Army of the Southern Cross

[Silanon]

"I don't know, sarge - think I'd rather take these cannons over usual shells every day; they certainly pack a punch. Nice shot, Eric, trying to follow it up." This time, Fia aims both cannons at the closest MPA once more, mentally preparing to not fall over when the recoil kicks in.

 

[Sherwood]

Fia braces for the kick, and is surprised when nothing happens. A brief overheat of the guns kicked in a safety feature and kept them from firing.

Orikanyo is up

Initiative Order:
19 - Fia [4]
18 - Heinrich [3] <====
15 - MPA 4-5 [2]
12 - Battle Pods 2 [2] light damage
12 - Battle Pods 3-5 [2]
10 - Moira -0/90/0 [2]
8 - Battle Pods 7-10 [2]
7 - Adrian [3]
7 - Eric [2]
5 - Heavy Infantry 1-10 [2]

 

[Orikanyo]

"Seems today will be a rough start." the man shifted into battle old mode before raising his gun pod towards the damaged pod.

 

[Sherwood]

Another miss. The Battle Pods are just very agile.

MPA 4 and 5 once more target Heinrich. Both will hit unless you dodge.

The next four Regult Pods fire on Moira. Two are clean misses, but two will hit unless you dodge.

Psychie is up next, and Orikanyo has a defense to declare

Initiative Order:
19 - Fia [4]
18 - Heinrich [4]
15 - MPA 4-5 [2]
12 - Battle Pods 2 [2] light damage
12 - Battle Pods 3-5 [2]
10 - Moira -0/90/0 [2] <====
8 - Battle Pods 7-10 [2]
7 - Adrian [3]
7 - Eric [2]
5 - Heavy Infantry 1-10 [2]

 

[Psychie]

With her last cannon shot of the round, she places the targeting icon on the damaged Regult pod and pulls the trigger. As soon as the bolt clears the barrel, she shifts her tank into its battloid mode to ready not only the EU-11 gun pod, but the shields to be able to parry the incoming fire.

 

[Psychie]

Forgot my dodge attempt.

 

[Sherwood]

Moira's target of the lightly damaged pod has now become the very dead pod, thanks to the power of your main gun. With your rapid transformation into Battloid mode, you were able to dodge one of the two shots, but the second slams into your tank hard. It does 120 MDC from the effects of the critical strike. You can take it on a shield if you want.

Battle Pods 7-10 shift their target to Eric, trying to light him up with their guns. One manages to hit him doing solid damage.

AldarisLordOfLight is up next, and Orikanyo has his defense to declare still

Initiative Order:
19 - Fia [4]
18 - Heinrich -50/0/0 [4]
15 - MPA 4-5 [2]
12 - Battle Pods 3-5 [2]
10 - Moira -120/90/0 [3]
8 - Battle Pods 7-10 [3]
7 - Adrian [3] <====
7 - Eric 0/60/0 [3]
5 - Heavy Infantry 1-10 [2]

 

[Psychie]

I'll take the damage on the left shield.

 

[Orikanyo]

"Damn it, luck is being prissy today!" Heinrich did his best to dodge the incoming shots.

 

[Sherwood]

One of the shots manages to connect, doing a total of 50 MDC to your armor. Do you take it on a shield?

 

[Orikanyo]

Heinrich raises his shield, wonder what the bloody hell was going on today. "Should we call in friends? We need to get in that damn base not get peppered by shots all day!"

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"Call in support if you have to, Doc. We need to push them back! RAGGGHHHH!" Adrian roared at the end, the haze of battle seems to have affected him due to the enormity of the battle. He quickly took aim at Battle Pod-3 and fired his Gun Pod.

 

[Sherwood]

Adrian fires his gun pod and scores a solid a solid hit.

Eric lines up the last double shot of his cannons at MPA 4, and he is able to knock out of the air.

The first five infantry fire at Eric, but he is able to dodge.

The second five fire at Moira. Only two will hit unless you dodge.

Initiative Order:
19 - Fia [4] <====
18 - Heinrich -50/0/0 [4]
15 - MPA 5 [2]
12 - Battle Pods 3 damaged
12 - Battle Pods 4-5 [2]
10 - Moira -120/90/0 [3]
8 - Battle Pods 7-10 [3]
7 - Adrian [4]
7 - Eric 0/60/0 [5]
5 - Heavy Infantry 1-10 [3]

 

[Psychie]

With a spinning twist, Moira tries to evade the incoming fire.

