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May have maybe, possibly, had another death... *whistles*


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And maybe another...

Were the sacrifices noble?

Actually, kinda.

Not a good day to be in the assault squad, nor be their sergeant.

Oh dear...

I eagerly await the report.

It's now about to be written (this can take a while though). Someone has far outclassed Silver's marksmanship from last game too.

Oh dear, this sounds like it will be quite amusing to read. Just hope I survive

 Trondheim wrote:
Oh dear, this sounds like it will be quite amusing to read. Just hope I survive

Yeah, you were... Ummm... Really something.

 Just Dave wrote:
Yeah, you were... Ummm... Really something.

Emperor help us...

We are truly the Emprah's finest.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
We are truly the Emprah's finest.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
We are truly the Emprah's finest.

Well while I would hate to ruin your parade I dare say we may fall short of that

 Trondheim wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
We are truly the Emprah's finest.

Well while I would hate to ruin your parade I dare say we may fall short of that

 Just Dave wrote:
Actually, kinda.

Not a good day to be in the assault squad, nor be their sergeant.

Oh no. NOOOO! Oh well, For the Emp!

Noooo! The wooden bullet shall be mine!

Sign me up to fight the evils of The Arch Enemy!

I always wanted to play this game.

I want a lascannon or something. . .kirsanth for Devastator!

Any space for Brother Veri? Would like to be a sniper if at all possible. If it anything like my character from Xcom: Enemy Unknown(file got deleted sadly) then I will be awesome

If not then any melee based marine.

Usually I would prefer to be on the Chaos side, but beggers can't be choosers

Tactical squad sergeant for me if possible.

 Just Dave wrote:
... then Ignatius killed Isaac Hexen (and 2 zerkers) with his psychic power... You guys are awesome!

Nooooo! The point of the front line is to go down surrounded by foes! Blasted psychers can't be trusted!

Just finished Mission 3. The Battle Report:

This mission briefing and a display of the map are in this video. Basically, we were assaulting a Chaos Fortress in order to retrieve a relic. We were allowed 3 squads and a Librarian, and so brought the following:

The fortress was a square consisting of 4 main buttresses/towers in each corner. The fortress is well barricaded (and as such, hit-rates were particularly poor this mission, *cough* Rasputin *cough*) , surrounded by a moat with a gate between the SE and SW corners. We deployed in the jungle near the SW corner, upon which were stationed two Word Bearers, with one particularly pesky bugger being armed with a Heavy Bolter.

Silver and Pertinax of the Devastator Squad (armed with a missile launcher and heavy bolter respectively) both open fire but hit the fortifications with all their shots. Leonardius Rhodes, Purple the Magnificent V and their sergeant Noobimus Maximus all open fire on the same guy, but miss also. With his typically deft shooting, Securim Fulmen hits with one of his shots, as does Otto Von Swanzstucker III. The Heavy Bolter Word Bearer then opens fire on the entrenched Ultramarines, killing Brutus (a member of the Devastator squad who, despite an impressive performance last mission, doesn't actually represent a dakkanaut - phew!). Silver then fires his missile launcher at the heavy bolter Word Bearer again, and not only HITS THE TARGET, but KILLS HIM!

At the same time, the Assault Squad, Librarian Ignatius Avalon and the flamer-wielding Doctadeth advance towards the fortresses gate. The Word Bearer in the tower with the (now dead) Heavy Bolter marine opens fire and sprays Medius Ex Decimus with bolt shells, but he comes out barely scratched. Pertinax opens fire on the Word Bearer and finally hits... Once. As does Swanzstucker (again), whilst Rasputin misses with all his shots, going so far as to hit the corpse of the guy Silver killed. The Word Bearer then seriously wounds - almost killing - Rasputin, before hiding in cover, out of sight. This delay in slaying the Word Bearers on the battlements - who had slayed Brutus - marks the beginning of the problems that would reappear throughout the mission.

