Robotech - Southern Cross Adventure

[Psychie]

The volley of missiles fly straight through the cloud of chaff and flares and strike Ryuko's Ajax hard, crippling the mecha and causing it to drop from the sky in a flash of fire and smoke.

O'Brien targets Primary Drone 4 with eight of his plasma mini missiles, causing it to explode from the hit.

Heavy Drones 4-6 target Marlon in his tank, and they will hit unless you dodge or parry.

Lt. Costas drops his tank into its guardian mode and fires a twin blast at Primary Drone 1, but he misses.

Neo uses her main gun to see if she can finish off Primary Drone 1, and she manages to hit it with the particle cannon, but it was only a glancing blow so the drone is still up and active, even as its armor is smoking with a huge hole in it.

D. Rex is up, and you have a defense to declare

Initiative Order
18 - Alan -0/-60/-0 [3]
17 - Gabi [2]
16 - Primary Drone 1 [4] critical damage
16 - Primary Drone 2 [1]
15 - Cooper [2]
14 - Deunan [3]
9 - O'Brien [1]
8 - Heavy Drones 4-6 [1]
7 - Costas light damage [1]
6 - Neo [1]
4 - Marlon -0/-60/-0 <====

 

[D. Rex]

Gritting his teeth from the Shockwave of missiles exploding nearby, Marlon did not neglect to to see incoming fire stream his way. Slamming the controls to make a hard left, Marlon hurriedly tried to get out of the way of the blasts. He, however, dod not return fire. But instead fired a burst at Primary Drone 1.

Dodge: 18
Strike: Nat 4

 

[Psychie]

Two of the three attacks manage to strike home against Marlon's armor, doing a total of 70 MD to you. Your armor is holding. But, the shock of the impacts throw off your aim just enough to keep from hitting your target.

Rykon is up

Initiative Order
18 - Alan -0/-60/-0 [3] <====
17 - Gabi [2]
16 - Primary Drone 1 [4] critical damage
16 - Primary Drone 2 [1]
15 - Cooper [2]
14 - Deunan [3]
9 - O'Brien [1]
8 - Heavy Drones 4-6 [1]
7 - Costas light damage [1]
6 - Neo [1]
4 - Marlon -0/-130/-0 [2]

 

[Rykon]

Alan grits his teeth and lets the numbness of adrenaline overtake him in the hail of missiles, plasma, and energy streams pouring through the Robotech Master's vessel. Out of reflex, he points his cannon at the densest group of enemies and let's the MPAT fly.

Attacking Heavy Drones 4-6 with the MPAT shell. I believe that's the second and final shot for this melee. And yet another miss...

 

[Purr]

When it was Gabi's turn to strike, she blasted away with her dual ion cannons. In moments like these, she felt very alive. Her sweat clinging to her body, her breath firing in and out of her lungs, her senses trying to be everywhere at once, it all came together in the moment - for life and death could change in an instant.

"Good tries, you guys! Misses or no misses, sometimes I think it's just how many times you get to roll the dice, you know?"

 

[Psychie]

Gabi's dual blast hits the damaged drone and rips into it hard, destroying it.

The last Primary Drone tries another missile salvo, but this time only launches 12 of its payload, this time at Deunan. They will hit unless you either shoot them down or use your chaff.

Cooper raises up her Gu-11 and fires a burst into the last Primary Drone, scoring a good hit.

Sherwood is up, and you have a defense to declare.

Initiative Order
18 - Alan -0/-60/-0 [4]
17 - Gabi [3]
16 - Primary Drone 2 [2] moderate damage
15 - Cooper [3]
14 - Deunan [3] <====
9 - O'Brien [1]
8 - Heavy Drones 4-6 [1]
7 - Costas light damage [1]
6 - Neo [1]
4 - Marlon -0/-130/-0 [2]

 

[Sherwood]

With a snarled curse, Deunan triggers her chaff to try and keep from getting blasted by the missiles, and raises up her Eu-11 and fires a burst at the Primary Drone.

Spoiler

In the Hover Tank:
Number of Attacks: 9 - +1 attack per melee round at levels 1, 3, 6, 10, and 14
Strike: +12 with Cannons, +13 to HtH, +14 with EU-11 (+2)
Parry: +17 (+1)
Dodge: +17 (+1)
Roll: +9
Perception: +12
Initiative: +3 (+2)
Critical Strike on a natural 18-20

 

[Psychie]

Deunan's luck is still with her as the missiles explode all around her, tearing up the deck and covering it in flames. Your follow up attack hits, adding to the level of damage done to the drone.

