Operation: Liberation - Tyrannus Secundus

 

Points: 2000.

Deployment: Front Line.

Primary Objective: Duel.

Operation: Liberation was a hastily formed military operation to retake the energy generation complex recently taken by the Emperor's Children. The force that participated was led by Uther, the chapter's chief librarian, and consisted of some two hundred battle brothers concentrated on the outskirts of the surrounding swamplands. A second force, with support of dreadnoughts awaited to assault from the opposite side to cause a distraction.

Two days after the site fell to the enemy, and a couple of days before the chapter as a whole was assault the heretic astartes lines, Uther organised his forces. On the day, he told Arthurus and his council of captains that he was ready to go. The chapter master approved and gave the go ahead order.

Stalking through the swamps, Uther issued the attack order once the power generator came into full view. The primary objective was to breach the defenses and cut separate enemy patrols from one another and block an potential evacuation points. Both companies gained the element of surprise and many Emperor's Children marines were slain in the first few minutes.

The second assault force concentrated their attack upon the main facility itself, and with dreadnought support, breached the doors and began to engage the forces within. Between both companies, the Rift Wardens executed Uther's plan like a surgeon's scalpel, crushing enemy resistance with bolter and plasma. The remaining enemy marines attempted to flee but were cut down as they ran. Within a matter of hours, the power generator was back under loyalist hands.

Planetary Invasion - Tyrannus Secundus

Points: 2150.

Mission: Polarising Energies.

Detachment: Anvil Siege Force.

Opponents Detachment: Peerless Bladesmen.

Agendas: Calculated Destruction, Drive Them Back and Recover Blackstone Data..

Opponent's Agendas: Feeding the Addiction and Draught of Despair.

Having been warned by Inquisitor Rosarius that a sizeable warband of the Emperor's Children was rampaging through the subsector, Arthurus ordered his chapter to the factorum world of Tyrannus Secundus where they fortified key locations ready for the traitor legions arrival. They did not have long to wait.

The initial enemy planetary landings, those transports which survived the anti-orbital firepower from the surface, landed in the misty swamps surrounding the planet's primary power generation facility. The Emperor's Children's first task was to seize control of this site and it's adjacent star port, a location bolstered by the Rift Wardens. 

The enemy landing occurred just before dawn and the Emperor's Children marched through the swamps towards the facility, supported by tanks and daemon engines. After a few hours, they were intercepted by the Rift Warden patrols but the loyalists suffered casualties and were forced to retreat. The enemy commander divided his forces into two groups. The first, led by himself, would launch an attack directly at the space marine positions. The second was ordered to circle around and attack from the west.

The Emperor's Children left their positions as night began to fall. The first group clashed at the main gates with the Rift Wardens, breaching the walls and broke through the space marine lines, opening the way for reinforcements. The second force was delayed due to a significant defence by the Rift Wardens, but they did breach the walls after a couple of hours.

Despite stiff resistance, the Emperor's Children, supported by their daemon engines, seized large sections of the factorum complex. With the Rift Wardens pushed back towards the space port, the traitors assaulted them in brutal close quarters fighting, forcing Arthurus to order a retreat. The battle quickly turned into rout, as the Rift Wardens were forced to flee leaving the site in enemy hands.

Operation Scimitar - Vigilus Wastelands

Points: 2000.

Mission: Recover The Relics.

Secondary Objectives: Engage On All Fronts, Oaths Of Moment and Raise The Banners High. 

Opponent's Secondary Objectives: Adorn The Canvas Eclectic, Engage On All Fronts and Retrieve Battlefield Data.

Operation Scimitar was a long range pre-emptive operation by the Rift Wardens against a force of Emperor's Children who had occupied a vital water source in the depths of the wastelands.

The water source was located in the deserts south of Mortwald Hivesprawl along a well used supply route. The raid was carried out by a company of Rift Wardens led by Captain Lorgraine, supported by small outrider squads and a single repulsor executioner. Although the Rift Wardens had fought on Vigilus for a couple of years at this point, this would be one of the most significant victories the chapter had managed to this point.

The raid was a complete success for the Rift Wardens. For the cost of only a handful of battle brothers and the outriders, the chapter slew the chaos marines to a man and returned the water source to Imperial control.

Battle of Arnmort Gate - Mortwald

Points: 2000.

Mission: Homebrew.

When further elements of Abaddon's forces arrived from the rift and made planetfall, a contingent moved to bolster their traitor brethren at Mortwald. Upon arrival, their warlord divided his forces. One third was assigned to attack the Astra Militarum defences further south, while he himself led the rest to converge on the Rift Wardens postions at Arnmort Gate.

Chapter master Arthurus planned to counter the traitor advance with a series of planned withdrawls, intended to trade some territory for the time needed for reinforcements to arrive to give him a decisive numerical advantage. However, this strategy failed as the reinforcements fell under attack themselves from cultists hidden deep within the labyrinthine streets of Mortwald.

The battle for Arnmort Gate was short but decisive for the traitor marines, who claimed territory freely given but inflicted heavy casualties on the Rift Wardens while doing so.