View from the East / View from the West
BatRep 026-11-12-2000
Imperial Guard vs Tyranids
Demolition Raid
It was another day in the blistering desert near Ammunition Bunker 342. Just a few men were working in the nearby area. The bunker had been there a long time now, forgotten as the war had moved away. The area was now guarded by some new recruits training before going to the front.
The whole area was completely silent as most of the guardsmen were working underground in the bunker, and the wildlife had long since been killed. Suddenly, the silence broke as the earsplitting alarm of the bunker went off. The few men outside started to run for the bunker just as the Tyranid horde began advancing to the small opening around the bunker.
Looked like the training would be cut short.
View from the East / View from the West
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Pirkka Jokela (new recruit): I thought this scenario was pretty interesting as it has a defender with a smaller force and a good defensive position. That's very different from the usual "clash of armies" type of scenarios. Then I made my army with the 750 points and realised that for IG, that means two troops, an HQ and almost nothing else. It didn't help that only one vehicle was allowed and fast attack was not allowed at all. Well, better not let the 'nids see me wavering - I'll just have to guess the unit with the bombs. I'm going to keep the heavy weapons in the bunker and put the infantry squads outside to take the heat. If I can destroy the main unit of 19 Termagants and the Tyrant I think I'll have a chance. Tallarn XVII Homepage: http://www.students.tut.fi/~pirkka/Tallarn17/front.html |
| Type | Unit Name | ## | WS | BS | St | To | Wo | In | At | Ld | Save | Cost |
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Captain | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3/4 | 8 | 4+ | 127 |
| CC Weapon; Plasma Pistol, Targeter, Carapace Armor, Trademark Item | ||||||||||||
| Command Section | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5+ | [51] | |
| Lasgun (x1); Meltagun (x3) | ||||||||||||
| Preacher | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2/3 | 8 | - | [6] | |
| Must join a squad and may not leave it.; Laspistol & CCW | ||||||||||||
| Anti-Tank Squad | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5+ | 125 | |
| The AT squad may fight seperately from it's command platoon on the battlefield.; Lasgun; Lascannon (x3) | ||||||||||||
| Fire Support Squad | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5+ | 110 | |
| The Fire Support squad may fight seperately from it's command platoon on the battlefield.; Lasgun; Autocannon (x3) | ||||||||||||
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Lieutenant | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5+ | 54 |
| Bolter, Targeter | ||||||||||||
| Command Section | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5+ | [16] | |
| Lasgun (x2); Plasma Rifle (x2) | ||||||||||||
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Infantry Squad | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5+ | 89 |
| Commander: Lieutenant; Lasgun (x8); Flamer (x1) | ||||||||||||
| Preacher | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2/3 | 8 | - | [6] | |
| Must join a squad and may not leave it.; Laspistol & CCW | ||||||||||||
| Veteran Sergeant | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2/3 | 8 | 5+ | [26] | |
| CC Weapon; Plasma Pistol | ||||||||||||
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Infantry Squad | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5+ | 83 |
| Commander: Lieutenant; Lasgun (x7); Missile Launcher (x1); Plasma Rifle (x1) | ||||||||||||
| Sergeant | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1/2 | 7 | 5+ | [6] | |
| Laspistol & CC Weapon | ||||||||||||
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Armoured Fist Squad | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5+ | 162 |
| Lasgun (x8); Flamer (x1) | ||||||||||||
| Preacher | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2/3 | 8 | - | [6] | |
| Must join a squad and may not leave it.; Laspistol & CCW | ||||||||||||
| Sergeant | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5+ | [6] | |
| Lasgun | ||||||||||||
| Chimera | 1 | BS: 3 Front: 12 Side: 10 Rear: 10 | [93] | |||||||||
| Tank. Turret Multilaser, Pintle Storm Bolter, Smoke Launchers | ||||||||||||
Total Points: 750
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Samuli Aura (bug hugger): I was constrained by the Raid organization chart, so only one heavy support choice. Although Biovores are effective against IG, I needed a serious fire magnet, and that meant taking a Carnifex. Also I thought it would be fun to charge in with the whole host of genethirsty bugs. I don't have any Hormagaunts or Gargoyles, so no Fast Attack. But I like Tyranid Warriors, so I took two broods of them and the Lictor as my Elite choices. Who would carry the demo charges? At the moment I haven't still decided, and ... I think it will be the Hive Tyrant.. or maybe... Hybrid Hivefleet Homepage: http://hybrid.ton.tut.fi |
| Type | Unit Name | ## | WS | BS | St | To | Wo | In | At | Ld | Save | Cost |
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Hive Tyrant | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5(I)+ | 106 |
| Independant Character, Synapse Creature,
The Horror, Monstrous Creature Venom Cannon; Flesh Hooks |
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Lictors | 1 | 6 | - | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 5(|)+ | 65 |
| Individual, Fearless, Scything Claws,
Stealth, Fearsome Charge, Hit and Run, Secret Deployment Flesh Hooks |
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Tyranid Warrior Brood | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5+ | 172 |
| Synapse Creature DeathSpitters (x3); Venom Cannon (x1) |
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Tyranid Warrior Brood | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2/3* | 10 | 5+ | 154 |
| Synapse Creature Close Combat Weapons (x1); DeathSpitters (x1); Devourers (x1); Barbed Strangler (x1) |
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Termagant Brood | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6+ | 133 |
| FleshBorer | ||||||||||||
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Genestealers | 6 | 6 | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6+ | 132 |
| Claws, jaws, and a bad attitude... | ||||||||||||
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Genestealers | 6 | 6 | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6+ | 132 |
| Claws, jaws, and a bad attitude... | ||||||||||||
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Carnifex | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5(I)+ | 105 |
| Monstrous Creature BioPlasma |
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Total Points: 999
Ben: For those of you wondering whether or not you can submit your own batreps, the answer is YES! Pirkka and Samuli are university students in Tampere, Finland. They are members of their university role-playing and gaming club, although they play mostly 40K, along with about ten other players. As you can see from their battle report, you don't really have to have much to submit a batrep: a table full of nice scenery, fully painted armies, a camera, good notes, and a clean writing style-- and these guys don't even speak English as their native language! Pirkka did me the added favor of writing the batrep out in HTML and sending it in a zip file along with all the pictures. [Editor's Note: Additional text provided by our official "fluffer," Jeremy!]
For details on the Demolition Raid scenario, click here.
Deployment:
A Lictor devours the first hapless sentry-- but the
alarm is raised!