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[Erkki]

Yeah and remember that you can always just join a free server with your buddy and play practice/training battles with any kind of rulesets or armies you wish. You don't have to play campaign games.

[MrRoboto75]

Gave Megamek a download and a quick hotseat match with myself.  My only battletech experience is with some of the video games, mechwarrior online and a demo of 4, and that mechassault xbox game. Whatever rules were used is whatever is default for Megamek.

I pitted a single Timberwolf C against an IS group of a Catapult "Butterbee", Trebuchet 5S, Firestarter K, and a Commando 1C.  Both sides had a BV of about 3450, although IS had twice the tonnage, because Inner Sphere.

The random map ended up being pretty open, with the center being clear, and some light forestry around the edges and a small lake with a cute island on the eastern side.

The Timber ended up killing the two light mechs, and significantly damaged the catapult, but the heaver mechs were able to close in and spam some SRM 6s.  SRMs manage to crit the Timber's gyro system, causing it to faceplant and knock out the pilot, and from there the two mechs were free to kill the clan mech next turn.

I wanted to kick the timber while it was down, but the program wouldn't let me.

EDIT: I also couldn't figure out how to use alternate fire modes, IE flamer's heat giving mode, or the UAC 5's rapid fire mode

[Erkki]

Gave Megamek a download and a quick hotseat match with myself.  My only battletech experience is with some of the video games, mechwarrior online and a demo of 4, and that mechassault xbox game. Whatever rules were used is whatever is default for Megamek.

I pitted a single Timberwolf C against an IS group of a Catapult "Butterbee", Trebuchet 5S, Firestarter K, and a Commando 1C.  Both sides had a BV of about 3450, although IS had twice the tonnage, because Inner Sphere.

The random map ended up being pretty open, with the center being clear, and some light forestry around the edges and a small lake with a cute island on the eastern side.

The Timber ended up killing the two light mechs, and significantly damaged the catapult, but the heaver mechs were able to close in and spam some SRM 6s.  SRMs manage to crit the Timber's gyro system, causing it to faceplant and knock out the pilot, and from there the two mechs were free to kill the clan mech next turn.

I wanted to kick the timber while it was down, but the program wouldn't let me.

EDIT: I also couldn't figure out how to use alternate fire modes, IE flamer's heat giving mode, or the UAC 5's rapid fire mode

You can only kick if you're adjacent to the target, the target is in one of the 3 hex to the front and sides and is at the same elevation. If the target is one elevation up you can punch it or use melee weapon still provided you dont shoot with any weapons in those arms.

Flamer being able to add heat instead of doing damage IIRC is an advanced rule you can tick on or off before match... You can adjust the firing mode at the bottom panel once you've selected a weapon that has more than one mode.

[Xardalas]

The 3rd Alliance Armored Division pushed off a invading from launched from the Federated Sons, led by Simpsons Samurai.

The battle took place on Organo and the fighting was quite fierce with both sides sustaining moderate losses. The invading forces were finally pushed off after a fierce, no holds barred melee on the outskirts of town.

Destroying one enfield and crippling another along with rather severe damage to a gullitine. The hostiles decided to pull back and withdraw their remaining forces.
Several civilian vehicles were destroyed in the fight, valiantly assisting the defenders. A small donation has been made to the families of the brave drivers of the coolant truck and the mortar truck who quite valiantly drove his vehicle right into the legs of the enfield!

Federated Sons Losses- Two enfields. One AC/2 carrier. Crippled Gullitine.
Territoral States Losses- One Coolant Truck, One Mortar Truck, One ECM Variant Prowler. One Cyano.

Short and sweet little AAR from the server I play on~!

[Rince Wind]

Keep those comming!


And what is a cyano?

[Xardalas]

Keep those comming!


And what is a cyano?

It's a helo. Lightly armored and carrying a single large laser. It was mostly a trash unit I got rid of it free up hangar space. Same with that mortar truck and the coolant truck.

[Xardalas]

In a daring, full out frontal assault on Warren, the 3rd Alliance Armored Division under the command of Section Leader Dennis "Mancub" Monahan manged to successful push Federated Sun forces out of a major town.
The fighting started out quite fierce with the AAD managing to ambush the hostiles in the heavy urban environment. Savage losses occurred to both sides through the fierce, unrelenting street to street fighting.

Field batteries set up in building rain down heavy rounds onto the defending forces as formations of tanks and drove down the streets, exchanging punishing rounds of fire with the defending mechs.

Within ten minutes of the assault, Two AAD goblin tanks were destroyed and a hostile Thunderbolt was utterly savaged by return fire.

With the thunderbolt destroyed, the AAD forces advanced, taking heavy losses and dishing out return fire of their own. Two hostile maradurs fall due to the combined fire and in exchange one AC/10 field battery is silenced along with a Tiger and Prowler tank.

