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EXECUTION HOUR

A battle based on Gordon Rennie’s novel ‘Execution Hour’

by TIM DRISCOLE

The current situation is this. The planet of

Belatis is doomed, its execution hour has been

set and Abaddon the Despoiler’s Planet Killer

ﬂeet are en route through the Warp. The

Imperium have no hope of defending the

planet, so are hastily abandoning it.

The Imperial Navy have constructed an

evacuation ﬂeet to rescue important people

and resources from the planet before the

Planet Killer arrives. This ﬂeet is currently in

orbit around Belatis and includes an Adeptus

Arbites Strike Cruiser, the Inviolable

Retribution , to collect the embattled Arbites

garrison. Two Sword class frigates, the Pegasus

and the Achilles , are posted out-system to

guard against the Chaos ﬂeet’s approach.

Rumours of the planet’s imminent demise has

sparked mass panic on the surface, and using

the rioting as cover, misguided Chaos cultists

have overrun most of Belatis, including

capturing the ground based orbital defence

weapons. Only pockets of Imperium resistance

remain on the surface.

In one of these pockets is Imperial Navy

Captain Leoten Semper, commander of the

Macharius . He was on a mission to the surface

when his shuttle was hit and crashed. The crew

of the Macharius , now under the command of

First Ofﬁcer Ulanti, believe their Captain is

dead, until the ship’s astropath receives a

message from the surface using Semper’s

personal security codex. Ulanti then seeks to

rescue his Captain.

As a subplot, amongst the Chaos ﬂeet is the

plagueship Virulent , commanded by Bulus Sirl.

Sirl was humilated at the battle of Helia IV by

the Macharius and has been plotting the

Macharius ’ destruction ever since. He has

managed to secretly infect the Macharius with

a Plaguebearer which is lurking in the lower

decks ready to cause havoc. Sirl wants nothing

more than to destroy his nemesis!

For more explanation read the book… it’s

great.

The Graf Orlock, Borodino, Inviolable Retribution and Macharius leave Belatis’ orbit

as the Planet Killer ﬂeet approaches.

“S OMEWHERE FAR OUT on the fringes of the Belatis system, something vast and terrible

ripped its way out of warp space and back into the realm of the real universe.

Following in its wake, dragged through the breach in the fabric of reality by the pull of

the object’s massive warp drive field were numerous smaller vessels, some of them

formidable weapons of war in their own right, but none of them as terrible and

powerful as the object they clustered around. This far out-system, it would take many

light-minutes for the energy of the object’s unique and massive warp-burst signature

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“L IKE THIEVES IN the night, the evacuation fleet slipped out of orbit and stole away into

the

stellar darkness, heading away from doomed Belatis.

Aboard the Macharius, the mood on the command deck was sombre and subdued. It

had been several hours since the final wave of evacuation shuttles had docked with the

cruiser Inviolable Retribution, carrying the last of the planet’s Adeptus Arbites

garrison force. In their wake had come a battered, damaged Arbites Eagle shuttle

craft, barely managing to limp its way up out of the gravity well. The heavily

Imperial Forces

Lord Solar Macharius (Ld 7)

Dictator class Cruiser

Drachenfels (Ld 9) Gothic class Cruiser

Graf Orlock (Ld 8) Lunar class Cruiser

Borodino (Ld 8) Lunar class Cruiser

Inviolable Retribution (Ld 9)

Adeptus Arbites Strike Cruiser (see below)

Pegasus and Achilles (Ld 7)

Sword class Frigates

15 Imperial Transports

1 Orbital Dock

2 Space Stations

2 Orbital Laser Platforms

2 Orbital Weapon Platforms

150 points of Imperial Escort vessels

(with random leadership) of any class

From Turn 2

3 defence laser silos (may start ﬁring from

Turn 2. They may not be attacked until they

have opened ﬁred)

