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I think someone's going to pull a "Kai Allard-Liao at the Great Gash" moment. That would be awesome. Also, your image isn't showing up, PTN.
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Jun 16, 2011 01:40
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I regret nothing.
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Jun 16, 2011 01:46
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Orders are in. I can assure you i've taken a no-win situation and ensured even potentially greater amounts of failure.
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Jun 16, 2011 01:53
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Should be fast from this point on.
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So, three straight missions end in total PC-destruction? I'm pretty okay with this. 
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quote:I4 Crab fires Large Laser at C2 Phoenix Hawk? (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 target movement + 1 partial cover = 5): rolled (6+4) 10, hit Center Torso (2/29 armor remains)! So close to opening that CT.
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And so there were two... The Wyvern is pretty vulnerable to an SRM ammo explosion right now, and the Crab's center torso is about gone. Yeah, I think this part of the scenario is about to end. On the plus side, however, the Hell's Horses mechs got pretty chewed up themselves. If not for the surprise of the Elementals, the players would have been in a much better position right now. Side Note: Should we name MVPs after this part, or wait till the end of the overall scenario? landcollector fucked around with this message at 03:16 on Jun 16, 2011 |
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Jun 16, 2011 03:14
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R.I.P. Crab 
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Charge at the PHawk like a complete wildass maybe you get lucky with the SRMs. Either way, you can either sit there scared to move or take them by surprise. WWBD, man?
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landcollector posted:And so there were two... One, man, one. The Crab died to center torso breach.
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malkav11 posted:One, man, one. The Crab died to center torso breach. Ah, my mistake. I only looked at the end of PTN's post to see which mechs were still alive. There was a lot of combat data to sift through, and I only caught the Kintaro's destruction while glancing through it.
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Nadir: Tactical Update 10 Movement 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.” ********** “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. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Sep 28, 2013 |
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Jun 16, 2011 04:45
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Clan MVP: Elementals ComStar: Crab. Crab gives no fucks.
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At least you guys were able to take out that Hawk and gave some of those <REDACTED> a taste of Inner Sphere Justice Foot action 
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elitebuster posted:Clan MVP: Elementals Hear, hear!
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Jun 16, 2011 04:56
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Player MVP: That crab-walkin', trash-talkin', laser-firin', gif-inspirin', large-livin', no fucks-givin' Crab. OpFor MVP: Elementals. Duh.
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Look just down and to the left at the face of evil. Elementals for Clan MVP. GIVE NO FUCKS BUT GIVE CRAB MVP
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Well, that was brutal. As for MVP, it is a difficult choice imo for the ComGuards. The Crab, of course, gives no fucks but the Wyvern was the only ComGuard unit to actually kill a Hell's Horses mech. Also, which mech was it that kicked some of the Elementals including Point Commander Cairn? The Kintaro? For the Hell's Horses units, the answer is clear. All that being said- ComGuard MVP: Wyvern Honorable Mention: Crab (which still gives no fucks  )Hell's Horses MVP: Elementals Also, I found rather neat that the Dropship Captain decided on ramming the warship. However, that could have dire consequences for the ComGuard forces in the second half. The Clan forces here are no longer inclined to play nice and may decide to ignore zell. Edit: I just noticed the Warship Captain pulling a Nero. That was great! 
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Jun 16, 2011 05:10
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Yeah, the ComGuard got pretty much wrecked... Clan MVP is definitely the Elementals there. They utterly cleaned house. Taking two of the ComStar mechs out of commission in the opening turns? 
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CoarsestGrate posted:It's still screwed up how your Mechcommander 1 LP ended. If I remember correctly, your computer crapped out on the very last mission, or close to it. The flash drive I was keeping the files on died, IIRC. I think I accidentally washed it. Took out both that LP and my Emperor of the Fading Suns LP. The files I had on my one PC were about 3 weeks old at that point and I didn't feel like replaying them any. It happened twice to the EFS LP, that was one cursed LP. Edit: Missed the voting. ComGuard MVP: Wyvern Honorable Mention: Crab Clan MVP: Elementals Clan Honorable Mention: More Elementals Taerkar fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Jun 16, 2011 |
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Jun 16, 2011 05:22
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Clan MVP: Those god-damned facehuggers! I mean, Elementals. Inner Sphere MVP: Crab Gives-No-Fucks. Honorable Mention: MechWarrior Twilight. Hopefully she jetted off the DropShip hull in time to land back on the Lola, and will go on to successfully claim her Sparkle bloodname in a Trial of Position.
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Jun 16, 2011 05:39
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Clan MVP: Elementals Inner Sphere MVP: the No-gently caress-Givin' Crab.
