Black Templar vs Creations of Bile
On the command dias of the battle barge ‘Unrelenting Will’, Marshal Naiden of the Black Templars stared into the glowing schematic readouts that displayed Nellus V. The infamous Arch-traitor Fabius Bile and his cohorts were said to be hiding within this Imperial world, the Marshal cared not as the heretic’s plans or schemes, only his death would suffice.
“My Lord, reports are indicating the heretics are located in quadrant Theta-9, at the hive-city of Kallesk.” The ships Admiral conveyed to Marshal Naiden and the Castellans surrounding him.
“Begin bombard of the city Admiral, while we prepare for a surgical strike to ensure the traitor Bile does not escape our wrath.” The Marshal commanded.
“Yes my lord, there is however the matter of the dense civilian population in Kallesk? Any bombardment would inflict horrific casualties.” The Admiral replied.
The Black Templars stopped their discussions between themselves, and all stared down at the Admiral. Marshal Naiden looked away from the schematics and addressed the Admiral directly.
“If the population is loyal to the Imperium Admiral, then the Emperor will protect them.”
“If not, then their faith is found wanting, and they will die a traitor’s death…”
“None shall harbour the mutant, witch or heretic……”
SN+ Warhammer 40K Battle Report!
Welcome back SN+ Champions! The hordes of the cult are facing the chainaxes of the World Eaters Legion, as DC takes on Nick it’s a battle between Nick’s mind games against DC and the cult’s trickery! The team played the ‘Retrieval Mission’ from Chapter Approved 2020, at 2000pts. Who will stand Victorious?
Episode 3 – The Ambush (Narrative)
The third instalment of the SN Narrative Campaign is here! Featuring the epic clash between the Blood Angels and the Chaos Warband – The Children of the Neverborn! Follow Chaplain Azeos and Captain Carmillus with their Brothers as they race to conceal the chapters dark secret.
Find out what happens in this climatic episode of another saga in the history of the Blood Angels Chapter!
Welcome to SN Battle Reports 3rd episode of The Children of the Neverborn narrative campaign! Special thanks again to Steve Joll from New Zealand for the incredible voice over narration at the start of this bloody tale of bitter conflict and wild gambits as we enter mission Three – The Ambush! Will the Children of the Neverborn seek revenge? Will they locate their secret prize? Will they be victorious? Join us as this epic story unfolds...
Dark Angels vs Death Guard
Carac Ty-Balt stared up at the central mosaic, it depicted those of his own kind, fellow Deathwing Terminators of the Dark Angels Chapter, striking down a colossal, heretical daemon. The colours within the panes washed his bone-white armour in hues of crimson and green.
The vast chamber of cold steel was dark, save for the illumination of the mosaic, that shone into the central dias of the room. Carac watched the procession of Ecclesiarchy, their censer bearers filling the air with an aroma of warm spices, as they gave prayers to the Emperor and spoke aloud the Rites of Banishment around the gathered towering knights. The Terminators stood silently, paying heed to the importance of the moment, the rites being performed, each knew what they faced on the planet's surface below.
‘Brothers!’ Carac yelled out to his fellow elite of the Dark Angels, he pointed his power sword up at the floor-to-ceiling mosaic, highlighting his ancient brothers, imortalised in past deeds of heroism.
‘For the Emperor, for the Lion and for the Chapter, we purge the heretic in their name!’
The gathered Deathwing raised their weapons in unison, arcs of light sprang out above them, as the teleportarium from below came to life. Carac’s thoughts stayed with the mosaic, hoping to replicate it’s honour.
They were coming for the heretics, to deliver the Emperor’s justice.
Mission: Cut off the Head
Points: 1500
Deployment: Search & Destroy
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Imperium - Dark Angels) ++
+ HQ +
Belial
. Sword of Silence & Storm Bolter
+ Elites +
Deathwing Ancient: 5. Master of Maneuver, Warlord
. Shroud of Heroes
. Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield: Storm shield, Thunder hammer
Deathwing Champion
Deathwing Knights
. 4x Deathwing Knight: 4x Storm shield
. Knight Master: Storm shield
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Imperium - Dark Angels) ++
+ HQ +
Librarian in Terminator Armor: 1) Mind Worm, 2) Aversion, Force stave
+ Elites +
Deathwing Terminator Squad
. Deathwing Sergeant: Storm Bolter & Power Sword
. Deathwing Terminator: Chainfist, Plasma cannon
