Friday, September 20, 2024

Chapter 12: The Taking of Gaviah II

 The Genestealer Cult on Ieaid continue to push for higher and higher goals. Having taken control of numerous outstations and mining establishments in the Waste Lands, the small settlement of Haviah II is selected as the next target.

Gaviah II from the East...

Gaviah II from the North...
Gaviah II from the South...
Using a captured Cargo 8 and Ridgerunner vehicles to drive into the center of the town, the initial target is the Arbite's Station (right center), and the local PDF Transmission Post (upper left center)...
An Arbite Sniper observes the vehicles, but no alarm is set...
The Sniper also notices figures advancing from the east out of the WasteLand, and that message is sent down to the Post Sergeant. He puts a call into the PDF post...
The Cargo 8 truck pulls up between the two posts, and the attack begins. From inside the cargo containers five Acolyte Hybrids and an Abominant step out and with supporting fire from the Heavy Stubbers on top of the Cargo 8, take down one of the Arbite Sanctioner Automata, while losing only one Hybrid...
Now some Atalan Jackals along with a Jackal Alphus (left), enter Gaviah from the south...
PDF fire from atop their station, the Arbite Vanator, as well as an Orlock Quad, take down a number of the Hybrids...
At the southern edge of Gaviah, the Jackals and a Ridgerunner eliminate some Orlock members inside the Manufactorum, as well as an Arbite...
While the Cultists lose all but one of the Hybrids, the Abominant swiftly destroys the second Arbite Sanctioner. Inside the Tavern (left-Orlock Operations Center!), several Orlock members line the windows in an attempt to beat back the assault...
The PDF troopers on top of their post, along with the Arbite Venator, exchange fire with the Cargo 8...
Unfortunately for the Orlocks, the remaining Hybrid lets loose a blast from his handflammer into the Tavern, while the Abominant breaks through the door! Incredibly, two of the Orlocks survives this attack...
The guns on the Cargo 8 did some damage to the PDF forces on the tower...
The Cultists dropped an Arbite and the Orloc's second Quad...
On the east side of Gaviah, Cultist Acolyte Hybrids and Neophyte Hybrids (can't see them all , but 30 Neophytes and 15 Acolytes are there!) devastate the Ironhead Prospectors and their Ogryn attempting to get to the truck to escape. (they were only in town to 'wet their whistles')...
The PDF and Orloc Quad score a success, knocking out the Cargo 8 (and with it, two Heavy Stubbers and a Grenade Launcher!)...
The Ironhead's Ogryn continues the success when it charges the Neophytes, and takes four of them down...
Things continue to look up for Gaviah's defenders, as some Orlocks and their Ridgerunner take down some of the Cultist Waste Land Nomad allies (Yes, they are actually Kroot miniatures)...
The Cultist Ridgerunner faces off against some Arbites, their Vanator, and an Orloc Quad...
The Abominant ends the Orloc resistance iinside the Tavern HQ. (the smallish figures you may notice throughout the town represent Loyalist and cultist townfolk fighting each other)...
A lone Ironhead stands firm while Aberrants finish off the Ogryn...
The Nomads drop one Orlock and a townsperson...
The PDF and the Arbite sniper bring down two Jackals including the Alphus...
Disaster for Gaviah! The Cultist Ridgerunner destroys the Orlocks's remaining Quad as well as their Ridgerunner...
As Acolytes close in, the Nomads score three hits on the remaining four Orlocks...
Things are continuing to go downhill for the defenders as the PDF forces loses another...
Hordes of Acolytes and Neophytes swarm towards the last strongpoint of the Orlocks at the southern edge of town...
More disaster; the PDF force is down to one, and the Arbite's Venator is destroyed as well...
The last hope for the defenders rests with Slate and his power dog Mecuda. They almost bring the Abbominant down, but with only one hit point left, it gets the initiative, and it eliminates both...
The last Orlock resisting is brought down by the Nomads. Gaviah II has fallen to the Genestealer Cultists!
Its on to the capitol Ieaid itself!


























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