With the defending forces desperately trying to regroup the ADD pushes on it's assault. Special forces Jump snipers darting from building to building while raining down accurate fire on a Burke Defense tank and immobilizing it, so the remaining battery can destroy it.

The hover tank is darting to and fro across the town, harrassing and harrying the hostiles. With the end of the battle nearing, the hostiles do a final, all out push on the Attacking AAD and manage to cripple and destroy most of it's forced. While the battle was won, the losses were tremedous.

Although Section Leader Dennis "Mancub" Monahan was successful in taking the town, alas he did not survive the engagement. His crippled Rhino was destroyed by the retreating defenders. I'd like all of our loyal listeners to take this moment to hold a moment of silence for the unforunate commander.

His memorial will be held on Mas along with the memorials for the brave forces lost in this fierce engagement. As always citizens of the Territoral States, see your local recruitor for more information on what, YOU, the average citizen can do, to help ease the burdens placed up the valiant defenders, the Alliance Military Corps!

3rd AAD Lost Forces: Two Goblin tanks. Field battery AC/10. Tiger 10. Prowler ECM. One Motorized infantry MG. Alacorn MK II and a light carrier (Rl). Rhino Fire Support (Royal)

Simpsons Samurai lost Forces: Two maraduers, One thunderbolt. One Burke Defense Tank.

[Hanzoku]

Keep those comming!


And what is a cyano?

It's a helo. Lightly armored and carrying a single large laser. It was mostly a trash unit I got rid of it free up hangar space. Same with that mortar truck and the coolant truck.

I actually sort of like it. It's fast and easy to place in the rear of enemy mechs, and the large laser gives it enough distance that, combined with its speed, its generally hard to shoot down.

[Xardalas]

Keep those comming!


And what is a cyano?

It's a helo. Lightly armored and carrying a single large laser. It was mostly a trash unit I got rid of it free up hangar space. Same with that mortar truck and the coolant truck.

I actually sort of like it. It's fast and easy to place in the rear of enemy mechs, and the large laser gives it enough distance that, combined with its speed, its generally hard to shoot down.

Oh, it's nice. I just have better helos in my hangar. A few ecm variants and such. Though I will admit a certain fondness for the cyano(RL) variant. Those can be a very nasty surprise for a rear armor facing if they hit.

[Knave]

Y'all should post more after action reports. I like these games, but I think I lack the skill to really excel at them

But it's definitely something I love reading about!

[Erkki]

Y'all should post more after action reports. I like these games, but I think I lack the skill to really excel at them

But it's definitely something I love reading about!

I prefer being lucky.

[Xardalas]

Y'all should post more after action reports. I like these games, but I think I lack the skill to really excel at them

But it's definitely something I love reading about!

Hah. Work has been kicking my ass. Haven't had the time for a match.

[Xardalas]

Wasn't to sure if I should make a topic of my own at this point, or just bring this one back from the dead. Anyways, Mek Wars Dominions is still alive and kicking. For anyone who doesn't know, it's basically tabletop battletech rules implmented through a PC program called Megamek.

Mek Wars Dominions is a server set with a over arching campaign, with the major factions warring with each other and fighting for territory.  Taken straight from the website is a brief description of the era.   

Spoiler: Dominion (click to show/hide)

    Mankind has been united under a single banner for the first time in history. Under the governing body known as the Star League, the galaxy's ten greatest empires have entered a new age of prosperity, achieving technological wonders no one could have imagined. The untold billions of citizens now have the opportunity to live in an era of utopian peace.

 

       ...Or so the history books would have us believe.

 

     Behind the façade of trade and cooperation, man's eternal greed and lust  for power lays in wait. The Lords of the five Great Houses scheme and plot against one-another, creating shadowy feuds and conflicts which threaten to undermine the Great Experiment. Each member jockeys for position to become the driving force behind the League's might, blinding them to a greater evil being conjured in the darkness of the Periphery.

 

 

      MEKWARS DOMINION allows players to participate in this pivotal age of BattleTech history. Players work to strengthen their faction's position within the League, conquering land, creating trade alliances, controlling factory output and experience the era's most iconic battles, including the Star League Civil War.

 

      Download the Client now and join the fight!

Here's the link to the website. http://npettinato88.wixsite.com/mekwars-dominion     

I've started playing on it and as usual for me, I've started writing up AAR's from my fights on the server based in a semi-rp sort of way of looking at em. If anyone is interested, I can start posting on em here.

[Knave]

I've started playing on it and as usual for me, I've started writing up AAR's from my fights on the server based in a semi-rp sort of way of looking at em. If anyone is interested, I can start posting on em here.

Ya! New AARs! let's have em!

[Xardalas]

Sorry about the Main Street defense one, the dedicated server was needed and I wasn't able to save a copy of the logs. That battle was rebuilt mostly from my memory and it shows.

Spoiler: Main Street Defense (click to show/hide)

AAR Report of Battle between the 3rd Alliance Armored Division and the 10th Lyran Regulars.

