09/30/2021

Battle Setup:

            Brandis and Bea Slywood meet up with Ms. Janis, a mid-level manager in the Xenobiology department of the Argo Science Lab at a small bar off of the docking bays of the outpost. One of the technicians accidentally left the razor lizard cages unlocked after the feeding cycle. He was killed and the lizards escaped into the storage areas under the outpost. She wants to keep the incident off the record since this could affect her chances of promotion in the future. She believes that 3 mated pairs of lizards (6 total) escaped and would like the Vencarlo crew to eliminate them. She has already decided to tell the upper management that the lizards contracted a disease and had to be cremated to stop the spread.

            If the crew is successful, Ms. Janis will pay them a few credits from her off the books budget and supply them with some local planet maps that she haggled for with some merchants that delivered the lizards. Brandis accepts the job and Ms. Janis warns him that the razor lizards have needle fangs which will penetrate armor like it isn’t there.

            Brandis and Bea return to the Vencarlo to see how the rest of the crew is doing. Mark shows off the shotgun that he got in a trade with some of the outpost crew. Chet shows off a plasma rifle he got from an alien for his old blade. Zachary has a battle visor that is broken, but he believes that he can get it working with some time and parts.

            Once they are ready and equipped, the crew moves into the lower decks of the outpost. They come across the lizards in an older underground power station.

Round 1

Reaction Rolls: 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6. Brandis and Chet will go in Quick Actions.

Quick Actions:

Brandis moves towards cover and fires two shots at the lizards. The first hits but only stuns and the second shot is a miss.

Chet moves up and doesn’t fire (+2”)

Enemy actions:

All of the lizards move towards the crew.

Slow Actions:

Mark moves to cover and fires his shotgun twice. He misses with both.

Bot moves next to mark and fires, but he misses as well.

Zachary moves behind cover and fires at the lizards, but he misses.

Bea moves and fires twice. First shot is a hit and kill. The second shot is also a hit and kill.

Morale: 3,3 all of the lizards keep fighting.

Round 2

Reaction Rolls: 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6 All of the crew goes on the Slow Actions Phase

Enemy Actions:

All of the lizards advance towards Bot since he is the closest target.

Slow Actions:

Zachary moves across cover and fires but misses.

Mark moves around Bot and fires. He hits a lizard and kills it.

Bot stands his ground (aim) and fires at another lizard. He hits and kills the lizard.

Brandis moves towards the lizards and fires 2 shots. Both miss.

Bea moves towards the lizards and fires 2 shits. Both miss.

Chet moves towards the lizards (+2”).

Morale: 2, 3. One of the lizards retreats leaving only 1 more lizard.

Battle Event: Possible reinforcements.

Round 3

Reaction Rolls: 1, 1, 2, 2, 5, 6. Bea, Brandis, Mark in the Quick Action Phase.

Quick Actions:

Bot stands still and fires (aim). He rolls a 6 (autohit) and kills the last lizard.

Bea and Mark move (both +2”)

Enemy Actions:

Roll a 5, so a new lizard appears and moves towards Mark.

Slow Actions:

Zachary moves to cover and fires. He hits but just gets a stun effect.

Brandis moves (+2”)

Chet moves (+2”)

Morale: 4, no Bail this round.

Round 4

Reaction Rolls: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 6 (WOW! Is that a Yahtzee?) All but Chet in the Quick Action Phase.

Quick Actions:

Zachary holds ground (aim) and fires. He rolls a 6 (auto hit) and the lizard fails its toughness and is killed.

Brandis moves

Mark Moves

Bot moves

Bea moves

Enemy Actions:

Rolled a 4, no reinforcements this round.

Slow Actions:

Chet moves up.

Morale: No lizards to Bail

Battle Event: Seize the moment. Chet will go both Quick and Slow Action Phases

Round 5

Reaction Rolls: 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4. Only Chet goes in Quick Actions.

Quick Actions:

Chet moves towards the marker and blocks any more lizards. The Vencarlo crew Holds the Field and successfully completes the mission!

That’s it for the first fight. All of the crew survive to fight another day. I will go through the After Battle section of the turn next time we return to Five Parsecs from Home!

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Until next time, keep on gaming!