Here Is A Thousand Points Of The 2nd Company.Captain GabrielAlphaBravoEcho3 PriestsOne Squad Of Sanguinary

Here is a thousand points of the 2nd Company. Captain Gabriel Alpha Bravo Echo 3 Priests One squad of Sanguinary Guard I think they have come out quite well, but comparing my first models to my last models the difference is pretty intense.

This is Second Company, Alpha Squad.  They are the first into the fight.  They are lead by an old soldier, Brother Sergeant Flaherty, a second generation Marine who is a veteran of many, many battles.  Brother Hyro bears there flamer, and has proven his heroism many times. They are currently awaiting reinforcements to bring them back to full battle strength.

“Why were they not detected?!” Commander Ashefire barks over the tactical network as he and his Crisis Suit team sprints a building flanking the imposing enemy force. Not moments ago, Commander Stubs with a battalion of his Imperial Guard opened fired on Ashefire’s own advanced team, annihilating...

The Tau Incursion

The Enemy Skies, a battle ship of the Ashfire Cadre, jumped into the Grahoya System.  

Grahoya 7 is a small mining world, drawing minerals from the planet itself and the surrounding asteroid belts.  The fleet of small mining ships and massive defense stations work tirelessly to keep the asteroids away from the planet.  The ore from these efforts are sent in regular shipments to Kerentia 4 for the forge to turn into tools and weapons for the artisans and warriors of the Hammond Sector.  As one of these shipments was leaving a large wing appeared in orbit over Grahoya 7.  

Alerted to the strange ship by the merchants, the Brotherhood and the 713th went to investigate.  Ariana,The Heavenly Spear, a battle barge of the Brotherhood, arrived a week later to see the Enemy Skies, of the Ashfire Cadre, sending shuttles and drop ships to the planet.  Captain Micheal and the Second Company deployed to the planet in Thunderhawks, sending the Heavenly Spear on to deal with the Enemy Skies.  

As the first cannon blasts were exchanged, the Enemy Skies seemed slow to respond, prompting the marines and guardsmen to attempt boarding.  Four boarding torpedoes were prepared, two with marines and two with guardsmen.  Stubs turned to tech marines preparing the torpedoes and made a request, "I need you to put a loaded Chimera into this boarding torpedo." The techpriest stared for a moment and then began to modify a torpedo.  Modifying quickly became rebuilding and the delay caused the marines to reach the enemy ship first.  

One torpedo was loaded with five Sanguinary Guard and a Sanguinary Priest, the other was loaded with half of Delta Squad.  The torpedoes hit the Enemy Skies and opened into what appeared to be barracks.  These marines were quickly met by three squads of Fire Warriors and two Crisis Battle Suits.  Delta Squad found the selves unable to resist charging the enemy flew toward the enemy, their jump packs nearly taking them to the ceiling.  They were met by the Battle suits, and suffered heavy losses, losing three of five members before making it to the enemy.  Chain swords glanced of battle suits and armored fist failed to penetrate power armor.   The Sanguinary Guard similarly charged into battle, their armor ignoring most of the shots fired by the fire warriors.  Soon one squad fell to their power weapons, then another.  While charging the second squad one member fell, and when that squad was scattered the Sanguinary Guard helped their brothers, felling the battle suits with their power weapons.   Once the battle suits were defeated, the Sanguinary guard turned their attention to the final group of fire warriors, who managed to defeat another member of the squad before being destroyed.  Delta squad pushed deeper into the ship, looking for new enemies.  

The Enemy Skies held its own while attempting to recover all of its drop ships and shuttles, but the battle gave the tech priests time to finish Stubs' request. Two more boarding torpedoes were launched from the Heavenly Spear, huge ugly torpedoes carrying chimeras to their enemies.   The Chimeras punched through the hull of the Tau vessel and were met by three groups of fire warriors and two crisis battle suits.  The suits moved to neutralize the chimeras so that the infantry could move.  They were countered by heavy melta and las fire from both chimeras.  One chimera was blown to pieces, while the other continued to rain fire down on the battle suits, but the efforts of the suits were not enough and the fire from guardsmen and the remaining chimera destroyed both suits.  The fire warriors did not have any weapon powerful enough defeat the chimera, and 713th took control of a small portion of the ship.

