Tribute to the Imperial Guard - Cadia Stands
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- čas přidán 18. 01. 2019
- Last speech of Lord General Sturnn to the 412th Cadian Regiment, before the final charge at the battle of Cadia. The planet broke before the Guard did. Let the story of their sacrifice burn across history like a shooting star !
The Imperial Guard, also known as the Astra Militarum, is the primary fighting force of the Imperium, so numerous in size that even the Departmento Munitorum cannot place a figure on the number of Guardsmen under arms at any one time; the lists of new recruits and toll of casualties can run into the millions in a single day. It would be unfeasible trying to put any exact number on the strength of the Guard; however, it is believed that there must be many billions of Imperial Guardsmen, divided into millions of regiments. This absolute numeracy provides the Guard with its main power; their ability to deploy in numbers that, eventually, result in victory. Attacking in seemingly endless influxes across battle-zones, charging forth under the cover of massive barrages and delivering massed lasgun volleys, in the Guard the individual Human soldier may appear a lost thing, almost forgotten. Yet the actions of these anonymous soldiers daily decide the fate of worlds.
The Guard forms the very backbone of the Imperium; without it, Mankind would surely perish. Whilst Guardsmen are hardly the equals of Space Marines, fighting neither with the advantages of genetic enhancement or the most powerful personal weaponry, the Guard possesses the courage and the manpower to face and annihilate the enemies of the Emperor across the galaxy.
(source Lexicanum)
Music by Audiomachine "Final Hope", album : The Platinum Series I (Disc 3)
Artwork from various artists, mostly devianart.com and Games Workshop
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My personal thanks to OdanUrr87 whose beautiful Mass Effect video inspired me in creating this new tribute.
• Mass Effect - Shepard ... - Krátké a kreslené filmy
"I destroyed Cadia, I won!"
"A bunch of regular men resisted to the point you were forced to sacrifice your greatest asset. You are the pinnacle of human bioengineering and warp empowerment, a champion of Dark Gods and the leader of the most terrible army in the galaxy. And you call flipping the table on a handfull of mortals a victory? How do you intend to destroy the Imperium if you cant take one planet?"
Mankind bravery is one of the the most powerful forces above all universes.
This… this is the best response I imagine a heretic telling Abby
@@DredgenFenris Or at least one of Failbaddon's Champions before he met his end at the hard end of the Talon of Horus.
The emperor protects humanity against choas those who believe in dark gods are heretics I believe in the light I am steel I am doom and I know no fear
Bravo.... HAHAHA!
that day when you face an army who's determination is stronger than the very ground they fight upon....is a bad day to be an enemy
The planet broke before the guard did
Let it be known the planet broke before they did.
Purge Blade #231 the space marines broke before the planet, the planet broke before the guard. Conclusion, the guard is unbreakable and Cadia will forever stand.
For everyone of us who falls ten more will take his place. For cadia !!!!!!!!!! Into the breach !!!!!!!!!
@@runningbear489 "it is an honor to serve sir! "
Let it be known!
*THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID!*
Oraaa!! *CADIA STANDS!*
I FEAR NO EVIL! I FEAR NO DEATH! THE EMPEROR COMES FOR ME!
@@imperialguardsman8088 CADIA STANDS
CADIA STANDS THE EMPORER PROTECTS
CADIA STANDS
“As the last transport ships left with the survivors, red lasers could still be seen in the dark void of space. Defenders of Cadia refusing to give in, even as the world cracked beneath their feets.”
THE
PLANET
BROKE
BEFORE
THE
GUARD
DID
CHARGEEEEEEEEE!!!
Such a good book
Simple desperation. But fear not! Soon they will all understand.
Even though Iv read it 100 times I get a little choked up every time.
“What is the strongest weapon of mankind? The god machines of the Adeptus Machanicus? No! The Astartes? No! The tank? The lasgun? The fist? Not at all! Courage and courage alone stands above them all!” - Lord Commander Solar Macharius.
faith, courage and humanity
@@masterdanielm5821 don't forget endurance
You must be One HELL of a butler if you understand this. GLORY TO THE IMPERIUM!
Ricky Munday even in death I still serve
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And though Abbadon succeeded in destroying the planet, he soon learned of his greatest mistake. In that moment the imperium of Man did not cower, but instead gained a great and unwavering strength not seen since the Emperor roamed the galaxy reuniting humanity. For on that day billions of marters were created and a new battle cry was born:
"The planet broke before The Guard!"
The despoiler with all his might broke one word and in response a million more stepped forward and declared their vengeance
Didn’t one of his sons also return and start a reformation of the imperial empire and a crusade to push chaos back ?
Those who claim only a planet broke before the guard are fools, for it was galaxy itself that broke
@@CorsetLebelle If you're refering to Guilliman, then yes.
Guilliman was healed and awakened by an Eldar woman named Yvrainne who was willing to help.
