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My side was
Well, actually, the second list, the first having been a mix of only 250 points (went not real well for me against marines).

1 tempestor prime with plasma pistol
1 madellan psyker primaris
1 five scion squad with 2 plasma rifle and plasma pistol
1 scion command squad with 4 plasma rifle
1 valkyrie with 2 heavy bolter, 2 multiple rocket pods, and 1 multilaser (which was as close to useless as you might imagine agtainst marines in cover)
(the above formed the mobile strike team, and dropped to wicked effect with lots of plasma that could proc an extra hit on a 4+ (+1 psyker spell, +1 drop detachment effect)

1 five scion squad with 2 hotshotvolleygun
1 five scion squad with 2 hotshotvolleygun

8 points to spare -- enough for me to sprinkle 2 more plasma into squads, had I but thought of it at the game store.

My opponent brought
chaplain / jumppack with +2 charge / master of ambush
captain / jumppack with relic sword / "units can advance AND charge next to him"
3 5 man scout MSU squad
1 4 man aggressor squad

The mission was a "steal these four tokens from the center" where you have to end up owning 4 tokens, and the attacker (moves first) sets up at each end of the field, the defender in the 9 inch bubble around the center of the field. luck with me, I was attacker!
So I put my stuff on one end of the field, and my opponent left everything but his scouts in deepstrike.

We stooged around for a couple rounds looking for an opening (and my valkyrie killing like 4 scouts, which he sullenly removed from line of sight, leaving the center target area basically open)
He came out of deepstrike and slaughtered 2 5 man squads with his aggressors on turn 3.
My valkyrie zipped over and slaughtered (dropped troops) a scout squad in the opposite corner (I was out of position to get it over his aggressors that round)
and then
he ran towards the center, but had neither range nor line of sight to hit my army. Re-embark!
I flew in past him, precission dropped without casualty a mass of scions, dropped my forces, shot up his aggressors with lots of plasma, and left him with exactly a captain (chaplain had died to well angled valkyrie fire..., a badly wounded captain, a single aggressor with 1 wound down, and 2 scouts. I had left 1 psyker behind on the ground (out of line of sight, and frantically advancing towards the centerpoint) and a valkyrie with 6 wounds.
I struggled the valkyrie into melee with his aggressor to at least keep it from shooting, and he heroically intervened with his captain to put it down once and for all. .Perhaps I would be lucky and manage to steal one of the 4 3 victory point tokens from the middle, with my unshielded and unsafe psyker.
It died.
I rolled a 4.
I spent my last cp.
I rerolled .. six.
soooo.... crash/boom/d3 damage that reached his entire remaining force.
I then rolled 2, 2, and 2 woudns causing his forces to die, die, and die.
I tabled someone by crashing on him real hard.

Anyway, it twas victory from the jaws of failure!
Conclusion.

YAY!!!