Initially it was to be a simple 2 player Battle Royale (winner determined by the points value of the enemy models he has eliminated). But the game expanded to include Solomon's Scourge and Howard's fresh out of the packaging Shaltari. So we instead played a four corners, 1,200 points a player, all faction brawl. However this quickly degenerated into the UCM and PHR facing off (once again) on one side of the city and the two alien races meeting in the open plaza to exchange fire.
Here we see my Post-Human Republic task-force from the Heroic 7th Fleet getting in the face of Bryan's freshly painted ignorant fools... I mean United Colonies of Mankind army.
In the Purple corner we have the terrifying, parasitically controlled, bio-mechanical vehicles of the Scourge.
And in the final (colour-to-be-determined) corner we have the enigmatic Shaltari of an unknown Tribe.
The building you see marked on the lower-right of the photo below is a vantage point, granting double-range for infantry units firing their weapons from it. As you can see it is currently occupied by 2 squads of UCM legionnaires. This was soon to change.
Due to Superior Covert Intelligence, (a fortunate command card draw) and consummate Dropship piloting skill (Bryan's legionnaires failing to damage my Triton light dropship as it deployed my Sirens) my PHR Immortals and Sirens gained entry to the building, slaying all but 7 (of 30) of the hapless UCM troops. Moments later a Shaltari Spirit Gate appeared outside and 6 Firstborn joined the melee.
Which was great because: A) The UCM troops got wiped out, B) We figured out how to fight a three-way close quarters combat, and C) We now know precisely how much to fear and respect Shaltari elite troops (a heck of a lot!).
By the end of the battle the bulk of the Scourge forces were just microwaved smears on the pavement, and the UCM Captain had decided after losing half his force to withering rail-gun fire that discretion was the better part of valour and vacated the city.
The PHR and Shaltari split the spoils and called it a day, leaving the littered battle-field in search of future glory!
You left out the part where after vacating the city my troops nuked the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
ReplyDeleteThere are other more subtle ways of disguising an ignominious defeat you know. I suppose I shouldn't expect anything more from a lesser evolved species 😉. Good game though, it highlighted the PHR's strengths if I'm lucky enough to get alot of enemy armour out in the open!
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