Asteroid Blues

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"Alright team, looks like we have some Varuna forces nearby, and they don't look to friendly. Let's see...yep, there he is. Kamau sniper, on the west flank. Looks like he's got some back-up dancers too."
"Roger lead, deploying to cover the east flank."

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"Lead, Pluton Un haire. Ai got zum movemont ovair haire. Can't tell what i'm lookeng a-zulu spitfiyaire! Need bak-up!"
"Newport here. Covering fire-hrk!"
"Alright you sneaky bastard! Feel la burn!"
*gunfiyaire, fwoosh*
"Damn it! Pluton One is down, and the Zulu-Cobra's still standing!"

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"Got eyes on the Zulu Cobra; looks like their machinist patched up his camo. Look out for suspicious movement!"

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"SCANNING FOR TARGETS. HOSTILES DETECTED. FIRING...CRITICAL DAMAGE SUSTAINED. SHUT...TING...DOOOooowwwwnnnn..."

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"Blue Raider here. Coast appears clear...preparing to-argh!"

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"Van Zant, we need reinforcements, on the double!"
"Copy that, Lead. Arriving now..."

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"Lead, got eyes on a sensor bot. Engaging now..."
*Gunfire*
"Sensor bot down. Hmm...that Zulu-Cobra doesn't seem to have noticed me yet..."
*More gunfire*
"Zulu Cobra down. Got eyes on his Kamau buddy now. Firing!"
*Yet more gunfire*
"Kamau down. All visible enemies down."
"Nice work Van Zant! That'll definitely slow them down."

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"Alright little guy. Let's get you up and running..."
"UNIT ONLINE. SCANNING FOR TARGETS."
"Mentat, care to give our little buddy a boost?"
"Roger that, Fixer. Done. I've supercharged its targeting systems."
"UNIT FULLY CAFFEINATED. ADVANCING."

Varuna takes first turn, and activates a camo marker that turns out to be a Zulu Cobra with Spitfire. With the pressure on, the chasseur and Foxtrot try to down it, but both fail. The chasseur manages to burn the Zulu Cobra with his spitfire, but the Zulu Cobra makes his save. The Zulu Cobra proceeds to put a couple of wounds onto the Traktor Mul, but fails to fully destroy it. The Zulu Cobra also wounds the Irmandinho. The last order in Varuna's secondary group is having the Machinist repair the Zulu Cobra's burnt condition.

On my turn, Van Zant comes in, and proceeds to Van Zant, dropping the sensor bot, the Zulu Cobra spitfire, and one of the Kamaus. The Dozer then repairs the TR bot, who moves up into a better position. The Wardriver gives it the Assisted Fire supportware program, giving it Marksmanship L2, then moves into a closer position.

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"Van Zant here. Looks like I got their attention. Enemy is moving to engage!"
*Gunfire*
"Hostile down."

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"Team, Mentat here. Got some odd movement nearby. Killer hacker! Keep him off me, keep him-*gurgle*"

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"Van Zant. We're detecting some movement on the West Flank...look out! Missile launcher has eyes on you!"
*Explosion*
"Van Zant! Van Zant!"

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"Bearach here. Movin' forward and-whoa! Thon wis a close ane! Ye ok Reaper?"
"I will be after a new pair of pants. Too close for comfort!"

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"SCANNING FOR HOSTILES. SUSPICIOUS MOVEMENT DETECTED. FIRING SPECULATIVE SHOT."
*POOM*
"MOVEMENT HAS CEASED."

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"Fixer here. Moving to secure the antenna on our next push."

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"Pluton Deux hairé. Moveng to 'uld ze area...Mairde, théy've spotted me! Huldeng posishe-on!"

Varuna Turn 2 started with the Machinist trying to remove the embedded Van Zant. Van Zan crits with his ARO, dropping the engineer. The hidden killer hacker moved up, and redrum'd the wardriver. The wardriver survived the first attempt, but failed a save the second and was taken out of commission.  The remaining orders were spent shuffling the missile launcher into a position to see Van Zant, who failed his saves and was reduced to a chunky salsa. 

