Brontian Longknives - Notable Brontian Longknives Regiments: 4th Brontian Longknives - The 4th Brontian Longknives are a veteran regiment that has served the Imperium across multiple battlefronts over the past twenty-five years. During that time, they have proven themselves repeatedly against xenos and heretic forces. Their preferred heavy weapon is the Autocannon, while their favoured assault weapon is the Meltagun. Only their command squads are officially assigned Chimera transports. Platoons are disciplined to maintain daily marches of thirty kilometres or more under conditions of light resistance for weeks at a time. Only in situations where troopers need to travel more than a week’s march are they assigned transport. Due to the harsh conditions on their positioned world of Skrynne and the limits to support from the Imperial Navy, the regiment has been forced to convert civilian vehicles for extended troop transits on several occasions. Once pressed into service, the regiment assumes full responsibility for keeping these vehicles fully functional over an extended period. As a light infantry regiment, the 4th Brontian Longknives are well suited to combat the native Ork population. Due to the planet’s relatively low mineral content, those Orks are relatively poorly armed and have few examples of the race’s characteristic vehicles. Sending them to combat such a foe may have been a deliberate choice based upon High Command’s historic knowledge of Skrynne. Unfortunately, the Orks associated with Warboss Tufgob are capable of fielding a substantially higher number of vehicles, most of which they brought with them aboard their Roks. This has led to many situations where the regiment has had to depend upon the efficiency of their Meltaguns against the Ork vehicles. Culturally, the Brontians are extremely disciplined during military situations but tend to cut loose when on leave or even just off duty. They are generally a garrulous lot, who are friendly towards outsiders as long as the outsiders give the appearance of being capable warriors. They look down on those who lack the necessary discipline or talent to be effective warriors. This regiment is also a particularly superstitious lot, as they have seen a number of unholy and unnatural events during past battles against heretical foes. A less proven regiment might even have been disbanded or sent on a suicide mission, as the mere knowledge of some of these events could lead to heresy.5th Brontian Longknives, "the Scar-Sowers" - The current Imperial Guard regiment designated the 5th Brontian Longknives are the fourth to bear the name and traditions, commanded by the daring and charismatic Colonel Ioan Dunnoch. Mustered with the establishment of the Spinward Front, the 5th Longknives have served primarily on Kulth as part of a counter-incursion force based in Fort Drusus, pushing back against Ork assaults wherever they occur with little respite between individual battles. As a front-line assault force, the 5th Brontian have suffered extensive casualties during the years of warfare, but their renown and continued success have seen them bolstered by the remnants of other Brontian regiments. To date, sixteen other Brontian infantry regiments have been consolidated into the strength of the 5th Longknives, creating a force forged by brutal warfare into a brotherhood of hardened veterans. Famous for leading the forlorn hope against the Ork stronghold on Tyrrea, Colonel Dunnoch is a man for whom the horrors of war serve as little discouragement. Ambitious, but with the will and talent to support his aspirations to glory and renown, Dunnoch's rise to command the 5th Longknives (and his increasing notoriety) has seen his regiment placed at the forefront of the onslaught against the Orks, taking their knives and swords to Greenskin flesh. Dunnoch and his regiment have received several commendations from High Command in the Spinward Front for shattering Ork bulwarks and crippling Greenskin offensives, and they have gained a reputation as some of the foremost close-quarters specialists amongst the Imperial Guard regiments staving off the devastating advance of WAAAGH! Grimtoof across the region. The soldiers of the Brontian 5th, informally called the "Scar-Sowers," are proud examples of their world's warriors, strong, quick, and deadly with a blade, loyal and unquestioning, and courageous in the face of the enemy. Their honour is without question and their knives without mercy for the enemies of the Imperium.