Part 660: Konpei Island - Turn 5
Konpei Island Update 5The markers Captain Maja Jagoda had made to estimate enemy `Mech positions inched closer and closer, though the bulk of them remained hidden by factory buildings and some of the untold miles of metallic pipelines that littered Konpei Island. They were being enveloped, the way an amoeba might consume paramecium. A trickle of nervous sweat dripped down the back of her neck, cooling instantly as it came in contact with her bulbous cooling vest.
“I’m starting to feel a little pressured here,” she muttered under her breath. She’d gotten isolated from Tai-sho Kurita and Tai-i Himura, even though the space between them was scarcely a hundred and twenty meters, it may as well have been ten kilometers with all the firepower the Clans could riddle her JagerMech with if she made so much as a single misstep.
“Calm, Captain.” Isoroku sounded sleepy. Not tired, exactly, and certainly not weary. Just peaceful, as though he were content with their current desperate situation. His wasn’t the fierce yelling or the deep baritone she usually associated with command, he was analytical in a way she’d never have expected from a Drac.
“All things end,” Isoroku Kurita continued. “But a calm and focused mind, a keen eye, and a skilled hand can ensure that many Clanners will end with us. Understand?”
“Ryokai,” Maja managed, absently hoping she’d only slightly butchered the pronunciation. She’d heard that particular word often enough. “Just like hunting Crana swarms back home. Pick a target and shoot.”
She exhaled, and dropped her crosshairs over another of the Clans’ deadly hovertanks. They were swift over flat ground, but the factory’s pipe junctions seemed to be giving them fits and the drivers were taking things slowly. Either that, or they were under orders not to outpace the BattleMech forces and hog all the glory. Tanks weren’t always easy targets but they were certainly juicy ones. Maja depressed the firing stud with her thumb and was rewarded as her first shell struck sparks from the hovertank’s front armor. An instant later the machine rocked as another shell punched through the turret’s casemate armor. There was a momentary flash as her lucky hit struck the vehicle’s auto-loader and detonated the missiles in the feed. The tank’s turret lifted a meter and a half into the air as the blast sheered it away, and after a moment the hover settled to the ground still and dead as its crew.
Movement Phase
BattleMaster
- Insufficient MP to face hex 0709: needs 8, has 6!
Shooting Phase
BattleMaster (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 0608!
- Fires PPC at Gargoyle (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 7): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires PPC at Gargoyle (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, hit Right Leg (14/34 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Laser at Gargoyle (2 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 9, hit Left Leg (0/34 armor, 16/17 structure remaining)! Crit!
- Fires Medium Laser at Gargoyle (2 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Gargoyle (2 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Gargoyle (2 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 5, miss!
- Gains 34 heat, sinks 34!
Sagittaire (Player)
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Gargoyle (3 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement - 1 pulse laser - 1 targeting computer + 1 partial cover = 10): rolled 9, miss!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Gargoyle (3 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement - 1 pulse laser - 1 targeting computer + 1 partial cover = 10): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Gargoyle (3 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement - 1 pulse laser - 1 targeting computer + 1 partial cover = 10): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Gargoyle (3 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement - 1 pulse laser - 1 targeting computer + 1 partial cover = 10): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Gargoyle (3 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement - 1 pulse laser - 1 targeting computer + 1 partial cover = 10): rolled 10, hit Right Torso (9/26 armor remaining)!
- Gains 35 heat, sinks 34!
Hatamoto-Chi (Player)
- Fires PPC at Gargoyle (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 8): rolled 10, hit Center Torso (13/23 armor remaining)!
- Fires PPC at Gargoyle (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 8): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires SRM-6 at Gargoyle (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 10): rolled 5, miss!
- Gains 25 heat, sinks 20! Overheating!
Mauler (Player)
- Fires ER Large Laser at Gargoyle (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 8): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires ER Large Laser at Gargoyle (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 8): rolled 10, hit Left Arm (18/26 armor remaining)!
- Gains 25 heat, sinks 22!
Hunchback (Player)
- Holds fire!
- Gains 1 heat, sinks 20!
Naginata (Player)
- Fires ER PPC at Epona A #2 (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 9): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires LRM-15 at Epona A #2 (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 9): rolled 4, miss!
- Fires LRM-15 at Epona A #2 (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 9): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires LRM-15 at Epona A #2 (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 9): rolled 7, miss!
- Gains 32 heat, sinks 30!
JagerMech (Player)
- Fires Light Autocannon at Epona A #2 (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 8): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires Light Autocannon at Epona A #2 (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 8): rolled 6, hit Turret (12/17 armor remaining)! TAC!
- Fires ER Light Autocannon at Epona A #2 (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 6): rolled 6, hit Front (16/21 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Light Autocannon at Epona A #2 (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 6): rolled 4, miss!
- Gains 5 heat, sinks 20!
Summoner
- Holds fire!
- Gains 5 heat, sinks 20!
Ha Otoko
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 13!
Glass Spider
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Naginata (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Naginata (3 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 9, hit Right Torso (11/26 armor remaining)!
- Gains 4 heat, sinks 20!
Timber Wolf
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 20!
Epona A #1
- Holds fire!
Epona A #2
- Fires LRM-20 at JagerMech (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 8, 5 missiles hit Left Torso (17/22 armor remaining)!
- Fires LRM-20 at JagerMech (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 10, 5 missiles hit Right Torso (17/22 armor remaining)!
Gargoyle
- Fires ER Large Laser at Hatamoto-Chi (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 targeting computer - 1 stabilized weapons + 1 partial cover = 5): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires ER Large Laser at Hatamoto-Chi (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 targeting computer - 1 stabilized weapons + 1 partial cover = 5): rolled 9, hit Left Leg (damage blocked by terrain)!
- Gains 29 heat, sinks 32!
Balius
- Fires ER Large Laser at Mauler (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 5): rolled 9, hit Center Torso (19/27 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Large Laser at Mauler (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 5): rolled 5, miss!
- Gains 25 heat, sinks 24!
Stone Rhino
- Holds fire!
- Gains 0 heat, sinks 20!
Epona Prime #1
- Holds fire!
Epona Prime #2
- Holds fire!
End Phase:
Gargoyle
- Critical chance in Left Leg: rolled 11, 2 critical hits sustained!
- - Upper Leg Actuator hit!
- - Lower Leg Actuator hit!
- Must pass a piloting test or fall (4 base + 1 massive damage + 2 actuator hits = 7): rolled 12, succeeds!
Epona A #2
- Critical chance in Turret: Rolled 12, turret blown off! Vehicle destroyed!
Player Status:
Opposing Force Status:
Special Rules
Special weapon and minimum range rules are in effect!
Primary Objectives
- Join forces with Isoroku Kurita (0/1)
- Avoid damaging the Luthien Armor Works Facility (0/17 remaining)
Secondary Objectives
- Secure the Monitor Naval Vessels (0/16)
- Protect the Monitor Naval Vessels as they escape (0/16)
Orders Due: Midnight Tuesday!