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[Hanzoku]

Episode 9 – Live Fire Training Exercise

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

We didn’t roll up any new personnel this week – a shame, I’m getting somewhat desperate for a mechanic by now.

Anyway, Jack’s Recon Lance rolled up a Chase (Defender) mission while they were out on a training run for Arnaud. Neither of our two lances on battle duty rolled high enough to join in, so they’ll be on their own.




The terrain isn’t ideal, but with three of our four mechs jump capable, we should be able to use it to fight enemies in reasonably bite-sized chunks. Jack might have a bit more trouble with it since he can’t just jump over things in his way.  We need to destroy six of the twelve enemy targets to win this mission, so let’s get started.

We get everyone configured. We’ll start on Round 2, the reinforcements arrive on Round 8. Given the number of vehicles, enemies getting away isn’t really a problem, we just need to arrange things so we can gang up on the enemy without the same happening to us.



The three jump-capable mechs are running for it, while the Trebuchet is a bit stymied by the terrain. EuchreJack deploys to deal with that, while Little Dog and Arnaud are on the right to deal with the vehicles there.

EuchreJack fires his large and front medium lasers at the Trebuchet, while Little Dog and Arnaud focus on one of the two Scorpion Light Tanks at Arnaud’s feet. If it goes up, he’ll kick the other one.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Hornet HNT-152
   Fired 3 times, hit 2 times for 9 damage
   Fired at 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Scorpion Light Tank (Standard) #2 for 4 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired 4 times, hit 4 times for 20 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1
   Fired 4 times, hit 4 times for 23 damage

(Federated Commonwealth) Stinger STG-3R
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 5 times, hit 2 times for 14 damage

(Pirate) Hunter Light Support Tank (Standard)
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Scorpion Light Tank (Standard)
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 8 times, hit 6 times for 29 damage
   Destroyed parts: LS
   IMMOBILE
   DESTROYED (damage)

(Pirate) Scorpion Light Tank (Standard) #2
   Fired 1 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage
   Fired at 0 times, hit 0 times for 4 damage
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.

(Pirate) Stinger STG-3R
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Trebuchet TBT-5N
   Fired 3 times, hit 1 times for 9 damage
   Fired at 4 times, hit 4 times for 23 damage

A good start, Arnaud scores the killing shot on the Scorpion, and Jack puts a hurt on the Trebuchet, though the pilot manages to stay upright.

Victory Condition: 1 / 6

Spoiler: Round 3 (click to show/hide)

The pirates continue to fall back, and Jack steps up to fight the Trebuchet face to face. He fires only his medium lasers this round, while Little Dog and Arnaud focus on the second of the Scorpion tanks.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Hornet HNT-152
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired 4 times, hit 4 times for 20 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1
   Fired 3 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Trebuchet TBT-5N for 7 damage

(Federated Commonwealth) Stinger STG-3R
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 1 times for 12 damage
   Crits received: Standard Gyro[CT], Engine[CT]

(Pirate) Scorpion Light Tank (Standard) #2
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 7 times, hit 4 times for 20 damage

(Pirate) Stinger STG-3R
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Trebuchet TBT-5N
   Fired 2 times, hit 1 times for 12 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 1 times for 12 damage
   Kicked (12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1 and missed!
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.

(Pirate)     Trebuchet TBT-5N
   Fired at 0 times, hit 0 times for 5 damage
   PRONE

Well, the Scorpion is still moving despite the hits, but the Trebuchet falls after he whiffs his kick at EuchreJack. He still managed to down the FedCom Stinger, who’s going to have trouble given the engine and gyro hits he took.

Spoiler: Round 4 (click to show/hide)

The Trebutchet managed to get to its feet, but EuchreJack continues to cut it to pieces with his medium lasers. Meanwhile, Little Dog takes a potshot at a pirate Stinger with his left arm lasers, and Arnaud focuses on shooting and kicking the Scorpion to pieces.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Hornet HNT-152
   Fired 3 times, hit 2 times for 9 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired 2 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1
   Fired 3 times, hit 3 times for 15 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 2 times for 20 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Trebuchet TBT-5N for 7 damage
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.

(Federated Commonwealth) Stinger STG-3R
   Fired at 5 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Scorpion Light Tank (Standard) #2
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 2 times for 9 damage
   Destroyed parts: LS
   DESTROYED (damage)

(Pirate) Stinger STG-3G
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 2 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage

(Pirate) Stinger STG-3R
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Trebuchet TBT-5N
   Fired 3 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 3 times for 22 damage
   Kicked (12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1 for 10 damage
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.

