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[Black Omega]

Wolverine mechwarrior Dimitri Kharlan was wondering how he managed to get his first real command experience in such a hectic and disjointed fashion.  And what was the deal?  Ripping the two 1st Wolverine Strikers stars apart and reassigning them did not seem like good tactics to him.  The battle in Osgiliath was over, but with major damage to all involved.  And who are these guys calling themselves “The Kerensky Dominion?”

Meanwhile, on board the Clan Snow Raven dropship Nightwing, the rest of the members of the 1st Wolverine Strikers were pondering many of the same things.  Star Captain Gurdel had received a Priority One message from Clan High Command.  His orders were to redeploy his forces and board the incoming Snow Raven dropship.

“Well what are we waiting for?” said Gurdel with just a hint of worry in his voice.  â€œLet’s go see where the Raven’s want to take us.”

“They probably want us old farts to save their asses,” joked Alan Moon as they climbed aboard the modified Leopard Class dropship.  The modifications, newly completed, expanded the twin fighter bays to optionally accommodate a fifth battlemech.  Rumors were a new class of similar design was in the works but no one had seen it in service to date.

Once airborne and rocketing eastward, the Strikers received their orders.  Clan Snow Raven had by far the highest percentage of air forces in all of the clans.  Therefore, they could not afford to lose as many battlemechs and mechwarriors as the other clans in the Pentagon invasion.  One star of Raven mechs has been cut off and surrounded in a mountainous area near the Empire of Hidalgo fort city of Ithilian.  A snowstorm in the mountains has prevented the Snow Ravens airpower from breaking the siege and freeing their brothers.  Khan McKenna managed to swallow his pride and ask the Ilkhan for help.  The Wolverines will hot drop into the combat zone and break the siege.

Planet: Circe              Gravity: 0.8 G

Walk mp—mod by grav mp
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Map
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West     [][  ][  ]    East
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Attacker:  1st Wolverine Strikers [may use “overrun combat” skill]

Mission:  Break the siege and rescue the Snow Ravens


Defender:  believers of the “God-King” Hidalgo

Mission:  vanquish the infidels

Fanatical:  May use “overrun combat” skill.  BUT, any units doing so receive a -1 defense modifier for that turn.

Weather:  Heavy Snow [page 60 TO]

+1 to all weapon attacks and +1 to all piloting rolls
Heat output of all units reduced by 2 per turn
Turn 5: effects of thin snow cover per TO
Turn 15: effects of deep snow per TO [+1 mp/hex and +1 to all PR]
Turn 20: effects of ice per TO

Clan Snow Raven forces:
Mech                                G/P
Panther-9R                       3/4
Vulcan-5T                         3/4
Champion-1N                    3/4
Lancelot-01                       2/3
Catapult-A1                       3/4

[OOC: Gentlemen, if I might ask a favor.  Could someone bring the following minis for the game on Saturday?     Crab, Osprey, Champion, Lancelot, King Crab                Thank you]

[phlop]

Don't have an Osprey or King Crab. Rest is covered. I will bring a couple of subsitutes for those 2.

[Black Omega]

One minute before drop, the Nightwing received a flash transmission from Clan Command:

FLASH MESSAGE---PRIORITY ALPHA
CODE: RABID
TO: Star Captain Jaroslav Gurdel, Commander, 1st Wolverine Strikers
FROM: Ilkhan Nicholas Kerensky

REVISED ORDERS….
Continue current mission.
Clan Watch has identified current opfor.
Eliminate opfor with extreme prejudice.
Info to your command ONLY, at your discretion.
Further details forthcoming.
Godspeed.
N.


Aftermath

The Wolverines completed the primary mission of breaking out the trapped Snow Raven forces.  The second objective proved much more difficult given the close confines of the box canyon.  Mechwarriors Hawker and Cole had their mechs destroyed and were temporarily left as the clans made their escape.  Mechwarrior Matsunaka was able to double back to the box canyon as the remaining Empire mechs got strung out in pursuit of the Snow Raven and Wolverine forces.  The Empire Hunchback pilot received a Medium laser for his troubles and Snow Raven mechwarrior Tom Cole helped Matsunaka retrieve Hawker.  It was pretty crowded and ripe in the Mongoose’s cockpit, but they made it back to rendezvous with the Nightwing.  The Nightwing lifted off quickly to meet with the fleet flagship McKenna's Pride where medical technicians saved Hawker's life.

OOC] All PC characters receive 30 exp for participating in scenarios "Everybody Wants..." OR "Snow Bird" and has already been added to totals in TO&E.