Terminus Omicron - A world besieged; a Planetary Empires Campaign

[Master Ciaphas]

Terminus Omicron

An Imperial world 2 months Warp travel coreward from the Cadian Gate. It was one of the last worlds to be reclaimed during the Purging Era following Horus' defeat at Terra.

Liberated from Mortarion's Death Guard by the Imperial Fists, it was re-consecrated in the Emperor's name. However, the Imperial victory was short lived.

A mere millennia afterwards, it was discovered that the veil between the material world and the immaterium was particularly weak in some places - places where the veil with the correct heinous rites could be breached, allowing for Warp creatures, Daemons, to cross over and sate their base desires.

And so it was. A minor Imperial Adept, by the name of Efialtes, grew tired of his lot in life, and gathered around him a cult of likeminded fools. Together, they managed to pierce the threshold and the Warp poured forth.

The Planetary Defence Force and a few Imperial Army regiments fought bravely, but ultimately in vain. Before the Lords of Titan and the Ordo Malleus could arrive, the world was writhing in the throes of Daemonic infestation.

Lord Inquisitor Xerxes, aboard his splendid Strike Cruiser "Rubicon", had no choice but to order Exterminatus.

And so it was, that in M33.567 Terminus Omicron was subjected to the Ultimate sanction - complete destruction of all sentient life.

It was to have been the end of an otherwise mediocre and unimportant world - but fate would have it differently.

In M37.567 the Adeptus Mechanicus defied the Inquisitorial Edict of "Mundus Inconcessus". and re-settled the world, with the hope of exploiting its natural mineral resources, and hoping that the world might still have ancient cogitator banks hidden, intact, in the deep underground.

Over time, thinking the world secure, an attempt at terraforming was implemented, trying to undo the damage of Exterminatus. This has resulted in a verdant belt around the equator, whilst most of the northern and southern hemispheres are still nought but blasted rock.

The population is mostly centered in four massive Hives - Primus, Secundus, Tertius and the nominal capital; Aleph Major. There are a few cites spread across the planet, but these are mostly fortifed compounds given over to rebuliding Imperial Guard Regiments which have been worn down in the incessant fighting around the Eye of Terror.

All was well - until Abbadon launched his 13th Black Crusade, once again unleashing the martial might of the Traitor Legions upon Imperial space.

Terminus Omicron was not to go free. Though the Exterminatus had sealed the Warp Gates and destroyed all the Daemons on the planet, it had not sealed the ruptures permanently, and the veil was as weak as ever. Drawn by the lure of this, and the premise of sacrificing a world to Nurgle, the Hosts of Mortarion and Typhus the Traveller descended upon the world once more. Aided by mysterious Astartes in black power armour, the Old Legions would once again wage war.

The cry of "Ave Imperator!" would be countered by the ferocious roar of "Death to the False Emperor!!"

Terminus Omicron would burn in the fires of war.

[Master Ciaphas]

The planet of dispute and the warring factions

Terminus Omicron is currently under invasion from Chaos Space Marines primarily of the Death Guard Legion, and supported by Chaos Daemons, again almost wholly from the pantheon of Nurgle. It is not unlikely, that the blood spilled, and the violence will see another Chaos God drawn to the fighting...

Resisting the invaders are the brave Imperial Guardsmen of the Rothwold 56th Jannisars, led in the field by the esteemed colonel Stryker von Sclagenfaust and colonel Arnold Schwartzenhammer, under the overall command of Lord Castellan Ursus Crassus. They will inevitable be aided by the Lords of Titan - the 666th Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes - the so-called Grey Knights!

A planet divided

Chaos:
Imperial Guard:

Campaign status:
Chaos victories: 1
Draws: 1
Imperial victories: 0

[Master Ciaphas]

Chapter I - Invasion and a cunning backhanded blow

Bright streaks of fire falling from the heavens illuminated the night sky of Terminus Omicron. From the bastion stronghold of Lamda-Omicron, Col. Stryker von Sclagenfaust of the 56th Jannissars saw the fire faling, and knew what it meant. Such  a blatant and overt display would only be demonstrated by a foe supremely confident in his own superiority. Not ignorent of the many, varied enemies of the Throne, Col. Sclagenfaust ordered the men of the 56th Jannisars to set out immediatedly and interdict the enemy before they could secure a beacheah.

In the early morning hours, 4th Company marched out with the Colonel to engage the enemy and deny them vital ground.

The Guard were ready and already dug in, by the time two Rhino Armoured Personnel Carriers appeared on the horizon. One painted in black livery, the other in the fetid colours of the Death Guard. The opening salvo of the Guard immobilized the Death Guard's Rhino, but the rest of their fire was largely wasted.



Obliterator Demetrius, ancient and experienced in the ways of war set out at once to decimate the foes. His opening shot saw a Missile Launcher heavy weapons platoon blot from the field of battle.

Advancing forwards, the Guard were eventually engaged in close quarters by the Death Guard



Guardsman Marbo, of the 56th Jannisars had spent his time sneaking up on Demetrius, but he effort were ultimaltely in vain, and he was shredded by bolter fire from the immobilized Death Guard Rhino.




Suddenly, whilst preparing to engage the Death Guard, a blasphemous icon carried by the traitor marines flashed with baleful fire, and the veil of realms cracked and was rent asunder. From the breach poured foul Daemons, who assaulted the brave Guardsmen furiously, and killed them, and Commissar Isenholt to the last man.



Having surveyed the field of battle, Demetrius levelled his weaponized arms at Col. Sclagenfaust, whose Command Platoon had been slain around him. With a single volley from his plasma cannon, the Colonel disappeared in a flash of light, and was no where to be seen.

Falling back, the last of the Guardsmen hunkered down behind a hill, and prepared for their coming doom. For now, they had done their duty - in a sense. Whilst they had not pushed the enemy back, they certainly had prevented a further advance.

***    ***    ***

Back at outpost Lamda-Omicron, Col. Schwartzenhammer was alerted by the sentries - the enemy had arrived. Realizing that the overt arrival of the enemy had be deliberately done, so as to lure the garrison away from Lamda-Omicron, the Colonel ordered all troops to their stations.

The enemy foolishly thought that they had the advantage of surprise, but the thorough training of the Jannisars would prove them wrong. Siezing the moment, the Guardsmen were ready to receive the advancing traitors.



The battle initially went well, but rapidly went out of control, as the Chaos Sorceror Nihilim used his dark arts to sway the minds of men. A large combined platoon of Guardsmen, under the inspired leadership of Company Commissar Merlotte were assaulted by all the Chaos Marines - both Death Guard and the ones in unidentified black livery - and were eventually slain.

An Obliterator held the traitors right flank, but it was eventually disabled by brave veterans of Platoon Wittmann and a special weapons platoon.

In the end, the Imperial Guard presence was all but wiped out. Only the Guard's right flank did Colonel Schwartzenhammer remain with an immobilized armoured Sentinel, a reduced Missile Launcher heavy weapons squad and his own Command Squad veterans and their Lascannon.

In the center, Veteran Squad Wittmann still stood, bravely defying a pack of summoned Daemons, who had appeared at the darkest hour of the day, when it seemed that the Chaos Marines were about to the overrun by the superior numbers of the Guardsmen.



Wittmann's sacrifice would ultimately be in vain. Lamda-Omicron had been lost to the invaders - now a slow, grinding war would begin...


