In Progress Codexian Battletech Carnage, Volume 3

[Deuce Traveler]

Orders sent.

 

[tindrli]

do i need to send orders since i cant move and cant see shit and cant even turn??? .. is it possible to lay down on purpose?

 

[eklektyk]

and i moved ....tremble ....

 

[Azira]

Orders sent.

 

[good little toastboy]

Round 8 Fire (move along, nothing to see)

I almost got tempted to reroll the shooting as no one hit anything. At least the Stalker can probably live with it, as the Archer's missiles would have hit his rear. Let's hope it was just the calm before the storm.

Weapons fire for Guillotine GLT-4P (eklektyk)
PPC at Archer ARC-2S (Deuce); needs 12, rolls 3 : misses.



Weapons fire for Thunderbolt TDR-5SE (Azira)
Medium Laser at Dragon DRG-1S-UK (tindrli); needs 11, rolls 9 : misses.



Weapons fire for Archer ARC-2S (Deuce)
LRM 15 at Stalker STK-4P (rashiakas); needs 9, rolls 6 : misses.

LRM 15 at Stalker STK-4P (rashiakas); needs 9, rolls 5 : misses.

With so few guns fired at least everyone's cooled down again:

Thunderbolt TDR-5SE (Azira) gains 6 heat, sinks 16 heat and is now at 0 heat.
Archer ARC-2S (Deuce) gains 10 heat, sinks 10 heat and is now at 2 heat.
Stalker STK-4P (rashiakas) gains 2 heat, sinks 2 heat and is now at 0 heat.
Dragon DRG-1S-UK (tindrli) gains 0 heat, sinks 11 heat and is now at 0 heat.
Guillotine GLT-4P (eklektyk) gains 13 heat, sinks 14 heat and is now at 0 heat.
No heat penalties this round, which means the Dragon is at 1/1, enough to change his facing or even try getting up.

 

[eklektyk]

PPC at Archer ARC-2S (Deuce); needs 12, rolls 3 : misses

thats ...like...almost critical miss ... must hunt that sabotager/kobold asap

 

[Azira]

Pondering my movement orders, need a bit of clarification from good little toastboy first, but I'm almost ready to send in my orders.

i wonder what did you need to clarify??
we posted our orders so there is no harm done

I wanted to know what the rules were for intervening terrain and different elevations. Apparently, when you're on a higher elevation, of any intervening terrain between you and a rival mech on a lower elevation, only whatever terrain is in the square closest to the target is counted.
So you can see over many tree-tops, but not the ones immediately closest to the target. Makes sense, but it's also something worth taking into consideration.

 

[tindrli]

so if i move to 2116 you will not be able to see me??

ORDERS SENT!!!!M:

 

[Azira]

so if i move to 2116 you will not be able to see me??

ORDERS SENT!!!!M:

We can always do another round of sneaking around in the woods, trying to club eachother to death.

 

[rashiakas]

It's a shame we can't start a fire in the woods.

 

[Azira]

That would be amusing. Sadly, there are no flamethrowers on our mechs.

In other news, orders sent.

 

[good little toastboy]

You can clear the woods though. Shooting the woods is the same as shooting a mech in the same hex, if you could see a mech in that hex, you can attack the woods (as long as a mech in that hex wouldn't have partial cover). Heavy woods have 90 "hp", light woods 50. If you reduce a heavy woods hex to 50 or less it becomes a light woods hex. If you reduce a light woods hex to 0 it becomes rough terrain.
I didn't enable the rules for starting fires, sorry about that. Now that I've read about it in the TacOps rules it seems pretty cool though. Wind direction and strength even determine how the fire spreads.

 

[Azira]

Oooo, nice! That's a definite for any subsequent matches, right?

 

[rashiakas]

What effect would a fire have on a mech? Heat problems for one, but would it actually damage one?

 

[tindrli]

well Azira could try this round and we could all see the consequences first handed!!!

