Initial Contact: Hive Fleet BahMuhl vs. The Horde of Mual'Baeth.
Control of the derelict Manufactorums on the plains gave the Tyranid forces superior numbers in the first fight of the campaign, while the command and control network of the Horde failed to give any significant benefits to the forces of Chaos, though the power supplied by their generators ment their forcers would be swift and sure tto seize the initiative. (Tyranids +150 points til de 1750 som spillet var sat til, Chaos failed 4+ roll for at få USR, men får +3 til starting og reserve rolls)
The two forces were eager to find surviving guardsmen from the scattered Planetary Defence Force, to extort and torture into revealing secrets of the planetary layout and distribution of enemy forces, whether or they were wounded, dying or insane, they would be found, and the truth they would eventually reveal would surely doom the planet further...
Two wounded PDF-gaurdsmen were located simultaneously by the Hive Minds Pheromone senses and the archo-scanners of the Horde of Mual'Baeth, and it became a race and a fight to claim and control this vital source of intelligence.
The battlefield:
The Mual'Baeth ordered his men to lead the assault, while he waited to see what enemy awaited them.
Chaos deployment:
(notice the single wounded PDF-guardsman standing in the middle of the Life-Wardens of Mual'baeth)
The Tyranid Menace held everything in reserve, waiting for the Chaotic forces to commit everything to the field... The horde of Mual'Baeth slowly advanced, waiting for signs of the enemy, or the arrival of the reserves...
Chaos Turn 2:
The reserves arrived, taking a solid position in the central building complex, overlooking the battlefield, while The Mual'Baeth himself led the flank, followed by the Prophet, and a Rhino filled with the host of Mual'Baeth.
The Tyranid menace finally showed itself, with the arrival of a dozen broods of vicious creatures, both flying, running and hovering, while some arrived by fleshy spore behind the lines of the Horde of Mual'Baeth...
The ensuing rain of Psychic bolts, and living ammunition saw the destruction of the rhino carrying the second part of the host, the Chariot and most of the Life-Wardens of Mual'Baeth...
The retribution was swift and wicked, with Cadre Mon, First Disciple and the Heralds of Mual'Baeth making short work of the devourers of the plains, who only moments before had decimated the Life-Wardens.
The Tyranid horde advanced further, and the Cursed children of Calivieri made short work of the host of Mual'Baeth, while the Vanguards of the Horde ran towards the Heralds and First Disciple... The two remaining Terminators of Mual'baeth charged the Lances of the Warp, holding them locked in the remnants of the Chariot of Mual'baeth, not with any hope of killing them, but buying the Prophet of Mual'baeth enough time to close in on the Horde of BahMuhl...
The Heralds and First Disciple made short work of the Vanguards of the Horde:
The Cursed Children of Calivieri charged the remainig Heralds and the First Disciple, cutting them down in a few moments of vicious hand-to-hand combat, while the Terrors of Starspire charged and killed one of the remaining terminators:
The first host of the Mual'Baeth were close to the second wounded guardsman, but the foul flying ammunition of the Hive Guards sent their rhino crashing into the ground, and the volley of fire from the Devourer-armed Carnifex and the Warp Blasts from the Shields of the Warp sent them diving for cover...
In the last moments before the end of the battle, the last of the terminators and the Heralds were cut down, and the Terrors of Starspire jumped upon the remaining Life-Warden, while the Lances of the Warp sent sizzling bolts flying into the rear of the Prophet and the Tyrant of the Ashes crashed into the last remaining member of the host of Mual'Baeth, cutting him down with vicious claws...
The Cursed Children of Calivieri had taken the one remaining PDF-gaurdsman, and with the death of the last of his Host, Mual'Baeth knew the battle was lost...
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Cirka hær-lister:
Deamon Prince, Wings, Wind of Chaos
Lord + Cykel, MoS, Deamon Weapon
4 Cykler, 2 MG, 1 PF
2x10 CSM, 2 MG, Icon, Rhino
7 Noise Marines, Icon, Rhino, havoc launcher
Defiler, possessed
Vindicator, possessed
5 Terminators, 3 CMG, 1 Reaper/CF, 1 LC
Total: 1750
vs:
Hive Tyrant, Wings, Hive Commander
2x3 Zoans +1 pod (DS)
3 Hive Guards
6 Warriors RC/ST, Toxin Sacs (Outflanking)
18 Genestealers, Toxin Sacs (Outflanking)
16 Devilgaunts + pod (DS)
11 Termagants
3 Shrikes, RC/ST, Toxin Sacs
Dakkafex
Total: 1900
2 objectives, deployed i quarters. Endte 1-0 til Tyranids