O'Brien uses his own gun pod to attack the Primary Drone, and scores a critical hit doing well over 120 MDC in a single hit.

Heavy Drones 4-6 target Marlon with another set of plasma blasts. They will hit unless you dodge.

Lt Costas gets lucky with a twin shot on the missile carrier drone, blasting it to bits and stopping that threat.

Neo fires her main gun at Heavy Drone 4, finishing it off.

D. Rex is up

Initiative Order
18 - Alan -0/-60/-0 [4]
17 - Gabi [3]
15 - Cooper [3]
14 - Deunan [5]
9 - O'Brien [2]
8 - Heavy Drones 5-6 [2]
7 - Costas light damage [2]
6 - Neo [2]
4 - Marlon -0/-130/-0 [2] <====

 

[Purr]

At the terrific display of destroyed foes, Gabi nodded and cheered. "Nice shooting! Sweet kills, amigos!"

 

[D. Rex]

Barely recovering from the recoil of the last barrage of fire, Marlon scrambles away, taking a diving roll to avoid the blasts. Bringing up his gunpod, he unleashes another burst of ineffective suppressive fire at the remaining drones.

Dodge: Nat 1
Strike: 19 (crit, for max damage)

Damage: 140

 

[Psychie]

Marlon's tank is rocked by more weapon fire, taking another 130 MDC of damage. Your counter fire hits and successfully wipes out one more drone.

Rykon is up

Initiative Order
18 - Alan -0/-60/-0 [4] <====
17 - Gabi [3]
15 - Cooper [3]
14 - Deunan [5]
9 - O'Brien [2]
8 - Heavy Drone 6 [2]
7 - Costas light damage [2]
6 - Neo [2]
4 - Marlon -0/-260/-0 [4]

 

[Rykon]

Alan swaps the active weapon in his systems over to the particle cannon and takes a deep breath. With an effort to calmly focus on his target, he fires upon Heavy Drone 6 with a prayer that the shot hit its mark. "C'mon! It's time to end this!"

 

[Psychie]

Another misfire. The cannon will need a moment to reset before it can fire again.

Purr is up

Initiative Order
18 - Alan -0/-60/-0 [5]
17 - Gabi [3] <====
15 - Cooper [3]
14 - Deunan [5]
9 - O'Brien [2]
8 - Heavy Drone 6 [2]
7 - Costas light damage [2]
6 - Neo [2]
4 - Marlon -0/-260/-0 [4]

 

[Purr]

Seeing Marlon taking serious damage, Gabi tried to "buzz" the Heavy Drone in an attempt to get its attention. As she did, she loosed a barrage of chaff and flares to light up the airspace between them and help her Ajax stand out. This she followed up with a dual ion cannon blast to its main body.

"Heeey ugly! Over here!"

 

[Psychie]

Between Gabi and Cooper's gun pod fire, the last of the drones are taken out of the fight.

Moving out of combat time.

The area around you is all torn up from the various missile strikes and particle beam blasts going off around you, but at least the elevators are still intact and functional.

 

[Purr]

Gabi "Chrome Shaman" De la Rosa
Tac Corp Special Forces Recon Patrol​

Spoiler: Payload and Combat Details

VHT-10A Ajax mode: Helicopter.

Missile Payload:
Hardpoint #1 - 8/15 Plasma/Napalm (medium) mini-missiles: 1d6x10 M.D., 1 mile, 15 foot radius, 1 M.D.C.
Hardpoint #2 - 8/15 Plasma/Napalm (medium) mini-missiles: 1d6x10 M.D., 1 mile, 15 foot radius, 1 M.D.C.
Hardpoint #3 - 5/5 Plasma/Napalm (medium) Short-range missiles: 2D6x10 M.D., 3 mile range, 15 foot radius, 5 M.D.C.
Hardpoint #4 - Electronic Counter-Measures Pod

"Ai Dios mio, ("Oh my God") what is next?" Gabriela shook in the seat of her Ajax as the adrenaline in her system continued to work through her. She turned and patted Dragonfly who continued to faithfully record all. "Crazy days!" She found herself still scanning the area for any enemies they may have missed and putting in a pair of twin ion blasts into any drone that may have still been functional and "playing possum."

"Everybody O.K.? Marlon, your tank... it looks like you went a few rounds with that Mike Tyson guy, you know? Air wing, you guys were super! How you all doin'?"

