Robotech - Tales of the RDF

[Soviet Panda]

"I understand." Connor said calmly, switching targets as a different Spartan was lit up on his HUD. "Ready to fire." he said over the radio as his targeting system lined up on the poor, unsuspecting Spartan. With the amount of fire power trained on it, it would go down with barely a whimper and probably leave a small hole where it was if they were lucky.

 

[Purr]

Staff Sergeant Taniya


"Zaile, Braidwood, conceal yourselves as best you can from their presence, then attack!"  Taniya took cover (if there were cover or concealment to be had) and waited until his squadmates were in position, completing the L-shaped ambush with the sun behind them.  This way, her team would not catch each other in a crossfire while being able to pour as much hell onto the enemy as the enemy deserved.


Once her team was in place, Taniya neatly targeted the Spartan taking point.  "Fire!"

 

[Kaerri]

Eadric Braidwood, Field Scientist


"Understood, ma'am," he repeated, glancing at the radio in some surprise.  Had someone done something he'd missed?  Probably, he thought.  He'd gotten a little distracted with his internal moralizing.  Time to pay attention -- combat was no place for the unfocused.  And speaking of focus: he set his particle beams to aim at Taniya's designated target, eying the tanks for later missiles.  Then he got into position and found a place of concealment likewise and waited for her command.

 

[Sherwood]

The two Defenders line up a spray of tungsten penetrator shells while the Tomahawk fires off a dual blast from its massive particle beam cannons. 


What does Taniya do?  Your own particle cannons have a range of 4 miles, so you can close in until you are in range.  Your post was not clear as to what if anything you were firing. 

 

[Purr]

(OOC for Sherwood)

Spoiler

Um, in my last post, I shared Taniya was attempting to find cover with her teammates?  She waits for the enemy with them;  she does not break rank to close in as doing so would spoil this ambush.  Only when everyone is ready does she give the order to fire.  =)


If all goes well, the enemy will try to close the distance between our Defenders and Tomahawk, hopefully believing that they have superior numbers in terms of mecha. 


That is when the rest of the team (Taniya included) springs the ambush.  


Also, Taniya, being Zentraedi, is attempting to use tactics learned from the Invid - focusing fire on one target at a time to quickly reduce enemy numbers and morale (or so Taniya and I hope). =)


This may lead to surrender on the part of the enemy - either way, the Red Pandas do the most amount of damage while taking the least. If this strategy works, that is.  =)

 

[Epiphany]

Corporal Zaile Alencar


"Yes, sir!"


The blue-haired Zentraedi manuevers her agile Officer's Pod into...well, whatever passes for cover on a savannah. A ditch?  Stubby bushes?  Braidwood's mech?


Once in position, though, she opens up with her particle cannons on the designated target and hits them at range.  

 

[Sherwood]

Under the combined fire from the entire squad, you quickly blast through the armor and disable the first of the Spartans. With its reinforced pilot compartment, the person inside is still alive, for now.  The other three Spartans scatter along with the rest of the vehicles in the convoy. They hit the gas and begin making a run for the ravine at top speed.


It is at this time that the two Commenchero helicopters rise up from behind the low hill that they were hiding behind. "Red Pandas, this is Cobra fight lead. We have our wings loaded with MLOPs, and we are preparing to make our initial attack run. We will hit the tanks and leave the destroids to you."  They begin to fly forward, rockets rippling out from the launch pods, hitting the vehicles hard.


As all of this is going on, Barbara calls out, "I'm getting a signal from the convoy! It's in some African dialect that I don't speak, but I'll bet that it's a distress call. I am trying to jam the signal, but some of the transmission already got out! Be ready for more trouble."


@Beowulf is up


Initiative order


Connor


Spartan 1


Taniya


Barbara


Eadric


Spartan 2


Cobra flight


Tanks 1-4


APCs


Doug


Zaile


Spartan 3

 

[Sherwood]

Bump for @Beowulf

 

[Soviet Panda]

Connor did not see another target being lit up after the first Spartan was dropped. So he took matters into his own hands. "I don't like you." he muttered as he swiveled his guns to face one of the Spartans (in this case Spartan 1) and prepared to fire the tungsten rounds down range.

 

[Sherwood]

The heavy rounds riddle the armor of the mecha, doing solid damage.


It's counter attack is soft and deadly, as it twists to aim its missile launchers at Connor. It then launches six of its payload at you, and they will hit unless you shoot them down.


