So, some people on these forums may have heard me talking about my brother before and his incredibly consistant one-in-a-million shots. In our gaming group a few years back he used a
Marauder that so consistantly got headshots that it was called "the Headhunter". Last year I posted a batrep in which his infantry did 2 points of damage to a pristine
Hellbringer and just happened to crit the CT ammo. Often quoting Macross Plus, my brother would say, "Luck is one of my skills." Yesterday, he outdid himself.
He bought a secondhand
Warhammer IIC and asked me to kitbash upper arms for it, which I did, as seen here:
We then played his Jade Falcons against my Lyrans. He took a
Warhammer IIC 4 and a
Griffon IIC 6. Both Falcon pilots were 4/5 second-liners. I took a DVS-2
Devastator and a ARC-5W
Archer with both Lyran pilots being 4/5 as well.
We had four maps in 2x2 fashion with a city in one quadrant. We maneuvered for three turns with no firing as my Lyrans used the city as cover.
Turn 4: At long range, my
Archer lands a dozen LRMs on the
Warhammer. No other shots land. I'm feeling pretty confident.
Turn 5: I outmaneuver him and leave his
Griffon out of firing position but his
Warhammer pinpoints my
Archer's head with a Clan ER PPC. The
Archer is virtually untouched, except for the now missing head.
Turn 6: My
Devastator decides to retreat. The
Griffon IIC jumps 7 hexes next to the
Devastator. One of my
Devastator's Gauss Rifle shots rips the
Griffon's right arm off. The
Griffon responds with a heavy laser shot (16 damage) to my untouched 100-tonner's head. Game over.
My wife and our sister are in the kitchen where we are playing. We had just started playing 15 minutes ago. They notice how quickly we are finished. "Doesn't that game usually take hours to play," asks my sister.
My brother is very happy with his new Jade Falcon 'Mechs.
