Part 556: Auxilia - Turn 12

Auxilia: Tactical Update 12

“They are withdrawing,” Bethany Cochraine’s cold, analytical voice presented a scenario that seemed accurate enough. The enemy Nidhogg fired its jets, leaping back towards the treeline. Duncan watched it with a grimace—it’d finally succeeding in taking the leg off of Amazon Cardoso’s Awesome and apparently that was enough of a feat to erase the ‘stain’ of being forced from the battlefield.

“It is not a surprise,” Bethany continued even as the Copperhead on the ridge cut down Robert Weisz’s little Locust with a barrage of lasers and missiles. “We have both been reduced to fewer than half effectives, not counting Lt. Delwyn. For us, I think those numbers are expected, but I do not think these Snow Ravens are used to losing. Losses like that to an “inferior” force like us must be practically unthinkable. Someone “upstairs” finally noticed how badly we have worn them down.”

“Do we pursue?”

Duncan considered that for a moment, but Jason was the first to reply. “Take a few parting shots if you can, but don’t get yourselves killed. Most of them are fresher than we are—if they stuck it out and fought smart they’d have a chance of knocking us all out.”

“I agree,” Duncan added, “and whatever you do watch out for that damned Copperhead. He’s had our number this whole time.”








Movement Phase
Komodo
- Jumped with a damaged hip!
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (5 base + 2 actuator damage = 7): rolled 12, succeeds!

Elemental Point Coleen
- Unit breaks line-of-sight, becomes hidden!



Shooting Phase
Elemental Point Coleen (ACE!)
- ???

Atlas (Player)
- Fires PPC at Summoner (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 9, hit Center Torso (13/23 armor remaining)!
- Fires Light Autocannon/5 at Summoner (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires Light Autocannon/5 at Summoner (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires Light Autocannon/5 at Summoner (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 11, hit Center Torso (8/33 armor remaining)!
- Fires Light Autocannon/5 at Summoner (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Streak SRM-6 at Summoner (3 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 10): rolled 9, 6 missiles hit Right Torso (13/22 armor remaining), Left Leg (26/28 armor remaining), Center Torso (6/33 armor remaining), Left Arm (20/22 armor remaining), Right Torso (11/22 armor remaining), Center Torso (4/33 armor remaining)!
- Gains 20 heat, sinks 30!

Hunchback (Player)
- No Line of Sight to primary target!
- No Line of Sight to secondary target!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 22!

Tempest (Player)
- Fires Medium Laser at Summoner (3 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 9): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Summoner (3 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 9): rolled 8, miss!
- Fires SRM-4 at Summoner (3 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 9): rolled 8, miss!
- Gains 12 heat, sinks 18!

Awesome (Player)
- Fires PPC at Summoner B (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 4): rolled 10, hit Left Arm (10/20 armor remaining)!
- Fires PPC at Summoner B (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 4): rolled 8, hit Right Torso (1/22 armor remaining)!
- Fires PPC at Summoner B (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 4): rolled 7, hit Right Torso (0/22 armor, 6/15 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires PPC at Summoner B (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 4): rolled 8, hit Center Torso (0/33 armor, 16/22 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Gains 41 heat, sinks 38!

Phoenix Hawk (Player)
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Hellbringer Prime (2 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 light woods - 2 pulse laser = 8): rolled 10, hit Left Torso (13/23 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Laser at Hellbringer Prime (2 base + 4 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 12): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Hellbringer Prime (2 base + 4 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 12): rolled 6, miss!
- Gains 22 heat, sinks 20!

Komodo (Player)
- Holds fire!
- Gains 3 heat, sinks 26!

Enfield (Player)
- Fires Medium Laser at Grendel B (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement + 2 heavy woods = 11): rolled 8, miss!
- Gains 4 heat, sinks 22!

Locust “Pulsar” (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1415!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Summoner (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 3): rolled 7, hit Right Leg (9/28 armor remaining)!
- Gains 12 heat, sinks 22!

Grendel B
- Fires Ultra AC/5 (Ultra) at Atlas (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 7): rolled 10, 1 shell hit Left Torso (7/32 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Atlas (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 7): rolled 8, hit Right Arm (0/17 structure remaining)! Arm blown off!
- - Damage transfers to Right Torso (6/32 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Atlas (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 10, hit Right Torso (0/32 armor, 20/21 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Atlas (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 7, hit Right Torso (13/21 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires ER Small Laser at Atlas (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods = 7): rolled 10, hit Left Leg (21/42 armor remaining)!
-Gains 24 heat, sinks 20!

Hellbringer Prime
- Activates targeting computer!
- Fires ER PPC at Phoenix Hawk (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 light woods - 1 targeting computer = 10): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires ER PPC at Phoenix Hawk (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 light woods - 1 targeting computer = 10): rolled 9, miss!
- Gains 32 heat, sinks 34!

Mad Dog Prime
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Locust “Pulsar” (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 6): rolled 7, hit Right Torso (0/8 armor, 3/5 structure remaining)! TAC!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Locust “Pulsar” (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 6): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires LRM-15 w/Artemis IV at Locust “Pulsar” (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires LRM-15 w/Artemis IV at Locust “Pulsar” (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement = 8): rolled 10, 12 missiles hit Right Torso (0/5 structure remaining (Torso destroyed! Engine destroyed! `Mech destroyed!)), Damage transfers to Center Torso (8/10 armor remaining), Center Torso (3/10 armor remaining), Left Leg (6/8 armor remaining)!
- Gains 30 heat, sinks 28!

Summoner B
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Awesome (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 3): rolled 7, hit Right Leg (0/17 structure remaining)! Leg blown off!
- - Damage transfers to Right Torso (16/24 armor remaining)!
- Fires SRM-6 w/Artemis IV at Awesome (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 5): rolled 11, 3 missiles hit Right Torso (14/24 armor remaining), Right Torso (12/24 armor remaining), Right Torso (10/24 armor remaining)!
- Gains 27 heat, sinks 30!



End Phase
Summoner
- Critical chance in Right Torso: rolled 10, 2 critical hits sustained!
- - Engine hit!
- - Engine hit!
- - - Pilot overrides auto-ejection sequence!
- Critical chance in Center Torso: rolled 6, no critical hits sustained!
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (4 base + 1 massive damage = 5): rolled 8, succeeds!

Atlas
- Critical chance in Right Torso: rolled 5, no critical hits sustained!
- Critical chance in Right Torso: rolled 8, 1 critical hit sustained!
- - PPC damaged!
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (6 base + 1 massive damage = 7): rolled 8, succeeds!



Physical Combat Phase:
Enfield
- Kicks Grendel (5 base + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement + 2 heavy woods - 2 kick = 10): rolled 4, miss!

Grendel
- Kicks Atlas (4 base + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods - 2 kick = 6): rolled 6, hit Left Leg (12/42 armor remaining)!



End Phase:
Enfield
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (5 base + 0 missed kick = 5): rolled 7, succeeds!

Atlas
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (6 base + 1 massive damage + 0 kicked = 7): rolled 8, succeeds!



Next Turn’s Start Phase:
Hellbringer Prime
- Switches ECM to ECCM!








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 (1/1) Successful!
- Bounty Collected: 18,000,000 c-bills (27,000,000 goods)
- - Light: 3
- - Medium: 4
- - Heavy: 1* (1 salvaged Mad Dog)
- - Assault: 1



Orders Due: Midnight Saturday!