Cole Dunbar

"Howdy."

- Cole Dunbar's first words uttered when he joined Tango Squadron.

‘’’Cole Dunbar’’’ is among the newest members of Tango Squadron. Coming from the heavily wooded and mountainous world of Icno IV, Cole serves the dubious honor of being the first member of the Dunbar clan to go off world for any reason. Serving in the Icno Irregulars before becoming disillusioned with the general war effort, Cole was transferred to Tango Squadron after being convicted of killing two Imperial colonels, a Imperial commissar and four captains after his squad was left to die in an Ork attack. Cole was transferred to the 5th Penal Legion soon after.

Early Life
Cole Dunbar was born in the heavily wooded and mountainous world of Icno IV. The oldest of two brothers and one sister, Cole grew up in relative peace. Icno was too small and didn’t have any notable resources to be fought over by anybody, but, the people of Icno IV had to deal with the various beasts of the planet. Having to have a rifle even when he went out for a short walk, Cole quickly grew into an expert marksman like most of the inhabits of the planets.

One day, an Imperial officer came to collect Icno IV’s tithe. The planet raised a regiment of Icno Irregulars, famed through the galaxy for there sleath and marksmen ship skills, and Cole was sent out with them. Saying goodbye to his family one last time, Cole was sent off into a world that he never dreamed of.

With the Irregulars
Cole, taken from his sleepy forest world of Icno IV, was plunged head first into the war on Armageddon. The Irregulars were dropped into Armageddon’s forests, somewhere that the Imperium hoped that they would be of some use due to there background in the woods. And for a while, they were right. Using there skills they learned on there home world hunting, the Irregulars set up numerous ambushes for the Orks; often tying up forces twice there size. However, a key exponent in all of these battles was the fact they had air-support ready to go if things got too hot (Which often did).

On another LRRP mission, Cole and his squad ambushed an Ork mob heading towards a local Catachan camp. Both the Irregulars and Catachans held off the ever increasing Ork’s, all while the Irregulars were trying to call in an air strike. As it happened, most of the fighter bombers were supporting a Space Marine advance at the time and where unavaible. For the next day and a half, the dwindling Catachans and Icno Irregulars held off the Orks the best they could. Running low on ammo for there various Sniper Rifles, the irregulars called in an airstrike once again. This time, there faith was rewarded with two planes ready to drop napalms on the ever-growing Orks. However, there was one problem. As the planes flew in, Cole noticed that they flew a little too close to there position. Looking behind him, Cole saw a wall of napalm approaching him. Grabbing his rifle and running, Cole barely managed to escape the blast.

Waking up several days later in a hospital, he was given the news. Out of the Catachan platoon of 50 and his ten men squad, all of them 4 year veterans, he was the only survivor. Breaking into tears at soon as the news was broken to him, Cole spent a week in the hospital recovering. During the time, he simmered in rage against the officers who he once respected.

After he was released from the hospital, Cole hatched a plot to kill several senior officers that he saw as the reason his squad died. Taking his sniper rifle and disappearing for a week, Cole took a position overtop a ridge looking over the Irregular camp. Killing the the platoon commanders first, Cole turned his attention to the regiments only surviving commissioner. Killing him mid speech, Cole then killed the two colonels right next to him. Attempting to escape, he was caught by a Stormtropper squad with strict orders to bring him in.