Robotech - Tales of the RDF

"Why does this seem familiar?" Connor asked himself as they sat in ambush. He was glad that he wasn't infantry, having to sit in the water for hours on end did not appeal to him in the slightest. That's why had joined the mechanized division, a lot less exposure to the elements. And a lot more protection. Metal plating over face down in the dirt any day.


Thanks to the ambush plan, he had decided to go with tungsten rounds, leaning on the fact that he would be able to get a pretty well aimed shot off before the enemy knew they were there. Hopefully what he hit would be important.
 
The Red Pandas are hiding inside their mecha in a ravine approximately two miles east from the town that the meet is supposed to take place; Zaile and Taniya in their Tomahawks, Eadric and Keith in their Spartans, and Connor in his Defender. Covered in camo nets and with your engines idling at low power, you wait for word from the orbiting Tiger's Eye AWACs for any signs of the Malcontents. There is a full company of 160 infantry in the area, armed with heavy grenade launchers, machine guns, mortars and rocket launchers, and there are two squads of three veritechs flying high cover for the Tiger's Eye and to be able to provide ground support. More than enough firepower to handle just about anything that the bad guys will be throwing at you.


Barbara is quietly monitoring the instruments for any signs of contact from her seat behind Taniya, but it is the AWACs that calls out first contact. Three large trucks and three APCs have been detected driving at a sedate speed of just 40 mph towards the town along the main highway, and from the nearby river there are intermittent readings of several large units moving along the bottom of the fast moving body of water, almost certainly it is a group of Zentraedi mecha using the water as cover.


You watch from the data feeds that the six ground vehicles are nearly at the meeting point, inside a gauntlet of soldiers waiting for them. Using a low powered scrambled signal, Lt. Moran contacts the Red Pandas. "Sergeant, my men have the APCs and trucks under their thumb. What worries me is the river and whatever it is in there. Anything that comes out of that river is to be considered hostile and needs to be taken down. If you need to, call for some of those veritechs to provide air support and pound the living shit out of those Malcontents. You have your hunting licence, and there is no bag limit."
 
Staff Sergeant Taniya


"Copy all, Lieutenant. What type and number of mecha we are facing, sir? Gratitude to AWACS for acting as our hunting hounds. Red Panda Squadron, when I say 'open fire,' it is 'open season' on the Malcontents in the water. " With that, Taniya girded herself for battle.
 
"Pandas, no solid numbers on the targets in the river. It is likely that there is an EW unit in there, adding to the difficulty of getting a solid lock-on. Estimates range between four to eight units of Battle Pod size. As soon as any new information is available, it will be forwarded straight to you."
 
"Welp," Connor said, making sure that his flak/tungsten cannons were working "looks like we're going in blind. Heaven forbid we ever know what we're getting ourselves into." He couldn't remember a time when they hadn't fought a battle where they knew exactly what they were getting into. There was the ambush that they had planned to assault the Malcontent base, but that was more of a guess in his opinion and more of a statement that there was a lot of stuff that would like to shoot at them. "At least we know their coming this time." he continued as he slowly lowered his weapons into their combat position. "I'll be aiming for the biggest one, going to take it out of the fight as quick as I can. Just a heads up." There, now they knew what he was going to do. If they wanted him to not do that, now was their chance to say so.
 
Over the next few minutes, the infantry wait for the signal to spring their trap on the trucks and APCs. Suddenly, a pair of explosions rock the lead and tail vehicles, signaling for the hidden troops to open fire. Right away, there is a signal sent out from one of the transports. Next, from the river, there is a sudden explosion of action as five Battle Pods and a Officer Pod leap out of the depths of the water!


Since everyone has been lying in wait, expecting the Pods from the water, everyone gets to make a free attack, and your initiative rolls are at a +5. You are about a mile and a half out from the Zentraedi at the riverside. Declare your free attack and make your to hit rolls along with your initiative roll, please.
 
Staff Sergeant Taniya


Taniya lines up her targeting reticles on the officer. "Team, remember that the faster we take down these foes, the less our infantry suffers. Let us greet them properly in this - our first battle as the Red Panda Squadron!"


With all of the warrior that she is, Taniya lets go with her fiercest attack - Dual Particle Beam Cannons - to the Officer Pod. It is a greeting without mercy.


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"There you are." Connor said as he lined up a shot on the officer pod. Maybe he would get lucky and get a two-fer, with some unlucky Malcontent walking in the way right as he fired. His Tungsten rods could probably handle that, penetrating completely through one and hitting something behind. He somewhat doubted he'd get a chance to test it out, but he could wish.


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Inside the cockpit of Taniya's Tomahawk, red lights flash as the twin particle cannons briefly overload and are automatically overridden by the computer to keep from damaging them. Barbara curses. "I'm on it. Power setting are reset; you should be able to fire them. I don't see any signs of damage."


Connor, on the other hand, manages to lance the Officer Pod with a spray from his twin autocannons and he causes massive damage to the Zentraedi vehicle. It looks like the Pod was not in mint condition, and you are a whisker away from blowing it to pieces. It rocks back on its heels from the force of the impacts, and you can almost feel the level of hate being beamed your way from the pilot of that mecha.


