We had realised at the end of the movement phase that the Deathstrike Missiles had not been moved (Duh) and that they should have moved at the start of the turn as a Compulsory move. As it turned out the one headed for the Gargant (Oh, I guess that'll be the Warp Missile then!) was just out of reach by 2cm from the Gargants original position. The other two moved towards the Goff Infantry. (Barrage Missiles!)
I managed to remember for once to place counters for the Mekboy Bubble Chukka Speedsta before the Combat Phase. One counter is placed on the Warlords Plasma Gun and another on the Vortex Missile it has still to fire.
First Fire on Turn Two Kicked off with the Leviathan Extremis killing off five units from the Kult of Speed and a Mekboy Shok Attack Gun crew.
Various ineffectual shots cross the battlefield from both sides until one Mechanised Heavy Infantry stand managed to by-pass the Gargants shields hitting the Belly Gun which explodes the ammo in the magazine causing a fire and wrecking the Boiler that also causes another fire. The blaze begins to get hold and the Gargant may no longer move. With one lucky shot Stuart had turned a dangerous Gargant into a sitting target.
Smelling blood the Imperials pile on the artillery on the Gargant but to no avail. The Orks return fire but despite their willingness they just can't seem to hit anything. The Orks luck stays true to form when a Squadron of Exterminator Tanks focus their shots on one Megasquiggoth mortally wounding it and sending it into a frenzied Rampage. It crashes back into another Megasquiggoth and stomps it to death before it too dies of it's wounds.
The Close Combat phase saw the Psycho Bikeboyz kill three Imperial Guard Bikes and draw with the last. not bad when it was three against five. The Psychos rip into the Basilisks and only one survives. The Commissars Rhino rams the last Psycho and beats it by just one point while rolling four dice.
The Orks charge on the Assault Objective ends in the loss of a Warbuggie and a stalemate with the Kult of Speed Nob Warbike. With the Leviathan looming above, the Nob had never felt so alone before.
The Madboys attacking the Imperial defenders of the Take and Hold Objective in the Statefarm both won their combats surviving against all the odds. Even despite the Adeptus Psykers Embolden. The Madboys must have had their porridge is all I can say.
Searing plasma fire streams from the Warlord Hephaestus proving the Mekboy force bubble around it is a dud. Out of six shots five hit. The mass of energy strikes the Gargant time and again causing an explosion in the Ammo deck and two more fires. The Gargant soaks up blow after blow against its massive Hull or shrugs it off against it's Armour. At the end the Gargant is well alight but is still standing and able to fire. (Scarier than Bio-Titans.)
The Renegade Mekboys strip the Warlord Titans shields but just can't seem to land a killing blow even after rolling ten shots for one of the Kustom Kannon Speedstas. In a lesser parody of the Gargant shots ring off the Warlords Heavy Armour without damage.
Sensing that time is short the Gargant blazes away for all its worth. Again shot after shot bounces harmlessly off the Warlord Titan from the Gargants Gatling Cannon. The Gaze of Mork immobilises the Adeptus Psyker while the Supa Lifta Droppas pick up Imperial Tanks and crash them together like children's toys.
Again various shots fire back and forth but the slaughter caused is equally divided.
The last shot from the Orks sees a Stompa cause slight damage to the Warlords Warp Missile.
The End phase marks a lull in the fighting as we start counting up our VP's using all our toes and fingers.
The Kult of Speed are well and truly broken having lost thirty units with a break point of twenty six. With the exception of the Renegade Mekboys and the lone Nob Warbike and Psycho Bikeboys the rest Fall Back.
The Goff Tank Big Mob is also broken after losing thirteen units but only one Bonebreaka fails its morale roll.
The Imperial Mechanised Heavy Infantry Company who took the brunt of the Ork fire also break. The Adeptus Psyker having fallen prey to the Gaze of Gork could no longer give them the protection of his unnatural powers. Platoon after platoon fails the morale roll and goes on Fall Back orders leaving the Statefarm to the Ork Madboys.
Amidst the body strewn rubble of the Statefarm the surviving Madboys glare hungrily at the gigantic Titan. With a mighty yell a crazed Madboy points at the lumbering Warlord.
'Hoy, you! Your next sunshine!'
. Nice house rules on the Superheavies too.
