Waking Dead

We played our Battlefleet Gothic game not long after I got back from Germany, but I’ve only just got round to writing it up – sorry! Anyway, the Forces of Order won out but it was a pretty close battle. Well, close enough considering me and Mark R had the handicap of the Orks on our side!

As usual, here’s the battle report from Mike:

Bigtoof Irongob was bored stuck up on the Terror Ship alone. Most of the boyz had gone down to surface for looting and there’d been nothing to shoot or fight up hear since the humie’s ran off. He kicked a Gretchin that was standing too close; the little critter scurried off, letting out a list of profanities that would make a greater daemon of Slannesh blush.

“Kaptin,” shouted the pilot, “we got a new contact moving in from the edge o’ the system.” “On screen now,” shouted Irongob. Strange organic vessels appeared – a large battleship and over a dozen smaller vessels. “Order the ships to attack and if those Chaos boyz want to help they can do.”

The battle went poorly for the Orks. After thirty minutes of fighting they had lost three cruisers and half a dozen escort ship for the loss of a few Tyranid vessels, but they still outnumbered the Tyranid ships, and the Chaos fleet was on its way to intercept.

The Terror rocked again as another blast shocked the power fields. “Bloody looted shield generators.” He got on the horn to his boss Mek, “Oi! Put more nailz in us before we fall apart.”

“Kaptin! More contacts from the edge of the system,” shouted the pilot. “Two week’s of nuffin’ and now everyone turns up,” grumbled the kaptin. “Put ‘em on screen.”

The Imperial fleet appeared on the grimy screen, with the massive Emperor class starship and Battle Barge leading the fleet. The Chaos, Ork and Tyranid fleets all sat silently for a while, and then moved together towards the enemy.

After four hours of bitter fighting the battle was won by the Forces of Order. They managed to destroy most of the enemy fleet with short ranged firepower coupled with devastating torpedoes and bombing runs.

Note: In the final battle the Battle Barge will be able to target the battle below and use it’s Bombard Cannon to saturate the area.

Master of Fleet Gannius stood on the bridge as the last enemy ship was destroyed or fled into Warp. The plan had worked almost perfectly and the planet had been retaken with minimum losses. He was tempted to turn his guns on the remainder of the Tau fleet but he agreed that for their help they would evacuate the remaining ground troops and leave the system.

“My lord,” said one of the servitors nearby, “we have collected Brother Captain Stern’s rescue pod and he wishes to speak to Commander Dante.” “Inform the commander and send an escort to see to it.” Gannius sat back in his command chair, instantly picking up every last detail of the ship’s status and feeling the machine sprit within. “Move the ship into orbit and contact 3rd Company; we need to know where to make the drop.”

Within two hours all preparations had been made and hundreds of Drop Pods, Thunderhawks, and Arvus Lighter transport vehicles streaked towards the planet and the awaiting Ork horde – including the captured Titan.

So there you have it; its still all to play for in the game of Epic: Armageddon, coming up on Easter Monday.

Oh, and lastly, I’ve finally starting painting my Elysian Drop Troops for Conflict North. Hopefully I’ll have something to show by Sunday night.