WARNING: TOO MUCH TEXT, READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION
I unknowingly sent multiple Scout Marines to a suicide reconnaissance mission of an Ork camp. By not watching what my dumbass was about to press, i accidentally deactivated their camouflage and then proceeded to get jumped by the entirety of the green mushroom bunch. But since i can now watch where the Ork defenses were, i managed to plan out my next moves: 1) Amassing of what would be considered a pretty solid army that could be enough to level the entirety of the camping, and 2) Deciding the optimal order of what structures i should destroy first.
After careful analysis, i set out my counterattack, i divided my army into three smaller squads and each of them would flank the entries of the camp. The first squad got there just fine and started blasting the artillery towers, the second one got some difficulty reaching there and got only into a ditch near the entry since it was heavily guarded, they didn't have enough manpower compared to the other squads and only relied in ranged combat, but i could just stand my ground in the ditch and call reinforcements if someone fell, so it was ok. But the real problem was the third one, at first they were doing good and their path to the camp was a long one, so i just put my attention to the other two squads in the meantime while they were about to arrive, 𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢.
Turns out the third squad got sidetracked into 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 Ork camp i did not account for because of the fog of war, half of the squad barely got out and the other half got decimated and got to the objective straight up limping. When all the squads (or what was left of them) regrouped, it was a flair of Marines and Orks getting blown into the sky, alongside the lightshow that were the explosions and energy blasts, i tried my best to spam the reinforce and rally buttons, but sometimes it was to overwhelming for them. After the skirmish ended, 90% of the floor was covered with corpses of Marines and Orks alike, only 3 marines were standing ready to capture the requisition point... Out of six.
This game perfectly encapsulates the philosophy of WH40K, every win comes with a loss just as equal, if not, more heavy than your supposed victory and every unit's life can be easily replaced as pushing a button, while your devotion and bravery is admirable, reinforcements could easily fit those requirements, and even those are just as replacable. Everyone is just a tool and vessel to carry out an impossible mission laid out by forces beyond our understanding, in safety from the horrendous powers that corrupt the reality of an infinity of lives that are simply told to believe or die.
In short, it's a good game 9/10.
