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Small fore warning to the readers/followers of our campaign. This is our second attempt as friends to play the Taros Campaign. So we decided to alter fluff and scenarios and armies to meet our needs. Long story short all your Imperial Armour fans don't hate us for changing stuff; just have fun!

Scenario 1: Denab

Objectives:
The Imperial player must destroy the Tau Waystation and rogue transports. He should also attempt to board at least one transport. The Tau player must escape with as many rogue transports as he can off any table edge.

http://22ndvrrr.blogspot.com/p/the-empire-strikes-back-return-to-taros.html to see much much more indepth fluff and pictures.

Cool stuff its nice to still see some big kick in around!

Scenario 2: Attack on the Governor's Palace

Objectives:
The Space Marines must find and kill the Planetary Governor that has been appointed by the Tau forces upon Taros. They must attempt to inflict as much damage as possible to the Tau forces garrisoned near by. The Tau should attempt to wipe out the Space Marines.

Captain Hartley knew what his company was up against. Studying the various tactics recorded by the Avengeing Sons chapter when they attempted to eradicate the human command structure on Taros years before. This time the outcome would be different, Captain Hartley had selected to do a complete drop pod assault. With the aid of chapter members that had succumb Hartley had even chosen to bring Death Company. This assault was by no means a suicide mission but Captain Hartley had every intention of laying waste to every one who had sworn their oath the Tau; man or Tau.

see more at http://22ndvrrr.blogspot.com/p/the-empire-strikes-back-return-to-taros.html

This is awesome. One day I dream of bringing my own legions of death korps back to Taros and showing those blues and the heretics that worship them the error of denying the divinity of the god-emperor. And you beat me to it!!!

Seriously. Not only cool pics but also a great concept that's giving me the kick I need to paint up my battlefleet gothic. Question: were those converted firestorm armada ships in your fleet?

@Thanks Hyglar, check back for more taros updates ok man, and actually all the BFG ships afre actual BFG ships. Everyone at my local store went on a BFG spending spree when GW announced they were dropping the line/series.

Scenario 3!!!!!!!

Decima Missile Silo

See the Raptors take on Traitor guard in a huge struggle for a win!!!!

http://22ndvrrr.blogspot.com/p/the-empire-strikes-back-return-to-taros.html

Scenario 4: Encounter at Tungusta Station.

At first light, the Narmenian 1st regiment began a general advance across its entire front. At the command of their officers the men rose from their quickly dug fox holes and trenches, whilst tanks reversed from their scrape holes, gunned their engines and began to grind slowly forwards. Behind them the artillery opened fire, hitting pre-selected targets all along the front. The regiments three armoured troops formed the cutting edge of the advance, with squadrons of Leman Russes and Exterminators rumbling across the desert sands.

The side with the most victory points wins. Imperial forces get 3 victory points for each of the three objectives, whilst the Tau gain 1 point for every Imperial unit killed.

See more at http://22ndvrrr.blogspot.com/p/the-empire-strikes-back-return-to-taros.html

Scenario 5 Tau Bombing Run (Aeronautica)

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Scenario 6: The Battle at Giadamak Part 1

Giadamak was a huge strip mine where the ground had been torn up over centuries, its deep quarries leaving dramatic rends in the earth and huge, strangely regular mounds of waste rock piled high. If was a desolate and dusty place, home to several thousand miners until the approaching lank columns forced most to flee to safety. Some hardly work-gangs vowed to stay and fight. The scattered quarries, buildings, workings and equipment hid the defenders. The deserts provided little cover for the attackers. Where once the clanking and grinding of heavy machinery had rumbled across the desert, all was now silent. Fire Warriors scanned the southern horizon for the tell tale dust columns of the approaching tanks

See more at http://22ndvrrr.blogspot.com/p/the-empire-strikes-back-return-to-taros.html

What are those small versions of the fighter planes? It looks like a 40k version of X-wing. Really cool.

its aeronautica made by FW but out of production now sadly.

Wow! BFG, Aeronautica, and 40K campaign batreps with fully-painted armies and themed terrain. Really great stuff, chris13f. The pics are very good, too. They could do with a bit more text narration, IMO, but still very cool just to goob-out to all those cool models.

Was the Narmenian 1st a GMM commision? Love the contrasting turret color choices.

This is terrific. All these armies are gorgeous, and the tables and scenarios look great. Always nice to see BFG getting played, too.

Sceanrio 6



The outskirts of Giadamak provided the perfect killing grounds for armoured warfare. When the hunter Cadres and Armoured Task Force came head to head the confident Imperial Guard forces were level in decisive killing blows dealt by combined fires from both the Hammerheads and Skyray teams.


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http://22ndvrrr.blogspot.com/p/the-empire-strikes-back-return-to-taros.html

Nice! About time you got this posted on here, really looking forward to when my Elysians will be able to throw down in this campaign.

Holy moly, this is very impressive stuff gents.

Looks good!

Tau Night Raiders strike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

see more at http://22ndvrrr.blogspot.com/p/the-empire-strikes-back-return-to-taros.html

Please give me some details on those awesome dakkajets.

what did you use to convert them to look like that, is the pilot an ork etc?

or are those mig 15s?

Loving the f86 sabre paint job.

@sledgehammer hahaha thanks man, they are dakka jets with nuts scrapped off. then imperial weapons and a mix of sentinal crew and valkerei pilot bits.

see more of my MK86 at
http://22ndvrrr.blogspot.com/2013/05/mk-86-attack-sabre.html

Thanks so much im probably going to use them as my lightnings as they discontinued the sweet original already in your collection.

anyway im loving the air war going on in this campaign.

Pathfinder and Stealth teams operated in unison to attack Imperial Guard supply columns of Trojans towing trailers full of water, fuel and ammunition. Rear area security was mainly being conducted by Sentinel and Rough Rider squadrons, and these proved ineffective against the small, well-armed Tau teams. Day after day, convoy══ after convoy was ambushed. The Pathfinders inflicting rapid loses before withdrawing back into the desert. Soon, supply routes were marked by the blackened hulks of destroyed Trojans and trailers, or the slowly bleaching bones of horses killed in ambushes. Security was increased. Armoured Fist squads were withdrawn from frontline duly to help defend the vulnerable convoys, but the Tau attacks continued.

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You guys truly know how to bring a campaing to life. Excellent models/terrain used in addition to using multiple gaming systems to compliment it. I am so jealous..

The models look amazing! Where did you get those transparent stealth suit models?