General Steiner, formerly Galaxy Commander Steiner, stood on the bridge of the lead jumpship. This would be a telling battle, to say the least.
SLDF Init
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Rolled 2d6 : 1, 6, total 7
RD Init
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 5, 5, total 10[/blockquote]
RD executes its movement orders before SLDF arrives.
"Ladies and Gentlemen of the Star League, you are granted Safcon to land and discuss the future of this planet. We are very interested to hear what you have to say."
"General Steiner of the Star League Defense Force will be pleased to meet with you. Our forces will be landing and we will await your arrival at the location you identified."
Oops Wrong thread will amend
Its unclear who fired the first shot, but before negotiations could get underway the SLDF invasion force found itself in battle with the RD forces defending Menkent.
RD 13th Al-Hillah Phalanx Cluster (2.25 FP) vs. SLDF 170th Cobra Coil Cluster (6.25 FP)
RD simple res
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 5, 3, total 8[/blockquote]
SLDF simple res
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 1, 5, total 6[/blockquote]
RD crit check
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 6, 3, total 9[/blockquote]
RD critical event
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 1, 3, total 4[/blockquote]
Quote4 Gain +1 on further rolls this combat (CO gains experience).
SLDF inflicts 2.00 FP after rounding
RD inflicts 1.25 FP after rounding
The SLDF force (comprised almost entirely of Cloud Cobra personnel) grants the surviving forces hegira. RD forces withdraw.
Potential salvage is 3.25 FP
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6+15 : 5, 4 + 15, total 24[/blockquote]
SLDF salvages 0.75 FP (and recovered a further 0.25 from damage control).