Part 533: Rise of the Phoenix - Turn 10

Rise of the Phoenix: Tactical Update 10

A backhand blow from Caesar’s mace nearly split an enemy Marauder in half as it fell, showering the dusty badlands with shards of ceramic and steel. The machine twisted in midair, a strange pirouette that set it spinning on its back for a moment or two before it collapsed in a powerless heap. There weren’t many of them left now—but a sensible foe would have retreated long ago.

Acolyte Kreszentia coughed as more acrid smoke filled the Gallowglas’s cockpit. Something in her machine’s chest was burning. Probably one of the air filters. The blue Shadow Hawk she’d been targeting leapt away, practically mocking her machine’s mobility. If she’d still had her Lightray, she’d have taught these Capellans a thing or two about piloting. They were skilled, but they fought heartlessly. Like the stories she’d always heard of the Death Commandos or the Warrior Houses, completely heedless of their own losses in the single-minded pursuit of a goal. That the goal was Kreszentia’s destruction was little more than an irritation for her, at least at the moment. She’d grown close to Carlos’s men in the months they’d spent on the run, and still had at least one to help avenge.








Movement Phase
Timber Wolf
- Deactivates CNI



Shooting Phase
Grand Titan (Player)
- Fires LRM-15 w/ Artemis IV at Pillager Liu Bei (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 5): rolled 9, 12 missiles hit Head (4/9 armor remaining), Left Leg (14/42 armor remaining), Center Torso (22/24 armor remaining)!
- Fires SRM-6 w/ Artemis IV at Pillager Liu Bei (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Large X-Pulse Laser at Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 secondary target - 2 pulse laser = 3): rolled 6, hit Center Torso (26/35 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 secondary target - 2 pulse laser = 3): rolled 10, hit Left Torso (9/24 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 secondary target - 2 pulse laser = 3): rolled 7, hit Right Torso (18/24 armor remaining)!
- Gains 34 heat, sinks 34!

Guillotine (Player)
- Fires ER Large Laser at Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 targeting computer = 4): rolled 8, hit Left Arm (16/24 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 targeting computer = 4): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 targeting computer = 4): rolled 6, hit Head (4/9 armor remaining)!
- Gains 24 heat, sinks 22!

Gallowglas (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 2214!
- Fires ER PPC at Shadow Hawk Qing Long (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement = 8): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Large Laser at Shadow Hawk Qing Long (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement = 8): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires Large Laser at Shadow Hawk Qing Long (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement = 8): rolled 9, hit Right Leg (17/26 armor remaining)!
- Fires Small Laser at Shadow Hawk Qing Long (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement = 8): rolled 9, hit Rear Center Torso (4/7 armor remaining)!
- Gains 35 heat, sinks 36!

BattleMaster (Player)
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 4, hit Left Leg (15/26 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 10, hit Center Torso (6/28 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 8, hit Left Arm (7/18 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 6, hit Left Leg (9/26 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 11, hit Right Arm (3/9 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 4, hit Head (0/9 armor, 0/3 structure remaining)! `Mech Destroyed!
- Fires ER PPC at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 6): rolled 9, hit Center Torso (0/28 armor, 9/18 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Gains 46 heat, sinks 42!

Archer (Player)
- Fires LRM/20 w/Artemis IV at Pillager (2 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, 12 missiles hit Center Torso (17/48 armor remaining), Left Leg (9/42 armor remaining), Head (2/9 armor remaining)!
- Fires LRM/20 w/Artemis IV at Pillager (2 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 6): rolled 11, 16 missiles hit Right Arm (10/33 armor remaining), Left Leg (4/42 armor remaining), Left Torso (7/31 armor remaining), Left Arm (28/33 armor remaining)!
- Gains 13 heat, sinks 20!

Wolverine II (Player)
- Primary target already destroyed!
- Gains 14 heat, sinks 20!

King Cobra (Player)
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke + 2 minimum range - 1 targeting computer = 7): rolled 8, hit Left Leg (0/16 structure remaining)! Leg Blown Off!
- - Damage transfers to Left Torso (6/24 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 3, miss!
- Fires Streak SRM-6 at Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke - 1 targeting computer = 6): rolled 4, fails to lock-on!
- Fires Streak Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke - 1 targeting computer = 6): rolled 6, 6 missiles hit Right Arm (5/12 structure remaining (Crit!)), Head (7/9 armor remaining), Left Torso (4/24 armor remaining), Left Torso (2/24 armor remaining), Left Arm (5/24 armor remaining), Right Leg (30/32 armor remaining)!
- Fires Flamer (Damage) at Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke - 1 targeting computer = 5): rolled 3, miss!
- Gains 21 heat, sinks 26!