 

[Rhiadan]

Terminus Omicron. En verden svøbt i aske fra dens egen ligbrænding. Endnu græder dens døde over dens skæbne. Dog er sørgetiden så småt ved at rinde ud, og livet er vendt tilbage, omend vagtsomt og forsøgsvist til det smalle livgivende bælte. Fra rummet ligner planeten et blodigt øje, der åbnes på klem.

The Rothwold 56th Janitsars er et regiment, der har set bedre dage. De er nyligt udstationeret på Terminus Omicron efter at være blevet evakueret fra the Cadian Gate. Hele regimentet blev sat ind mod chaos traitor titan legionen Hounds of Nox, hvor de over en måneds træfninger kom ud for tabstal på 98,2% af deres armor-enheder. Tabstallene for så vidt angår de almindelige guardsmænd var langt mere moderate på kun ca. 60 %, men stillet over for The Hounds of Nox besluttede de kejserlige strategoer at evakuere regimentet frem for at lade dem udrydde helt. Dette usædvanlige held for et Imperial Guard regiment har givet dem tilnavnet "Lucky 56th". Regimentets officerer har imidlertid taget det som en mistillidserklæring og Castellan Ursus Crassus har det som sit erklærede mål atter at blive taget til nåde og få sat sit regiment ind hvor kampene er hårdest.

Fra et Departmento Munitorum synspunkt, så er Terminus Omicron den perfekte R&R lokation. Ingen fjender, ingen installationer af betydning og en befolkning, der vokser hurtigere end planetens hive cities kan udbygges og biosfæren kan understøtte. Regimentet vil på relativt kort tid kunne rekrutteres op på fuldt mandtal.

[Rhiadan]

Billeder fra colonel Stryker von Schlagenfausts indledende træfning mod den pludseligt opdukkede fjende.


Det er hans refractor field der gør, at pict uniten ikke kan få ham helt i fokus.

von Schlagenfaust blev sidst set chargende i fuld fart ned mod fjenden under anvendelse af upassende sprog.


Fjenden var under kommando af en fæl sorceror kendt under navnet Nihilim.


Guardsman Marbo is behind you!


Slaget gik ikke godt for opklaringsstyrken


Snart kom de hylende dæmoner væltende fremad


Ved de gamle ruiner ved outpost Lambda havde colonel Arnold Schwarzenhammer dog forberedt en velkomstkomite

[Master Ciaphas]

Chapter II - the plot thickens

Far away from the stronghold Lamda-Omicron, deep in the Calpurth Dust Bowl, an ancient Mechnicus temple stood, desolate and forgotten over the centuries from it's construction. If the old scripts of the Administratum were to be believed, the temple to the Deus Mechanicus had been built in the aftermath of the Heresy itself, prior to it's Scouring by Inquisitor Xerxes.

On this day, the Coven of Lord Batianus were drawn there, having landed quietly in the days prior to the blatant arrival of Lord Nihilim.

However, they were not as veiled in their approach as they thought - awaiting them was the splendid Grey Knights, servants of Him on the Throne, under the inspired leadership of Brother-Captain Arwan.

Taking up positions west of the temple, Captain Arwan led his squad of Grey Knight Terminators into the temple, ready to defend it at any cost. south of his position, Operative LVI of the Temple Vindicare, secured his sniper nest in an old crater.

From the east, a Rhino in the livery of the Death Guard approached, and suddenly malign magicks took hold of Arwan and his squad, dragging them unwilling from the temple.



Running back, it was not long before they again were dragged by the same magick, but this time into the gun sight of a possessed Vindicator tank, painted in the black livery of an unknown traitor Legion.

The Vindicator opened fire, and three Terminators died in the explosion.



Fearlessly, Squad Delphion teleported down onto the field of war, from the orbiting Strike Cruiser "Christofor de Gualbes". When they materialized, they immediatedly strode bravely forward to claim vital ground to the east.



The battle was rapidly turning into a debacle, Brother-Captain Arwan and his courageous squad were eventually overcome by Death Guard marines and the might of a Demolisher battle cannon, against which their powerful Terminator armour availed them nought.

Captain Arwans fall allowed the Arch-Enemy forces to claim the Mechanicus temple for their own nefarious ends - the sole redeeming feature of the Grey Knights presence was the fact that the Daemons whose summoning Lord Batianus had carefully prepared was thwarted, and the Daemons did not appear.

Together with Operative LVI Squad Delpihon wrecked a Rhino APC in black livery, exposing the traitor marines within...



Alas they were unharmed, and had plenty of plasma weaponry, which they promptly fired at the valiant Grey Knights...



But when the dust cleared, three Terminators still stood proud.

The day, however, was far too advanced, and the Terminators could do nought. The battle had been won by the Arch-Enemy - but for what purpose had they claimed a supposedly derelict and useless temple, in the middle of a parched desert, far from habitation?



Regardless of their purpose, the insidius laughter of Sorceror Lord Batianus sounded over the desert dunes that night.



Campaign status:
Chaos victories: 2
Draws: 1
Imperial victories: 0

[Master Ciaphas]

Chapter III - Land's End

During the First Scouring of Terminus Omicron, the city of Land's End had been utterly destroyed. The following centuries had not seen it rise to it's former glory, but some semblence of growth had certainly occured. That all ended with the arrival of the Death Guard.

Bombarded from orbit, the buildings and the civilian population were reduced, until finally the psh would come. The Terminus Omicron Strategos did not have trouble foreseeing that the Arch-Enemy would try to take the city, and thus placed Col. Arnold Schwartzenhammer in command of a company.

His men in position, the Imperial Guard could only await the arrival of the Arch-Enemy


Obliterator Demetrius in position


Advancing forwards, the Imperial Guard tried to trap the advancing Death Guard Legionnaires in a pincer movement, by advancing veterans on the far right flank and an infantry platoon through the center building.


Furthermore, Guardsman Marbo of the 56th Janitsars - who had been reported dead following the debacle at outpost Lambda-Omicron - appeared behind the Obliterator. His Ripper pistol fired into the hulking back of the pseudo-daemon, but did not find a chink in the armour. Ponderously turning round, Demetrius gave the Guardsman a puzzled look, before unleashing a hail of twin-linked plasma fire at him. When the storm cleared, Guardsman Marbo was nowhere to be seen...

The ploy, however, failed due to dismal firing. This left the Guardsmen exposed and within easy reach for the Death Guard riposte:


The platoon which had advanced into the center building soon discovered the error of their ways, when they were confronted by the Herald of Nurgle himself: Typhus the Traveler:


The Death Guard charge cut down a Stormtrooper squad, a Special Weapons platoon and an Infantry Platoon.


While Typhus put paid to the platoon in the building, killing four of the Guardsmen, breaking their morale.


Before he could cut them down entirely, a well placed shot from the Colonel's Company Command squad lascannon strafed Typhus, forcing him to teleport back to the Terminus Est, which must have been in orbit.

Meanwhile, the Imperial Guard had also been advancing on their left flank, pushing forward to claim a communication array - just as they reached their position, supposedly safe as a brave Sentinel pilot had blocked a group of black armoured Chaos Space Marines, a group of howling daemons erupted from the thin air, summoned to the battle by the copious amounts of blood shed that day. Their appearance destroyed the Imperial hope of winning the day, effectively turning the advance into a rout:


Not to be put low, Col. Arnold Schwartzenhammer personally led the counter-charge against the foul daemons which were now threatning the missile launcher heavy weapons team, and with fire and gusto banished them back to the warp:


The battle, however, was effectively over. The Arch-Enemy had by a bold and risky move ensured the total destruction of the Imperial Guard right flank, and shortly afterwards shattered the left with the aid of their foul daemonic masters.