 

[good little toastboy]

On mechs it would only generate heat. +5 should you end your turn on a burning hex, +2 for every burning hex you walked through. It damages vehicles and protomechs though and can instantly kill whole squads of infantry. Fire also generates smoke which acts like light woods. Smoke drifts in the direction of the wind. The amount of dice rolls involved is insane.

 

[rashiakas]

So, no update?

 

[tindrli]

still nothing ....

 

[good little toastboy]

Round 9 Movement (speed dating)

Apparently bored with their old partners, it looks like everyone wants to move on to another. A shame really, I thought the Dragon and the Thunderbolt were it hitting it off pretty good. Interestingly the line from the Guillotine to the Stalker is exactly between a clear and a wood hex at three points. Tabletop rules state that a player gets to choose which of the two hexes is counted for determining LoS, Megamek seems to always choose the most obstructing terrain. So what could be a clear shot with no intervening woods for both mechs becomes one with 3 intervening woods and therefore impossible.

Here are the odds for the next round of shooting. I'd be really impressed if we see a hit this round.

Thunderbolt (+3, jumped)
Archer (17 hexes) no LoS
Stalker (9 hexes) +4 (+2 intervening light woods, +2 target in heavy woods)
Dragon (6 hexes) no LoS
Guillotine (7 hexes) no LoS

Archer (+2, ran)
Thunderbolt (17 hexes) no LoS
Stalker (16 hexes) +3 (+1 intervening light woods, +2 target in heavy woods)
Dragon (20 hexes) +5 (+2 intervening light woods, +1 target prone and at range, +2 target in heavy woods)
Guillotine (10 hexes) no LoS

Stalker (+2, ran)
Thunderbolt (9 hexes) +6 (+1 target jumped, +1 target movement, +2 intervening light woods, +2 target in heavy woods)
Archer (16 hexes) +3 (+1 intervening light woods, +2 target in heavy woods)
Dragon (6 hexes) +5 (+2 intervening light woods, +1 target prone and at range, +2 target in heavy woods)
Guillotine (12 hexes) no LoS

Dragon (+1, walked)
Thunderbolt (6 hexes) no LoS, target not in arc
Archer (20 hexes) out of range
Stalker (6 hexes) +6 (+2 attacker prone, +2 intervening light woods, +2 target in heavy woods)
Guillotine (10 hexes) no LoS

Guillotine (+3, jumped)
Thunderbolt (7 hexes) no LoS
Archer (10 hexes) no LoS
Stalker (12 hexes) no LoS
Dragon (10 hexes) no LoS

 

[Azira]

Orders sent.

 

[rashiakas]

Orders sent.

 

[eklektyk]

no orders to send coz i cant into shootan M:

 

[good little toastboy]

Round 9 Fire (lone gunman)

I took the liberty of moving on without having orders from tindrli, since he could only hit with the PPC and he would sink all the heat it generates anyway it was a no-brainer and why not use my unexpected free day for an update?
The only mechs being able to hit were the Dragon and the Stalker, but the Stalker chose to rather conserve his ammo instead of hoping for a one in a million thirty-six shot.

Weapons fire for Dragon DRG-1S-UK (tindrli)
PPC at Stalker STK-4P (rashiakas); needs 11, rolls 6 : misses.

As expected, no hit this round. Everyone is at 0 heat again.

Thunderbolt TDR-5SE (Azira) gains 4 heat, sinks 4 heat and is now at 0 heat.
Archer ARC-2S (Deuce) gains 2 heat, sinks 4 heat and is now at 0 heat.
Stalker STK-4P (rashiakas) gains 2 heat, sinks 2 heat and is now at 0 heat.
Dragon DRG-1S-UK (tindrli) gains 11 heat, sinks 11 heat and is now at 0 heat.
Guillotine GLT-4P (eklektyk) gains 4 heat, sinks 4 heat and is now at 0 heat.

 

[eklektyk]

Orders sent.

 

[rashiakas]

Orders sent.