The Imperium has heard rumors of a precious relic in peril by crafty Drukhari raiders. The Astra Militarum has been dispatched. Who will prevail?
Juice and Talon go head to head in a relic battle, pitting Drukhari pirates against the Astra Militarum. Each army deploys in a Dawn of War setup, with Juice rolling to go first. Be sure to check out the entire battle report by scrolling down and pressing play on the video below!
Talon heads into battle with his Tallarn Astra Militarum: ten tanks with 120 wounds total, taken as two Spearhead Detachments. Setting up, Talon puts two Demolishers and a Punisher in reserves using the stratagem “Ambush”, which states:
Use this Stratagem during deployment. Choose up to three Tallarn units to set up in ambush instead of placing them on the battlefield. At the end of any of your movement phases, these units can strike from hiding – set each of them up wholly within 7″ of any battlefield edge and more than 9″ away from enemy models.
Editor’s Note: this has since been FAQed by GW
The Tallarn warlord is able to regain command points by rolling a D6 for each command point used and, on a 5+, regain those command points. One command point was regained in this case.
Juice brings in his sneaky Drukhari pirates, with Drazhar, three Ravangers, Venom, five Trueborn, five Raiders with each dark lance and ten Drukhari inside each one.
Turn one, the Drukhari move to take out the autocannons and focus fire to remove types of weaponry from the battlefield. The Drukhari are able to take down one Punisher and take two others down several wounds.
Turn one for the Astra Militarum sees a few tanks being able to move into the Drukhari’s back line. Talon uses a command point to re-roll hit rolls of one on the commander plus one other vehicle, failing the roll to regain command points. Talon is able to regain a command point from Juice, though, when Juice uses one to re-roll a failed invulnerable save. Talon focuses on the Ravagers and Raiders, able to take one down and kill the unit that evacuated the destroyed vehicle. The second commander overcharges and kills a second vehicle.
Who will gain the relic? WIll the Astra Militarum tanks be able to take out the pirates before they destroy more tanks? Will the Drukhari be able to withstand the force of the Tallarn ambushes? Check out the entire battle report by pressing play on the video below!
