So, this was the first kick at the can for a couple of players while for others it had been years since last played (Including myself as ref) Essentially it was a cruiser lash with escorts thrown into the mix. It was Chaos vs Orks with both sides had roughly 1250 points, but no commanders or any other special items, it was a test game.
The Chaos forces were: A Murder cruiser, Archeron cruiser, Styx heavy cruiser, a squadron each of Idolators [5], Infidel [5] and Iconoclasts [6].
The Orks fielded two Kill Kroozers, two Terror ships, a squadron of Savage gun ships [5] a squadron of Ravager ships [6] and a squadron of Ram ships [4]
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| The Orks did what Orks do, they charged ahead, but so did Chaos along the flanks. Chaos launched fighters & bombers. |
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| Chaos skirted the asteroid fields that flanked the battle area trying to bring their side facing guns into a firing position. |
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| Chaos Iconoclasts are quickly reduced to half strength |
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| On the Ork right flank the ram ships try to get into position to attack! |
The dust of three Idolator ships float in space
The Orks launched a 24 torpedo assault on the Chaos red cruiser, but the brace for impact order results in only 3 damage!
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| More bombers are launched by Chaos |
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| A devastating turn for the Orks! |
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| The escort squadron destroyed and the Kill Kroozer a drifting hulk. |
The Ork right flanks tries to regroup
Chaos chases after another Kroozer
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| The other Kroozer becomes a drifting hulk |
We called it after the second Kroozer was incapacitated, to be fair, the Orks were reduced to very few ships. It was a tough fight for the Orks what with their short range weapons vs the long reach of Chaos. One thing I would change is to give the Orks more Ram ships, Ram ships are good, Ram ships are fun!
The game was fun, and quick, it is amazing how well this game has aged. I do look forward to getting this on the table again soon, but I have been eyeing my old 1989 Epic Space Marines, that game was just too much fun too!
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