Part 319: Hogarth's Heroes - Turn 18
Hogarth’s Heroes: Tactical Update 18Combat Phase
Blue 1) Hogarth’s Atlas II
- No Orders Received!
Blue 2) Steiner’s Awesome
- Fires PPC at Behemoth (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 10, hit Center Torso (20/60 armor remains)!
- Fires PPC at Behemoth (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 9, hit Left Leg (14/62 armor remains)!
- Fires PPC at Behemoth (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 12, hit Right Arm (0/44 armor, 21/25 structure remains)! Cine-Crit!
- Fires PPC at Behemoth (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 8, hit Center Torso (10/60 armor remains)!
Blue 3) Vasquez’s Banshee
- Activates Berserk Mode, becomes untargetable!
Blue 4) Schultz’s Zeus
- Fires LRM-15 at Behemoth (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 minimum = 6): rolled 9, 4 missiles hit Left Leg (10/62 armor remains)!
- Fires PPC at Behemoth (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 4): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires Large Laser at Behemoth (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 4): rolled 7, hit Left Torso (7/45 armor remains)!
- Fires Large Laser at Behemoth (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 4): rolled 8, hit Center Torso (2/60 armor remains)!
- Fires Medium Laser at Behemoth (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Behemoth (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 4, miss!
Red 1) Battlemaster
- Holds fire!
Green 7) Wolf Trap
- Torso twists to threaten hex 1018
- Fires LB-10X Autocannon at Atlas Blue 1 (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 cluster = 5): rolled 6, 6 submunitions hit Rear Right Torso (5/10 armor remains), Rear Left Torso (7/10 armor remains), Rear Center Torso (13/14 armor remains), Head (1/3 structure remains (Cine-Crit!)), Left Leg (33/41 armor remains), Left Leg (39/41 armor remains)!
Behemoth
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Awesome Blue 2 (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 5): rolled 9, hit Left Leg (4/33 armor remains)!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Awesome Blue 2 (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 5): rolled 12, hit Right Arm (6/24 armor remains)!
- Fires LB-10X Autocannon (Cluster) at Awesome Blue 2 (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 Cluster = 4): rolled 6, 10 submunitions hit Right Arm (5/24 armor remains), Right Arm (4/24 armor remains), Right Arm (3/24 armor remains), Center Torso (10/30 armor remains), Right Leg (13/33 armor (TAC!)), Right Arm (2/24 armor remains), Left Leg (3/33 armor remains), Left Torso (16/24 armor remains), Left Leg (2/33 armor remains), Left Arm (1/33 armor remains)!
- Fires LB-10X Autocannon (Cluster) at Awesome Blue 2 (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 Cluster = 4): rolled 9, 8 submunitions hit Right Torso (16/17 structure remains (Cine-Crit)), Center Torso (9/30 armor remains), Right Arm (1/24 armor, / structure remains), Left Arm (23/24 armor remains), Left Arm (22/24 armor remains), Right Arm (0/24 armor remains), Right Arm (12/13 structure remains (Cine-Crit)), Left Torso (15/24 armor remains)!
Uburbanmech
- Fires Autocannon/20 at Zeus Blue 4 (4 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 8): rolled 9, hit Center Torso (0/26 armor, 15/25 structure remains)! Cine-Crit!
- Fires Autocannon/20 at Zeus Blue 4 (4 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Large Laser at Zeus Blue 4 (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, hit Right Leg (0/24 armor, 11/17 structure remains)! Cine-Crit!
- Fires Large Laser at Zeus Blue 4 (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 12, hit Center Torso (7/25 structure remains)! Cine-Crit!
End Phase:
Behemoth
- Cinematic Critical Chance! No cine-crits sustained!
Atlas Blue 1
- Cinematic Critical Chance! No cine-crits sustained!
Awesome Blue 2
- Through-Armor Critical Chance in Right Leg! No critical hit sustained!
- Cinematic Critical Chance! 1 Cine-crit sustained!
- - Protagonist Flesh Wound!
- Cinematic Critical Chance! No cine-crits sustained!
Zeus Blue 4
- Cinematic Critical Chance! No cine-crits sustained!
- Cinematic Critical Chance! 1 Cine-crit sustained!
- - Protagonist Injured!
- Cinematic Critical Chance! 1 Cine-crit sustained!
- - Chickens Escape!
Physical Combat Phase:
Blue 3) Banshee
- Kicks Behemoth (5 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 kick = 5): rolled 10, hit Right Leg (28/62 armor remains)
- Punches Behemoth (5 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 8, hit Left Arm (13/44 armor remains)!