. Deathwing Terminator: Power fist, Storm bolter
. Deathwing Terminator: Power fist, Storm bolter
. Deathwing Terminator: Power fist, Storm bolter
Deathwing Terminator Squad
. Deathwing Sergeant: Storm Bolter & Power Sword
. Deathwing Terminator: Cyclone missile launcher, Power fist, Storm bolter
. Deathwing Terminator: Power fist, Storm bolter
. Deathwing Terminator: Power fist, Storm bolter
. Deathwing Terminator: Power fist, Storm bolter
Deathwing Terminator Squad
. Deathwing Sergeant: Storm Bolter & Power Sword
. Deathwing Terminator: Heavy flamer, Power fist
. Deathwing Terminator: Power fist, Storm bolter
. Deathwing Terminator: Power fist, Storm bolter
. Deathwing Terminator: Power fist, Storm bolter
Dreadnought: Missile launcher, Twin lascannon
Dreadnought: Missile launcher, Twin lascannon
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Death Guard) ++
+ HQ +
Daemon Prince of Nurgle: 1. Miasma of Pestilence, 6. Arch-Contaminator, Hellforged sword, Plague spewer, The Suppurating Plate, Warlord
Lord of Contagion: Plaguereaper
+ Troops +
Plague Marines
. Plague Champion
. . Codex: Bolt pistol, Plague knife, Power fist
. 14x Plague Marine w/ boltgun
Poxwalkers: 10x Poxwalker
Poxwalkers: 10x Poxwalker
+ Elites +
Deathshroud Terminators
. Deathshroud Champion: Manreaper, 2x Plaguespurt gauntlets
. 2x Deathshroud Terminator: 2x Manreaper
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Death Guard) ++
+ HQ +
Malignant Plaguecaster: 4. Blades of Putrefaction, 6. Curse of the Leper
+ Elites +
Blightlord Terminators
. Blightlord Champion: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Blight launcher, Bubotic Axe
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Flail of Corruption
Blightlord Terminators
. Blightlord Champion: Balesword, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Balesword, Blight launcher
. Blightlord Terminator: Balesword, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Balesword, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Flail of Corruption
Helbrute: Twin lascannon
. Helbrute fist: Heavy flamer
Adeptus Mechanicus vs Red Corsairs
The Mechanicum proceeded to launch more of their landing ships, ready to drain the planet of it’s raw materials. From a nearby moon, nestled among a cluster of asteroids, Huron Blackheart, the Tyrant of Badab, watched from his ship, laying in wait with his Red Corsairs raiding fleet, like a pack of hungry predators.
Huron’s lighting claw flexed at the prospect of such rich plunder, he had no need for the raw materials yet to be mined from the planets surface, he wanted the Mechanicus themselves, whether as slaves, or spare parts, it mattered little…
The rooms electrical systems and servitors, infused with daemonic possession, began to writhe in fury, sparking and reaching out to find non-existent prey, Huron merely smirked. His Lord Discordant, Kuol Tevish had entered, his aura the cause of the mechanical upheaval within the room.
A loud distortion rang out as Kuol began to speak, the rooms apparatus fell silent.
“My daemonic engines hunger my lord” Huron didn’t reply, he remained fixated on the planet ahead.
Koul continued “Our supplies are low, we must…..”
“You will get your pickings from the iron bones of the mechanicum Kuol, pray to the Gods you use them wisely, or MY engines will hunger for more than parts…”
Koul bowed, knowing when not to push his masters temper.
As one, the Red Corsairs fleet came to life, as the pack began it’s hunt.
Deployment: Beachhead
Points: 1800
Deployment: Search & Destroy
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Adeptus Mechanicus) ++
Forge World Choice
. Forge World: Mars
Specialist Detachment: Servitor Maniple
+ HQ +
Belisarius Cawl
Warlord: Warlord Trait (Mars): Static Psalm-Code
Tech-Priest Dominus: Macrostubber, Volkite Blaster
+ Troops +
Kataphron Destroyers
. Kataphron Destroyer: Phosphor Blaster, Plasma Culverin
. Kataphron Destroyer: Phosphor Blaster, Plasma Culverin
. Kataphron Destroyer: Phosphor Blaster, Plasma Culverin
. Kataphron Destroyer: Phosphor Blaster, Plasma Culverin
. Kataphron Destroyer: Phosphor Blaster, Plasma Culverin
. Kataphron Destroyer: Phosphor Blaster, Plasma Culverin
Skitarii Rangers: Enhanced Data-Tether
. Ranger Alpha: Phosphor Blast Pistol, Taser Goad
. 6x Skitarii Ranger
. Skitarii Ranger (Arc Rifle): Arc Rifle
. Skitarii Ranger (Transuranic Arquebus): Transuranic Arquebus
Skitarii Vanguards
. 3x Skitarii Vanguard
. Skitarii Vanguard (Plasma Caliver): Plasma Caliver
. Vanguard Alpha: Radium Carbine
Skitarii Vanguards
. 3x Skitarii Vanguard
. Skitarii Vanguard (Plasma Caliver): Plasma Caliver
. Vanguard Alpha: Arc Pistol, Power sword
