Part 142: Saving Janos Marik - Turn 4
Saving Janos Marik: Tactical Update 4Movement Phase
1 Bombardier
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (3 base + 1 movement - 1 depth 1 water = 3): rolled 7, succeeds!
G Gladiator
- Must pass a piloting test or skid (3 base + 1 skidding movement = 4): rolled 3, fails!
End Phase
G Gladiator
- Gladiator skids into hex 1010!
- Skid interrupted by fall!
- - Damage multiplied by number of elevations fallen (2)
- - Damage halved by falling into water
- - Suffers damage to Left Arm (10/15 armor remains)!
- Must pass a piloting test to avoid pilot damage (3 base + 2 movement + 1 avoiding pilot damage = 6): rolled 8, succeeds!
Combat Phase
A Awesome
- Fires PPC at 7 Hermes (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement 1 weather = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires PPC at 7 Hermes (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement 1 weather = 8): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires PPC at 7 Hermes (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement 1 weather = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Gains 31 heat, sinks 28! Overheating!
O Orion
- Torso Twists to threaten hex 0708!
- Fires Autocannon/10 at 6 Mongoose (2 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement + 1 weather = 10): Rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at 6 Mongoose (2 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement + 1 weather = 10): Rolled 2, miss!
- Fires LRM-15 at 6 Mongoose (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement + 2 weather + 1 Minimum Range = 10): Rolled 10, 9 missiles hit Right Torso (5/10 armor remains), Right Arm (4/8 armor remains)!
- Gains 12 heat, sinks 10!
S Ostroc
- Fires Large Laser at 6 Mongoose (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement + 1 weather = 8): rolled 9, hit Left Arm (0/8 armor remains)!
- Fires Large Laser at 6 Mongoose (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement + 1 weather = 8): rolled 8, hit Left Arm (0/4 structure remains)! Damage transfers to Left Torso (6/10 armor remains)!
Gains 18 heat, sinks 15! Overheating!
G Gladiator
- No line of sight to target!
Gains 2 heat, sinks 13!
1 Bombardier
- Holds fire!
2 Raven
- Holds fire!
3 Urbanmech
- Holds fire!
4 Urbanmech
- Fires Gauss Rifle at O Orion (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 weather = 8): rolled 10, hit Right Arm (0/24 armor, 11/12 structure remains)! Critical chance!
5 Whitworth
- Holds Fire!
6 Mongoose
- Fires Medium Laser at A Awesome (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 weather = 9): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at A Awesome (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 weather = 9): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at A Awesome (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 weather = 9): rolled 7, miss!
7 Hermes
- Fires Medium Laser at A Awesome (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 weather = 9): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at A Awesome (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 weather = 9): rolled 3, miss!
8 Urbanmech
- Holds fire!
End Phase:
O Orion
- Critical Chance in Right Arm! 1 critical hit sustained!
- - Medium Laser destroyed!
Turn End Phase:
- No Lightning strikes this turn!
“I don’t like the look of that Urbanmech,” Joshua Davion grunted, slamming his feet down on the pedals and bringing his Gladiator up to a sprint. The old ‘Mech was designed by the Kuritas, who’d simply given them to the Free Worlds League when the design had ‘dishonored’ itself. Davion couldn’t see why, it was a fine machine, agile and powerful.
The irony of a Davion—even if he wasn’t actually a Davion—piloting a dishonored Kurita design wasn’t lost on him.
“It’s just a heavy autocannon. Don’t worry about it.” Valens replied, dismissing the enemy ‘Mech offhand. “We’re well out of range, we can pick it apart at leasure.”
“If we’re out of range, why would it expose itself?” Davion countered, his tones nervous.
“That’s not an Autocannon,” Masters reported quietly. “The profile’s a Gauss Rifle. ComStar distributed—”
“A Gauss Rifle?” Cage scoffed with an incredulous laugh. “R&D on Atreus tested those a few months back—same weight as a heavy autocannon, but almost a forth less punch. They tested them at heavy autocannon ranges, and aside from some improved accuracy, the weapon was all-around unimpressive. The ac wins every time.”
