Boss Skarbash leaned back in his ramshackle throne. Bits of jetsam and flotsam had been collected by his Gretchin and Oomie slaves to build it. The pieces were from sunken or beached merchant ships his pirate boyz had waylaid or sunk. It was a symbol of his success as a war leader and it was intnetional that he sat in it now and held court with his commanders.
“Da Oomiz stop us from getting more boyz across,” Kaptin Krumprukk snarled. He smashed his meaty hand down on the map, right over Baron's Rest.
Boomgob joined the Goff Kaptin in his anger, “Their big birdz managed to strike the boyz gathered near Look-out Pointe. We can expect their armored wagons to follow-up.”
Skarbash nodded, “The Oomiez are skilled skumgrod. Badwrench, tell them our surprise for the Oomiez.”
The Big Mek grinned from ear to ear. “Oomiez are strong.... when they are well fed. Skarbash has sent his best pirates into the Approaches. They have been waiting for days, watching.”
Skarbash laughed, “They know the routes the Oomiez take. I know Oomiez, if their fuel, las-packs, and food is at the bottom of the ocean; they can not stop us. Badwrench, send my boyz the signal”
The Big Mek bowed respectfully, and tottered off to the Vox station The Ork wolf-packz were being let loose to hunt.
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Today's battle will be a game of Aquanautica Imperialis between the Ork Kill Fleetz and the Human PDF Naval forces.
Forces:
Ork Kill Fleet
Sneaky Gitz w/Traktor Kannonz and Nobz 190
Sneaky Gitz w/Nobz and Ram 175
Grot Sub
Grot Sub
Grot Sub
515 Points
Ammoriss Naval PDF
2 AN Protector
AN Hunter w/
HK Torpedo
3 AN Faithfuls
1 Constant
4 Merchantmen Transports
515 points
Mission:
This is a Convoy protection mission in the Approaches to the Deff Islands. The merchant vessels are carrying key war materials to the Imperial held ports. The Ork submersibles have been waiting patiently in the approaches and learning the common approach routes used by the convoys from North Ammoriss. With the coded message from Big Mek Badwrench, they have been cleared to begin to attack these convoys.
The Orks win if they sink 3 of the 4 merchant ships. The PDF win if more than two escape the board.
This game could have been played with the traditional Aquanautica Imperialis rules, or using the Battle for the Depths variant. I chose the traditional format, as I had the templates handy.
Set-up:
This battle is being played on a 4x4 foot table. The entire board is deep water in the Approaches warzone. Therefore, there is no terrain on the board.
All the Ork Attackers are submerged so they do not need to be placed on the board. The Imperial ships are placed touching one of the board edges and they are trying to escape the opposite board edge.
You read the full results of the battle here:
https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2020/03/battle-report-aquanautica-imperialis.html
