GUN ON ICE PLANET ZERO
A HALO Fleet Battles/Ground Command Combined Scenario
The Covenant Huragok have conceived of a hellish new weapon. Rather than firing mere plasma, it projects a tachyon field around a heavy plasma-wreathed super-metal core, using time-dilation to rush the whole ammo construct through the lifecycle of a star. By the time it reaches the target, they are either struck by the kinetic mass of a fist sized white dwarf, or an actual pinpoint black hole travling a substantial percentage of lightspeed.
Few objects can survive. And the accurate range is measured in the scale of AU’s, not kilometers.
The Sangheili caste have named it the Feya 'Ravam aka The Mother Tongue.
The Prophets, being highly enchanted by such a weapon, have ordered it deployed to the world of Ariel.
There, it has been sufficient to cut off UNSC operation in the entire system, and leaving millions of personnel stranded on Ariel to be methodically hunted down by Covenant forces.
The UNSC has dispatched a desperate response to try and take out this weapon before the Covenant can further reinforce the system. The future of Humanity depends upon their success.
Set-Up: Two 6x4 Tables will be set side by side with walking space between them.
One shall be Ground Command terrain, as set by the organizer. The Feya 'Ravam model is placed in the middle of the Covenant long edge.
One shall be a space battlefield, with a planet model for Ariel in the center. Other terrain as the organizer chooses. There will be a large amount of debris fields, representing the UNSC ships destroyed by the Feya 'Ravam.
• Game Rules: This is a TEAM scenario for up to four teams, up to four players per table.
• Each HALO Ground Command player should bring whatever models they have ready. Sides will be evened out points wise, up to two players per Faction.
• HALO Fleet Battles Players should bring up to 1500 pts, for no more than 3000pts per side. Only one Specialist Battle Group per player. ONE player per side is welcome to bring a Super-Carrier or CAS respectively, which will count as their Specialist Group. One Commander and one Hero per Team. Updated Fleet PDFs should be used.
• The Feya 'Ravam counts as 500 pts for the Covenant Side in Fleet Battles. Players may divide that tax amongst themselves as they see fit.
• Once forces are deployed, play starts simultaneously. However, neither table may move to the next turn until the other table is ready.
• As the start of every turn, if the Feya 'Ravam model is not engaged in combat, it may fire. The Covenant Team may choose to target any UNSC model that is not behind a moon. Roll 3d6 and add their total to 15 =>The attack rolls that many dice at Firepower 5. No other Modifiers of any sort apply. If the target lives, it takes one automatic Vulnerability token, then rolls for Crits as normal. No Commander abilities maybe used by the Covenant on this shot, but UNSC may use defensive abilities that do not impose firepower modifiers.
• The Feya 'Ravam may only be destroyed by Ground Forces. Stat line is TBD.
• Ships within
• The last Team with ships in orbit, or the most MFV in orbit when time is called, is the winner. The UNSC wins immediately if they destroy the Feya 'Ravam.
• Prizes will also begiven for Best Painted, and Best Sportsmanship.
