No Room for a Wallflower – Operation Lead Spillway After-Action Report (#4)

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Hey folks, I'm in a bi-weekly Lancer game of No Room for a Wallflower (with a recent holiday break). I write after-action reports from the perspective of my character, MSMC Pilot Colt Walker, callsign Roughneck. You can check out the AAR for the first session, second session, or third session here.

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!...SESSION INITIATED!<

!...WELCOME USER — //C. WALKER// //ROUGHNECK//!<

!...CREATE RECORD //OPERATION LEAD SPILLWAY//!<

!...OPERATIONAL PROFILE //DEFENSE//!<

!...MSMC PERSONNEL //ROUGHNECK...ZEPHYR...DRUID//!<

!...HOSTILE FORCES //HERCYNIAN ARMED FORCES//!<

!...OPERATIONAL REPORT —!<

!...FUCK ME, //MILITIA// MIGHT AS WELL BE A WAD OF USED SPUNK TISSUES WHEN //HOSTILE MECHS// SHOW UP. POOR BASTARDS LOST //GENERATOR #1// ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE //RIVER FROM US//. WE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER THE //HERC FORCES// GOT TO THE //NORTHERN GENERATOR//, BUT WE WERE EARLY FOR THE PARTY. //SIX CONTACTS PUSHED INTO OUR ZONE FROM THE NORTH.// IDENT REPORTED //A SUPPORT, DEMOLISHER//, AND //FOUR RONIN//.!<

!...LIKE USUAL, //DRUID// KICKED THE MUSIC OFF WITH A //KILL SHOT// ON THE //SUPPORT’S COCKPIT//. FUCKER WAS DEAD BEFORE THE //HULL HIT// THE GROUND. SEEMED LIKE THE //DEMOLISHER WAS IN COMMAND//; THEY ORDERED ONE OF THE //RONIN// TO //ENGAGE DRUID//. GOOD FUCKIN‘ LUCK. //ZEPHYR// WASN’T GONNA STAY OUT OF THE FUN, SO THEY HIT THEIR //HFI// AND ZIPPED ACROSS //THE ZONE//. DROPPED ONE //RONIN// WITH THE //SWORD//, //NHP-ASSISTANCE// KEPT THEIR //ROUNDS ON TARGET// TO WRECK A SECOND. //THIRD RONIN// DIDN‘T LIKE THAT AND //HIT ZEPHYR// WITH A //SWORD// BUT ONLY CAUGHT //ARMOR//.!<

!...SHIT WAS TOO EASY, SO I //SCANNED THE RONIN// TO SEE IF THEY HAD AN //ORDINANCE PACKAGE ONBOARD//. TURNS OUT, I THINK THE FUCKIN’ //HERCS// ARE RUNNIN’ OUT OF //PILOTS ‘N MECHS// TO SPEND ON US. I CLEARED ANOTHER //RONIN// OFF THE BOARD WITH A //MISSILE//, BUT I GOT //BAD TONE// ON THE //DEMOLISHER. ZEPHYR// CUT UP THE //DEMOLISHER//, SHOWED OFF THEIR //FOLD SYSTEM// IN THE PROCESS. SLICK KIT, I GOTTA SAY.!<

!...IF I DIDN‘T KNOW BETTER, I’D HAVE SAID //ZEPHYR’S BLADES WERE DULL//. TURNED OUT, AFTER A //SCAN//, THAT THE //DEMOLISHER// HAD AN //ARMOR COATING// TO //REDUCE FRICTION WITH MELEE WEAPONS//. DROPPED //ZEPHYR’S COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS// LIKE A ROCK IN A POND. I CLEARED THE //LAST RONIN// OFF THE BOARD WITH A //SALVO//, GAVE THE //DEMOLISHER// SOMETHIN’ TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL. BASTARD CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO //SLAP ZEPHYR, SMASHED// A //FLEX MOUNT//. I AIN‘T TOO PROUD TO SAY, WHEN //DRUID’S SECOND SHOT// DIDN’T //END THE FIGHT//, I GOT WORRIED. NOT ABOUT //LOOSIN’ THE FIGHT//, BUT THAT THE BIG FUCKER MIGHT GET TO THE //GENERATOR// BEFORE WE COULD BURN IT OUT.!<

!...WE KEPT THE //FIRE// UP, BUT IT GOT REAL CLEAR //DRUID// WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD BRING IT DOWN. I TRIED TO BOX IT IN WITH MY //JAVELIN‘S THREAT ZONES//, AND IT TRIED TO SLOW //DRUID// DOWN WITH A //SYSTEM INVASION//. DIDN’T HELP IN THE END. //DRUID PUT A ROUND// INTO THE //DEMOLISHER’S HAMMER//. BIG FUCKIN’ THING //CRUSHED THE COCKPIT//. LOOKED AT IT AFTER FOR //INTEL//, NOTHING BUT A BLOODY MESS. ALL I COULD MAKE OUT WAS A //KILL COUNTER// AND SOME KIND OF CHITONOUS PANEL. HAD A SWIRLY TEXTURE ON IT, DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THAT MEANS.!<

!...WE TRIED TO GET A BEAD ON THE OTHER //STRIKE TEAM//, BUT THERE WASN’T MUCH TO FOLLOW. WE GOTTA STEP UP //SECURITY// ON THE //OTHER GENERATOR//. IF THE //COLONISTS LOSE// THAT ONE, IT’S GONNA CAUSE PROBLEMS. BACK IN //EVERGREEN NOW//, GONNA NEED TO SORT OUT A //BETTER SECURITY PLAN//. CAN’T LET THE //HERCS// KEEP PICKIN’ AWAY AT THE //INFRASTRUCTURE//. OTHERWISE, WE’RE GONNA— FUCK! //CONTACT NORTH, 014, HUNDRED METERS OUT!// MOVE TO—!<

!...ERROR...DICTATION SUSPENDED...PLEASE TERMINATE SESSION...ERROR...DICTATION SUSPENDED...PLEASE TERMINATE SESSION...!<