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       #Post#: 159--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Round one missives and narratives
       By: reabold Date: November 8, 2012, 2:16 am
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       round 1
       Spencer (necron) vs josh (dark angels)
       Sensors have detected the approche of these new creatures long
       be for they will reach the area of the tomb entrances. Perhaps
       they had been summoned as some form of retaliation for what i
       can only assume was the destruction of the baser level creatures
       that had stumbled across one my tomb entrances, certainly they
       can not think the few they lost there worthy of reprisal? Ah!
       they must be coming to bow heads in apology for the actions of
       those that had trespassed into my domain. Should this be so
       conduct would have me accept what ever small tribute they would
       bring and give them 20 current cycles to leave this my planet,
       yes this should be acceptable i think. I do hope the bring some
       form of current galactic information i can use, it seams the
       higher level sensors arrays are still malfunctioning.
       #Post#: 161--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Round one missives and narratives
       By: reabold Date: November 8, 2012, 2:42 am
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       round 1
       spencer (necron) vs cameron (iron hands) this battle report is
       all for me by the way
       The smell of ozone and charred flesh drifted through the air,
       the cold living metal of the necron bodies unfazed by they
       scent of the recently slain. Sparks of green lighting still jump
       from an occasional body as the forms of necron immortals walk
       ever forward, finishing off what few survivors might remain. The
       Tome lord Kortesh looks down at the still twitching body of the
       iron father, life and hatred still burning in his eyes but his
       body shattered and his mechanical limbs fused and melted. Green
       eyes, unmoving eyes look down at the tech marine, if the face
       was still capable of expressing emotion one of curiosity might
       have passed briefly over his face.
       A voice comes from somewhere within the necron overlord
       "You, you are but a poor shadow of what you would achieve,
       your...chapter i think you call it? you chapter is but a mockery
       of what you claim to be. Today i have shown you the true
       strength of what an iron father should be. I will not kill you
       so that you can take this message back to those that command
       you, this is my world, you have no place here, and you have only
       8 more local cycles be for i erase you and those that follow you
       from this world"
       The sound of lightning punctuates the last line with a grim
       finality as the necron lord turns and walks away.
       #Post#: 163--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Round one missives and narratives
       By: FerrusManus Date: November 8, 2012, 6:02 pm
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       Iron Hands, Star Phantoms, Dark Angels Tactical exercise.
       Iron in Mind and Body; Part I
       Curse these forsaken wretches, I despise the weakness of these
       people almost as much as the xenos filth and heretics that sully
       its ground. I have been sent to the far side of the galaxy to
       cleanse this planet of the armies that have set foot upon it.
       Although i do not relish being here this is my duty. Once long
       ago Ferrus himself walked upon this soil and liberated it in the
       great crusade. That fact alone provides some measure of peace to
       me.
       The sand is everywhere, it seeps into any open crack it can
       find, almost as if it were alive. If i had exposed flesh i have
       no doubt the storm would be merciless in its scouring. But those
       days of weakness are long gone, i am now almost fully machine,
       all that remains is my left arm and torso. I find it interesting
       how even the planet itself desires to strip away the weakness of
       the flesh.. But those are thoughts for another time. War is
       afoot here. I have already established my command bunker and the
       hard unyielding black walls remind me of far off Medusa. Around
       me the rest of the camp is being erected quickly, if my
       calculations are correct the facility should be fully
       operational in approx 25.768 hours I have added in a margin of
       error of .00034 in light of the current weather here, Not all of
       our serfs can claim the strength of the machine in this
       environment.
       I can see 1st Sergeant Makos approaching "Iron Father I have
       news" he says as he kneels. "Stand Brother Sergeant, there are
       no such needs for formality here, carry on" As he stands I am
       proud of my clan, he is clad in the black armor of our chapter.
