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Offline ErikG

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8500 Chaos vs Guard
« on: April 06, 2015, 09:12:39 PM »
After many battles at Erik's place, Sander has been working on a new Game room (Man cave) In his new house, Sander still has big plans for the room itself but after long struggle we have completed our new table, it is larger and deeper than the table we had, today the baptism of fire. In addition to the new table, I myself, was eager to put my new Reaver Titan to the test.  Chaos (Joost, Abe, Alex) fought against Imperial Guard (Erik, Sander)




While the peacekeepers and the Guard were fighting heavily against an Orc attack on the Eastern continent, a Chaos force landed on the southern. Filled with hate Chaos was led by their Chaos Commander, Lord Abortion who send his troops forward. Lord Abortion was ignorant of the strong force in the province that he attacked, not only was there a strong Guard force present, also a division of Imperial Peacekeepers was stationed nearby as well as a Reaver Titan that was just being given a bright new paintjob.
The first turn was for Chaos, the troops moved across the line towards the guard line, a few shots were fired, most of the weapons were not yet in range. The Chaos warhound managed to disable the shields of the Reaver, the heavy armour of the Reiver was not penetrated. A Chaos Daemon swept towards the Peacekeepers back, accompanied by a Hell Talon and Helldrake, the casualties to the Guard forces were limited.






Now the Guard opened fire on the Chaos Warhound Titan, a Mecharius Vulcan shot a salvo and managed to take the shields out. The Imperial air force also moved down, a Marauder Destroyer, Thunderbolt fighter, Valkyre vendetta and normal Valkyre entered the field. The Thunderbolt shot his missiles and lascannons, this pierced the armour of the Warhound, and also the Marauder fired his missiles followed by the Valkyre vendettas lascannons. This was the sign for the Reaver Titan who opened fire with all that he had, shot after shot hit the warhound that managed to survive blow after blow, many shots later the Chaos Warhound Titan towered smoking but intact above the Chaos lines. 
The Reaver Titan had no weapons left that would be able to disable Warhound Titan, Lord Abortion got a grin on his face, however, his heavily distorted grin disappeared like snow for the Sun, a Basilisk shot its shell at the Chaos Warhound Titan, the grenade hit an already damaged part of the armour and inside the Titan the shell exploded. The Chaos titan was torn apart from the inside and the scorched remnants fell to the ground, Chaos had suffered a heavy blow.
 
The other guard units moved forward, two Chaos units (including a unit of plague marines) were killed in a precision bombardment from the Marauder.
 




The first turn had worked out well for the imperials, now it was to Chaos to strike back. In the Centre, the first units moved into the buildings, a rhino unloaded his troops and these positioned themselves in the Church that was located in the Centre of the battlefield. The Hell talon dropped its bombs and an infantry unit of peacekeepers died in flames. A Peacekeeper Chimera was also hit, thanks to the force of the explosion they were immobilised. The Chaos Daemon of Khorne landed and cut into a unit of peacekeeper guardsmen that were chopped to pieces, but not before the Daemon also suffered three wounds. Two land raiders moved on the left flank towards the imperial lines and they managed to disable a lascannon team. Focused fire took out the shields of the Imperial Reaver titan (which had been repaired) and a hit of a Chaos Shadowsword managed to cause the first damage to the reaver Titan.
Chaos Terminators deepstriked behind the Peacekeepers, which in addition to the Daemon or Khorn caused a panic amongst the Peacekeepers. A Chaos Helldrake moved down, the drivers of a nearby Hellhound watched in fear as the fuel tanks were ruptured, the result was a powerful explosion and the wreckage of the Hellhound was spread over the entire battlefield.
 



The second Chaos turn had caused more damage than the first turn but this turn too, the victims remained limited. The Imperials again opened fire with everything they had, the Marauder continued his trip across the battlefield and opened his bomb doors for a second bomb load, two Chaos units in a building received the full load, from a unit Chaos marines and a unit of Possessed marines only four were left alive and the few survivors threw themselves to the ground. An Imperial Valkyre unloaded its troops behind a unit of Chaos marines and opened fire on the marines, only one marine was killed. A Mecharius Vulcan and a Leman Russ Punisher opened fire on some Chaos Marines in the buildings in the Centre and managed to inflict several casualties. The heavier tanks and a Baneblade opened fire on a Chaos Lord of Skulls that received shot after shot but remained intact. The Imperial Peacekeepers opened fire on the Greater Daemon of Khorne that was finally taken out by a large number of lasguns. The remaining Peacekeepers opened fire with light and heavy weapons on the terminators and they managed to kill three of them.
The Reaver, which towered high above the buildings opened fire with all that he had on the Chaos shadowsword, this superheavy lost four hullpoints but remained intact.
 



