Battltech, Any Players out there?

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Warpcon will be hosting Several Battletech competions over its weekend.
These are being run by the Gathering.
Should be a fun event.

In the chaotic withdrawal from Clan space it was not unusual for units from different factions to bump into each other in the Deep Periphery as they scavenged for supplies en-route to the Inner Sphere. On a remote planet these two Clans found themselves skirmishing.

While loading there Dropships a detachment of Snow Ravens detected a unit of Hells Horses, including a detachment of artillery tanks, closing on their positions.

Unwilling to risk their Dropships the less experience heavy trinary was forced to engage a significantly better trained force, only the Ravens air supremacy could give them a chance.

1st Raven Chasseurs Heavy Trinary.

Thor - G
Mad Cat - Pryde
Vulture - H
Nova Cat - F
Cauldron Born - E







Star of Sylph Battle Armour





3 Points of Aerospace Fighters

2x Turks - D
2x Batus - B
2x Bashkirs - C

Hells Horses units.

Vulture - E
Thor - G
Thor -
Mad Cat - F
Cauldon Born - C (I think)

2x Hueypochilfnhohoivznbknb\z (sod it, those big tanks with the twin Arrow IV's and HAG 20s, call them Hueys, everyone else does)

1 Star of Gnome Battlearmour.

Turn 1.

Not much happens, Ravens enter angling for the right flank, Thor, Nova Cat and Cauldron Born keep their Sylphs on board while the Mad Cat and Vulture dump early to free up their missile racks. Hells Horses start to advance while the Cauldron Born hangs back to protect the Hueys. The fighters stay away for the opening round.



Turn 2

The first casualties occur early as the opeing artillery volley from the Horses hits home and destroys two fo the recently dismounted Sylph points and damages the Nova Cat. Worse is to come though as a long range sniping shot from one of the Horses Thor's headcaps the Raven Cauldron Born with an ERPPC, all the Raven manage is minor armour damage to their opponents. The fighters however move towards the battlefield and are now in striking distance.





Turn 3

With casualties mounting it was time to call in the Fighters while the Mechs and Battlearmour continued to close. The Raven Mad Cat got to close to a Thor and the Vulture and paid for it with a savaging by ATM's and lasers, honour had gone out the window the turn before so the Ravens returned the favour as the Nova Cat jumped a ridiculous distance to get behind the Vulture and tear open its Right Rear Torso taking off the section. The heat overload sent the Vulture into shutdown.



The real action was at the back though as the Hueys found themselves beset by a Turk and a Bashkir each while the Batu's went after one of the Thors and the Mad Cat with bombing runs. The combination of bombs and strike attacks destroyed both Hueys while the Batu's savaged the Thor and destroyed two points of Gnomes, suitable payback for the earlier artillery strike.

Sadly the Ravens paid the price as two Air Defence Arrows slammed straight into the ass of a Batu sending it out of control and straight into the ground while HAG flak shots did the same to a Turk.



Turn 4

With it's charges destroyed the Cauldron born decided to start advancing while the Ravens tried to avoid its line of fire as they took on a Thor on the Right flank with their own Thor, the Vulture and a point of Sylph. Meanwhile two more Sylph teams decided to mug a point of Gnome that found itself isolated and the Madcat backed away and found itself right in fron of the shutdown Vulture.





Net result of the carnage was a good chunk of damage to the Horses Thor as the Sylph did a Pidgeon Poop with their cluster bombs and lasers on the Gnomes and wiped out the point, Gnomes got to take a point of Sylph with them though. The Mad Cat got some payback by putting all it's lasers straight into the Vultures alredy damaged Center and finishing the engine.

Turn 5 was the last turn but it was the decider as the fighters came back for more. The surviving Batu dumped it's remaining bombs on a Thor ripping it's back armour to shreds while the remaining three dogpiled on the Cauldron Born savaging it. The Raven Thor ended up dualing with its counterpart and while it didn't do as much damage the five Inferno missiles that did hit meant it was in trouble if it had gone to another round. The Nova Cat began to take note of the Mad Cat as did the Vulture and the Ravens own Mad Cat finally inflicting some damage.





