The Conflict!

After General Varras defeat against an unknown Tyranid Hive, He was demoted but given a Honorifica Imperialis, for outstanding bravery and for keeping the Tyranid Hive occupied while Space Marines arrived planet side. Being given a new rank and army, he proceeded to a system known to have sporadic Eldar presence.

The Army was on Patrol when catachan forward observers spotted an Eldar army already deployed on the horizon, Varras ordered the army to line up and face the oncoming Xenos treat. All of his forces deployed except 2 detachments of Special weapons squads and a Hardened Veterans Squad due to arrive planet side by Gravchutes.

A “Pitched Battle” was about to commence! As he surveyed the battle line, he did opted to “Seize the Initiative” but said to himself “Let the Xenos come we’ll be ready”. Establishing his Base of operations and seeing the Eldar did the same, he had no doubt that he should “Capture and Control” their base to claim victory.

The Eldar’s opening gambit was to surge forward with all their transports with a squad of Jet Bikes following closely behind, Fire Prism Tanks covered their flanks, one Prism Tank let loose a steady stream of wave energy, almost hitting a Leman Russ tank, vaporizing a pile of rubble instead.

After the initial shock of speeding transports almost cruising into the gun line, the men found their composure, and with the officers shouting clear orders downed 2 of the 3 transports, quickly taking advantage of the situation, the bewildered passengers were greeted by a fusillade of heavy weapons, lasguns and one mighty roar of a Battle cannon! While others were bathe in the glow of flamers! Another shot was heard from the tank as it shot the jetbikes afar.

But with speed and cunning the Eldars last transport quickly careened into the ranks and delivered its deadly cargo of Fire Dragons, taking careful aim, they lit the Leman Russ to a cinder, exploding into a large crater! Meanwhile the survivors of the other transports charged the gun line, with the help of the remaining Jetbikes broke squads of Heavy weapons and Infantry.

As the tank exploded, Varras, Chavez and their staff rushed into the blaze, seething with anger he saw it fit to set the Fire Dragons a blaze, afterwards charging the remaining warriors!

The badly needed reinforcements came as 2 special weapons squads gravchutes near a Prism tank and a Wraith lord, landing so stealthily near the grav tank gave them the chance to bake the tank with Meltaguns, reducing it to a wreck! The other squad did not do so well, landing near the Wraithlord but not in range to fire the demolition charge. Shooting the giant only made it aware of their presence!

Soon the Eldar Wraithlord was on a rampage burning the squads and killing them all in a fiery haze! The Farseer slaughtered the other squad. The bloodshed continued as more Infantrymen routed after facing the remnants of the jet Bikes and Dire Avengers and were cut down while fleeing! The Catachan Lieutenant also rushed in to counter the charge of the Dire Avengers killing them all in the process.

But right flank fell, as Warp spiders supported by another Prism tank decimated the catachan flank, the catachans fought well but the Xenos had technology on their side, soon the flank routed and was massacred! A tank crew watched on and as soon as the catachans fell lets looses a round in hopes to avenge their fallen comrades.

All seemed loss until the Hardened Vets came down thundering on their gravchutes, shooting the remaining Xenos on Jetbikes! A Prism transport retaliated against Varras and shot him dead! The problem grew as the operations center was unmanned and the remnants failed to report back no doubt dying to accomplish their mission. It seems that the hostilities were drawing to a stalemate as neither force had the capacity and chance to annihilate each other and claim a victory. Both armies retreated into the horizon.