Chapter 6 - War Eternal - OOC

Good catch, Andrew. You're right, it was wrong. Lucius will need to make a decision next round whether to go big and attempt to jump pack that shit, or continue running.

All good. It should stand since it's almost back around to your turn anyway.

Cassiel deigns to respond to the Xenos stationed with him. "You know your capabilities - if you see a benefit to moving in closer, feel free." He had hoped they would provide a distraction for Draco; instead Draco was providing a distraction. Still, attacking from multiple points would help Hydrako and Lucius.

The order given, he launches a krak missile toward the gun emplacement.

Rolls:
Krak Missile: 1d100 8 3d10+10 35

https://orokos.com/roll/800767
The gun tower dodges the missile.
Im fucking with you. Its a hit.
3 damage

Its all on Sapiens and me.

My bad, real quick, did you say "3 damage?"

OOC:

Roll tech-use to triangulate the source of the drone control signal.

https://orokos.com/roll/800810 14 vs 127; 12 DoS (Tech-use +10, Talented, MIU bonus +20, astartes omni-tool +25)

If I that success can allow me to jam it, or somehow interfere with their transmissions, I will do so.


IC:

While the others began engaging the enemy, Sapiens labored to provide distant support. He continued circling the base, attempt to triangulate the position of their drone control station. If he could jam it, he might relieve pressure on the others. If he could identify the position of other foes, that would be a bonus.

Iron and Metal wrote:

My bad, real quick, did you say "3 damage?"

I did. Its a fortified gun tower.

This is going to get real confusing, so here we go.
Fire warrior 3 firing at Hydrako, who is the closest by far.
+10 standard attack, -20 full run, Based on mag size its 3 shots per horde.
https://orokos.com/roll/801192
I missed fire drill so Ill not use that talent this round at all for any fire warriors. Gives hordes an extra ranged attack.
Hydrako is hit 1 time, an arm
https://orokos.com/roll/801194
26p4, with the 3 wounds from before that will bring you to 13 damage total
EDIT: Cancel that. This was the last round they had the -30 from the vox attack.You still have 20 wounds left.

Drones 3 will full mode to 24 meters in front of the barricade

Next set of fire warriors will do the same. Lucius and Serephan are still in the trees and not an immediate threat.
https://orokos.com/roll/801195
Another hit, to a leg this time.
https://orokos.com/roll/801196
28p4, another 12 wounds, sitting at 1 crit
You may not run or charge for 2 rounds. (Pilot test to Jet pack will still for charge/run hint hint)
You can also spend FP to regain d10 wounds Serephan is in the squad as well.

The next set of Drones does the same as the other and moves 24 m in front of the barricades.

Other side:
Sapiens will not hack into any systems, but the good of Dos will count as 2 successes instead of 1. That means only 1 more test to pinpoint the exact building.

Fire warrior 1 will fire at Grimnir
https://orokos.com/roll/801198
nope
Fire warrior 2 will fire at Tomasu
https://orokos.com/roll/801198
more misses

The Grotesques both run forwards
76m away

Forgot Muse's ini:
https://orokos.com/roll/801201
15

That brings it to the top of the next round. Its Lucius and Ur'iss.

Ur'iss will use delayed half action to move, Then this action will run.
This ends her 60m away.

Bleda is next. He gets a 1/2 acion for the delay

IC: Bleda starts after the other to close with the Tau.

Action: Half Action: Half Movement forward, Full Action: Run, forward.

^^ Gurk, you can only make a full action or two half actions each round, bro. Not a full and a half, unless I am missing some ability being activated.

OOC: Plan stays in place. Fly toward railgun tower - Jump Pack full run 60m; -20 to hit BS. Dodge if necessary: 31 vs 57/4 DoS https://orokos.com/roll/801295

IC: Lucius broke through the treeline, spending not a moment more on the ground. The Jump Pack burned to life and he was up in the air, the proud banner of Kill Team Draco fluttering magnificently for all to see. One more jump and he would be atop the tower.

On LINE GM said I got an extra Half Action for delaying last turn.

Now that Hydrako is in the clear, he's gonna run and jump to the barricades. Jump pack doubles movement rate, but unfortunately it's too far for him to charge

IC
As Hydrako broke the treeline, he watched the barricades open up with the fire of two different squads of fire warriors. Somehow every single plasma bolt missed its mark and Hydrako was able to leap into the sky to close the distance. He was on the vox checking in on Cassiel's progress as he rocketed through the air. Progress on the towers. He whispered as he landed inside the barricades, amongst one of the closest groups of Tau.