The Death Guard had won the day, and occupied the city of Land's End.



Campaign status:
Chaos victories: 3
Draws: 1
Imperial victories: 0

Heroes:
Col. Arnold Schwartzenhammer survived the battle unscathed and even killed a daemon in personal combat: +2 XP

[Rhiadan]

Et interessant slag. Jeg troede slaget ville være i IGs favør eftersom der blev rullet for 5 objektives og IG jo havde ganske mange scoring units på bordet, men sådan gik det ikke.

Som Man of the Match udråber jeg col. Arnold Schwartzenhammer. Han udviste eksemplarisk lederskab, både med gentagne rul for inspired command med sine ordrer, med skydning, hvor hans enhed fik ram på chaos lorden, og endelig for at have personligt nedkæmpet en fæl enhed lesser daemons med sit elektriske sværd. 2 velfortjente kampagne xp til Schwartzenhammer.

På den onde side må nok nævnes en enhed plague marines, der udviste stort mod ved at køre ned midt iblandt fjenden og overleve rå mængder ildkraft for derefter at nedkæmpe 4 IG enheder i nærkamp og til sidst tage et objektiv.

Det ser alt i alt sort ud for Terminus Omicron. Skal den blive den sidste planet i rækken af kun ganske, ganske få, der har været udsat for den ultimative sanktion, exterminatus, TO gange i nyere kejserlig historie?

[Rhiadan]

Kapitel IV – Imperiet slår igen
Efter den katastrofale udvikling i krigens indledende fase havde Imperiet trukket sine tropper tilbage til det bevoksede bælte omkring Terminus Omicrons hivecities. Selv ikke Lord Castellan Ursus Crassus så noget formål i at lade flere guardsmen lade livet i det tørre askeland blandt fortidens ruiner. I stedet søgte han sammen med den kejserlige guvernør, Lord Dysante, at befæste byerne mod hvad de anså for at være Dødsgardisternes uafvendelige angreb på befolkningscentrene og hovedstanden, Aleph Major.

Højt over planetens overflade lå imidlertid slagkrydseren "Stella Splendens" som netop var ankommet til støtte for Strike Cruiseren "Christofor de Gualbes". Ombord var en anseelig del af Grey Knights chapterets 4. brotherhood under kommando af Grand Master Rector Lux Aeternus.

Med uro i sindet modtog han via vox en situationsrapport fra Brother-Captain Arwan, der lå hårdt såret på "Christofor de Gualbes". Hans nylige nederlag til Sorceror Lord Batianus havde kostet store tab til de to Grey Knights squads under hans ledelse og betydningen af nederlaget stod endnu ikke klart, da ingen havde haft held til at fastslå kaosgardisternes sande hensigt med angrebet på Terminus Omicron endnu.

Under slagkrydserens manøvrer for at komme tættere på planeten uden at blotte sig for Kaosskibene i systemet lød pludselig en alarmklaxon. Augurerne og mystikerne ombord var ikke længe om at fastslå årsagen til arlarmen: Dæmonisk indtrængning på det materielle plan. Aeternus følte det i sin sjæl. Arnestedet for indtrængningen var ikke fjernt fra det tempel, som Batianus havde erobret fra Brother-Captain Arwan tidligere. Der var ingen tid at spilde. Aeternus beordrede en øjeblikkelig overflyvning af stedet i lavt kredsløb og bød sine krigere være rede til øjeblikkelig indsats.

Blandt de tabte ruiner myldrede dæmonerne frem



Grand Master Rector Lux Aeternus og hans sølvskinnende krigere ankommer lige i rette tid sammen med dreadnoughten Pax Mortis.



Oversigt:



Ud af æteren manifesterede sig den frygtelige dæmonprins Be'Lakor. På mørke vinger styrede han som en skæbnens pil mod brother Pax Mortis mens han bombarderede ham med bolts of change. Da dette ikke trængte gennem hans panser angreb dæmonprinsen med et frygteligt skrig, og med hans kløer tilføjede hans Pax Mortis så store skader, at han blev immobiliseret. Aeturnus så hvad der skete og hastede mod kampen med sin squad. Ved en samlet indsat lykkedes det dem at forvise dæmonprinsen tilbage til æteren.



Imens forsøgte resten af dæmonerne at skjule sig i bygningerne.



Som et sidste udfald forsøgte dæmonernes leder, Mamon, at angribe terminator squad Severus. Dæmonens store korpus gjorde det desværre umuligt for ham at nå sit mål, hvorfor Severus og hans mænd fik frit skud på dæmonen og angreb ham efterfølgende.  På trods af dæmonens unaturligt seje hud lykkedes det squad Severus at besejre den med deres Nemesis-våben.



Ved slagets slutning var alle de store dæmoner forvist, mens de mindre dæmoner endnu skumlede i bygningernes ruiner.  Aeternus' styrke havde kun lidt ubetydelige tab. Dæmoninkursionen var bremset, men endnu ikke standset.

Forces:
Units   Points
HQ   
Grey Knight Grand Master Rector Lux Aeternus, mastercrafted nemesis force sword, digital weapons, blind grenades, empyrean brain mines, rad grenades   215 p.

Troops   
Grey Knight Terminator Squad, psycannon   225 p.
Grey Knight Terminator Squad, psycannon   225 p.
Heavy Support   
Grey Knight Dreadnought, psycannon   135 p.
I alt   800 p.

Mamon, Daemon Prince of Nurgle      185
Plauguebearer squad (7)         115
-Noxious Touch
Plauguebearer squad (7)         105
-Instrument of Chaos
Plauguebearer squad (7)         145
-Icon of Chaos, Instrument of Chaos, Noxious Touch
Be'Lakor, Daemon Prince         250
-Mark of Tzeentch, Daemonic Flight, Daemonic Gaze, Bolt of Tzeentch, Iron Hide, Unholy Might

Mission: Annihilation
Deployment: Dawn of War
Results:
- Grey Knights:   2 kill points
- Chaos Daemons:   0 kill points

Campaign status:
Chaos victories: 3
Draws: 1
Imperial victories: 1

[Belial]

Må man poste i denne tråd?

Hvis man må, så vil jeg da bare sige "Cinematisk/fantastisk. 

God historie, fedt terræn og fede figurer.

MVH

Belial

[Rhiadan]

Ja, det må man gerne. Tak for ros :-)

[Uther]

Følger også ivrigt med  . Keep it up.

[Master Ciaphas]

Chapter V - The Culling

The day after the first Imperial victory on Omicron Terminus, Lord Castellan Ursus Crassus ordered the creation of strongpoints around the capital, Aleph Major.

The strongpoints were to guard the population centers outside the Hives, and guard against the inevitable Death Guard incursions.

Now that the Grey Knights, under the inspired leadership of Rector Majoris Lux Aeternus, had decisively determined the presence of daemonic forces on Omicron, denying the planet to the Arch-Enemy would require ever more drastic measures. The populace would be conscripted, and the worst violent offenders in the Imperial penitentiary system would be inducted into Penal regiments. These "Strafbattalionen" would serve to slow the Arch-Enemy with their bodies, their souls commened to the Emperor in advance.

One such strongpoint created on the orders of Lord Castellan Ursus Crassus was "Yarrik Point". Reinforced with a battery of missile defences capable of striking voidships in orbit, and under the able command of the able military leader, Col. Arnold Schwartzenhammer, it was to hold the enemy at bay, until the Imperial Heavy Ordonance sections could be deployed.

