It is very much possible to win.Not cowardly, but not practically guaranteed to get our squad further crippled. We really need to actually think about whether we can realistically win without suffering awful casualties.
Assuming they don't just run the instant their Astartes handler finds his traitor brains exposed to air, that is.
Assuming they don't just run the instant their Astartes handler finds his traitor brains exposed to air, that is.
We're facing Khorne followers. They aren't that subtle.Then again, are we sure those hostages are not sleeper agents or makeshift bombs? Sure would suck if we tried to save them, but it turns out they're already to far gone.
That's ... optimistic.It is very much possible to win.
There's one Chaos Marine there, one without a helmet. So long as a single bolter round hits his head, he's dead.
The 19 cultists could be gibbed with just bare hands.
I dont know if you know this, but that's a Word Bearer quote in the Dark Apostle novel IIRC before a badass fight scene. Also..[X] Rescue them all, killing the foe to a man.
Anyone who dies does not have enough faith in the Emperor and is a traitor.
[X] Rescue them all, killing the foe to a man.
We are Astartes, or as good as, we aren't just any sort of warriors. If we can't win against one traitor space marine, or use our environment to bring down buildings on him, or lure him away so the other can more easily rescue the prisoners from the cultists, we might as well give up now.
Moreso, we are Sigismund. It is time we live up to the name we chose.
Just keep in mind the enemy is a real Astartes, and likely a Veteran of the Long War while we have Neophytes.We are Astartes, or as good as, we aren't just any sort of warriors.