Battle Report - Campaign Round 2 Story Mission: Tau (Joe) and Space Marines (Tony) vs. Chaos Knights (NP) (Bill)

Secure and Control Mission (2000 pts)

The forces of the Tau went North to explore the wilds and abandoned cities near their forward operating base. They soon came upon a stronghold of Chaos Knights that allied themselves with the remnants of some Emperor’s Children Chaos Space Marines.

At first the tau hesitated, thinking it may be best to offer these rogue Chaos forces passage and even use of an empty Fortress that the Tau had discovered. However, that possibility was soon quashed when the tau were hailed by an exploring band of Space Marines. The Marines offered simple cease fire and truce if they could join forces with the Tau to obliterate the forces of Chaos together.

Unfortunately, the Tau and Space Marines found themselves quickly out of their depth, as a Knight Despoiler and it’s four War Dog Knights quickly fell upon them with withering fire. The Knights all worshiped heartily to the infernal powers and boosted their guns with an unholy force not seen by many that have lived to tell the tale.

The tau lost their HQ Hammerhead gunship to an infernal Avenger Gatling Cannon, but not before the Commander bailed out to safety, and their Riptide and Broadsides soon followed. The Chaos cultists and Noise Marines mostly watched and cheered as the sinister knights made quick work of both armies.

The Space Marines fared better, but when the Knight ran out of long range tau guns to destroy, they tunred their firepower on the Adeptus Astartes Infantry and killed a dozen marines before the shattered remnants of the Tau and Space Marines conceded and fled the field of battle.