On the morning of the 13th day of invasion, the Guardsmen of 23rd/132th Santigar Janissars were alerted by the rumbling of approaching Rhinos. Intelligence confirmed the Rhinos as being in the livery of the Death Guard and in the black of a still unidentified Chaos Marine warband.

Col. Schwartzenhammer ordered his men to spread out, and deny the Arch-Enemy vital objectives on the battlefield.




The Arch-Enemy, led by an ancient and fell-creature named Valnir the Reaper, Champion of Typhus, Slayer of Verdansk, tried to approach the Imperial lines behind some small hills.



However, the was little to be done - Valnir realized that his able Legionnaires would have to brave the fire of the False Emperor's lapdogs, before they could complete the objective set them by Lord Typhus. With the slightest of nods, he ordered his force to advance.



The fire from the Imperial lines shook and dented the ancient Rhino armoured personnel carries, but they did little besides that. Suddenly, the very air was split by a fork of lightning, and when the spectacle of colours faded, 8 malign Daemons of Chaos had been summoned, ready to strike at the Imperials.




They flung themselves at the command squad of 1st Platoon, and shredded Lt. Rogers with their taloned hands.

Not to be defeated by this minor setback, Col. Schwartzenhammer calmly ordered his force to advance and throw back the invaders. The fire from the Imperial line managed to the destroy the Death Guard Rhino, and with the rousing cry of "FOR THE EMPEROR!!!" the Imperial Guard Janissars attacked!




On the Arch-Enemy right flank, the Death Guard, recently exposed by the destruction of their Rhino transport, were attacked by the Penal Squad, recently released from the ward of criminally insane.



The attack, however, stopped in its tracks, like a wave hitting an implacable wall of steel. The Death Guard held their own - though the raving lunatics did bring down one of their number. The recently arrived Daemons also stood their ground losing but one of their own, but slew in return 4 Guardsmen. The greatest destruction, however, was wrought by the explosion of the black Rhino, which killed three of it's occupants, 5 Guardsmen, 3 Daemons and 1 member of the Penal squad.



The Imperial attack had been brave, but had now stalled. The hellish wrath of Valnir the Reaper would now be unleashed on the Imperial lapdogs.

With a push of his mighty wings, Valnir took to the air, and landed in front of an autocannon Heavy Weapons Platoon, while black armoured Marines assaulted the Infantry Platoon who had destroyed their Rhino.

Valnir thundered into the Autocannon squad, easily tearing them apart, while the Death Guard killed the Penal Platoon, who broke under their onslaught, realizing that the decayed Death Guard were an enemy unlike no other. The Death Guard gunned down the fleeing criminals, wet gurgles of pleasure emanating from their ivory coloured helmets. The black armoured marines charged the Combined Infantry Platoon, and took but one loss of their own. Faced by enemies on two fronts, even the fanatical Commissar leading them, saw that retreat was the wiser course of action.

Col. Schwartzenhammer stared in disbelief as his army disintegrated around him. However, all was not lost! From the skies, Stormtrooper Recon Detachment Zeta airdropped in, plasmaguns bristling with charged readiness. Ordering all available guns to concentrate on Valnir, the Colonel prayed to the Emperor for deliverance.

His prayers, however, were not heard.



In front of him, towered the terrifing form of Valnir. Col. Schwartzenhammer closed his eyes and prayed to the Emperor for mercy...

The Stormtroopers could only look on, struck mute with horror, as Valnir charged into the Company Command Squad turning it's brave members into bloody chunks of gristle, meat and bone. Behind them, they barely noticed the black armoured marines closing in, gunning them down from behind.

The battle had decisively turned against the Imperial. The Colonel was gone, and the center had irrevocably been shattered. Just as things could not get any worse, further Arch-Enemy reinforcements arrived - right on the missile silo, securing it for the invaders.



Commissar Flint led his routed remnants off the field - whilst the two armoured Sentinels of Heavy Recon Platoon "Falcon" desperately tried to close with and destroy the Arch-Enemy.

Their efforts, however, were shortlived. One was destroyed by the aspiring champion of the black armoured marines with a well-placed Melta-Bomb, whilst the other was torn apart by Valnir himself, who had just finished annihilating the Imperial flank in personal combat, for the glory of Father Nurgle!

As the last Sentinel fell burning to the ground, the battle was done. The Imperials had fled the field, leaving not a single man alive on the field. Of corpses, there were plenty.



Hoisting the severed head of the Sentinel pilot towards the sky, Valnir bellowed his praise to Nurgle. Now the corruption of the local population, rendered defenceless could begin. The Imperial defences and missile batteries scarcely noticed...

Forces involved:

Imperial
Company Command Squad
- Col. Schwartzenhammer w. power weapon, regimental standard, officer of the fleet, lascannon team
Infantry Platoon
- Cmd. squad "Rogers" w. 2 plasma guns
- Infantry squad 1 w. flamer, sgt. w. power weapon and melta bombs & Commissar Flint w. power weapon
- Infantry squad 2 w. melta gun & sgt. w. power weaponand melta bombs
- Infantry squad 3 w. melta gun & sgt. w. power weapon and melta bombs
- Special Weapons squad w. 3 grenade launchers
- Heavy Weapons Squad w. 3 missile launchers
- Heavy Weapons Squad w. 3 autocannons
Penal Legion Squad (psychopaths)
Storm Trooper Squad w. 2 plasma guns
Armoured Sentinel Squadron - 2 Sentinels w. lascannons

Chaos
Valnir, The Reaper
- Mark of Nurgle, Warptime, Wings
Chaos Space Marine Squad "Cypher" (10)            
- Aspiring Champion, Power Weapon, Plasma Pistol, Meltabombs, 2 Plasmaguns
Rhino
- Extra Combi-Bolter, Extra Armour            
Death Guard alae "Bile Festus" (6)                  
- Aspiring Champion, Powerfist, Plasma Pistol, 1 Flamer
Rhino
- Extra Combi-bolter, Extra Armour               
Obliterator Demetrius                    
Summoned Daemons "Hell's Plague"                 
- 7 Daemons
Summoned Daemons "Hell's Scourge"               
- 8 Daemons


Mission: Seize Ground
Deployment: Dawn of War
Results: Chaos: 2 objectives - Imperial: 0 objectives

Heroes:
Col. Schwartzenhammer: severely traumatized by his horrific encounter with Valnir the Reaper - loses 2XP.

Campaign Status:
Chaos victories: 4
Draws: 1
Imperial victories: 1

[Rhiadan]

Terminus Omicron Campaign
Battle of 28. August 2011

Chapter VI - "For Home and Family"
På Terminus Omicron blev situationen mere og mere uholdbar for hver time der gik. Rapporterne om fjendens position og aktivitet tegnede et stadigt mere dystert billede af chancerne for at bringe planeten tilbage under kontrol. Lord Dysante, planetens kejserlige guvernør, blev nærmest panisk angst ved tanken om, hvad kaosinfestationen ville gøre ved planetens økonomiske vækst og hans personlige indtægt. Selv om Dysante var en financielt ansvarlig guvernør og en ganske habil exoøkonom, så var han på ingen måde en kujon eller en mand, hvis rigdomme man kunne forvente at rane uden kamp. Hans titel som øverstbefalende for planetens lokale defence force var heller ikke kun en æresbevisning. Han tilbød derfor at stille sine planetary defence force troopers til rådighed for Lord Castellan Ursus Crassus som en del af the Rothwold 56th Jannisars of the Imperial Guard. Crassus accepterede straks tilbuddet, der med et slag bragte hans regiment næsten op på fuld styrke. I forvejen var der blevet inducted så mange indfødte Omicronians, at de oprindelige tropper fra Rothwold var i undertal. Lord Dysantes status blandt de lokale kunne måske udnyttes til at inspirere dem til endnu større mod. Dysante fik samtidig tildelt rang af colonel i the Imperial Guard. Med de nye tropper beordrede Ursus Crassus Lord Dysante til at genindtage ruinbyen Lands End, der var blevet tabt i invasionens indledende fase. For at støtte den nyligt etablerede kommandostruktur blev col. Arnold Schwartzenhammer sendt med indsatsstyrken. Schwartzenhammer havde netop ved bionisk implantering overvundet sine svære kvæstelser for dæmonprinsen Valnirs hånd i forsvaret for Aleph Major.