As much shit as people tend to give the Ultramarines, it was best for the Imperium that Guilliman be the first Primarch and son of the Emperor to return. The Imperium didnt only need a warrior, they needed a statesman. A governor. A leader.
And that is Guilliman's strongest atribute. He is an incredible statesman and political leader.
With the cluster fuck of the Administratum and the Echlisiarchy, Guilliman's statesmanship is very much needed.
I remember reading about how a group of Cadians who got off the planet landed on a moon in a nearby system... and were overrun by chaos forces. They stood and fought until the last man died firing his gun.
As chaos won the battle... The rest of the evacuation fleet from Cadia arrived, and they attacked the moon. Not a single chaos aligned individual got off the world alive and it was declared New Cadia, and they settled in to rebuild and fight back.
Chaos was so focused on Cadia, it allowed other systems around the eye to fortify and become a wall. The weak and the faithless may find no deliverance, but neither term applies to the Imperial Guard.
As the numberless horrors descended upon Cadia, and the very ground they stood on burned away beneath their feet, They. Held. The line.
They are holding now too
FOR CADIA!
"The planet cracked before the Guard"
The planet fell before the guard did
The planet fell before we did glory to the emperor
As I sat upon the golden throne. The imperial guards is one of the only reasons I still watch over mankind
Praise the emperor
my emperor, the imperial guard are more brave, more loyal, more faithful than all of the space marines. they are your true warriors.
My Emperor, I pray you watch over the Imperial Guard. the humble and selfless men and women of the Imperium Shield have no physical enhancements, no high powered technology, no immunizations to the horrors of Chaos, and yet they stand braver then most of the Astarte's. please watch over the men and women of the Imperium, in the Emperor's name.
For the EMPRAH!
I could not agree more
Who was it that saved The Imperium of Man, The Emperor himself from his traitorous son, Horus from his final blow? Was it the Space marines? No, for they had fallen. Was the Custodies? No, for they had been fighting against Horus’s own allies. Was it The Emperors own son, Sangunius? No, for he was brutally killed by his own brother. It was one man, one guardsman; Ollanius Pius. A simple man from a simple planet faced against The Traitor, who was fueled by Daemonic powers bestowed by the foul chaos gods. He had no psychic powers, no genetically modified strength, no high class weapons or armor, he had no
chance. Yet, despite the odds, he stood against Horus, against the chaos gods, against heresy to protect The Emperor. And if one simple man can stand against these odds, WHAT CHANCE DO THESE HERETICS HAVE AGAINST THE GUARD?
The imperium will break before the guard will
You know that only because of the guard the imperium still stands and because of the guard it will stand for another 10000 years
You know that only because of the guard the imperium still stands and because of the guard it will stand for another 10000 years
That one man was Catholic, he didnt consider the Emperor a God. But he loved him, and the Emperor was his greatest friend.
Good words
the planet broke before the guard
The galaxy broke before the guard.
CADIA STAND ! AND THE IMPERIUM IS GOING TO REPAIR CADIA
Cadia Stands,
Chaos Falls.
this is why i believe the Guard are the true heroes of the Imperium. they will die standing. they will only break when the Imperium falls. and they would rather break before letting the Imperium fall.
I'm a Astartes fan, but I know the IG are the real heroes
No, the Imperium would break before the Guard ever would.
@@JessFromMead as long as guardsmen stand the imperium will never fall.
Even guilliman knows this
You could force the gaurdmen onto their knees but you will never make them bow
The Imperial Guard do not have the super human soldiers of the Space Marines, the sleek craft of the Eldar, the devastating rail weaponry of the Tau, or the blood lust of the Orks. What they have is the Guardsman, a simple human armed with nothing more than a Lasgun, bayonet, and his faith in the Emperor. A man who will stand shoulder to shoulder with you when you are surrounded, out of ammunition, and the very planet itself is cracking beneath your feet. They will roar with all the defiance that humanity has to offer and for 10,000 years they have held the line against the Terror.
And if the galaxy is concerned, they will hold the line, 10,000 years, more!
@@Alue14 Ave!
the emperor protects
FIX BAYONETS! FOR THE EMPEROR!
Ay, my Lord!
”Although the Golden Throne of Terra orbits a distant star, the Emperors hand is upon your shoulder!”
That shit send shivers down my spine and gave the most patritoc nerdboner ever!
Boner? Are you demon in service of Slaanesh? The next thing you'll feel on your spine is the emperors mercy!
FIGHT, AND THE EMPEROR FIGHT WITH YOU
I legitimately started crying while listening to this. The story of Cadia is a story full of heroes. A story about normal, mortal men and women who managed to overcome their fear even when facing their certain doom. In a universe where gigantic armies of supersoldiers, mountian-sized warmachines and daemonic horrors clash on a daily basis, these simple humans are the pinacle of bravery, sacrificing their lives to save the heroes they looked up to. The planet broke before the guard did. And their legacy will survive even longer, for they have shown the galaxy, what humans can accomplish, just through sheer force of will and determination.
