A Quickly Fixed Hang-over!

Ansgar slowly woke up with a severe dizziness. The room spun around like a mad carousel and his bunk smelled of vomit. It had been a hell of a party last night, as Brother Kai finally had earned his wings and had become a battle-brother of the Sky Dancers. Ansgar only half remembered all he had drunk, but it had probably emptied the supply of Mjod for months. He swore to himself… no drinking tonight then… Then he smiled. It was worth it. It was a party rarely seen here on this disgusting planet. A party worthy the sons of Russ. His smiled died when he thought of Esenie X. The planet was hostile and full of xenos. Not that he didn’t like hostile planets… on the contrary… hostile planets were to be tamed by the Wolves. Tamed by the sons of Russ. But Esenie X… there was too many different xenos. Too many to get to grips with them. If one xenos threat was hammered down, another, totally different, came up. Oh, if there were only greenskins here on esenie… that would be like the good old days. He smiled when he thought of the battle of Ornheim… he and his squadron had harassed a huge amount of Ork fortfications and paved the way for the killing blow by the ground troops. Ansgar then heard a knock on the door and muffled voice…

-Brother Ansgar! You’re late for the briefing… Brother Ansgar! You should…

-I’m coming! I’m coming!! Holy Russ! Calm down… Let a man get himself together…

He slowly rose and started to put on his habit coat. What was going on now? A mission, perhaps… He felt slightly clearer in his head, opened the door and went to the briefing.

***

Brother Ansgar searched the sky for the Orks and saw them approaching in the distance. Head-on, as usual. Orks were predictable… but good fighters. But they lacked imagination and always first went for the throat of their enemy. Sometimes they got away with it… especially when they were united and numerous. But often they just crashed into their enemies and then lost their momentum. And then they were cut down… He looked to his left and nodded to Kai, who nodded back. They had decided for the split’n divide tactic long before they saw the Orks and the Orks would surely take the bait. Ansgar banked to the right and Brother Kai and Brother Stein banked slightly to the left. Then the bullets started flying. Two Ork Dakkajets fired their rockets, but the missed all three Sky Dancer Xiphons. But while the missiles missed, bullets tore into Ansgars Xiphon. He swore and saw that Kai also took some hits. These Orks were lucky though, he thought, and now their luck would run out. He locked on a Dakkajet slightly to his right, banked a little to his right and hit the trigger. The Dakkajet shuddered as the Quad Lascannon tore it in two halves! He saw the Ork pilot giving him the finger as the Dakkajet turned downwards with fire and smoke eating the ramshackled aircraft up. A quick glance up and to the left told him that Kai also had shot down a Dakkajet. There was some smoke coming from one of Kai’s engine exhausts, but nothing severe. Good. He liked Kai. Ansgar turned upwards and found a third Dakkajet in his sights. Instinctively he again hit the trigger and the Dakkajet exploded in a ball of flames. The fourth Dakkajet turned sharply away from the Sky Dancers and moved quickly away. Brother Ansgar let it go. He was already looking forward to the celebration of downing xenos. Then he realized… they were out of mjod!! Aaarrrgh!!

Game: Aeronautica Imperialis

Points: 75

Location: Esenie X - The Pomonian Mountains: Mountains of Aska

Forces: Gozzy's Skyboyz (Orks) vs. 101st EAF "Sky Dancers" (Astartes: Space Wolves)