Quar Rampant - You can't take Quar seriously

So we decided to give the Xenos Rampant rules a run out for the Quar. We randomly generated the scenario which would involve one side trying to escort a convoy across the table while the other tried to stop them. So to 24 point forces per side. I took a light infantry company from the 22nd Double D's regiment, led by a junior Caertan on his first mission. I had a couple of supports in an Alithean tank and a torpedo team. We were joined by support elements from the 13th Regiment, the Quarkers dozen. 

So we arrived for the game to discover a slight miscommunication in orders. We were defending the convoy, not attacking it. Looks like the Pykpyk was a royalist sympathiser. Now looking at the Royalist troops, there didn't seem to be many,  turns out they were elite, yikes!! and they had artillery, double yikes!! Now in Xenos rampant if you fail an order it will end your turn. Happened quite often on the first order, triple yikes!! As a result my Alithean tank blocked in the convoy and the support elements from the 13th. I did manage to get the light infantry spread out to support the flanks.

The Glorious 22nd Deploy

Let's head for cover

Treacherous Royalists open fire

Heavily armed Royalist elites

Turn 6 and we haven't moved much, well once.

The boys under fire from Royalist infantry and a pesky hidden sniper

Vehicles getting nowhere fast

1st squad beginning to have second thoughts

Once we engaged the Royalists, their superior quality of troops quickly began to tell. Poor honourable Crusaders cut down in swathes. We did manage to pick off a few of the enemy, but not enough. One Royalist elite squad, took out the torpedo ream and then routed 1st squad. The second unit of elites took out 2 trucks and severely damaged the Alithean tank with their demolition charges.

With the 2 Crusader commanders bickering over vehicles moving, not moving, blocking fire lanes etc, lots of jovial banter, our poor Quar were being routed from the field. We did manage to get to turn 8, I think we managed to get the vehicles about 18 inches across a 6 foot table. 

So an enjoyable game and will definitely give them another run out.