Robotech - Southern Cross Adventure

[Psychie]

Out on the surface, the various Veritech squads that showed up are still there, spread out to provide maximum coverage of the area. Capt. Syles is already on the radio, uploading the video that Gabi's drone picked up. He calls out, "We know of only one exit, but we must assume that there are more. Everyone, keep your eyes open for any signs of a breakout. Once the location is confirmed, call for the Asgardians to hammer the area. Spread out and be careful."

 

[Sherwood]

"Understood, Captain. Third Heavy moving out. Overwatch positions, everyone. Keep your eyes peeled. Gabi? Ryuko? Your Ajax's look-down radar is just what we need right now. Take to the air and see what you can see. Just be on special alert for those FPAs we saw down there. Those are some nasty buggers."

 

[Purr]

"On it, sergeant." Gabriella transformed the Ajax back into helicopter mode and took off. "Ryuko, let's divide up the area. You take this half and I'll take the other." With cyclic in one hand and collective in the other, Gabriela smoothly and thoroughly swept the areas from the air calling out any possible breakout zones or places of tactical advantage or disadvantage.

 

[Psychie]

Both Gabi and Ryuko take to the air with the Logans of the Black Cat Squadron, while Hydra, Vampire and Talon Squads all stay on the ground with their guns and missiles aimed at various spots around that might be hidden exits.

With your advanced ground tracking radar of the Ajax, you are able to get a good look at the terrain below as you circle. This gives you just a moment of warning as four of the deadly Female Powered Armor units come bursting out of the side of a hill, followed by a mass of Zentraedi Malcontents with rifles in hand.

From another point in the watched area, you can all hear a pilot calling out, "Breakout breakout breakout! Multiple infantry coming out, at least thirty so far."

"I have another. Forty to fifty foot soldiers. No sight of the High Lord."

Capt. Syles calls out, "Asgardians! We have targets for you. Area of effect bombardment, both missiles and shells, please. Air units, pull back out of the line of fire!"

The response is immediate. "Odin's Spear copies. Sending the pain. Asgardians! Fire for effect!"

The cannons roar, and missiles clear their launchers. As this is going on, the Valkyries on the ground are firing their own missiles and guns into the mass of soldiers, trying to contain them for the big guns and missiles of the Monsters and the Phalanx's. The loss of life is horrendous as the weapons hammer into the hapless Zentraedi. The heavy shells and Long Range Missiles carpet the entire area, wiping out the Malcontent forces by the dozen.

But there is no sign of the High Lord.

 

[Purr]

Gabi immediately switched to the squadron-only channel. "Hey! This isn't right! Maybe this is a decoy force, you know?"

Gabi used the Ajax's advanced radar and sensors for signs of movement outside of the kill zone. It made no sense for Low-life Jerkia High Lord Zerkia to send in a force like that just to get them massacred. If there was a ruse here, Gabi wanted eagerly to find it.

 

[Rykon]

"Think we should head back down there now that the bulk of their meat shields are getting hammered?" Alan asked.

[OOC: Perhaps I may or may not fully understand the long range weapons hitting the Zeeks right now. Would we know if there were bunker busters being fired?]

 

[Sherwood]

Deunan says, "Its my guess that they have another exit somewhere, far enough out that we just haven't seen it yet. Gabi and Ryuko, spread out. Find that exit."

 

[Psychie]

Purr and Gundam Watcher 27 Please give me a Detect Concealment roll, and a Perception roll. Thank you.

 

[Purr]

Please roll for me, Psychie?

 

[Psychie]

Of course. Rolling.

Detect Concealment 32%, and your Perception was an 8 before bonuses.

As you are spiraling out, looking for signs of another bolt hole, Gabi sees what appears to her to be a hidden exit that has not been used yet. It is nearly a mile and a half away from the others, and is well out of the bombardment radius.

 

[Gundam Watcher 27]

Of course. Rolling.

Detect Concealment 32%, and your Perception was an 8 before bonuses.

As you are spiraling out, looking for signs of another bolt hole, Gabi sees what appears to her to be a hidden exit that has not been used yet. It is nearly a mile and a half away from the others, and is well out of the bombardment radius.

How do I roll for this?

 

[Psychie]

Just like making a to hit roll, but instead of selecting a d20 for the faces, you pick a d100 for the skill roll. The Perception roll is a d20.

 

[Gundam Watcher 27]

Just like making a to hit roll, but instead of selecting a d20 for the faces, you pick a d100 for the skill roll. The Perception roll is a d20.

Doing it now
First is detect concealment

 

[Psychie]

Perception is a d20 just like a to hit roll, and the Detect Concealment is the d100.

 

[Purr]

As you are spiraling out, looking for signs of another bolt hole, Gabi sees what appears to her to be a hidden exit that has not been used yet. It is nearly a mile and a half away from the others, and is well out of the bombardment radius.

