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Texlos: Stop the Dropships!
« on: April 24, 2011, 10:53:36 PM »
The Hexare Grenadiers destroyed the underground base and got everyone out alive...with some decent salvage I might add.  The Grenadiers figure that the feeling AFFS troops were looking to get off planet and check out the edge of the lake leading from the mountain base.  Imagine our surprise when we find two dropships thinking they're waiting on their friends. Check it out here: http://ourbattletech.com/2011/04/texlos-pursue-the-fleeing-affs-after-action-report/


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Re: Texlos: Stop the Dropships!
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2011, 02:18:09 PM »
My Ostsol pilot got to punch a DropShip!
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Re: Texlos: Stop the Dropships!
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2011, 02:42:01 PM »
Did it do anything? Any damage?
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Re: Texlos: Stop the Dropships!
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2011, 02:47:35 PM »
Quote from: Knightmare on April 26, 2011, 02:42:01 PM
Did it do anything? Any damage?

Did you try punching in a wall of steel with your bare hands?
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"In turn they tested each Clan namesake
in trial against the Ice Hellion's mettle.
Each chased the Ice Hellion, hunting it down.
All failed to match the predator's speed and grace.
Khan Cage smiled and said, "And that is how we shall be."

The Remembrance (Clan Ice Hellion) Passage 5, Verse 3, Lines 1 - 5

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Re: Texlos: Stop the Dropships!
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2011, 02:49:17 PM »
By the way, it was a nice use of Sun Tzu and leaving a way out of the battlefield for your opponent.
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"In turn they tested each Clan namesake
in trial against the Ice Hellion's mettle.
Each chased the Ice Hellion, hunting it down.
All failed to match the predator's speed and grace.
Khan Cage smiled and said, "And that is how we shall be."

The Remembrance (Clan Ice Hellion) Passage 5, Verse 3, Lines 1 - 5

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Re: Texlos: Stop the Dropships!
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2011, 02:57:12 PM »
Quote from: Ice Hellion on April 26, 2011, 02:49:17 PM
By the way, it was a nice use of Sun Tzu and leaving a way out of the battlefield for your opponent.

Yup, our thoughts were to keep them backpetalling and sacrificing a few units at a time, instead of just planting and fighting.  Between our flanking forces and the mines, we hindered their retreat just enough to stretch them out and kill them off piecemeal.  There are rare times when splitting your forces works.  This was one of them.
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Re: Texlos: Stop the Dropships!
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2011, 03:23:25 PM »
Quote from: Ken on April 26, 2011, 02:18:09 PM
My Ostsol pilot got to punch a DropShip!

....and that alone made the whole game worth it, in my opinion!
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Re: Texlos: Stop the Dropships!
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2011, 04:55:10 PM »
I did damage and I think I almost punched through the armor or just punched through but didn't get any crits.

I wonder if I had kicked it if it would have to make a PSR to stay standing. :)
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Re: Texlos: Stop the Dropships!
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2011, 06:41:47 PM »
Quote from: Ken on April 26, 2011, 04:55:10 PM
I did damage and I think I almost punched through the armor or just punched through but didn't get any crits.

You did punch SI, but no crits. 
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Re: Texlos: Stop the Dropships!
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2011, 06:43:59 PM »
Quote from: MadCapellan on April 26, 2011, 06:41:47 PM
Quote from: Ken on April 26, 2011, 04:55:10 PM
I did damage and I think I almost punched through the armor or just punched through but didn't get any crits.

You did punch SI, but no crits. 

That's insane, and calls into question the integrity of DropShip armor. Then again, it was probably built by the lowest bidder.  ;)
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Re: Texlos: Stop the Dropships!
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2011, 07:29:30 PM »
Considering how grounded transport (read: doesn't have the word "Assault" tacked in front of it) DropShips are basically immobile -4 to hit targets made of plywood, it wasn't too much of a surprise that they were about as durable as the surface destroyers one of them was carrying.
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Re: Texlos: Stop the Dropships!
« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2011, 07:33:25 PM »
Quote from: Knightmare on April 26, 2011, 06:43:59 PM
Quote from: MadCapellan on April 26, 2011, 06:41:47 PM
Quote from: Ken on April 26, 2011, 04:55:10 PM
I did damage and I think I almost punched through the armor or just punched through but didn't get any crits.

You did punch SI, but no crits. 

That's insane, and calls into question the integrity of DropShip armor. Then again, it was probably built by the lowest bidder.  ;)

Not really.  It was after a good amount of weapons fire had already stripped most of the armor away.
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Re: Texlos: Stop the Dropships!
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2011, 08:57:13 PM »
Ah.

Still, having an Ostsol punch a Dropper AND cause some damage is just plain old epic fun.
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