++ Spearhead Detachment +1CP (Imperium - Adeptus Mechanicus) ++
Forge World Choice
. Forge World: Mars
Specialist Detachment: Cybernetica Cohort
+ HQ +
Tech-Priest Manipulus: Magnarail lance, Relic (Cybernetica Cohort): Doctrina Foreas Servo Skull
+ Elites +
Cybernetica Datasmith: Gamma Pistol, Power fist
+ Heavy Support +
Kastelan Robots
. Kastelan Robot: Heavy Phosphor Blaster
. . Two Heavy Phosphor Blasters: 2x Heavy Phosphor Blaster
. Kastelan Robot: Heavy Phosphor Blaster
. . Two Heavy Phosphor Blasters: 2x Heavy Phosphor Blaster
. Kastelan Robot: Heavy Phosphor Blaster
. . Two Heavy Phosphor Blasters: 2x Heavy Phosphor Blaster
Kastelan Robots
. Kastelan Robot: Heavy Phosphor Blaster
. . Two Heavy Phosphor Blasters: 2x Heavy Phosphor Blaster
. Kastelan Robot: Heavy Phosphor Blaster
. . Two Heavy Phosphor Blasters: 2x Heavy Phosphor Blaster
. Kastelan Robot: Heavy Phosphor Blaster
. . Two Heavy Phosphor Blasters: 2x Heavy Phosphor Blaster
Onager Dunecrawler
. Neutron Laser and Cognis Heavy Stubber: Cognis Heavy Stubber, Neutron Laser
Onager Dunecrawler
. Neutron Laser and Cognis Heavy Stubber: Cognis Heavy Stubber, Neutron Laser
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Chaos Space Marines) ++
Dark Disciples: 2x Dark Disciple
Legion: Red Corsairs +3CP
+ HQ +
Dark Apostle: Benediction of Darkness, Mark of Tzeentch, Mutating Invocation
Huron Blackheart: Prescience, Reaver Lord, Warlord +1CP
+ Troops +
Chaos Space Marines: Icon of Wrath, Mark of Khorne
. Aspiring Champion: Bolt pistol, Chainaxe
. 11x Marine w/ Bolt Pistol, Chainsword
. Marine w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
. Marine w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
Chaos Space Marines: Mark of Slaanesh
. Aspiring Champion: Bolt pistol, Boltgun
. 3x Marine w/ Boltgun
. Marine w/ heavy weapon: Lascannon
Chaos Space Marines: Mark of Slaanesh
. Aspiring Champion: Bolt pistol, Boltgun
. 3x Marine w/ Boltgun
. Marine w/ heavy weapon: Lascannon
++ Spearhead Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Chaos Space Marines) ++
Field Commander
Legion: Red Corsairs +1CP
Specialist Detachment: Soulforged Pack
+ HQ +
Daemon Prince with Wings: Hellforged sword, Intoxicating Elixir, Reaver Lord Artefact, Warp bolter, Wings, Warptime
. Slaanesh
Lord Discordant on Helstalker: Baleflamer, Mark of Slaanesh, Master of the Soulforges, Mecha-serpents
. Helstalker: Techno-virus injector
+ Troops +
Chaos Cultists: Mark of Slaanesh
. 10x Chaos Cultist w/ Autogun
. 16x Chaos Cultist w/ autopistol and brutal assault weapon
. Chaos Cultist w/ special weapon: Heavy stubber
. Cultist Champion: Shotgun
+ Heavy Support +
Hellforged Leviathan Dreadnought: 2x Butcher cannon array, 2x Hellflamer, Slaanesh
Maulerfiend: Lasher tendrils, Mark of Slaanesh
Maulerfiend: Lasher tendrils, Mark of Slaanesh
Venomcrawler: Mark of Slaanesh
Death Guard vs Grey Knights
Never in a hundred battles had Brother Captain Montague come across a viler place than this. Plumes of sickly green smoke issued from craters in the ground, fumes so thick even his re-breathers had trouble filtering out the smell. Heaps of writhing, rotting flesh wriggled across the ground, finding other smaller pieces of rotting flesh and merging with them. The sound alone would be enough to drive a man to madness, let alone the sight of it.
This was an unholy, blasted place. A festering ground for Nurgle. The heartland of its country. And that was why he was here. With his retinue to support him him, Captain Montague had accepted the challenge of bringing the Emperor’s holy flame to cleanse this world. The Hammers of Titan would burn the rot all the way to its roots, not because they could not destroy it from orbit, but because to do so would risk spreading the infection to other systems.
And so, they had worked tirelessly, the Grey Knights spreading promethium flame on all they could find. Until they had gotten here. To this place. To the dark fortress at the heart of the heartland. They had expected Nurgle’s presence on this planet, but they had not expected to find a contingent of Death Guard here.
Not long after spotting the fortress did Montague’s company begin taking fire. Huge balls of molten rot flew through the air and struck the ground around him, blasting holes in his force. He sounded the charge, Strike Marines zipping out of reality and reappearing atop the fortress’ walls to hack at the Death Guard manning the ramparts.
This would be the last battle of his ongoing mission, the last push before the world could be cleansed in the God Emperor’s name. He would see it done, or he would perish in this place. For such was the way of the servants of Mankind.
