ScrapYard Armory

This battle was played during Dreamation 2010 in Mt Morris NJ.  Thanks go to Anthony “ShadHawk” Hardenburgh for the great mission, map and minis!

Clan Hells Horses

• Fenris
• Dasher
• Koshi
• 2 Epona Pursuit Vehicles
• 2 Hephaestus Scout Tanks
• 5 Points of Elementals

Clan Nova Cats

• ShadowCat
• ShadowCat
• Dragonfly
• Uller
• Puma
• 5 Points of Elementals

Mission Objectives:

• Recon the main buildings in the city – Recon units include elementals and any unit with active probes
• Escape the city with the data to fight another day

Turn 1 – Nova Cats Win Initiative

Both forces move towards their objectives.  Very few shots are within range and none of those have line of sight.

Turn 2 – Hells Horses Win Initiative

Each force moves up carefully and begin dropping elementals next to objectives.  Again there are no shots but this time it is due to no line of sight and not necessarily range that is the culprit.

Hells Horses leave the Fenris behind to scan a building, sacrificing position for an early objective advantage.

Turn 3 – Nova Cats Win Initiative

The first objectives are finished scanning this turn and movement forward continues.  Positioning is becoming crucial as more weapons begin to get in range, however all weapons miss their targets.

Turn 4 – Hells Horses Win Initiative

Combat is inevitable.  One of the Nova Cat ShadowCats activates MASC only to have it fail causing critical damage to a hip and a leg actuator on the other leg.  The other ShadowCat moves to support causing the Hells Horses to duck behind cover to avoid engaging.

On the other side of the battle, the Hells Horses push to attack the Nova Cat Uller using the buildings to cover their vehicles.  The Fenris is bringing up the flank and positions for a long range shot.

Weapons fire goes disastrously for the Nova Cats.  The only bright spot was a solid Gauss Rifle hit to the center torso of the Hells Horses Koshi.

The Hells Horses weapons hit often, including a long range ERPPC from the Fenris.  The Dragonfly receives several critical hits to it’s right arm, destroying a SRM4.  The Uller has it’s right torso ripped off, which takes out the offending Gauss Rifle in its right arm.

Turn 5 – Nova Cats Win Initiative

The Nova Cats continue to press and manage to line up a rear shot on the Fenris.  The Hells Horses Dasher backs up the Fenris forming a small conga line.  The Hells Horses vehicles move quickly to attack targets of opportunity.

All the while, elementals from both Clans are fighting in one of the objective buildings.

The Nova Cat Uller and the Horses Koshi mutually kill each other.  The Puma who is slowly getting into the action is hit from behind by an Epona.  The Horses vehicles continue to defy the odds and are kept safe by continuing to move fast.

In the conga line, damage is done to each member except the Dasher.  The Dasher, however, causes the only critical hit destroying an arm actuator in the DragonFly.

The wounded ShadowCat loses it’s balance and falls after sustaining heavy damage, slowing the ‘Mech down even more.

Turn 6 – Hells Horses Win Initiative

The Nova Cat Puma makes a bold move and rushes to an objective building and drops an elemental squad.  The Horses are quick to pounce and line up four units with rear shots.  While the wounded ShadowCat is harassed by elementals the other makes a run to help the out maneuvered Puma and manages to gain line of sight to the Fenris’ rear arc.

The Dasher and DragonFly both seek cover, each not willing to risk damage without a significant advantage.  They scatter to very safe locations away from the main fray.

The ShadowCat with the broken MASC is blistered by elemental SRMs and can’t return fire successfully.  The other ShadowCat has better luck and rips through the Fenris’ armor on the left torso and cuts deep into the internal structure. The Puma takes too much damage from too many units and has a leg ripped out from under him.  One of the Hephaestus Scout Tanks runs low on luck and takes massive motive damage rendering it immobile.

In the objective building under contention, the Nova Cats take a decisive advantage on damage dealt.

Turn 7 – Hells Horses Win Initiative

With the initiative advantage, the Horses begin to back away from the downed Puma putting distance between them and the approaching ShadowCat that damaged the Fenris last turn.  The Nova Cat DragonFly and ShadowCat sandwich a Horses elemental.  The Dasher takes advantage of the wide open DragonFly and lines up a rear shot.

The Horses move another point of elementals to replace forces lost in the contested building.

Elementals continue to kill each other with lasers and machine guns.  The other Hephaestus Scout Tank takes motive damage but not rendering it too slow to escape.  The Dasher makes the most of his position and cores the Nova Cat DragonFly.

At this point, the Nova Cats see the writing on the wall and begin to withdraw from the battle to lick their wounds.  Hells Horses hold a 5 to 3 objective advantage and have destroyed or crippled 3 ‘Mechs while suffering only one ‘Mech destroyed and an immobile hover tank.