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Stick with it Brother Captain, all will come right in the end.

I'm very much looking forward to slaughtering the enemy with these new clawed gauntlets that you have bestowed upon me. Most excellent.

Aside from all the crashing, can you take screenshots?

You give and give, and yet we demand more!

I tried taking screenshots, but it doesn't work, which I think is due the age of the game. I also tried installing camstudio too, but that didn't work either.

I guess I'll have to restart the mission, which SUCKS because it was going beautifully. Which of course means it's going to go horribly in the new one, with misses and casualties aplenty. The only real advantage is that I now know what we're up against, although the strategy was working really well already. *sigh*

In the present one, Nu had missed 2/3 of his shots with the plasma cannon but still killed the intended target (aoe), whilst Titan had killed just about everything with his assault cannon. The only thing that could go better is if Canuck could actually manage to cast his psychic friggin' powers and Kirsanth could hit something!

As it stood - past tense - Titan had killed 2 termies and 5 CSMs, Nu had killed 2 CSMs and weakened one of the termies Tita killed. Silver, Securim and Deth had killed 4, 3 and 2 cultists, respectively, whilst Otto had shrugged off a lot of enemy fire. Alactus had killed 2 CSMs in CC, Porkpious and Shrikenius had killed one each, Vortigern had incinerated another CSM, whilst Medius and Hexen had yet to meet anyone in close combat.

You mean none of us shot each other? That mission was running a little too smoothly..

Clearly, the enemy was too busy looking at my sanctified codpiece of Ultramar to land the killing blow.

Ack. It's crashing for any type of game/mission now, before I can do anything.

This probably requires a re-installation, which would (I assume) cause a loss of progress/saved games, and therefore the progress made in this thread...

Copy out the save to be safe.

 Just Dave wrote:
Ack. It's crashing for any type of game/mission now, before I can do anything.

This probably requires a re-installation, which would (I assume) cause a loss of progress/saved games, and therefore the progress made in this thread...

Well, that's both bad and good.
We lose progress, but we get to kill more things.

When it wasn't going well for me I used my psychic powers to crash the game so you'd have to start over.

SUCCESS!

I managed to reinstall the game, keep our progress/saved game and complete the mission... You guys even did well!

The highlights/teasers:
- Someone has been promoted to Space Marine Mighty Hero.
- Two someone's were literally employed as meatshields.
- Three someone's were promoted to Space Marine Hero.
- No someone's died. On our side, anyway.
- And I may have given away a lot of other stuff in my previous post...

If there's space, I want in on this.

The write-up from the latest mission will be uploaded tomorrow.

I have also started the next mission too, in which Isaac Hexen has discovered one of the "perks" of leadership: getting to go first! As such, the Terminator Sergeant is fired upon simultaneously by 4 Word Bearers, will he survive? Tune in another time, sometime, to find out.

 Just Dave wrote:

- Two someone's were literally employed as meatshields.

Sir, yes sir!

 kirsanth wrote:

 Just Dave wrote:

- Two someone's were literally employed as meatshields.

Sir, yes sir!

Actually... No. Today you were wielding the missile launcher rather than getting hit by them; so were too "valuable" (I hesitate to use that term with you) to perform your usual role.

 Just Dave wrote:
The write-up from the latest mission will be uploaded tomorrow.

I have also started the next mission too, in which Isaac Hexen has discovered one of the "perks" of leadership: getting to go first! As such, the Terminator Sergeant is fired upon simultaneously by 4 Word Bearers, will he survive? Tune in another time, sometime, to find out.

I thought the perk of leadership was being given a gun you clearly don't know how to operate?

 Just Dave wrote:
Today you were wielding the missile launcher rather than getting hit by them

omg. . .
Dreams come true!



Reason. . .EXPLOSIONS!

 DA's Forever wrote:

 Just Dave wrote:
The write-up from the latest mission will be uploaded tomorrow.

