New comic is out!
For those not in the know, Eagle Ordinary is the vaguely-based-on-the-writer-and-artist's-Only-War-escapades webcomic about some Imperial Guardsmen and their associated soldiery stuck on some Tau-held world where something is happening after their high command were "assassinated by the Tau." There's no real set schedule for their release, though they're trying to do it weekly.
http://eagleordinary.smackjeeves.com/
>>44051924
In their own words:
>There's a lot of different uniforms running around the panels of our comic, from Cadians to Unseen Sons, different regiments can often be deployed to the same warzone, but not often do they end up in so much of a clusterfrak.
>With command leveled and the Chain of Command reduced to squabbling factions with none loyal to the other, sometimes it's hard to tell who's on the same side. Confused? You're not the only one.
And the omake for today's comic.
These are all based off of stories people told in the comments section of the comics. So if you want your shame immortalized in Tumblr, here's how.
Jr. Commissar Talon
>Talon was raised Cadian and sent away to Kasr Holn's schola.
>I can't remember which planet Cain teaches at off hand, and time-line wise I suppose he would probably be still teaching at this point in Talon's life, but Talon, in all his dull-witted good intentions, grew up on a steady diet of the Jurgen-less Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium holo-vid series, and decided to pursue the commissariat as a result and model himself after the cheesy, over-the-top, movie version of the man. If there was a fanclub, he was probably a member, and had all the action figures.
He also fucks the senior captain of the regiment he's supposed to be commissarring for.
This does appear to be pretty damn excellent.
Do junior commissars wear blue sashes? I thought all commissar wore red ones?
I'm confused. What's going on with the broken record techpriest and the Rogue Traders?
>>44052050
The cute Cadian blonde? Fuck. There goes best girl.
>>44052540
We don't know yet, silly. That's what we're waiting to find out. All we know is whatever it is is a pretty damn important secret. Xenos tech?
>>44052862
Rogue Traders. Who the fuck knows.
Bet you dollars to donuts the RT is either bargaining with or fully in league with the Tau.
>>44052862
>Cute Cadian Blonde
Yep. If you look in the first page, he's stumbling out of her quarters.
>>44052862
Go fuck the white Sharia psyker instead.
>>44053290
You do /not/ want to know what's under that scarf.
>>44053347
Don't be afraid.It's just a neckbeard.
>>44052050
Cain's biographies must be fucking comedy gold.
>>44053158
Is she the same girl? Hard to tell with a small pick of a woman with her hair down.
>>44053290
I thought about that, but up until just a few pages ago she had no lines of dialogue. Felt wrong to waifu someone I didn't know, you know?
Commander Holt? Damn, that is a blast from the past.
>>44054128
Yep, confirmed by the artist in the comments section.
>Hmmm, given the look Captain Perray and Gunner are sharing I suspect that she might be the woman we saw him leaving on page 1. That or I'm reading far too much into this...
>Well sighted! :D
>>44054128
You could also go for Sofia. She's the burninator.
Found this while digging through the archive.
>Orbital strike ordered on Guard HQ when they turned coward
>~3000 Guardsmen on planet, 4 tanks
>Nearest Rogue Trader is a 16-year old shithead
But apparently this is just an old sample for people who aren't familiar with Only War.
>>44054587
Also, they linked the Sup/tg/ archive in one of their posts.
You may have noticed our squad is a mix and match of troopers from several regiments. At a very early point in the story line, before the start of this comic obviously, our regiments all made a grand planet fall together, and suffered horrible loses for our troubles. So badly thrashed were the Imperial forces that all our separate regiments were disbanded due to being critically under strength and we were all rolled up into a compiled regiment. I actually recommend this on a mechanics level for people playing the Only War RPG, as it allows all the players to make their own interesting regiments.
For our lovable Lt. Brinton I crafted together The Callistian 584th Command regiment (The 2nd Sons), an entire regiment of snobbish nobility. Like the rest of the regiment, Brinton is the second son of a powerful noble house and has trained and prepared for the role of leading men into honourable and glorious combat from a young age. The 2nd Sons have a unique structure to their regiment as they are entirely made up of commissioned officers, and rely on a sister (slave?) regiment for their grunts and NCOs.
Karl Marxmanns regiment, The 584th Vladigrad Infantry, holds the unfortunate position of playing partner to the 2nd Sons. Hailing from a penal world, the Vladigradians are not trusted to serve the Imperium faithfully and thus lack their own officers. For further insurance, every Vladigradian has an explosive collar affixed to their neck, which can be set off by any 2nd Son via remote.
>>44052212
Could anyone perhaps clarify as to fuck in the holy fuck is going on in this wee comic?!
>>44055267
Changeling in horror form eating a dude.
>>44054339
>advancing on all fronts, all victories, ork counter attacks dying to massed artillery and supertank guns
>Holt won't stop telling me that I'm not doing enough and he has served under more than one militant general in one campaign
Seriously, Holt, what's his problem.
>>44054519
Well, at least the Commissar has good taste, and so far she seems to have made a nice choice herself. I am okay with this.
>>44054541
She's kind of nice, but hasn't just jumped out at me yet. I think I need to warm up to her.
>>44054762
I like the idea - It's sort of like what the Vostroyans already do, recruiting from their nobility for the officers and the factory workers for the infantry. But I've never heard of two regiments being combined like this, but still technically being separate. Why not just mash them completely together?
>>44051924
When are they going to kill xeno scum?
>>44058644
They killed a Tau at one point.
>>44058878
Good good
>>44054541
She's already claimed.
>>44057116
Is the remake worth playing?
>>44057421
>Putting your filthy commoners next to your high-born nobles
>>44059429
Is she? She was offering Commissar Gunner a hand grenade with a heart on it in one of the earlier chapters.