Arnaud finishes off the Scorpion, marking our second kill. The Trebuchet finally focuses on Jack, doing some damage to his leg armor. He lands a second hit to its head armor, meaning it has only two structure left there. I think I might switch to punching to give him a better chance of landing a decapitation there.

Victory Condition: 2 / 6.

Spoiler: Round 5 (click to show/hide)

The situation in the south remains the same, while further north, the other three are having a grand time chasing down the other mechs. The Hunter is brought to bay and becomes their next target.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Hornet HNT-152
   Fired 3 times, hit 2 times for 9 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired 4 times, hit 4 times for 20 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1
   Fired 3 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 2 times for 20 damage
   Punched (Pirate) Trebuchet TBT-5N 2 times for 4 damage
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.
   Crits received: Foot[LL]

(Federated Commonwealth) Stinger STG-3R
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Hunter Light Support Tank (Standard)
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 8 times, hit 6 times for 29 damage

(Pirate) Stinger STG-3R
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Trebuchet TBT-5N
   Fired 3 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 2 times for 14 damage
   Kicked (12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1 for 10 damage
   Was punched 1 times and kicked 0 times.

Disappointing, overall. The Hunter survives its attention, and Jack proves to be more of a kicker then puncher, only landing one shot in its arm instead of its head.

Spoiler: Round 6 (click to show/hide)

No real surprises, Little Dog keeps in shooting range of the mechs while Arnaud gets to work on finishing off another vehicle. I’m not really trying to feed these kills to him, but his Hornet is best suited to cleanup work.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Hornet HNT-152
   Fired 3 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired 2 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage
   Fired at 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1
   Fired 3 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 2 times for 20 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Trebuchet TBT-5N and missed!
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.
   Crits received: Lower Leg[RL]

(Federated Commonwealth) Stinger STG-3R
   Fired 3 times, hit 3 times for 9 damage

(Pirate) Hunter Light Support Tank (Standard)
   Fired at 8 times, hit 6 times for 24 damage
   Destroyed parts: LS
   IMMOBILE
   DESTROYED (damage)

(Pirate) Stinger STG-3R
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Trebuchet TBT-5N
   Fired 3 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage
   Kicked (12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1 for 10 damage

Little Dog ends up getting the kill on the Hunter, having a good shot at its already savaged left side. Meanwhile, EuchreJack succeeds three piloting rolls to stay upright, but he’ll want to move back out of kicking range of that Trebuchet, it just hasn’t been going his way.

Victory Condition: 3 / 6

Spoiler: Round 7 (click to show/hide)

I forgot to get screenshots this round – sorry about that!

Overall, not a lot changed, Jack backed off one hex to the southwest, Little Dog and Arnaud keep chasing the other mechs.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1
   Fired 3 times, hit 2 times for 73 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage
   Destroyed parts: RL

(12th Bay Hammerers)     Wolfhound WLF-1
   Fired at 0 times, hit 0 times for 4 damage
   Destroyed parts: LL
   PRONE

(Pirate) Trebuchet TBT-5N
   Fired 3 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 2 times for 73 damage
   Crits received: LRM 15 Ammo (4)[LT], Engine[CT], Engine[CT]
   Destroyed parts: LT, CT
   DESTROYED (ejection)

Jack loses his leg but takes out the Trebuchet with an ammo explosion. However, he blacks out when his mech hits the ground, and the other leg snaps off. (Needed a 3 to stay awake, and rolls a 2…)

Victory Condition : 4 / 6

Spoiler: Round 8 (click to show/hide)

The reinforcement’s Hetzer deploys to kill EuchreJack’s Wolfhound, while the other vehicles deploy to the right. Arnaud and Little Dog race back to deal with them, leaving the enemy mechs to flee.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired at 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1
   Fired at 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard)
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Vedette Medium Tank (Standard) #2
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

Spoiler: Round 9 (click to show/hide)

Jack wakes up, and probably wishes he hasn’t. He’s facing the wrong way and his mech doesn’t have any legs anymore.

For some reason, the FedCom Stinger pilot ejects. It wasn’t needed, and I’m not going to take the hit for it.



