Step-by-step Report

Here are a few more posts with the pics of the battle.

(Mods: if I'm not allowed to do this as it may be seen as "bending the 3 picture per post rule" please let me know. I apologize in advance. My goal is not to cause trouble. I simply want to post as much information as possible so that people can comment productively on my step-by-step report)

Here is the initial Regult attack squad move on the right flank.  One Regult and the Glaug are in range to shoot.

Fast Forward a bit to the move and shooting of the Area Denial Squad.

The Valkyrie Squad (with Max Sterling at the lead) attacking the Recon Squad attempting to cross the park.

Turn 2

View from the UEDF table side.
 

View from the Zentraedi Table side.

Command pool refill
UEDF = 10 (8 Mecha, +2 for leadership of VF-1J)
Zents = 10 (4 each for 2 Glaugs, +2 for the Quel-Regult)
The Glaug from the Recon squad uses 1CP to regenerate the 4 destroyed Regults from turn 1.

Roll off for initiative:
UEDF – 9, Zents – 8. UEDF wins initiative and decides to activate 1st

-The Glaug from the Recon Squad out in the open sees his imminent death. To avoid it, he pays 1CP to try and steal the activation. He rolls 3 dice (due to his leadership) and rolls two 6s and a 5. Huzzah!
- Max, not wanting the Glaug to get away with such trickery, also spends 1CP to try and block the theft. He rolls two 1s and a 3. Fail. Boo. Hiss…

So...., Zentraedi Recon squad activates.
-The Zents use their leap ability to move up the park. Again, the Glaug lets himself be shielded by the remaining 3 Regults. The Quel-Regult uses 2CP to activate its “Reconnaissance” skill.
-The 4 Regults (reinforcements) move 10 inches (move + Leap) to get behind the building in front of the park and try to catch up to the Glaug.
-2 Pods and the Glaug are within range of the Tomahawks opposite. Again, because they are in formation, they all fire simultaneously. They all decide to shoot at the same Tomahawk hoping to knock it out. The Regults now need 2s to hit (Gunnery of 1, +1 for formation, +1 for Quel-Regult vs. Tomahawk defense of 5.) They roll a 5 and 6 so score 2 hits.
-The Glaug spends 1CP to shoot with a second weapon system. (The Particle Gun and the Rail Cannon.) The Glaug needs a 2+ to hit (Gunnery of 3, +1 for formation, +1 for Quel-Regult vs. Tomahawk defense of 5.) The Glaug scores a hit with the Particle gun by rolling a 2 and scores a hit with the Rail Cannon by rolling a 5.
-The Tomahawk would need to roll 6s to dodge the Regult hits (hit results of 8 and 9) so opts not to waste a CP to attempt to dodge. He would also need a 6 to dodge the Glaug’s Rail Cannon hit (hit result of 10) but fearing the 8 MDC, he pays 1CP to try and dodge. He rolls a 2 and fails. He cannot try to dodge the Particle Gun hit as it is inescapable.
-The total MDC suffered by Tomahawk #1 is 22 MDC (2x4 MDC from the Regults + 6 MDC from the Glaug’s Particle Gun + 8 MDC from the Rail Cannon.) The Tomahawk decides to share the damage from all the attacks with his squad mate. Each Tomahawk pays 1CP to RwI from the Rail Cannon hit. So Each Tomahawk ends up suffering 9 MDC. Both are bruised but still alive.

