Part 517: Laager - Turn 13

Laager: Tactical Update 13

Kernoff winced as the silvery streak of a gauss rifle round glanced from the Legacy’s battered armor. It staggered at the blow but Nami kept her machine upright. Kernoff flipped to thermals almost automatically and frowned as her machine’s heat spiked. She’d lost some engine shielding with that shot—an extremely lucky one if her attacker had been the Demolisher still lurking outside the base’s walls.

The Snake, at least, had more pressing things to do than exacerbate the Viking’s plight. The sudden detonation of the Catapult had shaken the enemy pilot mid-jump. They’d come down precariously close to the edge of the `Mechbay’s roof. A kick or shove might’ve been enough to send that pilot over the edge, but half-blinded by the smoke rolling up her machine’s chest, Nami’s desultory attempt failed to connect. The Snake responded in kind but the pilot was more concerned about maintaining their machine’s balance than actually doing actual harm.

Kernoff shot it in the leg and was immediately rewarded with a gout of the green-tinted smoke that told him a myomer bundle had caught fire. The pilot jumped and ran, not quite crippled but damaged badly enough that few MechWarriors would risk continuing the fight. Most of the ComGuard machines were already well beyond that point—their stubborn refusal to surrender likely had the Capellan commander at wit’s end. Kernoff scoffed. They’d been fighting Free Worlders for too long.

Arakiel’s Viking rolled to its feet just as the red-shouldered Wolverine emerged from their `Mechbay. Kernoff didn’t doubt the techs had all run for the shelters. The Capellans would probably slaughter the lot of them, but they’d be spending infantry to do so rather than gunning the blessed Blake’s men down on open ground. The Wolverine’s torso-mounted lasers flickered and its SRMs battered away at the Viking’s heavy armor, but the dual large lasers in their pistol-like mounting along its right arm stayed quiet. A moment later the Wolverine’s intent became clear.

Arakiel’s kick was swift and brutal, but the clearly experienced Capellan pilot simply wasn’t there to take it. Most Mechwarriors would kick one another at point blank, but with few other options the Viking relied on doing so more than most. The Wolverine’s pilot had anticipated Arakiel’s attempt and was already stepping to the side by the time the Viking’s foot lashed forward. The Wolverine’s response was a one-two punch that would’ve been a credit to any heavyweight boxer in the Inner Sphere. The first glanced from the Viking’s blunt nose, but as Arakiel started to draw back the second struck her machine’s canopy, cracking the three-centimeter transplex in a spiderweb pattern. In Kernoff’s experience a strike like that was more than enough to turn a pilot into a rag doll for a few moments.

The Viking collapsed as its already unsteady pilot blacked out. Kernoff clasped the BattleMaster’s hands together like a prizefighter cracking his knuckles. His near-useless right arm raised with one finger extended in challenge. As though he intended to stab the Wolverine in the chest with it.








Movement Phase
Viking (Player)
- Must pass a piloting test to Stand (4 base = 4): rolled 5, stands facing hex 1229!



Shooting Phase
BattleMaster (Player)
- Fires ER PPC at Snake (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 3 target movement = 8): rolled 9, hit Center Torso (6/16 armor remaining)!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Snake (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 3 target movement - 2 pulse laser = 8): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at ER PPC at Snake (4 base + 4 range + 1 movement + 3 target movement = 12): rolled 12, hit Left Leg (0/16 armor, 8/11 structure remaining)! TAC!
- Gains 29 heat, sinks 32

Viking (Player)
- Fires Small Laser at Wolverine (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Gains 11 heat, sinks 20

Legacy (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1131!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Brutus’s Front Armor (4 base + 4 range + 3 movement - 4 enemy movement = 7): rolled 9, rolled 4 to confirm, hit Turret (12/27 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Snake (4 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement + 2 secondary target not in front arc = 12): rolled 9, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Snake (4 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement + 2 secondary target not in front arc = 12): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires Streak SRM-2 at Snake: Target not in arc!
- Gains 19 heat, sinks 18

SRM-6 Turret 1730
- Fires SRM-6 (Inferno) at Brutus (PPC) (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement - 4 enemy movement = -1): automatically hit, 4 missiles hit Front, Front, Front, Front!

