Strike Force mission 3:
The Battlefield:
The White Scars:
Khan on Bike
Librarian with Jump Pack
Tactical Squad with Rhino transport
Bike Squad with Attack Bike
Ironclad Dreadnought with Stormraven transport
The Red Corsairs:
Chaos Lord in Terminator Armour
Exalted Champion
Sorcerer
Chaos Space Marines x 3 units
Hellforged/Chaos Contemptor Dreadnought
White Scars get 2 CP Crusade Blessings.
White Scars Deployment:
1 CP Encirclement on Stormraven. Ironclad carried by Stormraven, Tactical Squad in Rhino on table.
Red Corsairs Deployment:
1 CP Hellforged Contemptor in Strategic Reserves, Terminators in Teleportation Chamber
White Scars go first.
Round 1
White Scars Turn 1
Rhino and Librarian move to near point.
Ride Hard, Ride Fast on Librarian so he is -1 to hit.
Khan and Bike Squad move nearer to the center, staying in cover.
Playing for VP here, trying not to overextend.
Librarian begins action for VP on the objective.
Red Corsairs Turn 1
CSM Squads with Sorcerer and Exalted Champion all advance toward both objectives.
Hellforged Contemptor comes in from Strategic Reserves with a clear shot at the Librarian.
Sorcerer uses 1 CP for Chaos Familiar to swap out Prescience for Warptime.
Casts Warptime and Delightful Agonies on one CSM squad, who then get to move again, onto the near objective.
Another CSM squad has a few guys with LoS on bikers, but score no damage.
Hellforged Contemptor gets a firmware update to become Chaos Contemptor Dreadnought, losing a point of BS. Fails to damage Librarian.
Contemptor tries to charge Librarian. Snake Eyes. Re-roll, 7, fails again.
Round 2
WS turn 2
Score 10 VP for Librarian’s action completion.
Librarian moves away from danger.
Tac Squad hop out of the Rhino.
Rhino moves toward Contemptor.
Khan and Bike Squad want to kill some CSMs and the Exalted Champion, so advance close to them. Hunter’s Fusillade on bikers.
Stormraven comes in from Strategic Reserves near to Contemptor, carrying Ironclad to drop off next turn.
Bikers shoot CSMs. Kill 5.
Tac Squad shoots Contemptor, takes off 2 wounds.
Rhino shoots it, nada.
Stormraven puts missiles, hurricane bolters, and twin heavy bolters into it before it dies.
Fierce Rivalries.
Khan Charges CSMs. 10, success.
Bikers charge CSMs. Success.
Exalted Champion Heroically Intervenes.
Khan fights first, putting everything into Exalted Champion. Kills him. Scores 10 VP for the kill.
Counter-Offensive. CSMs fight Khan. Deal 1 damage.
Bikers fight CSM. Kill 3.
Morale. CSMs fail, 1 runs away, leaving only the Aspiring Champion, who passes attrition.
RC Turn 2
Sorcerer moves closer to the objective.
CSM Squad moves with him.
More Where They Came From. Removes lone Aspiring Champion and replaces that unit elsewhere at full strength. In position to shoot Librarian.
Chaos Lord and Terminators also Teleport in there to seal the deal, and maybe damage the flyer some.
Sorcerer uses Warptime to move again, onto objective.
Casts Delightful Agonies on a CSM squad.
CSM Squad shoots bolters at bikers, killing 1.
Flakk Missile at distant Stormraven for 1 mortal wound.
Stormraven Armour of Contempt. Fails the 5+++.
Other CSM fire at bikers. Attack Bike is left with 1 wound.
CSM bolt weapons at Librarian. Kills him, Scoring 15 VP for Red Corsairs.
CSM plasma at Stormraven, both overcharged. 2 damage through.
Terminators and Chaos Lord shoot Stormraven. Chaos Lord melta does the full 6 at range!
Terminator heavy flamer takes another wound.
Stormraven is left with 2 wounds.
Bikers pass morale.
Round 3
WS turn 3
Score 15 VP for mission objective.
PotMS on Stormraven
Wisdom of the Ancients on Ironclad
Ironclad is dropped off by Stormraven.
Stormraven pivots 90 to the right and moves 20”.