       And in the howling of the sand storm he is unmoved and resolute,
       aye indeed just as the storm howls around him so shall our
       enemies break upon us and find that we are as unyielding as
       iron. "My lord we have received a summons from the Star Phantoms
       inviting us to a series of tactical exercises, Shall i assemble
       my squad along with the scouts?" I can see the desire in his
       eyes to join "Yes indeed, look to your wargear for we shall be
       leaving within the hour. It has been a long time since we have
       fought alongside the warriors of the Dark Angels and no doubt we
       shall not hear the end of their prideful boasts should we turn
       it down. Besides perhaps they could use a lesson on how true
       astartes fight"
       The Battle took place in a simulated environment and it began
       quickly with us caught in the center of the two forces, I
       ordered Squad Makos to open fire on the Dark Angels on our left
       to keep them down and at the same time called down my orbital
       strike. I watched as the dark angels began dropping and nodded
       my approval. Meanwhile Scout sergeant Karva ordered his squad to
       begin taking down the star phantoms advancing on the right
       flank.
       It was not long before the plasma cannon carried by my brothers
       overheated, I marked down the brother for penance at a later
       date for not observing the proper rights and allowing his weapon
       to fail. With an increasing hail of fire from the Dark Angels
       and seeing their Librarian moving toward the center objective
       along with the Star Phantoms Captain. I knew that to win this
       would be through strength of arms and so i took my squad forward
       meanwhile Squad Kavo moved to hold our previous position and  in
       a admirable display of marksmanship sergeant Kavo took a shot on
       the run at the Dark Angels squad and managed to take down the
       heavy weapons trooper with a single shot to the head. I expected
       nothing less from him.
       I once again curse the training program as i see my brothers
       fall to shot that in a real fight would not have bothered them
       in the least. This program does not take into account our
       extensive bionic enhancements and so we are limited by the
       weakness of our brother astartes. I see the Star Phantoms
       captain and yell out a challenge to him, as he turns to face me
       i see the slight hesitation in his movements as he sees me up
       close and the bionics that have replaced the majority of my
       body. The hesitation is almost not even noticeable....almost. He
       is a good opponent but his flesh in the end fails him and i
       carry on towards the objective. I have have recorded the fight
       though and his combat patterns are now stored in my memory banks
       for analysis later.
       Finally i come to the Librarians own squad i call him out to a
       challenge but before he can his sergeant puts a hand before him
       and utters something atoning to " he is not worthy, allow me".
       If i still had the ability to a smile would have crossed my face
       for an instance. he puts up a valiant fight but it is in vain
       and almost as soon as it begun he lies upon the ground, his
       squad watching in shame. As i lean down i whisper to him "
       Remember this lesson Dark Angel, The flesh is weak" And with
       that the training exercise is over. It would seem that The Dark
       Angels and My own men have both accomplished the same number of
       points and thus have achieved a draw.
       I turn the the Dark Angel Librarian and give him a slight nod
       and turn from the battle and begin returning to my shuttle as my
       brothers pick themselves up and return with me. I cannot shake a
       feeling of discomfort though. Why are the Dark Angels here? I
       have read into all the Imperial forces deployed here and all
       have valid reasons but he mass deployment of Dark Angels has not
       been explained. I shall look into this further in due time
       #Post#: 166--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Round one missives and narratives
       By: ThatOtherGuy Date: November 8, 2012, 11:26 pm
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       First Steps on Falon: Imperial Guard vs. Tyranids
       Falon, what was this. We were suppose to be sent to Ornius on
       the other side of the Galaxy. Emperor's will that's the second
       time the munitorium has screwed us. But by the Emperor's might
       we would press on, he wouldn't have put us here unless he knew
       that we would be key to winning this planet for the glory of the
       Imperium.
       Planet fall was rough, our ship had gotten caught in some
       headwinds and had to make an emergency landing about 5 miles
       from the base in which we were suppose to be deployed, right in
       the middle of a swamp. I quickly set up a patrol with a small
       platoon and some of my most trustworthy vets so that way we
       could make sure no enemies tried to attack us while the
       engineers and tech priests on board attempted  to fix our
       transport. I observed the patrol from within my personal Chimera
       The Judgement of Daumier, and I swear we had not gone half a
       mile from the transport before I spotted movement on the other
       end of the swamp. And by the Emperor's name I could not believe
       what I saw with my own very eyes.
