AAR - The Battle of Festivus Moon

[FaithandFire]

Festivus was finished. The once beautiful Festivus Moon was now a ruined cesspool after seven days of the unbridled and wanton debauchery that is Festivus. The three T'Schere leaders were finishing up their final duties and preparing to head to the Orbital Relay Station to return to the capital. The mobile elements of the H'garian PDF were performing their final sector checks. Elements of two Astartes chapters were moving in to begin the establishment of Imperial bases on the moon.

Shock and Awe: Out of nowhere masses of greenskins roared into the city! Warboss Grubbynuts (temporarily leaving his Monody Waaagh in the hands of his lieutenants) himself was leading elite elements of his command in the attempt to seize the T'schere leaders. At his side was his young protege, aspiring Warboss Chobo and his still inexperiences forces. Waves of daemonettes (and other frightening and savage things) came screaming down from the sky above!

One one flank, the PDF forces rallied quickly and began to pour fire into the advancing enemy. Undaunted, the Orks drove forward and returned fire. Quickly almost all of the PDF vehicles were ablaze. The grim Guardsmen disembarked and stalwartly regrouped to face the onrushing enemy.

The Marines rushed to protect the T'Schere leaders and to establish a defensive line in front of the Orbital Relay Station. Everything else was secondary to making sure the T'Schere leaders got out safely.

Suddenly and unexpectedly, TWO Eldar battle groups began arriving to support the Imperial cause! Chaos Space Marines arrived to reinforce the attackers.

Warboss Chobo's force barely got out of its deployment zone when substantial elements (including 3 wraithguard and an autarch) of the two Eldar forces counterattacked and stopped them in their tracks. By the end of the battle, only the Warboss and his personal squad in their battlewagon survived.

In the center a massive melee of hand to hand combat developed as the Marines fought desperately to stem the onrushing horde of Orks and Daemons. Slowly the Marines were pushed back, closer and closer to the Orbital Station. The Marines did manage to reach the T'Schere Cleric and escort him back to the Station. However, daemonettes seized the Scribe and Warlord and began to drag them away.

As the enemy fought their way onto the launching pad itself, the Imperial forces decided that the shuttle must depart with just the one leader. It did so, barely in time as a Soul Grinder bore down on it.

The Eldar and Marines sent forward squads to attack the daemonettes and recapture the other two leaders. Massed fire from Ork Lootas and Noise Marines defeated both attempts.

The enemy extraction ship now appeared and lifted the other two leaders off the surface to begin their journey to a far off hidden high security prison.

The battle was over. But, was the one T'Schere rescued leader the true Warlord who could control the massive defense systems or had the enemies of the Imperium imprisoned that one and opened the T'Schere system for invasion?

The Imperial Shuttle sped to the Capital. The T'Schere Cleric was hardwired into the T'Schere defense control network. And............
The network activated! The true Warlord survived!

Save the T'Schere leader, Save the World!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[deewalla]

Lol
"The grim Guardsmen disembarked and stalwartly regrouped to face the onrushing enemy"
That really gives those PDF about 200% more credit then they relly did =P At best, they provided a 2 turn speed bump to that mass of green. Was a bloody battle in that 1 building though. 4-5 turns of 20 guardsmen vs 30 orks In horrible hallway firefights and brutal CC.

[droofus]

Mar 22, 2009 12:40:28 GMT -5 deewalla said:

Lol
4-5 turns of 20 guardsmen vs 30 orks In horrible hallway firefights and brutal CC.

That was pretty sweet. Though don't forget, you brought in a third squad so it ended up being 30 vs. 30...

Grubbynutz was satisfied. The spiky-boyz may not have gotten the right fancy-looking 'umie, but he and his ladz had krumped a bunch of 'umie tanks and even some beakie dreads. Chobo had also gotten some experience (though, the Warboss was pleased to note, not too much - it wouldn't do to have a challenger!) Anyway, he wasn't concerned with T'schere. He would return to Monody and krump the marines there.

His head still hurt from the the panzee weaponry. He winced as the Doc sewed in some new metal into the gaps that the eldar weaponry had left in his skull. The doc was rambling about the end of the universe and some really stompy boy called "Cane". Grubbynutz growled in irritation, the Doc still wasn't quite right after what the panzee leader did to him...

[deewalla]

Ah, yes I did. From that chimera who got nicked by the orbital bombardment... Ded' 'ard boyz dem are.

