Part 524: Rise of the Phoenix - Turn 2
Rise of the Phoenix: Tactical Update 2“To all Marik forces,” a broad-spectrum broadcast filled all of Duncan Marik’s communications channels with noise. “We are the Red Corsairs.”
“Pirates!” Lt. Coronado’s reply interrupted the pirate broadcast. The disgust in her voice was evident—there wasn’t a man in the Inner Sphere who didn’t recognize the name ‘Red Corsair’ after the woman’s bloody raids in Lyran and Marik space in the early 3000s. Carlos winced and backed it up a second, lest he miss something important.
The pirate continued, “Your Captain-General has politely requested that we extract you from Abadan. The code phrase is: “I could win a thousand wars and take no joy in any of them should even a single one of my soldiers fall in the doing.” Please acknowledge, or message will repeat in 30 seconds. Over.”
“Bullshit,” Coronado ranted, “fucking vultures! The Red Corsair’s a tech-hound, she doesn’t give a shit about us; she just wants the salvage!”
Carlos’s hands went numb, a slow tingling sensation radiating up from his palms as though he’d plunged his arms into a barrel of ice water. His body moved almost of its own accord, temporarily cutting Coronado out of the broadcast circuit. He toggled over to a wide-band broadcast, aware that it’d make a target of his machine.
“Crusader-7 acknowledges,” he said in calm tones. It was an artificial calm, a thin veneer of stillness over a tumultuous riot of questions and accusations. The façade was so thin that, were it a real physical thing, it wouldn’t have stopped an alpha particle. The code phrase the Red Corsair had transmitted was one known only to two people in the Inner Sphere: Carlos, and his father.
“Crusader-7 to all forces, fight your way to the Red Corsair’s ships at any cost. We’re getting off this hellish rock.”
Shooting Phase
Grand Titan (Player)
- Fires Large X-Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Qing Long (3 base + 4 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 8): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires Large X-Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Qing Long (3 base + 4 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 8): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires LRM-15 at Shadow Hawk Qing Long (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 8): rolled 4, miss!
- Gains 34 heat, sinks 34!
Rampage (Player)
- Attempts to engage Shadow Hawk Qing Long, but the target declines Line of Sight!
- Gains 0 heat, sinks 20!
Guillotine (Player)
- Holds fire!
- Gains 4 heat, sinks 28!
Thunderbolt (Player)
- Attempts to engage Warhammer Gong Gong, but the target declines Line of Sight!
- Gains 1 heat, sinks 20!
Gallowglas (Player)
- Fires ER PPC at Shadow Hawk Qing Long (3 base + 4 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 10): rolled 5, miss!
- Gains 15 heat, sinks 36!
BattleMaster (Player)
- Attempts to engage Warhammer Jiangshi, but the target declines Line of Sight!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 42!
Archer (Player)
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 20!
Wolverine II (Player)
- Attempts to engage Warhammer Jiangshi, but the target declines Line of Sight!
- Gains 5 heat, sinks 20!
King Cobra (Player)
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 26!
Timber Wolf H (Player)
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 36!
Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (White)
- Holds fire!
Warhammer Gong Gong (Black and Orange)
- Holds fire!
Warhammer Jiangshi (Black and Blue)
- Holds fire!
Marauder Lu Bu (Black and Red)
- Holds fire!
Warhammer Golden Boy (Gold)
- Holds fire!
Warhammer Jade Girl (Jade)
- Holds fire!
Shadow Hawk Qing Long (Blue)
- Holds fire!
Marauder Guan Yu (Green ACE!)
- Holds fire!
Marauder Zhang Fei (Silver and Red ACE!)
- Holds fire!
Pillager Liu Bei (Red and Gold)
- Holds fire!
Turn End Phase:
Warhammer Jade Girl
- Becomes Network Hub!
Player Status:
Opposing Force Status:
Mission Objective:
- Break Through (0/1)
Orders Due: Midnight Tuesday!