Part 478: Sludge Factory - Turn 22

Sludge Factory: Tactical Update 22

The Mars’s engine roared and protested as SRMs struck the massive war machine. The Mars had been built with as much redundancy as the Clan designers could manage but not even four sets of treads could save it from the punishing impact of the Panther’s SRMs. The drive wheels burst and flew apart and the segmented track fell apart like a caterpillar cut by a pair of garden sheers. Autocannon rounds deflected from the slab-shaped machine even as the driver turned to put the heavy engine between the crew and their attackers. The Mars ground to a halt as the maneuver drove it right off its damaged treads. The massive turret turned, the weapon barrels swinging in line with the Panther’s chest.

At such short range, it almost couldn’t miss.








Movement Phase
Panther
- Stands carefully facing hex 3913 (4 base + 0 movement - 2 careful stand = 2): automatic success!



ACE Mars Assault Vehicle
- Turret twists to threaten right arc!
- Fires ER Large Laser at Panther (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, hit Right Arm (0/6 structure remaining)! Arm blown off!
- - Damage transfers to Right Torso (0/8 structure remaining)! Torso destroyed!
- - Damage transfers to Center Torso (8/11 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Panther (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 minimum range = 8): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires machine gun at Panther (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 9, hit Right Arm Center Torso (6/11 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires machine gun at Panther (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, hit Right Leg (1/8 armor remaining)!
- Fires Streak SRM-6 at Panther (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 10, 6 missiles hit Left Leg (5/12 armor remaining), Center Torso (4/11 structure remaining (Crit!)), Center Torso (2/11 structure remaining (Crit!)), Center Torso (0/11 structure remaining (`Mech Destroyed!)), Left Leg (3/12 armor remaining), Left Torso (8/10 armor remaining)!
- Fires Streak SRM-6 at Partisan (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods + 1 secondary target = 10): rolled 7, fails to lock-on!

Manticore (LBX)
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon (Slug) at Horned Owl (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 11): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires Streak SRM-6 at Zardos Squad! Target not in arc!

Hunter 1
- Fires ER Large Laser at Horned Owl (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 9, hit Left Leg (0/11 armor, 3/8 structure remaining)! TAC!
- Fires LRM-15 at Horned Owl (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 7, miss!

Tokugawa 2
- Holds fire!

Partisan 2
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 7): rolled 8, hit Left Side (34/43 armor remaining)!
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 7): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 7): rolled 7, hit Left Side (29/43 armor remaining)!
- Fires Autocannon/5 at Mars (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 7): rolled 8, hit Rear (32/37 armor remaining)! CfMSD!

PNT 10K2 Panther
- Fires ER PPC at Mars (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 9, hit Right Side (28/43 armor remaining)!
- Fires SRM-4 at Mars (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 6, 3 missiles hit Rear (30/37 armor remaining (CfMSD)), Right Side (26/43 armor remaining), Right Side (24/43 armor remaining (Crit!))!
- Fires SRM-4 at Mars (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 8, 3 missiles hit Right Side (22/43 armor remaining (CfMSD)), Right Side (20/43 armor remaining), Rear (28/37 armor remaining)!
- Gains 21 heat, sinks 20!

Athena Combat Vehicle
- Holds fire!

Horned Owl
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Hunter (4 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 Pulse Laser = 7): Rolled 6, miss!
- Gains 16 heat, sinks 20!

Sylph Point
- Fires Small Pulse Laser at MASH (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 3): rolled 10, hit (14/50 durability remaining)!

Elementals
- Hold fire!

Zardoz Squad
- Fire Gauss SMGs at Manticore (4 base + 2 range + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 7): rolled 4, miss!



End Phase
Horned Owl
- Through-armor critical chance in Left Leg! No critical hit sustained!

Mars
- Chance for Motive System Damage! Major damage, vehicle immobilized!
- Chance for Motive System Damage! Minor damage +1 to driving!
- Critical chance in Right Side! No damage sustained!
- Chance for Motive System Damage! Moderate damage -1 MP!








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 Tuesday!