Turn One – Imperial Guard: Lieuteneant Goreman's platoon moved cautiously through the jungle, alert for any enemy. No one knew anymore how long they had been on this planet, fighting Chaos day and night, but their fighting skills had certainly been honed. Using hand gestures only, Lt. Goreman ordered squad one and squad two to continue directly forward through the trees. Experience jungle fighters, the soldiers nimbly picked their way through the dense undergrowth. Lt. Goreman himself moved down the hill to the north into a clearing where he could get a better view of the situation. As he scanned the horizon he saw nothing but wilderness …
Turn One – Sisters of Battle: Sister Superior Marguerite could feel the presence of the tainted guardsmen. He patrol had been in the jungle for five hours already, searching for the enemy. The sun had just risen less than half an hour ago, and its reddish glow was only now brightening to a whitish hue. As the faithful Battle Sisters in Margeurite's squad moved forward, their were caught up in the thick undergrowth and had to struggle forward. Marguerite fought with vines as the wrapped around her power-armoured legs and grasped at her robes.
Bogged down in the dense jungle, Marguerite did not see the guardsmen. One of the Sisters to her right hissed, "Reverend Sister, in the trees across the clearing …" It could only be one thing that the young Battle Sister saw. "Open fire!" Marguerite ordered, and with the deep staccato of bolter fire the Sisters opened up on their quarry. The bolts fell short, but battle was now joined …