For those who were not able to attend the last game:
FEDCOM
Battlemaster 1Gbc
Grand Dragon 1G
Thunderbolt 5SE
Cataphract 2X
Phoenix Hawk 3S
Zeus 5T
Marauder 5D
Wolfhound 1A
Archer 2Rb
Kintaro 20
Jagermech 6S
Griffin 1Ds
Urbanmek 60
Urbanmek 60L
6 platoons of rifle infantry
KURITA
Thunder hawk 7X
Awesome 8Q
Shootist 8A
Hatamoto-Chi 27T
Mongoose 69
Crab 27
Marauder 2R
Guillotine 3N
Samurai x2 w/4 HE bombs each
The scenario was FEDCOM were trying to contain a break through and protect a town the Kuritans were looking to take. There was a wooded valley surrounded by hills and a road that paralleled the woods that led to the city along with some other roads going in/out of the city that were flanked by hills.
The Kuritans started closer to the city entering on a corner. The Urbanmeks and infantry were deployed in the city with the rest of the FEDCOM entering on the other end of the map on the Kuritan's left flank with the wooded valley between the two.
The FEDCOM entered the map in a dispersed formation for fear of bombing/strafing. The first 2 turns of the game was pretty much the Kuritan aerospace playing havoc. The FEDCOM did manage to heavily damage one of the Samurai forcing it to retire, but not before it put its bombs into the back of the Thunderbolt destroying some weapon systems in the process. The Phoenix Hawk also came under attack by the other Samurai, but actually faired better.
The FEDCOM sent most of their mechs through the wooded valley; the Marauder, Zeus, Jagermek and Archer attempting to use the road while providing long range fire support and the Kintaro was rushing to the city to try and reinforce the Urbanmeks Upon seeing this, the Dracs decided to pivot and meet the FEDCOM head on; all but the Mongoose shifted towards the wooded valley. The Thunderhawk and Awesome took up positions to maintain overwatch on the city and to start laying down fire against the FEDCOM. The Mongoose dashed into the city and was immediately fired upon by one of the Urbanmeks and some infantry platoons. Instead of firing back, the Mongoose used its loud speakers to trh and sway the city defenders to join the side of House Kurita. This actually caused one of the infantry platoons to switch sides.
The Grand Dragon quickly became the focus of Kurita as it closed to within short range. It took about 3 turns to completely core it. Soon afterwards, the Battlemaster was focused on. Meanwhile, the Shootist started taking a lot of damage and had to retreat for a couple turns. When that happened, the FEDCOM concentrated their fire on Marauder 2R; they managed to get 2 engine hits and a gyro hit followed by it falling over. The Urbanmech with the AC10 tried to creep into a position to start harassing the Kuritans, but was cored in a single turn of shooting from the Awesome and Thunderhawk.
The Battlemaster may had lasted a bit longer, but the single remaining Samurai fighter managed to get a critical hit on the head taking out the cockpit in the last turn it was available due to fuel concerns. The Wolfhound tried to harass the Thunderhawk from the rear, but was immediately engaged by the Mongoose. Eventually the Wolfhound was forced to try and withdrawl, but was cored by the Mongoose. The Kuritans sensed they had the upper hand and pushed their advantage. The Awesome decided to charge directly into the thick of things. But what they did not expect was the Kintaro finally managed to get in a position to fire at the Thunderhawk and through some luck die rolling it scored a hip and foot actuator critical hit along with an SRM hitting the head. The Thunderhawk fell over and suffered another pilot hit causing him to pass out. The Kuritans had the Mongoose and Shootist nearby to give the downed T.hawk some protection however.
The FEDCOM were clearly forced into a fighting withdrawl and had to abandon any plans to save the city. In the process of the withdrawl, the Archer got caught in bad positioning and was taken out after about 3 rounds of shooting from the combined efforts of the T.hawk, Awesome, Guillotine and Hatamoto.
It was at this point we had to call the game for time constraints. I would have said the Kintaro would have been able to down the Kuritan Marauder. The Thunderbolt and P.hawk managed to retire from the field successfully along with the rest of the FEDCOM forces.
So in summary, FEDCOM lost an Urbanmek, Battlemaster, Grand Dragon, Archer and Wolfhound with the Thunderbolt, Phoenixhawk and Cataphract severely damaged. Kurita lost the Marauder with the Shootist & Awesome losing alot of armor and the T.hawk sustaining its mobility damage. Therefore it was a major victory for the Kuritans.
This brought an end to the prologue of the campaign with the FEDCOM losing control of the planet. The survivors of the company have also been put under investigation for war crimes. In an earlier scenario, the pilot of the Battlemaster deliberately went point blank to a defenseless mech and destroyed the head. Also, there were some people of planetary militia who signaled SOS using their spotlights but were fired upon with no provocation.
Officially the company has been disbanded and thrown into the stockade for being complicit in the commission of these crimes. However, there have been some pieces of forensic evidence that have been discovered that makes this situation suspicious. Due to these suspicions, the survivors of the company have been given alternate identities and have been assigned to a group of mercenaries who have an....understanding with the House Davion.
