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 battlezones, 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.
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