BatRep 015-01-30-2000
Dark Eldar vs Necrons
Strongpoint

     "Well?" The Archon arched her meticulously formed eyebrow at the captain of her scouts.
    "I beg forgiveness, Mistress, but we were unable to find any more information about the invaders, and the mysterious beacon atop their pyramid grows brighter still. Perhaps some clue may be found in the libraries of our Iyanden foes..."
    "Are you taunting me, Dar'El? You know very well I burned their libraries to the ground."
   One of the scouts raised her eyes to the Archon and met her gaze-- an act of brazen insolence noticed by all in the room. Dar'El seethed and could hardly contain her anger. A haemonculi licked his lips and waited for his signal.
    "Yes? Do you have something to say?" The Archon seemed almost amused.
    "Your mercy, Mistress-- my name is Mor'El. Against the wishes of my sister I took my bike closer to the raiders than was wise. But I was able to see, quite clearly, a generator of some kind not far from the pyramid. It stands to reason we could put out the accursed light by simply destroying that generator. I cannot stand to see you so tormented by the light of that beacon."
"You are as wise as you are beautiful, Mor'El. It pleases me to follow your advice. For countless years I have suckled at the breast of darkness, and neither man nor beast will wean me to the light. Have my jetbike prepared, and summon the wyches to me. We shall all drink before the battle. If you please me, Mor'El, you may ride at my side as Sybarite of your squad."
Dar'El spoke up, her voice cracking in desperation and the knowledge that her objection was futile. "Mistress! That is my family, and my place to lead them!"
"Do not worry, Dar'El. I have a place already set aside for you on the Talos..."

   
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Ben (a lesbian Archon trapped in a man's body): One of our readers sent in a request for a Dark Eldar/Necrons battle-- and although I secretly believe Andy was pulling the strings there somehow, it's my job to oblige the reader. Given my choice of Dark Eldar or Necrons, it had to be Dark Eldar. I'm still grappling with how exactly to make the Dark Eldar work. All I knew for this one was that I wanted lots of high AP weapons, to deny the Necrons at least one of their saves (leaving them only the "I'll be back" rule). I wasn't too worried about cracking the bunker itself. If I couldn't take out the Necrons, the 200 VP for the bunker wasn't going to help. I also decided it was in my best interests to attack at night, since I expected the Necrons to have me well outgunned.

Unit Name ## WS BS St To Wo In At Ld Armor Cost Archon 1 6 6 3/4 3/4 3 7 3/4 9 4/2(I)+ 173 Agoniser Splinter Pistol Tormentor Helm Shadow Field Plasma Grenades Combat Drugs Reaver Jetbike Wyches 19 4 4 3 3 1 6 1/2* 8 6+ 353 Plasma Grenades Splinter P. & CCW (x14) Blaster (x2) Hydraknives (x1) Razorsnr. & Falchion (x1) Shardnet & Impaler (x1)   Succubus 1 4 4 3 3 1 6 2/3 8 6+ [40] Agoniser Splinter Pistol Gruesome Talisman   Warp Beasts 5 4 - 4 3 1 5 3 3 6+ [75]     Beastmaster 1 4 4 3 3 1 6 1/2 8 6+ [15] Agoniser Splinter Pistol Raider Squad 9 4 4 3 3 1 5 1 8 5+ 183 Splinter Rifle (x7) Splinter Cannon (x1) Blaster (x1)   Sybarite 1 4 4 3 3 1 5 2/3 8 5+ [36] Agoniser Splinter Pistol Gruesome Talisman   Raider 1 - 4 - - - - - - 10/10/10 [60] Disintigrator (x1) Raider Squad 9 4 4 3 3 1 5 1 8 5+ 183 Splinter Rifle (x7) Splinter Cannon (x1) Blaster (x1)   Sybarite 1 4 4 3 3 1 5 2/3 8 5+ [36] Agoniser Splinter Pistol Gruesome Talisman   Raider 1 - 4 - - - - - - 10/10/10 [60] Disintigrator (x1) Raider Squad 9 4 4 3 3 1 5 1 8 5+ 183 Splinter Rifle (x7) Splinter Cannon (x1) Blaster (x1)   Sybarite 1 4 4 3 3 1 5 2/3 8 5+ [36] Agoniser Splinter Pistol Gruesome Talisman   Raider 1 - 4 - - - - - - 10/10/10 [60] Disintigrator (x1) Reaver Jetbikes 4 4 4 4 4 1 6 1 8 4+ 208 Splinter Pistol Splinter Rifle (x2) Blaster (x2)   Succubus 1 4 4 3/4 3/4 1 6 2/3 8 4+ [68] Agoniser Splinter Pistol Splinter Rifle Reaver Jetbike Gruesome Talisman Talos 1 5 3 7 7 3 4 D6 - 3+ 100 Talos 1 5 3 7 7 3 4 D6 - 3+ 100 Total Army Cost: 1483 Pts.

Andy (proof there's at least ONE Necron fan): Originally it was going to be a toss up which army I was going to control. Of course, Ben's attitude towards the Necrons pushed me in their direction. My plan would be simple: Keep my troops back, and only strike what needed to be. Any straggling DE troops would be killed (hopefully). As long as the Dark Eldar kept their Dark Lances to a minimum, and the Talos far away, I felt pretty confident. But then again, I have a bad habit of lousing things up at the last second...

Unit Name ## WS BS St To Wo In At Ld Armor Cost Necron Lord 1 4 4 5 5 3 4 3 10 3+ 135 Staff of Light Veil of Darkness Necron Lord 1 4 4 5 5 3 4 3 10 3+ 135 Staff of Light Veil of Darkness Necron Immortals 5 4 4 4 5 1 2 1 10 3+ 140 Gauss Blaster Necron Immortals 5 4 4 4 5 1 2 1 10 3+ 140 Gauss Blaster Necron Warriors 7 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 10 3+ 126 Gauss Gun Necron Warriors 7 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 10 3+ 126 Gauss Gun Necron Warriors 7 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 10 3+ 126 Gauss Gun Necron Warriors 7 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 10 3+ 126 Gauss Gun Necron Destroyers 4 4 4 4 4/5 1 2 1 10 3+ 210 Gauss Cannon Heavy Gauss Cannon (x1) Scarabs 6 4 - 3 3 1 2 1 10 4+ 36 Scarabs 6 4 - 3 3 1 2 1 10 4+ 36 Total Army Cost: 1336 Pts.

Deployment: The Dark Eldar strategy was to get into close combat. Past experience had shown that the only effective way to get the Necrons to go down and stay down was to wipe them out man-to-man. Thus, the Dark Eldar attacked at night, and started the mission with the only units capable of sneaking past the sentries: The Wyches and the Beasts.

 
Wyches and Beasts advance dangerously close to the sentries under cover of night...

 
The light blazes around the Wyches as a sentry is destroyed.
Without a sound, the alarm goes out and the whole Necron army is alerted...

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