Thorny Rose:
Rosalina Sirene aka Red Rose on a Quantum, Human, Leader
Elizabeth Adams aka Betty on a Badger, Replicant I, Manager
Randolf Sorn aka Spike on a Guru, Replicant D, Mechanic
Delta Androids:
TGH-02M-5580551 aka Manager 1 on a Wasp, Android, Manager
HRD-03M-0010044 aka Mechanic 1 on a Wraithchild, Android, Leader/Mechanic
Savannah Map 22 x 22, against: Blizzard (medium), Hitman (medium)
The squad starts in the west section of the map, with the Droids further south of them The squad moves to the center of the map and Spots a Blizzard a long way off. The squad ducks out of LoS for a while and tries to sneak around some hills. The Blizzard pops up back into view again, it's heading northeast for some odd reason. Red Rose is concerned about not seeing any of the other enemies. Just then, an AC shot is heard. Red Rose checks and no one was hit, not even the droids. The enemy must be hiding and setting up smoke screens. The Thorny Rose moves in and bring down the Blizzard as fast as they could, however, the Blizzard's CLGs are strong and both Red Rose and Betty suffer heavy damage before they take out its LoT. The Droids move in to finish the job. Spike sets the hex's woods on fire as a parting gift.
They spot another medium a bit to the south. The squad then moves around the hills to try and attack it from behind while the Droids have its attention. Mechanic 1 had the enemy Hitman occupied while Manager 1 on the wasp was cleaning up the Blizzard. The Thorny Rose squad moves in from behind. Betty charges and misses sending herself crashing. Spike follows up and successfully charges, the Hitman is sent crashing down. Meanwhile, he jock on the Blizzard ejects after Manager 1 takes out a its RT. Betty took some pretty bad hits that damaged her electronic systems, however Spike and Mechanic 1 don't let up on their attacks. Red Rose crouches in some cover and fires her CLG and SL from a short distance. The Hitman struggles to get up, but Betty and Spike pound hard. After a few more shots, its LT and RT are disabled. The Hitman still doesn't give up and keeps on trying to stand. Spike then rips off its RL with a TB shot and its all over.
Victory!
Looks like Manager 1 on the Wasp got traumatized by its first battle and got overcautious. In this battle, it didn't even get a single scratch.
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Thirty-ninth Battle: Divided We Fall
Thorny Rose:
Rosalina Sirene aka Red Rose on a Quantum, Human, Leader
Elizabeth Adams aka Betty on a Badger, Replicant I, Manager
Randolf Sorn aka Spike on a Guru, Replicant D, Mechanic
Delta Androids:
TGH-02M-5580551 aka Manager 1 on a Wasp, Android, Manager
HRD-03M-0010044 aka Mechanic 1 on a Wraithchild, Android, Leader/Mechanic
Polar Map 22 x 22 against: Enigma (recon), Enigma (Recon), Rapier (Recon), Porcupine (Recon), Pike (Recon)
Thorny Rose starts in the southwest section of the map. The Droids were spotted up north moving eastward. Thorny Rose also move eastward. Several enemy recons are detected in the east. Red Rose hopes those droids don't just idle around, they're outnumbered without the Droids. The Thorny Rose squad tries to hide behind some cover while waiting for the Droids to appear. They take several hits from the enemy's SRMs. An enigma was right behind Spike and Betty. They try to charge it but both of them miss and it keeps moving around making it hard to shoot at. Spike then takes a bad beating taking too many hits to the head for comfort. Spike ejects clumsily hurting himself in the process but survives. Betty spots the Droids who finally joined the fray and are ganging up on the Porcupine. Still, things aren't looking good.
Red Rose tries to take on the isolated Pike but another Enigma and a Rapier sneak up from behind some hills. It's 3 against 1! Red Rose starts backing off...but it's too late. Three titans stack up on her, she's downed and tossed around. Red Rose tries hard to fight back, but her LT armor was getting too thin. Not wanting to risk an engine explosion, she ejects.
Betty is now left on her own. She manages to disable the Enigma that defeated Spike, but soon the Rapier, Enigma and Pike pop up. Betty tries her best to knock at least one of them down, but she fails. A hit to the cockpit results in a severe injury, Betty loses constitution! Soon, she is also forced to eject despite her lack of survival training. She checks 38/10, and suffers some damage but lives. It's all up to the droids now.
Manager 1 pops in just after Betty ejects and puts an AC12 to the enigma, causing its ammo to explode! Its CT is destroyed! Mechanic 1 follows up with its PL taking out the Enigma's RT. The Enigma's jock ejects. The Droids switch targets and they manage to force another enemy jock to eject before Mechanic 1 gets disabled. The enemy offers a Draw, and I accepted it.
