OPR Battle report: The orcs bring the big guns.

 If one paints the mins then one must play with the minis. 

With the recruitment of the Orc pirates, and all their shiny guns, Mad Mike threw them right at the advancing human armored forces.  The mechanized platoon had been reinforced with an MBT.  They did not know what surprises lurked in the stone garden.

“The orc big guns are hidden and the humies will never know what hit them”    

In the opening move Mad Mike took his mob toward the center objective.  They were punished for their aggression by several of the MICVs and the command squad.  They lost half their number and were pinned down.  The goblin artillery shot the MBT, causing slight damage.  It responded in kind by moving up blasting one of the gobbo guns.  Still, they had lured out the vehicles.      

Squad B’s MICV moved to contest the right-hand objective. All seemed quiet as the orcs were hiding behind the large rock formation. That is when a group of large orcs carrying weapons as big as a man emerged from behind the rocks.  What followed was a symphony of violence.

“Never under estimate the power of exploding sixes!”

The MICV was overwhelmed by the sheer dakka of the orc pirates.  The vehicle exploded and the remains of Squad B stumbled out

On the other side of the battlefield, the rest of the orc pirates revealed themselves and targeted the MBT.   A barrage of HMG fire and the fusion guns tore into the tank.  A fire was started and the crew frantically tried to put out the fire.      

The human platoon leader was in shock.  In a few moments their advance had hit a green brick wall.  He called on the radio for mortar support, desperate to suppress the big-gunned orcs.  The shots had a minimal effect. 

Squad A deployed from their MICV and moved into the broken rocks.  They could see the orc mob advancing on their position.     

In the following turn.  The orc mob on the right moved up and gunned down Squad B.  Nothing like kicking a humie when he’s down, yuh.    

“Not so tough without your metal box…yuh”

The other orc mob tried to overwhelm squad A.  The cover of the boulders proved valuable as both squads entered a mostly ineffective firefight.  The missile launcher of Squad A proved to be a better marksman and brought down another goblin gun. The gobbos were pinned down hiding under their guns. 

Both MICVs moved around the rough ground to fire on the orc pirates and brought down several.  The orc return fire severally damaged one vehicle while the other was lucky suffering only minor damage.  It appeared the orc unit had expended their explosive heat rounds on the first destroyed vehicle.

The battle would be decided on the left flank. The 3^rd and last round began with the heavily damaged MICV going down to the orc pirates.     

After surviving more fire from the humans.  The orc mob charged into Squad A.  The humans held their ground and forced back the assault.  Both units were down to a few troops. 

The depleted orc mob was blasted by the recovered MBT.  This removed the threat to the left objective.  The command squad finished Mad Mike’s mob and the warboss himself was blown back unconscious as a missile impacted at his feet.

The last orc mob charged the final MICV but could not damage it.  They prevented it from contesting the objective.

The game was called as nothing could contest the objectives in human control.  A 2-1 victory to the mechanized brigade.  Still the human commanders were furious at the vehicle losses as the orcs proved what their firepower could do.  If given enough dice. 😉