BloodAngels vs ChaosMarines Battle Report
(GalathonCampaign) Blood Angel Strike Force Galathon
1500pt Battle Scenario
Battle 1 of the GalathonCampaign
Raphaelus
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(6/16/02 10:37:23 pm)
Force Commander
Plasma Pistol
Power sword
Artificer Armour
Terminator Honours
DeathCompany Chaplain
4 DeathCompany + Rhino APC
Dreadnought
Multimelta, Combat weapon
10 Tactical Marines (Squad Bethor)
Flamer, Missile Launcher
+ Rhino APC
6 Tactical Marines (Squad Amaleus)
Heavy Bolter
5 Tactical Marines (Squad Veritus)
Flamer
+ Razorback APC w/ 2xHeavy Bolters
9 Scouts
3 Sniper Rifles
Autocannon
Landspeeder Tornado
Multimelta, Heavy Flamer
Attack Bike
Multimelta
Vindicator
2xStormbolter, smoke
Predator Destructor
Autocannon, Lascannons smoke
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Chaos Army (as observed)
Tzeench Lord
Unsure of wargear but had s9 Psychic power
5 Chaos Bikers
10 Chaos marines with Combat weapons & Rhino APC
8 Chaos Terminators with combi weapons power fists chainfists etc
Chaos Predator that looked like an annihilator
Chaos Dreadnought with 2x Autocannon and power claw
10 horrors
10 other daemons that never made it onto the battlefield :-)
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I have begun a campaign against Chaos to clear Sector 7G of the Iron
Warriors presence from this part of Galathon Prime. Galathon Prime is the
main city on Galathon with several spaceports and industrial areas. In
m41 the feast of the emperors lamentation Galathon Prime fell to chaos
cultist, traitor imperial guard regiments and the Iron Warriors chaos marine
legion who took the main industrial and spaceport sectors in a lightning
drop pod assault. The distress call from the beleaguered adeptus arbites
astropath alerted a nearby Blood Angels crusade force who rushed to the
aid of Galathon prime. The blood angels strike cruiser destroyed several
major weapons stores and landing sites from orbit but the opening of a
warp gate in the southern sector of the city meant that reinforcements
were impossible to halt. The return of the Iron Warriors battlebarge drove
off the Blood Angels strike cruiser, but not before the insertion of several
forces onto the planet below...
Campaign rules notwithstanding after the *first* turn of the campaign
I was in trouble. Defeated armies on the 6x6 map grid must move towards
the initial deployment line, if they are unable to do this they are destroyed
& unable to roll for casualty recovery or experience. Due to a movement
error, the first pitched battle if lost would result in my leanest meanest
1500-point force being eaten....
The table was a 4x4 setup, with a crossroads in the middle of the table.
The northern half of the table contained 4 large ruined buildings with
a ruined bunker at the east end and a parkland area at the edge of the
west side. A large bunker with tower and trenchworks had been dug into
the park (@#%$ those Iron warriors, destroying our lovely imperial turf)
at the end of the road splitting the table from east to west, commanding
the crossroads. The southern half of the table contained a large 3-story
apartment block on the far east and a large amount of shelled ruins in
the centre and trenchworks in the parklands on the west. After setting
up the table I realised it was tank nightmare.... The mission to be played
was cleanse, using victory points to indicate winner in the case of a draw.
The enemy won the roll for deployment forcing me back into the south
east corner. I deployed my predator on my left along with the dreadnought,
squad Amaleus and the attack bike. This force would go through and behind
the ruined block in the south centre and hold the southwest quarter. I
deployed the vindicator in the middle of the street running north-south,
facing the crossroads. The DeathCompany and squad Bethor were also parked
in the street, ready to use their supercharged engines to leapt through
the crossroads and out of sight of the tower in the park, which had become
the home of the chaos havocs... the scout squad took up position behind
the three storey apartment block ready to move in the first turn. The commander
joined squad Veritus in their razorback. Last of all the Landspeeder deployed
to my extreme north west of my quarter. I intended to flank waaaaaay around
and annoy the predator in turn three.
The chaos commander had deployed first with his dreadnought right in
the crossroads, forcing my men 18 inches away from the centre, on a 4x4
board. The chaos predator sat just north of the east west road, between
the woods on the west and the first block of ruins. The havocs took cover
in the tower overlooking the crossroads. The chaos terminators deployed
in the ruins near the predator and the bikers near the north south road.
The chaos marines in their rhino waited behind the dreadnought... and the
howl of the warp swept over the battlefield...
