Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-1734134-20190911202955/@comment-1734134-20191201155856

(I apologise for the lateness of my response. This shouldn't happen again.)

Attanto’s cannon fire manages to destroy or cripple several the Battlesuits, their wreckage littering the ground as they are blown to pieces. The Broadsides reposition themselves, and swiftly begin to lay down suppressive railgun fire, slamming hard into the Knights shielding. The Tau aircraft instead move to strafe the Imperial ground forces.

The Battlesuits land with a hard thud, unleashing a wave of burst cannon and plasma gun fire into the Scions position. A couple of the stormtroopers are riddled with pulse fire, left twitching in the mud and dirt as the crimson clad Tau mechs move in for the kill. Will’s frag grenades manage to throw one of the suits off balance, staggering it and leaving it limping for a moment.

The Bloodletter takes notice of Cyradon – but it is unaffected by his power. Rather it is simply infuriated, lopping forward with a snarl, slicing through a slew of Partisans as it begins to rush the Space Marine with wild abandon. The Guardsman and Partisans it encounters pull back and flee at the sight of it, the creature spinning its blade in wild crescents, dismembering and decapitating with wild abandon.

Hen’s grenade however, manages to stagger it. The Bloodletter is thrown back, crashing down in a flurry of flames and shrapnel, its strange form flickers in and out of existence as it pulls itself back up. Dion’s fire patters into its frame as well, but the Bloodletter continues its maddened charge into the Imperial lines.

Most of the artillery pieces need new barrels, while others firing mechanisms have totally failed. The Skitarii and tank crews are able to secure a great deal of raw material, but it’s obvious more will need to be scavenged before the Shadowsword can be brought back into the fray