In the end we reckoned the fighters would have tipped the balance in favour of the Ravens, the remaining Turk, though badly damaged by ground fire would have been able to wipe out the remaining Gnomes with impunity with Strike attacks and the Batu would savage anything it liked with the Pulse lasers. A narrow victory for the Ravens but they would not have much to return to their ships with.

While making the push through the Free Worlds League THOMAS HOGARTHS!! Forces came across some Regulan troopers and his brilliant mind immediately tagged them as enemy WOB units. Left with no other course of action he took his forces into the field to put an end to their reign of terror.

Lorcan's Regulans are normally not quite such good shots. But he upped their skills to match HOGARTHS BV.
It gave him a 16 units to my 12. His a mix of weights. Mine heavies and assaults.
He won choice of sides and opted for a lenghtways game as it gave his guns a slight range advantage.


The First few turns consisted of Hogarth closing while the Regulans held their position.
A bit of fire exchanged caused an Archer to get nervous and back away. And a Trebuchet to loose an arm.





Turn 4
This saw the first of a mental moment as a Ostol charged one Flank all by itself. It did a fair bit of damage to a T-Bolt but paid for it by being knocked down with major leg damage.

Hogarths Warhammer attempted its own solo run. And got away a little lighter than the Ostol when the Light lance attempted to mug it.
Main focus of the Regulan fire so far has been the Goliath who has managed to take most of the hits upon it.

A review of the new box set out next month.
http://www.purplepawn.com/2011/03/hands-on-battletech-25th-anniversary-boxed-set/

At the Start of the Month we had Leprecon

A few of us ran a demo game. And did our best to pimp Btech for all we where worth.


We got a lot of interest and handed out a fair few quickstart Rules Printouts to folks throughout the day.
And had a mostly enjoyable game of Battletech.


Swerve Pass, Spittal, September 3050
The Bear forces Chased the fleeing Spittal Knights units Into Rutger's pass. Where the rasalhagians has set up a vibrobomb Field. When the Vibrobombs failed. The Knights fell back to their fallback position in Swerve Pass. The Bears followed them.
And using their Jumpjets for teh firstr time,Rosing out if the pass onto the ledges.
The Mech forces quickly fell.




The Ghostbears forces consisted of 140th Striker Cluster of Delta Galaxy.

Star 1 2 Stars of Elementals.
Thimberwolf A 3/4 Basically an A
Thimberwolf A 2/3
Hellbringer Pr 3/2 mostly a prime
Stormcrow 3/4 LPL +MPL Combo
Summoner A 2/4 replacing the srm ammo for guass ammo.
Star 2
Executioner A2/3
Executioner A 3/4
Viper B 2/4
Viper B 3/4
Nova Prime 3/4
Star White
Summoner D
Nova B
Koshi C
Thimberwolf S
Viper C
Star Blue
Direwolf S
Thimber wolf Pryde
Summoner G replace the heavy laser with an er version please
Mad Dog Mod
Warhawk Mod


The Bear Players Bid for the right to attack.
The Starting Forces

The Reserve forces

The We're in trouble Forces.



The Free Rasalhauge Forces.
They set up along the route to the Dropship.


Turn 1

The Bears Surprised the FFR Forces by coming down along the High canyons Walls.
The Defenders had set up most of their mines and traps in the lower portions of the Canyon. They only got lucky with one of the Vibromines being triggered by an Executioner.
The Stormcrow warrior bids away his Targeting computer.
Some long range fire was exchanged. Nothing major to report.

Turn 2

The Bears Right flanks focused on the troops further up the canyon.
While the Left flank focused on the forces closer to the them.
The Summoner changelled the Catapult to combat.

