The Harrowmaster Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Hi all, I am trying to come up with a name for Guard regiment thats maritime warfare specialist. For the most or the army I will be using Militarum Tempestus, as a regiment of scions used for maritime warefare. What I want to do is come up with a guard regiment that is used in close support to my scions. I was thinking something along the lines of "101st Naval Infantry." My only concern is the term navy in 40k is more to do with the space travel than the navy we know today. So would "Naval Infantry" as it were fit the maritime roll in 40k? Also it is my understanding that the imperial navy doesnt have its own ground troops and that the imperial navy and guard are completly seperate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 How about using the words: Littoral Riverine Oceanic or Ocean-borne So would "Naval Infantry" as it were fit the maritime roll in 40k? It possibly could but, as you point out, the connotations with the Imperial Navy are too significant to ignore. Also it is my understanding that the imperial navy doesnt have its own ground troops and that the imperial navy and guard are completly seperate? Technically yes on the first count although they have armsmen and security forces on each ship which could turn out to be a sizable infantry force from the larger ships (maybe company's worth not regiment sized, though). For the second point, yes, they are separate. They were both formed from what was the Imperial Army back in the days of the Great Crusade. When the Horus Heresy happened, a large chunk of the Army sided with Horus but when the Imperium won the war the Imperial military was heavily restructured and compartmentalised. The Army was split into two entities - the Navy and the Guard. One for the void, one for the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Harrowmaster Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Very good reply! Pretty much comfirmed my thoughts. I dont know whether to do a scions army that doe's a lot of work for the imperial navy. (Avoiding anphobious side altogether) Or ignore the imperial navy and do a aphibious gaurd regiment that supports the aquatic scions. Decisions.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 How about going for more of a roundabout reference to the sea? For example something like the Cerulean Awesomenauts? Ok, so maybe just the Cerulean part :P Your Guard regiment could easily be from a world with a lot of sea surface, for example an archipelago planet that requires the regiment to be proficient at marine actions which naturally lends itself to space borne operations :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plague Angel Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Cerulean is good. Remember the Imperial Navy refers to space ships and flyers. I could be wrong, but as far as I know, it doesn't have anything to do with seacraft(?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calgar 2.0 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Just saying...... In the book Flesh and Iron, they reference the Imperium using dropships to place Battleships and Aircraft carriers on Ocean worlds. And it even follows a Regiment of IG that use Zodiacs, RHIBs, and Jetskis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Well remembered, Calgar. There's precedent in that book that might serve you well, genetchi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reichfaust Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Gonna throw my hat in the ring for 815th Oceanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sviar Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Sea Guard (sorry couldn't help it). Cyaneus Azureus Caerulus Warriors from the abyss Guardians of the abyss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Harrowmaster Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 All very helpful replies guys. I'm going to have to try and get hold of flesh and iron I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Harrowmaster Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Ok after a lot of thinking. I am starting to settle with the #st/nd/th Mariners, Oceanic, or both Oceanic Mariners I want them to come from an ocean world. any kool ideas for naming that world. I would rather it not come from the fluff. The only one I have come up with is Triton. (its aleady the name of a moon of neptune) but Triton was a son of "Poseidon" and is the "messenger of the sea". Is this too obvious a reference or will it fit with 40 k ? EDIT****** Triton is also the name of the king in the little mermaid!! sigh!! so how about Proteus , Poseidons other son? lol, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicodemus Doloroso Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Well Proteus was the main character in that Space Marine movie from a few years back so I don't know about that one. Although subtlety is not common in 40k so you could probably get away with calling your planet Posiedon actually. For the regiment I like Oceanic myself. The XXnd Oceanic or even the XXnd Posiedon Oceanic. Just for an example. If Posiedon is a bit much for you I'm sure there are other ocean themed things in mythology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RolandTHTG Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Triton/Posiedon Oceanic would be an excellent name. If you don't want an obvious name, what about naming it after one of the lesser sea spirits, or a non-greek sea god. There's a lot out there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_water_deities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrik Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 what i'm more curious about, how will you model your miniatures? do you want them to be fully operational on/in water, boarding actions etc? personally i think the tabletopgame isn't suited that well to represent maritime combat (or at least my interpretation of it) so i'm guessing you want a boarding style army? if so, perhaps the zone mortalis is something you should look up, as it could be used to represent the confined spaces on board a battleship name wise, there's always atlantis you could link to it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Harrowmaster Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 I'm hoping to have some model to post very soon. In game I'm going to use a lot of chimera as they are amphibious. and just except that there is not a lot of water on the table tops in 40k. I'm also converting some sentinel into "submersible sentinels" the idea these sentinels would be dropped off underwater covertly and can scout potential landing beaches or move into land to disrupt enemy before a landing. I just like the idea of sentinels wading out of the water. ^^ As for the infantry themselves. I'm going to be using Catachans. I have a large handful of Cadian torsos and hopefully berets from my scions. to mix in with them. I also have some hairy heads from the chaos marauder horsemen sprue, for that rugged sailor look. As i say hopefully will get some example pics soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicodemus Doloroso Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Definitely have to put some anchor tattoos on a few arms. Especially in the hairy guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I want them to come from an ocean world. any kool ideas for naming that world. I would rather it not come from the fluff. Ahem, this'll help get the ball rolling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_water_deities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astartes-ULTRA Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 You could try something similar to the other guardsman regiments with the world of origin name + their fighting stature. Ie. Tallarn Desert Raider, Harakoni War Hawks. Picking a random ocean planet name for example purposes how about something like: Talassarian Sea Urchins, Ithakian Water Corps, Brunian Ocean Warriors, Tyranian Fighting Fish, Jardanian Steel Barracudas, Liundrian Iron Piranhas, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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