The sky loomed dark and dangerous above, clouds roiling and churning as though angry. Furious lightning ripped the heavens apart, thunder roared, a sound that penetrated even the toughest of walls. This planet was passing through a warp storm, a wound in space itself. Windows trembled, metal bulkheads groaned, and all around, faint whispers could be heard. Still, the Death Korps of Krieg, loyal defenders and resolute fighters, remained at their posts looking up at a sky that could at any moment open like a gaping maw and consume them all.

The station commander looked upon his outpost through the command post’s forward windows. Amber caution lights flashed at the gates. The station’s antennae swayed, barely holding onto their supports. He pressed a button on his vox caster and broadcast a wide request to all positions asking for an update.

All was well.

And yet, as the station’s forward watchmen reported in, the station commander could not find relief. The hairs on the nape of his neck stood on end, as if he’d walked into a current. He swallowed hard to push down the pinch of fear at the back of his throat. That he would allow himself, for a little fear turned a good soldier into a great one, but no more.

He shook his head. All was not well. His gut, his most primal instincts, screamed at him. He approached the eastern window and stared out into the billowing wind and flurrying snow but saw only more of his domain; cargo containers, cranes, tanks. From the western window he saw more of the same, lights from the station’s barracks tapering off as visibility worsened. It was in the rear window that he saw his instincts vilified.

Lightning whipped through the churning clouds as if to reveal a snarling face. The commander’s throat clenched, but he did not retreat from the sight. Not even when the light of magic, dark magic, reached his eyes, did he let fear get the better of him. Calmly, without saying a word to those around him, he moved to his command station and entered the code to raise the station’s alarms.

The lights dimmed and turned red. Sirens blared. All around him, soldiers reached for their lasguns and began to mobilize; protocol followed at every step. The commander drew his own laspistol from its holster, walked to the rear window, and stared into the storm. Swirling vortices shimmered against the dark, lights flashed, and slowly, the gleam of armored men took shape.

The Thousand Sons had used the storm to cover their slow, relentless advance, and now the wolves were at his door. Tanks grumbled to life, mortar teams took their positions, and the station’s outer defences began to fire, muzzle flashes filling the air.

“How does one kill a storm?” he asked himself. “With righteous fire.”

Deployment: Vanguard Strike

Mission: No Mercy

Points:1850

++ Super-Heavy Auxiliary Detachment (Chaos – Thousand Sons) ++

+ Lord of War +

Magnus the Red: Glamour of Tzeentch, Warptime, Weaver of Fates

++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos – Thousand Sons) ++

+ HQ +

Ahriman: Gift of Chaos, Prescience, Weaver of Fates

Exalted Sorcerer on Disc of Tzeentch: Force stave, Infernal Gaze, Inferno Bolt Pistol, Tzeentch’s Firestorm

+ Troops +

Rubric Marines

. Aspiring Sorcerer: Force stave, Inferno Bolt Pistol

. 6x Rubric Marine w/ Inferno Boltgun: 6x Inferno boltgun

. Rubric Marine w/ Soulreaper cannon: Soulreaper cannon

. 2x Rubric Marine w/ Warpflamer: 2x Warpflamer

Rubric Marines

. Aspiring Sorcerer: Force stave, Inferno Bolt Pistol

. 7x Rubric Marine w/ Inferno Boltgun: 7x Inferno boltgun

. Rubric Marine w/ Soulreaper cannon: Soulreaper cannon

. Rubric Marine w/ Warpflamer: Warpflamer

Tzaangors: Brayhorn, Icon of Flame, 24x Tzaangor w/ Tzaangor Blades

. Twistbray: Tzaangor blades

+ Elites +

Scarab Occult Terminators: Hellfyre Missile Rack

. Scarab Occult Sorcerer: Force stave, Glamour of Tzeentch, Inferno Combi-bolter

. 7x Terminator: 7x Inferno Combi-bolter, 7x Powersword

. Terminator w/ Heavy Weapon: Power sword, Soulreaper cannon

. Terminator w/ Heavy Weapon: Power sword, Soulreaper cannon

+ Dedicated Transport +

Chaos Rhino: Combi-bolter

Chaos Rhino: Combi-bolter

++ Supreme Command Detachment +1CP (Imperium – FW Death Korps of Krieg) ++

Regimental Doctrine: Death Korps of Krieg

Vigilus Defiant: Emperor’s Fist Tank Company, -1 CP

+ HQ +

Tank Commander: Emperor’s Fist, Heavy Bolter, Relic (Emperor’s Fist): Hammer of Sunderance

. Command Battle Tank: Battle Cannon

Tank Commander: Emperor’s Fist, Heavy Bolter

. Command Battle Tank: Battle Cannon

Tank Commander: Emperor’s Fist, Heavy Bolter

. Command Battle Tank: Battle Cannon

++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium – FW Death Korps of Krieg) ++

+ HQ +

Death Korps Death Rider Squadron Commander: Death Korps Hunting Lance, Draconian Disiplinarian, Laspistol, Warlord

Death Korps Marshal Karis Venner: Momento Mori, Power sword

+ Troops +

Death Korps Infantry Squad

. 8x Death Korps Guardsman

. Death Korps Watch Master: Lasgun

. DK Guardsman w/Special Weapon: Flamer

Death Korps Infantry Squad

. 8x Death Korps Guardsman

. Death Korps Watch Master: Lasgun

. DK Guardsman w/Special Weapon: Grenade Launcher

Death Korps Infantry Squad

. 8x Death Korps Guardsman

. Death Korps Watch Master: Lasgun, Power sword

. DK Guardsman w/Special Weapon: Grenade Launcher

+ Elites +

Death Korps Combat Engineer Squad

. Combat Engineer Watch Master: Chainsword, Krieg Combat Shotgun

. 9x Combat Engineers: 9x Krieg Combat Shotgun

Death Korps Combat Engineer Squad

. Combat Engineer Watch Master: Chainsword, Krieg Combat Shotgun

. 9x Combat Engineers: 9x Krieg Combat Shotgun

+ Fast Attack +

Hellhounds

. Hellhound: Heavy Bolter, Turret-mounted Inferno Cannon

Hellhounds

. Hellhound: Heavy Bolter, Turret-mounted Inferno Cannon

+ Heavy Support +

Collossus Bombard

. Collossus Bombard: Heavy Bolter

. Collossus Bombard: Heavy Bolter

Heavy Quad Launcher Battery

. Heavy Quad Launcher Battery: Guardsmen Crew, Guardsmen Crew, Guardsmen Crew, Heavy Quad launcher

. Heavy Quad Launcher Battery: Guardsmen Crew, Guardsmen Crew, Guardsmen Crew, Heavy Quad launcher

. Heavy Quad Launcher Battery: Guardsmen Crew, Guardsmen Crew, Guardsmen Crew, Heavy Quad launcher

Rapier Laser Destroyer: Guardsmen Crew, Guardsmen Crew, Rapier