Turn 3

The FFR Forces attempt to stall the bears advanced by running into the rear of the right side.
The Vipers Active probe reveals one of the hidden Behemoths.
This reveal allowed the tank to plink the Vipers CT with a Floating Crit and take out the gyro. Halting the Vipers forward momentum. The Viper kills the tank drive system in return.
The Stormcrow lays claim to the Zeus as his target.


Turn 4

The Clans find anther tank.
The Rear FRR forces decide to start leaving the area. The Jagermech loses an AC 5 to the downed Viper.
Elementals make the call not to try take down the tanks and continue.
The Wolverine goes into hiding.
The Grasshopper continues to survive despite itself.

Turn 5

The Summoner and Stormcrow continue to push on the left flank. Chasing down their targets all the while taking fire from multiple enemy units.
The Thimberwolf gets a similar serving of punishment and ends up with an open leg. The Trebuchet screws up the attempted kick and ends up kissing rock. But winds up the main target of the tanks on the mountainside. And finds itself toppling to the fire.


Turn 6

More Hidden tanks decide to break cover.

The Summoner and Stormcrow close. The Summoner manages to cause a shut down on the Catapult throu the use of Infenos.
The Hellbringer and the Wolverine trade shots. And the Thimberwolf fails yet again to put down the Grasshopper.
The Executioner dives into the canyon to deny some shots from the tanks and attempts to take out Trebuchet. It succeeds in removing a leg.
The Bethmoth ends the Vipers attempts at combat by removing both arms. Leaving the mech a usless Torso.
But not before he helps remove one of the new arrivals.

Turn 7


The Dragon and Jagermech do their best to get up the mountain.
Infantry pop up like flowers throughout the canyon.
The Summoner fires on the tanks in the distance while offering the Catapult a chance to be taken bondsman.
The Hellbringer makes an impressive shot to take down the Wolverine. Ending any danger from the rear.
The Executiner pore fire over the tanks on the hillside.
While the Elementals make an Ill attempted attack on the Warhammer. It's AMS handling the missles with ease.
The ones on the Trebuchet have better results.
The Thimberwolf takes a volley of combined fire from the tanks and mechs around it. A few shots to the head end the warriors life. A cheer is sounded from the Sphereoids.
The Clan commander makes the call to bring in the reserves to deal with the units in the canyon allowing the lead elements to chase down the advance forces.

Currently sitting on the Shelf in Gamersworld.

He kicked in his jets again aiming for the tree coverage towards the edge. Tylers Jenner went whizzing past him.

"Where you going Tyler?" he asked.
"Outa here mate. They're a lot bigger than me. And my poor Wing can't dish out the damage like I could." Jenny told him as he noticed her one of her arms was missing. "Shouldn't poke the big boys little lady."
The trees around him exploded as enemy fire went wide.
As Carps Wolverine came back into view Twopine announced. "Bug out people.! Jobs done. There's too much support here to break through."
His jets fired again and he flew backwards while lobbing missiles at the Trebuchet that had holes all over it. His whole body jolted as he hit the ground. Or maybe that was the missiles that just bounced off his canopy.





"Making a run for it. Can you guys cover me till I get back across the ice?" Tanner asked as his Centurion left the safety of the woods.
"Rest of Striker cover him. Everyone else regroup far side of the river."

A host of affirmations met Twopines orders.

Victor leapt his mech off the mountain. He held off on his fire to allow the mech systems to cool. He smiled as Carps Wolverine Kicked the foot off the Jenner sending it crashing into the trees around it.

His enjoyment was shot down as Twopines scream broke over the Comm line.

"TANNER!"



On his sensor screen the triangle that represented Tanners Centurion vanished over the riverbed. The ice that they crossed minutes before had not been able to support the mechs return journey. The ice gave way plunging the Centurion into the icey water below.

"Turner, sound off!" Twopine frantically ordered.

"He'll be fine boss. Take more than to stop Em."Orville Offered.

"He's got holes that you could run your Locust through in his chest. His reactor has to have breached. Get over there and check on him Orville."

"Roger."




