The Battle of Cygnus IV - Part Two - Page 3

Imperial Marauder Bombers fly in low to avoid Ork flak.

Imperial Marauder Bombers fly in low to avoid Ork flak and to provide air support to the Imperial Guard Recon detachment.

The Imperial Guard Recon detachment.

Imperial BaneBlades move forward to protect Imperial industrial assets...

...whilst the Space Marines move forward to protect Imperial spiritual assets.

Imperial Shrine.

End of Turn 2 Morale
Ork Morale: 56
Imperial Morale: 38

Turn Three

At this point things could have gone either way...

Ork Bommerz fly in to attack the Marines.

Ork Great Gargant looks menacingly over the battlefield.

Ork Kult of Speed under artillery attack.

Ork Battlefortresses take quite a bit of damage. As the first Battlefortress was the only one in range it took the three points of damage.

Ork Dread Mob.

Imperial Shrine been defended by Space Marines.

The BaneBlades go onto Overwatch, 24 points of Firepower and armour 6, nasty!