COA vs BW - 800 points

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INTRODUCTION

The black wolf and its pack had come to viciously bite the covenant flotilla in this 800pts battle.

The BW mercenary had selected the finest troops to eradicate the COA: two Nemesis battle cruiser, Furies to escort them, the lurking Deathbringer and a borrowed St Malo battleship from the Republique of France. Ablative armor, corrosive weapons, dilation field, massive AP and cloud generator! Gasp, quite a Deadly menu for an Eastern dinner.
Field order: kill the large vessels

Facing the BW, The COA aligned fine troops : Fresnels gunships for the long shots, a Diophantus for the short range fire power, the Pericles for the drones , Diogenes and Plutarchs for their speed and ability to sting their ennemies.
Field order: kill the medium

The black wolf strategy had been announced in radio messages intercepted by the Covenant spies: ”weakening the Fresnels ASAP with the St Malo and its corrosive bombard, chasing the drones with fighters to avoid massive torpedoes attacks, getting the Nemesis and the DB close enough to finish the penguins with fierce boardings.”

However, things went wrong for the wolf pack and, against all odds, the lesson was to be given by LordBelouga, the coa commodore.

BW

  • Deathbringer submarine - 150 points
  • Saint Malo heavy battleship - 220 points ("one careful owner" commodore doctrine)
  • Nemesis battle cruiser with guardian and Fury frigate x 3 attachment - 205 points
  • Nemesis battle cruiser with dilation - 120 points
  • Fury frigate x 4 - 100 points
  • SAW fighter x 5
  • SAW fighter x 5

COA

  • Diophantus assault carrier - 200 points
  • Pericles carrier with energy turrets - 165 points
  • Fresnel gunship x 2 - 180 points
  • Plutarch heavy destroyer x 3 - 135 points
  • Diogene frigate x 4 - 100 points
  • Drone torpedo x 5
  • Drone torpedo x 5

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Turn 1 / Unit One lesson One: SEE THE SMILE ON HIS FACE

The St Malo, proudly advancing towards the COA flotilla, manages to crit a Plutarch which will sink at the end of the turn, unable to cancel the corrosive effect.
The Nemesis uses his dilation field and hides behind the St Malo, the Deathbringer goes Under the field, the Furies Under the field, everyone Under the field!!!
What’s happened to the brilliant BW strategy?
The last Nemesis hides with its attached Furies behind the island!? COA torpedoes are just launched for parametres . The two Fresnels target the St Malo and score a Crit and a loss of AP.

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Turn 2 / Unit One lesson two: GAME OF DRONES

The BW wins the initiative and activates the St Malo which destroys a Diogene and crits a second Plutarch, the Fresnels remain intact.
The drones are on the go!!! A first wave crits a Nemesis and shatters the dilation generator.
A second wave once again crits the Nemesis with hard pounding effect! BW SAS fighters cripple a COA wing but the last surviving drone blasts a Fury.
Meanwhile, the DB, unable to control its kinetic generator, rams into the unfortunate St Malo causing no damage. The second Nemesis kills a Diogene.
The Diogenes seek cover behind mother Pericles which relaunches brand new drones, the Fresnels fire at the DB which suffers a crit and loses its generator. 100% crit for the ladies from hell!!
The St Malo, one Nemesis, the DB and the Furies have lined up as if they were on parade!
A perfect occasion for the Diophantus and its amazing Particle Accelerator! “just smile and say Dallas! “ One more crit for the St Malo and hard pounding, 1 HP for the DB, the Nemesis and a Fury. The Plutarchs enter the arena and crits the wounded Death Bringer.

His major vessels now unable to harm the COA ships, the crippled wolf barks at the moon and abandons the battlefield. the reign of the drones has come!!

PS: the Black wolf leader was so humiliated that he quickly removed his models, preventing the COA reporter to take the end of turn 2 picture!!!


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