Editing Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (section)

==Story==

The game is connected to the plot of [[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine]], taking place on the Forge World of [[Graia]] several years after the events of the first game. Given that Space Marine itself is getting a sequel, it's unclear how or if Boltgun connects to that.  While the second game seemingly has a Tyranid focus, the first game only had Chaos come in by surprise after a few hours fighting Orks, so all three games could be connected.

The player takes the role of an Ultramarine Sternguard Veteran Sergeant named Malum Caedo, who is dispatched to Graia under orders from an Ordo Malleus Inquisitor. His name is a bit of a pun: translated from Latin his last name [[Caedere|"Caedo"]] is a verb which can be variously translated as [[rip and tear|''"hew, fell, cut, butcher, murder, mortally wound"'' and the likes]], while his first name Malum translates to ''evil'' or ''wrong''. If you put his name into Google translate, you get something along the lines of: ''"I kill Evil"'', [[awesome|at which your computer explodes from having a name that Fucking Metal on it's screen because it sounds exactly like Doom Slayer]].

The Inquisitor explains that the Graian Mechanicum managed to salvage pieces of Inqusitor Drogan's power source (the magic macguffin from the first game) and began experimenting on the device. [[Not as planned|Much to everyone's surprise]], the tech priests' experiments have caused Graia to once again be invaded by the Forces of Chaos. The Inquisitor has thus ordered an Ultramarine squad to descend to Graia and retrieve the power source fragments.

Unfortunately for the Ultramarines, [[FAIL|their drop pod suffers critical damage]] that leaves all of them dead except one (Malum Caedo). As the lone survivor of the squad, it's up to Malum to rip and tear his way through Graia to complete the mission.

To the rage of Leandros, the taunt key lets Malum shout epic one liners like '''“I shall finish the work Captain Titus started!”''' and '''"Sidonus laid down his life for this planet! I protect his sacrifice!"''' All while cracking his power-armored knuckles, making any heretic nearby shit themselves in terror. This also indicates that Malum respected Titus' deeds of badassery and no doubt shoved Leandros' head into a toilet as he lubed up the codex for "tactical insertion". This means Malum will likely join Titus as one of the few Ultramarines even the haters can enjoy.

Weirdly [[Bloodletters]], despite appearing in Space Marine, are completely gone from this game, even though they would have fit well with the daemonic side of the roster (this ''is'' a Doom homage after all), to diversify instead of just having Nurgle and Tzeentch in play. Though, [[Blight Drone]]s and [[Rogue Psyker]]s are also missing. If the game ever receives DLC, expect them to increase the enemy variety. And it seems that they will, given a Bloodletter (as a shilouette, at least) shows up in the end cutscene.