I Lands End havde Death Guard marinerne forladt byen. Ikke en eneste levende sjæl var der at finde. Dem kampene ikke havde fået ram på var omkommet i den pest, der var blevet udløst af de pestilente invasionstropper. Herefter havde chaosdæmoner opsporet de sidste overlevende ved at snuse sig frem til deres sjæles fært i æteren. For at ruste indsatsstyrkens tropper til at modstå det usunde miljø var de blevet inokuleret med den mest potente antibiotiske cocktail kejserlig sanitet kunne tilbyde. Cheflægen spøgte med, at man kunne indoperere døde rotter i maven på tropperne uden at de ville få betændelse af det.

Byen var forladt, men langt fra uden vogtere. Så snart Lord Dysante og col. Schwartzenhammers tropper nåede byens udkant materialiserede byens forsvarsstyrke sig. Dæmoner.

IG vandt rullet for første tur, men valgte at lade den gå til dæmonerne. Dæmonhæren havde valgt en alt eller intet strategi med alle hærens bedste enheder i the preferred wave, men fik desværre the unprefered wave ind først. Den bestod af 3 units af plaguebearers, der alle forsøgte at lande i nærheden af dæmonobjektivet.

Father Nurgle var blevet voldsomt misfornøjet med dæmonerne, da de havde tilsidesat hans direktiv om, at alle dæmonsquads skal have det uhellige antal på 7. Han viste sin misfornøjelse ved at lade en af de 3 første dæmonsquads forsvinde i the warp. Hvilken ironi.

IG-hæren rykkede frem med de 3 sentinels forrest. Kejserlig ildkraft formåede ikke at skabe tab hos dæmonerne. Den store styrke af guardsmen holdt sig tilbage pga. en slem fornemmelse om, at der måske ville komme flere dæmoner til. Heldigvis gav the Officer of the Fleet dæmonerne -1 til deres  reserverul. Næste tur forsøgte dæmonernes leder at materialisere sig lige mellem IGhærens to command squads med Lord Dysante og col. Schwartzenhammer. Nurgles misfornøjelse ramte dog også ham, og han blev forsinket til næste tur i the warp. Den fæle Blight Drone var knap så heldig, og forsvandt ganske og aldeles i the warp. Trods aldrig Nurgle! – hvis du er en dæmon. Dæmonprinsen Be'Lakor scatterede 10" og endte helt på kanten af bordet. Han var dog stadig på banen og havde vinger, så han fløj hurtigt frem over det smalle bord og fik ram på kejserens plasmasentinel.

Han blev dog skudt grundigt til slagger af store mængder plasma- og meltaskud fra de tapre menige guardsmen. Den sidste plaguebearer squad materialiserede sig nær hvor Be'Lakors rygende ruin af en krop lå, men blev straks angrebet og nedkæmpet af horden af guardsmen.

Mamon kom endeligt på bordet i næste tur, men på grund af IGhærens store fremmarch mod dæmonobjektivet så han sig nødsaget til at lande på egen banehalvdel, hvor forvaringsfangerne under ledelse af fængselsfunktionær Igor Bastenbelt netop var ankommet. De fik en krank skæbne og blev drevet på flugt af Mamon.

Mamon fik derefter ram på en sentinel, og stoppede dermed dens løb mod dæmonobjektivet.  Den anden sentinel blev stoppet i nærkamp med en plaguebearer squad.


I slagets sidste tur løb store dele af IGhæren alt hvad remmer og tøj kunne holde ned mod dæmonobjektivet, men spillet sluttede i tur 5 uden en klar vinder. Hver hær havde bidt sig fast i en del af Lands End.



Imperial Guard glorious army list:
Company Command Squad, planetary governor Lord Dysante w/stubborn & powerfist, regimental standard 85 p.
Company Command Squad, col. Arnold Schwartzenhammer w/power weapon, lascannon, Officer of the Fleet 110 p.
Platoon Command Squad, 2 plasma guns 60 p.
Infantry squad 1, melta gun, sergeant w/power weapon, commissar w/power weapon 115 p.
Infantry squad 2, melta gun, sergeant w/power weapon 70 p.
Infantry squad 3, melta gun sergeant w/power weapon 70 p.
Heavy weapons squad, 3 missile launchers 90 p.
Heavy weapons squad, 3 auto cannons 75 p.
Penal Legion Squad 80 p.
Armoured sentinel w/lascannon, hunter-killer missile 80 p.
Armoured sentinel w/lascannon, hunter-killer missile 80 p.
Armoured sentinel w/plasma cannon, hunter-killer missile 85 p.
I alt 1000 p.

Daemons most foul army list:
Mamon 185 p.
7 Plague Bearers w/Noxious Touch, Instrument of Chaos, Icon of Chaos 145 p.
5 Plague Bearers 75 p.
7 Plague Bearers w/Noxious Touch 115 p.
7 Plague Bearers 105 p.
Blight Drone 125 p.
Be´Lakor, Daemon Prince w/Mark of Tzeentch, Daemonic Flight, Daemonic Gaze, Bolt of Tzeentch, Iron Hide, Unholy Might 250 p.
I alt 1000 p.

Mission: Capture and Control
Deployment: Spearhead
Results: Chaos: 1 objective - Imperials: 1 objective

Heroes:
Col. Schwartzenhammer survives battle - gains 1XP. Lord Dysante survives battle – gains 1XP

Campaign Status:
Chaos victories: 4
Draws: 2
Imperial victories: 1

Pictures courtesy of Master Ciaphas.

[Master Ciaphas]

Terminus Omicron

A planet blighted by war. The Imperium is reeling after several defeats against the Death Guard legion. The forces of Chaos had prior to the invasion infiltrated several local PDF defence centers, causing several areas to fall immediatedly upon the arrival of the Chaos Warhost.

Following the invasion, Terminus Omicron is truly a planet divided.



The west is under the yoke of Chaos occupation, whilst the east is still in the fold of the Imperium, and subservient to Govenor Dysante.

Heroes of the conflict

Chaos: Valnir the Reaper, Daemon Prince of Nurgle

Imperium:
Planetary Governor, Lord Dysante
Col. Arnold Schwartzenhammer
Grey Knights Grand Master Lux Aeternus

Who of these mighty heroes will survive the conflict, and who will fall, remains to be seen...

[Rhiadan]

Endelig en opdatering. Det tog også mange henvendelser fra den onde ånd, før den kom 

Det er næsten umuligt at se chaos-flagene på chaos territorierne. Kunne man ikke få et andet billede tættere på og mere fra siden?

[Rhiadan]

Mens jeg brygger på en opdatering med Apocalypse slaget i går poster jeg lige min hær. Det blev til 4100 pts. combined Imperial Forces.

