2nd Vystromian Volunteer Regiment

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## 2nd Vystromian Volunteer Regiment("The Molten Guard of Vystrom")

A newly recruited Vystromian private armed with an Obsidion Pattern Heavy Bolter stands at ease.

## Regimental Data

### **Strength**

8,200 soldiers, 18 Leman Russ, 4 “Basalt Platforms”

### **Motto**

"When they run to the cracks and crevices where titans cant go, we'll get 'em"

## Other information

### **Specialty**

Hostile environments, Hit and run, Ambushes, Morale Damage, Stealth and Infiltration.

### **Special Weapons**

Obsidion Pattern Heavy Bolter, Brimstone Heavy Bolter, Silver Spear, Magma Blades

## Commanders

### **Notable Commanders**

Colonel Aman Hagos Chernebereck, Captain Khary Magoro

"*When The Emperor requires big guns to slip through the Underhives to sabotage rebel armor or to invisibly stalk a chaos Warband before putting bolts through their skulls, he sends the hardest hitting regiment in the galaxy - the Molten Guard of Vystrom.*"
— Colonel Aman Hagos Chernebereck, 2nd Vystromian Volunteers
The **2nd Vystromian Volunteers**, more widely known as **The Molten Guard of Vystrom**, is a regiment of the Astra Militarum hailing from the frigid volcanic planet of Vystrom. Highly skilled in navigating vast hostile lands quickly and unseen, they have been trained by their home worlds brutal environment. They excel in ambushes and hit and run attacks, able to masterfully conceal themselves and loose shots from their specially crafted Obsidion Pattern Heavy Bolters at an incredible rate, filling the air with smoke and churned up dirt. They played a significant role in Operation Avalanche against the Cleen Tracc Clan, despite losing a large portion of their soldiers, and have been employed in warzones across the galaxy, mostly against Ork and Chaos forces.

Their unwavering loyalty and religious zeal has prompted them to become a common regiment for cadet Commissars to be assigned to, as the men judge them harshly. They are well known for executing cowards left and right, even having executed three of their former commissars for cowardice.

## History

The 2nd Vystromian Volunteers were initially founded in 028.M31, though their fight against chaos started immediately after the  Horus Heresy broke out in 005.M31.

## Regimental Home World

Vystrom, the home world of the regiment, is a hellish sea of glaciers, boiling oceans and super volcanoes, idling through the Segmentum Obscurus, orbiting no star. The very limited light that reaches the planet is blocked out by the volcanic ash that fills the atmosphere, resulting in the planets only light being emitted from its millions of volcanoes.

Life on the planet is focused on the super massive volcano *Robstruia*, which was converted into a massive forge city. The materials crafted there are for the most part ordinary, aside from the volcanic core metals, rare metals extracted from the centers of erupting volcanoes that maintain their heat for centuries, that are used primarily in Silver Spears and Lava Flow guns.

The city that sprawls along the mountains thousand mile slope is sparsely populated, and is primarily home to workers of the Robstruia forge and other nearby forges, firemen who utilize geothermal energy to give the city power, cultivators who grow protein rich foods for the population in massive indoor farms, and nurseries to help grow the population. The cities streets are filled with massive rails that carry vats of molten metal and earth anywhere they are needed. The city also houses the planetary government, and overall is much better off then the rest of the planet.

Many other small cities are scattered across volcanic slopes, but none compare to the city of Robstruia. In the low lands below the mountains, filled with millennia of cooled lava oceans, slaves live and die with pickaxes in hand and chains on their ankles. Valuable minerals lie just below the planets cooled crust and in the super elated earth. Xenos and humans work side by side, living off the roasted flesh of their comrades and being urged on by slave drivers wielding silver spears. Runners from the city then load up the rocks on great mammoth beasts called Frothers, measuring the size of an imperial titan and capable of dragging countless tons for thousands of miles. The crew sizes can vary from two score men to well over 100.

Wildlife is somewhat rare on the planet, as its devoid of low lying pant life. That being said, parts of the planet are covered in thick groves of trees standing unfathomably tall, coated in thick green leaves tinted blue by frost. Carnivorous beasts prow the snow and glaciers, striking out at any humans In their general vicinity. Because of this, its a habit for Vystromians to carry bolt pistols, even in the cities.

The people of Vystrom have long histories and ancient families, and while to an outsider it may not be apparent, grudges and wrongs are never forgotten or forgiven. Deep under the worlds surface magma runs hot like the blood that runs in every mans veins, waiting for its chance to bubble to the surface in an assassination or sabotage of another families forge, leading to prolonged internal conflict. This can occasionally lead to firefights within the regiment, but of all the families that are on the planet, it is difficult to find two that don’t match.

The regiments soldiers are primarily taken from the runner crews, accustomed to heavy lifting and constant movement, as well as the grizzly deaths of their compatriots to ferocious meat eaters. Slave drivers and human slaves are also commonplace in the regiment for their determination and grit. Those that work the forges often join up due to heritage, their ancient families demanding it at a certain age. Cultivators, firemen and women sometimes slip in too, mostly looking for adventure in their bland lives, to serve the emperor further, or simply to die a soldiers death.