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Contract 1, FedCom Extraction Raid

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Total Members Voted: 4

[Neonivek]

A few COULD be fun... if a human being made it and not a AI that doesn't know what it is oding.

[Hanzoku]

Unfortunately, the script is still unhappy – Round.txt is here, with the error message below.

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File “C:\MekHQ\Battle_Results\Results.py”, line 156, in <module>
   targetUnit.damagetaken += int(r.group(3))
AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘damageTaken’
That said, the mission didn't go that badly. The terrain meant the vehicles never really got that far from the starting area, so Battle Lance had a chance to show up and help stomp a hole in them. We still took a casualty, but hopefully it won't be permanent.

Also, thanks for the 2-4x repair time tip - it's saved a couple repair jobs already.

[Anvilfolk]

LOL, holy crap, so many combinations of names. This is probably caused by having the two same units in the same faction, which adds a #1 and #2 to each. Dagnabbit. This is why these scripts are better programmed inside the application itself instead of using lots of regular expressions that have to take into account all of the possibilities, hah

How soon would you need this?

[Hanzoku]

I can wait, I really appreciate the convenience, but life and work always go ahead.

[Anvilfolk]

Quick fix, looks like it might've been what I thought it was. I tested it and it didn't crash with the round that I had before and with this one. The round output of the new script matches the output of the old one for the old round. I didn't double check to see if the data seems to check out with the round you sent me though!

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import re

with open ("round.txt", "r") as myfile:
    data=myfile.readlines()
   
data = [line.strip('\n').strip('\r').strip('\t') for line in data]
data = list(filter("".__ne__, data))

class Unit:
    def __init__(self, name, faction):
        self.name = name
        self.faction = faction
        self.timesFired = 0
        self.timesFiredHit = 0
        self.timesFiredAt = 0
        self.timesFiredAtHit = 0
        self.damageTaken = 0
        self.damageDealt = 0
       
        self.kick = False
        self.kicked = 0
        self.punch = 0
        self.punched = 0
        self.physTarget = None
        self.physDamage = 0
       
        self.lastPartHit = None
        self.crits = []
        self.destroyedParts = []
       
        self.destroyed = ""
        self.prone = False
        self.immobile = False
   
    def __str__(self):
        return "("+self.faction+") " + self.name
   
    def asList(self):
        l = []
        l.append("("+ self.faction +") " + self.name)
        if self.timesFired > 0:
            l.append("   Fired " + str(self.timesFired) + " times, hit " + str(self.timesFiredHit) + " times for " +str(self.damageDealt)+" damage")
        if self.damageTaken > 0 or self.timesFiredAt > 0:
            l.append("   Fired at " + str(self.timesFiredAt) + " times, hit " + str(self.timesFiredAtHit) + " times for " + str(self.damageTaken) +" damage")
        if self.kick:
            pd = " for " + str(self.physDamage) + " damage" if (self.physDamage > 0) else " and missed!"
            l.append("   Kicked " + str(self.physTarget) + pd)
        if self.punch > 0:
            pd = " " + str(self.punch) +" times for " + str(self.physDamage) + " damage" if (self.physDamage > 0) else " and missed!"
            l.append("   Punched " + str(self.physTarget) + pd)
        if self.punched > 0 or self.kicked > 0:
            l.append("   Was punched " + str(self.punched) + " times and kicked " + str(self.kicked) + " times.")
        if len(self.crits) > 0:
            l.append("   Crits received: " + ", ".join(self.crits))
        if len(self.destroyedParts) > 0:
            l.append("   Destroyed parts: " + ", ".join(self.destroyedParts))
        if self.prone:
            l.append("   PRONE")
        if self.immobile:
            l.append("   IMMOBILE")
        if len(self.destroyed) > 0:
            l.append("   DESTROYED ("+self.destroyed+")")
        return l

def getNextLine():
    global data
    line = data[0]
    data = data[1:]
    return line

faction = "\(([^\)]+?(?: *\(Reinforcements\))?)\)"
unitName = "([^\(]*(?: *\([^\)]+\))?(?: *#\d+)?) " + faction
weaponName = "([a-zA-Z/0-9 ]+)"
   
