no... not cross communication, but i did put out (3) LRM carrier, that each have half of their payload in Hawkeyes, and i did go out of my way to Mount a realy TAG on my tank.  I believe Miki put one out too, so that's a full lance of missiles between the two of us.

Really... zero heat... so... like very little hassle mounting TAG.

All fine and dandy if i'm the only one using TAG, but if i miss that's a lot of wasted missiles, i figure Anto will be happy to have his infantry spot too, and i can always direct fire them, but i thought it was worth mentioning that we werent always going to be at the whims of the mission for hawkeye support.

of course, they could blow up my tanks, but (shrugs) thems the breaks.

mounting a light tag on a warrior wouldnt be hard either, half a ton and a little power amperage.  Probably more effective than a machine gun.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:55, Tue 15 Mar 2016.

Yep I saw them later on, and I fully appreciate the difficulty of getting a single unit working and speccing together, least of all multiple units, but yeah. I personally expect that we will need to get a lot better at joint unit overlap and support. With a majority of the units fielded not being mechs, things become more interesting than in past games I think.

Maybe, will see.

New campaign and new stuff.  So... it has that new concept feel even if I do recycle a lot of the old stuff new things like the c3 and new players should help to keep things fresh and interesting. I do put my disclaimer in that I'm on the learning curve to so much of this is very mexican.

Sorry for any delay peeps had to deal with family issues so it'll be tomorrow when I can get moving to speed.

Delay is mine you still don't have a map

Hmmm. Who needs a bombing run? haha

Almost ready Harley, you're actually the last unit for me to include in Task Force Red.

Taking a short break at the moment though to get some things done, you know you have (2) 12 ton VTOLs under your control and you place with the rest of the Republic.  Just need another day or so to note it in the mission, not worth holding it up, now that theres a map.

You can probably start placement set up, Tau will note when he's going to start the clock on the mission officially when he's ready.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:39, Tue 15 Mar 2016.

Ah. Roger that boss. So the level 2 areas that have trees or buildings affect lvl 3? So pull up to lvl 4 for combat ops over those areas?
This message was last edited by the player at 17:41, Tue 15 Mar 2016.

Levels mark 'ground' level for the hex.  Trees add two levels to the hex.

So if youre not careful you can make a mess if youre not careful.

Also watch side slipping rules, remember op force gets to displace you if you miss the roll and it's legal to have you roll into the side of the cliff or into a building if youre careless.

Where upon if it happens, we write it off as a learning lesson and roll up a new character.

>.>

haha If I screw up that badly I'd deserve that for sure.

I'm seeing it now. Tree tops are always two levels high, and at level 3 that would put them at lvl 5 in total. Rustier at this than I thought.

Could be worse, i could criss cross the ground with telephone wire.

hahahaha I'm a old WireDawg (Airforce Telephone Maintainer). That would just make me feel at home.

Yeah, but phone wires are death to VTOL pilots.

haha True true. Espically for those roters the Warrior has a even weirder tail roter setup so a stray paper bag might take it down. haha

Just removed James.

Aside from the initial request to join he hasnt responded to anything.

(shrugs)

That sort of attention wont cut it in this campaign...

Please note...

Missions run a lot like a battletech game, but with some notable differences.

The biggest difference is how Initiative is calculated.  Based on the characters Drive or Pilot skill, and modified by the leadership they're under.

The other notable difference is how character damage will affect your characters ability to perform.  You do not take a bullet or a concussion and still function at tip top performance levels.  There is potential significant ability loss, that feel crippling if inflicted.  On average the character will take a one or two penalty on all their rolls/skills, affecting their ability to shoot straight, pilot normally, and even lead effectively.  This is particularly felt when the leader of a unit goes down, leadership is loss for at least one combat turn as the next in line to command steps up to take over once it's discovered that the commander has gone down.

Not seeing where in the combat reference it mentions the change to rolls based on pilot damage. But boy that VTOL damage section is scarey. ^_^

It's in the campaign PDF.

umm... the link to the campaign pdf is at...

hm.... i take it for granted that everyone has downloaded it, does someone have the link handy?

Found it.
http://www.angelickitten.com/rpol/pdf/KittenTech.pdf

Actually those are standard VTOL hit tables from Fasa.  They're actually less fragile than the City Tech rules, where the Rotors take full damage and were a Medium Laser from dead.
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:22, Thu 17 Mar 2016.

 Umm, refresh my memory please, med range penalties are in order Med +2,Long +4,Extreme is what? +6?.

Extreme ranges have a penalty of six, but they also require the character to roll 13+, so only characters who are specialized with the weapon will ever be able to hit with Extreme range.

 Ok, thank you.

To keep things simple, fire support is close enough that it's instantaneous.  That wont always be the case, but its the first mission and i'm trying to be kind and keep things simple.

You saying you are being kind....is scarier than anything else you could have said there. Shivers. Honestly.

Yeah, another example of me taking things for granted...

Copy pasted from Task Force Blue, so Task Force Red can benefit too.  I should probably put this in the reference thread.




willing to accept your movement orders at this time Galen, but please plot your movement for me in the future, so that i can be certain there is no mistake (mine or yours) on intent.

ie.

You have...
Run, 6 hexes moved final location 1227 ne

I would prefer
Havoc ~ Run ~ F2 L1 F4(+1) ~ 1227ne ~ +2 Def Modifier

It has all the information i will need to make for a speedy turn resolution.
I can see your movement plot, so i dont have to guess how you get to where you got, I can see where your end hex suppose to be and match it to the movement plot to double check youre going where you want to go.  I know you have a +2 penalty to your attack for the run, I know you have a +2 Def modifier when youre being shot.

It may sound a little nit picky, but when youre resolving mass combat... especially now with all those conventional units, it makes a notable difference in difficulty to track all the numbers, and cuts down on questions i may have to ask players which makes for a speedier turn around.