Have you listened to the 'All Guardsman Party' friend? It is a great, albeit long, tale of just what muck a guardsman might be put through.
Never heard of it, but thank you for the suggestion.
excempt the females!
;_;7
I find the guard a thousand times cooler then any other faction, where the Astartes can feel no fear, the guard has to over come it and fight on, they don't have suits of armor, they have a lasegun. they fight on, they fight literal deamons, and giant bugs, and they still fight, they fight on when there is no hope. so that is the reason why the guard is the best faction in 40K. i love them.
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I was there, I was there when Cadia fell…
I remember sitting in a smoldering ruin, what was left of a Chapel to the God Emperor, out in the fields of Cadia. We had held that position for hours, the scream of bolter and Lasgun fire ringing in our ears like the bells on Sanguinala. There I sat, cradling and crying over a corpse I held in my arm, of a fellow guardsman whose chest was blown open by Bolter fire, a man who was my little brother.
All around me, my fellow Guardsman could hear me but none dare break me from my crying. On this day we’d all lost friends, lovers, and family, here on this battlefield, all to the vile forces of Chaos and their followers. We were scared, tired, and on the verge of madness, as we fast terrors unbeknownst to the Imperium at large; Daemons, Heretic Cultist, and some things that go beyond my power of description.
It was our Commissar, a woman who’s name I’ve long forgotten, who broke me from my wailing. She was young, I remember that much, young and with a need to prove herself. She was barely a few weeks promoted from Cadet.
She grabbed me by the scruff of my neck, hauling me to my feet, and looked me dead in the eyes. It was at that moment though, when my eyes met her, that I saw the fear in her. She was terrified, same as me, with her other hand shakily holding a Lapistol, saying, ”The Emperor has no use for sniveling cowards!” before taking aim at my head. I closed my eyes, knowing what fate awaited me and didn’t care. My brother was dead, my home was aflame, and all the forces of hell itself waited for me beyond the wall we were using for cover. Then, just as she started to slowly pull the trigger, a Miracle happened.
His every step echoed, with the mixture of machine and metal hitting stone, as his massive shadow fell over the Commissar and I. His giant, armored hand, went to grab the Commissar's pistol and ripped it from her hand. He then looked at it, through the blood-red eyes of his Wolf-shaped helmet, and tossed it aside, before looking back at us. The man…no, the Angel, was an Adeptus Astartes, one of the Space Wolves, a son of Leman Russ. He then pulled his helmet off and showed us his face, a face that was millennium of years old. He watched as my commissar dropped me, in stunned silence and reverence, and slowly began to back away. Perhaps she thought that the Wolf would kill me, for my cowardness, but instead he reached for the corpse of my brother and, before I could even protest, closed his eyes for me. He then looked at me and asked a single, haunting question, one that rings through my ears every time we go on a mission. He asked me, ”Guardsman, why do you fight?”
I simply looked up with silence, my eyes still blurry from the tears I had shed. I was scared, confused, and at my wits end, but the great Wolf simply spoke again, shouting, "GUARDSMAN!” this time to not only me but my entire regiment, "WHY, DO, YOU, FIGHT!?” so loud one could hear it over the raging battle around us. He then waited for the others to all focus on him before he continued, ”I tell you why, you fight because you most!” He then started to pace the ruin, looking at each and everyone of us trapped in that ruin, speaking as he went, ”You are not Astartes, you are mortal men; You are frail, fragile, weak, facing a galaxy of endless horror and Xeno from the depths of the Warp to the very nightmares of Space, ordered to charge with nothing more than a Lasgun and a bayonet, even though the very men and woman who order you to die would rather kill you themselves,” to which he snapped at our Commissar, forcing her to look downward in shame for letting her fear get the better of her.
He then turned back around and headed toward me, drawing his massive, double-bladed power axe, and spoke,”...And yet, you do charge into the fray, with nothing better than a Bayonet with a Flashlight, and you do so with courage in your hearts.” He then stopped beside me and knelt down, putting his giant hand on my shoulder, ”That, Guardsman, is truly an act braver than any Astartes, Daemon, or chaotic traitor, can boast. That despite all the odds against you, you have held the line these ten-thousand years!”
The Spacewolf then stood up and held his axe high, shouting at us, ”I am going out there, and I’m going to make those bastards pay for every inch of proud Cadia they soil, WHO'S WITH ME!?” to which the roaring cries of courage, triumph, and duty echoed through the chapel. Our shouts and cries were so loud that, for an instant, the enemy forces stopped their firing and stared at us, only to find the sight that will forever be in my mind when I think back on blessed Cadia.
