Part 422: Trial by Fire - Turn 13

Trial By Fire: Tactical Update 13

“New contact,” Lucaino cautioned as his lasers sliced a stack of shipping crates apart. Sturdy sheet steel painted red, purple, and blue melted and ran as his carefully-aimed shots dissected them one at a time to reveal something gleaming within. A random thought percolated in his skull as he carefully studied the crates for any clues that might help locate other objectives.

“Locust in the crates, tagging as possibly hostile,” Lucaino didn’t have a great view of the `Mech through the trees, but its brilliantly polished gold armor was hard to miss. “If the engine’s offline I’d say that’s our ‘big’ objective. Even if the weapons have been stripped out I don’t think I can carry a Locust with my Crab.”

“Confirmed,” the taciturn Rayford grunted. “Locust has no heat sig, the fusion engine’s offline.”

“Arianna?” Lucaino queried.

“I can carry it. I’m coming!” In his rear view, Lucaino watched as her Battlemaster slipped again and drove its knee into the ferrocrete. Her next attempt was a little more cautious, but she was still an easy target for the distant Woodsman. She shifted, and let loose with her plasma rifles trying to force it to keep its head down. It didn’t even flinch, instead firing a carefully aimed shot at the Battlemaster’s right arm. The plasma rifle there ruptured with a harmless flash.

“Kerensky fuck me,” Arianna cursed bitterly, “Bastard just tried to potshot one of my hands!”








Movement Phase
Battlemaster (Player)
- Must pass a piloting test to stand (4 base = 4): rolled 3, fails!
- - Suffers damage in the fall to Right Leg (26/31 armor remains), Left Torso (6/28 armor remains)
- Must pass a piloting test to stand (4 base = 4): rolled 6, succeeds!
- Attempts to enter hex 1420, insufficient MP!



Combat Phase
Crab (Player)
- Fires ER Large Laser at Cargo Container 0519 (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement - 4 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 5): rolled 11, hit (7/15 durability remaining)!
- Fires ER Large Laser at Cargo Container 0519 (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement - 4 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 5): rolled 7, (0/15 durability remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Cargo Container 0519 (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement - 4 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 5): target already destroyed!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Cargo Container 0519 (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement - 4 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 5): target already destroyed!
- Gains heat 36, sinks 36!

Battlemaster (Player)
- Fires Plasma Rifle at Woodsman (3 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 9): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires Plasma Rifle at Woodsman (3 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 9): rolled 7, miss!
- Gains heat 22, sinks 34!

Coyote (Player)
- Fires ER Large Laser at Cargo Container 0519! Target already destroyed!
- Fires Streak SRM-6 at Cargo Container 0519, but it fails to lock-on!
- Gains heat 2, sinks 30!

Shadow Hawk (Player)
- Holds fire!
- Gains heat 2, sinks 20!

Coyotl
- Holds fire!
- Gains heat 2, sinks 20!

Wolverine
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 28!

Thunderbolt
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 28!

Woodsman
- Fires ER Large Laser at Battlemaster (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 5): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires ER Large Laser at Battlemaster (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 5): rolled 10, hit Right Arm (9/27 armor remains)! TAC!
- Gains 24 heat, sinks 24!



End Phase:
Battlemaster (player)
- Through-armor critical chance in Right Arm! 1 critical hit sustained!
- - Plasma Rifle hit!









Player Status:


Neutral Forces:


Opposing Force (level)
Cyclops (Mk. 6) – Disabled!
Woodsman Prime (Mk. 6) – Stationary +0
Mountain Lion (Mk. 4) – Disabled!
Thunderbolt (Mk. 2) – Ran +1
Kintaro (Mk. 2) – Disabled!
Wolverine (Mk. 7) – Walked +1
Coyotl A (Mk. 6) – Jumped +4
Commando (Mk. 4) – Disabled!



Mission Objective:
Plunder Recovered (0/1500 points)

Secondary Objectives:
Enemy Units Damaged (150/400 points)
Penalty Accrued (-150/-300 points)



Orders Due: Saturday Night!

PTN’s Note: Sorry that took so long, I’ve been following something amazing and it had me distracted.
In other news: the Solid Gold Locust was an ordinary crate until 15 minutes ago