Army of the Southern Cross

[Sherwood]

Don't forget that we have a dice roller now! Down next to Post Reply is where it's at.

 

[Sherwood]

Heinrich brings the cannon low and points it towards pod 3, firing a round of sabot upon it.

"Hurry now, we must aid the others!"

Did you want me to post a roll for you, or would you like to do the honors?

 

[Silanon]

As the shots come her way, Fia does her best to dodge - not the most elegant maneuver, just a hasty move to the right, but hopefully enough to avoid any damage. "Getting targeted by a few of them. How do things look behind us, Lieutenant? Ready to disengage and offer support if needed - sarge, we might have some firepower to spare if there's need for it elsewhere."

 

[Silanon]

Bloody thing didn't take my roll - next try?

 

[Sherwood]

Both Pods manage to score hits on Fia, doing a total of 90 MDC to your main body.

Waiting on Orikanyo for his roll to hit

Order of Battle
Heinrich -20 [2] <====
Moira [2]
Pod 2 jammed [3]
Pods 3-4 [1]
Eric [1]
Raven-01 [1]
Adrian [1]
Zentraedi Infantry 6 [1]
Fia -90 [1]
Pods 6-8 [1]
Raven-02 [1]

 

[Orikanyo]

Roll for shot on pod.

 

[Sherwood]

Pod 3 tries a leap dodge, but Heinrich is able to track on it with your cannon, taking it out of the fight.

From his position at the rear of the convoy, the lieutenant calls out, "We are keeping the Zentraedi at bay, but they are being rather persistent. The sooner we can clear these Zeeks off, the better!"

Psychie is up next

Order of Battle
Heinrich -20 [3]
Moira [2] <====
Pod 2 jammed [3]
Pod 4 [1]
Eric [1]
Raven-01 [1]
Adrian [1]
Zentraedi Infantry 6 [1]
Fia -90 [1]
Pods 6-8 [1]
Raven-02 [1]

 

[Psychie]

Moira calls out, "These tanks are holding their own end of the fight pretty well! Time to take another Pod out of action!" She slews her tank around to face Pod 4, loading another sabot round into the chamber. "On the way!" BOOM!

Spoiler: Ammo Load

18 APFSDS
10 MPAT
5 Plasma
5 HEAT
5 Canister
3 Smoke
Armor at Full

 

[Psychie]

Forgot to add my rolls. Oops!

 

[Sherwood]

Misfire! The shell fails to fire, and will take an attack action to clear the weapon to be able to use on your next melee round. For now, your 105mm is out of action.

Regults 2 and 4 line up shots at Moira. One shot misses, but the other is a critical strike, and only a natural 20 can dodge it.

Eric, irritated after his last attack missed, takes careful aim with his main cannon and fires on pod 4. He hits, and the pod explodes.

Raven-01 turns to finish off the last of the dismounted infantry, and with a salvo of missiles, he is killed.

AldarisLordOfLight is up with Adrian

Order of Battle
Heinrich -20 [3]
Moira -120 [3]
Pod 2 jammed [4]
Eric [2]
Raven-01 [2]
Adrian [1] <====
Fia -90 [1]
Pods 6-8 [1]
Raven-02 [1]

 

[Psychie]

Moira is able to easily evade one of the shots, but the second homes in on her unerringly. She grinds her teeth with the anticipation of the impact, but Moira knows that her armor will hold well enough.

 

[Sherwood]

Damage for Moira. With the Critical, you take 120 MDC to your main body

 

[Orikanyo]

"Moira! Are you alright? That was one hell of a hit. back up if you need to!" the man barked into the comms surveying the situation of what was left. Most the pods were down, one of which was being jammed, the others they still had to take out. "More than halfway there! Lets take the rest down!"

 

[Psychie]

"Yeah, I'm good. That Pod just rattled my teeth a bit. That's a lesson for all of us; just because these Regults are light on armor, they have a good punch with those plasma cannons!" Moira shakes her head to clear the fog away. I am hurt, but this tank can take a lot more than that!

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"Shit, looks like they don't like us very much." Adrian commented before typing on his fuck your day up console once again. "This is for you Moira! I'll make sure that Pod's day is shittier than ours." He hollered over the comms. Soon enough, he begins his full on electronic assault on Regult Pod-4(6) by jamming its weapons and radar.

 

[Sherwood]

"Shit, looks like they don't like us very much." Adrian commented before typing on his fuck your day up console once again. "This is for you Moira! I'll make sure that Pod's day is shittier than ours." He hollered over the comms. Soon enough, he begins his full on electronic assault on Regult Pod-4 by jamming its weapons and radar.

