Battlefield

This scenario uses the standard Battlefield Set-up rules. However, the battlefield must be set up in such a way that the caravan can travel from where it is deployed to the opposite edge of the battlefield. There can be no structures or impassable terrain completely blocking its path. Use a 4' by 4' board, can only be Sector Mechanicus / Underhive or Ash Wastes

Objectives

The attacker wants to steal the Guilders' loot. The defender is determined to drive off the attacker empty-handed.

Special Rule: The CaravanThe target of the attacker's heist is a Guilder caravan traversing this stretch of the underhive on its way to the great cargo yards far uphive. The caravan is represented by a Cargo-8 Ridgehauler (plus trailer if you have one) with no weapons and the truck bed configuration.

At the start of each round, before rolling for Priority, the defender moves the caravan up to 6" toward the edge of the battlefield opposite its starting position. While the caravan must avoid structures and impassable terrain and remain on ground level, it is not slowed or stopped by anything. Fighters on the caravan are moved with it, while fighters in its path are moved the minimum distance necessary to avoid the caravan's advance – any obstacles that are run over by the caravan are removed.

In this Scenario, the caravan cannot be attacked, blocks line of sight and provides partial cover to fighters riding on it (they are considered to be crouched down behind piles of goods or firing from hatches). A fighter may climb onto, or off, the caravan by performing an Embark/Disembark (Simple) action.

Attackers that are Standing and Active and are within 1" of the caravan may loot it by performing a Loot Caravan (Simple) action. Each time a fighter takes this action, their player should place a Loot marker on the fighter's card – the number of Loot markers will determine how successful the heist has been. If an attacking fighter goes Out of Action, any Loot markers they have are discarded.

Fleeing the Battlefield

If one gang voluntarily bottles out and flees the battlefield, their opponent automatically wins the scenario. If the attacker wins in this way, they may place D3 extra Loot counters on the Fighter card of each fighter in their crew that is not Prone and Seriously Injured or Out of Action at the end of the battle.

Crew Size

In this scenario, one gang is the attacker and the other is the defender. In a campaign, the player who chose this scenario is the attacker. In a Skirmish, players roll off and the winner decides whether they will attack or defend.

Both players use the Custom Selection (10) method to choose their crew.

Deployment

The Defender starts first by choosing one table edge to be their table edge. They then deploy the caravan (see opposite) so that it is 36" away from the opposite table edge. The Defender places their fighters on the caravan or within 12" of it. The Attacker then sets up their fighters within 6" of any table edge, except the Defender’s table edge.If the caravan is larger than the area it is allowed to deploy in, it may overhang the Defender’s table edge; however, no models may be deployed on the overhanging section.

Victory

The attacker wins if they can gather ten Loot markers; otherwise the defender is the winner.

Rewards

Credits

At the end of the battle the attacker counts up the number of Loot markers they have, discarding those on fighters that went Out of Action, but counting those on fighters that fled the battlefield. For each Loot counter, add D6x10 credits to the gang's Stash.The defender's gang receives D6x10 credits regardless of the outcome, with a bonus 3D6x10 credits if the attacker recovered less than five Loot counters.

Experiance

Each fighter that took part in the battle earns 1 XP.Any fighter that gathered a Loot marker and did not go Out of Action gains 1 XP.Any defending fighter that took an enemy fighter carrying one or more Loot markers Out of Action gains 1 XP.

Reputation

Each gang that took part in the battle gains 1 Reputation.If the attacker took ten or more Loot counters, they gains D3+1 Reputation.If the defender moved the caravan off the far battlefield edge before the attacker could gather ten Loot counters, then their gang gains D3+1 Reputation.

• Special Rule: Guilder Hired Guns

• As Guild appointed protectors of the caravan, the defender's gang wouldn't dare run off, and so need not take Bottle tests for this scenario. They may, however, voluntarily bottle out and flee the battlefield to prevent catastrophic losses.