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This is one of my friends Mark battle reports that he does and sends it to all his 40k buddys, they are basicly just Bat Reps with alot of fluff and story thrown in there to create atmosphere. Let me know if you enjoy these and i will post more.
I will edit and post the complete army lists soon but for now, enjoy the bat rep!
Capture and Control 1500pts
Pitched Battle
Blood Angels Commanded by Scott McNid
Standard Marines Commanded by Mark McSpeeder
Using their speed advantage the Blood Angels got to go first, after picking their side they deployed 2 Preds and a Rhino full of nasties.
The Angels Objective was along the back corner of the field of battle guarded bravely by a squad of scouts, who kept dissapearing from view as their camo cloaks fluttered in the wind.
The standards were trying to protect an Ammo cache that had dropped on top of some ruins when the Angels had blown up a supply transport bringing much needed equipment and supplies to the Emperors loyal servants. Lysander looked over the ruins and decided they needed to be bolstered before the battle began and set to work. The standard scouts hunkered down around the Ammo cache and with their camo cloaks fading into the background of the ruins they availed themselves of a 2+ cover save. Below them a devestator squad of marines took up station with 4 missile launchers ready to lay waste to the enemy.
The standard pred pulled up alongside the ruins its engines roaring with a Sternguard squad with Lysander and a Librarian hunkered down behind the ruins along with a speeder.
The Standard rhino pulled up on the right hand side of the ruins with the tactical squad inside.
The standards final 4 speeders glided onto the field of battle on the very right hand flank silently ghosting up behind a bunker granting them full cover from sight.
Scout moves
Blood Angels fired up the engines on their beats of war and gunning the engines shot forwards in their scout move towards the Standards brining them close enough to see their reflection in the standards armour. The Blood Angels scouts took the opportunity to slide inside the bunker just in front of their own smaller supply dump (the Objective).
Turn1
The Blood Angles tanks continued to roll forwards with the forefront of their spearhead nearly being inside the ruins themselves! As a heavy flamer washed over the standard devestator squad leaving 2 twitching smoking corpses there was a roar in the air and dust swirled as a drop pod landed just to the left and in front of the standards predator. Hydraulics kicked in and the drop pod doors opened slowly revealing a behemoth of a dreadnought. Gun fire flared across the battle field leaving the predator unable to fire or move and exploding the rhino with the standard marines. The explosions were so loud the marines audio equipment was overloaded sending piercing sound waves into their helmets forcing them to ground as they couldn't hear or see.
Pulling in the psychic forces through his hood the librarian pushed out with his mind creating a living barrier around each of the members of the sternguard squad giving them a 5+ invulnerable save. Lysander yelled to his men to hold the line and strode off towards the dreadnought.
The single speeder behind the ruins rose high into the air and fired its thrusters to push it down beside the foremost predator looking squarely at the side armour. On the right hand flank radios crackled into life and having recieved their orders one squadron of 2 speeders shot 24" across the table edge towards the ruins, the other 2 move 12" forwards towards the bunker with the Blood Angels scouts.
The Melta Guns on the speeders facing the bunker began to hum as energy coursed through them, Melta energy flowed forwards into the bunker heating it untill it could take no more, cracks formed and the building exploded leaving the scouts pinned from the force of the blast.
On the left flank the speeders melta gun started to hum its noise growing to a crescendo. The speeder being so close to the predator left the blood Angels unaware of its presence, wondering what the noise was one of the predator marines opened a hatch to check just as the Melta fired, it's hot energy flooding into the predator turning it into molten slag.
Further firing saw the Blood Angels Rhino immobilised as volley after volley of fire rained down into it's side armour.
As an eerie silence came over the battle field as the firing ceased Lysander took this momentary lapse in firing to charge the dreadnought. As he ran in the dreadnoughts massive power fist swung up smashing across Lysanders chin ripping one wound off him. As the dreadnought swung through he left his side unprotected and lysanders thunder hammer swung up in one mighty blow crushing the power feeds of the dreadnought causing it to explode. Using the cover of the explosion Lysander ran for cover from the bulk of the drop pod.
Turn 2
The blood Angels looked to the sky but saw only massive lightening flashes as an electrical storm raged overhead preventing their remaining reserves from joining the battle. More fire poured into the exposed tactical squad killing one of them, and the predator weathered more fire as it's front armor bent and rippled under the shots piled into it. The second Blood Angel predator seeing the danger from the Speeders gunned its engines and repositioned slightly back towards their own battle lines giving more distance and better line of sight. Slowly squeezing the trigger the might beast unleashed a volley of fire that saw the single speeder reduced to a smoldering slag heap just in front of the ruins.
The standards speeders on the right flank moved 6" and scanned the edges of the wreckage of the bunker. Knowing there was a hail storm of fire coming in the Blood Angels scouts slipped to the ground covering themselves entirely with their camo cloaks blending in with the rubble nearly perfectly. A small breeze rippled one of the cloaks allowing the speeders to sight their weapons and releasing a firestorm of 6 Heavy Bolter shots and 2 Melta Guns saw 2 scouts permanently melted to the surrounding rocks.