Victor kept his focus on the Ryuken mechs who had begun to file down the hillside firing as they moved. A well placed volley of fire into the Trebuchet took its torso off and make its pilot reconsider its decision to keep pushing down the mountain.

"Tanners okay. He's made it out. Not sure how long he'll last in the cold though. My leg is open. I can't get him."

"Who can?"

A moment passed as the Dragoons checked their mechs status.

Vic's torso was badly mauled but his legs and arms were okay.

"I'll get him. Let him know Paul." He ran Thor towards the River." Cover my ass guys."





The Dragoons spread fire across all the incoming Dracs. The Dragoons pushed their heat curves in an effort to keep the Dracs from pushing forward or focusing upon Victor.

He could see Tanner struggling in amongst the ice. Victor slowly made his way into the water. Lowering the hand he let Tanner climb onto it. The hand cupped as he asked "You fit for a Jump Buddy?" He got a Thumbs up before Tanner griped the hand for dear life. He covered it with his other hand. He was as gentle as he could with a fifty five ton mechs hand.

"We're outa here Guys." And the mech rose the plasma coming form the jets melting more ice and raised a could of steam as he rose up and over the trees. It landed with a deafing thud. He worried about poor Tanner who was encased in a metal womb. Separating his hands he was revealed to see Tanner a little cold but alive. Orvilles Locust appeared beside him and the hatch popped. He lowered the hand down. And Tanner vanished inside the mech.

"Got 'im boss. He's fine but dripping all over my upholstery."

"Good work people. Maximum speed. We are done here."
Their mechs fled towards the Dragoon camp. Leaving the Kuritians to waste thier time firing at where they used to be.

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Leap into the action.

Turn 5

The Hiryo is gone. Off to the city to wreak havoc.
And remember that Arrow shot the Shadowcat Unleased.

It was aimed for the Hex to the right side of the Marauder. Unfortuantly Russell may have been a little excitable at the controls and the shot falls short onto the Poor Grizzly who was minding his own business lining up shots on the Avatar.

The Bears push to the close the gaps the DCMS are running through. The Trebuchet stands and makes a run but with its slower movement. It become Target of choice for a high percentage of the bears. The incoming fire takes it toll on the mech and wrecks its vital engine and gyro.
The Dracs spreed their fire over the bears mechs to little major affect.
The Summoner puts the loyal Pegasus crew to the test by stepping on the front compartment. They die a Gooey paste Loyal to the Dragon




The Kabuto makes it dash for the mountain. It looks unlikely that it will be caught.
The Summoner puts the loyal Pegasus crew to the test by stepping on the front compartment. They die a Gooey paste Loyal to the Dragon



Turn 6
The Sylph catch up with the Wight. And attempt to hack the Bone on his leg. But fail in the task.

The Avatar and Marauder set up firing line on the Summoner and strip most of the mechs torso armor from it.
The Shadow Cat lobs a shell towards them but it has little effect as it explodes between them.
But the combine Stooping Hawk, Summoner and Grizzly fire takes out one of the Marauders arms.




And the Huntsman is looking at a longshot on the Kabuto.Who is about to Crest the mountain into safety.

Two Large Pulse later and the Kabuto looses a torso and that vital Engine leaving it rubble atop the mountain range.

Aftermath
We ran out of time here. But at this stage based on points the game was a Draw. So we quickly played out the Huntsman chasing down the Wight.
While the rest of the bears held off the remaining DCMS troops.
The Wight was chased for 2 more turns before the Huntsman dealt it a death blow. Making it a Marginal Victory for the Bears side.

There was much debate over just how the fight between the
Marauder,Avatar and LRM Carrier Vs the Summoner,Shadow Cat, Stooping Hawk,Grizzly and remaining Slyph would have gone down.
But that was not important.

