Asteroid Blues

Go to Xarak’s battery, they said. Just do a patrol, make sure everyone is playing nice they said. No one ever mentioned running into the Shas again.

Alpha unit Bryne Meira reporting once again, however this time I must report a total loss to the shasvassti infiltrators. This time they were better prepared.

I had my varangians run up, however one, despite deploying smoke was taken out by an enemy Q-Drone with a reaction-HMG, I deployed Hipployta forward under the successful cover of Eclipse Grenades, however Hippolyta despite superior training and her ODD equipment managed to take out a Taigha, but was taken out by what we now know was a “Tensho Expert.” I ordered the epsilon to take out the Q-Drone, and had to deploy the Beta Trooper to revive him.

A Cadmus attempted to come in via hacker guidance, however he went severely off course…one of the only things that went right in this cock-up. Sheeskin advanced with her fireteam, taking out the Beta-trooper doctor up on the parapet with the Epsilon, The Sirius operator’s remote was taken down by the Q-Drone and and the Operator herself was eliminated by a Taigha beast after failing to kill it. The Shasvassti Caliban unit moved in, activated an antenna.

The second part of combat inolved a Varangian guard throwing smoke to cover the revived Epsilon’s activities, however she was taken out by Sheeskin’s Pulzar, but successfully deployed the smoke. The Epsilon fired four double action rounds into the Q-Drone and failed to penetrate every time. Taking the initiative, the Lynx operative came out from her hidden deployment, came around the side of the building with her plasma carbine to take out the Tensho who killed Hipployta, wounded Sheeskin and killing a Nox Trooper. In preparation for the last of the operation, the Omega unit moved away from the Taigha creature who had killed the Sirius Operator.

The Taigha chased the Omea and the Omega shot it and knocked it out. The Sheeskin killed the Lynx, the Epsilon nanopulsered a Caliban that appeared across from him, However the epsilon was killed by Sheeskin,

Third turn, the Omega attempted to grab an antenna to prevent a total loss but was killed by Sheeskin, I then called the retreat.