Homebrew 40k Faction "the Thunder Empire"
The Armed forces of The thunder empire
Mulia the ancient is a thunder warrior from old terra. Having fought during the unification wars and having survived mount ararat he escaped into the galaxy until he would resurge in the 39th millennium. He would first conquer the hive world Null with a fleet of alpha legion marines that swore loyalty to him after coming out of the warp after 10,000 years.
After the conquest of null this would provide the basis for his army. Mulia and the alpha legion would mold the local pdf into what is now known as “the armed forces of the thunder empire” ; they created a new military system where anyone who wants to enlist will get regular pay, food and a place to live; however , you have to provide your own equipment. This means that every soldier uses his own pay to equip himself, making the armed forces greatly vary in quality from man to man.
However the army would be segregated into 2 main branches.
- The regular army. This is the regular non chaos aligned army that swears loyalty directly to mulia. This army is less well equipped but much more loyal to the fiefdom.
A sub branch of the army is the thunder corps. These superhuman warriors are mulias home made space marines using knowledge and tech given tk him by the alpha legion. These are regular marines untainted by chaos using salvaged power armour or mk 1 thunder armour produced on null. These soldiers act as heavy infantry fighting along side the regular army acting in a similar way to ogryns do in the astra milatarum.
Thunder Corpsman in a set of freshly produced Mk 1 armor.
- Chaos Guard. Chaos space marines who side with mulia the ancient often are allotted a district in a city/hive city. In these districts they train and equip loyal cultists into chaos-aligned guardsmen. These squads are often more well trained in offensive combat and often well equipped making them good stormtroopers however they are often unpredictable when it comes to orders from non chaos space marine superiors. These squads and regiments are segregated to stop the spread of chaos to the regular army.
Outside the army there is the thunder navis. This is the navy of mulia the ancient and his fiefdom. This navy consists of a ragtag fleet of chaos battle barges, renegade imperial navy ships and converted cargo ships. This navy has often fallen short of expectations in battle due to low discipline and low training as well as lack of maintenance.
A sub-branch of the thunder navis is the thunder aeronautica. This is the air force of mulia the ancient. They use a home grown design fighter called the doom-gull strike fighter. They excel at close quarters ground support but lack dogfighting training and are often lackluster in air to air combat.
Outside of the regular armed forces there are the chaos space marines
chaos space marines. Chaos space marines sometimes swear allegiance to mulia the great in exchange of being able to have money and power inside his fiefdom. These marines are important to the military and fiefdom altogether as they provide almost all of its naval power and they are usually used as a surgical strike force to do high priority tasks that the army cannot be trusted to do.
The fiefdom keeps these marines from going rogue by using a system called the council of 4.
The council of 4 consists of representatives from the nurgle,tzeench,khorne and slaanesh quarters of the military and government. This council allows all of the chaos aligned forces and chaos aligned sections of planets to vice concerns and wished keeping them from leaving or rebelling
The council of 4 has 4 members plus the high councilman mulia the ancient
cantai the sick is the representative of nurgle. He was once a noble imperial knight pilot but during the horus heresy he sided with warmaster horus taking over the space marine ship he was serving on and fighting in the heresy with the death guard.
Haleey the the perfectionist is the representative of slaanesh. He was once a regular marine who went rogue. When he went rogue he took a small part of his battlefleet before joining up with mulia.
Eron the deceptive. Is the representative of tzeench. He was an alpha legion company commander who went into the warp before the horus heresy. After coming out of the war he was immediately fired upon after realising he came out 10,000 years in the future and learning his legion went rogue. He then joined up with mulias minor warband making up a massive portion of the chaos space marines and doing much of the training for the regular army.
Alow the berserk is the representative of khorne. He was once a gladiator before his planet was taken by the fiefdom. After the battle he distinguished himself by betraying the emperor and taking his squad of pdf guardsman and taking on a squad of salamanders and winning with no casualties. This proved to mulia that he was strong enough to be a part of the fiefdoms' future
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Banner of the thunder Empire
Also Sorry for grammar.
also credits to earltheartist for making that picture of mk 1 thunder armor.