Chaos Space Marines vs T'au Empire

Mission: Maelstorm of War: Spoils of War
Deployment Type: Hammer and Anvil
Point Limit: 2000
Lists:

Chaos Space Marines:
Battalion Detachment: Legion: Black Legion

• HQ
• Abaddon the Despoiler
• Chaos Lord equipped with Chainsword, Power maul, The Eye of Night
• Troops
• 3 x 10-man Chaos Cultists

Vanguard Detachment: Legion: Black Legion

• HQ
• Warpsmith
• Elites
• 3 x Helbrute equipped with Missile launcher, Reaper autocannon

Spearhead Detachment: Legion: Black Legion

• HQ
•  Chaos Lord equipped with Chainsword, Power sword
• Heavy Support
• 2 x 9-man Havocs equipped with 4 x Lascannon
• 2 x 9-man Havocs equipped with 4 x Missile launcher
• 8-man Havocs equipped with 4 x Missile launcher

T'au Empire:
Brigade Detachment: Bork'an Sept

• HQ
• Cadre Fireblade equipped with Markerlight and 2 x MV4 Shield Drone
• Commander in XV86 Coldstar Battlesuit equipped with 2 x Fusion blaster, Plasma accelerator rifle and Shield generator
• Ethereal equipped with Honour blade and 2 x MV4 Shield Drone
• Troops
• 10-man Kroot Carnivores
• 11-man Kroot Carnivores
• 3 x 10-man Strike Team
• Elites
• Kroot Shaper
• XV104 Riptide Battlesuit equipped with 2 x Smart missile system, Advanced targeting system and Heavy burst cannon
• 5-man XV25 Stealth Battlesuits
• XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit equipped with 2 x Fusion blaster, Fusion collider, 2 x MV5 Stealth Drone, Shield generator, Target lock
• Fast Attack
• 3 x 6-man Pathfinder Team
• Heavy Support
• 3 x XV88 Broadside Battlesuits equipped with 2 x High-yield missile pod, 2  x Smart missile system, Velocity tracker and 2 x MV4 Shield Drone

The Deployment:
The Bloodthirster is the Riptide, Poxwalkers are Fire Warriors and Skaven are Kroots.

T'au Turn 1:
They kill 2 squads of Cultists, a Chaos Lord and a few Cultists from the third squad.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 1:
I kill a squad of Pathfinders, a squad of Kroots, most of one squad of Fire Warriors and a few from a second squad. Cultist redeploy assault the Commander but they all die.

T'au Turn 2:
Whole army starts to move forward and they kill 6 Havocs and a Helbrute.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 2:
I repair a Helbrute. I kill a squad of Fire Warriors, a Broadside and a couple of Fire Warriors and Pathfinders.

T'au Turn 3:
Again they move forward and kill 2 Helbrutes and a Havoc.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 3:
Drones suck up a lot of damage but still I kill a Broadside and get the Riptide at half wounds. Warpsmith kills a Stealth Suite.

T'au Turn 4:
Forward, shoot, kill 5 Havocs and a Chaos Lord holding objective 4.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 4:
Drones start to fall and I kill the Riptide and the last squad of Fire Warriors. Warpsmith kills 2 Stealth Suites.

T'au Turn 5:
They kill a squad of Havocs.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 5:
I killed the Kroots then I struggled to wound the Ghostkeel.

T'au Turn 6:
They killed the Warpsmith and a couple of Havocs.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 6:
Whole army shoot and barely managed to kill the Stealth Battlesuite and the Cadre Fireblade.

Game ends with T'au victory. Final score was Chaos Space Marines 8 - 10 T'au Empire.