Turn 3



Both sides close the gap


Turn4




Hogarth is finally in range and Unloads on the Wolfhound. While only the laser scores a hit. The way the Wolfhound lists after tells that something is off with its Gyro. HOGARTHS forces are now weapons free.
Hogarth dispatches the Penetrator and Warhammer to deal with the pests.
And In a turn up for the books the Penetrator manages to score a hit on the stealthed Stealth while its was in woods. Much to everyone's surprise. It definitely makes the unit a tab more nervous.



Turn 5




The hounds Flanking maneuver is very apparent now as are their Sniping nests.
From the far side of the river the Clan PPCs take chunks from the Challengers and the Archer.
Hogarth receives a lions share of the fire over the rocky outcrop. He orders his troops to return the favor against the Battlemaster. (We learn that its a bit of a beast). Both Mechs take a savage beating but manage to stay upright.




Turn 6




Rather than run into the guns of the hounds on the hill. Hogarths forces hold positions on and attempt to take out the nearer Hound mechs.
The Locust makes a break for it while the other two hold up the Penetrator and Warhammer. The Goliath gives it a heavy Gauss shot for its troubles sending the poor little bug sliding into the dirt.
Hogarth looses even more armor.
He views it a happy exchange since return fire takes the Phawks arm. Althou the Battlemaster does laugh off a gyro hit.

Victoria
Victoria Commonality, Capellan Confederation
July 23rd, 3081
The Blakists have been routed, but they are still trying to lash out and do what little damage they still can. A DropShip has slipped past our defenders and a small force is heading straight for our factories. Your company is the only one in position to intercept. Be warned that we have detected the tell-tale sign of nuclear weapons in their force. Smash these monsters in the name of the Chancellor before they can do any damage!

Table Setup
Place a number of buildings on the defender's edge of the table, this represents the outskirts of the Victoria MechWorks facility.

Special Rules
Radiological Alarm! - A number of the Blakist attackers are carrying nuclear weapons, intending to detonate them in the factory. A Liao unit with an active probe will be able to detect a nuke in range during the the end phase of the turn. A unit without an active probe needs to spend 2 turns within range of a unit to detect a nuke.

Victory conditions
Score points as follows:

For every nuke detected: 2 points
For every Blakist 'mech destroyed: 4 points
For every Blakist vehicle destroyed: 3 points
For every Blakist infantry unit destroyed: 2 points
For every Nuclear weapon destroyed; +2 points over score for unit type

For every Liao unit destroyed: -6 points
For every nuclear-armed unit that reaches the buildings: -10 points.

Scores:
35+: Decisive victory
20 to 34: Marginal Victory
5 to 19: Draw
-5 to 4; marginal defeat
-5 + : Total defeat.

The Forces are.
Kingston Rangers
Joaquina Paslariu Mad Cat D 2 3
Ayesha Deyrmenjian Ryoken Pr 2 4
Jian-Ying Carrizo BlackKnightBL-12-KNT 3 4
Gothuuera Subhaga Ostol OTL-9R 4 5

Asiannique Correeose Ti Ts'ang TSG-9C 3 4
Sonya Colrado Vulcan VT-5SR 3 4
Hseuh Monveal Vulcan VT-5SR 4 5
Vitasa Varajas Phoenix Hawk PXH-5L 3 5

Taheiji King Vulture B 2 3
Hokusai Boyton Loki Pr 3 4
Ararat Bin Fudail Warhammer WHM-11T 4 5
Anahid Saschihin Lancelot LNC25-06 4 5

Word of Blake Mixed unit
Seraph Eminus Badger G
Preta Badger G
Eidolon Demon Heavy guass
Crab CRB-45 2 Battle Armor with ppc.
Buccaneer
Grand Crusader GRN-D-04

It seems we are losing light in our little corner of the shop. So it played havoc with the camera on the evening.
Which resulted in shots being too Bright or too Dark.
Sorry about that.

Turn 1&2



The Wob forces make a bee line for the city. With the two Badgers attempting to sneak down the side.
While the VC troops divide into two forces. The command Lance staying in the city while the other two go out to play with the Wobbies.





