Part 477: Sludge Factory - Turn 21

Sludge Factory: Tactical Update 21

Subaltern Rybar’s crippled Wasp lurched forward. Its damaged legs could barely support its twenty-ton weight, and molten armor had run into the actuators causing them to grind and catch with each movement. The technical crews wouldn’t be happy with the damage he was doing to the little machine, but Zaahir still had a battle to win.

As his machine passed the corner of the massive coolant factory, the slab-like enemy tank hove into view. Its turret spun, the rotary barrels of its machineguns buzzing to life as the gunner tried to bring the lasers to bear over the boxy vehicle’s gauss rifle housing. Zaahir didn’t care, let them fire. In his past attempt to cripple the machine he’d spotted what seemed like a weakness in the enemy combat vehicle’s design. He twisted, trying frantically to spot that flaw again.

The Athena’s guns cut the legs out from under the Wasp, but in that instant it didn’t matter. The tip of the barrel of the little machine’s medium laser physically struck one of the Athena’s heat exchangers and Zaahir fired instantly. The exchanger, already nearly overloaded by the engine’s waste heat, exploded in an instant and, with nowhere for the excess heat to go, the tank’s engine fell silent as automatic safeguards kicked in to keep it from incinerating everyone in the crew compartment.








Last Turn Correction
Mars
- Reverts to last legal hex: 3913!

Partisan 2
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 10): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 10): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 10): rolled 9, miss!
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 10): rolled 8, miss!



Shooting Phase
ACE Mars Assault Vehicle
- Repairs malfunctioning ER Large Laser!

ACE Sylph Point
- Fires Small Pulse Laser at Partisan (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 3): rolled 9, hit Front (1/8 structure remaining)! Chance for Motive System Damage! Crit!

Manticore (LBX)
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon (Slug) at Horned Owl (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 10): rolled 10, hit Right Torso (0/10 armor, 3/8 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires Streak SRM-6 at Horned Owl (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 12): rolled 7, fails to lock-on!
- Medium Pulse Laser at Horned Owl (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 light woods - 2 pulse laser = 10): rolled 7, miss!

Wasp
-Torso-twists to threaten hex 2015!
- Fires Medium Laser at Athena (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 9, hit Right Side (21/26 armor remaining)! TAC!
- Fires Small Laser at Athena (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Small Laser at Athena (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Flamer (Damage) at Athena (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 10, hit Rear (22/24 armor remaining)! CfMSD
- Gains 9 heat, sinks 10!

Hunter 1
- Fires ER Large Laser at Horned Owl (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 10): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires LRM-15 at Horned Owl (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 light woods + 1 minimum range = 11): rolled 5, miss!

Tokugawa 2
- Holds fire!

Partisan 2
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 9): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 9): rolled 12, hit Right Side (33/38 armor remaining)!
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 9): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 light woods = 9): rolled 5, miss!

PNT 10K2 Panther
- Pilot unconscious!
- Gains 0 heat, sinks 20!

Athena Combat Vehicle
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Wasp (4 base+ 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement - 1 targeting computer = 6): rolled 8, hit Left Leg (0/4 structure remaining)! Leg blown off!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Wasp (4 base+ 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement - 1 targeting computer = 6): rolled 9, hit Left Torso (0/6 armor, 1/5 structure remaining)! TAC! Crit!
- Fires Machine Gun at Wasp (4 base+ 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement - 1 targeting computer = 6): rolled 12, hit Left Arm (1/4 armor remaining)!
- Fires Machine Gun at Wasp (4 base+ 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement - 1 targeting computer = 6): rolled 8, hit Right Leg (0/4 structure remaining)! Leg blown off! `Mech destroyed!

Horned Owl
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1412!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Hunter (4 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods - 2 Pulse Laser = 6): Rolled 3, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Hunter (4 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods - 2 Pulse Laser = 8): Rolled 10, hit Front (11/27 armor remaining)! TAC!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Hunter (4 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods - 2 Pulse Laser = 8): Rolled 7, miss!
- Gains 24 heat, sinks 20!

Elementals
- Hold fire!

Zardoz Squad
- Fire Gauss SMGs at Manticore (4 base + 0 range + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 5): rolled 7, 17 of 21 troopers hit and deal 8 damage to Front (22/43 armor remaining), Front (20/43 armor remaining), Front (18/43 armor remaining), Front (16/43 armor remaining)!



End Phase
Partisan 2
- Chance for Motive System Damage! Heavy damage! MP halved!
- Critical chance in Front! Sensors hit!

Athena
- Critical chance in Right Side! Engine hit! Vehicle immobilized!
- Chance for Motive System Damage! Moderate damage, -1 MP!

Horned Owl
- Critical chance in Right Torso! No critical hit sustained!



Turn End Phase
Panther
- Must pass a 3+ consciousness test: rolled 4, succeeds!








Player Status:




Opposing Force Status:




Mission Objective:
Capture the Coolant Factory (0/1)
- Objective Update: If either force is reduced to nothing but immobilized units, the other force wins!

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 Saturday!