D11:LM:Simulators - Digital War - Expecting

[Ezmeralda]

"I thought this was bad before," she said fighting with the tight terrain, "Without Jump jets or machineguns this is going to be a hard fight against all this infantry."

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Turn and move into 0813, alpha the R60L and kick the tank

[Richard Winter]

The city was definitely not the best terrain for mechs, at least the ones Ez and Richard had with them. While EZ was closing in on the tank, a group of infantry suddenly appeared on the roof next to her and started firing SRMs at her! (2 DMG RA,LL, LT: 17, 22, 20 armor remaining) In addition, she had lost the line of sight to the Urbanmech, so she decided to take the new targets and the tank under fire!

The Scorpion still tried to bring the Orion down, but it's effectivly just pestering the big Mech (2 DMG LA, LL, RA: 22, 20, 15 armor remaining) and the pesky Infantry was trying it's best to support the scorpion by firing their SRM's again at EZ (2 DMG LT, LA, RA: 18, 20, 13 armor remaining).

(Last Hidden Unit revealed)

Meanwhile Richard jumped and changed Positions, firing his Large Laser at one of the big blobs of Infantry, but he was missing them by a Landslide.

Ez on the other hand punished the Scorpion for it's audacity and, with a combination of shooting and stomping it, killing it and it's crew! The Infantry on the other hand proved to be composed of tough bastards, only two of them died from Ez heavy SRM fire!

Richard simulation pod heated up significantly and he began sweating (Phoenix Hawk at 5 heat)



It seems that the militia had found their main target and tried to surround EZ! Meanwhile, the artillery continued to fire at the central square from a distance.

"I'm running hot, I'll try to keep cool and punish some of their field cannons!" he said over comms

[Ezmeralda]

"Three down but this is going badly!" she said trying to find some cover, "Do what you can but I don't think I can last too much longer."

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Running into the woods at her back and turning as well as she can to face the main force then everything into the Urbanmech 60L

[Richard Winter]

As Orion changed position, EZ could see artillery coming in a high arc toward the square. The cruel ear-piercing sound of the heavy projectiles rushed through the air and found its finale within sight of Ez as one of the projectiles slammed hard into the Scorpion in front of her and into the buildings around her. The earth shook slightly and the militia soldiers looked around in panic.

Meanwhile, Richard tried to take down the field gun post in the north and the infantry in the core did their best to stop the Hawk, but to no avail, and the Phoenix's medium lasers sliced through the platoon.

As the dust settled around Ez, the Urba, , nmech, infantry and Scorpion tried to bring down the big Orion, they hit in several places and Ez was shaken up in her mech! (2 DMG RT, RL, LTR: 18, 28, 8 armor left) (3 DMG LA, LTR: 17, 7 armor left)

But the wild pilot of the Orion was not idle and unloaded the power of the Orion on the Urbanmech, who looked after the attack as if he would soon only crawl on the gums, especially the left leg was badly damaged!

(Orion at 1 heat, Hawk at 0 heat)

An display in Ez Orion flashed on "SRM ammo only left on 13 missiles"





"The program wasn't kidding when it said Hard and Unfair" Richard snorted at the comms, "I can stab the Urbanmech in the back in a minute, that should give us some breathing room"

[Ezmeralda]

"Getting swarmed," she cursed, "Just trying to keep them off my back! Can do much more."

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Turning to face 0612, firing at the Urbanmech and kicking the Scorpion.
Also thanks for the armour status update as it gets thinner.

[Richard Winter]

The drumming of the artillery now became a background noise as the batteries kept firing, but barrages were also known not to be necessarily accurate and one of the shells hit the Orion! (5 DMG RT, 13 Armor remaining).
The Scorpion continued to shoot towards Ez, firing what it could, she could almost feel the crew wanting her dead! (2 DMG RL, LL, RT: 26, 28, 11 armor left) 1 Edged use to reroll TAC.
The Jump infantry also did not stop firing their SRM's and inflicted some wounds on the Orion, (2,2,1 dmg, RT,LA,CT: 9, 15, 23 armor left.)

