Battle of Firebase 12 - Mandragora

Points: 2000.

Deployment and Mission: Dawn of War / Adapt or Die.

Primary Objective: Burden of Trust.

Detachment: Anvil Siege Force

Opponents Detachment: Black Spear Task Force.

Desperate to gain ammuniton and supplies, Deathwatch command decided to raid a Rift Wardens supply point. A companies worth of Deathwatch kill teams soon captured it but were swiftly pushed out by Rift Warden reinforcements. Air support was limited due to the anti-air capabilities of the allied House Avalon Knights. Instead, the Deathwatch were forced to rely on predator tanks for battlefield support.

The Deathwatch attacked the firebase directly over open fields. Once within range, the Rift Wardens opened fire, inflicting heavy casualties across their number. Eventually a lone Blackstar did breach the anti-air fire to deliver reinforcements. They assaulted firebase 12 in a frontal attack, which caused heavy losses.

By the evening the Deathwatch pushed into the firebase compound where heavy hand to hand combat started, which resulted in the capture of the site. As the Rift Wardens fell back, they were subjected to heavy fire. The Deathwatch captured the vital supplies, giving them a great boost in the coming conflict.

Second Battle of Apophis Hive - Talos

Points: 2000.

Deployment and Mission: Search And Destroy / Rapid Escalation.

Primary Objective: Scorched Earth.

Detachment: Anvil Siege Force.

Opponents Detachment: Vanguard Onslaught.

The second battle of Apophis Hive was the defence of the hive city by the Rift Wardens and their allies in House Avalon, against a series of attacks from Tyranid vanguard organisms.

After their recent defences, the Rift Wardens fell back to district 222, a location that was deemed easy to defend until aid could arrive. They prepared defences and withstood several Tyranid attacks over the course of several weeks. Then, with the arrival of powerful monstrous creatures, the Imperial defenders were forces to fall back further into the heart of the city. At this moment, the Tyranids stopped their advance and began to encircle the Rift Warden positions.

Battle of Paradyse City - Paradyse

Points: 2000.

Deployment and Mission: Tipping Point / Raise Banners.

Primary Objective: Terraform.

Detachment: Anvil Siege Force.

Opponents Detachment: Creations of Bile.

 

Paradyse, a world of the Sarcorixis sector, overrseen and run by the Adeptus Mechanicus. The world serves as a rejuvenation facility for wealthy and important members of the sector's inhabitants. In addition, it secretly serves as a holding facility for gene stock of the Imperial Fists and their successors. When a force of traitor astartes raiders attacked the planet led by the reviled Fabius Bile, the Mechanicus issued a priority request for aid. The Rift Wardens responded rapidly to protect their heritage from being defiled by Bile.

The initial battle for Paradyse City was a major engagement. Following the arrival of the Rift Wardens and their allies in House Avalaon, Bile led his forces in an offensive against the loyalist marines in the streets of Paradyse City. The battle ended with the Rift Wardens retreating from a superior force. The presence of the marines under Bile's command also began to fray the borders of reality and a number of smaller daemonic incursions occurred to further vex the Rift Wardens.