December 3152

Snow Raven Watch Deployment Orders

From: Loremaster Klaus Harper

To: Star Colonel Fitzwilliam Darcy

Date: 21 December 3152

Your mission is to explore the Outworlds Wastes to locate and destroy pirate forces.

Prepare your expeditionary team for immediate departure.

Executive Officer’s Log, Bennet’s Badgers

It is finally the day. We’re assembling Bennet’s Badgers in a parade formation to give Lizzy and Darcy a sendoff as they deploy. The Snow Ravens will be joining us before we head out on patrol together.

Scenario - Sendoff

The R-team is preparing to depart when a pirate raid develops.

Defender

Elizabeth Bennet, Star Colonel Fitzwilliam Darcy, Jane Bennet, and Star Captain Charles Bingly must be included in this scenario. Lydia Bennet, two points of standard Elementals, and a heavy BattleMech recovery vehicle are also included. Additional members of Bennet’s Badgers and Expeditionary Star Alpha may be included to reach the desired scenario size.

Attacker

Select an equivalent BV (PV) of Pirates from the Master Unit List to match the defender’s force. This force may have at most 1 heavy BattleMech and may contain combat vehicles.

Map

Select 1 hilly desert map for every 4 units in the scenario, rounded up. Jordan Wais has thin atmosphere and 1,14 g. Use the rules from BattleTech: Tactical Operations Advanced Rules for these conditions.

Objectives

Track the BV destroyed by each side; the unit to land the final shot gets credit. If Star Commander Charles Bingley and Jane Bennet both target a pirate unit before it is destroyed, then the BV for that unit counts for both sides, no matter which force destroys that unit.

Score Lore Points for the following accomplishments

  • Snow Raven units destroy more BV than Bennet’s Badgers (3 pts)

  • Star Commander Charles Bingley and Jane Bennet both target the same unit (1 pt each)

  • Named character dies (-3 pts)

  • Scale your Lore Points by the ratio (BV of Star Captain Fitzwilliam Darcy, Star Commander Charles Bingley, Jane Bennet, and Elizabeth Bennet) / (BV of defenders used in the scenario)

Special Rules

Pirate forces will withdraw once half of their units have been immobilized or destroyed.