Part 314: Hogarth's Heroes - Turn 13
Hogarth’s Heroes: Tactical Update 13Combat Phase
Blue 1) Hogarth’s Atlas II
- Fires Ghost Hunter PPC at Dragon Green 2 (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 8): rolled 9, hit Rear Center Torso (0/12 armor, 17/20 structure remains)! Cine-Crit!
- Fires Rotary Autocannon 5 (Quint) at Dragon Green 2 (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 8): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Dragon Green 2 (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse = 6): rolled 8, hit Head (0/9 armor, 1/3 structure remains)! Cine-Crit!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Dragon Green 2 (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse = 6): rolled 7, hit Rear Center Torso (11/20 structure remains)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Dragon Green 2 (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse = 6): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Dragon Green 2 (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse = 6): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Dragon Green 2 (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse = 6): rolled 7, hit Rear Left Torso (2/8 armor remains)!
Blue 2) Steiner’s Awesome
- Fires PPC at Panther Green 8 (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 minimum range + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 12, hit Right Arm (0/10 armor remains)!
- Fires PPC at Panther Green 8 (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 minimum range + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires PPC at Panther Green 8 (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 minimum range + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires PPC at Panther Green 8 (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 minimum range + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 2, miss!
Blue 3) Vasquez’s Banshee
- Fires PPC at Panther Green 8 (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 minimum range + 1 light woods + 1 partial cover = 9): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires PPC at Panther Green 8 (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 minimum range + 1 light woods + 1 partial cover = 9): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires Autocannon/10 at Panther Green 8 (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + + 1 light woods + 1 partial cover = 8): rolled 10, hit Center Torso (0/4 structure remains)! `Mech destroyed!
- Fires Medium Laser at Panther Green 8 (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + + 1 light woods + 1 partial cover = 8): rolled 11, hit Center Torso!
- Fires Medium Laser at Panther Green 8 (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + + 1 light woods + 1 partial cover = 8): rolled 9, hit Right Torso!
- Fires Medium Laser at Panther Green 8 (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + + 1 light woods + 1 partial cover = 8): rolled 12, hit Left Arm!
- Fires Medium Laser at Panther Green 8 (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + + 1 light woods + 1 partial cover = 8): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires SRM-6 at Panther Green 8 (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + + 1 light woods + 1 partial cover = 8): rolled 7, miss!
Blue 4) Schultz’s Zeus
- Fires LRM-15 at Wolf Trap Green 7 (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 11): rolled 3, miss!
Red 1) Battlemaster
- Holds fire!
Green 2) Grand Dragon
- Fires Medium Laser at Atlas Blue 1 (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, hit Left Torso (18/23 armor remains)!
Green 7) Wolf Trap
- Fires LB-10X Autocannon (Cluster) at Banshee Blue 3 (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 light woods - 1 cluster = 9): rolled 3, miss!
Green 8) Panther 2
- Fires SRM-4 at Awesome Blue 2 (4 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 8, 2 missiles hit Left Leg (19/33 armor remains), Right Torso (14/24 armor remains)!
Behemoth
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Awesome Blue 2 (3 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 11, hit Right Leg (14/33 armor remains)!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Awesome Blue 2 (3 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Awesome Blue 2 (3 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 12, hit Right Torso (0/24 armor, 16/17 structure remains)! Cine-Crit!
- Fires LB-10X Autocannon (Slug) at Awesome Blue 2 (3 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires LB-10X Autocannon (Slug) at Awesome Blue 2 (3 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 4, miss!
End Phase:
Grand Dragon Green 2
- Cinematic Critical Chance! No cine-crits sustained!
- Cinematic Critical Chance! No cine-crits sustained!
Awesome Blue 2
- Cinematic Critical Chance! No cine-crits sustained! (I think we’ve rolled seven or less on crits more times this scenario than any other)!
Physical Combat Phase:
Blue 1) Atlas
- Punches Dragon Green 2 (5 base + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 9): rolled 5, miss!
