{"id":3104,"date":"2015-04-20T14:07:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T18:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/?p=3104"},"modified":"2017-05-14T19:41:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T23:41:47","slug":"escalation-on-solypsus-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2015\/04\/escalation-on-solypsus-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Escalation on Solypsus 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/banner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/banner.png\" alt=\"banner\" width=\"600\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/banner.png 600w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/banner-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/banner-60x16.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday concluded the map portion of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/tag\/solypsus-9\/\">Solypsus 9 campaign<\/a>!\u00a0Fickle as they are foul, The Legions of Discord realized a losing battle when they\u00a0saw one and quickly retreated from their\u00a0beachhead gained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2015\/03\/alliances-of-solypsus-9\/\">last month<\/a>. That left Spoilers and Order battling it out for control of the colony:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Forces of Order:<\/strong> Skitarii, Kingbreakers Space Marines, Sanguine Hunters Space Marines, and Grey Knights<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spoiler Horde:<\/strong> Tyranid, Dark Eldar, and two complements of Necrons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are a few more photos in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tjkopena\/sets\/72157652010806386\/\">gallery<\/a>. Full results and missions are on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pagegaming.com\/index.php?n=Warhammer40k.20150419Tournament\">event webpage<\/a>. Campaign mechanics are in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2015\/01\/the-campaign-for-solypsus-9\/\"><em>Solypsus 9<\/em> outline<\/a>. Coming up next month is the\u00a0conclusion of the\u00a0series in an\u00a0Apocalyptic mega-battle for the planet!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3105\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0857.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3105\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0857-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Master Apothecary Sauvon of the Kingbreakers singlehandedly holds back a flight of Necron Wraiths on their way to a key objective.\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0857-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0857-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0857-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0857.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Master Apothecary Sauvon of the Kingbreakers singlehandedly holds back a flight of Necron Wraiths on their way to a key objective.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Solypsus 9<\/h2>\n<p>Apparently\u00a0desperate for even the most meager source of biomass,\u00a0months ago a Tyranid horde <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2015\/01\/drop-on-solypsus-9\/\">dropped<\/a> on the small, forgotten, and largely\u00a0barren Imperial outpost of Solypsus 9. Among the horde\u00a0was a new Ork hybrid xenomorph assimilated\u00a0in the course of earlier fighting throughout the sector.\u00a0Caught off guard by this new threat and attack vector, Imperial forces rushing to defend the colony successfully shored up the major technical installations,\u00a0reinforcing the\u00a0Mine, Lab, Comms Tower, and Starport, but left the miserable population trapped within the Hab Blocks to be overrun and feasted upon.<\/p>\n<p>Encouraged by this small blow to the Imperium, all manner of xenos then joined\u00a0the fight, whether simply to revel in the bloodshed or for darker motivations. The significance of Solypsus 9\u00a0then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2015\/02\/shift-on-solypsus-9\/\">shifted<\/a>, as the Imperium continued reinforcing the planet rather than\u00a0abandoning the fight or declaring it <em>Exterminatus<\/em>, while\u00a0the Tyranid made good a new, purposeful\u00a0assault on the Laboratory and knocked the defenders back to the Generator.<\/p>\n<p>Intrigued by this deeper shading on the conflict, the Chaos gods finally sent their minions and champions to the conflict. Intense multi-faceted fighting between all three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2015\/03\/alliances-of-solypsus-9\/\">alliances<\/a> splintered control for the colony, knocking the Spoilers out of all the major installations and the Legions of Discord securing a breachpoint on the planet among the Hab Blocks and Order\u00a0regaining\u00a0the Laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>Finding nothing of interest to their unknowable minds, the major Discord\u00a0forces were quickly redrawn by their overlords, but still the Order\u00a0and Spoilers alliances battle on\u00a0in an ever-escalating war for Solypsus 9&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3095\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0691.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3095\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0691-799x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Final disposition of armies and territories after the third event.\" width=\"530\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0691-799x1024.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0691-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0691-60x77.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0691.jpg 1110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Final disposition of armies and territories after the third event.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Battle<\/h2>\n<p>Fighting in the fourth phase of the campaign focused on\u00a0the Mine and Lab:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First Round:<\/strong> Tyranid moved on the Mine from the\u00a0desert and crushed the just-arrived Grey Knights to gain a defensible position. Kingbreakers counter-attacked in the desert, but were intercepted and soundly beaten by Necrons and mind-controlled\u00a0Tau.\u00a0Dark Eldar went to investigate why the Tyranid and Imperium have\u00a0shown so much interest in the Lab, but were blocked by Skitarii and a Mechanicus reclamation team, their sudden appearance yet another sign of the colony&#8217;s hidden significance. Sanguine Hunters and Necrons both besieged the Hab Blocks, with the Blood Angels successors displacing Discord defenders as well as prevailing over the automatons.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second Round:<\/strong> Tyranid violently tore\u00a0through the Skitarii to regain the Laboratory. Sanguine Hunters attempted to reclaim the Mine, but were ensnared en route by Dark Eldar raiders. Necrons marched on the Starport and obliterated\u00a0the defending Kingbreakers. Grey Knights and Necrons fought\u00a0over the Comms Tower, but Order maintained control.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third Round:<\/strong> Vengeful Kingbreakers counter-attacked the core of the Tyranid campaign at the Laboratory and\u00a0regained the facility in a swirling maelstrom of ground-to-air combat.\u00a0Grey Knights attacked the Mine but Dark Eldar raiders once again swept\u00a0in to cut and shatter the thrust en route. Necrons decisively defended their hold on the Starport against the Sanguine\u00a0Hunters. At the Comms Tower, heavily augmented Skitarii waged a chillingly brutal yet ultimately bloodless combat with the fully automated Necron and won\u00a0the field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_3108\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0903.