Mission: Cut off the Head
Points: 1750
Deployment: Frontline Assault
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Death Guard) +++ HQ +
Lord of Contagion: 1. Revoltingly Resilient, Plaguereaper, The Suppurating Plate, Warlord
Malignant Plaguecaster: 1. Miasma of Pestilence, 6. Curse of the Leper
+ Troops +
Plague Marines
. Plague Champion
. . Codex: Plague knife, Plasma pistol, Power fist
. 14x Plague Marine w/ boltgun
Poxwalkers: 10x Poxwalker
Poxwalkers: 10x Poxwalker
+ Heavy Support +
Plagueburst Crawler: 2x Plaguespitter, Heavy slugger
Plagueburst Crawler: 2x Plaguespitter, Rothail volley gun
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Death Guard) ++
+ HQ +
Daemon Prince of Nurgle: 1. Miasma of Pestilence, Hellforged sword, Plague spewer
+ Elites +
Blightlord Terminators
. Blightlord Champion: Bubotic Axe, Combi-flamer
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Blight launcher, Bubotic Axe
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
Helbrute: Twin lascannon
. Helbrute fist: Heavy flamer
Helbrute: Twin lascannon
. Helbrute fist: Heavy flamer
Helbrute: Twin lascannon
. Helbrute fist: Heavy flamer
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Grey Knights) ++
+ HQ +
Grand Master: 4: First to the Fray, Nemesis Daemon Hammer, Sanctuary, Storm Bolter, Warlord
Librarian: Nemesis Warding Stave, Purge Soul, Sanctuary, Storm Bolter
Lord Kaldor Draigo: Purge Soul, Vortex of Doom
+ Troops +
Strike Squad: Gate of Infinity
. 4x Grey Knight (Sword): 4x Storm Bolter
. Grey Knight Justicar: Nemesis Force Sword, Storm bolter
Strike Squad: Gate of Infinity
. 4x Grey Knight (Halberd): 4x Storm Bolter
. Grey Knight Justicar: Nemesis Force Halberd, Storm bolter
Strike Squad: Gate of Infinity
. 4x Grey Knight (Falchions): 4x Storm Bolter
. Grey Knight Justicar: Storm bolter, Two Nemesis Falchions
+ Elites +
Paladin Ancient: Banner of Refining Flame, Gate of Infinity, Storm Bolter and Falchion
Paladin Squad: Hammerhand
. 3x Paladin (Falchions): 3x Storm Bolter
. 2x Paladin (Halberd): 2x Storm Bolter
. Paragon: Nemesis Force Halberd, Storm Bolter
+ Heavy Support +
Land Raider Crusader: 2x Hurricane Bolter, Storm Bolter, Twin Assault Cannon
+ Dedicated Transport +
Razorback: Twin Lascannon
Razorback: Twin Lascannon
Razorback: Twin Lascannon
Genestealer Cult vs World Eaters
"The World Eaters rampage had gone unchecked for weeks. Behind them, they left a planet ravaged, scoured, and lashed. Wounded, and bleeding, the world itself cried out in pain with every inch the Khorne’s devout followers claimed for themselves. Villages, cities, fortresses had all fallen, their defences overrun as much by the traitor legion’s infernal machines as by their chainaxes and bolters.
Relentless, brutal, vicious, the forces of Chaos led by Kharn the Betrayer had found no opposition they couldn’t overcome. No wall they couldn’t tear down. No enemy they hadn’t been able to cut to pieces and plant on spikes for the rest of the planet to see. Until they entered Site X7K.
At first, the mining colony looked like any other had. Huge, hulking, metal monstrosities punched giant holes into the earth. Black smoke billowed from their engines as their drills pushed deeper and deeper into the planet’s mantle. The entire site seemed automated when the World Eaters’ boots began moving across the complex’s steel gantries. There wasn’t a soul in sight, not a single body to rip open and deliver to Khorne.
The site was useless, for the World Eaters had no use for the minerals being drawn up from deep within the planet’s surface. They would burn it all, and perhaps in doing so placate their number, who were growing weary for lack of slaughter. When the first shot came and ripped clean through one of the World Eaters’ near-impenetrable power armour, chaos itself erupted.
No one had seen the shooter. Demons of Khorne howled, infernal engines roared, and chain-axes revved, but the World Eaters didn’t know where to strike.
Another traitor marine fell, then another, and another. It wasn’t until the first infernal machine exploded, sending pieces of itself in all directions and crumpling into a pile of twisted metal that the forces of Chaos spotted their foe. The Genestealer Cult’s ambush had been perfect. From the shadows these mutated creatures watched the enemy flail in all directions, desperate to find something to strike down. They chittered at each other, relaying target priorities, strategic opportunities, and vulnerable assets to exploit, but in the end, there was a single unified force driving them all.
