Kull's Revenge
Topic: ToS Chronicles
Being the "melee" mech of the group, Kull has been charging in, smashing his way through the enemy. Unfortunately, so far, it has led to his mech being beaten and battered. That is - until now..

Being the humble and wise leader, Mauler agreed that Wolf would be the point man on the next mission to feed data back to the team. Ok, ok - Wolf had some "choice" words for Mauler's ineptness on the last mission and stated he would be on point.

No one argued.


Team deploys and start to take a look at their surroundings. Relatively open area broken up by some low hills and a few trees. A heavy forest is south of the teams starting location.

Wolf steps up on a low rise where he immediately spots two enemy recon mechs. His position was perfect, as he had a complete view of the area between the team's position and the enemy mechs.

Wolf goes into a crouch and begins his lock sequence. Tensile and Kull move up onto a hill with trees for cover, and begin locking targets as well. Mauler ambled off for some cover, but broke line of sight.
Muttering to himself, he requests the datalink feed from Wolf - gets it, and starts locking targets.

The two enemy recon titans start running at full speed towards Wolf. At extreme range they open up. Large laser fire hits Wolf, while gunfire tears up the ground around him. Unflinching, Wolf locks the first mech, and then begins lock on the second.
On the hill, Kull and Tensile also complete successful lock on attempts. Mauler still refining his lock through the datalink with Wolf.

The recon mechs were getting closer now. They entered some trees, were still visible, but now were obscured from direct attacks. Wolf starts getting hit more frequently. He checks and sees Mauler has almost completed his locking sequence through the datalink.
Wolf completes his lock of the second recon mech, then stands and opens fire. EM Pulse misses, but his Pulse laser scores a hit.

As the recon mechs run past the hill with Kull and Tensile, the third recon mech comes into view at the far end of the map - a Unicorn - recon mech with machine guns and a Gauss Rifle.

Mauler completes his lock on successfully. Radioing Kull, he orders him into battle. Mauler then breaks cover to get a visual on his locked mech.
Kull starts to run off the hill – but then spots the fourth recon mech in the heavy forest just south of his position!!! A Dart - with short-range missiles, no doubt trying to get to the same hill he was on to give supporting fire.
Kull radios in this new contact and turns towards him, smashing trees out of the way, power axes ready.

Mauler, Tensile and Wolf target the same recon mech and batter him.
The two charging recon mechs both target Mauler and continue to burn his armor with laser fire. Now that Mauler has a lock, Wolf begins to manoeuvre. The Unicorn gets into range and slaps Wolf with a Gauss Rifle shot. Wolf remains focused on his target - which is now in melee range to Mauler - and fires his Pulse laser. The enemy mech stumbles and falls.

Mauler tracks his weapons over the fallen mech, slowing it down to rest over the mech's damaged lower torso (At this point, Mauler, because of his level gain and the enemy mech prone, has a 96% chance to hit.. He can now do CALLED SHOTS!! ).
He fires both autocannons and obliterates the mechs lower torso. Switching his target to the second mech he turns to face him.

Tensile comes down the hill and gives supporting fire to Mauler, targeting the same mech he is. Wolf switches his target to the Unicorn and temporarily slows him down by freezing his hip with an EM Pulse hit.

The Dart in the forest sees Kull coming and manoeuvres to stay away from him. He breaks into a small clearing in the forest and loses sight to Kull, as Kull is cutting his way out of the forest. Kull stops and, guessing where the missile launching mech would like to go, changes direction to try and head him off.

The recon enemy mech targets the advancing Mauler and hits him with every laser he had. Rocking under the assault, Mauler loses control of his mech and falls to the ground. Mauler tries to push his titan upright but is slammed back into the ground by a slug from the Gauss Rifle. Tensile starts a run from the hill, cycling his lasers as fast as possible, but is missing most shots. Wolf continues to fire on the Unicorn, but also misses most attempts.

Just as Kull is breaking out of one area of trees - the Dart reappears in front of him!! An evil smile comes to Kull's lips as he goes for a charging run. The Dart sees Kull and jumps!! Kull arrives under the enemy mech and fires his small laser. He hits - but does minimal damage.
The enemy mech then cuts his jump jets and falls on top of Kull!
Death from above!!
Kull fights his controls, feels his mechs legs buckle - but he stays standing!!! He took damage to his head and arms, and one Power Axe was bent but still functional. The Dart didn't fare so well. It lost it's balance and crashed to the ground at the feet of Kull. The grinding sounds of the Power axe could be heard from afar as Kull began to beat on the Dart's armor. Kull's small laser recycled and he fired.
He misses but IGNITES the forest - with both of them in it!
Kull is oblivious and continues to pound on the enemy mech. Eventually he hears the warning alarm of the rising heat level and runs out of the burning trees. The enemy mech gets up and follows shortly after.
HEAT LEVEL RED is all Kull hears from his battle computer. Switching off the volume, he turns and faces the Dart.

The Dart fires a volley from his short-range missile rack, peppering Kull all over. Big Mistake. That volley drove the Dart's heat into Critical. AMMO EXPLOSION!!! The Dart's Centre Torso completely disintegrated from the explosion, and he falls to the ground.


Mauler finally regains his footing and tries to run, but once again is floored by a well-placed Gauss Rifle hit. He falls and his titan's right leg snaps. Dazed and hurt, Mauler tries to start the eject sequence. He ejects safely.

The enemy recon turns to face Wolf and charges towards him spewing laser fire. Hit. Hit. Hit. Hit. Wolf breaks lock to the Unicorn and reacquires this charging mech. Tensile manoeuvres to go around a small lake, firing on the mech. Kull clears the forest and locks up the Unicorn who is stationary, aiming his Gauss Rifle again.

Wolf kicks his mech into reverse and fires his EM Pulse. TORSO HIT!! The EM pulse shot shuts down the recon mechs’ engine and it collapses on the ground.
Tensile stops, aims – fires – hit – fires - hit.
The enemy mech slowly gets to his feet after restarting his engine and continues his charge towards Wolf.
Wolf, still moving in reverse, waits patiently as his EM pulse laser recyles. He hits the mech in the leg with his pulse laser, but he keeps coming. EM Pulse ready. He fires and.. ENGINE SHUTSDOWN again!! Tensile moves closer to the downed mech only to be greeted by a Gauss Rifle shot from the Unicorn.
Tensile's right torso is destroyed - taking his large laser with it.

Kull completes his charge on the Unicorn, taking both of them crashing to the ground.
They both get up but after three swings, the Power Axes cut through the right torso and cleaved a leg off the Unicorn. It falls to the ground and shortly after the pilot ejects.

The enemy recon slowly gets to his feet, but his hammered down again by Wolf's Pulse laser. Kull races over and in one swoop he destroys the mechs lower torso. The pilot ejects.

VICTORY!!

As Mauler and Wolf have maxed out some skills, they chose to save most of their XP. Once they have enough they will spend it on raising their attributes, which will in turn raise the maximum values their skills can go to.

Although Kull had a phenomenal mission, his close combat skills are still not at their peak - so he spent all of his combat xp on improving his melee skills.

Also, Mauler's mech - the Fang - was repaired and sold. Using Wolf's improved business skills, the team has now purchased their first Light mech - a 70 tonne mech called BloodHound. 2 Autocannon/4 and 2 AutoCannon/12. It has improved scanners and battle computer and even has ECM. Mauler is smiling.

Money is tight now though - just enough to cover the salaries for the team. The next mission is a must win to get money rolling in again - and hopefully not spend it all on repairs.