The Orks Breakout at Tempestora?

 Two Squads of the Krieg Death Korps of the 14th Line, supported by two Heavy Weapons Squads, and four squads of the XVI Tygan Penals (located at right) had been placed to keep the orks penned up in the conquered Hive City of Tempestora. One squad of the Space Marines Skull Bearers were there to stiffen the defense. But War Boss Thugrot was determined that his Boyz would break out. He lead four Mobs (one double strength) with three groups of Gretchen supported by three Grot Mega Tanks (seen to left) to effect his goals...

The flanking Boyz Mob and one Grot force were devastated by Imperial fire...

The Grots screening the center Boyz Mob lose 60% of their strength (but of course, thats what Grots are for right?)...

The Grot Mega Tanks have taken out two of the heavy flamers while the Grots continue their advance...

The Mega Tanks succeed in taken out one of the Dual Stubbers...

The right flank of the Greenskins are virtually destroyed by fire from the Skull Bearers...

The supporting Mega Tank fire is shifted to the Skull Bearers who lose their first. brother...

The last Heavy Flamer is lost and a number of Penals go down as well...

A different Penal Squad takes its initial casualty...

A devastated Penal squad is convinced by their Commissar (who shoots down one) to remain on the line...

The Boyz in the center now have lost their screening Grots and take numerous losses themselves...

The last surviving Grots on the left are gunned down...

Thugrot leads the survivors of his main Boyz to smash into the Krieg Command Bunker, and wipes out the command! Boyz from the Ork's left flank reach another Penal Squad as well...

The last Grots in the center gun down one Penal and attack the Commissar and his remaining Penal trooper...

The Imperials next to the Command Bunker lose numerous men to the Mega Tanks...

The Commissar and his Penal overwhelm the Grots...

The Boyz on the Ork left lose out against the Penals countercharge...

Closeup of the victorious Boyz following their massacre of the Command Squad...

The left-hand Boyz slam into the attacking Penals...

The Commissar is shot down as Thugrot and his Boyz charge the Skull Bearers...

Thugrot and his Boyz destroy four Marines...

One more Commissar is lost while the third is wounded, but they do take down a number of the Boyz...

Thugrot and two Nobz destroy the Skull Bearers...

They then charge the Krieg troopers and Penals on this flank...

Big Boss Rrozbog and his Boyz eliminate the final Commissar...

The surviving Kireg take out their revenge and take out Rozbog and his Boyz. No more Greenskin on this flank remain...

The Kreig on the other flank lose some of their men and all the Penals, but they take down the two Nobz. But Thugrot has accomplished his mission, the Imperial Line has been torn assunder which will have to be addressed...

An Ork Offensive Begins

 As Commissar Yarrick was attempting to blunt one Greenskin offensive, another wave located further east commenced. A weakly held picket line was gravely threathened by waves of Orks, and so a task force was quickly put together to evacuate the three squads of Krieg troops back to the main line of defense. Three Chimeras were escorted by a force of the Raptors' Chapter, consisting of 10 Jetback equiped Marines along with three Outrider Bikes and a single Attack Bike. The Orks were lead by four Grot Tanks, and two trukks loaded with two Boyz Mobs. They were supported by a GunWagon with the WarBoss and his Nob bodyguard and two Mek Gunz, a BubbleChucker and a Shock Attack Kannon.

The initial viwe of the battlefield from behind the Ork  advance towards the Imperial lines. One of the trukks took some hits while one Krieg was brought down...

An Imperial Chimera reaches the first building housing the Krieg, while the Bikes move with another  towards the second building. The Raptor JetPack Marines are moving up as fast as you would expect...

The GunWagon moves past two Grot Tanks that have been hit and destroyed...

The initial Chimera takes some hits as they load up a squad to evacuate...

Boyz unload, only to be completely annihilated by the charging Raptors...

But then the GunWagon slams into the melee, taking down numerous Raptors...

A Chimera picks up a second squad but one trooper falls to Ork fire...

The Melee continues as the WarBoss and his Nobs unload as well. The Raptors are nearly overwhelmed...

But the other Boyz are in their turn overwhelmed by the Raptor's Bikes...

Grot Tank fire finishes one of the Bikers...

The Nobs finally destroy the Raptor Jet Marines...

The Bikers countercharge and take down all the Nobs and put a hurt on the WarBoss...

While the remaining Grot Tank and the GunWagon eliminate the Bikers, the AttackBike finishes off the WarBoss and then escapes. The three Krieg squads were all saved at some loss, at the coast of one Chimera and virtually all the Raptors so a heavy cost.

The Struggle for Death Mire Begins

 In command of the Hive City Death Mire, Commissar Yarrick has learned that an advancing Ork force is approaching the outer environs of the City. Yarrick personally leads a force to smash these Greenskins before the main force arrives and hoping to limit their intelligence. 

The probing Orkish force consists of two feral Boyz Mobs from the Snakebites; a group of eight Squighogboyz led by the Warboss Killkrump on his Suigsuar; a herd of squigs and a Wierdboy; supported by his ally Buzzlug Kogcrasha with Killa Kans, Grot tanks, and a Mek with a Shokk Attack Kannon. 

Squig herd on the left lead by the Weird Boy along with one Boyz Mob. To the right is the Squighog Boyz led by KillKrupp...

On the right Kogcrasha follows his Grot tanks with the Killa Kans to the right...

Facing off against the Ork's leftwing, is a Cadian squad backup by a group of Ogryns. Just in view in the uooer right, you can see an Imperial Armored Car...

Taking up a high position is Yarrick himself with the platoon section. Below him on the street to the left is a LemanRuss and on the right a second AC...

The Runthearder and his squigs take loss from the Ogryns...

The LemanRuss chews up some Squighog Boyz..

The Imperial AC puts three hits of the Grot tanks...

But the Cadians pay the price..

The surviving Squighog Boyz slam into the LemanRuss (note two squigbombs between the tank and the building about to inflict four points of hits!)...

The Cadians on the left take a hit from the Weirdboy...

While some Kaskrin move up, the Ac on the right is demolished by the Killa Kans...

The Ogryn tear the Squigherd to pieces...

Meanwhile, the Kaskrin make their appearance felt to the dismay of the Squighogboyz...

The remaining SquighogBoyz tries to stop the Kaskrin...

The last Squig and its Herder take down one Ogryn, but are destroyed...

The SquighogNob keeps fighting the LemanRuss, while a Snakebite Boyz Mob take on the Kaskrin. Two Grot tanks go up in smoke....

The Boyz are nearly destroyed, by the Nob takes down the LemanRuss...

One Cadian squad is wiped out by the Killa Kans...

The Ogryns are becoming the savior of the Imperial forces as they annihilate the second Boyz Mob...

The Kaskrin are finally destroyed, but the Warboss is brought down by Yarrick and his platoon detachment, forcing the orks to withdraw!