AAR 8 December 2012 (Part 1)

After a good bit of a hiatus, Mitch was finally able to get some BattleTech time in over the past weekend. Having just ordered two companies of 'Mechs, he felt it was time to drop on the field of battle and see where the victory would lie.

We got a couple of games in on Saturday. The first match saw four points of Clan Wolf's Alpha Galaxy square away against an equal tonnage of 4th Skye Rangers in a semi-Trial of Possession for an abandoned military base.

Though I saved it as turn one, this is actually turn two, and the first turn where we started firing. Actually, I think this was the start of the turn, because Star Captain Kerensky claimed the little beach house on the island as isorla prior to moving. The Rangers held the north end of the map and decided against using the military base for cover. The Uratha on the island and the Mist Lynx supporting the Sun Cobra both have jump, none of the Rangers do.

Finishing up the move, the Uratha has decided to hold the mountain by himself against the combined might of the Commando and Kit Fox, while the rest of the star moves up the middle of the map. Mitch's Fafnir and Defiance menace the three Wolf 'Mechs from afar, awaiting the call to rain death upon them.

This is where I actually thought "I am well & truly fucked." Short range against a pair of HGRs? I was fairly certain my Dire Wolf (and Star Captain Kerensky) were about to be sent to the scrap heap. Despite its light armor, the Sun Cobra was unscathed from last turn, as Mitch focused fire upon the Uratha, hoping to score the first kill. Instead, he freed me from any reliance on zellbrigen and I planned on unleashing a full spread from the Dire Wolf combined with the Sun Cobra. Didn't quite work out that way... The Dire Wolf fired its UAC-20 first in the round, scoring a hit, then scoring both rounds and the first location rolled was his Fafnir's head. Insta-kill. We both sat back for a second, then he rolled for his HGRs. The shots spread, putting my Dire Wolf in no real danger. The Uratha ripped an arm from the Commando last turn and the Kit Fox this turn. He was in a bad way at this point...

Which led to a fourth turn concession. Horribly outgunned by my remaining 'Mechs, he chose to honorably call for an end to hostilities. Having captured the island and the military base, the Wolves stood poised to push deeper into Lyran holdings...