After movement, Arnaud and Little Dog fire on one of the Vedettes, and Jack finds that he can crank his arm around enough to target the Hetzer and does so.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Hornet HNT-152
   Fired 3 times, hit 1 times for 4 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1
   Fired 1 times, hit 1 times for 8 damage
   Fired at 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard)
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 1 times for 8 damage

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Vedette Medium Tank (Standard) #2
   Fired at 3 times, hit 1 times for 4 damage

Spoiler: Round 10 (click to show/hide)

Little Dog races to the rescue, while Arnaud splits off to keep on the damaged Vedette.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Hornet HNT-152
   Fired 3 times, hit 1 times for 4 damage
   Kicked (Pirate (Reinforcements)) Vedette Medium Tank (Standard) #2 and missed!

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1
   Fired 1 times, hit 1 times for 8 damage
   Fired at 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard)
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 1 times for 8 damage

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Vedette Medium Tank (Standard) #2
   Fired at 3 times, hit 1 times for 4 damage

EuchreJack continues to plink away at the front armor of the Hetzer, which missed another time.

Spoiler: Round 11 (click to show/hide)

Little Dog gets in close and warms up his lasers, while Arnaud plays hide and seek with all three of the Vedettes.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Hornet HNT-152
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired 4 times, hit 4 times for 20 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1
   Fired 1 times, hit 1 times for 8 damage
   Fired at 1 times, hit 1 times for 20 damage
   Crits received: +Large Laser[RA], Lower Arm[RA], Medium Laser[RT]
   Destroyed parts: RA

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard)
   Fired 1 times, hit 1 times for 20 damage
   Fired at 5 times, hit 5 times for 28 damage

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Vedette Medium Tank (Standard)
   Fired at 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

EuchreJack loses his right arm and right torso, and Little Dog doesn’t quite have the Hetzer down. I’m debating having EuchreJack punch out, but then the Mech will probably be total loss.

Spoiler: Round 12 (click to show/hide)

I gamble that he’ll miss his shot on EuchreJack and keep him in the mech.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Hornet HNT-152
   Fired 3 times, hit 1 times for 4 damage
   Fired at 2 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired 4 times, hit 4 times for 20 damage
   Fired at 1 times, hit 1 times for 20 damage
   Destroyed parts: LA

(12th Bay Hammerers) Wolfhound WLF-1
   Fired at 1 times, hit 1 times for 20 damage
   Destroyed parts: RT

(Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard)
   Fired 1 times, hit 1 times for 20 damage

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard)
   Fired 1 times, hit 1 times for 20 damage
   Fired at 4 times, hit 4 times for 20 damage
   Destroyed parts: FR
   IMMOBILE
   DESTROYED (damage)

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Vedette Medium Tank (Standard) #2
   Fired 2 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 1 times for 4 damage

I both lost and won on the gamble – he could hit Jack, but didn’t destroy the center torso or head. On the other hand, his mech has lost its right torso, right arm, and both legs – it’s going to be laid up for a while. Little Dog also gets tagged with an AC/20, and loses his left arm and half his firepower.

Victory: 5 / 6

Spoiler: Round 13 (click to show/hide)

EuchreJack is safe, and Little Dog is very, very angry. He goes to show the other Hetzer exactly how angry, while Arnaud works on the damaged and trapped Vedette.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Hornet HNT-152
   Fired 3 times, hit 2 times for 7 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 2 times for 5 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

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

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Vedette Medium Tank (Standard)
   Fired 2 times, hit 2 times for 5 damage

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Vedette Medium Tank (Standard) #2
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 2 times for 7 damage

Spoiler: Round 14-17 (click to show/hide)

At this point, the map isn’t changing significantly.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Hornet HNT-152
   Fired 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 2 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage
   Kicked (Pirate (Reinforcements)) Vedette Medium Tank (Standard) #2 for 4 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired 2 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage
   Fired at 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard) for 7 damage

(Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard)
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 2 times, hit 1 times for 12 damage
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.
   IMMOBILE

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Vedette Medium Tank (Standard)
   Fired 2 times, hit 1 times for 5 damage
   Fired at 2 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Vedette Medium Tank (Standard) #2
   Fired at 0 times, hit 0 times for 4 damage
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.

Little Dog disables the Hetzer, and Arnaud keeps on playing tag with the Vedettes.

