For some time we hadn't played 40k, finally had the opportunity to play a game, it was our first time that we've played 7th edition (and for Abe only his 2nd time 40k). We have deployed our joint Orc armies (played by Sander and Abe) against a mix of Imperial Guard and Space Marines (played by Joost and Erik).
The armies
The setup
After years of turmoil between the planet "Pax Vanus" and the Orc planet "Blitzkrieg" the Orcs, under their War boss Helmut von wienerschnitzel, launched a direct attack on Pax Vanus. Battle after battle was won by the Orcs that were killing and plundering as they moved across the planet.
The Defence Committee meeting was called and three resolutions were adopted which indicated that they "strongly condemned" the Orc attacks, this had no effect. Five emissaries were sent to the Orcs, none of them came back. In order to avoid a further escalation, the "Imperial Peacekeepers were deployed, it was intended that this would restore the peace. The Orcs ignored the Peacekeepers and the sanctions that were imposed. Finally the Peacekeepers got the mandate they had been waiting for, they were allowed to answer violence with violence.
Imperial Peacekeepers
After months of looting and destruction, the Imperial Peacekeepers and troops of the defensive forces moved towards the massive Orc army, they were in the minority and knew they had no chance. Space Marines of the "Storm Heralds" chapter joined the intervention force, now they had sufficient power to be able to withstand the Orcs.
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On the right flank the Imperial Peacekeepers were posted, in the Centre the defensive forces of the Astra Militarum and on the left flank the Storm Heralds space Marines. The Orcs were fully mobilized and the motley collection of heavily armed and heavily loaded vehicles rolled at great speed towards their opponents. The whole imperial line opened fire.
The Storm Heralds opened fire with everything they had and they hit the Orc Kill Krusha Tank several times, the Orcs shook up and down while grenade after grenade hit the heavily armoured vehicle that held and continued his way towards the Imperial line.
The Peacekeepers and other troops opened fire on the Orc battle fortress, two grunts were pulverized but the battle fortress continued its way unhindered by all the shells that hit it.
On the extreme left flank the Taurus assault vehicles managed to disable an Orc bike, the Orc losses however, were minimal.
Nob Bikez
Far from above the battlefield, the Imperial air force swept down, a storm raven gunship dropped an ironclad dreadnought and a squad of terminators that charged a nearby battlewagon. From the Battle wagon the Flashgitz opened fire on the terminators and two terminators went down ingloriously, not much later the ironclad dreadnought ripped the battlewagon open and turned it into an exploded car wreck.
On the left flank a Marauder Destroyer swept down and opened a destructive fire and destroyed several Nob bikerz.
Battlewagon of the Flashgitz is destroyed
Now it was up to the Orcs to shoot, the Kill Bursta shot its main weapon and struck a Leman Russ of the Peacekeepers that went up in flames, The nearby Orc vehicles opened fire and removed four hull points from the Valdor tank hunter but the Valdor held out. From a Leman Russ Executioner the peacekeepers watched anxiously towards the orcs, out of nowhere the heavy tank started to shake, before they could take action the tracks broke contact with the ground, the Orc Lifta-Droppa lifted the mighty Leman Russ high into the air, it was moved many meters and came to a halt above a Chimera, the Lifta-Droppa decoupled the tank that fell several meters down, the peacekeepers screamed as the monstrosity fell down, with a mighty bang the Leman Russ tank crashed into the Chimera, nothing remained but a miserable mountain of torn metal.
Blitzabomber attacks
Two Orc Blitzabombers swept down and a Vindicator Siege tank went up in flames. Not much later the mighty Orc Zeppelin the "Hindenorc II" entered the airspace, it opened fire and an Earth shaker platform was destroyed instantly. The Hindenorc II shot with its Deth Arsenal, for Orcs an excellently focused shot, on an Imperial Knight, the shield of the Knight proved useless, the power core of the knight was hit, in an unprecedented bang the Knight was torn apart.
