Once again, my brother and I lined up for our weekend Battletech battle. This time, we would have 85 tons in an urban environment.
Thanks to the handy Mech Factory app for Android (and maybe other platforms? I have no idea), I am using my new Hatchetman variant, named "Hot Rod" for the flames I painted on around its waist.
Assuming Mech Factory keeps me within the rules properly, he should be legal... I say should be because I still haven't managed to struggle through the long rules on unit creation in the Tech Manual, so I'm leaving it fully up to the app to regulate me.
Here are the combatants on their field of battle, an unnamed urban area in the Inner Sphere. On the left are Lizbeth and I, in a Jenner and my Hatchetman, on the right my brother's recon Lance, a Dervish and a Spider.
The Lances converge rapidly, since all 'Mechs are fairly light (I stripped a lot off my Hatchetman to pin on some extra speed and jump jets, since mobility was always my complaint regarding it). The Spider performs a daring move (not least because we are still learning the related rules), jumping over my Lance and perching on a building to spot for a volley of LRMs from the Dervish, which has found its own place atop a small building.
Failure of the volley sees the Spider pounded by the Jenner. The Spider shifts its goal from spotting to tangling one on one.
Unable to resist, I order a Death from Above from both my 'Mechwarriors.
That said, perhaps I should have resisted... Both miss, and when my Hatchetman slams into the roof beside the Dervish, the building collapses under them!
All downed 'Mechs scramble to their feet, and the Dervish makes another spotted LRM shot at the Jenner as well as firing on the Hatchetman. The LRMs fall short again, but its direct fire tear off the left torso (and by extension, the left arm) of the Hatchetman!
On its return shot, the Hatchetman's own small lasers find a weak point, melting away armur and ferro-fibrous bone to detonate the LRM ammunition in the Dervish! Simultaneously, the Spider receives a lucky gyro hit, falling to the roof beneath it to be kicked to death by the Jenner.
Another great game, but I'm afraid my brother will stop playing with me at this rate! Crafty guy that he is, though, he is already talking about making up some custom 'Mech designs of his own. To complement that ambition, next game, we will be taking the timeline forward!
Welcome the Clans to the battlefield next time in the Dark Ages!
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