There they were joined by some eldar mercenaries contracted by De Chemy to bolster the resistance's ailing numbers. De Chemy knew that the days were numbered before an all out Ducal assault on the farm. The wise thing to do right now would be to withdraw and scatter his forces to continue on fighting a war of subterfuge and ambushes. However, the his forces morale was critically low after their defeat at Noxdown, and his numbers were greater than ever before. Therefore he decided to do the unexpected. He would fortify New Argentina, and prepare to weather the Kalitzfornian storm...
The farm of Kalitzfornia and its nearby surroundings after undergoing fortification. |
De Chemy leading the coalition between Pale Hand operatives and OKA forces at New Argentina. |
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Meanwhile, back at Ducal HQ, an assault force has been assembled to be lead by the KNB (Kalitzfornian Naval Brigade) Master and Commander Veladaunt.
The assembled KNB forces arrayed for inspection. Notice the Duchess herself in the foreground accompanied by two of her children. |
Duchess Fenja Evitae: The last time the KNB attempted an assault upon the rebel forces, a disaster insued... Tell me, Mr Veladaunt, can you insure that that will not happen a second time?
MnC Veladaunt: Ma'am, no plan survives contact with the enemy... But even so, I believe that we can win the day!
Duchess Fenja Evitae: Yes, yes, I know my Rommel... But winning the day isn't everything you know...
Lady Colette: Last time we didn't have the Octaver with our forces. Hopefully he and Buddy will be able to turn the tide of battle...
Lord-Admiral Henry: (beaming) And of course we have our little surprise as well!
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The battle would begin with a Kalitzfornian bombing run...
A Kalitzfornian multi-purpose carrier begins its bombing run on the rebel positions. Lacking anti-air capabilities, the OKA and Pale Hand forces can only hunker down and pray... |
Bombs were not the only things dropped as a homing beacon lands by the farmhouse, temporarily shielded by a smoke screen. |
The Ducal forces advance in the wake of the bombing, hoping to catch their foes in disarray. They are, however, going to be disappointed...
"For Kalitzfornia, the Duchy, and the Duchess!" |
A frognaught heavy weapons team cut down their Ducal counterparts with ease... |
However, the enemy infantry return fire, killing a frognaught and pinning the team. |
Disaster! Mr Veladaunt is hit by eldar mercenaries and goes down! |
With their commander fallen as a casualty, the Kalitzfornian forces begin to falter...
The rebels gain confidence with an OKA assault squad moving up from the defensive line. |
Just in time! The Octaver and his faithful drone, Buddy teleport in next to the homing beacon! Can the Ducal Special Forces save the day? |
The situation looks grim for the Duchy as two askari fall afoul of the eldar and their needle guns! |
The surviving askari stands no chance as the OKA assault team closes to melee. |
Finally! The frognaught anchoring the northern position in the Pale Hand defensive line is taken out by the KNB! |
The Octaver advances from behind the smoke screen and opens fire upon the OKA rifle team... Buddy follows suite with devastating effect! |
The tide begins to turn... |
The OKA assault team, fresh from their victory against the askari, square up with an KNB squad. |
In a blur of action both sides launch themselves at each other. The OKA assault team is slaughtered in the brutal melee that ensues... A first in the campaign! |
The Octaver and Buddy continue their rampage behind enemy lines, taking out one of the eldar mercs from behind! |
De Chemy steps out from beside a tent with his specially modded laser pistol and scores a lucky hit against Buddy. The loyal drone is out of the fight! |
Grimacing in rage, the Octaver charges forward at the remaining eldar, finally emerging victorious after a protracted bout of fisticuffs with the mercenaries. |
The battle is over... the dead litter the field... At long last De Chemy and the Octaver square off. |
De Chemy: (with a bitter sneer) Fine... You've one this time, but I'm not done with you and your little Duchy! Oh no... You'll see... one day!
With that De Chemy drops the flashbang grenade that he had been fiddling with and in the ensuing confusion manage to escape to his car...
"I'll get them! One of these day!" |
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Soon after, the Ducal reinforcements arrive to secure the farm. Lord-Admiral Henry and Lady Colette arrive by teleporter to survey the field of battle...
"By the gods! This is a mess!" - Lord Henry |
"And to think that it was all for one stupid little farm..." - Lady Colette |
Lord-Admiral Henry: (frowning) Mum will NOT be pleased.
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This concludes the final episode of The New Argentina Campaign.
I hope everyone reading this enjoyed. This last one was a little less text heavy. The amount of text will probably vary from post to post.
To conclude, I have other campaigns in the w(orks) which shall hopefully crop up sometime. I am also planning to put in some rambling posts as well as possibly some background here and there.
However a warning should be put out that I am liable to chop and change universes now and again (I juggle both this universe and another sci-fi one in Beyond the Gates of Antares)...
But I digress...
Thank you for reading!
Regards,
Joshua