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++++INCOME CODED MESSAGE++++

++++CLEARANCE LEVEL = CLASSIFIED++++

++++RECIPIENT = INQUISITOR LORD COTEAZ++++

++++IDENTITY CONFIRMATION IN PROGRESS++++

++++IDENTITY AUTHENTICATED+++

++++BEGIN ENCODED MESSAGE++++

INQUISITOR LORD COTEAZ_THE RELIC KNOWN ONLY AS THE JEWEL OF SANGUINIUS HAS BEEN LOCATED ON THE REMOTE WORLD OF STRUNKVAN IV IN THE RUINS OF AN ANCIENT SETTLEMENT. THIS RELIC, ONCE BELIEVED TO BE IN THE POSSESSION OF THE BLOOD ANGELS PRIMARCH, HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TO BE CARRYING THE TAINT OF CHAOS. THE RELIC MUST BE RETRIEVED AND PLACED IN THE VAULTS OF TITAN.

FORCE AUTHORIZATION LEVEL: DISCRETIONARY

CURRENT THREAT LEVEL: MODERATE

PRIORITY: PARAMOUNT

++++END TRANSMISSION++++

After turning off the screen, Coteaz immediately took the next transport to Titan in order to inform the Grey Knights of this new threat to the Imperium. Already his spies had informed him that the Blood Angels Space Marine Chapter have also learned of the Jewel of Sanguinius and will also be searching for the Relic.

As Coteaz’s shuttle finished docking at Fortress Monastery on Titan, Grand Master Volant of the Grey Knight Space Marine Chapter was there to meet him.

Volant: Inquisitor Lord Coteaz, we were informed of your eminent arrival and the situation. We are aware of the threat; however, much of our resources are spread throughout the galaxy engaged and we are not able to provide you with a significant force to assist you.

Coteaz: Brother Volant, my spies have informed me that a contingent of Blood Angels are also seeking the relic. It must not fall into their hands; if we meet them on the planet, it will likely come to blows. I need at least a small contingent of Grey Knights to assist me.

Volant: Very well, I shall provide you with what forces we can spare. 16 Paladins, two of which are Dread Knight Pilots will escort you on your mission. You can take the Fury, which is our fastest Strike Cruiser as well. This should enable you to complete the mission, even in the event of that you run into the Blood Angels or the dark forces of Chaos. Good luck Inquisitor. We will begin preparing so that you can depart immediately.

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Debarking from the Storm Raven Gun Ship, Coteaz’s mind flared with a bright pain that would have brought any other human to his knees. The Paladins around him immediately went on alert, as they too felt the psychic rift. Moments later, Lord Draigo, Grand Master of the Grey Knights, walked out of a warp gate.
Draigo: Lord Inquisitor, I am Draigo, Grand Master and Lord of the Grey Knights. I am here to render my assistance. The Relic you seek is far more dangerous than you know. If it is acquired by the Blood Angels, it will further plunge that damned Chapter into the grip of Chaos. Even though the Blood Angels are a danger to the Imperium, they still serve a purpose and they must not be further corrupted. That Deamonic Psyker of theirs, Mephiston, is the one leading the Blood Angel Host; I can sense the taint of Chaos on that one already. The Blood Angels must not be allowed to possess this Relic, and we must do what we destroy Mephiston as I fear he will lead to the Chapters downfall. We must hurry. They have already located the whereabouts of the Relic and are en route. We must get to the Relic before them.

