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Well, that should be all of our orders for the turn. Here's hoping our Banshee lives to tank hits for at least one more turn after this one and that our Rifleman doesn't get disarmed. And if G10 somehow survives, he deserves our utmost respect and possibly a fluff writeup. On a tangentially related note, apparently Liberation of Terra vol. 2 was released on pdf a week ago! I did a thing for it.  Go buy copies of the pdf so CGL can continue to afford to pay lazy berks like me to do art for them.
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Well, that should be all of our orders for the turn. Here's hoping our Banshee lives to tank hits for at least one more turn after this one and that our Rifleman doesn't get disarmed. And if G10 somehow survives, he deserves our utmost respect and possibly a fluff writeup. Awesome, I've been waiting for that one to hit. Thanks for the notice! (Also nice picture. Poor LAM.)
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I'm really hoping for some ridiculous Xarbala art to immortalise this particular battle. It seems like it's ripe for it with the dropships for background and just a shitload of mechs duking it out.
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Feb 21, 2013 14:52
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Ahaha, that stands to figure. Edit: And nothing comes of it. Beautiful. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Feb 21, 2013 |
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Feb 21, 2013 23:20
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PoptartsNinja posted:Ahaha, that stands to figure. This has become trite to post, but:  
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Well, that should be all of our orders for the turn. Here's hoping our Banshee lives to tank hits for at least one more turn after this one and that our Rifleman doesn't get disarmed. And if G10 somehow survives, he deserves our utmost respect and possibly a fluff writeup. ETA: possibly, but it's never happened for admitting that it's what my group does before anyway. One of the dudes now is a mod over on the CBT forums and another has been a Commando for years so we've always done it with their books and then being OCD nerds we all buy the hardcopy when it comes out. Edited anyway, since you were kind enough to look out for a mekbro. Arquinsiel fucked around with this message at 02:39 on Feb 22, 2013 |
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Feb 21, 2013 23:31
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You could catch a probation or worse for that. I'd remove it.
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Feb 22, 2013 00:09
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John Charity Spring posted:I'm really hoping for some ridiculous Xarbala art to immortalise this particular battle. It seems like it's ripe for it with the dropships for background and just a shitload of mechs duking it out. Its going to be just a massive pile of dead mechs and a cougar making 3 Stooges noises running from a Mackie.
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Feb 22, 2013 02:30
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kingcom posted:Its going to be just a massive pile of dead mechs and That looks better.
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Feb 22, 2013 02:39
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kingcom posted:Its going to be just a massive pile of dead mechs and a
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Feb 22, 2013 02:50
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The charge will crit the cockpit of both mechs, killing everyone. :BT:
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Feb 22, 2013 02:57
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Then our infantry wins!
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Breakout: Tactical Update 19 Combat Phase H1 Rifleman IIC - Torso twists to threaten hex 2310! - Fires Large Pulse Laser at G10 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 6): rolled 9, hit Left Leg (0/19 armor, 7/13 structure remains)! Crit! - Fires Large Pulse Laser at G10 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 6): rolled 5, miss! - Fires ER Small Laser at G10 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 10): rolled 12, hit Left Torso (2/19 armor remains)! TAC! - Gains 33 heat, sinks 42! H2 Cougar D - Fires Large Pulse Laser at S4 Sunfire (3 base + 4 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 heat - 2 pulse laser = 11): rolled 4, miss! - Gains 21 heat, sinks 25! X1 Banshee IIC - Torso twists to threaten hex 2208! - Fires ER PPC at G10 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, hit Left Torso (0/19 armor, 