Crater Lake
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2004 6:27 pm
21st Battle:
Leader/Manager: Kali in a Thor
Mechanic: Rocky in a Sparrowhawk
Squadmate: Blade in an Enigma
Terrian: Terran
The Hard Corps start this mission slightly spread our on the eastern edge of the map with no enemies in sight. Kali jumps up to see what she can spot. There's mountian ridges to the Northeast, South, and West surrounding a large open area in the middle with a pair of small lakes in the center. The area actually looks like an ancient impact crater with the surrounding hills defining the rim and the small lakes being the center of the impact sight. (It actually looks better from the air, the screenie isn't as clear as it has some darkened out areas) There's a river network cutting across the map from the mid-western edge to the mid-southern edge, running just outside of the crater's edge. Kali stops noticing the geology of the area when she spots an unknown medium approaching the river from the far Southwest. In the open plains near the lakes there are two seperated lone clumps of heavy foliage, Kali desides to use the northern patch of cover, while Rocky and Blade will use the southern patch. Kali successsfully lands, she's getting better at that. Rocky tops a small hill on the way to his chossen spot and spots a unknown light just to the north of the medium that Kali spotted.
Both of the enemy titans jump across the river as the Hard Corps arrive in thier defensive locations. The enemy is now in scanner range and are identified as a Phobos and a Shredder. The Phobos jumps several hexes across the river and starts heading toward Kali's northmost position, but once it starts approaching, it turns toward Rocky and Blade. The Shredder also jumps for muliple hexes, moving behind the crater rim to the south of the Hard Corp only to reappear on the crater's southern rim four hexes away from Rocky and Kali. So far the Hard Corps only been scanning and taking a few pot shots at the incoming enemy titans, but now it's time to concentrate fire on the Shredder as the Phobos dodges it's way across the open ground of the crater floor.
Rocky manages to trip the Shredder with a PL blast as eveyone lays into it. It manages to stand, but it's taking heavy fire, Rocky trips it agian and the resulting fall takes off it's left leg. The squad desides to take a few more potshots at the downed Shredder hoping it will eject and not annoy the squad with stray shots as the Phobos closes. Blade takes out the LoT, not what he'd prefer, but the Shredder hasn't fired since falling and the squad decides they'll finish it off later since the Phobos is now only three hexes away from Rocky and Blade. The Phobos takes heavy fire and at one hex range Rocky trips it with his PLs. The Phobos makes it to it's feet and promptly ejects. The squad breaths a sigh of relief and turn thier attention back to the Shredder, but before they can even get a lock on it, it's jock ejects. An easy VICTORY.
The squad manages to salvage the Phobos, but choose to take the money instead. Not much xp at all, but it was a very easy fight. and the $186,838 made it worth while. Even better, as the repair cost for the whole squad came to a grand total of $787 for a new paint job on Rocky's Sparrowhawk. Rocky claims the Shredder did get in one hit on his titan, but the rest of the squad thinks he just wanted a new paint job.[:D]
Overall, By far the easiest battle the squad's had. Great position and a couple of lucky hits resulting in trips. Just my luck that when I do write one up it's not much excitement, but that don't bother the Hard Corps' jocks all that much[:D]
Leader/Manager: Kali in a Thor
Mechanic: Rocky in a Sparrowhawk
Squadmate: Blade in an Enigma
Terrian: Terran
The Hard Corps start this mission slightly spread our on the eastern edge of the map with no enemies in sight. Kali jumps up to see what she can spot. There's mountian ridges to the Northeast, South, and West surrounding a large open area in the middle with a pair of small lakes in the center. The area actually looks like an ancient impact crater with the surrounding hills defining the rim and the small lakes being the center of the impact sight. (It actually looks better from the air, the screenie isn't as clear as it has some darkened out areas) There's a river network cutting across the map from the mid-western edge to the mid-southern edge, running just outside of the crater's edge. Kali stops noticing the geology of the area when she spots an unknown medium approaching the river from the far Southwest. In the open plains near the lakes there are two seperated lone clumps of heavy foliage, Kali desides to use the northern patch of cover, while Rocky and Blade will use the southern patch. Kali successsfully lands, she's getting better at that. Rocky tops a small hill on the way to his chossen spot and spots a unknown light just to the north of the medium that Kali spotted.
Both of the enemy titans jump across the river as the Hard Corps arrive in thier defensive locations. The enemy is now in scanner range and are identified as a Phobos and a Shredder. The Phobos jumps several hexes across the river and starts heading toward Kali's northmost position, but once it starts approaching, it turns toward Rocky and Blade. The Shredder also jumps for muliple hexes, moving behind the crater rim to the south of the Hard Corp only to reappear on the crater's southern rim four hexes away from Rocky and Kali. So far the Hard Corps only been scanning and taking a few pot shots at the incoming enemy titans, but now it's time to concentrate fire on the Shredder as the Phobos dodges it's way across the open ground of the crater floor.
Rocky manages to trip the Shredder with a PL blast as eveyone lays into it. It manages to stand, but it's taking heavy fire, Rocky trips it agian and the resulting fall takes off it's left leg. The squad desides to take a few more potshots at the downed Shredder hoping it will eject and not annoy the squad with stray shots as the Phobos closes. Blade takes out the LoT, not what he'd prefer, but the Shredder hasn't fired since falling and the squad decides they'll finish it off later since the Phobos is now only three hexes away from Rocky and Blade. The Phobos takes heavy fire and at one hex range Rocky trips it with his PLs. The Phobos makes it to it's feet and promptly ejects. The squad breaths a sigh of relief and turn thier attention back to the Shredder, but before they can even get a lock on it, it's jock ejects. An easy VICTORY.
The squad manages to salvage the Phobos, but choose to take the money instead. Not much xp at all, but it was a very easy fight. and the $186,838 made it worth while. Even better, as the repair cost for the whole squad came to a grand total of $787 for a new paint job on Rocky's Sparrowhawk. Rocky claims the Shredder did get in one hit on his titan, but the rest of the squad thinks he just wanted a new paint job.[:D]
Overall, By far the easiest battle the squad's had. Great position and a couple of lucky hits resulting in trips. Just my luck that when I do write one up it's not much excitement, but that don't bother the Hard Corps' jocks all that much[:D]
