Rough backstory: The Sarmatian Federation is holed up in Blackstone Fort, an old castle that has been repurposed for nefarious use. The castle lies next to a small trading village, and alongside a forest with a river running on the edge. Here are some overview shots of the battlefield:
The castle:
The Sarmatians are in the fort, as well as camped outside of it, wary of enemies. One cavalryman is out on patrol.
Unbeknownst to them, a scouting party of Imperial Super Heavies is in the village.
The unsuspecting cavalryman hears something, but when he turns the corner he gets fried by the squadleader's Tesla gun!
The Sarmatians sound the alarms and rise to battle!
The mighty war priest and the Tribal Leader, The Painted One, prepare their rituals for battle.
The war priest summons fire and casts it upon his warrior, but the Painted One is unscathed! Surely a sign of victory!
The troops muster to defend the fort.
Soon the rest of the Imperial forces arrive. The commander is holed up in the red building, and a mech comes for support.
Troops in the village:
A squad of space knights and some superheavies on the left flank:
Sarmatians advance through the forest, with cavalry at the rear.
Imperials advance:
First attack by the superheavy
meant at arms advance under machine gun fire
Sarmatian gets killed:
But, his buddy gets revenge as he rips into a superheavys chest:
Machine gunner decapitates a man at arms:
A well placed cannon shot from the mech destroys 3 Sarmatians and scatters a few others:
Tesla gun manages to disable this Sarmatian's firearm, but nothing else:
Beamsword guards advance under a hail of fire from the castle wall.
Sarmatians take shots at the mech, doing minimal damage:
Some shots find their mark, with the Beamsword champion and a superheavy being gunned down:
Superheavy impales a warrior:
His friend fires at him, but the shot only grazes the heavy's power armor
Space knights advance, killing one warrior:
But they lose one of their own:
Soon the left flank erupts in a melee:
The mech advances, crushing a Sarmatian and picking up another, preparing to grind him with his chainsaw hand:
He is promptly dismembered and laid to rest on a tree:
The Painted One uses his heroic feat to leap from his horse, gun blazing, charging the mech:
Meanwhile the combat in front of the castle continues, with cavalry advancing.
Some Imperial shots find their mark, disemboweling a Sarmatian on the wall:
Charging cavalry trample the last superheavy
A beamsword guard answers the tide of battle by slaying a warrior:
This guy loses his head:
On the other side, the Painted One is able to kill the pilot, and the mech comes crashing down in a fiery manner, killing a Sarmatian guard:
The melee continues.
The Painted One re-mounts and rides on, and in the back of the melee an explosive trooper begins to push forward:
His friends have been destroyed, so it's time for a last-ditch effort:
He lunges forward, an a massive explosion blows his arm off, killing the explosive man as well as a space knight and the champion.
The remainders of the Sarmatian force push forward, killing a space knight and forcing the last knight to flee:
PART TWO COMING NEXT
