Battle Report: The Silex Campaign, Parts Three and Four

These battles are the third and fourth battles in a four battle mini-campaign between Orks and the Raven Guard. The battles center around a small Ork Waaagh that is rapidly forming on Silex, a moon in the Arcadia System. An Aquila Shuttle transporting a ancient artifact known only as the power matrix, attempts to evacuate Silex to prevent the artifact from falling into Ork hands. Unfortunately, the Orks shot down the shuttle and recovered the matrix, stealing it from the hands of a Raven Guard strike force. The Raven Guard had successfully ambushed Big Mek Grotsmaka and recovered the power matrix. Now the ground forces needed to make their way to a predetermined landing zone, and wait for the Thunderhawks to arrive. Mad Dok Kinstorg would be moving in force to take the power matrix back. Above, an Imperial Fleet was moving into to extract the Raven Guard ground forces, while an Ork fleet moved in to stop them.

Battlefleet Gothic: Imperial vs. Orks, 580pts
Warhammer 40,000: Raven Guard vs. Orks, 1,550pts

Battle Report: The Silex Campaign, Part Two

This battle is the second battle in a four battle mini-campaign between Orks and the Raven Guard. The battles center around a small Ork Waaagh that is rapidly forming on Silex, a moon in the Arcadia System. An Aquila Shuttle transporting a ancient artifact known only as the power matrix, attempts to evacuate Silex to prevent the artifact from falling into Ork hands. Unfortunately, the Orks shot down the shuttle and recovered the matrix, stealing it from the hands of a Raven Guard strike force. Now that they had the power matrix in their possession, Big Mek Grotsmaka was trying to bring it to his workshop so he could use it in the construction of a Gargant and other nefarious weapons. Such a powerful war machine could be used to launch the Waaagh! in earnest. Captain Aidenn and his surviving Raven Guard, however, had an ambush planned, and would attempt to snatch the power matrix away from the Orks before it was too late.

Battle Two: Ambush, 1800 pts This mission represents the loser of Battle One ambushing the winner, in a last ditch effort to recover the power matrix.

Raven Guard vs. Orks, 1,800pts

Battle Report: The Silex Campaign, Part One

This battle is the first battle in a four battle mini-campaign between the Orks and the Raven Guard. The battles center around a small Ork Waaagh that is rapidly forming on Silex, a moon in the Arcadia System. An Aquila Shuttle transporting a ancient artifact known only as the power matrix, attempts to evacuate Silex to prevent the artifact from falling into Ork hands. Unfortunately, the Orks shoot down the shuttle and attempt to recover the power matrix—if they succeed in getting hold of the matrix, they can use it in the construction of a Gargant and other nefarious weapons, which they could then use to launch their Waaagh! in earnest. On the way to Silex is the 4th Company of the Raven Guard, detailed to stop the Waaagh! in its infancy. Discovering that the shuttle carrying the power matrix had been shot down, their objective changed—prevent the power matrix from falling into Ork hands. Failing that, they must do whatever is necessary to retrieve it from the Orks.


Battle One: Rescue
This mission represents the Raven Guard and the Orks arriving at the shuttle crash site at the same time in an effort to recover the power matrix.

Raven Guard vs. Orks, 2,240pts

Brazen Claw Army

Here is a gallery of my Brazen Claw army. It has become my "heavy" space marine army, composed of lots of vehicles and other heavy units like terminators and the dreadnought. Taken as a whole the army isn't legal, but I can take a substantial portion of it and mix and match the rest to come up with a legal army easily enough. I will probably add more units in the future, but this is what I have so far.
The entire Brazen Claw Army

Command Squad and Razorback transport

Techmarine and Razorback transport

Terminator Assault Squad

Terminator Squad

Dreadnought

Tactical Squad 1

Tactical Squad 2

Assault Squad

Three Vindicators provide the majority of the assault punch.


Predator Annihilator -- This doughty predator already has an Ork Stompa kill under its belt from the Apocalypse Battle Report (note the kill marking on the side of the turret)

Army List
HQ
Captain with Frag Grenades, Bolter, Power Fist, Terminator Honors
Command Squad with Meltagun, Frag Grenades, Razorback with twin-linked Heavy Bolter, Apothecary, Company Champion, Company Standard Bearer, Sergeant with Power Fist, Bolter, Terminator Honors - 362pts

Elites
Terminator Squad: Chain Fist, Assault Cannon, Cyclone Missile Launcher, Sergeant with Power Weapon - 250pts
Terminator Assault Squad: Lightning Claws x2, Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield x2 - 220pts
Dreadnought: Missile Launcher, Assault Cannon, Smoke Launchers - 118pts
Techmarine: Bolter, Power Weapon, Servo-Harness, Artificer Armor, Gun Servitor w/Heavy Bolter x2, Tech Servitor x2, Razorback with twin-linked lascannon - 280pts

Troops
Tactical Squad: Flamer, Missile Launcher, Sergeant w/Bolt Pistol & CCW, Rhino - 229pts
Tactical Squad: Flamer, Missile Launcher, Sergeant w/Bolt Pistol & CCW, Rhino - 229pts

Fast Attack
Assault Squad: Sergeant with Power Fist, Storm Shield, Terminator Honors - 157pts

Heavy Support
Predator Annihilator w/Lascannon Sponson x2 - 145pts
Vindicator x3 - 475pts

Total: 2400pts