Planetary Governor Lord Dysante
Col. Arnold Schwartzenhammer
Lord Castellan Ursus Crassus (count as Creed) w/colour sergeant Kell
Col. Stryker von Schlagenfaust (count as Straken)
Grey Knights Grand Master Rector Lux Aeternus
Commissariat Executive Officer (count as Yarrick)
Primaris Psyker
Ministorum Priest
Eversor assassin
Vindicare assassin
15 Grey Knight Terminators
Grey Knight Dreadnought
10 Stormtroopers
Guardsman Marbo
90 guardsmen
Commissar
2 heavy weapons squads
Veteran squad
Penal Legion squad
3 sentinels
8 Rough Riders
Imperial Shield Infantry Company apocalypse formation
Strategic asset: Disruption beacon

[Rhiadan]

Terminus Omicron Campaign
Battle of 9. October 2011

Chapter VII - "Death and Destruction Aplenty"
Mens Kaosstyrkerne bredte sig som en pest over Terminus Omicron og alle planetens våbenføre mænd var blevet mobiliseret og kastet ind I kampen, stod det klart, at slaget ikke kun var en enkelt træfning i Imperiets bagland. Mængden og kvaliteten af ærkefjendens tropper kunne desværre kun betyde én ting: Abaddons 13. Sorte Korstog havde åbnet en ny front mod Imperiet hvor ingen havde ventet det. Afstanden til The Cadian Gate og The Eye of Terror var betydelig, men de svækkede grænser til det immaterielle plan omkring Terminus Omicron gjorde, at Kaosflåderne hurtigt kunne komme frem til planeten. Hurtigere selv end nogen ville have troet muligt i stabilt warpvejr med The Astonomicon skinnende på sit klareste.

Forståelsen kom sent til de kejserlige strategos, men svaret faldt prompte. Generalmobilisering. Fuldt udfald fra Aleph Major. Orbitalt bombardement med taktiske nukleare sprænghoveder af kendte og mistænkte fjendtlige positioner. Alle sekundære prioriteter irrelevante. Civile tabstal <100% acceptable.

Under udfaldet fra Aleph Major kom de kejserlige styrker hurtigt i kontakt med fjendtlige tropper, der uden nogen havde anet uråd havde samlet sig i betydeligt antal uden for hovedstaden til et angreb.

Vi spillede apocalypsemissionen fra grundbogen med den modifikation, at vi spillede med table halves. Vi havde aftalt den begrænsning på assetet disruption beacon, at den kun virkede inden for 36" og max kunne disrupte enheder 36" væk fra deres nedslagssted. Ellers WYSIWYG og NAS. Kaos bød 6 minutter i deployment bid og Imperials bød 10.

1. tur gik til Kaos, der rykkede frem mod de kejsertro. Death Guard rhino rykkede 18" frem på vejen. Valnir fløj efter. Dæmonerne fik som sædvanlig the unprefered wave ind først og landede på objektiver. Blight drones skød kanonen af en plasmasentinel. Lashsorceror lasher Stryker von Schlagenfaust ud i det åbne, men vindcatorskuddet mod ham misser.





På kejserlig side meltaer infantry blob squad #1 Fallen Angels rhino. Det lykkedes ikke infantry blob squad #2 at assaulte Fallen Angels, der var blevet skudt ud af deres rhino, på grund af et 2"assaultrul gennem difficult terrain. Eversor assassin ruller til gengæld 5" på fleet og assaulter lash sorceror på objective.


Strykers squad meltaer og assaulter vindicator, men den overlever mirakuløst uskadt. Death Guard rhino overlever også al ildkraft, men bliver wrecked af GK dreadnought i cc.

Scheduled bombardement rammer Raptors og Fallen Angels, men kun 1 model dør. Kaos tur 2 ser Mamoms Get ankomme netop uden for rækkevidde af disruption beacon. De beslutter IKKE at despoile det objektiv, de lander på. Klogt siden der kun er 2 objektives i den side, som Kaos står stærkt på.

Plague Hulk bliver disrupted 36" ned i det fjerneste hjørne af slagmarken. Nurgles Herald udløser sin sides strategic asset: Plaguestorm (fra Apoc Reload. Slår en model ihjel, hvis man på 2D6 slår over Toughnes, og fortsætter derefter ubegrænset til andre modeller indtil der er en, der ikke dør). Desværre slår den første model han targeter, et lascannon heavy weapon team, 3 på sit rul og overlever og stopper dermed asset'ets frygtindgydende potentiale.

Death Guard assaulter Ursus Crassus og Kell. Valnir assaulter veteran squad. Fallen Angels assaulter blob squad #2. Raptors skifter kurs og rykker mod Stryker og Dysantes position nær slagmarkens koncentration af objectives. Lash sorceror dør i cc mod Eversor. Blight drone skyder autocannon heavy weapons squad væk. Imperials immobiliserer en Blight Drone og den plasmaløse plasmasentinel assaulter den for at prøve at tage den ud i nærkamp. Det lykkedes ikke. Schwartzenhammer beordrer las-plas-infantry squad til first rank fire – second rank fire på plague bearer squad på objectiv. 1 dør. Umuligt at slå plague bearers ihjel med lasguns. Guardsman Marbo dukker op bag dem og lander sin democharge delvis på sig selv. Plague bearers mister 1 og Marbo overlever.  Blob squad #1 assaulter en plague bearer squad. Rough riders kommer ind fra reserves og assaulter Raptors. De dør alle til de væmmelige hunting lances. Terminators + Lux teleporterer ind på slagmarken nær de 4 objektiver. De får med skydning ram på en obliterator.

Vindicator overlever igen forbløffende meget ildkraft. Scheduled bombardement rammer et objektiv og en blight drone, obliterator og plague bearers, men kun 1 plague bearer dør. Ursus Crassus og co. klarer sig forbløffende godt i cc mod Death Guard. Mest fordi de overlever.

[Rhiadan]

I Kaos tur 3 kommer resten af reserverne ind. Pink horrors deep strke mishapper, så de kommer ind nede ved siden af Plague Hulken.

Fallen Angels terminators + kaos lord bliver disrupted af disruption beacon og lander i en skov, hvor 2 terminators dør til dangerous terrain rul. Vindicator skyder 3 GK terminators væk. Obliterator plasma cannon får også ram på et par stykker. Blight drone skyder Dysante og primaris psyker. Rent insta-death. Mamon laver sin spray cannon på Schwartzenhammers command squad og assaulter derefter. Schwartzenhammer dør igen til en fæl dæmon. Plague bearer squad assaulter las-plas infantry squad. Valnir gør det af med veterans. Plague Hulk, pink horrors og blood letters løber alt hvad remmer og tøj kan holde for at komme ned til noget action og nogle objektiver, men der er langt.

Imperials får de sidste reserver ind. Stormtroopers deep striker ind. Penal legionaires løber Ursus Crassus til undsætning. Håber de på en benådning? Sidste GK terminators lander bag fjendens linier. Desværre langt fra hvor de tilsigtede det. Lidt for tæt på bloodletters. Ups.

2xlascannon sentinels + hunterkiller missiles skyder løs på den frygtede vindicator. Rammer alt. Glancer og penetrerer. Ingen skade. Ak. Resten af blob squad #2 meltaer kaos lord Cypher til døde. Sidste scheduled orbital bombardement rammer den usårlige vindicator, og her fejler dens warpgivne held den endeligt og den wreckes. GK dreadnought charger Death Guard men fejler alt. Ursus Crassus dør endeligt til Death Guard. Penal legion charger ind i kampen. De har rullet psychopaths og har furious charge. Det hjælper desværre ikke nær nok mod Death Guard og de dør. Blob Squad #1 vinder over plague bearers. Lux Aeternus forlader sin squad og løber ned mod Valnir og Death Guard, der ser ud til at kunne overwhelme det hjørne af slagmarken med sit objektiv. Valnir har slået GK dreadnought ihjel i cc og derfor heldigvis ikke i combat længere og dør i skydefasen til masseplasma/melta fra platoon command squad med 3 rapidfiring plasma og stormtrooper squad 1 og 2 med plasma og melta guns.



