Re: [DS]AAR The Battle of Research Station Muriel - Again (Long)

I like AARs so Muchas Gracias!

Sounds like the Tryanids will 'be back' sometime.

Very ignorant of the whole GW worlds thing but they sound like worthy
foes.

Hungry, evil, and nasty; but worthy of killing. <grin>

Gracias,
Glenn

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:55:13 +0100 "Christopher Downes-Ward"
<Christopher_Downes-Ward@acuma.co.uk> writes:
>
>I ran this Scenario several years ago (May 2001 
>http://lists.firedrake.org/gzg/200105/msg00337.html) but have now run 
>it again with a few changes to the terrain and Force Composition 
>intended to make the scenario more even.
>
>A force of Tryanids attacked a research station being constructed by D 
>troop of 1er Escadron, 2eme Regiment Étranger de Cavalrie. The rest of 
>the squadron plus a supporting artillery battery rushed to the rescue. 
>The the battle is described below.
>
>The terrain
>
>A flat open plain studded with occasional clumps of trees. A single 
>river winds across the area. In a loop of the river on the side 
>nearest the Tyranid base line was a cluster of buildings representing 
>the research station, reached by a single road from the French 
>baseline. The river was fordable by infantry along its whole length. 
>The banks of the river were considered to give hull down cover from 
>either side.
>Most of the terrain is normal to GEV's with the exception of the 
>wooded areas (impassable), the riverbanks (difficult), the road (easy) 
>and RS Muriel (difficult). 
>For everything else the basic terrain was normal, with other stuff 
>being difficult, except the road that was easy.
>
>Organization and Equipment
>
>Note: all infantry units were designed using Steve Gibson's 
>alternative infantry rules -
>http://www.cowell.org/~andy/min/ds2/variants/sgib-infantry.html
>
>French
>
>1er Escadron, 2eme Regiment Étranger de Cavalrie (reinforced)
>	Headquarters (Veteran/1)
>		1 AC-8 Hovertank
>		1 ACVI-3/PC Command Vehicle
>		1 ACVI-3/VOA Artillery Observation Vehicle 
>(attachment)
>
>	A (Veteran/2) and B (Regular/2) Troops
>		3 AC-8 Hover tanks
>
>	C (Regular/2) and D (Green/1) Troops
>		3 ACVI-3/TT MICV's
>		4 line infantry elements (1 the troop commander)
>		3 line APSW elements
>		1 line LAD element
>
>	1er Batterie Compagnie Autonome de l'Artillery d'Aurore 
>(Regular/2) (attachment)
>		4 RAM Mortars (off table), 3 HEF Markers, 1 MAK Marker
>
>Technically all the infantry can't fit in the 3 ACVI-3's but in order 
>to model the "real" unit the LAD and Command teams are counted as 
>being split across the three vehicles. See 
>http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~dheb/2300/Europe/France/CDW2REC.htm 
>for a more detailed look at this unit.
>
>AC-8 Hovertank
>Size 3, GMS/H (ENH) MDC/3 Fixed, RFAC/1 (Turret), APSW, ENH Firecon, 
>ENH ECM, Fast GEV. 3/2 Armour
>
>ACVI-3/TT MICV
>Size 3, GMS/L (ENH) RFAC/1 (Turret), APSW ENH Firecon, ENH ECM 2/1 
>Armour, 2 Infantry Stands, 2/1 Armour
>
>The ACVI-3/PC is an ACVI-3/TT but with command systems, the ACVI-3/VOA 
>is the ACVI-3/TT but with an artillery observer.
>
>Tyranid
>
>Swarm
>	2 Exocrine Broods (3 vehicles) (Green/2 and Regular/3)
>	2 Termagant Broods (5 elements + 1 warrior) (Regular/1 and 
>Green/2) carried in a total of 6 Mirins
>	1 Genestealer Brood (5 elements + 1 warrior) (Veteran/2) 
>carried in 3 Mirins
>	1 Gargoyle Brood (5 elements) (Regular/2)
>	1 Hormagaunt Brood (5 elements + 1 warrior) (Veteran/3) 
>carried in 3 Mirins
>	1 Lictor Brood (5 vehicles) (Regular/2)
>	1 Biovore Brood (5 vehicles) (3 HEF Markers, 2 Biological 
>Markers) (Veteran/2)
>	1 Carnifex Brood (4 Elements)
>
>Exocrine MBT:
>Size 5, MDC/3 x 3 (Fixed), RFAC/1 (Turret), APSW, BAS Firecon, No ECM, 
>Slow Tracked, 3A/2A Armour
>
>Biovore Infantry Walker:
>Size 2, Light Artillery, APSW, Infantry Walker, 2A/1A Armour
>
>Lictor Infantry Walker
>Size 1, RFAC/1 x 2 (Arm), APSW, BAS Firecon, No ECM, Infantry Walker, 
>1A/0A armour
>
>Carnifex Walker
>Size 3, Combat Walker, DFFG/5 x 1 (Arm), RFAC/2 x 1 (Arm), APSW, BAS 
>Fircon, No ECM, Backup Systems, 3A/2A Armour
>
>Mirin APC (Brigade Miniatures)
>Size 2, Slow Tracked, APSW x 1, BAS Fircon, No ECM, 2A/1A Armour, 2 
