SCENARIO 3: Witness Protection
The fickle media have, as ever, chosen to sway public opinion over the Bethalon incident, more to mask their own culpability than anything else. Hours after they were calling for the head of Famatas CEO Bjorne Veiran, they change their tune after the disgraced businessman actually committed suicide on live television.
This is now being painted as a cover up, and the conspiracy theorists are having a field day. One poor unfortunate, a Thiago Palhares has been implanted with false memories of witnessing this 'staged suicide' and Is compelled to reveal his 'story'. He has been taken into protective custody by local security forces. Your mission is to get him out of there.
MISSION OBJECTIVES
Attacker:
1) Disable the security software
2) Rescue the witness
3) Escort the witness to the evacuation point
Defender:
1) prevent enemies from securing the witness
2) if failed, eliminate the witness
Without harping on too much about the intricacies of the mission, this was the board...
This was the room from which the security software could be disabled, making it easier to bust into the cells
And the prisoner could've been in any of these cells. No side would retreat in this mission
The defenders: Yu Jing Ukewa province security force
Shang Ji Lt
Ninja
Domoro butai
Celestial guard
2x Zhanshi
The attackers: Operational tactical group 559c
Myrmidon officer Lt
2x myrmidons
Deva
Naga
2xdakini
Deployment
The Aleph force deploys in hiding, the naga ready to get straight into the security software
Yu Jing hunkers down around the security room
TURN 1
A dakini and a myrmidon cross a holo bridge and hide behind the security gate
The myrmidon officer cautiously peeks around the corner
The other Myrm tries to take the low road
The Deva, with very few likeable options elects to move into the control room.
Amblers turn, and the Shang Ji sallied forth and splits his burst between the reating myrmidon and dakini
I love the chain rifle template...
...But the dice do not! The Myrm goes out, but the dakini scores a wound on the shang Ji, who elects to go prone. War dakini!
The celestial guard pops out but the myrmidon liutenant shoots him down
The Shang Ji pops back up and gets his revenge on the dakini. Boom.
A Zhanshi inside the security room successfully opens the security door. Ambler aptly demonstrates the door-open ability of the board
The myrmidon lieutenant aro's against the Zhanshi, nailing him as he emerges from the door.
Perturbed by the bloodbath, the Shang Ji retreats back to the security room. I'm going to have to bring the fight to him!
TURN 2:
Unfortunately, me bringing the fight to him consists of using most of my orders to continually fail to open the security gate. I eventually get it done. Before this, with the Myrm officer now impetuous, he has a little jog over the holo bridge
Advancing like a team...
In Amblers turn, he straight up tells me he's gonna make the security room into a little fortress, starting with closing that door
It's the end of Amblers turn, and the door remains open! Ridiculous amount of fails!
TURN 3
There's still the obstacle of that dug-in Shang Ji, so I throw some smoke to cover the advance
Using the smoke as cover, the dakini and myrmidon bypass the open door and try and sneak around the side. There's only a bloody samurai guarding it though.
They face off, and the dakini is ruined, the domoru takes a wound. In my mind, in order to show his frenzy had kicked in, the domoru did a crazy blade kata. I spend my final order to shoot and kill him. I ain't havin no berserk impetuous samurai coming at me.
The party is over, however, when the ninja reveals himself.
All the myrmidon officer can do is turn around as the ninja guns him down, putting me in loss of lieutenant. Shit.
Ambler finally gets that door closed
TURN 4
I elect a new leader, the now frothing impetuous myrmidon fails to open the door, probably for the best.
Here comes the ninja, and the two martial artists square off. With a critical hit the Myrmidon nails the Ninja! Aha!
TURN 5
The impetuous myrmidon gets that door open, but the Zhanshi guns him down as he enters
The game is now crazily brutal, Ambler has one fearless Zanshi and the Shang Ji on lockdown in the security room, my remaining Deva and Naga have to move up from the control room. Amblers turn is spent moving around in the security room.
The naga advances, Ambler is certain I'm gonna hack that door open, leaving my naga in his LOF. Instead, I hack his Shang Ji, immobilising him.
With that done he gets the hell out of the way and hacks the door open. The Deva splits her burst then pumps shots into the immobile Shang Ji, who finally dies in a withering hail of bullets. Her final shot crits the Zanshi, and the board is mine!
Victory to Aleph! It looked uncertain when that Ninja popped up, but my enemy is dead and I am free to extract the prisoner.
Myrms once again deadly yet die themselves. Deva and Naga dependable. Dakinis cheerlead effectively. Not a bad list at 150 I think. On the Yu jing side, that Shang Ji was a beast. Ninja nearly caused an upset. Domoru would've been nastier with a chain rifle I think.
Hope you enjoyed!
