Glad to still be alive to support the "killing machine" that is Sachmo.

I was wondering, what is the best site to download mods/additional campaigns/scenarios? Is there a lot of stuff out there?

Godzilla Blitz: There isn't a ton of campaigns out there yet, but there are a number of user created titans. Check the official message boards.

MMMMMmmm, cash levels.

While making our way towards the enemy base, and waiting for Master Suthira to catch up to us, we receive the following message from him.

"I've stumbled into a Rogue patrol returning from scout duty. They will delay me, but will not stop me. I'll dispatch them and meet you as soon as possible. Don't worry about me, I can take them."

Sure, whatever you say.

"There is a satellite uplink facility to the north. You can go there to retrieve some useful data. It should provide accurate readings of the local terrain."

"We should be able to tell what is beyond the Luarquan Mountain Range and perhaps detect enemy Titans in the bargain."

Right. We change course and start heading north.

We are able to get to the satellite uplink facility without any difficulties. Once there, we are able to spot all of the nearby terrain, including that which lies beyond the nearby hills.

The other side of the hills is a broad valley, which is reasonably flat. On the far side, there are a number of patches of forest, and some low hills, which lead up to another long ridge line. I guess we head that direction. No sign of enemy titans yet.

The hills and the valley

2:11 - We're just about to move up over the ridge in order to look down in the valley, when a Dart comes over the ridge almost literally right into our faces. This is a recon titan of some kind. Everyone starts locking on and preparing to fire.

2:34 - The Dart had started backing up to pull back out of sight beyond the crest of the hill. But, all four of us are pounding him, and SirFozzie gets off the first significant blow, disabling its right torso and knocking it down.

2:57 - A second titan moves up over the hill. It's a light titan called a Shredder.

3:22 - SirFozzie finally disabled the Dart's left torso with a punch. This thing should go down soon. Meanwhile, the Shredder has taken to the air and is jumping towards us.

3:29 - There! sachmo71 took out the lower torso of the Dart. With no weapons left (they were all in the arms and side torso), and stuck on the ground, that titan is out of it for good. Everyone has been retargeting on the Shredder.

3:33 - sachmo71 jumps up in the air to avoid a death-from-above attack from the Shredder. In the process, he spots a medium titan out in the valley. It's a Manticore.

3:49 - Well, the Shredder has jumped on past us. We've all turned around though and crouched for better accuracy. No further sign of the Manticore yet. I don't know why, but no one can seem to hit. The percentages look ok, but everyone is just getting unlucky...

4:46 - The Shredder landed and we all took off after him. We we started getting in close though, it charged at Nyarlahotep, knocking him to the ground and damaging his heat sinks.

4:51 - Dang, we're still having a lot of problems hitting. Fortunately, Godzilla Blitz finally lands a shot and knocks down the Shredder we've discovered that this enemy has vibra claws, and a meson gun, and a class 7 auto cannon. Pretty vicious.

5:17 - Well our inept firing has lasted long enough that the 100 tone Manticore has finally shown up.

6:46 - See now, that's the way it should work. Fortunately for us, the Manticore backed up over the hill, apparently not willing to take us all on at once. Or perhaps all its weaponry is long range. Then, Godzill Blitz finally lands a decent shot and blasts off the head of the Shredder. Yes! I think we'll get in position and wait for the Manticore to wander back over the hill.

7:28 - Great... Turns out that Nyarlahotep took a shot somewhere in there that damaged his heat sinks. He can't even run without overheating. Guess he'll go find some water to sit in.

8:11 - Here comes the Manticore again...

8:42 - Well, looks like it's got a pair of class 9 long range missile launchers and a pulse laser. Not too bad. We're all pounding on him now (except Nyarlahotep, who's still headed slowly for water). We seem to be hitting much more frequently now.

7:03 - That's it, SirFozzie is out of ammo. He's headed in for close combat. Meanwhile, Nyarlahotep is almost ready to fire. Once he stands up again... walking in water can be tricky.

7:18 - There we go. Godzilla Blitz disables the left torso of the Manticore. Nice. Shouldn't be long now. SirFozzie charges the enemy, and manages to knock it down. That should help. He's getting out of there now. He doesn't really have any armor left, so he can't do much in the way of physical attacks.

10:25 - Well, the Manticore kept trying to get up, but we kept knocking it back down before it could finish standing. Now sachmo71 manages to rip off its left leg with his plasma gun. That'll keep him down.

Sure enough, the battle is over.

***

Salvage: $48,037
Bounty: $14,000
Payment: $30,000
Upkeep: -$47,801
New Total: $339,903 (+44,236)

Godzilla Blitz - Status: Alive - Health: 117/117 - Kills: 1 - Hits: 54% - Titan: Ready
sachmo71 - Status: Alive - Health: 71/99 - Kills: 1 - Hits: 49% - Titan: Destroyed
SirFozzie - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 48% - Titan: Ready
Nyarlahotep - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 48% - Titan: Ready

Apparently these titans were bearing the insignia of the New Lyon province. We report these findings to Master Suthira, and he responds, "Just as we feared, the New Lyon province is giving support to the Rogue Squad. If we wish to stop another large scale conflict then we must destroy New Lyon's factories."

Hmm... I suppose so.

Well, repairs are only $55,808. The bill is fairly evenly split between all of the titans, but SirFozzie's ends up needing the most work.

***

Roster Summary:

Godzilla Blitz
Race: Male Human
Rank: Novice (+1)
Experience: 10879 of 21600 (+884)
Hit Points: 117
Upkeep: $10,340 (+2354)
Battles: 8 (8W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 48% (+2)
Kills: 3
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: Most kills in one battle (2)

Attributes:
Intelligence: 12
Neural Sense: 12
Reaction: 14 (+1)
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 13
Charisma: 14

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 63 (+2)
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 28 (+3)
Jump: 63 (+2)
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 63 (+2)
Guided Missile: 36
Cannon: 66 (+3)
Energy Weapon: 66 (+3)
Electronic Warfare: 60
Scanner: 60
Damage Control: 20
Leadership: 66
Business: 40 (+11)
Survival: 22

***

sachmo71
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Green
Experience: 9425 of 12000 (+1335)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $6,264 (+174)
Battles: 8 (8W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 44% (+1)
Kills: 6/2*
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Battle Star

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 13
Instinct: 11
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 61
Jump: 57 (+1)
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 58
Cannon: 57 (+3)
Energy Weapon: 63
Electronic Warfare: 56 (+3)
Scanner: 63 (+3)
Damage Control: 24 (+1)
Business: 63
Survival: 43

***

SirFozzie
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Green
Experience: 9007 of 12000 (+860)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $8,704 (+190)
Battles: 8 (8W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 55% (-3)
Kills: 2
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 13
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 61
Assault Piloting: 22
Jump: 50
Scouting: 63 (+3)
Close Combat: 61 (+1)
Cannon: 63
Energy Weapon: 35 (+3)
Electronic Warfare: 42
Scanner: 54
Damage Control: 66
Business: 22 (+1)
Survival: 36

***

Nyarlahotep
Race: Male Human
Rank: Green
Experience: 8894 of 11600 (+1425)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $7,370 (+220)
Battles: 7 (7W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 46%
Kills: 3/1*
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 12
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 12
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 11

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 63
Assault Piloting: 27
Jump: 62 (+2)
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 60
Guided Missile: 21
Unguided Missile: 63
Cannon: 23
Energy Weapon: 53 (+3)
Electronic Warfare: 53
Scanner: 52
Defensive: 40
Damage Control: 42
Business: 40
Survival: 31

***

Team Stats:
Battles: 8 (8W/0L)
Leader: Godzilla Blitz
Manager: sachmo71
Mechanic: SirFozzie
Budget: $284,095 (-11572)
Upkeep: $46,699 / month (+2938)
Jocks: 4 of 7
Titans: 4 of 10

Well, another negative cash mission. Oh well, we're on the last mission now of this campaign. After that we can pick things up a little with some arena fighting.

I don't know what was up with fighting that Shredder, but we couldn't hardly touch it. Everyone had percentages in the 50's or 60's, but we were only hitting about 20% of the time. Yikes! Fortunately we did much better against the rather ineffectual Manticore.

Bah!!!

Master Suthira contacts us as we're moving in for the final assault. "Central authority from Rolling Haven has set a reward of $200,000 for the squad that destroys the Rogue Squad. Now that we know them for the New Lyon Squad, we must stop them and their war machine."

Excellent. We can use the money.

***

There is a range of high, wooded hills in between us and the factory. Unfortunately, even using our jump jets we're unable to see over them. I guess we'll just move forward and stay alert. Master Suthira is with us, so at least we've got a little more firepower.

0:15 - Godzilla Blitz, riding a pillar of flame from his jump jets, spots a Whip up ahead through a gap in the hills. We run into one of those before. It's a light titan carrying a missile launcher and an energy weapon.

0:24 - sachmo71, also up in the air, spots another light titan, a Guruni. Not sure about the details on that one.

1:12 - Nyarlahotep, moving off a little to the south to avoid some sand, respots the Whip, along with a medium titan called a Forge. They're slowing moving through the pass towards our position. We'll hold and wait for them to come through.

1:45 - SirFozzie, heading up around the north, spots a light titan, a Inferno trying to sneak in on us from the side.

1:56 - Another light titan, a Cutthroat has moved out of the trees into our middle. It's becoming a mess.

2:16 - Ok, it's officially a mess. Everyone's running around, the trees keep blocking line of sight, there are multiple areas on fire. We're definitely outgunned. SirFozzie decides to just head for the factory and shut things down permanently. That should stop the insanity.

2:23 - Nyarlahotep charges the Guruni, doing significant damage, and knocking both to the ground.

2:32 - Oh shoot. The Guruni carries a tesla bolt, with which he rips off Nyarlahotep's right leg. This is bad, since the Forge, who is now firing at Nyarlahotep as well, has a class 20 auto cannon.

2:40 - And now the trees have been set on fire there where Nyarlahotep is laying. It'll be time to eject really soon...

2:46 - SirFozzie, on his way down into the city that's past the hills, passes by another light titan. Good grief!

3:13 - Ok, Nyarlahotep has had just about enough of serving as a target for the enemy to distract them and allow the others to get out of the way. One of the enemies just hit his titan's head, wounding him and causing some permanent constitution damage.

3:27 - Nyarlahotep screams as his ejection pod slams straight up into a burning tree. The canopy cracks and comes apart around him, sending him tumbling straight down into a roaring inferno. There is no further sign of him.

3:42 - sachmo71, frantically trying to lose himself in the trees, is set upon by a Apparition, who carries a pair of chain saws.

3:51 - No one actually has visual contact with the woods where Nyarlahotep was last seen, but everyone hears the roar of his missile racks going up. Set off most likely by the heat from the forest fire.

4:02 - There is another load roar, as the engine from Nyarlahotep's titan explodes, surely igniting all the trees nearby, and hopefully damaging some of the enemy titans that might still be in the area.

4:06 - At last, SirFozzie reaches the factory. He begins going on a rampage, destroying everything he sees. This is fortunately enough to convince the enemies to surrender, and the battle is over.

***

Salvage: $0
Bounty: $0
Payment: $230,000
Upkeep: -$37,573
New Total: $476,522 (+192,427)

Godzilla Blitz - Status: Alive - Health: 117/117 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 25% - Titan: Ready
sachmo71 - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 30% - Titan: Ready
SirFozzie - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: N/A - Titan: Ready
Nyarlahotep - Status: Dead - Health: 0/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 40% - Titan: Destroyed

We are sent a note of thanks from the city of Rolling Haven. "You have successfully halted the war efforts of New Lyon. For you commitment, please find $200,000 deposited in your account."