Gabi didn't know Lt. Costas well-enough to be this familiar with him so instead, she turned to where she had last seen him and looked to see how he was doing. She felt better having Lt. Conway speak to the other officer.

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STATUS

Location: Inside the Robotech Factory.
Statblock: VHT-10A Ajax (400/400 M.D.). CBR Mk 2E Armor (105/105 M.D.). Heavy Shield (55/55 M.D.).
Effects Active: Command Spartas Combat Bonuses.

 

[D. Rex]

"I'm fine here, its just some superficial damage." He lied as he ran a system diagnostic to make sure nothing was too damaged. "It will serve to our favor though. So long as the AI thinks we are struggling, it won't send overwhelming forces at us. But if we keep winning like this, I think we can start expecting some heavier drones sent our way."

Marlon shook his gunpod in irritation."Bah... even these new EU-11s are disappointingly impotent. What we need is a proper heavy rifle or battloid sized LMG."

 

[Sherwood]

Deunan nods in agreement, saying, "Be it as it may, we still have a job to do and can try to get some better weapons lined up in place of the Eu-11 when we are all done. In the mean time, Marlon, you need to start using those shields for something more than a set of pretty decorations. I can't afford to lose any of you. Now, lets take a look at these elevators and see what we have to do to get to the next level up."

 

[Purr]

Marlon shook his gunpod in irritation."Bah... even these new EU-11s are disappointingly impotent. What we need is a proper heavy rifle or battloid sized LMG."

The engineer in Gabi came out. "I'd love to create a mini-version of the GU-11 rotary cannon. That is one heck of a design. All that ammunition flying through it and it hardly ever jams and still packs a great punch!"

Gabriela moved toward the elevators and examined them.

 

[Psychie]

A quick look at the elevators shows that it is as simple as you can get to call for a car to arrive; just press a button and a few seconds later, the doors ope up with a whoosh, revealing a large platform big enough to fit all of you at once with room to spare.

Neo tromps her tank inside and says, "Remember everyone, we are looking for the command center, and that is one level up from here."

 

[Purr]

Noting their race against the clock, Gabi activated the elevator, backed her Ajax off (trusting nothing as Recon Patrol often did when on the prowl) and informed everyone.

"''Ey, LT! Elevator's on its way! Air team, cover the car in case its not empty!" Gabi did just this - taking cover and readying her weaponry in case they had company.

 

[Sherwood]

Deunan says, "Just so long as it doesn't start playing the Muzak version of 'The Girl From Ipanina' we should be good. Everyone, just keep watch on the time. We have less than 90 minutes to get the virus program inserted before it is fold space time."

On a private line to Marlon, she goes on with, "Hey. You are starting to make me worry. Are you fishing for a medal, or a plot of dirt six feet deep? Your tank has wonderful amounts of armor in your shields. Please use them, because if you die, I'll kick your ass."

 

[Psychie]

The elevator doors whoosh open and it reveals that the car is empty, and is easily large enough to house all of the team's mecha without having to split the party up. Even more good news is that there is no horrifying Muzak to listen to, sparing your sanity from that kind of onslaught.

When the doors open, you find that there are a few differences in the layout of this particular factory from the one that the RDF forces were able to secure. There is a massive circular chamber in front of you, measuring about eight miles across and two miles high! Even stranger is what is in this chamber. It is a city that looks to be taken right out of old Greece or Rome, with what appears to be marble buildings with fancy pillars holding up the well decorated roofs. The scale of the buildings are set for human-sized occupants, not the massive Zentraedi soldiers.

In the very center of the chamber is a tall tower rising up at least fifteen hundred feet high, and several hundred feet wide at the top of the tower. Even from your distant perspective, this tower is clearly a MDC structure.

Lt. Costas lets out a little chuckle. "It looks like the Robotech Masters are trying to compensate for some . . . shortcomings. If you guys know what I mean."

 

[Sherwood]

Deunan snorts. "All the small dick jokes aside, it looks like that tower is our target. We still have some time, so lets not just race out into the open. Use the buildings as cover, and advance as quietly as possible. Remember, we all have a copy of the virus program, so just as long as one of us gets access to the computers in there and enters the program, we win the day."

She looks around, looking for any signs of drones. "Lets go."

 

[Psychie]

Anyone that is interested in looking for drones, go ahead and give me a d20 for a Perception roll.