Re: The Vaults of Heaven (AU)
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2024 7:52 pm
Thank you guys for the ST lore, but I agree this should be moved elsewhere.
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Make the Marine a Private First Class or a Lance Corporal, and it’s perfect. And the Klingon unit drinks a Whiskey toast to that battle.jemhouston wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2024 4:29 pm I thought this going to be too over the top, now I'm thinking it's understated.
During the Battle of Axanar, a young staff sergeant was separated from his unit. He saw something that looked important. It was, the was the part of the HQ that held the unit's battle honors and flags. Guarding it was a unit of veterans, think older John Wicks. The warriors that killed the Klingon Gods would have been this group.
When the rest of the Marines showed up, the staff sergeant was the only person (barely) alive. Reinforcement arrived and they destroyed the HQ and captured the battle honors and flags. About that time a cease fire was called. Commanders from both sides toured the battle
The Klingon Honor Guard was found to have gone down swinging. Most of their hands still had weapons in or near their hands. How many of those hands were still attached to the body is in dispute. The Marine couldn't get his K-Bar out of one Klingon so he picked up a Bat’leth. When that broke, he got another one. The Marine commander said, "They died well and fought like Marines. They should be legends."
Normally, when a Klingon unit loses the battle honors and flags, the unit is disestablished and, in the histories, the name is replaced with Unit ## dishonored. They division was reestablished, but without the Guards designation it had. They got it back during the Dominion war when with the 5th MarDiv recaptured Betazed.
A year after the battle, the Klingons sent a pendant designating the 5th MarDiv as a Guards unit. Every anniversary of the battle, the 5th MarDiv drink a Blood Wine toast to the battle.
I based the tale on Poohbah's Battle of Lubbock / aka Grant theft Nukes. Which is why I made him an NCO. The Klingons drinking Whiskey is a nice touch.Wolfman wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2024 5:34 pmMake the Marine a Private First Class or a Lance Corporal, and it’s perfect. And the Klingon unit drinks a Whiskey toast to that battle.jemhouston wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2024 4:29 pm I thought this going to be too over the top, now I'm thinking it's understated.
During the Battle of Axanar, a young staff sergeant was separated from his unit. He saw something that looked important. It was, the was the part of the HQ that held the unit's battle honors and flags. Guarding it was a unit of veterans, think older John Wicks. The warriors that killed the Klingon Gods would have been this group.
When the rest of the Marines showed up, the staff sergeant was the only person (barely) alive. Reinforcement arrived and they destroyed the HQ and captured the battle honors and flags. About that time a cease fire was called. Commanders from both sides toured the battle
The Klingon Honor Guard was found to have gone down swinging. Most of their hands still had weapons in or near their hands. How many of those hands were still attached to the body is in dispute. The Marine couldn't get his K-Bar out of one Klingon so he picked up a Bat’leth. When that broke, he got another one. The Marine commander said, "They died well and fought like Marines. They should be legends."
Normally, when a Klingon unit loses the battle honors and flags, the unit is disestablished and, in the histories, the name is replaced with Unit ## dishonored. They division was reestablished, but without the Guards designation it had. They got it back during the Dominion war when with the 5th MarDiv recaptured Betazed.
A year after the battle, the Klingons sent a pendant designating the 5th MarDiv as a Guards unit. Every anniversary of the battle, the 5th MarDiv drink a Blood Wine toast to the battle.