Gee, thanks.

Well, repairs are a mere $27,187, but of course, we don't need to repair Nyarlahotep's titan... sachmo71's titan requires essentially all of the repair efforts.

***

Roster Summary:

Godzilla Blitz
Race: Male Human
Rank: Novice
Experience: 11305 of 21600 (+426)
Hit Points: 117
Upkeep: $10,560 (+220)
Battles: 9 (9W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 47% (-1)
Kills: 3
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: Most kills in one battle (2)

Attributes:
Intelligence: 12
Neural Sense: 12
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 13
Charisma: 14

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 63
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 31 (+3)
Jump: 63
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 63
Guided Missile: 36
Cannon: 66
Energy Weapon: 66
Electronic Warfare: 60
Scanner: 60
Damage Control: 20
Leadership: 66
Business: 40
Survival: 22

***

sachmo71
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Green
Experience: 10658 of 12000 (+1233)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $6,438 (+174)
Battles: 9 (9W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 43% (-1)
Kills: 6/2*
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Battle Star

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 13
Instinct: 11
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 61
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 27 (+11)
Jump: 61 (+4)
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 58
Cannon: 57
Energy Weapon: 63
Electronic Warfare: 56
Scanner: 63
Damage Control: 24
Business: 63
Survival: 43

***

SirFozzie
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Green
Experience: 9841 of 12000 (+834)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $8,960 (+256)
Battles: 9 (9W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 55%
Kills: 2
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 13
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 61
Assault Piloting: 22
Jump: 54 (+4)
Scouting: 63
Close Combat: 61
Cannon: 63
Energy Weapon: 36 (+1)
Electronic Warfare: 43 (+1)
Scanner: 56 (+2)
Damage Control: 66
Business: 22
Survival: 36

***

Team Stats:
Battles: 8 (8W/0L)
Leader: Godzilla Blitz
Manager: sachmo71
Mechanic: SirFozzie
Budget: $449,335 (+165240)
Upkeep: $37,573 / month (-9126)
Jocks: 3 of 7
Titans: 3 of 10
Deaths: 1 (+1)

***

The Hall of Heroes

Nyarlahotep
Rank: Green
Battles: 8 (8W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 46%
Kills: 3/1*
Titans Lost: 1
Highest Skill: Recon/Light Piloting, Unguided Missile: 63
Positions Held: None
Awards: None

Ouch! That certainly could have gone better. Man, we were just mobbed there. Good thing SirFozzie reached the factory, otherwise we might have lost sachmo71 too. He was getting pounded extremely hard. Fat lot of help Master Suthira provided...

Blade6119, you're on deck.

DAMN. Sorry about that Nyarlahotep. :(

Wish I had a bigger Titan.. but then again, my speed saved our butts today :/

That damn dirty Nyar had to die sometime. ;) Now a few more and I am in. Get me a big ass machine and I will blow some stuff up!!

Well, it appears I was no help at all there.

Sorry about your death, Nyarlahotep. Ejecting into burning trees is never a good idea, though.

I'm real excited about fighting together with Blade 6119. I got your back, pal. You're safe with me!

Said the spider to the fly. :D

It's ok, Godzilla Blitz, no one was really of any help, except SirFozzie, and that only because he chickened out and ran, never firing a shot. That was just a bad, bad mission.

And I knew it was dangerous for Nyarlahotep to eject there, but I figured the alternative was having his titan overheat and shutdown, then explode. Sure enough, I guessed right on that one. It's a shame. If that one enemy hadn't gotten that head hit that wounded him, he might have survived the ejection.

*sniff* He never did get to see that pimped out titan of his dreams...

He didn't deserve a pimped out titan. Any fucktard who sits in a crippled titan for 47 minutes while it is being picked apart by multiple enemies deserves to die.

Errr, I mean: OOoOOOoOOOOo.

It's not quite that simple, Nyarlahotep. See, if he'd ejected as soon as he'd lost the leg, then about 3 or 4 of the enemy titans would have shifted their focus to... I think Godzilla Blitz. That would have taken him down as well (most likely), which means that we would have lost two titans instead of just one. So, he took the risk of sticking around to save his buddy's life.

Now, if I'd been smart, I'd have had him target his own hex and fire away with his missiles, since missiles have a chance to put out fires. Then he'd probably have had a better chance to survive the ejection process. Of course I forgot all about that fact until it was just about time for him to eject... :(

of course this comes right after he purposely kills me in X-com...then he had the audacity to say he didnt know what happened;)

Im pumped and ready for this, an i am honored to be beside my man godzilla in battle

"We ride together, we die together, bad boys for life"

OOoOooOo. (Nyarlahotep isn't so noble. I'll stick with the fucktarded thing)

Meet the new recruit, Blade6119.

Blade6119
Race: Male Human
Rank: Rookie
Experience: 0 of 3800
Hit Points: 108
Upkeep: $3,125
Battles: 0 (0W/0L)
Hit Ratio: N/A
Kills: 0
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 11
Neural Sense: 9
Reaction: 11
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 12
Charisma: 11

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 58
Jump: 20
Scouting: 35
Close Combat: 41
Unguided Missile: 58
Cannon: 23 (default)
Energy Weapon: 23 (default)
Electronic Warfare: 39
Scanner: 51
Business: 25
Survival: 40

We're going to experiment a little and give Blade6119 and brand new titan designed specifically for him. It's inspired by the Porcupine that Nyarlahotep used to pilot. It has a base cost of $73,801, and a maintenance cost of $2,236. It has a walking speed of 70 kph, and is built on a very small frame, which makes it easier to handle. It carries four class 4 Short Range Missile launchers and a single Chain Saw. It uses a CyberSys M (class 2) scanner and a CyberSys (class 2) battle computer. The Road Rash has the following ratings:
Firepower: 11
Close Range: 18
Short Range: 13
Medium Range: 0
Long Range: 0
Speed: 15
Jump: 0
Armor: 18
Defense: 2
Recon: 5
Heat Management: 14
Power Managerment: 18
Overall Rating: 9
Classification: Short Range Recon Titan

***

This leaves us with the following team stats:
Battles: 8 (8W/0L)
Leader: Godzilla Blitz
Manager: sachmo71
Mechanic: SirFozzie
Budget: $345,368 (-103967)
Upkeep: $42,934 / month (+5361)
Jocks: 4 of 7
Titans: 4 of 10
Deaths: 1

***

We will be fighting a couple arena battles to give Blade6119 a chance to settle in and try out his new titan.

For a little bit of variety, we take a vacation to a little more green of a climate for this arena fight. As our titans come online, we find that the arena is fairly hilly, with a river running from the southwest corner up to the northeast. We're arranged along the right side. The first objective will be to get some height so we can see the layout and possibly sight the enemy. We'll try to force them to cross the river.

1:07 - sachmo71 reaches the crest of a hill and spots three enemy titans just across the river. Two lights and a recon. I'm pretty sure there will be another recon somewhere. Everyone else Will try to move up and ambush them from behind a hill while sachmo71 provides support with his plasma gun.

Lots of hills... oh, and some enemy titans

2:20 - sachmo71 has come down off the hill (mostly because he was getting shot at a little too much). Unfortunately, it looks like most of the enemy titans have jump jets, so they've crossed the river without problems and have stayed pretty tightly clustered together. We'll have to hit them hard and hope we can take one of them out quickly to tilt the odds in our favor.

2:58 - We manage to get hidden in a nice little turn in the ravine between two line of hills, ready for the first target to pop out. It quickly does, but not on the floor of the ravine, instead coming over the hill next to us. No matter. Everyone locks targets and opens up on the enemy Fire Fly, a 40 ton recon titan.

3:07 - Wow! Amazing. Everyone managed to hit him, except for the rookie, Blade6119, who seemed to have some difficulties, despite apparent good odds. This apparently scared him enough that he ejected. *smirk* One down.

3:10 - The next titan pops over the hill. Nice timing. This is a 70 ton light titan called an Exhuminator. No idea of its capabilities. Everyone begins locking on.

3:18 - Whoops! Here comes another titan over the hill. Dang, I'll bet the last isn't far behind. This new one is a 40 ton recon, a Dagger.

3:35 - Looks like the Exhuminator is trying to back up, so it must have long range weaponry backing up its single small laser we've seen it fire so far. The Dagger on the other hand has taken to the air to jump in our direction. We've seen it fire a couple small lasers and a medium laser. I think we'll let the Exhuminator go for now and retarget on the Dagger to try and take it out quick.

3:51 - Excellent! The Dagger was only seconds from landing in close range with us, most likely to try and land on one of our heads, when SirFozzie lands a shot with his auto cannon, knocking it down out of the sky. Oh man, it is so dead now. Just have to be careful not to blow up its engine... Yikes, need to do it quick though, because the last titan, the 70 ton Slugger just came over the hill, firing a whole bunch of auto cannons at SirFozzie.

3:53 - Godzilla Blitz takes off the Dagger's right leg. Good, that'll keep it down. Time to refocus for now on the Slugger.

4:05 - Blade6119 continues to focus on the Dagger, and manages to disable it's lower torso. Need to do a little more damage though, as it's still firing some lasers at us.

4:07 - Nice... SirFozzie knocks down the Slugger. I think we'll start moving in on it. sachmo71 had moved up on a hill just a little bit ago, so we know the Exhuminator with it's long range weapons is still right behind the hill, so it shouldn't be able to do much at such close range.

4:16 - Finally, a volley of missiles from Blade6119 disables the right torso and left leg. That may stop some of the weapons from firing. Blade6119 will run a scan to try and get a better idea of whether it's safe to keep hitting him.

4:29 - Godzilla Blitz and SirFozzie move into close range with the Slugger. A kick from Godzilla Blitz knocks the enemy back down to the ground. Meanwhile, the Exhuminator has moved into sight around the edge of the hill. We'll ignore him for now.

4:31 - Godzilla Blitz takes out the lower torso of the Slugger. That'll keep him down.

4:38 - sachmo71 is running pretty warm, but he goes ahead and takes a pot shot at the Exhuminator with his auto cannon. Guess it was worth it, since the shot disables its right torso and knocks it to the ground.

4:57 - The pilot of the Dagger ejects, freeing up Blade6119 to focus on the Exhuminator.

5:13 - Now sachmo71, throwing punches manages to tear off the left arm of the Exhuminator. We're close to winning here.

6:34 - The pilot of the Exhuminator ejects, and that's the end of the match.

***

Interestingly enough, we're offered the salvage of the Exhuminator. We don't really have anyone that can do a decent job piloting it though, so we'll just take the cash value equivalent.

Salvage: $68,512
Bounty: $12,000
Payment: $105,000
Upkeep: -$43,834
New Total: $487,046 (+141,678)

Godzilla Blitz - Status: Alive - Health: 117/117 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 67% - Titan: Ready
sachmo71 - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 51% - Titan: Ready
SirFozzie - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 71% - Titan: Ready
Blade6119 - Status: Alive - Health: 108/108 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 69% - Titan: Ready

Repairs set us back $40,439. sachmo71's titan takes up the bulk of that repair cost.

