Part 326: Steel Will - Turn 2

Steel Will: Tactical Update 2

Combat Phase
Impact Point Zero
2) Griffin
- Fires ER PPC at Patton Tank (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 10): Rolled 6, miss!
- - PTN’s Note: I shouldn’t have allowed this shot due to line-of-sight issues caused by the hill in hex 1120, but it’s turn 1 and the pilot didn’t send me contingency orders. The thread lucks out because LOS for this shot was almost exactly 50/50. Remember to send contingency orders when you take a risky shot!
- Gains 17 heat, sinks 22

3) Enfield
- No Line of Sight to Primary Target Patton Tank!
- Fires LB-10X (cluster) at Hunter Light Support Tank (4 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 cluster = 9): rolled 6, miss!
- Gains 4 heat, sinks 22

7) Huron Warrior
- No Line of Sight to Primary Target Patton Tank!
- Fires ER Large Laser at Cronus (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 11): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Cronus (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 11): rolled 2, miss!
- Gains 15 heat, sinks 17

4) Wolverine
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Rifleman (4 base + 4 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement - 2 Pulse Laser = 10): rolled 12, hit Center Torso (12/22 armor remains)!
- Gains 12 heat, sinks 26

Talos II
- Fires Large Laser at Griffin (4 base + 4 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 11): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires LRM-5 at Griffin (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 9): rolled 9, 3 missiles hit Right Arm (15/18 armor remains)!
- Fires LRM-5 at Griffin (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 9): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires LRM-5 at Griffin (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 9): rolled 6, miss!
- Gains 14 weapon heat

Bobcat
- Fires PPC at Griffin (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 9): rolled 8, miss!
- Gains 10 weapon heat

Cronus
- Fires Large Laser at Huron Warrior (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 10): rolled 7, miss!
- Gains 8 weapon heat

Rifleman
- Fires Autocannon/10 at Wolverine (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 11): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires Autocannon/10 at Wolverine (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 11): rolled 4, miss!
- Gains 6 weapon heat

Patton Heavy Tank
- Fires LRM-5 at Wolverine (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 11): rolled 9, miss!

Hunter Light Support Tank
- Fires LRM-20 at Wolverine (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 10): rolled 12, 12 missiles hit Left Arm (13/18 armor remains), Right Arm (13/18 armor remains), Head (7/9 armor remains (Pilot Hit!))!

Yantai Reservation
9 Watchman
- Holds Fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 12

10) Blackjack
- Holds Fire!
- Gains 3 heat, sinks 20

11) Raven
- Holds Fire!
- Gains 1 heat, sinks 12

12) Firebee
- Holds Fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 10

Cicada
- Holds Fire!
- Gains 0 weapon heat

Phoenix
- Holds Fire!
- Gains 0 weapon heat

Toro
- Holds Fire!
- Gains 0 weapon heat

Quasit
- Holds Fire!
- Gains 0 weapon heat

Drillson Heavy Hovertank
- Holds Fire!

Plainsman Hovertank
- Holds Fire!



End Phase:
4) Wolverine
- Must pass a 3+ consciousness test: rolled 6, succeeds!

11) Raven
- Scans a Random Bunker: rolled 4


“Two more gweilu approaching from the south.” the speaker paused for a moment. “New Syrtis troops.”

“I’m surprised any of them lived,” Anong Kamkong said, half to herself.

“Hrng,” Otaktay Red Cloud’s grunt was forceful enough to carry over the comms.

Anong wasn’t truly familiar with the taciturn Lakota, he kept largely to himself. He was expressive enough for a man who almost never spoke, she supposed. In the two days since the tragedy of the Yellow River’s crash landing he’d won a smile from her more than once with just a glance and impertinent posturing.

“You saw the clouds,” she said defensively.

“Yes, I did,” was his simple reply.

“Five to one odds, against us.”

“Then I pin my sash here. If we die, we make them pay for every step—”

Anong watched, perplexed, as Otaktay’s Huron Warrior brandished arms crossed in an ‘X’ pattern before it as though trying to ward off the enemy `Mechs with a gesture. His swift machine leapt forward, breaking their defensive cover as he sprinted up a distant ridge. Cursing, she jammed her feet down on the Wolverine’s floor pedals and grimaced as G-forces crushed her into the command couch. Otaktay opened fire at the closest enemy target, though she couldn’t tell if he hit. Her own crosshairs fell over the bulky form of an enemy Rifleman. It was a common enough machine even in the Capellan Confederation; but Anong had never seen one. She didn’t know the design’s strengths or weaknesses, and that was always worrying.

“—Besides,” Otaktay continued even as Anong’s pulse laser scored a solid hit on the Rifleman’s front armor. A distant enemy Enforcer opened fire with its autocannon not at the pair of them but at the Taurian host caught in between. “I think the odds are not quite so against us.”



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Sgt. Troy Laguerre’s fingers flew over the Raven’s secondary keyboard as he directed its high-powered communications gear down into the well-shielded electronics at his feet. Although most of the surface-level electronics had been knocked out by the initial electromagnetic pulse, the systems were hardy. The bunker complex’s well-buried central computer had restarted the secondary systems without problem, leaving Troy with clear access.

“Main tunnels are flooded. The reactor’s completely sealed off and the central computer’s also fine,” he reported, “but that’s really not a good sign. Odds are at least one bunker’s cracked. Four was right under the blast site so that’s probably ground zero. Checking status now.”

“Hurry, Sergeant,” Dorian’s fine baritone voice was laced with static. “The Taurians are approaching fast.”

“Well, keep the bullshit off of me for as long as you can,” Laguerre replied. “These bunkers have their own computers; if I don’t give them the right handshake—fuck me, I was right! Bunker four’s completely collapsed!”



India Recon Lance “The Last Report” Primary Objectives:
- Survive (incomplete)
- Defeat Taurian Forces (incomplete)

India Recon Lance “The Last Report” Secondary Objectives:
- Defend the Fallout Bunker Entrance (incomplete)
- Use the Raven’s equipment to confirm the condition of the six bunkers and the number (if any) of the survivors (1/6)

Delta Battle Lance “The Avenging Angels” Primary Objectives:
- Survive (incomplete)
- Rescue Capellan Survivors (incomplete)

Delta Battle Lance “The Avenging Angels” Secondary Objectives:
- Destroy the Capellan Survivors* (incomplete)
- Defeat Taurian Forces (incomplete)

2nd Lance, 1st Company, 3rd Chesterton Voltigeurs Primary Objectives:
- Survive (incomplete)
- Link up with the New Syrtis Rescue Party (incomplete)

2nd Lance, 1st Company, 3rd Chesterton Voltigeurs Primary Objectives:
- Destroy the New Syrtis Rescue Party* (incomplete)
- Defeat Taurian Forces (incomplete)





Point Zero Enemy Movement Mods:
- Talos II – Ran +2
- Bobcat – Ran +2
- Cronus – Walked +1
- Rifleman – Walked +1
- Hunter – Cruised +1
- Patton – Flanked +1

Yantai Reservation Enemy Movement Mods:
- Cicada – Walked +3
- Phoenix – Ran +3
- Toro – Ran +3
- Quasit II – Ran +3
- Drillson – Cruised +2
- Plainsman – Cruised +2

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