Not only to the surface of the planet was the fight for Maerdan confined, its many satelites also saw bloody battles between traitor and loyalist. Chiefly among them was the moon Tharian, home to the void defence base called Arrian Defence Bastion, whoever controlled the instalations would not only be master of the surrounding space but also be able to make rain atomic fire upon the enemy thanks to the wealth of defence missiles stockpiled inside...
In this Meeting Engagement game both sides wrote in secret their objective in secret then deployed, however since we both picked the destroy the enemy option it was prettty evident fro turn one). Legio Mortis spread her titans in two groups of two while Metalica formed a mass pointing to the right. Then the battle began with Metalica having the initiative.
Imperius Quintus was stripped of her shields by the engine of princeps seniores Jagan of Mortis
However the loyalists reacted fast, stripping the voids from Abolitorus (next to the "traitor's hand") and damaging her torso with aimed shots
Imperius Damnatio turned right to help her beleguarded comrade
Both Mortis were now shieldless while the rest of the maniple was locked on first fire orders
Albeit savaged by the continous volley Quintus staggers on, even destroying her enemy's volcano
Abolitorus ran away chased by shots, but when her enemies closed in, not even the incoming reinforcements seemed able to save her
Princeps Jagan also turned his engine away from Quintus but to no avail
The loyalist mauled her torso with the anihilator, giving the coup de grace with her powerfist, the traitor staggered on for some metres, falling then to the ground
The rest of Mortis arrives too late
With a well aimed blaster volley Tenebrus killed Tantus Abolitorus, sealing the game
As the loyalists take over Arrian the traitors flee to the planet below.
Clearly the traitor player made a mistake during his deployment in dividing his force, the loyalists only had to concentrate all the firepower in one flank. Since it was the first game where we used orders we both comitted some mistakes, I wasted an order phase by failing a movement order first and he locked his right titans into place with first fire.
Since the loyalists have conquered the moon it's time to update the map
I even made some ad hoc terrain: missile silo/Necromunda hatch
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