Rounds 1 & 2. Fight!
Round 1, Action 1:
Squad 120 begins to fallback towards the APCs. Well, most of them. Two of its members froze up. LT Curtiss and three Squad 120 members rush back to the APCs. Three members had the same thought as Shawn and slowly back to the APC while firing their Zappers. All three of the shots hit and one of the swordfists is starting to stagger. The gunners on the APCs fire next. First the four forward autocannons fire at the swordfists. Three of the four shots hit their targets. One flew over its target’s head and missed by a mile. Next the eight antipersonnel lasers fire, hitting five of the swordfists. Shawn fires two shots at the swordfists’ heads, but both shots miss. Elias aims his napalm thrower at the swordfists and fires twice. Both shots hit and the swordfist really did not like the effect. James transforms into Weirdwolf. Meina and Zato rush back to the defensive line. The swordfists continue their rush towards you. Dom, Beaumont and a couple of Squad 120 members froze up in horror of these foes.
Round 1, Action 2:
The various Lazlo Militia members attack the swordfists. Seven shots are fired off at the swordfists. They do well and five shots hit the swordfists. Then the APC crews fire next. Three of the four autocannons and seven of the eight antipersonnel lasers hit their targets seriously injuring them. Shawn takes his next two shots, but both miss. One by practically by a mile. Elias fires at the same swordfist twice. The first shot misses but the second connects, wounding it. Weirdwolf fires his eyebeams at a swordfist twice, hitting it twice. On the second hit the swordfist drops dead. Meina reaches the defensive line and takes up position to protect the rest of the militia members. Zato has reached the line and shoots his Zapper. It’s a hit and the swordfist is wounded. The swordfists continue their rush and are almost upon some of you. Dom recovers his senses and acts. He casts “Lifeblast” twice, energizing Shawn and Meina. Beaumont takes a shot but misses. The two Squad 120 members that froze up recover and run to the defensive line.
Round 1, Action 3:
Squad 120 fires seven more shots at the swordfists. Second time in a row five out of seven shots hit the swordfists, further wounding them. The APC crews attack next. Four autocannons are fired and all four hit their targets. Eight laser turrets fire at the swordfists. Only four hit and one suffered a malfunction (( Nat 1)). Shawn takes his next two shots, but both miss again. Elias shoots at his swordfist again. The first shot goes wide but the second hits the swordfist directly in the chest. Weirdwolf picks out another target for his eyebeams and fires. Both eyebeams hit and on the second hit the swordfist is slain. Meina waits for the swordfists to reach her position. Zato takes a shot at the swordfists. It’s a hit, but the swordfist resists the stunning effect. The swordfists attack next. One of the swordfists takes a swing at Weirdwolf’s left leg, but Weirdwolf perfectly deflects the blow. Another swordfist attacks Dom, hitting him for 13 MD to his Invincible Armor. Dom cast “Lifeblast” on Elias and then Beaumont. Beaumont takes a shot, but misses. The two previously horrified Squad 120 take their shots at the swordfists, with one shot hitting and stunning the swordfist.
Round 1, Action 4:
Squad 120 attacks again. Five of their shots hit and kill five of the seriously wounded swordfists. The APC crews attack next. The autocannons are fired four times. Two of the shots hit, further wounding the swordfists. The antipersonnel lasers are fired seven times which resulted in five hits and one of the swordfist’s death. Shawn shoots his Zapper twice. The first shot hits the swordfist in the head, completely disintegrating it. The swordfist takes a few more steps before collapsing to the ground. Shawn takes a second shot at another swordfist. He manages to hit it in the head too, killing it. Elias takes another two shots at his swordfist, with the first shot missing and the second hitting the swordfist. Weirdwolf blasts the swordfist attacking him with his eyebeams. Both attacks hit and on the second hit the swordfist drops dead. The swordfists are close enough to the defensive line for Meina to attack. She launches a kick at two of them and obliterates both of them. Zato takes a shot at a swordfist, hitting it with his Zapper and wounding and stunning it. The swordfists attack next. First, the swordfists attacking Squad 120. They’re aiming for the legs as most of them hit and damage the armors’ legs instead of the torso. One attacks Shawn, doing 11 MD to his “Invincible Armor”. Another Swordfist hits Elias in the leg for 11 MD. Two attack Weirdwolf, but he manages to parry both their attacks easily. One attacks Meina, but she perfectly deflects the attack. Another takes a swing at Zato, but fumbles its attack. Zato counterattacks and hits the swordfist in the chest, further wounding it. A swordfist hits Dom in the chest, doing 9 MD to his Invincible Armor. A swordfist takes a swing at Beaumont’s leg and damages his armor. Dom draws his gun and fires at the swordfist that hit him a moment ago. He aims for its head but hits it in the chest instead, wounding it. Beaumont takes aim at the swordfist that hit his leg, and accidentally pushes the E-Clip release button instead of the trigger. Oops. The recovered Squad 120 members take their shots at the swordfists. Both shots hit and swordfists are further wounded and stunned.
