Wasteland Skirmish - Omegon Theta

Points: 2000.

Deployment and Mission: Hammer and Anvil / Martial Pride.

Primary Objective: Purge the Foe.

Detachment: Ironstorm Spearhead.

Opponents Detachment: Warhost.

This brief engagement took place over two days, during the war for Omegon Theta. A patrol of Alaitoc craftworlds with Corsair backup clashed with a Rift Warden patrol. The battle took place in a petrified forest some miles from the dig site. The battle was light and brief, and resulted with the Aeldari pushing the space marines back towards their own lines.

Second Battle of the Mekon Delta - Omega Theta

Points: 1500.

Deployment and Mission: Dawn of War / Rapid Escalation.

Primary Objective: Hidden Supplies.

Detachment: Gladius Task Force.

Opponents Detachment: Armoured Warhost.

The Rift Wardens defended themselves on a clifftop overlooking the buried Craftworld, but after the previous engagement the space marines ran out of ammunition and were subsequently massacred by the Aeldari. This was a major blow to the space marines but in the subsequent days, the chapter returned and extracted a dreadful revenge upon the Aeldari.

Battle of the Industrial Enclaves - Hyperia

Points: 1000.

Deployment and Mission: Hammer And Anvil / Maelstrom Of Battle / Chosen Battlefield / Vox Static.

Primary Objective: Scorched Earth.

Detachment: Ironstorm Spearhead.

Opponents Detachment: Battle Host.

Arthurus called his command staff together and they drew up plans for the coming of the next Aeldari attack. At this time the Rift Wardens had a fully companies worth of battle brothers to call upon plus several of their dreadnoughts. Command was given over to Hephestus, the chapter's Master of the Forge, who decided to bring the might of the chapter's dreadnoughts against the weak Aeldari ground troops.

The Aeldari forces were largely guardian and ranger squads led by Illic Nightspear and Faugan, Their numbers were vastly reduced after their previous engagement with the space marines. This lack of manpower was a problem for them and they were careful to pick their targets. The Aeldari had a handful of grav-tanks and this was their only real threat to the Rift Wardens.

Hephestus launched his attack in the late evening and surrounded the Aeldari forces by morning. The final attack started then with the Aeldari vastly outnumbered and outmatched. They retreated into the Industrial Enclaves where they made their last stand. As they ran out of manpower, the survivours fled into the webway but this had been a crucial victory for the Rift Wardens and a costly defeat for the Aeldari.

Battle In The Streets - Hyperia Hivesprawl

 

Points: 1000.

Deployment and Mission: Hammer And Anvil / Vox Static.

Primary Objective: Sites Of Power

Detachment: Anvil Siege Force.

Opponents Detachment: Battle Host.

This engagement was a Rift Warden attack, followed by a large Aeldari counter-attack against the space marines. The Rift Wardens attacked the alien forces as they assaulted a supply depot and the loss of this site could be disastrous for the hivesprawl's defenders. Arthurus dispatched a force of heavy intercessors and terminators to secure the position. These units were backed up by several dreadnoughts, although they proved less effective than hoped.

After a big Rift Warden success on the first day, a lack of vehicles and the presence of Faugan on the battlefield, halted the space marine advance. On the second day, although the Rift Wardens had been successful, they had suffered numerous casualties.

The Walls of Hyperia - Hyperia Hivesprawl

 

Points: 1000.

Deployment and Mission: Dawn of War / Chosen Battlefield.

Primary Objective: Priority Targets.

Detachment: Anvil Seige Force.

Opponents Detachment: Battle Host.

The Aeldari force that had fought it's way across the Vigilus wastelands finally reached the Hyperia Hivesprawl. Having determined that the xenos force was seeking entry, the Rift Wardens and the Sororitas came to a truce, and faced down the aliens.

This battle was part of the revenge plot of the Aeldari. They had come to help against the forces of Chaos only to be targeted by the Imperium as yet another alien threat. The combatants were the Aeldari against the Rift Wardens and the Sisters Sororitas. The battle took place over four days. The first engagement was intended to attract the Rift Wardens out of the city, before they could attempt a decisive offensive.

The Aeldari forces were to capture the Imperial held high group, an escarpment on the north side of the battle grid. This would protect the Aeldari forces from Imperial indirect fire. Supported by a host of wraithguard, the Aeldari captured most of the high ground on the first day. The main line fell on the second day, as did the road into the hive sprawl, once the Aeldari overran a salient against considerable Imperial defence. The final objective, the city gates fell soon after, and the Rift Wardens fell back to defend the streets of Hyperia.

Opportunistic Strike - Vigilus Wastelands

 

Points: 2000.

Deployment and Mission: Dawn of War / Chosen Battlefield.

Primary Objective: Priority Targets.

Detachment: Gladius Task Force.

Opponents Detachment: Battle Host.