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3108\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0903-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Tyranid swarm over ground defenders far below.\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0903-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0903-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0903-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0903.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyranid swarm over ground defenders far below.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3110\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0838.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3110\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0838-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The Knight Errant Greenheart fights Necron among the colony's installations.\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0838-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0838-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0838-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0838.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Knight Errant Greenheart fights Necron among the colony&#8217;s installations.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3111\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0905.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3111\" class=\"wp-image-3111 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0905-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Kingbreakers march to fight the Tyranid over ground already corrupted by Chaos' brief occupation.\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0905-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0905-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0905-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0905.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kingbreakers march to fight the Tyranid over ground already corrupted by Chaos&#8217; brief occupation.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Outcome<\/h2>\n<p>Spoilers won the first round of the day significantly, more than doubled out Order in the second round, but lost significantly in the third round due to a couple Order players securing both massacres and their covert missions. The horde though still carried the day, 173 to 134, and closed the gap toward Order&#8217;s tally. That puts the total victory points earned at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Order:<\/strong>\u00a0123 + 179 + 76 + 134 = 512\u00a0victory points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spoilers:<\/strong>\u00a0110 + 140 + 66 + 173= 489\u00a0victory points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Discord:<\/strong>\u00a0114 victory points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite the Skitarii leadership&#8217;s\u00a0strenuous\u00a0and ominous exhortations for Order to make sure it\u00a0has a way to get off the planet, the Spoilers took hold of the Starport in addition to the mine. Order regained the Laboratory and the remains of the Hab Blocks, and continues to hold the Comms Tower and Generator. Both alliances achieved their chosen strategic objective for the day: Spoilers\u00a0for the Mine, and Order for the Laboratory. That puts the total campaign points earned at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Order:<\/strong> 5\u00a0+ 5 + 12 + 14= 36 campaign points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spoilers:<\/strong> 1 + 4 + 0 + 9 = 14 campaign points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Discord:<\/strong> 6 campaign points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All told, Spoilers and Order have waged a closely fought tactical war, with just 23 victory points separating them. But Order has managed to largely defend and control the colony from the\u00a0onslaught. They&#8217;ll be hard pressed to defend all those installations though when the\u00a0world is thrown into Apocalypse!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3112\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/final-disposition.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3112\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/final-disposition-772x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Disposition of Solypsus 9 after the fourth event.\" width=\"530\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/final-disposition-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/final-disposition-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/final-disposition-60x80.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/final-disposition.jpg 858w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Disposition of Solypsus 9 after the fourth event.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Revelation Is At Hand<\/h2>\n<p>Next month our Solypsus 9 campaign will conclude with an epic mega-battle as the Apocalypse arrives\u00a0and the alliances battle it out for final control of the colony&#8217;s installations. Stay tuned for details, as there will be a fair amount of coordinating beforehand to ensure a fun, strategic game for everybody.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/kingbreakers-icon.png\" alt=\"kingbreakers-icon\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>First Sergeant Scolirus subtly\u00a0flexed the\u00a0fingers of his powerfist\u00a0impatiently as the Skitarii in front of him chittered away. He had no idea what it was trying to convey and didn&#8217;t much care for their heavily augmented kind, despite or perhaps because of the bionic reconstruction throughout the left half of his face. Moments from\u00a0pushing it off and walking away though, he suddenly somehow understood the smallest\u00a0part of the message. \u00a0The Mine. There was something important\u00a0in the Mine? The Skitarii shook its head and blatted out its techna-lingua at an even more frantic pace. Finally Scolirus got the message. \u00a0Not something, but someone&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_3113\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0904.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3113\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0904-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The hive mind comes to take what it wants...\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0904-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0904-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0904-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0904.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The hive mind comes to take what it wants&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday concluded the map portion of our Solypsus 9 campaign!\u00a0Fickle as they are foul, The Legions of Discord realized a losing battle when they\u00a0saw one and quickly retreated from their\u00a0beachhead gained last month. That left Spoilers and Order battling it out for control of the colony: Forces of Order: Skitarii, Kingbreakers Space Marines, Sanguine Hunters &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2015\/04\/escalation-on-solypsus-9\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[411],"tags":[272,257,274,29,45,258],"class_list":["post-3104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campaigns","tag-40k","tag-featured","tag-miniatures","tag-page","tag-redcaps","tag-solypsus-9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3104"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3122,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3104\/revisions\/3122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}