Durgama Takeover

Deployment

Ariadna won the roll off and chose to go first. Yu Jing got to counter deploy their forces as the strike team advanced. Yu Jing focused on more of a forward deployment with most of their troops, keeping the monk harris further back as well as Adil, in case of surprises. Ariadna on the other hand deployed fairly aggressively, looking to strike as much damage as possible early on.

Ariadna Turn 1

Striking swiftly and without mercy, a Scout discovered a Long Ya and put it deeply in disrepair with an early Shotgun critical. Not resting on his laurels, the scout moved forward to eliminate a Shaolin who attempted to dodge the ambush and failed, resulting in a very dead monk and a very clear path to the objective for the scout. On the opposite side of the battlefield, a beast hunter moved forward and successfully dodged a mine. This freed up the Scout to accomplish his classified by removing the Long Ya's central processing unit and eliminating it from the field. The Scout then moved forward to plant his explosives on the AC2 with the last two orders of the turn and fully removed it from the table.

Yu Jing Turn 1

Furious his caution had turned against him so quickly, Adil moved forward to quickly dispatch the Scout who had caused so much destruction so quickly. At nearly the same moment, the remaining Long Ya opened fire on the Varangian, quickly turning the merc into a smoking crater. Their path cleared, Liang Kai and the monks moved forward quickly, only stopping for Liang to loot a set of mim-3 mods from the panoply. A quick smoke grenade and the monk harris was in. Laing kai went to work and quickly produced two points of damage to the AC2 with his last order.

Ariadna Turn 2

With an Impetuous Order, a Irmandinho moved forward to open fire with his Chain Rifle on the dodging monks and landed a hit on the forward Shaolin. Springing from his flanking location the other Irmandinho also fired his chain rifle but did not manage to land a hit. Working in tandem, using irregular training, the two managed to activate Liang Kai's NWI and remove a wound from the AC2. It was at this point the Veteran Kazak moved to action and downed Liang Kai, suffering a wound in return. With the last order of the turn, the remaining Irmandinho repaired the AC2 to full glory.

Yu Jing Turn 2

Utilizing his Impetuous order, the Shaolin threw smoke to block line of sight from his attackers. This was followed up by an irregular order to put a wound on the AC2, but was dodged into by the Irmandinho. Creeping forward, the Yu Jing Beasthunter approached the Ariadna left flank, managing to stay undiscovered by the Line Kazak. Being able to approach uncontested by the prone camo token, the Beasthunter was able to down the Kazak before moving to recamo itself at the end of the turn.

Ariadna Turn 3

Revealing himself from his perch, Vassily discovered the beasthunter and quickly put him down with a precise burst from his T2 weapon. The rest of the turn was spent on a line Kazak moving forward and looting the panoply to tie Yu Jing.

Yu Jing Turn 3

Knowing it was now or never, the Shaolin flew into a fury of blows, downing his Ariadna opponent and dropping smoke to protect himself. After dialing on the AC2 for several orders the target was finally brought down. Adil utilized the last remaining regular orders and a command token and a LT order to run up and open a panoply, giving his team just what they needed to tie the Ariadna forces.

Conclusion

Incredibly scary game! The Scout rolling into my turn one was devastating and I almost threw the game there but I'm so glad I didn't. Very very tense game down to the last orders and huge shout out to my opponent for the fun game. As always, Happy Gaming!