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Turn 3
Lictor Brood 2 and Lesser Node 1 appear in the forested area near the Marine deployment zone near Whirlwind 2 and the broken Land Speeders. ?Lesser Node 2 erupts in some ruins near the rightmost Marine side objective.
Strategy Roll: Marines
Seeing the nearby danger and knowing their missiles won't do much, Whirlwind Battery 2 *engages* Lesser Node 1 and destroys it without damage.
Noting the ease of killing the Nodes, the Land Raiders engage Lesser Node 2. ?(Not 100% sure why my opponent did that, but he wasn't trusting his lascannons after that Zoanthrope debacle) ?The Marines are utterly shocked as Rippers somehow get into one of the Land Raiders causing it to explode! ?The surviving tanks hightail it back towards their starting corner. (Oh the string of epithets I heard!)
Lictor Brood 1 engages the Terminators, killing one, but the elite Marines completely annihilate the Bugs.
In revenge for the death of its fellow Tyrant, Tyrant Brood 2 engages the Devastators in a vicious fight! ?Their armour is strong, but two Devastators and a Razorback are ruined and the Marines fall back to their lines, only one Carnifex goes down and the Tyranids gnash their teeth in victory, until they notice the slumped form of the Hive Tyrant, ichor leaking from its head. (I only failed two saves and one had to be the Tyrant! ?*sigh)
Whirlwind 1 sustains fire on Warrior Brood 1, killing a few broodlings
And once more Tactical 1 sustains fire into Warrior Brood 1, and this time their attacks are much more effective! ?As the smoke clears, all that remain are 1 Zoanthrope, 1 Termagant, and 1 Tyranid Warrior.
Lictor Brood 2 is distracted by the death of the nearby Node and only cautiously approached Whirlwind Battery 2, getting them within their zone of control. ?(Why must Lictors always fail me?)
The Greater Synapse Node gets the message from the surviving Lesser Node and sustains fire on the broken Land Raiders, the confusion of the acidic spore clouds causing the Marines to wreck another of their vehicles.
Seeing the confusion of the headless bugs near them, the Terminators decide to march towards the more organized pockets of resistance, but wading through Lictor guts slows them down and they make little ground. (Nice to see Marines fail activations on occasion.)
Tactical 2 sustains fire on Warrior Brood 2, but can't seem to get to the heart of the matter, killing only a few Broodlings.
Lesser Node 2, feeling lonely, rolls two dice to spawn and gets a single Carnifex as a companion.
Warrior Brood 1 fires on Tactical 1, killing a single Marine with a warp bolt and then respawns, with a single Mycetic Spore, bringing up 4 Termagants and 3 Gargoyles.
Warrior Brood 2 spawns as well, moving slightly closer to Tactical 2, and brings up 2 Raveners, 3 Termagants, and 3 Hormagaunts.
All but the Land Speeders amd Devastators rally for the Marines.
End of Turn: Marines 0 (none) vs Tyranids 1 (Take and hold)
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Eyeballing it, I'm guessing it's 4' x 6'.