Part 531: Rise of the Phoenix - Annulled
Rise of the Phoenix: Tactical Update 9 ANNULLED!This turn has been annulled, the real turn 9 is here!
“Khan Moffat, can I trouble you for your targeting data?”
Dusk fought back a wave of disgust as she was addressed by her title and bloodname. It wasn’t unusual among spheroids, she knew, but it was insulting nonetheless. Equally insulting was the request for her targeting information. She could’ve finished the enemy Warhammer without aid, but she knew that wasn’t the point. While Jeana Clay—the “Red Corsair”—technically had operational command, she differed to Colonel Kell’s advice in nearly all circumstances. He’d planned the entire operation, and had earned Dusk’s respect. Without bidding he’d cut their assault forces, neatly matching what her instincts told her was the ‘ideal’ minimum to avoid combat losses.
Unfortunately, his Archer was also one of the slowest machines on the field. Even with the minor tweaks Dusk’s technicians had made to the launchers and the advantage of Clan-made missiles his machine simply wasn’t fast enough to engage the enemy directly. At least, not yet. The Archer and BattleMaster would be the linchpin if the enemy had reinforcements, but none of the Great Houses had done any major military innovation since the fall of the Star League. With twelve `Mechs engaged Dusk doubted they’d have any more to spare. It was strange: if they’d been facing a Clan force, she’d have expected either two fewer or at least three more.
“Transmitting,” she let her tone of voice convey her irritation with the action, but she was a soldier. She’d obey an order even if it was an affront to her honor. A flight of LRMs exploded half-a-meter in front of the battered golden Warhammer. The pilot took a reflexive step backwards—just as Kell’s second flight came down. Nearly every missile struck it in the leg, pulverizing armor and tearing its ferro-titanium bones to bits. A flight of SRMs from Caesar’s six-pack launchers finished the job. The Capellans had proven tenacious—simply losing a leg wasn’t enough. She dropped her crosshairs over its form an instant before it fell and thumbed her secondary target interlock circuit.
A single shot from her lone small laser proved enough to burn through the last of the Warhammer’s weakened structural frame members. The right side of its chest imploded, the last of its battered frame proved more than enough to crush its fusion-powered heart.
Movement Phase
Guillotine
- Stands carefully (4 base - 2 careful stand = 2): rolled 10, succeeds!
King Cobra
- Activates MASC!
Timber Wolf
- Activates CNI
Shooting Phase
Timber Wolf H
- Spots Warhammer Golden Boy for Archer!
Grand Titan (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1214!
- Fires Large X-Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 4 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 7): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Large X-Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 4 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 7): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 4 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 9): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 4 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 9): rolled 6, miss!
- Gains 38 heat, sinks 34!
Guillotine (Player)
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke - 1 targeting computer = 5): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke - 1 targeting computer = 5): rolled 7, hit Right Torso (15/24 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke - 1 targeting computer = 5): rolled 10, hit Head (4/9 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke - 1 targeting computer = 5): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires Streak SRM-6 at Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke = 6): rolled 5, fails to lock-on!
- Gains 22 heat, sinks 28!
Gallowglas (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 2214!
- Fires ER PPC at Warhammer Golden Boy (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 3 smoke = 9): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires Large Laser at Warhammer Golden Boy (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 3 smoke = 9): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Large Laser at Warhammer Golden Boy (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 3 smoke = 9): rolled 9, hit Right Arm (0/21 armor, 7/11 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Gains 35 heat, sinks 36!
BattleMaster (Player)
PTN’s note: Please specify a primary target in the future.
- Fires ER PPC at Pillager (2 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 8): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Pillager (out of range!)
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Pillager (out of range!)
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Pillager (out of range!)
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Pillager (out of range!)
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Pillager (out of range!)
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Pillager (out of range!)
- Gains 41 heat, sinks 42!
Archer (Player)
- Fires LRM/20 w/Artemis IV indirectly at Warhammer Golden Boy (2 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 indirect fire + 1 spotter movement + 1 spotter firing = 8): rolled 8, 16 missiles hit Right Leg (6/20 armor remaining), Right Leg (1/20 armor remaining), Right Leg (0/20 armor, 11/15 structure remaining (Crit!)), Right Leg (6/15 structure remaining (TAC!))!
- Fires LRM/20 w/Artemis IV indirectly at Warhammer Golden Boy (2 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 indirect fire + 1 spotter movement + 1 spotter firing = 8): rolled 5, miss!
- Gains 13 heat, sinks 20!
Wolverine II (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1111
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Pillager (2 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 6, miss!
- Gains 14 heat, sinks 20!
King Cobra (Player)
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Warhammer Golden Boy (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 smoke + 1 minimum range - 1 targeting computer = 7): rolled 9, hit Right Torso (1/21 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Warhammer Golden Boy (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 smoke - 1 targeting computer = 6): rolled 7, hit Right Torso (0/21 armor, 9/15 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires Streak SRM-6 at Warhammer Golden Boy (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 smoke = 7): rolled 8, 6 missiles hit Right Torso (7/15 armor remaining (Crit!)), Center Torso (20/22 structure remaining (Crit!)), Head (7/9 armor remaining), Right Leg (4/15 structure remaining (Crit!)), Center Torso (18/22 structure remaining (Crit!)), Right Leg (2/15 structure remaining (Crit!))!
- Fires Streak SRM-6 at Warhammer Golden Boy (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 smoke = 7): rolled 10, 6 missiles hit Right Torso (5/15 armor remaining (Crit!)), Center Torso (16/22 structure remaining (Crit!)), Right Leg (0/15 structure remaining (Limb blown off!)), Left Torso (1/21 armor remaining (TAC!)), Center Torso (14/22 structure remaining (Crit!)), Left Torso (0/21 armor, 14/15 structure remaining (Crit!))!
