After a bit of a hiatus, Cooper and I had a rematch, though this time it was versus his new Chaos renegades, the Blackshields. A recent points update to 10th allowed me to take a few more units which was cool, but it was a lot to keep track of, especially when rusty. Cooper did a great job getting both primary objectives and the random secondaries. I think if I had split up my second Tactical squad and focused more on points I might have faired a bit better, but the dice gods favored Chaos this day! Good game!
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Battle Report:
Ruleset: 2023 Tenth Edition Leviathan Mission Cards
Deployment: Crucible of Battle
Primary Mission: Purge the Foe
Deployment: Crucible of Battle
Primary Mission: Purge the Foe
Mission Rule: Chilling Rain
Points: 2000
My Forces:
+ Leaders +
- Primus Leo Exevio Faustus - Captain in Terminator Armour: Warlord - Power Fist, Storm Bolter
- Praelior Tarquinius Iulian Regulus - Chaplain in Terminator Armour: Crozius arcanum, Storm bolter - Enhancement: The Honour Vehement
- Lexicanium Ezekiel - Force Sword, Bolt Pistol
- Chief Apothecary Hulm Singa - Apothecary: Enhancement: Fire Discipline, Gene Seed Recovery, Narthecium, Absolvor Bolt Pistol, Reductor Pistol, "Chainsword"
- Master of the Forge Samus Dexter - Techmarine: Blessing of the Omnissiah, Servo-Arm, Omnissian Power Drill, Forge Bolter, Grav-pistol
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- Squad Cornelius - 10 man Tactical Squad - Power Fist, Plasma pistol, Bolt pistols, Meltagun, Missile Launcher, Bolters
- Squad Vitus - 10 man Tactical Squad - Chainsword, Bolt pistols, Meltagun, Heavy Bolter, Bolters
+ (Elites) +
- Squad Tourbillion - 10 man Terminator Squad: Teleport Homer, Power sword, Storm bolter, Assault cannon, 5x Chainfist, 4x Power fist
- Squad Nox - 5man Terminator Assault Squad: Teleport Homer, 5x Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield
- Squad Velox - 5 man Vanguard Veterans Squad: Heirloom Relic Blade, 5x Storm Shields, 4x Heirloom Thunder Hammers
- Venerable Brother Psigoras "Fury" - Dreadnought: Dreadnought melee weapon w/ Storm bolter, Twin Lascannon
+ (Heavy Support) +
- Squad Nero - 10 man Devastator Squad: Power sword, plasma pistol, 3x Lascannon, Plasma Canon, Bolters & Bolt Pistols
- Squad Kaiel - 5 man Devastator Squad: Chainsword, plasma pistol, 4x Multi-Meltas, Bolt Pistols
- Land Raider One - Land Raider - Twin Heavy Bolter, 2x Godhammer Lascannons
The Renegades: Cooper's Blackshields
+ HQs +
Cypher
Autek Mor - Chaos Lord in Terminator Armour: Combi-weapon, Intoxicating Elixir, Mark of Slaanesh, Power fist
Ulrach Branthan - Heretic Astartes Daemon Prince with wings: Mark of Khorne, Talisman of Burning Blood, Warlord
+ (Troops) +
Legionaries: Chaos icon, Mark of Chaos Undivided - balefire tome, Havoc autocannon, bolt pistols, boltguns, melee weapons
Legionaries: Chaos icon, Mark of Chaos Undivided - plasma pistols, bolt pistols, boltguns, chainswords
Legionaries: Chaos icon, Mark of Chaos Undivided - Lascannon, plasma pistol, bolt pistols, boltguns, melee weapons
Legionaries: Chaos icon, Mark of Chaos Undivided - Missile launcher, plasma pistol, bolt pistols, boltguns, melee weapons
+ (Elites) +
Chaos Terminator Squad: Mark of Slaanesh - Reaper autocannon, accursed weapons, chainfist, combi-weapons, power fists
Chosen [130pts]: Chaos icon, Mark of Chaos Undivided - combi-weapons, power fist, plasma pistols, accursed weapons, bolt pistols, boltgun
+ (Heavy Support) +
Khalon - Leviathan Dreadnought [Legends]: 3x Hunter-killer missile, Mark of Nurgle - Cyclonic melta-lance, Siege claw and meltagun, 2x heavy flamers
Spartan [Legends]: Heavy bolter, Mark of Chaos Undivided, Twin heavy bolter, 2x laser destroyers
+ Allied Units +
Knight Despoiler: Daemonbreath meltagun, Ruinspear rocket pod, Warpstrike claw, Battle cannon and heavy stubber
Play by Play:
Battle Round 1:
While the Knight Despoiler took heavy damage from punishing fire from LR-1 and Devastator Squad Nero, it does not fall! (bad news!). The Ultramarines only achieve the "Cleanse" objective. Squad Cornelius, lead by Lexicanium Ezekiel jump out of LR-1 to attempt to secure the center objective waypoint.
However, demon prince Ulrach (having possessed a dreadnought machine spirit) slaughters the squad. The Knight returns fire and critical hits destroy the Land Raider. Cooper extends his battle lines and purges the foe.
Battle Round 2:
Captain Faustus and Squad Tourbillion deep strike in to finish off the Knight, but it proves to be a hollow victory as Ulrach slaughters the enraged Forge Master Dexter. The Ultramarines receive coordinates to an unknown signal, but fail to investigate it. Ulrach and his traitors also fail to investigate the signals, or capture enemy outposts. Squad Nox falls on the southern front, as does Ezekiel, cut down by the advancing renegades.
Terminator Lord Autek Mor launches a brilliant counter deep strike to pincer Captain Faustus.
Battle Round 3:
Ulrach is brought down by the Venerable "Fury" Psigoras! But the battle is spiraling out of control and none of the objectives to secure no man's land or engage in a multi front assault are achieved. Indeed it is a dark day for the Imperium as the beloved Praelior Regulus falls, though his battle canticles stopped, Brother Sergeant Velox vows to avenge him.
Beset on all sides, Squad Tourbillion fights shoulder to shoulder, protecting the Captain. They die on their feet!
The Blackshields take no prisoners and the Spartan's heavy lascannons slice through Venerable Psigoras. Devastator Squad Kaiel's ineffective multi-melta fire puts them in a vulnerable position and they are swept aside as the heavy Terminator Squads melee.
Battle Round 4:
While Squad Nero manages to bring enough heavy fire down upon the Spartan to destroy it, it is too little too late. Broken, the Ultramarine lines begin an ordered withdrawal. Battle lines would not be extended. Seeing a chance, Faustus lanuches at Cypher, mortally wounding the traitor coward, but then it leaves an opening for Lord Autek.
Surrounded, it is a duel. Faustus faces Autek Mor, and while he fought with honour, Faustus falls.
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| Autek and Faustus meet. |
Having secured the area, the Blackshields deploy teleport homers and vanish into the warp, achieving whatever objective for their doomed, mysterious ends. Final result: 41 -77 victory for the Renegades.
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Chief Apothecary Singa: "You should be more careful Captain, once we saw the teleport blooms we circled back and recovered you."
Captain Leo Faustus: "Disobeying a direct order to withdraw..."
Singa: "But..."
The Captain's stern expression relaxes into a smile and a wink as he slaps Singa on the pauldron - "You have my thanks."
REF: ULTRA-5955-XJ510 TIMESTAMP: 7334024.M42
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