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KnoxZone posted:I wonder if the next mission will be an honest to god suicide op. Survive X turns till the dropships are ready to launch. Bonus objectives to survive extra turns to load extra salvage/bondsmen. A glorious final stand would be the perfect end to this campaign. Yesssss. This would be great.
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Nah. See, it turns out, there's more Horsie mechs on planet. It's 40 for us. He's gonna get as many goons as possible in on this. And each turn with take a month. Alternatively All urbie's with no guns.
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KnoxZone posted:I wonder if the next mission will be an honest to god suicide op. I'd prefer neural implants and targeting computers and large pulse lasers combined with Death Commando pilots resulting in a scene that's equal parts Predator when they destroy the commando base without a single loss and Matrix after the "we need guns, lots of guns". Range 15, Jumped, Target ran 8 hexes, to-hit of 3. Oh, and at some point a horror movie scene involving Salamanders dragging a mech down to its death. I've seen so many suicide ops (and taken part in one myself) in this thread that I'd like to see one mission where the PCs just blow the poo poo out of everything while making fun of their hapless enemies, preferably set to fast-paced rock music or techno.
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Nov 16, 2012 05:05
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We did have the one mission where it was us in a bunch of clan lights against some poor IS bastards.
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Voyager I posted:We did have the one mission where it was us in a bunch of clan lights against some poor IS bastards. Considering how that went, I'm not sanguine about our odds...
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Death commando infantry is gonna appear then,  at least 5 davion mechs are gonna go down to them.
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Nov 16, 2012 05:31
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Paingod556 posted:Considering how that went, I'm not sanguine about our odds... I'm not worried. We have a good, low-drama group that works well together. In the last scenario we managed to trash a Clan recon star and put ourselves in a good position to slug it out with the heavy star, I think we can handle what's coming.
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Nov 16, 2012 05:37
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Andrevian posted:Oh my god. That would be amazing. The Seagull and the EXT-IIC will survive if it happens. Mark my words.
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Zeroisanumber posted:I'm not worried. We have a good, low-drama group that works well together. In the last scenario we managed to trash a Clan recon star and put ourselves in a good position to slug it out with the heavy star, I think we can handle what's coming. Surely we can fit in a few knob jokes into the googledoc once the finale starts.
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Nov 16, 2012 05:44
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Surely we can fit in a few knob jokes into the googledoc once the finale starts. We have to wait until then?
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bunnyofdoom posted:All urbie's with no guns. I promise there're only five Sunfires.
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Nov 16, 2012 06:21
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Wait... We control the starport right now don't we? And we've got literal truckloads of explosives left over from the Volcano mission. And we're the Death Commandos. Rig parts of the starport to explode, feint like you're defending the starport enough to make it convincing then bug out and let them land their heavy assets. Then blow up the starport with all their poo poo inside it.
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Zaodai posted:Wait... We control the starport right now don't we? And we've got literal truckloads of explosives left over from the Volcano mission. And we're the Death Commandos. Or, failing that, just make the entire planet out of bombs.
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Nov 16, 2012 10:05
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Rick_Hunter posted:Or, failing that, just make the entire planet out of bombs. Normally, I have no problem with people making sarcastic remarks at my suggestion, but I'm curious as to how boobytrapping the only place they can land their dropships and still have a reasonable time to offload their cargo on the entire planet is in the same ballpark of insanty as "make the entire planet out of bombs".
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Zaodai posted:Normally, I have no problem with people making sarcastic remarks at my suggestion, but I'm curious as to how boobytrapping the only place they can land their dropships and still have a reasonable time to offload their cargo on the entire planet is in the same ballpark of insanty as "make the entire planet out of bombs". Simple! You only need more bombs. 
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Zaodai posted:Wait... We control the starport right now don't we? Do you?
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PoptartsNinja posted:Do you? Well either we do or the Clans we would be working with to enact the plan do, and it wouldn't be that difficult to convince them to let us "investigate" the Starport under the guise of helping defend it. During the fight, DC troops fall back, Clans either wise up and fall back (unlikely) or assume we're IS cowards and stand and fight and get blown up too. Two birds, one stone. Of course, that won't happen because it's not in your story, but it's a sound plan and we should at least consider it long enough to get an official "no, you can't do that" out of you so we can say we tried to be clever.
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Zaodai posted:Wait... We control the starport right now don't we? And we've got literal truckloads of explosives left over from the Volcano mission. And we're the Death Commandos. You know what starports are made of? Hydrogen.
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Mission objectives (tenative): Fight your way to the dropships (the two big Overlords in the back) Hold off the enemy while the dropships prepare to launch Beyond that, I'm still looking at positioning/etc. Edit: Update will be this afternoon once I get home from work. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Nov 16, 2012 |
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Nov 16, 2012 15:47
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I really hope those are YOUR Overlords, GoonUnit, for a few reasons.