***

Roster Summary:

Godzilla Blitz
Race: Male Human
Rank: Novice
Experience: 12029 of 21600 (+724)
Hit Points: 117
Upkeep: $10,780 (+220)
Battles: 10 (10W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 49% (+2)
Kills: 3
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: Most kills in one battle (2)

Attributes:
Intelligence: 12
Neural Sense: 12
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 13
Charisma: 14

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 63
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 33 (+2)
Jump: 63
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 63
Guided Missile: 36
Cannon: 66
Energy Weapon: 66
Electronic Warfare: 60
Scanner: 60
Damage Control: 20
Leadership: 66
Business: 40
Survival: 22

I really need to raise some of Godzilla Blitz's stats so that I can pump some points into some skills. Most of his skills are currently maxed out.

***

sachmo71
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Green
Experience: 11306 of 12000 (+648)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $6,612 (+174)
Battles: 10 (10W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 44% (+1)
Kills: 6/2*
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Battle Star

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 13
Instinct: 11
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 61
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 32 (+5)
Jump: 61
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 58
Cannon: 60 (+3)
Energy Weapon: 63
Electronic Warfare: 56
Scanner: 63
Damage Control: 31 (+7)
Business: 63
Survival: 43

***

SirFozzie
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Green
Experience: 10713 of 12000 (+872)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $9,216 (+256)
Battles: 10 (10W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 57% (+2)
Kills: 2
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 13
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 61
Assault Piloting: 22
Jump: 57 (+3)
Scouting: 63
Close Combat: 61
Cannon: 63
Energy Weapon: 41 (+5)
Electronic Warfare: 43
Scanner: 58 (+2)
Damage Control: 66
Business: 22
Survival: 36

***

Blade6119
Race: Male Human
Rank: Rookie
Experience: 592 of 3800 (+592)
Hit Points: 108
Upkeep: $3,348 (+223)
Battles: 1 (1W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 69%
Kills: 0
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 11
Neural Sense: 9
Reaction: 11
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 12
Charisma: 11

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 58
Jump: 20
Scouting: 36 (+1)
Close Combat: 45 (+4)
Unguided Missile: 58
Cannon: 23
Energy Weapon: 23
Electronic Warfare: 42 (+3)
Scanner: 51
Business: 26 (+1)
Survival: 40

***

Team Stats:
Battles: 9 (9W/0L)
Leader: Godzilla Blitz
Manager: sachmo71
Mechanic: SirFozzie
Budget: $446,607 (+101239)
Upkeep: $43,807 / month (+873)
Jocks: 4 of 7
Titans: 4 of 10
Deaths: 1

Well, that worked out rather nicely. I'm pretty pleased with the performance of the Road Rash. The armor is a little light, but it can really dish out the damage. I also like the ability to strip off armor with the missiles, and then deliver a big punch in close combat with the chain saw. Nice.

Not much experience there, but an awful lot of money. I think I'm actually ready to start the next campaign. I can always play another arena battle in the middle if I need a little more cash...

That first miss scared me, but i pulled it together...glad to be on the team!! My road rash should kick some major ass

Yeah, that first volley of yours was really embarrassing. I think you had about a 55% chance to hit, but all four shots missed. I'm telling you though, that chain saw of yours is pretty scary. It does 15 points of damage, which is 2 more than even the cold light guns, and about 3 times the normal punching damage that you'd do...

Got to hook me up with a hockey mask!!

i could be a new breed of killer

When can I kill stuff?

The Afoci: Just as soon as I kill off a couple more of these other guys. They're just surviving a little too well... ;)

Don't worry Afoci...Blade has the smell of death about him. :D

self serving bump, since no one seems to want to do it for me...

I'm insanely busy right now, but things should be cleared up by next week.

Looking forward to the return, whenever you've got time.

I'm back at last!

Looks like I was mistaken about the suggested experience level for the next campaign, so I'll be playing a few more arena battles. Let's jump into one now. We'll go for an even match. We'll give the opponent the same skill levels and the same total weight. Once again, we'll be fighting in a much more lush climate.

As our titans come online, we take a look around. We are starting in the southeast corner of the arena. The area where our titans are at is... relatively open, but there is a large mass of hills in the southwest corner, and blocking our view to the north. I suspect the enemy will be trying to ambush us from behind some hills, so we'll try and get to the tops of some hills and use jump jets to try and spot them as we move northwest.

1:53 - Ah ha, looks like they must have gotten tired of waiting for us. A Quantum comes over the crest of the hills to the west. This recon titan carries a cold light gun. Could be dangerous.

1:58 - Right behind it comes a Guruni. We've run into that one before. It's a recon with a tesla bolt. We'll need to keep our distance.

2:01 - SirFozzie opens up on the Quantum, surprisingly hitting the left leg with both autocannons.

2:07 - Godzilla Blitz also attacks, hitting once in the right torso with one of his cold light guns. Then he begins switching targets to the Guruni, as it looks like it'll be coming after him. He'll need to take it out quickly before it can get into striking range.

2:33 - Now a Berserker comes over the hill. This is a light titan that specializes in close combat.

2:34 - Right behind it comes another recon. A Prowler. No idea of its capabilities. This is really bad. I'd hoped to take on the enemy one piece at a time. Instead, we're caught out in the open between the valleys. Not good.

Doesn't look good.

2:41 - At least a little bit of good news. SirFozzie nails the Quantum in the left leg again. This knocks it to the ground. SirFozzie is now frantically running, as the Guruni is rapidly moving in on him. Run, SirFozzie! Run!

3:21 - The Guruni fires on Blade6119, hitting with the autocannon, but fortunately missing with the tesla bolt. By this time, our entire team is performing scans while moving to the northwest, looking for a good spot from which to ambush the faster enemy titans as they follow us. The Quantum (remember him?) apparently took some serious damage to the leg, and as a result, has still not been able to stand up. Good job there, SirFozzie knocking it down just may have eliminated it from the fight before it even got a chance to fire...

3:29 - sachmo71 ensures that the Quantum will stay down by ripping off its right leg. Good. That's one out of the fight. We can finish him off later. sachmo71 gives a mockingly laugh as the Quantum topples back to the ground in mid-stand, banging it's left leg against a large boulder, and tearing that off as well.

5:21 - Well, unfortunately, our great ambush plan failed... thanks to sachmo71. Everyone else found a nice little hollow in which to hide, but sachmo71 couldn't get there quick enough, so he back up behind some hills to the east. Unfortunately, the enemy decided to go after him instead of our other guys. Not good at all. sachmo71 is more of a long range type of guy. I think everyone else will need to pop out and come to his rescue. Fortunately, this will bring them in directly behind the enemy who has turned towards sachmo71.

...to be continued...

I'll save him! Banzai!

im in for a charge too!!!

Lets go godzilla, X-Com style...aka stand there and get shot 4 times from point blank range and have godzilla deny he knows what happened...

Glad to have this back up asott...thought you forgot about us

Heh... X-Com style, eh? Sounds about right. Of course, I apparently have my own style too... *ahem* ...err...

Nope, I didn't forget about you guys. I was just pretty busy at work, and didn't have the energy when I got home to play. Things have cleared up a bit lately, and I'm back on track.

Hep me Scotty, I'm gonna die!

Ok! That's the fighting spirit, Blade! Way to go! Charge! Let's give 'em hell! I'll just tie my shoelace and be right with you.

Its back baby.

Thats what happened!!

was about to fight the enemy and you had to go to the bathroom or something...came back and assumed you already ordered my guy....repeat 3 more times..

5:37 - Everyone steps out from their previous cover and opens fire on the Prowler, the nearest enemy. At about this time, sachmo71 manages to move out of sight of the enemy behind a hill. This causes both of the enemy recons to turn and head for the rest of our team. The Berzerker stays on sachmo71's tail though. We're able to pound the Prowler pretty hard, with a number of accurate hits. Unfortunately, it stays standing... for now.

6:13 - Everyone retargets on the Guruni, as it breaks out ahead of its teammates. We need to take it (and it's tesla bolt) out quickly. Meanwhile, sachmo71 moves southwest over the hills, breaking line of sight with the Berzerker. He retargets on the Guruni as well. This has actually worked well, as the Berzerker is now back out of sight of everyone for a while. That'll give us a chance to deal with the other two.

6:32 - At last, SirFozzie knocks down the Guruni, which had gotten uncomfortably close, and had begun firing its autocannon at Blade6119. That should give us the chance to do some serious damage to it before it starts dodging its way towards us again.

6:44 - Having stood up again, the Guruni fires at Blade6119, who is now charging towards it in order to bring his chainsaw into play. Fortunately, both the autocannon and the tesla bolt miss. I don't plan to give it another chance to fire that tesla bolt.

6:51 - Unfortunately, just as Blade6119 moves into close range of the Guruni, the Prowler moves up into reach as well, and lands a pair of blows from its power axes. Ouch! Definitely not going to stick around for close combat now.

7:27 - Godzilla Blitz and SirFozzie continue to ineffectually fire at the Guruni, who has now moved its attention to them. Fortunately, it too has some accuracy problems, and manages to set on fire the woods being used for cover. Time for us to move. Meanwhile, Blade6119 is frantically trying to avoid the Berzerker which has just popped back into sight near him.

7:32 - The Guruni foolishly moves into the burning woods. Godzilla Blitz and SirFozzie both take full alpha strikes at it, but unfortunately don't knock it down. Instead, they'll retarget on the Prowler and move out, leaving the Guruni to heat up behind them.

7:38 - Blade6119 manages to knock down the Prowler with a volley of missiles. Nice. That'll open it up to all sorts of easy attacks from the others. That's good, because the Berserker is about to become a significant factor again.

7:39 - Sure enough, a single shot from SirFozzie disables the right torso of the Prowler. That should eliminate the use of one of its power axes.

8:52 - After a good bit of general milling around, taking pot shots at various titans and trying to avoid close range with all the enemies (since they're all close range specialists), Godzilla Blitz finally lands a shot that disables the lower torso and left leg of the Prowler. As an interesting side note, we still haven't seen the Guruni come out of the fire... Could be that he's shut down and could explode sometime. We'll be sure and keep our distance...

9:07 - Blade6119 can't resist the chance to finish off the Prowler, and moves into close combat, letting loose an alpha strike that rips off its right arm and right leg.

9:14 - This is apparently enough to convince the Prowler that it needs to eject. Now to take on that Berzerker...

9:31 - Ah ha... There is a loud roar, as the autocannon ammo in the Guruni ignites. Shouldn't be long now before we hear an even bigger boom...

10:41 - Unfortunately, the Guruni seems to have survived the ammo explosion relatively intact... and the fire has gone out. As sachmo71 moves in closer to it (with the Berzerker hot on his tail, being fired on by everyone else), it fires its tesla bolt, fortunately missing.

10:43 - sachmo71, having retargeted on the Guruni, rips off its left arm with a blast from his plasma gun, and knocks it to the ground.

10:49 - Well, that's it. SirFozzie is completely out of ammo. Time to try hand to hand perhaps... Of course, against these titans that dangerous, but...

11:20 - Godzilla Blitz has a brief period where he can't get a decent line of sight to the Berzerker, due to various small hills, so he temporarily retargets on the Guruni. One shot disables its right torso and knocks it back to the ground.

11:36 - At last, SirFozzie reaches close range with the Berserker he tries a desperate charge, which fails, sending him to the ground.

11:46 - Godzilla Blitz, having retargeted on the Berserker, fires, knocking it to the ground. Excellent...

11:58 - SirFozzie moves back into close range with the Berserker (it keeps running away... coward), and tears into it, ripping off its left arm and knocking it back to the ground. Yeah!