@Dannigan is up, @Beowulf  needs to declare a defense


Initiative order


Connor [1]


Spartan 1 [1] damaged


Taniya <====


Barbara


Eadric


Spartan 2


Cobra flight


Tanks 1-4


APCs


Doug


Zaile


Spartan 3

 

[Soviet Panda]

'Damn it' Connor thought as he saw the missiles flying towards him and quickly switched to flak to try and shoot them before they got close enough to do him some damage. Being hit by a missile was not something he wanted to happen if he could help it.

 

[Sherwood]

The dual spray from the airburst rounds manage to detonate four of the six missiles coming in at you.  The last two do manage to hit, causing a total of 80 MDC damage, rocking you back on your heels but otherwise you are fine.


@Dannigan is up next


Initiative order


Connor [2]


Spartan 1 [1] damaged


Taniya <====


Barbara


Eadric


Spartan 2


Cobra flight


Tanks 1-4


APCs


Doug


Zaile


Spartan 3

 

[Purr]

Staff Sergeant Taniya

Under the combined fire from the entire squad, you quickly blast through the armor and disable the first of the Spartans. With its reinforced pilot compartment, the person inside is still alive, for now.

Taniya grinned proudly.  "Excellent shooting, my Red Pandas!"

The other three Spartans scatter along with the rest of the vehicles in the convoy. They hit the gas and begin making a run for the ravine at top speed.

Taniya stopped grinning.  "The pilots are cowards.  So much for the ambush..."

The dual spray from the airburst rounds manage to detonate four of the six missiles coming in at you.  The last two do manage to hit, causing a total of 80 MDC damage, rocking you back on your heels but otherwise you are fine.

She quickly examined McKinley's Defender for damage.  Taniya's reasoning was this - if their opponents were out of her particle beam cannon range of 4 miles, then the only short range missiles they could be using to reach McKinley would have to be the armor-piercing missiles with their 5 mile reach.  If those critically hit, they usually struck for three times the amount of damage of a typical missile hit...  and Defenders were not known for their armor.  


Seeing as McKinley was rocked and not rolled, she could not help but grin again and mildly chide him as she would have any of her Meltrandi aces.  "McKinley, while your shooting is top-notch, your ability to recall my commands are not.  Next time, if you fail to destroy a volley, pop your chaff and flares?"  Taniya was fond of her Red Pandas, McKinley included; it would have been a shame to have to watch him fall to the scummy likes of thieves and raiders as these.  A pilot like him deserved better.


Certain that Zaile and Braidwood would follow her, Taniya lifted off and flew toward the fleeing Spartans, targeting the damaged unit.  Now that the bandits could see what they were truly up against (6 mecha and 2 attack helicopters), she hailed her opponents.  Let us give this surrender thing a try...  How did it go again?   Ah.


Taniya came over the radio with all of the mighty wrath her Zentraedi blood lent her.  "Spartan pilots!  Stop your mecha and dismount or die right now!  [COLOR= rgb(152, 157, 160)]You [/COLOR]will[COLOR= rgb(152, 157, 160)] [/COLOR]perform exactly[COLOR= rgb(152, 157, 160)] [/COLOR]as I command or I will peel each of you out of them and begin slowly melting body parts off[COLOR= rgb(152, 157, 160)] [/COLOR]of your body...  starting with the one between your legs!"  

 

[Sherwood]

Several long seconds go by with no response from the insurgents. There is a sudden flurry of signals back and forth, all in one of the many dialects of the region, so you are unable to understand them. Finally, there is a reply in accented English. "Yes, yes! We will surrender. Do not shoot!"


They slowly come to a stop, and the two allied helicopters begin to circle and close in.  Suddenly, both Connor and Barbara spot a sudden power spike on their sensors, from the ravine about ten miles away. Just as you are about to say something, a twin set of heavy particle beams fire up and out, striking one of the helicopters! A concerned voice from the pilot of the chopper can be heard, "Red Pandas, this is Cobra Two. We are hit hard and can't take another shot like that. It looks like we have found at least one of the missing Tomahawks."


As the damaged helicopter arcs away, the three Spartans once more kick into action. It looks like they were only surrendering to give the pursuit of the Tomahawk time to power up.


@Dannigan your radio call doesn't take an action, so you can still open fire if you choose.