6 Khorne Berzerkers, a Sorcerer and a daemonic Flesh Hound charge from the main gate, attempting to launch a counter-attack (but would first have to cross open ground, then get through the assault squad, the librarian and the nutter with the flamer). Silver fires at the Sorcerer, but misses, whilst Purple the Magnificent V hits the Flesh Hound once, Sergeant Securim Fulmen hits it twice and Doctadeth also hits it twice with his flamer: setting it alight and banishing the encroaching daemon. Medius Ex Decimus then SHOOTS AT THE GROUND! This was a deliberate attempt to set fire to it, however, in order to - alongside the fire left by Doctadeth - funnel the Khorne Berzerkers in a certain direction.

Maxima Trauma shoots an approaching Berzerker with his plasma pistol, whilst Ignatius fails to cast his psychic powers, as does the enemy sorcerer (thankfully). Pertinax then opens fire and wounds the Sorcerer, who is then killed by - hold your breath - Silver! This also marks a reverse of the previous mission: with Pertinax's efforts being finished by someone else, rather than the reverse!

Doctadeth then sets two of the approaching Berzerkers on fire, causing one to flee. It was also at this point that Doctadeth set 3 teammates on fire and Ignatius accidentally killed another, where I restarted the mission before. Isaac Hexen crushes one of the approaching Berzerkers with his powerfist, whilst Ignatius kills another, whom Doctadeth had previously torched. At this point, however, two Word Bearers teleport in and CAPTURE THE LIBRARIAN IGNATIUS, taking him to their ship in orbit!

Things are looking tricky at this point, with the Word Bearers in the fortress being either entrenched or hidden (such as the guy in the SW corner that had been firing at us from the beginning), and the Word Bearers in the SE corner able to fire upon the Assault Squad whilst remaining out of range of our firepower. These issues are compounded by your (I wasn't there, clearly it was your fault) inability to kill the Word Bearers on the barricades. As such, Sergeant Maxima Trauma attempts to lead by example and seizes the initiative; activating his jump pack and launching over the moat and barricades onto the SE tower, but subsequently fails to kill the Berzerker there, who in return seriously wounds the sergeant. Medius Ex Decimus jumps up to join his sergeant: also failing to kill the Berzerker, but setting alight and killing the Word Bearer hiding behind the barricades (the same guy that had been firing upon us all game and shot Medius (and Rasputin) earlier).

Meanwhile, outside the fortress, Purple opens fire on the (two) Berzerkers that were left from the failed Chaos counter-assault, and in an impressive display of marksmanship kills one in two shots and shoots the other seemingly in the crotch. Rhodes then opens up on the remaining Berzerker, but in a less impressive display, only manages to hit his now-dead buddy. Rasputin also opens fire, but also misses all his shots. Noobimus Maximus then shows his own sharpshooting and manages to hit the Berzerker a further three times only to receive a subsequent taunt of "can you do no better?" At which stage, Rhodes opens fire again - and misses all his shots again - before Purple hits a further three times and finishes the job; slaying the penultimate Berzerker left outside the Fortress. Pertinax then proceeds to slay the final, fleeing and on-fire (thanks Doctadeth) Berzerker.

Inside the fortress, however, Maxima Trauma is standing in a perilous position: being face-to-face with a Berzerker, on low health, and in plain view of 4 Word Bearers, one of whom is armed with a missile launcher. Medium has helped, but both remain exposed, the sergeant particularly so. In an sterling display of skill, Otto Von Swanzstucker III overcomes the barricades, and shoots and kills the Berzerker that would have otherwise surely killed Trauma, who still, however, remains exposed to the last 4 Word Bearers.

