Comic batrep: Hammerfall on Ix

[Polythemus]

Well the ruleset has moved on from this game, but I have a new comic batrep for you. I fear that its not quite as good as some others but I hope you enjoy none the less!

 

If you missed the stunning opener to this epic battle relive the action:

Assault on Ix: Our hero's decode the second cogitator, and learn of a new deadly and dangerous world where their quarry is hiding. Will they track him down before he escapes?

 

You can also find the Prequels to this story:

Part 1:  What are the cogitators of Gordium? Learn the truth of how they arrived on the planet and who else wants them...

Part 2:  After undergoing a secret mission to recover the cogitators the Dark angels must fight their way out of a trap with dire consquences.

Part 3: After learning the location of one the fallen the Dark Angels travel to the world of Purgatory in order to locate their quarry, but his demonic allies have other plans...

 

In orbit around the planet Ix we rejoin our hero's fresh off their victory at Orlansk, where they were able to capture the site, but the Sorceror Ekynius vanished while plaguemarine Captain Bolivox, has been tracked by the Ravenwing, and was last seen heading for the mountains...

 

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Mission type was emperor's will.

 

Deployment set up was hammer and anvil.

 

I deployed in such a way so that I could utilize the Belial's teleport homer in order to serve as a linchpin for bringing down the deathwing on one flank which would give me a chance to overrun one flank, and go straight for his objective, while gaining protection from the line of sight blocking cathedral. The land raider opposite had no termies inside and was more of a decoy to guard my home objective.

 

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Deployment

 

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DA1 - shots are fired, no damage. The Crusader moves 12".

 

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IW1 - The vindicator can't get through the shield, while the predator shakes the dread naught.

 

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DA2 - All deathwing squads drop in using the Belial's homer. Upon arrival two combined squads wreck the nearest rhino. Meanwhile the godhammer LR destroys the cannon on the vindi. Sadly in all the excitement i forgot to disembark the DWK.

 

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IW2 - As stated in the images above.

 

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DA3 - both dreads are destroyed and one marine squad is routed.

 

to be continued... 

 

Silly Data limits reached. see the rest of the story unfold below....

[Chaplain Lucifer]

Thank you for another great battle report! Congrats on the victory!

[Tanhausen]

You sir have surpassed any expectation: I'd dare say this is your best batrep to the day!

 

Congrats on the victory...though allow me to say it comes across like you had a field day eheeeeem

 

Looking forward to the battle in the Tunguska glacier!

[Polythemus]

Sorry, reached the single post data limit. Here is the rest of the battle.

 

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IW3 - Predator and vindicator are having a bad day, luckily the marines, take matters into their own hands and destroy the termies on the objective.

 

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DA4 - the remaining group of terminators hops back in the crusader, which then goes on to blow up the pesky vindicator. Belial and his entourage, trudge through busted up hellbrute parts.

 

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IW4 - still can't penetrate the land raider's hull the troops try to push for the objectives.

 

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DA5- the termies prepare to try and hold off the chaos marines at the objectives.

 

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IW 5 - off screen plasma and a helldrake kills some deathwing knights, while the terminators move out of the way of being tank shocked. 

 

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DA6 - A single deathwing knight is killed in overwatch, but they make their charge and... fail all their attacks! The marine sargent then slays the knight master, and the squad kills his companion. Mean while the other sargent does two wounds to belial, before dying.

 

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Gotta love contemptor invul saves.

 

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IW6 - Belial routs the marines, while koros can't blast the termies off the objective.

 

Game ends

 

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Termies claim the western objective.

 

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Belial denies the marines trying to score the eastern objective.

 

Final score 5-2 Deathwing.

 

Summary - Things kinda went my way that game. Unlucky for my opponent. Great guy, great army. Had I brought the ravenwing or marines this would have been very different.

 

Epilouge - 

 

"Well Belial it looks like that new scar is healing nicely. Now what of the battle for Atlas Pass?"

