Army of the Southern Cross

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"Close, but no cigar." Adrian lets out a sigh of relief that the Chaff and flares were successful for now. "Annoying buggers you lot are. Missiles left, right and center. Either we get some external rocket pods of our own or automated machinegun platforms to shoot that load of bullshit down."

 

[Orikanyo]

"Damn thing is tough, thougher than first thought. Change of plan, spread focus on other enemies, that thing is just a god damn wall of armor, we can't let it's little friends pepper us as we try and throw rocks at it. Moira, you and I will deal with the FPAs, the rest of you keep fire upon it. If you feel the shot has better uae get rid of one of the FPAs, i'll sweep the infantry once done." the man reevaluated targets before lowering his gun towards FPA 3

"This is gonna be an anoying fight..."

 

[Sherwood]

Heinrich's shot flies out at the FPA and slams into it hard, causing heavy damage but it is still active.

The Cyclops has apparently decided that it wants to be anywhere but here, and it begins to lift off.

FPA 3 and 4 also kick in their jets to take to the air, probably to escort the Cyclops. But, before they go, each one fires off a spray of twelve missiles, one volley at Eric and the second one at Heinrich. Eric manages to use his chaff to evade the attack, but the one aiming at Heinrich is way off target, and makes a clean miss. No need to defend.

Psychie is up

Combat Order:
23 - Fia [1]
21 - Adrian [1]
18 - FPA 1-2 [1]
17 - Eric [1]
15 - Infantry 1-6 [1]
12 - Heinrich [1]
10 - Cyclops -190
9 - FPA 3 damaged [1]
9 - FPA 4 [1]
6 - Moira <====
4 - Micronized Infantry 1-10

 

[Psychie]

Seeing the Cyclops beginning to lift fills Moira with anger. The cowards are trying to get away! Even if I shoot it, its armor will hold, and I will have failed to obey my sergeant's orders. Must do as I have been commanded. "Targeting that damaged unit. Sabot downrange."

Spoiler

13 Sabot
10 Plasma
9 MPAT
5 HEAT
5 Canister
3 Smoke

 

[Sherwood]

There is a brief glitch in your targeting system that puts your targeting a bit off and you miss. Probably due to the interference from the Cyclops.

The micronized infantry scatter, trying to get into the remains of the burning aircraft.

Silanon is up with Fia

Combat Order:
23 - Fia [1] <====
21 - Adrian [1]
18 - FPA 1-2 [1]
17 - Eric [1]
15 - Infantry 1-6 [1]
12 - Heinrich [1]
10 - Cyclops -190 [1] withdrawing
9 - FPA 3 damaged [1]
9 - FPA 4 [1]
6 - Moira [1]
4 - Micronized Infantry 1-10 [1]

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"Fia! Eric! We have to bring the damned thing down! It's bugging out and my gut tells me it's a bad idea if it fucks off!" Adrian hollered through comms as he gazed upon the retreating figure of the Cyclops. 'Dammit! We can't let you get away!'

 

[Silanon]

"Got you - next sabot round is on the way, trying to land a hit on the thrusters. Thing's heavily armored, almost did no damage - gotta hope for a lucky shot."

 

[Sherwood]

The shot hits the engines, doing sizable damage. The Cyclops is still rising in its attempt to get away.

AldarisLordOfLight is up

Combat Order:
23 - Fia [2]
21 - Adrian [1] <====
18 - FPA 1-2 [1]
17 - Eric [1]
15 - Infantry 1-6 [1]
12 - Heinrich [1]
10 - Cyclops -190/90 [1] withdrawing
9 - FPA 3 damaged [1]
9 - FPA 4 [1]
6 - Moira [1]
4 - Micronized Infantry 1-10 [1]

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"You are not getting away from us dammit!" Adrian took aim, intent on busting the Cyclops' thrusters. "Please, hit dammit..."