I Kaos tur 4 skyder obliterators en enlig platoon commander væk fra et objektiv og forhinderer dermed Imperials i at claime. De skyder også to GK Terminators væk fra et andet objektiv, der heller ikke claimes. Overlevende Death Guard med flamer skyder missile launcher squad og får ram på det meste af platoon command squad, der står på et objektiv, og assaulter derefter missile launcher squad.  Bloodletters assaulter GK terminators, der fejler alle rul og dør grusomt.

Mamon assaulter blob squad #1. Kaos terminator lord skyder eversor assassin. Kejserlig tur 4 ser en missile launcher squad løbe fra den tilbageværende Death Guard marine mens Lux Aeternus snubler i ruinerne og ikke når frem.

I Kaos tur 5 dør Plague bearer squad i kamp mod las-plas infantry squad på et kritisk tidspunkt. Mamon knægter den sidste blob squad. Kaos terminator lord prøver at skyde/assaulte den GK terminator squad der står foran ham på et objektiv, men fejler delvist. Den snedige Death Guard marine løber væk fra Aeternus ud af bygningens bagindgang og flamer/assaulter den infantry squad der står og claimer et objektiv, og trækker dem derved væk fra objektivet.

I Kejserlig tur rykker den sejrrige las-plas infantry squad op og contester et dæmonobjektiv. Spillet slutter med Kaos i kontrol af et enkelt objektiv, mens Imperials holder 2 objektiver.


Results: Imperial victory. Apocalypse-slag = 2 territorier erobret.

Heroes:
Lord Dysante: Defeated in combat. Slow recovery. Må ikke deltage I sin hærs næste slag. +1XP da hans side erobrede et territorium.
Col. Schwartzenhammer: Defeated in combat. Head injury. -1 initiativ. +1XP da hans side erobrede et territorium.
Lux Aeternus:  +1XP for at overleve. +1XP for ikke at have fået wounds. +1XP da hans side erobrede et territorium. +3XP i alt.
Valnir the Reaper: Slain. Slow recovery. Må ikke deltage I sin hærs næste slag. +1XP for at slå en fjendtlig enhed ihjel.
Necrodemus: +1XP for at overleve. +1XP for ikke at have fået wounds. +1XP for at have slået en fjendtlig enhed ihjel. +3XP i alt.

Vi bruger det heltesystem vi udviklede til What Price Victory kampagnen, blot med den modifikation, at heltene kun stiger et level, når de har tjent XP svarende til deres toughness. Det er der så ikke nogen, der har gjort endnu, men de er næsten alle sammen tæt på. Hver side har 3 kampagnehelte. Kaos mangler endnu at afsløre den sidste.

Campaign Status:
Chaos victories: 4
Draws: 2
Imperial victories: 2

[Master Ciaphas]

Ak og ve - så tæt på et draw...og havde vi spillet en tur til, så havde vi faktisk nok haft en sejr til kaos' retfærdige styrker!

Nogle billeder af hæren der troppede op til slaget:







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Mvh
Master Ciaphas

[Rhiadan]

Terminus Omicron Campaign
Battle of 16. October 2011

Chapter VIII - "Breakout at Sector 14"
En af det 13. Korstogs lokale Kaoskommandører på Terminus Omicron, Nurgle sorceroren Necrodemus., havde lagt en snedig plan for at vende Imperiets seneste stærke succes i oplandet til Aleph Major til et grumt nederlag. Han havde på snedig vis overlevet det katastrofale slag, som blev anført af Lord Typhus. Typhus havde forladt planetens overflade i afsky og sad og skumlede i mørket på hans Chaos Grand Cruiser mens han grundede over hvorfor han tilsyneladende havde tabt Nurgles gunst. Necrodemus på den anden side følte at dette fravær var hans store chance. Han tog kommandoen over de flygtende Kaosstyrker og samlede dem til en lille men stålsat gruppe, der skulle skære de kejserlige forsyningslinier over og dermed stoppe deres fremmarch mod Kaosstyrkernes landingssted. Han havde fra sine allierede i the Warp fået at vide, at Imperial Sector 14 var det sted, som nemmest kunne overløbes af en lille og mechaniseret styrke.

Uden Necrodemus' vidende havde col. Schwartzenhammer, Imperiets helt, fået underretning af sine spioner om, at Kaosangrebet var på vej mod hans forsyningslinier. Han beordrede øjeblikkeligt en del af sine sejrrige styrker at vende om og stillede sig selv i spidsen for dem for at møde fjenden på slagmarken.

Der blev spillet Seize Ground med 4 objektiver og Dawn of War deployment. IG valgte at deployere først og tog første tur. Kaos valgte ikke at deployere nogen enheder på bordet.

Overview top of turn 1:


Kaosgutterne rykker på bordet nede i det ene hjørne i samlet flok.


Et højtstående medlem af Terminus Omicrons High Commissariat (count as Yarrick) har benyttet IG tur 1 til at rykke frem i den store bygning i midten af slagmarken sammen med sin squad. Der claimer de et af objektiverne.


En Chaos Sorceror har dog andre planer med dem, og lasher dem ud af bygningen, hvorefter en vindicator lobber et skud i hovedet på dem og dræber 14 guardsmen. Av! Den resterende squad rykker hidsigt frem og får som hævn ram på sorceroren med meltaskud og instakiller ham. Nu står de så til gengæld lidt uheldigt i forhold til resten af kaoshæren.


Necrodemus, Nurgle Sorceror og Chaos Fanboy Extraordinaire, kører galt i sin rhino, men stiger ud og rykker frem med Dødsdrengene. De engagerer Resten af IG squaden og nedkæmper dem brutalt, hvorefter de rykker ind i ruinen for at claime objektivet.


Count as Yarrick fejler igen sit Ironwill-rull (se chapter VII) og må fjernes som casualty. I mellemtiden har den næste store IG squad rykket ind i bygningen,  og de og hele resten af IG hæren skyder på Necrodemus og drengene og får mere end halveret deres antal. Necrodemus lykkes dog med at nedkæmpe IGerne i bygningen og den enlige overlevede Death Guard lykkes med at claime bygningens objektiv. Det sker dog på bekostning af Necrodemus eget liv, da col. Schwartzenhammer får sendt et lascannonskud efter dem. Necrodemus vælger at tage hittet, da Death Guardens død vil forhindre Kaos i at claime det ene objektiv og dermed tabe dem spillet. Lidt ukarakteristisk heltemod og selvopofrelse for den større sag fra Kaos her.

Penal Legion squaden med psychopaths infiltrerer ind fra siden og angriber obliteratoren i nærkamp. Efter at have rullet meget under snit i 2 ture og pænt meget under snit i 1 tur bukker de under og løber. De fik kun lavet et wound på obliteratoren.

Andetsteds på slagmarken står en platoon command squad med 2 plasmaguns og claimer et objektiv, lige indtil 3 Chaos Terminators deep striker ned ved siden af dem. De vælger dog at skyde plasmasentinellen i stykker og bliver som tak plasmaet til døde alle 3 af command squadens plasmahelvede.


