The Battle of Four points

2500 points Black Scorpions vs Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii

4 Objectives

The result:  1 controlled by the Black Scorpions, 1 held by the Skitarii with 2 others barely contested by the Admech forces.


General Synopsis:

A brutal, quick game. The Black Scorpions managing to avoid serious casualties in the opening turn. A scout squad charging toward an objective took 60% Casualties and a Dreadnought had it's assault cannon shot off. Retaliation was swift, A demolisher was blown to pieces, a leman russ had it's cannon ripped off by well placed krak grenades. An unfornate vindicator drive managed to crash his vindicator, immobilising it, rendering it useless.

The following turn saw another round of fire from the Skitarii, shells, lasers, plasma guns. Several spacemarines fell and some vehicles suffering stunned or shaken results. Again a dissapointing result for the Imperials. The remants of the scout squad contiued fighting on, taking out a sentinel in close combat.

As the turns continued the Space Marines proved their worth, for example, a 5 man combat squad holding the entire left flank by themselves. The casualties began to mount for the imperials, a valkyrie was shot out of the sky, more sentinels fell, Dreadnoughts took their toll on the guardsmen in the open. Things began to look grim.


In the closing turns the imperials made a final push toward two objectives. 30 men supported by a chimera pushed into a ruined cathedral. The result was a blood bath, all 30 men were slaugtered but not before taking down 8 marines  in a torrent of plasma and melta fire. The objective contested by a stubborn chimera.

The Commander of the imperials made a desperate charge toward the Bastion in the middle contesting the objective with milimeters to spare. The game ended there as night fell *(or as the roll to continue was a 2)

Overall it was a draw. The casualties however, were much higher for the skitarii, These two armies will meet again, the grudge running deep. The Skitarii commander would have to think of new tactics, and he's running out of men and material.

MAN/UNIT OF THE MATCH?

It would have to be the scout squad! They were down to 4 men in the first 20 seconds of the game, but they kept their cool and managed the following!: Stunning a Chimera, destroying a Leman Russ Battle Cannon, killing two sentinels, and an entire squad of guardsmen..... all after being reduced to 4 men.