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LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King
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<blockquote data-quote="Tun Kai Poh" data-source="post: 8454830" data-attributes="member: 6761960"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Places, Places</span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>Battlegroup Eland is now at Range 5. Battlegroup Splinter is now at Range 3.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Caspian looks at the plot in annoyance, "I appreciate the sentiment Colonel but I am considerably more worried about getting picked apart or boarded by these pests." He highlights the sole surviving Roughneck and the Zulu's orphan mech. He straightens and speaks a little louder, as much to his stunned crew as to the leader of the Sour Brains.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"This cannot be allowed to interfere with the unfolding of our plan. We will fire all weapons with all the power we can muster at the Titania and - if we have any left over - any additional reinforcements if and when they arrive. The displacement of the Bukharin is a problem but it does not immediately concern us. It only matters that the Wagner survives long enough unmolested to destroy the Titania."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"If we survive, WE will be the ones closing in. We have our Razorbacks and an express delivery of frigate sized rocks. And if anyone is still standing, we have the Wagner herself." His eyes narrow.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"Clear the space around us and make sure nothing gets in our way of our guns. Take it away, Colonel. Tabitha? I will need the Bukharin to provide targeting information for us. I have a feeling we will have our hands full very soon."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"'If anyone is still standing, we have the Wagner herself?'" Zoltan Pesh exchanges a look with Mahayhay, then starts fussing with a datapad.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"What are you doing?"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"Updating my risk assessment of the Union battleship."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"Waste of time." Mahayhay turns and delivers her orders to the mechanized chassis wings. "Laurent and Guiscard Wings, hunt down the surviving mech from the Shaka Zulu. Bernadette and Isabeau Wings, seek and destroy the Armory's remaining marine transports."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Isabeau Leader voices an objection: "Most of the smaller landers are circling the Shamokin Rising and Nikolai Bukharin. 30 minutes away."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"Well, focus on the ones around here. And if you see any of those corvettes, swat them too."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The internal lights of the lifeboat are dim, and a wounded crew member is strapped next to Strike Captain Bannon. He groans and tries to clutch at his bloody face, but can't free himself from the restraints. He's all that's left of Bannon's crew.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Two years in charge of six hundred proud Rittermeer spacers. All gone now.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">A seat over, the humming NHP Core of the Shaka Zulu has been strapped in just as tightly. Once they get to the Hannibal, it will be plugged in and connected with the Omninet, restoring Aegis to her full capabilities. Given how slowly the lifeboat is inching along, it could be hours before they reach the battleship.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Somewhere, an air vent is hissing incessantly. Groans continue. It's very stressful. Bannon keeps her suit helmet close by in case O2 levels drop too low.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The former fleet commander keeps her gaze focused on the small terminal in front of her. The lifeboat's systems are too limited to join the fleet legion, but there's a simplified partition of Aegis running on the terminal. If the multi-NHP mind of Aegis was an almighty triumvirate deity, the partition is a small god, like the kind that manages a tiny shrine at the roadside.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The partition tries its best to show Bannon a smooth and cohesive report of the battle, but it's slow and laggy, making it an extreme exercise in frustration.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">She watches the mech assault unfold, helpless to affect the battle in any way.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The Mirrorsmoke mercenary mechs fly into the shadow of the mighty Hannibal, where the surviving Roughneck transport and the strange lone mech are regrouping. The mercs are eager to finish the last of Shaka Zulu's battlegroup.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The Roughneck is completely out of breaching pods and boarding skiffs - they're all still out there somewhere, attacking Battlegroup Eland in their final doomed action. But the marine barge's point-defense turrets are still a threat, blazing away at the approaching Everests and Raleighs of Isabeau Wing. A fatal flash as a mech dies, another flash, another flash.