The sternguard continued to hold position behind the ruins as ordered by Lysander, their librarian again pulling in as much psychic power as he could to push his invulnerable dome over the squad.
The two standards speeders in the centre of the table banked right and glided over a defensive wall to come to rest 12" from where they began. The hum of energy from the Meltas drifted over the battle field again resulting in bolts of energy flooding across the table towards the remaining predator. The thick plates of the predator deflected most of the blast, as well as a third Melta blast from the tactical squad from the blown up Rhino! Their communications equipment finally fixed they had picked themselves up from the ground in the previous turn and turned their sights on the predator.
Lysander finished off the turn by swinging his mighty hammer into the drop pod again leaving nothing more than burning slag. As the drop pod exploded Lysander turned towards his foe leaving his side exposed and a sliver of drop pod cut through his mighty terminator armour taking a wound!
Turn 3
Blood Angels comm links cracked into life as the communications stream of a drop pod and assault squad entered the battle field. A second dreadnought strode out from the drop pod unleashing his weapons as he strode forwards immobilising one of the speeders. Being a squadron the marines on board quickly opened the fuel tanks with their battle knifes and ran. As they got away from the speeder they fired into the leaking fuel burning the speeder denying it to the enemy.
The blood Angel assault squad dropped inbetween the tactical squad and the dreadnought and fired into the tactical squad their disciplined fire pulling down two marines.
The blood Angel Rhino doors slid open and dark looking marines slid out onto the battle field and proceeded to run towards the ruins.
The last guns from the Blood Angels poured more fire into the remaining speeder immobilisng it and leaving it unable to shoot the following turn.
The standard marines speeders on the right flank glided closer towards where they thought the scouts were, again a small breeze caused a flutter and the guns of the speeders poured everything they had into that spot. Unfortunately this time they had only spotted a rabbit which to it's credit also got away!
Lysander gave the order to the Sternguard squad and they ran through the ruins towards where the enemy had landed. Lysander himself also ran to try and rejoin the squad but couldn't get close enough in this turn.
Standard marines had finnaly sorted the electrical problems on the predator caused by the shots fired into it and unleashed the lascannon on the enemy tank failing to do any damage. The tactical squad hunkered down in the remains of the exploded rhino and fired into the assault squad killing 1, the fuel lines on his jump pack breaking obviously weakened from the cold from the hight they had dropped from.
Turn 4
In a surprise attack the assault marines showed their ultimate control and ignoring the nearest enemy leapt over the tactical marines into the ruins. As they landed one marine slipped falling nastily and breaking his neck from the speed of the impact.
The blood Angel dreadnought pushed into the tactical marines. dodging around his massive arms the marines attempted to plant grenades on the dreadnought shell but as they concentrated on the weak spots on its armour they failed to notice the giant arms swinging down crushing three of the marines where they stood.
The assault marines pushed into the sternguard squad butchering 5 of them before the sternguard could react and then leaping away making use of their hit and run tactics.
The dark marines running up the centre of the table unleashed bolter fire into lysander again peppering his armour in the side and finding a weak spot stripping a third wound from him.
The standard marines speeders on the right flank eased forwards a little more removing the cover from t bunkers crater and finally revealing a clear shot on the scouts. Despite the cloaks obscuring the targets the speeders finally managed to rip the scouts up leaving the ammo supply unprotected!
Lysander took in the battle with one glance of his eye and order all fire poured into the marines storming up the centre of the battle field as fire after fire poured into them they were slowly whittled down to 3 models their comrades falling by the way side riddled with fire. The sternguard using bolter drill and poisoned rounds to help bring down some of the foe.
In hand to hand the Blood Angel dreadnought crushed the heads of two more marines, however while his concentration was on them the Serg moved round the side and clamped a grenade on the dreadnoughts fuel lines. With a blinding explosion the fuel went up rendering the dreadnought wrecked. Seeing the wreckage around him the serg decided to make a tactical retreat away from the battle lines.
Turn 5
The Blood Angel assault marines jumped into the sternguard again butchering them to a man and leaving only lysander standing. Again using hit and run to get away from the enemy.
Everything on the battle field stopped as to a man .. TO A MAN .. everyone stopped to stare as the blood angels Rhino, immobilised all game .. finally roared into life as the marines on board finally coached the engine back into life!
The last speeder in the middle of the table was gunned down turned into slag the exploded wreckage falling besides its comrade having not being able to move!
The Standard marines speeders glided over the top of the ammo supply to bring them just within range of the rear armour of the Rhino ... yes the newly repaired Rhino. Showing true Marine calous dedication to the cause the hum of the Melta guns was heard a final time as they flared and hit the rear of the Rhino exploding it where it stood.
Lysander, ever the Hero ran into battle but was rendered unconscious on the field of battle by the Blood Angel Hero.
Game Ended - Blood Angels win!
1 Objective Held and one contested
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