The Last Ditch Rearguard

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The Last Ditch Rearguard is a cast/supporter collaborative effort that allowed fans to directly affect certain events in the main campaign. Supporters of the show were counted as NPC's and given a link to a special game in Roll20 to make rolls as requested by SheepDog and EnterElysium each week. These rolls would not directly impact gameplay, but averages would alter the effectiveness of support coming for the players (for example, if calling in an air strike, the rolls from Aeronautica corps would determine if/when they could arrive). In rare instances, critical failures or successes (rolls of 1-5 Success; 95-100 Fail) would allow for the supporter's character to become directly involved (such as when Queltzaar Hicks played by Minks failed a roll and ended up sending the called upon support to the middle of the ocean rather than the front when the player's had requested).

In addition to the mechanical side of the game, Roll4It opened up a special RP Room on their Discord channel. A large number of fans began writing up backstories and adventures for their characters about the day-to-day goings on in other parts of the Imperial Guard, sometimes based on official rolls made, other times simply stories they wanted to tell.

## The Corps

The following is a list and description of the different army corps that make up the Rearguard. Originally there were 12 - Aeronautica, Artillery, Armour, Engineer, Heavy Weapons, Logistics, Medicae, Officers, Recon, Recovery, Signal, and Special Forces. As the war progressed (HQ Ep \_\_), Lt. Col. Drake authorized the creation of a 13th Rearguard Corps= the Unusual Weapons and Tactics (UWat), later renamed Special Operation and Practices (SOaP) after their only product was soap that tasted bad to Tyranids.

Officer Corps - The Battle Leaders, the ones who need to maintain discipline and order, and see that the line is held, the orders are carried out.

Recovery Corps - What happens when a plane is shot down? When a tank hits a mine? Someone has to get back that important piece of equipment and make sure it's repaired and put back into service! This is your job.

Medical Corps - Battlefield Medics, Surgeons... You will be saving lives on the battlefield and at the infirmary. Replacing limbs with bionics, maybe, even saving an important leader's life...

Logistics Corps - Supplies, ammunition, You run everything to where it needs to be, you keep the lifeline from the Rear to the front alive, and by extension, keep everyone fighting!

Heavy Weapon Corps - Lascannons, Heavy Bolters, You are responsible for the suppression of the enemy as your fellow soldiers charge, for taking out the tank or heavily armoured enemy that is causing troubles.

Armour Corps - Troop transport, heavy cannons on tanks, You are integral to the war effort as one of the backbones of the Imperial Guard army.

Recon Corps - Reconnaissance, scouts, You find the enemy, report troop movements, pinpoint positions for artillery. Without you, the Commanders are blind.

Aeronautica Corps - Pilots. Bombing, Dogfighting, Transport, Extraction. Everything air is your domain, and sometimes, you are the angels riding in on glory to save the day.

Signal Corps - Radiomen, electronic warfare, false reports, hacking the enemy comms. It's your job to do all these things.

Engineer Corps - Clearing terrain, planting mines, building Forward Operating Bases, digging trenches and building defenses. Not all fighting on the front line is fightin

Artillery Corps - Barrages, Targeted Bombardment, Creeping Bombardment. Everything that is to do with heavy firepower directed at the enemy.

Special Forces - Targeted Covert Strikes, Fuel Dumps, Enemy Officers, Your job is to partake in the dangerous and deadly Ops that will likely spell your death, but might change the course of the war.

SOAP - Special Operations A.... P..... Comes up with, sometimes very worrying special ideas, tactics and means to battle heresy and xenos. Let's just hope they don't BECOME the heresy. Formely UWaT - Unusual Weapons and Tactics Corps.

Inventions

* Tyranid repellant soap.