unitFire = re.compile('Weapons fire for ' + unitName)
unitPhys = re.compile('Physical attacks for ' + unitName)
weaponsFire = re.compile('[ ]*'+weaponName+' at '+unitName+'; needs \d+, rolls \d+ : (misses|hits)[ ]*(?:\([^\)]+\))?[ ]*([A-Z]+)?')
missileFire = re.compile('[ ]*'+weaponName+' at '+unitName+'; needs \d+, rolls \d+ : (misses|\d+ missile\(s\) hit)')
damageTaken = re.compile('[ ]*'+unitName+' takes (\d+) damage to ([A-Z]+)')
physAttack = re.compile('[ ]*(Kick|Punch)[ ]*(?:\([^\)]+\))? at '+unitName+'; needs \d+, rolls \d+ : (misses|hits)[ ]*(?:\([^\)]+\))?[ ]*([A-Z]+)?')
falling = re.compile('[ ]*'+unitName+' falls ')
critical = re.compile('CRITICAL HIT on ([^.]+).')
destroyedParts = re.compile('SECTION DESTROYED')
destroyed = re.compile('\*\*\* '+unitName+' DESTROYED by ([^!]+)! \*\*\*')
transferDamage = re.compile('(\d+) damage transfers to [A-Z]+')

units = dict()

def getUnit(name, faction):
    global units
    if name+faction not in units:
        units[name+faction] = Unit(name, faction)
    return units[name+faction]
   
currentUnit = None
targetUnit = None
physical = False

while len(data) > 0:
    line = getNextLine()
   
    # Check if this is a firing line
    r = unitFire.match(line)
    if r is not None:
        physical = False
        currentUnit = getUnit(r.group(1), r.group(2))
        targetUnit = None
        continue
   
    r = unitPhys.match(line)
    if r is not None:
        physical = True
        currentUnit = getUnit(r.group(1), r.group(2))
        targetUnit = None
        continue
   
    r = weaponsFire.search(line)
    if r is not None:
        currentUnit.timesFired += 1
        targetUnit = getUnit(r.group(2), r.group(3))
        targetUnit.timesFiredAt += 1
        if r.group(4) == "hits":
            currentUnit.timesFiredHit += 1
            targetUnit.timesFiredAtHit += 1
       
    r = missileFire.search(line)
    if r is not None:
        currentUnit.timesFired += 1
        targetUnit = getUnit(r.group(2), r.group(3))
        targetUnit.timesFiredAt += 1
        if r.group(4) != "misses":
            currentUnit.timesFiredHit += 1
            targetUnit.timesFiredAtHit += 1
        continue
   
    r = physAttack.search(line)
    if r is not None:
        targetUnit = getUnit(r.group(2), r.group(3))
        currentUnit.physTarget = targetUnit
        if r.group(1) == "Kick":
            currentUnit.kick = True
            if r.group(4) == "hits":
                targetUnit.kicked += 1
        elif r.group(1) == "Punch":
            currentUnit.punch += 1
            if r.group(4) == "hits":
                targetUnit.punched += 1
        continue

    r = falling.search(line)
    if r is not None:
        currentUnit = None
        targetUnit = getUnit(r.group(1), r.group(2))
        targetUnit.prone = True
       
    r = damageTaken.search(line)
    if r is not None:
        targetUnit.damageTaken += int(r.group(3))
        targetUnit.lastPartHit = r.group(4)
        if currentUnit is None:
            continue
        if physical:
            currentUnit.physDamage += int(r.group(3))
        else:
            currentUnit.damageDealt += int(r.group(3))
        continue   
   
    r = transferDamage.search(line)
    if r is not None:
        targetUnit.damageTaken -= int(r.group(1))
        if physical and currentUnit is not None:
            currentUnit.physDamage -= int(r.group(1))
        elif not physical and currentUnit is not None:
            currentUnit.damageDealt -= int(r.group(1))
   
    r = critical.search(line)
    if r is not None:
        targetUnit.crits.append(r.group(1) + "["+targetUnit.lastPartHit+"]")
   
    r = destroyedParts.search(line)
    if r is not None:
        targetUnit.destroyedParts.append(targetUnit.lastPartHit)
       
    r = destroyed.search(line)
    if r is not None:
        unit = getUnit(r.group(1), r.group(2))
        unit.destroyed = r.group(3)
   
   
factions = {}
def getFaction(name):
    global factions
    if name not in factions:
        factions[name] = {}
    return factions[name]

for unit in units.values():
    f = getFaction(unit.faction)
    f[unit.name] = unit

output = []
   
sortedFactions = sorted(factions.keys())
for factionName in sortedFactions:
    unitList = getFaction(factionName)
    sortedUnitList = sorted(unitList.keys())
    for unitName in sortedUnitList:
        output = output + unitList[unitName].asList() + [""]
       
   
with open ("round2.txt", "w") as myfile:
    myfile.write("\n".join(output))