Initiative order


Connor [2]


Spartan 1 [1] damaged


Taniya <====


Barbara


Eadric


Spartan 2


Cobra flight


Tanks 1-4


APCs


Doug


Zaile


Spartan 3

 

[Purr]

Staff Sergeant Taniya


"Clever," Taniya mused.  So our humans enemies on this side of their world are completely honorless and will use our honor to despicable advantage.  Noted.  


"Cobra squadron, Red Panda leader.  I recommend you put something between yourselves and that Tomahawk, even if it is us.  Those cannons can kill you from 20 miles away, but the pilot needs line of sight to do it."


"Red Panda Squadron, keep to our original strategy and destroy the Spartans but mind the tanks.  This is Invid strategy; many on one to thin their numbers.   Our morale rises with each kill while they watch their teammates burn one by one.  That goes for everyone but you, Dorsey - give that Tomahawk pilot something else to think about besides attacking our helicopter crews."  While we still have them, she thought.  


As The Beast rocketed through the air, she loosed twin blasts from her largest dual particle beam cannons at the damaged Spartan.  

 

[Sherwood]

[SIZE= 1.3rem]Taniya's blast lances out at the damaged mecha. The inexperienced pilot tries to dodge, but your skill is easily enough to hit it. It's armor is still holding.[/SIZE]


Sticking to the order of taking the enemy out one at a time, Barbara focuses her fire on the damaged Spartan 1. But, her own inexperience shows as she tries to lead the target too much and only manages to raise up a cloud of dirt at the foot of the mecha. "Shit! I missed! Bloody hell! 


@Kaerri is up next


Initiative order


Connor [2]


Spartan 1 [2] seriously damaged


Taniya [1]


Barbara [1]


Eadric <====


Spartan 2


Cobra flight


Tanks 1-4


APCs


Doug


Zaile


Spartan 3


Tomahawk(s)

 

[Kaerri]

Eadric Braidwood, Field Scientist


"It happens to the best of us, Barbara!" he called over the radio.  "Stay focused and don't let it rattle you."  Per his commander's orders, he locked onto the damaged Spartan and fired the M-1255 120mm laser cannon mounted on his left shoulder.  One ought to do it, with the hits it's taken, he thought, and there's those others to worry about.  But no need to expend missiles when the designers of his new Spartan had given him the 'cannons to play with.

 

[Sherwood]

Eadric fires a deadly shot at the damaged mecha, and the cannon must have over charged, because the blast penetrates the weakened armor with ease and shuts down the Spartan.


Spartan 2 turns and opens up its missile launchers and fires a whopping twelve missiles at Taniya! The missiles will hit unless you either spoof them with a chaff/flare pack our shot them down.


The second Commenchero buzzes low over the battlefield and targets one of the tanks with a spray of fifteen mini missiles. The target explodes in a violent blast.


Since the tanks don't have the weaponry to compete with the destroids, they continue to make a run for the relative safety of the ravine, and they rotate their turrets to track and fire on the helicopter. Their lack of training combined with the skill of the pilot keeps the fleet from getting hit.


The APCs send up as much small arms fire as they can at the helicopter, but to little effect.


Doug takes his time, knowing that he is far out of range of the weapons of the enemy. "Shifting targets to engage the Tomahawk as ordered. Cannons on line, and looking good. Taking the shot." His twin cannons fire as one, and slam into the mecha hard, rocking it back on its heels and doing a good amount of damage.


@Epiphany is up next


Initiative order


Connor [2]


Taniya [1]


Barbara [1]


Eadric [1]


Spartan 2 [1] damaged


Cobra flight [2]


Tanks 2-4 [1]


APCs [1]


Doug [1]


Zaile <====


Spartan 3


Tomahawk 1 damaged


Tomahawk 2


EDITED to fix Doug's target the Tomahawk.

 

[Epiphany]

Corporal Zaile Alencar


The escaping tanks briefly drag at the Zentraedi's attention, begging her to pursue and destroy the cowardly enemy.  But RDF mechs and effective range of weaponry meant they were relatively low value targets.  Those Spartans were the real threat.  And as the first goes down in a blaze of fury, she lines her barrels up with the second just in time to spot Doug score solid shots.  


"Nice work, Corporal!" she cheers over the squad radio.  "Time to follow up!"  


And she opens up with both barrels of her HPC-90 particle cannons, attempting to finish off the second Spartan Doug got a head start on.

 

[Sherwood]

I forgot to tag @Dannigan that Taniya has incoming missiles.


Zaile lights up the damaged Spartan, but it was only a glancing shot, doing light damage.


