Warhammer 40,000 Battle Report 850 pts: Chaos Space Marines vs Tau

Nick Prime and Anthony-kun come to blows in a skirmish match of everyone's favourite grim dark simulator. Will the servants of the Dark Gods drag the xenos into the muck with them? Or will the Greater Good conquer all?

++ Chaos Space Marines: Codex (2012) (Combined Arms Detachment) (852pts) ++

+ HQ (95pts) +

Chaos Lord (95pts) [Bolt Pistol, Mark of Nurgle (15pts), Power Armour]
····Power Weapon (15pts) [Power Sword]

+ Troops (502pts) +

Chaos Cultists (90pts) [19x Cultists with autopistols (76pts)]
····Cultist Champion (14pts) [Auto Pistol]

Chaos Space Marines (170pts) [Plasma Gun (15pts), Plasma Gun (15pts)]
····Aspiring Champion (23pts) [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun, Close Combat Weapon]
····9x Chaos Space Marine with Boltgun (117pts) [9x Bolt Pistol, 9x Boltgun]

Plague Marines (Troops) (242pts)
····Chaos Rhino (40pts) [Combi-bolter, Dirge caster (5pts), Searchlight, Smoke launchers]
····Plague Champion (24pts) [Blight Grenades, Bolt Pistol, Boltgun, Krak Grenades, Plague Knife]
····6x Plague Marine (144pts) [6x Blight Grenades, 6x Bolt pistol, 6x Boltgun, 6x Krak Grenades, 6x Plague knife]
····Plague Marine with Special weapon (34pts) [Blight Grenades, Krak Grenades, Plague knife]
········Meltagun (10pts) [Bolt pistol]

+ Heavy Support (255pts) +

[FW] Chaos Infernal Relic Predator (140pts) [Flamestorm cannon, Heavy Bolters (20pts), Maelific Ammo on Heavy-Bolters (30pts), Searchlight, Smoke Launcher]

Chaos Predator (115pts) [Autocannon, Heavy Bolters (20pts), Legacy of Ruin: Perdus Rift Anomaly (20pts), Searchlight, Smoke Launchers]

+++ Anthony (848pts) +++

++ Tau Empire: Codex (2013) (Combined Arms Detachment) (848pts) ++

+ HQ (240pts) +

Commander R'alai [FW] (190pts) ['Eclipse' shield generator, Drone controller, Experimental pulse submunitions rifle]
····2x Backlight Marker Drone [2x Blacksun filter, 2x Markerlight]
····XV9 'Hazard' battlesuit [Blacksun filter, Photon Casters, Vectored retro-thrusters]

Ethereal (50pts)

+ Elites (185pts) +

XV104 Riptide (185pts) [Ion accelerator (5pts), Riptide battlesuit, Riptide Shield Generator, Twin-linked smart missile system]

+ Troops (423pts) +

Fire Warrior Team (217pts) [EMP grenades (16pts), 7x Fire Warrior Shas'la with pulse rifle (63pts), Photon grenades]
····Devilfish (95pts) [Burst cannon, Disruption pod (15pts), Two Gun Drones]
····Fire Warrior Shas'ui (19pts) [Pulse rifle]
····2x Shield Drone (24pts) [2x Shield generator]

Fire Warrior Team (206pts) [EMP grenades (14pts), 6x Fire Warrior Shas'la with pulse rifle (54pts), Photon grenades]
····Devilfish (95pts) [Burst cannon, Disruption pod (15pts), Two Gun Drones]
····Fire Warrior Shas'ui (19pts) [Pulse rifle]
····2x Shield Drone (24pts) [2x Shield generator]

Songs used:
Air Surfing- Code Geass OST
Chaos Rising Theme 8- Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising OST