The Rangers focus their fire on The Preta and the Demon after discovering it was sporting a Heavy Gauss.
The result is an Immobile Demon. And due to the luck of the Chancellor nearly every shot that hit the Preta and there was far more than should have hit. Went into the Left leg resulting in one knocked over Preta.
The Vulcan also managed to cause a motive crit on the Pegasus that got a little too close to it.
The Wob retailation knocked down one Vulcan while removing the arm of the second one.

A great start for the Liao forces .(IT WAS GREAT TO FINALLY NAIL THAT PRETA AFTER NEARLY 2 YEARS OF IT BEING A TORMENT ON THE TABLE)


Turn 3



The Kingston Rangers show their skills by Nailing the Buccaneer and opening up its torsos.
The Vulcan with the Plasma Rifle goes to play with the Bandits. But has little Effect.
The Ostol goes to cover the far flank just in case those Infantry decided to get out.
The Pegasi are both immobilsed but still on the field throwing out their E-ECM Bubbles.
The Wobs throw back some minor Armour damage on the closer Rangers mechs.
And the all clear is given on the Preta for no Nukes on board.

Turn 4


The Wobs Drop the Vulcan on the right side of the table thanks to the Seraph Eminus Tbolts.
While the Rangers finish off the Pegasi.
The Badgers drop their Infantry and split up. One attempting to sneak the long way around into the base.
The Warhammer fails to finish the Preta.

Turn 5
A few of the Liao mechs are running hot. And take this turn to attempt to cool by hiding their themselves.
The Wob Crab Suffers the wraith of the others and goes down.
The Ti Sang moves up on the Preta who has managed to stand. But ends up getting knocked down by the Pretas fire.
The Warhammer makes a move on the Demon which has been left behind by its companions. Opening up the side.



Turn 6




With the mechs now cool the Liao force recommit to the fit.
One of the Badgers makes a Drive for the City. The Lokis active probe goes off warning of the impending danger. The Vulture ends its suicide run in a flurry of lasers and missles.
The Buccancer bounces behind the Ostol and manages to open up its back before the Mad Cat removes it.
The Warhammer and TiSang swap places and with the lancelot throw fire at the Seraph Eminus. While kicking the Demon and Preta to death.
The Seraph Eminus hit the Stormcrow again with the Thunderbolts taking more armor.
The Grand Crusader Takes the lions share of fire and which leaves half the mech on the ground and its heat pushing High above the red line.
The Battle armor attempt to assist their side but too little too late.




Aftermath.
It was here we had to call the game.
The liao side was still fairly solid.

The remaing nukes where on the Seraph Eminus and the other Badger.
And the way the game was favoring the Liao side.
It was concluded that the Crud would be dropped in the next round with the WOB MECH being harrashed by the most forward 3 of the Liao mechs.
While the Vulture & Phawk would attempt to stop the rear badger before it reached the city.
It is highly likely that the Seraph Eminus will survive 2 more rounds thanks to the distraction of the Crud and Other units.
So we'll give the Wob side one Nuke denotation making this game a Draw. In terms of objectives.

On a whole thou the game was the Rangers game. They won Initiative in all bar 2 turns and firepower grouped like no ones business.

Turn 7


The Hunchback misses the Helios who remained still. And things looked good for visitor Bakga.
Till the Linebacker props itself up and the lrms crit the ct for 3 engine hits.
In return the Hunchback looses an arm and a whole lot of ammo. As well as a leg hit causing it to fall over.
Stripping of the green Vulture continues but to no real damaging effect.
The Warhammer looses its right arm.

Turn 8


Tactical retreat time. Green Vulture falls back as do The Warhammer and Phawk. Long Range fire continues with the TW Vulture refusing to leave its sniper hole. While the arm on the Linebacker gets removed.
An unfortunate round for the little guys as they get a gauss each.

Turn 9


Refusing to eject the Linebacker attempts to stand. And Fails. The Warhammer attempts to make it to long range so the TW Vulture will stop shooting it.
The little Javelin that could started on a new Vulture.


