Part 94: Nadir - Turn 10
Nadir: Tactical Update 10Movement Phase
I3 Wyvern runs 4 to hex 1903!
I3 Wyvern must succeed at a piloting roll or be thrown into space (4 base + 1 movement = 5): rolled (5+1) 6, succeeds!
Combat Phase:
I3 Wyvern fires LRM 10 at C2 Phoenix Hawk? (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 target movement = 6): rolled (4+2) 6, (2+4+2) 6 missiles hit Left Torso (2/13 structure remains (critical chance!)), Left Torso (1/13 structure remains (critical chance!))!
I3 Wyvern fires SRM 6 at C2 Phoenix Hawk? (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 target movement = 6): rolled (3+2) 5, miss!
I3 Wyvern gains 9 heat, sinks 12+2! 0 heat builds up!
C1 Guillotine IIC holds fire, no unengaged targets!
C1 Guillotine IIC gains 0 heat! 2 heat builds up!
C2 Phoenix Hawk? holds fire, no unengaged targets!
C2 Phoenix Hawk? gains 0 heat! 0 heat builds up! Overheat penalty ends!
C3 Grasshopper IIC torso twists to face hex 1806!
C3 Grasshopper IIC fires Large Pulse Laser at I3 Wyvern (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 partial cover - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled (4+1) 5, hit Rear Left Torso (0/6 armor, 7/11 structure remains)! critical chance, breach!
C3 Grasshopper IIC fires Medium Pulse Laser at I3 Wyvern (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 partial cover - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled (2+1) 3, miss!
C3 Grasshopper IIC fires Medium Pulse Laser at I3 Wyvern (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 partial cover - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled (2+6) 8, hit Rear Center Torso (0/7 armor remains)!
C3 Grasshopper IIC fires Medium Pulse Laser at I3 Wyvern (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 partial cover - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled (3+1) 4, hit Rear Right Torso (0/6 armor, 10/11 structure remains)! critical chance, breach!
C3 Grasshopper IIC fires Medium Pulse Laser at I3 Wyvern (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 partial cover - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled (4+1) 5, hit Rear Left Torso (0/11 structure remains)! critical chance!
C3 Grasshopper IIC gains 1 heat! 0 heat builds up!
End Phase:
C2 Phoenix Hawk? suffers a critical chance in the Left Torso! No critical hits sustained!
C2 Phoenix Hawk? suffers a critical chance in the Left Torso! 3 critical hit sustained!
Destroyed Medium Pulse Laser Hit!
Destroyed Machine Gun hit!
Engine destroyed!
C2 Phoenix Hawk? eliminated by engine destruction!
I3 Wyvern suffers a critical chance in the Left Torso! No critical hits sustained!
I3 Wyvern suffers a critical chance in the Right Torso! No critical hits sustained!
I3 Wyvern suffers a critical chance in the Left Torso! 3 critical hits sustained!
LRM 10 Ammo hit! Left Torso destroyed! CASE protects Wyvern from Ammo Explosion! Pilot suffers 2 hits!
Jump Jet hit!
Single Heat Sink hit!
I3 Wyvern Right Torso destroyed by breach!
I3 Wyvern Left Torso destroyed by ammunition explosion!
I3 Wyvern eliminated, has no remaining weapons!
Physical Combat Phase:
End Phase:
The Blake’s Blessing hadn’t been able to decelerate properly before the Clanners arrived. The little Union-class ship slowly drifted closer to the Lola III, the massive warship looming huge and dark even as a battle was inexorably lost and won on her hull.
Captain Njangu White waited with trepidation, aware that the quaking of his ship was not direct attack; but that people under his command were dying nonetheless. He lamented that there was no way Precentor Miraborg would hear his warning in time, and expected the Lola III to be the death of the ComGuards—it could reduce their forces to ashes from orbit in a matter of minutes, the big anti-ship missiles capable of laying waste to kilometers of the planet’s surface with a single salvo.
His datapad beeped, and he swallowed. “They’ve lost,” he whispered quietly. A stern resolve took him, and he stood—the Word of Blake could not fail, would not fail. Perhaps Blake hadn’t forseen these invaders, but the Lola III? That was something he knew.
“Lay in a course, Acolyte,” he commanded darkly, “maximum acceleration. We are dead men—but we may yet save our brothers on the ground.”
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“Inner Sphere dropship,” Star Colonel Derpie DeLaurel broadcast, her lips twisted into a smug smile, “I claim you as Isorla in the name of—”
“They are accelerating!” one of her pilots called, “bearing—they are going to ram!”