The UEDF Valkyrie Squad activates
-Max breaks formation and moves 10 inches to the top of the building on the left. He wants to take out that Glaug! The other 3 Valks move off to the left to engage the Zents moving up against the Defenders.
-All the Valks decide to let off a volley of missiles reducing their total ammo from 2 to 1 each.
-The 3 VF-1As target the 3 first Regults with their volleys. They fire 4 shots each and need 3s to hit (Gunnery of 2, +1 formation vs. Regult defense of 6). 3 Regults are hit. One is hit 3 times and the other 2 are hit 4 times.
-Each Regult tries to shoot down the missile volley. This costs no CP as they have the “anti-missile” weapon attribute. They need to roll a 5+. They all fail their rolls and the volleys go through. Since all of the Regults tried to shoot down the volley, they cannot attempt to dodge. (2 of the 3 shots were inescapable anyway as all 4 missiles hit) Each hit causes 9 MDC. Sharing the MDC (formation) and RwI would still cause more than 5 MDC to each pod so the 3 Regults die a violent death. They are put back in “reserve” due to the Zentraedi special rule.
-Max Sterling now shoots a missile volley at the Glaug as he wants to take out that leader. He needs 3s to hit (Gunnery of 3, +1 Max vs. Glaug defense of 7). He rolls 2 hits.
-the Glaug attempts to shoot down the volley. (No CP due to “anti-missile” attribute.) He needs a 4+ and fails. The Glaug decides to heroically share his 18 MDC with a nearby Regult. He also spends 1 CP to roll with impact reducing the 9 MDC remaining to 5 MDC. The unfortunate Regult takes one for the team and absorbs the shared 9 MDC and dies. He is put in reserve.

The Zents activate the Attack Squadron on the right flank
-The Attack Squadron moves forward a full 10 inches (speed 5 +5 for leap) with the Glaug hugging the side of the building for cover.
-All Regults and the Glaug are now within shooting range of the both Defenders. As they are in formation they must all fire simultaneously. They decide to split their fire between the two and 3 Regults fire on the back defender and 2 Regults and the Glaug shoot at the front Defender. The Glaug spends 1CP to shoot a second time with its Rail Cannon.
-The Regults needs a 3+ to hit (Gunnery of 1, +1 formation vs. Defender defense of 5) and rolls 2 hits (4 & 6) on the front Defender and 2 hits (6 & 6) on the back Defender.
-The Glaug needs 2+ to hit (Gunnery of 3, +1 formation vs. Defender defense of 5) and rolls a 2 for a hit with the Particle gun. He also rolls a 5 for a hit with the Rail Cannon.
-The Defender spends 1CP to attempt to dodge the Glaug’s rail cannon hit. He needs a 6 to be successful because of his Pilot skill of 2. (Glaug’s hit roll = 8.) He rolls a 4 and fails. He cannot dodge the Glaug’s “Inescapable” Particle gun hit.
-Having failed the dodge, things look rather bleak for the front Defender. No amount of sharing or RwI will keep him alive. Additionally, as sharing some of the hits would only create a worse outcome for his squad mate, the front Defender “takes one for the team” and absorbs all the MDC from the four hits. He is blown to oblivion. The remaining Defender spends another 2 CPs to RwI and reduces the 2 hit damage from 8 MDC to 4 MDC.

The UEDF Area Denial squad activates
-The surviving Defender and the 2 Tomahawks on the right flank dig in their heels and get ready to avenge their squad mate.
-The Defender spends 1CP to Rapid Fire on 2 different Regults (Split Fire). He needs 3s to hit (Gunnery of 2 +1 Accuracy vs. Regults defense of 6). He rolls a 6 and 1 and therefore scores only 1 hit.
-The Regult opts not to dodge and is blasted away with 8 MDC.
-The Tomahawks now spend 2 CPs to activate a second weapon system. They decide to shoot once each on the Regults on the far left threatening the Defender. The second shot will be for the Regults and Glaug immediately to their front.
-The Tomahawks need 4s to hit the Regults on the left (Gunnery of 2 vs. Regult defense of 6). They roll a 6 and 1 and score 1 hit. The single Regult does not dodge or RwI and dies with 8 MDC taken.
-The Tomahawks now shoot the front Regult and Glaug with their missiles pods reducing the ammo from 6 to 5. Four shots go to the Regult and 4 to the Glaug. They need 4s to hit the Regult (Gunnery of 2 vs Regult defense of 6) and 5s to hit the Glaug (Gunnery of 2 vs Glaug defense of 7). They scored 2 hits on the Regult and 3 hits on the Glaug.
-The Regult tries to shoot down the volley with his anti-missiles (0CP). He needs a 5, rolls a 6 and successfully shoots down the volley. No MDC is suffered.
-No wanting to be outdone by a lowly pod, the Glaug also attempts to shoot down the volley. Because he has both missile AND anti-missile, the attempt costs 0CP and he only needs a 4 to succeed. He rolls a 5 and laughs as the volley is intercepted in mid-air. No MDC taken.

