Post by tturen on Jul 29, 2007 6:45:20 GMT 1
Apologies to all as I could not get the pictures to come up with the report and had to resort to these lousy links... You can see the same report on the Heresy site with the correct pics.
Scenerio: 2000 points. Shas'O Travall's hunter cadre has found itself the target of a well planned Orkish raid. Even the ruins the cadre was sent to investigate are booby trapped but the ever warry Travall is not taken completely by surprise.
Both armies have taken up positions in the rocks and ruins with the Orks three Gobsmashas and warbikes in the forground and a squadron of buggies in the background. The Tau have arrived with a fully supported reaction force of well rounded units. "http://server3.uploadit.org/files/tturen-Start12.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by UploadIt.org" /></a>
Orks turn one: "http://server3.uploadit.org/files/tturen-Turn1.jpg"
The Orkish horde arrives in an armoured wave and sweeps across the landscape in an enveloping green tide. An advanced team of fire warriors finds themselves beset by a cunningly concealed minefield (far background in the high ruins). Multiple explosion ripp through the squad and a supporting group of two crisis battlesuits. The explosion shreds a protective shield drone and two fire warriors. With explosions revealing the positions of the battle suits an buggies multimelta finds its mark and consumes one the crisis suits as well as a another fire warrior. Nostrag himself takes aim at the remaining battlesuit but finds his prized custom shoota jammed. His two dreadnoughts and his squadron of gobsmashas send round after round into a small squad of pathfinders caught by surprise and in the open (center of the Tau line). The squad is quickly annihilated by the combined fire. A squad of nobs with lazcannons also finds its mark and a crackshot smashes into the turret of the far hammerhead causing the weapon to malfunction. The shock attack gun also misfires as it targets the yet functional hammerhead.
With most of the Tau army in hiding the Orks are at a loss for further targets and continue their onslaught.
Tau Turn 1: "http://server3.uploadit.org/files/tturen-Turn2.jpg"
The needn’t wait long however as the Tau quickly return fire. A fullisade of 18 pulse rifles quickly reduce the fast attack elements of the horde as three warbikes are riddled with rounds near board). Further pulse rifle fire from accompanying squads takes down a buggy (far board) and the near hammerhead finds the soft guts inside the armoured shell of the nearest gobsmasha. A Broadside suit also sends a buggy wheeling out of control. Commander Travall sweeps forward (nearest battlesuit) and lays four orks low. His prized squad of stealthsuits with its supporting gundrones flanks the Orks (foreground) butmearly sends a wildly aimed spray of burstcannon fire into the foliage. A squad of Vespids bursts skyward into the noon sun to end the turn.
Orks Turn 2: UploadIt.org" /></a>="http://server2.uploadit.org/files/tturen-Turn3.jpg"
The Orks continue to advance and suffer their own round of wild shooting save for a warbikes autocannons that send a grey battlsuit into the afterlife and a gobsmashas battlecannon that strays into two firewarriors. Adding to the injury of poor shooting a squad of Bloodaxe commandos find their charge into the far hammerhead had left them exposed right in front of its heavy guns…
Tau Turn 2:="http://server3.uploadit.org/files/tturen-Turn32.jpg"
The Tau send yet another round of withering fire into the Orkish hoard. Explosions blossom across the battfield as the Tau move forward to meet the advancing Orks with fire at point blank range. Crisis suits leap forward to send fusion blasters into the souls of the steel beast and the Vespids descend from on high into the midst of the lazcannon armed nobs. Sniper drones add to carnage as they hullshot a gobsmasha. The near hammerhead and the broadsides together overload the custom forcefield of an advancing dreadnought. The far crisis suits rains plasma fire into the remaining buggies aided by well aimed pulse rifle fire from the fire warriors. The stealthsquads quickly redeems itself and its fire tears apart a squad of orks (forground).
Orks Turn 3:="http://server3.uploadit.org/files/tturen-End.jpg"
By the time Nostrag unjamms his custom shoota things are looking grim even to the grizzled old Ork. His Gobsmashas are all gutting flames, his bikes and buggies are wreckage strewn across both flanks. The dreadnoughts once the center of his line have been blasted asunder with one legless and thrashing about. Little remains of one once powerful horde. Yet continue on he does. He aims fires at yet another battlesuits and is left to spin off Orkish curses as his shoota jams yet again. For Nostrag it’s the last straw as he orders a retreat. He takes solice only in the visage of a grey battlesuit frozen in mid motion as snottlings to the horror of its pilot materialize inside the suit. They at least are left to hunger no more.