 

"Azreal, how nice that could join us. Even by holovid I have to say those curtains look hideous. ....Ah, I'll take your raised eyebrow to mean you agree. The pass is ours and the 4th Company is moving quickly towards the Tunguska glacier. Unfortunately we could not capture the Warsmith who was collected in the talons of one of the helldrakes and escaped. Bolivox appears to have continued his flight south and it is believed he is attempting to rendevous with his allies at the Polar fortress Gastongen.

Intelligence gained after the battle reports that the fallen known as Mendicant is most likely at the Fortress of Gastongen, but his reason for being there could not be gleaned before the the source expired. Hephestion who was also at the battle, would also like to report."

 

"Very well then go ahead Hephestion, the matters of the warp, are important indeed." 

 

"Grandmaster Azreal, the portents of the immaterium suggest that there is an omnious battle looming, I am unsure of when but I sense the power of demons in this offing. I wish I had better news but the fallen that we seek, Brother Mendicant, has not been visible to me through my visions in the warp. It is possible that powerful psykers shield him from me. This may mean the work of Enkynius or other more powerful beings..."

 

"Omnious indeed. Very well come what may. Sammael we shall need you to scout ahead to the Tunguska. Should you encounter any resistence,  get what intelligence you can then report back to the 4th company Camp. Our quarry is yet before us gentleman, he is on the run and we shall have him. For the Lion."

[Polythemus]

@lucifer hey thanks Chaplain. Always nice to have hard work appreciated!

 

@ tanahusen. yeah that was a rough game for my opponent my list ended up being a pretty hard counter to his and the deployment type didn't help him much. Thanks for reading!

[Tanhausen]

BTW, what program do you use to edit your pics? Easy to use?

[Polythemus]

I use photoshop cs5. Its not easy to use but it is very powerful. I'm no graphic designer, most of it is my just figuring stuff out on my own. There is other comic creation software that you can use, but photoshop gives the infinite possibilty of visual effects. the other thing you need is a good set of comic fonts, i use the ones from blambot.

[Space Truckin]

Hilarious!  thanks for posting this - perfect entertainment for my lunch break.

Especially loved the bit about the Gunners Bionic Eye going 10,000 years without a software update.

[Prot]

What a great batrep. 

 

Those poor iron warriors... tell your friend to get some Oblits in there!  

 

And your Landraiders were superstars, they just took an incredible beating. Great batrep loved the humour. :)

[JJD]

Good work as ever. I can't wait to see the next one. I don't know if I missed it earlier in the post but was this played as 6th or 7th rules.

[Interrogator Stobz]

Love those white DW :D

Great batrep, thanks for creating and sharing it Polythemus

[Polythemus]

@erekose - Thanks man, welcome to the Rock. Humor is important in the 41st millenium.

 

@Prot - yeah i felt a little bit bad about this one, Chaos got abused. had I realized that you can disembark one squad and embark another, it would have been even worse for my friend. That being said in the campaign for Ix this battle was very good to the dark angels. Only time will tell if things are always so rosy... Thanks for commenting.

 

@JJD - Thanks for the compliment. Hopefully you'll like the next one. I have to say i'm excited to write it up. it was done during 6th ed. but thats ok it should still be fun to see the story unfold I hope. Thanks for reading.

 

@stobz - Stobz, what can I say i'm fairly conventional when it comes to my paint scheme! I hope you have been able to enjoy the overall narrative thread and its been easy to follow. I wanted to try and give it a really broad scope, even though the whole thing is taking place as a narrative campaign. Thanks for reading.

[Gillyfish]

Excellent work as ever Polythemus. That was a really good read - one of your best. Congratulations on the win. It looks like it was pretty close in many ways. Did it feel that way?

[Polythemus]

@gillyfish - Honestly, with the emperor's will games there's always a chance someone can steal it at the end. For this game the result for me was never really in question. The only time I got worried was when all the DWK died and Belial took two wounds in one turn AFTER CHARGING. Getting first blood really was essential in this game as it always is in low point games. Thanks for commenting!