“Sweet Christ!” Davion spat suddenly as a silver streak flashed past his cockpit. His involuntary twitch send the Gladiator’s gyros tumbling and the sprinting Gladiator overbalanced and toppled off the edge of the docks. He couldn’t see what, if anything, the Urbanmech’s shot hit.
He twisted mid fall, taking the shock of impact on the arm—rather than to the back. The Kuritas had designed the Gladiator with almost all of its armor on the front, to keep their soldiers from running away from fights… but Joshua was sorely lucky the fall hadn’t penetrated his paper-thin rear armor and flooded his engine. That would’ve been a hard thing to explain to Captain Masters.
Paul Masters’ angry voice filled the comms, “… Rebecca, our R&D people on Atreus. Did they think to test the maximum range of those Gauss Rifles?”
Rebecca’s voice was hesitant. “I, er… the tech specs I got said the same range as a heavy autocannon.”
“… Our R&D people are imbeciles.”
Mission Objectives
Destroy All Enemy Forces (0/8)
OR
Destroy the Janos Marik (0/1)
Secondary Objective
Don’t Destroy the Janos Marik (1/1)
Enemy Movement Modifiers:
1) BMB-10D Bombardier Walked (+0)
2) RVN-1X Raven Ran (+3)
3) UM-R60G Urbanmech Walked (+0)
4) UM-R60G Urbanmech Stationary (+0)
5) WTH-1 Whitworth Jumped (+2)
6) MON-67 Mongoose Ran (+3)
7) HER-1A Hermes Ran (+3)
8) UM-R60 Urbanmech Stationary (+0)
AWS-8Q Awesome
Weight: 80 tons (Assault)
HD A(S): 9/9 (3/3)
LT A(S): 24/24 (17/17)
LT R A(S): 10/10
CT A(S): 30/30 (25/25)
CT R A(S): 19/19
RT A(S): 24/24 (17/17)
RT R A(S): 10/10
LA A(S): 24/24 (13/13)
RA A(S): 24/24 (13/13)
LL A(S): 33/33 (17/17)
RL A(S): 33/33 (17/17)
Heat: 6/30
Overheat Penalty: Movement reduced to 2/3/0!
Heat Sinks: 28
Movement: 3/5/0
Mechwarrior: Pilot 3, Gunnery 2
Mechwarrior Name: Sergeant Major Rebecca Cage
Mechwarrior Player: Canopus250
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
PPC – RA (Heat: 10, Range: (L:18 M:12 S:6 Min:3), Status: OK!)
PPC – RT (Heat: 10, Range: (L:18 M:12 S:6 Min:3), Status: OK!)
PPC – LT (Heat: 10, Range: (L:18 M:12 S:6 Min:3), Status: OK!)
Small Laser – HD (Heat: 1, Range (L:3 M:2 S:1), Status, OK!
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: 1 hand
ON1-K Orion
Weight: 75 tons (Heavy)
HD A(S): 9/9 (3/3)
LT A(S): 20/22 (16/16)
LT R A(S): 10/10
CT A(S): 32/36 (23/23)
CT R A(S): 10/10
RT A(S): 22/22 (16/16)
RT R A(S): 10/10
LA A(S): 22/24 (12/12)
RA A(S): 0/24 (11/12)
LL A(S): 32/32 (16/16)
RL A(S): 25/32 (16/16)
Heat: 2/30
Overheat Penalty: None
Heat Sinks: 10
Movement: 4/6/0
Mechwarrior: Pilot 3, Gunnery 2
Mechwarrior Name: Captain Paul Masters
Mechwarrior Player: Defiance Indusries
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
Medium Laser – RA (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: DESTROYED!)
Medium Laser – LA (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Autocannon/10 – RT (Heat: 3, Ammo: 19, Range: (L:15 M:10 S:5), Status: OK!)
LRM-15 – LT (Heat: 5, Ammo: 15, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: OK!)