[Knave]

Anvil, seeing you whip up code quickly, makes me wish I had focused more on programming when I was younger 

[Hanzoku]

Awesome, thanks!

I'd try fixing it myself, but I have maybe 5 minutes of experience with Python so far.

[Anvilfolk]

Don't underestimate what you can do! This is where I learned python (http://www.diveintopython.net/), though I did have some limited knowledge from before. The script uses regular expressions, which are just ways to see patterns in text and get out the information you want. Feel free to dig through the code (I could also comment it?) and let me know if you've got any questions!

Dive Into Python is cute, but I know there are also a bunch of really cool, interactive tutorials around the web. Definitely worth doing. It can be a lot more fun if you see something visual happening, so you could try to use fancy things like the Unity engine to see your programming in action

[Hanzoku]

Yeah, it's a question of when I get free time at work. I work with Powershell, C# and a custom language at work, along with QA Wizard Pro. Luckily, playing around with something like Python can go under training

[Anvilfolk]

Sweet! If you already know how to do imperative languages, jumping into Python will be easy! It's just so much easier and faster to write in it And incredibly useful for these kinds of scripts. I've been using Powershell and a Notepad++ for programming in Python. Figured I wouldn't need anything more fancy than that

[Hanzoku]

Episode 7 – Trial By Fire

Spoiler: Setup – Round 2 (click to show/hide)

Our newest Recon Lance is up for this week’s battle, another Chase mission as the Defender. This time, their target is a reinforced company of light vehicles. Battle Lance is close enough to join in, and will be available from Turn 6, according to the auto-configuration.



Before starting, I configure the bot for escape tactics, so it should be less concerned with stomping a hole in our forces and more with running for it. We have to kill 8 of their units to win.

As before, I also configure our units to start a little later. This lets the bot deploy all of its units before we deploy ours. Our main goal is to move around enough to be hard targets to hit, and to stay out of the front arcs of the Hetzers, as an AC/20 really ruins a 20-ton scout mech’s day.




This is great terrain for us, not so great for the vehicles. The swamps and forests are going to keep them slowed down, which gives Battle Lance a very good chance of being able to catch up and get in the fight.



We deployed on the left to deal with the Hetzers and stay away from the pile of Pegasus and Harassers that were cruising in the swamps on the right. Anvil and Lil Brother focus on the closest by Hetzer, while Ernesto starts on the Scorpion at his feet.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Locust LCT-3V
   Fired 4 times, hit 4 times for 14 damage
   Fired at 2 times, hit 2 times for 7 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Scorpion Light Tank (Standard) for 5 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Phoenix Hawk PXH-1
   Fired 8 times, hit 2 times for 4 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard) for 9 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Stinger STG-3G
   Fired 2 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage
   Fired at 15 times, hit 1 times for 9 damage

(Federated Commonwealth) Phoenix Hawk PXH-1D
   Fired 3 times, hit 3 times for 18 damage
   Fired at 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard) #2 for 9 damage

(Pirate) Harasser Missile Platform (Standard)
   Fired 4 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard)
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 10 times, hit 4 times for 23 damage
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.

(Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard) #2
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 3 times for 27 damage
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.

(Pirate) Hunter Light Support Tank (Standard)
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Packrat LRPV PKR-T5
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Packrat LRPV PKR-T5 #2
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Standard)
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Scorpion Light Tank (Standard)
   Fired 2 times, hit 2 times for 7 damage
   Fired at 4 times, hit 4 times for 19 damage
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.

