Ambush of the Red Reaver- a grimm omens campaign

 

The Red Reaver- After escaping House Harrowstorm Grimm and his ships jumped to the next system.  There Grimm could transfer from the Red Reaver to his own cruiser The Dread Lord.  No sooner had they arrived in system then alarms sounded as a half dozen destroyer class vessels from a khornate renegade warband engaged them.  The Dread Lord quickly dispatched 2 of the pirate vessels and tried to hold off the rest.  One slipped past engaging the Red Reaver but backed off after feeling the sting of her guns.  Grimm snarled in frustration as the vessel kept on a parallel course just out of effective range.  The Red Reaver shuddered under a series of sudden impacts.

     "Status?" Grimm demanded.

     "Two dreadclaw impacts" a Corsair mortal answered.

     "Show me." Grimm demanded looking towards the hololithic projection of the Red Reaver.

     The hololithic projection showed two impact points amidship above the port gun decks.

     "They are going for the fire control centers so they can close and properly board us," Harkon said.

     "Prepare to repel boarders!" Grimm ordered as he and Harkon readied weapons and made for the fire control stations.

     Emerging rom the dreadclaws chaos spawn and khornate corsairs began to move into the ship's interior just as the Black Legion moved to intercept them.

A group of possessed guardsmen moved towards the one control room and paused as they heard the enraged snarled of a chaos spawn.  The Khornate monster bypassed the controls it's mouth wide and fangs barred as it slammed into the guardsmen who opened up on it.  Shots bounced off of tough sinewy hide and the beast was on them.  Biting the head off of one before it's claws and talons evicerated them.  The dazed guardsmen fell back from the raging beast.

Harkon led his squad towards the central control center making his way down corridors when a band of khornate cultists burst out from a neighboring corridor chainblades revving and stimms coursing through them.

     "BLOOD! SKULLS!DEATH!  They screamed and threw themselves at Harkon His powerfist pulping them as they came on.  The rest died on the blades of his squadmates as the dark haunted corridor was turned into a gore drenched abitrour of butchered cultists.

Having fell back from the rampaging spawn the surviving possessed guardsmen opened fire on it along with a squad of reinforcing black legionnaires.  The spawn was blown apart in a welter of blood and sinewy as the hail of fire shredded it.  Harkon advanced to secure a fire control stations while a few corridors over Grimm led his chosen to download the same.

A squad of berserkers suddenly blew their way through a bulkheads and fell on Harkon and his squad.  Chainblades clashed together filling the air with their growls.  Both sides hacked and slashed at each other until only one berserker remained facing Harkon and one of his squad.  Harkon started to swing his powerfist in a smashing overhead blow.  As the berserker raised his glaive up to block it Harkon lunged with his left hand and fired his plasma pistol into the berserkers chest and held the trigger down until steam breathed the weapon as emergency venting and coolant kicked in to prevent the weapon from exploding.  The berserker lay dead his chest cored and his body smoldering in plasma fires.

The Reaver captain and his chosen charged Grimm and his chosen.  As Grimm fought wildly to keep the onslaught at bay four of his chosen were butchered horrifically.  Grimm lashed out at the Reaver captain with the warp.  The warp flames engulfed the Reaver and then all the flames appeared to be sucked b up and absorbed by the brass collar the captain wore around his neck.  The collar glowed and seemed to imbibe the Reaver captain with demonic power and rage.  Grimm blocked his attacks but the force hurled Grimm and his chosen across the compartment.  Before the reavers could capitalize Grimm drew upon the warp and threw up a kine shield.

The ship shuddered as it unleashed a broadside against the Reaver ship.  Cursing the Reaver captain activated a teleport locis.  Grimm watched the captain stare at him with hatred and fury as he teleported away.  Over the vox Grimm listened as the reports poured in of the reavers breaking off their attacks and making to escape.  Grimm and his force were victorious.