SRM-6 Turret 1530
- Fires SRM-6 (Inferno) at Brutus (PPC) (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement - 4 enemy movement = -1): automatically hit, 4 missiles hit Turret, Front, Front, Front!

Lao Hu
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 20!

Archer
- Holds fire!
- Gains 0 heat, sinks 24!

Rifleman II
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 28!

Huron Warrior
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 11!

Snake
- Too surprised to fire!
- Gains 11 heat, sinks 22!

Wolverine
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Viking (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 7, Left Leg (24/30 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Viking (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 5, hit Left Arm (20/30 armor remaining)!
- Fires SRM-6 at Viking (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 6, 4 missiles hit Center Torso (18/33 armor remaining), Left Torso (29/31 armor remaining), Left Torso (27/31 armor remaining), Center Torso (16/33 armor remaining)!
- Gained 14 heat, sinks 24!

Brutus
- Fires LRM-20 at Legacy (4 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement = 10): rolled 11, 12 missiles hit Right Torso (16/27 armor remaining), Right Arm (18/26 armor remaining), Center Torso (8/40 armor remaining)!

Brutus (PPC)
- Crew Stunned!

Demolisher (Gauss)
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Legacy (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement = 8): rolled 12, hit Right Leg (19/34 armor remaining)!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Legacy (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement = 8): rolled 10, hit Center Torso (0/40 armor, 18/25 structure remaining)! Crit!



End Phase
Snake
- Through-armor critical chance in Left Leg! No critical hit sustained!

Brutus (PPC)
- Inferno critical chance in Front! No critical hit sustained!
- Inferno critical chance in Front! No critical hit sustained!
- Inferno critical chance in Front! No critical hit sustained!
- Inferno critical chance in Front! Crew Stunned!
- Inferno critical chance in Turret! No critical hit sustained!
- Inferno critical chance in Front! No critical hit sustained!
- Inferno critical chance in Front! SRM-6 Malfunctions!
- Inferno critical chance in Front! No critical hit sustained!

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

Legacy (Player)
- 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 7, succeeds!



Physical Combat Phase:
Viking (Player)
- Kicks Wolverine (4 base + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 kick = 5): rolled 4, miss!

Legacy (Player)
- Kicks Snake (4 base + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement - 2 kick = 8): rolled 6, miss!

Wolverine
- Punches Viking with both arms (4 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 12, hit Head (4/9 armor remaining (Pilot hit!), Center Torso (11/33 armor remaining)!

Snake
- Kicks Legacy (4 base + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 kick = 7): rolled 2, miss!



End Phase:
Viking (Player)
- Must pass a 7+ consciousness test: rolled 5, fails!
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (4 base + 0 missed kick = 4): automatic failure!
- - Suffers 9 damage to Rear Left Torso (2/7 armor remaining), Rear Center Torso (6/10 armor remaining)

Legacy (Player)
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (4 base + 0 missed kick = 4): rolled 6, succeeds!

Snake
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (4 base + 0 missed kick = 4): rolled 7, succeeds!



Next Turn’s Movement Phase
Snake
- Forced to Withdraw!

Wolverine
- Activates MASC!








Player Status:




Allied Status




Opposing Force Status:




Mission Objective:
- Hurt them (complete)
- - Hurt them more (complete)
- - - Teach them the Word (6/9)

Secondary Objectives:
- Defend the Turret Control Tower (0/1)
- Defend the Administration Building (0/1)
- Keep enemy `Mechs out of the `Mechbay (Failed!)



Special Rules:
Construction Zones – Unless the hex states otherwise, all construction zones count as light woods.

Hidden Assets – The light autocannon turrets are currently in low-power standby mode. ComStar has always maintained up rumors that the power grid supporting them is incomplete or somehow insufficient to power them. They will not open fire until at least two players request their activation on the same turn. This deception may be detected by enemy units with a Beagle Active Probe.



Orders Due: Midnight Saturday!