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Shortly after landing, however, and his subsequent takeover of Ironworks Bay, the at-the-time General Alexander made a discovery with a contingent of Techpriests under his command - the main gun of an Imperator-class War Titan, cut from a [[Chaos]] Titan's arm ages ago. After Techpriests checked the cannon and found that the weapon had not been tainted by its use by the Traitor Legions, Alexander reported his findings and was given new orders: to take Kronus for the Imperium, and to salvage any relics of the Adeptus Mechanicus that may yet lie on this world. Massive support flew in, and Alexander's army swelled to gargantuan proportions, forming a spearhead that would eventually sweep all before it, doing his mentor, Sturnn, proud. | Shortly after landing, however, and his subsequent takeover of Ironworks Bay, the at-the-time General Alexander made a discovery with a contingent of Techpriests under his command - the main gun of an Imperator-class War Titan, cut from a [[Chaos]] Titan's arm ages ago. After Techpriests checked the cannon and found that the weapon had not been tainted by its use by the Traitor Legions, Alexander reported his findings and was given new orders: to take Kronus for the Imperium, and to salvage any relics of the Adeptus Mechanicus that may yet lie on this world. Massive support flew in, and Alexander's army swelled to gargantuan proportions, forming a spearhead that would eventually sweep all before it, doing his mentor, Sturnn, proud. | ||
Things got complicated when [[Davian Thule]]'s Blood Ravens unit arrived to purge the world and secure relics of their chapter (I.E. steal things and cover up inconvenient evidence of the Blood Ravens' hair-esy). Alexander had his orders from Segmentum Command, and wasn't about to back off because a few crimson-armored [[Indrick Boreale|fuckwits]] refused to back off, despite pleading constantly that Thule was doing nothing but cause blood to be spilled needlessly. | Things got complicated when [[Davian Thule]]'s Blood Ravens unit arrived to purge the world and secure relics of their chapter (I.E. steal things and cover up inconvenient evidence of the Blood Ravens' hair-esy). Alexander had his orders from Segmentum Command, and wasn't about to back off because a few crimson-armored [[Indrick Boreale|fuckwits]] refused to back off, despite pleading constantly that Thule was doing nothing but cause blood to be spilled needlessly. | ||
Suffice to say [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPLjA3vEG8&feature=related Thule refused to fuck off]. Canonically, the Blood Ravens drove the guard out of Victory Bay and off Kronus, but the wholesale slaughter that occurred was deemed [[Heresy|heretical]] by several in the Inquisition and left several Blood Ravens with tortured consciences from the (largely needless) slaughter carried out - something that would eventually lead to the fall of [[Avitus]], and which only later would be revealed to have been intended by the Blood Ravens' Chaos-tainted chapter-master, Kyras. | |||
Despite his injuries, Imperial Medicaes patched Alexander up and got him off-world, where his reports to Segmentum Command caused the Blood Ravens to be flagged as possibly tainted by [[Chaos]]. Afterwards he (and his forces) were re-assigned to look into events of the Kauravan campaign - an unfortunate assignment that would, sadly, be Alexander's last. | |||
==The Death of the Governor-Militant== | ==The Death of the Governor-Militant== | ||
Revision as of 23:36, 22 May 2012
The Imperial Governer-Militant in Dark Crusade. Considered a step down in manliness from General Sturnn, Alexander is, in fact, his successor, and remains a fucking manly motherfucker, especially since Dark Crusade ends with a canon partially canon ending for the Imperial Guard (since Alexander survives Kronus, only to die on Kaurava). So whilst he does not reach the manliness of the other Imperial generals in the series, he has the standard-issue set of fist-size steel balls all guardsmen have, and he is, as such, still pretty badass. He is notable for, like all the Imperial commanders in Dawn of War, showing considerable humanity, though he is younger and less-gritty than his fellows.
He has a noted role in Love Can Bloom.
