Alert: Dark Legion agents somehow learned of Dr. Dianna's secret meeting with Brotherhood representatives on Luna at the Hotel Astares. Before Brotherhood forces could respond, a massive suicide force of assassins invaded the hotel, trying to punch its way to the suite where the meeting was taking place to murder her.
Though her cybertronic guard was standing by to repel the invaders, it came down to the wire, with her fate in the hands of a squad of unshakeable Arch Primates...
Let's see what happened!
We sort of just grabbed stuff we wanted both sides to play and didn't count points. The idea was to do what you can with whatcha got. We flipped a coin to choose sides. Tom won and chose to play the Dark Legion.
The Psycho-Killers - Tom's Muawjihe Attackers
1) 3 Units of 7 Karnos (21 total) led by a Doomsday Proclaimer
2) 1 Zen Soulslayer
3) 1 Unit of 10 Acolytes (ldr and HMG) led by an Angel of Mercy
4) 3 Immaculate Furies led by and Immaculate Imperceptor
5) Bahlaeron
6) Nepharite of Muawjihe
The Doctor's Escort - My Cybertronic Defenders--
1) 4 PV's & 1 PV Captian
2) 2 Units of 4 MK I's, each with an LMG Spec
3) 1 Surveiller
Upstairs Guard
1) Operations Overseer
2) Chemiman
3) 3 Mirror Men
4) 3 Arch Primates & 1 Decurion
5) 1 Assassin
6) Ze Doctor!
SCENARIO RULES--
All Defenders (Me) were considered warned of the attack and so were automatically on Wait.
On This Level - We decided I would draw a map and hide where my defenders were.
Voila, The Hotel Astares - I made this as part of my cyberpunk city (a long unfinished project...someday)
Outside The Hotel - After the attack had begun
Lined up outside and ready to rumble
Acolytes disguised as the room service guys sneak in the side door
Waiting Inside The Hotel
Upstairs - Tom wasn't privy to seeing where I had placed these figs.
In the left Ste..
In the Right Ste.
Guarding the Doc
Let the battle begin--
Turn 1 & 2
Tom rushed the stairs with the Karnos hoping he could use their speed to get past my fire. Even though most of my guys were on WAIT, all I had for ranged weapons were the PV squad (5 guys), the 2 LMGs and the Surveiller. It proved to be nearly enough at first. (The light during the afternoon was cool...I like the way it spills through the side door).
Tom also brought his Acolytes inthe side door - taking shots at my MKI's over the rail. He did minimal damage and I held my fire for the karnos.
The first turn was brutal for Tom - My MKI LMG took out 4 Karnos and Tom's attempts to use his Nepharite of Muawjihe to Mad Marionette my troops failed.
I moved my MK I's into position to block the stairs and hopefully clog his force there - Some light HTH occurred and they held the line.
But still they kept coming. Tom's Immaculate furies entered the lobby and opened up on the galleries. 2 PV's and 2 MKI's went down - esp under the hail of the Imperceptor's Nazagaroth at SR or sometimes PB! Ouch! Thank heavens for cover!
I wanted to give a Tom a taste of his own medicine so I shifted my Surveiller aside and opened up on the Furies below. - 9 HITS! 2 Furies went down in a blaze of cyberfire!
Not to be outdone, Tom sent his Zenithian Soulslayer scurrying up the steps--
It then leapt across the staircase, over the banister and charged my surveiller doing 2 WDS! (This was so cool to see! I was applauding Tom even though he shracked my guy!)
Meanwhile the PV Captain charged the stairs and fired down slaughtering a bunch more Karnos with his shotgun.
Turn 3 & 4 - Dark Legion won the Init.
The Karnos made a push again and start breaking through to the gallery level--
Leading to some intense melee where troopers from both sides went down.
Then Tom used his Nepharite's Mad Marionette power to seize control of the surveiller, turn it on the MK I's and wipe them out.
I in turn, turned back around and drilled the Zen Soulslayer to gooey bits of badness, but Tom's Angel of Mercy who had been charging
up behind the Karnos finished my heroic deathmachine off.
The Acolytes hurtled up the stairs next, killing the PV captain.
And finishing off what was left of my defenders in the lobby area.
Turns 4 & 5
The upstairs attack - As I mentioned, Tom didn't know where were my guys were - So he sent his surviving acolytes in as bait. As soon as the first two passed my door, I unleashed the Mirrormen!
Not even Tom's angel of mercy could stand against them...however his Imaculate Imperceptor...BUDDAH-BUDDAH-BUDDAH...proved their undoing!
My Overseer Wounded His Doomsday Proclaimer...
But his Nepahrite then charged me in CC and killed my Commander.
However, I soon unleashed my Brotherhood Arch Primates and obliterated his Doomsday Proclaimer
...and the Impercetor at last!
The battle now split into two areas...
While the Nepharite duked it out with the Chemiman...my Arch Primates tried to hold the hallway.
Bhaeleron charged into CC...and while the Assassin tried to stop him...
The Nepharite, having killled the Chemiman, joined the fight and killed the assassin.
However, the Archprimates now opened up with their machine pistols, unleashing a withering storm
of fire, which ultimately won the day!
The Doctor was just barely saved...by the grace of the Cardinal!
