Of Wolf and Tau

Out from the new days mist we run
Out from the new days mist we have come...

And on that note, was at Wargaming again today. The Space Wolf forces under the command of Veteran Wolf Guard Battle Leader ( Using Wolf Lord Rules) Lorlen found themselves fighting against the forces of the Tau.

Not certain which sept, but their colouration was pale blues and greys. (Or at least it was on those painted.)

The Tau forces reacted swifter than the Wolves expected, deploying troops in response to our incursion, and even launching a counterattack before we were in position. As the first Space Wolves took the field, they found a pair of squads of Fire Warriors, each a dozen strong, and a Crisis Suited commander with a pair of gun drones. But even as Lorlen and the two squads of five Grey Hunters took their positions, a Hammerhead, a Piranha, another Crisis Suit, an XV88 Broadside, and a flight of Gun Drones moved up from reserve. They fired on the Marines, Railgun submunitions felling a Hunter. In response, a Land Raider Redeemer and a squad of Long Fangs advanced to support the Grey Hunters. On the Wolves left flank, the remaining Hunters took a sand-bagged position, and on the right, they moved out from cover to fire upon the Fire Warriors. The long fangs formed a well spaced line on a rise, and the Korgon rolled forward, Assault Cannons cutting down a trio of Fire Warriors. They proceeded to withdraw, occasionally regrouping but never for long. Now the battle was joined in earnest, the Tau firing away at their foes, but to little avail. The Korgon rumbled forward, shrugging off fire, and the Long Fangs disabled the Hammerheads main gun. the XV88 glanced a round off the front of the Korgon but fell to its fire. Meanwhile Lorlen rushed the Tau Commander, and in the end, slew him, as the Korgon rammed the Piranha to no avail. As a Stealth Suit team infiltrated towards the Long Fangs position, they were gunned down by the few remaining grey hunters who held the sandbagged trench, with the last being finished off by the long fangs themselves, taking two Lascannons at point blank range. Even as they did so, the Korgon pivoted, drenching the Piranha in flame as Lorlen immobilized it with his Plasma Pistol... The Fire Warriors the Korgon had intended to fire upon had moved out of its line of sight, so it instead gunned down the crisis suit. Then, as the last of the Grey Hunters holding the Sandbags blew himself up with his plasma cannon, the Long Fangs obliterated the remaining fire warriors, whilst the Korgon gunned down the drones.

All told, the battle was a Victory for the Space Wolves, with the loss of Seven Grey Hunters and 2 Fenrisian Wolves for some 24 Fire Warriors, 8 Gun Drones, 2 XV8 Crisis Suits, 3 XV25 Stealthsuits, an XV88 Broadside, an immobilized Piranha and a Hammerhead shy its main gun...

FOR RUSS AND THE EMPEROR!