“Fire!” DeLaurel commanded, slamming her small fist down on the armrest of her chair. It was an unheard of move—the sheer dishonor of it was almost incomprehensible; that ship had lost a fair combat! Her crew milled about, confused as well—perhaps by her lack of specifics. “Fire EVERYTHING!”
The Red Night rocked, then shook violently as the Union collided with her engines. DeLaurel stood, her tiny frame and massive head unimpressive, but her fury cowing her crew at once. “Damage report,” she demanded, vowing to reprimand her entire gunnery staff.
“Minimal,” an engineer called. “We can still move—minor damage to the number three engine.”
She nodded silently. “Recover those of our warriors that yet live, and set a course for the Zenith point,” DeLaurel ordered in quiet tones. “These ComStar bandit surats must have come from somewhere. Tactical—heavy scans, I want them found; then I want them destroyed utterly.”
Enemy Forces:
C1 Guillotine IIC: Immobilized in hex 1801!
C3 Grasshopper IIC: walks 4 to hex 1707!
Mission Objectives
Defeat the Hell’s Horses (1/3 completed!)
I1 CLNT-1-2LT Clint
Weight: 40 tons (Medium)
Mechwarrior Name: Acolyte IX Jim Westwood
Mechwarrior Player: Shiva Asori
Mechwarrior Status: Killed by Elementals!
Critical Damage: Head destroyed!
Notes: ‘Mech destroyed!
I2 WTH-1S Whitworth
Weight: 40 tons (Medium)
Mechwarrior Name: Acolyte Ruput Marsden
Mechwarrior Player: Uberjew
Mechwarrior Status: OK!
Critical Damage: Center Torso Breached!
Notes: ‘Mech destroyed by breach!
I3 WVE-5N Wyvern
Weight: 45 tons (Medium)
HD A(S): 9/9 (3/3)
LT A(S): 13/16 (0/11)
LT R A(S): 0/6
CT A(S): 13/20 (14/14)
CT R A(S): 0/7
RT A(S): 0/16 (11/11)
RT R A(S): 6/6
LA A(S): 0/14 (0/7)
RA A(S): 0/14 (7/7)
LL A(S): 19/22 (11/11)
RL A(S): 9/22 (11/11)
Heat: 0/30
Overheat Penalty: None
Heat Sinks: 12
Movement: 4/6/4
Mechwarrior: Pilot 4, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Name: Acolyte VII Gwenhwyfar Kerwyn
Mechwarrior Player: Revenant Threshold
Mechwarrior Status: 2nd degree burns, Neural Feedback (7+)!
Armament:
LRM 10 – CT (Heat: 4, Ammo: 8, Range: (L:21 M:14 S:7 Min:6), Status: OK!, Ammo Status: Hot-Loaded)
SRM 6 – RT (Heat: 4, Ammo: 12, Range: (L:9 M:6 S:3), Status: OK!)
CASE – RT
CASE – LT
Critical Damage: None!
Notes: 2 hands
I4 CRB-27 Crab
Weight: 50 tons (Medium)
Mechwarrior: Pilot 5, Gunnery 3
Mechwarrior Name: Acolyte II Cassandra Przymus
Mechwarrior Player: Mr. Despair
Mechwarrior Status: Popped eardrums (3+)!
Critical Damage: Center Torso Breach!
Notes: Breached!
I5 KTO-19 Kintaro
Weight: 55 tons (Medium)
Mechwarrior: Pilot 4, Gunnery 4
Mechwarrior Name: Acolyte V Kei Katou
Mechwarrior Player: W.T. Fits
Mechwarrior Status: Killed in Ammunition Explosion!
Notes: Ammunition Exploded!
I6 CHP-1N Champion
Weight: 60 tons (Heavy)
Mechwarrior Name: Adept II Tyr Vandal
Mechwarrior Player: DatonKallandor
Mechwarrior Status: Mild Concussion (3+)
Critical Damage: Center Torso Breached!
Notes: ‘Mech destroyed by breach!
After-Action Report:
Welp… that went worse than my worst-case predictions, to be perfectly honest. I was expecting the Elementals to get a single ‘Mech around turn five or so, but I underestimated the close quarters of the map and once again the presence of hidden units made my updates take twice as long as I was expecting.
I was planning to include some of the Elemental variants in the next mission: Salamanders and Gnomes, mostly, but I may go for a straight-up knock-down drag-out brawl with ‘Mechs instead. Tracing the paths of the ‘Mechs is also quite time consuming, so I’m going to look into faster alternatives.
I would like an MVP for this part, both for the Clans and the Players. As an apology for the totally-unexpected face-raping everyone received, I’ll see everyone but Shiva (who has schoolwork to do) in Part 2 of this mission, Shiva will be replaced by GothSheep.