We stood up, attached our bayonets, and we charged straight toward the enemy line; we did so with courage in our heart, with pride in our bones, and the blessing of the Emperor in our souls. We charged right into the killing zone. We did this, not with fear of our Commissar's Lasgun behind us, but with the Courage and honor of the Imperial Guard, and we did so with a smile.
And that, my friend, was the day Cadia stands!
Please take the like.
Despite a few grammatical errors that was a brilliant piece. And you should be proud of it.
@@WyvernCV Thank you! And sorry for the Grammar. I wrote that in like, three minutes top in the middle of the night! XD
@@raspherion Oh no, it is 100% alright. I'm not judging, it is a good piece.
Though perhaps, might I suggest you dont write while tired lol.
@@WyvernCV ADHD, Keeps me up all night. XD
by the emperor your comment made me tear up
"THE EMPEROR NEED YOU! I NEED YOU."
This part brings me tears
Me too
I will fight and die for the imperium of man as a imperial guard I will give up my heart and soul for the God emperor of humanity the emperor protects
We dead only for the emperor
"The Guard is the greatest hope since the fall of Horus." -Probably the Emperor
Girls: Omg he didn't cry at the end of the titanic! Do boys even have feelings?
Boys:
Boys: We have emotions... we love... we hate and we cry when our hearts are filled with sorrow, happiness and pride.
Cadia stands...
@@sckiith478 don't show it to girls, they can't cope with it.
from personal experience
@@spongmongler6760 maybe try dating women instead of girls then, unless you are just a boy instead of a man
@@sepg5084 man up and deal with your insecurity instead of badly pawning it off on random people online.
@@spongmongler6760 hey you should stop being sexist
If your army of super humans, literal demons, and gods can't beat a bunch of bog standard humans until you blow up the planet they are standing on, then you can't claim the title of Despoiler.
The Astra Militarum is the most OP faction in 40k. Change my mind.
Failbaddon the Ragequitter; couldn't win the game so he smashed the gaming board.
They won on the table only because there was no table to keep fighting on
The numbers are just too great. Doesn’t matter how powerful you are if you have a billion lasguns shooting your way.
Cadian Guardsmen were so tough, Abaddon got butthurt and elected to blow up cadia rather than try to take it.
And even while the planet was crumbling around them, the Cadians didn’t stop fighting or look in horror, no, they kept on fighting til the bitter end. Fucking metal af bro . FOR THE EMPEROR! CADIA STANDS!
And depending on who you ask, there are still loyal cadians alive and fighting on cadia's surrounding planets, such determination can never be matched by any other mortal
Do we have a Canon estimation of how many cadians remain?
@@humbleguardsman5578 well the cadian's are exported more by the imperium than the death korp and the death korp donate at least 50 million annually with genetic creation whilst the cadian are said to far surpass that with out the need for admech creations
@@archmagosnetherrepentance6057 but death korps Is better than cadians
The guard is the common man, fighting for the common man
And the Emperor
@THE NEWMAKER *GO TO THE WARP HERETIC!*
That moment when he says "follow men! CHAAAARGE!" and then you hear all the roar of the men behind him just hits you in a different way. glory to the imperium! glory to the emperor!
GLORY TO THE FIRST MAN TO DIE!!!! ✊
For the emperor!
FOR THE EMPEROR AND HIS IMPERIUM!
The last thing you hear there- fight in his name! Glorious
I’m not crying... you’re crying!
Shock Fist and I’m not ashamed
We all crying
Even as someone who really like orks I teared up
I'm crying.
Yep I'm crying
The final words you hear from the charge was
“Fight in His name!”
I fucking love the guard
me, a few days ago: "Warhammer? is it that weird stuff with gothic ships and dudes in giant armor?"
me now: *THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID*
There are no good guys in 40k, its all facist dictatorships, bloodthirsty psychopaths, and flesh eating monsters.
But only warpspawn could look upon the guard and not be impressed by the sheer amount of balls they got taking on demigods with bayonets
Welcome, brother!
I really started crying. I kid you not, many of the Imperium's heroes have taught me so much in life. The strength of humanity does not come from some external miraculous source. We are not invincible superhumans. Our strength comes from the fact we never give up, not even when facing overwhelming enemies. How else could the Imperium still stand after 10.000 years of being surrounded by biologically, technologically and psionically superiour races? It is thanks to their unity and bravery. I had to deal with some serious problems with my family some time ago, and this really helped me to keep going. We have already achieved so much today, I look around me and see the amazing achievements of my species, and I am in awe. No generation has ever had such good lives as we do today, and we can thank mankind alone for that. I am so thankful to be one of us.
the emperor protects does he not my good friend!