The Hive Mind itself guided these misshapen monsters, and she would not let her lair be burned."Deployment: Dawn of WarMission: Vital IntelligencePoints: 1000
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Tyranids - Genestealer Cults) ++
Cult Creed: The Bladed Cog
+ HQ +
Patriarch: Power: Mass Hypnosis, Power: Might From Beyond, Warlord, Warlord Trait: Biomorph Adaptation
+ Elites +
Purestrain Genestealers: 13x Purestrain Genestealer
Purestrain Genestealers: 12x Purestrain Genestealer
Purestrain Genestealers: 12x Purestrain Genestealer
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Tyranids - Genestealer Cults) ++
Cult Creed: The Bladed Cog
+ HQ +
Magus: Broodcoven Magus, Power: Mass Hypnosis, Power: Mind Control, Warlord Trait: Single-minded Obsession
Primus: Bonesword, Broodcoven Primus, Mark of the Clawed Omnissiah, Warlord Trait: Alien Majesty
+ Troops +
Acolyte Hybrids
. 4x Acolyte Hybrid
. Acolyte Leader: Autopistol, Cultist Knife
Acolyte Hybrids
. 4x Acolyte Hybrid
. Acolyte Leader: Autopistol, Cultist Knife
Neophyte Hybrids
. 11x Neophyte Hybrid
. 2x Neophyte Hybrid (Mining): 2x Mining Laser
. Neophyte Leader: Autogun, Autopistol
++ Auxiliary Support Detachment -1CP (Chaos - Daemons) ++
+ Fast Attack +
Flesh Hounds: 12x Flesh Hound
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Chaos Space Marines) ++
Legion: World Eaters
+ HQ +
Chaos Lord on Juggernaut of Khorne: Bladed horn on Juggernaut of Khorne, Bolt pistol, Power axe, Slaughterborn, Talisman of Burning Blood, Warlord
Kharn the Betrayer
+ Troops +
Chaos Cultists: Mark of Khorne
. 9x Chaos Cultist w/ Autogun
. Chaos Cultist w/ special weapon: Heavy stubber
. Cultist Champion: Shotgun
Chaos Cultists: Mark of Khorne
. 9x Chaos Cultist w/ autopistol and brutal assault weapon
. Cultist Champion: Brutal assault weapon and Autopistol
Chaos Cultists: Mark of Khorne
. 9x Chaos Cultist w/ autopistol and brutal assault weapon
. Cultist Champion: Brutal assault weapon and Autopistol
+ Heavy Support +
Maulerfiend: Lasher tendrils, Mark of Khorne
Maulerfiend: Lasher tendrils, Mark of Khorne
Venomcrawler: Mark of Khorne
Adeptus Sororitas vs Thousand Sons
The last tank ruptured and exploded, sending a shockwave of sound throughout the battlefield powerful enough to silence it. The guardsman crawled on his stomach, clawing his way across the gantry not to escape the enemy, but to pick up his Lasrifle. Only a few more feet and he could start shooting again, start fighting again, not in the Emperor’s name, but in the name of the people who died around him today. Good people. Good soldiers who, when the dark unknown grew glowing green eyes and gnashing teeth, took up arms against it.
Another sound reached his ears. This time it wasn’t the thundering roar of cannon fire, but the howl of Bolter rounds as they flew over his head. Howling bolter rounds. Bullets possessed of Warpfire spat from the mouth of Bolters twisted by the warp itself. The thought was enough to make any man go insane, but not he. Not today.
Fingers stretching, he grabbed the back of his rifle, spun around, and searched for a target through the smoke and the haze. The air itself seemed to shimmer, to bend, to tremble. He swallowed hard, his mind anchored to the task at hand. There would be time to grieve later, when he joined his friends wherever they had gone. Right now, if he could only…
The sun reflected on armor made of blue and gold. It emerged through the smoke like a daemon, despite that which stood before him being a Space Marine. At least, it was once, many thousands of years ago. Already the guardsman could hear the whispers of daemons at his ears, clawing at the back of his mind, trying to get in. They were perhaps worse than the sight of the monster with the Boltgun, for at least it was a physical thing that could be shot at.
Steeling himself, the guardsman leveled his rifle. Roaring, he unloaded round after round of Lasrifle energy into the Space Marine, but his weapon wouldn’t bite into the beast’s armor. What was worse, when it did find a softer spot, it wasn’t blood that spilled from the gap—but dust.
So, it was true. They aren’t really men, only suits.
The Space Marine pulled his bolter up, and the guardsman found himself staring at the mouth of a dragon with Warpfire in its throat. The reaper was here, it was now his turn to enter the greatest unknown. He shut his eyes and breathed deeply. When the Boltgun spoke, his insides tensed like they’d been dipped in ice, but he was not dead.
He opened his eyes again, and watched the Space Marine fall to his knees, then slam to the ground with a hard thud. Behind the hulk stood not a man, but a woman clad in black armor. Her hair was as white as snow, her skin was fair, but her expression was hard; she had a soldier’s eyes. In one hand she held a bolt pistol, the muzzle still smoking. In the other, a power sword crackling with light.
“Get up, soldier,” she said, “The Saint is here. You are not dying today.”