Turn 10
What happens next was not approved by command.


This turn of events miffed me. The Hunchback had shots on 9's. I wasn't happy with that at all.




The Phawk instead kills the Hunchback. While the Komodo opens a torso on the TWVulture.

Turn 11




Things are a little tense for the clans. The Smaller Skrimishers are making a mockery of them. And The hurt is starting to show big time.
They get a tough shot in on the Komodo taking one of its legs clean off.
But in return the Green Vulture Looses a side. And is left with a small supply of Gauss ammo.
The TWVulture gets 3 engine hits Via the open torso. Ending its reign of terror.
This is where the game ended.

The remaining Vulture was mostly undamaged. But was down to less than half ammo for its guns and fearful of the damage the remaining Rangers might do to it.
The game went to the Rangers. But Lessons where learned on both sides.
Andrews knows that spending some BV on gunners isn't a bad thing.
I learned not to unappreciative of the Phawk.
The Javelin is definitely mech of the match. Little guy punched well above his weight this game.

So I let Our visitor Tom have access to my troops for this game. We used Honor for the first time in a long time on both sides.
It slowed the game down a lot as we struggled to find targets we could legitimately hit.
I let him pick from my Bear forces.
He Selected
Thimber Wolf A 2 3
Cauldron Born CB 3 4
Thimber Wolf A 3 4
Summoner PR 3 4
Nova PR 4 5
Stromcrow C 2 3
Black Lanner PR 3 4
Viper D 3 4
Firemoth PR 3 4
Firemoth D 3 4
Warhawk O 3 4
Plus a star of elementals.

Taking him on was a Trinary of Steel Vipers.
Linebacker D
Battle Cobra H
Black Lanner C
Viper F
Stormcrow B
Shadow Cat B
Shadow Cat H
Viper F
Mist Lynk G
Blackhawk S
Cougar C
Griffin IIC
Griffin IIC
Piranha
Lobo
They where a tad on the light side.

The Senario was a take the bridge. The water was depth 3. So the Bridge or Jumpjets where the only way across. Both sides commands required the bridge intact at the end of the fight. And forces resisted the urge to destroy sections of it.

The first few turns consisted of the Bears Milling directly down the road. As fast as they could. Some minor long range fire was exchanged with the bears loosing some armor. The Vipers flanks came forward a small bit. While the center held their positions behind cover.
Turn 1



Turn 2
The SV Stromcrow B makes a lone attempt to halt the advance. But with Honor in play he's in no real danger.
The Firemoths make a dash to harass the Cougar. And a Battlecobra and Summoner find themselves involved in a duel.
Again long range fire was exchanged by those who could draw a bead but gave no real affect.





Turn 3
The Black Lanner backs up away from the scary Stormcrow who changes targets to the lead T-Wolf. And in turn gets selected by the Warhawk for some lasery love.
The Linebacker comes up to help it out. A Griffin IIC and T-wolf start an unofficial duel. One of the Shadowcats attempts to cross the water. A LPL from the Cauldron Born to the cockpit halts its flanking maneuver.
The Nova and Lobo square off against each other and a whole load of Elementals get dumped.
The Bear Stromcrow starts picking on a Blacklanner.
The SV Stromcrow shuts down due to heat.




Turn4
The Linebacker continues to paste the T-Wolf it started on last turn. The return fire strips armor but leaves the Linebacker still functional.
The Stromcrow refuses the Warhawks offer to pop the hatch. Its receives messy laser death for its troubles.
The Lobo takes advantage and legs it behind the nova. The minimal damage isn't worth the effort as the Combined Elemental Nova fire results in an ammo Bin going up. And the Lobo ending high on the heat curve. It manages to survive all rolls required thou.
A long Range PPC from the Summoner cores its Target Battlecobra back across the bridge.
The Lighter Bear elements take to the city in an attempt to flush out the defenders.
Minimal damage is exchanged between them.





