Take the Bridge

Apseraph rides to war. The Seer's goal is to stop the chaos forces from crossing the bridge and getting deeper into Hive Tempestus.

Chaos armour digs in across the river coughing dirty smoke into the air.

The strike force's jetbikes surge across the ruins followed closely by the grav-tanks. Walkers hold the flank, peppering the enemy with laser fire.

The Quadruped s first to reach the bridge, the apc's just behind.
The fire dragons make their first kill, torching the vindicator.
The shining spears destroy the Quadruped, taking the bridge.

The spears are soon beset by terminators and berserkers. The lone exarch dies with honour.

Daemons are summoned to support the marines, the autarch with his spiders set to the task of purging them.

Led by the farseer, the guardian jetbikes seek vengeance for their fallen comrades.

Using hit and run tactics, the daemons are left confused, the spiders inflict kills with few of their number falling.

Chaos takes the bridge, the dire avengers are sent in.

From the ruins, the Black Legion squad continues to preform summoning rituals indifferent to the approaching falcon.

Now numbering half their original squad size, the spiders turn their attention to a second group of daemons.

One survives the assault, with no spiders to be seen...

At the bridge, the combined firepower of te remaining eldar force reduces the berserkers to one. He eyes the fire dragon exarch...

They fight in the river, the eldar warrior surviving the duel, barely.

The reserve unit was targeted by some raptors late in the battle. The guardians poured firepower on them but only killed one. That is the fury of artisans!

The fire dragons, deep in enemy territory, were forced to burn their way to the Black Legionnaires who had dug themselves in.

The raptors shot guardians with little reprisal.

The autarch finally caught up with the remaining daemon, and slayed it. With the dire avengers holding the bridge the eldar had won, but not without many casualties.
Chaos was stopped, but not destroyed.