Fortress Siege Game 3: Heretic Astartes vs T'au Empire

Mission: Maelstorm of War: Tactical Escalation, Eternal War: Scorched Earth
Deployment Type: Dawn of War
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: 
Battalion Detachment: Sept: Vior'la

•  HQ
• Commander in XV86 Coldstar Battlesuit equipped with 3 x Fusion blaster, MV7 Marker Drone and Shield generator
• Ethereal equipped with Honour blade, Puretide engram neurochip
• Troops
• 5-man  Fire Warrior equipped with 5 x Pulse Blaster 
• 2 x 5-man  Fire Warrior equipped with 5 x Pulse Rifle
• Elites
• 3-man XV8 Crisis Battlesuits equipped with 4 x MV4 Shield Drone, 2 x MV7 Marker Drone, Advanced targeting system, 6 x Burst cannon, Drone controller
•  3-man XV8 Crisis Battlesuits equipped with 4 x MV4 Shield Drone, 2 x MV7 Marker Drone, Advanced targeting system, 6 x Burst cannon, Shield generator, XV8-02 Crisis Iridium Battlesuit
• Fast Attack
• 5-man Pathfinder Team equipped with MB3 Recon Drone, MV31 Pulse Accelerator Drone, MV33 Grav-inhibitor Drone, 2 x Markerlight, 3 x Ion rifle

Vanguard Detachment: Sept: Vior'la

• HQ
• Commander in XV86 Coldstar Battlesuit equipped with High-output burst cannon, 2 x Missile pod, MV4 Shield Drone, Shield generator
• Elites
• 2 x 3-man XV25 Stealth Battlesuits equipped with MV7 Marker Drone, 2 x Burst Cannon, 3 x Shield generator, Fusion blaster 
• 2 x XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit equipped with 2 x Fusion blaster, Advanced targeting system, Cyclic ion raker, 2 x MV5 Stealth Drone, Shield generator 

Auxiliary Support Detachment: Sept: T’au Sept

• HQ
• Longstrike equipped with 2 x MV1 Gun Drone, Ion cannon

The Deployment:
Crisis suits and Commanders are held in reserves.

Heretic Astartes Turn 1:
Havocs kill Longstrik, the Pathfinder team, a squad of Fire Warriors and most of the Drones on the battlefield. Helbrutes kill some Stealth suits then the Cultists assault them.

T'au Empire Turn 1:
One Commander drops on one of the objectives and the rest of the army only manages to kill a squad of Cultists.

Heretic Astartes Turn 2:
I redeploy the red Cultists to hold 2 objectives then I kill all the Drones and the Fire Warriors.

T'au Empire Turn 2:
Commander and Crisis Battlesuits drop on the battlefield and kill the blue Havocs team.

Heretic Astartes Turn 3:
I start shooting and I kill almost all the Drones and 3 Crisis suits. Chaos Lord tries to assault the Crisis, he fails the charge and is left in 1 wound.

T'au Empire Turn 3:
Crisis secure objective 4 and kill the Cultists. Commander finds a spot from where he can hit Abaddon, but doesn't do enough damage to kill him. Ghostkeels kill 2 more Havocs.

Heretic Astartes Turn 4:
I remove the Commander next to Abaddon, I finish off the Crisis and start wounding the Ghostkeels.

T'au Empire Turn 4:
All remaining units take and objective and the Commander kills 2 Havocs.

Heretic Astartes Turn 5:
I finally kill the Ghostkeels.

T'au Empire Turn 5:
Commander kills one more purple Havoc.

Heretic Astartes Turn 6:
Unfortunately for my opponent we went to turn 6 and I tabled him.

I was lucky this game, I stole the initiative and made a lot of saves on the Havocs.