Part 552: Auxilia - Turn 8
Auxilia: Tactical Update 8A machine that looked like some mad repair crew had hastily slapped a Phoenix Hawk’s arm on a Blackjack touched down with a flourish. Its massive array of Jump Jets had propelled it along a low curving arc with frightening speed. With so much thrust a rookie pilot might’ve been tempted to take a huge parabolic arc that would leave them hanging in empty space for long enough for every `Mech on the battlefield to draw a bead. This pilot was no rookie, never letting his machine rise much higher than treetop height and carefully feathering his jets to bounce erratically in flight.
It paused only briefly when it landed, its left hand extended. An accusing finger pointing straight at Barna Roland’s Enfield. He swallowed, sweat trickling down the back of his neck. It wasn’t the same challenge one of the Draconis Combine’s samurai-wannabes might offer, but the meaning was the same. That pilot wasn’t going to rest until they saw him dead—or at least trashed his machine so badly he’d be stuck walking home. He did some quick mental math. The Clan machine had easily cleared 210 meters or more which, assuming Clan machines had the same limits he was familiar with, meant its top groundspeed was right around 120 kph, if not more. So it was more than twice as fast as his Enfield, with a better pilot.
He probably had the edge in armor, his machine was at least five tons heavier and the ENF-6J had been up-armored to boot. It was about as tough as one could realistically make a fifty-ton BattleMech, but who knew what sort of LosTech secrets the Clans crammed into their Blackjacks? He shivered, but not in fear. A grin split his face as he pointed back, then brought his autocannon across his `Mech’s chest before finally hooking his left arm and fist underneath in a gesture he felt was rather universal.
“Up yours, Clanner!” he growled to himself. “I don’t care how good a pilot you are. Bring it on!”
“Um,” the quiet ex-DCMS Mechwarrior Ronin broadcast a moment later. “That Revenant just sent me a text-only communication.”
“Broadcast it to the company,” Jason ordered. “It might be important.”
Barna’s secondary monitor flickered for a few moments.
Movement Phase
Hunchback
- Attempts to stand (3 base = 3): rolled 10, succeeds!
Phoenix Hawk
- Attempts to enter hex 0729, but has insufficient MP (has 9, needs 10)!
Shooting Phase
Shade Flight Lead
- Arrow IV Homing launched at Mapsheet last turn: Rolls 7, successfully hits mapsheet!
Shade Wingman
- Arrow IV Homing launched at Mapsheet last turn: Rolls 5, successfully hits mapsheet!
Elemental Point Coleen (ACE!)
- Holds fire!
Elemental Point Bryce (ACE!)
- Fires Small Lasers at Sunfire (3 base + 2 range + 0 enemy movement = 5): rolled 6, 3 lasers hit Right Arm (15/22 armor remaining), Left Arm (17/22 armor remaining), Left Arm (14/22 armor remaining)!
- Fires SRM-2s at Sunfire (3 base + 0 range + 0 enemy movement = 3): rolled 10, 8 missiles hit Right Arm (13/22 armor remaining), Right Torso (22/24 armor remaining), Right Arm (11/22 armor remaining), Right Leg (24/28 armor remaining), Right Arm (9/22 armor remaining), Right Torso (20/24 armor remaining), Center Torso (24/34 armor remaining), Left Torso (22/24 armor remaining)!
Elemental Point Mabel (ACE!)
- ???
Elemental Point Graves (ACE!)
- Initiates Swarm Attack on Anvil (3 base + 2 swarm + 0 enemy movement = 5): rolled 6, succeeds!
Elemental Point Baker (ACE!)
- Initiates Swarm Attack on Revenant (3 base + 5 swarm + 3 enemy movement = 11): rolled 11, succeeds!
Atlas (Player)
- Fires PPC at Warhawk (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 10, hit Right Torso (16/26 armor remaining)!
- Fires Light Autocannon/5 at Warhawk (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Light Autocannon/5 at Warhawk (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Light Autocannon/5 at Warhawk (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires Light Autocannon/5 at Warhawk (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 12, hit Right Leg (30/35 armor remaining)!
- Fires Streak SRM-6 at Warhawk (3 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 10): rolled 7, fails to lock-on!
- Fires TAG at Warhawk (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 9, hit!
