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BatRep:  Tau Vs Orks
HecklerMD	Post subject: BatRep:  Tau Vs Orks Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:34 am
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:42 am Posts: 201	Batrep:  4K Tau Vs Orks Tau 4.3.2 (It was a few weeks ago) E:A "2.0" experimental rules as found on the SG website. Forces: Tau: Cadres: #1 Fire Warrior Cadre w/ Devilfish      300 +2 Hammerheads (Ion Cannon)          125 + Ethereal       075          (500) #2 Fire Warrior Cadre w/ Devilfish 300 +2 Hammerheads (Ion Cannon)     125          (425) #1 XV8 BattleSuit Cadre  250 +2 XV8 BattleSuits    125 +Shas?O       100          (475) #2 XV8 BattleSuit Cadre  250 +2 XV8 BattleSuits    125 +Shas?El        050          (425) Armored Mobile Hunter Cadre 375 +2 Hammerheads (Ion Cannon)     125 +Swordfish Upgrade   025 (5 Railgun Hammerheads, 1 Swordfish, 2 Ion Cannon Hammerheads)          (525) Contingents: 1 XV88 Broadside Contingent 300 (300) 1 XV15 Stealth Contingent 275           (275) 1 Pathfinder Contingent w/ Devilfish 175           (175) Tau Air Caste: 1 Fighter Squadron     250           (250) 1 Fighter Squadron     250           (250) 1 Tigershark A-X-10 Squadron 350           (350) Total          3950
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HecklerMD	Post subject: BatRep:  Tau Vs Orks Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:35 am
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:42 am Posts: 201	Orks: Gargant 650     Warlord 0 (650) Landa 200 (200) Fighta-Bomma Squadron   150     +2 Extra Fighta-Bommas 100 (250) Stompamob (3 Stompas) 225     +Supastompa 250 +Flakwagon 35 +Dreadnought 35 (545) Big gunzmob 225 +Flakwagon 35 +Nobz (2) 70 +Oddboy Character (1, SupaZapp)) 50 (380) Big Blitz Brigade 250 (6 gunwagons and 2 Flakwagonz) +Oddboy Character (1, SupaZapp) 50 +Gunfortress 135 (435) Stormboyz Warhorde   150 (In Landa) +2 Stormboyz 50 +Scorcha 25 (225) Normal Warband 200 +Battlefortress 125 (325) Normal Warband 200 +Flak Wagon 35 +4 Gun Wagons 140 +3 Battle Wagon 105 (480) Big Cult of Speed 350 (10 buggies/4 warbikes/2 scorchas) (350) Normal Cult of Speed 150 (7 Buggies 1 warbike) (150) Total 3990
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HecklerMD	Post subject: BatRep:  Tau Vs Orks Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:36 am
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:42 am Posts: 201	Terrain: All from Tau POV:   Mountains (Rubble) on near Right, a cluster or ruins near Center, and a jungle near Left. Forrest mid-Right, a jungle mid-Center, and a hill with rubble mid-Left. Hill Far Right, a Ork Settlement Far Center, and a Forrest Far Left Objectives:  Tau Blitz between ruins and jungle on left, Ork Blitz in Ork Settlement in center.  Tau Objectives on Ork side in open areas mid-left and mid-right.  Ork Objectives on Tau Side on left behind the rubble-hill and mid-right nestled up in the ruins Garrison: Tau Garrison Broadsides near left objective behind hill on OW. Orks Garrison Big Gunz Mob on blitz objective in Ork Settlement. Tau Deployment: Left to Right:  Crisis Cadre w/ Shas?El behind jungle on left, FW Cadre behind Runins mid-left, AMHC behind ruins center, FW Cadre w/ Ethereal behind Ruins mid-Right, Crisis Cadre w/ Shas?O and Pathfinder Contingent behind mountain on Right. Ork Deployment: Left to Right:  Normal Cult of Speed behind forrest, Stompa Mob, Gargant and Normal Warband in apen area between forrest and Ork Settlement.  Big Cult of Speed and Blitz Brigade on right between Ork Settlement and hill.  Warband in Battlefortress between hill on right and right table edge. Orks roll 6 for 3+3 Gargant Powerfields and 1 for 1 Supa-Stompa Powerfield.
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HecklerMD	Post subject: BatRep:  Tau Vs Orks Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:36 am
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:42 am Posts: 201	Turn 1 Orks win and keep init. Warband in Battlefortress double forward and occupy woods. Orks Retain, Blitz Brigade double forward and shoot at edge of FW Cadre behind ruins, killing 1 attached ICHH. Tau advance Shas?O and Crisis Cadre, and a round of poor shooting later, 1 Kill on the Blitz Brigade. Tau Retain, put 1 Barracuda Formation on CAP Orks Double Big Cult of Speed, shoots at Shas?O and Crisis Cadre, 2 hits, 2 saves.   Orks Retain, and on the left, 5x Fighta-Bommas ground attack Broadsides, Barracuda #1 Triggers CAP, and (stupid me) gets too close.  Fighta-Bommas kill 2 Barracudas, remaining Barracuda kills 2 FBs, FBs then kill no Broadsides. A-X-10s ground attack the Gargant with more poor rolling, 2 Tracer Missiles and 1 Railcannon hit, 3 shields down. Normal Kult of Speed doubles over the hill towards the Broadsides, which trigger overwatch, killing 4 buggies, breaking the KOS. Orks Retain, Landa Air Assaults Broadsides (He really wanted them dead!), 1 kill on each side, Tau lose resolution roll by 2, lone remaining broken Broadside retreats towards left side jungle. FW Cadre #2 Advances on the Stormboyz, kill 6 and the Scorcha, they break and flee towards the forest in the back-left Stompa Mob doubles forwards, fires at FW Cadre #2, killing 1 FW and 1 DF. On the right, the Pathfinders advance around the mountain and fire at the Big KOS, 4 kills and 9 BMs Gargant doubles forwards, shoots at FW Cadre #2 with a supagun, killing 3 FWs and one ICHH. Crisis Cadre #2 advances and fires at Landa, (lack of targets) killing it. ?Mechanized? warband marches up the middle, deploys troops into the left-center area of the ruins.  