The elegant smooth contours of the Eldar ship Dark Star emerges out of a shimmering portal of light. Surfacing from the warp, it appears in orbit over planet Cyron I, close to the Black Ship Eternal. Dark Star wastes no time and immediately launches torpedoes at the Inquisition ship. Phantom Torpedoes jettisons into space, honing in towards the nearly invisible Black Ship. Within minutes pockets of explosions erupts seemingly out of nowhere, revealing its location. Hulls breached and the Eternal slowly bleeds fire and debris into space. Eternal returns fire with lance batteries, sending javelins of light searing towards Dark Star. The Eldar Ship dodges the attacks with unrivaled speed and maneuverability. Dark Star continues hammering Eternal while receiving no damage in return.
Within the heart of Dark Star, Farseer Ava silently sits in meditation. Her mind meanders through time and space, viewing Cyron I’s past, present, and future. Visions for told hidden secrets lie on the surface of this monkeigh world. Artifacts that will help Iybraesil Craftworld uncover the long lost secrets to the Crone Worlds. A telepathic ping messaged by Autarch Zsar intruded on Ava’s thoughts. “Farseer, the monkeigh ship is weak. Their clumsy weapons are no match to ours. Their doom is at hand.” “Do not underestimate them,” Ava telepathically replied. “The monkeigh ship is but a mere distraction. The true threat lies on the surface. There they are preparing a weapon more powerful and capable of obliterating the Dark Star.” “Then see to its destruction,” Autarch Zsar calmly ordered.
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“Canoness, we cannot hold out much longer,” said Inquisitor Lord Antonio. On her data slate, Canoness Dianus could hear the background of the ongoing space battle. Each impact rocked the screen follow by a deafening boom. Dianus silently curse to herself. In preparation for this upcoming Xenos threat, her Order had finally secured Cyron I’s Planetary Defense Laser. After expending vast resources and sacrificing many lives, the Inquisitor Lord’s plans had gone awry due to the unexpected early arrival of the Eldar. “Defend the Planetary Defense Laser at all cost,” Antonio ordered.
This is the final battle report featuring my Sisters of Battle prior to their make-over. I'm in the process of stripping, reprimering, and repainting them all into what will soon be an Immolator Spam army. You can keep track of my progress in my
SabrX's Immolator Spam Army WIP thread. You can also see them in
jy2's battle report.
Played a 1500 points game against a full mechanized Eldar army. We rolled for Mission and got Kill Points. Rolled for deployment and Dawn of War.
Setting:
The table was setup to look like a winter outpost. Perched on top of a hill towered the Defense Laser. Towards the left stood a Skyshield Landing Pad. Next to it and in the far top right corner were two Bastions. A ring of fortifications surrounded the Defense Laser while a few craters and tree pocketed the landscape.
Army List:
Eldar (Iybraesil):
-Farseer, Doom -
Ava
-5 Fire Dragons, Wave Serpent,
TL-Bright Lance –
Dragons One
-5 Fire Dragons, Wave Serpent,
TL-Bright Lance –
Dragons Two
-10 Dire Avengers, Wave Serpent,
TL-Bright Lance –
Avengers One
-10 Dire Avengers, Wave Serpent,
TL-Bright Lance –
Avengers Two
-10 Dire Avengers, Wave Serpent,
TL-Bright Lance –
Avengers Three
-Fire Prism –
Prism One
-Fire Prism –
Prism Two
Sisters of Battle (Order of Faith):
-Canoness, Eviscerator, Book of
St. Lucius –
Canoness Dianus
-5 Celestians Retinue, 2 Meltaguns, Immolator
-10 Battle Sisters, Veteran Sister Superior, Book of
St. Lucius, Brazier of Holy Fire, Heavy Flamer, Meltagun, Rhino, Extra Armour, smoke -
VSS Cath
-10 Battle Sisters, Veteran Sister Superior, Book of
St. Lucius, Brazier of Holy Fire, Heavy Flamer, Meltagun, Rhino, Extra Armour, smoke –
VSS Angela
-10 Battle Sisters, Veteran Sister Superior, Book of
St. Lucius, Brazier of Holy Fire, Heavy Flamer, Meltagun, Rhino, Extra Armour, smoke -
VSS Xena
-10 Battle Sisters, Veteran Sister Superior, Book of
St. Lucius, Brazier of Holy Fire, Heavy Flamer, Meltagun, Rhino, Extra Armour, smoke -
VSS Lucia
-Exorcist –
Eternal Hatred
-Exorcist -
Wrath and Ruin
-Exorcist –
Judgment Day
Deployment:
I deploy nothing. My opponent deploys nothing. Game starts with Sisters of Battle going first.
