Part 471: Sludge Factory - Turn 15

Sludge Factory: Tactical Update 15

Smoke and silence clogged the acrid air separating the Challenger from the approaching Clan tank, obscuring the vision of each vehicle’s commander. For a brief moment peace reigned on the battlefield as both crews struggled to assess their own damage and see what sort of punishment they’d dealt to their counterpart.

The forward plating of the Clan tank was puckered by a Gauss Rifle hit. The shot hadn’t penetrated but the scar of the impact had peeled back armor plating and the dull sheen of the nickel-ferrous slug could be seen within. The tank pressed on regardless, its four sets of massive treads chewing up the pavement beneath it even as autocannon rounds from the distant Partisan howled by overhead.

The Challenger had taken the worst of the exchange, almost none of its frontal armor had gone unscathed. Once vibrant paint had been blackened and scorched, and the driver’s cameras had been shot away. The Challenger still had the turret-mounted cameras, but the necessity of even near-idle maneuvering meant the driver now needed those cameras more than the gunner did. Reluctantly the Challenger’s turret traversed back to its resting position. The need to quickly turn and fire would slow the Challenger’s gunnery, but if they stopped moving entirely they were all dead.

Corporal Osanda templed his fingers. He wasn’t a religious man, but if there was a grand and powerful One True God he wouldn’t have minded a miracle. And if any of the Drac Kami were listening he’d take whatever favors they could offer as well.








Movement Phase
Wasp
- Jumps with actuator damage, must pass a piloting roll or fall (5 base + 1 actuator damage = 6): rolled 6, succeeds!



ACE Mars Assault Vehicle
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Challenger X (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 7): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires ER Large Laser at Challenger X (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 7): rolled 7, hit Front (35/57 armor remaining)! CfMSD!
- Fires Artemis LRM-15 at Challenger X (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 7): rolled 9, 12 missiles hit Front (30/57 armor remaining), Front (25/57 armor remaining (TAC!), Front (24/57 armor remaining (CfMSD!))!
- Fires Artemis LRM-15 at Challenger X (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 7): rolled 8, 12 missiles hit Front (19/57 armor remaining), Left Side (42/47 armor remaining (CfMSD!)), Turret (52/57 armor remaining)!
- Fires Artemis LRM-15 at Challenger X (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 7): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Machine Gun at Challenger X (4 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 11): rolled 10, miss!
- Fires Machine Gun at Challenger X (4 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 11): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon (Cluster) at Challenger X (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods - 1 cluster = 6): rolled 6, 8 submunitions hit Front (18/57 armor remaining (CfMSD!)), Front (17/57 armor remaining), Turret (51/57 armor remaining), Left Side (41/50 armor remaining (CfMSD!)), Front (16/57 armor remaining (TAC!)), Front (15/57 armor remaining), Front (14/57 armor remaining), Front (13/57 armor remaining)!

Manticore (LBX)
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon (Slug) at Zorya (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 9): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Streak SRM-6 at Zorya (4 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 11): rolled 7, fails to lock-on!

Challenger X
- Fires LRM-10 at Mars Assault Vehicle (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement +4 minimum range = 11): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Mars (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 10, hit Front (35/50 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Mars (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 6): rolled 7, hit Turret (41/47 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Mars (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 6): rolled 6, hit Turret (35/47 armor remaining)!
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon (Cluster) at Mars (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement - 1 cluster = 6): rolled 6, 6 submunitions hit Front (34/50 armor remaining (CfMSD!)), Front (33/50 armor remaining), Front (32/50 armor remaining), Turret (34/37 armor remaining), Front (31/50 armor remaining), Front (30/50 armor remaining)!

Wasp
- Holds fire!
- Gains 5 heat, sinks 10!

Hunter 1
- Fires ER Large Laser at Zorya (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 9): rolled 9, hit Front (5/15 armor remaining)! CfMSD!
- Fires Artemis LRM-15 at Zorya (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 9): rolled 7, miss!

Tokugawa 2
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon (Cluster) at Horned Owl (4 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement - 1 cluster = 10): rolled 12, 3 clusters hit Left Torso (9/10 armor remaining), Right Leg (10/11 armor remaining), Center Torso (12/13 armor remaining)!

Partisan 2
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 11): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 11): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 11): rolled 9, miss!
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 11): rolled 9, miss!

Drillson
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Athena (4 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 8): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires Streak SRM-2 at Athena (4 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 10): rolled 10, 2 missiles hit Turret (28/30 armor remaining), Right Side (24/26 armor remaining)!
- Fires Streak SRM-2 at Athena (4 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 10): rolled 7, miss!

PNT 10K2 Panther
- No Line of Sight to primary target!
- Fires ER PPC at Infantry 1605 (4 base + 4 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement = 11): rolled 8, miss!
- Gains 19 heat, sinks 24!

Zorya 1
- Fires LB 5-X Autocannon (Cluster) at Manticore (LBX) (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 cluster = 5): rolled 7, 5 submunitions hit Front (31/43 armor remaining), Turret (29/42 armor remaining), Front (30/43 armor remaining), Front (29/43 armor remaining), Front (28/43 armor remaining)!

Athena Combat Vehicle
- Turret twists to threaten Right Arc!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Drillson (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 9): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Drillson (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 9): rolled 4, miss!

Horned Owl
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Tokugawa (4 base + 4 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 Pulse Laser - 4 immobile target = 5): Rolled 8, hit Turret (22/36 armor remaining)! TAC!
- Gains 16 heat, sinks 20!

Sylph Point
- Fires Micro Pulse Laser at MASH unit (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 3): rolled 7, hit (23/50 durability remaining)!

Elementals
- Hold fire!





End Phase
Challenger X
- Chance for Motive System Damage! Heavy damage cruising MP halved +3 penalty to driving!
- Through-armor critical chance in Front! Sensors hit! +1 penalty to-hit!
- Chance for Motive System Damage! Minor damage +1 penalty to driving!
- Chance for Motive System Damage! No damage sustained!
- Chance for Motive System Damage! Heavy damage cruising MP halved +3 penalty to driving!
- Chance for Motive System Damage! Moderate damage -1 cruising MP +2 penalty to driving!
- Through-armor critical chance in Front! Medium Pulse Laser malfunctions!

Tokugawa 2
- Through-armor critical chance in Turret! LB 10-X Autocannon destroyed!

Zorya
- Chance for Motive System Damage! Minor damage +1 penalty to driving!

Mars
- Chance for Motive System Damage! Minor damage +1 penalty to driving!








Player Status:


Opposing Force Status:




Mission Objective:
Capture the Coolant Factory (0/1)

Secondary Objectives:
Protect the Mobile Army Support Hospital from detection (Failed)
Defend the Mobile Army Support Hospital (0/1)
Locate the Clan Ammunition Dump (1/1)
Destroy the Clan Ammunition Dump (0/1)

Special Rules:
Caustic, Tainted Atmosphere (TacOps p56)
Vehicles suffer an automatic Crew Stunned if armor is breached, Mechwarriors take double damage from cockpit hits.
Point Commanders
As long as they are active combatants, the Mars Assault Vehicle and Epona Pursuit Tank may designate one unit each as an Ace for two turns. New Ace units may not be designated until Ace status expires. Units which opt to remain immobile for at least two turns gain Ace status on the first turn they move. BattleMechs and VTOLs may not be Aces.



Orders Due: Midnight Tuesday!