Here is my opponent's army. I don't have the points, so sorry about that.
HQ:
Fireblade.
Troops:
12 x Fire Warriors - 2 Gun Drones.
6 x Fire Warriors - 2 Gun Drones.
6 x Fire Warriors - 2 Gun Drones.
Elite:
3 x Crisis Suits - 3 x Melta, 2 x Flamer, Missile Pod, 2 Gun Drones, Shield Generator.
3 x Crisis Suits - 3 x Melta, 2 x Flamer, Missile Pod, 2 Gun Drones, Shield Generator.
Fast Attack:
10 x Pathfinders - 2 Railgun, all Pathfinders' Drones, 2 Gun Drones.
Now on to the game. Mission is Relic instead of Purge the Alien. Deployment 12 inches away from the board. I go first.
*NOTE* All directions are from my perspective.
Psychic Power:
Farseer: Psychic Shriek, Guide and Eldritch Storm.
Librarian: Cleansing Flame, Psychic Shriek, Shrouding.
Deployment:
Eldar and Grey Knights:
- Wave Serpent, Viper and Dreadknight are in a ruined at the center of my deployment zone so that I can use their mobility and far-range fire power to the fullest.
- Rangers are deployed in a ruin on the right.
- Farseer and Fire Dragons are in the Wave Serpent.
- Librarian and Terminators are in reserve. They are separate.
Tau:
- The twelve-men squad attached with the Fireblade is positioned at the center building in his deployment zone.
- 2 squads of 6 Fire Warriors are deployed next to it on each side.
- The same with the 2 squads of Crisis Suits though they are much further from the
HQ.
- Pathfinders are in reserve.
Turn 1 of Grey Knights and Eldar:
Movement:
- Dreadknight teleported 30' towards the foe. Both Wave Serpent and Viper also advanced. All of them are on the right flank.
- Terminators Deepstrike next to the six-men Fire Warriors on the right.
- Librarian stayed in reserve.
Psychic:
- Sanctuary was successfully cast by Dreadknight.
Shooting:
- Dreadknight flamed 2 Fire Warriors in the twelve-men unit which the Fireblade is attached to. Its Gatling Psylencer killed 1 more and 2 Drones.
- Wave Serpent, Viper and Rangers opened up on one Crisis Suit team, killing both Drones and 2 Suits, leaving one left but he passed his Pinning and Morale.
- Terminator ran 2" and
the gak out of one six-men Fire Warrior squad, wiping them all out including the Drones. Storm Bolters did not need to fire. I got First Blood.
Turn 1 of Tau:
Movement:
- The left Crisis Suits team moved up closer to the Wave Serpent.
- Everything else stayed put.
Shooting:
- Fireblade put 1 Markerlight on my Wave Serpent.
- The left Crisis Suits team fired Melta and Missile into my Wave Serpent. I jinked, and took one glance.
- The six-men Fire Warriors squad fired at the Terminators to no avail.
- Fireblade squad shot the Dreadknight but again, no luck against my 2+ armor save.
- Lone Crisis Suit on the right did not manage anything against the Dreadknight.
Turn 2 of Grey Knights and Eldar:
Movement:
- Wave Serpent moved towards the left Crisis Suits team, turned around and allowed the Fire Dragons and the Farseer to disembarked.
- Dreadknight moved closer to the Fire Blade.
- Viper shuffled a bit.
- Terminators advanced into my opponent's table edge for Linebreaker.
- Librarian remained in reserve.
Psychic:
- Guide on the Fire Dragon was denied.
- Eldritch Storm killed 2 Drones and 1 Fire Warriors from the six-men Fire Warrior squad.
- Psychic Shriek killed 1 Drone from the full Crisis Suit team.
Shooting:
- Farseer rolled a
to hit with Shuriken Pistol.
- Fire Dragons killed the Drone and one Crisis Suit. Wave Serpent fire its Shield and put a wound on another Suit. They passed both Pinning and Morale checks.
- Viper fired at the last Crisis Suit of the right squad, did not do anything. He was finished off by the Rangers.
- Dreadknight killed a total of 7 Fire Warriors with Heavy Incinerator and Gatling Psylencer. Only the Fireblade and 2 Fire Warrior were left. Leadership was passed.
Assault:
- Terminators charged the five-men Fire Warriors squad. Overwatch (supporting fire included) killed 2 Terminators. Ouch. I need a 11" charge and rolled
. For the Emperor! This is the second time I have rolled double 6s for an 11" charge. Last time, my Dreadknight wiped out a group of Nurgle Marine Bikers.
- In close combat, the Terminators killed the Fire Warriors to a man.
Turn 2 of Tau:
Movement:
- Pathfinders outflanked from the left table edge (from where I am standing) and lined up on my Farseer and Fire Dragons.
- Fireblade and 2 Fire Warriors exited the building and ran for the Relic.
- Crisis team moved back.
Shooting:
- Pathfinders and Crisis Team killed all the Fire Dragons but left the Farseer unharmed. I made a bunch of 3+ armor saves there.
- No harm was done on the Dreadknight. The Fireblade unit snatched the Relic and hid in the ruin.
Turn 3 of Eldar and Grey Knights:
Movement:
- Librarian came in and landed on the left flank, facing the Pathfinders.
- Wave Serpent turned around to bring the full firepower upon the Pathfinders.
- Terminators moved to the left to engage the Crisis Suits team.
- Farseer also moved up.
- Dreadknight closed in on the Fireblade.
- Viper shuffled a bit to have line-of-sight on the Pathfinders.
Psychic:
- Eldritch Storm killed 2 Drones from the Pathfinders.
- Cleansing Flame killed another Drone and a Pathfinder.
- Psychic Shriek from the Farseer was very successful. I rolled 15, inflicting 6 wounds on the Crisis Suits team. They failed just enough 4+ Invulnerable saves to die off.
Shooting:
- Dreadknight, unsurprisingly, murdered the Fireblade and his bodyguards mercilessly.
At this point, we decided to call the game. My Wave Serpent, Viper and Librarian could still shoot at the Pathfinders, but that would be too painful to watch. The game was a massacre. GG.
Point wise, it was a 3 - 1 victory for the Grey Knights and Eldar. I had First Blood, Slay the Warlord and Linebreaker. He had Linebreaker. Neither of us claimed the Relic at the end.
Body count:
Eldar: 5 Fire Dragons.
Grey Knights: 2 Terminators.
Tau: 24 Fire Warriors, 13 Drones of all sorts, 6 Crisis Suits, 1 Fireblade, 1 Pathfinder.