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"Get around the other side, watch that flak - "</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"Goddamnit no -"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"Pulling back, I'm overheating..."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">These mercenaries lack real space combat experience, and it shows. Well, they were brave, at least.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The Roughneck is also defended by a single stray Daggerflight Corvette, a long way from its berth on the Titania. The corvette trades rapidfire shots with numerous mechs of Bernadette Wing, giving as good as it gets.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Mercenary missile pods and laser rifles continue to tear at the Roughneck. Turret after turret goes silent. One last mech from Isabeau Wing, trailing flame, plunges into the damaged Roughneck at an absurd velocity. The resulting explosion is stunningly bright. The Titania's corvette falls back, its ammo load expended, its hull severely damaged.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">[ATTACH=full]146544[/ATTACH]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="https://www.artstation.com/artwork/W2oYq3" target="_blank"><em>Encounters in Space by Peyton Gee</em></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Further away, two other wings of mechs swirl around the Albedo Cavalier like fireflies in a frenzy. But killing the advanced chassis is harder than it seems. With its caloric converters, reactor superchargers and aggressive thermal exchangers, every energy-based weapon only fuels its systems further. Laurent and Guiscard Wing peel away, bled of some of their best pilots. The nimble Cavalier flies free, seemingly untouched.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The mercenary mechs have taken painful losses and are fleeing back to their carrier to rearm. But Bannon only feels the Roughneck's loss in her furious heart. "Damn your eyes, Captain St. Germaine," she says. "I will execute you myself..."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>Battlegroup Sour Brains:</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>1) Tactic: Raiding Party - order 2 Wings to perform Marauders (deal 1d3 damage to a hostile Escort or Wing and take that much damage in return). First target is the surviving Armory Roughneck, roll of 3 damage which is enough to kill it; but Roughnecks have Point-Defense Kinetics and deal 2 damage back to any Escort or Wing that damages it. Mutual annihilation. Second target is one of the Titania's corvettes (the damaged one), roll of 2 damage, which is not enough to kill it.</em></span></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">2) Tactic: Raiding Party - order 2 Wings to perform Marauders. Both attack the Albedo Cavalier, rolls of 2 and 2. The Albedo Cavalier has the trait Highwire Act, which reduces all damage it takes from hostile sources by 1 to a minimum of 0 when above half HP, and gains +2 to all damage effects when at half HP or below. </span></em></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px">End result: the surviving Mirrorsmoke Mounted Chassis Wings are at 3 HP, 3 HP and 3 HP, while the last Armory Roughneck goes out in a blaze of glory, and the Albedo Cavalier is at 8 HP.</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tun Kai Poh, post: 8454830, member: 6761960"] [B][SIZE=5]Places, Places[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4] [I]Battlegroup Eland is now at Range 5. Battlegroup Splinter is now at Range 3.[/I] Caspian looks at the plot in annoyance, "I appreciate the sentiment Colonel but I am considerably more worried about getting picked apart or boarded by these pests." He highlights the sole surviving Roughneck and the Zulu's orphan mech. He straightens and speaks a little louder, as much to his stunned crew as to the leader of the Sour Brains. "This cannot be allowed to interfere with the unfolding of our plan. We will fire all weapons with all the power we can muster at the Titania and - if we have any left over - any additional reinforcements if and when they arrive. The displacement of the Bukharin is a problem but it does not immediately concern us. It only matters that the Wagner survives long enough unmolested to destroy the Titania." "If we survive, WE will be the ones closing in. We have our Razorbacks and an express delivery of frigate sized rocks. And if anyone is still standing, we have the Wagner herself." His eyes narrow. "Clear the space around us and make sure nothing gets in our way of our guns. Take it away, Colonel. Tabitha? I will need the Bukharin to provide targeting information for us. I have a feeling we will have our hands full very soon." "'If anyone is still standing, we have the Wagner herself?'" Zoltan Pesh exchanges a look with Mahayhay, then starts fussing with a datapad. "What are you doing?" "Updating my risk assessment of the Union battleship." "Waste of time." Mahayhay turns and delivers her orders to the mechanized chassis wings. "Laurent and Guiscard Wings, hunt down the surviving mech from the Shaka Zulu. Bernadette and Isabeau Wings, seek and destroy the Armory's remaining marine transports." Isabeau Leader voices an objection: "Most of the smaller landers are circling the Shamokin Rising and Nikolai Bukharin. 