Rumble in the Jungle: LET'S FIGHT! - Turn 5 - Finished

[Zahru II]

The viridian jungle-moon of Zenith-04 is located on the outer rims of Perwar, making it an ideal hiding spot for criminal operations, such as hiding crucial Blacktron intel, data logs, and supplies.



Unfortunately, Zenith-04 has also happened to cross the unerring march of the Bl'argh Star Empire's expeditionary force, which seeks to conquer and assimilate all living creatures into their superior, genetically-engineered army. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Blacktron have no choice but to evacuate; or make a desperate last stand.





Blacktron trooper: 'Sir, I have signaled the nearest craft, the Terror's Hammer. Unfortunately, it will take them a while before they could reach close enough to do an orbital recall.'
Malus Voidcrusher: 'Excellent soldier, stand down.'



Malus Voidcrusher: 'Alright, listen up! Our enemies may outnumber us, but that doesn't mean they also have the upper hand! We are proud warriors and will defend this station while the Terror's Hammer arrives. Are you ready to fight and take down as many xenos as possible?'



Blacktron troopers, in unison, along with the synthetized voice of Maimtrons: 'SIR YES SIR!'
Malus Voidcrusherr: 'Excellent -I'm glad to see that not only those with mechanically-reinforced spines are brave enough to stand their ground.'

Suddenly, loud metallic footsteps, accompanied by many others running by foot can be heard closing in:



Spyrian mech pilot: 'You will not fight this battle alone Voidcrusher!'
Malus Voidcrusher: 'Spyrians?'



Rosanna Firestar: 'Aye, the name's Rosanna Firestar - our craft has been taken down by these vile aliens, leaving us marooned on this rock. Or at least that's what we thought until I managed to overhear your little pep talk. Seems like you could use a few extra hands.'



Malus Voidcrusher: 'Indeed, I appreciate if you and your men fight along with us Rosanna. In return, you are free to join us aboard the Terror's Hammer.'
Rosanna Firestar: 'Well then, what are we waiting for! Let's kick those xeno's butt!'

[Zahru II]

Overview:



Available Factions:

Blacktron - Redrover
Malus Voidcrusher
1d10 Skill
7 Inch Movement
2d6 armor
3 hit points
Special: Heroic Ego
Equipment: Lightforged Axe (UR3,CC,2d6 damage), Beam Pistol (UR3, 6 inch range, 1d6+1 damage), Armor (+2 armor. -1 movement)

Blacktron Trooper (3)
1d6 skill
5 inch movement
4 armor
Equipment: Blaster (UR3, 6 inch range, 1d6 damage)

Maimtron (3)
1d6+1 skill
5 inch movement
4 armor
Equiment: Heavy Beam Cannon (UR3, 10 inch range, 1d6+1 damage), Armor (+2 armor, -1 movement)

Spyrius - Scratch
Spyrian Trooper (3)
1d6 skill
5 inch movement
4 armor
Equipment: Blaster (UR3, 6 inch range, 1d6 damage)

Rosanna Firestar
1d10 Skill
7 Inch Movement
2d6 armor
Special: Heroic Ego, Extra Action
Equipment: Blaster (UR3, 6 inch range, 1d6 damage)

Spyrian Maraduer Suit
No individual skill
6 inch movement
2d10 armor
3 hit points
Equipment: Beam cannon (UR3, 8 inch range, 1d6+3 damage), Crusher claw (UR3, CC, 2d6 damage), 4xPlasma Rockets (UR3, 6 inch range, 1d10 explosive damage in a 2 inch radius)

Bl'argh Expeditionary Strike Force - lawmaster
C'thon the Anomalous
1d10 Skill
7 Inch Movement
2d6 armor
3 hit points
Special: Heroic Ego
Equipment: Ripper Chainsword (UR3,CC,2d6 damage), Blast Pistol (UR3, 6 inch range, 1d6+1 damage), Armor (+2 armor. -1 movement)

M'loargh Trooper (6)
1d6 skill
5 inch movement
4 armor
Equipment: Blaster (UR3, 6 inch range, 1d6 damage)

G'nark Warrior (3)
1d6 skill
5 inch movement
5 armor
Equipment: Plasma Poleaxe (UR3,CC,1d6+2 damage)

Zz'argn Desintegrator (3)
1d6+1 skill
5 inch movement
4 armor
Equipment: Desintegrator (UR3, 6 inch range, 1d6+2 damage)

Strider Pilot
1d6 skill
5 inch movement
4 armor
Special: Extra Action
Equipment: Armor (+2 armor, -1 movement)

Bl'argh War Strider
No individual skill
7 inch movement
2d10 armor
3 hit points
Special: if its legs end up damaged, the top of the strider may detach and continue to function as an aircraft. In this state however, it can only either move or fire its weapons each turn.
Equipment: 2x Ion lancers (UR3, 10 inch range, 1d6+1 damage)

Blacktron and Spyrian units are allied.

Gameplay:
-The battle will last 5 turns.
-The aim of the Bl'argh player (Attacker) is to eradicate all opposing units by the end of Turn 5.
-The aim of the Defenders (Blacktron and Spyrians) is to survive until the end of Turn 5.

[RedRover]

I'll take blacktron!

[Scratch]

Spyrius, please.

[lawmaster]

Strike force please

[Zahru II]

Alright, all spots are claimed. Accepting turn 1 orders now. I'd prefer doing 1 turn per day, similar to my last battle.

