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

[Felicity]

Felicity flipped her comms off as she tried to get her mech up and moving. "Fucking snow!"

If she had any luck she'd try to a few shots in at the Catapult...

"Slipped on snow. Charger's back is wide open. Hammer it Eklund."

She says on unit comms. However, if she kept falling on snow then she was probably done for.

(Run to 1004. Or just stand up facing SE if I fail this roll. Either ERPPC and a single SRM6 at the Catapult, or all weapons at the Charger if I can't get to 1004 plus punch Charger)

[Maja Eklund]

Maja doesn't need much encouragement as she tries to distract the enemies around the fallen Griffin with a wave of fire as the Warhammer again fires absolutely everything at the Dragon

((I want every gun we have to fire on that Dragon, also rotate to face NE))

[Comstar]

The massive vehicle column continued to creep forward, seeking targets.

As Felicity bounded back up, sending her mech sprinting across the gap, a handful of vehicles and mechs took shots, trying to strike the speeding medium mech, but most of them missed. The Catapult, from its perch, glanced down, firing 4 lasers, three of them carving into the Griffin, (hit LT+LT+RT, 5+5+5 damage) and then twin LRM volleys out to hammer the Ostsol in the distance as it climbed the small hill in the canyon (hit RA+RT, 5+5 damage) From her hiding place in the canyon wall, Felicity aimed up and while she missed her ER PPC, she did score three hits with her SRMs (hit RA+RL+LT, 2+2+2 damage). Then the forgotten Vedette tank ahead of her turned its turret 180 degrees and fired, a shell knocking armor from her arm (hit RA, 5 damage)

The Jagermech, tracking Alexei as he looped into a sharp dive and then howled back in a sharp split-S dive turn, opened fire with all four autocannons, and with the aid of its AA radar, tracked three streams of shells across the aircraft (hit NOS+AFT+NOS, 5+5+2 damage, Engine critical) with a chain of explosions that tore away armor plate, damaging the fusion shielding, and setting alert lights blinking in the cockpit.

The diving Vulcan still let loose into the Dragon it was targeting, Alexei guiding twin streams of autocannon fire and twin beams to chew up the mech below (Hit RT+CT+LA+LT, 8+5+10+5 damage) before speeding away into the dark on a guttering blue flame. The Staggering dragon turned to fire at the Warhammer, landing blows with laser and gun, breaking away armor plates and shattering the searchlight bulb (Hit RA+LT, 5+5damage, searchlight destroyed) Maja's vengeance came as one PPC sheared across the cockpit, a glancing blow that left electrical burns up the pilot's arms and scrambled their consoles for a second (Hit HD, 5 damage, pilot injured), and then medium lasers managed a glancing blow on the arm (Hit RA, 2 damage).

Snorri, seeing the danger Felicity was in, juked his mech to the west, getting a bead on the Charger, before firing all he had. Sadly, the snow threw off his aim, so the Gauss slug whistled over one shoulder, but one laser carved the arm structure, melting it away in streams, and the LRM volley pummeled the Charger in the back of the head, the concussion shaking the canopy. (Hit LA+HD+RL, 5+5+1 damage, crit small laser, pilot injured, blacks out). The mech then keeled over as if it were a man who had been concussed, landing on the left arm and crushing it into scrap. (hit RL+LA, 5+3 damage, LA destroyed, pilot injured) The fallen mech then sagged as three lasers tore into the exposed back (Hit RTR+CTR+LTR, 8+5+8 damage, crit small laser) leaving the left torso holding by a handful of supports at most.

The Dragon suffered a volley from Yuri as well, the already battered mech taking a glancing hit from one Pulse laser, and then a direct hit to the back from another, followed by 4 SRMs slamming into it, leaving only patches of armor on the back (hit LL+CTR+LA+RTR+RTR+LTR, 3+6+2+2+2+2 damage)

The enemy wheeled about looking to encircle the griffin... or possibly just regroup with the heavier guns of the caravan which were starting to get bogged down by the falling snow. The air was full of chatter now, difficult to make it out as the various enemy units talked over each other as their private channels jammed - confusion seeming to spread through their ranks.


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

Warhammer -- Minor damage -- 0 Heat
Osprey -- Minor damage -- 0 heat
Griffin -- Minor Damage -- 2 Heat
Ostsol -- Minor Damage -- 5 Heat
Falcon -- Minor Damage -- 0 Heat
Grand Dragon -- Light Damage -- 1 Heat

Hostile Status -

Charger -- +0
Dragon -- +1
Jenner -- DESTROYED
Griffin -- +0
Laser Carrier -- +0
SRM Carrier -- +0
Vedette -- +0
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

[Yuri Creed]

Yuri called into the friendly comm channel, "Eklund, hold position and clear out those stragglers so Felicity can jump back - Felicity, we can't cover you there, so whenever you're ready, fly home. Tycho, if you can hit this Griffin above me, I can't draw a line."