0/13 structure remains)! Torso destroyed! - Gains 16 heat, sinks 22! H3 Wolf Spider A - Fires ER Medium Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 8, hit Left Arm (7/14 armor remains)! - Fires ER Medium Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 3, miss! - Fires ER Medium Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, hit Right Arm (2/14 armor remains)! - Fires ER Medium Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 12, hit Left Torso (12/19 armor remains)! - Fires ER Medium Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 10, hit Right Torso (12/19 armor remains)! - Fires ER Medium Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, hit Right Leg (12/19 armor remains)! - Gains 32 heat, sinks 38! X2 Exterminator - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser - 2 blindside = 4): rolled 6, hit Right Torso (5/19 armor remains)! - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser - 2 blindside = 4): rolled 6, hit Right Torso (0/19 armor, 11/13 structure remains)! Crit! - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser - 2 blindside = 4): rolled 9, hit Right Torso (4/13 structure remains)! Crit! - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser - 2 blindside = 4): rolled 9, hit Left Leg (12/19 structure remains)! - Gains 22 heat, sinks 26! X7 Vindicator - Fires LRM-5 at G11 Shadow Hawk (1 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement - 1 iLK = 7): rolled 5, miss! - Fires Medium Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (1 base + 4 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 10): rolled 11, Center Torso (13/23 armor remains)! - Gains 16 heat, sinks 24! X9 Cyclops IIC - Holds fire! - Gains 2 heat, sinks 30! X11 Merlin - Fires PPC at G10 Shadow Hawk (0 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 5): rolled 4, miss! - Fires Medium Laser at G10 Shadow Hawk (0 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 11, hit Right Torso (4/19 armor remains)! - Fires Medium Laser at G10 Shadow Hawk (0 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 5, miss! - Fires LRM-5 at G10 Shadow Hawk (0 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 minimum range - 1 iLK = 5): rolled 8, 4 missiles hit Center Torso (0/23 armor, 16/18 structure remains)! Crit! - Gains 24 heat, sinks 27! H6 Gargoyle Tjris - Activates EI Implants - Fires Heavy Large Laser at S2 Battlemaster (1 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 heavy laser - 1 targeting computer - 1 EI Implants = 5): rolled 8, hit Right Torso (12/28 armor remains)! - Gains 15 heat, sinks 42! G1 Phoenix Hawk - Fires Large Laser at H2 Cougar (2 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement + 2 smoke = 12): rolled 3, miss! G9 Shadow Hawk - Fires HVAC-10 (Guided) at X1 Banshee IIC (2 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement = 6): rolled 2, miss! - Fires Medium Laser at X1 Banshee IIC (2 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement = 6): rolled 8, hit Center Torso (6/47 armor remains)! G10 Shadow Hawk - Fires HVAC-10 (Guided) at X1 Banshee IIC (2 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, hit Left Torso (0/30 armor, 8/20 structure remains)! Crit! - Fires Medium Laser at X1 Banshee IIC (2 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 6, miss! G11 Shadow Hawk - Fires HVAC-10 (Acid) at X2 Exterminator IIC (2 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 9): rolled 11, Left Leg (damage blocked by terrain)! - Fires Medium Laser at X2 Exterminator IIC (2 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 11): rolled 8, miss! S1 Mackie - Fires Heavy PPC at H6 Gargoyle (2 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 Heavy PPC = 10): rolled 5, miss! - Fires HVAC/10 (Acid) at H6 Gargoyle (2 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 3, miss! S2 Battlemaster - Fires Heavy PPC at H6 Gargoyle (2 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 Heavy PPC = 8): rolled 9, hit Right Torso (11/26 armor remains)! S3 Awesome - Torso twists to threaten hex 1304! - Fires PPC at H1 Rifleman IIC (2 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 11): rolled 10, miss! - Fires PPC at H1 Rifleman IIC (2 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 11): rolled 4, miss! - Fires PPC at H1 Rifleman IIC (2 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 11): rolled 8, miss! S4 Sunfire - Fires Heavy PPC at X1 Banshee IIC (2 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 Heavy PPC = 6): rolled 5, miss! - Fires Heavy PPC at X1 Banshee IIC (2 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 Heavy PPC = 6): rolled 7, hit Left Arm (0/31 armor, 14/16 structure remains)! Crit! End Phase: G10 Shadow Hawk - Critical chance in Left Leg! No critical hit sustained! - Critical chance in Center Torso! No critical hit sustained! G11 Shadow Hawk - Critical chance in Right Torso! No critical hit sustained! - Critical chance in Right Torso! 