I have also started the next mission too, in which Isaac Hexen has discovered one of the "perks" of leadership: getting to go first! As such, the Terminator Sergeant is fired upon simultaneously by 4 Word Bearers, will he survive? Tune in another time, sometime, to find out.

I thought the perk of leadership was being given a gun you clearly don't know how to operate?

Whilst true for some, he was given a hammer... Which I hope he knows how to operate.

 Just Dave wrote:

 DA's Forever wrote:

 Just Dave wrote:
The write-up from the latest mission will be uploaded tomorrow.

I have also started the next mission too, in which Isaac Hexen has discovered one of the "perks" of leadership: getting to go first! As such, the Terminator Sergeant is fired upon simultaneously by 4 Word Bearers, will he survive? Tune in another time, sometime, to find out.

I thought the perk of leadership was being given a gun you clearly don't know how to operate?

Whilst true for some, he was given a hammer... Which I hope he knows how to operate.

People like to brag about extreme combat maneuver this, or careful and precise stance that, but I say all they've managed to do is needlessly complicate it. All you have to do is extend your arm and flail your hand about (with whatever it's holding) until it stops colliding with things in front of you.

 Necroshea wrote:
People like to brag about extreme combat maneuver this, or careful and precise stance that, but I say all they've managed to do is needlessly complicate it. All you have to do is extend your arm and flail your hand about (with whatever it's holding) until it stops colliding with things in front of you.

best description of melee fighting ever

 shrike wrote:

 Necroshea wrote:
People like to brag about extreme combat maneuver this, or careful and precise stance that, but I say all they've managed to do is needlessly complicate it. All you have to do is extend your arm and flail your hand about (with whatever it's holding) until it stops colliding with things in front of you.

best description of melee fighting ever

All hand to hand fights are like this. No exception

Mission 7 Battle Report:

The Context:

Deploying in the ashy wastelands, the Ultramarines begin to crest the hill behind which they deployed, the chaos forces in their sights. In the first shot of the mission Nu opens fire with his Plasma Cannon: aiming at the nearest missile launcher armed-Word Bearer and hitting the fortifications in front of him. However, the force of the blast still kills the chaos space marine, scoring first blood for Nu and the Ultramarines! Kirsanth The Almost-Invincible then fires a melta-missile at the missile chaos marine on the roof of the far bunker, also hitting the fortifications but managing to wound the traitor with his missile's area of effect. Securim takes aim with his master-crafted boltgun and hits the chaos marine twice more, before Canuck quickens Titan who strides forwards and cuts down the chaos marine with his assault cannon. Alactus and Doctadeth then cover their brothers with smoke grenades (Doctadeth is visibly disappointed that these particularly grenades don't explode), before the assault squad moves up.

Doctadeth and Silver take aim with their bolters, but miss all their shots; Doctadeth being shot three times in return. Nu then dons his shades, opening fire once more with his plasma cannon and proceeding to hit the fortifications again... And yet still managing to kill a Word Bearer again! Kirsanth tries to follow suit, but misses his shot at the enemies standing out in the open, whilst Securim hits them twice and Silver lets out a squeak of delight as he cuts down an enemy cultist. Doctadeth also hits these chaos space marines three times, whilst Otto Von Swanzstucker III opens fire with his storm bolter and misses. A lot. Titan - who is still quickened - continues to advance and fire, missing a chaos termie several times with his assault cannon. This terminator proceeds to mock his aim, before Titan (uttering something about not wanting to be made angry) rends apart the terminator with two bursts of his assault cannon, then kills another Word Bearer and hits a third.

Otto stomps forwards in his terminator armour, and gets shot 8 times but is barely harmed. Titan then gets shot by laspistol and somehow... survives! With the enemy reeling and two of the three heavy weapons Word Bearers dead, Maxima Trauma once more assembles his assault squad to seize the initiative, activating their jump packs and launching onto the roof of the farthest bunker. Trauma and Alactus engage the Word Bearer with the heavy bolter, Trauma embedding his power axe into the warrior's back, even as Alactus takes his head.