Rhino moves toward Terminators.
Tac Squad advance to within Ironclad’s Rites of Battle Aura, use Hunter’s Fusillade to fire weapons as assault.
Khan advances, Bikers move up toward CSM squads.
Bikers shoot CSM. CSM have 5+++ from Delightful Agonies. 2 die.
Ironclad shoots Terminators. No luck.
Rhino next. Nada.
Tac Squad. 2 die.
Stormraven all into remaining Terminators. All die.
Rhino charges CSM. Success.
Ironclad and Tac Squad also, successes.
Khan and Bikers charge other CSM squad. success.
Chaos Lord Heroically intervenes.
Khan fights. 5 attacks, 5 dead CSM.
Bikers fight. No luck.
Rhino fights, whiffs.
Tac Squad fights, 3 CSM die.
Ironclad fights. 3 more CSM die.
CSM fight Tac Squad back. 1 Tac Marine dies.
Chaos Lord fights Rhino. Deals it 6 damage.
Other CSM fight bikers. 1 dmg through, finishing off the Attack Bike.
CSM squads both fail morale and lose 1 model each.
Bikers pass morale.
RC Turn 3
Score 20 VP for mission objective.
CSM fall back from Tac Squad.
More Where They Came From, lone Aspiring Champion is removed from combat with Khan and Bikers, reappears with another full squad with Tac Squad in his sights.
Sorcerer begins action for VP.
CSM squad shoot at Bikers, deal 2 damage.
Missile misses the Stormraven.
Freshly deepstruck CSMs shoot Tac Squad. 0 damage dealt!
CSM squad charge bikers. Success.
Khan Heroically Intervenes.
CSM fight, kill bikers.
Chaos Lord fights, kills Rhino. No explosion.
Khan fights CSM. 2 die.
CSM pass Morale.
Round 4.
WS Turn 4.
Score 15 VP from progressive objective.
PotMS on Stormraven.
Wisdom of the Ancients (Rites of Battle) on Ironclad.
Stormraven pivots 90 left and flies close to Sorcerer to light him up.
Ironclad moves so that Chaos Lord is targetable.
Khan falls back to recharge.
Tac Squad stay put.
Stormraven shoots missiles, assault cannon, twin heavy bolter all at the Sorcerer. No damage. Unbelievable.
2 hurricane bolters at CSMs. 4 die.
Ironclad HKMs at Chaos Lord. Kills him.
Tac Squad fire at CSM squads on either side.
Melta. no luck.
Heavy Bolter. 2 die.
Boltguns. 2 more die.
Khan charges CSM. Success.
Ironclad and Tac Squad charge CSM.
Khan fights. 3 CSM die.
Ironclad fights. Kills the 3 CSM remaining in that unit.
Ironclad and Tac Squad consolidate toward other CSMs
Aspiring Champion fights Khan.
3 attacks explode on 5+, 4 total hits, 3 wounds, 3 4++ saves from the Khan.
Morale. Khan’s sparring partner runs away.
Other CSM pass morale.
RC Turn 4.
Score 20 VP from progressive objective and action.
CSM advance up to Tac Squad.
Sorcerer moves close to Khan.
Smite on Khan. 11, for D6 damage, 2. rerolled into 6! Kills the Khan!
Delightful Agonies on self for the 5+++. Fails.
CSM fire flamers at Tac Squad. 1 marine dies.
CSM charge Tac Squad.
Fight Tac Squad. 13 attacks, 5+ explode. 15 hits total. 5 wound. 1 marine dies.
Marines fight back. 1 CSM dies.
Morale passed all around.
Round 5.
WS Turn 5.
No way to earn any VP, so RC will win.
Agenda for tabling RC still doable.
Stormraven goes into hover mode.
Tac Squad fall back from combat.
Stormraven shoots all into Sorcerer. Kills him.
Ironclad shoots at CSM. 1 dies.
Ironclad and Tac Squad charge CSM.
Tac Squad fight. 4/5 die.
Ironclad fights. Kills the last Red Corsair model. Agenda achieved.
RC win nonetheless, 55 to 50.
Red Corsairs get a free use of the Warlord Trait Requisition, which I'll bank for possible use later, since all characters already have a Warlord Trait.
