On many worlds in the Bastior Sub-sector, burrowing organisms dug subterranean networks of assult tunnels. Imperial commanders ordered their entrances secured and then flooded with promethium or collapsed with charges.
Battle Size: Incursion
Mission: Secure the Tunnels
Tyranid Infestation Fleet vs Imperial Fists Gladius Detachment
Operating in infested space, Imperial Fists were forced to resupply by scavenging worlds that had fallen to the Tyranids. This meant braving charnel landscapes of shattered Imperial cities waiting in mountainous heaps to be consumed. Heradon Hive - Tyranid swarmed refuge of zealous psykers is just such a landscape.
Battle Size: Incursion
Mission: Rotting Bio-mass
Tyranid Infestation Fleet vs Imperial Fists Gladius Detachment
In the second battle, the Broodlord (do Tyranids give names to their heroes?) who has been hiding for decades as he (it?) slowly turns the population of Pankallis against the Emperor, finally leads his Genestealer shock troops in overt action against the citizens of the Imperium. Unfortunately for them, they run straight into a patrol of Imperial Fists, who, having extensive experience dealing with Xenos, were aware of some kind of nefarious power turning the people against the Imperium and searching for it, for eradication.
Battle Size: Combat Patrol
Mission: Sweep and Clear
Mission Victor Bonus: 2 units can be Marked for Greatness
Kraken Agenda: Consume Biomass (+3 XP for each unit alive if the enemy is wiped out)
Fists Agenda: Angels of Death (+3 XP for each unit alive if the enemy is wiped out)
After my break from hobby blogging, I thought I would be getting back into a more competitive mindset.
Nope.
It seems that with the completion of painting Ghaz, the Narrative bug has struck again! Not that I can use him in Crusade games. Damn!
Anyway, I've gotten Warzone Octarius into my hands, and decided a 3 stage invasion of the Octarius sector by the Orks and Tyranids was in order, with various Imperial forces as defenders.
So here's the setup. Orks and Tyranids and Tau are the Attacking Alliance, but they are not friendly to each other.
The Defending Alliance will be two different forces of Imperial Fists, since unfortunately my Krieg force is nowhere near table top ready.
Here's the layout of Stage 1.
So that's what's on the near horizon. We'll see how long the Crusade bug lasts. It might depend on how much extra work and record keeping the additional campaign rules invoke.
As you can see above, we are starting small, and working our way up, in terms of Power Level. Let the Heroes have a chance to truly shine before the forces start to get too big for their heroics to matter as much.
That's it for now. Until next time, happy gaming!