(Pirate) Striker Light Tank (LRM)
   Fired 1 times, hit 1 times for 9 damage

The combined fire from Anvil and Lil Brother immobilize the first Hetzer. Lil Brother is doing slightly better – he misses with all of his lasers, but his machineguns shred its motive systems.  The FedCom Phoenix Hawk also immobilizes his Hetzer, and Ernesto stuns the Scorpion he was shooting at.

The Pirates try to dogpile Anvil’s Stinger, but miss with most of their shots, luckily. Lil Brother, Ernesto and the FedCom all kick and connect, but fail to destroy anything vital.

Spoiler: Round 3 (click to show/hide)

We vacate the firing arcs of the immobiled Hetzers, making liberal use of our jumpjets to move faster in this terrain.

Anvil focuses on the Striker Light Tank next to him, Ernesto keeps the heat on the Scorpion he was working over, and Lil Brother ends up jumping out of sight of everything and can instead use this turn to drop his heat levels. The FedCom Phoenix Hawk insists on going nose to nose with the hover tank pack.


(12th Bay Hammerers) Locust LCT-3V
   Fired 5 times, hit 3 times for 12 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 1 times for 6 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Stinger STG-3G
   Fired 4 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Federated Commonwealth) Phoenix Hawk PXH-1D
   Fired 4 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage
   Fired at 11 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Harasser Missile Platform (Standard) and missed!

(Pirate) Harasser Missile Platform (Standard)
   Fired 4 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard) #2
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Packrat LRPV PKR-T5 #2
   Fired 1 times, hit 1 times for 6 damage

(Pirate) Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Standard)
   Fired 5 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage
   Fired at 4 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage

(Pirate) Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Standard) #4
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Scorpion Light Tank (Standard)
   Fired at 5 times, hit 3 times for 12 damage

(Pirate) Striker Light Tank (LRM)
   Fired at 4 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

In the shooting phase, Anvil misses his shots, but stops being the focus of the Pirate attention. Ernesto gets some more hits in on the Scorpion but is tagged by a few SRMs from one of the Packrat LRPVs. The FedCom Phoenix Hawk immobilizes one of the Pegasus’, but whiffs a kick at a Harasser.

So far, so good – we have three vehicles for Battle Lance to clean up when they get to the party.

Spoiler: Round 4 (click to show/hide)

Anvil gets stuck after jumping into a bog, but is safely out of the firing arc of the Hetzers. Lil Brother goes to head off one of the Scorpions leading the escape, and Ernesto sticks close to Anvil.

Anvil aims for the right side of the Hetzer in front of him, where the armor is badly damaged, Lil Brother goes for the Scorpion, and Ernesto works on his original target still.

The script didn’t like this round for some reason.

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Traceback (most recent call last):
   File “C:\MekHQ\Battle_Results\Results1_2.py”, line 158, in <module>
      TargetUnit.damageTaken += int(r.group(3))
AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘damageTaken’

Round.txt is located here

Ernesto destroys his Scorpion, but is tagged by one of the Pegasus in the center torso, leaving him with only 2 structure there. Anvil shoots a hole in the side of the Hetzer and then kicks the rest of its side in, destroying it as well, and Lil Brother lands a kick in the turret of his Scorpion, destroying a stabilizer.

Victory Condition: 2 / 8

Spoiler: Round 5 (click to show/hide)

Anvil doesn’t manage to get unstuck this turn, but is safe from most of the vehicles. Ernesto goes off to attack the Striker tank with the LRMs, trying to keep himself safe from further center torso shots, as any weapon that hits him there will kill the mech. Meanwhile, Lil Brother and the FedCom join up to play rugby, using a Scorpion tank as the ball.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Phoenix Hawk PXH-1
   Fired 7 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage
   Fired at 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Scorpion Light Tank (Standard) #2 and missed!

(12th Bay Hammerers) Stinger STG-3G
   Fired 2 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage
   Fired at 1 times, hit 1 times for 8 damage

(Federated Commonwealth) Phoenix Hawk PXH-1D
   Fired 2 times, hit 2 times for 13 damage
   Fired at 4 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Scorpion Light Tank (Standard) #2 for 9 damage

(Pirate) Harasser Missile Platform (Standard) #2
   Fired 4 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Packrat LRPV PKR-T5 #2
   Fired 1 times, hit 1 times for 8 damage
   Fired at 2 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage

(Pirate) Scorpion Light Tank (Standard) #2
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 9 times, hit 3 times for 27 damage
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.

