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Skarag was a little disappointed dat da battle woz over so soon, and at how little was worth looting. Figuring dat some more Tau might come check on da now missing Tau, or come back for da stuff they were protecting before, he set da boyz to set an ambush. As dawn approached he feared dat da ladz might not get anuvver chance before dey needed ta get back to da Warboss - but den he saw the silhouettes on the ruins and knew some more fun would be in the offerin. He couldn't wait for all da boyz to wake up - let them give chase - the roar of da Trukk would be alarm clock enough!

DA DARK ANGELZ (ORKS)
[HQ] Big Mek, Kustom Force Field, Burna, Boss Pole (110pts)
[TR] 11 Shoota boy plus Nob with Slugga, Powerklaw and Boss Pole in a Trukk with Big Shoota, Boarding Plank, Reinforced Ram and Red Paint Job (162pts)
[TR] 11 Shoota boy (Big Mek attached) in a Trukk with Big Shoota, Reinforced Ram and Red Paint Job (111pts)
[FA] 2 Deffkoptas with twin linked rocket launchas and one with a Buzzsaw (115pts)
TOTAL: 498pts

TAU
[HQ] Commander in Crisis Suit. Missile pods, fragmentation launcher.
[TR] Fire Warriors x8
[TR] Fire Warriors x8
[TR] Fire Warriors x8-10
[TR] Fire Warriors x8-10

MISSION & DEPLOYMENT: Capture & Control, Dawn of War

PRELUDE
Tau win first turn. The Tau objective is back in the crater in the top left. The Ork objective is in the clear at the bottom left (moved for safe keeping). The Tau deploy a unit of Fire Warriors in the crater with their objective in the top left and another in the ruins in the centre of the table, with the Commander hidden behind. Da Deffkoptas outflank. Da Big Mek Trukk deploys bottom right, the minimum 18" away from the Fire Warriors in the centre ruin. Orks fail to seize the initiative.

TURN 1
The Fire Warriors in the crater move and run towards the unprotected Ork objective, with reinforcements coming on behind to protect the Tau objective. The remaining Fire Warriors also run on just left of centre. The Tau Commander jumps out and jumps back, having failed, along with the central Fire Warriors squad, to spot the Ork Trukk in the darkness.

Da Big Mek's Trukk rumbles forward, off loading da Big Mek and his boyz in front of the centre Fire Warriors in the ruin - ignoring the fact the Orks are outnumbered! The Nob led Trukk moves flat out onto the board, to be right behind da Big Mek's Trukk, convoy style. Being so close, both da boyz and da Trukk get spotting distance. This did not help the abysmal Trukk big shoota shooting though - which remained zero hits over two games... Da Big Mek decides to try to flush out the Fire Warriors with his burna - he and the boyz kill a couple but they hold. Casualties came from the front, but the ruins fail to stop the boyz assaulting. They did give the Fire Warriors a chance to strike first though, wounding da Big Mek and killing a boy or two. Retribution was swift - the Fire Warriors were cut down to three - but the assault was either drawn or they passed morale and so continued. Due to terrain and combat, not all the boyz made it into base to base at the end, which would prove advantageous next turn...

ORKS: 0, TAU: 0

TURN 2
The Tau Commander jumped out again to take a tricky shot at the Nob led Trukk (he was in the front arc, but could only see the side due to it being right behind the other Trukk), but his missile ricocheted off harmlessly. The Fire Warriors on the left continued to run towards the unprotected Ork objective, whilst the ones behind them consolidated in the crater around their own. Deciding to take the fight to the Orks, the closest unit of Fire Warriors to the melée in the centre decided to assault in as well, which allowed the non base to base Orks to counter. The initial squad was wiped out. The new squad took heavy casualties, ran and was cut down - da Big Mek and his boyz consolidating further up the field with their eyes on the Tau Commander who had jumped back - though unable to completely clear the ruins...

Da Big Mek led his boyz (though not from the front due to the previous combat getting ahead of him...) against the Tau Commander whilst the Trukks continued flat out, convoy style, into the centre of the table, towards the Tau objective. Shooting and assault saw the Tau Commander cut down, da Big Mek and his boyz (8 or 9 still remaining) consolidating into the crater with the Fire Warriors and the Tau objective.

ORKS: 3, TAU: 0

TURN 3
Seeing the error of their ways and/or their brethren in trouble, the Fire Warriors who had been running towards the unprotected Ork objective doubled back. Both remaining squads rapid fired into Da Big Mek's boyz, and even with 4+ cover saves of the crater they were cut down, leaving da Big Mek by himself - irritated.

Da Deffkoptas decided to show up, conveniently on the left side, and lined up to shoot and assault the Fire Warriors in the open. Da Big Mek's Trukk tank shocked them, bunching them up nicely, and da Big Mek himself returned to exact flaming revenge - though not as successfully as he would have liked (of 9 hits, only 3 wounded, 2 deaths) Da Deffkoptas followed up with another death - the Fire Warriors unable to avoid its rokkit by going to ground, and consequently fled and were cut down by da Deffkoptas as they assaulted the fleeing unit. Meanwhile, at the Tau objective in the crater, the Nob led boyz disembarked, shot and assaulted and even though the Tau went first due to cover, they were beaten and run down.

ORKS: 5, TAU: 1

ORKS LEFT:
Da Big Mek (1 wound).
Powerklaw Nob plus ~9 shoota boyz.
Two Trukks with big shootas.
Two Deffkoptas.

TAU ANNIHILATED.

ORK VICTORY.