Round 1, Action 5:
Squad 120 attacks again. Seven shots are fired with three swordfists killed and three more wounded. Next, the autocannons. Two hit and one suffered a malfunction (Nat 1). Six of the laser turrets fire. All six hit their targets, wounding the swordfists. Shawn fires his last shot at the swordfist. The aim is just good enough to hit it in the chest, wounding and stunning it. Elias takes his last shot at the swordfist attacking him and blasts it in the chest. That looked to be the straw that broke the camel’s back as the swordfist drops. Weirdwolf is out of actions. Meina swings her foot at the swordfists and kills two of them. Zato calls out a warning and the burps out his paralysis cloud at the swordfists, but the cloud is blown away from both the Lazlo Militia and the swordfists. The swordfists attack next. Several of them attack Squad 120. They manage to damage their armor. One of the swordfists hits Shawn for 15 MD. The next swordfist hits Elias in the leg hard enough to shatter his leg armor and his left tibia and fibula. That hurts, a lot. Two swordfists attack Weirdwolf, but he easily parries their attacks. Two attack Meina, but she easily blocks their attacks. One swordfist hits Dom for 14 MD, which his Invincible Armor absorbs. A swordfist hits Beaumont in his leg, doing 14 MD to his armor’s leg. Dom then shoots the swordfist that just attacked him in the head, instantly killing it. He then aims his weapon at another swordfist’s head and kills it. Beaumont catches his loose E-Clip and pops it back into the magazine well.
Round 1, Action 6:
A few of the Squad 120 members have actions left. The autocannons are fired three times killing two more swordfists. Shawn and Elias are out of actions. Weirdwolf attacks with his eyebeams again and kills another swordfist. Meina launches a kick attack and kills one more swordfist. And everyone else has already used up their last action.
Round 2, Action 1:
Shawn aims his Zapper and fires twice. Both shots hit the swordfist in the chest. Weirdwolf attacks a swordfist with his knives and four slashes later it lays dead at his feet. Zato takes a shot at a swordfist, wounding it further. Dom fires his weapon twice, shooting two different swordfists in the head, killing them both. Squad 120 attacks next. Nine shots are fired, and six hit their targets. The autocannons are fired four times. All four shots hit and one swordfist is killed. Next the antipersonnel lasers are fired eight times, but only three shots hit. The swordfists attack next. One swordfist hits Shawn for 14 MD to his Invincible Armor. Two swordfists attack Weirdwolf, but not with their arm blades. Instead they spit a viscous green goo at him and hit him in the chest. The goo does 15 MD to him. A swordfist hits Zato for 13 MD to his Armor of Ithan. Zato counterattacks and hits it in the chin. A swordfist takes a swing at Dom, but misses. The swordfists attack Squad 120 members. A couple of attacks miss, a few hit the torso and a few others hit the Militia members in the legs. One guy drops to the ground with a broken leg. Another swordfist attacks Meina, but she easily blocks its attack. The swordfist that broke Elias’ leg manages to knock his weapon away from him. Another swordfist hits Beaumont in the leg, destroying the leg plating and injuring his leg. Meina attacks the swordfists with her kicks. The first kick misses by a mile but the second obliterates the swordfist. Beaumont takes a shot at the swordfist attacking him, but misses it.
