Mood: accident prone
Army List
Space Marines
Commander -60
Boltgun
Tactical Squad (10) 161
1 Heavy Bolter
1 Flamer
Tactical Squad (6) - 106
1 Rocket Launcher
1 Flamer
Sergeant w/ bolt pistol and power sword
Total: 327
Tyranids
Termagaunts (8) - 72 pnts
Flesh Borers
Without Numbers
Genestealers (8) - 160 pnts
Scything Talons
Warriors (3) - 96 pnts
Scything Talons
Rending Claws
Leaping
Total: 328
Backstory: Hive Fleet Tritan has begun its infestation of Harogath V, a small mining planet. The emperor has sent the Ultramarines to counter the hive fleet. A small patroll of Ultramarines encounter a fraction of the hive fleet near old ruins, infested by the Tyranids.
Nids won the first move (damn)
TURN 1
Tyranids:
Move Tactically (no shooting on their part)
Some decent fleet of foot rolls (3 for genestealers and 5 for termagaunts)
Marines:
Run for cover. Smaller squad and commander tries to get around building to avoid shots from termagaunt. Larger squad attempts to find cover whilst staying out of range of the genestealers. No shots were fired due to being out of range. Moving was a possible tactical error, but we'll see.
TURN 2
Tyranids
Warriors move toward cover attempting to close the gap between them and the large tactical squad. Genestealers run at the 10 man tactical squad. Termagaunts take cover inside the ruins and fire twice at the smaller tactical squad. Shots bounce harmlessly.
Marines
Both tactical squads focus their fire on the genestealers. A marine fires his missle launcher, yet misses totally. The small squad takes careful aim and fires at the genestealers, eliminating two of them. A third genestealer peeps his head above the crashed land speeder as a bolt rips his face in half. The heavy bolter fires into the brood of genestealers downing two more.
TURN3
Tyranids
Termagaunts fire their fleshborers at the smaller squad. Living ammunition kicks in getting an addional chance to wound. A single marine dies a very painful death. The three remaining genestealers assault the larger tactical squad as the warriors leap in to engage. A genestealer immediately rips out the heart of a single marine, however all other attacks miss or are too weak to injure the marines. Excited for battle, the Tyranid warriors fling themselves haphazardly at the marines, missing every slash.
Marines
The marine with the missle launcher takes careful aim at the ruins and hits them dead center, killing 5 termagants. The tactical squad in combat takes advantage of the Tyranid warrior's random flailing and kills 2 of them. The Commander, obviously not suited to lead this detachment, completely misses every shot at the termagants.
TURN 4
Tyranids
The only effective genestealer in the brood guts a space marine while the other two lightly graze their armor. The remaining warrior sticks his rending claw through another marine killing him instantly.
Marines
The small tactical squad advance on the ruins killing all remaining gaunts with a flamer and bolter fire. The assaulting marines down two genestealers.
TURN 5
Tyranids
Another brood of termagants arrives. Both the warrior and the genestealer prove useless in melee and miss all of their attacks. A space marine lands a solid blow on the warrior giving him a wound.
Marines
The smaller tactical squad joins the melee and assaults the warrior killing him.
The remaining squad members from the larger tactical squad finish off the genestealer.
MARINES WIN!
The nids have lost their infestation site at the ruins, however, the true strength of Hive Fleet Triton has yet to be witnessed. The Ultramarines buckle down and prepare for even harder fights to come.
Updated: Friday, 30 November 2007 2:31 AM CST
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