In a surprise attack on the planet of Main Street, the 10th Lyran Regulars regrettably managed to regain lost territory despite the fierce resistance put up by the 3rd AAD.

A strike team of consisting of a Thug, Crusader, Battlemaster and a Zeus managed to push in and shatter the AAD battle lines protecting the city. The fighting was fierce and last approximately two hours.

Savage salvos of fire were exchanged as the forces approached before meeting in the inner city. As the lines close, the 10th Lyran's began to deliver punishing losses to the 3rd AAD.

By the end of the first hour, Lyran's crusader was put out of action and the 3rd AAD suffered the losses of approximately half of it's forces.

Unfortunately the situation didn't improve after that and soon the Lyran's finished their aggressive push and nearly wiped out the 3rd AAD detachment defending Main Street to the last man.

There are a few scattered reports of a single Hover tank LTV-4 fleeing the scene back to the last, few remaining scattered Territoral State held points on the planet.

But fear not listeners, for I have heard that the 3rd AAD will be shifting further forces towards the planet in a effort to re-secure lost ground!

Spoiler: Skirmish on Outpost 27 (click to show/hide)

The AAR of a skirmish on Outpost 27. 3RD Alliance Armored Division V 3rd Royal Guard.

The 3rd Alliance Armored Division engaged in a skirmish on Outpost 27 against the forces of the Lyran Commonwealth. Intial reports indiacate that a single heavy lance from the 3rd Royal Guard engaged two lances from the 3rd Alliance Armored.
A single light mech lance under loan from the 1st Alliance Battlemech Regiment provided support in the form of FLE-15, LCT-1V2, THE-S and a STG-3R.
The 3rd AAD fielded a medium lance of vehicles consisting of a Alacorn Tank MK IV, Chevalier Light Tank, Von Lucker Heavy Tank(Star League) and a Hover Tank LTV-4 with a Karnov Transport and a Jump Rifle Platoon (Assault rifle)
The 3rd Royal Guard from the Lyran Commonwealth are fielding a single lance consisting of a FLS-8K, STK-3F, A Fury Command Tank and a Alacorn MK-I supported by a Motorized Needler Rifle Platoon(MG) and a Mechanized Hover Laser Platoon (Support Laser).

The skirmish occured outside of a main town, in a relatively mountainous forest area. The light mech lance under command of the THE-S broke off to the left, leading the entire lance and the LTV-4 and the Chevalier in a flanking manuver on the advancing forces.
The remainder of the 3rd AAD lance acted as the distraction and charged forward, luring the hostile army in to the approaching trap. The plan seemed to be working well until the advancing forces caught sight of the STG-3R, alerting them to the threat at their side.
The battle in the forest commenced immediantly, with the light mech lance engaging the FLS8-K, The Fury Command Tank and the supporting Mechanized Hover Laser Platoon(Support Laser).
Within seconds the flurry of Laser fire, Guass rounds and supporting LRM fire from the STK-3F has the LCT-1V2 destroyed from severe damage to the head, killing the pilot.
With the ambush improperly sprung, things only take a worse turn for the assaulting forces. The Karnov is taken out almost immediantly after depositing the Jump Rifle Platoon. The THE-S is utterly savage in weapons fire as it's pilot makes the mistake of it bringing it in to focus of the opposing team.
The STING-3R is the next light mech to fall under the fullisade of deadly accurate fire raining down across it. The armored colum finally arriving in time to begin laying down supporting fire across the fierce firefight and melee spread out across the forest.
A roaring explosion of AC/20 shells showers down across a hostile Alacorn Heavy Tank Mk1, wiping out it's frontal armor and instaneously shredding the poor crew within from shrapnel from the explosions.
The FLS-8k and the STK-3F charge in to the fray, advancing quickly on the armored column and firing back desperately in return. The FLS-8K fearless charges the 3rd AAD Alacorn and starts to furiously kick it's side, shearing through great amounts of armor.

The heated exchange only grows hotter as each side furiously exchanges full on frontal barrages of weapons fire in desperate, close in fighting. The STK-3F is utterly savaged by a full on barrage of PPC, AC/20 and SRM/2 Streak missiles. Armor shattered and wrecked as internals are frayed and battered but it remains in the fight. The Jump Rifle infantry dive right in to the middle of the Motorized Needler Rifle Platoon(MG) and exchange furious barrages of rifle fire with them.

Unfortunately, the tides of the battle shift in favor of the defenders once again, the FLS-8K delivers a brutal blow to the left side of the Alacorn MK-IV and the armor finally gives, the tank shuddering in a explosion. With that, the call for retreat is given and all remaining forces pull back from the field.

But do not fret loyal listeners, the loss is but a temporary one. I have reports of OAC is already shifting more forces to replenish the losses sustained by the 3rd AAD and mentions of a counter assault is already underway!

Remember to do your part and donate to the Alliance Military today, or see your local recruiter for signing up!