His target lock beep came over the channel as he added, perhaps not intending them to hear, "I've got you now you bastard."

[Maja Eklund]

Maja glances down at the tank

"What are you thinking, little man?"

The Warhammer holds position before the mech fires another volley down at the smaller machine

((Stay put on Yuri's orders and fire all weapons at the Vendette tank))

[Snorri Tycho]

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(Sorry long day. Will turn and fire at the Griffin, full burn)

[Felicity]

Her breathing came quick as she kept control over her machine. She had been incredibly lucky to find some momentary respite. The Catapult was going to need to pay, but for now she had to escape.

"Taking fire, armour's holding. Falling back through the East gap."

Felicity turned her mech and jumped away. Spying the Trebuchet that was trying to force its way past she switched targets to it. Then she landed behind the Vedette. Actually...

She split her fire between each target, finishing up by punching the light tank.

(Jump 1507 facing SE. ERPPC and an SRM6 at the Trebuchet, separate SRM6 at the Vedette. Punch the Vedette)

[Comstar]

Flashes of light flew overhead as the LRM carrier released sixty missiles into the sky, pummeling a distant hilltop, but not one occupied by a mech. Under the barrage, more shots were exchanged, and while many missed, a few scored home - the Trebuchet lined up a shot on the Osprey, mostly missing but striking with one emerald beam (hit RA, 5 damage), followed by a volley of particle blasts from a distant Schrek, one catching the mech as it turned and fired (Hit LT, 10 damage). The hostile Griffin fired all its weapons at the Falcon, scoring a series of hits with LRMs (hit RL+LL, 5+3 damage), while the Jagermech fired all four autocannons and twin emerald beams at Felicity, but only hit one laser (Hit LT, 5 damage). The Catapult volleyed a salvo of missiles at the Ostsol, hammering the right side of the barrel shaped mech (Hit RT+RL, 5+4 damage) and knocking off fragments of armor plating.

The Falcon then fired at the Griffin on the hilltop, missing with both lasers, but scoring a blow with the wide blob of energy from the Snub PPC (hit LA, 10 damage). Immediately after, Yuri pivoted his Grand Dragon onto the hillside and got a clear shot, his PPC and twin flickering darts of emerald tearing into the hostile Griffin, followed by 3 of his 8 SRMs. The impacts tore the armor off both arms and partially fused the left arm joints as structure melted and bent under the onslaught. (hit RA+RA+LA+RA+LT+LL, 10+6+6+2+2+2 damage, crit LA Hand+upper arm)

Immediately after, the Griffin staggered back as Snorri sent a beam, 6 missiles, and a silver gauss slug hurtling into it, caving in armor and leaving the torso covered only by scraps of metal plating. (Hit RT+LL+CT+CT, 5+5+1+15 damage)

Felicity, firing at the Vedette, missed her missiles, but pivoting and firing her PPC and SRMs at the Trebuchet, scored hits with energy blast and 2 missiles (Hit LA+RA+RA, 10+2+2 damage).

Maja, targeting the tank before her, leveled all weapons and unloaded. The wave of fire inflicted horrific damage to the front armor, stripping it away and leaving a shattered structure, barely intact, immobilizing the vehicle, stunning and injuring the crew. The vehicle was still active... barely.

The Ostsol, on the valley floor, pivoted and fired all four lasers at the downed charger, perhaps driven by a desperate fear of the larger mech. Regardless of the reason, the rookie got his first kill, and a proper one, at that, as one azure beam punching into the back of the damaged cockpit, burning through the remaining armor and out the other side, leaving a slagged hole through where the enemy pilot once had been. The Charger slumped, like a marionette with the strings cut.

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

Warhammer -- Minor damage -- 0 Heat
Osprey -- Minor damage -- 0 heat
Griffin -- Minor Damage -- 6 Heat
Ostsol -- Minor Damage -- 10 Heat
Falcon -- Moderate Damage -- 0 Heat
Grand Dragon -- Light Damage -- 2 Heat

Hostile Status -

Charger -- DESTROYED
Dragon -- +0
Jenner -- DESTROYED
Griffin -- +1
Laser Carrier -- +0
SRM Carrier -- +0
Vedette -- +0
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

[Yuri Creed]

"Good shooting. Eklund, you're clear to begin withdrawing at your own pace - Felicity, continue to pull back on eastern channel. Everyone else keep pace with us as we pull back, nobody can leave until the techs give us the go-ahead."

Yuri continued to pace the unit, pivoting his own mech to find more targets.

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[Snorri Tycho]

(Move to 1517 north, fire on Griffin)