Part 58: Vipers of Somerset - Turn 16
Vipers of Somerset: Tactical Update 16Movement Phase
Random Ace Beta: B4 Mugger!
Random Ace Gamma: G2 Unknown Assault 2!
B4 Mugger walks to 1118!
Combat Phase:
L2 Zeus holds fire
L2 Zeus gains 0 heat, sinks 17! Now at Overheat 0!
B4 holds fire!
B4 Mugger gains 2 heat, sinks 28! Now at overheat 0!
B5 Lucerne holds fire!
B5 Lucerne gains 0 heat, sinks 26! Now at overheat 0!
End Phase
Physical Combat Phase:
L2 Zeus punches B5 Lucerne with Right Arm (5 base + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods + 0 punch = 7): rolled 4, miss!
L2 Zeus punches B5 Lucerne with Left Arm (5 base + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods + 0 punch + 1 no hand actuator = 8): rolled 6, miss!
B5 Lucerne pushes L2 Zeus (4 base + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 light woods + 1 Steel Viper in Melee Combat - 1 push = 6): rolled 8, hit succeeds!
End Phase:
The wind has stopped blowing, fire can no longer spread unintentionally!
… Yes, I got sick of keeping track of it. Sue me.
L2 Zeus critical chance in Left Leg! 1 critical hit sustained!
Foot actuator destroyed!
L2 Zeus pushed into hex 1608!
L2 Zeus must make a piloting test or fall (5 base + 0 movement + 0 pushed + 1 previously foot actuator destroyed = 6): rolled 3, fails!
L2 Zeus suffers falling damage to Head (4/9 armor remains), Rear Right Torso (3/6 armor remains)! Pilot hit!
L2 Zeus must make a 5+ consciousness test: rolled 3, fails!
L2 Zeus gains 10 heat due to fire, sinks 17! Now at overheat 0!
B5 Lucerne gains 10 heat due to fire, sinks 26! Now at overheat 0!
Sam growled into her comms and lunged at the Clanner. She’d show him surrender! She swung both arms in an overhand arc, trying to bring them down on the Clan ‘Mech’s shoulders, but the lightning quick Lucerne simply backpedaled; letting the unhindered swing throw her ‘Mech off-balance.
As soon as it was clear of the blow, the Lucerne slipped once again into the void it had just occupied and planted both club-like arms against her Zeus’s torso. With a hefty shove, it pushed the Zeus in a mirror Sam’s maneuver only moments before. Sam’s instinctive reaction—kicking her left-leg back to stabilize herself—was an absolute disaster.
Footless, her ‘Mech found only empty air and toppled down the steep incline. The initial impact was softer than she’d expected, and Sam allowed herself a glimmer of hope that her ‘Mech had found only soft dirt—hope that was shattered as her broad cockpit slammed directly into the trunk of a burning tree. The tree shattered on impact, filling the forest with even more splinters of burning hardwood.
The ancient restraining straps had weathered countless battles with the 2nd Donegal Guards, but the impact snapped the buckle clean. Sam didn’t even have time to marvel at the implications of her sudden stop before her head smashed one of the innumerable monitors mounted above her head; putting a shallow, palm-sized dent in the top of her heavy neurohelmet.
Enemy Forces:
B4 Mugger: Waiting to move!
B5 Lucerne: Remains stationary!
G1 Unknown Assault 1: Remains Stationary!
G2 Unknown Assault 2: Remains Stationary!
G3 Unknown Assault 3: Remains Stationary!
G4 Unknown Assault 4: Remains Stationary!
G5 Unknown Assault 5: Remains Stationary!
Ace Note: Previous turn's movement will be in black, current turn's movement will be in green!
Movement Phase
Random Ace Beta: B5 Lucerne!
Random Ace Gamma: G1 Unknown Assault 1!
B4 Mugger walks to 1117!
L2 Zeus must make a 5+ consciousness test to regain consciousness: rolled 8, succeeds!
Combat Phase:
L2 Zeus holds fire
L2 Zeus gains 0 heat, sinks 17! Now at Overheat 0!
B4 holds fire!
B4 Mugger gains 2 heat, sinks 28! Now at overheat 0!
B5 Lucerne holds fire!
B5 Lucerne gains 0 heat, sinks 26! Now at overheat 0!
End Phase
Physical Combat Phase:
L2 Zeus cannot act!
B5 Lucerne waits for its opponent to stand!
End Phase:
The wind has stopped blowing, fire can no longer spread unintentionally!
… Yes, I got sick of keeping track of it. Sue me.
The pain roused her from blissful unconsciousness after a few moments, but from her perspective it may as well have been a few hours. Sam’s eyes cracked open, and she cringed as she stared up at the blocky Lucerne. Its armor, blackened in the fires blazing around it, blended almost seamlessly with the rising smoke. It towered over her like some demon from the blackest pits of hell.
