Battletech

Battletech Event:

Sunday June 25^th. 11am

SITUATION
Outskirts of Forbidden City, Sian
13 September 3070
With the distraction of the campaign for St Ives, the Word of Blake launched a headhunting assault on Sian in an attempt to cripple the Capellan command structure in one fell swoop.
While the Warships and fighters commenced a brutal slugfest over the skies of Sian fighting for aerospace superiority, the Blakist troop transports began dropping soldiers from the skies in an attempt to secure a landing zone, in some instances landing them in the middle of panicking civilians.
GAME SETUP
Recommended Terrain: Forest, Light Urban, Training Grounds
For each building or wooded hex prior to the start of the battle, roll 2d6. On a 9 or better, a building is considered rubble, and a wooded hex is considered a rough hex (on a 9 or 10 result). If Fire and Smoke rules are used from Tactical Operations (see pp. 43-48, TO), the hex is also considered to be on fi re if the roll is an 11 or 12.
If using the Fire rules, the Defender determines if the entire building is on fire, or any particular floor. In either case, reduce the building’s current CF by half to begin the game.
Attacker
Recommended Forces: Seventeenth Division, Dragon’s Breath
The Attacker is performing a combat drop with up to six units
per turn. Use the Dropping Units rules (see p. 22, SO). For every
subsequent turn, the attack may deploy up to another six units in
the same fashion until the entirety of its force is deployed. Units
that land outside the battlefield map are considered destroyed for the purposes of the scenario.
Defender
Recommended Forces: House Imarra, Third Canopian Fusiliers, Red Lancers.
The defender may enter on any edge of the battlefield at the
beginning of the game.

WARCHEST
Track Cost: 600
Optional Bonuses

+200 Evacuations in progress: Groups of civilians are desperately trying to get off the battlefield. Randomly place twelve unarmed foot infantry platoons, at least eight hexes from a map edge. These platoons are considered to be enemy units to both
sides for purposes of stacking. Each turn the platoon moves its
maximum speed to the closest map edge, avoiding any hexes
containing fi re and/or smoke (if in use). Casualties to the evacuees reduce this Warchest award by 2 points for each civilian killed by any combatant on the battlefield. If this optional bonus is taken, reduce all water hex depths on the battlefield by 1.
+100 Air support: A medium aerospace fighter is deployed by
the opposing side. Roll on the appropriate RAT. May be taken up to six times [+600 point total].
OBJECTIVES

1. Headhunting! The designated opposing commander is Destroyed (not Crippled or Withdrawn). (Reward: 300)
2. No Mercy. Destroy or Cripple all of the opposition’s forces.
   (Reward: 400)
   AFTERMATH

The stalemate between the orbital assets of both sides prevented the Word of Blake’s signature unit-shattering blitzkrieg, but it also stymied the Capellans’ efforts to prevent the Blakists from securing several landing zones in strategic location.