1st Turn
The Blood Angels restrained their righteous ardour with only the attack
bike and landspeeder failing in their attempt to restrain their wrath at
the desecration of the emperors finest. The predator sped forwards launching
smoke canisters as it rounded the corner facing the enemy predator. Squad
Amaleus also ran forward eastward, looking for a decent vantage point to
set up their heavy bolter. Dreadnought Azael moved through the rubble to
the north west and sited its multi melta at the rhino of chaos marines.
Squad Bethor's APC rushed out into the street in front of the havoc squad
and dreadnought, the driver gunning the engines furiously to clear the
firing line. As the rhino sped behind the cover of the ruined buildings
the tactical squad leapt out and prepared to rush into the ruins to find
good defensive positions. The death company rhino moved to just south of
the east west road, as the vindicator moved to a better firing position,
firing its smoke launchers at the end of the move. The scouts ran into
the building, the barrels of the sniper rifles and Autocannon reaching
forth from the windows and holes torn in the walls. The attack bikes multi
melta spat fire at the chaos predator, the shot going wide as the bikers
as they navigated the trenchworks, as did the multimelta of the dreadnought
at the csm rhino...
The chaos bikes leapt through the broken pond none falling their difficult
terrain tests, shooting at the hurtling Landspeeder causing the pilot to
halt the speeder before it spun out of control. They then revved the bikes
and screamed around the corner into the tightly bunched marines of squad
Bethor. The csm rhino lurched from behind the dreadnought and screeched
to a halt beside squad Bethor the iron warriors piling out through the
side hatch firing upon the Blood Angels and felling one as they ran to
assault the hated enemy. The chaos dreadnought lumbered forward and at
the sight of the red armoured marines went into a frenzy; his bolter shots
pattering off of his Iron Warrior kinsmen harmlessly, who shook their fists
at him in anger. The terminators lumbered through the rubble towards the
crossroads and the havocs and sorcerer lord moved further up the tower
to get a better view of the battle. The turret of the chaos predator turn
and white hot Autocannon rounds tore through the attack bike, causing it
to flip and explode amongst the twisting earthworks
The chaos bikers smashed into the ranks of squad Bethor and the iron
warriors charged chanting their battle cry 'iron within iron without. The
battle was furious and yet not a red armoured marine fell to the weapons
of chaos. Winning the moral high ground the angels forced the chaos warriors
to test but they remained firmly locked in combat. The psychotic chaos
dreadnought moved around the corner and attacked the DeathCompany rhino,
its huge power weapon failing to get a purchase on the hull as the driver
reversed
Turn2
The vindicator reversed out of range of the dreadnought and turned
to follow the predator east behind the ruins. The dreadnought failed its
black rage and ran *away* from the chaos dreadnought. Gathering its senses
it moved back into position and prepared to fire upon the screeching metal
beast. The razorback sped along the east west street, unloading the commander
and tactical squad Veritus next to the combat. The death company rhino
turned and moved *out of the way of the combat* in the centre. Armed only
with assault weapons they were no match for the dreadnought, and I held
no illusions about the approaching terminators either.
Squad Amaleus fired upon the havocs with its heavy bolter felling one
of the ancient marines. The predator fired again upon the chaos predator,
but the explosive shells pattered off the thick frontal armour and the
lascannon shot did no discernable damage. The scouts fired the autocannon
at the dreadnought immobilising it for the turn. The battle between the
chaos bikers marines and squads Bethor and Veritas took a new turn, with
the commander tearing his way through several chaos marines. However, they
held locking the commander in combat with the chaos warrior squad... when
I needed him to be running at terminators...
The chaos sorcerer summoned a bolt of energy and hurled it at the predator,
immobilising it for the following turn as well as preventing it from shooting.
With a muffled boom the razorback was destroyed by fire from the chaos
dreadnought as the csm rhino backed down the street to give a clear field
of fire. The chaos terminators charged the DeathCompany rhino which amazingly
survived all of the chainfist and powerfist attacks (required 6's to hit,
he moved :-)). The combat in the between the chaos marines bikers and Blood
Angel tactical squads again was a standoff. The commander cutting down
three more tactical marines for no loss. The air shimmered and a horde
of pink horrors crawled out of the walls in the apartment complex, tearing
and clutching at the scouts. Several died, torn to pieces by the pink cackling
daemons before they lost their nerve and ran, being shredded by the claws
of the pursuing devils within sight of the table edge. The chaos predator
peppered squad Amaleus with autocannon and heavy bolter shots felling one
of the marines, the cover of the ruins saving the lives of three others.
