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The Battle of Cygnus IV - Part Two - Page 5
Marauders fly in to attack the Great Gargant and are intercepted by a squadron of Ork Bommerz. The Ork Bommerz were quite successful and forced down two Maurauders though the others flew in and caused no damage. This was also one of those "mistakes" as the Marauders did not get a chance to shoot back at the Ork Bommerz during the intercept.
The Ork Battlefortresses destroyed by the Imperial BaneBlades and are ablaze, the Orks inside bale out and head for cover just in case they explode...
The Space Marine Recon Detachment suffers numerous attacks whilst on assault orders against the Orks.
The Ork Battlefortresses destroyed by the Imperial BaneBlades and are ablaze, the Orks inside bale out and head for cover just in case they explode... however under attack from BaneBlades and Leman Russ tanks which virtually destroy the detachment.
End of Turn 4 Morale
Ork Morale: 20
Imperial Morale: 31
Turn Five
Though technically the end of the game (using a revised Morale system), we decided to play one more turn to see if we could get either one of us down to zero...
As you can see from this shot after the Battlefortresses are removed and following the shooting phase there was nothing left of the Ork Infantry detachment apart from the odd stand of Nobz. They had been shot at by the Leman Russ detachment and the BaneBlades. In the top left corner you can see the remains of the Imperial Guard Supreme Commander who was shot to bitz by the Orks and they lost all their Chimera transports. The Great Gargant was ready and waiting to strike when the Boyz lost so much morale it was game over...
Another shot of the remains of the battlefield.
Still waiting to fight were a Snakebitez detachment of BoarBoyz and Squiggoths.
BoarBoyz and Squiggoths on assault orders...
...facing them though was a detachment of Leman Russ tanks on Overwatch!
...and three slightly damaged BaneBlades!!!
An Ork artillery detachmemt was waiting at the back, note the Ork Trukks with Krooz Missulz and the Ork Trukk with Heavy Siege Artillery.
This Kult of Speed was ready to assault the Space Marine Recon detachment, but alas time was against them and the Ork Morale was too low. The nice castle building is Snapdragon and is sadly now OOP but also works nicely with Warmaster figures.
Rear view of the Snakebitez detachment of BoarBoyz and Squiggoths.
Imperial forces ready and willing to advance on the remaining Orks...
...and cleanse the Imperial Shrine of the taint of the Orkish Great Gargant.
End of Game Morale
Ork Morale: 9
Imperial Morale: 19
As the Imperium had started with only 2000 points and the Orks 3000 points, the Orks would have won if they had managed to reduce the Imperial Morale to 0, but as their morale dropped to below 10 this was an Imperial victory.