Sir as requested here is my account of the events of our encounter with the survivors of Camp Vortigern, the Free Worlds League base that 2nd Company hit a few days ago.
We came upon the enemy at the old ruins of Dresden. We were hoping to catch them before they reached the area as facing them there could cause problems for us in terms of maneuvering. Sadly it was not to be. Once we spotted them I ordered my lance to deploy battle formation. We stayed as close as we could so as not to allow the enemy to penetrate our line and hit us from the rear.
The enemy was spotted to the south preparing to attack. The recon reports were accurate. It was indeed a lance of mixed Heavy, medium and light mechs.
I immediately ordered my men to concentrate fire on the Falcon, Dirk "Ghost" Castrausky's commendable shooting inflicted visible damage on the Falcon's left arm, by the way it was limping afterwards. These were no pushovers for pilots though sir as during the exchange my mech was hit in the cockpit twice!
I realized the enemy's Longbow would cause us much problem so concentrated our weapons fire on it. Pieces of armor flew and some were disintigrated as we brought our full firepower against it.
The Free World's Legionaires tried to pummel "Ghost's" Uziel but unfazed by this his return fire caused much angush on the Longbow pilot as he must've destroyed the enemy's gyro systems causing the Longbow to fall to the ground with a great crash!
Armor chunks flew appart as Lasers streak thru the battlefield and missiles flew to hit their targets. It was turning into a furios exchange! "Ghost" manages to knockdown the enemy's Excalibur with a few well placed shots!
Lieutenant Kara "Gambit" Chrace went straight for the kill as she fired up her Axman's jump jets and landed beside the downed Longbow. She stomped on the mech's cockpit with fury! Taking it out of commission and killing the pilot (for which she awaits trial as per our unit's laws... I also condemn this action as we are mercenaries not murderers!) .
In an unprecedented stroke of luck the Excalibur's pilot makes a critical mistake while trying to get up from being knocked down by "Ghost's" shots. His mech came crashing down destroying it in several places and it goes out with a huge fusion detonation! I managed to destroy the Falcon's left arm with my small lasers. Then to my surprise Ghost and the pilot of the Falcon get into a kicking match! Though hitting each other these two obviously could pilot a mech as neither slipped and fell as a result of the kicking match.
The ensuing moments turned into a close range fire fight between me, "Gambit", the Phoenix Hawk and the Falcon. Ghost too advantage of this confusion by running clear from the conflict and sniping from afar. Our combined weapons fire inflicted great damage on the falcon and parts of it were now hanging useless ... its almost done for! These were steadfast warriors however as even in their condition a combined kick from the two mechs sent my Awesome crashing down but not before I kicked them back!
The Phoenix Hawk tried to maneuver by putting some distance between it and my Lance but my shot had it's name written on it! When I was done shooting it I could see the mech venting oxygen and coolant's into the air... and by the way the enemy was shooting I would guess his sensors were all messed up! The Falcon was brave however and stayed in close range to it's detriment! "Gambit" fired her ER Medium Lasers and time seemed to slow as we saw it punch thru the falcon's armor and the ensuing Catastrophic explosions could only mean she hit an ammo bin! She was slowly training her guns on the Mech Pilot but I was quick to reprimand her and point out that we are not executioners!
The Phoenix Hawk pilot became suicidal at this point or perhaps he was trying to buy time for his commorade to escape that he charged straight into the fray guns blazing and asking for a clean death! We answered his bravery with Weapons fire and my shots destroyed his mech's leg! It was time to finish off the last enemy mech! I had my mech step on the enemy's right arm crushing it to bits! "Gambit" tried to join in but even prone the enemy was not defenseless! She missed and caused her mech to come crashing to the ground.
The Phoenix Hawk tried to get up but only to recieve an alpha strike from my Lance. The pilot sadly did not eject...
The commandos have brought in the surviving pilot and is now ready for interrogation. The Techs also managed to take the excalibur intact though it will be weeks before the replacement parts for the mech's cockpit components arrive.
Capt. Tiago "Tulisan" Alvarez
Widow Maker Company
now this is what I used to play... more comfortable seeing those hex maps. nice to see that someone is playing the old school. (2 thumbs up.) wanted to comment on what I would have done if I were in your shoes but hey, thats your game, your just reporting what happened. just as long as you had fun, thats fine with me. Nice Game!
ReplyDeleteyou can download megamek here: http://megamek.sourceforge.net/idx.php?pg=main
ReplyDeletethey translated all the rules and all the meks right down to the new word of blake stuff. pretty cool game when you don't have human opponents. :D
Nice battle report, man! I'm still squatting on someone else's PC for the meantime while waiting for my own to arrive in a few days. I'll try that one out when I install it.
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hee hee... brutal yung kalaban. the first battle report i was writing was one where we fought in an urban environment. the cpu wiped me out! T_T i realized my mistake too... pag city fight di dapat pinaghihiwalay mga mechs. lol a light mech brought down my awesome by running circles around me. lol
ReplyDeleteHow'd you get screens? PrtScr then paste at MS Paint?
ReplyDeleteMegaMek is fun, and making configs via Solaris Skunk Werks is nice (feels like 'playing' w/ Army Builder again).
After several 'test' battles, I put in a 'set force' (atlas, warhammer, 2 grand dragons) and put in 3 battles. Fun and frustrating at the same time. :D (3 battles, 2 wins 1 loss...and in all, I lost an Atlas. Whoopee)
i know. erratic yung computer. minsan sobrang galing minsan sobrang boploks. but i had one game where the computer wiped me out. me assault and heavies. the computer all lights and medium. lol
ReplyDeleteThe computer/bot tends to do poorly, i think, when it comes to dealing w/ terrain (again, it depends), esp. in urban environs. Then again, I don't think i've fought pilots better than 4/5 in gunnery/piloting.
ReplyDelete(I've been following the advancement guideline for my pilots, tho', 4 mech kills = improve one point on either piloting or gunnery; I now have 2 pilots that are 4/4)
It's fun having mostly heavy mechs and fighting a numerically superior force...until you realize that those lighter mechs have PPCs or LRMs. :D
true. and in an urban environment being outnumbered by multiple ppc armed fast mechs is a pain!
ReplyDeleteBetter PPCs than faster-than-your-mechs mechs armed w/ ACs of any sort (esp. w/ big numbers...like 20). :D
ReplyDeleteBut yes, PPCs are a pain. Jump jet equipped mechs, too. (I was contemplating putting jump jets on the Warhammer, but decided against it)
Did a 4 vs. 12 yesterday. I was almost going to win w/ all mechs intact...lucky kick knocked down and cooked the Atlas (consistently killed: 4 battles fought, 4 atlas mechs lost).