- Gains 16 heat, sinks 30!
Hunchback (Player)
- Primary target conditions not met!
- No Line of Sight to secondary target!
- Tertiary target not in front arc!
- Quaternary target not in front arc!
- Quinary target not in front arc!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 22!
Sunfire (Player)
- Primary target out-of-range!
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 0520!
- Fires PPC at Elemental Point Bryce (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 battle armor = 7): rolled 8, hit Elemental 3 (0/10 armor remaining)!
- Fires PPC at Elemental Point Bryce (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 battle armor = 7): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Elemental Point Bryce (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 battle armor - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 9, hit Elemental 1 (4/10 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Elemental Point Bryce (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 battle armor - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 8, hit Elemental 2 (4/10 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Elemental Point Bryce (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 battle armor - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 9, hit Elemental 1 (0/10 armor, 0/1 trooper remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Elemental Point Bryce (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 battle armor - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 5, hit Elemental 4 (4/10 armor remaining)!
- Gains 36 heat, sinks 38!
Anvil (Player)
- No orders received!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 24!
Tempest (Player)
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Elemental Point Coleen (4 base + 4 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 battle armor - 2 pulse laser = 12): rolled 11, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Elemental Point Coleen (4 base + 4 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 battle armor = 14): automatic miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Elemental Point Coleen (4 base + 4 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 battle armor = 14): automatic miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Elemental Point Coleen (4 base + 4 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 battle armor = 14): automatic miss!
- Gains 23 heat, sinks 20!
Awesome (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1219!
- Fires PPC at Summoner B (4 base + 4 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 10): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires PPC at Summoner B (4 base + 4 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 10): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires PPC at Summoner B (4 base + 4 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 10): rolled 7, miss!
- Gains 31 heat, sinks 38!
Dragoon II (Player)
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Warhawk Prime (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 6): rolled 7, hit Right Torso (6/26 armor remaining)!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Warhawk Prime (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 6): rolled 8, hit Right Arm (18/28 armor remaining)!
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon (Cluster) at Warhawk Prime (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement - 1 cluster = 7): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon (Cluster) at Warhawk Prime (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement - 1 cluster = 7): rolled 8, 8 submunitions hit Left Arm (27/28 armor remaining), Center Torso (41/42 armor remaining), Right Torso (5/26 armor remaining), Right Torso (4/26 armor remaining), Left Leg (34/35 armor remaining), Left Leg (33/35 armor remaining), Right Leg (29/30 armor remaining), Left Arm (26/28 armor remaining)!
- Gains 31 heat, sinks 26! Overheating!
Phoenix Hawk (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 0915!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Kirghiz (3 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 1 aerial target + 2 side angle - 2 pulse laser = 10): rolled 5, miss!
- Gains 12 heat, sinks 20!
Komodo (Player)
- Fires Medium Laser at Nova S (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 10): rolled 10, hit Right Torso (13/18 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Laser at Nova S (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 10): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Nova S (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 10): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Nova S (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 10): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Nova S (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 10): rolled 10, hit Center Torso (19/24 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Laser at Nova S (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 10): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Nova S (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 10): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires TAG at Elemental Point Baker (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 8): rolled 4, miss!
- Gains 23 heat, sinks 28!
Osprey (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1321!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Nova S (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 9, hit Right Arm (1/16 armor remaining)!
- Fires LRM-10 at Nova S (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement + 2 minimum range = 11): rolled 11, 6 missiles hit Right Torso (8/18 armor remaining), Right Torso (7/18 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Laser at Nova S (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 11): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Nova S (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 11): rolled 6, miss!
- Gains 16 heat, sinks 20!
Enfield (Player)
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon (Cluster) at Kirghiz (4 base + 4 range + 1 movement + 1 airborne target + 1 front angle - 3 cluster = 8): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires Large Laser at Kirghiz, but the target is out of range!
- Gains 11 heat, sinks 22!
Locust “Pulsar” (Player)
- No Line of Sight to target!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 22!
Locust “Bane” (Player)
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 10!
Shade Flight Lead
- Arrow IV Homing must pass a 4+ test to hit tagged target: rolled 8, succeeds!
