The Fate of St. Jowan's is Decided

 The Surviving Sword Brethren charge into another group of Killa Kans and they nearly destroy two but one Brethren is lost...

The remaining two Boyz of the original Mob are taken down...

More Killa Kans charge the weakened squad from the rear and eliminate several Initiates...

The remaining Brethren quickly destroy the two wounded Killa Kans...

The Brethren pay the consequences of failing to take down the last Kan...

Reinforcements arrive in an attempt to save the weakened squad and smash two of the Killa Kans...

And the third Kan is eliminated...

Now freed from the Killa threat, the two surviving Initiates from the nearly destroyed squad fall back while the second squad charges a new Boyz Mob...

The Templars tear up the Boyz...

Just as the Templars believe victory is at hand, new threats appear, again in the rear. The remaining Killa Kan and the Warboss charge...

In face of their losses, the Templars destroy the Boyz and concentrate on the Killa Kan...

With victory down to this, the Brethren kill the Warboss! The Imperials have retaken the orbital dockyards of St. Jowan's. With the Masters of Proteus squad; a Crusade Squad; and a Brethren Squad eliminated. the Imperial Player is forced to make possible Scar rolls (roll of 1 on 6x die). The result is bad for the Crusade Squad as they take a Deep Scar which will follow them into the campaign.

Operation Imperator Commences!

As the Imperial Fleet of Retribution descends on Armageddon, the Naval Docking Facility on and above St Jowan's becomes a target. Commander Calgar of the Ultra-Marines discusses the need to break the Ork siege of that critical facility. Marshall Helbrecht of the Black Templars agrees to dispatch his forces, with support from 7 cos of the Master of Proteus Chapter, to do just that.

The High Orbit Docking Yards are targeted first. The actual Docks are seen to the right, with the Gantry Towers seen from top to bottom. The large hangars and such would be off board to the left. Two 20-man Crusader Squads from the Black Templars along with one squad of their formidable Sword Brothers (seen at bottom of photo). Each of the two squads contains 8 Neophytes, 11 Initiates, and one Sword Brethren as commander. In addition, there is one squad of the Masters of Proteus who are deployed at the top of the battlefield.

First we see the M/P advancing down a corridor towards a Boyz Mob...

They shoot down two of the Orks and take one wound in return...

The first BT squad, lead by their Neophytes, slam into another group of Boyz with both taking losses...

And finally, the Sword Brothers tear into some Beast Snagga Boyz...

Beginning the second round, the M/P exchange losses...

Two Neophytes are lost to one Ork...

Following the withdraw of the Beast Snagga Boyz, three Killa Kans charge the Sword Brothers and inflict some casualties...

The Greenskins holding their barricade against the M/P (seen at left edge)...

The fighting here is bloody!

The fighting in the second corridor is just as brutal...

The Killa Kans take down another Sword Brother...

MegaNobz have slipped around behind the M/P and have taken them in the flank. Attacked from two sides, the Marines lose heavily...

Only two Neophytes remain here...

These Neophytes are making the accursed Xenos pay...

While one Killa Kan is destroyed, more Sword Brothers are lost...

But then, a big turn of events and the two Killa Kans are eliminated...

Only one brave Neophyte remains...

But he and the Initiates destroy this particular Boyz Mob...

One of the MegaNobz are taken down, but the M/P are hard pressed...

And then, only one remains...surrounded...

The Neophyte is lost as an Initiate is wounded, but they nearly destroy this Mob...

Initiates redeploy to assist the remaining M/P...

The Initiates here destroy yet another Mob...

The Beast Snagga Boyz reenter the fight and lay low the wounded Sword Brother...

While taking losses, the Initiates here destroy the two MegaNobz...

The three surviving Sword Brothers finish off the Snagga Boyz...

Time runs out for the M/P...

Game Time also runs out, so there will be a Part Two!!!

Acheron Fights!

Not yet aware of the loss on the approaches to Infernus, or even what has occurred at Tartarus, troops stationed at Acheron had been ordered to stop approaching the Hive City. Supported by a majestic Warlord Titan Tyrannus Maximus, two squads and two Leman Russ tanks from the Tallarn Desert Raiders 17th Armored, along with two squads from the famed Armageddon Steel Legion deployed forward. They were happy to see two squads of the Emperor's Angels move with them, as two squads of the Space Wolves marched with them!

The Orks' forces deploy to destroy the Imperial forces arrayed before them...

The Imperials with their Warlord looming behind...(no, I'm not going to spend thousands to get a real miniature)...

A small Squig becomes the first casualty...

The Tallarns dismount from their Chimera...

The Squigs, their handlers and Squigboyz slam into a Leman Russ...

Some Boyz take on another Russ...

A Leman is in trouble with only three hits remaining...

Meanwhile, off table, the Warlord Titan battled it out with a Great Gargant. Both suffered tremendous damage, with the Gargant losing more than a third of its strength. The Warlord unfortunately took a tremendous hit from the Belly Kannon that left only a few points remaining. Both Titans then withdrew from the struggle.

Meanwhile, two Boyz Mobs maneuvered through the hills to make their attack...

Some Steel Legionaires go down, as the Space Wolves begin their advance...

The Wolf Guards make their presence felt...

The Squigboyz lead by their Warlord, destroy a Leman...

The Boyz hoping to make it two...

Another Boyz Mob tackles a Chimera...

An Ork Trukk takes hits from some of the Tallarn...

The Wolf Guards make short work of the remaining Squigboyz...

Beast Snagga Boyz and the Warboss destroy a squad of Steel Legion with their Platoon HQ...

Steel Legion and Tallarns both suffer losses...

The Wolf Guard destroy a lot of Boyz...

The Wild Boyz are annihilated while the Beast Snagga Nobz charges into the Wolf Guard!

While the handful of Tallarn survivors fall back, the Steel Legionaires make the Orks pay...

The Warboss and Snagga Nobz finally bring some Wolf Guard down...

Orks lose another, a Trukk blows up and a Chimera is nearly destroyed...

But the Wolf Guard takes down their opponents including the Warboss...

The Steel Legion destroys that Mob...

The battle ends with the Imperials battered but victorious...