       Tyranids. According to the mission dossier I had received there
       weren't suppose to be any Nids on this planet, in fact we had
       just finished facing Nids on the last planet we were on. Though
       I had faith that the Emperor would protect us, just as he had
       during our last campaign against the filthy Xenos.
       My men quickly took defensive position, the platoon command
       taking the high ground in the ruins of a tower and the two other
       squads that accompanied me looking for whatever cover they could
       find. Personally I looked for the biggest bugs I could find and
       went straight for their throats. Emperor be praised though that
       they were far enough away from us that they would have to walk
       straight into our gun line if they ever hoped to take us down.
       We waited calmly, my men's training from our last campaign
       kicking in as they fired at the biggest bugs they could find
       with precision accuracy that was only to be expected by the
       63rd. Well place lascannon shots from the infantry squads and
       plasma gun shots from the vets that accompanied me
       systematically weakened and took down a group of warriors that
       appeared to be lead by a warrior prime. Though there was
       something that smelled of witch heresy in the way that some of
       the shots seemingly deflected off of a wall of force. However in
       the process two of my loyal plasma gunners had died due to
       plasma overheat, something that ill foreboded to me. Eventually
       though we caused so much damage that they ran from our fury and
       attempted to use the rest of their battle group as cover.
       Though the battle wasn't over yet. We moved to regroup with the
       rest of my forces as the rest of the Nids approached us
       including a large group of termagaunts and hormagaunts, and two
       zoanthropes which I could only assume was where the warriors
       force field was coming from.
       I was pleased to here the platoon commander, calm as ever
       systematically ordering the infantry squad next to him fire into
       the hormagaunts. The tune of first rank fire, second rank fire
       ringing through my head, it was music to my ears. Though it
       wasn't enough, as we had experienced many time there were just
       to many bugs and it was impossible for us to take them all out
       before they got to us.
       But praise to the Emperor that we survived. Apperantly these
       Nids had not adapted to the swampy conditions that surrounded
       them, multiple times had they tried charging into us only to
       find that the swap prevented them from moving as fast as they
       needed to. They termagaunts though wrecked havoc among one of
       the infantry squads, or at least they would have if not for the
       cover in which they had found.
       And even now I have trouble believing what I saw next. One of
       the heretical xenos psykers turned towards the squad and fired
       what appeared to be a ball of warp energy, surely enough to kill
       even one of the Emperor's mighty Space Marines. How ever instead
       of devastating the squad the ball of warp energy was deflected
       by what seemed to be a golden shield in the shape of a hand.
       I knew from that moment on that the Emperor was watching us, and
       we could not fail in our duty to him.
       I ordered the squad to retreat and regroup, which they did with
       perhaps to much zeal. Then I started to hear a loud thunk coming
       from outside the Chimera. Which to my surprise was the Nid
       Warriors trying to break through the tank. Our squad disembarked
       as the Chimera tried to gain distance from the warriors. As we
       disembarked we unloaded into the warriors along with second
       deployed infantry squad that had seen little action this battle
       and was wanting to do the Emperor's duty. We finished them
       easily, not even their xenos witchcraft could save them from the
       Emperor's fury. However though my last plasma gunner had died in
       the line of duty, also to plasma overheat. I would have to bring
       this up with the tech priests afterwards, or perhaps there where
       greater forces at work here trying to sabotage my operations.
       The hormagaunts to my delight where also disposed of by the
       platoon command squad who quickly moved to focus their fire on
       the xenos psykers as per their training, using the combined fire
       of their lasguns and melta-guns to take down the foul xenos.