This mission was a disaster! Poor decision making on my part. I took too many risks and failed all of them. It's really fortunate that the Droids managed to do what they did, I didn't really expect them to be that useful.
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Fortieth Battle:
Thorny Rose:
Rosalina Sirene aka Red Rose on a Quantum, Human, Leader
Elizabeth Adams aka Betty on a Badger, Replicant I, Manager
Randolf Sorn aka Spike on a Guru, Replicant D, Mechanic
Delta Androids:
TGH-02M-5580551 aka Manager 1 on a Wasp, Android, Manager
HRD-03M-0010044 aka Mechanic 1 on a Wraithchild, Android, Leader/Mechanic
Core Map 22 x 22 against: Scarab (Medium), Gravedigger (Medium), novice opponents.
After the previous battle, the Droids have earned Red Rose's respect. This time the Thorny Rose' squad tries to coordinate its movement with the Droids. The squad start out in the same Southeast section of the map and begin moving towards the center. Spike moves up front being the only titan who can run and not build up heat. He spots an enemy scarab just beyond the hills. He decides to fall back and wait for the enemy to close in. The rest of the squad creeps slowly. The droids however, climbed up the hill and engaged the enemy. Red Rose tries to follow but is talking forever as she can only walk. The Thorny Rose squad can only listen to distant sounds of battle. They can't see what's going on. Manager 1 on the Wasp is reporting critical damage, sounds like they have engaged in CC. Betty and Red Rose climb the mountain but still can't see where they are. It seems they are fighting at the foot of the mountain beyond LoS. Spike stops camping and tries to move in. Red Rose and Betty walk on to the next hex and spots the enemy, a Scarab and a Gravedigger.
Manager 1 was taking a bad beating and was forced to eject from his titan. Just then spike enters the hex and lands a TB to the scarabs' head. Hopefully that shakes him up a bit. Meanwhile Red Rose provides fire from 1 hex away as Betty is trying to get a scan. The Scarab runs to the next hex and ejects. Everyone changes target to the Gravedigger. The Squad rains fire on the Gravedigger and it loses an arm from a TB shot from Spike. It tries to get away by jumping up and forward into Mechanic 1's hex wherein Mechanic 1 promptly shoots the Gravedigger down with a PL to its LoT. The Gravedigger's LoT is disabled and the battle is won!
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Forty-first Battle: Sweet Vengeance
Thorny Rose:
Rosalina Sirene aka Red Rose on a Quantum, Human, Leader
Elizabeth Adams aka Betty on a Badger, Replicant I, Manager
Randolf Sorn aka Spike on a Guru, Replicant D, Mechanic
Delta Androids:
TGH-02M-5580551 aka Manager 1 on a Wasp, Android, Manager
HRD-03M-0010044 aka Mechanic 1 on a Wraithchild, Android, Leader/Mechanic
Polar Map 22 x 22, against: Axeman (Light), Wolfpack (Recon), Rogue (Recon), Club (Recon)
Thorny Rose and the Droids start in the Southwest section of the map and begin advancing eastward towards high ground with cover. Red Rose spots a Light titan and identifies it as an Axeman. Betty and Spike follow shortly. The Droids move up a different hill to south of Thorny Rose's location. Red Rose spots three more Recons moving towards them. Looks like the Droids can attack them from behind if the timing is right.
A TB shot from Spike overloads the Axeman's Shields, then Betty gets a hit with her BRG knocking it down. I just love this E combo! Red Rose follows up with her CLG but the Axeman makes its skill check despite the hit to the leg. The Axeman gets up. NB and PL shots are seen hitting the Axeman from a hidden location. Looks like the Droids have gotten LoS behind the enemy.
The enemy recons now advanced further and are starting to set the woods on fire in the hex that Thorny Rose is occupying. Spike and Red Rose change target to the Wolfpack and stand up to prepare for CC. The enemy Wolfpack makes it into the hex but trips itself while trying to kick Red Rose. Spike and Red Rose unload everything they've got on the Wolfpack but it still manages to get back up on its feet. Betty manages to get a BRG hit to the Axeman and knocks it down again before changing target to the Wolfpack.
Next, the enemy Rogue also makes it to the hex but also trips as it tries to kick. The enemy Club shortly follows also. What followed was a fast exchange of CC attacks. Red Rose lost her RT and with it, the BC making attacks difficult. She decides to run out of the hex first. Meanwhile, Betty and Spike disable the Wolfpack with their BRG and TB combo, it lost its arm and Leg quickly and the jock ejects, however the Rogue had its own BRG and knocks Betty down and chops off a leg with its Power Axe. Betty doesn't give up even when down and shoots off an arm from the Rogue with her MGs. The enemy club then shoots off an arm from Betty's Badger. Spike retaliates with a TB shot to the Rogue's CT and disables it. Had me worried for a while, I didn't know where its engine was and lucky its not in the CT. Betty and Spike change target to the Club. Red Rose had also changed target but will take forever since she lost her BC. Meanwhile, in the background, the Droids have tackled the Axeman, hopefully they'll defeat it.