Iron and Metal wrote:

^^ Gurk, you can only make a full action or two half actions each round, bro. Not a full and a half, unless I am missing some ability being activated.

OOC: Plan stays in place. Fly toward railgun tower - Jump Pack full run 60m; -20 to hit BS. Dodge if necessary: 31 vs 57/4 DoS https://orokos.com/roll/801295

IC: Lucius broke through the treeline, spending not a moment more on the ground. The Jump Pack burned to life and he was up in the air, the proud banner of Kill Team Draco fluttering magnificently for all to see. One more jump and he would be atop the tower.

This will put you at 41m away from fence/tower and 17m away from both sets of drones.

The first twoer is the east tower, its already pointed at Serephan's location so it will fire.
https://orokos.com/roll/801752
Miss, but theres lots of collateral damage.

Drone 5 repositions to the barricade Hydrako is at. (After Serephan does his thing.)

Fire warriors on east wall stay there.

Drones 1 fire at Grimnir:
https://orokos.com/roll/801753
+30 Pb range, +10 standard attack, -20 full run
1 hit
18p4 to leg
6 more after all is said and done

Grimnir is up, you are 3m away from the drone blobs.

Serephan is up on the X side.

Dodge https://orokos.com/roll/802352= 97, fail
Full move / sprint again (-1 fatigue) to move around the drones and engage the firewarriors
Athletics
https://orokos.com/roll/802357 = 70 vs 60, fail
Going to have to FP as flailing about in front on a bunch of firewarriors would not be good
https://orokos.com/roll/802357 = 100 vs 60.... fuck you orokos

I blame Tomasu for all of this...

IC
As the White Scar gave his battle cry alerting the Tau to their approach Grimnir could have ripped his throat out, that would have to wait though as lines of drones opened fire. Grimnir reacted immediately but still took a few hits as he pivoted away from the drones and towards the defensive line of firewarriors. They were ripe for the picking and Grimnir thought he could get amongst them, that was until he slipped as he tried to run up the curve of the defensive wall. On just about any other day he would have made it...

Its been awhile, but most of the enemies here are hordes. You cant dodge/parry against hordes.

So you try an climb the rampart but cant find purchase in your haste. You still get the -20 for running.
Tomasu has your back!

Drone's 2 will ignore the guy who just ran around them and focus the guy in front of them down.
https://orokos.com/roll/802521
1 hit
https://orokos.com/roll/802523
not good.
15 wounds.

Serephan moves with jump pack for 60m. Only 35 m away from wall.

Next tower is the south tower, its also in a position to fire at Serephan/Lucius.
Ill roll attack roll, if it hits even in Lucius and Odd is Serephan.
-20 run, +10 half range, +10 standard attack, +20 twin linked.
https://orokos.com/roll/802524
17, hit vs erephan.
He can dodge as this is not a horde.

Tomasu will cast one of his favorite power, the howling wind, unfettered. Free action (WTF right?)
+35 for psy rating 7.
https://orokos.com/roll/802527
88 vs 105, doubles trigger phenomena
https://orokos.com/roll/802529
rolled a 5. Have rite of sanctioning so it doesnt matter what I roll as long as it isnt perils. Its always hoarfrost.
Its a cone area of effect, and the proxemity hits both drone units and both fire warrior units, they need to make a strength test with -35 or be knocked prone and pushing them back. That wont affect them since they have walls to block them from falling of. However, since they will be prone, Ill knock off a ranged attack from each horde.
In ini order, since tau str is pitifil they need a 5 or less
https://orokos.com/roll/802534
Not a single one of them.
I do need Grimnir to make this test however.....-35 str test.
He will then charge the nearest unit (Drones 1) and keep them from shooting at anything.
-10 size, +10 hatred tau, +30 for berserk charge.
https://orokos.com/roll/802538
hit, just 1 mag damage.

I had wrack movement wrong last round, they will run and are now 16 m away from the barricade.

Drone 6 will redeploy to the west side, so Grimnir and co wil have another set of drones to deal with same as Hydrako and co.

Fire warrior 5 will disengage from Hydrako.

Drone 3 will charge Lucius in the Air:
https://orokos.com/roll/802541
a miss? Didnt expect that.

fire warrior 4 will shoot at hydrako
+30 PB range, -20 run, +10 standard attack
3 hits....
https://orokos.com/roll/802545
23 wounds after all is said and done. That would Put Hydrako at 2 crit to body.
Toughness test or prone.

