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Prelude

El Quixo gazed through the forest canopy, eager to get a glimpse of his new foe. The guela were bad

enough, but his pathfinders had reported back that the enemy comprised an armoured advance, and El

Quixo had only been able to requisition one broadside, Antoch, who was encamped in a camouflaged

bunker deep in the forest. These heavy guela worry me Quixo murmured to his personal log. This firefight will be brief and the blood of Tau and Kroot alike is sure to be spilt, but we must make the

machines of man stop in their tracks

Mission Annihilation

Deployment Spearhead

Before the battle is joined

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The dark angels chaplain commander deployed all his forces ready to advance in turn one. El quixo

reacted by infiltrating both a unit of kroot and pathfinders deep in the forest, hoping to harry a tacticalunit, and a second group of kroot attempted to outflank. The other Tau units adopted covered positions

in preparation. The dakka pred stayed well back to the rear of the table however angels dreadnoughts,

razorback, rhino and jump troops, lead by chaplain narcissus, were deployed as far forward as possible.

Turn1

In the first turn all dark angels units advanced en masse towards the main Tau gunline. Chaplain

Narcissus, seein g the devastation pathfinder-guided firepower could wreak in his minds eye,

concentrated dreadnought and tank fire on the Tau scouts. The pathfinders, dispite their being in cover,were massacred, the surviving troops fleeing the battle.

The Tau reacted quickly, missile pod shots raining into dreadnought Delphius. The missiles slammed

home, and cheers sounded on the Tau comm. Link as the dreadnought was reduced to mere smoke.

But no! Brother Delphius emerged, unscarred, unfazed! Antoch had had enough of this. Without his

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comrade Moroc to distract him from his target crosshairs, the keen eyed Kroot pilot scored a driect hit

on the Razorback drive system, reducing the armour to mere ruin. The tactical squad disembarked and

had to take cover from flying shrapnel (pinned). The Kroot in the woods decided to snipe at the space

marines standing atop church ruins, with one true shot impaling an emperors chamption. The crisis suits

jet packed into cover to await the marine response

KP SM 1 Tau 1

Turn 2

The dreadnoughts moved relentlessly, tirelessly forwards, Phileas, crunching ancient trees beneath

their metallic bulk, the earth shaking as they advanced. The Marine Rhino, carrying a full squad, rolled

through the treeline and as it ground to a halt, the emperors chosen leapt out, spraying bolter andplasma fire. Several shots punched through crisis suit armour, and two shield drones were destroyed by

plasma gun shots. On the other flank, the dakka pred punched out shot after shot, the even the Kroot in

their natural element could not emerge unscathed from such an assault. Several hounds and Kroot

were slain by this onslaught. The assault squad lead by Narcissus, landed in the trees nearby the crisis

team. Despite one warrior flying into a solid bough, the assault team were close enough to assault El

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Quixo and his unit. Blows flew back and forth, and two of El Quixos most trusted Shasuis lay, lifeless

shells, afterward. However El Quixo would not retreat, and fought on!

This was time to make the shots count! But Antoch, seeing so many of his comrades fall, could not

steady himself and missed his railgun shot on the Rhino! The outflanking Kroot appeared on the same

flank and immediately disappeared into the foliage nearby. The fire from the ion hammerhead was way

off target, mislead by electromnagnatic decoys. The devilfish transport swooped low toward the

wrecked raxorback, but its smart missiles did not harm the disembarked space marines.

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KP SM 2 Tau 1

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Turn 4

The dark angel net tightened around the Tau. Delphius annihilated the fire warriors with flames with his

incinerators, while his colleague of over a century, Phileas, assaulted and immobilized the Hammerhead,

puncturing its inverse-gravity unit. The remenants of the right flank tactical unit closed range and let rip

against the devilfish, the melta gunner noting with surprise the thermal properties of Tau materials in

liquid form.

Narcissus assaulted broadside Antoch, while the Kroot felt the pain of rapid fire marine bolted from the

unscratched tactical squad. The Kroot ran to fight another day, while nobody had told Antoch the script.

He grabbed the already wounded Narcissus, who for a moment glimpsed his reflection on the

broadsides pilot canopy. Seconds later his helmet was crushed beneath the leg servos of Antoch!

Forgetting his Tau conditioning for a moment, he bellowed to his ancient gods and opened his helmet,

devouring Narcissus!

Antoch, recovering his composure, observed the rear armour of Delphius, and noted the critical systems

his in-flight system suggested as prime target. He took this advice, and Delphius was sent to guard the

proverbial emperors throne.

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KP SM 5 Tau 5

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It seemed unlikely that that the battle had been so close, with many more casualties on the Tau side

than marine, however close it indeed still was. The marines obliterated the remaining Kroot at the maingunline area, and Phileas finally ripped open the hammerhead and watched its terrified gunners and

pilot flee, only to be blown away to join Delphius by broadside Antoch, who despite the defeat lived to

fight another day, as he switched his broadside to stealth mode and started tracking his kroot colleagues

who had sensibly decided on Full Tactical Withdrawal.

KP SM 7 Tau 6

Dark angels victory

Epilogue

TBD

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