"Comrades and patriots, this is Chancellor Bhairava. The time for action has come! Rise up and eject the running-dog traitors from our martyred Goddess' sacred homeworld!"
The rebel army prepares to attack...
"This is Star Commodore Elias Nagasawa commander of the task force in charge of capturing you and bringing your 'Chancellorship' to an end, spare the people of Highspire the horrors of war and lay down your arms."
[OCC
Dai Da Chi House MechWarrior Mech Regiment Transported Elite Fanatical 10.50
Aerospace Contingent Aerospace Wing Transported Elite Fanatical 4.75
Dai Da Chi House Infantry Clan BA Company Transported Veteran Fanatical 1.00
4th Imperial Reserve Cavalry Mech Regiment Transported Regular Questionable 20.00
1st Snapping Jaws Air Assault Cluster Monolith Mobile Regular Reliable 22.5
1st Snapping Jaws Air Assault Cluster Monolith Mobile Regular Reliable 22.75
1st Snapping Jaws Air Assault Cluster Comitatus Mobile Regular Reliable 8.25
1st Snapping Jaws Air Assault Cluster Odyssey Mobile Regular Reliable 8.5
1st Snapping Jaws Air Assault Cluster Monolith Mobile Regular Reliable 22.5
2nd Snapping Jaws Air Assault Cluster Monolith Mobile Regular Reliable 22.5 [Offensive Interdiction]
2nd Snapping Jaws Air Assault Cluster Monolith Mobile Regular Reliable 22.75 [Offensive Interdiction]
2nd Snapping Jaws Air Assault Cluster Comitatus Mobile Regular Reliable 8.25
2nd Snapping Jaws Air Assault Cluster Odyssey Mobile Regular Reliable 8.5
2nd Snapping Jaws Air Assault Cluster Monolith Mobile Regular Reliable 22.5
Move to engage the new Chancellor
House Rakshasa Celestial Vanguard Force ☠☠ Mechs Transported Elite Reliable 24.75
House Rakshasa Phansigar MechWarriors OmniMechs Transported Veteran Reliable 20.00
House Rakshasa Phansigar Assault Infantry Manei Domini Inf. Transported Regular Reliable 8.25
1st Xin Sheng Air wing Main Force Aerospace Wing Transported Veteran Reliable 19.00
House White Tiger White Tiger House Mechwarrior Mechs Transported Regular Reliable 16.50
House White Tiger White Tiger House Infantry Manei Domini Inf. Transported Regular Reliable 12.25
House White Tiger 21st Liao Defenders Battle Armor Transported Regular Reliable 1.00
101.75 FP total
(want to roll this out?)
160FP yeah lets roll this baby out, remember this hex is under quarantine.
SS Damage roll:
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 5, 4, total 9[/blockquote]
Possible crit:
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 3, 2, total 5[/blockquote]
160 * 55% = 88FP before any crits.
Rebel simple rez [blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 6, 4, total 10[/blockquote]
crit check [blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 4, 2, total 6[/blockquote]
SS inflicts 88 FP, rebels will get back 8.75 from damage control, so net losses are 79.25 FP
Rebels inflict 66 FP, SS gets back 6.5 from damage control, so net losses are 59.50 FP
SS ends the op round with 100.50 FP
Rebels end the turn with 22.50 FP
Things are not looking good for the chancellor...
2nd round init [blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 3, 2, total 5[/blockquote]
Init:
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 5, 6, total 11[/blockquote]
"Chancellor, your troops are defeated here and on most worlds where your troops are stationed or will soon be. If you love the people of those and all worlds I ask you to issue surrender orders and stand down. All your rebellion is causing is death."
"Elias Nagasawa, I am willing to discuss terms with you, but my forces will not surrender unconditionally. If we were prepared to accept such an outcome, we would have done so when the Strategios capitulated. I understand your people are a Clan of negotiators, a habit I am willing indulge given the circumstances."
"The Supremacy would be willing to create a protectorate independent of our central command, for you to rule as you want, but it will be a protectorate. You will still be heavily dependent on the Supremacy in trade and overall government functions, but these worlds policy will be micromanaged by you. Of course a non-aggression treaty and mutual defense pact, will be enacted, this way you do not surrender unconditionally. It will be more of an independent region within the Supremacy.
"Any member of the Supremacy Armed Forces or civilian will be moved to the protectorate at no expense."
"You will command your military units within your region, but can be drafted in case of invasion by another realm, if drafted they will be an independent command within the SAF."
"Now the question Chancellor, what are you willing to pay for this region of space?"
