Grim Dark Battle Report: The Hunt

 

This is a One Page Rules Grim Dark battle report.  The battle was an approximate 2400-point battle between the Dark Brothers and the Alien Hives.  The Ambush set up was used.  This was a narrative battle set around one objective, the death of the Hive lord.

 

Two squads of Dark Brothers rumble along the ash valley in their APCs.  They are far away from the main battle line, very vulnerable.  Suddenly the servo skulls deployed around them start to detect masses of Alien grunts.  The Brothers deploy from the APCs and prepare to receive the onslaught. 

 High above the valley, in a Deathstar gunship, Interrogator Lorenzo watches the sensor scopes.  This was no random patrol, but a hunt.  The squads in the valley were bait, a tempting lure for the newest Hive lord the Aliens had produced.  It had devastated an entire armored column in the prior cycle.  The vehicles were one of the few advantages the humans had against the Alien swarms. His mission and that of his veteran Darkwing squad was to kill the beast at all costs.  He ordered the pilot to dive into valley to support Bravo squad.  The laser cannons and missiles flew into the Hive Warriors and dropped one.  The heavy rifle array strafed the assault grunts reducing their number.  Suddenly the aircraft was rocked with a loud thud, the hive warriors had scored an unexpected hit from their acid launcher.  The pilot indicated the craft was still capable and the Interrogator turned back to his scope.  On the scope was the prize he sought.  The hive lord had emerged on the other side of the battlefield.  He ordered the pilot to climb and the gunship pealed away. 

 

Bravo Squad and their APC focused on the soul-snatchers that had infiltrated close to their position.  The snacther lord had already killed two Brothers with its psychic attacks.  They gunned down the squad and their brood leader.  The assault grunts right behind the snatchers crashed into the firing line.  The ensuing rounds of melee and shooting saw both the Brothers and the assault grunts fall. 

 

To the North, Alpha squad faced a similar horde of bugs and poured heavy fire power into the assault grunts.  The ensuing melee went badly for the Brothers, many fell.  Only the ensuing heroics of their HMG gunner held the line.  Despite Brothers falling with grim determination all around him, Brother Chris gunned down the last of the assault grunts and survived a combat against the remaining Hive Warrior.  His valor will be added to the records.

 

The gunship reentered the valley aimed at the hive lord.  Its laser cannons, missiles, and rifle array blazed away at the great beast.  The Hive lord was wounded and brought its own massive cannon to bear against the aircraft.  With lightning reflexes, the pilot jolted the aircraft to dodge the shot that would have certainly brought it down.  He feathered the landing jets and deployed the Darkwing squad.  “Bring it down!” Lorenzo shouted over the net and the veterans brought a withering firepower against the Hive lord.  The alien leader roared with pain as its regeneration struggled against the burning of the fusion beams.  Near death it roared in hatred, unable to escape the black clad warriors. “Finish it!” Lorenzo called and the veterans blazed away until the great beast dropped. 

The remaining aliens fled as the death scream of their leader echoed through the hive mind.  Brother Chris climbed into his APC, the last tactical marine of this operation.  Had the successful hunt been worth the price.