The Exigator attack upon Emerald Ridge is successful and the Chaos Space Marines capture the location. The Eldar attempt to take the Weapons Testing Area is repulsed by the Exigators.
In the tenth and last battle of the campaign, the Eldar win the initiative and attack Emerald Ridge. If the Chaos Space Marines do not fight off the Eldar they will lose the campaign.
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Squad Scrementor fired up their jump packs and landed next to the aspect warriors. They bathed them in flame and then charged in. They were joined by the Furies which had been summoned into the wood. The Warp Spiders broke and fled from the battlefield.
Back on the right, the Plague Marines of squad Kanker moved up to hammer the Fire Dragons. The Aspect Warriors withstood the fire, though, and only one fell. The survivors and the Falcon combined their fire to take down three of their attackers.
Squad Krall had tried to join the combat with the Warp Spiders by driving their Rhino through the wood but it had smashed into a tree and thrown a track. Then the Greater Daemon manifested in the midst of the squad. That meant that the Farseer unit and Autarch could beat up on the Raptors. The icon bearer was the lone survivor and he allowed the unit of Daemonettes to be summoned nearby. The Furies returned from chasing the Warp Spiders and the Greater Daemon crashed through the trees, so a titanic conflict erupted on the left flank.
The Chaos Space Marines were rolling up the right flank too. Ignoring the nigh invulnerable Falcon, Squad Kanker moved into the woods toward the Eldar centre. They summoned the Plague Bearers who immediately attacked the Fire Dragons. The Aspect Warriors died under the onslaught. But now the daemons were exposed in front of both the Guardians and Dire Avengers.
The Exigators had penetrated through the centre, too. Daemon Prince Bellicus was assaulted by the Howling Banshees. He held off the Aspect Warriors long enough for Squad Krall to steam in and drive off the Eldar.
The Dire Avengers pulled back as the Exigators advanced on all fronts. Supporting fire came from the Rangers who had deployed deep in a hidden corner of the battlefield. They had managed to get off an impressive couple of shots at extreme range in the pitch black and drop two Plague Bearers.
It was not to be.Chaos Space Marines
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Farseer Lauthelias drives his forces north so they can bring their firepower to bear on squad Myre. Several Chosen fall before they can scramble behind the cover of a copse.
Squad Kanker and the Greater Daemon pitch in to help out the Raptors and they succeed in butchering the hapless Farseer and his warlocks. The Exigators then push every unit forward in a brutal frontal assault. Lord Jaxx himself crashes through a wood and slams into the Dire Avengers. Exarch Laconfir intercepts his old foe and rolls his Diresword around his wrist. With blinding speed he decapitates Sebastian Jaxx! Both army leaders are lost at the same time.
A hail of bolter fire drives off the Dire Avengers and the Guardians. A single surviving Plaguebearer takes his chance to rush forward and try to claim the objective.
The Eldar use their reinforcements to try and form a skimmer wall around the promethium tanks. The Falcons easily glides into place but the Wave Serpent clips a jagged rock and cartwheels into the ground. The surviving Banshees scramble from the wreckage. The Guardians step uo and blast the Plaguebearer back into the warp with their shuriken catapults.
The Exigators plough forward relentlessly toward the objective. The Greater Daemon charges into the spring and drives off the Rangers. Squad Scrementor use their jump packs to swoop on the promethium tanks.
The Eldar use the Warp Spiders to take down the Raptors, freeing up the storage tanks once again. The Falcon pushes back squad Krall.
Squad Krall riddle the Warp Spiders with bolter fire and then Squad Myre tie them up in close combat. The Greater Daemon crashes into the War Walkers and tears them apart. That leaves squad Kanker to race in and secure the promethium tanks. Although they suffer some casualties they tenaciously hang on to the objective.Chaos Space Marines
The Eldar and Chaos Space Marines fight inconclusively. Both forces withdraw from Newalla Town but Chaos reinforcements swiftly recapture the deserted location.
The Chaos Space Marines mount an attack to recapture Emerald Ridge while the Eldar try to retake the weapons testing area.
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The casualties had been remarkably light as the two armies jockeyed for position. Lord Jaxx summoned a unit of Bloodletters onto the left flank but then withdrew himself back to the centre. The only other Exigator reserves to arrive was Squad Krall in their Rhino. They zoomed up behind Squad Brakar who had continued to push up behind the bunker. The Raptors joined them.
The Exigators showed their hand by summoning the rest of their Daemons into the centre of the field. The Raptors, Lord and Squad Krall pushed forward too and the Eldar were under severe pressure here. Things got worse for them when Squad Brakar managed to down the Wave Serpent with their plasma gun. Three of the Banshees died in the crash and the survivors were pinned.
The Eldar were in danger of being overrun so Icareane ordered his entire force forward. The Farseer and Warp Spiders had to be brave in particular as they had to come out into the open to oppose the Predator and Dreadnought.
The Exigators pressed their attack in the centre. The Plague Bearers assaulted the Guardians who broke before the Daemons onslaught. The Raptors chopped Icareane into tiny pieces and Squad Brakar killed three Fire Dragons despite their plasma gunner dying to an overheat.
Squad Krall turned back to take on the Warp Spiders. Adding their firepower to that of the Predator and Dreadnought they felt sure they could gut the squad. When the smoke cleared only four Warpspiders had died and the plasma gunner from Squad Krall had blown himself up.
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