       The only thing let where the termagaunts, who without the power
       of their xenos leaders to control them irrationally charged into
       me and my men and in a furry of bites and scratches managed to
       take down a few members of the squad. Though our retaliation
       more than proved our point to the bugs. We would not back down,
       we were the hammer of the Imperium. The squashed bug guts on my
       power fist more than emphasized that point. Alas though there
       where still bugs that needed to be taken care of, and in what I
       can only describe as a great feat of heroism that could only be
       inspired by their own faith in the emperor the second deployed
       squad charged out of cover and without any care of the
       possibility that there might be more bugs stabbed and bayoneted
       the rest of the bugs.
       While this was a small victory for the Imperium, it was still
       important none the less. My men where in high spirits by the end
       as we had suffered minimal casualties, and not a single squad
       was entirely wiped out. Though most of my veteran accompaniment
       was killed and the plasma guns where lost, the victory we
       achieved more than compensated for that. Along with a sign of
       the Emperor's intervention in this battle, I could only imagine
       that more victories and good fortune will follow us.
       We patrolled more ground to make sure that there where not
       anymore Nids in the area. After we received the transmission
       that the transport was repaired we headed back and loaded back
       into the transport heading to the base that we would call home
       until we were dead, or completed our mission. We headed there
       with one thought in our minds, victory. With one singular
       pursuit, victory. And with one message to the xenos and heretics
       that inhabited this planet.
       Run.
       Imperial Guard Victory Mission 1
       Purge the Alien
       6-0
       Guard Secondary Objectives: First Blood, Slay the Warlord
       Tyranid Secondary Objectives: None
       #Post#: 167--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Round one missives and narratives
       By: Erik Rickards Date: November 9, 2012, 2:19 am
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       "Raising the swarm has proved more difficult than I
       thought", I thought as I crested the hill. For three days and
       nights I had traveled the arid hills around the den I had
       hibernated in, and I had very little to show for it. My loyal
       bodyguard of Warrior organisms had thankfully made planetfall
       near my position, and a wandering brood of Zoanthropes had
       tracked my psychic signal and brought along a brood of lesser
       organisms. As I found more synaptic creatures, I could feel my
       connection to the hive mind growing. This increase in my psychic
       potential resulted in my detection of a large Tyranid presence
       directly to the south of this mountain.
       When I reached the top of the dusty hill, I was greeted by
       a strange sight. There was a valley in front of me, as I had
       detected, but the ground had a strange green, almost wet
       appearance to it. This planet's geography was indeed peculiar.
       But at least there was one thing I recognized. Guardsmen. My
       first instinct was to charge down and devour the weaklings
       myself, but my Zoanthropes bade me wait and observe. As they
       analyzed the information they gained from observing the guard
       (The senses of a Zoanthrope far exceed my own), they saw that,
       as usual with most smaller organisms, they could not function
       without a strong individual to guide them all. "If you want to
       break them", they said, "find their lord". Commissar. I
       instinctively remembered that title. The humans used to flock to
       him when I commanded the boarding actions in the battle of
       Falon's Regret so many years ago.
       It appeared that they were lost, as they had set up
       defensive positions around what appeared to be their mother
       creature and were constantly scurrying around with different
       tools, trying to find a way home. As we moved down to the
       valley, the sturdy feeling of rock had left. This green matter
       had a strange sensation on my claws, different then the steel
       and plastic of the other battlefields I had traversed. I did not
       like it. I decided I should not worry any more about the
       landscape of the battle, however. What mattered now was finding
       the commissar and making an example of him.
       I willed the Zoanthropes to take control of their brood and
       push into the left flank, killing their junior officers, while I
       would push down the right with my personal guard. But as I made
       for a small grove of local flora, I witnessed a sight most
       strange. A green monstrous lifeform had crawled up to the
       commissar, and the lord willingly walked inside! As it closed
       it's mouth and began belching smoke, it made it's way around the
       camp. I decided this new beast was my target. If the human's
       leaders would offer themselves up to it in sacrifice, then
       surely it is valuable to them. Ready for battle, I moved out of
       the trees and made for the behemoth, but almost instantaneously
       an intense red beam ripped through the warrior to my side.
       before I could react, the slug-like critter hurled three bright
       blue balls of plasma at me. I could hear the screams of the
       dying inside it, but it's fear tactics would not work on a prime
       such as myself.