12:16 - Yes! Godzilla Blitz takes a aimed shot at the fallen Berserker's head, and hits on his first shot, completely destroying it. Nice work!

12:22 - He then quickly retargets on the nearby Guruni, and fires, disabling the center torso, destroying the engine and taking it out of the fight. Wow! Go Godzilla Blitz! Everyone begins moving back in the direction of the fallen Quantum. Remember him?

12:48 - Unfortunately for our kill numbers though, the pilot of the Quantum freaks out seeing all of us headed his direction, and ejects, ending the battle.

***

We're given the opportunity to recover the Quantum, but it's in poor shape, and really don't need it, so we'll take the cash instead.

Salvage: $94,068
Bounty: $14,000
Payment: $139,062
Upkeep: -$50,300
New Total: $643,437 (+196,830)

Godzilla Blitz - Status: Alive - Health: 117/117 - Kills: 2 - Hits: 42% - Titan: Ready
sachmo71 - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 42% - Titan: Ready
SirFozzie - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 50% - Titan: Ready
Blade6119 - Status: Alive - Health: 108/108 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 44% - Titan: Ready

Repairs set us back $32,467. Unsurprisingly, Blade6119 grabs the distinction of requiring the most repairs. he got beat on a bit during the charge to rescue sachmo71.

***

Roster Summary:

Godzilla Blitz
Race: Male Human
Rank: Novice
Experience: 13406 of 21600 (+1377)
Hit Points: 117
Upkeep: $11,220 (+440)
Battles: 11 (11W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 48% (-1)
Kills: 5 (+2)
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: Most kills in one battle (2)

Attributes:
Intelligence: 12
Neural Sense: 12
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 13
Charisma: 14

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 63
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 33
Jump: 63
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 63
Guided Missile: 36
Cannon: 66
Energy Weapon: 66
Electronic Warfare: 60
Scanner: 60
Damage Control: 20
Leadership: 66
Business: 40
Survival: 22

Unfortunately, Godzilla Blitz still doesn't have enough experience to raise any of his stats. I need to exercise his piloting skills a little more. Maybe place him in a titan with jump jets and get him moving around a lot...

***

sachmo71
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Novice (+1)
Experience: 12390 of 24000 (+1084)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $8,961 (+2349)
Battles: 11 (11W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 44%
Kills: 6/2*
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Battle Star

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 14 (+1)
Instinct: 11
Dexterity: 13 (+1)
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 61
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 32
Jump: 61
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 58
Cannon: 60
Energy Weapon: 64 (+1)
Electronic Warfare: 56
Scanner: 63
Damage Control: 36 (+5)
Business: 63
Survival: 43

***

SirFozzie
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Novice (+1)
Experience: 12178 of 24000 (+1465)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $12,672 (+3456)
Battles: 11 (11W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 56% (-1)
Kills: 2
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 14 (+1)
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 63 (+2)
Assault Piloting: 22
Jump: 60 (+3)
Scouting: 63
Close Combat: 61
Cannon: 65 (+2)
Energy Weapon: 41
Electronic Warfare: 43
Scanner: 58
Damage Control: 66
Business: 22
Survival: 36

***

Blade6119
Race: Male Human
Rank: Rookie
Experience: 2216 of 3800 (+1624)
Hit Points: 108
Upkeep: $3,480 (+132)
Battles: 2 (2W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 54% (-15)
Kills: 0
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 11
Neural Sense: 9
Reaction: 11
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 12
Charisma: 11

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 58
Jump: 20
Scouting: 43 (+7)
Close Combat: 51 (+6)
Unguided Missile: 58
Cannon: 23
Energy Weapon: 23
Electronic Warfare: 47 (+5)
Scanner: 51
Business: 30 (+4)
Survival: 40

***

Team Stats:
Battles: 11 (11W/0L)
Leader: Godzilla Blitz
Manager: sachmo71
Mechanic: SirFozzie
Budget: $610,970 (+164363)
Upkeep: $50,184 / month (+6377)
Jocks: 4 of 7
Titans: 4 of 10
Deaths: 1

Well, not a bad fight at all. We made a really nice profit. Godzilla Blitz joined sachmo71 as an ace (5 kills). Two team members increased in rank (gives a nice experience boost). Even better, we managed to pull out of the potentially disasterous situation there in the middle of the fight. Not bad at all.

It looks like it's suggested that the average team rank be Novice for the next campaign, so I'll probably fight one or two more arena battles to get a little more experience. Then we'll give it a shot.

I think for the next battle we'll try some different terrain... perhaps polar or something...

Can I upgrade my Titan? I'm tired of lrunning out of ammo ;)

Ok SirFozzie, sure. I think you've probably earned it by now. I'll see what I can find for you. Maybe a light with a class 20 autocannon... mmm... Of course those tend to run short of ammo too... still... massive damage... We'll see.

Wow! Two kills, and no one died! Great job!

Miami Dolphins of 1973, watch out! We're 11-0!

I'm getting really nervous. I keep expecting to get handed our first lost... So far it hasn't happened, but surely this can't continue...

dont curse it!

Ok, time to give SirFozzie a titan upgrade. I think I'll go with the Slugger. It has a base cost of $113,719, and a maintenance cost of $3,446. It has a walking speed of 54 kph. It carries a pair of class 4 auto cannons (which have a very nice range), and three class 7 auto cannons. This should double SirFozzie's fire power, plus give him some damage capabilities at long range. It uses a CyberSys L (class 3) scanner and a CyberSys (class 2) battle computer. The Slugger has the following ratings:
Firepower: 13
Close Range: 14
Short Range: 13
Medium Range: 18
Long Range: 12
Speed: 13
Jump: 0
Armor: 18
Defense: 3
Recon: 6
Heat Management: 18
Power Managerment: 18
Overall Rating: 13
Classification: Medium Range Light Titan

After selling SirFozzie's old Fang, we are left with the following financial stats:
Budget: $524,414 (-86556)
Upkeep: $51,502 / month (+1318)

***

Time for another arena battle. This time we're headed for the polar regions. Expect lots of firing with little concern about overheating. Pack your parka. Once again, we're up against a team with equal skill and weight.

Our initial position for this battle is in the northwest corner of the arena. A partially frozen river runs from our corner down to the south edge of the map. To our east, in about the middle, is a chain of large hills that obscure our view of the far side. For now, we'll make our way towards on of the low spots in these hills, and try to ambush the enemy as they come through.

0:11 - Godzilla Blitz takes to the air to see if he can get an idea where the enemy is at. He spots a single enemy on the other side of the hills, far to our east. It's a recon titan of some kind.

3:31 - We'll hang out in a nice little valley that has some trees in the middle for us to use as cover, and some open space for the enemy to cross while reaching us. sachmo71 takes a position on top of a hill where he has good line of sight to use his longer ranged plasma gun. No further sign of the enemy.

3:35 - I take it back. sachmo71 spots an enemy light titan. A Needler. This is a design we're unfamiliar with. It's still on the far side of the hills, but seems to be headed our way.

Enemy Spotted

3:36 - A moment later, it fires at sachmo71 with a massive barrage (about 6 launchers) of short range missiles. Could be nasty. Fortunately, the range is such that only a couple missiles hit for minor damage.

3:37 - A second later, another titan comes into view, a Fang (like SirFozzie's old titan). Ok, sachmo71 may need to move off this hill...

3:39 - Good grief! A third titan pops up firing. This one a light called a Vulcanoid. That's it, sachmo71 is moving.

3:41 - There's a fourth titan. A Slugger, just like SirFozzie is in.

6:47 - After a good bit of wandering around, apparently hesitant to come over the hill at us, one enemy titan finally comes across the ridge. It's the Needler. Everyone begins locking on.

7:05 - Unfortunately, our fire is fairly ineffective. And a second titan comes over the ridge. It's the Fang.

7:22 - At last we're having some effect. SirFozzie manages to knock down the Needler. No sign of any other enemies yet. Blade6119 begins moving out of cover to get into close combat with one of the two enemy titans.

7:28 - Ooooo! Look at the pretty lights! One of SirFozzie's follow up shots manages to set off an ammon explosion on the Needler. The damage rips off its right arm. Oh yeah!

7:44 - The Needler had just managed to get up, but SirFozzie knocks it right back down again. Meanwhile, the Fang bypassed the struggling Needler, just in time to come face to face with Blade6119. Time to fire up that chainsaw!

7:47 - At last, another enemy comes over the ridge. It's the Vulcanoid.

7:52 - The Needler ejects. Excellent. Now we can switch our focus to the Vulcanoid.

7:56 - Here comes the other titan, the Slugger. Unfortunately, both of these new titans are targeted at Blade6119. Time for him to get moving.

8:25 - Godzilla Blitz, who had retargeted on the Fang, because the Vulcanoid had shields up, manages to disable his target's right torso and knock it to the ground. Excellent. Should be finished soon.

8:42 - The Vulcanoid backs up beyond the ridge. Fortunately, we'd noticed it moving earlier, so everyone targeted on him had already switched over to the Slugger while reloading.

9:14 - The Slugger fires a full volley while Blade6119 is in the middle of a vulnerable turn. The ensuing damage disables his right torso, but he keeps his feet, and prepares to continue drawing everyones fire while dodging.

9:23 - Godzilla Blitz lands a solid hit on the Slugger's back, knocking it to the ground.

9:50 - Well, that's it. The Slugger completely shatters Blade6119's right leg. He's down for the rest of the fight.

10:06 - Godzilla Blitz, having taken to the air in order to get a better angle on the fallen Slugger, manages to land a shot that rips off its right leg. Excellent!

10:11 - Ummm... The good news is that sachmo71 gets a kill. The bad news? It gets it by destroying the center back torso of the Slugger and causing the engine to blow! Fortunately, the only person that's very near is Blade6119. Unfortunately, he's pretty close. Fortunately, the Fang is sitting right underneath the explosion...

11:53 - The only one left now is the Vulcanoid, and everyone has now managed to get targeted on him. We're pounding away, and he should last long. In fact, Godzilla Blitz manages to knock him to the ground.

12:28 - SirFozzie charges into close range with the Vulcanoid, knocking both of them to the ground.

12:29 - Moments later, Godzilla Blitz also moves into close range, firing, and ripping off the Vulcanoid's right leg and right torso.

That's it, he surrenders. Victory for our team.

***

Salvage: $44,122
Bounty: $16,000
Payment: $140,000
Upkeep: -$52,479
New Total: $672,057 (+147,643)

Godzilla Blitz - Status: Alive - Health: 117/117 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 44% - Titan: Ready
sachmo71 - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 1* - Hits: 33% - Titan: Ready
SirFozzie - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 56% - Titan: Ready
Blade6119 - Status: Alive - Health: 108/108 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 35% - Titan: Disabled

Unsurprisingly, Blade6119 once again has the dubious distinction of requiring the most repairs. Unfortunately, everyone requires a pretty hefty amount of repairs after this battle, pumping the total up to a monster $78,818. I guess your lightest titan really shouldn't be a close combat titan...

***

Roster Summary:

Godzilla Blitz
Race: Male Human
Rank: Novice
Experience: 14331 of 21600 (+925)
Hit Points: 117
Upkeep: $11,336 (+116)
Battles: 12 (12W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 48%
Kills: 5
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: Most kills in one battle (2)

Attributes:
Intelligence: 12
Neural Sense: 12
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 13
Charisma: 14

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 63
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 33
Jump: 63
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 63
Guided Missile: 36
Cannon: 66
Energy Weapon: 66
Electronic Warfare: 60
Scanner: 60
Damage Control: 20
Leadership: 66
Business: 41 (+1)
Survival: 22

Still not enough experience. Dang...

***

sachmo71
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Novice
Experience: 13429 of 24000 (+1039)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $9,222 (+261)
Battles: 12 (12W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 42% (-2)
Kills: 7/3*
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Battle Star

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 11
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 62 (+1)
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 33 (+1)
Jump: 61
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 59 (+1)
Cannon: 60
Energy Weapon: 66 (+2)
Electronic Warfare: 59 (+3)
Scanner: 63
Damage Control: 37 (+1)
Business: 63
Survival: 43

***

SirFozzie
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Novice
Experience: 13414 of 24000 (+1236)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $12,827 (+155)
Battles: 12 (12W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 56%
Kills: 2
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 13 (+1)
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 65 (+2)
Assault Piloting: 22
Jump: 60
Scouting: 63
Close Combat: 61
Cannon: 68 (+3)
Energy Weapon: 42 (+1)
Electronic Warfare: 43
Scanner: 59 (+1)
Damage Control: 66
Business: 23 (+1)
Survival: 36

***

Blade6119
Race: Male Human
Rank: Rookie
Experience: 3165 of 3800 (+949)
Hit Points: 108
Upkeep: $3,720 (+240)
Battles: 3 (3W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 49% (-5)
Kills: 0
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 11
Neural Sense: 9
Reaction: 11
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 12
Charisma: 11

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 58
Jump: 21 (+1)
Scouting: 50 (+7)
Close Combat: 54 (+3)
Unguided Missile: 58
Cannon: 23
Energy Weapon: 23
Electronic Warfare: 48 (+1)
Scanner: 51
Business: 30
Survival: 40

***

Team Stats:
Battles: 12 (12W/0L)
Leader: Godzilla Blitz
Manager: sachmo71
Mechanic: SirFozzie
Most Kills: sachmo71 with 7
Most Destructions: sachmo71 with 3
Budget: $593,239 (+68825)
Upkeep: $52,274 / month (+772)
Jocks: 4 of 7
Titans: 4 of 10
Deaths: 1

ouch...sorry guys...after one more mission i should bump to the next level of exp. though

Looks like our impressive victory record has brought some attention. Godzilla Blitz receives the following message one afternoon:

Commander,

An offworld mercenary Titan-AT squad has captured the Savanesse Starport. We want them eliminated or at the very least the Starport liberated. Should you accept to help us, we are willing to pay $125,000 for the job. It is crucial for the survival of Savannah that the trade routes are re-established.

We will provide you with a topographical map of the entire area surrounding the Starport, and anything else you might need that is within our power to obtain. Needless to say, collateral damage should be avoided at all costs. We do not need the extra expense.

Kirth Gollub
Magistrate of Interplanetary Commerce

Hmm... sounds like an important person. We'll gladly take on this mission. From some other information he provides, it sounds like all we'll need is to get in and establish ourselves in the Starport itself, which should be sufficient to keep the mercenaries at bay. Of course, actually taking them out would be preferable.

Heading in...

We take a look at the map, and it appears that we should be able to get within a kilometer of the Spaceport without being seen, thanks to a rather tall ridge on the west side of the facility. I am cautious of just heading straight in though, because I strongly suspect that the enemy will be waiting for such a direct approach. I think we'll send one of our jump capable titans to the hills to our north, and see if we can catch sight of the enemy in order to form a better idea as to what we'll be facing. Then I'll decide how to move in.

2:05 - Unfortunately, even at his highest altitude, Godzilla Blitz is unable to catch more than a glimpse of the Spaceport. It appears that large portions of the Spaceport are surrounded by broad fields of soft sand which will be hazardous to cross. I also suspect that the barrier hills between us and the Spaceport will be too steep to climb, and too tall to jump over. I think we'll have to settle for coming in around the north end of the barrier ridge. We'll just have to take things as they come. We'll try to stick together to maximize our firepower.

2:09 - Hmm... this changes things a little. Suddenly, a medium titan opens fire on Godzilla Blitz from way off to the east beyond the Spaceport. It's a 100 ton Illuminator, and it carries some form of guided missile. We'll do our best to stay out of its line of sight and move quickly.

Enemy in sight...

3:05 - As we come around the north end of the barrier hills, sachmo71 attempts to use his plasma gun to ignite the woods that the Illuminator is using for cover. Everyone else just keeps their heads down.

3:29 - SirFozzie at last recalls that his auto cannons can create smoke screens, so he fires a couple smoke cannisters in front of the Illuminator to mess up his line of sight.

3:31 - The relatively inexperienced Blade6119 moves is titan into the field of soft sand (at it's narrow point), but unfortunately, still falls to the ground.

3:41 - Yes! sachmo71 manages to light those woods on fire. Good thing too, because the smoke screen didn't seem to affect the Illuminator much. It must be up on a hill and able to look over. That fire should keep it busy.

3:56 - Unfortunately, sachmo71 also falls in the soft sand.

4:15 - Blade6119 comes over the ridge, and finds himself looking down at the spaceport. It's a fairly large open area, and keeping watch over it is a single 100 titan, a Fist. Just from the name, I'm guessing it's a close combat titan... could be nasty...

4:40 - Oh boy... The Fist has a tesla bolt, with which it nails SirFozzie in the left leg. Fortunately, his armor there is more or less up to the task, limiting the destruction to a sharp decrease in heat regulator efficiency.

5:00 A second shot from the tesla bolt hits SirFozzie in the right torso. Not good... As much as I'd like to take some of these guys out, it's looking like I'll just need to head for the Spaceport itself.

lets go boys...saddle up!

Humm...

13th mission. Blade 6119 is with us.

The omens are not good.

well...that wasnt quite the pep talk i was expecting, but i guess godzilla did have that whole aliens kicking his ass thing...;)

Yeah, um... pep talk. About that... :D

I think I'm 3rd or 4th in line to take over....guess I'll start warming up. :D

oh god...i just got in a few missions ago!....dang it...

Ok, ok. I'll admit it. Something bad happened to Blade6119. I'll fill in the details tonight.

Of course, some fairly bad things happened to two other people too... Not as bad as with Blade6119 though...

:D

6:20 - We've been doing our best to avoid the Fist in close combat, but despite this, Blade6119 is in close range for a brief moment. He hits with his chainsaw, and fortunately, the Fist misses with both of his chainsaws. Unfortunately, the tesla bolts hits Blade6119 squarely in the center of the chest, causing a rack of short range missiles to explode. This destroys the center torso and engine, taking him out of the fight. About this time, we spot another 100 ton titan headed in towards us from the southeast.

7:00 - While Godzilla Blitz and race for the Starport, the Fang moves into reach of SirFozzie, using its chainsaws to completely mangle his right torso, sending SirFozzie helplessly to the ground. A follow up shot from the tesla bolt takes off his left leg.

7:01 - Moments later, sachmo71 succumbs to repeated poundings from the missile racks of the Illuminator. His back center torso leaking flames and smoke, he topples face first to the ground, a mere 50 yards from the safety of the Spaceport bunkers.

7:10 - Fortunately, Godzilla Blitz is able to move in and take control of the Starport center. Seeing that we are in control of the main facilities, the enemy backs off, leaving us to pick up the pieces of our shattered titans.

***

Salvage: $0
Bounty: $0
Payment: $125,000
Upkeep: -$50,924
New Total: $667,315 (+74,076)

Godzilla Blitz - Status: Alive - Health: 117/117 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 14% - Titan: Ready
sachmo71 - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 76% - Titan: Disabled
SirFozzie - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 46% - Titan: Disabled
Blade6119 - Status: Alive - Health: 108/108 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 50% - Titan: Destroyed

Kirth Gollub contacts Godzilla Blitz a short time later, as the local security forces move in to secure the facilities.

"Congratulations on liberating the Starport. As an extra payment, we have also signed exclusive use of the Offworld Mercenaries Excursion Wodge (a factory capable Starship with all amenities)."

"We will allow you the use of the Wodge to fulfill privateer contracts in the Core Worlds. Factory charges still apply, but we will not charge for shipping. We only require a share of the profits as well as any new technology you may discover."

Right, I suppose that's nice and all, and might help pay the bills, but... ouchy!

sachmo71's Thor requires the most work for repairs, but that really only because Blade6119 had to leave his titan out on the junk heap. We'll have to buy him a new one. The total repair bill comes to a painful $98,774. Tack on the cost for another new titan, and we're going to be hurting here...

***

Roster Summary:

Godzilla Blitz
Race: Male Human
Rank: Novice
Experience: 14760 of 21600 (+429)
Hit Points: 117
Upkeep: $11,554 (+218)
Battles: 13 (13W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 47% (-1)
Kills: 5
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: Most kills in one battle (2)

Attributes:
Intelligence: 12
Neural Sense: 12
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 13
Charisma: 14

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 63
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 33
Jump: 63
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 63
Guided Missile: 36
Cannon: 66
Energy Weapon: 66
Electronic Warfare: 60
Scanner: 60
Damage Control: 20
Leadership: 66
Business: 41
Survival: 22

Unfortunately, he's still just barely short of what he needs to get his attribute increase. Next battle should do it.

***

sachmo71
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Novice
Experience: 14198 of 24000 (+769)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $9,396 (+174)
Battles: 13 (13W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 43% (+1)
Kills: 7/3*
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Battle Star

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 11
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 65 (+3)
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 34 (+1)
Jump: 61
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 59
Cannon: 60
Energy Weapon: 67 (+1)
Electronic Warfare: 59
Scanner: 63
Damage Control: 37
Business: 63
Survival: 43

***

SirFozzie
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Novice
Experience: 14052 of 24000 (+638)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $12,978 (+151)
Battles: 13 (13W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 56%
Kills: 2
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 66 (+1)
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 20 (+3)
Assault Piloting: 22
Jump: 61 (+1)
Scouting: 63
Close Combat: 62 (+1)
Cannon: 68
Energy Weapon: 42
Electronic Warfare: 43
Scanner: 59
Damage Control: 66
Business: 24 (+1)
Survival: 36

***

Blade6119
Race: Male Human
Rank: Rookie
Experience: 4407 of 3800 (+1242)
Hit Points: 108
Upkeep: $3,960 (+240)
Battles: 4 (4W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 49%
Kills: 0
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 11
Neural Sense: 9
Reaction: 11
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 12
Charisma: 11

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 58
Jump: 22 (+1)
Scouting: 51 (+1)
Close Combat: 57 (+3)
Unguided Missile: 58
Cannon: 23
Energy Weapon: 23
Electronic Warfare: 56 (+8)
Scanner: 51
Business: 30
Survival: 40

***

Team Stats:
Battles: 13 (13W/0L)
Leader: Godzilla Blitz
Manager: sachmo71
Mechanic: SirFozzie
Most Kills: sachmo71 with 7
Most Destructions: sachmo71 with 3
Budget: $568,541 (-24698)
Upkeep: $50,821 / month (-1453)
Jocks: 4 of 7
Titans: 3 of 10
Deaths: 1

Yes, technically a win, but a rather costly one. We're down $25,000, and we haven't yet purchased a replacement titan for Blade6119... Yikes!

Oh, and in case you were wondering, the listed experience points and rank for Blade6119 is not a mistake. Apparently you can't get a rank promotion from a mission when you retreat or have your titan destroyed. That means that Blade6119 will have to wait another battle to get his awaited promotion. Of course on the plus side, it's technically possible to get an early promotion before your experience warrants it. This has a chance of happening if your pilot gets at least three kills in a single mission.

So, the "bad stuff" didn't turn out to be quite as bad as you'd feared. Oh well. I'll try harder next time. :D

let me say this...i hate you....its hard enough knowing one dynasty runner hates me(*whistles like looking around and at godzilla*), but wondering if two are out to get me...glad to know tat was it, but that kinda sucks for a overconfident bee...:(

That could have been a lot worse. I thought Blade6119 was a goner, but his luck pulled him through again!

Only five more missions until Sachmo goes on #19! Let's hope history doesn't repeat itself.

So...umm...how many titans does Blade have to destroy before you fire him? :D

Blade6119: Me? Hate you? Naw... you're just low man on the totem pole, and therefore have been stuck in the lightest titan. Seniority has its priveledges after all. I have been seriously considering (despite the cost) upgrading you to a light this time. I really liked the road rash, but it just can't do so well against enemy light titans that weigh nearly twice as much as itself. Perhaps I can put together an equivalent light titan...

Godzilla Blitz: Yes, it really could have been worse. The scary thing about tesla bolts is that they do enough damage that a lucky shot to the head against recon and possibly light titans will rip it right off. That means a lucky hit can immediately kill your pilot. I need to get some more cash and experience so I can start upgrading peoples skills and titans to mediums. That will help avoid some of this problem.

Bee: Heh... So far he's only lost one, just like sachmo71. I think for now his position is safe. This had better not be the start of a trend though...

Well you should at least put him on "probation"...

:D

does anybody like you bee?
i think you should just stop making bad suggestions:)

I don't think so, but I haven't met everyone yet. ;)

I've designed a replacement for Blade6119's Road Rash. The Wipeout is designed around a similar concept. It has a base cost of $138,068, and a maintenance cost of $4,183. It has a walking speed of 60 kph, and jump jets which can carry it at a speed of 80 kph for 53 seconds. It carries a pair of class 8 short range missile launchers, a class 4 missile laucnher, and a pair of chain saws. It uses a CyberSys M (class 2) scanner and a CyberSys (class 2) battle computer. The Wipeout has the following ratings:
Firepower: 9
Close Range: 18
Short Range: 8
Medium Range: 0
Long Range: 0
Speed: 15
Jump: 6
Armor: 18
Defense: 4
Recon: 8
Heat Management: 18
Power Managerment: 16
Overall Rating: 12
Classification: Close Combat Light Titan

After buying the new titan, we are left with the following financial stats:
Budget: $420,809 (-147732)
Upkeep: $55,004 / month (+4183)

We'll see how well this titan works out. It's reasonably fast for a light titan, has jump jets for maneuverability and potential death-from-above attacks. It's armor is essentially maxed out. It should be pretty scary at close range. Time will tell...

Getting ready to start the next battle in this campaign...

kick ass...ill just float around them and shoot them all...im the first member of the Astott Air Force!!

With our new Starship, I decide to try out an arena battle in a truely different setting. This will give Blade6119 the chance to get his promotion before continuing on in the campaign.

This battle takes place in a blazing hot, literally inferno of a world. As we were coming in for a landing, we could actually see some literal rivers of lava flowing across the planet's surface. This particular arena however seems to mostly be just dry, hot, and hilly. We can't see much yet, so we'll send someone with jump jets to the top of a hill.

0:33 - Blade6119 comes out of a valley, and spots an enemy light titan far off in the other corner of the arena. At least we know their general direction. I think we'll try and head somewhat north in order to stay in among more hills, since we're much more of a close range team. Out in the valley, we can spot one lava pool, but I doubt it'll come into play at all.

1:20 - Wow, from up in the air, Blade6119 is able to get a good view of the entire map. That includes all four of the enemy titans. No idea yet of what types they might be. I think we'll head almost straight north, trying to stay out of their line of sight. With some luck, we might be able to isolate one or two of them for a couple minutes. That would certainly help.

There they are...

3:40 - Well, this is interesting. I've just discovered that Godzilla Blitz is slowly warming up just from running around. Looks like when it comes to battle, he won't be good for much more than a couple shots... I think when it comes to fighting we'll want to get as good a scan as possible before firing, and hold off on any shots except high probability ones (unless we're running pretty cool).

9:14 - Well, we swept up to the northeast corner, but now we're headed back into the center where it's more open, as we want as long a range as possible to give us a good time to get scans and let the enemy fire on us at range (and thus heat up). We've been shot at a couple times by a plasma gun, but we still haven't spotted the sniper. I suspect he's in some woods at the top of some hills to the west, so we'll try to set those on fire.

10:12 - Well, looks like our sniper has come out to meet us. It's a Ghost. I don't see any of his buddies, so perhaps we'll have the chance to grind him to powder before the others show up...

10:54 - Godzilla Blitz closes to within 1 km of the Ghost and, having acquired a yellow scan, prepares to open fire.

10:55 - Right behind him, SirFozzie does likewise.

11:03 - Almost everyone opens fire. Godzilla Blitz hits with both of his cold light guns. SirFozzie hits with two of his class 7 auto cannons. Blade6119 hits with one of his class 8 missile launchers.

11:18 - sachmo71 opens up with his plasma gun, hitting the Ghost in the leg and knocking it to the ground.

11:33 - Blade6119 moves into close combat with the Ghost and lets loose with two chainssaws and the smaller of his missiles launchers ...everything hits. Yeah!

11:35 - Godzilla Blitz charges into close combat, hoping to knock the Ghost back down to the ground. The charge is successful, disabling the left torso and knocking the enemy to the ground. Godzilla Blitz goes to the ground too. Horrified, he checks his damage readouts, and realizes that the collision caused damage to his engine. This will cause an increase in heat output... The last thing he could have wanted in this arena. He may have to eject.

11:40 - Having waited motionless for 5 seconds, Godzilla Blitz determines that his heat levels are still dropping, but only at about 1.3 degrees every 5 seconds. That's not very fast at all... At least he won't need to eject. Better yet, he does have a damage control system, so he'll make an attempt to repair the engine.

11:43 - Blade6119 goes back to work on the Ghost with his chainsaws. With a scream of tortured metal, he shatters the right leg beyond repair. A followup kick to the downed opponent disables the right torso. Um... to bad that's where he keeps his engine. And too bad fusion engines aren't made to be ripped up by gigantic chainsaws. With a roar, the engine explodes. Oh man... we are so hosed...

Blade6119, if you kill me with your half-brained kick, I swear, I'm signing the next three Blade6119's up in X-COM and sending all three of them into the British Sectoid base armed only with water pistols. ;)

11:44 - Godzilla Blitz takes 67 (!!!) points of damage, knocking him flying to the southwest, damaging one of his cold light guns, and literally knocking him unconscious. SirFozzie takes 45 points of damage, knocking him to the ground and wounding him. Blade6119 also takes 67 points of damage (serves him right, rookie). He also is knocked flying off to the southwest, and is stunned. Moments later, Godzilla Blitz, SirFozzie, and Blade6119 all find their titans overheating and shutting down. This is really bad news for the last two, as I'll bet you their ammo is going to start cooking off. This is only going to make things worse... We are so screwed. sachmo71, far enough away to avoid damage, begins heading south, preparing to retreat if the fireworks start.

11:57 - Oh shoot, it can get worse. Here comes another enemy titan. It's just over a kilometer away to the north. We are so dead... Too bad you can't eject when your titan is shut down.

12:02 - sachmo71, igniting his jump jets to escape over the hills to the south, spots the other two enemies right next to the other.

12:10 - There goes SirFozzie's ammo... The damage disables the right torso, and pushes his heat level even higher. Moments later, Blade6119's missiles start cooking off too, causing massive damage and sending his heat waaaay up.

12:34 - SirFozzie's titan restarts. Get out of there!!!

13:04 - Godzilla Blitz's titan restarts. Flee! He's sitting right on top of Blade6119, who is getting pounded by all of the enemies. He's going to blow, I just know it...

13:50 - It's no good. Godzilla Blitz can't move without overheating, and there's no way he can get his engine repaired to reduce his heat. In addition, everyone has switched their focus to him. He's ejecting before it's too late.

13:58 - sachmo71 manages to escape the battle.

14:03 - Godzilla Blitz ejects. He takes a good bit of damage on the landing, but manages to come through allright.

14:29 - SirFozzie escapes the arena. Moments later, Blade6119 restarts his titan, just in time for the battle to be over.

***

Salvage: $0
Bounty: $0
Payment: $0
Upkeep: -$54,377
New Total: $366,432 (-54377)

Godzilla Blitz - Status: Ejected - Health: 78/117 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 100% - Titan: Ready
sachmo71 - Status: Deserted - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 50% - Titan: Ready
SirFozzie - Status: Deserted - Health: 63/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 60% - Titan: Ready
Blade6119 - Status: Alive - Health: 108/108 - Kills: 1* - Hits: 78% - Titan: Disabled

And that, rookie, is why you don't go flailing around wildly with that chainsaw of yours, particularly in a setting like this where heat is such a concern!

To make things worse, it appears that the other team claimed salvage on Godzilla Blitz's titan, so it's no longer ours. We'll have to buy him a new one. I guess on the plus side we won't have to repair it.

sachmo71 managed to escape without any damage at all (our one bright spot). The repair bill for the other two comes to $110,751!!! With about 80% of that being required for Blade6119's Wipeout. Umm...

***

Roster Summary:

Godzilla Blitz
Race: Male Human
Rank: Novice
Experience: 16005 of 21600 (+1245)
Hit Points: 117
Upkeep: $11,772 (+218)
Battles: 14 (13W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 47%
Kills: 5
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Most kills in one battle (2)

Attributes:
Intelligence: 12
Neural Sense: 12
Reaction: 15 (+1)
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 13
Charisma: 14

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 65 (+2)
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 33
Jump: 65 (+2)
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 64 (+1)
Guided Missile: 36
Cannon: 68 (+2)
Energy Weapon: 68 (+2)
Electronic Warfare: 60
Scanner: 60
Damage Control: 23 (+3)
Leadership: 66
Business: 41
Survival: 22

Finally got that attribute gain... Time to start saving for the next one.

***

sachmo71
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Novice
Experience: 14539 of 24000 (+341)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $9,570 (+174)
Battles: 14 (13W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 43%
Kills: 7/3*
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Battle Star

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 11
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 65
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 34
Jump: 61
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 59
Cannon: 60
Energy Weapon: 67
Electronic Warfare: 61 (+2)
Scanner: 63
Damage Control: 37
Business: 63
Survival: 43

***

SirFozzie
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Novice
Experience: 14372 of 24000 (+320)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $13,230 (+252)
Battles: 14 (13W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 56%
Kills: 2
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 66
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 20
Assault Piloting: 22
Jump: 61
Scouting: 63
Close Combat: 62
Cannon: 68
Energy Weapon: 42
Electronic Warfare: 44 (+1)
Scanner: 60 (+1)
Damage Control: 66
Business: 24
Survival: 36

***

Blade6119
Race: Male Human
Rank: Green (+1)
Experience: 4892 of 11600 (+485)
Hit Points: 108
Upkeep: $7,137 (+3177)
Battles: 5 (4W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 51% (+2)
Kills: 1/1*
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Bonehead

Attributes:
Intelligence: 11
Neural Sense: 9
Reaction: 11
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 13 (+1)
Constitution: 12
Charisma: 11

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 60 (+2)
Jump: 25 (+3)
Scouting: 51
Close Combat: 58 (+1)
Unguided Missile: 60 (+2)
Cannon: 23
Energy Weapon: 23
Electronic Warfare: 56
Scanner: 51
Business: 33 (+3)
Survival: 40

Does anyone else see the irony in Blade6119 getting promoted from this mission?

***

Team Stats:
Battles: 14 (13W/1L)
Leader: Godzilla Blitz
Manager: sachmo71
Mechanic: SirFozzie
Most Kills: sachmo71 with 7
Most Destructions: sachmo71 with 3
Budget: $255,681 (-165128)
Upkeep: $54,194 / month (-810)
Jocks: 4 of 7
Titans: 3 of 10
Deaths: 1

There you go folks. We've had our first loss. And that's the way it goes in this game. When you lose, it's bad... really bad. Check out our bank account there... We're going to need to put a few wins under our belt to get that up again.

Frankly, we're incredibly lucky to not have had everyone but sachmo71 die. I was fully expecting the guys with exploding ammo to overheat and explode, or at least take enough damage to take out their engines and explode.

Blade6119 gets a serious reprimand from me on this one. Ironic how the chainsaws were ok, but it was the one puny kick that put everything over the edge. I had actually already written up the results of the kick having disabled the torso, and had written that we were going to stop firing so that the engine wouldn't get taken out. I'd planned to back off and take him out from a safe distance. Then when I tabbed back to the game, I see the engine explodes message... Ouch!

I'm thinking that I might have to stick Godzilla Blitz back in a recon titan. I'm not sure I want to try and afford a light at this point. We'll see. Of course, it should be Blade6119 that gets demoted to the recon, but no one else really has the weapon skills to use it, and I'd hate to just sell it off after having put so much repair work into it... Regardless, I'll probably put Godzilla Blitz in a titan with both energy weapons and cannons, since he's got both of those skills pumped up pretty high.

Ouch. That one hurt. I admit, though, it sounds like we are lucky to still be alive.

That must have cost us a ton of money.

Shake it off, Blade6119. Get 'em next time.

*giggles*

The Bonehead Award. That's funny.

*giggles*

I'd laugh harder but all my ribs are probably broken.

Hey...i got the only kill that mission...all i saw you do was run like a little girl godzilla...im sry im trying to win us a few missions :(

At least i promoted, so im now only prone to two fatal errors a mission.

I'm...dead? But I'm a replicant! Can't they stick me in a vat or something? *WAHHHHHHH*

Who said you're dead, sachmo71? You're just fine. In fact, you got out of the last battle without any damage at all...

I know there's a line, but I'd like to be in it...great dynasty.

*checks waiting list for Blade6119 IV in X-COM dynasty*

Only three more to go.

*evil smile*

I see your still trying to overcompensate for your small...titan, yes ats it....titan...your small titan;)

Actually... it's even better than that. Each hex is supposed to be 1/3 krm across. That means the two of you went flying around 300 yards! Dang! Of course, to put it in perspective, these engine explosions do damage to people up to a full kilometer away!

Can't say I necessarily agree with the "realism" of all that, but it does make for pretty good game play.

Qwikshot: Right. You're on the list. That's the one sad thing about this game. You really don't tend to use lots of jocks (like you do in XCom).

bump

Aww... Thanks Blade6119. Someone loves me.

Actually, I'm starting another mission tonight. Just need to buy Godzilla Blitz a new titan. Let's see...

Finally, you killed some guys to clear room for the savior. Or human shield. Either way I am happy. Don't let me die by being raped by a titan. That would suck bad.

Ok, I'm going to gamble a little and get Godzilla Blitz a light titan. We'll need to go out and win some arena battles to get our cash back up, but I just can't find it in me to give our team leader the smallest titan on the team, and I can't stand to take anyone's titan away from them (although Blade6119 tempts me)...

So, I select the Guruni as Godzilla Blitz's new ride. It has a base cost of $101,312, and a maintenance cost of $4,371. It has a walking speed of 54 kph. It carries a class 7 auto cannon, and the widely feared tesla bolt. Time for us to rain down terrible doom upon our enemies for a change! It uses a CyberSys M (class 2) scanner and a powerful Krios K5 (class 5) battle computer. It also has a class 1 flare launcher, and a potentially useful class 3 shield (very nice against energy weapons). The Guruni has the following ratings:
Firepower: 9
Close Range: 17
Short Range: 16
Medium Range: 7
Long Range: 0
Speed: 13
Jump: 0
Armor: 18
Defense: 5
Recon: 5
Heat Management: 14
Power Managerment: 12
Overall Rating: 9
Classification: Short Range Light Titan

Can you tell I'm a fan of the close range fighting style?

After buying the new titan, we are left with the following financial stats:
Budget: $101,312 (-154369)
Upkeep: $58,565 / month (4371)

We're going to need to get out there and win some fights, and bring any some cash. Another loss at this point, and we'll probably have to lay off some of the team. Guess who will probably be the first to go...

***

We're going to go for another interesting setting for our next fight. This arena is set in the middle of a biochemical wasteland. We'll want to watch out for acid pools, but fortunately temperature shouldn't be such a problem.

We start out in the southeast corner of the arena. The terrain is made up of a number of mounds and gulleys which break up line of sight pretty well. We send sachmo71 up to the top of a hill, and with his jump jets, he is able to get a pretty good look at the surrounding land. He also spots a single enemy. Not sure where the others are at though.

The lay of the land...

I think we'll head straight west, staying behind the cover of the hills in between us and the enemy. By the time we clear those, we should be close enough to bring into play our theoretically superior close range firepower.

1:29 - As sachmo71 comes down for a landing, he spots two other enemy titans headed our way. Looks like they won't stay and ambush us. That being the case, I think we'll take cover in some of the strange mutated plants that pass for trees on this side of those hills, and take them as they come our way.

3:30 - No sign of them yet. They must have changed their minds. We'll move in closer.

4:39 - Blade6119 is the first one over the ridge (with the others very close behind him). He spots a single enemy waiting for us up ahead. It's an Inferno. I believe it makes heavy use of napalm missiles.

4:55 - As the others come over the ridge, the remaining three enemies reveal their presence by opening fire on Blade6119. sachmo71 begins attempting to get some of them moving by setting their cover on fire.

5:23 - Everyone but sachmo71 (who is better set up for longer range attacks) moves into close range with the Inferno. That's when we recall that it also bears a pair of flamethrowers. Yikes! No problem. With three of us there, we should take him out quickly...

5:29 - In order to prevent further attacks from the Inferno, Blade6119 charges into it. The impressive damage rips off its left arm, and knocks it to the ground. Blade6119's follow up attack with chainsaws does little in the way of impressive damage. Still, nice to knock him down, because everyone else is coming right in!

5:35 - Just seconds later, Blade6119 gets his large missile racks reloaded, and he lets loose, disabling the right torso of the Inferno. Nice!

5:36 - Apparently inspired, SirFozzie lets loose with some of his auto cannons and disables the left torso as well. That should minimize the danger. I think we'll leave it here for sachmo71 to finish off from a distance and move in on some of the other titans.

5:39 - Once again, Blade6119 can't resist one more attack with his chainsaws. This time though it pays off nicely, as he takes out the left leg of the Inferno. That will leave it trapped on the ground with little in the way of weapons. Good enough. Everyone will retarget on another titan.

5:58 - The pilot of the Inferno ejects, just as suspected. Excellent. Only three left.

6:10 - Blade6119 moves into close combat with the enemy Wolverine which has just stepped out of cover. It appears to have a number of meson guns.

6:13 - Godzilla Blitz charges at the Wolverine, knocking both titans to the ground.

6:27 - There we go! SirFozzie makes good use of his highly accurate auto cannons and blows off the right leg of the Wolverine. I think for now we'll leave it and move on to the long range titan that's been picking away at us from up on a hill nearby.

6:47 - The Wolverine ejects. Two down.

6:58 - The Exhuminator foolishly moves into close combat with all three of our in close guys. Bad move, he's going down quickly...

8:01 - After a good bit of running around, during which the fourth enemy titan can't seem to get us in line of sight (heh!), and during which the Exhuminator proves to be rather nimble with its jump jets, Blade6119 lets loose with a flight of missiles which knocks it to the ground. Blade6119 certainly seems to be trying hard to redeem himself...

8:13 - Ironically enough, the Exhuminator had fallen right on top of the motionless Inferno. Blade6119 shows that his prior de-legging was not an accident, tearing off the right leg of the Exhuminator with his chain saw. That will keep him down... Everyone else will go hunting for the last titan.

8:24 - There he is, a Whip.

8:45 - Blade6119 fires off a massive volley. His missiles disable the Exhuminator's left torso. His chain saw takes out the lower torso.

8:52 - This apparently scares the pilot enough that he ejects. Only one left now.

8:55 - Godzilla Blitz tries to charge into the Whip. Unfortunately, the attempt failed. At least he is able to keep his feet though, and he opens fire, unfortunately missing with the tesla bolt.

9:00 - A lucky shot from sachmo71's auto cannon manages to send the Whip toppling to the ground.

9:12 - Taking advantage of the easy shot, SirFozzie takes out the right leg of the Whip with his auto cannon. This will be over soon...

9:20 - Unfortunately, despite our pounding, we aren't able to pull out a kill, as the pilot of the Whip manages to eject.

***

We're offered the salvage of the Whip, but I think at the point the cash will be better. We're able to get $55,672 for it.

Salvage: $146,297
Bounty: $14,000
Payment: $138,636
Upkeep: -$59,443
New Total: $340,802 (+239490)

Godzilla Blitz - Status: Alive - Health: 117/117 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 52 - Titan: Ready
sachmo71 - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 42% - Titan: Ready
SirFozzie - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 55% - Titan: Ready
Blade6119 - Status: Alive - Health: 108/108 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 72% - Titan: Ready

Blade6119 has the highest repair bill this time, but in actuallity, the costs are very evenly split among everyone. The total bill comes to $56,209. Not too bad I think.

***

Roster Summary:

Godzilla Blitz
Race: Male Human
Rank: Novice
Experience: 16927 of 21600 (+922)
Hit Points: 117
Upkeep: $11,990 (+218)
Battles: 15 (14W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 48% (+1)
Kills: 5
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Most kills in one battle (2)

Attributes:
Intelligence: 12
Neural Sense: 12
Reaction: 15
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 13
Charisma: 14

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 65
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 41 (+8)
Jump: 65
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 64
Guided Missile: 36
Cannon: 68
Energy Weapon: 69 (+1)
Electronic Warfare: 60
Scanner: 60
Damage Control: 23
Leadership: 66
Business: 41
Survival: 22

***

sachmo71
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Novice
Experience: 15111 of 24000 (+572)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $9,744 (+174)
Battles: 15 (14W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 43%
Kills: 7/3*
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Battle Star

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 11
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 66 (+1)
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 35 (+1)
Jump: 61
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 60 (+1)
Cannon: 60
Energy Weapon: 68 (+1)
Electronic Warfare: 61
Scanner: 63
Damage Control: 37
Business: 63
Survival: 43

***

SirFozzie
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Novice
Experience: 15357 of 24000 (+985)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $13,482 (+252)
Battles: 15 (14W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 56%
Kills: 2
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 66
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 30 (+10)
Assault Piloting: 22
Jump: 61
Scouting: 63
Close Combat: 63 (+1)
Cannon: 68
Energy Weapon: 47 (+5)
Electronic Warfare: 44
Scanner: 60
Damage Control: 66
Business: 24
Survival: 36

***

Blade6119
Race: Male Human
Rank: Green
Experience: 6054 of 11600 (+1162)
Hit Points: 108
Upkeep: $7,371 (+234)
Battles: 6 (5W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 54% (+3)
Kills: 1/1*
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Bonehead

Attributes:
Intelligence: 11
Neural Sense: 9
Reaction: 11
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 12
Charisma: 11

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 61 (+1)
Jump: 34 (+9)
Scouting: 51
Close Combat: 58
Unguided Missile: 61 (+1)
Cannon: 23
Energy Weapon: 23
Electronic Warfare: 56
Scanner: 51
Business: 33
Survival: 40

***

Team Stats:
Battles: 15 (14W/1L)
Leader: Godzilla Blitz
Manager: sachmo71
Mechanic: SirFozzie
Most Kills: sachmo71 with 7
Most Destructions: sachmo71 with 3
Budget: $284,593 (+183281)
Upkeep: $59,443 / month (+878)
Jocks: 4 of 7
Titans: 4 of 10
Deaths: 1

Excellent! A wonderful mission. I'd say that at least for now, Blade6119 has redeemed himself. All the same, when he moves in, I'm being careful to keep our other guys away.

I think this went well because other than right when we first spotted the enemy, we were able to keep them isolated and take them on one at a time. Fortunately, the ground between them and us when we came over the hill was pretty uneven, so we were able to break their line of sight.

Lots of money made on this one, but I think I'll go for one more arena battle, just to get the cash up a little higher before we continue the campaign. Maybe another lava map...

I just wanted to state for the the record that i can't carry this team for ever...im going to need some help...i mean, i may have the talent of 10 men and the strength of 30, but i might need some back-up every once in awhile...come on guys!

Just thought i would unleash my inner Terrell Owens on you guys. Great mission, and lets go get some more!

I must say I'm really disappointed at the lack of deaths in this dynasty. Maybe you're not playing the game right or something?

;)

After what seems like a terribly long time since the last battle, we decide it's time to jump back in the cockpit. While taking a look around to decide what will come next, we receive the following message.

Commander,

As Captain of the Core Worlds Starship Marauder, I am interested in testing the abilities of the Savanesse Titan-AT squads. We have received holovid data disks of your world championships as well as your weekly challenges, and feel that quite possibly the best jocks in this sector are to be obtained here.

We do require that you test against our onboard Cosmarine Titan-AT squad. Any successful squad will receive military contracts offworld.

I will make some funds available for you to repair your Titans after the test, whatever the result.

Captain Lord Fanton

Well, trying a little ego stroking, eh? They must have missed the tape of the battle before last... Regardless, this looks like a nice opportunity, and we'll give it a shot.

Our sensors come online, and we take a look around in utter shock. Unlike most fighting area we're used to, this one takes place in a single vast, completely open, flat-floored chamber. There is no cover at all. None. Everyone is at long range. This isn't such a good thing, considering that we tend to specialize on the close range fights... A quick check reveals that we're up against two recon titans and two medium titans. Could be scary...

There they are!!!

The battle plan will be to charge forward as fast as possible, making sure to have our lead guy dodging to help reduce the chance of being nailed by the enemy. We'll target the recons first to take them out quick, and then focus on those mediums. Oh yeah, and try and get some decent scans...

0:54 - Interestingly enough, only a single medium has fired at us so far, and that was just a single type 4 auto cannon. That implies that the enemies are also set up for an up close fight. This could get nasty... We'll do our best to stay out of hand to hand range as much as possible until we assess the threat better. On the plus side, sachmo71 gets off to a nice start, using his plasma gun to nail one of the recons (a Fire Fly), knocking it to the ground. Nice!

1:07 - Shortly after the Fire Fly gets to its feet, SirFozzie knocks it back down again with a single shot from his class 4 auto cannon. What a wimp!

1:27 - Well, we now know that one of the mediums has a pair of long range missile launchers, a pair of short range missile launchers, and a medium laser. It's a titan called a Crossbow hopefully we'll be able to get in close on it to negate the use of its long range missiles. For now though, we continue working to cripple the Fire Fly.

1:53 - Godzilla Blitz has switched targets to the closer recon, a Duellist. Now, he charges the enemy, knocking both of them to the ground.

2:00 - Godzilla Blitz beats the Duellist to his feet, and fires everything, ripping off the enemies right arm with his tesla bolt.

2:06 - Blade6119 has found himself somewhat on his own. He was headed towards the downed Fire Fly to finish it off. But, everyone else went after the Duellist instead. Now, he finds himself at close range to one of the mediums, a Purgatory. He swings both chainsaws (hitting with both), misses with a huge flight of missiles, and then ignites his jump jets to avoid further attacks. Nicely enough, one of the chainsaws hit the head. Another similar hit could take it right off...

2:15 - The Duellist managed to get to its feet, and swings its chainsaw at Godzilla Blitz, hitting. In retaliation, our fearless leader fires back with his tesla bolt, taking out the left arm. Yeah, put a stop to all that nonsense. We'll switch over to the other medium now, and let sachmo71 finish it off with long range fire.

2:15 - The Fire Fly, who still hasn't managed to get up after numerous tries (he must have damaged something) manages to mangle and disable his own right leg in the process of trying to get up.

2:28 - Ack! The Purgatory got turned around after Blade6119 passed him, and manages to knock him down out of the sky with a couple shots from its laser. Blade6119 lands flat on the ground near the Fire Fly.

2:35 - sachmo71 lands a shot with his medium laser on the Duellist, and disables its left torso and knocking it to the ground. Nice shooting.

2:39 - Blade6119 gets to his feet, under fire from both the Fire Fly and the Purgatory. He fires a barrage of missiles, disabling the Fire Fly's left torso and left leg. He follows this up with a kick, which disables the right torso. That should prevent any further weapons fire from him, effectively taking him out of the battle. Rather than risk an engine explosion (in an effort to pick up a kill) though, Blade6119 reluctantly refrains from using his chainsaws, and instead retargets on the Purgatory.

2:51 - sachmo71 lands another laser shot on the Duellist, ripping off its left leg. He immediately retargets on the Purgatory, which has knocked Blade6119 to the ground.

3:05 - SirFozzie charges into the Crossbow, knocking both titans to the ground. This should make it easier for Godzilla Blitz to make use of his tesla bolt.

3:30 - SirFozzie sends the Crossbow crashing to the ground by neatly removing its right leg. He begins retargeting on the Purgatory while Godzilla Blitz begins acquiring a scan for a surgical finishing blow.

3:50 - Frustrated at failing his scan, Godzilla Blitz fires, ripping off the right arm of the Crossbow. Satisfied, he tries scanning again.

3:57 - Before he can complete the scan though, the pilot of the Crossbow ejects. Ah well.

3:58 - Blade6119 goes ahead and charges into the Purgatory, sending them both to the ground.

4:06 - Yes!!! Blade6119 gets to his feet before the Purgatory. He fires with everything. All the missiles hit. The first chainsaw misses, but the second?... Nails the enemy right in the neck, sending the head tumbling across the arena floor. Sweet kill!

***

Salvage: $125,253
Bounty: $16,000
Payment: $100,000
Upkeep: -$60,438
New Total: $465,408 (+180815)

Godzilla Blitz - Status: Alive - Health: 117/117 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 69 - Titan: Ready
sachmo71 - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 54% - Titan: Ready
SirFozzie - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 67% - Titan: Ready
Blade6119 - Status: Alive - Health: 108/108 - Kills: 1 - Hits: 55% - Titan: Ready

We are met after the battle by Captain Lord Fanton.

"Congratulations. We will add your information into our computer database. This will allow you to access military, mercenary, and other official privateer contracts through the Core Worlds Military."

Nice. We'll see what that leads to.

Blade6119 has the highest repair bill this time. Not surprising. He took a good bit of pounding from the Purgatory. He certainly got revenge though. SirFozzie and Godzilla Blitz pretty much split the remaining half of the bill between them. The total bill comes to $63,563. Easily paid for by the payment from Captain Lord Fanton.

***

Roster Summary:

Godzilla Blitz
Race: Male Human
Rank: Novice
Experience: 17693 of 21600 (+766)
Hit Points: 117
Upkeep: $12,208 (+218)
Battles: 16 (15W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 49% (+1)
Kills: 5
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Most kills in one battle (2)

Attributes:
Intelligence: 12
Neural Sense: 12
Reaction: 15
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 13
Charisma: 14

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 65
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 45 (+4)
Jump: 65
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 65 (+1)
Guided Missile: 36
Cannon: 69 (+1)
Energy Weapon: 69
Electronic Warfare: 60
Scanner: 60
Damage Control: 30 (+7)
Leadership: 66
Business: 41
Survival: 22

***

sachmo71
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Novice
Experience: 15906 of 24000 (+795)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $9,918 (+174)
Battles: 16 (15W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 44% (+1)
Kills: 7/3*
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Battle Star

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 11
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 66
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 38 (+3)
Jump: 61
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 60
Cannon: 61 (+1)
Energy Weapon: 68
Electronic Warfare: 63 (+2)
Scanner: 63
Damage Control: 40 (+3)
Business: 63
Survival: 43

***

SirFozzie
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Novice
Experience: 16198 of 24000 (+841)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $13,734 (+252)
Battles: 16 (15W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 56%
Kills: 2
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None

Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 10
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 66
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 32 (+2)
Assault Piloting: 22
Jump: 62 (+1)
Scouting: 63
Close Combat: 63
Cannon: 68
Energy Weapon: 50 (+3)
Electronic Warfare: 44
Scanner: 60
Damage Control: 68 (+2)
Business: 24
Survival: 36

***

Blade6119
Race: Male Human
Rank: Green
Experience: 7293 of 11600 (+1239)
Hit Points: 108
Upkeep: $7,722 (+351)
Battles: 7 (6W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 54%
Kills: 2/1*
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Bonehead

Attributes:
Intelligence: 11
Neural Sense: 9
Reaction: 11
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 12
Charisma: 11

Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 61
Jump: 44 (+10)
Scouting: 52 (+1)
Close Combat: 58
Unguided Missile: 61
Cannon: 23
Energy Weapon: 23
Electronic Warfare: 56
Scanner: 51
Defensive: 24 (+10)
Business: 33
Survival: 40

***

Team Stats:
Battles: 16 (15W/1L)
Leader: Godzilla Blitz
Manager: sachmo71
Mechanic: SirFozzie
Most Kills: sachmo71 with 7
Most Destructions: sachmo71 with 3
Budget: $401,845 (+117252)
Upkeep: $60,438 / month (+995)
Jocks: 4 of 7
Titans: 4 of 10
Deaths: 1

Wow! That was a much better battle then I expected. I thought I was in trouble there. I think what saved me is that the enemy (despite having longer ranged weapons than me) didn't hang back and try to pick me apart.

Blade6119 is definitely redeeming himself lately, although I found it interesting that lately everyone seems content to let him wander off on his own. I guess they all figure it's safer over here instead. :D

well...i get hot and then this dies...i don't like how you guys are abandoning me, but it allows me to shine ;)

...um....asott still around...havent seen him in awhile, but if he is heres a bump

Ok, after somewhat of a hiatus, I'm back again (although perhaps on a somewhat inconsistent basis). I'll see if I can find some time to play and post some more battles.

bump

Must be a helluva update coming...more than 8 months of typing! :D

Return to your lives citizens. Nothing to see here. Move along.

*cough* *cough*

Uh... writer's block? Yeah, that's it.

This dynasty has been continued in another thread .