- - Warhawk Prime suffers damage to Center Torso (21/41 armor remaining)!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Kirghiz (3 base + 0 range + 0 aft - 3 target attacking ground target - 2 pulse laser = -2): automatically hit Aft (Engine) (19/48 armor remaining)! Threshold Crit!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Kirghiz (3 base + 0 range + 0 aft - 3 target attacking ground target - 2 pulse laser = -2): automatically hit Aft (Engine) (10/48 armor remaining)! Threshold Crit!
Shade Wingman
- Arrow IV Homing must pass a 4+ test to hit tagged target: rolled 4, succeeds!
- - Warhawk Prime suffers damage to Right Leg (9/35 armor remaining)!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Kirghiz (3 base + 0 range + 0 aft - 3 target attacking ground target - 2 pulse laser = -2): automatically hit Aft (Control) (1/48 armor remaining)! Threshold Crit!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Kirghiz (3 base + 0 range + 0 aft - 3 target attacking ground target - 2 pulse laser = -2): automatically hit Aft (Engine) (0/48 armor, 2/10 structure remaining)! Crit!
Kirghiz Wingman
- Loses 1 altitude in Strike attack!
- Fires ER PPC at Dragoon II (3 base + 2 strike + 2 target movement = 7): rolled 9, hit Right Torso (0/24 armor, 8/16 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires ER PPC at Dragoon II (3 base + 2 strike + 2 target movement = 7): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires ER PPC at Dragoon II (3 base + 2 strike + 2 target movement = 7): rolled 2, miss!
Nova S
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Komodo (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 8, hit Right Leg (7/16 armor remaining)! TAC!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Komodo (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Komodo (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 11, hit Left Torso (5/12 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Osprey (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 secondary target - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 6, hit Right Arm (0/16 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Osprey (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 secondary target - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 8, hit Left Torso (0/22 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Osprey (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 secondary target - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 7, hit Left Torso (6/13 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Gains 26 heat, sinks 24!
Grendel B
- Holds fire!
-Gains 2 heat, sinks 20!
Viper C
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 20!
Hellbringer Prime
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 34!
Mad Dog Prime
- Holds fire!
- Gains 17 heat, sinks 28!
Mad Dog B
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1718!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Locust “Bane” (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 8): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Locust “Bane” (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Locust “Bane” (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 24!
Summoner B
- Fires ER PPC at Awesome (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 6, hit Center Torso (16/31 armor remaining)!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Awesome (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 9, hit Right Leg (0/34 armor, 9/17 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Gains 17 heat, sinks 30!
Warhawk Prime
- Fires ER PPC at Atlas (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires ER PPC at Atlas (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires LRM-10 at Atlas (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 8, 8 missiles hit Right Arm (22/34 armor remaining), Left Arm (31/34 armor remaining)!
- Gains 36 heat, sinks 40!
End Phase
Dragoon II
- Critical chance in Right Torso! 1 critical hit sustained!
- - XL Engine hit! +5 heat/turn!
Komodo
- Critical chance in Right Leg! 1 critical hit sustained!
- - Hip damaged!
Osprey
- Critical chance in Left Torso! No critical hits sustained!
Awesome
- Critical chance in Right Leg! 1 critical hit sustained!
- - Foot actuator damaged!
Kirghiz
- Threshold Critical Chance in Aft (Engine): Engine damage sustained! Safe thrust reduced to 4!
- Threshold Critical Chance in Aft (Engine): Engine damage sustained! Safe thrust reduced to 2!
- Threshold Critical Chance in Aft (Control): No damage sustained!
- Critical Chance in Aft (Engine): Engine destroyed!
Next Turn’s Movement Phase
Nemesis Flight
- Velocity reduced to 4!
- Accelerate to velocity 6!
Kit Fox C
- Must pass an 11+ consciousness test: rolled 7, fails!
Player Status:
Demon Lance
Hawk Lance
Ally Status:
Opposing Force Status:
Mission Objective:
- Defend the Convoy (5/5)
- Assist Allied Forces
- Drive off the Clans (0/?)
- Bounty Collected: 10,000,000 c-bills (15,000,000 goods)
- - Light: 3
- - Medium: 2
- - Heavy: 1
- - Assault:
Orders Due: Midnight Saturday!