Part 215: Caldera - Turn 10

Caldera: Tactical Update 10

Movement Phase
M2 Hermes II
- Must roll a 7+ to regain consciousness: rolled 9, succeeds!
- Must pass a piloting test to stand (5 base = 5): rolled 6, succeeds!



Combat Phase
A5 Bobcat
- Fires Snub-Nose PPC at M6 Valkyrie (4 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement = 10): rolled 5, miss!
- Gains 16 heat, sinks ???!

M1 Shadow Hawk
- Fires Autocannon/5 at S2 Jackrabbit (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 3 minimum range + 2 heavy woods = 10): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at S2 Jackrabbit (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 heavy woods = 7): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires SRM-2 at S2 Jackrabbit (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 heavy woods = 7): rolled 7, 2 missiles hit Rear Center Torso (1/3 armor remains), Right Leg (5/7 armor remains)!
- Gains 10 heat, sinks 12!

M2 Hermes II
- Fires Medium Laser at S1 Coyote (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, hit Left Torso (17/22 armor remains)!
- Gains 9 heat, sinks 10!

M3 Hammer 1
- Fires Medium Laser at A5 Bobcat (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 11, hit Right Leg (4/18 armor remains)!
- Fires Medium Laser at A5 Bobcat (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 9, hit Rear Center Torso (1/6 armor remains)!
- Gains 11 heat, sinks 12! Overheating!

M4 Cicada
- Attempts to fire PPC at S2 Jackrabbit (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 heavy woods + 1 partial cover = 9): rolled 11, hit Rear Center Torso (0/3 armor, 0/8 structure remains)! `Mech destroyed!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 11!

M6 Valkyrie
- Fires Medium Laser at A5 Bobcat (4 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement = 12): rolled 8, miss!
- Gains 8 heat, sinks 11!

M8 Hammer 2
- Torso twists to threaten hex 1306!
- Fires Medium Laser at A5 Bobcat (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 11): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires LRM-5 at A5 Bobcat (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 minimum range = 10): rolled 5, miss!
- Gains 11 heat, sinks 12!

A1 Wolfhound
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 10!

A2 Commando
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 10!

S1 Coyote
- Torso twists to threaten hex 0403!
- Fires Snub-Nose PPC at M2 Hermes II (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 9, hit Right Leg (0/14 armor, 7/10 structure remains)! Critical chance!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at M2 Hermes II (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at M2 Hermes II (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, hit Center Torso (8/13 armor remains)!
- Fires Streak SRM-6 at M2 Hermes II (4 4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 8, hit Right Arm (3/11 armor remains), Right Torso (2/14 armor remains), Right Torso (0/14 armor remains), Right Leg (7/14 armor remains), Right Arm (1/11 armor remains), Left Leg (12/14 armor remains)!
- Gains 26 heat, sinks ???!

S2 Jackrabbit
- Torso Twists to threaten hex 1111
- Fires ER Large Laser at M8 Hammer II (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 6): rolled 9, hit Right Torso (2/10 armor remains)!
- Gains 12 heat, sinks ???!



End Phase:
M2 Hermes II
- Critical chance in Right Leg! Limb blown off!
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (5 base + 1 massive damage = 6): automatic failure!
- Must pass a piloting test to avoid pilot damage (5 base + 1 massive damage + 2 avoiding pilot damage = 8): automatic failure! Pilot hit!
- Must pass a 9+ consciousness test: rolled 10 succeeds!
- Suffers 4 damage to Right Torso (6/10 structure remains) in the fall!
- Critical chance in Right Torso! No critical hits sustained!



Turn End Phase:
Mj Locust 1 arrives in hex 1701

Mk Locust 2 arrives in hex 1902





A cold sweat ran down the back of Patil Jackson’s neck as her `Mech’s cockpit bounced around her. The heavy strides of her massive war machine kicked up thin, sandy soil and left deep craters in the abrasive pumice that made up the upper ridgeline. Although the ground shook for meters with each footfall, at only twenty tons her Locust was surprisingly stealthy and would be nearly impossible to notice on one of the innumerable seismographs in the area. Unless she tripped on one.

Her secondary monitor showed the crater ahead as a mass of seismic instability. Something bad was happening. She laughed too softly for her external microphones to register, and wished she could run her fingers through her close-cropped black hair. “Tell me something I don’t know, computer,” she murmured.

“What was that?” Her comms crackled.

“Stay with me, King,” she grunted in reply. “We’re almost to Two Lance, but I’m not liking the looks of those rumble-readers. It looks like they’re neck-deep in it too.”

“Shit.”

“It never rains, King.”

“I’m with you, Jack. Let’s see how second’s been buried in and whether we’ll be enough to dig them out.”





