Asteroid Blues

The Mukhtar (datatracker) manages to line up a keyhole shot on the Nomad HVT with perfect range bands, but hilarity ensues as the HVT manages to make 5 armour saves over 2 orders, before finally succumbing to a 3rd shoot order.

With that using up more orders than I'd wanted, I wind down my turn coordinated orders to push pieces forward, as well as a very lucky series of hacking attacks with Leila Sharif that manages to bring down the Interventor Lieutenant with a Skullbuster SWORD program.

Nomad command is scattered with the loss of their Lieutenant, but they still make a few effective measures, with Mary Problems (cosplaying Pirate Gata) managing to KO Leila, an Intruder taking a few picked shots, while Bran sneaks up along the side to drop a memebomb into the local Haqq datasphere (Net Undermine).

Score: 4-2, Haqq favor

Top of 2: Haqq troops move to secure the middle antenna, with the MSV-equipped Mukhtar doing solid work bringing down the Intruder, while the Djanbazan and Liberto take the mid. My sole remaining Ghazi attempts to rush Bran, but Triple Zero manages to slip away.

Mary Problems attempts to sneak forward, clambering up a building, only to be gunned down by the Mukhtar. Bran manages to take down the HVT, as well as the Ghazi, but double-deaths against a Naffatun's flamethrower.

But then the Nomads manage to walk a Sin Eater to threaten the middle zone. Sadly, this means we are tied for objective control.

Score: 5-4, Haqq favor

I attempt to dislodge the Sin Eater with a Coordinated Order, but lucky rolls mean the Sin Eater survives. And then I burn more orders, losing the Mukhtar (even at favorable range and cover) to 3 crits. The Liberto eventually brings down the Sin Eater, but at the cost of too many orders. Saladin secures one of the objective zones, but I don't have the orders left to push a drone forward and contest another antenna.

Desanges manages to pull of a close win by threatening my Djan with a mine and forcing me to react to an incoming Moran. It's a golden path turn, managing to bring down the Djan controlling the mid, while leaving them with exactly one order to secure another of their home Zos.

Score: 6-5: Nomad favor.

-Close loss, and I can't feel salty about it because those were good decisions by Desanges, and when the dice really turn against you, it's as much hilarious as it is infuriating.
-That damned Sin Eater. XD
-The Mukhtar MSV is really doing a lot of good work for me. Feels like a “Haqq Intruder” for mid-range shooting, and FD1 gives you expanded options.
-The Bashi Bazouk intrigues me, and I'm happy with using the holoechoes to pop mines and koalas, but didn't choose a good ambush target.