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*Wing Leader '''Seekan'''{{Fn|1b}} | *Wing Leader '''Seekan'''{{Fn|1b}} | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Captain]] '''Guis Gettering'''{{Fn|1b}} |
*[[Major]] '''Jeric Suhr'''{{Fn|1d}} | *[[Major]] '''Jeric Suhr'''{{Fn|1d}} | ||
| − | * | + | *Major '''Dario Quint''' - "ace of aces"{{Fn|1a}} |
| − | * | + | *Major '''Velmed Harlsson''' - 97 confirmed kills; killed over the Lida Valley by [[Blood Pact]] Flight Warrior [[Khrel Kas Obarkon]], 773.M41{{Fn|1c}}; |
| − | * | + | *Major '''Ludo Ramia'''{{Fn|1d}} |
| − | * | + | *Major '''Ziner Krone''' {{Fn|1d}} |
*Flight Lieutenant [[Larice Asche]] — The first [[Imperial Guard]] Pilot in the Apostles, as well as the first female. Recruited from the [[Phantine Air Corps#XX Wing 'Umbra' Squadron|Phantine Air Corps XX Wing]] under Commander [[Jagdea]], to replace Major Harlsson.{{Fn|2}} | *Flight Lieutenant [[Larice Asche]] — The first [[Imperial Guard]] Pilot in the Apostles, as well as the first female. Recruited from the [[Phantine Air Corps#XX Wing 'Umbra' Squadron|Phantine Air Corps XX Wing]] under Commander [[Jagdea]], to replace Major Harlsson.{{Fn|2}} | ||
Revision as of 06:26, 29 November 2020
- "Apostles" redirects here. For the Chaos Space Marines, see Dark Apostles.
When I said we are immune to the touch of death, I meant we just don’t feel its bite any more. No sense of grief, no loss, no regret, no sadness. Just an inevitability. When an Apostle dies, we put on our dress white and our ridiculous numbers of medals, and we get filthy drunk. We rage, we sing, we drink some more. We do it to show fate, or fortune, or whatever else lurks out there in the dark, that we don’t care. We’re freaks, Jagdea. Do you know why we're Apostles? Not because we're especially fine pilots. Not at all. We're Apostles because we've had unnatural luck. We should have died long ago, but there’s been some oversight and our souls have not been claimed. So we go on flying, and killing. And eventually, the oversight is corrected.
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The 101st Imperial Navy Fighter Wing, more commonly known as "The Apostles", were an elite Imperial fighter wing. They were deployed extensively throughout the Sabbat Worlds crusade, most notably on Enothis, where some of their pilots individually tallied the highest independent kill counts in the campaign, (though three squadrons beat them in overall kill counts, including the Phantine XX). They also suffered their highest number of losses to date.
They wore matt-black flight suits, and were easily distinguished for their pure white suede jackets, carrying no rank pins or other insignia except Imperial Aquilae[1a].
Their aircraft are noted for being cream coloured.
The Squadron has a regular standing strength of eight pilots/aircraft. The Apostles are strange in that members are not assigned the duty, but rather are invited into the squadron by the Apostles' commander upon the death of a current member. If invited, there is no refusing.[1d]
Known Apostles
- Wing Leader Seekan[1b]
- Captain Guis Gettering[1b]
- Major Jeric Suhr[1d]
- Major Dario Quint - "ace of aces"[1a]
- Major Velmed Harlsson - 97 confirmed kills; killed over the Lida Valley by Blood Pact Flight Warrior Khrel Kas Obarkon, 773.M41[1c];
- Major Ludo Ramia[1d]
- Major Ziner Krone [1d]
- Flight Lieutenant Larice Asche — The first Imperial Guard Pilot in the Apostles, as well as the first female. Recruited from the Phantine Air Corps XX Wing under Commander Jagdea, to replace Major Harlsson.[2]
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