Turn 3
The Blood Angel dreadnought moved into position on the east side of
the crossroads, preparing to fire at the dreadnought. The DeathCompany
rhino pulled away from the chaos terminators... and as the APC reversed
and sped towards the pink horrors, the DeathCompany leaping out and running
towards the devils, the terminators noticed the barrell of the Vindicator
turning towards them. BOOM. (hehe).
With a blast that echoed through the streets pieces of terminator armour
were thrown for tens of meters around as the vindicator scored a direct
hit on the giant armoured forms. The blast shook the dreadnought causing
it to stagger drunkenly as out of the smoke filled crater crawled the *lone*
terminator aspiring champion...
The space marine Landspeeder twisted through the ruins moving into
position the attack the predators rear armour
Squad Amaleus fired again upon the havocs in the building felling another
chaos warrior. The gunner in the chaos predator swore as the driver backed
the vehicle away from the Blood Angel predator and attacked the Landspeeder,
destroying the skimmers multimelta. The chaos havocs fired yet again at
the blood angel predator in the park to no effect... from a strong position,
the chaos army was beginning to look strained...
The battle in the centre had been locked throughout my turn. The chaos
bikers again stood their ground against squad Bethor, however the chaos
warriors broke and ran with squad Veritas in hot pursuit. the lone chaos
warrior easily outran his pursuers, who disregarded him as a threat and
turned to face the terminator in the centre. The death company and daemons
remained locked in a swirling melee, the black armoured marines delusions
of living out Sanguinus' last moments reinforced as they fought daemons
before a ruined building...
Turn4
Squad Veritas moved towards the last terminator and fired, all weapons
being ineffective, including the commanders plasma pistol. The Vindicator
fired again, the shot going wide missing the dreadnought and destroying
the chaos warriors rhino. The Blood Angel dreadnought raised its weapon
and destroyed the hideous parody of its noble self with a directly centred
melta blast. The struggle between the bikers and tactical squad continued,
with the chaos bikers passing yet another high moral ground roll. In the
parkland the Predator took aim and finally destroyed the chaos tank. Squad
Amaleus fired upon the tower again, dropping yet another two chaos marines.
The last remaining chaos terminator charged squad Veritas. The chaos
warrior falling back fired upon the Landspeeder, smiling as he felt a disturbance
in the warp as a horde of Tzeench flamers exited the immatterium behind
him, but his shot ricocheted off of the speeders thin armour. The Havocs
again fired upon the predator, the heavy weapons proving yet again to be
ineffective. The chaos terminator champion smashed two Blood Angels to
the ground, though the commander held them firm, consolidating into combat.
The DeathCompany killed several daemons but the high leadership prevented
them from fleeing.
Turn5
The turret of the predator turned and lifted as all eyes in the park
were raised to the tower. The roof of the tower vanished in a cloud of
smoke as it was lashed with lascannon and autocannon fire, the explosions
splintering the parapets. The havoc squad was destroyed and the added fire
from squad Amaleus forced the Chaos commander to throw himself to the ground...
The Blood Angel Landspeeder used its heavy flamer to terrible effect amongst
the tzeenchian devils, destroying all but one. The Aspiring champion terminator
fell in combat to the Blood Angel force commander, unable to save 5 times
to a power weapon. Squad Bethor again remained locked in combat with the
bikers, unable to see them off. In a final blow... the horrors broke and
were pursued and hacked to pieces, banished back to the warp with cold
steel and righteous anger...
It was at this point that I offered the chaos commander an opportunity
to withdraw. With one more turn to go I could not kill the commander of
the chaos army (I had nothing that would be able to reach him) and on the
plus side he could retain his bikes.
The first game of the campaign was a success for the Blood Angels -
things were looking very dangerous up until that vindicator shot as I had
very little in the way that could have stood up to those terminators (something
to keep in mind for my other forces). Plus with the fact that this game
could have resulted in me being outnumbered by a third going into the second
turn of the campaign. There is still another battle to take place this
campaign turn - against CA Iron Warriors (this list was actually a normal
Chaos marine army, with Iron Warrior miniatures). I talked to my opponent
& after casualty save rolls (5+ after battle) his forces totaled in
a 600 points. Strike force Galathon suffered at the end of the day (after
rolls) the loss of a razorback, attack bike, 8 tactical marines and 4 scouts.
All I can say is my esteemed opponent was extremely unlucky. There were
several rolls taken where a positive roll may have seen me off. Too many
rolls of 1 or two on penetration rolls, too many rolls of 1 or two on glancing
and penetrating hits (that predator soaked up all of his havocs fire, for
nearly four turns for example). It should have been a very different story
indeed
Not that IM going to complain :-)
GLORY TO THE WINGED ONE!!!!
'you want me to teleport where??'
The Sanguinus comedy hour
~ Raphaelus
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