When Imperial forces in the wastelands detected an Aeldari force heading towards Hyperia Hivesprawl, they opened fire and drew themselves into a brief but brutal conflict. The Rift Wardens heavy weapons fire brought down two Wave Serpent transports and forced the Aeldari survivours to take cover in the ash dunes. Not wanting to risk unnecessary casualties, the Aeldari waited until nightfall to attack. Wraithguard reinforcements arrived the following morning, but they discovered the space marines had left a token defence force and largely fallen back to Hyperia. Aeldari jetbikes skimmed the defences cutting down defenders with savage shuriken fire. With the Rift Wardens distracted by the skimmers, a combined force of wraith constructs overran the defences and slew the defending marines, before the alien force continued on their path towards the capitol of Vigilus.

Battle of Heinlain Ridge - Kaelac's Bane

Points: 2000.

Deployment and Mission: Dawn of War / Hidden Supplies.

Primary Objective: Take And Hold.

Detachment: Gladius Task Force.

Opponents Detachment: Battle Host.

The battle of Heinlain Ridge was fought after captain Lorgraine made plans for the Rift Wardens to take the area east of their present location, with captain Andred leading an attack on the Aeldari from the north. Anred's force attacked to complete the capture of Heinlain Ridge, during which sudden snowstorms caused great hardship and delay. The Aeldari bolstered by fresh forces from the webway, counter-attacked frequently and the Rift Wardens were unable to secure their objectives.

Containment Operation - Kaelac's Bane

Points: 2000.

Deployment and Mission: Crucible Of Battle / Scrambler Fields.

Primary Objective: Vital Ground.

Detachment: Gladius Task Force.

Opponents Detachment: Battle Host.

This engagement was an attack by the Rift Wardens on the Aeldari forces, in an attempt to contain them to the icy realm of Kaelac's Bane. It was led by captains Lorgraine and Andred. The attack was postponed so that both captain's could combine their forces. This attack was also intended to deprive the Aeldari defenders along the outskirts of reinforcements. Several key objectives were recaptured and a number of tanks joined in the battle as the day advanced. Many casualties were inflicted on the alien battle host, but the space marines made slow progress. The Rift Wardens pushed inwards managed to contain a large number of enemy units, and left the Aeldari in severe difficulties.

Fort Arctos - Kaelac's Bane

Points: 1500.

Mission: Conversion.

Secondary Objectives: Codex Warfare, Engage On All Fronts and No Prisoners.

Opponent's Secondary Objectives: Behind Enemy Lines, Scout The Enemy and Scry Futures.

With Captain Oberon and his force stuck in Fort Arctos following a retreat from the webway war zone, the Aeldari command used the opportunity to hurriedly reinforce their numbers around the fort - bringing in several wraith constructs and a wraithknight. By this time Oberon's force was reduced down to around 40 battle brothers.

When the Aeldari assaulted the fort, they breached the walls with ease and the space marines fell back to the center of the fort and prepared to defend the fort with their lives.

After two days of consecutive assaults the Rift Wardens numbers had been halved. Four separate waves of attack were repulsed with heavy casualties. In some places the Aeldari reached the space marine positions before being forced back by massed bolter fire. The attacks stopped in the early hours after four days, having failed to defeat the space marines. Even so, Oberon finally had to withdraw his forces due to the towering wraithknights, giving up the territory to the alien attackers.

Battle of Venstran Crater - Kaelac's Bane

Power Level: 50.

Mission: Recon Patrol.

Agendas: Angels of Death and Reaper.

Opponent's Agendas: Lord of the Warp and Paths of Fate.

In the early evening, a force of Aeldari emerged from the webway and launched an attack upon the Rift Warden force searching for the gate's location. Initially the Rift Wardens suffered heavy casualties from the surprise attack and the chapter's units found themselves separated among the ice sheets with large areas left undefended. The Aeldari then deployed a variety of aspect warriors to further gun down the space marines.

Casualties were heavy but the further the Aeldari progressed the more they over-extended themselves and this would prove to be their downfall. Chapter master Arthurus arrived on the Aeldari left flank with a dreadnought and his own bladeguard bodyguards and they leapt into the fray against the alien aggressors. Together they counter-attacked the Aeldari. Some small arms fire was exchanged but the Aeldari could not down enough of them and soon the tables were turned. 

After losing heavy casualties, the Aeldari retreated to the webway portal and fled back inside. Not only had they lost many warriors but the Imperium know knew the exact location of the portal and would be ready for their return.

Alien Advance - Kaelac's Bane

Points: 1500.

Mission: Four Pillars.

Secondary Objectives: Engage On All Fronts, Oaths of Moment and Slay The Warlord.

Opponent's Secondary Objectives: Engage On All Fronts, Slay The Warlord and Thin Their Ranks.

In the frozen wastes of Kaelec's Bane on Vigilus, the Aeldari objective was to destroy the Imperial forces in a decisive victory which would allow them open up their attacks across the planet. The Autarchs assumed that the Imperial forces would be deployed defensively in the wastes around their Webway portal. Their plan was launch an overwhelming assault in three waves to overrun those defences as quickly as possible.

Even before the start of the battle, there were frequent raids by the alien forces. The first wave poured from the Webway ahead of the main force and attacked the Rift Wardens position. The space marines counter-attacked, but they were forced back into their fire base. The fighting lasted for four days when the Rift Wardens were forced to retreat under continuous waves of Aeldari attackers. Once the space marines has fallen back the entire Aeldari force roared from the Webway and meeting little serious resistance decimated many of the Astra Militarum defenders.