Kirsanth misses again, before Nu hits another terminator that Titan finishes off with his assault cannon, with Titan proceeding to cut down a further three chaos marine in two bursts each! Otto hits another chaos marine five times; killing the heretic. Silver, Securim and Doctadeth then join in on the fun, as Securim and Silver cut down two cultists each, with Doctadeth slaying another. Vortigern then sights up a Word Bearer cowering in the bottom floor of the nearest bunker, laughing deeply as proceeds to incinerate the enemy warrior.

Maxima Trauma and Maximus Porkpious then leap from one bunker to another: landing on the roof of the eastern bunker; teaming up to slay the last Word Bearer there, with Porkpious crushing the traitor's skull within his powerfist. Alactus and Shrikenius The Inept proceed to kill the remaining warriors in the western bunker; Alactus gutting his foe in one swing, whilst Shrikenius punches the other to death, making a pun about power-fisting as he does so.

With all the chaos space marines outside the cathedral slain, the Ultramarine forces begin to assemble outside the cathedral's doors. Isaac Hexen and Medius Ex Decimus lead the way, eager to finally get to grips with the enemy, whilst Titan gets shot by another laspistol; his terminator armour miraculously saving him once more. Securim, Silver and Doctadeth cut down the remaining cultists, whilst Maxima Trauma finds a stasis grenade in a container in the nearest bunker and Silver retrieves a shiny new missile launcher from another container.

As the Ultramarines close on the Cathedral, new assault marine Veltan taking point, a pair of flesh hounds appear. Alactus fires upon one, impressively banishing it with two hits (of five shots) from his plasma pistol. Titan hits the other flesh hound once before his gun jams, with the flesh hound sprinting past Medius (who at this point was complaining about his hacking arm getting twitchy) and launching itself at Otto. The terminator, however, is unharmed by the daemon's attacks and tears apart the beast with his chain fist. Titan then clears his weapon and fires into the cathedral to gun down another chaos terminator, before killing another Word Bearer with one hit! Nu then hits and kills another chaos space marine, also hitting a chaos terminator in the blast who Otto proceeds to kill with his storm bolter.

At this point, as we are about to enter the Cathedral, I planned to have our trusty librarian, Canuck, cast The Gate (something he had been failing to do so far all mission) from outside-to-inside the cathedral. This would grant us greater mobility and options than simply trying to cram through the narrow doorway, and it would allow Hexen and Medius to more easily get into close combat (think Gate of Infinity, the Space Marine Codex psychic power or creating a portal from one location to another). However, although Canuck actually managed to cast the power (twice!), its use was beyond my understanding (psychic powers are tricky things, OK; but my planning was solid) and so I opened up a squad-wide vox channel, declared "feth It" and we charged gung-ho into the cathedral. I read this tactic in the Codex Astartes, I swear.

Alactus, Veltan and Shrikenius led the charge as all good newbies do; the trio teaming up to slaughter the nearest Word Bearer, with Shrikenius getting the final blow. Hexen and Medius then employ another classic Codex Astartes tactic, and move forwards to act as meatshields for Veltan and Alactus (whilst Shrike cowe--- uh... takes cover behind a pillar). Medius performs particularly well in this capacity, soaking up a multitude of bolt shells, whilst Vortigern also steps in to shield Nu.

Shrikenius, however, is attacked by a pink horror - who managed to outmanoeuvre his pillar - but manages to punch the daemon to death, before also crushing the two blue horrors produced from its banishment. Vortigern then crucially sets alight a flanking chaos terminator, who flails about in the fire for a bit before Trauma hits him three times with his plasma pistol, and Securim hits him once more, killing (read: kill-stealing) the traitor. Vortigern then also sets alight a chaos space marine and chaos sorcerer; killing the latter whilst Kirsanth compounds the woes of the former by killing him with a krak missile.

