What's cool is that, in this game, you can airdrop these tanks, and they are delivered by an actual transport, all very nicely modeled. Valkyrie gunship to the rescue!īut the real fun started when a Stormhammer came out to meet the horde head-on. Luckily, they had mortar support from the high ground. Which doesn't mean they didn't come to annoy my conscripts from time to time. The nid ai decided for some reason that it was perfectly content with just amassing more gaunts in its base, letting the others do the brunt of the work. Unfortunately, they only brought their plasma wallpaper. Tau, deciding that, yes, that ork base did need some redecorating. (Don't worry, she lived to shoot orks another day.) Also notice the spontaneously appearing second guardsman (how did he fit inside that backpak o.OĪnd this is the ork mekboy backhanding the lieutenant into next week. Notice the fine autocannon they're toting to blast apart heretics and aliens alike. Which, of course, ends in their summary execution. Guard (me) and 2 Tau AI helpers vs nids+orks+chaos: The Tau commander with his pet hormagaunt, Biters. Mandrake bopping a gaunt right in the face. Gotta hand it to them, Tau firepower can kill a lot of nids very fast. Said Grots deciding that, nope, fuck this noise, we're out. Also pictured: fire warriors who know by now how these end, and are wisely bugging out. 'Hello sir, can I interest you in becoming organic slush to feed my hivemind?'Īnd then there's this joker right here, who killed far more gaunts than he had any right to.Īrchons are notorious for their situational awareness. But! It seems these genestealers take issue with that.

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