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Remember guys. These are Davions. Not the brightest bunch. The password is "Thunder." It is always Thunder. Though... didn't we get everything repainted in Commando Colors? They're Davions, but probably not that stupid.
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Sounds like a heroic final stand to me. Also people shouldn't expect the Davions to be super dumb and fall for obvious traps like the Clanners did. These are the 1st Kestrel, not some silly DMM unit.
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KnoxZone posted:These are the 1st Kestrel, not some silly DMM unit. This pretty much. We're talking a long-standing elite/fanatical unit here. Expect them to play things smart, aggressive and not be intimidated by anything you throw at them.
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Oh, I really like those tentative objectives!
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Magni posted:This pretty much. We're talking a long-standing elite/fanatical unit here. Expect them to play things smart, aggressive and not be intimidated by anything you throw at them. If they're not intimidated by anything we're throwing at them, then they are fools.
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Andrevian posted:If they're not intimidated by anything we're throwing at them, then they are fools. If I'm still running the Atlas I'll try throwing them at them. That's enough to intimidate anyone.
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Jeronimo Campaign Turn 6 Incredulous laughter laced with pain filled the comms. “You don’t know. That old fool Tithon Yeh didn’t tell you.” “You have gone mad, brother.” Tjris’ deep voice replied. “Remain where you are, we will put you out of your misery soon enough.” “Neg,” Wilberforce’s laughter only intensified. “You have lost this, Tjris and we both know it. What we do not have is the time to prove it to you. Those ships—those ’Mechs in orbit? They are the forces of Coordinator-Prince Hanse Davion, and his laughable Draconis Suns. The men and women you fight here?” Wilberforce leaned over his controls, scowling at the pilot of the too-close Wolf Spider. “They are Capellan Death Commandos. They traveled across the breadth of the Inner Sphere. They braved hundreds of light years of enemy territory. Their attack was never about claiming this world, it was all for the honor of pitting themselves against the best warriors the Inner Sphere has ever seen. They came to fight us!” The barrels of Tjris Amirault’s heavy lasers rose, “and I have given them a fight.” “Use your head, brother. Or were your brains taken from you after I was turned over to the motor pool?” Wilberforce rocked his Cyclops on its hips, turning his back to Amirault’s Gargoyle. “Neither of us have the forces to oppose Davion’s landing now. These men and women hate Hanse Davion above all else. They came all this way to fight us and to humiliate him by taking one of our worlds before he could do so. Concede defeat, and we will grant you safcon to the starport and fight our way through Hanse Davion’s forces together. Join us in laughing in the face of Prince Hanse Davion as he seizes a strategically valueless world with none of the technology he lusts for.” Tjris’s voice wavered. “This contest is undecided.” “This was always a trial of possession,” Wilberforce mused. “So let us change the objectives. If you win, you will be free to reclaim this world. If we win, you and your remaining men will accompany us to the Capellan Confederation. Whichever of our forces defeats more of Hanse Davion’s men shall claim the final victory.” “You stand to gain much.” Wilberforce smiled, “Just think of the glory if you win.” The comms. went silent for a few moments, then the Hell’s Horses stood down. “Bargained well and done,” Tjris replied. “You are correct in one regard, Wil. You know me too well.” Campaign Map  Emergency Repairs - Structure damage partially repaired! - Banshee IIC’s IS PPC replaced with a Clan ER PPC! - Cyclops IIC’s Ultra AC/20 replaced! - Cougar Prime reconfigured to Cougar D! - Wolf Spider E reconfigured to Wolf Spider A Company Xi Xi1) Piet (p4g3)- Banshee IIC (Status: Ok!) Xi2) Lukas Boehm (p2g1) - ARC-2R Archer (Status: Damaged!) Xi3) Nkiruka Olisaemeka (p2g1) - PO-2L Po (Status: Field Refit!) Xi4) Jabel Jaime Meraz (p1g0) - MLN-1A Merlin (jump jets) (Status: Ok!) Xi5) Shin Hytönen (p1g1) - MAD-3L Marauder (Status: Ok!) Xi6) Tanta Hogpen (p2g1 (3+)) - BJ-1DB Blackjack (jump jets) (Status: Ok!) Xi7) Reece Collier(p2g1 (3+)) - DV-6M Dervish (jump jets) (Status:Ok!) Xi8) Alimah Hayaam Attia (p2g1 (3+))- VND-1R Vindicator (jump jets) (Status: OK!) Xi9) Chiyoe Takahasi (p2g1 (3+)) - MON-67 Mongoose (Status: Ok!) Xi10) Louw Bouman (p2g1) - Cyclops IIC (Status: Ok!) Xi11) Steve (p4[2]g3) - Exterminator IIC (Status: Ok!) Xi12) Emil Voronov – Atlas (Status: Damaged!) Echo Star H1) Star Captain Tjris Amirault (g1p1) - Gargoyle Tjris (jump jets) (Status: Ok!) H2) Kiren Ravenwater (g3p4) - Wolf Spider A (Status: Ok!) H3) Nicodemus (g3p4) - Mad Dog Prime (Status: Ok!) H4) Hastur (g3p4) - Rifleman IIC (Status: Ok!) H5) Destry Cobb (g3p4) - Stormcrow H (Status: Ok!) Foxtrot Star H6) Talyn Hell Horse - Cougar D (Status: Ok!) Dispossessed: Xi) Ethan Parkinson (p2g1 (3+)) Bondsmen: B1) Piet (p4g3) - “Spiteful,” -3 to hit any target firing at Talyn Hell Horse B2) Steve (p4g3) - Blindside Clan Pilots: H1) Tjris Amirault (p1g1) - EI Implants H2) Kiren Ravenwater (p4g3) - Clan Neural Implants H3) Nicodemus (p4g3) - Clan Neural Implants H4) Hastur (p4g3) - “Impending Doom,” if Hastur strikes the same location with two weapons, all other weapons strike that location with a confirmation roll of 5, 6, or 7. “Humiliate,” at the beginning of a shooting phase Hastur may voluntarily attempt to humiliate an opponent, rerolling any duplicate hit locations (once). H5) Destry Cobb (p4g3) - Clan Neural Implants H6) Talyn Hell Horse (g3p4) - Draw Fire enemy units within 3 hexes always fire at Talyn Hell Horse unless another target threatens them more Too Injured to Fight: Yan) Terrace Williams (11+) Yan) Urjasz Sobczak (7+) Yan) Zdenko Horvat (5+) Ox) Phùng Tan Tuy (9+) Ox) Jafar Nur al Din Issa (7+) Ox) Zoja Nowicka (9+) Horse) Xiang Chiu (7+) Bondsman) Tegrin (7+) Bondsman) Miranda (p4g3 (7+)) - Useless Bondsman) Wilberforce (p2g0 (5+)) - Coward, Command and Control Freak, Reverts to a 2/2 in a ground vehicle Dead: Yan) Xiang Yi Yan) Cong Tsui Yan) Iskander Vassiliev Ox) Hob Sibenik Ox) Luan Araujo Carvalho Ox) Joseph Lapresse Ox) Gustave Allaire Ox) Yu Ts'ai Ox) Ilve Duran Leiva Horse) Petrit Hul Horse) Lucilla Iadanza Horse) Karolin Ostermann Horse) Faruz Neftalem Horse) Quennel Pelletier Horse) Antonina Balashova Horse) Fai Chiang Xi) Lian Chia Mission Objectives - Fight to the Dropships - Defeat All Enemies OR - Keep Davion forces away from the Dropships Secondary Objectives - Death Commandos: Secure More Kills than the Hell’s Horses (0/40) - Hell’s Horses: Secure More Kills than the Death Commandos (0/40) PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 02:52 on Nov 17, 2012 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:That old fool [INSERT NAME] My old nemesis!
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I hope that PTN is giving whichever pilot that is a Man o' War config that isn't awful like they tend to be.
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Oh, this is going to be fantastic  
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PoptartsNinja posted:“Humiliate,” at the beginning of a shooting phase Hastur may voluntarily attempt to humiliate an opponent, rerolling any duplicate hit locations (once). I don't quite understand what this ability means, would you mind explaining it in more detail?
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So we're going to be randomized and playing again (with a few extra players as well)? Considering all the extra traits we've got on the clan warriors, that helps push the fight a bit toward our favor. Not a lot, but it's there.
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Yakumo posted:I don't quite understand what this ability means, would you mind explaining it in more detail? It's another chance to hit a vulnerable location if you hit your enemy twice in a heavily armored location. Good for crit seeking.
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Yakumo posted:I don't quite understand what this ability means, would you mind explaining it in more detail? 'Kay. Say someone has an open left torso and you want to score a crit. The player can use that ability so if say, he gets two right leg hits rather than dumping anything that hasn't hit into the right leg, he can roll once for a different a different hit location. It's a tactical option that may not ever be necessary, and he has to chose to use the ability in advance.
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This is going to be...um...wow. Good luck, Commandos. Also, not to pick at nits, but wouldn't the dropships have started getting ready to launch about the time they realized that Davions were about land on their heads?
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This is going to be an interesting one. Competitive co-op? Why do I forsee this causing a rather fitting split between the Clanners' and Commandos' planning processes? Or am I mistaken in thinking that the Clanners are going to be players?
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Voyager I posted:Also, not to pick at nits, but wouldn't the dropships have started getting ready to launch about the time they realized that Davions were about land on their heads? And the Davions are just going to let the players walk onboard?
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PoptartsNinja posted:Jeronimo Campaign Turn 6 And that is why Wilberforce is too awesome to let die. 
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It is going to be awkward to be shooting Feddies. But goddamn if this isn't going to be fun as all hell. Let's do this.
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Yakumo posted:I don't quite understand what this ability means, would you mind explaining it in more detail? He will try to hit as many locations as possible.
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