EVENT: Simulation Day: Bravo Team (Day T-1, Afternoon, Sims)

[Comstar]

As seemed to be her habit, Felicity set off her jump jets, leaping back onto the hill and landing among the trees that dotted the slope, firing away with all her weapons. As she did, the Dragon tracked her, seemingly annoyed by this bouncing relic, and let loose with almost every weapon it had, twin medium lasers, a PPC, and a volley of 10 LRMs, all at once. Luckily for her, the majority of it scattered across the hill, throwing up bursts of sod and ripping trees to splinters, but the PPC smacked into the center mass of the Phoenix, shattering away plates of armor in with a thunderous crackling. (hit CT, 10 damage) At the same time, the rear laser tracked the approaching thorn, and this time, landed a shot, spearing into the side of the light mech to scrape away armor. (hit LT, 5 damage)

In return, Felicity's weapons largely missed, but a single missile connected with the center of the Dragon, popping off several shards of armor plating and sending a string of rivets whistling off into the distance as they popped loose. (Hit CT, 2 damage) In turn, the Stinger and Thorn both closed, Freja and Marik both opening fire with their lasers, and both landing a single glancing hit, thanks to the unusally sharply angled silloute of the Grand Dragon (glancing blows, Mark hit RL, 2 damage, Freja hit LL, 2 damage to structure)

Then both light mechs lunged in for kicks. The Dragon stepped away from Freja, causing her to stumble, but that allowed Marik to stomp the back of the left foot, further mangling the ankle joint. (hit LL, 4 damage to structure, critical hit on foot)

The Dragon and the Stinger both stumbled, but both pilots deftly regained their footing. (Passed piloting rolls to remain standing)

Heat was radiating from the Dragon in waves, but it wasn't out of the fight yet, even though the mech's myomer muscles were starting to cramp in the broiling air, making it sluggish.

Digging in it's heels, the dragon didn't move, but stood and delivered.

--- 2 Rounds Left! ---

Status:
Phoenix lost 16 CT armor, 5 LT armor, 5RL armor, 5 RA armor -- 3 excess heat -- total 10 new damage this round
Commando -- OUT OF ACTION
Stinger LT Destroyed, LA Removed, Lost 5 RA armor, lost 8 CT armor -- 0 excess heat -- total no new damage this round
Thorn lost 5 RT armor, 5 LT armor -- 0 excess heat -- total 5 new damage this round

Status:
Dragon moved 0 hexes, +0 accuracy penalty
Jenner moved 0 hexes, +0 accuracy penalty

[Freja Fogel]

This time Freja wouldn't move any significant degree, merely trying to angle the body of her mech so protect herself as best as possible, while unleashing everything she had left into the Dragon.

(Standing still, pivoting as needed for best angle, lasering+kicking)

[Marik Wa Mo Ishtal]

Making sure it can't get a good lock on him, Marik dashed back out into the nearest forest and continued to try and pepper shots on the dragon.

((OOC: Move to 1706, face dragoon, fire both lasers.))

[Felicity]

"Armor holding. Switching location." Her communication came through somewhat garbled due to the simulated interference from the PPC hit. She was annoyed at herself for not landing her own. Changing facing, she ignited her thrusters once more to switch position to where the Jenner had been hiding. As she soared in the air she noted both light mechs moving precious little.

What are you doing?!

As soon as her mech had its footing she tried to snap off more fire at the Dragon. Maybe she could keep its attention?

(Hopping to 1303, facing 1304. Another PPC and SRMs at the Dragon.)

[Comstar]

As the arbitrary deadline closed in, so did Freja. Determined to stand and fight, she shifted so her remaining torso armor could soak hits, and fired her laser again. The beam slid down the left arm of the Dragon, melting away armor, but didn't slow the beast down. (Hit LA, 5 damage)

Felicy bounced forward again, taking a position by the smoldering Jenner, unloading all her weapons once more, to the accompanying hum of the pod fans beginning to pump in more hot air to her already stifling pod. The missiles fell short as her palms, wet with sweat, slipped, but the PPC speared the Dragon in the right side of its chest, boiling away large chunks of metal. (Hit RT, 10 damage)

For his part, Marik lurked in the forest, letting fly another volley from his weapons, the LRM missed, but the twin lasers struck home, one solid, the other glancing, on the left arm. (Hit LA, 5 and 2 damage)

In return, the Grand Dragon pivoted to track Marik with the rear laser, firing a beam which arced toward the head, and then sputtered, before stabbing the right leg. (Hit head, rerolled with Edge to RL, 5 damage) The main guns split between Stinger and Phoenix, the PPC, as it was too close to comfortably target the Stinger, punched out at the Phoenix and smashed off more armor plating. (hit RT, 10 damage) The twin medium lasers, on the other hand, one from the left arm, one from the torso, both lanced out and caught the small Stinger, boiling away the leg's armor, and most of the internal structure holding the center of the mech together. More, the Engine containment alarm flared, and heat began pumping into the simulator as the simulated engine damage caused a heat spike through the mech, and there was a wail as the simulated gyro was partially shattered, one of the multiple weights flying out the side of the mech and neatly popping a tree into splinters. (Hit LL+CT, 5 damage each, Engine critical hit, Gyro critical hit, 1 center torso structure remaining)

Freja fought the controls, but the mech couldn't compensate, and lurched backward, landing with a bone rattling thud. (Failed piloting roll for damaged Gyro, fell on back, RTR takes 2 damage, piloting roll to avoid injury failed, Pilot remained conscious) The simulator pod rattled Freja, and the restraints might leave a bruise, but she was otherwise unharmed, though she was not gazing up at the sky, rather than her chosen target.