 

[Sherwood]

All around you, battle rages. But, there are various units that could provide some fire support if you were to call for an assist. The most likely to respond are the the helicopter gunships providing some support across the valley.

Mood is able to easily evade the incoming attacks.

Silanon is up with Fia.

 

[Silanon]

There's one more shot to be unleashed, right at the last MPA - not fearing the recoil this time, it should hopefully do some damage. "Think we're slowly getting there, sarge - your call if that's good enough, others might need support as well."

 

[Sherwood]

Another miss. The new guns have a few bugs in their targeting systems, it would seem.

Orikanyo is up

Initiative Order:
19 - Fia [5]
18 - Heinrich -50/0/0 [4] <====
15 - MPA 5 [2]
12 - Battle Pods 3 damaged
12 - Battle Pods 4-5 [2]
10 - Moira -120/90/0 [3]
8 - Battle Pods 7-10 [3]
7 - Adrian [4]
7 - Eric 0/60/0 [5]
5 - Heavy Infantry 1-10 [3]

 

[Orikanyo]

Heinrich opened his comes to the gunships. "This is the Winged Hussars calling in, we need some help with these enemies over here if possible. We have a handful of pods, heavy infantry and one still standing MPA that just doesn't know how to go the hell down and we cannot risk any more damage to our armor before we head inside.

Do you read me?"

Heinrich made his call,

 

[Sherwood]

The call goes out, and you quickly get a response. "Copy that, Hussars! This is Viper Lead, and we'll make a pass over your kill box and see what we can do to help you out. Viper Flight, strafe the ground targets and I'll hit the flyer. Remember, we're not being paid to take back any ordnance, so feel free to give until it hurts!"

From overhead, the three helicopter gunships come racing across the valley, guns blazing. One of the three targets the sole MPA with a salvo of five short range missiles, brining the Zentraedi unit down for the count. The other two rain missiles and gunfire into the ground units, taking out three of the Battle Pods and killing several of the dismounted infantry, leaving the rest pretty beat up. "Hope that helps, Hussars. We have other targets to hit."

Battle Pods 4-5 take shots at the evading helicopters, but fortunately for the flyers, the Pods miss.

Psychie is up

Initiative Order:
19 - Fia [5]
18 - Heinrich -50/0/0 [5]
12 - Battle Pods 4-5 [3]
10 - Moira -120/90/0 [3] <====
8 - Battle Pods 9-10 [3]
7 - Adrian [4]
7 - Eric 0/60/0 [5]
5 - Heavy Infantry 1-5 [3] wounded

 

[Psychie]

Moira spares a moment to give a mecha sized thumbs up to the choppers. "Thanks for the support, Vipers! Give 'em hell!" Still in a target rich environment. Who to hit next? Lets keep thinning out the wounded infantry. With her decision made, she raises up her gun pod and fires a burst at the nearest foot soldier.

 

[Sherwood]

A powerful burst hits the soldier in his already weakened armor, and with a cry, he falls to the ground, bleeding out.

Pods 9-10 both target Moira, but one is a clean miss and the other is almost as bad. You'll still need to dodge it unless you want to take the hit.

AldarisLordOfLight is up

Initiative Order:
19 - Fia [5]
18 - Heinrich -50/0/0 [5]
12 - Battle Pods 4-5 [3]
10 - Moira -120/90/0 [4]
8 - Battle Pods 9-10 [4]
7 - Adrian [4] <====
7 - Eric 0/60/0 [5]
5 - Heavy Infantry 1-4 [3] wounded

 

[Psychie]

Even though it is only one Pod, I will go ahead and dodge. At least the die roller is as 'kind' to the enemy as it is to us!

 

[Sherwood]

You are able to evade the fire easily.

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"Great shooting Vipers!" Adrian cheered, very much grateful for the air support provided by the helicopter gunships. "Right, time to finish off the rest then before anything happens..." He then aims his Gun Pod towards Battle Pod-4 and fires.

 

[Orikanyo]

"Copy that vipers, give our regards to the next poor bastards yea hit." heinrich responded before keeping watch of his own squad, feeling the pressure still... but thankful the targets got hit.