Four US military soldiers in a wagon have a Gatling gun. 16 Comanche will be trying to attack it on foot. We have the same gently rolling landscape as the other times, 3 yard hills every 200 yards.

Two of the soldiers will be riffle soldiers, while two will be Gatling Gun crew. Victory will go to whoever remains with the Gatling gun. As these are soldiers, not cowboys, I'll need to tweak the stats a bit, see a later post. They will be using Action: Specialists 4 though. They will be essentially on foot, though four horses are pulling the weapon.

I think we mostly need character sheets at this point. I think the Comanche from the first run work best, but let me know. I'll try to build the soldiers and the crew soon, and get exact gear nailed down... its probably a riffle and a bayonet, plus the Gatling Gun.

From other Scenarios in the series:

Yes, I would be using the same character sheet as the spear warrior, just that they don't have spears, they are armed with hatchets instead.

Hatchet 14, Damage 2d-1 cut, Reach 1

The soldiers will use the BAT from Action 4, with either infantry training (2) or weapons crew(2), and with either 10 extra points (2), cowboy(1), or Command(1). Full sheets are coming.

The weapon will be the Gatling M1874, from page 128 of High Tech.
4d+1 pi+ Acc 4 ROF 15, Rcl 2.
It has only 40 shots... but see the description: a drum to have an assistant reload with a single ready maneuver will be in use, and that has 400 shots. A second drum is available, if it matters. The Gun will be drawn by four horses, but is currently unhitched.

The soldiers will be using 1873 springfeilds, as is Army Standard.
5d pi+ Acc 3 ROF 1 shots 1(3) rcl 4
With the ROF and loading time being what it is, they'll need to find some room for fast-draw (ammo).

They will have bayonets: Spears doing thr+3 imp, with reach 1,2. They inflict -1 to guns skill.

In light of the bayonets, the attackers may want spears of their own.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:50, Wed 05 July 2023.

I don't think the bayonets will be important, with the Gatling sending 15 bullets down range every turn. So I'll stick with the tomahawks. ;-)

Also, the scenario is that the Natives don't really know what to expect here. They think they attack a simple settler's wagon.

Four Soldiers:

Sergant:
ST : 10
DX : 12
IQ : 11
HT : 11
WILL : 11
PER : 11
SPEED : 6
MOVE : 6

Charisma 1 [5]
Fit [5]
Penetrating Voice [1]

Administration -11 (IQ/ A) at [2]
Brawling -14 (DX/ E) at [4]
Camouflage -11 (IQ/ E) at [1]
Diplomacy -11 (IQ/ H) at [4]
First Aid -11 (IQ/ E) at [1]
Guns (Riffle) -13 (DX/ E) at [2]
Fast Draw (ammo) -13 (DX/ E) at [2]
Hiking -11 (HT/ A) at [2]
Intimidation -11 (WILL/ A) at [2]
LeaderShip -12 (IQ/ A) at [4]
Savoir-Faire (military) -12 (IQ/ E) at [2]
Soldier -11 (IQ/ A) at [2]
Spear -12 (DX/ A) at [2]
Stealth -12 (DX/ A) at [2]
Tactics -11 (IQ/ H) at [4]
Teaching -11 (IQ/ A) at [2]
Throwing -13 (DX/ E) at [2]
Wrestling -13 (DX/ A) at [4]

Tracker:
ST : 10
DX : 12
IQ : 11
HT : 12
WILL : 11
PER : 12
SPEED : 6.25
MOVE : 6

Fit [5]

Brawling -14 (DX/ E) at [2]
Camouflage -11 (IQ/ E) at [1]
First Aid -11 (IQ/ E) at [1]
Guns (Riffle) -14 (DX/ E) at [4]
Fast Draw (Ammo) -13 (DX/ E) at [2]
Hiking -12 (HT/ A) at [2] (2)
Riding (Horse) -13 (DX/ A) at [4] (4)
Savoir-Faire (military) -11 (IQ/ E) at [1]
Soldier -11 (IQ/ A) at [2] (2)
Spear -12 (DX/ A) at [2] (2)
Stealth -12 (DX/ A) at [1] (2)
Survival (Plains) -12 (PER/ A) at [2] (2)
Throwing -13 (DX/ E) at [2] (2)
Tracking -12 (PER/ A) at [1] (2)
Wrestling -13 (DX/ A) at [2] (4)