The dragon was glowing red hot now, but did not stop fighting, as the simulation was nearing the finale. (passed piloting roll to avoid shutdown, passed piloting roll to avoid ammo explosion)

It didn't budge from its chosen ground. It was do or die.

Status:
Phoenix lost 16 CT armor, 10 RT armor, 5 LT armor, 5RL armor, 5 RA armor -- 3 excess heat -- total 10 new damage this round
Commando -- OUT OF ACTION
Stinger LT Destroyed, LA Removed, Lost 5 RA armor, 5 RL armor, 8 CT armor, 5 CT structure -- 0 excess heat -- total 10 new damage this round
Thorn lost 5 RT armor, 5 LT armor, 5 RL armor -- 0 excess heat -- total 5 new damage this round

Status:
Dragon moved 0 hexes, +0 accuracy penalty
Jenner moved 0 hexes, +0 accuracy penalty

[Marik Wa Mo Ishtal]

Wincing as the hit reigns in, Marik continued to try and keep his pace despite the damage. spotting a clearing near his teammate, he took a risk and bolted across the dragon's line of fire for the cover of the nearby hill.

"Hold fire for just a se-"


((Sprint to 1203 or 1304 if I can't reach, turn to face, fire whatever can aim at him at the Dragon))

[Freja Fogel]

Frankly, she should never have gone down in the first place! She didn't know a whole lot, but she knew she was supposed to be a better pilot than that. Oh well, Freja attempted to stand back up to get fully back into the fight for one last hurrah.

(Get up, shoot+kick if succesful)

[Felicity]

This time Felicity didn't bother with comms. She pinged Marik back, hoping he knew that was an affirmative. The mission timer was running dangerously low. Tsk, death or glory... I'd never do this. Gritting her teeth one more, Felicity piloted her mech to nimbly walk toward the Dragon while opening up with everything she could. When she got in closer she'd try to kick its weaker leg.

(Move to 1405 facing the Dragon by walking. Fire all weapons and then kick it.)

[Comstar]

The dragon, glowing hot in their sensors, a golden ball of infared incandescence, pivoted as the Phoenix closed and the Thorn rushed past.

Again, the twin lasers and PPC fired, 10 missiles roaring out. The heat was so bad that they spiraled away harmlessly, and one laser sputtered out, but the other struck the Phoenix in the chest, turning the remaining armor plating to molten goop. (Hit CT, 5 damage) The PPC, on the other hand, lashed out and caught the running Thorn in the leg, lighting the limb in blinding brilliance, and then shattering the hip joint to fragments, sending the small mech tumbling to the ground. (Hit RL, 10 damage, Leg Destroyed, 4 damage transfers to RT) The Thorn couldn't compensate for the forward momentum, and it slammed down, crushing the remaining structure supporting the right torso (Automatic fall, 2 damage to RT, RT destroyed, Piloting roll to avoid injury failed, Pilot remains conscious.)

The Phoenix had rushed forward, firing all weapons, but only saw two missiles connect, simply adding insult to injury. (Hit CT+LT, 2 damage each) The Thorn, however, in the moment before it fell, had fired with everything it had. The five missiles were thrown off course and did nothing, but the medium lasers lanced out, and one of them caught the Dragon in it's left arm, melting away the last armor, and the other struck the crippled left leg, neatly severing it at the knee. (hit LA+LL, 5 damage each, 1 damage transfers to LT, LL destroyed)

The dragon, suddenly missing one of the twin pillars which held it erect, lurched to the side, causing the medium laser fired by Freja, who had heroically made her mangled mech stand and fire, go wide overhead. With a thunderous crunch, the Dragon slammed into the pavement, pinning it's right arm and mangling the armored plating which covered it. (Automatic fall, 6 damage to RA, Pilot injured, pilot remains conscious.)

Then, in a moment of bizarre comedy, the Phoenix and Stinger both began to stomp on the Dragon, smashing the back armor and tearing off the left arm in a spray of sparks. (Hit LA+CTR, did 10 and 4 damage)

Then, in a stroke of fortune, the Dragon, blazing hot, so much so that the grass near by was yellowing and shriveling, shut down. The emergency reactor overrides finally kicking in. (Piloting roll to avoid ammo explosion success, piloting roll to avoid shutdown, failed)

By a stroke of luck, grit, or fortune, Team Bravo had prevailed at the last possible moment.

Final Condition:

Status:
Phoenix lost 21 CT armor, 10 RT armor, 5 LT armor, 5RL armor, 5 RA armor -- 6 excess heat -- total 5 new damage this round
Commando -- OUT OF ACTION
Stinger LT Destroyed, LA Removed, Lost 5 RA armor, 5 RL armor, 8 CT armor, 5 CT structure -- 1 excess heat -- total 10 new damage this round
Thorn lost RT destroyed, 5 LT armor, RL destroyed -- 1 excess heat -- total 12 new damage this round




END RESULT:

Team Bravo Victory!

[Andrea DeTroyes]

The simulation over alarm buzzed and the cockpit slide open. Andrea climbed out, her team had one even if she had died in the battle. It was irritating to the young noblewoman to have been the only casualty in the battle...but her Commando was a glass cannon. She supposed stopping to fire had been the big mistake, but then even while moving she had been struck a great many times and most had connected in the same spot on her armor.

Just told her she needed more practice at gunnery.