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!!!
