Asteroid Blues

Infinity

Operation: Bad Voodoo (aka Minelayer Shenanigans)

300 POINTS
Ariadna
ThePayneTrayn
VS NA-2
Fredward

“Alright men. We were able to secure a beachhead during Operation: Hammurabi, so now it’s time for Phase 2 of Operation Autumnfall. We’re going to be start our investigation, so if you all open your pamphlets, I’ll start our briefing on Operation: Bad Voodoo…”

Overview of the battlefield

***
"Team, recon has identified Ikari troops in the operating zone; they must be here to steal the data drops! Team: You have permission to engage. Pluton One, Pluton Two, scout ahead and deliver some "presents" for our unwelcome guests."
"Rogair, Lead. Ai am een posishe-on next to zéir Haris and Rui shi."
Llead, Ai am also een posishé-on néxt to a Karakuri and Rui shi.
"Excellent work boys!"

***
"Lead, Kelpie here. Coud no find a path tae the enemy. A'm settin' up tae pick up a nearby drop, maybe bait oot their cyclist."
"Roger Kelpie. Good luck."

Both chasseurs succeed on their infiltration rolls, which set the tone for the entire game.

Yojimbo deploys next to a chasseur and mine.

***
"Woo, look at zém burn! Léad, Pluton Un hairé. Ai 'ave flambé'd Yojimbo ovair haire, as well as le Rui Shi and engineair. Got zeir Hari pinned as well. Be advized: ze Crazy Koalas are steehl activé."
"Nice work, Pluton One! Keep the pressure on!"

***
"Team, it's raining men! We got Yuan Yuan incoming!"
"Damn, missed him!"
"TARGET ACQUIRED. OPENING FIRE."
*POOMPOOMPOOM*
"TARGET ELIMINATED. SCANNING FOR TARGETS."
"Mentat here, Yuan Yuan just dropped in by my position! Requesting back-up!"

***
"Yuan Yuan engaging! Need back-up!"
"Roger Newport. Providing chain rifle support!"
*Bpbpbpbprrrrrrrppps*
"Thanks, Blue Raider. Bogey is down, repeat, bogey is down."

***
"Mentat here, under attack from Yuan Yuan, repeat, under-"
*Bpbpbpbpbrrrrrp*
"TARGET ACQUIRED. OPENING FIRE."
*POOMPOOMPOOM*
"TARGET ELIMINATED. SCANNING FOR TARGETS."
"Team, Mentat is down. Traktor Mul is a bit scuffed up, but it's still operational."
"Roger that, Fixer."

***
"Téam, Pluton Deux. Karakuri just soaked a miné 'it; la Rui shi et helpair bot aré down though."

***
"Under fire from the Karakuri! Requesting covering fire, repeat, need covering-aaahhh!"
"Newport is down, repeat, Newport is down!"

***
"Téam, Druze are on le move! Engageng!"
*fwoosh, gunshots*
"Pluton One, come in. Pluton One!"
"They blasted him Lead; he's gone. Looks like he took out two of the Druze though."
"Damn, we'll toast him after this...that was not intended."

***
"SCANNING....SCANNING...TARGET ACQUIRED."
*POOMPOOMPOOM*
"TARGET ELIMINATED."
"Oof, there's nothing left of the bike after that blast."

***
"Van Zant, come in. We have an opportunity to gain the intelligence we need!"
"Roger. Incoming...now. Moving to the package...huh. Just picked some interesting com chatter. Recording....and sent to HQ. Moving...package secured. Uploading contents to command."
"Nice job VZ!"

***
"Lead, Blue Raider. Moving to engage the Druze-hrrk!"
"Damn, Druze caught him dead-center! He'll be feeling that in morning!"
"Can the chatter! We need that hacker down, now! Bearach, time to shine!"
"Heh. Time tae have some fun. Come here!"
*Boom*
"Druze doun! Movin' tae cover."

***
"SCANNING...TARGETS ACQUIRED...KOALAS ELIMINATED."

Chasseur hosting a BBQ
Yuan Yuan lands next to the Wardriver and Traktor Mul
Yuan Yuan falls to chain rifle
Karakuri about to trigger a mine
Board, end of Ikari Turn 1
Dog-Warrior winds up the pitch...and he's out!
Board state, end of Ariadna Turn 1

Ariadna wins the roll-off, and makes Ikari deploy first. Both chasseurs are able to infiltrate next to the deployment zone, leaving mines next to the Rui Shis. Uxia fails her deployment roll, and is chosen as the Ariadna datatracker.

