Part 166: Counting Coup - Turn 13

Counting Coup: Tactical Update 13

Movement Phase
O1 Atlas
- Stands carefully: automatic success!



Combat Phase
P3 Gargoyle D
- Fires ER Large Laser at B Warhammer (2 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 Null Sig - 1 targeting computer = 7): rolled 7, hit Right Arm (12/22 armor remains)!
- Fires ER Large Laser at B Warhammer (2 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 Null Sig - 1 targeting computer = 7): rolled 10, hit Head (0/9 armor, 2/3 structure remains (Critical chance!))!
Generates 29 heat, sinks 32!

B Warhammer
- Fires ER-PPC at P3 Gargoyle D (0 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement = 5): rolled 7, hit Left Leg (19/34 armor remains)!
- Fires ER-PPC at P3 Gargoyle D (0 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement = 5): rolled 9, hit Right Leg (4/34 armor remains)!

O1 Atlas
- Torso Twists to threaten hex 0709!
- Fires Autocannon/20 at P3 Gargoyle D (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at P3 Gargoyle D (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at P3 Gargoyle D (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires SRM-6 (Inferno) at P3 Gargoyle D (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires LRM-20 at P3 Gargoyle D (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement = 7): rolled 6, miss!

O2 Mauler Daboku 1
- Fires Gauss Rifle at P3 Gargoyle D (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at P3 Gargoyle D (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 2, miss!

O3 Mauler Daboku 2
- Fires Gauss Rifle at P3 Gargoyle D (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 10, hit Right Torso (2/26 armor remains)!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at P3 Gargoyle D (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 7, miss!

O4 Hatamoto Hankou
- Fires Gauss Rifle at P3 Gargoyle D (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 3, miss!

S1 Phoenix Hawk
- Fires Large Laser at P3 Gargoyle D (4 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 12): rolled 8, miss!

S3 Jenner 2
- Holds fire!

S5 Panther 1
- Fires SRM-4 at P3 Gargoyle D (4 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement = 11): rolled 4, miss!



End Phase:
B Warhammer
- Critical chance in Head! No critical hits sustained!
- Must pass a 3+ consciousness test: rolled 4, succeeds!
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (0 base + 1 massive damage): automatic success!

P3 Gargoyle D
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (3 base + 1 massive damage = 4): rolled 5, succeeds!





Zenyatta shook her head groggily and winced involuntarily as a pounding neural-feedback headache bludgeoned at her frontal lobes. Panting heavily in the stale air, she knew something was amiss but in her injured state couldn’t identify precisely what. With a care born from over a decade of training, she tried to dislodge her neurohelmet then frowned when her left arm refused to obey. Blood and sticky coolant dripped from her fingertips onto the Gargoyle’s armored transplex windscreen.

It took her a moment to understand why that was disconcerting: her `Mech was laying flat on its face, underwater.

Her arm still refused to respond, and aside from a burning ache in her shoulder, she couldn’t feel it at all. Nerve damage, she thought silently, not willing to contemplate the other possibility: that feedback from her neurohelmet had damaged a part of her brain. She’d seen that firsthand—every `Mechwarrior had, at some point or another.

“Nerve damage they can repair,” she whispered as she carefully pulled her neurohelmet away with her right arm. “A bridging cybernetic and I will be fine.”

She reached out, toggling the cockpit’s air supply to switch from environmental sources to the numerous tanks of compressed air her `Mech had carried in preparation for their underwater operations. She then toggled the `Mech’s primary ignition switch—then tried again, and a third time when the previous two failed to elicit a response. No power, no startup, she frowned. Either the DI Computer was knocked out, or my engine is shot.

She laughed quietly then, her chuckles building to a mad crescendo—then slapped the quick release on her cockpit restraints and fell bodily onto the transplex below. The impact wrenched her right shoulder painfully, and her knee caught the front diagnostics screen—but she was free of the restraint straps and the pain would fade. Twisting onto her back, she leaned back against the glass until her head hit with a soft but audible thump.

All that was left was to wait for her Clan to rescue her—or for the savashri Inner Sphere barbarians to claim her, and render her dishonor complete.




Mission Objectives
Kill Takashi Kurita (Success!)

Secondary Objective
At least 1 Clan `Mech escapes via any of the river hexes



Enemy Movement Modifiers:
B Warhammer: R+2
O1 Atlas: W+1
O2 Mauler Daboku 1: J+2
O3 Mauler Daboku 2: J+2
O4 Hatamoto Hankou: S+0
S1 Phoenix Hawk: J+3
S3 Jenner 2: R+3
S5 Panther 1: W+1








P5 Kingfisher B
Weight: 90 tons (Assault)
Mechwarrior Name: Star Captain Nasrullah
Mechwarrior Player: Keru
Mechwarrior Status: 3rd Degree burns, Killed by Synaptic Overload!

P4 Gargoyle 1 Prime
Weight: 80 tons (Assault)
Mechwarrior Name: Mechwarrior Zenyatta DeLarel
Mechwarrior Player: GenericOverusedName
Mechwarrior Status: OK!

