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Welcome back SN+ Champions! Pardo is taking his beloved Craftworlds out for a spin, to face Chris the the Admech, Pardo bringing back his old Competitive list to see how it plays out in 9th edition. Speed and cunning versus cold and calculated firepower. The team play the ‘Sweep & Clear’ Mission from Chapter Approved 2020, at 2000pts.

Who will stand victorious?

The Farseer turned her eyes up to watch drop pods burn holes in the atmosphere like falling stars. The humans had come in force, likely responding to the same threat, even if she and her forces would likely become their first target. They were fools. Fools that had doomed themselves just as much as they had the rest of this planet, but they had no way of knowing that. Their minds, though altered, were mere children’s minds in comparison to that of the Aeldari.

Engaging them on the field was a risk, but it was one they would have to take if their mission was to succeed. The planet, the sector, perhaps even their very Craftworld depended on it.

She hurried, scurrying across the barren waste as fast as she could, relaying orders to her forces and preparing them for battle. Waves of Aeldari clad in yellow and purple, Iyanden colours, rallied at her call; Rangers taking their positions, Guardians preparing their shuriken catapults, Hemlock Wraithfighters taking to the skies and maintaining a tight formation overhead.

As the Astartes drop pods and Storm Ravens began to smash and land into the earth, shaking the ground and sending cracks rippling along the surface, the Farseer reached her webway portal. She stood before it, stretching her mind through the portal itself and sending her consciousness to the other side. There, sitting dormant on the other side, waiting for her call, the great monster stirred. She hadn’t wanted to wake it, had hoped she would not need to, but the hour was growing short, and they would not be able to defeat the Astartes without help.

Slowly, guided by the Farseer’s ethereal touch, the Wraith Knight ambled through the webway, arriving with a flash of light at the mouth of the portal. The towering construct turned its head low to regard its Farseer, bowed, and then gave its attention to the advancing humans. They were moving quickly, spots of blue amidst the red, barren landscape.

They would break themselves against the Aeldari here. Otherwise many more lives would be lost.

Mission: Custom Mission

Points: 2000

Deployment: Hammer & Anvil

++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Aeldari - Craftworlds) ++

Craftworld Attribute: Iyanden: Stoic Endurance

+ HQ +

Farseer: 2. Doom, 3. Fortune, Shuriken Pistol, Witchblade

Spiritseer: 4. Protect/Jinx, Shuriken Pistol
. Psytronome of Iyanden

Wraithseer: 5: Mark of the Incomparable Hunter, Craftworlds Warlord, D-cannon

+ Troops +

Guardian Defenders: 20x Guardian Defender
. Guardian Heavy Weapons Platform: Shuriken Cannon
. Guardian Heavy Weapons Platform: Shuriken Cannon

Rangers: 5x Ranger

Rangers: 5x Ranger

+ Elites +

Wraithguard: D-scythe, 5x Wraithguard

Wraithguard: D-scythe, 5x Wraithguard

+ Heavy Support +

War Walkers
. War Walker: Starcannon, Starcannon

War Walkers
. War Walker: Starcannon, Starcannon

Wraithlord: Flamer, Flamer, Ghostglaive

+ Dedicated Transport +

Wave Serpent: Shuriken Cannon, Twin Shuriken Cannon

Wave Serpent: Shuriken Cannon, Twin Shuriken Cannon

++ Super-Heavy Auxiliary Detachment (Aeldari - Craftworlds) ++

+ Lord of War +

Wraithknight: Starcannon, Starcannon, Titanic Ghostglaive and Scattershield

++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Space Marines) ++

**Chapter Selection**: Crimson Fists

+ HQ +

Captain: Jump Pack, Power fist, Storm shield, The Fist of Vengeance, The Imperium's Sword, Warlord

Primaris Lieutenants
. Primaris Lieutenant: Master-crafted auto bolt rifle

+ Troops +

Intercessor Squad: Bolt rifle
. 4x Intercessor
. Intercessor Sergeant

Intercessor Squad: Bolt rifle
. 4x Intercessor
. Intercessor Sergeant

Scout Squad: Camo cloak
. Scout Sergeant: Bolt pistol, Boltgun
. 3x Scout w/Boltgun
. Scout w/Heavy Weapon: Heavy bolter
. Scout w/Sniper Rifle: Sniper rifle

Scout Squad: Camo cloak
. Scout Sergeant: Bolt pistol, Boltgun
. 3x Scout w/Boltgun
. Scout w/Heavy Weapon: Heavy bolter
. Scout w/Sniper Rifle: Sniper rifle

+ Elites +

Terminator Assault Squad
. Terminator Sergeant
. . Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield: Storm shield, Thunder hammer
. 4x Terminator w/THSS: 4x Storm shield, 4x Thunder hammer

+ Heavy Support +

Hellblaster Squad: Plasma incinerator
. 7x Hellblaster
. Hellblaster Sergeant: Bolt pistol

Hellblaster Squad: Plasma incinerator
. 7x Hellblaster
. Hellblaster Sergeant: Bolt pistol

++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Imperium - Space Marines) ++

+ HQ +

Primaris Lieutenants
. Primaris Lieutenant: Master-crafted auto bolt rifle

+ Elites +

Aggressor Squad: 2x Aggressor, Aggressor Sergeant
. Auto Boltstorm Gauntlets/Fragstorm Grenade Launcher

Aggressor Squad: 2x Aggressor, Aggressor Sergeant
. Auto Boltstorm Gauntlets/Fragstorm Grenade Launcher

Primaris Ancient

Relic Contemptor Dreadnought: 2x Twin lascannon

Relic Contemptor Dreadnought: 2x Twin lascannon

The blind man does not know he is in the eye of a storm, for the air around him is calm and still. Safe. Comfortable. So too does a lesser mind not know they are surrounded by the daemonic, for they cannot see it for what it truly is. A liar. A manipulator. A devourer of souls.

