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[Red Queen] Red Queen Rising Battle 14
Chroma
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:10 pm 
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Turn 3

Lictor Swarm 1 sneaks safely into position behind the City Walls and threatens a number of Imperial formations?


Strategy Roll: Imperials.

The Elite Kasrkin engage Lictor Swarm 1? and easily wipe it out.  *sigh*

Artillery Company 1 attempts to sustain fire? fails? the Supreme Commander can seem to get a comm link, so they fail again and just regroup, clearing Blast markers.

The Hydraphant engages the far left flank Armoured City Wall? and brings it crashing down with 5DC damage, a crit? that does 1DC damage to the next section, which does a crit doing another 1DC damage to it!  A mighty roar goes up from the Tyranids!

Nexus Swarm 2 sustains fire on Artillery Company 2 and the Baneblade, placing 2 Blast markers on the super-heavy and only one on the artillery.

Artillery Company 2 then sustains fire on The Red Queen, doing 1DC damage to the slightly damaged Hierodule.

The Baneblade tries to marshal, but fails, breaking!  It takes the elevator down to the ground floor and moves away from the Wall.

Assault Swarm 2 engages the intermingled Shadowsword, Infantry Company, and Kasrkin Company.  It's a vicious fight, but the city wall takes the brunt of it; the Shadowsword's tower taking 3DC damage and the Karskin's wall taking 2DC, along with a single slain Kasrkin, and the Infantry Company is wiped out.  The Tyranids lose 5 Raveners (I just couldn't make Ravener saves this game!), 2 Gargoyles, 2 Hormagaunts, and 1 Termagant as they are pushed back.


The Thunderbolts are unable to approach the battlefield due to think spore cover and stand down.

Nexus Swarm 1 engages the City Militia, with support from the Hydraphant.  One Haruspex gets tangled up in the razorwire, but the rest of the Bugs make it to the dinner table? they lose a Ravener? and only the Commissar's Command unit survives the feast.


The Kasrkin HQ goes on overwatch.

The Kasrkin Company also goes on overwatch.

The Hierophant doubles up and fires on the Basilisks? for one Blast marker.

The Shadowsword advances to pivot, and fires on the Hierophant? doing 3DC damage!

Assault Swarm 1 marches into the defence line, burrowing into protection, but gets hit by some overwatch fire which takes out 2 Raveners, 1 Gargoyle, and 1 Termagant, driving the swarm instinctive.

The Red Queen doubles up the middle and fires on Artillery Company 2? for 1 Blast marker?

End of turn:

The City Militia and the Baneblade fail to rally.

Some scattered spawning occurs? and some regeneration.

The Genestealer Swarm reappears near the left Brood Hive? and is promptly forgotten!

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 Post subject: [Red Queen] Red Queen Rising Battle 14
PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:38 pm 
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Turn 4

More Lictors show up?


Strategy Roll: Imperials? by "1"

Artillery Company 1 sustains fire on The Red Queen and the Hierophant? and kill a recently spawned Ravener.

The Elite Kasrkin are ordered to engage the new batch of Lictors? they request confirmation? don't like what they hear, and bug out, moving away from the approaching horrors.

Licking Her mandibles, The Red Queen prepares to engage Artillery Company 2? but the Hierodules are feeling surly? and She just can't get them to do what She wants so She shoots and destroys 1 Basilisk instead.  (Heartbreaking, just heartbreaking?)

The Basilisks then respond by sustaining fire on The Red Queen and kill one of Her Hierodules!

The Shadowsword fires on The Red Queen and does 1DC damage to Her!

Assault Swarm 1 engages the Kasrkin Company? and does absolutely nothing to them or the Wall? the three Tyranid Warriors and 2 Termagants are all that survive to limp back to cover.

The Lictors then engage the broken Baneblade? they do 1DC damage? but are wiped out by support fire from the wall mounted Basilisks! (Finally get to attack with some Lictors? and get bupkiss!)

The Thunderbolts dive down and hammer the Hierophant? and kill it!  The Red Queen blasts two of the planes out of the air as they try to get away.

The Kasrkin Company sustains fire on Assault Swarm 1 and takes out 2 Termagants and 1 Tyranid Warrior.

Nexus Swarm 2 sustains fire on the Shadowsword, the Commissar of the City Militia, and the Kasrkin Company.  The Kasrkin lose a Leman Russ and their Command unit with Psyker, the City Militia is no more, and the Shadowsword gets a Blast marker.

Karskin HQ sustains fire on Assault Swarm 2 and manages to kill 1 Gargoyle, 1 Termagant, and *2* Tyranid Warriors!

Full of piss and vinegar, the Hydraphant goes for an easy target and engages the broken Baneblade in a firefight?

?and a heavy bolter round through the brainpan kills the mighty Bio-Titan in a cascade of crits? dead? dead? DEAD!  The Baneblade is unharmed? but still broken.  *SIGH*

Assault Swarm 2 advances to grab some cover.

Nexus Swarm 1 doubles up to the Gate and fires on Artillery Company 2, destroying 2 Basilisks and sending the others off the wall.

The Genestealer Swarm just sits there, forgotten?

End of turn:

Again, the Baneblade fails to rally.