Deployment: Hammer & Anvil
Mission: Four Pillars
Points: 1750
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Adepta Sororitas) ++
Geminae Superia
. 2x Geminae Superia: 2x Power sword
Order Convictions: Order: Our Martyred Lady
+ HQ +
Canoness: Bolt pistol, Power sword, Relic: Braizer of Eternal Flame, Warlord, Warlord Trait: 5. Indomitable Belief
Celestine
+ Troops +
Battle Sister Squad
. 3x Battle Sister
. Battle Sister w/ Special or Heavy Weapon: Flamer
. Battle Sister w/ Special Weapon: Flamer
. Sister Superior: Boltgun, Chainsword, Plasma pistol
Battle Sister Squad
. 3x Battle Sister
. Battle Sister w/ Special or Heavy Weapon: Flamer
. Battle Sister w/ Special Weapon: Flamer
. Sister Superior: Boltgun, Chainsword, Plasma pistol
Battle Sister Squad
. 3x Battle Sister
. Battle Sister w/ Special or Heavy Weapon: Flamer
. Battle Sister w/ Special Weapon: Flamer
. Sister Superior: Boltgun, Chainsword, Plasma pistol
Battle Sister Squad
. 3x Battle Sister
. Battle Sister w/ Special or Heavy Weapon: Flamer
. Battle Sister w/ Special Weapon: Flamer
. Sister Superior: Boltgun, Chainsword, Plasma pistol
Battle Sister Squad
. 3x Battle Sister
. Battle Sister w/ Special or Heavy Weapon: Storm bolter
. Battle Sister w/ Special Weapon: Storm bolter
. Sister Superior: Boltgun, Chainsword, Plasma pistol
Battle Sister Squad
. 4x Battle Sister
. Battle Sister w/ Special or Heavy Weapon: Heavy bolter
. Sister Superior: Bolt pistol, Storm bolter
+ Fast Attack +
Dominion Squad
. 5x Dominion
. Dominion Superior: Chainsword, Plasma pistol
. Dominion w/ Special Weapon: Meltagun
. Dominion w/ Special Weapon: Meltagun
. Dominion w/ Special Weapon: Meltagun
. Dominion w/ Special Weapon: Meltagun
Dominion Squad
. 5x Dominion
. Dominion Superior: Chainsword, Plasma pistol
. Dominion w/ Special Weapon: Meltagun
. Dominion w/ Special Weapon: Meltagun
. Dominion w/ Special Weapon: Meltagun
. Dominion w/ Special Weapon: Meltagun
Dominion Squad
. 5x Dominion
. Dominion Superior: Bolt pistol, Storm bolter
. Dominion w/ Special Weapon: Storm bolter
. Dominion w/ Special Weapon: Storm bolter
. Dominion w/ Special Weapon: Storm bolter
. Dominion w/ Special Weapon: Storm bolter
+ Heavy Support +
Exorcist: Hunter-killer missile
+ Dedicated Transport +
Immolator: Immolation Flamer
Immolator: Immolation Flamer
Sororitas Rhino: Hunter-killer missile, Storm bolter
Sororitas Rhino: Hunter-killer missile, Storm bolter
Sororitas Rhino: Storm bolter
Sororitas Rhino: Storm bolter
++ Super-Heavy Auxiliary Detachment (Chaos - Thousand Sons) ++
+ Lord of War +
Magnus the Red: Glamour of Tzeentch, Warptime, Weaver of Fates
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Thousand Sons) ++
+ HQ +
Ahriman: Doombolt, Infernal Gaze, Temporal Manipulation, Warlord
Exalted Sorcerer on Disc of Tzeentch: Dark Matter Crystal, Death Hex, Diabolic Strength, Force stave, Inferno Bolt Pistol
+ Troops +
Rubric Marines
. Aspiring Sorcerer: Force stave, Tzeentch's Firestorm, Warpflame Pistol
. 8x Rubric Marine w/ Warpflamer: 8x Warpflamer
Rubric Marines
. Aspiring Sorcerer: Force stave, Inferno Bolt Pistol, Tzeentch's Firestorm
. 4x Rubric Marine w/ Inferno Boltgun: 4x Inferno boltgun
Tzaangors: Brayhorn, Icon of Flame
. Twistbray: Tzaangor blades
. 29x Tzaangor w/ Tzaangor Blades
+ Elites +
Scarab Occult Terminators: Hellfyre Missile Rack
. Scarab Occult Sorcerer: Force stave, Inferno Combi-bolter, Weaver of Fates
. 8x Terminator: 8x Inferno Combi-bolter, 8x Powersword
+ Dedicated Transport +
Chaos Rhino: Combi-bolter52 Summoning Points
Thousand Sons vs Tyranids
Scores of Rubricae stood at parade ground attention, as motionless as statues, their ranks coiling and snaking to describe the rune of their god writ large with soulless warriors instead of ink. The inner ellipse was described by the hulking
Death Guard vs Space Marines
Even through his re-breather, the Brother Sergeant of the Raptors forces could smell Nurgle’s putrid stench. He stalked slowly through the ruined city, his bolter held in a firm grip. Around him, ashes fell, dusting his ceramite armor. All was quiet and still. Peaceful. One of the many sounds of death.
Beneath his heel he crushed something that crumbled like it was made of wet clay. Turning his eyes down, he saw only a mess of blood and puss and tissue that may have once been a skull. The space marine scowled and faced his brothers.
“Burn it,” he said. “Burn it all.”
At once, his men carried out his orders. Flamers ignited, birthing fires of holy flame to burn away the stench of this place in the Emperor’s name. Where the fires poured, the darkness and the snow receded. Until it didn’t.
All at once, a deathly music erupted around the Primaris marines. The fire screamed in a way it shouldn’t, the darkness roared blasphemies cursing the God Emperor and all his children. When the first bolter round rang through the hollowed-out structure and struck the brother sergeant in the shoulder, he raised his weapon in return and fired wildly into the flames for he could not see the enemy.
Bolters sang their songs of pain and death, joined swiftly by the hum of molten plasma and a cacophony of nightmarish howls. The blaze of light disrupted the Primaris’ HUDs, making it almost impossible to acquire targets just long enough that a hulking, monstrous Death Shroud Terminator could close in before being spotted.
He was clad all in white, his body was a pillar of flesh, muscle, and armor infused by the corrupting power of contagion itself. No amount of bolter fire or purifying flames could make the Terminator’s aim falter. With one swift swipe, he cut the brother sergeant in half… and thus the first had fallen in a battle that would be as swift as it was bloody.