Turn 1 (Sisters of Battle):
Under the cover of darkness, a convoy of Sister vehicles treads through snow. Their speakers orates the hymns of faith. Their vehicles blast heavy metal from engines and treads. Reinforcements have arrived.
Armored company of Sister tanks reaches the outskirts of the winter compound. From left to right, Sisters Command Squad inside an Immolator,
VSS Lucia,
VSS Angela,
VSS Cath, and
VSS Xena all transported in their Rhinos drives full speed towards the Defense Laser. Bringing up the rear were three Exorcist engines. In center was Exorcist Eternal Hatred. Flanking its left was Exorcist Wrath and Ruin. Over on the right deployed Exorcist Judgment Day.
Turn 1 (Eldar):
A crack of light crept over the horizon. With the coming of dawn, darkness recedes to a gray of shade.
Fleet of Eldar skimmers zooms in on the opposite table end.
Dragons One pitches left in a Black Wave Serpent. To the right of it Prism One, Dragons Two embarked in their Black Wave Serpent, and Prism Two. Between Prism Two and Bastion parked three Wave Serpents ferrying Dire Avengers in tight formation. In the back is Farseer
Ava joining Avengers One, forming an Eldar Command Squad. Front left is Avengers Two and right of it Avengers Three. All moved flat out.
Turn 2 (Sisters of Battle):
Light sweeps over the landscape, illuminating the planet’s surface.
Sisters Mechanized Wall continues advancing forward. Exorcist Eternal Hatred and Wrath and Ruin keep a safe distance back. Exorcist Judgement Day shifts right, finding a good firing position.
VSS Lucia,
VSS Angela, and
VSS Cath’s Rhinos unleashes a screen of smoke.
Exorcist Wrath and Ruin locks onto Dragons One and fires. Plumes of smoke trails a couple of rockets, streaming towards the Eldar skimmer. A rocket hits, knocking out the Serpent’s Bright Lance. Exorcist Eternal Hatred follows up, damaging Dragons One Serpent’s anti-grave engines and destroying its remaining weapon.
Exorcist Judgment Day fires a volley at Dragons Two, but fails to hit.
Turn 2 (Eldar):
Eldar Armada sweeps forward, banking right.
Fire Prism One launches its Prism Cannon, landing a small blast on top of
VSS Lucia’s Rhino.
Focussed beam of energy liquidates the Rhino’s storm bolter into metallic goo.
Prism Two lands a burst of energy on Exorcist Judgment Day, but it dissipates off its thick hull.
Dragons Two’s Serpent directs its fire at Exorcist Judgment Day, sending a lance of pulse energy straight into its hull. It fails to penetrate or glance. Three remaining Serpents attempts to bring it down, but ill luck left the Exorcist engine unharmed.
Turn 3 (Sisters of Battle):
Sisters mechanized infantry split up into two prongs. Sisters Command Squad,
VSS Lucia, and
VSS Angela rolls forward.
VSS Xena’s Rhino veers right at combat speed while
VSS Cath speeds past her.
Exorcist Wrath and Ruin rumbles forth. Exorcist Eternal Hatred steers right. Exorcist Judgment Day moves forward.
VSS Lucia and Sisters Command Squad disembark near the crippled Dragons One’s Wave Serpent.
Exorcist Wrath and Ruin and Sisters Command Squad concentrate their fire on the crippled Wave Serpent, but to no effect.
VSS Lucia’s Meltagunner levels her Meltagun and blasts a fiery jet into its Black hull. Flames punches through, melting its insides. The Wave Serpent becomes a smoking wreck. Dragons One disembark unpinned.
Meltagunner from
VSS Xena’s squad pops open the Rhino’s hatch and shoots into Avenger Two’s Wave Serpent. Heated beam burns through, slicing it apart. It blows up and crashes into the ground. All ten Dire Avengers stumble out, but are unpinned.
