Battle report (turns 1-3 up): Night Lords vs. Iron Hands 2k

[helterskelter]

Deep in the outer dark of the Shirewilt system, the planet designated Ba'ath had earned the predations of a scouting force of Night Lords, eager to sow terror once more.

However they did not pass un-noticed, clad in black, Riven, a force of Iron Hands seek vengeance for crimes committed upon their kin.

 

Raktra: Iron Hands, Bitter Iron Rite of War

RoW - Bitter Iron

 

HQ

Consul

Delegatus

Master-crafted thunder hammer

Volkite serpenta

Refractor field

 

TROOPS

Meduson Immortals

x10

Power fist

 

Tactical Squad

x15

Power axe

Vexilla

Melta bombs

Additional combat blades

 

Tactical Support Squad

x5

Plasma guns

Rhino

 

ELITES

Contemptor-Cortus Talon

x2

Kheres assault cannon

Plasma cannon

 

Gorgon Terminators

Chainfist

Graviton gun

 

HEAVY SUPPORT

Leviathan Dreadnought

2x volkite caliver

Grav-flux bombard

Phosphex discharger

 

Spartan

Flare shield

 

 

Helterskelter: Night Lords, Pride of the Legion Rite of War

 

 

Praetor: paragon blade, digital lasers, iron halo, trophies of judgement

 

5x terminators: chargers and chainfists +transponder

5x terminators: 4 combi plas, plas blaster +transponder

5x terminators: combi bolter, reaper autocannon + transponder

 

5x recon: camo, shotguns, nuncio

 

Contemptor: 2x fists and plas blaster

 

9x seekers: 8 combi plas, pfist, nuncio, rhino

 

Sicaran punisher: heavy bolters, pintle heavy bolter

 

Vindicator laser destroyer

 

 

Mission: Onslaught

Deployment: clash the line: Raktra won the dice roll and elected I deploy first, he then failed to seize.

 

 

"Your memories shall be lost, like oil burns in the flames. Time to die" Royb Atteigh M2

 

Night fight in effect

 

Turn 1: Night Lords movement:

The rhino on the right flank advanced to the ruins, and the seekers and praetor deployed in the hope of getting a decent run move. On the left the recon squad made their way around an inactive industrial robot, while the contemptor and Sicaran pushed right to find better vantage points.

Shooting: The laser vindicator opened up on the iron hands Spartan doing a fat lot of nothing, and the run on the recon and the seekers was dismal! Tripping on their power armoured feet!

 

Iron Hands Movement: the Leviathan moves out from behind the building, eyeing up the recon squad who are making far too much noise than they should! The cortus behind the fortress of redemption advances, as do the Rhino and Cortus on the other flank. The Spartan also pushes forward seeking a good place to deliver it's contents.

Shooting: The Spartans las targets the vindi and does nothing, it's machine spirit uses the heavy bolters to target the seekers within the ruins causing 3 wounds but their armour saves them!

The Leviathan is way off with it's Bombard, however the chest mounted Calivers find their Mark, one legionary falling, while a squad mate is taken down by the ensuing superheated explosion. Another is taken down by a blast from it's melta gun. Under the cover of darkness they stand fast.

 

Night fighting still in effect

NL t2: The Volkite armed terminators arrive! However they didn't land where intended and ended up on the home objective!! The teleportarium operator will be flayed for his sins! The unit with the Reaper autocannon arrive on the building on the peak of the iron hands deployment zone and line up the tactical squad beneath. The third unit fails to arrive, and the seekers move out of the way for now.

The laser vindi again targets the Spartan to no avail, and the freshly arrived terminators open up with their combi bolter and autocannon. However only one tactical falls to a slug from the Reaper.

The punisher cycles up it's cannon and all its heavy bolters, another 4 tacticals perish.

The recon marines foolishly charge the Leviathan, the leaders power fist hoping to get a swing in. They're torn in half in a blink.

 

IH T2: the Spartan surges forward and disgorges the Gorgons and delegatus with ideas on the objective. The plasma squad also dismount from their rhino, they fail their difficult terrain test when attempting to scale some ruins and remain on the ground for now. The Leviathan shuffles forward and makes a full 6 inch run move. Eeep!

The plasma cannon targets the cataphractii who shot the tacticals, all 5 feel the heat, but their armour saves them for now. The support squad run round to get in a better position to scale the ruins.

The tacticals try for some revenge and fail to wound, and the Gorgons fail their charge on the Volkite cataphractii. They are now Vulnerable.......

 

Day breaks!!!

NL T3: the remaining plasma armed terminator squad deep strikes behind the Leviathan hoping to take some critical systems, and the seekers have seen their target, they advance into position. The contemptor climbs the ruin next to him to get a bead on the support squads Rhino, with the Volkite terminators moving to solidly face the Gorgons if needed.

Marked for death the Gorgons face a fusilade of plasma, 4 going down with the Delegatus losing a wound too! The cataphractii chuckle and open fire with their chargers removing the remaining Gorgon.

The plasma terminators shoot at the Leviathan, ones plasma gun overheats and blows up, leaving him a bloody mess, the remaining manage to clip the beast but nothing more, causing 1 Hull point of damage.

1 immortal died from the terminators bolters in the IH backfield.

The volkite cataphractii fail their charge on the Delegatus.

 

IH T3: The contemptor cortus on both flanks advance up, the Leviathan driving further to the NL deployment zone. The plasma support squad scale the tower ruins to get a better vantage over the field, whilst the Spartan reverses. The tactical squad moves to occupy the fortress better with the immortals holding the lower ground.

The delegatus moves towards the seekers after revenge, not seeing the Night Lords Praetor.

The Spartan unleashes fury upon the NL contemptor but it's a atomantic shielding saves it, the cortus on the Leviathans flank however is more lucky and it's plasma cannon drops 3 terminators from the plasma armed squad. One remains.

The delegatus zaps a seeker with his serpenta, while the tacticals pour more bolter fire into the terminators closest to them failing to penetrate their armour. The cortus on the far flank stuns the Rhino with it's multi melta and the Leviathan turns a Volkite terminator to molten slag.

He charges killing 3 more, whilst his smaller cousin sees off the last remaining terminator in the open.

The Delegatus charges the seekers with attached praetor, a challenge is issued. He never stood a chance and was impaled on a trident before he could even swing.

 

(Part 1 concludes here pictures to come, I'm having to type this on my phone due to laptop failure and my eyes feel like they're bleeding)

Edited November 3, 2017 by helterskelter

[Raktra]

Pictures, sir, I demand our sexy pictures!