Spoiler

The skill you want to use is Advanced Electronic Warfare, and that is a percentile roll. For that, you'll want to roll under your skill percentage, which at the moment is a 45%. I'll go ahead and use the d20 roll for it now, since you did roll the six. Also, Regult 4 has already been toasted, so we'll move your next round of jamming to Pod 6.

A powerful wave of electronic signals blast out from the Myrmidon at the offending Zentraedi unit. The Pod actually stumbles as the circuits in it are scrambled.

Silanon is up next with Fia

Order of Battle
Heinrich -20 [3]
Moira -120 [3]
Pod 2 jammed [4]
Eric [2]
Raven-01 [2]
Adrian [2]
Fia -90 [1] <====
Pod 6 jammed [3]
Pods 7-8 [1]
Raven-02 [1]

 

[Silanon]

A few lights on her screens turn red as the plasma shots connect, warning Fia to be more careful next time - and she's not the only one to take major damage, as Moira takes even more of a hit. For now, the hover tanks prove resilient enough to let the alarm signals end after just a short moment - but they'll better get rid of the Zentraedi soon.

"Returning fire - next armor-piercing shell's on the way. Can confirm, they shoot quite well, still all systems online, though."

Edit: Aiming at pod 7

Spoiler

Firing APFSDS - 7 remaining.

 

[Sherwood]

Fia's heavy shell flies out and smashes into the armored hull of the pod, leaving it critically damaged but still functional.

A signal comes across the airwaves, and those that speak Zentraedi understand the message. "Target acquired! Mission complete." With that, the three Regults that are next up immediately break off their attack and make a run into the treeline.

Raven-02 fires a burst from its autocannon into the back of the fleeing Pod that Fia hit, but the high speed of the Regult is enough to keep it from getting hit.

From behind you, there is a sudden blast of flames as one of the fuel trucks in the convoy explodes, sending a nasty shockwave out of burning fuel.

There is a brief moment that you have to react to the three fleeing Pods, and Pod 2 that hasn't had a chance to respond yet. Orikanyo is up with Heinrich, and everyone can make a d20 Perception roll

Order of Battle
Heinrich -20 [3]
Moira -120 [3]
Pod 2 jammed [4]
Eric [2]
Raven-01 [2]
Adrian [2]
Fia -90 [2]
Pod 6 jammed [4]
Pod 7 critically damaged [2]
Pod 8 -8 [2]
Raven-02 [2]

 

[Psychie]

"They're breaking off! I just heard someone say that they had their objective!" Moira begins to look around for what might be the target of the raid.

 

[Silanon]

In one moment, everything seemed under control - the LT not too concerned, the hover tanks slowly deciding the battle in favor of the human forces. Then, suddenly, a big explosion, as well as the call that a goal was accomplished - despite the losses they were taking moments ago. As enemies try to flee the battle, Fia quickly maneuvers her mecha around, trying to get a look at the convoy and hopefully spotting anything that needs sudden attention by the squad.

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"What the fuck! They got the drop on the convoy?!" Adrian exclaimed, alarmed that the enemy managed to get behind them with a knife going straight through their jugular without them even noticing. This was bad and all this trouble happened on the squad's first sortie too. "Dammit! What else is there..." He grumbled as he tried his best to focus on his surroundings.

 

[Sherwood]

Both Moira and Fia's eyes are drawn to the bonfire of the burning wreck of the fuel truck, and the resulting chaos of people and other vehicles trying to get away from the flames. Adrian, however, does spot a pair of the Male Power Armor suits boosting away from the fight, flying low along the treeline, carrying one of the cargo trucks between them. All the Zentraedi forces along the back of the convoy are either dead or pulling back, too. It would seem that whatever it is that they were after, it must be in that cargo container.

 

[Orikanyo]

"Sohn einer Hündin!" shouted their leader, looking QUITE unhappy about this new development! "The hell is going on back there! Status report!" he spoke as his eyes scanned wherever he could for whatever enemies were left. "Get to that last Regult and then-" Pause for dramatic effect of the perception check.

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"Son of a bitch!" Adrian slammed his fist on the controls of his Myrmidon. Fucking insurgents have Power Armor! They must have made their way towards the convoy while everyone's busy with the god forsaken fodder. He quickly grabbed his radio and patches through the squad comm channel. "Adrian to squad! They had fucking Male Power Armor. I repeat, gods damned Power Armor! They must have made their way towards the convoy while they sent in the fodder."

 

[Sherwood]

Heinrich quickly spots the two suits of MPA flying off, accelerating at top speed. You might be able to get a snap shot off at one of them with your cannon as they fly away, but it will be a straight roll, no bonuses to hit.