When an unmanned listening post on the east side of Graxxis' mega-continent went quiet, Librarian Argentus believed it was his first chance to engage the Necron he believed were on this planet. Though the attack on the outpost bore no signs of a Necron attack, Commander Leerca allowed him to take a number of first company veterans in a drop assault on the area immediatly to prevent their enemy from escaping. Argentus landed to discover not Necron but Ork looters, pillaging the equipment of the outpost and burning it. The Space Marines took the ork completely by surprise, landing all around them and pouring bolter fire into their ranks. Orks being orks, they were completely unphased by the sudden attack, launching themselves into battle.
Ghost Brigades vs. WAAGH! Wurrgrod
1500 Points, Surprise Attack (Battle Mission)
Battle Report Writer: Bobby
Before I begin the report, let me say this was the first battle of the campaign, and one of the bloodiest. The score came down to the wire and almost nothing was left on the field. That being said, here's the break down of the game:
As per the mission special rules, every Space Marine unit deep struck, and by chance I had chosen to use my new all-deep striking list. I knew Shaun's counter attack was going to hit me hard, so I set about making sure there wouldn't be much to counter attack me with, cutting down about 30 boyz, a couple lootas and destroying a trukk. My vanguard veterans ambushed the burnas coming out of the trukk, cutting them down to a man.
The Ork Deployment
Space Marines Deep Strike around the orks
As I expected, Shaun's counter attack hit me hard, killing my vanguard veterans, an entire squad of tactical marines, and 2 terminators. I took minor solace in my ironclad dreadnought's victory over his killa kanz, destroying both of them before they could attack.
The battle then quickly devolved into a close combat slaughter, with all of his units piling in on top of mine. When the dust settled my left flank was gone, having lost all of my tactical terminators and tactical marines on that side, even my ironclad (who took Shaun's warboss with him). The right flank was mine though, with my assault terminators butchering a squad of warbikers and tigirius and his tactical squad eliminating a squad of boyz. Now the remainder of both forces converged on the center of the battlefield...
When the dest settled all that was left was a handful of boyz, who were then sent running by my drop pods. But the game ended before they could flee of the board, and so the game came down to kill points:
Final Score: 17-14, Space Marien Victory
Just barely, I had eliminated enough of Shaun's units to win. It was bloody, and an excellent start to the campaign!
Space Marine MVP: Ironclad Dreadnought. My Ironclad Dreadnought took out two killa kanz, a squad of lootas, and Shaun's warboss before finally taking a power klaw from a nob to the face and exploding, taking two more nobz with him!
Ork MVP: Boyz Mobz. Shaun's Mobz did their job of tarpitting most of my guys, and more often overrunning them in combat with their sheer numbers. One squad in particular, the onyl one left on the board at the end of the game, kill 6 terminators, 2 tactical squads and a drop pod.