Mission Objective:
Drive Off the 17th Arcturan Guards (5/6)

Secondary Objective:
Destroy or Disable the 17th Arcturan Guards (Failed!)
Destroy or Disable the Unknown `Mechs (1/2)





Enemy Movement Modifiers:
A5) B0C-13T Bobcat (ACE) – [+3 jumped]
S1) W1L-3C Coyote – +2 Ran








M1) SHD-2H Shadow Hawk
Weight: 55 tons (Medium)
HD A(S): 4/9 (3/3)
LT A(S): 0/18 (10/13)
LT R A(S): 1/6
CT A(S): 17/23 (18/18)
CT R A(S): 8/8
RT A(S): 2/18 (13/13)
RT R A(S): 6/6
LA A(S): 0/16 (9/9)
RA A(S): 16/16 (9/9)
LL A(S): 1/16 (13/13)
RL A(S): 14/16 (13/13)
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None
Heat Sinks: 12
Movement: 5/8/3
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Name: Lieutenant S.G. Erasmus Chatzi
Mechwarrior Player: Sair
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
Autocannon/5 – LT (Heat: 1, Ammo: 12, Range: (L:18 M:12 S:6 Min:3), Status: OK!)
LRM-5 – RT (Heat: 2, Ammo: 20, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: OK!)
SRM-2 – HD (Heat: 2, Ammo: 43, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Medium Laser – RA (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: 2 hands

M2) HER-2S Hermes II
Weight: 40 tons (Medium)
HD A(S): 5/9 (3/3)
LT A(S): 7/14 (10/10)
LT R A(S): 5/5
CT A(S): 8/17 (12/12)
CT R A(S): 6/6
RT A(S): 0/14 (10/10)
RT R A(S): 5/5
LA A(S): 0/11 (2/6)
RA A(S): 1/11 (6/6)
LL A(S): 12/14 (10/10)
RL A(S): 0/14 (7/10) Blown off!
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None
Heat Sinks: 10
Movement: 6/9/0
Mechwarrior: Pilot 4, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Name: Sergeant Damaris Golde
Mechwarrior Player: Pinguliten
Mechwarrior Status: Broken back, Broken skull (7+)!
Armament:
Medium Laser – RA (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Flamer – LA (Heat: 2, Range: (L:3 M:2 S:1), Status: OK!)
Autocannon/5 – RT (Heat: 1, Ammo: 15, Range: (L:18 M:12 S:6 Min:3), Status: OK!)
Critical Damage: Left Upper Arm Actuator destroyed, Right Leg blown off!
Notes: 1 hand, Prone, Immobile

M3) HMR-2M Hammer 1
Weight: 30 tons (Light)
HD A(S): 9/9 (3/3)
LT A(S): 2/10 (7/7)
LT R A(S): 4/4
CT A(S): 2/15 (10/10)
CT R A(S): 4/4
RT A(S): 0/10 (7/7)
RT R A(S): 4/4
LA A(S): 0/10 (0/5)
RA A(S): 10/10 (5/5)
LL A(S): 9/14 (7/7)
RL A(S): 14/14 (7/7)
Heat: 5/30
Overheat Penalty: Movement reduced to 4/6/0!
Heat Sinks: 12
Movement: 5/8/0
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Name: Private Karan Stephanopoulos
Mechwarrior Player: BatteredFeltFedora
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
LRM-5 – RT (Heat: 2, Ammo: 21, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: OK!)
LRM-5 – LT (Heat: 2, Ammo: -, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: OK!)
Medium Laser – CT (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Medium Laser – CT (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Medium Laser – HD (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Critical Damage: Engine hit!
Notes: 2 hands

M4) CDA-3C (field refit) Cicada
Weight: 40 tons (Class)
HD A(S): 4/9 (3/3)
LT A(S): 6/6 (10/10)
LT R A(S): 3/3
CT A(S): 11/11 (12/12)
CT R A(S): 6/6
RT A(S): 6/6 (10/10)
RT R A(S): 3/3
LA A(S): 4/4 (6/6)
RA A(S): 4/4 (6/6)
LL A(S): 6/6 (10/10)
RL A(S): 6/6 (10/10)
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None
Heat Sinks: 11
Movement: 7/11/0
Mechwarrior: Pilot 4, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Name: PFC Stavros Andreou
Mechwarrior Player: Rhobot Mk. II
Mechwarrior Status: Caught in a cloud of transplex vapor (3+)!
Armament:
PPC – RT (Heat: 10, Range: (L:18 M:12 S:6 M:3), Status: OK!)
Medium Laser – CT (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Small Laser – RL (Heat: 1, Range: (L:3 M:2 S:1), Status: OK!)
Small Laser – LL (Heat: 1, Range: (L:3 M:2 S:1), Status: OK!)
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: no arm actuators

M5) HER-1S Hermes
Weight: 30 tons (Light)
Mechwarrior Name: Lieutenant J.G. Lycoris Asker
Mechwarrior Player: LeschNyhan
Mechwarrior Status: Flash burns (3+), Killed in Action!
Notes: Destroyed!