Final Ork Activation. Barracuda Formation #2 conducts a ground attack on the Big KOS, kill 3 and break it, Big KOS retreats behind forrest on the right.  Take 1 Casualty from Ork AA in the Blitz Brigade. AMHC Advances towards the Blitz Brigade, kill 7, broken BB retreats towards right side forrest. Aircraft Disengagement:  Tiger Sharks take 1 DC Damage from flak on exit.  Fighta-Bommas exit Tau edge to avoid AA, take 1 BM.   Turn 1 End Phase: All Tau Rally, FW Cadre #2 has 4 BMs All Orks rally except the normal KOS and the Stormboyz
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HecklerMD	Post subject: BatRep:  Tau Vs Orks Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:37 am
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:42 am Posts: 201	Turn 2 A big mash-up was in the works for the middle, and much was riding on who won the first move.  The Tau, continuing their far-below average rolling, rolled a 1.  The Ork player, excited, tossed his dice? and also rolled a 1.  Seeing as he went first last turn, I was up.  Allll-riiight? FW Cadre #1 calls a CF with FW Cadre #2, need a 3 to activate? roll a 1.  SC Re-roll? a one.  (That?s 3 ?1?s in a row for those of you keeping score at home) FW Cadre takes a BM and fires at the Mechanized Warband, the effects of which are? unremarkable. The warband sustains fire (Sure, he can activate on a 4!) on FW Cadre #2, killing 1 DF and its cargo of 2 FWs, breaking it again.  FW Cadre #2 retreats towards the Tau Blitz. Crisis Cadre #2 advance towards the Stompa Mob, score 5 (I Think) MW hits and Many AT hits, killing a flackwagon and a drednaught? but all the Stompas make all their saves.  Grrr? Gargant and Stompas Combine Assault Crisis Cadre #2, who leap away to avoid base-to-base contact.  Crisis takes down the Supa-Stompa?s Shields and take 1 DC from it.  Orks lay 12 hits on the Crisis, who save all but 2.  Orks roll a 6+1, Tau a 4, Crisis Cadre #2 breaks with 1 remaining Stand, retreads towards the Broadside unit. Broadsides attempt to SF, fail (That?s 4?) take a BM and break? (I Think I forgot to record an ork action in here) Tiger Sharks ground attack the Gargant, do even worse that last turn, drop only 2 shields. Fighta-Bommas fail activation and shed BMs Barracuda Formation #1 (1 Left) does the same?(Thats 5) Big KOS Fails activation, regroups. AMHC advances  towards center, fires at the Mechanized warband, kills all but 3 Inf and 2 Vehicles, breaking it. Tau retain, successfully (!) with Barracuda Formation #2 (2 left) which strafes the warband w/ Battlefortress, killing 1 grot.  Sigh? Big Gunz double, simply to adjust positioning of the attached flack wagon. Shas?O and Crisis Cadre advance on the Warband w/ battlefortress, wioes them out and the BF too. Aircraft Disengagement:  Nothing to report. Rally Phase:   Tau:  Only FW Cadre #1 Rallies, sheds 1 BM Orks:  Stormboys, Blitz Brigade and KOS fail to rally.
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HecklerMD	Post subject: BatRep:  Tau Vs Orks Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:38 am
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:42 am Posts: 201	Turn 3: Stealths infiltrate Ork Settlement, liberally markerlight Gargant and Stompas. Tau Win first move (!) AMHC advances and fires at the Gargant, stripping its shields, but all hits are saved.  AMHC crews ignore proximity warnings? Stealths sustain at the Big Gunz Mob, who cower in the ork buildings (3 Disrupt hits, 1 Kill) (6 shots on 3+, half hit?) Gargant sustain (On a 4+ again?) shooting at the AMHC, and supagun kills 7 of 8 Hammerheads (OUCH!) Tiger Sharks ground attack the Gargant.  3 TK hits, 1 MW hit and 1 AT hit are unsaved, and 3 crits are rolled.  Gargants alive, but burnin bright! Tau Retain with the Shas?O and Crisis Cadre, but fail, twice (thats 6 and 7?) which hops back into cover Fighta Bommas ground attack broken FW Cadre #2, kill all but 2 FW stands. Barracuda Formation #2 intercepts the Fights Bommas and down all 3. Big Gunz Mob sustains at the Stealths, kill 1. Stompas double, shoot at only viable target, the broken Broadside, and kill it. Mechanized Warband doubles across the board, takes the Tau Blitz, and shoots at the broken AMHC, killing the last HH. At this point it was over, the Orks having raced across the board to take the tau Blitz objective, as well as both Ork objectives, and they had killed the last Hammerhead in my AMHC to claim the BTS objective.  The Orks also put out one of the fires on the Gargant which kept it alive, denying the Tau a BTS of their own. Orks win, 4-0.
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HecklerMD	Post subject: BatRep:  Tau Vs Orks Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:40 am
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:42 am Posts: 201	Conclusions:  Ikonboard makes formattiong of posts impossable :O Real conclusions to come tomorrow, I'm tired.  Goodnight.
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clausewitz