Battle fortress attacks
The Orc stompa managed to weaken three Guard tanks but these remained intact, a nearby Landraider was not saved this fate, the Stompa ripped the tank in half, the Terminators that were seated in it ran for their lives to avoid the "stomp attack" of the Stompa.
An orc Big Squiggoth charged towards the Ironclad Dreadnought, a group of Orc Nobz lept of the squiggoth, the Dreadnought shot on the charging Orcs and managed to kill of a Nob, the remainingnobz held the dreadnought in place, the Big Squiggoth ended the dreadnought and pulled it apart with his horns.
After the first Orc turn large holes were punched into the lines of the defenders.
Squiggoth en Nobz destroy Ironclad Dreadnought
The Imperials licked their wounds, the troops regrouped and the entire left flank opened fire on the Hindenorc II, blow after blow hit this airship but the mighty vehicle held. The pilot of a thunderbolt fighter flew towards the Orc monstrosity and waited until the last moment, with only a few meters to go it opened fire with all the weapons it possessed, the steel hull was pierced and explosive grenades came into contact with the combustible gas with which the Orc ship was filled, an explosion followed that was visible from miles away.
The Stompa also got severely challenged, shot after shot ended up against the metal of this metal giant which was left behind smoking but intact.
The remaining Orc vehicles were also under fire, grenades struck but the Orc vehicles held. A deadly fire managed to kill of several Orc Lootas and a number of Orc nobz was killed, a second Battle wagon also went up in flames.
The Marauder destroyer threw his bombs on the grot tanks, the grots were trying to dodge the explosions and nearly all tanks succeeded in this, only the Yamato II, a grot Mega-Tank, was hit by a direct hit, the bomb broke through to the ammunition Chamber, the blast tore the tank apart.
This second Imperial turn had inflicted considerably more damage than the first but the orc force remained intact and was far from broken.
The Orcs, bent on revenge for the destruction of the Hindenorc II, continued the relentless attack on the imperial troops. A basilisk went up in flames and the Storm heralds were given a hard time, grenade after grenade slammed into them and many marines found their death.
A Valkyrie Vendetta was shot down by an Orc anti-aircraft gun, full of enthusiasm the stompa approached the until then undisturbed Baneblade that had been shooting at the Orcs without being fired upon itself. A shell from the Kill Bursta tank made an end to this and the grenade ripped the Baneblade open before the Stompa could reach it, a huge explosion followed and little remained of the Baneblade besides a large crater filled with molten pieces of metal.
The grot tanks were also bent on revenge, a Peacekeeper squad that had hidden in a church was fired upon by the grots, the grot tanks fired everything they had into the Church and all peacekeepers were shot to pieces, with exception of Pierre, this single guardsman remained alive but was left behind in a shock.
The remaining Orc vehicles opened fire on the remaining Peacekeeper tanks that were destroyed one by one, the Valdor too went up in flames, only one Leman Russ remained in the Centre intact, this was not to last long for long. The Lifta Droppa carried the Leman Russ tank far into the air and moved it forward, Pierre looked up, he could not react, the Leman Russ was dropped by the Lifta Droppa and the poor Pierre was squashed under the metal monstrosity.
In the Centre the Hellhound and a Chimera were destroyed by shots from the Stompa.
In a bloody combat the Orc Nobz killed the remaining terminators, however the nobz also went down in this action.
Orcs now flowed into the Imperial lines and they tore all the guardsmen they could find to pieces, the Leman Russ Punisher was destroyed by the Stompa.
The Imperials knew they had no further chances of winning and withdrew, the Orc casualties were minimal, of the Imperials, virtually all heavy weapons were lost, and the peacekeepers were virtually completely destroyed.
We were initially a bit rusty with the rules, the first turn took over 6 hours to complete ... but the second went a lot faster, all in all a fun day for us and a good start for a new era of 40k
26 July 2008, 11:43:34 AM