 (12th Bay Hammerers) Hornet HNT-152
   Fired 3 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired 2 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard) for 7 damage

(Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard)
   Fired at 2 times, hit 2 times for 17 damage
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.
   IMMOBILE

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Vedette Medium Tank (Standard)
   Fired 2 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage

(Pirate (Reinforcements)) Vedette Medium Tank (Standard) #2
   Fired 1 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage
   Fired at 3 times, hit 0 times for 0 damage

Arnaud decides that he’s done playing with the Vedettes after one destroys his center torso armor. He fades into the woods, out of line of sight, and Konrad continues being very angry.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired 2 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard) for 7 damage

(Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard)
   Fired at 2 times, hit 2 times for 17 damage
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.

Finally, something important goes crunch, and the vehicle is destroyed.

(12th Bay Hammerers) Jenner JR7-F
   Fired 2 times, hit 2 times for 10 damage
   Kicked (Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard) for 7 damage

(Pirate) Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun (Standard)
   Fired at 2 times, hit 2 times for 17 damage
   Was punched 0 times and kicked 1 times.
   Destroyed parts: RS
   DESTROYED (damage)

The rest of the pirates run away, rather sensibly.

Spoiler: Victory and Cleanup (click to show/hide)

Sooo… I go ahead and take the hit for the FedCom pilot losing his Mech. Jack, meanwhile, makes sure that both the Guards and the Hammerers knows what a gutless wonder the FedCom pilot is. By the time the smear campaign is over, it’s unlikely he’ll ever get another mech.

Jack took 1 hit, while the others are fine. There’s nothing functional to recover, but we take all five hulks (the Scorpions, Hetzers and Hunter. The Trebuchet was picked up with a mech-sized dustpan.), which still keeps us under the 50% salvage cap. Two pirates are confirmed dead and six more are captured.

Because of the ‘minor breach’, we get an effective wash on that mission for our contract score. We gain one point, we lose one point, but we’re still nicely in the positive.

We sell the hulks for 952,923 C-Bills, which will probably mostly go towards the ‘Fix Jack’s Mech’ repair fund that was set up.



Konrad’s Jenner needs a new arm and some armor work done.



Jack’s Wolfhound is mostly… missing. About the only good thing is it hasn’t suffered any engine or gyro hits.



Arnaud’s Hornet is best off, with plenty of armor damage and some internal damage, but no major problems.

In the aftermath, Han Zoku spends XP on his Negotiation skill for the next contract we take, Arnaud improves his piloting and receives a promotion to Corporal for receiving Regular status.

Tuesday, the next month rolls around. We get a special mission – sometime during the month, we’ll be fighting a special big battle of some form.

The enemy morale changes to rout – in essence, we’ve won. For non garrision-type missions, this would be an early victory. As pirate hunting is (apparently) a garrison type mission, we’ll instead have at least 1d6-3 months without enemy activity, barring special events raising their morale back into some sort of fighting state.

[Neonivek]

Kind of funny that sometimes you could have a mech just be completely destroyed... but as long as you save the engine? yeah its ok.

For a lot of mechs it is more valuable then, well the entire mech.

[Rince Wind]

Engine and gyro, yes. Gyro is almost a million. I just salvaged 3 from light mechs, the leftovers weren't worth much.

Where do you read that Pirate Hunting is a garrison type contract? I thought that would be the ones with "defend" as the deployment order. And cadre duty, as you are hired for training, not for running off as soon as the enemy flees.

[Hanzoku]

It's also possible that MekHQ simply doesn't auto-complete missions, but I was treating this one in particular as a garrison-style mission as we're dealing with pirates on an inhabited, core world of the Federated Commonwealth. If we were on Podunk, Periphery, I'd have treated it as being sent to smash the pirate base.

[Rince Wind]

Ah, no MekHQ doesn't autocomplete. But neither does it when the time is up, you'll have to press "complete mission" and manually choose the outcome nonetheless.

[Neonivek]

So are we being paid by the contract along the way? or do we receive a huge lump sum once we are done?

[Hanzoku]

We receive a monthly payout. We currently promptly turn around and pass out 20% of that value in shares, then pay overhead. Every three months we pay back another chunk of the loan as well.

[Neonivek]

We receive a monthly payout. We currently promptly turn around and pass out 20% of that value in shares, then pay overhead. Every three months we pay back another chunk of the loan as well.