On Ikari's first turn, Yojimbo's impetuous order results in him taking a wound from the chassuer's light flamer, while the Rui Shi and engineer fail multiple fire saves each, removing both from the board. A trio of Yuan Yuan drop in; one next to the camouflaged Foxtrot (who misses with a free pistol shot); one scatters in front of the Traktor Mul (who quickly dispatches him), and the third deploys behind the Wardriver and Traktor Mul. The first Yuan Yuan chain rifles the Foxtrot and an ambush camo marker, but the Foxtrot is able to dodge the attack. The Irmandinho below is able to hit the Yuan Yuan with his chain rifle, eliminating the threat. The other Yuan Yuan chain rifles the Traktor Mul and Wardiver twice; the Traktor Mul tanks both shots, and the wardriver dodges the first shot, and goes unconscious the next. The Traktor Mul is able to eliminate the Yuan Yuan, freeing the Ariadna flank. The Karakuri activates next, tanking a mine. The Rui Shi and helper bot nearby were not so lucky, and are knocked out of commission. The Druze fireteam goes next, and two members drop to the Chasseur's flamer. He is killed in the exchange, leaving on the killer hacker alive. The hacker moves up, getting ready to for Ikari's second turn.

The Ariadna turn starts with the Traktor Mul blasting Yojimbo off the board, clearing the path for Uxia to advance. Van Zant walks on, and spends an order to move forward and succeed on a WIP roll, earning a classified. Another order gets him in base with the HVT, followed by a successful civevac, earning a second. The irmandinho ran forward to down the killer hacker, but took a crit for the trouble. The dog-warrior  advanced, and took out the killer hacker with a grenade. The last orders were spent moving Uxia and using the Traktor Mul to clear out the Crazy Koalas.

***
"Ah, damn it! Karakuri spottit me. Pretty sure he has a guid bead on aaarrggchwoooooooo!"
"Uh-oh. All they just did was make him mad..."

***
"Team, got some motion. Any see what's going on?"
"Negative. Only bogey I see is Karakuri."
"Roger."

***
"Bearach, just got word from HQ. We need to recover one of their Cubes. Hacker's closest to you. Do you mind?"
"Ha ha, no at aw. Time tae some practice aggressive medicine!"
*Squelch*
"Cube recoverit."

***
"Band-Aid, we got word we need your expertise for a drop. Move up, on the double!"
"Roger, on the move!"

***
"Lead, Pluton Deux haire. Moveng to bettair posishé-on. Uh-oh. Ai think la Karakuri noticed mé..."

Dog-Warrior performs an Extremis Recovery operation on the Druze Hacker

Turn 2 starts with Ikari successfully forward observing the Dog-Warrior, earning the Telemetry classified. The Karakuri presses the attack, ultimately dealing the Dog-Warrior a wound and causing him to transform.

On the Ariadna active turn, the Dog-warrior successfully smokes, and makes the WIP roll for In Extremis Recovery. The line kazak paramedic advances, but cannot advance to the HVT because of the Karakuri. The other troops spend a few orders moving up.

***
"Band-aid, news from HQ: That drop was a dud."

***
"Karakuri on la move again! Tryeng to- gaaah!"
"Pluton Two is down!"

***
"Bearach, I need support! Karakuri is all over me!"
"Roger, Band-Aid. Throwin' smoke!"

***
"Wow, they really hate Pluton Two. Is he still alive?"
"Affirmative, he's still breathing. He'll be out of commission for a while though."

***
"SCANNING...*POOMPOOMPOOM*"TARGET ELIMINATED."

***
"Team, HQ has detected multiple unknown hostiles. Grab what we can and go!"

***
"Bearach, we think one of the Druze has the drop. Pull it out, will you?"
"Roger. Movin' up..."
*rrrrrrpppp*
"Got it. Package secur-"
*Bang*
"Bearach!"
"Karakuri got him. He's down, but breathing."

***
"Lead, Kelpie. Got some odd com chatter from the Karakuri. Think our last package is inside it! Movin' tae enga-"
"Negative Kelpie! We need to grab our dead and wounded, and pull out, NOW! Load up the Muls and bug out team!"

Karakuri deals a wound to the chasseur
Chasseur won't go down, even while unconscious!
Ariadna classifieds
Board state, end of game

On the Ikari active turn, he tosses a Classified my paramedic was about to do, then activates the Karakuri. The Karakuri downs the chasseur, and takes a wound from the kazak paramedic.The dog-warrior tosses enough smoke to prevent the Karakuri from getting any further shots at the two, so it goes into suppressive fire. The wardriver spends its datatracker order moving to a different position, but gets seen by the Traktor Mul, which proceeds to remove the Wardriver from the board. For grins and giggles, the brawler lieutenant fires at the chasseur, who passes both armor saves while unconscious. 

On the Ariadna turn, the dog-warrior runs forward, and takes a wound from the Karakuri. With a burnt Druze nearby, the Dog-Warrior rushes forward, and perform a coup de grace to obtain another classified. Without the protection of smoke, the Karakuri deals another wound with its ARO, leaving the dog-warrior unconscious. Uxia ran up to engage the other Karakuri, but time was called before she could make it there.

After tallying up classifieds, Ariadna wins 8-2! As an added bonus, some interesting intelligence was gathered from the data drops...

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