Gunner (x2):
ST : 11
DX : 12
IQ : 11
HT : 11
WILL : 11
PER : 11
SPEED : 6
MOVE : 6

Brawling -13 (DX/ E) at [2]
Hiking -11 (HT/ A) at [2]
Driving -12 (DX/A) at [2]
First Aid -11 (IQ/ E) at [1]
Freight Handling -10 (IQ/ A) at [1]
Gunner (Machine Gun) -14 (DX/ A) at [8]
Artillery (Machine Gun) -12 (IQ/ A) at [4]
Guns (riffle) -13 (DX/ E) at [2]
Soldier -11 (IQ/ A) at [2]
Spear -12 (DX/ A) at [2]
Stealth -12 (DX/ A) at [2]
Tactics -10 (IQ/ H) at [2]
Wrestling -12 (DX/ A) at [2]
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:09, Thu 06 July 2023.

Could you paste the warrior stats as a full block in here? then we can get started at 200 yards.

Here you go:

Thanks. I'll be offline for about a week, but after that we'll start, at 200 yards away.

Ok, lets start: The soldiers are all in the wagon, waiting for an ambush when the warriors crest the hill, all at once. The soldiers are all around location (0,0). The Sergant and tracker hop behind the wagon. The gunner readies his weapon, and the loader tears way the canvas covering the wagon.

How spaced out are the warriors?

This is going to be their formation (they are attacking towards the north):



At what distance do we start?
This message was last edited by the player at 22:25, Mon 24 July 2023.

They start at 200 yards away. Now the lead one is 194 yards away (the ninth in line is the center, unless you want to offset things differently).

Sergant and Tracker ready their weapons. Gunner aims his weapon at the lead warrior(#12). Loader finishes tearing away canvas.

Seeing they have been noticed, the Comanche yell their warcries. They keep running forward, but without putting too much strain on their bodies (no FP spent) as they still have quite the distance to cross. They wave their tomahawks to frighten the settlers, while they wonder what that think is that is being freed from the canvas by one man.

Comanche are at 188 yards.

Sergant aims at left-most opponent, Tracker at rightmost. Loader stands by to reload. Gunner has skill-14 + 4 (aim) + 3 (ROF) - 11 (range) for skill 10... he'll take the shot.

And miss the shot. It was a 50/50 chance. He'll get another try.

The Comanche are not phased by the sudden shooting, although it sounded weird. They continue their charge, rather curious what this strange device is.

Comanche at 182 yards.

Gunner aims again. Loader stands by. Sergant has effective skill-13 + 3 (acc) +1 (all out attack) + 1 (braced) - 11 (range) = 7 and decides to aim a little longer. Scout also thinks is a tricky shot and will aim some more (effective skill 8).

I think we can move to the next round:

Comanche at 176 yards.

Gunner has skill-14 + 4 (aim) + 3 (ROF) +1 (all out attack) - 11 (range) = 11. He gets a single hit: roll for dodge. Damage (if it hits) will be 18 pi+. Its a torso hit.

The Weapon will only have 10 shots next time. The Loader will be standing by to reload the weapon (which does feel like a pretty good upgrade!)

Scout and sergeant aim one more round each.

The Comanche felt the bullets zip past her again, and she bent her torso to the side while she kept running. She didn't know it, but that move saved her life.

So far the Comanche are not impressed and keep charging.

Comanche at 170 yards.

Gunner aims at that one elusive leading indian #12. loader is waiting to reload the gun. Sergant and scout each aim another turn (effective skill would have been 8 and 9)

Comanche at 164 yards.

Gunner fires again. It runs out the drum partway through the shot (10 bullets and +2 rather than +3). Its still enough to score two potential hits. 14 and 21 pi+ damage. Hit location is right arm.

The loader fumbles loading the ammo quickly... I didn't add fast-draw (ammo) to the gunner and loader, and I really should have. not that it would have mattered, having rolled a 14.

scout and tracker continue increasing their aim... they'll be firing next round.

The leading Comanche got hit this time, and twice. Her arm was shattered and the second hit got her square in the torso, knocking her off her feet with a shriek. She fell and died quickly.

Mari rolled 14 using 3d6.  Comanche dodge (10).
Mari rolled 13 using 3d6.  HT vs death.