Points: 1000.
Deployment: Front Line.
Primary Objective: Duel.
The battle of the Colicos Mines took place in and around an abandoned mining station less than a mile from the main battle site at Hell's Point. The Necron forces advancing on the left flank were attacked by a sentry patrol of Outriders. The Rift Wardens engaged in heavy fighting but had to pull back from the mines themselves. The Necron commander pushed the warriors under his command in to swamp the Imperial defenders. With the arrival of Skorpek warriors, the site was seized in a matter of hours.
The following morning, a Rift Warden assault was repulsed but some time later, the warriors were ordered to abandon the mines, allowing the space marines to recapture it, although cautiously. Two days later, the Necrons returned in even greater numbers and once again the Rift Wardens fell back. A bloody battle begun in which the Rift Wardens took significant casualties. The mines were captured but Lieutenant Tristan led a tactical counterattack and after a fierce battle, the site had exchanged hands once again. That night, the Necrons surged forward again. Tristan's forces were pinned down in the mine opening.
Reinforcements, intended for the Hell's Point front, arrived to bolster the Necron forces. Tristan ordered his outnumbered battle brothers to fall back, but fighting continued throughout the night, Tristan pulled his few units back and retreated to the main Imperial lines. The Necrons abandoned the mines to give pursuit.
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