Part 519: Laager - Turn 15
Laager: Tactical Update 15An explosive charge blew the Huron Warrior’s canopy off and a heartbeat later the pilot’s command couch rocketed skyward as the hungry beam of Kernoff’s ER PPC devoured the last of the lighter machine’s engine shielding. The Huron warrior’s legs seized up and the machine fell, its bulk crushing one of the SRM turrets that’d helped Kernof’s short lance stave off an entire Capellan company.
The Wolverine’s lasers made short work of the last turret. Without a clear shot at either Kernoff or Nami’s battered Legacy, the Capellan Mechwarrior did the wise thing and eliminated a potential threat from his backfield. Her backfield, Kernoff corrected as the Wolverine leapt back into the open. Even at maximum zoom it wasn’t always easy to tell an enemy pilot’s gender through the bulk of a cooling vest. The standard Capellan design was open to the hip and one of the few that protected the pilot’s legs. It was more like a bulky robe than an actual vest, but by necessity there were more than the usual number of openings in the ballistic cloth. With such an expansive cooling vest, without some gaps or holes for flexibility Capellan Mechwarriors wouldn’t have been able to sit down or even move their arms.
It didn’t matter much to Kernoff except in the vaguest academic sense. Other people were a nuisance at best or an obstacle to eliminate at worst. The entire Inner Sphere could burn in nuclear fire and as long as Kernoff was on the side doing the burning he wouldn’t lose any sleep over it. Such clarity had only filled him after he began studying the Word. He had no doubt that if he hadn’t adopted Blake’s vision he’d have taken matters into his own hands long ago. The Inner Sphere was a festering corpse and most of the people in it suitable only for labor or, better yet, fuel for the pyres of a general purge. Blake’s time would come. For now, Kernoff would settle on teaching this small group of Capellans the Word.
Shooting Phase
Shooting Phase
BattleMaster (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1534
- Fires ER PPC at Huron Warrior (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 target movement = 7): rolled 10, hit Rear Right Torso (0/7 armor, 8/12 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Huron Warrior (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 target movement - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 8, hit Rear Center Torso (0/9 armor remaining)!
- Gains 26 heat, sinks 32
Legacy (Player)
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Huron Warrior (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 8): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Huron Warrior (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 10): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Huron Warrior (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 10): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires Streak SRM-2 at Huron Warrior (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 10): rolled 2, fails to lock-on!
- Gains 11 heat, sinks 18
SRM-6 Turret 1730
- Fires SRM-6 at Huron Warrior (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement = 5): rolled 11, 6 missiles hit Right Torso (6/12 structure remaining (Crit!)), Center Torso (0/22 armor remaining), Center Torso (14/16 structure remaining (Crit!)), Right Leg (8/20 armor remaining), Head (7/9 armor remaining (Pilot hit!)), Left Arm (4/16 armor remaining)!
SRM-6 Turret 1530
- Fires SRM-6 at Huron Warrior (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement = 5): rolled 11, 2 missiles hit Left Leg (13/20 armor remaining), Right Leg (6/20 armor remaining)!
Lao Hu
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 20!
Archer
- Holds fire!
- Gains 0 heat, sinks 24!
Rifleman II
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 28!
Huron Warrior
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1530!
- Fires ER Large Laser at Legacy (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 9, hit Right Leg (11/34 armor remaining)!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Turret 1530 (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement - 4 enemy movement + 2 minimum range + 1 secondary target = 5): rolled 5, hit Turret (0/15 armor, 0/2 structure remaining)! Turret destroyed!
- Gains 15 heat, sinks 10! Overheating!
Snake
- Holds fire!
- Gains 5 heat, sinks 22!
Wolverine
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1536!
- Fires ER Large Laser at Turret 1730 (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement - 4 enemy movement = 2): rolled 7, hit Rear (7/15 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Turret 1730 (4 base + 4 range + 2 movement - 4 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 4, hit Rear (1/15 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Turret 1730 (4 base + 4 range + 2 movement - 4 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 6, hit rear (0/15 armor, 0/2 structure remaining)! Turret destroyed!
- Gained 22 heat, sinks 24!
Brutus
- Holds fire!
Demolisher (Gauss)
- Holds fire!
End Phase
Huron Warrior
- Critical chance in Right Torso! No critical hit sustained!
- Critical chance in Right Torso! 3 critical hits sustained!
- - Engine hit!
- - Engine destroyed!
- - Critical hit transfers to Center Torso!
- - - Engine hit!
- Critical chance in Center Torso! No critical hits sustained!
- Pilot hit! Must pass a 3+ consciousness test: rolled 3, succeeds!
Viking (Player)
- Critical chance in Center Torso! 1 critical hit sustained!
- - Engine hit! Engine destroyed!
- Critical chance in Center Torso! No critical hits sustained!
Player Status:
Allied Status
Opposing Force Status:
??? Status
Mission Objective:
- Hurt them (complete)
- - Hurt them more (complete)
- - - Teach them the Word (8/9)
Secondary Objectives:
- Defend the Turret Control Tower (0/1)
- Defend the Administration Building (0/1)
- Keep enemy `Mechs out of the `Mechbay (Failed!)
Special Rules:
Construction Zones – Unless the hex states otherwise, all construction zones count as light woods.
Hidden Assets – The light autocannon turrets are currently in low-power standby mode. ComStar has always maintained up rumors that the power grid supporting them is incomplete or somehow insufficient to power them. They will not open fire until at least two players request their activation on the same turn. This deception may be detected by enemy units with a Beagle Active Probe.Orders Due: Midnight Saturday!