P3 Gargoyle 2 D
Weight: 80 tons (Assault)
HD A(S): 0/9 (2/3)
LT A(S): 24/26 (17/17)
LT R A(S): 8/8
CT A(S): 36/38 (25/25)
CT R A(S): 12/12
RT A(S): 2/26 (17/17)
RT R A(S): 8/8
LA A(S): 24/26 (13/13)
RA A(S): 18/26 (13/13)
LL A(S): 19/34 (17/17)
RL A(S): 4/34 (17/17)
Heat: 2/30
Overheat Penalty:
Heat Sinks: 16(32)
Movement: 5/8[10]/5
Mechwarrior: Pilot 3, Gunnery 2
Mechwarrior Name: Star Captain Matsukaze Ravenwater
Mechwarrior Player: Der Waffle Maus
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
ER Large Laser – RA (Heat: 12, Range: (L:25 M:15 S:8), Status: OK!)
ER Large Laser – RA (Heat: 12, Range: (L:25 M:15 S:8), Status: OK!)
Streak SRM-6 – LA (Heat: 4, Ammo: 14, Range: (L:12 M:8 S:4), Status: OK!)
ER Small Laser – LA (Heat: 2, Range: (L:6 M:4 S:2), Status: OK!)
ER Small Laser – LA (Heat: 2, Range: (L:6 M:4 S:2), Status: OK!)
ER Small Laser – HD (Heat: 2, Range: (L:6 M:4 S:2), Status: OK!)
Targeting Computer – RT (Status: OK!)
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: 2 hands

P2 Hellbringer C
Weight: 65 tons (Heavy)
Mechwarrior Name: Star Colonel Kelso Cooper
Mechwarrior Player: Serril
Mechwarrior Status: Killed in Action!

P1 Stormcrow B
Weight: 55 tons (Medium)
Mechwarrior Name: ilKhan Lair Seidman
Mechwarrior Player: thatbastardken
Mechwarrior Status: Neural Feedback, Compound-Fractured Collarbone, Incinerated!




Enemy Status

A) GRD-1T Grand Dragon
Weight: 60 tons (Heavy)
Mechwarrior Name: Coordinator Takashi Kurita
Mechwarrior Status: Unknown!

B) WHM-6Y Warhammer
Weight: 70 tons (Heavy)
Overheat Penalty: None
Mechwarrior: Pilot 0, Gunnery 0
Mechwarrior Name: Sho-sa Yorinaga Kurita
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
2x ER PPC, 3x Medium Laser, 2x Small Laser, Null Signature System
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:

C) THG-11E Thug
Weight: 80 tons (Assault)
Mechwarrior Name: Akira Kurita
Mechwarrior Status: Severe concussion!



O1 AS7-D Atlas
Weight: 100 tons (Assault)
Overheat Penalty: None
Mechwarrior: Pilot 4, Gunnery 3
Mechwarrior Name: Sho-Sho Oda Hideyoshi
Mechwarrior Status: Enraged!
Armament:
Autocannon/20, 4x Medium Laser, LRM-20, SRM-6
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:

O2 MDB-1X Mauler Daboku 1
Weight: 90 tons (Assault)
Overheat Penalty: None
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Status: Enraged!
Armament:
2x Gauss Rifle, 3x Medium Laser
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:

O3 MDB-1X Mauler Daboku 2
Weight: 90 tons (Assault)
Overheat Penalty: None
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Status: Enraged!
Armament:
2x Gauss Rifle, 3x Medium Laser
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:

O4 HTM-25T Hatamoto Hankou
Weight: 80 tons (Assault)
Overheat Penalty: None
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Status: Enraged!
Armament:
Gauss Rifle, 2x SRM-6, Medium Laser, Small Laser
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:




S1 PHX-1D Phoenix Hawk
Weight: 45 tons (Medium)
Overheat Penalty: None
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Status: Enraged!
Armament:
Large Laser, 2x Medium Laser
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:

S2 JR7-D Jenner 1
Weight: 35 tons (Light)
Mechwarrior Status: Ejection seat failure!

S3 JR7-D Jenner 2
Weight: 35 tons (Light)
Overheat Penalty: None
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Status: Enraged!
Armament:
4x Medium Laser, SRM-4
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:

S4 SDR-5V Spider
Weight: 30 tons (Light)
Mechwarrior Status: Dead!

S5 PNT-8Z Panther 1
Weight: 35 tons (Light)
Overheat Penalty: None
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Status: Enraged!
Armament:
Large Laser, SRM-4
Critical Damage: None!
Notes:

S6 PNT-9R Panther 2
Weight: 35 tons (Light)
Mechwarrior Status: Ejected!

S7 PNT-9R Panther 3
Weight: 35 tons (Light)
Mechwarrior Status: Killed In Action!

S8 PNT-9R Panther 4
Weight: 35 tons (Light)
Mechwarrior Status: Unknown!