'Hole' Scenerio Drills

Designation: Hole

In-Chapter designation of situations that involve a hostile influence/power in the solar system that O'muhgudnis resides in and that is set up by the Cardinal Archivists and P.D.F. in the event that either Xenos, Daemon, heretical, or all of the above forces are detected on O'muhgudnis or surrounding space. Said designations usually invoke a very large and rapid response, with an intent to completely overwhelm and deal with the occurrence before it gets out of hand. Chapter Master Lady Snipe is known to overreact and (rarely) trigger a large force to be mobilized as quickly as possible out of a sheer rumor.

'Hole' situations became named as such by the customary appearance of craters, either due to overwhelming fire support, or jump-jet assisted Astartes assault teams. 'Hole' drills are carried out at random every quarter Terran year. The target location, enemy disposition, and urgency all being randomly assigned by lottery. A betting pool exists among all ranks of the Chapter, as to these variables. The winner of the last pool was none other than Brother Flappymouth, having correctly guessed Capital City, Heretics, and Overwhelming.

While Brother Flappy-Mouth did indeed win, the operation was officially called a 'training exercise' as far as the O'magudnis citizenry were concerned. During this exercise, Lord Wib 'accidentally' collapsed the meeting house of some known gangers, and Assault Marines conducted a search-sweep-and-scrub operation, in which they secured and thoroughly cleaned several random buildings in the Capital. The citizenry is now given to call on Astartes teams during their training cycles to help improve the city, alongside citizen-volunteer squads. The many parts of the Capital are therefore spotlessly clean, and the streets and habitation structures often show signs of fresh paint and upkeep. Also, as an added bonus, the craters left behind provide additional cover and hold-out areas for ground forces of the P.D.F., saving the human forces of the hive cities time to prep for an eventual invasion from enemy ground assualts.