Can we have a running tally at what our characters have earned individually? I'd like to know when we are officially rich or can "somehow" afford our own individual mechs.

[Hanzoku]

Hm...

*ten minutes of excel work and searching through the finance tab later*

Sure, that should be possible. I'll go ahead and work it into the company post later. These values aren't 100% accurate for the first contract, but they're close enough.

Han Zoku - 234,110.73 C-Bills
James Brenner - 198,452.27 C-Bills
Jack Eustance - 198,452.27 C-Bills
Zhou Smythe - 119,575.36 C-Bills
Konrad Lai - 123,775.36 C-Bills
Xidonius Oniislyvia - 81,816.91 C-Bills
Alexander Roberts - 81,816.91 C-Bills
Martin Johnson - 81,816.91 C-Bills
Kevin Collier - 81,816.91 C-Bills
Roger Williams - 81,816.91 C-Bills
Arnaud Faye - 81,816.91 C-Bills

[Anvilfolk]

Yeah, MekHQ's system is a little wonky. Definitely don't forget to manually end the contract whenever the rules conditions say you should (e.g. a rout). I think if it's a success then you get paid for the entire thing. Also, you stop getting paid monthly past the completion deadline, but keep getting missions... and that's not financially sustainable

If we're done with this contract early, we'll still get paid, I think. Plus, we'll have have time and possibly better facilities to repair all of that stuff (you know, starting from the gyro and building that Wolfhound around it ), and can start looking for a new contract without much time pressure!


Also, some of the damage values on the script seemed a little off to me - so keep an eye out and let me know if you notice discrepancies! And if there's any legibility tips people would like, we can try to adapt too. So far I'm finding the output rather useful for keeping track of battles.


How's Jack feeling after that experience, I wonder...

[EuchreJack]

Sooo… I go ahead and take the hit for the FedCom pilot losing his Mech. Jack, meanwhile, makes sure that his entire unit knows what a gutless wonder he is. By the time the smear campaign is over, it’s unlikely he’ll ever get another mech.

For some reason, the first time I read that, I thought that Jack was telling everyone that he himself was a gutless wonder so that he himself would never get another mech.

So, I guess that summarizes how I feel about all these mechs getting blown out from under me.   

I might be proposing a Wolfhound variant with more armor.
EDIT: It turns out that the Wolfhound apparently has the maximum armor possible for a mech of its size.  So...guess I'd be dead if it was another mech?

[Hanzoku]

Sorry, I'll adjust that section tomorrow to better indicate that it was the fedcom pilot whose career was over. Jack did great, and fought until ge couldn't anymore. I was debating punching him out each round, though.

[RedKing]

Sooo… I go ahead and take the hit for the FedCom pilot losing his Mech. Jack, meanwhile, makes sure that his entire unit knows what a gutless wonder he is. By the time the smear campaign is over, it’s unlikely he’ll ever get another mech.

For some reason, the first time I read that, I thought that Jack was telling everyone that he himself was a gutless wonder so that he himself would never get another mech.

You weren't the only one. 

Maybe he should look at trading the WLF in for something more mobile. Can't die if they can't hit you. Unless you trip, get kicked hard, fail a piloting roll, walk into a building with an unknown basement, run into a minefield, get the dropship landed on you....you know what, never mind. More armor is probably good.

[Anvilfolk]

Hahahah, yeah, it was surprising that Jack was still standing after that long. I mean, how many crits that those legs get, plus missed kicks and received kicks?

I kept thinking I must've missed something in that script that hadn't caught on to the fact that the Wolfhound had been wallowing in the mud for a while

[Knave]

Hm...

*ten minutes of excel work and searching through the finance tab later*

Sure, that should be possible. I'll go ahead and work it into the company post later. These values aren't 100% accurate for the first contract, but they're close enough.

Han Zoku - 234,110.73 C-Bills
James Brenner - 198,452.27 C-Bills
Jack Eustance - 198,452.27 C-Bills
Zhou Smythe - 119,575.36 C-Bills
Konrad Lai - 123,775.36 C-Bills
Xidonius Oniislyvia - 81,816.91 C-Bills
Alexander Roberts - 81,816.91 C-Bills
Martin Johnson - 81,816.91 C-Bills
Kevin Collier - 81,816.91 C-Bills
Roger Williams - 81,816.91 C-Bills
Arnaud Faye - 81,816.91 C-Bills

Not bad for a few months work (And a few near-death experiences)