Points: 2000.
Deployment: Front Line.
Primary Objective: Duel.
After several recent engagements along the front line where the Rift Warden and Deathwatch faced off, on the eastern flank, the Deathwatch commander decided to create a bridgehead over a fast flowing river that split their forces. After a recent assault by outriders and jump pack assault squads had been repelled, the Deathwatch commander feared that the Rift Wardens might try and assault the bridgehead directly. To prevent this and to disrupt any preparations to do so, an assault group was formed from the best veterans the commander had to hand. These were swiftly loaded into cargo transports and flown into the enemy positions on the other side of the river.
In the early morning, the Deathwatch landed and assaulted the Rift Warden positions, where the chapter was preparing for the foreseen assault. Although numerically inferior, the Deathwatch managed to take the space marines by surprise, and after a short skirmish, the Rift Wardens withdrew towards the center lines of the battle. After taking what supplies they could quickly carry on to the transports, the Deathwatch returned to their own forces.
Although the losses on both sides were low, the assault managed to disrupt the Rift Warden preparations for the assault on the bridgehead,
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