You said exactly what I was thinking. We all have to deal with our problems sooner or later, and it falls on us, and us alone, to face them. No matter what happens, we all have the courage it takes to endure everything life throws at us. We may need to wait, we may need to suffer, we may even have to lose something or someone, but it's there. Our race has endured all kinds of suffering and yet, here were are. This video helped me with the fear, pain and uncertainty of recent times. To whoever reads this, have a great day! And remember, no suffering can keep you down forever, you can be unstoppable if your will is strong enough. Cadia Is the perfect example of everything that makes us human. Bravery, endurance, resilience, honour, courage, duty, hope. Those Guardsmen fought -and still fight- like only the human race can.
No defeat, no fear, no hesitation! The planet, and even the galaxy, broke before the Guard did!
The real imperium lives in our hearts.
Ave Imperator. Ave humanity.
Cherish your bonds and never give up
Never give up
NEVER give up
Never.
Imperial soldier: For ever one of us who fall, ten more will take his place!!!!
Me: Only ten? You must be in rural space....
Where i fall, ten more will take my place, and a hundred for each of them. So strike me down! I am the harbringer!
-Ollanius pius while facing Horus
_"The planet of Cadia may have crumbled under the force of its foes, but it's loyal guardsman were not so easily broken."_
*The Imperium serves, and The Emperor Protects!*
FOR CADIA! FOR CREED! FOR THE EMPEROR!
WE HOLD THE LINE!!
*Krieg
The general Creed*
FOR THE EMPORER
If it is our fate to die for the Emperor then we die standing.
AND WE WİLL HOLD THE LİNE FOR THE MANKİND AND EMPEROR, respect to cadia from Janisseries
I love the story of Cadia because of how pretty much every single guardsman there was a war hero and were extremely loyal to the Imperium before they all died fighting the enemy to the death with little regard to whether or not they were going to survive. They knew their duty was to hold back the forces of Chaos from entering into the Imperium of Man and never faltered with carrying out this duty. This is the type of story telling that I love in science fiction and fantasy when the soldiers actually feel like Human beings loyal to their cause and not just background NPCs meant to die anyways for plot progression...
It's not a fiction comrade it is real in my heart
@@burritoskabaap8429 Embrace the heroism of Cadia, but never forget her,
"By my faith, may the light of the Emperor spread to the farthest star.
By my duty, the galaxy will belong to the righteous!
By my actions, the Imperial Navy shall be honoured, and remembered upon Holy Terra!
For the Emperor of mankind, and for the Battlefleet Gothic!"
“Only in death does duty end if such is what the Emperor wills!”
😭
"Only in death does the duty end", a sentence is carved by the Emperor on first Dreadnought of Legio Custode become a warcry of IG. Awesome!!🥲🥲🥲
Me normally: Government should have basically no power.
Me when talking about Warhammer 40K: FOR THE EMPEROR!
EDIT: The fact that you lot are taking a joke comment as a political dissertation is a commentary on CZcams.
You serve a system that will serve you. The imperial guard is one such thing that is the only thing that hold the galaxy together from these dark forces threating to tear it all apart.
How in your mind the Government "should have basically no power"?
@@sergiomariotti9354 historically, governments never give up power once they obtain it, and only push to gain more. Therefore, regardless of one's standing on the political spectrum, no one should support big governments.
Power is a thing that must exist in society. If you don't give it to the democratically elected government, someone else will take it, probably unelected, probably undemocratic: capitalists.
At least feudal lords can have the option to care about the people living on their land, capitalists only care about profits. Unshackled, they'll destroy everything
@@davidtitanium22That's communists. They care about their own profit and power to everyone else's expense.
Capitalism is just normal people having property.
**PLANET FALLING APART**
Loyal all Guardsman: TEN MORE AND WE'LL TAKE THIS PLACE
Humanity shall live, not only survive, but we shall thrive, for let it be known, through the stars and space and time, that Cadia stands!
*The planet broke before the Guard!*
In a universe full of villains, Cadia was a place of heroes. Many of their names might have been forgotten, but their great sacrifice will echo through the halls of history.
AND WE HOLD THE LINE FOR ANOTHER THOUSAND YEARS!
*THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID*
1:31 That part, 'I need you', feels incredibly strong. Most of the messages are about honour, bravery and the Emperor. The 'I need you' part is the only moment when soldiers are asked to fight for something tangible: for their commander, who's fighting alongside the men.
In the face of annihilation, utter hopelessness and imminent death ... the only thing that truly climb beyond and soar over all of those things, is honest admission of fear; and a declaration of courage despite that fear; to go on and keep fighting until the moment you are torn away from life. In a moment like that, if have someone who can embody the sheer selflessness and devotion a great leader should ... that's when you know you can die in glorious company, and unashamed.
By the emperor's name, this is inspiring. THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD!! WE HOLD THE LINE!!!
The Adeptus mechanicus thanks you for the like.
a quote from the prototype franchise,
"When we hunt, we kill!
No one is safe!
Nothing is sacred!
We are Blackwatch!
We are the last line of defense!