Spike pretty much goes one on one with the Club, as Red Rose is unable to get a lock and Betty is down with only one MG functional. Spike is in the red with both his RT and LT. He keeps missing his TB and even set fire on the hex they were in. Red Rose is getting worried and hopes she gets a lock soon, she'll try to charge the Club as soon as she gets a lock. The Droids on the other hand have landed consecutive headshots against the Axeman and forces its jock to eject! Things are looking good as more back up is coming. But then Spike shows that he doesn't need any help and LANDS A TESLA BOLT TO THE CLUB'S HEAD!!! YEEEAAAAAAAAH! SWEET VENGEANCE IS FINALLY MINE!!!
This Victory is dedicated to all the Thorny Rose jocks who died by a TB to the head.
The Axeman is awarded as salvage, Thorny Rose lets the Droids claim the salvaged titan. Betty is promoted to Novice.
After DP allocation, the Squads now look like this:
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Jock: Rosalina Sirene aka Red Rose
Squad: Thorny Rose
Race: HUMAN [FEMALE]
Age: 21 years 11 months
Height: 186 cm
Weight: 72 kg
Rank: VETERAN [5]
Salary: 27348 $ / month
Titan: Quantum [40.0 t]
Battles: 42 [Wins/Losses: 39/03]
Hit ratio: 45 %
Kills: 3
XP: 39376 / 53000
DP: Pilot: 007 / Combat: 006 / Other: 000
Leader: Recruit rookie mod 67%
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Attributes:
INTELLIGENCE: 13
NEURAL SENSE: 12
REACTION: 14
INSTINCT: 14
DEXTERITY: 14
CONSTITUTION: 12 HP: 108
CHARISMA: 17
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Skills:
RECON/LIGHT: 070 % [070] +
MEDIUM/HEAVY: 017 % [063] --
ASSAULT: 031 % [063]
JUMP: 035 % [070]
SCOUTING: 068 % [068]
CLOSE COMBAT: 066 % [070]
GUIDED MSL.: 009 % [066] ---
UNGUIDED MSL.: 015 % [070] --
CANNON: 021 % [070] -
ENERGY WEAPON: 070 % [070] +
INDIRECT FIRE: 022 % [068] -
EL. WARFARE: 008 % [066] ---
SCANNER: 063 % [063]
DEFENSIVE: 026 % [068] -
DMG. CONTROL: 005 % [066] ---
LEADERSHIP: 076 % [078] +
BUSINESS: 021 % [071] -
SURVIVAL: 060 % [066]
MEDICAL: 060 % [066]
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Jock: Elizabeth Adams aka Betty
Squad: Thorny Rose
Race: REPLICANT I [FEMALE]
Age: 22 years 1 months
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 58 kg
Rank: NOVICE [3]
Salary: 8820 $ / month
Titan: Badger [40.0 t]
Battles: 15 [Wins/Losses: 15/00]
Hit ratio: 52 %
Kills: 0
XP: 12287 / 22800
DP: Pilot: 263 / Combat: 002 / Other: 002
Manager: Purchase markup 04%
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Attributes:
INTELLIGENCE: 14
NEURAL SENSE: 10
REACTION: 13
INSTINCT: 11
DEXTERITY: 12
CONSTITUTION: 11 HP: 99
CHARISMA: 12
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Skills:
RECON/LIGHT: 060 % [061]
MEDIUM/HEAVY: 036 % [053]
ASSAULT: 040 % [053]
JUMP: 016 % [061] --
SCOUTING: 060 % [060]
CLOSE COMBAT: 058 % [058]
GUIDED MSL.: 020 % [065] -
UNGUIDED MSL.: 025 % [061] -
CANNON: 063 % [063]
ENERGY WEAPON: 060 % [063]
INDIRECT FIRE: 012 % [060] --
EL. WARFARE: 013 % [065] --
SCANNER: 030 % [063]
DEFENSIVE: 019 % [063] --
DMG. CONTROL: 039 % [066]
LEADERSHIP: 020 % [063] -
BUSINESS: 066 % [066]
SURVIVAL: 049 % [055]
MEDICAL: 011 % [066] --
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Jock: Randolf Sorn aka Spike
Squad: Thorny Rose
Race: REPLICANT D [MALE]
Age: 27 years 6 months
