This post will be the third and the last part of the battle report between Ariadna vs Nomads. In case you missed the previous posts, you can read them here:
Part1,
Part2.
ARIADNA TURN 2
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| My advance is hampered by Suppression Fire |
I had 5 regular, 1 irregular and 1 lieutenant order at the start of this turn.
I
moved to set up the Antipode assault. Since they were affected by the
Chain Rifle shot the previous turn, they had lost their camouflage; but
since they were out of enemy's LoF, they used their irregular order to
camouflage themselves again.
With
the first regular order, Antipode Controller tried to smoke the area to
cover Antipodes' advance. She botched it and the grenade landed on the
building nearby. I ordered her to try that again and this time she
succeeded. Smoke is considered to be dispersed once the player turn
ends.
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Antipode Controller obscures the
area for the Antipodes to advance |
Antipodes
used up another order to perform Cautious Movement through the obscured
area towards the rightmost building. They were in a decent position
now; but I wanted them to advance further so I let them rush to the
enemy by spending one more order. However, their movement was in a
Moderator's LoF, who managed to pass the discover roll to render one of
the Antipodes visible again.
With
my fifth and last order, I ordered the Veteran Kazak to fall back and
take cover deeper behind the silo to put some distance between him and
the advancing Morlock.
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| Antipodes are after Reverend Moira |
Burak:
I must say I've never used smoke grenades this extensively before. Even
though I spent a couple orders for that, smoking the area allowed me to
block the Suppression Fire zone and Morlock's LoF. Taking advantage of
that, I managed to advance with the Antipodes to a point that they would
threaten Reverend Moira. Also, I moved the Antipodes in such a way that
once it is Alkım's turn, they will have LoF to the Morlock. This will
provide the Antipodes an ARO chance during Morlock's impetuous order. I
will use it to close in on Reverend Moira.
Alkım:
Smoke grenades prevented me from AROing effectively. Antipodes are too
close; but I think I can take them down with the Moderators.
NOMAD TURN 2
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Morlock is closing in on
Veteran Kazak through the smoke |
With his impetuous order, Morlock had to run towards
the silo. Veteran Kazak was hiding behind it. Witnessing Morlock's
movement, the Antipodes ARO-moved and continued their advance towards
the Reverend Moira.
Morlock decided to use his own
irregular order to throw a smoke grenade in a fashion that it would
cover Vetern Kazak as well as himself. Antipode Controller failed to
kill the Morlock with her ARO; but Antipodes used their chance again to
move again. This move took them a leap distance from Reverend Moira.
By
spending 2 more orders, Morlock came into base contact with Veteran
Kazak. In order to perform a Close Combat (CC) attack, the model must
move to base contact with the enemy. Then and only then it can issue a
CC order. Morlock was counting on his extraordinary CC value (17) and
his Martial Arts Lvl2 ability. He was superior to Veteran Kazak in CC;
but he failed the CC roll by rolling 18 and Veteran Kazak killed him.
Burak:
Yet another lucky moment for me... Alkım did everything right; but
after he failed the CC roll everything went down the drain. Actually,
there was something we played wrong here. The details are at the end of
the report...
Alkım: Some things must start being damned by now...
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| Moderators' pilgrimage |
Next orders were spent by Moderators. They decided to
come out of the building they were in and tried to cross the entire
battlefield horizontally with an attempt to save the Reverend Moira from
the Antipode assault.
The Moderators entered inside
the LoF of one of the Line Kazaks on the way and tried to shoot him
down. Alkım managed to score hits with all of his 5 burst; but I managed
to nullify 3 of them with my dodge roll and passed the ARM rolls for
the remaining 2 hits. After this scare, the Line Kazak decided that it
was enough for him and took cover deeper in the building. Antipodes were
also quick to declare their ARO to Moderators' pilgrimage. They
ARO-moved again to leap down on Reverend Moira and got into base contact
with her.
Linked
team used their last order to get in base contact with one of the
Antipodes who had ganged up on Reverend Moira. In CC, every model who is
involved in CC provides a +3 bonus. Since the Moderators had 4 models
in base contact, their CC value was boosted to 25 thanks to the +12
bonus. When the number needed to roll exceeds 20, it is considered to be
an auto-success but it also increases the critical success range. Here,
there needed roll was 25, so the critical range must be a 5 point
margin, which is 16-20. Alkım rolled 14 for CC roll. A success, but not a
critical one. Since the CC is not the Moderators' best use, Antipode
succeeded at an easy ARM save and survived.