The remaining members of the assault squad then take flight, launching to the aid of their sergeant. Nu engages the Word Bearer in the SW corner, but fails to kill the traitor marine there, who Maximus Porkpious then leaps in to kill. His success is short-lived, however, as one of the remaining Word Bearers then kills Maximus Porkpious (possibly my favourite name) with a plasma grenade! Nu subsequently jump packs over to the NW corner to engage the missile launcher armed Word Bearer, but fumbles and is embarrassingly killed by the Word Bearer: who is armed only with a combat knife, unlike Nu's conciliator power sword.

Meanwhile, the Marines from the Devastator and Tactical Squad are sprinting forwards, desperate to break down the fortress' gate and reinforce the assault squads. By the time Doctadeth breaks down the gate with a trio of krak grenades, however, the action is all but over...

... Not that his men leaping to his aid wasn't enough, Sergeant Maxima Trauma then makes matters worse and panics - rendering him beyond my control - in plain view of the three remaining Word Bearers (and missile launcher), with only Medius in immediate support. Isaac Hexen (one of the three remaining Assault Marines) then bravely jumps into the fortress to try and aid his brothers, but finds his flame pistol unable to fire (I don't know why) and so resorts to bashing him with his power fist... Only for the CSM to survive! Medius Ex Decimus then leaps over to the NE corner, to face the missile launcher armed Word Bearer that had killed Nu. However, Medius also finds himself unable to slay the Word Bearer, who had now been stabbed three separate times by power swords.

Brother Isaac Hexen then gets a pair of grenades to the face. Whilst Medius finally kills the missile launcher armed Word Bearer only to be shot in the back by one of the two remaining Word Bearers. Through their injuries and bravery, however, Medius and Hexen save their sergeant from almost-certain death (who now, with particularly convenient timing it seems, rallies). Hexen proceeds to crush the Word Bearer who had grenaded him, uttering the words "The Emperor orders you to die" as he does so. Maxima Trauma then fires at the last remaining Word Bearer in the fortress, only managing to hit once, leaving him for Medius to leap over and finish off, slaying the final Word Bearer and completing the mission.

The Assault Squad is left depleted, with Porkpious and Nu entering the Chapter's annals, whilst Rasputin, Rhodes and Maxima Trauma are left fairly well shamed. To make matters worse, the Librarian has been captured by the enemy and brother Brutus killed. Still, we won, and Silver even hit stuff.

Kill Roster and Awards:

1)Silver: 1 CSM, 1 Chaos Sorcerer (Champion). Promoted to Space Marine veteran.
2)Medius Ex Decimus: 3 CSMs. Promoted to Space Marine veteran.
3)Purple the Magnificent V: 2 Khorne Berzerkers. Promoted to Space Marine veteran.
4)Isaac Hexen: 1 Word Bearer, 1 Khorne Berzerker. Promoted to Space Marine veteran.
5)Pertinax: 1 Khorne Berzerker.
6)Otto Von Swanzstucker III: 1 Khorne Berzerker.
7)Doctadeth: 1 Flesh Hound.
8)Ignatius Avalon: 1 Berzker. Captured!
9)Maximus Porkpious. 1 Death. 1 CSM.
=10)Noobimus Maximus: No kills.
=10)Securim Fulmen: No kills.
=10)Maxima Trauma: No kills.
=10)Leonardius Rhodes: No kills.
=10)Rasputin: No kills.
=10)Nu: 1 Death. No kills.

Personal Awards for most dakka go to: Maximus Porkpious, for a 100% hit rate in close combat (and range, but lets not count range for assault marines); and Medius for 75% in close combat (and also 100% ranged). Doctadeth technically had the most ranged hits, but a flamer doesn't really count (sorry!), but Noobimus had an impressive 66% hit rate (second most to Doctadeth), with Purple second with 53%. Fulmen once more impressed with accuracy, coming 3rd with 50%. Most improved, however, goes to Silver with a 33% accuracy rate - over double last mission's!!