- Punches Behemoth (5 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, hit Left Arm (4/44 armor remains)!
- Bites Behemoth (5 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 9, hit Left Arm (0/44 armor, 10/25 structure remains)! Arm Torn Off!
“We’re so fucked,” Vasquez mumbled, “we’re so fucked… we’re so fucked!”
“Vasquez has gone bye-bye,” Andrew fought through another snicker. “General, what do we do?”
“I’m sorry, Andrew. I—” Hogarth paused, his Atlas twisting as though shaking its head, “—I have no orders for you right now.”
Andrew held his tongue for a few moments, mostly to regain his own composure, and managed, “Then trust me, General. Because I do.”
“I mustn’t run away,” the radio continued to crackle quietly with Vasquez’s ranting.
“Vasquez,” Andrew’s voice was calm even as the Behemoth’s firepower pulverized his armor and shook his `Mech like a colossal rag doll. He let fly with his PPCs, not caring where or even if they hit, but continued with absolute sincerity. “This ghost gets inside of you, turns you into some twisted monster—and he’s going to destroy everything you know and love.”
Andrew paused for a brief, melodramatic moment before adding, “He killed Drake.”
The Banshee shuddered as though it had been struck by a Gauss Rifle, its torso twisting back and forth as if the machine itself were searching for something. It’s man-shaped head turned towards the distant Behemoth, cockpit glass glinting like a pair of sunglasses for a brief moment. With a roar (that would be added in post) the hydraulics holding the false head in place strained to torque the head upwards, making it appear as though the Banshee had opened a mouth the real `Mech simply didn’t have.
It lurched forward with jerky, spider-like motions and Hogarth’s Atlas twisted to raise its left arm as though trying to recall his enraged subordinate. The arm moved as slowly as Thomas could manage, trying to give the Banshee the illusion of lightning speed as it crossed the ice and clambered up the low hill on which the Behemoth sat. With a colossal crash the Banshee plowed into the Locust that secretly made up the Behemoth’s left arm, tearing the “arm” from the `Mech and descending upon it like a starving man.
“Hogarth!” The Red Corsair’s gruff voice filled the comms. “Thomas Hogarth, I don’t know what the hell you think you’re doing coming here; but you won’t even scratch that damned ghost without a PPC! Here!”
The armless Battlemaster twisted, kicking out with its right foot to lob its “rediscovered” PPC at the distant Atlas. A flock of frost chickens scattered from directly beneath the weapon, apparently having taken cover there from the snow. The replica weapon was far lighter than the real thing but even then it didn’t clear half the distance. Fortunately, the still active Wolf Trap was on the job, pressing a working weapon into the Atlas’s hand before retreating. Thomas twisted as though he’d just caught the PPC perfectly, and raised the weapon in salute.
“Thanks, Duchess. I owe you one.”
“To hell with that,” the Red Corsair hissed, “I’m counting on you to save Skye. Don’t screw this up!”
Primary Objectives
Defend the Red Corsair! (0/1)
Destroy Richard Cameron’s Behemoth (0/1)
Secondary Objectives
Thomas Hogarth duels the Red Corsair (1/1)
One of Hogarth’s Heroes “dies” dramatically, but no more than one (0/1)
Hogarth kills the ghost with his Ghost-Killer PPC (failed!)
Believe in Andrew Steiner (Complete Success!)
Cross the Streams (success!)
Defeat the Urbanmech?! (0/1)
Hidden Objectives
Piles of Cardboard Boxes Destroyed: 2
Fruit Carts Destroyed: 1
Wilhelm Screams: 1
Flubbed Lines: 1
Fires Started: 1
Chickens Released: 1
Key:
Blue1) Atlas II
Blue2) Awesome
Blue3) Banshee
Blue4) Zeus
Red1) Battlemaster – Walked, 0
Enemy `Mech Key
Green7) Wolf Trap – Ran, 2
Behemoth – Stationary, 0
Uburbanmech - Stationary, 0
Player `Mech Status
Enemy `Mech Status
Cinematic Crit Table
2 – Railing Kill / Protagonist Injured!
3 – Stunned Enemy / Protagonist Flesh Wound!
4 – Huge Random Explosion!
5 – Fruit Vendor Demolished / Chickens Escape / Outhouse Detonates!
6 – Cardboard Boxes Destroyed!
7 – Wilhelm Scream / Flubbed Line!
8 – Cardboard Boxes Destroyed!
9 – Explosive Barrels Explode Unexpectedly!
10 – Something Catches Fire!
11 – Delayed Casualty / Protagonist Flesh Wound!
12 – Kneecapped / Protagonist Injured!