Combat is a bit boring this round – Ernesto ends up out of LOS with the tank, Anvil and a Packrat exchange fire, and the Scorpion survives the attention it receives.

Spoiler: Round 6 (click to show/hide)

Battle Lance arrives on the scene, where Knave pops in behind two Pegasus that had been hiding on the right, Thermo hangs back in the center to keep range for his weapons, and Raptor moves to take care of the immobile Pegasus.

Meanwhile, Lil Brother keeps on working over the Scorpion, Anvil breaks free and gets in position to deal with a Galleon light tank, and Ernesto gets in position to give the Striker a bad day.

Knave fires his full array at one of the Pegasus, Raptor targets the rear of the immobile Pegasus with his short range weapons, Thermo fires his PPC at a Harasser missile platform. Ernesto fires on the Striker, Anvil on the Galleon, and Lil Brother alpha strikes the Scorpion.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Crab CRB-20
   Fired 4 times, hit 4 times for 24 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 3 times for 21 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Standard) #3 for 10 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Griffin GRF-1N
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 3 times for 30 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Locust LCT-3V
   Fired 4 times, hit 4 times for 14 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Phoenix Hawk PXH-1
   Fired 9 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Quickdraw QKD-4G
   Fired 5 times, hit 3 times for 14 damage
   Fired at 10 times, hit 4 times for 25 damage
   Crits received: Standard Gyro[CT], Engine[CT]

(12th Bay Hammerers) Stinger STG-3G
   Fired 4 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 1 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Galleon Light Tank GAL-100 and missed!

(12th Bay Hammerers)     Quickdraw QKD-4G
   Fired at 0 times, hit 0 times for 6 damage
   PRONE

(Federated Commonwealth) Phoenix Hawk PXH-1D
   Fired 3 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage

(Pirate) Galleon Light Tank GAL-100
   Fired 1 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage
   Fired at 4 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Harasser Missile Platform (Standard)
   Fired 2 times, hit 2 times for 22 damage
   Fired at 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Harasser Missile Platform (Standard) #2
   Fired 3 times, hit 1 times for 6 damage

(Pirate) Hunter Light Support Tank (Standard)
   Fired at 5 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage

(Pirate) Packrat LRPV PKR-T5 #2
   Fired 1 times, hit 1 times for 8 damage

(Pirate) Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Standard)
   Fired 7 times, hit 3 times for 19 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 3 times for 14 damage

(Pirate) Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Standard) #3
   Fired at 0 times, hit 0 times for 10 damage
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.

(Pirate) Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Standard) #4
   Fired 3 times, hit 3 times for 21 damage
   Fired at 4 times, hit 4 times for 24 damage
   Destroyed parts: RS
   DESTROYED (damage)

(Pirate) Scorpion Light Tank (Standard) #2
   Fired at 9 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage
   Destroyed parts: TU
   DESTROYED (damage)

(Pirate) Striker Light Tank (LRM)
   Fired at 4 times, hit 4 times for 14 damage

Lil Brother scores a solid kill, and Knave shows his ire towards Pegasus’ in general by destroying the one at his feet in one round. However, not everything goes our way, as Raptor’s Quickdraw goes down on barrages of missiles with engine and gyro troubles.

Victory Condition: 4 / 8

Spoiler: Round 7 (click to show/hide)

Lil Brother and the FedCom continue being Team Phoenix Hawk in the north, while Anvil jumps away and ends up being out of LOS (the curse of being first in the move order.). Ernesto holds still where he is, Raptor gets up but gets stuck as he tries to get out of the line of fire. Knave backs up to keep his back safe from the Pegasus, and Thermo moves up to give one of the LRPVs a good kicking.

Thermo and Raptor combine their fire on a Harasser missile platform, Knave works on a Pegasus, Ernesto works on finishing off the Striker, and Lil Brother fires only his machineguns at the Hunter Light Support Tank to get his heat under control.

This round doesn’t go as well. Raptor’s Quickdraw is gone, a victim of not one, not two, but THREE unlucky critical hits that destroy the engine, one hit at a time. He survives the process, but this is going to hurt in the pocketbook.