 

[Sherwood]

Adrian hits the engine assembly with the shell, doing a tremendous amount of damage. The Cyclops is wobbling in the air from the impact, but still rising, albeit a bit slower.

The two FPA suits jump up and fire off a spray of missiles, ten each, one set aimed at Adrian and one set aimed at Eric. But as luck would have it, both volleys of missiles miss their targets!

Eric decides to pour on the hurt on the engines, and with a perfectly placed shot, he cripples the thrusters of the Zentraedi ship and it begins to drop down out of the sky and land on its spindly legs. He lets out a wild yell, "Yeah! You ain't going nowhere, bitch! Stick around for a while! Sarge, call for a artillery strike on this thing and take it out!"

The six infantry begin to run forward, and will be in range of their lighter guns soon.

Orikanyo is up

Combat Order:
23 - Fia [2]
21 - Adrian [2]
18 - FPA 1-2 [2]
17 - Eric [2]
15 - Infantry 1-6 [2]
12 - Heinrich [1] <====
10 - Cyclops -190 [1] withdrawing/grounded
9 - FPA 3 damaged [1]
9 - FPA 4 [1]
6 - Moira [1]
4 - Micronized Infantry 1-10 [1]

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"Again with the fucking rockets!" Adrian grumbled as he quickly flipped the switch for the Chaff system of his Chimera. "Gods above, please work."

 

[Sherwood]

But as luck would have it, both volleys of missiles miss their targets!

Reprinting for clarity. No need to chaff; they missed you cleanly.

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

Adrian's eyes were wide with disbelief. "Fuck, I did another panic move! I thought the drill sergeants beaten that habit out of me." He said in disbelief and embarrassment.

 

[Orikanyo]

"Well done! making up for your sergeant's stupidity in not useing it in the first place eh?" he joked, and chided himself for his idiocy.. Careing to much about other things to remember what he had in his hands all along.

But now.. he had some codes to call in.

"This is Sergeant heinrich Schneider of the Winged Hussars requesting immediate artillery or missile strike on target location, we have a Cyclops in need of sever applications of force." the man radioed in while giving coordinates and locations, ready to guide their shots.

 

[Sherwood]

Over eighty miles away, at Forward Firebase Delta, there is a very busy group of six Monster Artillery mecha are lending support to various allied units within their firing range. Two of the six are currently being reloaded, so they are not available for this mission. The other four, however, swivel as one towards the coordinates given by Heinrich. The four mecha raise up their 40 cm cannons, and soon, all sixteen guns fire, belching flames out a hundred feet into the air.

Spoiler

Basically, each Monster has four 16 inch cannons on it, and when they fire, it looks a lot like this:

With a ripping sound, the sixteen heavy sabot rounds fall through the air and hammer the Cyclops from above. Thanks to the expert job of designating, not only did the shells hit but they scored a critical strike, blasting the heavy armor to bits. An earth-shattering explosion thunders throughout the valley, dazing the foot soldiers (both full sized and micronized) and causing them to lose their next actions.

The next two FPA suits are now as mad as a bunch of hornets whose hive has been hit by a stick. One targets Moira with twenty mini-missiles, and the second aims her ordnance at Fia, also with a massive load of 20 minis. This time, they will hit unless you do something.

Psychie is up next to attack and defend against the missiles, and Silanon needs to declare his defense for Fia

Combat Order:
23 - Fia [2]
21 - Adrian [2]
18 - FPA 1-2 [2]
17 - Eric [2]
15 - Infantry 1-6 [3]
12 - Heinrich [2]
9 - FPA 3 damaged [2]
9 - FPA 4 [2]
6 - Moira [1] <====
4 - Micronized Infantry 1-10 [2]

 

[Sherwood]

Forgot to roll for the missile strike

 

[Psychie]

Moira looks up in shock at the devastation of the heavy shells. "Holy crap! Great shooting, guys!" Her next thought is to defend against the shitload of missiles. If they hit, it will hurt big time. Shifting into Battloid mode, she fires off her chaff and flares, hoping to confuse the incoming shots. She raises up her shields to take the hit if her flares and chaff fail. In the meantime, she fires a shot from her gun pod at the damaged FPA, trying to whittle its armor down even more.