Nu presses the attack, hitting the final chaos terminator with his plasma cannon; with Otto proceeding to riddle the enemy with bolt shells before Canuck sets the enemy alight with hellfire, killing the behemoth. Silver then finishes finishes the final Word Bearer off with his new missile launcher. The enemy dying around him, Veltan rummages through a captured supply crate, finding a Reaper Power Axe (an awesome weapon) and proceeding to stuff the weapon into his pockets before anyone could notice.

The Chaos Gate almost within reach, Hexen shows his close combat abilities and slays the final enemies: extending his arm and flailing his hammer about until it stopped colliding with the pink and blue horrors in front of him. The Chaos forces dispatched, Medius steps forwards and tears apart the Chaos Gate with his lightning claws; earning himself the Imperial Laurel and completing the mission.

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Kill Roster and Awards:

1) Titan: 3 Termies, 6 CSMs. Promoted to Space Marine Mighty Hero.
2) Vortigern: 1 Sorcerer, 1 CSM, 1 Flesh Hound
3) Otto Von Swanzstucker III: 1 Termie, 1 CSM, 1 Flesh Hound. Promoted to Space Marine Hero.
4) Alactus: 1 Aspiring Champion, 1 CSM, 1 Flesh Hound
5) Shrikenius the Inept: 2 CSMs, 1 P Horror, 2 B Horrors. Awarded Crux Terminatus.
6) Nu: 3 CSMs
7) Silver: 1 CSM, 4 Cultists. Awarded the Crux Terminatus
8=) Canuck: 1 Termie.
8=) Securim Fulmen: 1 CSM, 3 Cultists. Promoted to Space Marine Hero
10=) Kirsanth The Almost-Invincible: 1 CSM
10=) Maximus Porkpious: 1 CSM
12) Isaac Hexen: 1 P Horror, 1 B Horror. Promoted to Space Marine Hero
13) Veltan: 1 B Horror
14) Doctadeth: 2 Cultists. Promoted to Space Marine Hero.
15) Medius Ex Decimus: No kills. Awarded the Imperial Laurel and Purity Seal (becoming the 2nd Ultramarine, other than me, to get all 4 awards)
16) Maxima Trauma: No kills.

Most Dakka award goes to Nu for technically having a 66% hit rate, whilst Titan comes second a 65% hit rate, and that's about it; hit rates were pretty spectacularly low this mission. Vortigern, however, had a 228% hit rate, but flamers don't count for these awards. Maxima Trauma gets the Most Choppa award, for a 100% hit rate in close combat (and 75% ranged) and softening up the enemies for others to finish off. Shrikenius, further impressing on his first mission, comes second for 88%

Man of the Match award is hard to give to anyone except our new Mighty Hero, Titan, for spectacularly killing anyone even remotely shifty looking; although this is likely to be a common theme with the assault cannon. Alactus and Shrikenius get honourable mentions for their impressive results, whilst Trauma also had impressive stats and contributed throughout.
Nu also gets an honourable mention and is awarded the title 'The Best-Worst Shot', for the game giving him a 100% hit rate and him killing two chaos space marines, despite missing them.

The Wooden Bullet award is a toughie... Canuck's casting was pretty weak in the early stages, but I can't blame him for the inability to use The Gate; whilst in general everyone's hit rates were pretty low. However, the award has to go to Kirsanth the Almost-Invincible, for - despite being equipped with a rocket launcher armed with AoE melta missiles - struggling to hit anything all mission. Maybe his wounds have gibbed his eyesight, or maybe he's much better at being hit by, rather than hitting with MISSiles?

 Soladrin wrote:
If there's space, I want in on this.

I'm afraid there's no space left, sorry man. Your references (Purplefood) didn't check out either...

Wow, look at how much better my guy got on his first day at his new job as devistator.

FEAR THE CODPIECE OF THE EMPRA!