Timber Wolf H (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1712!
- Fires ER Small Laser at Pillager (2 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, hit Left Torso (5/31 armor remaining)!
- Fires LRM-15 w/Artemis IV at Pillager (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 4): rolled 5, 15 missiles hit Left Torso (0/31 armor remaining), Right Arm (5/33 armor remaining), Center Torso (12/17 armor remaining)!
- Fires LRM-15 w/Artemis IV at Pillager (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 4): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires Heavy Large Laser at Marauder Guan Yu (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 secondary target = 4): rolled 7, hit Rear Center Torso (0/11 armor, 18/23 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Gains 33 heat, sinks 36!

Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (White)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1116!
- Fires Heavy PPC at Archer (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 10, hit Left Torso (0/24 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at BattleMaster (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 secondary target = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at BattleMaster (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 secondary target = 8): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires ER Small Laser at BattleMaster (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 secondary target = 8): rolled 7, miss!

Warhammer Gong Gong (Black and Orange)
- Holds fire!

Shadow Hawk Qing Long (Blue)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 2014!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Gallowglas (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, hit Left Torso (8/15 structure remaining)! Crit!

Marauder Guan Yu (Green ACE!)
- Fires Large VSPL at Grand Titan (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 pulse laser = 2): automatically hit Right Torso (0/31 armor, 7/21 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires Large VSPL at Grand Titan (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 pulse laser = 2): automatically 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 + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 heat = 5): rolled 5, hit Rear Center Torso (0/10 armor, 13/22 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires ER Large Laser at Guillotine (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 heat = 5): rolled 11, hit Rear Center Torso (5/22 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires LRM-15 (HE) at Guillotine (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 heat = 5): rolled 8, 6 missiles hit Left Arm (2/20 armor remaining), Rear Right Torso (6/7 armor remaining)!
- Fires LRM-15 (HE) at Guillotine (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 heat = 5): rolled 12, 9 missiles hit Left Arm (0/20 armor, 8/11 structure remaining (Crit!)), Head (5/9 armor remaining (Pilot hit!))!
- Overheating!

Pillager Liu Bei (Red and Gold ACE!)
- Fires Gauss Rifle at BattleMaster (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 5): rolled 12, hit Left Torso (0/28 armor, 17/18 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at BattleMaster (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 5): rolled 8, hit Right Torso (11/28 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at BattleMaster (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 5): rolled 7, hit Right Leg (26/33 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at BattleMaster (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 5): rolled 7, hit Right Arm (1/28 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at BattleMaster (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 5): rolled 8, hit Right Torso (4/28 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at BattleMaster (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 5): rolled 5, hit Right Torso (0/28 armor, 15/18 structure remaining)! Crit!



End Phase
Shadow Hawk Bai Hu
- Critical chance in Right Arm! 1 critcal hit sustained!
- - ER Medium Laser damaged!
- Critical chance in Center Torso! 2 critical hits sustained!
- - XXL Engine hit!
- - Gyro hit!

Marauder Zhang Fei
- Critical chance in Right Arm! No critical hit sustained!

Marauder Guan Yu
- Critical chance in Center Torso! No critical hit sustained!

Gallowglas
- Critical chance in Right Torso! 2 critical hits sustained!
- - Engine hit!
- - Jump Jet destroyed!

Grand Titan
- Critical chance in Right torso! 1 critical hit sustained!
- - XL Engine hit!

Guillotine
- Critical chance in Center Torso! No critical hit sustained!
- Critical chance in Center Torso! 2 critical hits sustained!
- - Gyro hit!
- - Engine hit!
- Critical chance in Left Arm! No critical hit sustained!
- Must pass a 3+ consciousness test: rolled 7, succeeds!
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (4 base + 3 gyro hit + 1 massive damage = 8): rolled 10, succeeds!

BattleMaster
- Critical chance in Left Torso! No critical hit sustained!
- Critical chance in Right Torso! 2 critical hits sustained!
- - Medium Pulse Laser damaged!
- - cXL Engine hit!



Physical Combat Phase:
Grand Titan
- Kicks Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 kick = 1): automatically hit left Leg (12/32 armor remaining)!

Guillotine
- Kicks Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 kick = 3): rolled 10, hit Right Leg (13/32 armor remaining)!

Gallowglas
- Kicks Shadow Hawk Qing Long (3 base + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement - 2 kick = 6): rolled 5, miss!

King Cobra
- Attacks Marauder Zhang Fei with Assault Mace (3 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 mace = 6): rolled 8, hit Left Torso (0/24 armor, 0/16 structure remaining)! `Mech destroyed!
- - Damage transfers to Center Torso (10/35 armor remaining)!

Marauder Guan Yu
- Kicks Grand Titan (3 base + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 kick = 1): automatically hit Left Leg (0/38 armor, 14/21 structure remaining)! Crit!



End Phase:
Marauder Guan Yu
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (3 base + 0 kicked = 3): rolled 8, succeeds!
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (3 base + 0 kicked = 3): rolled 7, succeeds!

Shadow Hawk Qing Long
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (3 base + 0 kicked = 3): rolled 5, succeeds!

Grand Titan
- Critical chance in Left Leg! No critical hit sustained!
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (3 base + 0 kicked = 3): rolled 7, succeeds!








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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 Tuesday!