Mission #6: Got Milk?.
The next mission was a bit of a milk run. Feels like I need to keep doing these to get the money and figure out how to ween myself off the the banks. It feels like its been too long since I was born into the Battletech universe for me to still be dependent on their sweet nourishment (and giving them those interest payments).
That and I need to get my mechs potty trained. Okay. Maybe I am taking that infant metaphor pun too far?
I am going to balance this one for both salvage and milk … I mean credits.
Same lance set up as last time. A couple of my warriors leveled up so I was able to get two with the sensor lock skill. Part of me feels like having two might be overkill (?) but I like having the flexibility of which scout has to spend it’s shooting phase locking a target.
Everything is looking swell.
And another one of those ‘caught them out in the open missions’.
Again, I have left and right options and again I split my scouts to give me quick intel on where the bad guys are. The right scout, the Locus I believe, pulls in the two contacts noted while the Spider stays just behind the ridge line.
I opt for a ‘double reserve’ to let the enemy approach while I move my mediums up to the left scout.
A bit more activity and the engagement plan is coming together. the right scout is burning, I mean melting, a path in the snow while the left scout moves out to a pincer location. Plan will be to sensor lock the first/closest target with the right scout and hit with one of the medium mechs.
With that quick KO (particle cannon versus vehicle ends the discussion quickly) then hold the rest of the force in reserve to respond to the enemy movement.
They opt to close the distance, allowing me to bring overwhelming firepower down on the last two bandits.
And that is that. No interesting salvage. Let’s pack up and get back to base.
Fin.