Part 547: Auxilia - Turn 3

Auxilia: Tactical Update 3

Captain Pradhan cocked his fighter up on one wing, and without a word to his wingman rolled into a steep dive towards one of the innumerable Clan “gun-boxes.” The description was an apt one for most of the machines he’d seen, but from above his target looked like nothing more than a white square with arms. He bracketed it, his heavy PPCs striking in front and behind. The `MechWarrior, not anticipating an aerial attack, brought his machine to a confused halt.

Pankaj’s Gauss Rifle struck the front edge of the white square. It’d been a calculated risk, if he’d taken a shallower angle he could’ve caught the medium-weight BattleMech from behind. But from above, the odds were on his side. The Gunbox toppled and fell, arms limp. It made no effort to catch itself, and the dark-skinned pilot spared a moment for a smile as he pulled back on his control joystick. G-forces pushed him back into his command couch, but the Striga’s aerodynamics were nearly as good as its first-rate thrust vectoring. They could easily outmaneuver slightly faster Clan fighters, even if the damned Stuka/Corsairs that had been tailgating for the past forty seconds hadn’t had any issues keeping up.

“I’m giving you credit for that one, Demon Hawks,” Pankaj waved as he flew by, barely twenty meters over the Atlas’s head. He’d just be a blur to them, but maybe someone quick would catch it.

“You sure?” the gruff-sounding mercenary Atlas pilot asked in passing.

“You set them up, and I get paid the same either way—” anything else he might’ve said was interrupted as a close burst of flak tore into the Striga’s engines. His hands caught control surfaces, flipping buttons as he vectored his engines in the hope that the enemy fighter wouldn’t destroy them. His machine shuddered but held together.

“I lost a heat sink,” his wingman bitched but her tone was more amused than angry, “but the enemy flight leader’s on a ballistic trajectory. I think one of the ground-pounders actually hit him!”

“Go vertical,” Pradhan ordered. “Let’s see if we can get a few hundred meters of extra atmosphere under our wings before the Clanner gets his bird back under control.”








Movement Phase
Atlas (Player)
- Attempts to enter hex 1014, but has insufficient MP! Movement ends in 1013!

Phoenix Hawk (Player)
- Attempts to enter hex 0714, but has insufficient MP! Movement ends in 0713!



Shooting Phase
Striga Flight Leader (Allied)
- Initiates a Strike Attack against Ice Ferret C (Altitude reduced from 2 to 1)
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Ice Ferret C (3 base + 2 strike + 4 target movement + 0 damage = 9): rolled 9, hit Head (0/9 armor, 0/3 structure remaining)! `Mech destroyed!
- Fires Heavy PPC at Ice Ferret C (3 base + 2 strike + 4 target movement + 0 damage = 9): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires Heavy PPC at Ice Ferret C (3 base + 2 strike + 4 target movement + 0 damage = 9): rolled 8, miss!
- Gains 31 heat, sinks 30!

Striga Wingman (Allied)
- Initiates a Strafing Run from altitude 2, attacking hexes 0722 to 1120!
- Fires ER PPC at Pouncer C (3 base + 4 strafing + 3 target movement + 0 damage - 1 targeting computer = 9): rolled 12, hit Left Arm (2/12 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER PPC at Pouncer C (3 base + 4 strafing + 3 target movement + 0 damage - 1 targeting computer = 9): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires ER PPC at Pouncer C (3 base + 4 strafing + 3 target movement + 0 damage - 1 targeting computer = 9): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Pouncer C (3 base + 4 strafing + 3 target movement + 0 damage - 1 targeting computer = 9): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Pouncer C (3 base + 4 strafing + 3 target movement + 0 damage - 1 targeting computer = 9): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires ER PPC at Kit Fox Prime (3 base + 4 strafing + 3 target movement + 0 damage - 1 targeting computer = 9): rolled 9, hit Left Arm (0/7 armor, 2/5 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires ER PPC at Kit Fox Prime (3 base + 4 strafing + 3 target movement + 0 damage - 1 targeting computer = 9): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires ER PPC at Kit Fox Prime (3 base + 4 strafing + 3 target movement + 0 damage - 1 targeting computer = 9): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Kit Fox Prime (3 base + 4 strafing + 3 target movement + 0 damage - 1 targeting computer = 9): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Kit Fox Prime (3 base + 4 strafing + 3 target movement + 0 damage - 1 targeting computer = 9): rolled 10, hit Right Torso (3/8 armor remaining)!
- Gains 40 heat, sinks 48!