Exorcist Eternal Hatred fires a barrage of rockets into Avenger Three’s Wave Serpent. A rocket grazes its top, knocking out its Bright Lance. Exorcist Judgment Day finishes it off. Missile careens into its cockpit, detonating near its anti-grave engine. The Eldar skimmer blows up sending debris and shrapnel flying everywhere. One Dire Avenger perishes, but the rest are unpinned.
Turn 3 (Eldar):
Dragons One rushes toward
VSS Angela’s Rhino.
Prism One and Prism Two reinforces the left flank
Dragons Two Black Wave Serpent and Eldar Command Squad’s Wave Serpent vectors forward, intercepting two Sisters Rhinos. Avengers Two and Three advanced forward, taking cover behind both Wave Serpents.
Dragons One unleashes and inferno with their fusion guns. White heat rips into
VSS Angela’s Rhino, causing a violent explosion. Debris and shrapnel flies in all directions, shredding two Battle Sisters from
VSS Lucia’s squad. One Fire Dragon falls after a pieces of metal lodges deep into his skull. Inside the Rhino, four of
VSS Angela’s Battle Sisters are engulf by flames. Six makes it out alive unpinned and with steely resolve, passes leadership.
Prism One lands a focussed energy beam right in the middle of
VSS Lucia’s Battle Sisters and Sisters Command Squad.
Three Battle Sisters and three Celestians are vaporized.
Prism Two locks onto the rear of
VSS Lucia’s Rhino with the blast touching a few Battle Sisters and a Celestian.
Focussed beam hits dead on, reducing the transport into a wreck and breaking two Battle Sisters into molecules.
Both Sisters Command Squad and
VSS Lucia’s Battle Sisters passes leadership under the inspiration of their Canoness.
Dragons Two’s Wave Serpent blasts
VSS Xena’s Rhino, shaking it.
Eldar Command Squad’s Wave Serpent fires at Exorcist Judgment Day. Its treads melts, immobilizing the Sister’s heavy.
Dragons One follow up their attack by charging into
VSS Angela’s diminished squad.
VSS Angela imbues her Sisters with Hand of the Emperor, increasing their strength. Agile Fire Dragons beat two Battle Sisters to death. A group of Sisters gang up on one Fire Dragon, ripping him into pieces. Losing combat,
VSS Angela attempts to restore squad moral, but fails. Overwhelmed by the Fire Dragon’s aggressiveness in destroying their transport and killing two Battle Sisters in assault, the squad attempts to flee, but the Dragons leaves none alive. Dragons One consolidate towards the right.
Turn 4 (Sisters of Battle):
Sisters Command Squad closes in on Prism One.
Remnants of
VSS Lucia’s Battle Sisters head toward Prism Two.
Immolator chases after Dragons One.
Immolator spews burning promethium, onto Dragons One. The Fire Dragons lives up to their name and are cooked alive. They become Xeno flambé.
Sisters Command Squad opens fire on Prism One, but to no effect.
VSS Lucia’s Meltagunner knocks out a Prism Cannon on Prism Two.
Meltagunner inside
VSS Xena’s Rhino shoots at Dragons Two’s Wave Serpent. Searing jet melts through the skimmer’s surface, setting of a chain reaction. Black Wave Serpent explodes, scattering debris and crew body parts. One Fire Dragon doesn’t make it as a piece of flying metal decapitates him. The rest make it unpinned. Rhino crew fires a burst from their Storm Bolter, but fails to wound.
Meltagunner from
VSS Cath’s squad fires at Eldar Command Squad’s Wave Serpent. Heated beam grazes the top, knocking out its main weapon. Exorcist Judgment Day knocks out its anti-grav engine.
Exorcist Eternal Hatred bombards Dragons Two. Rockets impact, pulverizing two Fire Dragons into bloody pulps. Exorcist Wrath and Ruin join in, shooting at Dragons Two, but cover foils its attacks. Dragons Two passes leadership.
Sisters Command Squad assaults Prism One.
Despite needing sixes to hit, Canoness Dianus Eviscerator connects. She leaps onto the xeno craft, sawing off its Prism Cannon.
