I like putting my metal where my mouth is, and there's been some discussion about the Power of Pylons, so I thought I'd give some Pylon-spam armies a go against various opponent.

This will be the first fight, hope to post the conclusions this evening.

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Rules Used

Epic Update 2008
NetEA Recommendations

Armies Used

Necron Plethora of Pylons -  Playtest 1 – 3000 points

Tomb Complex

Infantry Phalanx 1 – (BTS Goal)
6 Necron Warriors
1 Necron Lord
1 Pariah
2 Tomb Spyders

Infantry Phalanx 2
6 Necron Warriors
1 Necron Lord
1 Pariah

Infantry Phalanx 3
6 Necron Warriors
1 Necron Lord
1 Pariah

Armoured Phalanx
6 Obelisks

Monolith  Group 1
2 Monoliths

Monolith  Group 2
1 Monolith
1 Obelisk

Monolith  Group 3
1 Monolith
1 Obelisk

Monolith  Group 4
1 Monolith
1 Obelisk

Pylon 1

Pylon 2

Pylon 3

Pylon 4

Pylon 5


Nomad Space Marines Rapid Insertion Force – 3000 points

Tactical Detachment 1
6 Tactical Marines
1 Captain
Drop Pods

Tactical Detachment 2
6 Tactical Marines
1 Chaplain
Drop Pods

Assault Detachment 1
4 Assault Marines
1 Chaplain

Assault Detachment 2
4 Assault Marines
1 Chaplain

Devastator Detachment 1
4 Devastators
1 Librarian
Drop Pods

Devastator Detachment 2
4 Devastators
1 Librarian
Drop Pods

Terminator Detachment
4 Terminators
1 Chaplain

Thunderhawk 1
1 Thunderhawk

Thunderhawk 2
1 Thunderhawk

Strike Cuiser
1 Strike Cruiser

Marauder Bombers
2 Marauder Bombers

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Wow, that will be a real short deployment phase  

Well, if there's any army that's going to stick it to the Pylons, that's it.  4 Pods will probably break every one of them unless you do some freaky placement.

With both armies potentially entirely off the board on Turn 1 and the possibility of marines saturation bombing the DZ, this might be one of the rare instances where teleporting in the Pylons might work.

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I'm just glad I'm not facing that drop with Tyranids!  *laugh*

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Well... that was quick... I'll be able to get Turns 1 and 2 up quite quickly... be patient for the remaining turns...

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Battlefield:

4x6; Marines chose edge deployment

Deployment:

Marines keep everything in reserve, with the two Tactical and Devastator Detachments aboard the Strike Cruiser (cleverly disguised as a Landing Craft!), the Assault Detachments, one each, in the Thunderhawks, loitering, and the Terminators ready to teleport.  Marines plot Orbital Bombardment and Drop Pod targets and declare “Turn 3â€Â

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Turn 1

No teleports…

Strategy Roll: Space Marines… who hand it over to the Necrons.

Necrons have no activations.

Thunderhawk 1 stands down.

Thunderhawk 2 stands down.

Marauders stand down.

End of Turn:

There’s nothing to rally…

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Turn 2

All five Pylons (appearing as Chaos Land Raiders!) phase in, one off each objective except the Marine Blitz, Pylons 2 and 5 hit some static on the way in and each receives a Blast marker.



Strategy Roll: Space Marines… who again hand it over to the Necrons.

Pylon 1 goes on overwatch.

Thunderhawk 1 stands down.

Pylon 2 goes on overwatch

Thunderhawk 2 stands down.

Pylon 3 goes on overwatch.

Marauders stand down.

Pylon 4 goes on overwatch.

Pylon5 *tries* to go on overwatch, sparks, and breaks… *sigh*

End of Turn:

All Necron formations rally.

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LOOOL @ Turn 1 and 2. It was to be expected

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Yeah, it's almost too bad the "space ship" has to be on the board... a completely empty table would've been incredibly hilarious!

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Turn 3

Marines *completely* forget to teleport in their Terminators… DOH!

Necrons teleport in four Monolith formations in complete safety, all over the battlefield, while the Obelisk Phalanx takes 2 Blast markers on arrival.



Strategy Roll: Again Space Marines… and again it’s handed to the Necrons.

Pylon 5 finally gets itself into overwatch.

With a loud fanfare, the Strike Cruiser arrives!  (And this is were it is realized that the Terminators haven’t been placed… *laugh*  The plan was to place them at the Marine Blitz as “baitâ€Â

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More discussion to follow... gonna go watch some vids... the win felt cheap so I gotta make up for it.  *laugh*

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Buy the Marine player a beer.  He'll feel better (and so will you after you have one)!

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"For the Lion and the Emperor!"

*laugh*  That'll probably happen on the weekend... if only the Terminators hadn't stayed out playing cards...

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