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Grey Knight Contingent:

Lord Draigo

Inquisitor Lord Coteaz

Paladin [10]
-MC Hammer
-4 Hammer
-4 swords
-Banner
-4 Psycannons

Paladin [2]
-2 MC Hammers

Paladin [2]
-2 MC Hammers

Storm Raven Gunship
-Hurricane Bolters
-Psybolt Ammo
-Multi Melta, Assualt Cannon

Dread Knight
-Heavy Incinerator
-Teleporter

Dread Knight
-Heavy Incinerator
-Teleporter

Blood Angels Host

Mephiston Lord of Death

Librarian w/ force axe

Brother Corbulo

5 Terminator Assault Marines
-5 Hammer and Storm Shields

5 Terminators
-Cyclone Missile Launcher, force axe

Assault marines [5]

Land Raider Dedicated Transport

Scouts [10]
-Cammo Cloaks
-Sniper Rifles

Storm Raven Gunship
-Las Cannon, MM

Storm Raven Gunship
-Las Cannon, MM

Storm Raven Gunship
-Assault Cannon, MM

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Mission: RELIC
Deployment: Diagonal
Initiative: Grey Knights
Warlord GK - Draigo (FNP when in 3" of objective)
Warlord BA - Mephiston Can roll 3 dice choose one for reserves (I think)


Pregame Analysis:
I have seen the list she is playing, and to be frank three storm ravens frightens me AND to top it off she has a Land Raider. These are all especially scary since my shooting consists of a Storm Raven of my own and a Death Star with 4 psycannons. She also has a lot of terminators of her own, as well as Corbulo and Mephiston. All in all, a very tough list to play against. Her biggest weakness is the fact that she only has two troop choices, a scout squad an assault squad, which is quite light in my opinion. Diu Diu, my opponent, is a very meticulous player however, and the game should be quite tough.

Of course my entire army has 19 models so
…
Here we go…

SETUP OVERVIEW

GK - Paladin Star sets up as close to the Relic (the big statue in the middle) as possible flanked by the Dread Knights. Draigo and Coteaz are part of this squad. Other Paladins and Storm Raven are in reserve

BA - deploys near the back corner. Mephiston hiding behind the landraider. Assault squad is embarked on one of the three Storm Ravens in reserve.

Pre Game

BA try and steel the initiative but fail

BA TURN 1

Land Raider moves slightly; Mephiston (who was hiding behind) jumps in the land raider. The Terminator assault squad prepares to charge the Dread Knight...

shooting take only one wound of the dreadknight. Terminatros fail the charge roll

GK Turn 2

Storm Raven Fails to come in and only 1 Paladin Squad Comes in :(

Left DreadKnight Flames the scounts again; the other moves to assault the land raider.

Draigo takes the Relic...

BA TURN 2

All three storm ravens come in; two in hover mode, one zooming. Shoots a tone but only puts a couple of wounds on the Dread Knights and takes out two paladins. She assaults one dreadknight killing it.

GK Turn 3

Surviving Dreadknight Assaults the Land Raider, destroying it. In the explosion the final scout gets taken out

First Blood to Grey Knights

Coteaz casts re-roll to shoot diviniation primus power, the psycannons remove 2 hull points from the zooming storm raven.

My storm raven came in on the far left side - i was going to go after the SR carrying her troops (5 man squad) but instead shot the assault cannon at the zooming Storm Raven taking off the last hull point.

MM from the Storm Raven fired at her hovering storm raven (the red one) carrying troops but did not do anything.

Other Paladin squad comes in and deepstrikes near my paladin star.

Quick overview of the board after GK Turn 3

Again, Sorry for the Messy Table:

BA Turn 3

Moves the black Storm Raven up and shoots at the two man paladin squad...just does one wound

I beleive she just shoots at my storm raven with hers; I manage to jink all of the hits and nothing happened to my Storm Raven

Terminators and Mephiston beat the crap out of the Dreadknight, which took another two wounds from shooting this turn.

GK Turn 4

Shoot the Black Storm Raven, which is now zooming. That's really it...

I really don't see how BA can win this one if you played it correctly (and especially since your GK's went 1st). It goes like this:

Dreadknight -> scoring from Grand Strategy

Dreadknight -> shunts onto relic

Dreadknight -> then passes relic to paladinstar.

Profit.

Or....

Paladinstar - Scout move

Paladinstar - reach objective.

Profit.