2 critical hits sustained! - - LRM-5 hit! - - Jump Jet hit! X1 Banshee IIC - Critical chance in Left Torso! No critical hit sustained! - Critical chance in Left Arm! No critical hit sustained! Talyn coughed as acrid smoke from her Omni’s damaged fusion plant filled her cockpit with thin, wispy plumes. They hung around her like undulating serpents and water streamed from both eyes as the air circulators simply pushed the smoke around. She batted at the rank cloud and her `Mech mirrored the motion, its arms flailing like a man trying to fend off one of Arcadia’s gigantic swamp mosquitoes. In theory the clouds were simply a mild irritant, just trace amounts of a variety of chemicals and ozone, but her last major engine overhaul had been made with local materials. Even so, they should have been completely harmless. Provided she wasn’t allergic, she conceded after another paroxysm of coughing. The urge to stand, to pull the quick-release and crack open her cockpit canopy was almost too much to bear—but the air outside was even worse: the fast-growing local trees released hydrogen sulfide as they burned, and had to be treated with extreme care. Her adopted Clan had taken to bulldozing them away from any truly important areas though even that never seemed to prevent their rapid regrowth. The locals had always maintained that the trees had a tendency to spontaneously combust once they grew large enough. Talyn had never cared enough to learn whether or not that was true. She stared downfield, her targeting reticule blurred by the salty tears that filled her stinging eyes. Her target was indistinct, a wobbling blob of color. The flickering blast of her pulse laser missed cleanly, a greater threat to some low-flying local fauna than her chosen target. She couldn’t stand it any longer. She had to get to some clean air and flush the smoke from her already cramped cockpit. For the first time since the Hell’s Horses had installed her neural implants, Talyn found herself wishing she still wore a neurohelmet. Mission Objectives: Secure the Dropships (incomplete) Hold off the 1st Kestrel Grenadiers (incomplete) Optional Defeat the 1st Kestrel Grenadiers’ 2nd Battalion (31/40) Death Commandos: Defeat more Kestrel Grenadiers than the Hell’s Horses (15) Hell’s Horses: Defeat more Kestrel Grenadiers than the Death Commandos (16)  Key: H1 Rifleman IIC, H2 Cougar D, X1 Banshee IIC H3 Wolf Spider A, X2 Exterminator IIC, X7 Vindicator, X9 Cyclops IIC, X11 Merlin, H6 Gargoyle Tjris Enemy Movement Mods: S1 Mackie +1 S2 Battlemaster +0 S3 Awesome +0 S4 Sunfire +1 S16 JagerMech +1 G1 Phoenix Hawk +3 Jumped G9 Shadow Hawk +0 G10 Shadow Hawk +2 Jumped G11 Shadow Hawk +0 Player `Mech Status  Enemy `Mech Status 
PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 12:20 on Feb 22, 2013 |
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Feb 22, 2013 03:16
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Somebody is about to get a face full of acid rounds when they open their cockpit hatches. 
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Feb 22, 2013 03:25
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PTN, am I missing something? I don't see a crit roll for G10's left torso TAC.
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Feb 22, 2013 03:27
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Someone should go shove G10 off the map.
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Feb 22, 2013 03:30
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Arcturas posted:PTN, am I missing something? I don't see a crit roll for G10's left torso TAC. The Banshee destroyed G10's Left Torso, rendering the Rifleman's TAC a moot point.
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Feb 22, 2013 03:31
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Arcturas posted:PTN, am I missing something? I don't see a crit roll for G10's left torso TAC. Done got blowed off.
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Feb 22, 2013 03:32
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Did the LRM-5 from the merlin hit the LT on G-10 after destruction? Shouldn't those have moved to the CT?
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Feb 22, 2013 03:34
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I can't believe I escaped out of that unscathed by grace of partial cover. Oh man.
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Feb 22, 2013 04:18
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T.G. Xarbala posted:I can't believe I escaped out of that unscathed by grace of partial cover. Less surprise. More dead Battlemaster.
