Sneakin’ Eldar Battle Report

The Eldar force was ready, they had been following the movements of the Orks for some time and now it was time to get a closer look at the Mek that had just joined forces with Warboss Wazrukk. The Farseers of Alalminórë had identified this brutal leader the current greatest threat to the peace and safety of their Craftworld.

Wurrzog waited. The self-styled Dreadmek of Waaagh Wazrukk was ready; the Eldar had not been as cautious in their observations as they had thought; and he had positioned himself and his Boyz on the field of battle. He realized that the Eldar were after evidence of the great mechanical devices that he was preparing for the oncoming war, five such indicators were present in this area and he had to secure them before the Eldar could get their “puny mitz” on them.

Wurrzog waited. Armed with a Shokk Attack Gun, he had deployed his force into a corner of the battlefield, expecting the Eldar to come to him from the open terrain in the opposite corner. Wurrzog himself was on the top of a building, securing some of his gubbinz that the Eldar would want to claim. Below him his forces waited impatiently. 20 Shoota boyz on foot, a battlewagon full of Slugga boyz accompanied by their Nob leader armed with a power klaw, a deff Dread armed to the teeth with close combat weaponry, and a unit of Rokkit toting Killa Kans.

Wurrzog waited. As far as he was concerned the battle had already started, but where were those sneakin’ Eldar ? He move his Boyz forward, the Slugga boyz roared into the centre of the battlefield in their Battle Wagon, ready to face the Eldar, the Walkers followed at a steadier pace, whilst the Shoota boyz started moving towards one of the Mekz objectives.

Finally some Eldar appeared, though not all from where he expected. To Wurzoggs far right a Falcon appeared, and from the corner opposite him two Vypers went Flat out along the Eldar’s own right flank. Meanwhile another Vyper had flown on to a position where it could fire its scatter laser right into the Battlewagons rear, a bold move, but one that would be costly to the Vypers crew.

The Eldar battle plan had also involved their Fire Prism also appearing at this time, but for now it was not in a position to venture forth. The Falcon fired its Pulse laser at the Mek, one shot got though the cover and instantly took out the Big Mek himself, he was unable to take further part in the battle before he’d even fired a shot. The Vyper also fired at the weak rear armour of the battle wagon, but the shots bounced harmlessly off the armour.

The Orks retaliated and destroyed the lone, isolated Vyper, whilst the Killa Kans turned round to attack the falcon. The falcon was well hidden however and the Kans shots harmlessly hit the building it was taking cover in.

The rest of the Eldar force now appeared: three Jetbikes followed the two vipers onto the Eldar right flank, whilst the Fire Prism and two more squads of Jetbikes (one including the Autarch) moved to support the lone falcon. The Falcon and Fire Prism both fired on the Kans, being their most immediate concern, destroying one outright, disarming another and shaking the crew of the third. The Vypers meanwhile opened fire on the the Shoota Boyz who had been steadily progressing through the Orks lines, accounting for a few of their number.

The Shootas were out of range of the Eldar and could do little else but grimly keep moving towards the Vypers. The Deff Dread also progressed towards them hoping to be able to bring his Skorcha to bear on the enemy. The Battle wagon moved towards the Fire Prism, unloading the troops and shooting at the Prism. The shots were true, but ricocheted harmlessly of the Eldars sleek craft.

Whilst the Autarchs squad turbo boosted deep into Ork territory to claim the Ork device that the Mek had been guarding, the Fire Prism moved well out of Charging distance of the Slugga Boyz, and the second jetbike squad opened fire with their shuriken cannon, taking down a few of their number. Meanwhile a Jetbike Shuriken Cannon and the Vypers opened fire on the Shoota Boyz, taking down a large number of them. They held their nerve and moved into firing range of the Vypers, destroying one of their scatter lasers.

The remainder of the battle followed the same pattern, the Eldar kept their distance whilst slowly whittling down the Orks numbers. The Shoota Boyz did manage to destroy the Scatter Laser of the other Vyper, but both vehicles were still present at the end of the battle despite a charge from the Boyz, which proved futile – doing no further damage to the craft. The Jetbikes with the Vypers raced away to claim an Ork device, shooting at, but failing to damage the Deff Dread or Battle Wagon on the way.

The Autarch’s squad manoeuvred into the building where the Mek had been though one bike was destroyed as it clipped a pillar on the way in. Stationed in the building it destroyed the remaining Kan (the other being destroyed by the Falcon). Whilst the Falcon and Fire Prism, whittled down the numbers of the Slugga boyz, who eventually ran away before they could get close enough to take the third Eldar squad who had themselves secured a set of the Meks blueprints.

The battle was over. The Orks had only their Deff Dread and Battle wagon marooned in the centre of the board, untouched but having not done much damage themselves. The slugga boyz were running away having not gotten close enough to deal any damage to anything, the remaining Shoota boyz were at less than half strength and no where near any of their objectives, and the Kans and Mek were out of action. The Eldar had only lost one Vyper and one Jetbike and had claimed three objectives.

Back on the craftwold, the Eldar studied the Ork plans, and realised that their fears were true. The Orks were close to having an army that would wreak havoc through their system and threatened their very existence. They decided to send out a force to deal with the Orks now, before they could become an even bigger threat.