However, there was a loud boom through the streets when the Urbanmech fired his AC/20 at point blank,... and hit! The right leg of the mech was perforated and a bent mass of steel remained where it once was. The Phoenix Hawk toppled to the side and a display in Richard's simulator told him that he was now injured, but still operational. Still, the simulator was well shaken. "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck" he cursed.

Ez's attack on the Urbanmech was largely successful, but too many of the missiles were deflected by the mech's narrow profile.
But what she couldn't do to the Urbanmech, she did to the Scorpion, which was reduced to a pile of scrap metal under Orion's foot with a loud metallic screech.

(Orion & Hawk at 1 heat)

Ezmeralda's status display

Richard's status display



"Ahhh shit it looks bad for me Ez, I'm trying to get the bird back up but I can't promise anything."

[Ezmeralda]

"Understood, will do what I can to get you some space," she said unloading on the Urbanmech to avenge Richard's leg, "Got to find some distance from this danger close artillery."

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Back up one hex, everything on the 60L

[Richard Winter]

The artillery hits were anything but effective, but the militia infantry was greatly frightened by them. Ez harassed the Urbanmech, which took a lot of hits this time, and you could see some of the mech's sensitive systems go up in smoke (critical hit on the shoulder). There wasn't much armor left on the mech, but that didn't stop it from turning its AC/20 on Ez and almost shooting her right arm clean off. Her mech swayed under the impact, but Ez was able to maintain control of the Orion and stabilize it again.
(20 dmg RA, 5 structure remaining, critical hit on medium laser).

While she was busy with the Urbanmech, the infantry concentrated their fire on the Phoenix Hawk which was suffering more and more under the heavy fire.

Ezmeralda's status display

Richard's status display



The infantry started to storm the Phoenix Hawk and the Urbanmech tried to bring down the Orion with all his might.
"Shit, I've got to get that mech back up somehow!"

[Ezmeralda]

"Going to try and get clear enough to come assist," she turned to try and level her opponents.

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Turn to face Urbie, split fire: arms into the infantry sharing the hex with urbie while the AC goes into the urbie, kick the urbie or the infantry if it is down.

[Richard Winter]

The time for revenge had come. Ez fired at the onrushing infantry and the urbanmech, and when the latter got too close, she kicked the trash can, which fell to the ground and its ammunition reserves immediately exploded, leaving a crater where it had landed.

The infantry, which no longer had any mechanical support, desperately pounced on the war machines in an attempt to somehow subdue them. The morale of the men would not last much longer.

Ezmeralda's status display

Richard's status display



The simulators mechanical voice announced, "Support is on the way soon, survive until arrival to complete the scenario."

(Survive 3 turns)

"Well done Ez, the Urbanmech is gone, now all we have to do is clap the blowflies!"

[Ezmeralda]

"Let's try and help you out," she turned and made sure the jump troops knew they had her attention now.

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Turn to the left, fire at the building the jump platoon is standing on.

[Richard Winter]

Ezmeralde's action had the desired effect: the jump infantry now had their attention again. The SRM volley they were about to fire was completely missed as the building they were standing on was shaken by the Orion's shot.

The ground infantry that was with the Hawk began to climb up the mech and swarm it.

Richard tried to hit something from his position with the medium laser, unfortunately without success....



2 Turns to victory.

The field guns made an advance and the rest of the infantry tried to follow their comrades and storm Ez's Mech!

[Ezmeralda]

She backed up. "One sec, these SRM guys need a life changing experience. I'll see about shooting some guys off you after they lack the manpower to lug those bulky missile launchers around."

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move 1 hex back and unload on the jump troops and kick the building their on for extra measure.