Burak:
This was the biggest CC I've ever seen in a game of Infinity. There
were 8 models in the same CC! It took some time to read and interpret
the rules and calculate the numbers we needed to roll; but in the end we
managed to play the CC more or less the correct way.
Alkım:
Sometimes things just don't go your way. I underestimated the Antipodes
and tried to close in on the Veteran Kazak with Morlock. After failing
that, I tried to bring down the Antipodes with the Moderators. I think
they were both correct moves but I should have executed them in reverse
order. Moderators should have acted first and tried to bring down at
least one of the Antipodes. I made the last moves now and just hope that
Reverend Moira survives...
ARIADNA TURN 3
Order count: 5 regular, 1 lieutenant, 1 irregular.
First
thing I did was to attack the Reverend Moira with Antipodes. According
to the CC rules, 3 Antipodes had a juicy +9 bonus vs Reverend Moira
whereas the linked leader had an +15 bonus against the Antipode he was
in base contact with. In the end, it turned out to be as expected:
Antipodes ate up Reverend Moira, losing one of their kind in the
process. They managed to make the "go bananas" roll though and stayed
under my command. After this CC, Nomad force was in Retreat since they
had lost %60 of their starting points.
Burak:
Finally! Killing Reverend Moira was the only thing I was after. Killing
her was important by itself; but it meant more because losing her put
the Nomad force in Retreat situation.
Relieved,
I used my remaining orders to hide my models, ordering the Line Kazaks
to go prone and covering the Antipodes in smoke again.
NOMAD TURN 3
Once
a force loses 60% of its starting points, it goes in Retreat situation.
In this case, all the models must perform an impetuous move towards
their deployment zone. Also, the linked teams are broken and lieutenant
order is no more. As a result of the Retreat situation, Alkım had to
make 5 impetuous order and after that he would have 5 regular orders.
Alkım
spent his impetuous moves with a Coordinated Order, in hopes to
minimize the AROs from the surviving Antipodes. This time, things go his
way and he managed to get rid of the Antipodes.
Paramedic
Moderator tried to climb to the building where the unconscious
Sin-Eater was lying; but his physical abilities let him down. Yes, in
Infinity, there are troops who have paramedic and doctor qualities. Such
troops have the ability to stabilize unconscious troops. There are also
engineers, who can "heal" the machines more or less the same way.
ARIADNA TURN 4
After
a very brief Nomad turn due to Retreat and lesser number of models,
Veteran Kazak put an end to the by taking down one Moderator a time.
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| Veteran Kazak is having a field day |
Alkım:
I think both players used their troops according to their initial plan.
Morlocks and Antipodes reached to the enemy to distract them. Hard
hitters played their roles or died trying. I think I lost the game on
second turn by overlooking Antipodes' AROs and letting them too close to
Reverend Moira.
Burak:
During deployment, Alkım had a huge advantage by placing Sin-Eater to
eagle's nestand pinned most of my troops to their spots. Because of that
threat, I couldn't move Veteran Kazak and Antipodes. When I lost
TankHunter, I thought the game was over for me; but after that incident,
my luck turned. Veteran Kazak's critical hit on the Sin-Eater and my
overly successful dodge/ARM rolls kept my troops alive. After Sin-Eater
was down, my only aim was to get the Antipodes to Reverend Moira. Thanks
to the ARO-moves, they managed to get there and did their job.
Man of The Match:
Veteran Kazak really shined here. He just didn't die, saving hits one
after another. He also took down Sin-Eater with a crit and a Morlock in
CC before shooting down Moderators to finish the game.
After
the game's over, we noticed that we made some mistakes during the game.
The most dire of those happened during Veteran Kazak vs Morlock combat.
Alkım declared that Morlock's CC was 17; but we found out that it is 18
which means he had scored a crit on Veteran Kazak in that CC. Probably
he forgot to check his ability scores among all that smoke, otherwise he
would have slain Veteran Kazak and put me in retreat instead.
It
was a very tiring game for us. We had to take notes and shoot photos
regularly during the game in order to remember the game afterwards. A
big congratz goes to Alkım, who pulled all the notes together to form
this battle report. I hope you enjoyed reading it...
This will be a quick update for my Ariadna force. Currently I'm in the middle of a huge project and this one was a breath of fresh air for me. In my opinion, this little guy is one of the coolest miniatures in Ariadna product range with that fancy scenic base and whatnot.
