Prior to evacuating CEO
Rashiq Iqbal from the Outworlds Alliance, Foa received a personal
distress call from an associate on Kinkaid III.
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| Fox Hound Command Lance deploys to Kinkaid II |
After being
decontaminated Quintas Allard offered the Fox Hounds a mission that
involved work in the Outworlds alliance against the Oberon Pirates,
the primary objective being on Kinkaid II. Conveniently (or rather,
thanks to Lishka's wheeling's and dealings) the Hounds had beeen
offered a contract in the same system as the distress call.
Arriving in the system
Foa received yet another short distress call from the same source. He
persuaded the the crew of the drop ship to make a quick detour to
Kankaid III.
Due to mountainous
terrain and high winds, the Lucky 7 drop ship landed in a clearing
some distance from where the distress call originated.
On arrival, the Fox Hounds deployed 4 mechs: Lishka in the Clint, Ranger in the
Javelin, Domino in the Panther and Foa in his Valkerie. Boxier rode
in the Valkyrie, on a fold-down seat.
Shortly thereafter, a
lance of pirate mechs were spotted attacking several
buildings. With the Fox Hounds' deployment, they broke off their
attack and came after for the Fox Hounds. Two Locusts and a Cicada raced down the mountain track while a Pheonix Hawk rose into the air on its jump jets.
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| Pirate Mech Lance |
Ranger and Lishka
immediately took up positions on a low hill while Foa and Dom moved
up the centre of the valley towards a grain silo.
Foa's Valkyrie unleashed a
swarm of LRMs to greet the Pheonix Hawk. They struck in a concentrated burst, melting the armour from the pirate's left torso.
Pirate Locust-1 ran round attempting to Flank but met with Ranger and Lishka whereupon they dueled it out. The pirate was having none of it and dodging wildly and managing to break through.
Mean-while the 3 other
pirates crossed the river. While laying down covering fire they closed in to concentrate fire on Domino's Panther. After
trading shots and searing armour, none of the pilots came out on top. The
pirate Cicada and Locust-2 broke off, leaving the P-hawk and Dom
dueling it atop a grain silo.
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| Domino and a Pirate Duelling atop the Grain Silo |
Having had little luck against the Panther, the Pirate lights concentrate their fire against Lishka, who had been sniping
with her Mech's large laser from the near-by woods. As they closed in, Lishka managed to dodge most of their shots. Unbeknownst to them, Ranger closed in on from behind unleashing a volly of SRMs, at one of
the locusts. Although it dodged many of the missiles, but didn't manage to dodge one of Ranger's physical attacks, which tore off one of it's weapon-pods.
It was at this point the pirates noticed that Foa had
made his way across one of the peaks towards the target buildings
(while also laying volley after volley of LRM cover fire). The Cicida
broke off its attack to try and head him off before he could get
across the valley floor. Ranger pursued in his much slower Javelin.
At this point Domino's
Panther and the pirate -hawk engage in physical combat.
Domino has the worst of it, nearly losing a leg. She jumps off the silo, leaving a spread
of SRM's in her wake. The P-Hawk also breaks off towards the hills
and comes under enfiladding fire from two Fox Hounds. While Ranger
only clips it, Lishka surgically snipes off its large laser. Locust-1
closes on Lishka but is unable to do any significant damage. In
exchange, the Locust take's a large laser to the leg, crippling it.
On the other
mountainside the Cicada goes for Foa. The Fox Hound who ignores it
and continues to launch LRMs into the P-hawk keeping it back.
Locust-2 moves across the valley floor to back up the Cicada, Ranger
dogging him all the way.
At this point Dom
ignores the almost ineffective fire from the P-hawk. Combined with
sniper fire from Lishka and SRM volleys from Ranger, she blows the a
leg off Locust -2, forcing it to the ground.
Foa reaches the target
building, still taking harassing fire from the Cicada.
The P-hawk makes a
break across the valley floor in a final attempt o take him down.
Dom lets loose with a PPC blast from her Panther that melts most of
his centre torso armour.
Foa exists his machine
letting Boxer take the controls. Shortly thereafter, the objective
building opens its Hanger Doors. Foa re-appears, but this time at the
controls of a new and unfamiliar mech.
Just as Foa emerges,
Ranger unleashes a furious onslaught of SRMs and punches at the
Cicida, blowing out it's giros. A follow up flight of LRM's from
Boxer blows of the Cicada's left foot. The Cicada falls. It does not
rise again.
By now the P-hawk pilot
has given the battle up for lost. The medium pirate mech begins to
withdraw. In return, Lishka, Boxer and Foa unleash concentrated fire
which leaves him damaged so badly that he badly makes it off the
field alive.
After the Fox Hounds
regroup, Foa quietly explains that his new Mech, a Firefly, is a
family heirloom which he and his tech have been restoring for the
past 5 years..With the recovery of this Star League era antique and
the capture of two pirate Mechs (a Locust and a Cicada) Locust this
mysterious side trip has proven quite profitable for the Hounds.
The Fox Hounds contact
the Davion Government on Kincaid II. They inform the planetary
governor's office that they have made a short “good will” detour
to Kincaid III to take care of a pirate incursion (“Just fulfilling
our civic duty ma'am”) and are now on their way to fulfill their
contract on Kincaid II.
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