Fall of Theorah Part 001

Having single handedly slaughtered many of the citizens of Karlona, Helcius performed the rituals to sacrifice their souls and to have the eye of Nurgle upon himself so he may request his aid. His request was for the redirection of a space hulk lost in the warp, so that it would collide with the mining world Theorah, and unleash the darkness within the Space Hulks inner caverns. Granting his wish in return for the corpses of the slain, Helcius returned to his fleet, and they pulled out of the system.

50 years to the day after the ritual of Karlona, the space hulk's long journey from the warp to the planet of Theorah was complete. The Space Hulk smashed through the planets atmosphere, and the majority of it landed on the south pole of the planet, sprinkled throughout the southern hemisphere of the planet. The majority of the pieces lay dormant, but quite a few of them stirred from within, unleashing both the horrors of orks and tyranids upon the planet.

Mission 02 Rapid Response :

Forces:
Imperial Guard - PDF
120 guardsmen and officers
2 leman russ tanks
1 basalisk
2 sentinels
1 company command

Tyrannids:
50 hormagaunts
20 termagaunts
3 carnifexes
Hive Tyrant

Orks:
60 boyz
2 warbosses
6 loota boyz
5 meganobz

Objective:
PDF forces are to engage any threats encountered, and report back. (annihilation)

Deployment: Standard

Special Rules: none

Victor: orks and nids
Aftermath: fairly straight forward game, I gave the orks and tyrannids a slight points advantage, as the players were new, and I didn't want to spice the game up with too many extra rules, so I made it a standard match, just with space hulk terrain. Overall, I was overwhelmed by the massive amount of close combat troops. The Carnifexes and Warbosses were about the only reliable anti-tank on the board, so I tried not to focus on them, as I didn't want to crush the new guys, but because I didn't I paid far too dearly, and lost the match by turn four, when both my leman russes were crushed, and what little was left of my force retreated.