The Dark Crusade
Alexander was dispatched with his unit of the Cadian 412th in order to bring Taldeer, who was largely responsible for the manly General Sturnn's death near-death and the subsequent loss of a Dominatus-class War Titan. Having tracked her to Kronus, a planet under the rule of the Tau, Alexander commenced an orbital bombardment to clear out Tau observation garrisons before moving into the capital, reinforcing it and turning it into a formidable fortress with mazes of trenches, razor-wire, and minefields - the kind of battlefield the Tau loathe.
Shortly after landing, however, and his subsequent takeover of Ironworks Bay, the at-the-time General Alexander made a discovery with a contingent of Techpriests under his command - the main gun of an Imperator-class War Titan, cut from a Chaos Titan's arm ages ago. After Techpriests checked the cannon and found that the weapon had not been tainted by its use by the Traitor Legions, Alexander reported his findings and was given new orders: to take Kronus for the Imperium, and to salvage any relics of the Adeptus Mechanicus that may yet lie on this world. Massive support flew in, and Alexander's army swelled to gargantuan proportions, forming a spearhead that would eventually sweep all before it, doing his mentor, Sturnn, proud.
Things got complicated when Davian Thule's Blood Ravens unit arrived to purge the world and secure relics of their chapter (I.E. steal things and cover up inconvenient evidence of the Blood Ravens' hair-esy). Alexander had his orders from Segmentum Command, and wasn't about to back off because a few crimson-armored fuckwits refused to back off, despite pleading constantly that Thule was doing nothing but cause blood to be spilled needlessly.
Suffice to say Thule refused to fuck off. Canonically, the Blood Ravens drove the guard out of Victory Bay and off Kronus, but the wholesale slaughter that occurred was deemed heretical by several in the Inquisition and left several Blood Ravens with tortured consciences from the (largely needless) slaughter carried out - something that would eventually lead to the fall of Avitus, and which only later would be revealed to have been intended by the Blood Ravens' Chaos-tainted chapter-master, Kyras.
Despite his injuries, Imperial Medicaes patched Alexander up and got him off-world, where his reports to Segmentum Command caused the Blood Ravens to be flagged as possibly tainted by Chaos. Afterwards he (and his forces) were re-assigned to look into events of the Kauravan campaign - an unfortunate assignment that would, sadly, be Alexander's last.
The Death of the Governor-Militant
Shit hit the fan when the 1st Kronus Regiment was sent to assist the 252nd Kauravan in securing their system, which had recently been overrun with aliens and heretics. Unfortunately for the Liberators, problems arose immediately - Tau forces of the Fal'shia Sept had moved into the system and were reinforced heavily, putting up intense resistance. The men of the 1st Kronus Regiment suffered crippling casualties, including Colonel Bosch, whom the Governor-Militant had placed in forward command. Wondering what the hell was going on and why a bunch of aliens had just managed to waylay Alexander's forces, he moved in and proceeded to make a landing on one of the planets in the Kauravan system with a sizable contingent of his forces.
It was a massacre. The Tau had been laying in wait, and ambushed his forces with overpowering force, cutting the Guardsmen down piecemeal. In spite of this, Alexander kept his cool, and directed his forces forward, inflicting enormous casualties on the alien space commies. Sadly, he then took a Fusion Cannon blast from the Tau Commander to the torso, burning a hole right through his chest (and armor), before the Sisters of Battle arrived to deal with the Tau. As a note, the sisters did not finish off the 1st Kronus Regiment soldiers, as they too are from out-of-system and from a now-loyal Imperial world (marking them as one of the few things "clean" in the Kauravan system in their eyes).
TL;DR: He dies in the intro of Dawn of War Soulstorm's intro, trying to help the 252nd Conservator Regiment (under Vance Motherfucking Stubbs) retake Kaurava. It sucks because it's a completely unceremonious death for someone who accomplished as much as he did. It's worth noting however, that the chain of Grit continued - Sturnn's death near-death led to the rise of Alexander, whose death, in turn, led to the rise of Stubbs.
His death encouraged Stubbs to get his shit into the game, encouraging the 252nd Kauravan towards greater acts of bravery and valor, and eventually allowing Stubbs to emerge triumphant in the Kaurava Crusade.