[motorhead fan]

Whenever there is a battle like this, I am always too late, maybe next time...

[Zahru II]

Still looking for lawmaster's orders

[Zahru II]

Blacktron - Redrover



One maimtron hides behind the cliff, the others back up in order to climb on the communications building.



Malus and his men move up and get ready to retaliate.

Spyrius - Scratch



Rosanna and her troops get into position, seeking cover.

Bl'argh Expeditionary Force - lawmaster



The M'loargh advance and are greeted with response fire!



Rosanna shoots down one, scoring a kill to Spyrius. The Maimtron fails to do any harm.



The G'nark rush across the map and are met by more response fire from Blacktron and Spyrius troopers, along with Malus. Although not pictured, but Blacktron troopers manage to take down one warrior.



Rosanna also attempts to fire but unfortunely critically fails her skillcheck, resulting in a premature explosion. Thankfully the damage was low enough not to set up a chain reaction or damage the suit itself.



The Zz'ark and Strider move up, the latter firing at Malus, but failing to harm him.



C'thon joins his up with his troops.





He then uses his enhanced strength to rip out a treetrunk and chuck it at the mech. Unfortunately range is insufficient, but it still manages to flatten a blacktron trooper with it.

Overview:



Kills:
Redrover - 1
Scratch - 1
lawmaster - 1

Send orders for turn 2!

Bonus: it was not disclosed in the original post, but some of you have figured it out that using bushes and trees do grant cover for your minifigs.

[Zahru II]

Blacktron - RedRover



Maimtrons get closer to reaching the top of the facility.



Troopers and the other Maimtron fires; they take down another warrior.



Malus rushes in for a devastating cleave - 'This one's for Clark!' (the guy who got smashed in turn 1)



Disastrously though, he misses!

Spyrius - Scratch





Troopers get in firing positions and wait.



Rosanna aims and takes out one of the two ion blasters on the Bl'argh strider.

Bl'argh Expeditionary Force - lawmaster



C'thon and the last G'nark gang up on Malus, critting him down to 1 hp.



The Strider fires on him as well but fails to do any damage.



The M'loargh advance and attack!



Unfortunately enough, all attacks and counters miss apart from Rosanna's, who kills one.



The Zz'argn fry a Spyrian, response fires fail to hit.

Overview:



Kills:
Redrover - 2
Scratch - 2
lawmaster - 2

Send orders for turn 3!

[Zahru II]

Blacktron - RedRover



Maimtrons finally get in firing position - all three hit, but unfortunately none deals enough damage.



Troopers take down the last warrior.





Malus activates his emergency jump pack to hop out of harm's reach.

Bl'argh Expeditionary Force - lawmaster



The Ml'oargh fire on Malus - he survives the attack, but barely!



C'thon moves in and cleaves two blacktron troopers in half.





Zz'arn fry a Spyrian and hide behind cover.



The Strider fires at the comm. relay but fails to hit.

Spyrius - Scratch



The last trooper fires but misses.







Rosanna attempts to jump and take out down the strider. Unfortunately she overshoots and falls flat (-1 hp, -1 action next turn). On the bright side she manages to flatten 2 Ml'oargh with her descent.

Overview:



Kills:
Redrover - 3
Scratch - 4
lawmaster - 5

Send orders for turn 4!

[RedRover]

Damn you C'thon!

[lawmaster]

Damn you C'thon!

GRaaaaghhhhtrrrr!

[Zahru II]

Spyrius - Scratch











Rosanna powers up her suit, then uses her feat to rip off the strider's leg (-1 sp) and bludgeon 2 ml'oargh to death with it. Not pictured: spyrian trooper missing fire.

Blacktron - RedRover



Malus falls back, then all blacktron units open fire on C'thon, who loses a hit point.

Bl'argh Expeditionary Force - lawmaster



The strider fires on Malus but fails to do harm.



C'thon moves in and slaughters the last Spyrian trooper and a Maimtron.



The Zz'arn fire on the Spyrian mech but fail to damage it.

Overview:



Kills:
Redrover - 3
Scratch - 6
lawmaster - 7

Send orders for turn 5!

[Zahru II]

Spyrius - Scratch





Rosanna fires at C'thon and then attempts to knock out the Strider-saucer from the sky - unfortunately both attacks fumble.

Bl'argh Expeditionary Force - lawmaster



The Strider Saucer revs up its engines...







... and goes on collision course with the Blacktron bunker! The explosion destroys the craft and pilot, but also wipes out remaining Blacktron forces!

RedRover - Eliminated!







C'thon attempts to attack Rosanna, but only ends up faceplanting against the cockpit glass.



The Zz'arn bust down a hitpoint of Rosanna's mech (1 HP remaining).

With that, gametime is up!

Final Overview:



Final Kills:
Redrover - 3
Scratch - 6
lawmaster - 10

With wiping out all but one unit, lawmaster is the winner of this battle! Scratch suffered a minor defeat, since he kept his hero unit alive. RedRover suffered major defeat due to losing all of his troops.

Epilogue:



The Terror's Hammer is in orbit! Rosanna gazes over the battlefield, only to find out Malus got knocked out!





She rushes in and recovers the hero before both of them are beamed on board.



Victorious, C'thon finds that the humanoids left may valuable resources behind in their hurry! They shall be examined by the main fleet's scientists, which should be warping in to take over the moon any minute now.