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 83 kg
Rank: GREEN [2]
Salary: 11016 $ / month
Titan: Guru [40.0 t]
Battles: 14 [Wins/Losses: 14/00]
Hit ratio: 56 %
Kills: 3
XP: 12313 / 12400
DP: Pilot: 185 / Combat: 002 / Other: 001
Mechanic: Repair markup 05%
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Attributes:
INTELLIGENCE: 13
NEURAL SENSE: 10
REACTION: 12
INSTINCT: 09
DEXTERITY: 13
CONSTITUTION: 12 HP: 108
CHARISMA: 09
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Skills:
RECON/LIGHT: 063 % [063]
MEDIUM/HEAVY: 014 % [055] --
ASSAULT: 022 % [055] -
JUMP: 013 % [063] --
SCOUTING: 051 % [051]
CLOSE COMBAT: 050 % [050]
GUIDED MSL.: 007 % [058] ---
UNGUIDED MSL.: 025 % [063] -
CANNON: 060 % [061]
ENERGY WEAPON: 061 % [061]
INDIRECT FIRE: 028 % [051] -
EL. WARFARE: 010 % [058] --
SCANNER: 060 % [060]
DEFENSIVE: 019 % [065] --
DMG. CONTROL: 065 % [065]
LEADERSHIP: 029 % [051] -
BUSINESS: 014 % [058] --
SURVIVAL: 050 % [050]
MEDICAL: 022 % [065] -
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Jock: TGH-02M-5580551 aka Manager 1
Squad: Delta Androids
Race: ANDROID [N/A]
Age: 6 years 11 months
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 88 kg
Rank: GREEN [2]
Salary: 5100 $ / month
Titan: Axeman [69.8 t]
Battles: 05 [Wins/Losses: 05/00]
Hit ratio: 60 %
Kills: 0
XP: 6864 / 11600
DP: Pilot: 001 / Combat: 059 / Other: 000
Manager: Purchase markup 05%
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Attributes:
INTELLIGENCE: 14
NEURAL SENSE: 10
REACTION: 13
INSTINCT: 09
DEXTERITY: 10
CONSTITUTION: 10 HP: 90
CHARISMA: 11
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Skills:
RECON/LIGHT: 055 % [055]
MEDIUM/HEAVY: 018 % [050] --
ASSAULT: 032 % [050]
JUMP: 047 % [055]
SCOUTING: 007 % [053] ---
CLOSE COMBAT: 051 % [051]
GUIDED MSL.: 003 % [061] ---
UNGUIDED MSL.: 034 % [055]
CANNON: 060 % [060]
ENERGY WEAPON: 023 % [060] -
INDIRECT FIRE: 032 % [053]
EL. WARFARE: 017 % [061] --
SCANNER: 027 % [063] -
DEFENSIVE: 019 % [056] --
DMG. CONTROL: 011 % [063] --
LEADERSHIP: 016 % [060] --
BUSINESS: 065 % [065]
SURVIVAL: 037 % [046]
MEDICAL: 022 % [063] -
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Jock: HRD-03M-0010044 aka Mechanic 1
Squad: Delta Androids
Race: ANDROID [N/A]
Age: 8 years 10 months
Height: 192 cm
Weight: 90 kg
Rank: GREEN [2]
Salary: 7812 $ / month
Titan: Wrathchild [40.0 t]
Battles: 05 [Wins/Losses: 05/00]
Hit ratio: 48 %
Kills: 2
XP: 7952 / 12000
DP: Pilot: 004 / Combat: 001 / Other: 001
Leader: Recruit rookie mod 18%
Mechanic: Repair markup 05%
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Attributes:
INTELLIGENCE: 13
NEURAL SENSE: 12
REACTION: 13
INSTINCT: 10
DEXTERITY: 13
CONSTITUTION: 10 HP: 90
CHARISMA: 10
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Skills:
RECON/LIGHT: 065 % [065]
MEDIUM/HEAVY: 020 % [061] -
ASSAULT: 012 % [061] --
JUMP: 012 % [065] --
SCOUTING: 051 % [055]
CLOSE COMBAT: 035 % [055]
GUIDED MSL.: 010 % [060] --
UNGUIDED MSL.: 008 % [065] ---
CANNON: 024 % [065] -
ENERGY WEAPON: 065 % [065]
INDIRECT FIRE: 018 % [055] --
EL. WARFARE: 016 % [060] --
SCANNER: 029 % [063] -
DEFENSIVE: 020 % [065] -
DMG. CONTROL: 065 % [065]
LEADERSHIP: 018 % [055] --
BUSINESS: 024 % [060] -
SURVIVAL: 046 % [050]
MEDICAL: 016 % [065] --
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