Next up is Cassiel. Need reaction from Serephan, Strength from Grimnir, and Hydrako needs to do something to soak that coordinated fire.

After all that, my mind is mush. I still need to update some stuff on the initiative trackers.

Remember, once in the compound you can use buildings to hide from defenders. So Hydrako could leave the barricades and go hide in buidlings to avoid fire, same for Grimnir.

Or we could do what we do best and kill everything right here right now.

Something bad happens..

Krak Missile Round 2: 1d100 98 3d10+10 34

I think a 98 on a missle strike is really bad, right?

Cassiel is committed to maintaining the assault and making sure the Xenos have to continue splitting their fire. He launches another missile after the first.

Ya, thats a jam, unless you wanna spend fp or something?

Next up would be Sapiens.

Strength -35 https://orokos.com/roll/802833 = 75 vs 06, fail

You are prone. Sorry bro. Cut down the amount of attacks by 4 though,

Dodge <47: 96, no go.

https://orokos.com/roll/803016

Fp re-roll: 60
https://orokos.com/roll/803017

Still a fail.

Sapiens will continue the same thing. Here's my tech-use roll to trace the location.

https://orokos.com/roll/803139 3 vs 127; 14 DoS

Literally impossible for me to do better. WOOOOOOOT. Any bonuses for the exceptional roll?

Vs Serephan:
https://orokos.com/roll/803213
17 p5 to body.

you take 6 wounds

As far as Sapien's test goes, You know exactly which building is the Tau controller one, without a doubt. You should mod Cassiel's missile launcher to be like the Nikita launcher from MGS. You could have him blast it from here if there was something like that.
As for the test results.....
Sapiens has isolated the band coming from the structure and can use his MIU to generate excess noise in the band.
Basically, pick 1 group of drones and unless they pass a INT test they are stunned next round.
Keep in mind OOC info from ic info. You can only actually see 3 groups on your side and have no idea whats going on on the south side.

toughness test to resist prone <52
47 = 2 DoS
https://orokos.com/roll/803225

I don't think there's really much Hydrako can do except charge and hope the aliens don't shoot him while their buddies are in harm's way.

Hydrako wrote:

toughness test to resist prone <52
47 = 2 DoS
https://orokos.com/roll/803225

I don't think there's really much Hydrako can do except charge and hope the aliens don't shoot him while their buddies are in harm's way.

Stand is a half action unless you have leap up.

OOC: Full run (-20 BS to hit) to the top of the nearest rail gun. Immediately survey the area looking first and foremost for the power plant to the fire base.
Awareness: 26 vs 60/5 DoS https://orokos.com/roll/803237

IC: Lucius didn't pay any mind at all to the drones. They were nothing. The Novamarine burned his jump pack, smashing any his way aside. He moved like a rocket toward the gun tower, forcing the Tau into a precarious position should they want to engage him - they would be targeting one of their own main defense weapons.

As he lands, he immediately scans the area for the main power array. He needed to disable it.

Sylphilis wrote:

Stand is a half action unless you have leap up.

Did passing the toughness test not resist going prone?

Sorry I thought you said DoF. You passed, but are too close to charge. Will have to half move and half attack.

Free attack against Lucius:
https://orokos.com/roll/803407
Hit, no damage.

Next is Hydrako, Still on Bleda.

Action: Run towards the Tau base

IC: Bleda keeps running forward. The attack was launched and there was no choice left but ti press it home.

Sylphilis wrote:

Free attack against Lucius:
https://orokos.com/roll/803407
Hit, no damage.

What's this for now? Squad Mode allows entry into and out of melee without penalty.

Iron and Metal wrote:

Sylphilis wrote:

Free attack against Lucius:
https://orokos.com/roll/803407
Hit, no damage.

What's this for now? Squad Mode allows entry into and out of melee without penalty.

Forgot about that. Doesnt matter anyway, they pretty much need RF to cause any melee damage.

Bleda is now 28m away.

Muse moves up to 16m away.

Need some clarification from Sapiens before I move on. Still on Hydrako on the other side.

