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[Taricus]

... in one of those buildings behind the trenches?

Nope.

Now, I'd like to clarify some things about the Tau units.

First off, the units in the forested hills are fire warrior teams, not pathfinders. Markerlights would've made this a lot more painful for you. And ten thrones for the person that guesses where the Tau HQ unit is

Should have guessed. They have mandatory transport and there is no devilfish on the field :/. But as far as I can tell, there is no tau HQ here. there is only two different tau HQ, one in Crisis armor (there is only a broadside), and the ethereal. unless there is a very, very pixelated ethereal somewhere, the tau HQ has yet to be deployed. That, or this list is not legit and the Shas'ui is the de facto leader.

Semi-right, The leader hasn't been deployed yet.

[Frumple]

there is only two different tau HQ, one in Crisis armor (there is only a broadside), and the ethereal.

House rules, man, house rules. There's no telling what the HQ unit is

Or where. Or when it shows up. It'd be just lovely to have a traitor baneblade or something come falling from the heavens. Tau makes friends sometimes.

[warhammer651]

there is only two different tau HQ, one in Crisis armor (there is only a broadside), and the ethereal.

House rules, man, house rules. There's no telling what the HQ unit is

Or where. Or when it shows up. It'd be just lovely to have a traitor baneblade or something come falling from the heavens. Tau makes friends sometimes.

and sometimes they manage to kill Chaos Gods.

I love the Tau, their delicious Naivete. I cant wait to see how the galaxy crushes their hopes and dreams

[Taricus]

Haven't gone that far with the house rule you know Frumple.

[Frumple]

Haven't gone that far with the house rule you know Frumple.

Hahaha, Frumple has no idea how far you've gone with the house rules. I don't even know the non-house rules. For all I know combat-drop traitor baneblades is actually a thing Tau does in the codex. My gaming experience with WH40k is mostly limited to the video games (though the pre-DoW ones, too), heh.

[kaian-a-coel]

The heaviest tank-drop is actually loyalist. Blood angels can drop land raiders.

and sometimes they manage to kill Chaos Gods.

I heard of tau fire warriors killing a Khorne major deamon... in close combat. Yes, they killed the blooddrinker (or whatever you call it in english) with rifle butts (taus don't even have bayonetts)

[warhammer651]

and sometimes they manage to kill Chaos Gods.

I heard of tau fire warriors killing a Khorne major deamon... in close combat. Yes, they killed the blooddrinker (or whatever you call it in english) with rifle butts (taus don't even have bayonetts)

I was referring to the incident where a chaos cult got loose on one of their worlds, specifically a slaaneshi cult. When they purged it, they found a bunch of humans bowing to some giant pink thing whilst praising a creature called "Slaanesh". The tau's entirely logical, completely erroneous post-battle conclusion? They killed Slaanesh.

like I said, delicious Naivete

[mcclay]

"Ugh, just talking about the Runious Powers disguts me. Quit yapping about those bastards and start killing these bastards!"

[BunnyBob77]

Alright, Here is what I could make out from the numerous requests:

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~ HQ ~ 50 Points
Company Command Squad - 4 Veterans (including veteran Kaian-a-coel); 1 Company Commander | 50 Points Mcclay

~ Infantry ~
  - Infantry Platoon 1 - 160 Points
   Platoon Command Squad - 2 Guardsmen, Heavy Bolter Emplacement, 1 Platoon Commander | 40 Points shadenight123
   Infantry Squad - 1 Sergeant, 7 Guardsmen, Heavy Bolter Emplacement | 60 Points warhammer651
   Infantry Squad - 1 Sergeant, 7 Guardsmen, Heavy Bolter Emplacement | 60 Points  Scriptwolf

  - Infantry Platoon 2 - 165 Points
   Platoon Command Squad - 2 Guardsmen, Heavy Bolter Emplacement, 1 Platoon Commander | 40 Points Zrk2
   Infantry Squad - 1 Sergeant, 6 Guardsmen, 1 Sniper, Heavy Bolter Emplacement | 65 Points Frumple
   Infantry Squad - 1 Sergeant (Sergeant Androv Kepler), 7 Guardsmen, Heavy Bolter Emplacement | 60 Points Hanzoku

~ Heavy Support ~ 125 Points

Basilisk Battery - 1 Basilisk | 125 Points Gamerlord

Yes, Mcclay got company command. Even if people said "platoon command", consensus seemed to be that he was the highest graded guy there.
This is by no mean official, I am open to rectifications.

Also, basilisk on the guys on the road is better. Pathfinders are only 6, and inside a cover. plus, the scatter means thatif we fire on the road, we're still likely to hit something. That means target O is better than C (it's surrounded: by scattering we have high chances to pick the broadside or C). The circles CO are the approximate size of the explosion (maybe a bit too big).

And actually the suit is probably out of range. We can still fire the basilisk and a couple heavy bolters.

planning map:

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I think you made a small mistake there.  shadenight123 asked for one of the basic 60 point squads, but you have him marked down as the 40 point platoon command squad.

[Gamerlord]

Aw. Waiting for that turn adwarf.

[Devling]

Hurry and crush these xenos! I want to take a crack at the Tau! (Assuming we get some infantry reinforcments after this battle)

[kaian-a-coel]

@bunnybob77: Yes, but there was too many people requesting basic squads and not enough for platoon command. I fiddled as I can, if Shadenight is not happy being in command, he'll get scriptwolf squad, who will have to get command squad or in the wait list. And the platoon command will be unclaimed. Scriptwolf did specifically request this particular squad, when shadenight really specified only "gimme a heavy bolter". Okay, he precised "squad of 60 points"... He got promoted, okay? -_-
It's really complicated...

[Hanzoku]

OOC: Hm... at this point, I'm not giving the IG very much chance of getting out of this alive. The Tau having a pre-battle advantage, and missing both turns with the basilisk is going to hurt. From information presented in this thread, Taricus could halt the Tau just outside our range and inside theirs and plink away endlessly, forcing the Guard squads to have to move out of the cover of the trenches just to engage.

About the only saving grace so far is that his Broadside hasn't blown away the Basilisk yet. And that's before he gets reinforcements, which could total somewhere around ~130 points, assuming the Tau Fire Warrior squads and Broadside have roughly the same cost as our squads and Basilisk.

[GodlyTeapot]

For anyone interested in 40K lore, here's something to read while you wait for the turn:
Tau Background~ http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Tau#.URC7d6WWb3Q
Imperial Gaurd Background~ http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Imperial_Guard#.URC8UqWWb3Q
I'm sure this won't be new to a lot of you guys, but I think fellow newbies might enjoy it. It really adds to the immersion.

Oh how I wish I had the money and means to play 40k

[shadenight123]

It's not a problem really.
I'm fine also with the 40 point squad.
Smaller the unit smaller the chances of getting hit by an artillery strike, right?
Right? XD