Spoiler: Round 8 (click to show/hide)

Not a lot of movement, mostly just some shuffling around.

Ernesto keeps working on the Striker, Lil Brother keeps working on the Hunter, Knave is on the Pegasus, Anvil is on the Galleon, Thermo fires his PPC at the LRPV at his feet.

Ernesto finishes off the Striker, and Lil Brother blows open the side of the Hunter. Meanwhile, Anvil loses a leg and an arm and is forced to fall, while Knave immobilizes the Pegasus at his feet, and then we finish the mission in grand style as we kick not one, not two, but THREE vehicles to pieces in one round – Thermo kicks the Packrat LRPV in the right rear, crushing it, Knave kicks the immobile Pegasus to finish it off, and the FedCom kicks in the front of one of the Harassers.

Victory Condition: 9 / 8

This was good timing, as Anvil’s Stinger was going to be easy pickings next round.

Spoiler: Victory (click to show/hide)

Winner is: TEAM #1

12th Bay Hammerers: 3935 BV remaining (from 5591 initially) 0 BV fled
Federated Commonwealth: 937 BV remaining (from 975 initially) 0 BV fled
Pirate: 2481 BV remaining (from 7421 initially) 0 BV fled

Survivors are:
Stinger STG-3G (12th Bay Hammerers)
Pilot : Lieutenant JG Zhou Smythe [5/6] ( 1 hit(s) )
Kills : 1

Locust LCT-3V (12th Bay Hammerers)
Pilot : Master Sergeant Ernesto Araújo [2/4]
Kills : 2

Phoenix Hawk PXH-1 (12th Bay Hammerers)
Pilot : Private Xidonius Oniislyvia [6/6]
Kills : 2

Crab CRB-20 (12th Bay Hammerers)
Pilot : Lieutenant SG James Brenner [4/4]
Kills : 2

Griffin GRF-1N (12th Bay Hammerers)
Pilot : Corporal Alexander Roberts [5/5]
Kills : 1

Phoenix Hawk PXH-1D (Federated Commonwealth)
Pilot : Lucas Onoda [4/7]
Kills : 1

Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Standard) (Pirate)
Driver : Kenny Abaya [5/7]
Kills : 0

Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard) (Pirate)
Driver : Khurshid Ofstad [4/7]
Kills : 0

Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Standard) (Pirate)
Driver : Fuminori Nakano [4/5]
Kills : 0

Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Standard) #2 (Pirate)
Driver : Zayyad Ingram [4/6]
Kills : 0

Galleon Light Tank GAL-100 (Pirate)
Driver : Francina Guyard [4/4]
Kills : 0

Packrat LRPV PKR-T5 (Pirate)
Driver : Regina Manselli [6/7]
Kills : 0

Harasser Missile Platform (Standard) #2 (Pirate)
Driver : Anshuman Fardilha [4/7]
Kills : 1


Graveyard contains:
Scorpion Light Tank (Standard) (Pirate)
Driver : Lakew Anasa [4/6]
Kills : 0
Destroyed by Locust LCT-3V (12th Bay Hammerers)

Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard) #2 (Pirate)
Driver : Raymond Lawrence [6/5]
Kills : 0
Destroyed by Stinger STG-3G (12th Bay Hammerers)

Scorpion Light Tank (Standard) #2 (Pirate)
Driver : Colin Melonakos [4/6]
Kills : 0
Destroyed by Phoenix Hawk PXH-1 (12th Bay Hammerers)

Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Standard) #4 (Pirate)
Driver : Futomi Kiyomizu [4/5]
Kills : 0
Destroyed by Crab CRB-20 (12th Bay Hammerers)

Quickdraw QKD-4G (12th Bay Hammerers)
Pilot : Corporal Roger Williams [5/5] ( 2 hit(s) )
Kills : 0
Destroyed by Harasser Missile Platform (Standard) #2 (Pirate)

Hunter Light Support Tank (Standard) (Pirate)
Driver : Anzelm Hodgson [5/6]
Kills : 0
Destroyed by Phoenix Hawk PXH-1 (12th Bay Hammerers)

Striker Light Tank (LRM) (Pirate)
Driver : Bob bin Zakariyya [4/4]
Kills : 0
Destroyed by Locust LCT-3V (12th Bay Hammerers)