And with that, so ends the second turn.

As last time, please review and let me know if I got anything wrong.

Turn 3 will show a little more variety. We will go through the step of some hand to hand combat action and also experience some shooting into combat (Life is Cheap) by the Glaug.

Thanks!

The Recon Squad on the right moves up to hide from the Valkyries and attacks the Tomahawks in their front.

Max Sterling and the air boys let loose with a volley of missiles.  The Regults take it in the face.

The surviving Defender and the 2 Tomahawks reply with double-shooting goodness!

Here is a view of both sides of the table at the end of turn 2.

UEDF side

Zentraedi side

Turn 3 - The battle continues....

Command pool refill
UEDF = 9 (7 Mecha, +2 for leadership of VF-1J)
Zents = 10 (4 each for 2 Glaugs, +2 for the Quel-Regult)
The Glaug from the Attack squad uses 1CP to regenerate the 6 destroyed Regults from turn 2.


Roll off for initiative:
UEDF – 4, Zents – 11. The Zentraedi have the initiative and decide to activate 1st

-Taking a page from the Zentraedi playbook, Max Sterling decides to try and steal the first activation from the Zents by paying 1 CP. Max rolls 3 dice (due to his leadership) and rolls 4, 3 and a 2. Fail!


Zentraedi Attack squad activates.
-Seeing the opportunity to lock those juicy Valkyries in hand to hand combat, The Glaug orders his accompanying pods to race towards the enemy in front of them. He spends 3 CP to try and increase the movement of 2 of his Regults. They need 3s to be successful (Speed of 5 and Pilot Skill of 2) The first Regult rolls a 5 with the second Regult rolling a 2 and a 5. So 3 Regults move 10 inches, 12 and 13 inches respectively to get into hand-to-hand combat with the Valkyries. The Glaug himself peels back to the left to regroup with his newly arrived reinforcements. (Hmmm, heroic indeed…)
-The 3 Regults in hand-to-hand combat each try to kick their opponents. The Regults roll a 2, 5 and 3. With their Pilot skill of 2 this becomes a hit result of 4, 7 and 5.
-All 3 Valkyries attempt to parry. They roll a 4, 6 and 1 respectively. Adding their Pilot skill of 3 (Guardian mode) they successfully parry 2 of the 3 attacks. Therefore only one Valkyrie takes 3 MDC.
-The Glaug, angered by the lackluster fighting abilities of his pods, decides to teach the Valkyries AND the Regults a lesson. He spends 1CP to shoot with two weapon systems (The Particle Gun and the Rail Cannon) and decides to shoot at the left most Valkyrie locked in combat with his Regult. (Life is Cheap rule). The Glaug needs a 2+ to hit (Gunnery of 3, +1 for formation, vs. Valkyrie defense of 5.) The Glaug scores a hit with the Particle gun by rolling a 2 and scores a hit with the Rail Cannon by rolling a 5.
-As the Valkyrie is locked in combat, ALL hits become Inescapable. Unfortunately, this is also true for the Regult who is somewhat surprised to have been shot in the back. The total MDC is divided equally between the Regult and the Valkyrie and each take 7 MDC. The Regult explodes, never to return. The Valkyrie decides to spend 1CP to RwI and further reduces the Rail Cannon hit from 4 to 2 MDC. He cannot do the same for the Particle Gun hit as it was “overwhelming”. So the Valkyrie suffers a total of 5 MDC.

