Lieutenant Rashida Ghali surveyed her squad. They were all leaning against, or sitting on, the enormous bulk of the scorpion-shaped TAG dispatched to assist them.
“OK, listen up. This is a simple in-and-out. Intel states that a pair of VIPs are inside the maze of tunnels the locals call 'the Chimneys'. We get in, grab what data and personnel we can, shove it all in the big beauty you're all using as a couch, and get out. Any questions?”
Jamila spoke up. She alone wasn't sitting on the TAG, instead crouched in front of her pair of Nasmats buffing their optics. “Opposition?”
“Intel states a basic Dakini patrol, nothing we can't handle. It's not like they're going to bring that damned Marut in to these cramped tunnels.”
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This game started poorly and got worse.
I went first, and knew my best chance at success was destroying the Marut before Shamash got a turn. If I dropped it, not only would he be in Loss of Lieutenant but the board would be mine for the taking.
I put FIVE ORDERS in to shooting it with an AP Multi-HMG and in the end the Maghariba Guard was a smoking ruin. OK, I thought, so far so bad, but let's try again. His luck can't hold!
So the Najjarun puts the Maghariba Guard back on its legs. This time I get clever with it, and use a coordinated order to have the Maghariba Guard and Ghulam with a missile launcher hit it from different angles. Despite the Ghulam landing a crit, the Marut shrugged off the rest of the EXP hits, and a Dakini's combo-rifle longshot critted the Maghariba Guard.
From there, Shamash handily swept me off the board and secured a lead in points. I elected to concede, since there was no way I was going to handle the Marut with a bunch of Ghulam and Naffatun. The only saving grace was that for a brief moment his own luck failed miserably and a Dakini failed to roll a WIP 14 roll five times in a row. That was nice. But I still got my teeth kicked in by a robot monster.
Damn the AI! You and mecha-cat-zilla will no doubt crush them next time though!
Terror of Megazilla 🙂
Big robots, a cat and a nice report… Very cool!
Greg is the ultimate classified!
I don’t want to shame him (especially since everyone asks if my female cat Zelda is pregnant, when she’s just curvie) but Greg seems a bit fluffy.
5 rolls and your own TAG went down? Brutal.
Yeah I think that repair roll, would have deserved that Command Token, but unfortunately, you cannot reroll on Manned TAGs
Fickle dice!! They destroy the best laid plans and nullify clever manoeuvre. You have my sympathies.
Cat invasion is the best BR part xD