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
Necrons vs Imperial Knights
Warhorns blared across the blasted land, shaking the very earth loose. Titanic feet thundered, cracking the ground beneath them. There was no need for subtlety here, for the enemy knew of their approach. No. The Castellan in command of the Knights force wanted instead to intimidate, to strike fear into the hearts of his foe.
It did not matter to him that his foe had no heart. That his foe had only metal where there should have been flesh. That his foe could not be shaken in this way. This was how battles had been fought for millennia. First you sound the drums of war, then you dance to the beat with Stubbers and Battle Cannons.
Across from the monstrous, lumbering line of Imperial Knights—their target—stood a dark monument crackling with green energy. A Monolith to the ancient enemy, the Necrons. The sky above the edifice was dark and sinister, black clouds swirling around a beam of light shooting into the heavens.
Beneath the Monolith, a legion of undead, mechanical warriors stood stoically against the march of the Imperial Knights. Thunder grumbled overhead. Arcs of lightning flashed, illuminating their metallic armour in ethereal shades of green. These warriors did not move. They did not flinch. They did not balk at the advancing Imperial forces. Instead they waited, standing as still as statues, their eyes hollow and dead.
Until the Overlord began to move.
His steps were slow, deliberate. He moved to the frontlines, a tattered cloak billowing behind him. His eyes burned with fiery, green light; defiant against the war machines encroaching on his domain. Slowly he raised the orb held in his hand, and he stared into its dark surface. By his will, the orb sparked to life, green whips of energy rippling out from inside.
Once again, he looked to the Knights, all the while slowly raising the orb in his hand. Behind him, a sea of dark eyes suddenly shone bright green, and the warriors in perfect synchronicity leveled their weapons as, around them, from underground, more mechanical constructs begun to rise.
Points: 1750
Mission: Resupply Drop (CA17)
Deployment: Frontline Assualt
++ Super-Heavy Detachment +6CP (Imperium - Imperial Knights) ++
Household Choice: Questor Mechanicus
. House Raven
+ Lord of War +
Armiger Warglaives
. Armiger Warglaive: Meltagun
Armiger Warglaives
. Armiger Warglaive: Meltagun
Knight Errant: Heavy Stubber, Reaper Chainsword, Thermal Cannon
Knight Paladin: Heavy Stubber, Thunderstrike gauntlet
. Rapid-Fire Battle Cannon w/ Heavy Stubber: Heavy Stubber, Rapid-Fire Battle Cannon
Knight Valiant: Character (Knight Lance), Heirloom: The Helm Dominatus, Warlord, Warlord Trait: Ion Bulwark
. One Siegebreaker Cannon and Four Shieldbreaker Missiles: 4x Shieldbreaker Missile, Twin Siegebreaker Cannon
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Necrons) ++
Dynasty Choice
. Dynasty: Sautekh
+ HQ +
Orikan the Diviner
Overlord: Resurrection Orb, Warscythe
+ Troops +
Immortals: 10x Immortal, Tesla Carbine
Necron Warriors: 18x Necron Warrior
Necron Warriors: 10x Necron Warrior
+ Elites +
Triarch Stalker: Heat Ray
++ Outrider Detachment +1CP (Necrons) ++
Dynasty Choice
. Dynasty: Sautekh
+ HQ +
Destroyer Lord: Artefact: The Veil of Darkness, Resurrection Orb, Warlord, Warscythe
+ Fast Attack +
Destroyers
. 6x Destroyer: 6x Gauss Cannon
Destroyers
. 6x Destroyer: 6x Gauss Cannon
Tomb Blades
. Tomb Blade: Shadowloom
. . Two Gauss Blasters: 2x Gauss Blaster
. Tomb Blade: Shadowloom
. . Two Gauss Blasters: 2x Gauss Blaster
. Tomb Blade: Shadowloom
. . Two Gauss Blasters: 2x Gauss Blaster
. Tomb Blade: Shadowloom
. . Two Gauss Blasters: 2x Gauss Blaster
. Tomb Blade: Shadowloom
. . Two Gauss Blasters: 2x Gauss Blaster
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
Ynnari vs Grey Knights
The Hammers of Titan descended swiftly and in force. Teleportariums blazed to life, sending silver-armoured Terminators to the planet surface from their Battle Barge hovering in high orbit above the battlezone. Already the Grey Knights were in the depths of the battle, Storm Bolters ripping through the jungle, taking bites out of the wildlife.
But it was not the forces of Chaos they were fighting today.
They had been dispatched following distress hymnals sent out by an Imperial ship travelling through the sector. They had been plagued with malfunctions for weeks, ever since they entered its extremities. The Tech-Priests had done their best to keep the ship from flying itself apart, but every time they found one problem and dealt with it, a new one would spring to life to replace it.
Finally, following an almost complete shut down of the drive system, the commanding officer gave the order that the ship was to make orbit of the nearest planet available to them. There, he hoped, they would be able to mine the materials necessary to make repairs before moving on. Fearing Daemonic forces had fallen upon his ship, he sent for aid, and the Adeptus Astartes responded like lightning.