       Nevertheless, I decided that I could not walk directly into
       their fortifications. I ran to the side of a decrepit building
       between our two positions to oversee the swarm. Our Zoanthropes
       were thankfully of a special brood unique to Hive Colossus.
       Rather than focusing solely on destruction, they could use their
       massive wills to alter reality. This time they mustered their
       strength and managed to create a dome around us of pure force,
       that protected us from all but the most deadly weapons. But
       strangely, as we closed the distance between our two armies,
       disaster struck. "What trickery is this!?", I thought as the
       ground beneath our feet turned to slush. It was as if we were
       walking through the pools of sludge that would accumulate in our
       old spawning chambers. This change took even us by surprise, and
       our assault crumbled in our most crucial moment. As the brood of
       gaunts tried to free itself from the muck, the guardsmen found
       their resolve and began pounding small beams of light into the
       horde, which slowly did their work. The green monster found us
       again, and began spitting blue flame into my carapace, but at a
       much slower rate than before. Enraged, I bellowed a challenge to
       the emerald monstrosity, and broke free of the oozing ground to
       charge forwards and rend the head from the beast.
       
       I had completed my objective, I thought. now, the humans
       are done for. I looked to the side and realized a few gaunts had
       broken out of the treacherous ground and ripped into a guardsmen
       brood, and the weak humans turned tail and ran. "Just as
       planned!", I thought to myself. But what happened next confused
       me greatly. The great, disfigured colossus began to limp away
       and spat out the commissar! Seeing their other leader was enough
       for the guardsmen to rally, and My Zoanthropes told me what must
       be done. As the humans began to fire upon me, I took two small
       wounds from a standard weapon and threw myself dramatically to
       the ground, as the Zoanthropes did the same. There we lay, as we
       listened to the last gaunts die. I would be sure to plan
       accordingly next time, and the traitorous "grass" as they called
       it would never threaten me again. I waited until they left, and
       me and the Zoanthropes got up and continued to the psychic
       signal.
       Tyranid Defeat Mission 1
       Purge the Alien
       6-0
       Guard Secondary Objectives: First Blood, Slay the Warlord
       Tyranid Secondary Objectives: None
       Warlord went down... 2 Feat points left.
       #Post#: 169--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Round one missives and narratives
       By: synapse.bioform.1988-k Date: November 9, 2012, 12:15 pm
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       i have arive on the matierial plane yet again in search of
       relics of power for lord Tzeentch, and what joy upon my arival
       to find a lot of Space Marines loyal to Khorne.  shurly my
       master could not begrudge me a bit of mischief.  we poise in the
       warp ready to decend on them we will decimate them show them the
       true power of lord Tzeentch, enlighten them with flame. and i
       shall grow there anger perhaps they will be of use later as
       fodder amongst my plots.
       #Post#: 170--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Round one missives and narratives
       By: synapse.bioform.1988-k Date: November 9, 2012, 12:46 pm
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       waiting in the warp i feel the jelosy of lord Tzeentch and know
       while he will not deny me this pleasure he will no doubt have
       manipulations of his own. as i feel this in my soul all of my
       pink horrors are striped away from me and cast into the
       matierial too soon, i feel Lord Tzeentch smile inside me his
       mischeif played out and i hear him chide " always plan for
       treachery my son".  oddly i am not angered Tzeentch has given me
       the gift of proving my abilitys to plot and i will not fail him.