Arriving on Turn 3

Virulent (Ld 8) Slaughter class Cruiser,

commanded by Bulus Sirl, Chaos Lord with

Mark of Nurgle

3 defence missile silos (may only ﬁre once)

Arriving on Turn 5

Scylla (Ld 9) Styx class Heavy Crusier

Kali (Ld 7) Slaughter class Cruiser

Planet Killer (Ld 10) commanded by Abbadon

the Despoiler, Warmaster of Chaos

Harbinger of Doom (Ld 10)

Chaos Space Marine Battle Barge

Deathlord (Ld 10) Desolator class Battleship

Despoiler (Ld 10) Desolator class Battleship

300 pts of Chaos Escort vessels

(with random Leadership) any class

Chaos Forces

Arriving on Turn 1

Charybdis (Ld 8)

Murder class Cruiser

2 squadrons of 5 Inﬁdel class Raiders (Ld 8)

First turn

The Chaos ﬂeet takes the ﬁrst turn.

45cm

Achilles and

Pegasus

Belatis

75cm

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“He watched as Belatis receded into the distance behind the retreating evacuation

convoy. It was a tomb now, he thought to himself, not just for Semper but for all still

left alive upon it. They had less than a day to live, if the estimates of the astrogation

lexmechanics were correct. For, moving through the outer system towards Belatis

was the Planet Killer, closing slowly but inexorably on its target. Long-range surveyor

scans showed that most of its escort fleet were still with it, moving slowly in-system

Set Up

Place a medium planet 75cm from the Chaos

table edge in the centre of the board. There are

no other celestial phenomena.

Chaos ships arrive on the turns noted, moving

on from their table edge.

All Imperial ships, except Pegasus and Achilles,

start in low orbit. Pegasus and Achilles must be

deployed no more than 45 cm from the Chaos

table edge.

The Adeptus Arbites Strike Cruiser counts as

the Space Marine equivalent in all respects,

except it carries assault boats instead of

Thunderhawks

Subplot One

On turn 5 the Inviolable Retribution and

Macharius must attempt to retrieve Captain

Semper by sending an attack craft wave to the

surface where they must wait for one turn and

return to base contact with either ship. If all the

attack craft are destroyed coming back Captain

Semper is killed and you fail. During this the

two ships count as a squadron, if you recover

the Captain the Macharius becomes Ld 8.

Subplot Two

If it is in range the Virulent must attempt to ﬁre

any weapons in arc at the Macharius . It can ﬁre

weapons not able to hit the Macharius at other

targets, but it must ﬁre at the Macharius if it

can.

Subplot Three

The Macharius has a Plaguebearer on board. At

the end of turn 4 roll a D6, on a 1 or 2 the ship

suffers an immediate engines damaged,

thrusters damaged and shield collapse critical.

None of these criticals cause any extra damage

and may all be repaired, including the shields.

Number of Turns

The game lasts until all the Imperial transports

have left the board or have been destroyed.

Special Rules and Sub Plots

The Imperial transports cannot leave orbit

until Turn 3.

The Planet Killer must destroy Belatis before

moving past it. To do this see the Exterminatus

scenario in the BFG rule book.

After the Planet Killer successfully destroys

Belatis roll a D6, after this many turns replace

the planet with an asteroid ﬁeld.

For the ﬁrst three turns of the game Imperial

ships are not affected by gravity.

The Harbinger of Doom may not attempt to

exterminate the planet and is immune to the

‘You have failed me for the last time...’ special

rule.

Victory! (and defeat)

To see who wins consult the table below.

Belatis Destroyed Belatis not destroyed Planet Killer destroyed

0-5 transports escape Chaos Victory Draw Imperial Major Victory

6-10 transports escape Chaos Minor Victory Imperial Minor Victory Imperial Major Victory

11-15 transports escape Draw

Imperial Victory

Imperial Major Victory

The Achilles and Pegasus face the Charybdis and Virulent in thevanguard of Abaddon’s ﬂeet

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