Sylphilis wrote:

Vs Serephan:
https://orokos.com/roll/803213
17 p5 to body.

you take 6 wounds

As far as Sapien's test goes, You know exactly which building is the Tau controller one, without a doubt. You should mod Cassiel's missile launcher to be like the Nikita launcher from MGS. You could have him blast it from here if there was something like that.
As for the test results.....
Sapiens has isolated the band coming from the structure and can use his MIU to generate excess noise in the band.
Basically, pick 1 group of drones and unless they pass a INT test they are stunned next round.
Keep in mind OOC info from ic info. You can only actually see 3 groups on your side and have no idea whats going on on the south side.

I'll target the group of drones closest to our people. I'll also signal cassiel concerning the location of drone control, and offer to do the mod you propose.

Not spending an FP for a reroll. I'll be clearing the jam on my next turn.

Heath, does the 5 DoS on Awareness give Lucius any hint as to which of the building houses the generator? I assume that building would have different types of ventillation, power transmission devices coming from/to it than the one that is a barracks.

That clarification is vital right now.

On the chance that nothing like that is present, Wendigo, make Sapiens find that shit!

Going all in with a swift attack against the closest firewarriors. Hopefully the ones that shot him won't while amongst their brethren. This is a make or break moment

Half move + swift attack with chainaxe
WS 51 +10 HoA +10 MC +10 sigwargear master + 10 horde size? =<91
43 = 6 DoS = 4 hits?
https://orokos.com/roll/803888

I think I do a damage roll to see if the hits stick (been ages since we faced a horde lol)
30 pen 3 lol
https://orokos.com/roll/803893

IC
Hydrako's will alone kept him standing as the energy bolts tore into body. He uttered not a sound under the assault, though his face was awash with blood and drawn in a hideous rictus of teeth, palid flesh, and depthless pitiless eyes. He moved slowly towards the squad of firewarriors that had disengaged from him, but he seemed to be gathering speed as he got closer for suddenly he was a blur of bloody viscera, shattered bone, sundered armour, and thruster exhaust. His chainaxe rose and fell amongst the Tau mercilessly, engine roaring and cleaving apart enemies with every strike. He used this jumpack to aid in his assault, adding power to blows or speed and agility to his movement amongst the squad. At moments like this, he was death incarnate

Iron and Metal wrote:

Heath, does the 5 DoS on Awareness give Lucius any hint as to which of the building houses the generator? I assume that building would have different types of ventillation, power transmission devices coming from/to it than the one that is a barracks.

That clarification is vital right now.

On the chance that nothing like that is present, Wendigo, make Sapiens find that shit!

You know that the main building has its own power supply, and notice another building that is a backup power supply.

Hydrako wrote:

Going all in with a swift attack against the closest firewarriors. Hopefully the ones that shot him won't while amongst their brethren. This is a make or break moment

Half move + swift attack with chainaxe
WS 51 +10 HoA +10 MC +10 sigwargear master + 10 horde size? =<91
43 = 6 DoS = 4 hits?
https://orokos.com/roll/803888

I think I do a damage roll to see if the hits stick (been ages since we faced a horde lol)
30 pen 3 lol
https://orokos.com/roll/803893

IC
Hydrako's will alone kept him standing as the energy bolts tore into body. He uttered not a sound under the assault, though his face was awash with blood and drawn in a hideous rictus of teeth, palid flesh, and depthless pitiless eyes. He moved slowly towards the squad of firewarriors that had disengaged from him, but he seemed to be gathering speed as he got closer for suddenly he was a blur of bloody viscera, shattered bone, sundered armour, and thruster exhaust. His chainaxe rose and fell amongst the Tau mercilessly, engine roaring and cleaving apart enemies with every strike. He used this jumpack to aid in his assault, adding power to blows or speed and agility to his movement amongst the squad. At moments like this, he was death incarnate

There is no horde size bonus for any of these groups. That should clue you in OOC that all the horde's sizes are <30 mag.
That still nets you 4 mag damage.

Ok, so Sapiens has confused the unengaged drone horde that is in the open that Tomasu isnt killing.
They must pass INT test or be stunned:
https://orokos.com/roll/804468
they are not THAT smert.

Grimnir and Serephan are up.

This is just embarrassing
Athletics (-10) to get over barrier https://orokos.com/roll/804471= 79 vs 51 (fail)


Grimnir started to scramble up the shield but then stopped, his humours were off balance after Tomasu had spoiled his attack and he had to steady himself. He regretted joining forces with Draco and Sapiens zoo. Hunkering down he slowed his beating heart and rapid breathing.

drone 2 vs Tomasu:
https://orokos.com/roll/804670
1 hit,
https://orokos.com/roll/804671
no damage

Tomasu fights back, Aim and standard attack:
https://orokos.com/roll/804672
45 vs 86
5 dos, 2 hits.

