The Siege of Hell's Point - Pariah Nexus

Points: 2000.

Mission: Conversion.

Secondary Objectives: Assassination, Engage On All Fronts and Warp Ritual.

Opponent's Secondary Objectives: Behind Enemy Lines, Retrieve Battlefield Data and Treasures of Aeons.

The Rift Wardens attacked a Necron defensive position, leading a vanguard strike. The objectives of the attack were several fortifications. The attack was made by four hundred battle brothers in the early hours using the long night to cover their approach. Desolator missile fire then created a creeping barrage and the battle brothers advanced up close behind it, leaving them only a short distance to cross when the barrage lifted. Most of the objective was captured and the Necron defence south of the fortificiations was put under great strain. Unfortunately the chapter had suffered a great number of casualties and were unable to push further.

Operation Annihilation: Battle For Orks Drift - Vigilus Wastelands

 

Points: 2000.

Mission: Data-Scry Salvage.

Secondary Objectives: Bring It Down, Shock Tactics and Warp Ritual

Opponent's Secondary Objectives: Engage On All Fronts, Get Da Good Bitz and Grind Them Down.

The Battle of Orks Drift lasted nearly six months with the Imperial assault throwing everything into the scrap cities of the Orks. The attack was made by five regiments of Astra Militarum supported by the Rift Wardens and Ultramarines. The Ork defence mostly collapsed and the space marines had a "complete success" in their frequent vanguard strikes. On the south side of the battle zone, the Ork defence was made incapable of resisting another attack and a substantial retreat began. The greenskins fell back into the heart of the scrap cities. However, to the north, the Ork defenders commanded the high ground and inflicted a huge defeat on the Rift Wardens, who took an unprecedented number of casualties.

Operation Annihilation: Battle of Gork's Landing - Vigilus Wastelands

Points: 1000.

Mission: Cleanse The Land.

Secondary Objectives: Bring It Down, Oaths Of Moment and Shock Tactics. 

Opponent's Secondary Objectives: Engage On All Fronts, No Prisoners and Stomp Em Good.

The battle of Gork's Landing was the first two weeks of the Imperial offensive known as Operation Annhiliation, The Imperial forces launched an artillery bombardment and the Rift Wardens attacked from the south. The space marines inflicted a considerable defeat upon the greenskins while the Dark Angels to the north suffered a significant disaster, while the Astra Militarim regiments suffered over half a million casualties. Against Imperial commands wishes, the Dark Angels abandoned the northern offensive to reinforce the Rift Wardens in their successes to the south, where they pressed forward into the Ork lines. Despite the initial failures of the Imperial attack, the Rift Warden offensive turned the tables.

Operation Annihilation - Vigilus Wasteland

Points: 1000.

Mission: Reconnaissance Mission.

Secondary Objectives: Bring It Down, Engage On All Fronts and Oaths Of Moments. 

Opponent's Secondary Objectives: Behind Enemy Lines, Get Da Good Bitz and Grind Them Down.

Operation Annihilation was the beginning of the second Imperial campaign against the Ork scrap cities. The campaign was largely made up of Astra Miliatarum regiments, Mchanicus maniples, several space marine chapters and several knightly households. The first objective of the attack was to capture the outer defensive ring. The Rift Wardens were the vanguard of an assault from the south.

 The Ork defence to the south mostly collapsed and the Rift Wardens had complete success as did the Ultramarines and Dark Angels on the west and northern fronts. The Ultramarines reached all their objectives, while the Dark Angels suffered heavy casualties during the attack. The Astra Militarum then captured the earthwork fortifications to the west, failed to the north and only had a temporary success when backing up the Rift Wardens, where the Orks were overrun.

Ork counter-attacks during the recaptured most of the lost ground while more Imperial attacks were costly failures. To the north the attack was a disaster, with a large number of Dark Angels casualties. The Rift Warden attack was also costly, with only a partial advance. The Ork defeats against the Ultramarines were incapable of resisting another attack. 

Danse Macabre - Bellaraphon

Points: 1000.

Mission: Deliverance.

Secondary Objectives: Bolster Barricades, Bring It Down and Grind Them Down. 

Opponent's Secondary Objectives: A Deadly Performance, Retrieve Battlefield Data and Take Your Places.

In response to appeals for help from captain Andred, Arthurus organised a company of battle brothers to assist Andred in launching a counter-attack against the Harlequins. Arththurus moved to a northern flank, while Andred's squads continued to maintain pressure against any of the alien raiding parties.

For the next two days, the Harlequins advanced upon the space marine positions, forcing many squads to retreat under heavy shuriken fire. The aliens forced the space marines to commit their reserves and left few areas where the battle brothers could aid one another. On the fourth day of the battle, the Rift Wardens began to bolster the forest around their lines although frequent casualties left the space marines a shadow of their former numbers. Andred prepared a counter-attack by the Harlequins were ready and the front lines remained unchanged.

