Dateline: Marduk February 15, 3026 The Draconian Tanarose from his desk and cursed the bad luck that had his company stuck here in the boonies, guarding a supply dump while the rest of the regiment covered itself in glory. It just wasn't fair. The only compensation was the unusually beautiful lake close by the supply dump. It was a blessing in the muggy climate. As he stared out across the lake, a staff runner panted up to him, bowed, and handed him a message form. HO wanted a patrol of lance strength or move out northeast, toward the Davions' mercenary-scum 12th Vegan Rangers last reported location. Why not the Command Lance? His other two lances could certainly handle security duty on the dump. Lindon smiled to himself as the lance moved away from the base camp. It was good to be on the move again. He hoped they would run into the Davionist forces and get some action. He shut from his mind the sitreps that had the DCMS's 'overwhelming victories' moving closer and closer to the DropShip base area. They'd only made one and a half klicks when someone started screaming over the comm. Literally screaming. Finally he made out that a heavy lance was destroying his recon lance Mech by Mech. The last coherent report, before that channel went dead forever, was punctuated by the coughing roar of a vibromine detonating. At least some of the Federals would die. He got the Command Lance back to base in time to die with his company. EdNote: The information included in this article has been provided to Battle Technology by representatives of Gunjino Kanrei Theodore Kurita, to whom we wish to express our deepest appreciation. Information accompanying the article asserts that the exercise has been in use at Sun Zhang Academy since 1 January 3027, as an object lesson in tactical response and humility. This is one example of the ingenuity of the Techs of Khorsakov's Cossacks. It is not used in the current scenario. CGR-1A2 Charger-KH Mass: 80 Tons Chassis: Wells 990 Power Plant: Pitban 320 Cruising Speed: 42.3 kph Maximum Speed: 63.7 kph Jump Jets: None Jump Capacity: None Armor: Durallex Heavy Armament: 1 Donal PPC 1 Magna Mk III Heavy Laser 3 Magna Mk II Medium Lasers Manufacturer: Wells Technologies (Remade by Khorsakov's Cossacks) Communications System: Tek BattleCom Targeting/Tracking System: Dalban Hirez Type: Tonnage CGR-1 A2 Charger-KH 80.0 Internal Structure: 8.0 Engine: Pitban 320 22.5 Walking MPs: 4 Running MPs: 6 Jumping MPs: 0 Heat Sinks 22 12.0 Gyro: 4.0 Cockpit: 3.0 Armor Factor: 248 15.5 Location: Internal Structure Armor Value Head 3 9 Center Torso: 25 30/20 Rt/Lt Torso: 17 20/14 Rt/Lt Arm: 13 26 Rt/Lt Leg: 17 34 Weapons and Ammo: Weapon Location Critical Tons PPC LA 3 7.0 Large Laser RA 2 5.0 Medium Laser RT 1 1.0 Medium Laser LT 1 1.0 Medium Laser CT 1 1.0 Large-scale simulator statistics: RA=12 CA=19 D=12 R=3 M=4 Sitrep While battling the Kurita forces which invaded Marduk, HQ 12th Vegan Rangers learns the location of the supply dump serving the 5th Sword of Light. As the 12th's forces are heavily engaged, they send elements of the mercenary group Khorsakov's Cossacks out on a raid to capture or destroy the dump. Defender Command Lance: (A on map) Marauder (Captain Lindon) Warhammer Thunderbolt Panther Attack Lance: (B on map) Rifleman Thunderbolt Enforcer Valkyrie (a recent capture from AFFS forces on Galtor) Recon Lance: (C on Map) Rifleman Phoenix Hawk Panther Wasp Units are deployed as seen on map. Defender has 7 vibromines placed at his discretion, along with two Sniper artillery pieces (D & E) and three platoons of infantry (F,G,& H). All are placed as shown. Kurita Mech pilots are Regular in this action, except for Captain Lindon, who is Veteran. Attacker Command Lance: Warhammer (Command Mech, Nikolai Khorsakov) Marauder Battlemaster Awesome Fire Lance: reduced due to previous engagement Archer Attached lance from the Wild Geese, a Steiner Merc unit on loan Phoenix Hawk Trebuchet Javelin Jenner Air Lance: Phoenix Hawk LAM Phoenix Hawk LAM Cossack Mech pilots are Veteran status in this engagement, except for the Archer pilot who is elite. Special Conditions There is an percentage chance that any of the Kurita lances will be called away before the engagement begins. Command Lance: 10% Assault Lance: 25% Recon Lance: 40% There is also a percentage chance that a lance will return for resupply during the engagement. Optional Lance: (20% chance this lance will enter from a random direction ) Warhammer Jenner Panther Awesome These options reflect events of the original engagement, but they are not necessary to the simulation. Back to BattleTechnology 13 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1990 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com