Apothis Hive: The defense of Hab block 1

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Barathiel, Sergeant of Deathwing squad Luminus, reporting to Chief librarian Ezekiel

 I come to report on the progress of the campaign for the defense of the Apothis Hive. 

Our battlegroup understood the hab block 1 to be a priority target of the xenos and we set out to despatch them. The scout squad of Sergent Dyer suggested numerous bioforms, hormagaunts, termagaunts, and genestealers synapse creatures such as a broodlord and several tyranid warriors. the clouds of spores suggestsed venomthropes, and some burrowers, as well as several larger bioforms carnifexes, a mawlock, and a dreaded exocrine.

Meanwhile the rapdily asembled battlegroup included

captain dantarael, leading his inner circle companions, with apothecary Virchow

Lt. Asphodex and the intercessors of squad epsilon

outriders led by sergent Terek

Sergent dyer and the scout squad

redemptor draednaught Placidus

I sergent barathael lead deathwing squad 

Dantarael first glimpse of the xenos

Sgt. Dyer has infiltrated to the top of the catherdral of St. Andros

The ravening horde

 

T1

Dantarael advances with the inner circle. he orders a mighty advance on all fronts. the scouts pepper the hormagaunts with heavy bolter rounds. Outriders gun engines, while Placidus the dreadnaught slowly advances.

pict capture of the swarm of xenos scum, the advance into the basilicum of Lady Curia

exocrine unleashes a blast wiping out the intercessors 

warrior bioforms take aim

termagaunts unleash devourerer rounds at the scouts.

the brood lord and the genstealers charge the outriders, but cant kill the whole squad. carnifex advances.

Da bikes advance, shooting

Tyr bikes tagged in melee, everything advance, intercessors die

T2

with a blinding blue white flash the terminators of squad luminus arrive and unleash mass reactive rounds on the carnifex.

the scouts continue to lay down fire with the heavy bolter ringing out.

emerging from below the raveners and the Mawlock burrow from below

exocrine shifts its focus to Dantarael aquad.

advancing termagaunts unleash devourers under the protection of the venomthropes spore cloud

The carnifex charges slathering into the redemptor, the hormagaunts charge the Inner circle and Cpt dantarael. 

broodlord tyranids and carnifex can't scratch the redemptors thick ceramite

the hormagaunts swarm dantarael and the icc., with lt aspodex and apothecary virchow caught in the melee

Da termies arrive, bikes die, redemptor joins melee on genestealers

Tyr mawlock and raveners arrive, hormaguants tag captain and ICC, carnifex tags redemptor

T3

Sergent Dyer's scouts fire at the venomthropes killing one,

Capt Dantarael and his squad slay the remaining hormagaunts, with the help of Lt Asphodex. Over vox link he orders deathwing to initiate mortis protocols against the synapic leader beast. Broodlord must die!

Lifting the carnifex with its powerfist the redemptor crushes its skull spraying its gore and tossing the body aside. Meawhile the broodlord with stands the furious onslaught of the Deathwing. carapace nearly broken by withering blows, while maging to take down one member of squad luminus,

T3 tyr

the mawloc and raveners solwly advance on Dantarael and brethren

the termagaunts desecrate the imperial remains in the sanctum.

warriors reposition, while the broodlord falls back but cant get out of line of sight

Exocrines bioplasma no match for redemptor armor.

the mawlock and the raveners assault the marrines...

... and make short work of them. raveners burrow .

T4

Squad Luminus fires into the sanctum. "Purge the alien!"

Charging its plasma the redemtor guns down the broodlord who convulses in a puddle in the street. the scouts continue to plink away at the nearest squad.

the mawlock chases down the terminators, and charges.

the raveners emerge from burrowing, but fail their charge. the mawlock scores several hits. 

At the end of turn 4 the writing is on the wall for the Dark angels, who can't score enough to win but are not yet tabled.

Campaign glory points

xenos 4 (win 3, Warlord 1)

Imperium (loss 1, warlord 1)

I barathael, report that the remains of the captain and our brothers were collected and may be battle ready at some point aft the ministrations of the apothecaries while squad luminus was saved by dreadnaught. the scouts called gunship support and some of the civilians saved but not enough to win the day.

We shall report to the reclusium for repentance and prepare for the next engagement.