" To: Imperial Planetary Garrison
From: ISD Protector

Transmission received. Summarily dispatching dropships of the
Scythes of the Emperor. GEF includes three mechanized tactical
companies and a reaver-class titan.

Long live the Emperor!

signed: Inquisitor Malleus"


The tactical companies are identical and include:
Captain JP        50
Librarian JP      35
2 Terminators     38
6 Tacticals       90
2 Devastators     40
2 Land Raider     70
1 Whirlwind       26
3 Rhinos          21
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total=           370

370x3+390=1500pts


I have not yet decided what to put on the reaver. Most probably,
it will be a DR, a MC, and a HWB.


Bringing Thawks on 1500pts is silly for both transportation and nuclear
death, especially taking into account Tyrannid armour and speed.
If you do not survive till the fourth turn, Thawks are a waste of pts.
If you do survive, you probably don't need the Thawks to win. 


The titan is a good morale dump. On such a big game I will get him 
into position. He can hold a flank like nothing else and is good 
for both shooting and assault, doing them simultaneously. 


Bikes are a waste of time unless you are Squats, since Tyrannids
listen to synapse creatures too much.


A massive assault drop just begs for dice-screw and is pointless 
at such scale since the Tyrannids are fast enough to gulp the allies
one by one. A related problem is that without vehicles, the marines
are hopelessly slow.


LR are 28 pts a pop in a mech comp. Why take them in a panzer comp?!
Yet another dark plot of GW has just been unravelled.


Enough rambling.
Emil

P.S.: Dan, Eugene, I got a paladin character in Kim's campaign.
A Holy Spud's Guide to Midgard will be appreciated.