Well on the other hand, Corporal Ez'een thought, I've never died before. He laughed, it hurt. It was only fitting that all of this be experianced during the festival. You were, he mused, supposed to experiance everything. What have I just experianced, he wondered. The early call and morning muster to rally quickly to the awaiting PDF transports. The bumpy ride to the shuttle pad. Sarge standing up while shouting about "them" and how they were comeing for our leaders. Sarge then getting knocked off his feet by an unexpected bump, smacking his head and the squad laughing. He laughed again, oddly it hurt less this time. The horrors of combat with those... aliens was all blured. His transport took a hit, slowed suddenly and the ramp dropped. His mates all jumped out, and into a wall of green muscle. Ez'een didn't even remember getting hit. You would think you'd remember an event that important he idly thought. He had laid here since. The green ones moving on. He just rested on his side and listened to the crackle of the vox unit. It was behind him somewhere, probably still on the back of J'tuan. Ez'een wanted to sleep, but the crackle turned to voices. So he focused on that. Listening as he felt... warm?

kzzzzzz...kzzzzzz All un..ts hold posi..ion... Defen..e network is ..nline I re..eat The De..ence net..ork is online. The true Warlor.. of T'Sch..re is safe. kzzzzzzz... kzzzzzzxxxxsss

The broadcast stopped. Corporal Ez'een smiled. It didn't hurt. Nothing hurt. The battle was all about getting the leaders out safely, and they had gotten the one that mattered the most. He had been apart of this.. this victory for T'Schere. He swelled with pride. He had never experianced such a moving feeling for his planet. Then again, wasn't that what this festival is all about.

[FaithandFire]

Conrad - That almost brought a tear to my eye! I can see a new line of IG novels in your future!

[Monster Rain]

Finding himself in a universe of pain and darkness, Codicier Ashurbunipal couldn't remember exactly what had happened. There were vague flashes of escaping a Daemon Possessed War Engine through a Warp Rift he had created, of Brother Sergeant Namtar's screams as tendrils of warp-stuff dragged him away before they could exit the Empyrean and of the sensation of blood bursting from his ears and nostrils as his brain exceeded it's psychic threshold when he finally pushed his abilities too far.

His mind was pulling free of it's moorings, drifting on the ebbing tides of his sanity. Voices whispered blasphemies from the shadows, others promised torments beyond imagining. The Librarian only regretted that he would no longer be able to fight in the Emperor's name and that he would never again see the towering Ziggurats of Monody...

Monody! The idea brought focus to his fragmented mind. The same Waagh! that besieged his homeworld was at this moment bearing down on his Battle-Brothers here on T'Schere. He had followed Warboss Grubbynutz to this planet, and would follow him to the ends of the Galaxy if necessary.

Codicier Ashurbunipal opened his eyes.

[deewalla]

Thanks Steve. It was fun to write that little bit. Nothing of mine really survived... and the HQ "hero's" of IG really dont do much (as they tend to die too). Still was fun. With the going mortality rate of guardsmen these days, I'd be hard pressed to come up with enough names if I made a novel. =P

[darkathy]

I saw people were posting things from there armies view, so I figured I would give it a try and see what people thought. THis is Zach W. by the way.

Farseer Am’teris removed his ornate Ghost Helm and laid it on the table beside him… He had dawned his mentor’s armor again, and chose to house his Soulstone in place of his own… Eldarad had left his armor and staff to him when he plunged his consciousness into the heart of Abbadons fleet only a few cycles ago. Carefully, and with practiced skill, Am’Teris removed Eldarad’s Soulstone from the socket on his chest, and placed it back on its stand where it could comfort in the Dome of Crystal Seers, and placed Eldarad’s runic armor back on its stand as well.

Am’teris was saddened, he had seen a victory on this world and called many of Iyanden’s warriors to arms for it… but the price was far too high, among Iyanden’s dead for this battle were his student, Aiyal’Dae, and his two brothers. After the battle he had collected there Soulstones, they would be placed in the Infinity Matrix at the heart of Iyanden later this day, so they may rest with all others who have come before them.

Am’teris meditated on if he had made the right choice or not, he had led his brethren to battle and had called to a Farseer from another Craftworld, but both sides had lost many, and the Eldar race was set back again, but his aid had helped the humans of this world called T’Schere by the Mon’Kiegh, and had stopped the Chaos and Orks from gaining control of a powerful weapon. He let his mind wander through the strands of fate, hoping to find some answer to his question, and from the far reaches of time came a voice to him, it was familiar, one that he had thought he would never hear again. The voice said simply, “Good work Am’teris.”

A tear came to the young Farseer’s eye, and softly he responded out loud, “Thank you, teacher.”

[deewalla]

wow Zach... that's good! Seems like all the in character names match too (know nothing about in game eldar lore.. well almost nothing) Nicely done!