Chaos filth falls before my hand flailing!

I was asked for cover fire, so I fired at the cover!

Truly the tale of the dakka detachment is one of legendary marksmanship

I love killing cultists... it is almost as fun as killing childr... erm... *cough*

Also, glad to see that even when our glorious leaders stea... reassign our heavy weapons, our resourceful Marines are able to recover weapons in the field and put them to use for the Emp

Just Dave wrote:whilst Shrikenius punches the other to death, making a pun about power-fisting as he does so.[/list]

(whilst Shrike cowe--- uh... takes cover behind a pillar).

It was tactical self-preservation for the good of the future of mankind, sir!

Shrikenius, however, is attacked by a pink horror - who managed to outmanoeuvre his pillar - but manages to punch the daemon to death, before also crushing the two blue horrors produced from its banishment.

5) Shrikenius the Inept: 2 CSMs, 1 P Horror, 2 B Horrors. Awarded Crux Terminatus.

Shrikenius, further impressing on his first mission, comes second for 88%

None shall survive the might of my violent fisting!

Alactus, Veltan and Shrikenius led the charge as all good newbies do; the trio teaming up to slaughter the nearest Word Bearer, with Shrikenius getting the final blow.

Alactus and Shrikenius get honourable mentions for their impressive results, whilst Trauma also had impressive stats and contributed throughout.

Noob team, go!

 ProfessionalAmateur wrote:
Truly the tale of the dakka detachment is one of legendary marksmanship

Most would read that as a good thing, assuming that was all they read of the thread. . . .

Just finished the latest mission; securing a near-abandoned chaos ship and the data contained in its terminals. Next mission we're rescuing our captured librarian Ignatius Avalon.

Some teasers/highlights:
- We have 2 more mighty heroes.
- Three people achieved a hit rate of over 200%.
- We encountered our first Tzeentch Flamer.
- You guys actually showed some fairly "legendary marksmanship".
- Someone missed a door.
- Kill counts are high, but relatively concentrated.
- We had a serious incident(s) of friendly fire.

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Deployed were:

Terminator Squad:
1) Terminator Hero: Necroshea/ Isaac Hexen (Thunder Hammer, Storm Shield)
2) Terminator Mighty Hero: Rotgut/ Titan (Lightning Claws; goes well with the additional attack from being a mighty hero)
3) Terminator Hero: Medium of Death/ Medius Ex Decimus (Heavy Flamer, Chain Fist)
4) Terminator Hero: Vortrey/ Vortigern (Storm Bolter, Chain Fist)
5) Terminator Hero:Skarwael/ Herius Pertinax (Assault Cannon, Power Fist)

Tactical Squad II:
1) Tactical Veteran Sergeant: thenoobbomb/ Noobimus Maximus (Master-crafted Boltgun)
2) Tactical Veteran: Purplefood/ Purple the Magnificent V (Meltagun)
3) Tactical Veteran: Commissar Rhodes/ Leonardius Rhodes
4) Tactical Veteran: Platuan4th/ Nominus Terribus
5) Tactical Marine: Trondheim/ Rasputin

Devastator Squad VIII:
1) Devastator Veteran Sergeant: JakeCWolf/ Securim Fulmen
2) Devastator Marine: Kirsanth/ Kirsanth
3) Devastator Veteran: n0t_u/ Nu
4) Devastator Veteran: Doctadeth/ Doctadeth (Plasma Cannon)
5) Devastator Veteran: SilverMK2/ Silver (Missile Launcher)

Librarian II: KamikazeCanuck/ Canuck (Hellfire, Quickening, The Gate)
Techmarine II: johnscott10/ Veri

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blood_ravens_marine, would you be willing to stick with the assault squad permanently? FWIW, you'll almost certainly get more kills (and admittedly, more wounds) in the assault squad.

Stuck back on the battle barge... Oh well. *sharpens power axe* I'll try not to destroy anything while your gone