Terran vs. Aquan battle report

My brother-in-law and I played a quick 875 point game between the Aquan Prime and Terran Alliance on the 4th. Our zero hour tracker was set to 15 to keep the game short. The Aquan primary object was to information from the black box of a crashed Terquai gunship. The secondary objective was to locate the crew survivors. The Terran Alliance was attempting to retrieve several prototype units. A walker was their primary objective, a dropship was their secondary objective. 

Aquan Prime Strike Force

1 x Sedna Heavy Skimmer

2 x Lamana Medium Skimmers

3 x Imzani Light Skimmers

1 x Khitari Strike Shoal: 1 x Commander, 2 x Sweeper bases, 1 x Gun team, 1 x Standard base

Terran Alliance Force

1 x Vidar Heavy Tank

2 x Heimdal Medium Tanks

3 x Valkyrie Light Tanks

1 x Sinir APC

1 x Hirdmen Infantry Cadre: 6 x Standard bases

I forgot to take a picture before moving my Khitari but this is the starting position for the Aquan forces as they begin to infiltrate the settlement.

The Terran Alliance forces deployed on the opposite side of the settlement.

The Valkyries attempt to secure their secondary objective. Unfortunately for them the Imzani's attack them from behind destroying two. The remaining Valkyrie fails its morale save ensuring its destruction at the end of the turn.

The Sinir rolled forward and deployed its cargo of Hirdmen infantry. The infantry occupied a building and fired on the Imzani destroying one.

At the end of the first turn the Aquan forces had loss two bases of Khitari and an Imzani. They also held their tertiary objective. The Terrans had lost their squadron of Valkyries and the Sinir was damaged.

During turn two the Imzani squadron swept north to occupy the Aquan secondary objective. The Sinir advanced on the Khitari and opened fire on them destroying one base while being destroyed in the process. The Khitari took cover behind a building to avoid the heavy weaponry of the Heimdal and Vidar. Seizing the opportunity the Hirdman Cadre occupied the Terran primary objective. The Sedna and Lamana exchange shots with the Vidar and Heimdals. The Lamana squadron takes 1 damage. The Vidar suffers 1 damage during the exchange as well.

The Terrans win initative and the Vidar rolls foward to fire on the Sedna at effective range. The attack is devastating dealing 2 damage the heavy skimmer. The Lamanas move up to cover the Sedna and open fire on the Vidar. An amazing set of rolls for the Vidar's shields protect it from any damage. Worried about the Sedna's powerful lasers the Hirdmen leave their objective and occupy a building near the Sedna and destroy it.

The valiant Khitari move back to take the Terran objective hoping to deny them the zero hour points. The Terrans have no intent to be denied it though, Magellan cannon preparing to fire.

While I don't have a picture of it the Imzani relocate to secure the Aquan primary objective garnering 4TV at the end of the turn for me.

22 hits from the Magellan cannon. The Terrans blew away half of the building to dislodge the Khitari.

The Heimdals attempt to reverse and get a shot on the retreating Aquans but are blocked by the corner of the building. This was a game changing event as the damaged Lamana was unlikely to withstand the shots fired by his Heimdals and would have garnered them an additional 4 TV.

At the end of the game the Aquan's were able to squeak out a minor victory over the Terrans with -1 versus -2 on the zero hour tracker. I forgot to use hit & run again which might have saved the Sedna as I would have fired and relocated it instead try to cover with the Lamana. Overall, a very fun and close game. I am very much enjoying the Aquan forces and play style. The Terrans are a tenacious foe and I have quickly learned that they are extremely effective at clearing infantry from buildings. Definitely looking forward to our next game