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September 18, 2005

So far so good...

I've managed to dodge any fatalities, which is always good when your fleet consists of lots of vulnerable hunters...

I spotted lots of troops moving into the sheltered area on the right of the map, so have hatched a plan. I think that there is probably an HQ behind the two sets of double doors, and so I have set up a firing line of the hunters opposite them. I hope to take out the first set of doors, and then Op fire at the troops hiding within. Any missed shots should carry on to the doors at the back, revealing whats inside.

I'm also moving up a hunter to get some sneaky shots in through the rear window next turn, and am trying to butt the Scanner up against his hideaway. The AI is moving in, hoping to deflect any Grenades that some out there next turn.

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Posted to M2: 184182 Vs PegasusJF

First Contact!

I get the feeling this is going to be a short game.

I can see quite a few of Pegasus' marines in his deployment zone. I can see 2 snipers (one high, one low) and two grunts accompanied by a Commander.

I''m moving the Hunters a bit closer, ready to get a barrage off next turn. At that distance they should be virtually unhittable, but I'll have to be careful of grenades and my own missile splash damage.

I'm going to shoot at the central area with my missiles. The long distance will give him plenty of time to get out of the way, but I'm hoping it will disrupt his activities in that area while I advance the rest of my troops.

My general plan it to attack with the massed Hunters as they are fairly accurate and difficult to hit at long distances

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Posted to M2: 184182 Vs PegasusJF

In Summary

This is another game that I came very close to time on. So, here is the rest of the game in one lump update.

My attack on his two AI's went pretty well. I moved a lot of troops into position and let loose with a giant volley of shots. I managed to inflict a lot of damage before he withdrew an AI into the side room, and move the other back slightly so I couldnt attack from the side. However, I was still able to attack from the front! I managed to dish out a lot of damage to that one too before it trundlled out of view round the back. I was hoping that if I took it out then the two XT's near it would also go up. no such luck though.

He used those XT's to cover the retreating AI, which meant I had lots of shots at them, blasting them all to bits. Hurrah! I also had my AI healing all my troops so I was faring pretty well. With the two AI's heavily damaged I was in a good winning position

However, while I was busy firing at the AI's Rad snuck a Hunter round the back and took out my HQ! A lot of my troops ar elow on ammo, so that really hurt. At the same time I pushed two XT's into the bottom left room to fire at the healing AI's through the gap in the crates they had made earlier.

The hunter got away, and the AI's rumbled away further but one of the health bars was full read, so a single hit should do it. I had also chased down his two Scanners who were damaged to breaking point, so I was soon to be well ahead on points.

However, this is where it all goes wrong. I ran out of time!!!

Its so disappointing, as I think I was in a good winning position. I only have myself to blame though, as I had taken on too many games to be able to finish them all in the time I gave myself.

Final game score was 11 - 9 to me, but the Specialist League rules give him an extra 5 points for me timing out... :(

You can view the wholegame file here

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Posted to M1: 181042 Vs Rad

No clues yet....

Nothing has been spotted so far, so I stilldont know where his Marines are hiding. (I keep forget that the races are already decided!)

I'm trying to shoot out a piece of the sandbag so that I can get my Scanner into a more central position. My missiles should be striking home this turn, and I'm following it up with another 2 shots. The third MT is rolling out to the left, and sending a shot down that side of the map.

I'm bringing a couple of hunters forwards to mop up any injured troops around.

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Posted to M2: 184193 Vs Flash Panach