The defenders of Hive Taratarus never even had a chance to send out any reconnaissance before the Greenskins were upon them. The outer city hab blocks and outer manufactorum were rapidly abandoned as the defenders were terribly outnumbered. Two horrendous days of orkish bombardment followed while the Imperials made ready to sell their lives dearly in an attempt to give their people some time to withdrawal to the hoped for protection of the inner hive. Hope was that somehow a message had been sent by Commissar Yarrick and reinforcements were on their way.
View of the inner wall of Tartarus with the wall itself on the right. 3 squads each drawn from the Valhallan Ice Warriors and Ventrillan Nobles and supported by a squad of Battle Sisters led by Sister Superior Calpheron. Below, you can make out the Nobles on the wall with Platoon HQ in ruined building across the street. The Ice Warriors are out of sight at top of photo, both on the wall and in buildings to right. The Sisters can be seen at far left of photo. The Imperial heavy weapons seen at base of the wall are actually housed within the towers. The Orks are to the right of the wall...
A view from the opposite side of the field, the Ice Warriors clearly present. The start of the Ork attack can be seen in top left corner...
The Orks Are Coming! These belong to Bad Moons WarBoss Drekknut's Waaagh! He has despatched the Boss Slugtoof and his Stompas to take the city. (or at least to absorb the defenders fire with their bodies so HIS orks can gain the glory!) There are five Boyz Mobs, nine Killa Kans and a Dreff Dread. Lurking at the top edge of the photo is a massive Kill Tank lobbing shells into the walls; having already made two breaches...
The first wave of Bad Moons in the south, with the Deff Dread at top...
The first Bad Moon volley drops three Nobles on one portion of the wall...
Three more Nobles go down above the gate. The die records the number of hits remaining on the gate...
The Nobles in the south only succeed to taking down one Ork...
Five Nobles pay the ultimate price. The Greenskins are shooting lights out today...
Two Orks are taken down this time, but the Imperials have to do better if they are going to keep these beast out of their city...
The Deff Dread makes it to the breach as two heavy weapons teams are destroyed in their towers while one more Ork is eliminated...
The attack begins to make itself felt as this squad of Nobles is nearly wiped out!
The Imperials do destroy one of the Killa Kans as the double strength Boyz Mob closes in...
Yet two more Nobles are lost on the southern wall...
The Wall and a Noble take some hits...
Another Imperial Heavy Weapons team is lost as the large Boyz Mob reaches the 2nd breach...
A Squad of Ice Warriors facing the southern breach takes their first loss...
The Bad Moon's luck still holds as they lose just one member...
Yet more Nobles are lost above the gate...
Two Ice Warriors in a ruined buildings 3rd floor are lost...
And then the Ice Warriors suffered...
A Heavy Weapons team doesn't quite die! but more Nobles do...
As the Bad Moon Boyz reach the southern breach; two don't quite make it...
On the southern portion, all the Bad Moon's have reached or passed the breach...
The Imperials finally trying to make the Bad Moon's pay...
The Deff Dread destroys the Ventrillan Noble Platoon HQ AND a Heavy Bolter team...
The Orks have now gained one of the towers and poured onto the wall, eliminating this group of Nobles above the gate. Hope the Kill Tank team realizes the friendlies are on the wall...
The large Mob in the north charge during the declared Waaargh! and destroy an entire squad of Ice Warriors. The Heavy Bolter team have to be a little worried though...
One lone Noble charges the Boyz above the gate from the northern wall and gets one...
The Deff Dread now charges into the Sisters...
The lone remaining Ice Warrior is gunned down...
That brave Noble is no more...
The Sisters fight back putting some hits on the Deff Dread...
The Deff Dread has only one hit remaining, but its gets support from some Boyz who finish off the Sisters...
The final batch of Ice Warriors high up in a ruined building are then unceremoniously gunned down. The Greenskins are now inside Tartarus!
The Story will continue...