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Jun 16, 2011 05:42
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CS MVP: Crab, pilot who must survive and come back later in a mighty KING CRAB to give even less fucks. Dirty clanner MVP: Elementals.
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Jun 16, 2011 05:43
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Crab and Elementals, no contest.
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Jun 16, 2011 05:48
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Wyvern and Elementals, crab was too busy not giving fucks about killing clanners apparently 
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PoptartsNinja posted:“Inner Sphere dropship,” Star Colonel Derpie DeLaurel broadcast, her lips twisted into a smug smile, “I claim you as Isorla in the name of—”  Crab and Elementals, no doubt.
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landcollector posted:Well, that was brutal. As for MVP, it is a difficult choice imo for the ComGuards. The Crab, of course, gives no fucks but the Wyvern was the only ComGuard unit to actually kill a Hell's Horses mech. Also, which mech was it that kicked some of the Elementals including Point Commander Cairn? The Kintaro? For the Hell's Horses units, the answer is clear. Yeah, kind of funny that now it's the LCAF (and probably the DCMS, considering how they fight) who the Clans will probably consider honorable foes and the Com Guard who are dishonorable shits.
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quote:Star Colonel Derpie DeLaurel SynthOrange posted:
Herp derp I'm a clanner! Felime fucked around with this message at 06:12 on Jun 16, 2011 |
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SynthOrange posted:
This is.......................................................AMAZING! And considering the names so far, probably how she looks in universe.
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Comstar MVP: Crab for giving no fucks. Clan MVP: Elementals Special gently caress You Goons MVP: Leperflesh for his drat Mystery Box. Its Rinaldo fucked around with this message at 07:37 on Jun 16, 2011 |
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Going with Crab for Comstar, Elementals for Clan. Honestly I wouldn't quite call that rape. By the end the Clan mechs were almost completely ablated down. If a little more fire was concentrated earlier on, or the elementals a little bit less lethal I think Comstar could have come out of this with a hard fought victory. As it stands I'm a bit worried about how this fight is going to go from this point forward. Comstar is going to need to win a straight out tactical victory, seems like the Clanners are catching on.
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gently caress the haters. Outer space is the best space. Go Elementals! Edit: That is a lot of catchphrases and should probably include content! "The end of the Comguard," huh? It'd be funny to see the Hell's Horses war machine kick itself into overdrive once they find out Comstar controls their beloved Terra. Your fluff is a lot of fun PTN, and I'm really enjoying the thread. Hopefully whenever I come up on the pilot roster I will actually remember to focus fire, and not fall over hilariously skidding all over the place and stuff. No one's wrecked their 'mech by stepping into a pond with a breach yet, right? Octatonic fucked around with this message at 07:46 on Jun 16, 2011 |
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This was definitely a winnable scenario... for veteran players. For rookies, yeah, they got raped. I think the first kill was on turn 2, so one of the players only got to put in two sets of orders. Also as it turns out, the entire fight took place on the shadow-side, pretty much. I think it would have been neater (but too complicated for poptarts' manual mapping process) to have the ship be spinning gently so lightside/darkside would gradually change. As it is though, it was still a pretty cool scenario I think. And really damned close, too; two of the three clan mechs were effectively disabled and on a regular map would have been out of the fight, and the third was just about dead too. Which means a small handful of dice going differently could have reversed the outcome. For MVP I'm gonna vote for the Wyvern. The crab's antics were great but the wyvern was consistently on-target and played smartly. The clans' mvp is obviously the elementals, looks like that's going to be a unanimous vote.
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Clan MVP: Elementals, obviously. ComGuard MVP: ... the dropship captain, I guess. Truly, he gave even less fucks than the Crab.
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People, people! The MVP for all Com Guard engagements is always the same person. Clan MVP: Elementals Com Guard MVP: The Most Blessed Jerome Blake, his Peace be upon you.
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Clan MVP: Mechwarrior Twilight, in the Vapor Eagle (Guillotine IIC? I think?). Yes, the Elementals were awesomely effective, but Twilight was entertaining. ComStar MVP: Crab. Crab crabbity crab. Scuttle scuttle, little Crab!
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MVP: Wyvern MVP: Elementals I do think this was a very winnable scenario. The players did a miserable job of concentrating their fire and did get a bit of bad luck alongside it. Still, bad luck is Battletech. (see: the Wolfhound in game 3)
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Clan MVP: The late, lamented Elementals CS MVP: Must be the Wyvern, filled with the spirit and strength of Blake himself. Also, question: The dropship hull took a few mech weapon hits. Under any circumstances will that cause a breach?
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Com MVP: Wyvern Clan MVP: Elementals I was leaning towards the Grasshopper since it is probably the only mech that survived and thus wins by default, but then realized the Elementals can jump too.
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