Round 2, Action 2:
Shawn squeezes off two more shots. The first shot goes wide but the second shot hits the swordfist in the chest, killing it. Weirdwolf attacks a swordfist with his blades. A few hits later the swordfist lays dead at his feet. Zato takes a shot at the swordfist attacking him, but misses. Dom takes two shots at the swordfists. The first shot goes wide but the second shot blows its head off. Squad 120 attacks next. Eight shots are fired with a couple of misses and three dead swordfists. The autocannons fire next. Three of the shots hit their targets. The laser antipersonnel lasers are fired seven times. Four of the shots hit and wound the swordfists. The swordfists attack next. One swordfist attacks Shawn, hitting him for 8 MD. Two swordfists attack Weirdwolf, but he easily parries their attacks. One of the swordfists hits Zato for 9 MD, and Zato counterattacks with his fist, hitting it in the chest. The swordfist goes down in a bloody heap and doesn’t get back up. A swordfist attacks Dom and does 11 MD to his Invincible Armor. Several swordfists attack Squad 120 and manage to disable two members by breaking their legs and one is disarmed. Another swordfist attacks Meina, but she easily parries its attack. The one that had disabled and then disarmed Elias has lost interest in him and moves to attack a new target. Another swordfist hits Beaumont in the torso for 7 MD to his armor. Meina launches a pair of kick attacks at the swordfists killing two of them. Elias works to treat his broken leg through the pain. Beaumont takes a shot at the swordfist that’s attacking and hits it. The swordfist drops to the ground dead.
Round 2, Action 3:
Shawn fires at the swordfists twice. Both shots hit a different swordfist in the head, killing them both. Weirdwolf attacks the two swordfists that had attacked him with his blades. After a whirlwind of blade attacks both swordfists lay dead. Zato shoots a wounded swordfist with his Zapper and kills it. Dom takes two shots at the swordfists. The first shot hits one in the head, killing it. The second shots hits a swordfist in the chest, but it was already wounded and the additional damage from Dom’s weapon was enough to drop it. Squad 120 attack next and they finish off the remaining swordfists.
Once the last swordfist drops LT Curtiss calls for the wounded to be moved to the APC ASAP. The Squad 120 members start to follow his orders when more of the swordfists appear. And they’re not alone. The quasi-wolves you fought a few days ago arrived with them.
Okay, a lot to unpack here. Let’s go over this one part at a time. One, this incident happens around what would have been the start of Round 3. What a coincidence! So any spell or psychic power you’ve used has only had 30 seconds elapse since the start of this fight. Next, those of you hit by Dom’s “Lifeblast” spell are still under its effects. You get a +3 to initiative for Round 3. The +1 for combat rolls affect some of your Round 3’s rolls. Meina and Shawn your first two round of actions (4 attacks) still get the +1. Elias and Beaumont your “Lifeblast” effects last to action 3. For Elias, that’s six attacks and Beaumont three attacks.
Next, the foes you’re attacking are vulnerable to some of your attacks. They’re insectoid enough that the Zapper does 7d6 MD to them instead of 5d6. I was compensating by rolling 2d6 to your rolls if they hit. Well now those of you using the Zapper can just go ahead and roll 7d6 for your damage roll. The Zappers aren’t the only weapons that did extra damage. Anything fire or plasma based does +50%. Roll damage as normal and then add 50% to the damage. Roll down to the nearest whole number if one gets a result with a .5.
Elias, because of your broken leg you’re in a lot of pain. In order to take any actions this round you need to roll verses pain. Roll a d20 and add in your ME bonus and +1 from “Lifeblast.” You need a 15 to proceed. You roll every action until either you get a 15 or run out of actions.
We’re only going to cover Round 3 actions next. This situation is getting complicated and so we’re only going to cover a single round. So roll for Round 3! You have until 1600 EST 18ARP24. Good hunting!