Session date: 2025-05-18
4 January, 3025
Captain MacCathasaigh briefs the lance on a mission. Shipments of weapons, fuel, and mech parts have been diverted into the mountains north of Castle Caliburn. The Second Medium is to destroy any storehouses of war materiel and, if possible, recover intelligence on the extent of enemy operations.
The Second proceeds out of the city, first on roads of ferrocrete, then asphalt, then dirt. They turn past an unchained gate and up an old logging road into the mountains. The road eventually brings them to a valley crisscrossed by a network of braided streams. On an island in the middle of the valley, and on the bank beyond, are four concrete depots, a water pumping station and electrolytic hydrogen generator, and a command center with the flag of the Outworlds Alliance.
The Second starts pushing up the middle. A pair of Bulldog tanks flanks them, and a Panther opens fire from the central island. While Cosmo soaks fire from the Panther and the western Bulldog, the rest of the lance focuses fire on the eastern tank.
A hidden Assassin jumps into the fray just as the engaged Bulldog goes down. The lance strings out as Joanna and Axel push onto the central island and begin laying into the depots. The Panther yields ground and continues engaging them.
Max and Cosmo continue to engage the remaining Bulldog, taking shots at a depot of their own as well. The tank repeatedly maneuvers to present its undamaged side to its attackers.
Smoke rises from the far bank beyond a low hill. Joanna pushes forward and sees that the Outworlders have set fire to their own command center, which is guarded by two additional tanks.