BTW, GK Turn 1 is missing.

JY2 - Turn one is there...just one picture and not much happened

Dreadknights shunted up and used incinerators on scout squad killing 6 in total (would have been a lot more except they had FNP from Corbulo). Paladin Star advanced right toward the relic picked it up turn 2.

Now...

BA Turn 4.

Zooming Black Storm Raven switches to hover mode and tries to shoot the two paladins in front. The rest of the army kind of advances and i beleive this is where the red storm raven with her troops soom off.

GK Turn 5

Storm Raven comes in and unloads on Mephiston - going for Slay the Warlord. Paladin star and other paladins surround the relic, creating a big bubble.

Two paladins prepare to charge black storm raven

Paladin start shoots at the black storm raven... yeah...

BA Turn 5

Basically she advances, her storm raven comes back on - she manages to blow up my storm raven...Mephiston runs away - she was planning on getting him into my deployment zone for line breaker, but because of the diagonal, deployment he would never make it. She did change his psychic powers to the book powers, gambling on a combo - i don't know which onese he had, i think biomancy.

Random Game Length...and..............................

We have GK Turn 6

not much reaalu. move two paladins further into her deployment zone and that's about it.


BA turn 6, shoots at me but doesn't do anyhitng


Automatically Appended Next Post:
So, Final outcome

Grey Knights: 5
- Relic 3
- First blood 1
- line breaker 1

Blood Angels: 0

GK MAJOR VICTORY

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With the jewel secure, the paladins activate the teleporters, bringing with them their two wounded brothers, instantaneously traveling the distance between the planet’s surface and the strike cruiser above; Draigo was not among them. Unfortunately two of their brothers, Abraxus and Valar will not be able to continue their fight against the dark forces of Chaos, nor will Tech Marine Vero, having given their lives to secure the Tainted relic and, possibly, stopping the fall of another of the emporer’s children to the lure of the Chaos gods . To the stoic pleasure of the returning brothers, Brothers Steris and Vella activated the teleporters on their terminator armor as their Dread Knight Constructs fell to the blows of the Blood Angels’ mighty thunder hammers.

Immediately orders were shouted and the decks were teaming with servitors and space marines alike. Fearing the taint of Chaos touched the Blood Angels of the contingent following Mephiston to the planet, and not having the resources to ensure the eradication of the contingent, Inquisitor Lord Coteaz gives the order that the planet be subject to Exterminatus. It is an unfortunate decision, but there is nothing of immense value on the planet, the bio diverse planet is certainly not worth the spread of the taint among one of the emporer’s honored space marine chapters.
Minutes later, Coteaz watched out the view port as the missiles made their way into the atmosphere. He stared and watched as the atmosphere began to boil away. After a few minutes he turned and made his way to the cruiser’s vault, where he could ensure the tainted relic was safely stored for the voyage back to Titan; all the while a tingling was present in the back of his mind’s eye….



… Meanwhile aboard the Storm Raven Angelic, Mephiston, Corbulo and the few remnants of the Blood Angels first company were blasting from the planet’s atmosphere as the missiles began to turn the planet into a wasteland. If not for the Ceremite plating and the sealed environment of the Storm Raven, it is likely that the mighty space marines would have never made it off planet…to fight another day.

Here Diu Diu's lack of balance really shows. Her list's got too many bells and whistles and just not enough meat (i.e. scoring units). That puts her at an inherently slight disadvantage on the majority of the 6E missions right off the bat. It's really a testament to her skills that she can still do so well despite her lack of scoring units.

This game also highlights why I don't really like the Relic as a mission. This scenario is just unbalanced as it almost always favor the deathstar armies. Get a deathstar unit onto the relic - whether scoring or not - and good luck for the opponent to try to wrestle the relic away.

Anyways, congrats on a fine battle. It's too bad Luke is out of the running. His crons would have given your Draigowing a real run for your money. Good luck in your last battle (not that you'll need it. ).