Stormhammer

Heroes: General Motors, General Electric, General Emissions and General Store
Enemies: Armsmaster Brontus, Armsmistress Vultura, Lady Draven

For this mission, our heroes play as 4 ranking Conventionals officer, thus the lack of their usual officers' reports.

Adventure Summary

The adventure began not in the O.C., but in the command tent of the Electran Conventionals, where Generals Electric, Motors, Emissions, and Store each waited for the man in charge: Gol Draam, field commander of the Conventionals.

After a bit of small talk, he did indeed arrive. Dressed in his heavy Electran armour, he told them the plans: they were to take back the city quickly, and that the Spherans would know they were coming. There would be two fronts. First, the armour columns would head straight up the main highway and attempt to crash the front gates of the city. Meanwhile, the infantry, with some armour support, would take the side route: up through the mountains. That route, while less obvious, would still be heavily guarded, he warned them. He advised them to gather their troops, and head out.

Front 1: the main highway. General Motors' tanks and General Emissions' jeeps tore down the highway, meeting resistance from the Stormwind officer Vultura. Still, they managed to break through slightly faster than their compatriots on the second front.
Front 2: the mountains leading to the city walls. General Store and his huge amounts of marketeers, along with General Electric and her armoured cars, led the charge against the Spherans waiting for them high above. Leading them was Brontus, another Stormwind officer, wearing a black cape and carrying no visible weapon. Supporting him was a unit of Spheran commandoes, two units of mountain rangers, a unit of thundercracker artillerymen, and a unit of light infantry. Supporting the Electrans were two units of light infantry, Varin and the Lightning Fist, Lt. Richan and his marksmen, and others.

Convinced that the mountains, rather than the river, were the best way, Generals Electric and Store attempted to make it over, but met with resistance from Brontus' enhanced psychics and the blast grenades of the commandoes. Meanwhile, the artillerists seemed to want to take out the marksman, letting loose a volley of artillery that scraped them, but nothing else. The Electrans countered with fire from their SIRs, the heavy machine guns of the armoured cars, and massive volleys of fire from General Store's gigantic unit. After ten turns of combat, the Spherans, badly wounded, turned and ran into the city.

Front 1: With the gates taken, the two generals received orders to take the city's spaceport "as quickly as possible". At the fore were "the breakers", several units of guardsmen led by Bruck and Brack (their nickname, apparently, was very apt).

They were followed by the main group of tanks, including General Motors in his M1A1 Abrams. Of course, Motors had to have the biggest set of wheels, with a spacious interior, leather seating, air conditioning and all the perks. These tanks were so hefty that he didn't lose a single one, despite killing sixteen enemies. The Colonal was also a killing machine, frying people up until they were extra crispy.

However, despite all their efforts, Gol Draam still came away with the kills award. He slaughtered nineteen enemies with only a single casualty.

Front 2: The Spherans driven back into the city, the Electrans received new orders: take the auto factory at any cost. The Spherans, ready to do what it took to drive back the Electrans, placed their artillerists within the auto factory, to let fire out the windows, with the commandoes as support. Meanwhile, Brontus took up position on the streets, with the mountain rangers and light infantry hunkering down in the houses, aiming their rifles at the streets below.

The Electrans' plan was simple: charge in, and use the sheer power of the armoured cars' machine guns to take out any embedded soldiers; in particular, the auto factory, with the one commando with 1 HP left (from the previous battle). Brontus attempted to hold back the cars as best he could, first using psychics, and then following that up with demo charges. Meanwhile, the other Spherans exchanged fire with the Electrans, but took more damage than they dished out. The auto factory was quickly and efficiently taken.

The scene then shifted back to the space port with a lone ship landing its docking gear. Gol Draam gave orders to fire upon anyone leaving the ship. But suddenly, a storm began brewing, and high atop the space port was Lady Draven. Gol Draam, startled, gave his subordinates orders to draw back, and quickly. Just as he spoke those words, a thunderous explosion ripped into the front lines of the Electrans as the space ship, packed with explosives, detonated.

And with that, the adventure concluded. The units of the Republic playing in this adventure got credits in line with the number of troops that survived. The first front, led by Jag's and Reno's players (as General Motors and General Emissions, respectively), had 18% casualities. The second front, led by Keigo's and Pacci's players (Generals Electric and Store, respectively) had a slightly higher casualty rate, at 20%. In the end, the Shark Pack and Seigaku got 3 credits each, with the Boyo Scouts, the Pac, and the French Foreign Legion each getting 2 credits each.

Major Characters this Session

Brontus
Race: Spheran
Rank: Armsmaster
Affiliation: The Spheran Coalition, House of Stormwind
Brontus is an officer in the House of Stormwind, who led the defense of the captured Electran city of Ellivia. An imposing, burly man, Brontus wore a black cape and a single black glove on his left hand. As a demolitions expert, the thunderous roar of explosives could usually be heard whenever Brontus and his Lords of Thunder swooped into battle.

Vultura
Race: Spheran
Rank: Armsmistress
Affiliation: The Spheran Coalition, House of Stormwind
Another office of the House of Stormwind, Vultura fought in futility to hold off the all-powerful M1A1 Abrams tanks of General Motors in the defense of Ellivia. An expert sniper, she leads a squadron of crack marksmen that are sure to make any opponent mere feed for the vultures.

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