Spoiler: Ammo Loadout

12 Sabot
10 Plasma
9 MPAT
5 HEAT
5 Canister
3 Smoke

 

[Sherwood]

This time, the missiles manage to home in without distraction, and they slam into Moira's tank with a devastating blast doing a total of 480 MDC. This damage can be split between your two shields and your main body as you wish. On the good side, you are able to score hit on FPA 3, causing even more damage to her.

Combat Order:
23 - Fia [2] <====
21 - Adrian [2]
18 - FPA 1-2 [2]
17 - Eric [2]
15 - Infantry 1-6 [3]
12 - Heinrich [2]
9 - FPA 3 badly damaged [2]
9 - FPA 4 [2]
6 - Moira -200/80/200 [2]
4 - Micronized Infantry 1-10 [2]

 

[Psychie]

I'll take it as 200 on each of my shields and 80 on the main body.

 

[Psychie]

Moira calls out, "Sonofabitch! That shot hurts! My ears are ringing! Alright! That does it. Time to open up a whole case of whoop-ass on these bitches!"

 

[Silanon]

Almost in unison with Moira, Fia's mecha transforms as well, preparing for the missiles' impact in case that the chaffs do not suffice. "Volley incoming, distractive load fired - shields at the ready if things go poorly." As soon as she has weathered the storm, hopefully more successful than her Zentraedian comrade, she will then raise her own gunpod, trying to shoot down the FPA that's already heavily damaged by Moira's hit.

 

[Sherwood]

Another case where the pilot of the Female Powered Armor anticipates your using the Chaff/Flares, and is able to compensate with her aim. The missiles hit, ravaging your armor, but fortunately, your shields are holding. You take a total of 450 MDC, split between your two arm shields for 225 on each. The impact from the missile strike is enough to throw your aim off, and you miss your shot.

AldarisLordOfLight is up next

Combat Order:
23 - Fia -225/0/225 [3]
21 - Adrian [2]
18 - FPA 1-2 [2]
17 - Eric [2]
15 - Infantry 1-6 [3]
12 - Heinrich [2]
9 - FPA 3 badly damaged [2]
9 - FPA 4 [2]
6 - Moira -200/80/200 [2]
4 - Micronized Infantry 1-10 [2]

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"Damn, another barrage of missiles! You damned FPAs are getting on my nerves..." Adrian grumbled at the end as he steadily aimed his cannon at FPA-1 before firing. "I have a nice juicy MPAT round with your name on it!"

 

[Sherwood]

Your main cannon jams! It will require you to use an action to unjam the mechanism. In the meantime, you have the EU-11 gun pod that you can use or your EW pods.

FPA 1 and 2 fire a burst with their forearm particle cannons, the first at Eric and the second at Heinrich. The first one scores a hard hit on Eric, but the second one misses Heinrich with a wide shot.

Eric readies his gun pod and fires a burst up at FPA 3, and manages to finally swat her out of the sky.

The six full sized Zentraedi infantrymen charge forward, and will be close enough to fire on their next actions.

Orikanyo is up

Combat Order:
23 - Fia -225/0/225 [3]
21 - Adrian [3]
18 - FPA 1-2 [3]
17 - Eric 0/120/0 [3]
15 - Infantry 1-6 [4]
12 - Heinrich [2] <====
9 - FPA 4 [2]
6 - Moira -200/80/200 [2]
4 - Micronized Infantry 1-10 [2]

 

[Orikanyo]

"Damn it, We're taking some heavy hits. Focus them down, show them no mercy! I shall clear these infantry, we don't want them swarming us!" heinrich loaded up yet another plasma shell, aimed, and then launched the payload upon the group.