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SWARM

Battles Mission Configuration

By Troy Arakaki

This was an attempt to replay the "Bug Assault of the Marine Outpost" in the movie Starship Troopers. I ran this during an Other Realms Games Day and had to build the outpost from scratch. You could probably use the castle from Warhammer Siege as a substitute, or just build your own. The one I built had two corner towers, and a gate/blast door at the front walls. One of my friends even provided a Starship Trooper Dropship toy that we used in the scenario.

GENERAL OVERVIEW

A lone Imperial outpost with a small garrison is overrun by a massive Tyranid swarm. Can the defenders hold out long enough till a dropship can retrieve them?

IMPERIAL PLAYER

Player may bring up to 1000 points chosen from any official Imperial army list or codex with the following restrictions: No Vehicles, Tanks, Dreadnoughts, or Walkers. Bikes and Cavalry are O.K.

Imperial players must configure for a Battles Defender force organization.

Go to Imperial Overview

TYRANID PLAYER

Player may bring up to 1250 points chosen from the Tyranid army list with the following restrictions: No Elites or Heavy Support.

Tyranid Players must configure for a Battles Attacker force organization (change the Heavy Support slots into Troops and the Elite slots into Fast Attack.)

Go to Tyranid Overview

SET-UP

1 The Imperial Outpost is roughly 24" wide by 12" deep and is set up along one long table edge in the middle. The Imperial player deploys first, setting up all of his units within the outpost. The one exception is if the Imperial player has Infiltrators in his force then they may be deployed after all the other units have been set up. However, they are not restricted by the deployment zones, and may set up anywhere on the battlefield which is more than 18” from an enemy unit.

2 The Tyranid player may deploy anywhere on the table no closer than 18" tothe Outpost's outer walls.

3 Both players roll a dice, the highest score chooses whether to go first or second.

IMPERIAL OVERVIEW

Imperial forces have been involved in heavy fighting against a Tyranid incursion into the Klendaxu System. On one of the system's outer planets, massive casualties have been suffered by the Imperium. Your forces in particular have taken major losses to both troops and especially heavy equipment.

While on patrol, your unit has come across a abandoned Imperial outpost. All that is left is the scattered remains of the installation's last defenders. Without warning, a immense brood of Tyranids are spotted swarming towards your position. You have only enough time to secure the fortress and prepare to repel the alien aggressors.

Hopelessly outnumbered and cornered, you are forced to call for an emergency pick-up by one of the drop-ship transports. Hopefully they will get here before the sea of ripping claws and teeth overrun your defenses. You are reminded of the fate of this positions last human occupants, and pray to the Emperor that you will fare better.

SCENARIO SPECIAL RULES

• Treat each wall section of the outpost with firing ports as a Bunker.

• The heavy blast doors at the front may only be opened (or closed) from the inside by any model in contact with the inner doorway wall for one complete turn.

• Up to 10 models may be placed inside the smaller sections and up to 20 may be placed inside the larger ones and the corner sections. As many models as will fit may be placed on top of the wall sections.

• Assume that there is one ladder on the ends each of the wall sections. Movement from the inside grounds up to the top of the wall and vice versa is treated as open terrain.

• Movement from the outside of the outpost to the top of the walls (and corners) is treated as Very Difficult Terrain. Models starting their move (or Assault) at the base of the outside wall must first roll a D6 roll of 6+ in order to reach the top of the wall (a roll of 6 followed by a second D6 roll of 4+ is needed to reach the top of the corner sections).

• At the beginning of turn 4 roll a D6. On a 4+ the drop-ship has received your signal and will arrive at the end of that turn. If you don't roll a 4+ this turn, roll again at the beginning of your next turn but this time you only need a 3+. If that is missed, on each of your turns after that, the drop-ship will respond on a roll of 2+.

• The drop-ship has the following characteristics:

Type: Fast, Skimmer/Flyer

Crew: Imperial Navy

Weapons: 2 Twin-Linked Heavy Bolters

• Once the drop-ship lands, any models may be moved to board the ship. The drop-ship can carry “all” the models. Once on board, the drop-ship must exit the table on the Tyranid player's long table edge.

The game ends when the drop-ship leaves the table or all Imperial models are destroyed.

MISSION OBJECTIVE

Imperial player must hold out until rescue arrives. Percentage of survivors determines relative success. Calculate Imperial losses in Victory Points and consult the following table:

GAME LENGTH

The game lasts for an unlimited number of turns.

RESERVES

None

LINE OF RETREAT

Troops which are forced to fall back will do so towards the nearest board edge of their deployment zone (within the outpost's walls), using the normal Fall Back rules.

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TYRANID OVERVIEW

The Hive has been involved in heavy fighting against the Weak Flesh resisters in the Klendaxu System. On one of the system's outer planets, massive casualties have been inflicted on the blood-sacs. They are inferior to our kind and are only delaying the inevitable.

Our Hive Tyrant has detected a large concentration of fleshlings converging on one of their complexes, the same one that the Brood had encountered earlier that sphere-rotation. The last group of bio-matter occupying that location was destroyed and consumed into the Hive. The same will be to these fresh, foolish creatures.

The command is given and the Brood is rapidly rampaging toward the aliens position. The meat-bags will try to repel us, but they have already failed before it even begins. Our numbers are many, and theirs are few. They cannot last. Only we will continue. Consume-consume-consume...

SCENARIO SPECIAL RULES

• The following Tyranid models may use the Fleet of Foot special rules: Genestealers, Termagants, & Hormagaunts.

• Tyranids will use the Sustained Attack special rule.

• Treat each wall section of the outpost with firing ports as a Bunker.

• The heavy blast doors at the front may only be opened (or closed) from the inside by any model in contact with the inner doorway wall for one complete turn.

• Up to 10 models may be placed inside the smaller sections and up to 20 may be placed inside the larger ones and the corner sections. As many models as will fit may be placed on top of the wall sections.

• Assume that there is one ladder on the ends each of the wall sections. Movement from the inside grounds up to the top of the wall and vice versa is treated as open terrain.

• Movement from the outside of the outpost to the top of the walls (and corners) is treated as Very Difficult Terrain. Models starting their move (or Assault) at the base of the outside wall must first roll a D6 roll of 6+ in order to reach the top of the wall (a roll of 6 followed by a second D6 roll of 4+ is needed to reach the top of the corner sections).

• At the beginning of turn 4 roll a D6. On a 4+ the Hive Mind signals that a Mycetic Spore containing a Carnifex (equipped with Bio-plasma) is being sent to aid your assault. If you don't roll a 4+ this turn, roll again at the beginning of your next turn but this time you only need a 3+. If that is missed, on each of your turns after that, the Mycetic Spore will arrive on a roll of 2+.

• When ever it arrives, it lands at the beginning of that turn as per the Deep Strike special rules (except that the template must be placed within the Outpost.

The game ends when the Imperial drop-ship leaves the table or all Imperial models are destroyed.

MISSION OBJECTIVE

The Brood must ensure that there are no enemy survivors. Calculate Imperial losses in Victory Points and consult the following table:

GAME LENGTH

The game lasts for an unlimited number of turns.

RESERVES

None

LINE OF RETREAT

Troops which are forced to fall back will do so towards the nearest board edge of their deployment zone, using the normal Fall Back rules.

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