Asteroid Blues

Tohaa lost the Lt roll and USAriadna chose to deploy second and Tohaa took first turn, the regolith plains allowed the Gorgos to take out two Grunt snipers that were a part of a five man fireteam core and move up to the middle of the table losing a symbiomate to a Blackjack ARO. A fire team triad moves up with along with the Chaksas and take up defensive positions as a Chaksa uses sensor to uncover a foxtrot near a antenna over a wall.

USAriadna turn 1: Devil dog moves towards the triad with cover and tosses a smoke grenade, the reveled foxtrot moves to plant a mine in front the triad under cover of the smoke and gets isolated by the Kriigel in the triad. The Devil dog jumps over a wall into the smoke and then intuitive attacks the triad, the triad all takes a hit of chain rifle and mine goes off as well killing the Kriiigel and Makaul but the Kosuil passed both armor saves. Next a grunt heavy flamethrower comes up onto the right of the Gorgos and torches the Gorgos and his Chaksa, Gorgos passes the armor save and kills the grunt with a pulzar but the chaksa gets killed. Another Grunt flamethrower comes from the left flank and flames the Gorgos, Gorgos dodges twice and gets out of range, to which a hardcase comes from the right and shotguns the Gorgos which fails the guts and armor running back into flamethrower range But Ariadna is out of orders.

Tohaa turn 2: to get the Gorgos out of danger a kaeltar tries to stun the grunt and fails. Next the Taqeul spends four orders trying to kill the grunt but the grunt passes six armor saves, after two more orders the Diplomatic delegate manages to stun the grunt and then Gorgos takes out the grunt. Tohaa is now out of orders.

USAriadna turn 2: Devil dog moves in a kills Kosuil in CC. Isolated foxtrot fails to connect antenna Grunt paramedic fails to pick up two grunts. Hardcase takes a wound on Gorgos and Taqeul but dies to Gorgos Pulzar.

Tohaa turn 3: Gorgos tires to take out a blackjack in suppressive fire but gets crit and loses active armor. Kamael takes out a airborne ranger. Taqeul takes out the backjack in SF with one order and uses another to complete the follow up classified and one more to get into base to base with an antenna. Unarmored Gorgos (data tracker) moves into base to base with the tech-coffin. Kamael FO (liaison officer) moves up. Coordinated order to enter the Gorgos and Taqeul into suppressive fire.

USAriadna turn 3: Remaining fireteam of grunts moves up and takes the tech-coffin from the Gorgos. isolated foxtrot fails to connect antenna again but is in base to base. Foxtrot liaison tries to take antenna from Taqeul and dies to SF. Traktor mul tries to take out the Taqeul but dies to SF.

Scoring: Tohaa Controls one antenna (1), completed classified (1), Liaison passed WIP roll (1)=3
With 91 remaining army value
USAriadna Controls one antenna (1), Controls tech-coffin(3)=4
With 106 remaining army value