The Harlequins moved westward and tried to encircle the space marines to the south, and by day four they were assaulting the Rift Warden defences and inflicting heavy casualties. After nearly two weeks the Harlequins were pushing the space marines out of the forests and back into territory controlled by the Mechanicus. Once on the borders of their territory, the Rift Wardens bolstered and held their ground.

The Harlequins had captured several locations within the forest and it soon became aware to space marine command that the enemy was driving them back in order to secure specific locations although it was not known why.

After a month of rearming and reinforcing their numbers from the orbiting fleet, Andred led a counter-attack concentrating their efforts towards the nearest location held by the enemy. After three days of heavy fighting, little had changed in the position of the front line.

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.

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 In The Dunes - Vigilus Wastelands

Points: 2000.

Mission: Secure Missing Artefacts.

Secondary Objectives: Bring It Down, Engage On All Fronts and No Prisoners. 

Opponent's Secondary Objectives: Engage On All Fronts, Get Da Good Bitz and Grind Them Down.

After the Rift Wardens recent engagement with the Orkish speed waaagh outside the walls of Dontoria Hivesprawl, Captain Oberon was tasked with reorganising the defences north of the city in the anticipation of another assault. A number of squads were drawn from other positions, abandoning those and moved to bolster the new defence works. The new position was a series of tightly packed dunes covered with hardy brush, which became thicker the further in the marines went. The surrounding plains provided no cover, meaning the attacking ork force would be subjected to murderous fire from the Rift Wardens.

Oberon ordered his battle brothers into a frontal assault as the orks advanced towards their position. It was impossible for any flanking actions due to the openness of the terrain. Intercessor squads were sent into the attack - holding the left and right flanks - with hellblasters held in reserve. The force was supported by a repulsor executioner which blasted the ork positions from a far distance. Before they could reach the Rift Warden positions, the orks were forced back by bolter rifle, heavy bolter and some artillery fire. However, this did not stop the greenskins from continuing the attack and they soon swiftly advanced upon the space marine positions.

By late afternoon, more and more orks supported by battle wagons and giant walkers arrived from the wastelands. With the arrival of such weapons of war, the orks let out a battle cry and charged. The orks failed again to reach the space marine lines, suffering heavy casualties. A few isolated squads of boyz reached the dunes as night fell but were forced to retreat by Rift Warden counter-attacks. Despite further reinforcements, the orks were once more forced to withdraw. The greenskins then waited until night had fallen and sneakily attempted to use it to their advantage.

The third and final wave occurred once the sun had set and the desert wastes were lit only by the hellish light of the great rift, and straight away the orks suffered the same problems as earlier, only this time compounded by the lack of light. Eventually, with numbers on their side, the orks were able to force their way into the dunes and into the space marine positions. It was here that the advance stopped. In the darkness many orks had become lost and some fell back into the deserts to regroup. At the same time the ork heavy vehicles and walkers, who had become bogged down in the sands, rejoined the attack. Oberon and his forces held on to the dunes until dawn, when the events of battle and fearing heavy casualties, forced him to order a withdrawal back to Dontoria. 

Battle of Hindelgeist Docks - Dharrovar

Points: 1000.

Mission: Surge Of Faith.

Secondary Objectives: Bring It Down, Engage On All Fronts and No Prisoners. 

Opponent's Secondary Objectives: By Lasgun And Bayonet, Boots On The Ground and Inflexible Command.

The battle of Hindelgeist Docks was fought during the Imperial campaign on Dharrovar, specifically the conquest of the hivesprawl of Hindelgeist. It was the last action between the Rift Wardens and the planetary defence forces before the PDF retreated from the docks district. The Rift Wardens and loyal Astra Militarum forces surrounded the enemy positions. The space marines inflicted heavy casualties and captured the docks with comparably little casualties. The PDF retreated from the docks into the interior of the hive sprawl.

Battle of Dendelgheist - Hesperous

Points: 1000.

Mission: Desperate Raid.

Secondary Objectives: Behind Enemy Lines, Codex Warfare and Raise The Banners High.

Opponent's Secondary Objectives: Behind Enemy Lines, Grind Them Down and Raise The Banners High.

The battle of Dendelgheist opened with the Rift Wardens launching a heavy missile barrage into the Dark Angel lines, devastating their forces. The chapter then attacked en mass although the Dark Angels stood their ground. The center of the line fell, and the Rift Wardens broke through, threatening to reach the enemy command bunker. The offensive overwhelmed the outnumbered Dark Angels.

Azrael hastily sent terminator reinforcements, and deployed the fifth company to engage the Rift Wardens in case they succeeded in pushing past the Dark Angel lines. The situation was critical, but the commitment of reserves and the the arrival of Azrael himself gradually improved the situation.

The Rift Wardens advanced further into Dendelgheist and the district fell to them within days. However, by this time the Rift Wardens were low on numbers and munitions, and had intermittent supply lines. The new Dark Angel defensive lines held and they repeatedly repelled the Rift Wardens. Soon they started a counter-offensive and slowly regained ground.