       i order the horrors into two groups one to gain the power souce
       away from the enemy as a guarentee, and the other lead by my
       Changling to cause mischief amongst the enemy and seek out the
       power sources they control.  the horrors take up positions
       perfectly and the changling orders a strong burst of flame
       showing these Khorne worshippers the true power of Magic and
       dropping 4 of there pathetic 5 man team.  the marines retaliate
       impitantly killing only one horror the mindless beast not even
       realizing its death.however a daemon engine has flown ontu the
       field this beast will prove troublesome i know. yet now my
       planes come into fruition as my personal Flamers reach the
       battlefield with me. my flamers fall perfictly en range of there
       lords unit close enough to burn but far enough to not risk
       mishaps. i fly into the field and unleash a powerful bust of
       energy at the daemon engine and it shrugs off my attempts, fool
       he knows not the plans i have for him.  the changling moves in
       to take the marines power killing the remaining oaf.  again we
       are fired upon one of my flamers is woundeeed but will persist
       and i myself take damage from that accursed engine dropping me
       from the sky.  the marines atttempt to run me down a lay a wall
       of flames before them and there resolve falters ending there
       foolish charge, though non were wounded. i take to the air again
       and lay waste to the marines below me in a cocintrated effort
       with my Changling lighting them ablaze.  my flamers fly acroos
       the lords unit finding the best position to set the aflame
       leaving only the lord alive.  the daemon engine fly's past me
       attempting to drop me from the sky again but i do not allow this
       it would enterfier with my plans. the lord moves away from my
       flamers and taunts me, simple creature worshiping anger he falls
       efortlessly into my plot.  my flamer eliet take the last power
       source to be found here.  i land as though to accept this lords
       martial challege as he braces for my charge i light the fool
       asunder in Tzeentch's glorious flame.  my treachery enraging the
       brute so greatly that he clings to life as his daemon engine
       returns to carry its fallen master to safety. i calmly step
       aside and allow this to transpire it is after all, just as
       planed
       #Post#: 174--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Round one missives and narratives
       By: FlamingDeth Date: November 10, 2012, 2:48 am
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       While our treacherous brethren may well be on this forgotten
       world, it is clear that they are not the only threat lurking. As
       my initial landing party scouted forward to learn the geography
       before we encountered our target, we found ourselves caught in
       an ambush. Metal monstrosities, bearing a vague resemblance to a
       human skeleton, began to rise out of the very ground we stood
       on, and marched towards us, their weapons belching sickly green
       energy.
       The battle was short. My men maneuvered their Rhinos into
       position, and through massed fire, we decimated one of their
       detachments, though not without cost. Their weapons tore through
       one of our transports with ease, leaving many of our brothers
       stranded close to the remaining enemy squad. We rushed to their
       aid, but arrived to late, as they began mindlessly pummeling our
       warriors into the ground.
       A foolish sergeant rushed in front of me to engage what appeared
       to be their leader, being swiftly crushed as his power sword
       skittered worthlessly across the carapace of the abomination. I
       attempted to intervene, and while my men and I took down several
       of the enemy's number, the energy field of my Rosarius began to
       flicker and fade under the barrage of strikes, until I was
       overwhelmed.
       I awoke in the regeneration chambers of my apothecary. It seems
       that after my fall, the monsters simply disappeared. In the mean
       time, reports have filtered in that imperial forces and enemies
       of all varieties have made planetfall -- it seems that for
       whatever reason, this world is hotly contested. As such, I have
       sent my personal command squad back to the Rock to requisition
       use of the Sacred Standard of Retribution, and I have refined
       our Litanies of Hatred for use towards this new enemy. Vengeance
       shall be ours, as it always is.
       #Post#: 176--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Round one missives and narratives
       By: FlamingDeth Date: November 10, 2012, 9:24 pm
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       Having finally had a chance to read through the entire thread,
       Serbs and Phosis have some pretty awesome stuff, if that counts
       towards their story teller achievements.
       #Post#: 178--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Round one missives and narratives
       By: AlaskanHitman Date: November 11, 2012, 2:41 am
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       Sorry for the late post, but here is my round 1 narrative.
