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Immediately thrown into the battle, the Rangers had to make a drop out of the Dictator to make it to the ground on time. Our objective was to hold the line and prevent the Dracs from entering the Lyran stronghold. Unfortunately, the liaison group that tagged along struggled to land on the drop out, causing fair amounts of damage at the start. Lancer and Ehreschuld dropped in West with Liaison, Fury, and Spectre dropping in East to hold the primary unit at bay.
The fog held both groups at a slow pace while the lines got closer in the approach with a few artillery illuminating out approach with pot shots here and there with nothing conclusive. Soon as the fog receding and the sun overhead, a small lance coming from the South pushed the West line, which Lancer CO pushed the Albatross and Huang to rout them and keep them at bay. Ehreschuld Battlemaster followed while the primary unit began to make contact with the mech block coming in through the East.
During this time, Ranger ASF began to pick off primary targets sitting in the rear, killing a Saladin and Maxim, with the 2nd maxim getting crippled. Another volley of ASF attacked a KU that had a point of BA attached and took them out with a volley of bombs. This helped the Rangers keep half the unit they needed to pass a line from advancing far enough to become an issue. Removing the Bakemono got rid of the Arrow IV systems with an engine kill helped keep the splash damage limited.
The lines in the East made contact and everything went downhill for the Ranger group. As fire began to rise, Spectre and Ehreschuld began to take heavy damage from the assault lance pushing forward. SGT von Hoff took a massive blow to the head, which took her life as well. Spectre had a Banshee pushed in the toxic water and was forced to shut down. The liaison group pushed too hard and got hit hard as well. One of the mechs we were supposed to hold strong got destroyed, with the pilots life being taken as well.
Lancers Orion pushed hard and was taken out by the Daikyu after going headlong into its front. Both sides began to lose mechs, with their assault block being slowly removed from the field. Trying to get back at the Daikyu, Lancers Buccaneer tried to use its MASC to get in his face, only for the thing to take out actuators in both legs. Buccaneer propped up and took out the Mauler instead.
By the end of the battle. The Rangers held them back long enough to ensure victory, although damage was at an all time high. Hopefully, the lances who took too much damage are able to recover fast enough to get back on the line. We hope the loss of the Liaison pilot will not hurt us too much in the end. We will strive for a better outcome. One pilot loss and 5 mechs crippled heavily. Moderate damage on some ASF, little damage on rest.
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Topic: FUSILIER Mission 1 - 7/30/3059 (Read 1241 times)