Alarms began to sound as the Enemy Skies prepared to retreat from the system, and all Hammond Sector forces fell back to their boarding torpedoes and off of the ship, though some had to be dragged by their Brothers.  The Enemy Skies then successfully left the system, though it feels like they will be back someday.

Sanguinary Priest.  Feel no Pain and Furious Charge.  Wonderful unit.  I made him out of a Sanguinary Guard model.  Changed it a little bit, added a chainsword, bolt pistol, and turned the Angelous Bolter into an extractor.  Redest model in my army.  Anyway unit works wonderfully and now looks sharp as well.

Drugs and failure

The Thunderhawk set down and the Marines roared out the open doors.  “Alpha, Bravo to the right, Selaphiel you and your boys to the left, Echo with me in the middle.  Holler when you see them.  Good Hunting.” Engines growled and rockets screamed as the marines tore across the landscape.  “Captain, we are approaching a marsh,” the gravelly voice of Sergeant Carter came over the command channel, “Suggest we make our way around.” The flick of a switch brought a map to the dash of Michael’s bike, “No Sergeant, we head through.  The harvest crew was in the marsh and probably near the other side.  Fastest route.” The ground began squish and shift beneath the tires and cling to the boots of the flying marines as they left the ground.  “Entering a marsh Brother-Captain,”  Flaherty’s voice called out. “Thank you Sergeant,” The light began to dim, “How long till sunset?” “Hours at least Captain,” Flaherty responded. “Clear the channel and prepare for battle.”  Captain Michael’s power swords and storm shield cackled to life as the darkness descended around them.  To his left he could see a similar glow coming from the Glaives of the Sanguinary Guard.  All around him he could hear bolter and pistols being cleared and prepared for battle.   The swamp held ruins full of Dark Eldar, who were happy to meet the marines in battle.  Wytches surged through the ruins as jet bikes and venoms screamed toward the marines.  The Sanguinary Guard met the wytches with power weapons and bolter fire.  The bolt gun fire of Echo and the Captain fell on the jet bikes and venoms, while Alpha and Bravo found still more wytches facing them. The Guard charged into the wytches while they were still in the ruins of old processing plant.  One, more beautiful than the rest, screamed a challenge at the approaching marines, her high cold voices barely registering in the audio of their helmets.  The Guard pushed on but the Sanguinary Priest that followed answered her challenge with gusto.  His chainsword and bolt pistol flashed, but her long and dangerous blade was faster.  It found the joint in the priest’s armor, and poison screamed into his veins, the searing pain brought him to his knees, and his agony brought her joy.  In the center the reavers and the venom quickly fell to the bolters and multi-melta of Echo.  To the right Alpha took on a second venom, charging toward fire rained down on them.  Bravo found themselves under the fire of another squad of wytches, and in the center of that squad was the most terrifying sight the had ever seen.  Standing taller than any of the marines on tentacles instead of legs was the Archon of the Kabal of Capricious Scorn.  She wore sparkly purple blue armor with the heads of fallen enemies hanging from her belt and her helm a blank merciless face.  Her squad opened fire on Bravo, scattering them.  Bravo fell back and tried to regroup.  The Sanguinary Guard could not lay a sword on the wytches before them each time they came close the wytches would dodge out of the way, and their poison blades soon made their presence well known as the guardsmen slowly fell to their attacks.  Bravo soon regrouped and attacked the archon and her guard, only to be slaughtered.  Alpha made short work of the remaining venom and the kabalites inside. After killing Bravo, the Archon turned her attention to Echo and Captain Micheal.  Pistol fire rained down on the marines from one side and the crew of the downed venom unleashed on them from the other.  Soon it was down to Captain Michael and a Priest.  With no other options, Michael turn his bike to face the Archon, “Sparkle Glitter Tits, you sweet spring flower, you couldn’t hurt a fly.” he bellowed as he charged forward. She turned and made short work of the mighty Captain spearing him through the chest with her poisoned blade.  The Archon turned and quickly mopped up the remaining forces before making a hasty retreat back to her webway portal.  She took with her the entire harvest team and everything they had harvested.

Hours later the Thunderhawks from Ariana descended and found what remained of the Second barely breathing.  Quickly packing them onto the ships they saved who they could though none would be fighting anytime soon.