Battle of Winders IX

Battle of Winders IX

New factions join the fray, with Adeptus Mechanicus and Iron Hands making first contact to a previously unknown Hive Fleet in the Winders solar system.

Narrative

151.206.M41 The Winders system being remored to having been populated by an ancient techsavvy race, the Adeptus Mechanicus dispatches an exploring party to reveal its planets hidden secrets. Anticipating conflicts with hidden xenos forces, the Iron Hands supply a couple of platoons for fire support. However, when entering the ice world of Winders IX, the boarding party gets trapped into a fight for life and death when discovering Tyranids forces. The reason for the tyranids to attack this ice world remains as mysterious as unknown.

Resolving the battle

Despite having reinforced in a tactical position behind a frozen river, the Mechanicus and Iron Hands are quickly threated by a pride of carnifexes stomping into their direction. A leading predator gets mauled between the claws of the carnifexes, forcing the mankind forces to focus their fire on these moutains of flesh and bones. This enables the tyranids to unleash a mass of psychic attacks as the Imperial troops discover they are not facing one but two hive tyrants both on air and land, aided by zoanthropes and a tervigon. 

Even when the veterans of the Iron Hands teleport into the battle in their mighty Terminator armours, resistance remains futile as the great devourer yet again honours his name by overwhelming the Imperial forces and drawing the invaders off the ice world.