- Fires Flamer at Warhammer Golden Boy (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 smoke - 1 targeting computer = 8): rolled 11, hit Left Torso (12/15 structure remaining)!
- Gains 21 heat, sinks 26!
Timber Wolf H (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1712!
- Fires ER Small Laser at Warhammer Golden Boy (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 spotting = 5): rolled 7, hit Right Torso (0/15 structure remaining (Torso destroyed! `Mech destroyed!))!
PTN’s note: Just using an online dice roller for this correction since I’ve got my stuff put away.
- Fires Heavy Large Laser at Marauder Zhang Fei (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 spotting + 1 secondary target = 5): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires LRM-15 w/Artemis IV at Marauder Zhang Fei (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 spotting + 1 secondary target = 5): rolled 7, 15 missiles hit Rear Left Torso (3/8 armor remaining), Rear Right Torso (3/8 armor remaining), Left Arm (19/24 armor remaining)!
- Fires LRM-15 w/Artemis IV at Marauder Zhang Fei (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 spotting + 1 secondary target = 5): rolled 3, miss!
- Gains 3 heat, sinks 36!
Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (White)
- Fires Heavy PPC at Grand Titan (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 10, hit Right Arm (2/29 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Grand Titan (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 4, miss!
Warhammer Gong Gong (Black and Orange)
- Holds fire!
Warhammer Golden Boy (Gold)
- Fires eER PPC at Timber Wolf H (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 3 heat - 1 targeting computer = 7): rolled 9, hit Left Torso (3/25 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Timber Wolf H (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 3 heat - 1 targeting computer = 7): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Timber Wolf H (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 3 heat - 1 targeting computer = 7): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Timber Wolf H (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 3 heat - 1 targeting computer = 7): rolled 11, hit Center Torso (31/36 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Timber Wolf H (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 3 heat - 1 targeting computer = 7): rolled 10, hit Right Arm (19/24 armor remaining)!
Shadow Hawk Qing Long (Blue)
- Holds fire!
Marauder Guan Yu (Green ACE!)
- Fires Large VSPL at Grand Titan (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement - 1 pulse laser = 4): rolled 8, hit Right Leg (27/38 armor remaining)!
- Fires Large VSPL at Grand Titan (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement - 1 pulse laser = 4): rolled 5, hit Center Torso (20/42 armor remaining)!
Marauder Zhang Fei (Silver and Red ACE!)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1512!
- Fires ER Large Laser at Guillotine (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke = 5): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires LRM-15 (HE) at Guillotine (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke = 5): rolled 7, 12 missiles hit Right Leg (2/28 armor remaining), Left Arm (2/20 armor remaining), Left Arm (0/20 armor remaining)!
- Fires LRM-15 (HE) at Guillotine (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke = 5): rolled 4, miss!
Pillager Liu Bei (Red and Gold ACE!)
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Wolverine II (2 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, hit Right Arm (3/18 armor remaining)!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Wolverine II (2 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 10, hit Rear Left Torso (0/6 armor 4/13 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Wolverine II (2 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 11, hit Left Arm (11/18 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Wolverine II (2 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 9, hit Left Arm (4/18 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Wolverine II (2 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 8, hit Right Leg (19/26 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Wolverine II (2 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, hit Left Leg (19/26 armor remaining)!
End Phase
Warhammer Golden Boy
- Critical chance in Right Arm! No critical hit sustained!
- Critical chance in Center Torso! 3 critical hits sustained!
- - Engine hit!
- - Engine hit!
- - Engine hit!
- Critical chance in Center Torso! 1 critical hits sustained!
- - Gyro hit!
- Critical chance in Center Torso! 3 critical hits sustained!
- - Gyro destroyed!
- - Gyro hit!
- - Gyro hit!
- Critical chance in Left Torso! 3 critical hits sustained!
- - Engine hit!
- - Engine hit!
- - Engine hit!
- Critical chance in Center Torso! 2 critical hits sustained!
- - Gyro hit!
- - Heavy Flamer damaged!
- Critical chance in Left Torso! 3 critical hits sustained!
- - ER Medium Laser damaged!
- - Targeting Computer destroyed!
- - Targeting Computer hit!
Wolverine II
- Critical chance in Left Torso! 1 critical hit sustained!
- - XL Engine hit!
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (3 base + 1 massive damage = 4): rolled 8, succeeds!
Physical Combat Phase:
Guillotine
- Kicks Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 kick = 3): rolled 9, hit Right Leg (18/32 armor remaining)
Wolverine II
- Kicks Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (3 base + 2 movement + 4 enemy movement - 2 kick = 7): rolled 5, miss!
End Phase:
Marauder Zhang Fei
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (3 base + 1 actuator damage + 0 kicked = 4): rolled 8, succeeds!
Wolverine II
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (3 base + 0 missed kick = 3): rolled 7, succeeds!
Turn End Phase:
OpForce
- Shuffle VNC3 Networks!
Player Status:
Opposing Force Status:
Special Rules:
Glare – Any unit standing above level 0 suffers a -2 penalty due to intense sunlight reflecting off the local rocks. All units attacking a unit standing above level 0 suffer a -1 penalty due to intense sunlight reflecting off the target unit. These penalties stack.Mission Objective:
- Break Through (0/1)
Orders Due: Midnight Saturday!
PTN's note This is later than I was hoping for. I got distracted by AGDQ.