Harasser Missile Platform (Standard) (Pirate)
Driver : Zanthe Karaoulanis [5/6]
Kills : 0
Destroyed by Phoenix Hawk PXH-1D (Federated Commonwealth)

Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Standard) #3 (Pirate)
Driver : Gabir Hussain [6/6]
Kills : 0
Destroyed by Crab CRB-20 (12th Bay Hammerers)

Packrat LRPV PKR-T5 #2 (Pirate)
Driver : Erich Stammel [4/7]
Kills : 0
Destroyed by Griffin GRF-1N (12th Bay Hammerers)


Roger Williams took two hits, and Zhou Smythe took one, but that’s fairly OK. What’s less OK is the Quickdraw, which is down and dead until we can secure a usable engine for it. Despite the inoperable condition, the engine and gyro may be repairable, something I’ll be doing with the extra repair time option.

We claim three crippled vehicles (A Pegasus, Hetzer and Scorpion) and two hulks (the Hunter and the other Hetzer) as our salvage for the mission. We also capture another 5 prisoners from among the pirates, and confirm 9 dead from their personnel.

We sell the two hulks and the Scorpion, which had lost its turret and all weapons. We keep the Pegasus and the Hetzer for now – if we can just get a vehicle tech, the Pegasus in particular has been proving a solid opponent, and a Hetzer can really hurt if you can get something in its front arc.

With the experience from fighting, Zhou improves his Piloting skill and goes from Green to Regular.

Spoiler: Repairs (click to show/hide)

We do have a lot of repairs that need to be done before next week rolls around. The doctor takes on her five patients, and we look at the mechs.


The Crab only needs some armor patching done, and will be ready for next week.


The Stinger, on the other hand, is out for a while, as it needs a new arm and leg before it’s ready.


The Griffin is also just a case of armor repairs.


A few dents and reload the machine gun ammo.


Considerably more work, the gyro in particular is in poor condition, which makes it that much harder to get it working again.


Finally, the Locust needs some internal work, but otherwise it’s a matter of patching armor and loading bullets.

The techs get to work, fixing the Crab, Griffin and Phoenix Hawk easily. The Stinger will be down for a week, and they work carefully on the engine and gyro of the Quickdraw. The right shoulder being jammed proves unfixable, and the limb is stripped and removed, and a new one ordered.

Sunday, the torso section for the Wolfhound arrives, and the Locust is fully fixed and cleared for duty. The Gyro proves troublesome, but they manage to fix the Quickdraw’s Engine. The techs are also taking their time with the torso section for Jack’s Wolfhound.

For the next week, Command Lance goes on Battle duty, and Jack’s Recon Lance is on Training for Arnaud. Battle Lance and Zhou’s Recon Lance take a breather for the week while parts are delivered.

Monday rolls around, and we get another new recruit – Electra Maximos, owner of a Centurion. We welcome her (and her mech) with open arms. She joins Battle Lance for the moment in place of Raptor’s Quickdraw.

By the time Wednesday rolls around, the Stinger’s right arm is back on and good as new, the Quickdraw’s Gyro is still in the shop, and the techs are still slaving over Jack’s Wolfhound.

[Rince Wind]

Yes,  kick 'em good!

Also, I really like to switch that rear facing laser to the front in Centurions. It makes them a lot better in my opinion. And the heat is still fine.

Something still seemed to be off with the script, in the first round of combat the Hetzers are noted to have shot twice, which is clearly impossible.


One advice regarding the immobile vees: It seems, that even if you repair the motive system, the game doesn't acknowlegde that. It will show as fine in all screens, but still be immobile. You'll have to edit the damage in the hangar, then save, quit and reload.

[Hanzoku]

Yeah, I noticed that in the next game I was playing, it seems to double up its count most, but not all of the time.

Thanks for the advice, if I ever get a mechanic, I'll keep that in mind, and how to fix the problem. Of course, we need to manage to roll a mechanic first.

[GentlemanRaptor]

Ow. My mech. Well, at least I tried. Gonna have to hope and pray for good repair rolls...

[Knave]

Poor Quickdraw - hopefully we'll get it working in time for our next kick fest

Glad I was able to crush those pegasus'! Now I just need to have a rematch with that tricksy blackjack and my revenge will be complete.