The scorpion's tail.During the reconquest of the Hive City, the tyranid make the last scorpion's tail,
attacking The 124°cadian division in the sector MCXIV. A creeping ambush!cadian shock troops VS Tyranid.
4.000ptSector MCXIV
Turn 1
Initiavive: Cadian Shock TroopsThe tyranid fleet will arrive at the second turn.
The tyranid tunnellers, forced to move, go in the ground; than, the warlord titan double move
and fire his volcano cannon against the Hyierophant, damaging it 1pt. The geenestealer march, followed
by a great brood, very near the imperial line and occupie the two bridge.
The leman russ company move and fire against the tyranid swarm, and the snipers open fire and kill
some tyranid hormagaunt in the building. The Hierophant march, near the warlord titan; when the capitol
imperialis (full of an entire company of kirskin combat squad + leman russ demolisher) engage the
geenestealer and the brood; the company don't desembark, and at the end it win with a lesser victory.
The brood and the survived geenestealer fall back under their line. Another brood march and occupy two
house near the tyranid half side ot the city. The whiteshield fail to activate and move in a builing
near the fortress wall line. The barrage of the tyranid hit and kill 10 karskin man on the center gate.
The company of mechanised infrantry and the veterans on valkyries march and arrive in the deploy area
of the tyranid, on their right side, that wasn't occupied or coverd by any swarm.
With this move the imperial forces had try to flank the tyranid main horde.
The shadowsword close the turn, moving but failing to hit the biotitan in cover; when the sentinel
march and creat a security zone in front of the main imperial line.
Turn 2
Initiavive: Cadian Shock TroopsAt the start of the turn, appear a company of tyranid teleporter, and from the ground the tunnellers.
The teleporter appear between the wall and the main road, inside a ruin.
The leman russ company advance and open fire against the teleporter on the ruins, killing 3 of the
6 monsters that go in fall back. The terrible tunnellers order and engage to the capitol imperialis,
all the company inside it desembark and was killed, or destroied, in the most lucky engage of the battle.
With only 2 looses, the tyranid had annihilate a karskin company and put in fall back the capitol imperialis.
The cadian forces regain thier initiative, the warlord titan engage the biotitan, damagin it that escape
in fall back in his half side; in the same moment the veterans on the valkyrie engage, with a little vicotry
the dactylis tyranid barrage company; that fall back in a great wave of retreat of the tyranid.
But this retreat, was only a trap, because the fleet income and the vituperator arrive in the center
of the imperial line, and engage the capitol imperialis. For the second time, the capitol imperialis
fight but his defeated another time; killing some creatures. The karskin company of the supreme commander
order the engage against the vituperator and tunnellers formation, that countercharge and envolve inside
the assault the capitol imperialis, again, and the sentinel company. At the end, for little, the imperial
forces was defeated, the capitol imperialis destroyed; not before killing more tyranid creatures. The whiteshield
open fire and kill all the survived tunnellers; and the sniper company engage and destroy the broken tyranid company of teleporter.
The brood on the house fail to activate, and hold the position. The dominatrix advance against the veternas, and
the harridan engage, and loose the assault with them; but survive. The mechanised company close the turn,
with an advance, all the infantry inside the chimeras, ready for a long range assault against the dominatrix
and all the tyranid oppenent forces from the flank.
Turn 3
Initiavive: Cadian Shock TroopsThe leman russ company open firt fire against the vituperator, causing 3pt of damage; that surive
and assault annihilating all the whiteshield young soldier. Than, the veterans with thier valkyrie
advance, and open fire against the dominatrix and his swarm, creating a hell of crushed creatures, under
thier fire and their barrage. The dominatrix his 1pt damaged. After this, the mechanized company engage
the dominatrix, and the harridan too. The engage his terrible, and after a first fight, the assault end
with a draw, so a second assault his done. At the end the engage is winned by the imperial forces, the mechanised
company fall back, for the great casualties suffered; and the veterans regroup. The harridan is alive, with
1pt of damage, and the dominatrix fall back, near to die, with his synaptic creature died by the critical hit.
The warlord titan, and the shadowsword open first fire, killing the biotitan that crash on the ground.
The brood on the two house leave thier position and engange the veterans, in another hard engage; at the end
only one valkyrie and 2 stand of veterans fall back near the broken mechanized company. The flank failed,
and the tyranid forces had hold all their objectives. The geenestealer engage the supreme commander karskin
company, that kill them all, but fall back for the more casualties. The vituperator had gain the primary objective,
the last shoot of the battle was the sniper company, that had trie in vain to kill the last hormagaunt
vituperator' follows. The smoke of the capitol imperialis was visible by some adjacent sector, and in this sector,
the tyranid retreat was some easy. The remaining imperial forces was blocked here, waiting the incoming reinforcements.
OBJECTIVE.
Tyranid: 2 (defend the flag; blitzkrieg)
Cadian Shock Troops: 0
