Re: [Epic] Heroes and Dogs of War

From: Thomas Lee Denney <seether_at_...>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 23:39:51 -0500

I just LMAOROF the entire way through this post. What luck and bad luck!!


At 03:09 PM 7/31/97 -0700, you wrote:
>> ----> this ougta be required. Great stuff - Hey Fellow List Members,
>> even if you
>> don't want to fool with a battle report, why don't we at least hear the
>> "hero of
>> the fight" and "dog of the fight" report like this.
>>
>> Chris Miller
>>
>Good idea, Chris!
>
>This will sort of be a conglomeration of all the battles I have played to
>date:
>
>Hero of the Day -- Infantry
>Awarded to ... the Painted Genestealer! I have so many models that my
painting
>rate is somewhat less than desired. The Painted Genestealer was the first of
>the brood to be painted and was the only painted one for many many battles.
>It now has a mark on the bottom of the base so I can still distinguish it. A
>brief combat history:
>
>*sole survivor of Rad Bomb strike, later survives battle after taking down
>most of a biker guild
>*sole survivor of brood which died in buildings due to enemy fire [I
placed the
>Painted stealer in the open in a blatant show of non-favortism and still
every
>shot missed]
>*survived attack by an entire detachment of nightwings, twice!
>*has been the sole survivor of brood on at least 5 or 6 occasions
>
>Hero of the Day -- Titan
>Awarded to ... Titan Redemptor of the 43rd Reaver Battlegroup, Legio Baker
>Primus, Command Reaver of the "Hook Squadron" for a successful Harpoon strike
>on a renegade Imperator Titan. This forced the enemy crew to scuttle their
>own titan and saved the day.
>
>Lame Dog -- Infantry
>Awarded to ... Captain Howard, 4th Battle Company, Crimson Fists Chapter,
>Adeptus Astartes. He ordered two companies of troops into Drop Pods for
>battlefield deployment. Unfortunately, the atmosphere of the planet was
>too thick and many of the pods had their doors fused shut from the heat of
>re-entry. 2/3 of both companies were destroyed by ground fire while the
>occupants attempted to exit the pods. Captain Howard's pod was smashed by
>another pod upon landing.
>
>Lame Dog -- Titan
>Awarded to ... Titan Devastation of the 18th Reaver Battlegroup, Legio Argent
>Defender. The princeps managed to get his Titan stripped of void shields by
>opposing Phantom Titans. Further pulsar fire then pierced the armored
canopy
>of the bridge and destroyed the entire command deck. The Titan was then
>blasted directly backwards where it slammed into the ground directly on
top of
>the Commanding Officer of the Imperial Guard Heavy Company which was holding
>that flank of the field. This left an opening for a Wave Serpent to fire its
>warp wave and pulp the remaining officers of the company. Deprived of their
>officers, and with no Commissars in sight, the Guardsmen crumbled.
>
>Well, that was fun.
>Sean U
>
>
Received on Fri Aug 01 1997 - 04:39:51 UTC