       Keith - Dark Eldar (Solar Cult) vs. Ken - Adeptis Mechanicus
       (Tech Heresy) / Dark Eldar Win (6-2 victory points)
       0800hrs. -  Ilmaea gathered information from his Lugganathian
       brothers about a small group of humans that were setting up camp
       on a location not far from his current position.  Ilmaea figured
       this would be the opportunity he was looking for to train a
       bunch of new recruits that had been waiting to prove themselves
       to the Solar cult.  Knowing this he brought a small group
       consisting of a Venom with a 5-man squad of Kabalites, a Raider
       for his own personal chariot along with a group of Wyches so he
       could surround himself with women as how could he push them away
       after the spectacular night they provided for him less then 6
       hours ago.  A Ravager was also commissioned to provide heavy
       firepower incase it was needed.
       1200hrs. -  Ilmaea used a little trick he had learned earlier in
       his battles and infiltrated on to the field close to some humans
       set up in a ruin.  Being close enough to them Ilmaea realized
       their leader must be at the top of the ruins as he could see and
       hear someone barking orders to those below.  The Raider opened
       it's Aether sails and went bore towards the ruins with the
       Ravager taking up midfield along with the Venom.  The 5-man
       squad hung back in some ruins watching the events play out in
       front of them as they were soaking up the enemies movements and
       relaying them to Ilmaea.  A Heavy weapon team sat on top of the
       ruins and were the first casualty of the day as this was the
       foremost threat that needed removed from the battlefield.  The
       humans were caught off guard and attempted to shoot back with no
       avail.
       The Ravager and Venom found another group of humans perched in
       cover on a hill and eliminated half of their numbers.  Ilmaea
       knew this was his moment to shine so he jumped out of the Raider
       with the Wyches closely behind, running into the ruins and
       shouting, "Don't kill, just maim, we can use them for further
       information!"  Ilmaea then locked eyes with the one who was
       barking orders and knew it would be quick work when he saw the
       human gulp right before running into him.  Unfortunately, the
       Wyches did not coordinate their attacks and went various
       directions into multiple units and lost a few sisters to
       incoming fire before achieving hand to hand combat.
       While fighting a roar could be heard in the skies.  Looking over
       his shoulder Ilmaea could see a winged armor cockpit arriving
       onto the battlefield.  It shot at the transport Ilmaea had just
       leaped out of and blew it up. The human leader was brave and
       fought back but failed to prevail and fell on the field as
       Ilmaea's poisoned power whip wrapped around the human's arm and
       removed it almost surgically from it's torso.  Their leader gave
       way to pain and fell allowing Ilmaea to turn to see how the rest
       of his group of Wyches had faired.  Seeing two humans standing
       and a Wyche behind him, he pulled the Wyche close to him into
       the shadows of the ruins an embrace that was felt for a second
       time in less than a days time!  The Ravager shot at the air
       support, they missed!  While the venom laid waste to the rest of
       the unit they fired at earlier.
       Their air support attempted to shoot the Ravager glacing it.
       The 5-man squad broke silence on the comms and reported a bunch
       of humans wearing penal colony outfits outflanking their
       position and called for back up.  Ilmaea knew he could not help
       as his transport was lost only moments earlier so he directed
       his attention to the last two humans and put them out of their
       misery.  The Ravager and Venom got into position to shoot at the
       outflankers and removed a few from it's squad.  The Ravager was
       lost to the heavy fire of the air support.
       The 5-man squad was cut down by the outflankers as Ilmaea could
       hear their screams over the comms he laughed and thought how
       they may still be of use.  A Haemonoculi never has enough test
       subjects!  Ilmaea shot at the flyer but could not target it.
       The Venom finished off the outflankers but put it's self in
       harm's way of the air support sacrificing itself.  The air ship
       turned it's attention to Ilmaea and shot.  Ilmaea was hit! A
       lascannon broke through the shield generated by his power
       supply, knocking him on the ground and writhing in pain.  The
       lone Wyche pulled Ilmaea into the shadows and out of sight of
       fire.  The air ship must have realized there were no troops left
       to support or possibly received a call from it's command and
       left the battlefield allowing the lone Wyche and Ilmaea to call
       in a transport to gather the fallen victims and get back to the
       Solar Cult.
       "Today the Solar Cult claims victory!"  "The fallen have proven
       useful not in life but afterlife," roared Ilmaea.
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