First of all the Forces:
Capitol:
4x Freedom Brigs with Sgt.
4x Airbourne Ranger with LMG and Sgt.
4x Wailing Banshees with Sgt.
Bansshee Hero
4x Assault Marines with Sgt
Assault Marine Hero
Colonel
2x Orca MK III and one MK IV
Mishima:
4 Faceless x 4
2 Dragon Rider
2 Nagano Shadowwalker x 2
1 Nagano Shadowwalker
1 Death Bringer
1 Amaterasu
2 Battlewalkers
1 Dragon Bike
1 Hachiman Masadoka
Bauhaus:
4 Ducals + Sgt+ GL Spec x2
4 Dragoons + Sgt + Sniper Spec
2 Mounted Hussars x 2
Mounted Hussar Kpt x 2
Dragoon Kpt
Max Steiner
Kommandant
Brummer Mortar
Layout:
And some views into the battlefield:
Capitol Trench
Capitol to Bauhaus Trench
Mishima Trench
rough Tactical Layout and movement of the forces:
As I remember all the trenches were reinforced and all movement went over the flanks in possible cover.
For the Tactics of Capitol see above
Advancing Orcas:
My Bauhausers had the following plan:
Hold the trench mostly in cover with the Dragoons und cover of their Sniper for long range support. For shorter Ranges the Kommandant and the Dragoon Kpt + Max Steiner (with AR even for longer Range).
Further use the Mortar to get to the enemy hiding behind their Trenches.
Further advancing in cover over the flanks with a squad of Ducals bombing their way with their GL Spec, followed by a squad of Mounted Hussars with their Kpt to throw the needed wounds in to get VP.
Defending Dragoons (had to proxy, these are Blood Berets...) with Mortarposition
Mishima:
As I see it they tried to run their amokFaceless over the Trenches without thinking of losses (cannonfodder)
Followed against Capitol by Hachiman wo give enough wounds to get VP.
On the side storming Bauhaus similar thing using the Dragonriders for wounds and fast movement.
Backed by the Dragonbike this should finish me off.
Main plan to keep enemies down was the Support of the Naganos firing at anything that moved.
Naganos in position and a hiding DeathBringer:
And hereīs how all went wrong.....(I hope I remeber the turns right):
Round 1:
In the first round we mainly deployed our forces and moved them into positions needed for further advancing an tactics.
Since Capitol only deployed 8 or 9 units it was clear that there had to come parachuters somewhat later so we could prepare for that.
Capitol moved AssMarines forward to get cover behind a fenceline and Banshees follwed roughly.
These were backed by the Colonel, the AssMarine Cpt and the Banshee Hero.
Freedom Brigs moved straightforward to my position followed by the Orcas.
My Dragoons took defensive position in the Trench with the Sniper taking commanding view of the field.
The Dragoon Kpt move forward to a covered position.
The Ducals on both sides advanced as planned backed by the Mounted Hussars.
To our disadvantage Mishima couls outactivate us all with 13 activations, throwing the Battlewalkers, the Dragonbike and Naganos into the fray as last units.
At that moment I knew i would get no chance to get a single victory point ( as it came out I got unlucky...; else I could have scored perhaps two points)
Capitol Freedom Brigs happened to get hold of my Ducal GL spec, so no heavy firepower for advancing units.
There were Orcas storming my position under covering fire of the AssMarines.
The Mishiman Storm was even harsher. The Battlewalkers took position in HC behind the trenches and unleashed their firepower on the Dragoons and the Kpt. killing the Kpt and two Dragoons.
The Naganos finished off my Mortar Spotter , so no TacSense for them.... then took over to shoot some AssMArines and Banshees.
Got 2 AssMArines if I got that right and maybe a Banshee.
Adding to that there were two squads of Faceless running for my trench with Dragonroders in the wake. AND then the Dragonbike started hitting on me....
Took a lot of fire from both sides.
AAAAARRRGH ....
Round 2:
Lost initiative again (did I mention I never won the initiative....)
Through the endagering Naganos and Battlewalkers Capitol mainly took position behind cover which blocked LOS.
The duckdancing banshees and the AssMarines took some shots at the advancing Faceless , getting some of them.
FreedomBrigs moved in advancing positions so that my mounted Hussars were blocked and couldnt get at the Orcas.
I made the mistake to advance with the Mounteds to try to break my way through to the Orcas and got one down, but rolled not one save against the remaining two, so the Mounted Hussars were wiped out....
Got the Freedom Brigs then with my mortar, and they panicked...
On the other side the Dragonbike and Faceless moved further. My Ducals took out the Faceless and the Dragonbike missed nearly every shot at my Ducals taking down only one or two.
The second squad of Faceless cicled the building and kept out of LOS.
I wasnīt as good in taking cover with my force as Capitol and had to suffer under the Naganos and Battlewalker.
But I have to say it was not as bad as it couldīve been, since opn fumble day Bagomba managed to throw 3 20s in a row....
Round three:
I managed to take out the Orcas and the Capitol storm was broken on my right flank.
The AssMarines panicked and had to be rallied by the colonel.
The waiting Naganos took out the BansheeHero (maybe he was taken out by Hachiman the next turn...
) and the battlewalkers got good shots at my Mounted Kpt on the left flank.
Mishima cicled a building on the left flank an moved forward to the capitol trench:
My forward movement was stopped because I had to take out the Dragonbike with my remaining Mounted Hussars and killed a Drogonrider with remaining Ducals.
Capitol had to review the tactics.
Round 4:
Faceless reached the Capitol Trench and Hachiman got into CC with some Banshees.
I think he was then taken down with the AssMArine Cpt.
My Mounted Sgt and the remaining Ducals were killed and the remaining Hussar panicked.
Then 3 remianing Faceless stormed the Bauhaus trench and two got over the line.
Amaterasu left her position on the reactor and moved into the trench followed by Naganos lacking targets
Banshees advanced on my position to get VP in the Bauhaus trench
This got Mishima 2 VP.
Round 5:
Wiped the Faceless out with a good Mortar shot, missed all shots with my Dragoon sniper for that lucky shot......
Dragonrider retreated behind the lines and Amaterasu and the Battlewalkers moved further into the trench to block space for the Airborne Rangers.
Airborne Rangers missed a good drop and one even landed behind my trenchline.
Banshees changed tactics and tried to reach Mishima trench in cover.
Max Steiner took a run for the Capitol Trench to get a liucky VP, followed by the Kommandant.
Steiner got a hit by a Nagano and reched cover by end of turn.
My last chance was to rally the Mounted Hussar, which was unshootable behind cover. He failed.....
Round 6:
Mishima victory was unstoppable.
My Mounted Hussar failed to rally again
AirborneRangers were wiped out, as were the Banshees and my Mortar.
MAx steiner reached the Capitol Trench, butr without wounds behind Mishima lines VP werenīt taken.
Thatīs it...
Mishima controlled the battlefield with the Snipers and the Battlewalkers. Throwing waves of Faceless at the Trenches.
I managed to hold my lines as good as possible, but couldnīt withstand the storm of Capitol Support on the right flank with at the same time taking the brunt of the Mishiman advance on the left flank.
Capitol was kept down by Naganos and could move over the open terrain.