Ariadna turn 2 had a terrifying moment where the Dog-Warrior ran up, and received a missile launcher ARO, which would have included the Spetsnaz in the blast radius. Fortunately for me, both shots went wide. The Traktor Mul spent a couple orders doing speculative fire, which wounded all remaining enemies on the right flank, save for one camo marker. The dozer spends a couple of orders getting close to the objective, and both the dog-warrior and Kamau sniper crit when he advances (having moved far enough away from the Spetsnaz to avoid splash damage this time). The remaining chasseur moved forward to be a nuisance, but was discovered on his approach, leaving him pinned in enemy territory.

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"Team, getting some com chatter from their hacker; I think they're downloading something from Mentat."
"Damn it! Try to take out that hacker, and make sure we don't give up any more info!"

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"Damn it, I'm too exposed out here! Need back-up, where's my-*thudthud*"
"Fixer, come in! Fixer!"

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"INCOMING TARGET. FIRING...D-D-D-D-AMAG-G-G-G-G-E SUSTAI-AI-AI-AI-NED. ERROR. ErrOR. ErROR. ERror. WINDOWS HAS SUFFERED A FATAL ERROR. SHUTTING DOWN."

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"Pluton Deux haire. Undair fiyaire! Requesteng suppairt. Zey are surroundeng me! Ai can on-lee dance fair zo long!"

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"Bearach here. Advancin' tae control the objective!"
*ping*
"Aaarrrrrrchhhhhhwoooo! Alricht ye clipin' numpty Kamau, A'm gaun'ae rip yer lover apart, then A'm comin' for ye!"
"Phrasing?"
"Bearach, hold position. You've got the area secured; don't blow this!"
"Again: Phrasing?"

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"Pluton Déux haire. Got éyés on zeir liaison officair. I'm takéng 'im oot! Fair Mairovengia!"
*Gunfiyaire*
"I'm alive? I'm alive! Ai am pléased to repairt zéir liaison officair eez down. Huldeng posishé-on."

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"Team, Kelpie here. Movin' tae secure the drop...Damn, A'v been spottit. Looks like we're i' a Mexican stand-off here."

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"Reaper here. Moving to eliminate Zulu Cobra...damn, missed him. Zulu Cobra still on a drop."

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"Lead here. Moving to secure the drop...Drop secured!"

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"UNIT MOVING TO SECURE THE AREA."
*Explosions*
"WHY W-WAS U-UNIT PROGRAM-MED TO F-FEEL P-P-PAIN? W-W-W-WILL I-I-I D-DREAM Of e-e-e-electric-tric-tric...sh-sh-sh-eeeeepppp..."

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"Team, in contact with O-12. They're coming to provide reinforcements. Maintain position, and make sure you got your copy of our search warrant. Excellent work everyone. This information will be most useful..."

On Varuna's third turn, the killer hacker data scans the Wardriver, netting Varuna a classified Objective. The remaining Zulu Cobra activates, and proceeds to kill the dozer, then wound the Traktor Mul (taking it out of the game). The fusilier fireteam keeps a wary distance from the Chasseur, who manages to dodge all the incoming fire.

On my third turn, the dog-warrior runs forward, and lands a critical smoke against the missile launcher. The Kamau, unimpeded by the smoke, deals a wound to the dog-warrior, causing him to hulk out. The chasseur goes next, with the intent of going after the Liaison Officer. After the Varuna LO declares dodge, the Chasseur lands a critical hit, both taking him out of commission and denying Varuna a console. Uxia then approaches said console, and is discovered as she gets into base contact with it. The Spetsnaz moves up to ambush the Zulu Cobra, but is unable to make his shots stick, leaving the Zulu Cobra in contact with the upper right console. I use a lieutenant order to move Vassily into position, and he is also discovered as reaches the bottom left console. The minesweeper Traktor Mul moves up to help secure the area, but is absolutely obliterated by the Varuna fireteam.

After tallying up controlled sections, consoles, and Liaison Officers, Ariadna wins it 8-3!