Wracks will charge the barricade
-20 Athletics:
https://orokos.com/roll/804673
wow, they sucks at climbing and shit. a 24 wont cut it.

Cassiel is next.

And Serephan still.

Added a small IC above

Break CC with the drone, which should be free due to squad mode and then make my way as fast as possible to aid Lucius and Hydrako. Should be able to make it with a full run with the jump pack.

IC: Serephan wanted to take apart and tear into anything and everything that came into their path, but he knew that they needed to get inside. The last attack against him had hurt, but he'd never let it show. He burst through with his jumppack alight, leaving the drone behind him. He came down hard as close as possible near Lucius.

Cassiel IC:

Cassiel stared at the missile launcher for the briefest of moments in disbelief. He had evaluated every missile and communed with the machine spirit before the mission - there should have been no failures. Then his eyes locked on the forms of the Xenos that had stood at his position moments before. Surely there was a connection. Practiced hands began clearing the jam as he promised revenge in the near future.

I don't remember if this was being discussed in LINE or if there was some confusion here, but this is from the Only War CRB:

OK, that helps. We hardly ever jam so Its not a rule I have memorized. So Cassiel needs a BS test to clear it and its cleared next round if he passes.
https://orokos.com/roll/805342
Passed. Cassiel clears the breech and is ready for next round.

And Serephan Lands near Lucius inside the facility.

Sapiens for the win?

Sapiens will try to cover the others, aiming & shooting at anyone nearby them. Tell me if there are any rolls to do.

-20 BS for suppressive fire.
https://orokos.com/roll/806127
16 vs 52, 2 hits
4 mag damage

Pinning test for both fire warrior squads
https://orokos.com/roll/806128
1 passed and 1 didnt.

Pinned fire warrior can fire since they are already in cover at -20 penalty. Half action only.
https://orokos.com/roll/806145
1 mag damage
+30 wp test to recover from pinning at end of turn:
https://orokos.com/roll/806146
pass

Drones 5 vs Hydrako (half move half attack)
https://orokos.com/roll/806148
wow, both attacks hit
https://orokos.com/roll/806149
No damage

Fire warriors will move in and do the same, This is the max that can attck Hydrako CC on the ramparts
https://orokos.com/roll/806151
another hit.
https://orokos.com/roll/806152
no damage

Drone 3 moves back to the barricade

Fire warriors 4 will delay

Other drones also move to the wall.

Crisis suit shoots at Lucius, half aim, semi auto, -20 run
https://orokos.com/roll/806153
Miss

Fire warrior 2 vs wracks:
https://orokos.com/roll/806143
2 mag damage


New round:
Uriss moves to the wall.

Bleda, Lucius and Hydrako are all up.

IC: Bleda keeps running towards the wall to scale it.

Action: Full Run towards the wall

OOC: Let's krak this fucker open and see what gooey goodness is inside. Dialogue with Hydrako/Seraphan then charge.

Draw krak (free)/Charge (full); WS 48 +40 (size/HoA/charge) -20 (grenadier) <68; rolled 79/2 DoF
https://orokos.com/roll/806264

IC: "Engaging with Crisis Suit - Get to the generator and disable it while I keep him busy." He had put the call out to anyone on the channel, but knew that Hydrako and Seraphan were closest to actually do so if they chose. It was paramount to the mission parameters.

He burned off as the missiles missed him entirely, pulling a krak grenade from his chest webbing as he did. The suit was swifter than he had assumed and he just barely missed his target. He kept the krak in his right hand, combat shield in his left, and hugged close into melee.

Ok, so Bleda makes it to the wall, athletics test -20 to scale the wall?

Muse will charge the horde on the wall, -20, +20 skill
https://orokos.com/roll/806392
12, nice.
charge, attack, damage
https://orokos.com/roll/806393
1 mag damage

Next up is stunned drone:
https://orokos.com/roll/806395
fail sauce, still stunned

Grimnir, Serephan and Hydrako are up.

Ok, here comes up the scaling roll.

88 vs 45 (S 45 + 20 Power Armour - 20 Modifier), its a failure.

https://orokos.com/roll/806409

How far to the generator? Or does Serephan know where that might be?