Log entry of Lieutenant Smith:
The Board of Enquiry took place during the Winter months. Both of the Guardship Captains, in their mitigation, stated that Solar flares and atmospheric conditions had a negative effect on the scanning equipment.
The Staff on duty could not get a proper fix on the object moving erratically and wether it was a meteor.The Duty Officer did not not deem the siting serious enough to send an alert message.
After Abukkin, the Aliens disappeared into the mountains. Some weeks later reports came in of sporadic attacks against the mountain communities.
The different social groups of Esperans do not communicate or socialize readily. News travels very slowly. Therefore we have only recently learnt of a crash site in the mountain region to the North.
The Colonel reckons we are low on aviation fuel until the next ship comes from Earth. The fuel for the APC,s is local and synthed from plants. It also takes the pressure off the use of electric motors. It’s going to be a long trip by truck.
We have also been able to recruit some local civilians who know the mountains.
That took some negotiating. The locals agreed to do the job on condition we would supply them with weapons to replace their bows.
God help us if we fall out with the Esperans. They are getting good with replicating some of our kit. The Guardships have now recalibrated the scanners and have broadened the bandwidth.
The question is: If an alien ship has crashed, was it just an isolated situation or was it a Scoutship?
Now we have to to find the ET’s that are here before they cause more damage——————-.
THE EARTHFORCE:
4 stands of Armoured Cars: Defence: 4 pts. Attack: 5 pts. = 9pts x 4 = 36 points.
4 stands of Squad APC Hovercraft ( “blowers”): Defence: 4pts. Attack: 5pts. = 9pts x 4 = 36 points.
4 stands of Regular Infantry = 1 x Command stand: Defence: 3pts. Attack: 4pts. = 7 points.
1 x Heavy Weapons stand: Defence: 3pts. Attack: 4pts. = 7 point
2 x Regular Infantry stands: Defence: 3pts. Attack: 3pts. = 6pts x 2=12pts
4 stands of Half-Track Lorries: Defence: 3pts. Attack: 3pts ( Light Guns).= 6pts x 4 = 24pts.
( The Half-Track Lorries carry 1 stand of infantry or civilians).
4 stands of armed Civilians: Defence: 1pt. Attack: 2pts. ( side arms and Rifles) = 3pts x 4 = 12 points.
Points Total= 134 pts.
THE ALIENS:
15 stands of Warrior Infantry: Defence: 3pts. Attack: 3pts. = 6pts x 15 = 90pts.
5 stands of Infantry Heavy Weapons: Defence: 3pts. Attack: 4pts = 7pts x 5 = 35pts.
2 stands of Heavy Tanks: Defence: 5pts. Attack: 5pts = 10pts. x 2 = 20pts.
4 Heavy tracked Armoured Personnel Carriers: Defence: 5pts. Attack: 4pts = 9pts x 4 = 36pts. ( 2 squads)
2 stands of Light Anti-Air Tanks: Defence 4pts. Attack: 4pts = 8pts x 2= 16pts ( can fire at ground targets.)
1 Command Tank: Defence: 4 points.
2 Command Stands: Defence: 3pts. Attack: 4pts = 7pts x 2 = 14 points.
TOTAL: 215 points..
Gamer Notes:
This is a tough scenario for both sides because of the restrictive terrain, as mountains would be. The stands cannot be moved into or through a hill square where the square is partly containing a terrain piece. Here is an example
Hills can be moved over if they are stepped. Hills cannot be moved over if two levels are “ stacked”.
Vehicles cannot move over or through a square containing another vehicle friendly or otherwise.
. (See the Additional Instructions blog for extra rules I’ve added since playing this battle)
* The battle is played for 8 Game-Turns OR until one side suffers a collapse in Morale.
Credits:
The Alien figures are from Ground Zero Games Kra’vak range The Regular troops( not shown but riding in the blowers) are Brigade Miniatures as are the civilian Militia. The Blowers are also Brigade Games and together with the Infantry come as a”Mercenary Company”.
The Terran Half Track vehicles are from the Bradley Range of Alternative Armies. The Alien Heavy tanks ( a conversion) and the Heavy APC’s are Knight Orbital vehicles on Etsey.
The Alien static Artillery were scratchbuilt from buttons. cardboard, plastic tubing and paper clips ( oh! and bra fasteners from Tescos!).
The Light Tanks are from Scourge Minatures ,again on Etsey. I converted them to Light Tanks, using bra fasteners, paper clip and plastic tubing from paint brushes.
The Brown shelters were painted containers from my Grandson’s Pokémon figures that were discarded.
The Crashed Ship were made up of odds and ends from the scrap box!. The mountainous scenery, I’ve made from packing pieces.
Some if the squares hill pieces were made by Brian of Essex Miniature. The rest were made from sections of cork tiling. One large mountain piece was made from a block of styrene.
The blaze markers are from Litko.
The stands are 40mm square picture framing cardboard. The 40mm mdf round stands are from Minibits.
FIRE MARKERS.
This is something I’ve been experimenting with. Most modern weapons use smokeless ammunition. These are made from 40mm x 10mm strips of acetate with markings applied with a permanent marker.
