The Webway gate flickered to life, birthing a portal of crackling starlight. A single Ranger emerged from inside, her armour body more than a suggestion against its surroundings. On silent feet she scurried along the ancient, hidden path the Iyanden had carved centuries ago to investigate an unsteady feeling in her stomach.

It wasn’t long before her fears were realized. The Adeptus Astartes were here, scouring the land with their unsightly, unwieldy machines, searching for the very gate the Ranger had emerged from. How had they found this place? That didn’t matter now. They were here, they had fortified their position, and soon they would find the Iyanden’s sacred gate and destroy it without knowing the true repercussions of that course of action.

The Ranger surveyed the scene, gathering a precise count of the enemy’s numbers. They were huge, bulky things, those Space Marines. Without grace, without poise, without finesse. Always they’d choose to use the hammer to kill the fly, instead of the needle.

A flicker of light in the distance caught the Ranger’s eye, and hit the dirt an instant before a long-range, high-powered bolter shot blew a hole in her head. Her heart hammered. She knew her position had been compromised and soon those lumbering things would be upon her. Worse, they would find the path to the gate and seal it.

The Ranger scrambled behind a rock, got to her feet, and started running back towards the gate. She would not have time to reach it and summon help before the Astartes arrived. Instead she reached with her mind into the place of nightmares and Daemons, finding within herself the courage to face the Warp despite her fledgling skill, and she called out to her Farseer.

She had no way of knowing if her message had been received. No way of knowing if help was on the way. But if it was to come, then they would need time to arrive—and the only way she could give the Iyanden time was to put up a fight of her own.

She found a position among the rocks and the foliage, settled her Long Rifle into a nook, and as soon as she found a viable target, she took her first shot. Needle, meet hammer.

Mission: Vital Intelligence

Points: 1750

Deployment: Dawn of War

++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium – Space Marines) ++

**Chapter Selection**: Iron Hands

Specialist Detachment: Indomitus Crusaders

+ HQ +

Primaris Captain w/Power Fist: Greyshield, Plasma pistol, Power fist, Warlord

Primaris Lieutenants

. Primaris Lieutenant: Master-crafted auto bolt rifle

+ Troops +

Infiltrator Squad: 4x Infilltrator, Infiltrator Sergeant

Intercessor Squad: Bolt rifle, Veteran Intercessors

. 9x Intercessor

. Intercessor Sergeant: Power sword

Intercessor Squad: Bolt rifle, Veteran Intercessors

. 9x Intercessor

. Intercessor Sergeant: Power sword

+ Heavy Support +

Eliminator Squad

. 2x Eliminator: 2x Bolt sniper rifle, 2x Camo cloak

. Eliminator Sergeant: Bolt sniper rifle, Camo cloak

Hellblaster Squad: Plasma incinerator

. 9x Hellblaster

. Hellblaster Sergeant: Bolt pistol

Relic Leviathan Dreadnought: 2x Heavy flamer, 3x Hunter-killer missile, Storm cannon array

. Leviathan siege claw: Meltagun

++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Imperium – Space Marines) ++

**Chapter Selection**: Iron Hands

+ HQ +

Primaris Lieutenants

. Primaris Lieutenant: Power sword

+ Elites +

Aggressor Squad: 2x Aggressor, Aggressor Sergeant, Auto Boltstorm Gauntlets/Fragstorm Grenade Launcher

Primaris Ancient: Standard of the Emperor Ascendant

Reiver Squad: Bolt Carbine

. 4x Reiver

. Reiver Sergeant: Bolt Carbine, Combat knife

++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Aeldari – Craftworlds) ++

Craftworld Attribute: Iyanden

+ HQ +

Farseer: 2. Doom, 3. Fortune, 6: Seer of the Shifting Vector, Warlord, Shuriken Pistol, Witchblade

Spiritseer: 4. Protect/Jinx, Psytronome of Iyanden, Shuriken Pistol

+ Troops +

Guardian Defenders: 15x Guardian Defender

. Guardian Heavy Weapons Platform: Shuriken Cannon

Rangers: 5x Ranger

Rangers: 5x Ranger

+ Elites +

Wraithguard: Wraithcannon, 5x Wraithguard

Wraithguard: D-scythe, 5x Wraithguard

Wraithguard: D-scythe, 5x Wraithguard

+ Dedicated Transport +

Wave Serpent: Shuriken Cannon, Twin Shuriken Cannon

Wave Serpent: Shuriken Cannon, Twin Shuriken Cannon

++ Super-Heavy Auxiliary Detachment (Aeldari – Craftworlds) ++

+ Lord of War +

Wraithknight: Starcannon, Starcannon, Titanic Ghostglaive and Scattershield

3-1 Score for Pardo at the end of Turn 1.

Keeran leads at the end of Turn 2, with the score now at 5-7

Tallying up the points at the end of Turn 3, Keeran continues to lead the game with 10 Points, with Pardo trailing right behind at 8.

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