Cable Guy: “This is it: The Guye Co. raid. Between Dvorak’s intel and Tradegy’s recon we’ve got a pretty good overview of what’s going on. The facility itself is actually a private distillery that produces hard liquor to Haxton Guye’s exacting standards. The distillery is guarded by an elite Guye Co. mecha squad consisting of it’s signature mecha: a batman, wimp and pugilist. Now the pugilist is not an ordinary one; it’s actually a custom experimental model known as the Puglist-X. The intel department tells me that it was actually a test bed for a lot of stuff that would eventually be toned down to make the production model. This means that it’s capabilities exceed a normal pugilist’s, Tragedy got a lot of pictures but we can only figure out so much about what it’s packing. It seems to have reactive armour, extra punching arms and a pair of power fists that definitely aren’t the standard model. There are also rumours that it has some kind of long ranged attack, but I have no idea what that might be since I can’t see any kind of sniper weapon on it. To make matters worse the person piloting it is a Battle Operations Savant Specialist aka a B.O.S.S. B.O.S.S’s are rare individuals that can learn a much greater collection of pilot skills than normal, they have the mental flexibility to make use of skills from multiple classes, maybe even come up with some unique ones of their own. Normal limitations don’t apply to them so stay on your toes.”
“The Mecha Squad is backed up by the distillery’s regular defence force which consists of mega cavalry. You know how everyone in Merika has the right to bear arms? Well Haxton Guye has the right to arm bears; he has a cavalry unit of armored mega bears equipped with recoilless rifles. It’s ridiculous I know but so are a lot of things about Guye Co.”
>cont
David Peterson
“Last but not least is the terrain. I had always hoped I’d never have to come back to this miserable country but here we are. Now this is Merikan suburbia we’re talking about. Merikan’s take property rights very seriously, if you own a piece of land you can pretty much do what you want on it. To a Merikan life is cheap and property is sacred. In case you didn’t catch my drift that means there’s a chance the locals will take pot shots at you if you step on their lawns and for fucks sake don’t cut across them if you end up having to bail out. If you want to avoid that then stick to the roads. I know this will limit your movement options but it’s something to consider. Those brown boxes surrounded by the white lines are your stereotypical suburban homes surrounded by white picket fences. The fences are no obstacle but the houses do block line of sight. If you’re desperate you can just walk right through a house but that’ll piss off the residents as well as count as difficult terrain. Those larger houses surrounded by the thick grey boxes are walled mansions. Both the wall and the mansion block LoS and movement. Now mansion owners are rich bastards so if you piss them off there’s a higher chance they’ll be packing something big enough to give you serious grief.”
“Guye Co. did something to seriously piss off Dvorak a while back so he wants their shit thoroughly wrecked. Your objectives are to destroy the distillery, the Puglist-X and wipe out the Mega-Bear unit on site. Dvorak will give us the Cognis intel if we complete just one objective but there’ll be a cred bonus for each additional target we eliminate. Oh, for the distillery you can just shoot at it, but it’ll go down faster if you use a weapon with the demolisher attribute. No doubt I’ve given you guys a lot to think about so I’ll let you get to planning.”
>Post builds and desired deployment zone. >Command staff please indicate if and where to deploy the pioneers
(kestrel visibly pales during the briefing. The sheer concept of how the 'right to bear arms' can cause the current limitations was baffling, which felt very... off, compared to how it went on in the homeland. And to top it off, the elite pilot was something never seen before, and will be charging with the intention to smash the 3C's mechs with the assistance of a custom supermech. However there was a job to be done, and kestrel knew that the Predator's Railgun, especially with the addition of stiletto targeting suite was one of the best options against the Super Pugilist within the ranks of 3C, which was the primary reason for volunteering on this mission. No turning back.) 'breathe in... hold... breathe out.' "I am ready."
I was able to equip the drone with HV ammo mission. and I believe I had approval for it, something like 'use up one ammo item per drone'. hold on, let me find it in the archives. FYI, I made some mistakes with info, so I've deleted my post and reposting.
(OP) I'm getting a strange dejavu from this picture.
Camden Taylor
huh. I swear I saw something along the lines of that conversation in the hangar threads, but apparently not. I'll fix the mistake when I post stats again.
HOLD ON. does this mean the Combat drone in the previous mission didn't benefit from the ammo's +2 range effect? if so, can I have a stock of HV rounds back?
Isaiah Green
It's not just you, I remember that exchange too. I'll take a look later when I get home.
Easton Hernandez
I know that posts form a few of threads did not make it into the archive.
Carter Sanders
But what to call my paper on jumpjet applied frontal charges? That's the tricky part.
Ahem.
Armed, armored bear riders with bazookas packed up by punching perfected pugilists piloted by prodigy, surrounded by hostile workers armed with their own weaponry all defending the one thing they care about the most; the sweet river of flowing alcohol. So we can assume our opposition today is motivated, entrenched, heavily armed and competent.
But Mr. Kerry!
Whatever will we do *after* our pre-lunch warm up?
If we plonk the Pioneers down in front of Alpha, they'll get wrecked. If we plonk them down behind Alpha, they'll be mission inoperable given our target and engagement range.
I suggest we bypass the Pioneers for this mission.
I'll be in Alpha myself. Against heavily armed foes like GuyeCo troops, defenses are a little less important than overwhelming firepower - so bring your best boom, kids. Kail, I'd like you to turn their OS into scrap. Maybe put a 3C special wallpaper up on all their servers? Hehehe. I'll do interference, as usual.
Advancing up the narrow streets will be a bit difficult without harming people's lawns, and let's try not to step om their grass. After all, we weren't paid to do domestic re-decoration.
>Deploy at Alpha
=Blue Screener= Chassis : Nimbus HP : 18 / 18 DR 1 DEF : 10 EDef: 18 SR : 12 Mv : 4
LA : EccmDrone+ HammerPod (2) RA : EccmDrone + HammerPod (2) Torso : SatCom Jammer >Redundant SubSystem Legs : Hopefully. Armor : Composite (+4 hp / +1 DR) Creds: 15
Pilot skills : Fortified Systems, Enhanced Drone Control, Redline
Samuel Ross
Right, time to put my new toys to good use. If people at Alpha draw the attention of their mechs, some of us can get in behind them moving north from Bravo. I'll need some back up though, Alice?~