Coming back after testing Code One

Finally I can present a new report, since work and some C1-testgames took some time in the last weeks.

I had a chance to challenge @Commoner1 with ASA on TTS this time, which should be a nice chance to check my general skill-level for the moment, since he is one of the best players in our regional meta. The mission was Safe Area.

Smalllink
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GROUP 1 6 1
HUNZAKUT (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18)
DRUZE (Fireteam: Haris, X Visor) Combi Rifle, Chain-colt, D.E.P. / Viral Pistol, CCW. (1 | 25)
DRUZE (X Visor) Shock Marksman Rifle, Chain-colt / Viral Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27)
DRUZE Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle + Pitcher, D-Charges / Viral Pistol, Knife. (0 | 25)
PEACEMAKER Heavy Shotgun + AUXBOT_3 / Electric Pulse. (0 | 21)
AUXBOT_3 Heavy Flamethrower / Electric Pulse. (- | 4)
FUGAZI DRONBOT Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8)
BRAWLER Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16)

GROUP 2 7 1
BASHI BAZOUK Submachine Gun, Chain-colt / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 12)
DRUZE (CH: Mimetism) MULTI Sniper / Viral Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 32)
DRUZE HMG, Chain-colt / Viral Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 29)
BRAWLER Doctor (MediKit) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 20)
BRAWLER Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Submachine Gun / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 17)
KAMEEL Hacker (EVO Hacking Device) Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 25)
FUGAZI DRONBOT Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8)
PATHFINDER DRONBOT Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 16)

5 SWC | 299 Points

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Since not all tools worked out in the previous games but I now know this list quite good, I took it to the final test without any changes in the game plan. The Hunzakut should prepare everything for a good wrap-up in turn two and three, while the Bashi Bazouk should be the last surprise of the game.

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REGULAR (Minelayer, Sensor) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 14)
REGULAR Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12)
REGULAR Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10)
BAGH-MARI Lieutenant HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 26)
BAGH-MARI (Minelayer) MULTI Sniper Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 28)
MACHINIST (SAA) (CH: Mimetism, Multiterrain) Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18)
PALBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3)
DART Submachine Gun, Viral Tactical Bow, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Shock CC Weapon, Knife. (0 | 34)
NAGA Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 30)
NAGA Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 30)
DRÃGAO Hyper-Rapid Magnetic Cannon, Heavy Flamethrower / . (2.5 | 94)
CRABBOT Flash Pulse / Knife. ()

6 SWC | 299 Points

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To make things a bit easier in TTS, COmmoner1 decided to stick to 10 orders and some standard-ASA stuff. The core-team with Bagh Mari MSR as defensive anchor and the HMG as back-up, three camo-troopers to give a hard alpha-strike or a good midfield defense and a Dragao to finish everything off what shows a head.

The table was quite balanced with nice spots to hide and good spots for defensive teams in your DZ. Unfortunately the mat was a bit distracting and made estimations about quadrants and distances a bit easy, but as you will see, it can be intriguing!

I forgot to note who won the Lt-roll but I went second in the south DZ.

The Bagh Mari-team went in the center with the sensor-regular and the MSR on the rooftop. The machinist showed up on the right, guarded by two camo-markers inside the DZ. Near the center line one camo-marker was deployed on each side and one in the center.

I expected a Tikbalang, so I wanted to stay as safe as possible but avoiding mines against my links. The left side was only covered by a Fugazi and the Peacemaker, while the Auxbot was overwatching the central entrance to my DZ. Here my haris-team hid in the back, reinforced by my MSR-druze. His two comrades in the core-team deployed in the center, while the right flank was covered by my Pathfinder and an other Fugazi. The Bashi Bazouk should enter on the far right.

Instead of the Tikbalang a Dragao appeared in the center. I deployed my Hunzakut a bit forwarded in the center to help out with an additional repeater if things come close.

ASA 1: Against some overclocked REMs, the Dragao and all camos advance coordinated, with the central one getting discovered as a Naga KHD. The left marker trips into the building and into repeater-range of my Peacemaker, only to get his internals fried by my KHD in return. Dart starts on the right, finishing both REMs and my LT hiding on the roof there. My Lt does one wound on her in return. The Dragao tries to knock out my MSR but gets stunned and retreats.

Druze 1: I can't slice the pie properly to pick the TAG first and then a link-member, so I take the actual resources and deal with Dart and the Naga. The Hunzakut places a repeater next to the Naga KHD and after my KHD finishs him, shoots down Dart on the right console. I use the last order to recamo him in a bad position. Group two has nothing properly to do, so I waste my AHD (maybe the biggest mistake in this game) and boost him forward, trying to cross the LoF of the Bagh Mari MSR. Of course he dies. If he had survived, I hoped for a raised pressure on the far left quadrant with a unit hard to access in close quarters. My REMs get overclocked.

ASA 2: The Bagh Mari MSR shoots down my Hunzakut. The Dragao tries to fulfill his role as killing machine but gets stunned critically by my MSR. An additional crit knocks the Bagh Mari MSR unconscious then, but the paramedic get him back to life with a thrown medikit. With the last order, the Bagh Mari takes his revenge on my MSR.