Atlas (Player)
- Primary target Ice Ferret C already destroyed!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 30!

Hunchback (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1010!
- Fires Ultra AC/10 (Single) at Visigoth, but due to altitude the target is out of range (22 hexes)!
- Fires Ultra AC/10 (Single) at Visigoth, but due to altitude the target is out of range (22 hexes)!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 22!

Sunfire (Player)
- Invalid target (no enemy `Mech in hex 0627)!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 38!

Anvil (Player)
- Primary target Ice Ferret C already destroyed!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 24!

Tempest (Player)
- Primary target Ice Ferret C already destroyed!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 22!

Awesome (Player)
- Fires PPC at Kit Fox S (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 9): rolled 9, Left Torso (0/8 armor, 5/7 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires PPC at Kit Fox S (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 9): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires PPC at Kit Fox S (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 9): rolled 11, hit Center Torso (0/9 armor, 9/10 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Gains 31 heat, sinks 38!

Dragoon II (Player)
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon (Flak) at Visigoth, but due to altitude the target is out of range (20 hexes)!
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon (Flak) at Visigoth, but due to altitude the target is out of range (20 hexes)!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Visigoth (4 base + 4 range + 1 aerial target + 1 attacking nose - 2 pulse laser = 8): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Visigoth (4 base + 4 range + 1 aerial target + 1 attacking nose - 2 pulse laser = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Gains 22 heat, sinks 26!

Phoenix Hawk (Player)
- Primary target Ice Ferret C already destroyed!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 20!

Komodo (Player)
- Holds fire!
- Gains 5 heat, sinks 24!

Osprey (Player)
- Primary target does not meet criteria (tip: aerospace fighters will probably always be more than 6 hexes away)!
- Secondary target Ice Ferret C already destroyed!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 20!

Enfield (Player)
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon at Visigoth (4 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 1 aerial target + 1 front arc - 1 cluster - 2 flak attack = 9): rolled 10, 6 submunitions hit Nose (64/65 armor remaining), Nose (63/65 armor remaining), Nose (62/65 armor remaining), Nose (61/65 armor remaining), Nose (60/65 armor remaining), Nose (59/65 armor remaining)!
- Fires Large Laser at Visigoth but the target is out of range (17 hexes)!
- Fires Medium Laser at Visigoth but the target is out of range (17 hexes)!
- Fires Medium Laser at Visigoth but the target is out of range (17 hexes)!
- Gains 4 heat, sinks 22!

Po (Player)
- Fires Large Laser at Visigoth, but due to altitude the target is out of range (24 hexes)!
- Fires Large Laser at Visigoth, but due to altitude the target is out of range (24 hexes)!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 20!

Locust “Pulsar” (Player)
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 22!

Locust “Bane” (Player)
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 10!

Revenant Patroller (Allied)
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Kit Fox C (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement = 8): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Kit Fox C (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement = 8): rolled 9, hit Right Leg (3/8 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Kit Fox C (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 6): rolled 11, hit Left Arm (0/7 armor, 1/6 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Kit Fox C (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 6): rolled 7, hit Left Arm (0/6 structure remaining)! Arm blown off!
- - Damage transfers to Left Torso (3/8 armor remaining)!
- Fires Light Machine Gun at Kit Fox C (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Light Machine Gun at Kit Fox C (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement = 8): rolled 10, hit Right Leg (2/8 armor remaining)!

Revenant Interceptor (Allied)
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Viper C (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 4 enemy movement = 10): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Viper C (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 4 enemy movement = 10): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Viper C (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 4 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 10): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Viper C (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 4 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 10): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires Light Machine Gun at Viper C (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 4 enemy movement = 12): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires Light Machine Gun at Viper C (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 4 enemy movement = 12): rolled 6, miss!

Kit Fox C
- Fires ER Large Laser at Revenant Patroller (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 12, hits Left Torso (0/10 armor remaining)!
- Fires Small Pulse Laser at Revenant Patroller (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 5, hit Center Torso (9/12 armor remaining)!
- Fires Machine Gun at Revenant Patroller (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires Machine Gun at Revenant Patroller (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 8, hits Left Rear Leg (9/11 armor remaining)!
- Gains 16 heat, sinks 20!

Viper C
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 2344!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Revenant Interceptor (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 8): rolled 12, hit Left Torso (3/10 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Revenant Interceptor (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 8): rolled 3, miss!
- Gains 18 heat, sinks 20!