Turn5
The final turn of the game. It's getting Messy for the Viper now.
Sure the Linebacker takes the leg off the T-Wolf. But that now leaves it ripe for the Warhawk to finish off.
And despite the Piranhas attempt to ambush a Firemoth it ends up the worse for ware.
The only mech that appears to be having much luck is the Griffin Pinging the T-Wolf.
The vipers loose a few more torsos and The Lobo ends the turn on 29 heat all that effort and nothing hits.




Aftermath.
With the heavy elements finishing off those around the bridge. Its only a matter of time before they enter the city. Which is hindering the Vipers movement due to skid rolls. The bears offer of Hegira is accepted. They have the bridge and the way into the city.
Command start moving up support elements.

The game was quite messy mostly due to the number of elements and the use of Honor. It slowed the game a lot as we attempted to figure out who was an open target or who would be best to shoot at who. The game might have been a lot quicker had we just smashed as we ran.
Honor also left us without the need to think Tactically on the assault of the defense side of things as it was more you face off against you.

There where also a few gripes in the group over group firing and the such. But Everyone has their own take on what is honorable. And it a gave us something to debate for a bit.

Turn 5


The enforcers move up to take out the easy prey. The rest of the Rangers take over in the nearby woods.
The Griffin looses an arm to multipul Guass hits. While an Enforcer gets off scott free and the second one takes only 1 to the chest. Both tanks go down Hard to mass fire form the mechs around them.

Turn 6




The Nightskys burst from the woods and catch to some tanks cold again. The GREY Regulators close the gap and finish off the Clint.
A Raijin on the far flank proves too tempting and a trio of Guass open it up. Something in the gyro got crack and he ends up with a cockpit full of dirt.
The Niightskys fire prove ineffective this turn but a swift kick again smegs the Drive system on a tank. And the others being reduced to half movement.


Turn7



The damaged Raijin get up and makes a run for the woods. In an attempt to get out of the fight.
The Nightskys continue to chase down the tanks that can't get away.
And one of the Enforcers moves up on the Stationary tank. Choosing to fire at other targets and planning on finishing him with a kick. The two GRAY tanks being targeted by a nightsky decide there shots are better spent pegging it. And with some considerable skill they cave in the mechs CT damaging gyro and engine while taking the mech clean off its feet.
Unfortuantly they recieve the lion share of the fire and both have thier drive skirts deflated.


Turn 8




The order to retreat may have come too late. As the remaining tanks attempt to flee the area via the city.
The slower brown unit is easily caught by the mechs in persuit. With the Phoenix Hawks Punches sending it to a watery grave.
It was here we finished the game.



The fight was not going well. He was down nearly half his forces. The blame would rest on him. He should have controlled his troops better. Held off at range. Instead of closing. The closing had cost him. It allowed those supped up Nightskys to run havoc on his unit. They where devastating. He only hoped he'd done enough damage to enemy. Two where down. And three others had at least open locations.
He made the call."Fall Back through the city. Don't worry about hitting them. Just get out of here." Vickers
"Might have some issues sir. I can't get full power from her. Gona need help getting out of here."
Amlet looked at his monitor. His driver had already focused upon Vickers tank which was winding backwards over the river.
The Pheonix Hawk rose on its jets and crashed like a meteor into the river. As in landed it grabbed the front of Vickers Regulator and pushed the whole tank under the water. The Pheonix Hawk rose but the tank didn't resurface.
"Remaining units bug out. Don't risk fighing them. Just clear out and let the mechs Handle them."




Aftermath:
I'll admit that I used the tanks incorrectly. Our side should never have closed. We gave the RR far too many shots we could have easily denied them. I think we got a little cocky after the HellSpawn kill.
And that allowed the screw up of letting the Nightskys get in close. They where definitely the heroes on the RR side. They tore through the tanks. And immobilished at least six of them. Letting them be finished off by the others.

Lessons learned.
Do not buddy up your hovertanks. Do not Close with Regulators. Its silly.

My Rangers are buggers at close combat. I can see why our group don't like fighting them in the city.