>Infantry Teams
>
>Gargoyles
>Move 12", HTK 3, Range 6", Firepower 2, Flying, IAVR (6")
>Genestealers
>Move 4", HTK 4, Range 2", Firepower 4 (Close Combat Only), IAVR (2")
>Hormagaunt
>Move 4", HTK 4, Range 2", Firepower 4 (Close Combat Only), IAVR (2")
>Termagaunts
>Move 2", HTK 4, Range 4", Firepower 2, IAVR (4")
>Warriors
>Move 2", HTK 5, Range 12", Firepower 4, IAVR (6")
>
>Special Rules:
>Genestealers, Warriors and Lictors are normal units. All other units 
>are subject to the following rules.
>If they are not within 10" of a warrior then they act instinctively. 
>For Exocrines and Biovores this instinct is to remain stationary and 
>fire at the NEAREST enemy unit. For Termagaunts, Gargoyles, Mirins and 
>Hormagaunts this is to move towards the nearest enemy unit shooting if 
>possible, and if in range close assault, if they close assault and win 
>they must follow through. All units except Genestealers, Warriors and 
>Lictors are subject to panic at all times (irrespective of quality) 
>however if they panic they react according to instinct rather than 
>loose an action. Tyranids do not suffer the reaction test for use of 
>biological weapons.
>
>Setup:
>At the start D troop was placed among the buildings with the 3 
>ACVI-3's parked hull down by the river. The French artillery was off 
>table. The Tyranids started with the Lictors and Carnifexes on the 
>flanks intending to move forward and interdict the French 
>reinforcements. The rest started so as move forward mounted and then 
>do a dismounted assault on the research centre.
>
>Experience and leadership levels for the French were designed as part 
>of the scenario. Tyranid levels were done by pulling chits from an 
>opaque container.
>
>Reinforcement Schedule (all French)
>Turn 3
>	B Troop
>Turn 5
>	A Troop
>Turn 7
>	C Troop
>Turn 9
>	Headquarters (no French rally attempts allowed until they 
>arrive)
>
>I did not take detailed turn by turn notes but the general shape of 
>things was that the Tyranids carried out a fairly standard assault 
>against the research centre with the Gargoyles doing nothing more that 
>absorb fire. D troop failed their morale and fell back towards the 
>advancing B troop, meanwhile the Tyrnanid player (me) made a mess of 
>his first artillery barrage and dropped half of it on his own troops! 
>
>The survivors of the assault moved into the research centre to try and 
>"dig in" while the A and B troops engaged the Exocrines in a long 
>range shoot out which the Exocrines lost. At this point I decided to 
>try and drop a bio weapon barrage on the newly arrived C troop, but no 
>one with a LOS on them seemed able to call fire, so I dropped the 
>barrage on one of the tank troops, which it could not affect directly, 
>but it did force a morale check for the entire force that lead to D 
>troop routing and C troop becoming shaken.
>
>At this point the French HQ arrived and managed to rally the Infantry; 
>the French player (My brother in law Bill) worked out the significance 
>of the Warrior stands and started to concentrate fire on units that 
>had them.
>
>The French then moved in to retake the research centre dropping a 
>barrage on the centre with great effect with the HQ unit's artillery 
>observer making his first roll. As he moved in for the kill the 6" 
>range of the surviving warriors IAVR came as a bit of a surprise 
>taking out 2 tanks.
>
>When the assault went in the French managed to push the Tryranids out 
>into the open and broke the surviving "infantry".
>
>At this point we called it a day, the Tryanids still had some Mirins, 
>Biovores, Carnifexes and Termagants left but all the Warriors were 
>dead, on the other hand the French had lost some APCs, Tanks and 
>Infantry and were not in a state to follow up; RS Muriel was a 
>complete wreck.
>
>This seemed to go closer to my intention for the scenario than last 
>time I ran it with both sides having chances to attack and defend. As 
>the Tyranid player I really felt the lack of a dedicated artillery 
>observer unit and also felt that I could have done with a better long 
>range tank killer.
>
>Chris Downes-Ward
>
>
>
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