It not being an atmospheric fighter, it cannot do a pick up of Vlad as it will be too unstable at low altitude. But yes, of course he can swopp down to help out Vlad (or even Sean) in any tuen he likes.
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Then you have passed, Vera!
Inside a shattered building on a rise, you have a good view of the approaching enemy forces.
Those aren't Battle Droids.
ah ok... so 3 is safe, 5 can't be done.
I'll contact Vera-Kin to tell her to wach her step as misery is underway.
Is it more imminant by now? Any idea what it is?
Is there a good spot for an ambush right up ahead of my path? I gotta safe the droid because without it I can't make the public transport...
So Wentar could, say, make an attack run that would take out the droids below him? I believe he has the Pilot trick that helps him with divebombing.
Vera-Kin, from a broken window in the shattered building, glares down at the forces that are launching artillery strikes on the civilians. She realizes that the figures do not match the build and stature of battle droids, and so takes a small electroscope from beneath her robes and squints, looking through it with one eye to see what these enemy forces actually are.
Only because a. they would shoot you down if you tried and b. the Hailfire site is well defended.
b still applies but that's not where Vlad is. As for a.- well, you've thinned their numbers rather a lot. You'll still take hits now, breaking off, but your situation is not urgent; Vlad's is.
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Vera- that's the Cult of Charaeus!
Jovsn- an ambush? That's extremely possible in this terrain. Lots of empty, abandoned- or even bombed-out- buildings around.
I am happy for Vlad to have called it in.
Having come out from their cover to attack Vlad, these droids are exposed so I will give Wentar one kill for every success he makes on his piloting roll- and a bonus lkill for free as he has 'Deadshot'. Nine dice from Wentar roll four successes- good going- which makes for a total of five klills!
As the last Selanian flier goes down, Wentar is pursued on his strafing run by the last two Vultures, who hammer into his rear shields.
Vlad's gun skill is 8. Often with Guns I would say you take time to draw but I am assuming Vlad only has a postiol, for a start, qhich is quicker. A heavy pistol has a * rating so gets more dice against Mooks; he blasts one down.
This leaves Vlad being fired at by 13 droids- which is much better than it might have been. With his single point of defence they are rolling four dice each, but Eye of the Storm gives him a Parry, so the first success from each will be ignored. It's still a vicious firestorm he is caught in, taking 19 damage, but he's still up!
Sean makes his attack! He charges along to attack three droids, getting easy kills. The othet two fire back at him; he is unlucky enough to be hit by both. But with their fire disrupted, the Selenians are now doing hetter in pouring fire towards the opposing droids.
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Blowing a force point on Strike, Kiu takes down that droideka, which makes the rest of the fight a straight slogging match, which he wins on 55 damage. The Forest Ambush scenario is a success! With the enemy forces taken care of, no Selenian forces have to be diverted to cover that area, which would have been a significant drain on the front lines. Well done! However, there has been a cost as it was a high damage exercise.
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HAILFIRE DESTRUCTION- START OF TURN 5
Central battle
Sean (LS 9/Force Points 7): 3/3/30 (Orthodox Guard, Whirling Strike, Charge)- in cover two turn from Guns (first droid group)
Field gun crew x3: 0- By Guns
Selenian Infantry x4 (G 6): 0- In cover by guns
Selenian Infantry x4 (G 6): 0- In cover one turn from Guns
Selenian Infantry x3 (G 6): 0- In cover one turn from Guns
Selenian Infantry x3 (G 6): 0- In cover two turns from Guns
Selenian Infantry x3 (G 6): 0- In cover two turns from Guns
Battle Droids x2 (G 5): 0- In cover two turns from Guns
Battle Droids x4 (G 5): 0- In cover two turns from Guns
Battle Droids x7 (G 5): 0- In cover three turns from Guns
Battle Droids x4 (G 5): 0- In cover three turns from Guns
Battle Droids x8 (G 5): 0- In cover three turns from Guns
Flanking Battle
Vlad (G 8/ Force Points 3) 1/1/43 (Eye of the Storm/Counterstrike)
Battle Droids x11 (G 5): 0
Battle Droids x2 (G 5): 2
Free Flier: P 9/24
Vulture Droids x2: P 4/0
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I think Vlad should stick with his pistol and try getting to some cover while he shoots. That way you get +1 Parry from Eye of the Storm then +2 Parry from cover. You'd be safer. 🙂
Also, swap Counterstrike for Carnival of Carnage.
Wentar should take one more turn of divebombing the droids to help you out, then get back to his own situation.
Meanwhile, Vera-Kin frowns at the Cult. They have followed the Techno Union to wage war upon us? she thinks to herself. Cannes is abusing the Dark Thrael's status among them to increase the numbers of his army.
How many are there, Ush? And what are they doing?
Rolling not as good from Wentar this time- he takes out another three droids, whilst sustaining another five damage.
Vlad opens fire with his Carnival tap, giving him four attacks. he takes out two droids straight and I'll allow the other two partial hits to go on the ones that survived his earlier Spin, killing them off.
This leaves a more manageable six droids firing at Vlad, who inflict six damage.
Sean hacks down a droid, the other one misses him, the firefight continues!
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HAILFIRE DESTRUCTION- START OF TURN 6
Central battle
Sean (LS 9/Force Points 7): 3/3/30 (Orthodox Guard/Whirling Strike/Counterstrike)- in cover two turn from Guns (first droid group)
Field gun crew x3: 0- By Guns
Selenian Infantry x4 (G 6): 0- In cover by guns
Selenian Infantry x4 (G 6): 0- In cover one turn from Guns
Selenian Infantry x3 (G 6): 0- In cover one turn from Guns
Selenian Infantry x3 (G 6): 0- In cover two turns from Guns
Selenian Infantry x2 (G 6): 0- In cover two turns from Guns
Battle Droids x1 (G 5): 0- In cover two turns from Guns
Battle Droids x3 (G 5): 0- In cover two turns from Guns
Battle Droids x6 (G 5): 0- In cover three turns from Guns
Battle Droids x4 (G 5): 0- In cover three turns from Guns
Battle Droids x7 (G 5): 0- In cover three turns from Guns
Flanking Battle
Vlad (G 8/Force Points 3) 1/1/49 (Eye of the Storm/Carnival of Carnage)
Battle Droids x6 (G 5): 0
Free Flier: P 9/19
Vulture Droids x2: P 4/0
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It's a Refresh turn for you guys! Yay!