Only when they arrived, the ship was dead. Its crew was gone. Its engines had fallen silent, this time forever. The ship would remain in orbit for a thousand years, and then fall to its final death.
The Grand Master gave the order for the ship to be retrieved, that was when the scanners detected Xenos activity on the planet surface. There were Harlequins present, and they had stolen the ship’s AI core. The force was small, but they had made quick work of the unarmed Imperial ship and its crew. The Hammers of Titan, however, would not be so easily dispatched.
They fell from the sky like iron, striking hard and fast at the Harlequin raiding party. With Bolters and Flamers they pushed deeper into the heart of the jungle to deliver the Emperor’s Justice upon those who would despoil His property and His people.
They did not know they were merely fighting shadows, and that the true Harlequins were lying in wait, setting the perfect trap. It wasn’t the Imperial ship they were after; their prize was going to be much, much bigger. Perhaps they would have the last laugh, or perhaps they had underestimated their enemy this day.
Mission: No Mercy
Points: 1750
Deployment: Hammer & Anvil
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Grey Knights) ++
+ HQ +
Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight: 4: First to the Fray, Dreadfist, Dreadknight teleporter, Gatling Psilencer, Heavy Psycannon, Nemesis Greatsword, Sanctuary, Warlord
Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight: Dreadfist, Dreadknight teleporter, Gatling Psilencer, Heavy Psycannon, Nemesis Greatsword, Sanctuary
Lord Kaldor Draigo: Gate of Infinity
+ Troops +
Strike Squad
. 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
. 4x Grey Knight (Falchions): 4x Storm Bolter
. Grey Knight Justicar: Storm bolter, Two Nemesis Falchions
Terminator Squad: Gate of Infinity
. Grey Knight Terminator Justicar: Nemesis Daemon Hammer, Storm bolter
. 2x Terminator (Falchions): 2x Storm Bolter
. 3x Terminator (Halberd): 3x Storm Bolter
. Terminator (Psilencer): Nemesis Force Halberd, Psilencer (Terminator)
+ Elites +
Brotherhood Ancient: Astral Aim, Banner of Refining Flame, Storm bolter
+ Dedicated Transport +
Razorback: Twin Assault Cannon
Razorback: Twin Assault Cannon
Razorback: Twin Assault Cannon
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Aeldari - Ynnari) ++
+ HQ +
Yvraine: 3. Tenacious Survivor, Ancestors' Grace, Word of the Phoenix, Ynnari Warlord
Masque Form: Ynnari
+ HQ +
Shadowseer: Fog of Dreams, Shuriken Pistol, Twilight Pathways
Troupe Master: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Blade
+ Troops +
Troupe
. Player: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Caress
. Player: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Caress
. Player: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Caress
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
Troupe
. Player: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Caress
. Player: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Caress
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
Troupe
. Player: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Caress
. Player: Fusion Pistol, Harlequin's Caress
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
. Player: Harlequin's Caress, Shuriken Pistol
+ Elites +
Death Jester
+ Heavy Support +
Voidweaver: Prismatic Cannon, 2x Shuriken Cannon
+ Dedicated Transport +
Starweaver: 2x Shuriken Cannon
Starweaver: 2x Shuriken Cannon
Starweaver: 2x Shuriken Cannon
+ Fast Attack +
Skyweavers
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
Skyweavers
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
Skyweavers
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
. Skyweaver: Haywire Cannon, Zephyrglaive
Crimson Fists vs Iron Warriors
Lightning ripped through a sky the color of old bruises. The scout marine’s camo cloak billowed in the wind, acidic rainwater making tiny holes in the fabric where it fell. His auspex array started to bleep, and he stuck his hand up, signalling for his squad to hold position. Carefully, he picked his way across black rocks to find a better position, then he readied his sniper rifle and pressed his eye against the scope.
Under normal conditions, the tactical display measured range, elevation. It even calculated precisely where the barrel should be aimed depending on what the soldier wanted to kill. But these weren’t normal conditions. The targeting display buzzed and flickered, and the numbers stopped making sense. As the space marine attempted to concentrate, he noticed words appearing on the display that shouldn’t have been there.
Blasphemous words he did not want to read.
He flicked a switch on the side of the scope and shut the display off, choosing instead to trust his own enhanced eyes. Ahead was the carcass of the small supply outpost the Adeptus Astartes had been sent to investigate. Already the situation looked grim. Its walls had been breached—not just breached, but torn down as if by some mighty beast. Its running lights were down, the power had gone out, but eerie lights flickered within the structure regardless causing sinister shadows to dance around inside its broken walls.
“Movement,” he said, his voice relaying into the earpieces of his squad and his direct commanders. “Take your positions, brothers.”
Like a well-oiled machine, the scouts moved into position, each finding a spot on which to rest their long-barrelled sniper rifles. Patiently the brother sergeant watched the compound, trying to analyse the shapes being cast in the dark. Tendrils. Fire. Great, hulking shapes. What in the Emperor’s name had befallen this wretched place?
