Topic: ToS Chronicles
Wolf has received his new mech. Mauler hopes they can financially recover from the last mission quickly so as to get back into the campaign.
Wolf had little problem adapting to the heavier IceLord. With only three of them on patrol (no money to buy CYBEN a mech – so he was at the base), Tensile became the point man, running ahead of the two heavier mechs.
Running north, it was Tensile who spotted the enemy patrol. Quickly, he altered course and headed for a small forest to his left, while radioing the contacts to the rest of the group – A Wolverine and Thor (Light – 70 tons) and a Mosquito mech (Recon – 40 tons). The intervening mountains and hills meant he would lose sight of them very soon. Hopefully, Mauler and Wolf would be closer when they reappeared.
Tensile was able to get a scan lock on the Thor just before it disappeared from view. Initial scan showed two energy weapons and one cannon. Reaching his target area in the trees, he turned to face the direction of the oncoming patrol and waited.
Mauler was the first to reach and, being in a taller mech than Tensile, spotted the enemy mechs as they darted around hills. He too lost sight of them quickly as they kept moving, using the terrain to mask their approach. The Thor was too slow however, and Mauler was able to get off a snap shot at him, hitting it in its leg. The Thor changed direction and stepped out into view. Mauler started to refine his lock on the light mech.
The enemy recon mech (the Mosquito) came out of the hills as well. Tensile started his lock sequence on the Mosquito. Wolf reached the area and immediately fired his weapons at the Mosquito, scoring a hit. He too started to refine his lock. Not wanting to stay in the open as he was, Mauler threw his mech into reverse to try and back up into the trees behind him. The advancing Thor pilot halted his mech and opened fire on Mauler, hitting him with its energy weapons. Patiently, Mauler waited – and received a good lock. He returned fire and was disappointed to see only one of his autocannons find their mark on the Thors’ armor. The Thor returned fire with its cannon, ripping armor from Maulers’ right leg.
The Mosquito locked up Mauler as well and fired its meson guns, doing critical internal structure damage to Maulers’ mech. The Plasma Gun from the Thor cut into Maulers leg again, forcing him to keep his mech from falling over. Steadying his mech, he fired all four autocannons, shredding armor from the Thor.
Wolfs’ lock sequence came up good on the Mosquito. He fired his twin Cold Light guns – but missed! Tensiles’ lock attempt failed on the Mosquito. He fires anyway, hitting the Mosquito with his Large Laser. Just as he was starting the locking sequence again, the second enemy light titan stepped into view.
The Mosquito switched targets to Wolf and broke into a run. Wolf fired on the oncoming recon mech, hitting it in its centre torso. Pushing his mech into a run, Wolf charged forward. Meson shots flew around Wolf as the Mosquito fired all its’ guns, but missed. Tensile tried to give supporting fire for Wolf, but missed all his shots at the Mosquito!
Closing in on the Mosquito, Wolf fired one cold light gun, hitting its left arm. The arm jettisoned from the mech in a fireball as the ammo in the arm exploded! Thrown off balance, the Mosquito crashed into the ground. Still charging in, Wolf fired his second gun and tore armor of the Mosquitos’ leg. Tensile fired on the prone mech, hitting it in its head. The Mosquito tried to push itself off the ground, just as the charging IceLord of Wolf arrived. Wolf swung his right foot and kicked the down mech in the head, sending it sprawling to the ground again. Quickly shifting targets, he locked up the Wolverine and started to back away, leaving the injured mech for Tensile.
Wolfs’ savage attack on the Mosquito drew the attention of the other two enemy mechs. Both the Thor and Wolverine locked onto Wolf and fired on him, rocking his mech with the Plasma gun, cannons and meson shots. Wolf's IceLord suffered internal structure damage and heavy loss of armor under the onslaught. The Wolverine rushed in to close on Wolf and raked him with his VibraClaws.
The Mosquito pilot got his mech upright. Tensile tracks him and is about to fire when he sees the pilot eject! He switches his target to the Wolverine, hoping to help drive him off of Wolf.
Mauler fired on the stationary Thor, hitting him all over with his autocannons – Heat level Yellow.
Not to be distracted, the Thor remained stationary, relentlessly firing its weapons on Wolf. Mauler waited for all his weapons to recycle and let loose another autocannon volley shredding more armor from the Thors’ torso and arms. Still, the Thor remained in its spot, firing on Wolf.
Cursing in disbelief, Mauler was about to fire again when the alert came – Heat level Red.
Somehow able to keep his mech standing from the onslaught of the Thor, Wolf backed away from the Wolverine, fired, and scored hits with his Cold Light Guns. Shrugging off the hits, the Wolverine charged Wolf, sending them both crashing to the ground. The Wolverine was up first, slashing its vibraclaws into Wolfs’ armor.