The UEDF Valkyrie Squad activates
-Being locked in combat is not a good place for Valkyries to be so Max orders his squad mates that are in combat to disengage and join him on the rooftop. Two Valkyries spend 1 CP each to disengage and the 3 Valks fly up and away to the left to join their leader.
-Having successfully retreated from combat, the Valkyries now spot the Glaug and his small escort at the edge of the park in the middle of the board. Quickly deciding to take advantage of this target of opportunity, the 3 Valkyries let loose their last volley of missiles in an attempt to reduce the pressure on the right flank. The Valks need 3s to hit (Gunnery of 2, +1 for formation). ALL of their shots hit! Hurray!
-The Regult and the Glaug both attempt to shoot down the missiles targeting them. The Quel-Regult, having no weapons, is not so fortunate. The Regult needs a 5 and he rolls a 3. The Glaug needs a 4 and rolls a 4. Therefore, the Glaug’s luck holds true and he shoots down the missiles. Both the Regult and the Quel-Regult die as the 4 hits on each now make the attack inescapable and RwI and sharing would not be enough damage reduction to save them. The Regult is put back in reserve and the Quel-Regult is removed permanently.
-Max also now fires at the Glaug with his last missile volley. He needs 2s to hit (Gunnery 3, +1 Max, +1 formation) and scores 3 hits.
-Again, the Glaug attempts to shoot down the missile volley. He needs a 4 and rolls, yep, you guessed it, a 4 AGAIN! As the smoke clears from the mid-air explosion the sound of the Glaug’s laughter can be heard.

The Zentraedi Recon Squadron now activates
-The surviving lead Regult and the Glaug out in the front of the park move up quickly between the two buildings to get closer to the Tomahawks, hoping to finish them off once and for all. The reinforcements jump over the building and manage to cross halfway up the park.
-All Regults except one are in range to fire at the Tomahawks and they split their fire between the two targets. The Glaug opts to spend another CP to shoot with two weapons and also splits his fire.
-The Regults need 3+ to hit (Gunnery of 1, +1 formation vs. Defender defense of 5) and score 4 hits. Two on each Tomahawk.
-The Glaug needs 2s to hit (Gunnery of 3 vs. Defense of 5) and rolls 2 hits also.

Yikes! This might be the end for the Tomahawks…

-Left with little choice for survival, the first Tomahawk spend 3 CP to attempt to dodge the Rail Canon hit and both Regult hits. He succeeds in dodging one of the Regult hits but the Rail Canon and the other Regult hit gets through. Knowing that he only has one option left, the first Tomahawk spends the last 2 remaining CP to RwI on both hits and reduces the MDC from 12 to 6. This leaves him alive, but barely, with only 1 hit point remaining.
-The second Tomahawk, having no command points remaining to spend has no choice but to take the full brunt of the Glaug’s Particle gun hit as well as the 2 Regult hits. The total 14 MDC is too much for the poor brave Mecha and he gets sent to the scrap heap in a spectacular explosion.

The Area Denial squad (or what is left of it) activates
-The lone Defender moves back diagonally to the right hoping to get an angle on one of the two Regults that were left stranded out of combat. The surviving Tomahawks stays put, still reeling from the shock of the Zentraedi attack.
-The Defender is only partially capable of seeing the closest Regult. Not wanting to suffer the -2 shooting penalty for hard cover, the Defender opts to shoot at the Regult to the far right, out in the open. He needs a 4 to hit (gunnery of 2 vs. Defense 6) and, to his frustration, rolls a 2 for a miss.
-having recovered his wits, the Tomahawk shoots at the Regult that the defender could only partially see. For him, this target is out in the open, and, if killed, is not within 8 inches of a Glaug, so won’t be coming back! The Tomahawk decides to fire with his missile pods and sends 4 shots into the Regult. He needs 4s to hit (Gunnery of 2 vs. defense of 6) and scores 3 hits.
-The Regult tries to shoot down the volley with his anti-missiles (0CP). He needs a 5, but rolls a 2. Knowing that this is the end, and not wanting to drag his squad mate down with him, the Regult absorbs the full 18 MDC and is vaporized for good.

Thus ends turn 3.

Again, comments welcome and PLEASE feel free to comment if anything was played incorrectly (mechanics or rules wise).

Thanks!