Then it happened. Someone had exited the structure and had started running away from it. Human, panicked, fleeing. The space marine angled his rifle just so, trailing the human so his bullet would strike true should he need to squeeze the trigger. But the human wasn’t running toward the marines; he was running aimlessly, without direction, and into weather he would surely not survive inside.
Muzzle flashes caught his eye. Bullets followed the panicked human; not bullets, but bolter rounds. And the sergeant brought his sniper rifle to bear on the source of the shooting, he saw them. Their armor was thick, and ancient, and adorned with spikes. Their shadows loomed impossibly large, like monsters in themselves. Through a gap in the wall, the Iron Warriors spilled out. Having taken what they needed, they were ready to move on and taking a path that would see them move through the scout’s position.
Without fear, the sergeant trailed his weapon on one of the iron warriors, aimed, and gently squeezed the trigger. And seconds before his rifle spoke, he called in reinforcements.
“Brother captain,” he said, “Chaos sighted at these coordinates. Strike from the sky.”
Points: 1750
Deployment: Vanguard Strike
Mission: No Mercy
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Space Marines) ++
**Chapter Selection**: Crimson Fists
+ HQ +
Captain in Terminator Armour: Power fist, Storm shield, The Fist of Vengeance
Lieutenants: Lieutenant
+ Troops +
Scout Squad
. Scout Sergeant: Bolt pistol, Boltgun
. 3x Scout w/Boltgun
. Scout w/Heavy Weapon: Heavy bolter
Scout Squad
. Scout Sergeant: Bolt pistol, Boltgun
. 3x Scout w/Boltgun
. Scout w/Heavy Weapon: Heavy bolter
Scout Squad: 5x Camo cloak
. Scout Sergeant: Bolt pistol, Sniper rifle
. 4x Scout w/Sniper Rifle: 4x Sniper rifle
++ Spearhead Detachment +1CP (Imperium - Space Marines) ++
Specialist Detachment: Crimson Fists Liberator Strike Force
+ HQ +
Primaris Lieutenants
. Primaris Lieutenant: Expert Instructor, Master-crafted auto bolt rifle, Warlord
+ Elites +
Aggressor Squad: 2x Aggressor, Aggressor Sergeant, Auto Boltstorm Gauntlets/Fragstorm Grenade Launcher
Primaris Ancient: Standard of the Emperor Ascendant
+ Heavy Support +
Hellblaster Squad: Plasma incinerator
. 7x Hellblaster
. Hellblaster Sergeant: Bolt pistol
Hellblaster Squad: Plasma incinerator
. 6x Hellblaster
. Hellblaster Sergeant: Bolt pistol
Relic Leviathan Dreadnought: 2x Heavy flamer, 3x Hunter-killer missile, Storm cannon array, Storm cannon array
Relic Leviathan Dreadnought: 2x Heavy flamer, 3x Hunter-killer missile
. Leviathan siege claw: Meltagun, Storm cannon array
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Chaos Space Marines) ++
Legion: Iron Warriors
+ HQ +
Chaos Lord: Cold and Bitter, Lightning Claw, No Chaos Mark, Power fist, Warlord
Sorcerer in Terminator Armour: Force axe, Lightning Claw, Mark of Tzeentch, Warptime, Weaver of Fates
+ Troops +
Chaos Space Marines: 9x Marine w/ Boltgun, No Chaos Mark
. Aspiring Champion: Bolt pistol, Power fist
Chaos Space Marines: 8x Marine w/ Boltgun, No Chaos Mark
. Aspiring Champion: Bolt pistol, Power fist
Chaos Space Marines: 8x Marine w/ Boltgun, No Chaos Mark
. Aspiring Champion: Bolt pistol, Power fist
+ Fast Attack +
Warp Talons: Mark of Slaanesh
. 4x Warp Talon: 4x Lightning Claw (pair)
. Warp Talon Champion: Lightning Claw (pair)
+ Heavy Support +
Maulerfiend: 2x Magma cutter, No Chaos Mark
Maulerfiend: 2x Magma cutter, No Chaos Mark
++ Spearhead Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Chaos Space Marines) ++
+ HQ +
Daemon Prince with Wings: Fleshmetal Exoskeleton, Malefic talon
. Slaanesh: Death Hex
+ Heavy Support +
Havocs: Mark of Slaanesh
. Aspiring Champion: Bolt pistol, Boltgun
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
Havocs: Mark of Slaanesh
. Aspiring Champion: Bolt pistol, Boltgun
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
. Havoc w/ heavy weapon: Autocannon
Hellforged Leviathan Dreadnought: 2x Hellflamer, Soulburner ribaudkin, Tzeentch
. Hellforged siege drill: Meltagun
Adeptus Custodes vs Iron Warriors
Slow, deliberate, relentless, and hungry had been the Iron Warriors’ siege upon the imperial stronghold. Day and night, cannons would fire, pounding the bastion’s outer defenses and turning them to rubble. Through the cracks, heretic cultists shuffled like rats, looting