Finally reaching the trees, Mauler gets a better scan of the Thor, which showed heavy armor loss on its left arm. Mindful of his heat, Mauler fires only his two smaller autocannons and was rewarded by seeing the scanner show the Thors’ centre torso go yellow. Wolf pushed his mech off the ground and fired both his weapons into the left leg of the Wolverine. The Wolverine staggered, but the pilot was able to keep his mech standing.
Wolf then pounded on the Wolverines’ torso with his fists. He throttled up into a run, narrowly dodging another swipe of the vibraclaws. He saw the flash of Tensiles’ large laser as it burnt into the Wolverines’ left torso. Running, Wolf swivelled his torso and fired on the Wolverine again, hitting him with one of his weapons. The Wolverine turned and fired on Wolf, doing more internal structure damage.
The Thor, still stationary in its position, fired relentlessly on Wolfs mech, eventually decimating its lower torso. With no gyro, Wolfs’ IceLord fell to the ground. The Wolverine ran over Wolf and began raking him with its vibraclaws, peeling armor from the IceLords torso.
Mauler and Tensile broke cover and ran forward, weapons blazing. The Wolverine ignored Tensiles’ laser fire as it was focused solely on Wolf. Maulers’ initial onslaught tore more armor from the Thors’ torso and finally got the Thor pilot to start retreating. Mauler then switched targets to the Wolverine and fired another barrage from his autocannons. Wolf looked up from his prone state and saw the Wolverine rocking under the impacts of the autocannon slugs, but still, the Wolverine pilot continued to hammer Wolf. Wolf brought his weapons up and fired on the Wolverins standing over him. His shots hit an arm and leg. Heat level yellow. His weapons recycled and he fired again. Both legs on the Wolverine were almost devoid of all armor now. Heat level red!
Meson gunfire crashed into Wolf as the Wolverine destroyed one cold light gun. Another shot ripped into the cockpit injuring Wolf! Wolf started the eject sequence… Tensile brought his mech to a halt and aimed at the Wolverine. His small laser missed, but the large laser tore out the last of the internal structure of its right leg. Unable to support its weight, the leg snapped and the Wolverine fell to the ground on top of Wolfs’ mech – just as Wolfs’ ejection sequence completed and he was hurled into the air…
Reaching the fallen Wolverine, Mauler fired with one autocannon which decimated the mechs other leg. Switching his target back to the retreating Thor, he threw his mech into reverse. He watched as Wolfs’ chute deployed, but Wolf looked – limp. He radioed to Wolf – no response. Wolfs’ body hit the ground hard and was covered by the chute.
Concerned for Wolf, Mauler didn’t see the Thor had stopped its’ retreat and was advancing again. It was Tensiles’ shouted warning into the headset that snapped him back to the fight. That, and the alarms going off as his threat indicator showed the Thor pilot had him locked him up solid. Laser fire smashed into the Bloodhounds head, injuring Mauler. The Thors’ autocannon belched once and armor was ripped from Maulers’ right arm. Reeling from the impact, Mauler triggered all of his autocannons, but his shots missed, tearing up the earth around the Thor.
Tensile pushed his mech into a run, turning to go around the fallen Wolverine. He locked up the Thor and fired his lasers, burning armor off its torso. Tensiles’ hands froze at the controls when he saw the Thors’ autocannon fire again, ripping the head from the Bloodhound! The Bloodhound seemed to freeze in midstride, then slowly fell over on its side.
Thump – thump – thump .. meson shots hitting into Tensiles’ right side from the fallen Wolverine! Ignoring it, Tensile fired on the now advancing Thor. Taking his laser fire in stride, the Thor charged into Tensile and sent them both crashing to the ground. Tensile got up first and fired his lasers into the standing Thor. He then swung his fists and pounded the heavier mech back into the ground. Seeing the Thor starting to rise again, Tensile fired his lasers and kicked and punched the heavier mech back into the ground again!
Thump – thump.. more meson shots hit. Tensile watched as the Thor began to stand again and decided it was time to leave. He throttled up his mech and ran. Turning and swivelling his mech, he braced himself for the Thors’ attack – which never came. Slowing his mech, he turned and faced the Thor – which was on the ground again! Tensile watched as the Thor started to rise, stand, but then would fall over again – Its’ Gyro must be damaged!
Tensile coolly walked his mech up a hill behind the Thor. He targeted the fallen Wolverine and hammered the mech with laser fire until the pilot decided it was time to eject. Switching to the Thor, he fired on it, doing more damage to its’ centre torso. The pilot gave up and ejected from his mech.
Victory! But at a huge price.
Mauler is dead. Instant kill from the head shot. Novice Level – 12 battles fought.
Wolf lived through the bad ejection – he was badly injured and unconscious.
Team still does not have enough money to but a new mech for Cyben, even with selling Maulers’ (damaged) Bloodhound.
Wolf is now the squad leader. He and Tensile will have to do well to bring this team back from the brink.