We will burn our own to hold the red line,
it is the last line to ever hold!" - the blackwatch creed
and while its a bit extreme to burn your own, the idea of it being the last, and only line to ever hold is great
@@edenbrown3536 Hell yes, Prototype's Blackwatch would fit right into 40k imo. They deal with Chaos-levels of mutation and viral outbreaks on a daily basis, they'd feel right at home!
as soon as I heard "fix bayonets!" *chills*
I do not know how to explain this .. but every time I listen to this tribute, my throat becomes dry and tight .. it's a fiction, nothing real. . it reminds me of all the soldiers who died at every corner of our holy terra .. they held their lines at all costs .. sorry my english is not really good .. i hope everyone understand what i'm trying to say from a french guy , if an imperial commander ask me to hold the line, I will hold the line and die standing for the golden throne of terra !
La Garde meurt mais ne se rend pas !
Verdun, halte-la on ne passe pas !
I get the same feeling.
That feeling is courage. It is what makes us strong. Never let that Fire die for it is what drives all of humanity forward.
Oh, and your English is very good.
Your English is Trés bien
The Astra Militarum is the proof what humans can achieve with courage alone. They are the simple men, yet not a single one of them has taken a step back for 10.000 years. Their belief in The Emperor and Imperium is unending. Courage and Honour!
This is hard to say. I am a U.S Marine. I have served for almost 5 years. I pull more strength than you could believe from 40k. I am a Catholic. I prayed a lot in boot camp. To the point where people asked me to teach them the prayers I was saying. My first thought was “like an astartes Chaplin” and after that, whenever I faced a difficult time, be it missing family events, being away from my wife, or being deployed, I would read 40k books, listen to stringstorm, and I would pull a wierd form of strength from it. I’d pray at night, listen to stringstorm or read 40k novels during the day, and I’d get through another day. Idk if it’s wrong or wierd, but 40k got me through my deployment, it keeps me moving some days. I love this community, I love this hobby. And I hope every one of you finds as much meaning in this community and this lore as I do.
Thank you for your service. I think many of the stories in 40k might coincide with spiritual realities in our world, so maybe that's why it resonates with us fans. But since you're a soldier, I'm sure plenty of 40k resonates with your day-to-day physical reality too
God Bless, and Semper Fi! 💪💪💪
What’s your favorite faction mine is guard and orks
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Least powerful Ungabunga
"The enemy is eternal, strong and capable of anything.
Expect treason at every day and every hour.
But Chaos will not celebrate a triumph,
While at least one of us is still alive."
HMKids - "Cadian Blood"
Every death births a new saint. With every step a land is liberated. With every kill a family survives. With every family a new guardsman is born. With every guardsman a line is held. With every line we hold, a world is saved. Finally with every world that is saved an Imperium stands eternally defiant.
"The Emperor's hand is in your shoulder today."
That one really got me.
Ave Imperator! Cadia Stands!
We here at the Imperial Fists are proud to have fought with the Guard during the Battle of Cadia. The Phalanx has not seen finer heroes than the survivors of that dreaded day. The planet broke before the Guard did. Cadia stands!
I wish there was an xcom game base on cadia battlefield, where you have to hold the sectors and prevent them form succeed. The ending would be last stand where the planet broke before the guard broke.
The music... the speeches and lines put together... this sounds EXACTLY like something that could be said during the last moments of Cadia, with the remaining Shock Troopers and Whiteshields about to give in to despair only for their Commissars, Sergeants, Captains and Generals holding this speech with more and more of them seeing the hope and light of the Emperor before fixing bayonets and charging the heretics lines with no hesitation. Cadia Still Stands! The Planet Broke Before The Guard Did!
They held Cadia, Abaddon threw a fit that he couldn't have it, so if no can have it he destroys it, but Cadia remain loyal to the end..still fighting when their home shatter from the Blackstone Fortress.
Honestly, imagine a film on the Fall of Cadia, but filmed in the same vein as Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" or Star Wars' "Rogue One." A story about victory, even in death.
“For that weak sack of flesh you so gleefully mock is no super soldier, no immortal warrior, no creature cursed by chaos like you. He is a man, an imperial guardsmen, drawn from some forgotten corner of the imperium to fight for his species and the safety of the people he loves. He is a factory worker, a farmer, a storekeeper, a father, a brother, a son, a mere man. Against creatures like you, teeming and numberless, powered by the very will of thirsting gods... He holds the line! And he has held the line for ten thousand years!
So monster, what's your excuse”
Sometimes i just keep thinking how it will be to be a guardsman of the imperium
You know to, fight not for you, not for greedy and stupid people, not for politics or for a shity company, not for a false ideology or a form of government
Instead of that to fight for your brothers and sisters, for your comrades, FOR HUMANITY, for a dream to see that you fought for what you believed, to have a purpose, to not be a slave
Yeah it may be hell but at least cadia stands and the planet broke beafore the guard did
im crying
CADIA STANDS!
