The Celentine Schism Campaign: Uprising at Hive Triarch (1500pts Imperial Guard vs.Imperial Guard)

Posted bySamuel MaguirePosted inBattle Report

The 122nd Celentine Highlanders have mustered a force of rebel hivers at a major hive city in the Celentine System. The IVth Stahl Korps send forth a force of grim faced imperial soldiers to crush the rebellion and bring the city back into Imperial hands.

The highlander force, consisting of two infantry platoons backed by ratling snipers, armoured sentinels and the two leman russes Judge and Bulldog.

The Stahl Korps force, a large infantry platoon backed by penal legion conscripts, catachan assault veterans, brutish ogryns and a line of imperial armour with the hellhound Smokey, demolisher Pitbull and a leman russ battle tank.
The battlefield, stark grey architecture of an overpopulated imperial hive.
The fire support platoon deploys in the construction site, flanked by Judge and Gant’s command in the chimera
The assault platoon deploys under the shadow of the landing pad, backed by bulldog and a plasma cannon sentinel. The lascannon squad covers from above.
The mortars deploy in the apartment compound, flanked by armoured sentinels.
The ratlings deploy at the top of the apartments.
The demolisher ‘Pitbull’ and the ogryns’ chimera deploy forward, giving cover to infantry squads behind.
The Stahl Korps platoon command deploy in the central processing building, ready to order Commissar Heinrich and the penal legion conscripts, and the melta special weapons squad. The hellhound ‘Smokey’ and a leman russ battle tank deploy to give cover to the infantry.
The company command squad and heavy weapons squad deploy on one side of the pagoda building, while the assault vets and an infantry squad take the other side.
Bulldog rolls forward and wastes the assault vets’ chimera, while the assault platoon advances under the landing platform.
Judge flattens the platoon command squad.
The fire support platoon lands two hull points on Smokey, while the plasma sentinel blasts half of the melta squad.
The ogryns’ chimera rolls forward and deploys smoke, while the infantry squad makes for the distribution centre.
The battle tank rolls into cover, with the melta squad behind.
Smokey drives behind the auto shop, with the penal legion swarming around.
Pitbull makes for the rebel lines with infantry advancing behind.
The assault vets take cover behind the pagoda building, ready to counterassault.
The heavy weapons squad wipes the lascannon teams.
Bulldog takes a hull point from oncoming fire.
Gant’s chimera takes a hull point from the battle tank.
The conscripts run onto the auto shop.
The assault platoon charges for the pagoda building while Bulldog takes position to fire on imperial armour.
Gant’s chimera rolls forward to give cover to an infantry squad making for the landing platform.
Judge lands a hull point on Pitbull.
The platoon command fire on the conscripts, but lose a plasma gun to an overheat.
Bulldog plants a round on the battle tank.
The ratlings snipe two conscripts and the squad hits the ground, but a motivational plasma pistol shot gets them moving again.
The imperial forces round on the charging assault platoon.
Pitbull and the infantry squad make for a break in the rebel lines. The ogryns’ chimera rolls up to the apartment compound and the infantry squad capture the distribution centre.
The conscripts fire on the rebel infantry, causing two casualties.
Pitbull overheats one of his plasma cannons, and the lascannon sentinel is wrecked by fire from the chimera.
Smokey and the assault vets light up the assault platoon, smoking them to a man.
Rebel reserves outflank next to the assault vets.
Bulldog and the plasma sentinel line up their targets.
The autocannon sentinel makes for the imperials back objective.
The ratlings snipe a sergeant from the infantry squad in the distribution centre.
The infantry squad fires on the assault vets, leaving only two alive.
Bulldog wastes Smokey and the plasma sentinel wipes the melta squad.
Judge finishes off Pitbull.
The ogryns charge into the apartment compound and line up the mortars.

The infantry squad breaks cover and makes for the rebel lines.
The remaining assault vets line up the infantry squad…
… and completely wipe them out.
The fire support infantry take heavy fire from the imperials and break for the edge of the battlefield.
The ogryns fire on the mortars, taking out a team.
The fire support squad make it to the top of the landing platform, ready to fire on the imperials holding the pagoda building.
Bulldog lines up his next target while the sentinel rounds on the imperial infantry.
The infantry squad rallies and runs for the barricades.
The mortars flee the rampaging ogryns.
The imperial infantry take heavy fire from the rebels. The heavy weapons squad is wiped and the infantry squad flees behind the building.
Bulldog lands another hit on the battle tank.
Judge fires on the advancing infantry squad, wiping over half of them out. The fire support platoon fires on the conscripts and they take heavy casualties.
The mortars fire on the ogryns, but their lasguns aren’t enough to dent their sturdy hides.
The assault vets make for the entrance to the pagoda building.
The infantry squad rallies.
Commissar Heinrich leads a charge on the rebel lines.
The infantry squad runs back onto the pagoda building.
The sentinel takes a cheeky plasma shot from the company command squad.
The ratlings take fire from the imperial infantry.
The imperials fire into the rebel lines, screaming prayers to the Emperor.
The imperials assault…
… and both sides take heavy casualties.
The rebels fire on the infantry squad on the pagoda building, leaving only one alive.
Bulldog finishes off the battle tank, bringing his score up to three tanks.
The assault continues, with Commissar Heinrich and Highlander Lieutenant Jackson fighting in a challenge.
The imperials wipe the rest of the fire support platoon and capture the construction site.
Commissar Heinrich orders his men to man the barricades and prepare for the counterassault.
The ogryns wipe the ratlings from the top of the apartment and capture the objective.
Gant’s chimera is taken down by a krak grenade.
Gant’s squad flees the wreck into the open.
The game is called at turn five. The rebels hold the top of the landing platform.
The scraps of the imperial line still manage to hold both sides of the pagoda building.
The autocannon sentinel failed to reach the objective before being felled by a krak grenade.
The IVth Stahl Korps take the victory with 9vps to the 122nd Highlanders 5.
A very bloody and very memorable match, with Neville taking his first solo victory in the group. Excellent game Nev, a well deserved victory!

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Samuel Maguire is a writer and professional dropout from all around the worst parts of Queensland. He writes a blog about being nervous and swearing called skydekkerix which he doesn’t know how to pronounce.

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