the actual contest entry is here: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=19362
Small disclaimer: due to time and budget constraints (and interference from god), my setup for this battle was pretty... terrible. so some of the pics might be crap.
Now, on to the battle.
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Our contenders are:
- The Jaffa, consisting of a Prime and 3 Guards, all armed with 1.5" staff rifles, one of the guards has light armor. They also field an assault probe which has some extra protection in the shape of two deflector shield generators on top as well as two 2" rapid fire Staff cannons
- The Ancient Constructs, lead by a Skirmisher with nasty teleportation abilities and even nastier Melee power, an orbiter to support and three Troopers, two with 1" pistols and one with a 1.5" shotgun
- A Vomarsk Drop Pod bringing 3 Mech Drones with 1.5" Plasma rifles as well as a Laser Trooper with 2 1" arm mounted laser guns, who leads them
- A Squad of Grunts (with 1" plasma guns), lead by a Major with a 1" Machine Gun and fielding a Goblin with a 2" payload launcher
- The Jaffa, consisting of a Prime and 3 Guards, all armed with 1.5" staff rifles, one of the guards has light armor. They also field an assault probe which has some extra protection in the shape of two deflector shield generators on top as well as two 2" rapid fire Staff cannons
- The Ancient Constructs, lead by a Skirmisher with nasty teleportation abilities and even nastier Melee power, an orbiter to support and three Troopers, two with 1" pistols and one with a 1.5" shotgun
- A Vomarsk Drop Pod bringing 3 Mech Drones with 1.5" Plasma rifles as well as a Laser Trooper with 2 1" arm mounted laser guns, who leads them
- A Squad of Grunts (with 1" plasma guns), lead by a Major with a 1" Machine Gun and fielding a Goblin with a 2" payload launcher
Turn 1
Jaffa
The Jaffa Prime, the armored Serpent Guard and the Assault Probe move towards the landed Mech Drones.
The other two Guards climb up the hill towards the Grunts.
As the Probe hovers closer, the Drop Pod's Turrets fires a reactive shot - but misses completely.
The two Guards on the hill open fire at the Grunts, but one misses. The other hits, but... what he hits is just the wall in front of him. The knockback sends him back to the ground.
At the other front, the Prime and Serpent Guard shoot at the Drones, absolutely pulverising the first one with way more over the top damage than would have been necessary.
In retaliation, the Probe attempts to shoot the turret. One shot misses, the other manages to punch through the Drop Pod's armor.
Ancients
On the other side of the battlefield, the Skirmisher sends out his Orbiter.
Two of the Troopers move into cover near the Grunts.
The third trooper and the Orbiter go towards the Vomarsk, where the Orbiter generates a hard light barrier for the shotgunner to hide behind.
An optimistic attempt is made, but at this range neither the Laser Trooper nor the Mech Drone take any damage.
The Skirmisher prepares for teleportation towards the central hill.
Noticing the Skrimisher's attempt to re-materialize right in front of him, the Pilot of the Goblin fires two crystal needles in response.
However, one of the Troopers that ran into cover earlier climbs up the hill to intercept the shot, being blown up in the process.
Vomarsk
The Laser Trooper and one of the Mech Drones walk around the Barrier to flank the ancient constructs.
The other surviving Mech Drone meanwhile walks towards the Jaffa to shoot one of them.
But his weapon was apparently damaged in the landing and explodes in his hands.
The Turret's more lucky, hitting and damaging the Assault Probe.
What a dodge from the Shotgunner! But don't tell him that he wasn't the target...
The Orbiter is blown to pieces and its barrier drops.
Without a shield to hide behind, the shotgunner is at the mercy of the dice now. Luckily for him, the dice don't like the Vomarsk, apparently, so he just gets knocked to the ground, surviving the Mech Drone's shot.
Grunts
Two more needles fly into the reforming Skirmisher, just to get intercepted by the other Trooper
The two Minors move towards the Jaffa and murder the Serpent Guard.
Their Major moves up towards the centre of the battlefield but holds his fire for now.
Overwatch
Turn 2
Jaffa
"Kree! Get up and grab yourself one of those staff cannons. The Probe can't use both of them anymore anyways. You're a heavy now"
The Guard does as his Prime orders and grabs one of the probe's weapons. [feat successfull]
Together with the drone he shoots the turret. well, HE shoots the turret, the probe just spins out of control.
At least the shots from the Guard are enough to damage the turret even more.
The probe crashes into the nearby rocks and is disrupted.
Another Mech Drone falls to the Prime and his armored bodyguard as they move closer to the Vomarsk drop zone.
In response, the Grunt Major attempts to shoot the oblivious Jaffa Hero in the back, but his Serpent Guard is there to catch the needles.
It's not enough damage to kill the Jaffa, but his armor is shredded.
Ancients
On the hill, the Skirmisher finally re-materializes and tries to stab the Grunt Goblin...
... completely missing his target...
... and falling off the hill.
Angrily he gets back up and, upon realizing most of his minions being dead, calls for more to be teleported in.
Instead the ancient base recalls the damaged shotgun trooper to avoid more losses [feat failed]
Vomarsk
"This doesn't look too complicated... hold up."
he manages to repair and reprogram the Orbiter. [feat success]
"Go. repair our turret so it has enough energy to shoot more!"
The orbiter does as it is ordered
but apparently it doesn't really know what it's doing and instead blows up the drop pod.
The final Mech drone tries attacking the Jaffa, but slips on the blood of his fallen comrades.
At least the laser trooper manages to kill something this turn, nuking the Serpent guard with his arm cannons.
Grunts
Seeing an opportunity to shoot a defenseless enemy, the Grunt major hops down from the central hill and pumps a bunch of explosive needles into the Jaffa Probe...
... successfully destroying the robot.
Continuing the trend of shooting people in the back, the two minors jump down from the hill too and kill the newly promoted heavy.
Someone fights with honor at least. The Goblin punches the skirmisher in the face, ripping off one of its wings in the process.
Overwatch
Turn 3
Jaffa
"I'm finished but I'm taking you with me!" shouts the Prime, as he runs for the probe's self destruct mechanism. Everyone around him doesn't like getting blown up and decide to shoot him before he gets to the probe. Even with double crits on his armor roll, the prime can't survive 39 damage worth of plasma bolts in his back. [feat failed]
The Jaffa are eliminated.
Ancients
Once again, the Skirmisher jumps onto the Goblin to hit it with his blade.
This time, he hits and cuts through 3 of the walkers 4 HP.
He then turns around to call for the Orbiter and retake control. But to no avail. [feat failed]
Knowing he's fighting a losing battle, the Skirmisher has his command base open a portal and jumps in to repair itself and to come back another time.
The Ancients are eliminated (and/or have retreated)
Vomarsk
With nothing else to do, the orbiter flies towards the Grunt Minors and tries to shoot one of them. Tries to.
"This is getting ridiculous. You! Get over here!"
"Hey, let me down!"
"Weeee - oh no!" [feat success]
Now that the major is out of redshirting distance, he is executed by the two Vomarsk.
Grunts
And again, someone's getting shot in the back by Grunts. Mech Drone down.
The Badly damaged Goblin too shoots someone in the back. This time it's the Laser Troper. and it's with two highly explosive needles. The final enemy is blown up.
The Vomarsk are eliminated (ignore the Orbiter).
The Grunts are victorious.