FOR THE GLORY OF THE IMPERIUM!
You're Emperor asks but one task of you..... That line is the single most powerful statement in 40k.... I read the fall of cadia novels and the sheer respect the Astartes have the Guard was very well deserved... Loved how the surviving Space Wolves said we go back to Fenris with stories and sagas of the greatest warriors the Marines had ever fought beside.. 👏👏👏
"Even as the very planet was breaking apart beneath them, the guns of Cadia did not fall silent."
Seldom have I been so in awe of the power of my species. Seldom have I been so forcibly reminded of my place as a tiny cog in the workings of the holy Imperium of Mankind.
The day when the guardsman are wiped from existence is the day the warp will know fear that day is when all guardsmen fly down from the heavens to defend the defenseless that day is the day when the emperor smiles for that day is the day is when the universe will know that the guardsmen will never fall for if they do all will come with them daemons will whisper their names in fear and the dark gods will truly know what fear is for when the guardsmen return for that is the day humanity will truly live once more
Yeah... if they wipe out the entire imperial guard, that mean Sly Marbo will be there... and we all know what Sly Marbo can do.
@@johnwotek3816 Some say he killed 10 000 orks with a lasgun... and then he found ammo.
@@axetheviking6482 Warp demon check under their bed for Sly Marbo.
That “I need you” sealed the deal
This is freaking amazing.....the voice of Creed is superb
Actually that's the voice of Lord General Sturnn from Dawn of War Winter Assault.
Paul Dobson, the voice actor, really did an amazing job. He's also the voice of Gabriel Angelos and many other characters in the Dawn of War saga.
But that voice also suits Creed perfectly. I would hold the line against all odds, if ordered by that voice ^^
@@MrSpatull Thanks, I am new to 40K and huge Guard fan.....reading "Cadia Stands" right now what a kick ass book!
May you be forever remembered, as the emperor's finest
I'm actually quite impressed with how you managed to put in some random voice clips from Dawn of War and make it into something incredible.
Felt like I’m watching the intro to a show about Medal of Honor recipients, the glory, heroism, sacrifice and just the downright will of iron was palpable all throughout, brought a tear to my eye just like the real show, so bravo.
The guard are the bravest faction in 40k they are normal men and women who have to fight legions of horrible beasts with weak weapons and armor. Space marines since childhood get rid of fear however quite simply there is no courage without fear. When you have super powers it is easy to be brave but to be a normal man facing unimaginable horrors that is true bravery. LET IT BE KNOWN THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID.
The planet broke long before we did. For Emperor and Imperium. Only in death...does duty end. Ave Imperator.
Under that cheap armor and dispose of equipament, is no super soldier, no immortal warrior but a hearth, a human hearth who had helD the line for TEN THOUSANDS YEARS
"Look at me. Look at me! This is home now, Trooper! This is the zone! It doesn't like you, but by the Throne, it's where you are! The Emperor wants you, boy! Did no one ever tell you that? The Emperor wants you to make his glory for him! And if you're scared, I'm terrified. The archenemy is no playmate. You're going to see things, and be expected to do things your poor mother would have a fit at. But the Emperor expects, and the Emperor protects, all of us, even you. Especially you - I promise you that."
The guard dies in the dark to bring light to the innocent
The most manly of Tears
Cadia Stands!
Shall Silence be our our answer brothers and sisters? Shall we falter now in this darkest hour? Our Imperium calls us who stood till our world shattered. We are not broken! This is not the end! Our world is broken but its Spirit remains! For Emperor CADIA STANDS!
Death smiles at us all. Let us smile back.
I’ve never been too interested in WH40k but this speech alone had me pumped. Thought I’d use it for my mile run on the treadmill, let’s just say when the charge speech was given and I heard the roars from them I wished I was on solid ground so I could sprint faster. Increased my speed from 8.5 to 9 😂
Is these years old uncertainty, were all soo lost and purposeless, imagine these soldiers being told there whole life that they have a purpose and the emperor needs them. Imagine the empowerment they feel knowing that they all went through the same harships and struggles together under 1 banner
I'd like to thank the author of this video from the bottom of my heart. As a new wave of Covid begins to hit my country, I watch this video almost daily. Beside my normal job, I work as a volunteer orderly in hospitals and retirement houses (with covid and non-covid patients alike), where the lack of personnel began to cause severe problems. This video really gives me much needed support and motivation. To be a part of all this, to stand beside the professionals, who - much like the Imperial Guard - do their best to protect the lives of vulnerable people, while being too vulnerable themselves, it feels like I'm doing more than an ordinary job, despite being a complete newbie and amateur. It gives me feeling that all these archetypal stories from Age of Imperium have grave rellevance in my own life, here on the Old Terra.