Mission: Beachhead
Points: 1750
Deployment: Search & Destroy
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Space Marines) ++
**Chapter Selection**: Raven Guard
+ HQ +
Captain: Chainsword, Jump Pack, Storm bolter, Teeth of Terra
Captain in Phobos Armour: 5. Target Priority, Camo cloak, Master-crafted instigator bolt carbine, Warlord
+ Troops +
Infiltrator Squad: 8x Infilltrator, Infiltrator Helix Adept, Infiltrator Sergeant
Intercessor Squad: Auxiliary Grenade Launcher, Bolt rifle, 4x Intercessor, Intercessor Sergeant
Intercessor Squad: Auxiliary Grenade Launcher, Bolt rifle, 4x Intercessor, Intercessor Sergeant
Scout Squad: 10x Camo cloak
. Scout Sergeant: Bolt pistol, Sniper rifle
. 9x Scout w/Sniper Rifle: 9x Sniper rifle
+ Fast Attack +
Bike Squad
. Biker Sergeant: Combi-flamer, Twin boltgun
. 2x Space Marine Biker w/Bolt Pistol: 2x Twin boltgun
. Space Marine Biker w/Special Weapon: Flamer, Twin boltgun
. Space Marine Biker w/Special Weapon: Flamer, Twin boltgun
+ Heavy Support +
Devastator Squad
. Space Marine Sergeant: Boltgun
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
Devastator Squad
. Space Marine Sergeant: Boltgun
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Lascannon
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Imperium - Space Marines) ++
**Chapter Selection**: Raven Guard
+ HQ +
Captain on Bike: Power sword, Storm shield, The Burning Blade, Twin boltgun
+ Elites +
Aggressor Squad: 2x Aggressor, Aggressor Sergeant, Auto Boltstorm Gauntlets/Fragstorm Grenade Launcher
Contemptor Dreadnought: Combi-bolter, Dreadnought combat weapon, Kheres pattern assault cannon
Contemptor Dreadnought: Combi-bolter, Dreadnought combat weapon, Kheres pattern assault cannon
++ Super-Heavy Auxiliary Detachment (Chaos - Death Guard) ++
+ Lord of War +
Mortarion
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Death Guard) ++
+ HQ +
Daemon Prince of Nurgle: 5. Putrescent Vitality, Hellforged sword, Plague spewer Warlord
+ Troops +
Plague Marines
. Plague Champion
. . Codex: Boltgun, Plague knife
. 11x Plague Marine w/ boltgun
. Plague Marine w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Plague Marine w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
+ Elites +
Blightlord Terminators
. Blightlord Champion: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Blight launcher, Bubotic Axe
Blightlord Terminators
. Blightlord Champion: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Balesword, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Balesword, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Balesword, Combi-bolter
Deathshroud Terminators
. Deathshroud Champion: Manreaper, Plaguespurt gauntlets
. 2x Deathshroud Terminator: 2x Manreaper
+ Heavy Support +
Plagueburst Crawler: 2x Plaguespitter, Rothail volley gun
Plagueburst Crawler: 2x Plaguespitter, Heavy slugger
World Eaters vs Imperium
Archive Ref:45/783RHO42.
Clearence: Omega Mortis
Author: Redacted
Archive: Damnatio Memoriae
Addendum: Sealed by The Most Holy Ordos of His Inquisition. Cited for deletion.
The following is an abstract of a report collated by Inquisitor [REDACTED] ref. suspected Heretic Astartes activity in the Luminar Sector at the coreward extreme of Segmentum Solar. The Luminar Sector plays host to the Kronus Rapids, a series of warp storms that have remained astrocartographically constant throughout the history of the Imperium but which also exhibit extreme temporal displacement in adjacent space. It is not uncommon for ships to crash out of warp space centuries after they were declared missing or even centuries in advance of the voyage being embarked (cross ref: [REDACTED]) in this region. Such was the notoriety of the Rapids effects that some more foolhardy ship masters tried to harness the time displacement to cut years off their journey times with often tragic results.
At the dawn of M42, as the opening of the Great Rift heralded an unprecedented increase in warp activity, the Kronus Rapids would become the stage for a highly curious and worrying action. Astropathic communication bearing archaic authentication hymnals and unequivicably false time stamps started being recieved throughout the Luminar Sector. Those few with the authorisation to recognise these coded identification rituals gasped in horror and sent urgent calls for aid and it was only due to the unnaturally high number of Inquisitors belonging to the Ordo Chronus stationed throughout the sector to combat the ill effects of the Rapids that the Astropathic messages were recognised at all. The Ordo Chronus specialises in mitigating the ill effects of warp related time travel and were therefore blessed with some of the most complete records outside of the data stacks of Holy Terra itself. In this treasure trove of ancient data lay a precise match for the unique identifiers presented by the obsolete astropathic communiques and that match prompted the pleas for aid. The signals belonged to the 346th expeditionary fleet of the Emperors Great Crusade! A force amounting to no less than 1 battalion of the XII Legion (World Eaters), 2 regiments of Artemezian Voltgiers, 3 grand cruisers and 12 escorts. A formidable assemblage of martial might capable of wreaking terrible slaughter uncomfortably close to the throneworld. That the 346th Expeditionary Fleet had been declared lost almost a decade before the events of Istvaan III or that the content of the Astropathic messages seemed to indicate that this force 10 millennia removed from their own time were still loyal and merely requesting aid from an Imperium that they still served mattered little it seems. Their sires and kins betrayal so long ago marked them for death by those they called on as friends.
