded and elite band.

Iron Hands 46th Extermination Company The Fellhounds, A much reduced force of Terran veterans of the Unification Wars, the company mostly consisting of Tactical Veterans and Destroyer Cadres were surrounded and near overrun when The Martian's force fell upon the Word Bearers, slaughtering them. Dio Attianus, hearing the news of Ferrus' death from the Martian later aboard the Barbican, swore a blood oath giving their lives to the Ordo Reductor, as long as they continue their path of vengeance against the traitors.

Combat Reports for A-MECH-666

Campaigns

Baylonian Insurrection
				Prelude Even before the shocking actions of Istvaan filtered through to the Australis Ultima ..→

Breaking of Centrumeh Gate
				Prelude to War While a number of Houses and at least one Company are known to have ..→

Inferno Campaign
	047.007.M31	Inferno	Unresolved

The Aminira Campaign
	326.009.M31	System Wide	Unresolved	The Aminira system, known by the 255th Expeditionary Fleet as the fifteenth world to be brought to ..→

The Burning of Scandus Prime
	790.008.M31	System Wide	Unresolved	The Emperors dreams and hope are in ruin, his trust proved false, and his brightest son fallen to ..→

The Lincon Heresy
				In the wake of Horus' treachery on Istvaan III and the galaxy plunged into civil war, confusion ..→

The Rallying of Trugoy
				Prologues The Warmasters great betrayal is announced to the galaxy with the bloody brutal ..→

Battles

Battle Name	Date	Planet	Battle Outcome	Battle Summary
Baylonian Insurrection~Act 8	541.008.M31	System Wide	Unresolved	With the act of rebellion the Baylonian Synod brought the wrath of not only the Loyalists but the Traitors as well. Their intention to reclaim their lost empire and stand apart from the warring ..→
Breaking of Centrumeh Gate~Ep.1 - ACT of Heresy: Sudeen	058.009.M31	Sudeen	Secessionist	As the first shots were fired in the opening salvos on the surface of Raynes the Mechanicum forces on Sudeen executed their own plans; thousand of troops including mercenary Astartes and allied ..→
Inferno Campaign~Battle at Autur	047.007.M31	Inferno	Unresolved	+++ACCESSING ARCHIVE+++ +++ARCHIVE ACCESSED+++ +++ OPENING COMBAT FILE+++ --047.007.M31 - Planet: Inferno-- --Campaign Phase: ..→
The Aminira Campaign~Operation: Molten Storm	326.009.M31	System Wide	Traitor
The Rallying of Trugoy~ACT of Heresy: Grox	063.008.M31	Grox	Loyalist	A Forgotten Legacy Before the conflict had truly begun the Loyalist forces had sent an advance scouting fleet into the Truogy system to source resources and ..→
The Rallying of Trugoy~ACT of Heresy: Impasse	063.008.M31	Impasse	Loyalist	Dark Experiments The Retlaxi Mechanicum were tasked some time ago by Horus to begin construction of an underground research laboratory in order to research ..→
The Rallying of Trugoy~ACT of Heresy: Trugoy	063.008.M31	Trugoy	Loyalist	The Corruption of Office Although the Governor of Trugoy was quick to reaffirm his loyalty to the Emperor, it was a hollow pledge indeed; resentful at ..→