Dark Eldar v Orks

Scenario. Command and Control – Deployment Pitched Battle

Ghazghkull Thraka seized his objective and gave the order to advance, more of a gutsy bellow than a discernable instruction but with a roar of motors and a cloud of smoke and dust the boyz charged forward towards the hovering Dark Eldar lines, as the enemy waited in their slender intricately adorned Raiders and Ravagers on the horizon. The boyz cheered as the sight of the delicate elder craft came into view through the dust and stepped on the gas as they sought to rip into the elegant array and destroy them.

However as the Orks careered across the sand the quietly gliding Eldar vessels unleashed a torrid fire from their Dark Lances, and Splinter cannons immobilising, one Ork truck and destroying another while a third disappeared in a massive explosion scattering Orks across the sand. Amazingly few Orks were lost as the trucks disintegrated. Even Ghazghkull ‘s battlewagon was hit by a Dark Lance and exploded violently leaving the Ork leader unwounded but he explosion took out nearly half of his entourage. As they dusted themselves down however the vengeful elder poured a heavy and effective fire onto the survivors and many Orks were lost.

Ghazghkull gave an angry cry as his mob lumbered forward which basically translated as ‘Waaaaaagghhhh!!!’ The call was taken up along the Ork lines as the Nobs and Meganobs ran hot foot from their destroyed vehicles towards the hovering raiders. With a whoop the Nobs crashed into a Raider utterly destroying it while Snikrot and his boyz emerged from cover and leaped onto Venom smashing it to pieces. The Meganobs appeared not to hear the war cry as they failed to charge in and merely lumbered forward.

The loss of so many vehicles became a severe disadvantage to the Orks as the fast Elder manoeuvred around to counter attack. The Orks audacity brought a heavy response. The sloth-like Meganobs paid for their reticence in a withering hail of fire reducing them to four smouldering piles of debris. Snikrot and his brave boys fell foul of the witches and infantry under a vicious attack. Only the brave Nobs survived as even Ghazghkull soon found himself walking alone as his mob had all fallen to the devastating Eldar firepower.

From that point on the Orks suffered at the hands of the Eldar weapons, the Nobs managing to take out another two Raiders. Even Ghazghkull managed to smash one vessel apart and despite the hail of fire raining down on him almost managed to take on another vehicle before a stray round severed his power cable and with a loud groan he fell face forward a crash of metal announcing that he was out of action.

With their gallant leader down, the Orks lost heart and with a final menacing attack the Eldar took the remaining control point as the sun set.

Result a good win for the Dark Eldar taking over 1500 Ork points and losing only a few hundred themselves.