The Descent of the Manta
We played a 5K battle using the Markerlights 75cm, 3+ trial rule and Broadsides at 50 points cheaper. Chaos force was Slaanesh Knight horde with a few Khorne friends along for the game. JW will probably post up his exact list but there was a Manta, Battlesuit cadre, Swordfish cadre, Recon guys and lots of Kroot. Also a drone carrier and 2 squadrons of Barracudas.
Field looked like this:
Tau got to setup on the side with the buildings so Chaos was a bit concerned. I decided to have an anchor force of cultists, defilers, Lord of Battles and a Subjagator hold the centre while the knights and fast stuff tried a pincer around the flanks.
Tau drew first blood with their Crisis suits cutting down a couple of Beast Riders. Some hounds grew longs legs and sprinted down the left flank and a dogfight erupted above the battlefield. Interestingly, the Manta stayed off board.
The Tau superheavy Swordfish popped up and their massive railcannon pivotted to target the Lord of Battles, fired, and all three......missed. In close combat the Hellblades chop up two Barracudas, the long-legged Hounds kill 2 gun drones but the Swordfish swats aside the last hound.
Advance fire is a lot more substantial. Broadside suits kill two Hellscourges and a squad of Marines, though the last Scourge shoots up two Kroot stands in return. The Chaos Marines who forged up the centre smash two Broadsides with their missile launchers and bring down a Tetra with accurate bolter fire. Tetras light up the Lord of Battles. It tries to shake the lock and kills a Tetra and a Devilfish before being very narrowly missed by an orbital barrage.
The Subjagator manages to also hit a Broadside suit and the Questor exactly 1 stand of Kroot. Another Tau orbital barrage streaks in centred on the Questor. This one pops out hundreds of submunitions but by the end of the ripple of explosions only some Beastmen and Beast Rider are dead. Tau Firewarriors guarding a ruin turn a Defiler into a crumpled wreck while Hell Knights finish procedings killing 2 Kroot stands and a Battlesuit.
Choas 27 - Tau 22
