Titania, March 8th 3033. Earlier this morning a force of M.S.S.R. and Titania militia attacked FOB 1138 a Hell Knight base West of Station 42. The Martians made a slow advance towards the base which allowed the mercenaries to move in several armored units to re-enforce the tiny garrison.
The Martian attack was spearheaded by a captured Jovian "Liger" super heavy tank and four battlesuits. One of the martian battlesuits advanced killing four member of a Hell Knight veteran rifle squad but was itself destroyed by combined tank and infantry fire.
A militia improvised armored vehicle scored a hit against a Hell Knight heavy hover tank but was destroyed by a grenade launched by the surviving mercenary veteran.
A Hell Knight light hover vehicle traded fire with the martian tank but was destroyed by combined fire from the Martian battlesuits and Militia snipers.
The martians poured heavy fire into the bunker occupied by a squad of Hell Knight veteran heavy infantry but did not manage to bring it down. It seemed as if the mercenaries had stopped the Martian advance.
Two Martian battlesuits engaged the mercenary Heavy Hover tank in the middle of the field badly damaging it. The tank responded with several hits but did no damage to the light walkers.
Fearing that the bunker they were in was about to collapse around them the Hell Knight veteran heavy infantry exited the structure.
Taking heavy fire from all sides the mercenary heavy hover tank turned it's particle cannon on a squad of Martian veterans killing three and wounding their force commander. The tank was destroyed shortly after killing the infantrymen.
Despite the loss of their heavy tank the mercenaries continued to poor fire into the Martian super heavy damaging it little by little.
One of the Martian battlesuits caught the mercenary heavy infantry in the open killing five troopers. The four remaining veterans responded with well aimed shots that brought the Martian down.
The Martian Liger was finally destroyed but not after trading quite a bit of damage with the mercenary tanks.
A unit of Titania militia finished off one of the mercenary medium hover tanks that had been badly damaged by their allies super heavy.
In a last desperate act one of the Hell Knights medium hover tank rammed a Martian battlesuit but only managed to inflict light damage on itself. Unable to stop the Martian advance the mercenaries withdrew from the field.
Notes: We actually penalized the Hell Knights 100 points for the bunker because we have decided that fortifications in deployment zones really give the defender an advantage. This was actually a very close battle that came down to less than 100 victory points. In fact my last shot of the battle was an attempt to kill the Martian general with one of my snipers. Unfortunately I rolled a 10 and was not even able to re-roll with the sniper's sure shot ability because of the critical fumble. I rolled a disproportionate number of 10s during the battle especially when I only needed a nine to hit on most of those rolls. Of 18 railgun shots fired from the medium tanks only 6 hit and only 3 managed to do damage and the worst shots I had required a roll of 8 or under on a D10. The dice just were not with me in this fight. Still my wife fought a very aggressive battle using her tank and battlesuits quite effectively.
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Very fun report! I love the forces you have, they have a very solid feel to them.
It almost seems like a Hammer's Slammers storyline in your campaign so far. Keep up the good work!
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