Vostroyan Firstborn

IG Regiment Overview

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- Vostroyan Firstborn - Homeworld: Vostroya Regiment Name: Vostroyan Firstborn Specialities: Special Weapons Squads, Heavy Weapons Squads, Hardened Fighters, Carapace Armours, Sharpshooters

Vostroya is a world in the Halo-zone beyond the Eye of Terror, which swore allegiance to Mars during the Age of Strife. It is now ruled by a committee of Techtriarchs, a mix of Mechanicus Magos and more traditional Imperial planetary government. During the Horus Heresy, Vostroya refused to provide regiments to the Emperor, prefering instead to reserve the population in the manufactorium blanketing the world. After the Heresy came to an end the Vostroyans agreed to supply every first born son to service with the Imperial Guard.

Recruitment & Training

Unlike other Imperial Guard regiments that are raised en-masse, the Firstborn get a steady flow of new recruits. As a result, the Firstborn regiments have existed unbroken since they were first created. The Firstborn are trained in very difficult conditions among the ruined industrial areas of their homeworld.

Battle Style

Vostroyans are disdainful of Imperial Guard regiments which they consider to be less devoted than themselves. They are strictly disciplined and act as a warrior brotherhood when in the field.

Appearance & Uniform

The Vostroyan Firstborns are based on real world archaic Russian Czarist armies instead of the Valhallan Ice Warriors who seems more like Soviet Union troops.

Weapons & Equipment

The Vostroyan Firstborn prefer to use Plasma Guns and Heavy Bolters.

Notable Regiments

Vostroyan 5th Firstborn Regiment

Commanded by Lord Marshal Graf Harazahn, supreme commander of the Imperial forces on Medusa V. The regiment defended Hive Euryales against Chaos forces when Van Grothe's Rapidity overwhelmed the planet.

Vostroyan 9th Firstborn Regiment

Circa 992.M41 - Defended the planet of Nimbosa against the Tau effort to annex the world. The Regiment was destroyed to a man defending the factory city of Polia.

Vostroyan 11th Firstborn Regiment

Circa 992.M41 - Defended the planet of Nimbosa against the Tau effort to annex the world. The Regiment was destroyed to a man defending the factory city of Polia.

Vostroyan 27th Firstborn Regiment

circa 900.M41 The regiment is despatched to Medusa V and conducts operations around Macavicus Hive alongside the Ultramarines. The hive was under assault by Necrons for reasons unknown.¹

Vostroyan 241st Firstborn Regiment

Nicknamed the “Legia Zaimprowizowany” or “Improvised Regiment”, the 241st are famous for their ad-hoc organisation. They can frequently be found adopting the fighting style of other regiments. The commander during the Medusa V campaign was Colonel Illyich Szradislav. ¹ Commander, Niger Blackensburg, led the assault against Necrons outside Lorn.

Notable Vostroyan Firstborn Members

• Lord Marshall Graf Harazahn - The Fall of Medusa V
• Colonel Illyich Szradislav - The Fall of Medusa V

Miniatures Range

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  Vostroyan Firstborn squad

Sources

• UKWD317pg44
• Fall of Medusa V campaign Booklet
• ³Medusa V World wide Campaign
• ⁴Warhammer 40,000: Cities of Death

Related Articles

• Regiments of the Imperial Guard