Det lykkes endelig IG firebasen med en missile launcher heavy weapon squad og en company command squad med lascannon og col. Schwartzenhammer samt en lascannonsentinel at sprænge Chaos vindicatoren i luften.

En Fallen Angels squad, der er blevet skudt ud af deres rhino af den anden lascannonsentinel forsøger at claime endnu et objektiv, men den djærve sentinel engagerer dem i nærkamp, og de formår ikke at bringe den ned, heller ikke med hjælp fra obliterator Demetrius og hans powerfist.


Spillet slutter efter tur 7 med Kaos og Imperials hver i besiddelse af et objektiv.

Results: Tactical draw. Imperials vinder tie-roll og erobrer territoriet, samt pligten til at skrive battle report. *suk*

Heroes:
Col. Schwartzenhammer: +1XP da hans side erobrede et territorium, +1XP for at overleve, +1XP for ikke at have fået wounds, + 1XP for at hans squad skød Necrodemus. +4 XP i alt. Med i alt optjente 6 XP steg Schwartzenhammer 2 levels og rullede 2xSkilled Warrior på advancement-tabellen. Han valgte at få skills'ene Stealth og Fearless.
Necrodemus: Slain by lascannonshot. Serious Injury = -1 Toughness og -1 Wounds permanent. +1XP for at slå Yarrick ihjel, +1XP for at slå en blob squad ihjel. +2XP i alt, hvilket er nok til at stige et level. Rullede også Skilled Warrior på advancement-tabellen og valgte Eternal Warrior.

Campaign Status:
Chaos victories: 4
Draws: 3
Imperial victories: 2

[Rhiadan]

Terminus Omicron Campaign
Battle of 8. January 2012

Chapter IX - "The Summoner"
Mens de kejserlige styrker rykkede frem over en bred front brugte Grey Knights tiden til at undersøge hvem det var, der igen og igen lukkede de fæle dæmoner ind på det materielle plan. Hvilken fæl vilje var bag de gentagne udbrud på Terminus Omicron af warpbæster?

Inquisitor Dunkelwelle var en specialist i at udfinde kilden til warpforurening. Hans lille følge af psykere var trænet som sporhunde, og med sig havde de en transportabel psi-scanner, der kunne opfange aethersignaler. Efter kort tids feltarbejde stod det klart for Dunkelwelle, at der på planeten befandt sig indtil flere psykere, der var trænet i at hidkalde de ikke-fødtes legioner. Psi-scanneren og hans psykiske sporhunde ledte ham hurtigt på sporet af en af de stærkeste psykere.

Grandmaster Aeternus stillede sig personligt i spidsen for støttestyrken af Grey Knights. Det ville være af stor betydning for krigen, hvis de kunne svække fjendens evne til at hidkalde sine dæmoniske allierede.

Snart indhentede Aeternus' og Dunkelwelles ekspedition en vandrende figur i snavsetblå powerarmour. Han sansede dem og gjorde holdt på en bakke med forladte skyttegrave foran en række forladte bastioner. Han havde indset, at han var blevet opdaget og besluttede at gøre holdt for at kæmpe. Hans øjne begyndte at gløde med et overjordisk lys og hans stemme steg til hylende højder i et dæmonisk hidkalderitual. I takt med at de infernalske allierede dukkede frem på sletten foran ham blev hans livskraft suget væk og hovedet lignede mere og mere et kranium. Han havde ingen mennesker at ofre og kunne kun hente energi fra sin egen krop.

Der blev spillet Capture and Control med 2 objektiver og Dawn of War deployment. GK valgte at deployere sidst så dæmonerne kunne få første tur.

Overview top of turn 1:



Daemons fik for en gangs skyld The Prefered Wave ind først, men en Blight Drone forsøgte at lande oven på Pink Horrors og blev Lost in the Warp. Deployment er virkelig dæmonhærens svage side. Be'Lakor, Daemon Prince of Tzeentch, fik ram på en terminator med sin Bolt of Tzeentch. Horrors kunne ikke gennemtrænge den kraftige rustning med deres skydning.

Aeternus ledte en squad af ædle sølverskinnende terminators frem mod den formastelige summoner, der var faldet om i ekstatiske konvulsioner. En hidkaldt gruppe af Plague Bearers havde indtaget de forladte skyttegrave. Næsten alle Pink Horrors blev udryddet med skydning. Vindicare Assassin "Operative XIII" infiltrerede sig ind på sidelinien og sneg sig også ned i en af de forladte skyttegrave, hvor han gjorde klar til at benytte sig af sit dødelige Exitus-arsenal.



De øvrige terminators formåede med rå mængder ildkraft og psy-bolt-ammunition at få ram på Be'Lakor.
Endnu en unit af Plague Bearers kom på bordet, men blev Misplaced under deres deep strike-manøvre. Den udspekulerede GK-spiller satte dem på nede i den fjerne ende af bordet. Selv om de ville have vundet galaktiske guldmedaljer i 100-meter dæmonløb for deres run-moves i resten af spillets ture (slog kun 6-ere), så nåede de aldrig frem til kampen.

Mens Aeternus og hans krigere nedkæmpede Plague Bearerne og tog den bevidstløse Summoner i forvaring steg Nurgles mægtige dæmonprins Mamon ind på slagmarken, hvor han vendte sin opmærksomhed mod den enhed af Grey Knights, der passede på Psi-scanneren.



Operative XIII skød en turbo-penetrator-runde mod Mamon, og tildelte ham 2 wounds. Aeternus indså, at det kun var ham, der havde en chance mod den forfærdelige dæmon og løb så hurtigt han kunne mod den.



Endnu en unit af Plague Bearers dukkede op bag ved Psi-scanneren og dens vogtere. En unit af terminators flyttede sig hen for at blokere deres adgang til scanneren. Hvis dæmonerne kunne få fat i scanneren ville det kraftigt forringe muligheden for at finde andre Kaospsykere.

Mamon angreb de stoiske terminatorer, men formåede i løbet af et par ture ikke at slå mere end 3 ihjel, mens han fik to wounds selv. Snart kom Auternus ilende, og tildelte dæmonen et banesår. Mamon nåede dog også at give Aeternus et enkelt wound.



Spillet sluttede med en massiv sejr til Kejserens Kohorter. Dunkelwelle selv havde dog måttet lade livet, men en af hans psykere overlevede til at fortsætte jagten.

Heroes:
Aeternus: +1XP da hans side erobrede et territorium, +1XP for at overleve, + 1XP for at slå Plague Bearers ihjel, +1XP for at slå Mamon ihjel., +1 for at erobre et territorie: +4 XP i alt. Med i alt optjente 7 XP steg Aeternus et level og rullede Skilled Warrior på advancement-tabellen. Han valgte at få Preferred Enemy som skill.

Campaign Status:
Chaos victories: 4
Draws: 3
Imperial victories: 3

[Master Ciaphas]

Ak og ve. Sikken en kamp. Det stod grueligt til, og terningerne eller heldet var der bare ikke idag. Chaos Daemons har det virkeligt op ad bakke mod de fæle Grey Knights...

Mvh
Master Ciaphas

[Master Ciaphas]

Og således skete det, at Imperiet langsomt, men sikkert, begyndte at reetablere sin indflydelse over den krigshærgede planet.

Nedenfor ses fordelingen af landområder:

Purple: Chaos
Red: Imperium



Stay tuned, for the next instalment.

[Brother Panis]

Det ser godt, omend den lilla er lidt svær at se, men det er måske fordi der ikke er så mange lilla flag

/Niels