Chaos had suffered again but they continued to advance, the land raiders moved further forward, the nearest Landraider opened its doors and a mob of Khorne Bezerkers charged towards the Imperial lines, the guardsmen had no chance against these fanatical warriors. The Bezerkers slashed all that they had ahead of them to pieces. While the Peacekeepers had turned around to be able to combat the Chaos Terminators, they had turned their backs towards an upcoming Chaos Predator armed with lascannon, multiple shots hit the back of a Leman Russ that went up in flames. A focused shot of the Chaos Lord of Skulls destroyed a second Leman Russ, followed by a Chimera. The terminators took out multiple Guardsmen. A second unit Terminators Deepstriked behind the Reaver Titan and they opened fire on a Tech Priest with Servitors that were busy to repair the damage on the Reaver Titan, they would never find out who was behind them, the Terminators mowed them down where they stood. A Chaos unit charged the Guardsmen that had been dropped from the Valkyre, the Guardsmen held and even took out a marine, a Commissar with powerfist took care of the combat and accomplished a draw by killing two marines. From behind the buildings a Maulerfiend stormed towards a Guard Tank, the armour of the tank was torn open and a miserable wreck was left behind. From behind another buildings a Lord of Skulls moved closer, it moved towards the Mecarius Vulcan, the charge, however, was unsuccessful and the Mecharius was not reached. Finally the Chaos shadowsword shot its weapons on the Reaver Titan, his destroyer weapon hit the reiver well, and eight hullpoints were removed from the Reiver by a single shot. This has been the most successful turn of Chaos by far, the Imperials had suffered heavy damage.






Behind the Chaos Shadowsword, a Valkyre vendetta moved down and landed Guardsmen on the field. The lascannons of the Vendetta shot a destructive fire into the back of the Chaos Super heavy tank, the soft back armour was pierced and a powerful explosion followed, nothing remained except a large craterthat was all that was left of the once proud Chaos vehicle. The Marauder dropped its last bombs and this time a unit of Thousand Sons Chaos Marines received the full load, they too went down ingloriously. The Thunderbolt opened fire on the Chaos Hell Talon and three hullpoints were lost, the Hell Talon remained behind stunned. On the right flank the heavy tanks opened fire on a bewildered Lord of Skulls, salvo after salvo was hit until it too came down crashing. On the right flank the terminators were taken out and the Peacekeepers were able to focus once again on the other side. In the Centre the Mecharius Vulcan and the Leman Russ Punisher killed many Chaos Marines in a rain of bullets. A deadly fire was opened on the Khorne Bezerkers of which many perished, only five remained standing. A Rhino, Hellbrute, Vindicator and Predator were destroyed in the centre. The crew of the Reaver looked down from far above the ground towards the carnage that was inflicted on Chaos, with a wide grin the commander ordered a deadly fire on a Chaos Landraider, the Land Raider and three of the five terminators that it carried were killed. A Hellbrute in the small church was the second victim of the Reiver Titan, followed by two terminators. After this Imperial turn Chaos was left in a shock, two Superheavys and many tanks and marines had been lost.







Lord Abortion decided to make one last attempt and gave the order to his troops from behind a thick wall to move forward and turn the tide. The Bezerkers answered the call of their leader, an Imperial command squad and infantry squad were torn to pieces. Shot after shot landed on the Reaver, each of these shots bounced off the tough Armour of the Titan. Several Guardsmen and heavy weapon teams were eliminated but Chaos still had too little left to be able to make a real fist.
 




The Guard commanders began to enjoy themselves, several well aimed shots killed of the remaining bezerkers, the Hell Talon and the Helldrake were taken down and they crashed to the ground, in a short time a Maulerfiend, Hellbrute, Decimator Siege Engine and  a Predator Tank were destroyed, not much later the second Land raider also went up in flames. In the Centre the Guard troops, Mecharius Vulcan and Punisher again opened fire into the buildings and they shot at anything that moved, only a single Thousand Sons Chaos Marine survived. Save from behind a large tower Lord Abortion looked on as unit after unit was lost. The Imperial Baneblade opened fire on a Whirlwind, the grenade caused a ricochet and to his great dismay Lord Abortion saw how the grenade came down right in front of his feet, a Chosen Marine tried a "look out Sir" but it was in vain a huge crater remained, Lord Abortion was left behind seriously injured on the battlefield.
 









The Chaos army had been completely decimated, the wounded body of Lord Abortion was taken and Chaos withdrew. The Imperials had achieved a resounding victory, The Chaos army was largely destroyed, and the Imperials remained mostly intact. Long live the Emperor!



Offline von Lucky

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Re: 8500 Chaos vs Guard
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2015, 09:40:15 PM »
Lovely stuff - thanks for sharing.
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