Hey all, this is my first fanfic, so please go easy on me ^__^;
R&R would be much appreciated.  Basic premise of this chapter is
to introduce my OC, Commissar Tomas. I'm still playing with the
details, so he'll be more fleshed out later on, but the basics
is that he's a faster-thinking combatant, so he'll organize his
men a bit faster than other Imperial officers would. Take that
as having leadership 14 rather than the usual Guard Commissar's
Ld 10 (Then again, Ciaphas Cain [HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!] would
have Ld 20, ne?)  - - -- - -  The Imperial system of Ypres was
in flames. It was very different than the Sol system; its main
planets were medium-gravity and almost perfect for their human
inhabitants, a small belt of mineral-rich asteroids which soon
attracted dozens of mining stations and pirate raiders, and
several gas giants and ice-planetoids after that. The planets of
Ypres were mostly agriculturally equipped - the single hive-
world on Ypers II the sole exception - with the large
continents, many of whic