The Wooden Bullet Award undeniably goes to Rasputin, who had a staggering 0% hit rate! Rhodes (who like Rasputin had an impressive ability for hitting already dead CSM's, rather than the living ones) and Swanzstucker made admirable efforts for the award too, with 20 and 21% respectively. Maxima Trauma is also a worthy nominee for the wooden bullet award, too, despite his noble intentions.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
We are truly the Emprah's finest.

Truly.


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KamikazeCanuck wrote:Tactical squad sergeant for me if possible.

It's unlikely we'll get another Tactical Squad filled I'm afraid, but if you want, there's a Librarian (or 3) position open?

johnscott10 wrote:Any space for Brother Veri? Would like to be a sniper if at all possible. If it anything like my character from Xcom: Enemy Unknown(file got deleted sadly) then I will be awesome

If not then any melee based marine.

Usually I would prefer to be on the Chaos side, but beggers can't be choosers

Well your faith is questionable, but there's a place in the 2nd tactical squad available. No sniping or melee-based roles are available on the front line, but techmarines get a lot of close-combat action?

kirsanth wrote:I want a lascannon or something. . .kirsanth for Devastator!

I'm afraid the only Devastator position open is for a standard Bolter - rather than heavy weapon - marine. But Devastator's will get picked just about every mission, if you still fancy it?

Oh dear well I live, small mercies I suppose

You can get captured by the enemy? I don't remember that.

Once again, I shoot like an Imperial Storm trooper. And I don't mean the competent ones.

So I was captured and brought aboard their horrific ship? (To be honest, it's how adventures with me usually go...)

Do you have to do a retrieval mission a la Space Hulk?

Am I trapped there permanently?

Did somebody fail the Look Out Sir! roll, let alone even bother to roll?

 Dr. What wrote:
So I was captured and brought aboard their horrific ship? (To be honest, it's how adventures with me usually go...)

Do you have to do a retrieval mission a la Space Hulk?

Am I trapped there permanently?

Did somebody fail the Look Out Sir! roll, let alone even bother to roll?

Nah we just sold you into slavery, because we need more money for bolter shells and beer

CthuluIsSpy wrote:You can get captured by the enemy? I don't remember that.

Once again, I shoot like an Imperial Storm trooper. And I don't mean the competent ones.

Well, you did make a crack shot to probably save Trauma!

But yeah, the capturing is scripted for this mission I think.

Dr. What wrote:So I was captured and brought aboard their horrific ship? (To be honest, it's how adventures with me usually go...)

Do you have to do a retrieval mission a la Space Hulk?

Am I trapped there permanently?

Did somebody fail the Look Out Sir! roll, let alone even bother to roll?

Yup, there will be a retrieval mission indeed! Mission 8 I think, are you willing to wait, or want to fill in a place somehow?

Trondheim wrote:Oh dear well I live, small mercies I suppose

It's the thought that counts. You'd make a worthy Imperial Guard Conscript at least...

Huzzah! For the Emperor and such!

Do I get shiny new weapons to hack and cleave the foe?

 Medium of Death wrote:
Huzzah! For the Emperor and such!

Do I get shiny new weapons to hack and cleave the foe?

I'd already given you the shiniest flamer I could find, and have promoted you to Veteran?

Sheesh, you give and you give...

 Just Dave wrote:

CthuluIsSpy wrote:You can get captured by the enemy? I don't remember that.

Once again, I shoot like an Imperial Storm trooper. And I don't mean the competent ones.

Well, you did make a crack shot to probably save Trauma!

But yeah, the capturing is scripted for this mission I think.

That was probably accidental. My gun just went off at the right time

Do we who miss a lot get new toys too? Like assisted aim?

 Just Dave wrote:

 Medium of Death wrote:
Huzzah! For the Emperor and such!

Do I get shiny new weapons to hack and cleave the foe?

I'd already given you the shiniest flamer I could find, and have promoted you to Veteran?

Sheesh, you give and you give...

You mistake my excitedness for ungratefulness.

Veteran eh? Hopefully this will get me one step closer to Terminator honours...