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Turn 2
No teleports
Strategy Roll: Titan Legion
Seeing the danger Tempestas is in, Incendo Telum advances to support range and powers fire in to the armoured hides of Tyrant Brood 2. ?The massive alien beast shriek and roar under the painful barrage, but in the end their hyper-evolved hides shrug off the hits with no damage done! ?(We were quite blown away by this? but having so much Reinforced Armour, and the to Heirodules as hit soaks in wasn't totally unbelievable).
Knowing that he who hesitates is despised by the Emperor, the Princeps of the Tempestas strides slightly forward to engage the commingled broods of Hive Tyrant 2 and Warrior Brood 1. ?Incendo Telum also pours in support fire. ?In the end, the assault Reaver has lost all its Void Shields but it has devastated the Tyranids: of the two broods all that remain standing are the Hive Tyrant, the 3 Warriors, and a single Carnifex! ?Victory!
With a defiant scream, Hive Tyrant 2 takes the remnants of Warrior Brood 1 to engage Tempestas in close combat! ?Incendo Telum looks on helplessly as the alien beasts tear great chunks out of its brother Reaver (-4 DC, no crits), its massive frame blocking the line of sight to the enemy and preventing any form of support! ?On its own, the assault Reaver is able to kill the Hive Tyrant and Carnifex, and, though victorious, is unable to dispatch the Tyranid Warriors, though it moves away from them.
Moving like a daemonic spider, the Heirophant charges down the hill to engage Tempestas, but the Titan is out of reach of its claws but the bio-titan is in range of Incendo Telum's support fire! ?The fighting is fierce and the Heirodule suffers the worst for it, in the end the bio-titan is slain, but in its death throes a gout of acid strikes the Tempestas, breaching the reactor core (1 DC, plus crit. ?The combat went on for 2 rounds, but I just couldn't get the bio-titan into close combat? *sigh*)
With the massive alien warbeast slain, Emperor's Vengeance doubles forward to bring its guns to bear, firing the full load of white-hot plasma from its Cannons, on Warrior Brood 1 cowering in the ruins. ?The Legate lets out a loud curse as only two of the alien beasts are killed. ?Well, a single group of the strange aliens certainly isn't a threat?
Hive Tyrant 1 again tries to sustain fire on the Warlord Titan but the high arcing spore mines fail to find their target.
Warrior Brood 2 doubles forward in an attempt to flank the Warlord, its hissing shots not connecting.
Tempestas has taken too much damage, plasma vents from the reactor core searing through leg actuators and, with a groan of tortured metal, the great machine topples to the ground. (It was then my opponent remember that all his Titans had Sacred Icons so they were all inspiring and he would have won all his combats by one more destroying one more creature per attack? and then I reminded him that all he'd ever left behind had been fearless creatures so there would've been no effect? well, it wasn't just the Legate cursing then. ?*laugh*)
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luckily it is only 4x4+ and 4x3+ a turn 