Scenerio: 2000 points. Shas'O Travall's hunter cadre has found itself the target of a well planned Orkish raid. Even the ruins the cadre was sent to investigate are booby trapped but the ever warry Travall is not taken completely by surprise.
Both armies have taken up positions in the rocks and ruins with the Orks three Gobsmashas and warbikes in the forground and a squadron of buggies in the background. The Tau have arrived with a fully supported reaction force of well rounded units. "http://server3.uploadit.org/files/tturen-Start12.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by UploadIt.org" /></a>
Orks turn one: "http://server3.uploadit.org/files/tturen-Turn1.jpg"
The Orkish horde arrives in an armoured wave and sweeps across the landscape in an enveloping green tide. An advanced team of fire warriors finds themselves beset by a cunningly concealed minefield (far background in the high ruins). Multiple explosion ripp through the squad and a supporting group of two crisis battlesuits. The explosion shreds a protective shield drone and two fire warriors. With explosions revealing the positions of the battle suits an buggies multimelta finds its mark and consumes one the crisis suits as well as a another fire warrior. Nostrag himself takes aim at the remaining battlesuit but finds his prized custom shoota jammed. His two dreadnoughts and his squadron of gobsmashas send round after round into a small squad of pathfinders caught by surprise and in the open (center of the Tau line). The squad is quickly annihilated by the combined fire. A squad of nobs with lazcannons also finds its mark and a crackshot smashes into the turret of the far hammerhead causing the weapon to malfunction. The shock attack gun also misfires as it targets the yet functional hammerhead.
With most of the Tau army in hiding the Orks are at a loss for further targets and continue their onslaught.
Tau Turn 1: "http://server3.uploadit.org/files/tturen-Turn2.jpg"
The needn’t wait long however as the Tau quickly return fire. A fullisade of 18 pulse rifles quickly reduce the fast attack elements of the horde as three warbikes are riddled with rounds near board). Further pulse rifle fire from accompanying squads takes down a buggy (far board) and the near hammerhead finds the soft guts inside the armoured shell of the nearest gobsmasha. A Broadside suit also sends a buggy wheeling out of control. Commander Travall sweeps forward (nearest battlesuit) and lays four orks low. His prized squad of stealthsuits with its supporting gundrones flanks the Orks (foreground) butmearly sends a wildly aimed spray of burstcannon fire into the foliage. A squad of Vespids bursts skyward into the noon sun to end the turn.
Orks Turn 2: UploadIt.org" /></a>="http://server2.uploadit.org/files/tturen-Turn3.jpg"
The Orks continue to advance and suffer their own round of wild shooting save for a warbikes autocannons that send a grey battlsuit into the afterlife and a gobsmashas battlecannon that strays into two firewarriors. Adding to the injury of poor shooting a squad of Bloodaxe commandos find their charge into the far hammerhead had left them exposed right in front of its heavy guns…
Tau Turn 2:="http://server3.uploadit.org/files/tturen-Turn32.jpg"
The Tau send yet another round of withering fire into the Orkish hoard. Explosions blossom across the battfield as the Tau move forward to meet the advancing Orks with fire at point blank range. Crisis suits leap forward to send fusion blasters into the souls of the steel beast and the Vespids descend from on high into the midst of the lazcannon armed nobs. Sniper drones add to carnage as they hullshot a gobsmasha. The near hammerhead and the broadsides together overload the custom forcefield of an advancing dreadnought. The far crisis suits rains plasma fire into the remaining buggies aided by well aimed pulse rifle fire from the fire warriors. The stealthsquads quickly redeems itself and its fire tears apart a squad of orks (forground).
Orks Turn 3:="http://server3.uploadit.org/files/tturen-End.jpg"
By the time Nostrag unjamms his custom shoota things are looking grim even to the grizzled old Ork. His Gobsmashas are all gutting flames, his bikes and buggies are wreckage strewn across both flanks. The dreadnoughts once the center of his line have been blasted asunder with one legless and thrashing about. Little remains of one once powerful horde. Yet continue on he does. He aims fires at yet another battlesuits and is left to spin off Orkish curses as his shoota jams yet again. For Nostrag it’s the last straw as he orders a retreat. He takes solice only in the visage of a grey battlesuit frozen in mid motion as snottlings to the horror of its pilot materialize inside the suit. They at least are left to hunger no more.
Pictures were a bit small to see much detail, though. Initially it sounded like the orks were off to a great start! Things turned around quickly, though. I do love to see a good orky horde! Thet're fun to fight and play!
