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Again, we had this one easy. Our pilots were Elite, Elite, Veteran, and Elite; with two clan pilots in there. Theirs were all Regular. We have two clan mechs, and a 60 ton Greyhound with a massive payload. They didn’t. A Pixie, Wolvie, Commando, and Valkyrie is not a bad scout lance, actually. It didn’t rock sucky stuff like a Wasp or anything. And all of their stuff appeared to be conventional upgraded mechs with weapons like ultra AC5 and pulse technology. But we just owned that battle.
And this should continue. This is a battalion of forces just as well equipped as this scout lance.
For example, Gram Company as a whole has 5 clanners, one more clan Mech (Vulture), and then mechs like a Thunderbolt, Salamander, Zeus, the assault Viking, and a Cestus. It’s a pretty strong company. And that’s just one company of three.
So yes, numbers aren’t that bad in their favor, but we have the skill and mechs to oust folks quickly from the battlefield.
Apr 5 – After establishing a parameter and moving around scouting, we have approached one of the lesser defense positions in the area. It rocks around 8 mechs, and a level of pickets, mines, walls, and more. In the last few years, they have acquired two mobile artillery units as well and put them in this small area.
They are well defended. It’s about 40 miles from Rehope proper. Inside are a lance of fire support mechs, and another of large, in-your-face, brawler style mechs. They were chosen well. The brawlers have some long range capability to help support the artillery and fire support mechs as we close, but then have the ability to move forward and protest our arrival to keep us pinned so that we can be hit by missiles and other long range weapons. They only have two medium mechs in there messing around, the rest are heavier units.
This is a smart, well thought out defense, at the crossroads, and with two ways into/out of the fort so they can retreat if needed. Their tanks appear to be using Arrow IV artillery, an artillery with a powerful damage capability, a small range, and with semi-guided missiles. They can lock onto a target that is painted with a piece of equipment called TAG (Target Acquisition Gear). My guess is that some of those brawlers have TAG, and they may try to light us up.
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