30 minutes away." "Well, focus on the ones around here. And if you see any of those corvettes, swat them too." The internal lights of the lifeboat are dim, and a wounded crew member is strapped next to Strike Captain Bannon. He groans and tries to clutch at his bloody face, but can't free himself from the restraints. He's all that's left of Bannon's crew. Two years in charge of six hundred proud Rittermeer spacers. All gone now. A seat over, the humming NHP Core of the Shaka Zulu has been strapped in just as tightly. Once they get to the Hannibal, it will be plugged in and connected with the Omninet, restoring Aegis to her full capabilities. Given how slowly the lifeboat is inching along, it could be hours before they reach the battleship. Somewhere, an air vent is hissing incessantly. Groans continue. It's very stressful. Bannon keeps her suit helmet close by in case O2 levels drop too low. The former fleet commander keeps her gaze focused on the small terminal in front of her. The lifeboat's systems are too limited to join the fleet legion, but there's a simplified partition of Aegis running on the terminal. If the multi-NHP mind of Aegis was an almighty triumvirate deity, the partition is a small god, like the kind that manages a tiny shrine at the roadside. The partition tries its best to show Bannon a smooth and cohesive report of the battle, but it's slow and laggy, making it an extreme exercise in frustration. She watches the mech assault unfold, helpless to affect the battle in any way. The Mirrorsmoke mercenary mechs fly into the shadow of the mighty Hannibal, where the surviving Roughneck transport and the strange lone mech are regrouping. The mercs are eager to finish the last of Shaka Zulu's battlegroup. The Roughneck is completely out of breaching pods and boarding skiffs - they're all still out there somewhere, attacking Battlegroup Eland in their final doomed action. But the marine barge's point-defense turrets are still a threat, blazing away at the approaching Everests and Raleighs of Isabeau Wing. A fatal flash as a mech dies, another flash, another flash. "Get around the other side, watch that flak - " "Goddamnit no -" "Pulling back, I'm overheating..." These mercenaries lack real space combat experience, and it shows. Well, they were brave, at least. The Roughneck is also defended by a single stray Daggerflight Corvette, a long way from its berth on the Titania. The corvette trades rapidfire shots with numerous mechs of Bernadette Wing, giving as good as it gets. Mercenary missile pods and laser rifles continue to tear at the Roughneck. Turret after turret goes silent. One last mech from Isabeau Wing, trailing flame, plunges into the damaged Roughneck at an absurd velocity. The resulting explosion is stunningly bright. The Titania's corvette falls back, its ammo load expended, its hull severely damaged. [ATTACH type="full" alt="20211112_212621.jpg"]146544[/ATTACH] [URL='https://www.artstation.com/artwork/W2oYq3'][I]Encounters in Space by Peyton Gee[/I][/URL] Further away, two other wings of mechs swirl around the Albedo Cavalier like fireflies in a frenzy. But killing the advanced chassis is harder than it seems. With its caloric converters, reactor superchargers and aggressive thermal exchangers, every energy-based weapon only fuels its systems further. Laurent and Guiscard Wing peel away, bled of some of their best pilots. The nimble Cavalier flies free, seemingly untouched. The mercenary mechs have taken painful losses and are fleeing back to their carrier to rearm. But Bannon only feels the Roughneck's loss in her furious heart. "Damn your eyes, Captain St. Germaine," she says. "I will execute you myself..." [I]Battlegroup Sour Brains: 1) Tactic: Raiding Party - order 2 Wings to perform Marauders (deal 1d3 damage to a hostile Escort or Wing and take that much damage in return). First target is the surviving Armory Roughneck, roll of 3 damage which is enough to kill it; but Roughnecks have Point-Defense Kinetics and deal 2 damage back to any Escort or Wing that damages it. Mutual annihilation. Second target is one of the Titania's corvettes (the damaged one), roll of 2 damage, which is not enough to kill it.[/I][/SIZE] [I][SIZE=4]2) Tactic: Raiding Party - order 2 Wings to perform Marauders. Both attack the Albedo Cavalier, rolls of 2 and 2. The Albedo Cavalier has the trait Highwire Act, which reduces all damage it takes from hostile sources by 1 to a minimum of 0 when above half HP, and gains +2 to all damage effects when at half HP or below. [/SIZE][/I] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [I][SIZE=4]End result: the surviving Mirrorsmoke Mounted Chassis Wings are at 3 HP, 3 HP and 3 HP, while the last Armory Roughneck goes out in a blaze of glory, and the Albedo Cavalier is at 8 HP.[/SIZE][/I] [/QUOTE]
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