Cadet Guy Kazama of the Nagelring Military Academy hadn’t known what to expect when he’d volunteered to be an extra in a Thomas Hogarth film. No, he reminded himself, that wasn’t actually true. Extras in Thomas Hogarth films tended to fall over railings on high places, be caught in hilariously oversized explosions, or--less frequently--have a motorcycle driven through the still-exploding corpses of their battlemechs.
In theory, Guy’s role was simple: He just had to make the death of “Anthony Hawk” look good. It shouldn’t be hard, with the vast firepower of four assault `Mechs arrayed against him; but the training software they were using for the combat wasn’t especially sophisticated; and quite a few of the pre-planted pyrotechnics had already failed in the snow. His squad comms, the ones Hogarth hadn’t already co-opted, warbled with instructions periodically from the director’s command helicopter that hovered high overhead.
The Awesome, Zeus, and Banshee all leveled their guns at Guy and he knew his time was up before anyone said a thing. “You’re up, Guy,” the comms crackled a moment later. “Next salvo. There’re no operable sparklers in your area, so improvise. Try to bury yourself in the snow if you can.”
“Roger,” Guy replied automatically as he thumbed the fire interlock circuit for his SRM-4. Unlike Hogarth’s crew, who’d been encouraged to fire as much as possible to put on an impressive show of Lyran force, Guy’s instructions had been to keep things simple: Fire just enough to make himself look threatening. The harmless skyrockets mounted in his Panther’s launcher were a lot smaller and lighter than actual SRMs, so there was no real risk of running out of the harmless weapons. They had just enough black powder to make a loud bang and pop, though he supposed they may still have been deadly to infantry had any been foolish enough to brave the freezing temperatures outside.
He clasped the Panther’s hands together, raising them over his head and lunging forward as though he intended to charge into melee across the ninety meters or more that separated him from the stationary Awesome. He didn’t make it that far, of course. He barely made his first step before all three of the hilariously over-gunned `Mechs opened fire.
Guy staggered, as a beam caught his theoretically crippled Panther square in the chest. Against everything that’d been instilled in him over his years at the academy, he threw his `Mech backwards and let it topple. Thirty-five tons of armor and armament wasn’t a lot on the modern battlefield but for the small, soft human riding on top thirty-five tons was plenty. A bad fall could break a pilot’s spine, or scramble their brain. Sure, it may have been unlikely, but as Guy gritted his teeth and let himself tumble, that fear wasn’t far from his thoughts.
Primary Objectives
Destroy Richard Cameron’s Behemoth (0/1)
Secondary Objectives
Thomas Hogarth duels the Red Corsair (1/1)
One of Hogarth’s Heroes “dies” dramatically, but no more than one (0/1)
Hogarth kills the ghost with his Ghost-Killer PPC (0/1)
Believe in Andrew Steiner (1/1)
Cross the Streams (0/4) (everyone has to hit with a PPC for it to count)
Hidden Objectives
Piles of Cardboard Boxes Destroyed: 2
Fruit Carts Destroyed: 1
Wilhelm Screams: 1
Flubbed Lines: 1
Fires Started: 1
Key:
Blue1) Atlas II
Blue2) Awesome
Blue3) Banshee
Blue4) Zeus
Red1) Battlemaster – Walked, 0
Enemy `Mech Key
Green2) Dragon – Ran, 2
Green7) Wolf Trap – Ran, 2
Behemoth – Stationary, 0
Player `Mech Status
Enemy `Mech Status
Cinematic Crit Table
2 – Railing Kill / Protagonist Injured!
3 – Stunned Enemy / Protagonist Flesh Wound!
4 – Huge Random Explosion!
5 – Fruit Vendor Demolished / Chickens Escape / Outhouse Detonates!
6 – Cardboard Boxes Destroyed!
7 – Wilhelm Scream / Flubbed Line!
8 – Cardboard Boxes Destroyed!
9 – Explosive Barrels Explode Unexpectedly!
10 – Something Catches Fire!
11 – Delayed Casualty / Protagonist Flesh Wound!
12 – Kneecapped / Protagonist Injured!