Þungur Metallikos~The Death Guard and the Promethium

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Battle Details

Type: Battle
Date: 418.008.M31 24 September 2016
Sub-Sector:Centrumeh Sub-Sector
System: Waacos System
Planet: Þungur Metallikos
Victor: Loyalist
Draw:
Influence: 5


Forces:

L-X-1366

Loyalists Involved In The Conflict

Army:Eisens´s arme Hunde



Traitors Involved In The Conflict

Army:Matze´s Death Guard
Eis



Battle Summary

Redeployed to the outscirts of Hivernigraad the Iron Tenth had to stop the Death Guard from taking control of two promethium wells. The cursed traitors had advanced with several units of infantry backed by a Terminators in a Land Raider Phoebos. Eisen felt certain he could acomplish the mission parameters given by his superiors as he had an increased number of battle brothers to command, yet somehow the opponent seemed to increase in size as well. 

Eisen chose a weighed deployment with fast troops on the left. The sicaran venetor was backed up by the Land Raider Proteus and the two vehicles shielded the two units of Gorgon terminators from a Death Guard unit of Volkite Culverins. The tacticals would advance behind the ruin in their Rhino and secure the nearer mission objective. The tacital support with volkites deployed in the forest with the heavy bolters to their left. First the Iron Tenth had to weather the shooting storm of Death Guard. The Contemptor Cortus did not stop the Sicaran and the Land Raider did not bring both weapons to bear. The Volkites redeployed to the center to find target and the Iron Tenth remained unscathed. The Iron tenth retaliated by firing their thud guns at the tacticals visible but were very inaccurate and took only some of their numbers and the Iron attack bikes on the far right - unable to draw a line of sight to the Land Raider - killed two more. The loyalist Land Raider damaged the Contemptor but kept the Immortals in their hold. Last the Sicaran took a gamble and advanced on the far left flank close to some Grave Wardens to be able to fire at the cursed Land Raider but the precise shots were foiled by some rubble. Getting reinforcements the Death Guard advanced even more and reached the sicaran using all their speed with Grave Wardens and the Contemptor after one of the Gorgon units were reduced by enemy fire. The sicaran went up in flames. The Iron Tenth took revenge by advancing the Land Raider which dropped the cargo of Immortals. The Land Raider took a shot at its perverted cousin, penetraded and...let the tank explode in a fireball. The Death Guard Praetor and Death Shrouds left the wreck unscathed though. The Immortals fired their melta guns into to back of the Contemptor. One of their number was killed by a shard from the exploding Dreadnought! The remaining Grave Warden could destroy the Iron Hands Land Raider before they were cut to pieces by the Immortals. In the center the thudd gun aimed for the second tactical Death Guard Squad and Eisen decided to lead his two remaining Gorgon Terminators against the remnants of the first tactical squad after judging the distance to the heavy support squad too great. As was to be expected the Death Guards were eradicated without losses. The retaliation was swift however as not only the second contemptor cybot made contact with the three Iron Hands but as well the Praetor and his Death Shrouds. A hail of blows rained on the 2 terminators and the delegatus. The Death Guard was not favoured by Nurgle in this encounter and only few attacks managed to penetrate. At this moment the ingenuity in design of the Terminator armour made by the Gorgon was reveiled as the attacks were either halted by the small field generators or stabilized to cause no harm. Only one Gorgon Terminator fell and the return blows of the two hammers killed Death Shrouds and Cybot alike. The praetor was broken and killed in an instant. With no chance to take the important prometheum wells the Death Guard withdrew.

Eisen could hardly believe his luck when he began to conduct the mission report

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