Barely 2 weeks after the first astropathic messages had been recieved the Imperiums response arrived in the Luminar Sector. A trio of golden prowed War Galeasses bearing the aquilla and lightning bolt sigil of the Emeperor Himself and heralded by astropathic identification signals bearing the seal of no less personage than the Captain General of the Adeptus Custodes himself. How such a force had managed to make the voyage from Terra at such speed (Luminar lays three months warp travel from Terra) was highly speculated though many pointed to the ancient and highly advanced technologies evident in their magisterial vessels designs and in the Custodes pool of peerless Navigators, the best scions of the Navis Nobilite drafted to serve the throne. The golden trio of War Galeasses made best speed to the planetoid where the astropathic signals originated, the picket of navy frigates that had isolated and observed the 346th expeditionary fleet since its arrival gave way before the new arrivals undeniable authority. The 346th's once formidable void fleet lay scattered and in ruins in a path leading from the systems manderville point to the 2nd planetoid orbiting the local star. It was clear that beyond the extreme temporal displacement the warp had wreaked terrible damage on the fleets ships and killed most of its human compliment. The World Eaters themselves had descended to the planetoids surface to await the aid of their Imperium though what the Custodes brought was fire and death.
Here follows a detailed account of the action that followed:
Mission: Scorched Earth
Points: 2000
Deployment: Search & Destroy
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Adeptus Custodes) ++
+ HQ +
Shield-Captain: Sentinel Blade, Storm Shield
Shield-Captain on Dawneagle Jetbike: Hurricane Bolter
+ Troops +
Custodian Guard Squad
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
. Custodian: Sentinel Blade, Storm Shield
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
Custodian Guard Squad
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
Custodian Guard Squad
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
. Custodian: Sentinel Blade, Storm Shield
. Custodian: Guardian Spear
+ Elites +
Allarus Custodians
. Allarus Custodian: Castellan Axe
. Allarus Custodian: Castellan Axe
. Allarus Custodian: Castellan Axe
. Allarus Custodian: Castellan Axe
+ Fast Attack +
Pallas Grav-Attack (Beta): Twin Arachnus Blaze Cannon
Pallas Grav-Attack (Beta): Twin Arachnus Blaze Cannon
Vertus Praetors
. Vertus Praetor: Hurricane Bolter
. Vertus Praetor: Salvo Launcher
. Vertus Praetor: Hurricane Bolter
++ Super-Heavy Auxiliary Detachment (Imperium - Space Marines) ++
+ Lord of War +
Roboute Guilliman: Warlord
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Chaos Space Marines) ++
Legion: World Eaters
+ HQ +
Chaos Lord: Bolt pistol, Combi-plasma, Mark of Khorne
Chaos Lord in Terminator Armour: 3. Unholy Fortitude, Combi-bolter, Mark of Khorne, Power sword, The Murder Sword, Warlord
+ Troops +
Khorne Berzerkers
. Berzerker Champion: Plasma pistol, Power sword
. 3x Chainaxe and bolt pistol: 3x Chainaxe
. Chainaxe and plasma pistol: Chainaxe, Plasma pistol
Khorne Berzerkers: Icon of Wrath
. Berzerker Champion: Chainsword, Power fist
. 4x Chainsword and Chainaxe: 4x Chainaxe
Khorne Berzerkers
. Berzerker Champion: Plasma pistol, Power fist
. 3x Chainaxe and bolt pistol: 3x Chainaxe
. Chainaxe and plasma pistol: Chainaxe, Plasma pistol
+ Heavy Support +
Chaos Predator: Mark of Khorne, Predator autocannon
. Two lascannons: 2x Lascannon
+ Dedicated Transport +
Chaos Rhino: Combi-bolter, Combi-bolter, Mark of Khorne
Chaos Rhino: Combi-bolter, Combi-bolter, Mark of Khorne
Chaos Rhino: Combi-bolter, Combi-bolter, Mark of Khorne
Chaos Vindicator Laser Destroyer: Storm bolter
Hellforged Rapier Battery
. Hellforged Rapier and crew: 2x Chaos Space Marine Crew, Quad heavy bolter
. Hellforged Rapier and crew: 2x Chaos Space Marine Crew, Quad heavy bolter
. Hellforged Rapier and crew: 2x Chaos Space Marine Crew, Quad heavy bolter
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Chaos Space Marines) ++
Legion: World Eaters
+ HQ +
Chaos Lord in Terminator Armour: Combi-bolter, Mark of Khorne, Power sword
+ Elites +
Chaos Terminators: Mark of Khorne
. Chaos Terminator Champion: Combi-bolter, Power sword
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
Chaos Terminators: Mark of Khorne
. Chaos Terminator Champion: Combi-bolter, Power sword
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
. Terminator: Combi-bolter, Power fist
Hellforged Sicaran: Heavy bolter, Khorne
. Lascannons: 2x Lascannon