Spartan 3 turns and fires six missiles at Zaile, but the missiles fail to track properly, and they fall far short.


Off in the distance, you can see several flashes of light as two pair of possible beams chime flying out of the ravine, heading straight at Doug. He jumps to the side, but managed to dodge only one pair of the incoming shots. He calls out, "Everyone, we have two Tomahawks in the ravine! Watch yourselves. I took a hit, but my armor is holding."


@Beowulf is up next


Initiative order


Connor [2] <====


Taniya [1]


Barbara [1]


Eadric [1]


Spartan 2 [1] damaged


Cobra flight [2]


Tanks 2-4 [1]


APCs [1]


Doug [2]


Zaile [1]


Spartan 3 [1]


Tomahawk 1 [1] damaged


Tomahawk 2 [1]

 

[Soviet Panda]

Connor grunts in acknowledgment as Taniya chides him on not using his flares. What was done was done, no point worrying about it. Especially since they still had targets to shoot at. Like the next spartan on the list to dick over. So he took aim, squared the sights, and fired.

 

[Sherwood]

Connor uses his "Anti-Everything" guns on the Defender to good effect as the shells rip into the weakened armor, splashing bit of metal across the savanna.  The Spartan is still up, but smoke is pouring out of many holes in the mecha.


@Dannigan is up, and you still have a mass of missiles to deal with.


Initiative order


Connor [3]


Taniya [1] <====


Barbara [1]


Eadric [1]


Spartan 2 [1] seriously damaged


Cobra flight [2]


Tanks 2-4 [1]


APCs [1]


Doug [2]


Zaile [1]


Spartan 3 [1]


Tomahawk 1 [1] damaged


Tomahawk 2 [1]

 

[Purr]

Staff Sergeant Taniya


Taniya watched with pride as Dorsey gave the offending Tomahawk quite a different challenge than an attack helicopter would  have provided.  "Fine shots, Dorsey!  That will show them and keep Cobra Squadron alive and flying."  

Spartan 2 turns and opens up its missile launchers and fires a whopping twelve missiles at Taniya! The missiles will hit unless you either spoof them with a chaff/flare pack our shot them down.

Aiming carefully, Taniya lit off a trio of her own mini-missiles at the oncoming volley.  She was certain that firing three would cause enough damage to detonate one of the incoming missiles, plus the explosive properties of the missiles were better at destroying volleys (compared to the direct-fire of her autocannons and particle beams).  If her missiles missed or if the volley was not completely destroyed, Taniya would then quickly click the button necessary (free action) to fire off one of her eight chaff/flare charges in an attempt to spoof the rest.  If the number of missiles remaining in the volley were less than four, she would also attempt an automatic dodge against them given that her Beast was in flight.


As for the critically-damaged Spartan, she fired off one shot from one of her largest particle beam cannons in an effort to put the vehicle out of commission.  She would have fired two, but there did seem to be benefit from taking them alive - not that the enemy needed to know that...

 

[Sherwood]

@Dannigan, earlier posts have been edited to show the correct target for Doug.  You can now change your post as you wish.  Sorry for the confusion.

 

[Sherwood]

Another less seasoned warrior might lose their cool at the sight of so many missiles flying in anger towards them, but Taniya is no ordinary soldier.  A quick snap-shot from her launcher blasts one of  the swarm of twelve out of the air with ease, and the resulting explosion ripples through the rest, wiping out all but two.  With a quick flick of her finger, the chaff and flare packs go off, surrounding the Officer Pod with a  flaming cloud of smoke and metal shards, confusing the last of the seeker warheads and causing them to miss.


Your counter fire is right on target, slamming into the wounded Spartan.  It shuts down from the amount of damage done to it, but the pilot is probably still alive.  There are now only the Spartan and the two Tomahawks still up and active, along with the APCs and the tanks.


Barbara moves her Defender to try and put some cover between her and the ravine with the Tomahawks in it.  She then turns her attention to Spartan 3, and fires off a dual burst from her own autocannons at it.  This time, she rolls better than a 3, and she riddles the target with the penetrating shells, doing good damage.  She calls out, "Ha!  Got it that time!"


@Kaerri is up with Eadric


Initiative order


Connor [3]


Taniya [3]


Barbara [2]


Eadric [1] <====


Cobra flight [2]


Tanks 2-4 [1]


APCs [1]


Doug [2]


Zaile [1]


Spartan 3 [1] damaged


Tomahawk 1 [1] damaged


Tomahawk 2 [1]