The Age of Darkness Podcast: May 2017

Friday, 19 May 2017

Episode 54: Inferno Conclusion: Vox-Box Call-In Show and a few 8th Edition Musings

And here we are, finally, at the final part of our coverage of Inferno. In this episode, we get some feedback about our coverage and a tonne of other things. We also rant a little bit about the whole 8th edition thing, of course. But only a little bit!

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Age of Darkness Episode 54

0.00 Intro

4.56 Brief 8th Edition Talk

25.40 Vox-Box Call-In Show!

2.42.05 Two-Week Hobby Challenge

Closing Song is "Here Today, Guano Tomorrow" by Dayglo Abortions

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Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Battle of Helopherion Campaign Recap: Operation Vigilance

With the long overdue third episode of the Helopherion Campaign series dropping this week, we thought it would be a good idea to provide a recap of the first two episodes, which covered the initial phase of the war, known as Operation Vigilance. Let us know in the comments if you want more of this kind of article in support of the Battlecasts!

Operation Vigilance

Household Aircraft Over Fort Kasrik, 165.007.M31

Part of the Helios Theatre of the First Interlegionary War

Date: 162.007.M31 – 175.007.M31

Location: Helopherion, Helios Sector, Segmentum Tempestus

Result: Strategic Stalemate

Belligerents:

Merchant Households of Helios Prime

IVth Legion Astartes

Volgan Mechanicum

Commanders and Leaders:

Duke Arnaxcium Seloquitus

Duchess Helena Gauntë

Warsmith Krios Dracontites

Marshall Vladislav Tretiak

Strength:

IVth Merchant Household (Helios Prime)

2,000,000 personnel
3,800 Armoured Vehicles
1,300 Guns
7,500 Aircraft

XIIIth Merchant Household (Helios Prime)

3,000,000 personnel

15,200 Armoured Vehicles
3,500 Guns
4,640 Aircraft

Initially:

Eighth Forge Guards Army (Volganis V)

1,200,000 personnel
12,390 Armoured Vehicles

5,515 Guns

8,850 Aircraft

Reinforcements (on 170.007.M31):

64^th Grand Battalion (IVth Legion)

4,230 Astartes

580 Legion Armoured Vehicles

850 Legion Guns

265 Legion Aircraft

Casualties and Losses:

c. 230,000 killed and missing

c. 380,000 wounded and sick

c. 260,000 killed and missing

c. 430,000 wounded and sick

Background

Due to the vagaries of astrotelepathic communication, the Helios Sector did not receive word of the Warmaster’s rebellion and subsequent routing of three loyalist legions on the black sands of Istvaan V for several months. When news reached the courts of the Merchant Households on the capital world, the duchesses and dukes agreed to suppress this information from the population until they could decide on a course of action. In their arrogance they did not expect other actors within the sector to have their own ways of learning what was transpiring in the wider Imperium...

Episode 53: The Sisters of Silence, and The Battle of Prospero Analysis

In the fifth part of our Inferno coverage, we discuss how to use the Silent Sisterhood on the table, and then, in Painting Black ... and other Colours, we talk about painting silver armour. In Tales of Heresy, we are once again joined by Kenny from the Combat Phase Podcast to analyze the Battle of Prospero from all available sources, before concluding with the Vox Box and Two-Week Hobby Challenge.

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Age of Darkness Episode 53

0.00 Intro

8.09 Inferno Part IV: The Silent Sisterhood

1.03.48 Painting Black... And Other Colours: Silver

1.30.49 Tales of Heresy: The Battle of Prospero

3.03.08 Vox-Box

3.26.48 Two-Week Hobby Challenge

Closing Song is "C'mon Let's Go" by Girlschool