From Lexicanum

Lukas Bastonne is a Sergeant born on Cadia.

Bastonne is probrably the most recognised face on Cadia, his image being the public trademark of the Shock Troop regiments. His heroism and great bravery has earned him enough reputation to be recognised soley by image by his superiors, colleagues, and almost the entire population of Cadia.

Early life

Bastonne was born into nobility which guaranteed him a starting place as an Officer in the Imperial Guard, but instead, Bastonne decided to join at the bottom of the ladder, joining as a Private. He has a brillaint memory as well as being a great strategist, these combined, Sergeant Bastonne memorises previous tactical priorities, situations, and his squad's movement, quickly assessing situations and thus winning victories for the Emperor and the Imperial Guard wherever he was stationed. It was not long before he was promoted to Sergeant.

His long-term memory doesn't come without a price. Rumour has it that Bastonne has the names of each and every Guardsman who died under his command tattooed on him, and that the faces of those he failed to save haunt him every night. Bastonne was called upon due to his strategic advantages to rescue the Imperial Governor from the Forge World, Agrippina. Given a handful of Veterans, he ventured off, with him and his squad sneaking and fighting their way through the infected Chaos citizens. As always, Bastonne completed the task at hand, listening to his orders and carrying them out with nothing less than to the best of his abilities. Upon arriving back to the rescue shuttle, Sergeant Lukas Bastonne ventured back to the hostile hive city to rescue a fallen trooper who had been attacked and left behind; Bastonne never left anyone behind before and indeed retrieved the trooper. When news of this reached Cadia, Bastonne was celebrated as a National Hero, earning a reputation to the citizens of Cadia; flocks of young men joined the Imperial Guard, eager to gain the same repect and reputation Bastonne had earned. What isn't made public though, is that the trooper Bastonne had gone back to rescue, had become infected, and was executed by Lukas on the voyage back. None the less, Sergeant Lukas Bastonne received the Star of Terra. Another medal, but another face to haunt him during his restless nights.¹

Notable Battles

• Defence of Bloodhaven¹
• Destruction of the Manthral Land-Fortress¹
• Rescue of the Imperial Governor from Agripinaa¹

Sources

• ¹Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)