SRM-4 – LT (Heat: 3, Ammo: 25, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Critical Damage: Medium Laser destroyed!
Notes: no hands
OSR-2C Ostroc
Weight: 60 tons (Heavy)
HD A(S): 8/8 (3/3)
LT A(S): 22/22 (14/14)
LT R A(S): 4/4
CT A(S): 22/22 (20/20)
CT R A(S): 6/6
RT A(S): 22/22 (14/14)
RT R A(S): 4/4
LA A(S): 8/8 (10/10)
RA A(S): 8/8 (10/10)
LL A(S): 20/20 (14/14)
RL A(S): 20/20 (14/14)
Heat: 6/30
Overheat Penalty: Movement reduced to 4/6/0!
Heat Sinks: 15
Movement: 5/8/0
Mechwarrior: Pilot 3, Gunnery 2
Mechwarrior Name: Corporal Janos Valens
Mechwarrior Player: ActionZero
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
Large Laser – RT (Heat: 8, Range: (L:15 M:10 S:5), Status: OK!)
Large Laser – LT (Heat: 8, Range: (L:15 M:10 S:5), Status: OK!)
Medium Laser – RT (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Medium Laser – LT (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
SRM-4 – RT (Heat: 3, Ammo: 24, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: 2 hands
GLD-4R Gladiator
Weight: 55 tons (Medium)
HD A(S): 9/9 (3/3)
LT A(S): 19/19 (13/13)
LT R A(S): 3/3
CT A(S): 26/26 (18/18)
CT R A(S): 5/5
RT A(S): 19/19 (13/13)
RT R A(S): 3/3
LA A(S): 10/15 (9/9)
RA A(S): 15/15 (9/9)
LL A(S): 19/19 (13/13)
RL A(S): 19/19 (13/13)
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None
Heat Sinks: 13
Movement: 5/8/5
Mechwarrior: Pilot 3, Gunnery 2
Mechwarrior Name: Lieutenant Joshua Davion
Mechwarrior Player: Guitar_Hero
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
PPC – RA (Heat: 10, Range: (L:18 M:12 S:6 Min:3), Status: OK!)
SRM-6 – RA (Heat: 4, Ammo: 15, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Medium Laser – LA (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Medium Laser – LA (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: 2 hands
Enemy Status
1) BMB-10D Bombardier
Weight: 65 tons (Heavy)
Movement: 4/6/0
Overheat Penalty: None
Mechwarrior: Pilot 3, Gunnery 2
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
LRM-20, LRM-20, SRM-4, Machine Gun
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:
2) RVN-1X Raven
Weight: 35 tons (Light)
Overheat Penalty: None
Movement: 5/8/0
Mechwarrior: Pilot 4, Gunnery 3
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
SRM-6
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:
3) UM-R60G Urbanmech
Weight: 30 tons (Light)
Overheat Penalty: None
Movement: 2/3/2
Mechwarrior: Pilot 4, Gunnery 3
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
Gauss Rifle, Small Laser
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:
4) UM-R60G Urbanmech
Weight: 30 tons (Light)
Overheat Penalty: None
Movement: 2/3/2
Mechwarrior: Pilot 4, Gunnery 3
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
Gauss Rifle, Small Laser
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:
5) WTH-1 Whitworth
Weight: 40 tons (Medium)
Overheat Penalty: None
Movement: 4/6/4
Mechwarrior: Pilot 4, Gunnery 3
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
LRM-10, LRM-10, Medium Laser, Medium Laser, Medium Laser
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:
6) MON-67 Mongoose
Weight: 25 tons (Light)
Overheat Penalty: None
Movement: 8/12/0
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
Medium Laser, Medium Laser, Small Laser
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:
7) HER-1A Hermes
Weight: 30 tons (Light)
Overheat Penalty: None
Movement: 9/14/0
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
Medium Laser, Medium Laser, Flamer
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:
8) UM-R60 Urbanmech
Weight: 30 tons (Light)
Overheat Penalty: None
Movement: 2/3/2
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
Autocannon/10, Small Laser
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: