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Tonight is about one of the most decorated and mysterious fighters in the Imperium – Sly Marbo. A native of Catachan jungle fighter, a member of the “Catachan Devils” the elite regiment that are that armies version of stormtroopers. However, Sly is a loner, a man devoid of most human emotions, a master of guerilla warfare, a man who disappears into the jungle, or any environment, so well that even if you know he is there, you will not be able to see him. If he is ever spotted it is usually after the mission is done, as he stands over the bloody, dismembered and/or eviscerated bodies of the heretics, xenos, or rebels he has defeated. He has never failed a mission.
“My lords, this man is a menace. He disregards Munitorum regulations, he {REDACTED} seemingly at will, and he only answers to {REDACTED} Were it not for the gruesome death toll he exacts upon the Emperor’s foes, I would recommend {REDACTED} Yet he is a deadly living weapon. He has wrought butchery on xenos and heritics alike from {REDACTED} to {REDACTED} he was directly responsible for the {REDACTED} Incident, and on Tarloth he killed a little over three hundred enemy combatants using nothing but a {REDACTED}. Unconventional? Yes. Heretical? Verging upon it. Yet through his actions Guardsman Marbo rescued not only the Governor’s household, but also, in retrospect, the entire war effort. My lords, after long consideration, I can only recommend that you approve the deployment of Guardsman Marbo to {REDACTED} and thank the Emperor that he is on our side…”
The only person who Sly Marbo appears to trust or listen to is Col. Traupman, who “rescued” Marbo from a Dark Eldar prison camp. When Col. Traupman arrived with reinforcements to rescue the prisoners, it was to find Marbo covered in alien blood, surrounded by destroyed alien vehicles, xenos bodies, and the head of the Dark Eldar commander with a pike run though it and displayed like a warning sign. He has fought across the galaxy and left his mark in each battle he has fought in (from Lexicanum):
On Pardus, it is said that he destroyed a Tau armored convoy by booby-trapping an entire ravine, while on Sask’s World he captured a command post single-handed, slaying the alien leader and all of its tentacled bodyguards with just his bare hands and a ration tin. It is said that during the Octavius War Marbo was deployed to blunt the efforts of Hive Fleet Leviathan, and hunted the chameleonic Lictors for sport. Marbo has a collection of medals that would rival an Imperial Warmaster, having been awarded the Star of Terra multiple times for his legendary exploits.
He is known for following Catachan squads and helping them out, with any squad receiving treatment considering it an honor to have Marbo watching over them.
He is one of the Imperiums greatest heroes, long may Sly Marbo continue to fight for the Empire!
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As you have gathered Sly Marbo was based on Sylvester Stallone’s character Rambo, and was basically introduced as a bit of humor, but became so much more over time and always over the top.
Sports tonight: don’t care, except for maybe some hockey which is the only sport worth watching right now.
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