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Feb 22, 2013 04:24
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Olothreutes posted:Did the LRM-5 from the merlin hit the LT on G-10 after destruction? Shouldn't those have moved to the CT? That looks taken care of, but there are some phantom hits on the Banshee from G9? e: P.S. Hoping that Merlin goes the distance, it was my ride last mission, I liked it a lot.
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Zeroisanumber posted:Less surprise. More dead Battlemaster. I'm going to have to hold off on that for just one more turn. There's a pesky Pixie I'd be opening myself up to backshots to if I decided to start harassing the Baster now. I can't kill him in one turn but hopefully I can chase him off. Or prevent him from giving me a Large Laser enema.
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Feb 22, 2013 04:52
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Stop paying attention to my Phoenix Hawk! 
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:The Banshee destroyed G10's Left Torso, rendering the Rifleman's TAC a moot point.
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Feb 22, 2013 04:59
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Arquinsiel posted:Not exactly. If there were less than six critable items in the LT then the LPL should roll for crits at the time of the hit, and then the PPC rolls at the time of it's hit if the LPL left two or less items to destroy. Potential transfers and all that. PTN has been playing that crits to locations that are destroyed in the same firing phase don't transfer. It would be more work otherwise.
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Feb 22, 2013 05:39
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PoptartsNinja posted:G9 Shadow Hawk Is this a copy/paste error or something? How can damage transfer to the Center Torso if the shot missed?
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W.T. Fits posted:Is this a copy/paste error or something? How can damage transfer to the Center Torso if the shot missed? The guidance system is really, REALLY good. 
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W.T. Fits posted:Is this a copy/paste error or something? How can damage transfer to the Center Torso if the shot missed?
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Feb 22, 2013 07:33
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Holy poo poo guys. This was literally the only turn since the very first round of shooting that no mechs were destroyed.
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Feb 22, 2013 07:50
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Voyager I posted:Holy poo poo guys. So what you're telling me is for this entire fight, there have only been 20 seconds in which no one has died?
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Feb 22, 2013 07:51
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Yes, and the first ten of those were spent walking towards each other. (someone on the OPfor still ate a debilitating critical on both of those turns) Voyager I fucked around with this message at 08:03 on Feb 22, 2013 |
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Feb 22, 2013 07:58
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A lot of dying happens with this much hardware on the table. Doubly so with the amazing pilots both sides brought to the party.
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It's still pretty impressive that we've burned through ~40 mechs in the space of three minutes.
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Orders in. Making a policy to get these in quickly and it's not like we've got a wealth of choices at our disposal. I've also put in my usual rambling stream of consciousness in what is supposed to be our GoogoDox Discussobox, feel free to disregard at your leisure.
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Feb 22, 2013 08:50
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I feel like I've been observing the Battle of Space Ypres.
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Actually, this reminds me. I never did post this did I? Nevermind that this is about one and a half scenarios too late.
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I see that, and I can only think "come at me bro". That said, if I can imagine a single proper unironic usage of that term, it would be when in the pilot seat of a mech.
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Armor damage and some internal hits all around, but no one actually died. Steve stays pristine for another turn. Two of the Shadow Hawks took quite a bit of damage, too bad neither of them are now out of the fight. I don't think anyone is in range to charge G10 and pull off another move pushing it off the map like the Star Captain did for one of the Grasshoppers, but you guys are in good position to take those two down next turn. Hopefully your armor will hold out against the Command Lance after that...
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Fantastic round, Death Ponies did a total of 121, highly concentrated on two of the weaker enemy mechs (and 16 points on the Battlemaster), versus 30 damage on friendly mechs that can take it. Even though the only change in the enemy's damage potential was 15 points (a HVAC-10 and a LRM-5) the Death Ponies are catching up with the Kestrels on inflicting the next casualty grouping to attrition. Not sure if it's necessary to push G10 of the map, I think it's possible for both H1 and X1, but both legs are about a cML from being cut off, just shoot it to death with some regular physicals to back it up if it doesn't work... the Rifleman can also get out of the Sunfire's firing arc if it goes to 3109, and while I don't think 3009 quite gets the Banshee out of the Sunfire's LoS it's further away and presents its stronger rear armor. Readingaccount fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Feb 22, 2013 |
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