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Turn 2
The tech guard got the initiative and took it with gusto with the super heavy tanks advancing on the fex herd, killing the freshly spawned duo.
The Warhound then retained and engaged the gargoyle flock. It body slams into 3 of them and the winged tyrant counter chargers into base contact.
A combination of the other gargoyles managing to take down all its void shields and the three flocks it smashes into overpowering the titan?s window screen wipers meant that the princep didn?t see the tyrant sneak behind the warhound and ham string it.
For a cost of three gargoyles I had killed my first titan.
In response, the hivemind decided to help out the fex herd and ordered the scout bio titans to advance upon the arch magosi cohort and shoot them. The result was 6 dead skitarri and the cohort on the same number of BMs as the fex herd.
The fex then engage the intermingled arch magos and support cohorts, thought better of itand decided to graze on the grass around them!
Big momma cleared her throat and they fexes jumped into action and into several surprised skitarri (they didn?t know that fex ate grass).
The combined plasma fire from two cohorts killed every last fex, but not before they them selves killed 4 skitarrii squads, two tribune squads and a fire support squad. (I muffed up my MW attacks sigh). The remaining tyrant lost by one and decided to go and investigate the far side of the nearby wood. However the arch magosi formation is also broken and pulls back.
The warlord, oblivious to what is happening on the other side of the wood, diverts all power to its weapons and fires at the approaching snake swarm, obliterating 5 broods of Raveners,3 zoanthropes and the Trygon, bringing the swarm close to breaking.
Eager to prove its worth the Reaver also sustains at the snake brood, killing a further ?thrope and two ravener broods, beaking the swarm. Forcing it to withdraw behind a runined factory.
The Harridan then flaps back towards the blitz nd opens up on the storm troopers. Blowing another of the Valkyries out of the sky and killing the storm troopers on board andalo accounts for the honour guard.
The support cohort then advances upon the gargoyle flock, basting 5 gaggles of them apart, breaking the swarm, that flees back towards its? own blitz.
Big momma then doubles towards the reaver, bringing it into engagement range, and knocing down all of its? void shields with well placed bio cannon shots.
The Skitarri cohort iguarding the blitz remain on overwatch, content with their lot in the battle.
The big warrior led swarm is told to double forwards to threaten the tech guard infantry, but since theya re tired from the march and Big Momma isn?t watching they just walk forwards a bit (failed activation).
The stealers then engage the support cohort,
which is within support range of the super heavy tanks.
17 4+ first strike attacks, one with MW, cause 6 hits, three of which are saved! The torrent of fire from the supporting super heavy tanks breaks the brood lord and he leads his remaining boyz back into the wood, to find small animals to attack (hoping that they will be easier prey).
In the end phase NO nid formation rallies, nor does the Arch Magos, all other formations rally.
I roll stupidly high for spawning and spawn 4 fexes into the big warrior led swarm, mainly for the cover saves they give 
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