Post subject: BatRep:  Tau Vs Orks Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:19 pm

Brood Brother Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:02 pm Posts: 916 Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Heckler, great battle report. ?Very easy to read and follow what was happening. I'll let someone else rip apart your tactics and force composition etc etc, but I thought I would highlight the performance of your XV8's. Turn 1 Tau advance Shas?O and Crisis Cadre, and a round of poor shooting later, 1 Kill on the Blitz Brigade. I'm guessing you were only in range with the missiles, so its not expected to get a lot of hits at that range. Orks Double Big Cult of Speed, shoots at Shas?O and Crisis Cadre, 2 hits, 2 saves.

This is why I rate Crisis so highly, its difficult to whittle them down with minor amounts of fire (3+ save).

Crisis Cadre #2 advances and fires at Landa, (lack of targets) killing it.I'm guessing that you got a bit closer this time. ?Still its good to finish off formations.

Turn 2
Crisis Cadre #2 advance towards the Stompa Mob, score 5 (I Think) MW hits and Many AT hits, killing a flackwagon and a drednaught? but all the Stompas make all their saves. ?Grrr?Here its only the 4+RA (and a bit of luck) of the stompas that prevent the orks from being punished by the XV8's firepower.

Gargant and Stompas Combine Assault Crisis Cadre #2, who leap away to avoid base-to-base contact. ?Crisis takes down the Supa-Stompa?s Shields and take 1 DC from it. ?Orks lay 12 hits on the Crisis, who save all but 2. ?Orks roll a 6+1, Tau a 4, Crisis Cadre #2 breaks with 1 remaining Stand, retreads towards the Broadside unit.Ok so nearly 1200 points worth of Ork formations assault the XV8's here. ?Jump packs avoid the nasty MWCC attacks, and still the Orks go into the resolution with just a +1!! XV8's shrugging off many hits. ?If the resolution dice rolls had been the other way round here the Orks two largest, toughest formations would have broken!

Shas?O and Crisis Cadre advance on the Warband w/ battlefortress, wipes them out and the BF too.Another formation wiped out by Tau Crisis units

Turn 3
Tau Retain with the Shas?O and Crisis Cadre, but fail, twice (thats 6 and 7?) which hops back into coverA lot of failed activations for the Tau (new dice for Heckler?). ?Still the Shas'o remained in play for the duration of the game.

I believe that Crisis offer great firepower and resiliency, and I think that your report, Heckler, shows some good examples of their usefulness.