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Turn 1
Identifying the banners of the chaos warlord, the loyalist terminator detachment, led by a chaplain, teleported down on the extreme right of the traitor line (gaining 1 BM). The chaos commander responded by calling down his chosen to shield himself from the attack (who gained no BM), but a second detachment of imperial terminators, led by a librarian, teleported down to threaten his retinue (gaining 1 BM).
The black legion won initiative, and the raptors surged forward to defend the warlord, engaging the librarian's terminator bodyguard in a firefight. The warlords retinue and a death wheel provided support fire and the terminators were forced back, losing three squads, while 1 unit of raptors was destroyed. The imperial marines refused to give much ground, however.
Retaining the initiative, the chosen surged forward to engage the chaplains detachment. Fierce fighting broke out as the chaos and imperial elites fought nearly to the death, but the support fire of the warlords retinue brought the chosen victory, with the loss of 3 stands, while the loyalists were wiped out and the chaplain slain by the lord leading the chosen. The chosen withdrew into the craters occupied by the raptors, to the fore of the warlords retinue.
The imperials took advantage of the bunched up raptors poor deployment in wake of the assault and bombarded them, catching the lord of the chosen and the lord of the raptors, slaying both as well as another 2 units of raptors. The broken raptors retreated to some ruins near the chaos left flank.
The first folorn hope doubled, and occupied the rightmost chaos objective, sniping at the tactical marines in the ruins, killing a stand.
The navy was tardy, and the thunderbolts failed to arrive.
The second folorn hope occupied the leftmost chaos objective, and sniped at the tactical marines ineffecually, merely placing a blast marker.
The marines called in a thunderhawk, that strafed the warlords retinue but only placed a blast marker.
The chaos predators raced up the left flank, marching deep into enemy territory, to draw a bead on the whirlwinds.
The marines called in a second thunderhawk to strafe the sorcerers retinue, placing a blast marker.
The sorcerer ordered his men forward, marching to support the predators deep in enemy territory.
The marine tacticals exchanged fire with the folorn hope holding the rightmost objective, not doing any real damage but suppressing a stand (1 BM)
Fearful of air assault, the chaos landraiders went into overwatch, and the warlord doubled to take a position screening the landraiders and the three objectives in the chaos half of the table.
Meanwhile, the deathwheels marched down the centre of the board, racing past the ruins to end up very close to the rubble held by the whirlwinds and loyalist tactical detachment!
End Phase
The Raptors and folorn hope failed to rally, as did the remaining loyalist terminator stand but all other units rallied.
The Thunderhawks disengaged, doing a showy red arrows fly by manouvre
The battlefield at the end of turn 1
Chaos Marine lines at the end of turn 1
Chaos armour advances!
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They are free, yes, but not entirely free; for they have a master, and that master is Law.
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