23 - Connor


12 - Taniya
 
Sergeant Eadric Braidwood, Field Scientist


At the first sight of explosions, Eadric flips his radio toggle to "always on" (it had been off before, allowing him to hum to himself without distracting his squad), in case he has something to say during combat and doesn't have time to reach for the toggle. Meanwhile, noting his squadmates' targeting and his sergeant's orders, he locks missiles onto the already-damaged Officer Pod and fires a volley of 4 HEAPs from his short-range missile pod. Aside from the noise from his equipment, all remains quiet within his Spartan's cockpit.


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When Eadric squeezes the trigger to launch the missiles, a set of red lights flash on your control panel, and the computer overrides the fire order. It will take a Weapon System roll and one action to get those four missiles ready to launch. The rest of your ordnance is ready to use.


@Beowulf is up first with Connor


23 - Connor <====


22 - Eadric


18 - Officer Pod


16 - Pods 1-2


12 - Taniya


10 - Pods 3-4


6 - Pod 5
 
"I see you, you big pile of." Connor said as he felt the hatred being leveled his way by the officer's pod. And for his rebuttle, he aimed his two cannons at him. And with a tremendous boom, two more tungsten rounds were fired at the already crippled pod.


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The machine gun spray of bullets tear into the Pod's thin armor and punch a hole straight through. With smoke pouring out of the wounded mecha, it falls to the side.


@Kaerri is up next with Eadric


23 - Connor [1]


22 - Eadric <====


16 - Pods 1-2


12 - Taniya


10 - Pods 3-4


6 - Pod 5
 
Sergeant Eadric Braidwood, Field Scientist


"Bother," Eadric mutters under his breath, knowing that the missiles are all he's got that will hit at this range. Without further commentary, he sets about making his systems happy so they'll cooperate for the launch.


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Eadric works to get his weapons on line once more.


Battle Pods 1-2 begin making bounding Laos through the trees, trying to close the range between you and them.


@Dannigan is now up, and I just realized that I forgot Keith. Added him to the end.


23 - Connor [1]


22 - Eadric [1]


16 - Pod 2 [1]


12 - Taniya <====


10 - Pods 3-4


6 - Pod 5


5 - Keith
 
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Staff Sergeant Taniya


Taniya lets go with a blast from her right particle beam cannon at Pod #2. "Oblivion awaits you, Malcontent..." she purrs.


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Taniya carefully aims with her cannon and lets fly with a devastating blast, but the Pod is able to nimbly leap to the side and the particle beam slams into the earth next to it.


Pods 3 and 4 skid to a halt and make a sudden U-turn, heading back towards the river at top speed. It seems that they have decided to withdraw instead of continue to engage the RDF forces.


Pod 5, however, is continuing in its suicidal charge forward, trying to get within range to use its own impressive weaponry against you.


Kieth laughs. "I didn't think these guys would prove to be a challenge, and I was right! Look at 'em run! Can't let you get away without something to remember us by!" With that, he triggers a trio of short range missiles at Pod 3. Its rear turret manages to track on the incoming rounds and takes out one of the three, but the other two missiles manage to strike home. Its armor absorbs the brunt of the damage, but it is still knocked out of the action.


If you want to fire on the fleeing Pod 4, you will have to do so quickly or it will be out of your line of fire and in the river.


@Beowulf is up next with Connor


23 - Connor [1] <====


22 - Eadric [1]


16 - Pod 2 [1]


12 - Taniya [1]


10 - Pod 4 [1]


6 - Pod 5 [1]


5 - Keith [1]
 
Connor could have cared less for the pod currently running away. It was the pod running towards them that worried him more. So, adjusting to the new target, he lines up another shot and fires, looking to cripple it before safely destroying it at range.


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((Damn it. Let me try that again.))


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Connor raises up his cannons and fires a burst at the attacking pod. It steps to dodge, but the Defender is able to track on its target with ease. The already damaged mecha shudders under the violent impacts and collapses. There are only two pods left.


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23 - Connor [2]


22 - Eadric [1] <====


16 - Pod 2 [1]


12 - Taniya [1]


10 - Pod 4 [1]


5 - Keith [1]


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Sergeant Eadric Braidwood, Field Scientist


Like Connor, Eadric is more concerned about the pod charging towards them than the one running away. Again he fires a burst of 4, leading slightly to account for the pod's dodging Connor's shot.


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The missiles fly true and slam into the pod, destroying it completely. There is just one pods left and it is about to dive into the river. Taniya has one chance to stop it before it is gone.


@Dannigan is up next


23 - Connor [2]


22 - Eadric [2]


12 - Taniya [1] <====


10 - Pod 4 [1]


5 - Keith [1]
 
Staff Sergeant Taniya


Taniya takes the shot (with her Particle Beam Cannon). Perhaps, if he gets away, someone the RDF cares about in the future suffers. Better that he had surrendered, yet such a thing is not an option in the minds of some warriors.


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