Asteroid Blues

Tarik Mansuri rounded the corner and beheld the mechanical atrocity that towered over him. ALEPH chose its name well – a storm deity to some, a fallen angel, cursed in the sight of Allah, to others.

A lesser person would have paused and considered whether they could harm such a being. A lesser person would have waited for orders, or called in backup. But Tarik Mansuri was greater than that – he was the destructor, one who smashes to bits. So when he beheld the towering silver-blue creature, he simply raised his gun and smote it.

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For a game in which Shamash was nearly entirely shot off the board, it was a tight one.

In round one Shamash started strong, claiming multiple objectives off the bat. I started stronger, felling his Marut Lieutenant with a stunning triple-crit from Tarik Mansuri. I was able to squeak ahead in points.

Round two started with Shamash still scoring points despite being in rough shape from Loss of Lieutenant. I was able to eke out one single point ahead of Shamash, though.

Round three started with Achilles Leeroy Jenkins-ing his way thhrough a pair of landmines, a hail of Khawarij gunfire, a desperate pistol shot from a Tuareg, and a point-blank shotgun blast from a second Tuareg, and butched the Tuareg Hacker, scoring Shamash another point. He again pulled ahead of me in points. But, on m turn was I was able to squeak ahead of him once more time, securing me a 9 – 8 victory.

This is the kind of thing I really enjoy about TACOS games. Remaining points would imply a much more lopsided game, but the actual objective points were incredibly close.

Team photos! Two combat groups, so annoying to get a decent picture.

Battlefield shot!

Behold my Tuareg's deployment!