Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-1734134-20180205202802/@comment-1734134-20180417195205

The Space Marines open fire, beating down upon the alien guardians and manage to bring a couple down in the first moments of the ambush. The hulking things whine and groan, slumping into lump, mauled forms as the Astartes haul themselves forward. But the creatures are fast, far too fast for any natural being, and shift themselves to face the Astartes and lurch forward in a series of jerky movements. Their slender carbines spit pallid green energy that sears through armour and flesh.

Daon’s grenade blast however throws off their charge, leaving them staggered and falling into the Astartes fire. While from the front their armour is tough, tough enough to survive the initial hail of bolter fire, but they struggle under the blast of auto-cannon fire. Another pair of the beasts collapse before they finally connect with Jariks forces, another five of them splitting off to try and deal with Daon’s assault. They toss energy grenades and loose blasts at him, leaping over and through the rubble with a fierce grace.

Sun’Haku pelts one of the beasts with his bolter fire, cracking its marble shell as it draws close. It lowers its bayonet, thrusting it towards him – intent on removing the Sergeants champion before focussing on the wounded Space Marine himself. The other creatures also focus their efforts upon reaching the sergeant.

The humans continue to withdraw into the tunnels, dragging the cadavers with them.