Asteroid Blues

Infinity

Extreme Countermeasures

300 POINTS
Combined Army
Speculo Perzan
VS PanOceania
Szymon

The opponent won Initiative and chose deployment. I chose to go first in response.

Shasvastii Deployment

I placed 3 HVTs. One on the extreme right flank, one behind a bus in the middle and the last one quite exposed next to a small building on my left flank

I deployed Q-drone hmg on a tower overlooking routes to central and left hvt, then the specops peone next to it, with his slave drone on ground level behind this building, and his mine up front, guarding access to this building and to both central and left hvts.

Seed FO prone just behind right hvt, Caliban Spitfire nex to them, Caliban CoC on extreme left flank.

Gwailo HRL MSV2 deployed prone on first floor of the building Q-drone and specops occupied, and M-drone FTO behind this building on ground floor.

The opponent plays Neoterra and deploys a Fusilier core with 2 MSRs, specops (doc, hacker, jammer), 2 Bulleteers: Spitfire behind the middle building, and heavy shotgun on his right flank, a Warcor in the middle on a rooftop, then sprinkles it with 6 Auxilia, 4 of whom are FOs, all over.

Top of first turn, Shasvastii.

Three first classifieds are Test Run, Experimental Drug and In Extremis Recovery. We are playing the Extreme (red) version.

I start and I see a deployment mistake giving me a chance to destroy a Spitfire Bulleteer by firing a HRL at an Auxbot, but first I need to remove one linked Fusilier MSR and a Warcor.
I put Assisted Fire on Q-Drone before I get too carried away and then Gwailo in haris peeks at the sniper. My highest roll is 8 and Gwailo is wounded. Gwailo activates again but moves back to be close to Specops and I roll no higher than 8 again, tanking the shot this time. Gwailo shoots at the sniper again and again I roll an 8 and lower and Gwailo goes Unconscious, breaking haris. Specops heals him up, using one command token for a re-roll.
Since the link is broken anyways, Sheskiin uses her datatracker order to take on Warcor, destroying him, she then advances to see the Black Friar - he tanks and falls back into cover.
Sheskiin backs to within zone of control with Gwailo, I reform the haris and Gwailo tries once again, finally getting one shot on the Fusilier sniper and burninating him to a crisp. With my last order Gwailo finally takes a good aim at the Auxbot and hits three times, burning both remotes to charred bits. With no Classifieds done, I pass my turn.

Bottom of first turn, Neoterra.
Szymon discards Experimental Drug and draws Rescue.

A TO camo appears prone on the building next to burned Bulleteer and exploded Warcor and crawls to leave Gwailo's LoF, trying to get a bead on Sheskiin. With that checked as not possible, it then moves to some crashed vehicles through Gwailo's and Q-Drone's LoFs. Gwailo delays while Q-Drone Discovers, trying to bait it to reveal - but fails on a 18. The TO Camo then reveals as a Swiss Guard HMG and Surprise Shots the Gwailo, hitting him twice, which he tanks!
Garuda combat jumps behind Sheskiin, just a hair away from her ZoC, then shoots her in the back with a combi rifle, hitting her once. Sheskiing tanks and turns to face it.
Garuda shoots her again with the last order from this order pool and inflicts a single wound on her.

Second order group: Fusilier link repositions over several orders to see the Q-Drone with the last sniper, who loses FtF (needing 12s to Q-Drone's 14s) and dies. The link is reformed with 4 members, then Black Friar throws drop bears to secure the right flank, hits once. The Specops then throws drop bears to secure the middle HVT, hits once, and the turn is over, no Classifieds are completed.

Top of second turn, Shasvastii.
I discard Rescue and draw Extreme Prejudice.

Sheskiin uses her Datatracker order and goes back to shoot Garuda with no cover and puts it into Unconscious. She walks on to it and crits In Extremis Recovery on a 10.
On the right flank a camo marker who secretly is Caliban Spitfire MSV1 starts walking towards Swiss Guard. It manages to go behind him and shoots him, inflicting 1 Wound. He turns to face. The Caliban then shoots at a linked Fusilier and destroys him. It then shoots Swiss Guard again and crits on a 12, putting him unconscious.
With 3 orders left I play it safe and camo the Caliban, put Assisted Fire on Q-Drone then move Sheskiin into ZoC of Gwailo and reform the harris.

Bottom of second turn, Neoterra.
Szymon discarda Extreme Prejudice and draws HVT: Identity Check and HVT: Innoculation.

The Specops fires her medikit at the Swiss Guard, who passes Ph-3 and is back at 1 Wound.
The Swiss Guard stands up and shoots the Q-Drone, who crits on an 8 (Gwailo laughs) and puts him back into Unconscious.
The Auxilia on his left flank Discover-shoots the Caliban who burns real crispy good.
The Specops fires her medikit at the Swiss Guard again, who passes Ph-3 again.and is back at 1 Wound and well hidden.
End of turn.

Top of third turn, Shasvastii. I discard Test Run and draw Data Scan.

A wild Cadmus KHD appears, scatters, then daisy chains back to within 8" of the Auxbot that burned the Caliban. Cadmus Data Scans the Auxbot successfully on first try (10 vs reset on 11).
Harris moves closer to middle HVT, Sheskiin destroys two Drop Bears. M-Drone FTO fails HVT: Identity Check two or three times at WIP-6. Sheskiin backs and I coordinate a Suppression on her and M-Drone.

Bottom of third turn, Neoterra. Szymon discards HVT: Innoculation, draws Capture and Telemetry.

The Swiss Guard finally redeems himself and kills the W-Drone, the Gwailo, and the M-Drone.
Auxilia on his left flank moves towards the Shasvastii HVT placed there and burninates the Cadmus on the way. It moves to see the HVT, and eats a Chest Mine through HVT from Seed FO! (Thanks, ITS11!). With just one order left, Szymon decides to take it and just Forward Observe the HVT and is rewarded with 2 passed WIPs and a completed Classified, and a passed Armour.

End of game, 8:1 Shasvastii victory, VPs are 143 (Shasvastii) to 223 (Neoterra).

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