Part 2 of the Battle for Starport Alpha Secundus
as fought on 20th January 2001
at the Games Workshop store, Lincoln
by Will Platten
The Marines take the Starport
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The first Marine defence force reaches the Startport just before the Eldar
forces. Bracing themselves, they wait for the wave of oncoming Eldar. |
The Wind Rider Host assault
| The spearhead of the Eldar reach the Starport putting the Marine Defenders
under an enormous barrage of fire. |
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Marine Drop Pods
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A surprise Drop Pod attack by the Marines lands behind the Eldar lines.
40+ terminators do considerable damage to the off-guard attackers. |
Marine Landraider reinforcements
| The Marine reserve force arrive on the battlefield, just the 5 Landraiders
(hehehe) and troops inside. (Ed: Yeah, and I bet they all belong to Andy Thompson...) |
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The battle at its climax
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Working out this amount of Movement, Shooting & Assaulting is a gamers
nightmare. We loved it. |
The end game
| The massive figures of the Marine Terminators sweeping advance
into the last two Jetbikes to survive the Marines defence force. |
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The survivors
The gamers of the day group for the final photo and some of them are
still smiling.
Editor: Well, Will didn't actually say which side won and successfully held the
starport. However, a close scrutiny of the faces above tells it all. The smug looking one
on the left is Andy 'HOW many Landraiders?' Thompson, and the dejected face skulking in
the red shirt is Pete 'With Eldar I can beat anyone no matter how many points they have'
Delafield.
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