This is an evolving document for the Ornsworld Fighting First: Stumper Muckfoots Great Company. I have 2 guys immortalized in here
Warmaster Romulas and
Dagoose as they were instrumental in the production of fluff and models for the army. As the battle for Catrian Prime works out I will add more fluff and so on.....so Here we go with installment #1
History Ornsworld’s Fighting Firsts
A history of Stumper Muckfoots Great Company
Back in the day when the Emperor walked the planet named Terra, His chosen Son turned against his Father and Began the Turbulent times. The Emperor spread his words all across the galaxy and came to a Planet called Ornsworld. When he came to this planet he discovered a race of humans that were small and quick, with deadly accuracy with their primitive strap shots. Standing at only 3.5 foot each these warriors were the perfect addition to the Emperors new human army, The Imperial Army. He collected some of the proud warriors and took them to his training planet and taught them the arts of projectile shooting and concealment. These warriors then returned enlightened and thrust the entire Ratling race forward as a formidable soldier supply for the Imperial Army as snipers. One of these Snipers, A young Scrapper by the name of Stumper Muckfoot, set out into the Service of the Emperor. As his fame grew as the best shot in all of the Imperium he became well respected by the other soldiers, but was always aware of the sly comments and harmful jokes from the taller “normal” humans. So when Stumper retired from Imperial service he went back to Ornsworld and started to work.
Stumper decided that the only way for the other soldiers of the Imperium to respect the Ratling race as a whole was to be just like the rest of the other planets and recruit his own army from his homeworld. Stumper recruited from all of his clans and chose only the best suited for service. He then founded “The First’s” (Ornsworld’s first IG army). The firsts (or “Tha fursts” as Ratlings as a race are known for colloquialism and Bad Gothic) were now at the Mercy of the Imperium and submitted orders for service to the Administratum. At first received as a Joke the Administratum sent a Imperial Emissary to rank and evaluate the “army” and place them in a operation. Impressed with the grit and fortitude of the new force, The Firsts were given rights as a Self standing army and decreed as Ornsworld’s Fighting First: Stumper Muckfoots Great Company. This company then went on to gain fame in several battles and Became known as one of the best surgical strike teams in the Segmentum Obscuras (Galactic North). Fame quickly found it way back to the Administratum and The First soon saw more and more actions and conflicts. Ratlings subbed out to other armies began to join the home world army and The First’s ranks grew and grew! All seemed great as more and more ratlings were joining the ranks of the Ornsworld first and leaving to fight for glory in the Imperium.
And then tragedy struck. In the Gothic War (see also Abbadon the Despoiler, 12th Black Crusade) Ornsworld was Ravaged by Chaos Space Marines said to be of the Black Legion. They killed thousands of Ratlings in search of “the Eye of Darkness”, an artifact said to have the power to help awaken the mythical Blackstone Fortress. As there was no army to protect the planet because the first was gone on campaign in Segmentum Solar (Galactic Center), the planet was all but destroyed. The First returned to a planet in ruin. In the light of their service to the Emperor of Mankind, Terra High Council rebuilt the planet into a industrialized planet and made it a production world for Ratling pattern weaponry and armor. Taking templates from the nearby planets Danika, Voss, and Stygies many tanks, transports and weapons were reverse engineered and new templates were made to produce Ornsworld pattern Leman Russ tanks, Chimeras, sentinels, and Weapons. It is said that remnants of the extinct Squat race moved to Ornsworld to help with the production process as their own homeworld was destroyed in the Gothic War. No one can confirm or deny this rumor But the Ratling Race has the ability to produce ANY standard armaments, be it vehicle or weapon, in a smaller Ratling sized Ornsworld Pattern. This gives the rumor some credit.
Ornsworld now is a thriving planet with a full army of 12 Battle Companies, a full production line for armor and weapons on planet surface and on the moons, as well as a well know trading/gaming hub for the Segmentum Obscurus region. Frowned upon by other races for being unruly and crude, ratlings are well known for their pin point accuracy and cooking abilities. They are just as notorious for their practical jokes, gambling rings, and their kleptomania. Most IG units that have Ratlings attached reported a higher instance of missing items and gambling rings. They are also known to carry bags of a chewing tobacco like substance called “jabbah”, which seems to calm the hyperactive, fidgety Ratling race making them less likely to turn and run in the face of danger. This substance in normal humans has the same effects as Kalma and Obscura and is deadly in large amounts.