Leic-Arrian 2001- Last Stand at Depot 23/24

The Briefs

Brief 1 - Attacker (West )

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Code Omega 3/05 W
Commander - You are to take command of an attacking force to capture the Leic-Arrian Prime supply depot 23/24.
The depot is presently held by enemy forces.
You are to attack from the west of the city through what remains of the hive complex.
The enemy has had time to prepare defences but is forced to fight on 2 fronts.
Capture the supply depot at all costs.
Time is of the essence secure the supply depot before the it is re-enforced by enemy forces.
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Brief 2 - Attacker (East )

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Code Omega 3/05 E
Commander - You are to take command of an attacking force to capture the Leic-Arrian Prime supply depot 23/24 from enemy forces.
You are to attack from the east of the city across the ruined industrial centre, avoiding the toxic sludge pools and canal.
The enemy has had time to prepare defences but is forced to fight on 2 fronts.
Capture the supply depot at all costs.
Times is of the essence secure the supply depot before the it is re-enforced by enemy forces.
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Brief 3 - Defender

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Code Delta
Commander - You are to command the forces holding the Leic-Arrian Prime supply depot 23/24.
This is the last depot left intact on the planet and holds the remaining food stores for the planet.
It is therefore vital that these stores do not fall into enemy hands.
Hold and defend this location until re-enforcement's arrive.
Hold till the last man.
The LeiC-Arrian supply depot must NOT be controlled by the enemy.
Re-enforcement's have been dispatched to your position.
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Little is left of Leic-Arrain's main space port than a flattened pitted tarmac piece of ground, surrounded by ruined warehouses and what remains of the planets industrial history of chemical plants and refineries.

This is the backdrop for one of the mission of the Leic-Arrain Weekend.
The depots are the site of a last chance stand against enemy forces, intent on capturing the food stores held there.
Using the cover of the ruined city and toxic ash wastes the enemy forces hope to over run the defenders and loot the supply depot as quickly as possible
The defenders on the other had wish to holdout until re-enforced.

Table size 4/5 x 12 foot
The table is divided into 3 equal sections of 4x4 approximately. The middle section of the 3 is held be the defender/s, to the east and west there are attacking forces. In basic terms the defenders are fighting on 2 fronts, simultaneously.

The objective for the defenders is to hold until relieved from either the north or south.
The objective for the attacking forces is to over run the defenders as quickly as possible.

Points values are 2,000 for each attacking force, and 3000 in total for the defender/s.
If I can get the table to be greater than 4 feet across the points values may have to be increased to 3000 points per attacker and 4,000 defenders
Attackers start their units off table and move them on in their first turn.
Defenders deploy first and will remove the hidden set up counters on their first turn.

Special Rules - Hidden set-up, preliminary bombardment, obstacles, reserves and sustained attack.

Day 1

The city hive held the what little food and fuel stores left on the planet. This would be the backdrop of a battle between the orks who had captured the facility days earlier and the combined forces of the Blood Angels and Dark Angels attacking on opposite flanks.

With 5,000 points of defending forces and 6,000 points on the attackers side, you could tell it would take the entire day to fight on the 12 foot by 4-foot table.

Despite the combined warbosses efforts with looted land-raider and Leman Russ, or possible helped by the inability of the looted vehicles to be driven with any care, resulting in one crashing into the back of an ork dreadnought, the marines were successful in driving off the ork forces, all they then had to do was defend it the following day.
Yet the Blood angels saw less action that their Dark angel brothers who lead the way.

Day 2

Saw a mixed force of Imperial guard, Sisters of Battle and Marines holding the depot.

Opposing them were the combined might of Chaos and Orks. The Chaos forces lead the attack, with their landraiders and blood thristers . The blooded Orks who had come to re-capture that which they had lost the day before attacking on the opposite flank.

The chaos forces moved forward, levelling buildings in their way , with combinations of lascannon fire from Land Raiders, havoc's and blood thirster attacks, ever stearing their way forward to the depot.

On the opposite flank the orks moved forward, greatly hampered by the close terrain

Thanks to valiant defence, and some amazingly accurate fire from the guard, the dark forces were held at bay. With the Imperials securing a well deserved vistory, though this was to be one of the few vistories the Imperials would have over the weekend.

Last updated: October 31, 2001