AAR – 100pt Nomads (Bruce) vs Ariadna (Duncan)

Onwards to Game 2 for me!

After getting a Draw against Graham’s Yu Jing, I fought against Duncan’s Ariadna Kill Team.

Duncan set up the same terrain, this time setting everything up on a 45 degree offset, instead of square to the play matt.

For the Random Mission Elements, we rolled:

Setup:

Hostile

All factions are considered to be in a state of existing Hostility and can exchange fire at will.

Factions setup as per normal within 8” of their table edge.

Conditions:

Commercial

TAGs, and REMs cannot engage the enemy. The first time a TAG or REM engages the enemy that Player automatically loses 1 VP.

Objective:

Revenge!

The KT’s have met before and there is bad blood between them. Revenge is a dish best served cold…

Time:                     At the end of turn 3, and every other turn, the game ends on an escalating-roll of 4+ (3+ at end of turn 3, 2+ at end of turn 4, automatic at end of turn 5).

Endgame:             The game also ends when one faction is eliminated.

VPs:       +1           Per enemy marker killed (does not include mercenaries).

Ariadna Kill Team:

• Line Kazak with Rifle, Pistol & Knife (Lieutenant – revealed after the battle)
• Line Kazak with Rifle, Pistol & Knife
• 13eme Moblot with Rifle, Light Shotgun, Pistol & Knife
• Loup-Garou with Sniper Rifle, Pistol & Knife
• 4eme de Chasseur with Rifle, Light Flamethrower, Antipersonnel Mines, Pistol & Knife
• 7^th Foxtrot Ranger “Newport” with Boarding Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines, Pistol & Knife

Ariadna Kill Team Deployment

The Loup-Garou was posted on the roof of the Maintenance Module (Tau Firewarrior as a proxy).  The Line Kazaks and the Moblot deployed on the ground level behind the Maintenance Modules and a Cargo Container.  The Chasseur and Ranger deployed forward as Camo Tokens, using their Infiltration capabilities.

Nomads Kill Team:

• Mobile Brigada with Multi Rifle & Light Flame Thrower, Pistol & Knife
  (Lieutenant – revealed after the battle)
• Reverend Healer with Combi Rifle, Nanopulsar, Pistol & Exp CCW
• Corregidor Alguaciles with Combi Rifle, Pistol & Knife
• Corregidor Alguaciles with Combi Rifle, Pistol & Knife

Nomad Kill Team Deployment

One Alguaciles was posted on the roof of a Power Hub, lying Prone, with the Mobile Brigada on the left of the Hub.  The other Alguaciles and the Healer hid behind the Cargo Container to the right of the Power Hub.

Turn 1

Nomads take first turn.

The Alguaciles on the Power Hub roof crawled to the corner.  Using a second order, the Alguaciles stood up and fired at the Loup-Garou on the Maintenance Module.  The Alguciles’ burst went wide (all 3 shots rolled too high) while the Loup-Garou calmly drew a bead on his target and nailed the Alguciles!  Using Shock Ammo, my Alguaciles was killed instantly!

Alguaciles Shoots (and dies!)

Worried about the two Camo Markers, the Brigada moved to the corner of the Power Hub so he could shoot around each side while (hopefully) gaining some cover.  Finally, the last Alguaciles peeked around the corner of the Cargo Container and got a lucky Crit Hit on the Loup-Garou sniper, knocking him out!

Alguciles Takes Down The Sniper!

End Of Nomads Turn 1

Ariadina

One Camo Counter moved near the corner of the Power Hub, then deployed a Camo Marker (gee, wonder what that is?), revealing the original Camo Marker as the Chasseur.

The other Camo Counter moved to the other corner, and using Surprise attack, revealed itself as the Foxtrot Ranger as it fired at the Brigada before it could respond, but failed to wound it.  The Ranger then fired another burst of fire from the hip at the Brigada as the Ranger ducked back around the corner.  This time, the Ranger knocked the Brigada unconscious!  As a final insult, the ranger laid another Camo Token at the corner of the power module!

Ranger Knocks Out the Brigada!

Turn 2

Nomads

With the Mobile Brigada unconscious, I was forced to declare “Loss of Lieutenant”.  This forced my troops to have “irregular” orders (a nice change from the previous version of Infinity). 

The Healer moved towards the Mobile Brigada and unfortunately triggered the Mine the Ranger had just laid.  Fortunately, the Healer’s Armour protected her from the blast and she was able to survive the attack.  Using her second short skill and her Medikit, the healer was able to heal the Mobile Brigada and give him back 1 wound.

The Alguaciles, feeling lonely, used his order to run over and join the others of his Kill Team by the Power Hub.

Normally, at this point, I would be able to “reassign” the Lieutenant to a surviving trooper.  However, the Healer had just healed the Brigada, so I left him in charge (he did have the best armour).

End Of Nomads Turn 2

Ariadna

The Ranger was a busy fellow this time.  The first order allowed the Ranger lay down another Camo Marker as he moved to the far left corner of the Power Hub.  He used a second Order to double-move to just behind the corner of the Power Hub.  Used a third order to go back into full camo and replaced the figure with a Camo marker. 

Finally, the Ranger peeked around the corner of the Power Hub and shot both the Alguaciles and the Healer with his Boarding Shotgun, using Surprise Attack once again!  The shot against the Healer missed, but the shot against the Alguaciles hit, resulting in a spray pattern that also hit the Healer anyway.  The Alguaciles was knocked unconscious, but the Healer was unharmed.

Ranger Knocks Out The Alguaciles

 The Ranger used a final order to double-tap the Healer with the Boarding Shotgun.  This time, he was able to knock the Healer unconscious.

Turn 3

Nomads

That camoed Ranger being a pain in the derriere, I had to neutralize it.  The Mobile Brigada chased the Ranger around the hub, firing his Flame Thrower (it ignores Camo).  The attack hit and knocked the Ranger Unconcious!  More importantly, even if the Ranger was revived somehow, his Camo was burnt and rendered useless!

Brigada Burns The Ranger!

Ariadna

Being the sneaky gits that Ariadnians are, the Chasseur used 2 orders.  The first was to move around outside the Cargo Container, both out-of-sight and out of the Zone-of-Control of the Mobile Brigada.  The second order allowed him to move into the Brigada’s blind spot and fire a burst into the Brigada’s back!  Two shots hit and penetrated the armour of the Brigada, killing him.

The Brigada Shot In The Back!

With all the Nomads dead or unconscious, the game ended.  I assumed that the Ariadnians would quickly finish off the unconscious Nomads, killing them all.

Ariadna Victory!  4 – 0!  (None of the Ariadna troops had died - they were all unconscious!)

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WOW!

Great Game.  I really had to hand it to Duncan on his use of Mines and Camo.  The Ariadna may not be as technologically as advanced as the rest of the Human Sphere, but that doesn't mean they're helpless!

As much as I hate to say it, I think this game showed a major weakness of my force.  With 2 expensive troopers (the Healer and the Brigada are both over 30pts, each), I suffered for a lack of orders and bodies.  Unfortunately, with the basic box set, I didn't have a large number of choices.  Back to the drawing board!