Event: In the Dark of the Night (Day 17, EN, Combat)

[Maja Eklund]

"Ja Herr Yuri, pulling into the west pass now."

The warhammer stomps backwards, continuing to pummel the helpless tank in front of it in lieu of other targets.

((walk, Backwards to 0712. PPCS and medium lasers on the stunned Vendette))

[Felicity]

Felicity turned her Griffin and ignited the jump jets, sailing away from the Jagermech. Mid-air she sees the Major moving near where she intended to land, and the Jagermech tracking her.

"Negative, sorry. Need to break line of sight with that Jagermech." She calls in the quick update as she nimbly changes the angle of her thrusts to have her land beside the Vedette. She licks her lips as she pivots the mech to bring its weapons to bear on the approaching Dragon.

(Jump to 1110 facing North. Fire everything at the Dragon. Kick the Vedette if Maja somehow doesn't kill it)

[Comstar]

The two forces were attempting to regroup, and while they did, weapons still swarmed back and forth. The Catapult, from its perch, fired down at Felicity after her latest jump, but mostly missed, scoring only a single laser (hit LA, 5 damage), while the Trebuchet volleyed LRMs at the distant Falcon (hit RA+RT, 5+1 damage). The Enforcer fired down from the peak at the Ostsol as it pulled back, scoring glancing blows with azure beam and heavy cannon shells (hit LA+RT, 4+5 damage), and the LRM carrier sent another useless volley down-range.

As she landed, Felicity opened fire with every weapon she had, and though the landing threw off her aim with her PPC, both swarms of missiles bracketed the heavy mech, detonations rippling over the machine and blowing off the damaged left arm and cracking the cockpit canopy with a heavy impact. (hit RL+RT+LA+HD+LT+LL+CT, 2+2+2+2+2+2+2 damage, LA destroyed, pilot injured)

Aim spoiled by his jump, Snorri found his shots missing the Griffin, but did see as Yuri squared it in his sights and then savaged it with another PPC blast, twin pulse lasers, and roiling swarm of missiles (hit CT+LA+LT+RT+RT+CT+LL+RA, 6+10+6+2+2+2+2+2 damage, critical hit Heat Sink, 2xEngine critical, LA destroyed). The Griffin staggered, the onslaught tearing most of the mech torso to bits, though the motion spoiled the Falcon's aim. Somehow, against all odds, the mech kept its footing, while in the valley, Maja gritted her teeth and poured fire into the Vedette, reducing the mangled tank to small chunks of flaming debris under Felicity's feet.

Alexei, fighting as sputtering engine, pulled up, gaining height and soaring away, even as the chatter of the enemy filled the air "Lunatic... in this weather? Bring it down! - I'm Hit! - Can't move - Clear the road! Engine's melting... gonna blow!"

The Griffin, engine venting heat now, suddenly swelled with flame, a massive chain explosion lighting the night in stark relief as the ammunition in the enemy Griffin cooked off from the overheated engine (Griffin 1N destroyed, Ammo explosion)

The enemy units were pulling back now toward their vehicle convoy, clearly intending to rely on superior firepower to punch through, no matter how slow.

The comms crackled for the defenders. "We got it up! Base guns are online, you can pull back in!"

-------- Situation ---------

Warhammer -- Minor damage -- 0 Heat
Osprey -- Minor damage -- 0 heat
Griffin -- Minor Damage -- 10 Heat
Ostsol -- Minor Damage -- 0 Heat
Falcon -- Moderate Damage -- 0 Heat
Grand Dragon -- Light Damage -- 3 Heat

Hostile Status -

Charger -- DESTROYED
Dragon -- +0
Jenner -- DESTROYED
Griffin -- DESTROYED
Laser Carrier -- +0
SRM Carrier -- +0
Vedette -- DESTROYED
Vedette #2 -- +0-
Catapult -- +0
Enforcer -- +0
Trebuchet -- +0
Jagermech -- +0
Bulldog -- +0
Bulldog #2 -- +0
Schrek PPC Carrier -- +0
Schrek PPC Carrier#2 -- +0
Tokugawa -- +0
Hetzer(laser) -- +0
LRM Carrier -- +0
Zhukov -- +0

[Maja Eklund]

Maja checks her scanners, quietly pleased that for once a fighting retreat was going mostly according to play

"Think they'll pursue? Or is this the nose of blood they were not looking for?"

The Warhammer continues slowly walking backwards, arm mounted cannons tracking the sides of the valley for hostiles

((Rotate north and backwards to 0715, PPCS at anything if it ends up in LOS))

[Felicity]

"They're still coming forward slowly. Snorri and I could force them forward with our long range where we can ambush them again piecemeal." Felicity responds while turning her mech and sending it jumping again. "Woo!" She turned her mech to catch sight of what was still a threat. "We just need to take out the Catapult and Jagermech and they can't threaten us."

(Jump back to 1214 facing North. Fire ERPPC at Jagermech or Catapult, whatever is the easier target.)

[Snorri Tycho]

"At the very least, here's some cover fire" Snorri unleashes a barrage at the Jagermech. He's already the one closest to retreat anyway.

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LRM and Gauss rifle on Jagermech at 1405

[Comstar]

(Somewhere, in another timeline, a Comstar time agent swore as a machine failed... the image of events was lost for a brief moment, and then it cleared up. Both forces had managed to separate, and Yuri had ordered his troops back... the blizzard forcing events to end.)

- The worsening weather and a certain GM related technical issue have expedited what was already coming - a successful withdrawal of the Fortunate Ones.

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Fortunate Ones Victory.