Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-1734134-20190911202955/@comment-30488984-20191120220633

With his suspicions of the Tau assault confirmed, Cyradon quickly analyzed the situation. A victory here would undoubtedly gather the support of the other partisans and strengthen their cause, but enemy air-superiority was an issue. Their own armor would be easily wiped out left in the open while trying to manuever the armor amongst the treeline would be slow and troublesome, they'd be easy pickings for Tau infantry.

Turning to Siros but speaking loudly for all to hear of his plan,

"This is a fight we should take in the forest, infantry only. We cannot challenge their armor with our own and their air-superiority makes an open field engagement suicide. I suggest the scions along with your best marksmen skirmish with the enemy along the treeline, offering some resistance before pulling back deeper into the forest. They'd be the fastest and most disciplined for such an egagement and this would allow the Tau to think they've forced our elite infantry to retreat and they will likely pursue. The enemy know that Scions and Partisans are here and will assume the Skitarii are here as well, therefore, fighting the Scions first will likely lead the enemy to believe we are not holding reserves, thereby allowing them to push full force into the forest to run them down. However, the remainder of our forces will be lying in ambush deep in the forest, away from their armor and air-support. The Scions, backed by the full might of our partisans can turn around and pin the enemy infantry down while my brothers and i hit them in the side, turning their flank. They do not know of our presence, or at least they cannot be certain since we were not sited in the previous engagement. The surprise of our our appearance would allow the rest of our forces to counter-attack, likely breaking their lines and turning this assault into a fully fledged retreat."

Cyradon looks around, "What say you all to this?"