Sam coughed again—there was smoke in her cockpit, she was certain of it. A lot of smoke. Her neurohelmet’s glass had shattered, and she expected she was probably bleeding. Her body lay supine across the backrest of her command chair. She moved—and regretted it immediately, the protestations of her back muscles lost immediately as a wave of nausea and pain swept over her.
“Are you alive, freebirth Mechwarrior?” A voice called—it took Sam a few seconds to realize it must be her attacker. “It would be a shameful waste to let even a lesser warrior burn to death in this fire. Stand—or surrender.”
Enemy Forces:
B4 Mugger: Walks to 1115!
B5 Lucerne: Waiting to move!
G1 Unknown Assault 1: Remains Stationary!
G2 Unknown Assault 2: Remains Stationary!
G3 Unknown Assault 3: Remains Stationary!
G4 Unknown Assault 4: Remains Stationary!
G5 Unknown Assault 5: Remains Stationary!
Mission Objectives
Defeat Beta Star! (Partial Victory)
Survive! (15/20 Turns) (Total Victory)
Ace Note: Previous turn's movement will be in black, current turn's movement will be in green!
(Error on this map, the Lucerne has yet to move)
CP-10-Z Cyclops
Notes: Destroyed by ammunition explosion!
ZEU-6S Zeus
Weight: 80 tons (Assault)
HD A(S): 4/9 (3/3)
LT A(S): 18/18 (17/17)
LT R A(S): 6/6
CT A(S): 26/26 (25/25)
CT R A(S): 9/9
RT A(S): 13/18 (17/17)
RT R A(S): 3/6
LA A(S): 7/22 (13/13)
RA A(S): 19/22 (13/13)
LL A(S): 0/24 (8/17)
RL A(S):17/24 (17/17)
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None
Heat Sinks: 17
Movement: 4/6/0
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Name: Leutnant Samantha Clover
Mechwarrior Player: Mukaikubo
Mechwarrior Status: Sprained back, severe concussion (consciousness 5+)!
Armament:
Large Laser – LT (Heat: 8, Range: (L:15 M:10 S:5), Status: OK!)
LRM 15 – RA (Heat: 5, Ammo: 1, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: OK!)
Medium Laser (REAR) – LT(R) (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Medium Laser – CT (Heat: 3, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
Autocannon/5 – LA (Heat: 1, Ammo: 1, Range: (L:18 M:12 S:6 Min:3), Status: OK!)
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: No hands
BNC-3S Banshee
Notes: ‘Mech destroyed, pilot killed!
WLF-1 Wolfhound
Notes: ‘Mech destroyed, pilot taken by the Clans!
Rommel Tank:
Notes: Tank destroyed, crew escaped into the woods!
Enemy Status
Beta Krait
B1 Battle Cobra
Critical Damage: Destroyed!
Notes: Counts as rough terrain!
B2 Thunderchild
Tonnage: 50
Critical Damage: Right Arm Destroyed!
Notes: Retreated off map!
B3 Copperhead
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: Forced off map!
B4 Mugger
Tonnage: 65
Target: CP-10-Z Cyclops!
Critical Damage: None!
Pilot Name: Mechwarrior Azael
Pilot: Piloting 4, Gunnery 3
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None!
Armament: Unknown
Notes:
B5 Lucerne
Tonnage: 65
Target: ZEU-6S Zeus
Critical Damage: None!
Pilot Name: Mechwarrior Drang
Pilot: Piloting 4, Gunnery 3
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None!
Armament: Unknown
Notes: Equipped with ECM, using ECM to generate Ghost Targets!
Gamma Boa
G1 Unknown Assault
Tonnage: 80
Target: None Possible!
Critical Damage: None!
Pilot Name: ???
Pilot: Piloting 4, Gunnery 3
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None!
Armament: Unknown
Notes:
G2 Unknown Assault
Tonnage: 80
Target: None Possible!
Critical Damage: None!
Pilot Name: ???
Pilot: Piloting 4, Gunnery 3
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None!
Armament: Unknown
Notes:
G3 Unknown Assault
Tonnage: 85
Target: None Possible!
Critical Damage: None!
Pilot Name: ???
Pilot: Piloting 4, Gunnery 3
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None!
Armament: Unknown
Notes:
G4 Unknown Assault
Tonnage: 90
Target: None Possible!
Critical Damage: None!
Pilot Name: ???
Pilot: Piloting 4, Gunnery 3
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None!
Armament: Unknown
Notes:
G5 Unknown Assault
Tonnage: 95
Target: None Possible!
Critical Damage: None!
Pilot Name: Star Colonel Dusk
Pilot: Piloting 2, Gunnery 1
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None!
Armament: Unknown
Notes: