Part 257: Jeronimo Campaign Turn 5
Jeronimo Campaign Turn 5Objective Update:
Company Xi: Approach Chihuahua via Bottomside Woods!
Campaign Map
A) Potter’s Field [Taken]
B) Apache Junction [Taken]
C) Sonora [Taken]
D) Chihuahua [Primary Objective]
E) Mt. Gila [Taken]
F) Pebble Beach
G) Topside Woods
H) Long Sound
I) Kas-Ki-Yeh
J) The Dales [Taken]
K) Bottomside Woods
L) Mosquito
Vote Results
Critical Repairs Made:
Atlas Cockpit repaired!
Atlas MRM-40 Repaired!
Cyclops IIC Sensors repaired!
Exterminator IIC Leg Actuators repaired!
“Piet, a word?”
“No.”
Wilberforce pressed his fingers to his eyes, his index and middle finger rubbing his forehead as though warding off a headache. With all the deliberation he could muster, he let his posture slip back to an aggressive neutrality. His arms hung comfortably, fists balled preparing to strike. In response, Piet rolled forward onto the balls of her feet as though prepared to intercept or dodge a blow.
Their eyes locked for an instant of eternity.
“A word,” Wilberforce insisted again. Piet nodded almost imperceptibly.
“Terrance Williams has decided to press us into service as `Mechwarriors to allow some of his wounded pilots a chance to rest.”
She grunted, her teeth working for an instant against the inside of her lip. Wilberforce stared, his thin, strong features almost equine in their unreadability.
“Will you,” he began slowly, his eyes never leaving Piet’s, “follow orders? Or will you be remaining here with the infirm?”
Peit glowered, but made no immediate reply. In the instant her resolve wavered and her eyes shifted to take in the wall behind him Wilberforce struck.
“We can never return to the Hell’s Horses. They would not have us back and we both know it. Miranda has acceded, as has Steve. It is up to us to choice how to repay a Clan that neither wants us nor cares whether we live or die. It is up to you to decide whether you even care to make the attempt. Now: will you follow orders and fight like the Warrior you used to be,” he frowned, “or will you give up and die like an ancient laborer?”
She sucked a breath through clenched teeth, hands clenching and unclenching as though she’d love to strangle him. Wilberforce met her gaze with an outward calm his pounding heart told him was a lie. A part of him wanted to run, to hide, to be anywhere else; but once again he’d been given the responsibility for the lives of others. To run now would be to fail himself, which he could handle; but would also fail Miranda, Piet, and the other bondsmen utterly.
That was what truly terrified him.
Piet nodded, finally. “Very well, Bond Commander, I will obey orders” she growled. Her angry features promised swift violence. “When this is done, if we both live? You and I will have it out—one way or another.”
Battalion Status:
Company Xi (Death (unless I’m mistaken))
Xi1) Piet (p4g3)- Banshee IIC (Status: Ok!)
Xi2) Lukas Boehm (p2g1) - ARC-2R Archer (Status: Damaged!)
Xi3) Ethan Parkinson (p2g1) - PO-2L Po (Status: Field Refit!)
Xi4) Jabel Jaime Meraz (p1g0) - MLN-1A Merlin (jump jets) (Status: Ok!)
Xi5) Shin Hytönen (p1g1) - MAD-3L Marauder (Status: Ok!)
Xi6) Miranda (p4g3) - HBK-4G Hunchback (Status: OK!)
Xi7) Tanta Hogpen (p2g1 (3+)) - BJ-1DB Blackjack (jump jets) (Status: Ok!)
Xi8) Reece Collier(p2g1) - DV-6M Dervish (jump jets) (Status:Ok!)
Xi9) Alimah Hayaam Attia (p2g1 (3+))- VND-1R Vindicator (jump jets) (Status: OK!)
Xi10) Chiyoe Takahasi (p2g1) - MON-67 Mongoose (Status: Ok!)
Xi11) Lian Chia (p1g1) - HSR-300-D Hussar (Status: Ok!)
Xi12) Wilberforce (p2g0) - Cyclops IIC (Status: Ok!) - Hidden Trait Discovered!
Xi13) Steve (p4[2]g3) - Exterminator IIC (Status: Ok!) - Hidden Trait Discovered!
Xi14) Emil Voronov – Atlas (Status: Damaged!)
Resting:
R1) Louw Bouman (p2g1(3+))
R2) Nkiruka Olisaemeka (p2g1(3+))
R3) Ho He (p2g1 (3+)
Too Injured to Fight:
I1) Terrace Williams (11+)
I2) Urjasz Sobczak (9+)
I3) Zdenko Horvat (7+)
I4) Phùng Tan Tuy (11+)
I5) Jafar Nur al Din Issa (9+)
I6) Zoja Nowicka (11+)
I7) Xiang Chiu (9+)
Bondsman) Tegrin (9+)
Dead:
Yan) Xiang Yi
Yan) Cong Tsui
Yan) Iskander Vassiliev
Ox) Hob Sibenik
Ox) Luan Araujo Carvalho
Ox) Joseph Lapresse
Ox) Gustave Allaire
Ox) Yu Ts'ai
Ox) Ilve Duran Leiva
Horse) Petrit Hul
Horse) Lucilla Iadanza
Horse) Karolin Ostermann
Horse) Faruz Neftalem
Horse) Quennel Pelletier
Horse) Antonina Balashova
Horse) Fai Chiang
New Traits
Wilberforce
Command and Control Freak: Piet, Miranda, and Steve receive -1 gunnery as long as Wilberforce is active and piloting a dedicated command vehicle.
Steve
Home Again: Steve’s piloting score is halved as long as he’s piloting his Exterminator IIC
Xi Company Mission 3: Sally Forth
Mission Objectives:
Defeat Clan Forces (0/10) or Bypass Clan Forces (0/14)
Mission Notes:
- Players enter from the top map edge and score a victory either by defeating all Clan `Mechs or by moving all active `Mechs off the bottom map edge.
Player `Mech Status:
X1 Banshee IIC (SageNytell) & X2 ARC-2R Archer (Farseli)
X3 PO-2L Po Refit (FractionJackson) & X4 MLN-1A Merlin (masam)
X5 MAD-3L Marauder (Zikan) & X6 HBK-4G Hunchback (LLSix)
X7 BJ-1DB Blackjack (b0lt) & X8) DV-6M Dervish (MandozerTheGreat)
X9 VND-1R Vindicator (Rorac) & X10 MON-67 Mongoose (FractionJackson)
X11 HSR-300-D Hussar (b0lt) & X12 Cyclops IIC (Cosmitz)
X13 Exterminator IIC (Andrevian) & X14 (Status: Zeroisanumber)
b0lt and FractionJackson are commanding two `Mechs.
Alternates:
Shoeless, T.G. Xarbala, Reatheran, SUPER NEAT TOY, sarmhan, Vlad Antlerkov
Pilots and Alternates, stand by
OpForce
No surprises this time, it’s either brawl or GTFO.