The operation to restore the Webway portal had been plagued with delays and ill omens from the beginning, but the warlock had been tasked to ensure it would open when needed at all costs. Night and day his people had worked; first to locate the buried gate, then to pull it out of the dirt and the snow, as only then could repairs on its Wraithbone structure could truly begin.

Though the problems had begun shortly after his ship made planetfall, the Warlock had ignored every event that had taken place, every malfunction, every death… and treated them each as a matter of course. Time was not on their side, and this planet was not a hospitable place. Problems had been foreseen.

On the third day of their work, the sky had erupted into a beautiful aurora. A dazzling mantle of greens, and purples, and golds filled the heavens. Finally, the Warlock thought, we are blessed with good fortunes. That very night, the Webway portal sang to life for the first time in millennia. The work was complete; soon they would all be able to go home.

No one had foreseen how wrong they were.

When the Daemons erupted from within the shimmering heart of the portal, they struck hard and fast. Hundreds of them, maybe thousands of tiny creatures flooded the snow and attacked with gnashing teeth and claws. Behind them, flying monsters dressed up in an array of colors scorched the snow with daemonic fire, incinerating those nearest to the Webway Gate.

This Warlock was blind once, but now he has opened his eyes, and he has seen the truth.

The Daemons were always here. He had not been doing his Farseer’s work; he had been doing theirs.

He could only hope his distress call would reach his brother before he and his people were all butchered.

Points: 1750

Mission: Vital Intelligence

Deployment: Dawn of War

++ Spearhead Detachment +1CP (Aeldari - Craftworlds) ++

     Craftworld Attribute: Alaitoc: Fieldcraft

+ HQ +

Farseer Skyrunner: 1. Guide, 2. Doom, Shuriken Pistol, Twin Shuriken Catapult, Witchblade

+ Heavy Support +

Fire Prism: Shuriken Cannon

Fire Prism: Shuriken Cannon

Fire Prism: Shuriken Cannon

War Walkers
. War Walker: Aeldari Missile Launcher, Shuriken Cannon

++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Aeldari - Craftworlds) ++

Craftworld Attribute: Alaitoc: Fieldcraft

+ HQ +

Autarch Skyrunner: Alaitoc: Puritanical Leader, Craftworlds Warlord, Power sword, Shimmerplume of Achillrial, Shuriken Pistol, Twin Shuriken Catapult

Warlock Skyrunner: 1. Conceal/Reveal, Shuriken Pistol, Twin Shuriken Catapult, Witchblade

+ Troops +

Rangers: 5x Ranger

Rangers: 5x Ranger

Rangers: 5x Ranger

+ Fast Attack +

Windriders
. 6x Windrider - Scatter Laser: 6x Scatter Laser

Windriders
. 6x Windrider - Scatter Laser: 6x Scatter Laser

+ Flyer +

Hemlock Wraithfighter: Spirit Stones

Hemlock Wraithfighter: Spirit Stones

++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Daemons) ++

Chaos Allegiance: Chaos Undivided

+ HQ +

Changecaster: Daemonspark, Flickering Flames, Gaze of Fate, The Impossible Robe, Warlord

Spoilpox Scrivener

+ Elites +

Exalted Flamer

Exalted Flamer

Exalted Flamer

Flamers: 6x Flamer, Pyrocaster

++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Daemons) ++

Chaos Allegiance: Chaos Undivided

+ HQ +

Be'lakor: Death Hex, Infernal Gaze

Poxbringer: Miasma of Pestilence

Sloppity Bilepiper

+ Troops +

Horrors: 30x Pair of Brimstone Horrors

Horrors: 30x Pair of Brimstone Horrors

Plaguebearers: Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos, 29x Plaguebearer, Plagueridden

440pts Reserved for summoning 

Put down your plastic glue, sheath your brushes and join us at the SN Studio for another gripping battle report! With the atmosphere on the Rock still buzzing in aftermath of the Gibraltar GT, Pardo is keen to get a game in and Chema, who reached fourth place at the tournament, eagerly steps up. His Chaos Daemons list is a little different to what what we are used to and, with a spare 440 points set aside for summoning, certainly stood out at the GT. Pardo will be fielding a similar Alaitoc list to the one he took to the Malmo Wargaming Weekend, a very powerful challenge for Chema. The report will unfold over an amazing battle mat from TableTop Tactics which we feel works incredibly well with the fantastic ruined city terrain by JMD Scenery. Raring to begin, Chema and Pardo warm up their dice, open their tape measures and begin deployment.