"Before you ask the space of the protectorate will center around the world of Victoria. (2938,2838, 2939, 3038)
[Need an answer here, this is holding up a few other threads.]
((OOC: Dave is putting together an answer, should be posted tonight hopefully))
"Victoria? You are very clever, Elias Nagasawa, to suggest a new home that is not only far from my base of support but a very likely target for our Davion... neighbors. Beneath what is obviously a strategem to rid yourself of my allies with a minimum of bloodshed on your Clan's part, however, I see a possible compromise."
"As you have no doubt learned by now, our allies on Terra are already making their move to support my claim to the throne. If they have held to their timetable, they should soon be landing on Liao as a beachhead to establish a safe border for their Hegemony. I suspect that if you kill me now, or destroy my legitimacy in the eyes of the people, they will simply annex their "safety zone" into a permanent extension of their own territory. The Hegemony is, if nothing else, pragmatic."
"So, I propose that instead of fighting me, you embrace me. The Clans have never respected cowardice, and it is clear that cowards are exactly what the Strategios are for failing to resist your occupation. I propose that you do not give me Victoria, or even Highspire. I propose that you give me Sian, embrace me as the rightful Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation, and give me leave to deal with the traitors who were so quick to surrender to your Clan. After all, can you really trust a traitor - even if they are your traitors momentarily?"
"I have heard that you wish for the Shark Supremacy to be a true union of the Capellan and Diamond Shark peoples. The running dogs on Sian may be quick to sing the tunes you wish to hear and fast to agree with your every proposal, but I guarantee you they will stab you in the back as soon as the opportunity presents itself. Your Khans and I, however... if our long-term goals are as similar as I believe they are, perhaps we can work together."
"I believe you miss judge your position here, you are out numbered 5 to 1 and so are the rebellious units, your strongest unit has been bottled up around the world of Pallendine and will be shortly exterminated. As for your Terran allies we have already taken appropriate steps to deal with them, the Supremacy will turn the world and space around Liao into a killing field, one from when the Terrans will be lucky to escape."
"The Supremacy would never allow the Davions to attack those holdings anymore than we would allow the Terrans to take the world of Liao, so those fears are for naught."
"You wanted to negotiate, we have given you more than fair terms, we have sparred your lives, given you a place to live and work. Yet here you are asking to be turned the victor in this struggle, something you are not."
"Against my better nature I will give you one more chance to negotiate in good faith, before I turn my troops lose against the few you have left."
Bhairava could only laugh at the Clanner's audacity, "your better nature? What does a vatborn Clanimal know of nature? You are so arrogant to believe your pet generals on Sian are loyal to you, and that you can function without my approval. You are fools to believe that anything less than total defeat awaits you without the will of the Goddess. Bring your abominations, Shark. The Phansigar are waiting to strangle you."
If there was any doubt as to Bhairava's intentions, the shower of artillery shells on SS encampments erased them.
Special Scenario: ☠☠ used to cause damage.
[blockquote]Rolled 1d6 : 5, total 5
Rolled 1d6 : 5, total 5[/blockquote]
Rebels simple rez [blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 5, 2, total 7[/blockquote]
Chaos reigned in the Supremacy encampment as warriors scrambled to button up their vehicles or armor, where they watched the PBI troops die a horrible death.
Anger trembled through the Star Commodores body as he mumbled the words, "Kill them all."
With those orders former Capellan and Shark warriors became one as bothers on the field of battle, ready to destroy those who had given their fellow warriors a gruesome death.
SS Damage roll:
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 4, 1, total 5[/blockquote]
[OCC SS forces now at 90.5FP
SS deal 22.75FP damage, destroying the upstart Chancellor and wiping out his forces.
Capellan forces do 9FP Damage (22.5*40%)
End of Combat Summary.
SS:
160 - 59.5FP (R1) - 10FP (R2 Special Scenario) - 8 FP (R2)= 82.75FP
CC:
101.75 - 79.25 (R1) - 22.5 (R2) = 0
Salvage:
59.5 + 10 + 8 + 79.25 + 22.5 = 179.25
Salvage Roll:
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6+15 : 1, 4 + 15, total 20[/blockquote]
Supremacy repairs 35.75FP
Ending Value is
160 - 59.5FP (R1) - 10FP (R2 Special Scenario) - 8 FP (R2) + 35.75 (Salvage) = 118.5FP
The Horrors of War!
+ 2 Token used
+ 2 Damage in R1 was over 100 but less than 150
Roll:
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6+4 : 1, 6 + 4, total 11[/blockquote]
[Watch I roll a 12]
[Woot only 1 was a 6]
Hex is Terrorized for 3 Turns.