Yet my feelings are not what matters now. Now is the hour of our calling! This is the reason we are alive! No defeat! No surrender! No hesitation!
The Emperor protects!
The Emperor’s hand is on your shoulder.
@@tobarjaime I know it is. It is an honor to serve the Imperium, sir!
*”FOR THE EMPEROR! FOR TERRA! FOR HUMANITY! THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD!”*
if you ever doubt the importance of imperial guards always remember that it was an imperial guard who saved the emperor from horus.
There are entire websites about if it was an imperial guard guy, astates or custodian
Wiser than me have spoken ... i have only one thing to add:
CADIA STANDS!
If I could be a guardsmen in this universe I would. Happily
For about 15 hours
@@pr6897
Best 15 hours of my life
Same , glory to the imperium
An adittion to Cadians, there were other regiments from dozens of worlds. May all those heroes rest in peace.
Every army, real and fiction can learn something from the story of Cadia. They can learn determination. Of never surrendering. Of holding the line no matter what. Of never giving in. Of fighting on even if the odds are screwed. Cadia was a story of heroes. Many heroes fell that day but more live to carry on the fight. The lesson to be learned is simply this: Soldiers have one task- hold the line. And they should do this no matter the odds or enemy
Do u think characters like master chief from halo, shepherd from mass effect and other main characters from games have cadian blood running through there vains
Know no fear for only in death will duty end for death is a luxury the enemy should hope to see not the guard and if the enemy is not afraid of death then death was not brought by no guardsman.
I FEAR NO EVIL I FEAR NO DEATH THE EMPEROR COMES FOR ME
Funny thing there’s a story where a chaos marine was making fun of a guardsman for the fall of CADIA and it got the guardsman so mad he started to beat and actually have a winning fight with the chaos marine but sadly died when the marine had the advantage and chainsworded him
what is the name of this story?
'The Emperor needs you,
*I need you* ...'
There is too much FAITH in my eyes; it's making my eyes water.
The planet broke before the guard
Space marines are awesome but any time i read about the imperial guard i get emotional.
because one is of superhumans
and the other is of the normal man and woman, fighting for eachother, for family for country for honour for their lives.
They are the weaklings fighting enemies much stronger than them, but yet they hold firm.
theres no other faction that can make "It is what we do best, we die standing" sound more epic than them
because one is no super solder no immortal warrior no being powered by the will of gods but a mear man and for 10 thousand years men have beat pushed back and made a mockery of the black crusades
No matter your past, no matter your calling, once you are on the battlefield you are fighting with the guardsmen to your right and left, and you are fighting for the glory of the empire, no matter what, not a step shall be lost, the enemy shall not advance, THE LINE SHALL HOLD! CADIA STANDS!
LET IT BE KNOWN THE WORLD BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID!
@@metal_fusion
THE
PLANET
BROKE
BEFORE
THE
GUARD
DID!!!!
CHARGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
I remember those men especially Kell who saved is oldest friend and fought abadon
I choose to believe, that the guard symbolises the best of the spirit of humanity. Despite facing literal hell every day it stands, stronger than even the very ground they stand upon
When I am stuck in traffic on the way to or from work I put this on and my frustration and anger goes away.
Glory to the Emperor of Man!
❤
Ever since I heard this first I listen to it regularly. When the sad head voice won't go away this helps.
For the Emperor lads. Hold the line!
Cadia never broke, for its children still fight among the stars. As long as there are proud Cadians left to hold the line, Cadia stands.
We of humanity must remember that though our bodies can be fragile and weak against the horrors of this our darkest hours, it is our spirit and determination that makes us the mighty Bastion against the enemies of humanity. Though we can be cruel it is our compassion that keeps the burning light of human civilization going. And even though I live in the far past of this amazing universe, I feel proud to be human for one day, in a next life far from now I will join the ranks of the guard, I will not surrender my home to any invader and I will eventually die fighting for what I believe in.
Remember those that fight for our imperium, the Emperor is smiling down on us as we are carried to him.
And also remember that when the mighty planet of Cadia was breaking apart killing billions, guardsmen were still fighting on the shattered husk of the planet, THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID!!
We of the Imperium must never falter, never surrender, never quit.
They didn't nor will I
The Emperor Protects
The imperial Guard shall never be broken.
Even as the ground shook, as the sky burned and planet crumbled the guard faught. Even as the numberless hoards of the heritics and traitorous forces, marched on them the guard faught. Not for their commissars not for the departo militarum, not for even themselves no they faught for all of mankind. For their sons and daughters, fathers and mothers brothers and sisters. They faught to the end so we the imperium of man, who would watch as cadia fell would know. The guard held the line, and will always HOLD THE LINE.
I keep coming back to this when I need inspiration
You know a video is good when there only 11 heretics dislike it.
Those heretics will burn. Not for the imperium but for Cadia
This is my new NNN motivational speech
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