[Richard Winter]

The field gun team pulled their heavy equipment forward and aimed it at the Orion. Surely they would bring him down, just a few bursts of fire from the AC/10 cannons would have to give him the death blow, right? The officer was about to give the order to fire when his position fell victim to the artillery shells. Blow after blow, the artillery shells hit the ground, killing countless until only dust and blood remained. Freely following the motto " Dear Grid Coordinates" the artillery fired undiscriminatingly on and on and the barage hit anything stupid enough not to take shelter, Richard was shaken to the core in his pod as the artillery also hit his mech, but what hit him, of course, also hit the infantry making themselves comfortable on top of his mech and the simulated screams of the infantry came through the speakers.

Meanwhile, Ez wreaked havoc on the jump infantry, leaving only a handful of them ready to fight. The infantry could not hold out much longer, but for the glimps of a moment it looked like the Urbanmech was coming back online, but the pilot who had just woken up from his faint decided to live and activated the ejection seat, leaving the infantry on their own. However, those who were still standing after all this managed to blow up the right arm of the Phoenix.

But Richard did not let himself be defeated so easily and managed to cut some of the meat sacks into pieces with his medium laser.
The fight would surely end soon....



1 Round to Victory

"I lost my arm! But at least most of them are done, sorry you have to carry me Ez!"

[Ezmeralda]

"Will do, one last burst of what I think of these infantry though then I'll be right over," she said. The infantry was persistent or maybe it was just that there seemed to be no end to them.

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Stay put, all fire into the jump troops and try to boot infantry #3 for good measure.

[Richard Winter]

This last artillery barrage announced the end of the battle. What was left of the men of Richard's Mech was annihilated in the roaring fire of the shells and the rest of the troops realized that this fight was desperate. While some did hit Richard's cockpit and damage his simulation self, it was only a drop in the bucket. Ez was cleaning up with the last of the Jump infantry, who were trying with their last strength to damage the Orion in some way, but it was in vain. Between the lasers and the rockets there was no more room for a counterattack.

While the virtual soldiers were fleeing from the Orion, the simulator displayed a bold "Victory!" along with an encouraging melody.
The results window presented an overwhelming win for Ez 4-0 over Richard, plus he also had 4 hits and would probably spend weeks on the medbay after a real fight.

The simpods opened with a loud hiss and Richard came out with wobbly legs, he was pretty shaken up in his pod. "...." he was silent for a moment, "Looks like you earned your beer" he said and laughed, "Shit man the Urbanmech was out for blood".

[Ezmeralda]

"Holy hell, dense city fighting sucks!" she exclaimed, "But it was interesting to finally see Urbanmechs in their element. Even if they were pains in my ass."

She grabbed a cold drink from the cooler, "Still, my mech performed well in terrible conditions and you got to experience the hell of the one time you will miss those machineguns."

[Richard Winter]

"That the infantry was so ferocious..." he shook his head, "Whoever wrote the simulation probably wanted to teach the MechWarriors not to underestimate them, but I think we got lucky too, the artillery took out the field guns before they were effectively deployed."
He also got himself a drink, "At such close range, he hit with the AC/20..." Richard shook his head and with a 'plop' the soda in his hand opened, "Cheers" he said and held the bottle out to Ez, "To the unyielding Orion and his pilot".

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OOC: hope it didn't suck to much ^^;

[Ezmeralda]

"Cheers," she clinked can to bottle, "The fearless scout."

"I think it was a well budgeted final line of defense. Nothing they fielded is beyond the means of a major city's self defense forces. Those jump troops wouldn't get off my back either," she took a sip and nodded at his point, "But that is the whole gambit when you take an AC/20 on anything short of an assault. Can I get up close and crack the enemy like an egg or am I going to stick my face out, miss and get stomped."

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OOC: It was fine just a very unideal setting for her mech.

[Richard Winter]

He scratched the back of his head and laughed, "Obviously the Urbanmech's luck paid off, as soon as he shot my leg off I was incapacitated. It was good the Orion can take so much punishment and fire at the same time without thinking about heat."