And so today was the conclusion of Phase 1 of the Argent Campaign. Chaos won big time. For today, we played the Darkness Descends on Kolossi mission from Warzone Charadon: The Book of Fire, but I adapted it for the Argent Campaign.
If you recall, in the last mission, the Death Guard had successfully set foot on the jungle planet of N-th Lily. Despite the Encarmine Angels' best efforts to drive them off, they only defeated the World Eaters. However, the Death Guard managed to wreck the Orks on the moon to foil their Waaagh! as well as make a foothold on the jungle planet itself. This week, they were conducting a ritual to turn N-th Lily into a plague planet.
Rhegorn, Chosen of the Seventh, led his Plague Company against the Encarmine Angels and utterly crushed them. The Blood Angels Successors stood no chance. Their Dreadnoughts and vehicles rusted against the decaying power of the Death Guard. In the opening salvo, they lost their venerable Land Raider, Issac Clarke, to plague-ridden flamers, and the Encarmine Angels were almost annihilated.
Meanwhile, Cyba-boss led his beleaguered Ork Waaagh! off the moon of Amor and descended on N-th Lily itself. There, he and his Boyz got into a scrap with the World Eaters led by a self-styled Berserk Warlord called Ryan. Despite calling forth Khorne Daemons from the Warp, the World Eaters were overrun by a green tide, the Orks only too happy to clash against what they saw as a fun opponent. The Khorne Daemons slunk back to the Warp, with most of the World Eaters practically wiped out in the fierce fighting. The Orks were delighted with their find, looting the World Eaters' Rhinos and Helbrutes to use for their own wagons and Deff Dreads.
Alastor Karkinus's Plague Company descended upon an embittered mechanized Astra Miltarum regiment led by the Lord Commissar known as the Dread Lord, Shaidar Haran. The Guardsmen fought to the end, but their vehicles shared the same rusty fate ass the Encarmine Angels, and the infantry succumbed to toxic spores and deadly plagues. Before the week was out, they were forced to a retreat.
The survivors of Flug's regiment then encountered the Orks, who were only too happy to get into another scrap and loot more vehicles for their upcoming Waaagh!. Fortunately, the Guardsmen were able to hold the manic greenskins to a stalemate, and though Cyba-boss didn't have his fill of fun, he left with a ton more scrap beyond his wildest estimates. On the other hand, Colonel Flug's regiment survived, evacuated the planet and lived to fight another day.
A corrupted covenant of Sisters descended upon Amor, but met an Adeptus Mechanicus reclamation force led by Radon 724-Sigma. The Veteran Skitarii Cohort was able to reclaim the facility back from heretics and traitors, and secured Amor back under Imperial hands.
However, while the Imperial Forces were either routed or distracted against other enemies, the Death Guard completed their ritual and transformed N-th Lily into a plague planet. The Loyalists were forced to leave the planet, which is essentially a Daemon World ridden with sickness, and the Death Guard were able to proceed to the next stage of their plan. In the horizon, Argent beckons, and the Death Guard seek to destroy the Encarmine Angels Chapter once and for all, in order to deal a blow to the Imperium...
Final Score, in terms of Warzone Points
Chaos: 21
Xenos: 14
Imperium: 16
Phase 1 is a Chaos Victory, and thus Chaos receives 1 Strategic Value. Next week, we shall see the Death Guard assault the bastion world of Gammuller, a highly fortified planet that serves as the final line of defense for Argent itself.
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