Recently got my dad into 40k and he dove in hard, already collecting two armies and 3 tables worth of terrain within a year. To celebrate, here is his first battle report. Enjoy the dadhammer!
A mining colony on Sahara XVI has stopped communicating.
Small contingent of Lost Paladins, headed by Inquisitor Greyfax, is sent to investigate.
A Genestealer Cult lies in wait.
The Lost Paladins arrive at the spaceport and entrance to the mine. Their objectives are to secure the landing pad, control room, and power source for the complex.
Genestealers ambush the devastator squad, with shots from a Leman Russ killing two squad members, while the bike squad returns to the shadows.
The Devastator Squad returns fire at the rockgrinder, damaging the vehicle.
Under threat from multiple enemy units, the scouts deploy and the Landspeeder Storm retreats to cover.
The Inquisitor and her henchmen deploy and climb the ladder to the catwalk.
Meanwhile, the cults move a transport to gain access to the control room. The bike squad returns to the board in the same spot from which it left, while the genestealer squad returns to the shadows.
The scouts are fired upon by several units and destroyed, while the landspeeder is damaged.
The inquisitor re-embarks on the razorback and moves to support the tactical squad, which has deployed from the Rhino to attempt to take control of the control room. The devastator squad have encountered heavy fire and sustained casualties. They attempt to gain cover but are affected by the Magus, which leaves them unable to move and fire.
The genestealer squad returns to the control room and secures the objective.
Inquisitor Greyfax deploys from the razorback and the marines open the door to the control room. Greyfax fires a contemptor bolt and hits the unit, forcing it to endure perils of the warp. The Patriarch survives the perils, but suffers one wound and loses its power of Hypnosis.
In frustration, the inquisitor charges the unit, where she is challenged by the Patriarch. She is knocked unconscious and captured by the Genestealers. The Crusaders deal severe punishment and withstand multiple attacks, but are eventually defeated. Without their leader they fail their moral check and are destroyed.
The genestealer squad charges out of the room to attack the Tactical squad. The Landspeeder is destroyed and soon after the devastator squad succumbs to the heavy fire.
The terminators finally arrive from reserve to take the landing pad and destroy the acolyte squad.
The genestealers attack and destroy the marines and Razorback. The neophytes take the control room. The bike squad secures the power source.
The Rhino desperately charges to try and rescue the Inquisitor and one Genestealer stands to try and slow it down. While it bravely lands a hit on the Rhino, it does no good and the Genestealer is run down.
The terminators destroy the rockgrinder and retain the landing pad.
Game over! The ambush is successful and Greyfax has been captured.
Stay tuned for the next episode, where a kill team of Lost Paladins terminators will attempt to rescue Greyfax from the clutches of the insidious cults of the Mining Workers Union.
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