Some scattered spawning occurs? and The Red Queen regenerates 1DC.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:01 pm 
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Turn 5

No teleports left.

Strategy Roll: Tyranids? FINALLY!

The Red Queen attempts a combined assault with Nexus Swarm 1? and succeeds!

The smash themselves against the Armoured Gates, Walls, Tower? plus the Shadowsword and the Kasrkin Company. ?It's a bloodbath as the Wall comes tumbling down, taking a many tanks and men with it, the Gate is also breached and the Imperials fall back in terror.

Nexus Swarm 2 then sustains fire on the Kasrkin HQ and Artillery Company 1, taking out 1 Bombard, 1 Chimera, and 3 Kasrkin!

With renewed bravery, the Kasrkin Elite advance on The Red Queen and manage to do 2DC damage to Her!

The Kasrkin HQ sustains fire on Assault Swarm 2 and takes out 3 Termagants, driving it instinctive.

Assault Swarm 1 marches to the Cathedral to take Imperial Objective 1.

Finally getting through the rough skies, the Thunderbolts dive down and eliminate the last Warrior of Assault Swarm 1, denying the Tyranids the objective?

End of turn:

The Artillery Company 2, the Baneblade, and the Kasrkin Company all fail to rally.

All Tyranid formations *fail* to rally (wrote that down in the margin it seems!) and The Red Queen regenerates 1DC.

Imperials 0 (none) vs Tyranids 0 (none)

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 Post subject: [Red Queen] Red Queen Rising Battle 14
PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:19 pm 
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Turn 6

No teleports.

Strategy Roll: Imperial

The Shadowsword advances to fire on The Red Queen and does 3DC damage!

The Elite Kasrkin sustain fire on The Red Queen and do 2DC damage to Her!

Nexus Swarm 1 engages the Bombards and the Kasrkin HQ.  

The Bugs lose 1 Hormagant and 1 Ravener, but takes out 4 Bombards, does 2DC damage to a Wall, and sends the rest of the Imperials falling back?


The Red Queen then engages the intermingled Shadowsword and Elite Kasrkin? In two rounds, a Hierodule suffers some damage? but the Imperials are completely wiped out, and She claims the Blitz and Imperial Objective 2!


The lone Thunderbolt makes a suicide run against Assault Swarm 2? and takes out a Tyranid Warrior!

And, hey, what's this?!  Genestealers?!  Hmmm? I guess I'll march them over to the Cathedral and Imperial Objective 1?

End of turn:

No Imperial formations rally.

No Tyranid swarms spawn.

The Red Queen regenerates 2DC. (That was a little too close for comfort!)

Imperials 0 (none) vs Tyranids 2 (Blitz, T-n-H): Moderate Tyranid Victory.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:27 pm 
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Well, that brings us to the end of the "regular" part of the "Red Queen Rising" Campaign.

Final Campaign Score

Imperial: 33 vs Tyranids: 37 - Narrow Tyranid Victory!

There's still an "Endgame" scenario to be played, which will determine *how* bad a loss this was for the Imperium... if they win, they can Exterminatus the planet and hopefully prevent The Red Queen from taking to the stars... if they lose... well... no one will know until much too late... We *hope* to get the Endgame done before the New Year... so keep your fingers crossed!

It was a fantastic run of games and my opponents were excellent! ?It was great how everything hung in the balance for so long, tiping back and forth. ?And thanks to all you patient and long-suffering readers! ?Hope it was worth the wait!

I'll be, eventually, putting together a "Red Queen Rising" campaign book, I'll keep you posted as it develops!

Thanks again all!

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:02 pm 
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Awesome... She has prevailed in battle!

I hope that Her forces swamp the planet so much that She may escape off-world, to spawn Queens anew!

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:03 pm 
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What a fight! Thanks for the reports, it was very thrilling to read!
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:05 pm 
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(Evil and Chaos @ Dec. 14 2007,19:02)
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Awesome... She has prevailed in battle!

I hope that Her forces swamp the planet so much that She may escape off-world, to spawn Queens anew!

*laugh*  Narrowly prevailed...

I (and my opponents) couldn't believe how *close* the whole thing was... considering we were making up rules and scenarios as we went along, it was quite gratifying to see it all work out so well.

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Excellent stuff - thanks Chroma! :D

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(Markconz @ Dec. 14 2007,22:09)
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Excellent stuff - thanks Chroma! :D

You're welcome!  It was a tonne of fun!

We're already planning our next campaign...  *laugh*

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Excellent through out Chroma, thanks very much.

The Red Queen was awesome in the end and soaked up so much firepower!  How many DC did she have in the beginning and end?

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Excellent through out Chroma, thanks very much.

The Red Queen was awesome in the end and soaked up so much firepower! ?How many DC did she have in the beginning and end?

My pleasure!

The Red Queen's starting value is 8DC, and she was knocked down to 2DC, before regenerating back up to 4DC at the very end... so, she was nearly killed... was a *very* close game!

Glad you enjoyed it!

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Great stuff Chroma. Thanks so much for taking the time to share all this.

Very inspiring!

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Brilliant, a great read and a great campaign.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:34 pm 
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Wow, another great battle. Thanks Chroma. I thought for sure that the Red Queen was going to buy the farm.

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