Pouncer C
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 24!

Kit Fox S
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Awesome (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 11, hit Left Arm (16/26 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Awesome (3 base + 4 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 7): rolled 9, hit Left Torso (18/24 armor remaining)!
- Fires Streak SRM-4 at Awesome (3 base + 4 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 9): rolled 4, fails to lock-on!
- Gains 20 heat, sinks 20!

Kit Fox W
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Tempest (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 12, hit Left Arm (8/18 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Tempest (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 7): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Tempest (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 7): rolled 4, miss!
- Gains 20 heat, sinks 20!

Kit Fox Prime
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 20!

Ice Ferret C
- Fires LB 2-X Autocannon (Slug) at Atlas (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 6): rolled 9, hit Left Torso (30/32 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Atlas (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Atlas (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 8, hit Right Arm (27/34 armor remaining)!
- Gains 11 heat, sinks 24!

Visigoth Point Commander
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon at Striga Flight Lead (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading - 1 Proximity Flak = 6): rolled 12, hit Aft 7 (60/70 armor remaining)! Lucky Crit! Threshold Crit!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Striga Flight Lead (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading = 7): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Striga Flight Lead (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading = 7): rolled 9, hit Aft 7 (53/70 armor remaining)! Threshold Crit!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Striga Flight Lead (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading = 7): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Streak SRM-4 at Striga Flight Lead (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading = 7): rolled 9, 4 missiles hit Aft (48/70 armor remaining), Aft (45/70 armor remaining)!
- Fires Small Pulse Laser at Striga Flight Lead (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 6, hit Aft (42/70 armor remaining)!
- Fires Streak SRM-4 at Striga Flight Lead (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading = 7): rolled 5, fails to lock-on!
- Fires Small Pulse Laser at Striga Flight Lead (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 6, hit Aft (39/70 armor remaining)!
- Gains 24 heat, sinks 37!

Visigoth Wingman
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon at Striga Wingman (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading - 1 Proximity Flak = 6): rolled 11, hit Aft 8 (60/70 armor remaining)! Threshold Crit!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Striga Wingman (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading = 7): rolled 8, hit Left Wing 9 (69/76 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Striga Wingman (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading = 7): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Striga Wingman (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading = 7): rolled 8, hit Aft 11 (53/70 armor remaining)! Threshold Crit!
- Fires Streak SRM-4 at Striga Wingman (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading = 7): rolled 6, fails to lock-on!
- Fires Small Pulse Laser at Striga Wingman (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires Streak SRM-4 at Striga Wingman (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading = 7): rolled 10, 4 missiles hit Aft 3 (48/70 armor remaining), Right Wing 4 (73/76 armor remaining)!
- Fires Small Pulse Laser at Striga Wingman (4 base + 0 range + 0 attacking aft + 3 target evading - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 7, hit Aft (45/70 armor remaining)!
- Gains 24 heat, sinks 37!



End Phase
Kit Fox Prime
- Critical chance in Left Arm! No critical hit sustained!

Kit Fox S
- Critical chance in Left Torso! No critical hit sustained!
- Critical chance in Center Torso! 1 critical hit sustained!
- - Engine hit!
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (4 base + 1 massive damage = 5): rolled 8, succeeds!

Kit Fox C
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (4 base + 1 massive damage = 5): rolled 5, succeeds!

Visigoth
- Must pass a control roll (5 base - 1 fighter = 4): rolled 3, fails!

Striga Flight Lead
- Lucky crit in aft! No critical hit sustained!
- Threshold crit in aft! No critical hit sustained!
- Threshold crit in aft! No critical hit sustained!
- Must pass a control roll (4 base + 1 20+ damage taken - 1 fighter = 4): rolled 8, succeeds!

Striga Wingman
- Threshold crit in aft! No critical hit sustained!
- Threshold crit in aft! Heat sink hit!
- Must pass a control roll (4 base + 1 20+ damage taken - 1 fighter = 4) : rolled 4, succeeds!








Player Status:
Demon Lance


Hawk Lance




Ally Status:




Opposing Force Status:




Mission Objective:
- Defend the Convoy (5/5)
- Assist Allied Forces
- Drive off the Clans (0/?)
- Bounty Collected: 2,000,000 c-bills (3,000,000 goods)
- - Light: 0
- - Medium: 1
- - Heavy: 0
- - Assault: 0



Orders Due: Midnight Tuesday!