M6) VAL-QA Valkyrie
Weight: 30 tons (Light)
HD A(S): 8/8 (3/3)
LT A(S): 7/12 (7/7)
LT R A(S): 2/2
CT A(S): 14/14 (10/10)
CT R A(S): 4/4
RT A(S): 2/12 (7/7)
RT R A(S): 2/2
LA A(S): 9/9 (5/5)
RA A(S): 4/9 (5/5)
LL A(S): 3/12 (7/7)
RL A(S): 12/12 (7/7)
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None
Heat Sinks: 11
Movement: 5/8/5
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Name: Corporal Hector Halas
Mechwarrior Player: GreyjoyBastard
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
Medium Laser –RA (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
LRM-10 – LT (Heat: 4, Ammo: 3, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: OK!)
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: 1 hand

M7) SDR-5V Spider
Weight: 30 tons (Light)
Mechwarrior Name: PFC Flavian Gryphon
Mechwarrior Player: cafel
Mechwarrior Status: 2nd degree burns (3+), Killed!
Notes: Destroyed!

M8) HMR-2M Hammer 2
Weight: 30 tons (Light)
HD A(S): 9/9 (3/3)
LT A(S): 0/10 (0/7)
LT R A(S): 4/4
CT A(S): 0/15 (7/10)
CT R A(S): 4/4
RT A(S): 2/10 (7/7)
RT R A(S): 4/4
LA A(S): 10/10 (5/5)
RA A(S): 10/10 (5/5)
LL A(S): 14/14 (7/7)
RL A(S): 14/14 (7/7)
Heat: 3/30
Overheat Penalty:
Heat Sinks: 12 11
Movement: 5/8/0
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Name: Private Vernados Zane
Mechwarrior Player: Slaan
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
LRM-5 – RT (Heat: 2, Ammo: 20, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: OK!)
LRM-5 – LT (Heat: 2, Ammo: -, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: Destroyed!)
Medium Laser – CT (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Medium Laser – CT (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Medium Laser – HD (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Critical Damage: Gyro hit! Left arm blown off!
Notes: 2 hands

M9) Catapult
Status: Unknown

M10) Stalker
Status: Unknown

Mj) LCT-1M Locust 1
Weight: 20 tons (Light)
HD A(S): 3/3 (3/3)
LT A(S): 2/2 (5/5)
LT R A(S): 1/1
CT A(S): 2/2 (6/6)
CT R A(S): 1/1
RT A(S): 2/2 (5/5)
RT R A(S): 1/1
LA A(S): 1/1 (3/3)
RA A(S): 1/1 (3/3)
LL A(S): 1/1 (4/4)
RL A(S): 1/1 (4/4)
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None
Heat Sinks: 10
Movement: 8/12/0
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Name: Private Patil Jackson
Mechwarrior Player: LeschNyhan
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
Medium Laser – CT (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
LRM-5 – RA (Heat: 1, Ammo: 24, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: OK!)
LRM-5 – RA (Heat: 1, Ammo: -, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: OK!)
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: no hands or arm actuators

Mk) LCT-1M Locust 2
Weight: 20 tons (Light)
HD A(S): 3/3 (3/3)
LT A(S): 2/2 (5/5)
LT R A(S): 1/1
CT A(S): 2/2 (6/6)
CT R A(S): 1/1
RT A(S): 2/2 (5/5)
RT R A(S): 1/1
LA A(S): 1/1 (3/3)
RA A(S): 1/1 (3/3)
LL A(S): 1/1 (4/4)
RL A(S): 1/1 (4/4)
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None
Heat Sinks: 10
Movement: 8/12/0
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Name: Private Norman King
Mechwarrior Player: Cafel
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
Medium Laser – CT (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
LRM-5 – RA (Heat: 1, Ammo: 24, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: OK!)
LRM-5 – RA (Heat: 1, Ammo: -, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: OK!)
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: no hands or arm actuators






17th Arcturan Guards
A1) WLF-1 Wolfhound
Weight: 35 tons (Light)
Notes: Fled!

A2) COM-2D Commando
Weight: 25 tons (Light)
Notes: Fled!

A3) CLNT-2-3T Clint
Weight: 40 tons (Medium)
Notes: Fled!

A4) BZK-F2 Hollander
Weight: 35 tons (Light)
Mechwarrior Status: KIA!
Notes: 2 hands

A5) B0C-13T Bobcat
Weight: 45 tons (Medium)
Overheat Penalty: None
Movement: 6/9/6
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
PPC, 2x Medium Laser, Retractable Blade
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: 1 hand, ACE

A6) GRF-1S Griffin
Weight: 55 tons (Medium)
Mechwarrior Status: KIA!
Notes: 2 hands

S1) WIL-3C Coyote
Weight: 65 tons (Heavy)
Overheat Penalty: None
Movement: 5/8/0
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Armament:
PPC, Medium Laser, Medium Laser, SRM-6, ???
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: 1 hand

S2) JKR-10R Jackrabbit
Weight: 25 tons (Light)
Mechwarrior Status: KIA!
Notes: 1 hand