Warzone Octarius: Pankallis Assault - Stage 1 Phase 2: Battle 13

 Having over-run the Iron Hands position, Ghenga finds himself immediately attacked from behind by the reinforcements called in by the Iron Hands before they fell.

Mission: Crusade - Incursion - Sabotage

Power: 50 PL

Mission Victor Bonus: Defender (Goffs): Use Increase Supply Limit and Rearm and Resupply once each                                                                       free.

                                    Attacker: Iron Hands: Free Battle Trait for non-Character/Vehicle/Monster

The Armies

Goffs     Crusade Blessings: 13

Garhak Ugul Bludshreeda Ghenga

            Warlord Trait: Proppa Killy: +1 A, +1 AP in melee

            Da Krushin' Armour: on 2+ D3 MW, 4++, -1 AP on incoming attacks

            Crusade Relic: Artisan Bionics: +1S, 5+++

            Battle Trait: Deadly Charge: +1A on charge

            Battle Trait: Inspiring Hero: +1 Ld to units within 6", Heroic Intervention 6"

            Crusade Relic: Frenzon Injector: re-roll Advance and Charge rolls, +1A on charge

            Battle Trait: Destined for Greatness: +5 XP when Marked for Greatness

            Battle Scar: Chest Wound: -1W

Big Mek Nogbugg

Painboy Bloodcuttah

Goregutz's Octarian Rukkboyz

            Battle Trait: Ded Choppy: +1 WS

            Battle Trait: Cyborks: Re-roll to wound rolls of 1 within 6" of Painboy 

Jawchoppa's Lucky Blue Boyz

            Battle Trait: Ded Choppy: +1 WS

Skrag's Grotz

Iron Hands            Crusade Blessings: 2

Captain

            Warlord Trait

            Relic: Auto-medicae

Apothecary

Company Champion

Intersessors Squad 1

Intercessors Squad 2

Bladeguard Veterans

Hellblasters

Gladiator Reaper

Deployment

Bladeguard Veterans and Apothecary on the left, Intercessor Squad 1 on the ground floor of the building, Intercessor Squad 2, Hellblasters, Captain and Gladiator Reaper on the right.

Right side of the line.

Left side of the line.

The horde, ready to Waaagh! forward.

The Iron Hands are the Attacker, and so get to choose who goes first. They choose to do so.

The Iron Hands get an additional 6 CP for the difference in Crusade Blessings.

The Battle

The damage the Iron Hands inflicted in their first turn.

The Rukkboyz killed 4 of 5 Intercessors, the Warboss killed 4 of 5 Hellblasters, and the Big Mek and Painboy killed 2 Intercessors upstairs. Skrag was beaten to a pulp before he got to swing.

The Captain charged Ghenga but did no damage. Ghenga swung back, and did no damage.
This might take a while.

Battle Summary

Nogbugg killed the last two Intersessors upstairs, then swept into the ruins, gunning down the last Hellblaster with his Kustom Mega Blasta, and then killing the last Intercessor in close combat before consolidating into the Gladiator Reaper. (+3 Kills (2m) (1r)). The Reaper was subsequently destroyed by Ghenga. (+1 kill(m), +2 XP Krumpin' Spree), but not before it dropped Ghenga to 1 wound remaining, forcing him to hide in a nearby ruin to gain Survivor (+2 XP).

Jawchoppa's Lucky Blue Boyz did kill the Apothecary, stopping him from achieving his Agenda of Reclaiming the Geneseed, but they were then crushed by the Bladeguard. A worthy foe has been discovered.

The Bladeguard killed off Jawchoppa's Boyz and then kept moving across the table, but were unable to either find more opponents or sabotage any of the objectives.

The Iron Hands Captain fell back out of combat with Ghenga, and sabotaged one objective and killed Goregutz and the last boy in his mob to earn a ranged kill tally.

The Company Champion fell back out of combat with Jawchoppa's Boyz, and managed to sabotage two objectives, cementing the victory for the Iron Hands.

Final Score

Iron Hands 60            Goffs 40

After Action Report

Goffs

No failed out of action tests.

Ghenga    +1 XP (Battle), +5 XP (Destined), +2 XP (Krumpin' Spree), +2 XP (Survivor), +1 Kill (m)

Nogbugg    +1 XP (Battle), +3 Kills (+2(m), +1 (r))

Bloodcuttah    +1 XP (Battle)

Goregutz's Rukkboyz    +1 XP (Battle), +1 Kill (m)

Jawchoppa's Boyz    +1 XP (Battle), +1 Kill (m)

Skrag's Grotz    +1 XP (Battle)

Iron Hands

No failed out of action tests.

Mission Victor Bonus: Non-Character/Vehicle/Monster earns a free Battle Trait.

Captain: +1 XP (Battle), +3 XP (Marked)

Apothecary: +1 XP (Battle)

Company Champion: +1 XP (Battle)

Intersessors Squad 1: +1 XP (Battle)

Intercessors Squad 2: +1 XP (Battle)

Bladeguard Veterans: +1 XP (Battle)

Hellblasters: +1 XP (Battle)

Gladiator Reaper: +1 XP (Battle)

Summary

Wow, what a turn 1 by the Iron Hands. That shooting from the Reaper is lethal. The Orks suffer their first loss! Obviously, something new must be added to the Goff Horde to deal with vehicles. It took Ghenga 2 fight phases to kill that Gladiator, and it stripped 7 wounds off him before he killed it. Savage. The Iron Hands look like they have they volume of fire to hurt the Horde.

Until next time, happy wargaming!