Necromunda – the Saxon Violets vs the Knuckle Dusters
Last Saturday my Saxon Violets faced off against an Orlock gang for the first time, and they did really well. It was a relatively quick game due to the girls’ effectiveness, but lots of fun, and they are now sitting at a *very* close 3rd in the campaign. I doubt I’ll make 1st (I’d probably need to draw the first place gang as an opponent, beat them, *and* take out 2 heavies completely), but 2nd is definitely a possibility.
I went first. Just about everybody ran forward and into what cover they could find on my first turn. Helkat unleashed some heavy stubber fire on an Orlock heavy, pinning him.
Helena 'Helkat' Katzenjammer.
Brynja Spearhavok, the Violets’ leader, deployed via vents in a position where she could provide backup to Eva Destruction without her stupidity being too much of a liability, Eva vented in near a group of three juves in the hopes of using her flamer in the early game, and Hurricane Amy vented into a position where she could hopefully assault either the Orlock heavy or his backup.
'Hurricane' Amy Reynolds; formerly Amy the juve.
The Orlocks took some shots, but the Violets stood their ground. At the end of their turn, their heavy got back up, and they *also* vented into the battlefield, one ganger arriving in cover about 9″ from Bettie Rage, and the leader arriving along with a backup ganger behind Calamity and Skitterbritches. Both also had a good LOF on Jailbird, Maybelline, and Patricia.
Jael 'Jailbird' Nightingale, and Patricia and Maybelline the juves.
On the beginning of my turn – the turn that Hurricane would *finally* have charged somebody and engaged in close combat – the random campaign event resulted in an unidentified monster abducting her. Arrrgh!
As if lashing out in frustration, the Saxon Violets turned up the heat. Bettie Rage sprinted the 9″ needed to charge that vented Orlock and went completely bonkers on him!
Bettie Rage; formerly Beth the juve.
7 hits, 7 wounds; we was very much out. Helkat fired once more on the Orlock heavy, and this time succeeded in taking him out. Jailbird attempted an autogun shot on the leader’s backup, but he was behind a ton of cover that prevented her from making the shot. Skitterbritches tried next, with a much cleaner shot. The ganger was down, but not out. Calamity (who needs a bio, as she’s been a very solid contributor lately) was able to take out the leader of the Knuckle Dusters with a well-placed boltgun round.
'Calamity' Jane Winchester
Eva was getting up in the faces of several juves by the end of the turn, so my second turn ended with one ganger taken out by a mysterious attacker, and three out (plus one down) for the other gang.
The Knuckle Dusters voluntarily bottled, and the Saxon Violets claimed their Mine Workings for their own!
In other news, Patricia became a specialist… can you say ‘new mini’!?
Plasma gun!
rats east 
Nice looking gang! cant wait to see them fully painted ! 😀
Same here! Everybody’s a work in progress for me!
The campaign is almost over, but I figure I can have them ready by the time next year’s campaign rolls around, grin.