With a gasp, Gabi immediately relayed this to SSG Conway complete with her Ajax's visuals.

 

[Sherwood]

Deunan's face lights up at this. "Good work. This may be it. Spartas team, work you way around to be able to cover that hole. If it is a bolt hole, I want guns on it now."

 

[Purr]

Gabi transformed her Ajax from Helicopter mode to Battloid as not to give her position away and trained her guns on the hole. From there, she watched her ground-radar and the hole like a hawk.

"I'm in position," she called out over Third Heavy Recon's squadron channel. If High Lord Zerkia was indeed coming their way, Gabi was ready to launch everything she had for her to keep her from escaping.

 

[Psychie]

It does not take Gabi long before she sees a radar return on her scope from the hidden opening, followed a moment later by a flash of movement as a camouflaged cover is thrown open and you can now see the remaining four Female Powered Armor units come poking their heads out.

You have a free shot on them from surprise if you wish to take it before any initiative rolls are made.

 

[Sherwood]

Psychie does this free shot apply to all of us, or just Gabi?

 

[Psychie]

At the moment, just Gabi. The rest of the team does not have a visual on their position.

 

[D. Rex]

Heavy artillery doesn't need line of sight. :3

 

[D. Rex]

At the new orders, Marlon switched his tank to transport mode and sped off after Duenan towards their new location.

 

[Rykon]

Alan follows Marlon's lead to take position and coat as many of the four power armors in a plasma bath as possible. Even if they do escape, they'll have to deal with their machinery gradually melting into useless slag.

[Just let me know when to make the strike roll]

 

[Purr]

Gabi "Chrome Shaman" De la Rosa
Tac Corp Special Forces Recon Patrol​

Spoiler: Ajax Payload

Missile Payload:
8/12 Plasma/Napalm short-range missiles - 2d6x10 M.D., 3 mile range, 15 foot radius, 5 M.D.C.
0/3 Fragmentation short-range missiles - 2d4x10 M.D. at a 3 mile range, 20 foot radius. 5 M.D.C.
Electronic Warfare Pod
16 chaff/flare bundles (4/4 in Ajax and 11/12 in EW Pod)

Gabi felt another rush of adrenaline parade right through her body as she saw what the Ajax's ground radar had discovered. Multiple bogies headed right at her!

Gabriela let her Special Forces training take over; she was no hot shot T.A.S.C. fighter jockey with something to prove with a four-on-one situation. Even with her Third Herd coming up, Gabriela felt all a Female Power Armor needed was one good shot and Gabi would be no more. She was the only ASC unit here. She wanted, perhaps needed, the Asgardians.

The second-biggest problem was chain-of-command. This mission, and the Asgardians for this mission's duration, belonged to CPT Sykes. Would he see Gabi's artillery-fire request as a breach of protocol or as an action exercising some personal initiative to catch the enemy, and perhaps High Lord Zerkia herself, by surprise?

Gabi prayed it would be the latter. She could not afford to lose the element of surprise.

"Chrome Shaman to Asgardians." She sent what she was seeing to them, the Third Heavy Recon, and Captain Sykes to keep him in the loop.

"Hello again, you guys. Requesting deep, penetrating fire into this tunnel mouth to clear this tunnel of enemies and deny them their escape route. I take full responsibility." No way was SSG Conway going to burn if Captain Sykes got angry over this. Gabi would feel horrible if anyone but her caught hell.

Unless she was overridden by a superior, Gabi provided the exact fire coordinates and confirmed them when they copied back to her. Recording everything, she made certain she was out of the kill zone and braced for impact.

"Bring the pain, Asgardians!"

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STATUS

Location: Inside the Zentraedi hideout.
Statblock: VHT-10A Ajax (400/400 M.D.). CBR Mk 2E Armor (105/105 M.D.). Heavy Shield (55/55 M.D.).
Effects Active: None. Ajax mode: Battloid. Dragonfly slot: Cobalt mine.

 

[Psychie]

The response from the Asgardians is quick. "Copy, Chrome Shaman. Redirecting some fire to your location. Penetrating rounds incoming. Standby. Thor's Hammer, Freya's Lance. You are up."

With the sound of ripping air, eight of the heavy APFSDS shells come arcing down and start slamming into the tunnel opening just as the FPA units begin to exit. Two of the shells make a direct hit on the lead Powered Suit, punching a hole straight down through it and causing it to explode. One more hits the second in line, but this suit's armor is just able to hold under the punishment as it bolts out of the tunnel, critically damaged. The last two FPA suits manage to thread the needle and slip past the falling shells and exit out into the open as the passage behind them collapses, sealing it shut.

At this point, the three suits are now fair game for the Spartas' and the two Ajax to fire on. Roll Initiative, please!