Druze 2: The Dragao is in a quite forwarded position, where I can get him out of cover in good range and without being harmed by the Bagh Mari. Unfortunatly, my ressources are limited now. The SMR (new Lt) advances on the left and gets critted by the Dragao. My Brawler Doc tries to imitiate his panoceanian counterpart but kills the MSR druze with a thrown medikit.

ASA 3: The Dragao knocks out the Peacemaker, Brawler Doc and Druze HMG, while the core-team advances and spreads out a bit.

Druze 3: I estimate the Dragao standing a bit more in the near right quadrant, so we could tie on quadrants if I get something in the near left and if my Bashi Bazouk could clear out the Regular on the far right. With Rescue as classified, my Fugazi could score it on the nearby Peacemaker. A nice plan and a nice faile of everything: The Fugazi gets shot by the Dragao and the Bashi Bazouk fails to shoot the Regular. After measuring things out, the Dragao was in the near left, so the plan was not possible from the beginning.

So I loose 4-0 against Commoner1. I could not use the pretty good position after round one but was too afraid of the Dragao to just sit back in my DZ and wait for things to come. Wasting my AHD broke my neck totally here, since he was the only tool handling the Dragao later on. Since the Bagh Mari MSR was not accessable with my units (even the HMG would have been shooting at 35% against 40% for the Bagh Mari), I should have been chasing the TAG with a repeater (maybe a pitcher from my KHD?) and burn down the link with the Dragao. Besides that, I got quite lucky against all the big threads ASA could field.

Since the Druze HMG only did one good action over the past five games and did nothing in all the other games, I would switch him for something cheaper and upgrade the Peacemaker, since I really fell in love with buffed REMs lately and hope that he can be the second turn one beatstick and problem-solver I need. But here I will need more experience with his deployment, just to avoid getting shot if I go second.

Two losses in a row

Two days off, so there was space for two new games. Unfortunatley, I could not continue the good results of the previous game and had to learn again how mistakes can be punished. But have your own look at it:

Since Vassal opens some opportunities regarding terrain, we wanted to play a less frequent mission in our group: The Armory. I wanted to explore the potential of my previous list a bit more and since Scarface is not very helpful in this mission, the list was fixed.

Druze Bayram Security
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GROUP 1 7 1
HUNZAKUT (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18)
DRUZE HMG, Chain-colt / Viral Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 29)
DRUZE (X Visor) Combi Rifle + Light Grenade Launcher (E/M and Nimbus) / Viral Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 27)
DRUZE Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle + Pitcher, D-Charges / Viral Pistol, Knife. (0 | 25)
BRAWLER (Multispectral Visor L2) MULTI Sniper / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 28)
BRAWLER Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16)
BRAWLER Heavy Rocket Launcher / Assault Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 18)
FUGAZI DRONBOT Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8)

GROUP 2 6 1
HUNZAKUT (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18)
SAITO TOGAN Combi Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, EXP CCW, Knife. (0 | 39)
KAMEEL Hacker (EVO Hacking Device) Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 25)
FUGAZI DRONBOT Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8)
PATHFINDER DRONBOT Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 16)
BRAWLER Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Submachine Gun / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 17)
KAMEEL (Minesweeper, Repeater) Electric Pulse. (0 | 8)

6 SWC | 300 Points

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Saito should break the door as early as possible and then should be a big problem to solve. In the end, the remaining link-members should secure the room. Everything else was just distraction. After I knew I would go vs Dashat, the strategy remainded the same, but with more concerns regarding McMurder and a linked MSV2 MSR...

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GROUP 1 9 1 1
BOUNTY HUNTER Submachine Gun, Akrylat-Kanone / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12)
BOUNTY HUNTER Submachine Gun, Akrylat-Kanone / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12)
BOUNTY HUNTER Submachine Gun, Akrylat-Kanone / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12)
BOUNTY HUNTER Submachine Gun, Akrylat-Kanone / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12)
BRAWLER (Multispectral Visor L2) MULTI Sniper / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 28)
VALERYA GROMOZ Hacker (Hacking Device UPGRADE: Expel) Combi Rifle + Pitcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 21)
ZÚYŎNG (Fireteam: Haris, Tactical Awareness) Combi Rifle + 1 TinBot B (Deflector L2) / 2 Breaker Pistols, Knife. (0.5 | 34)
RUI SHI Spitfire / Electric Pulse. (1.5 | 20)
McMURROUGH 2 Chain Rifles, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Templar CCW (AP + DA). (0 | 32)
FANOUS REMOTE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8)

GROUP 2 5 3
FANOUS REMOTE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8)
FANOUS REMOTE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8)
SAITO TOGAN Combi Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, EXP CCW, Knife. (0 | 39)
GHULAM Doctor Plus (MediKit) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16)
GHULAM Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12)
LIBERTO (Minelayer) Light Shotgun, Chain-colt, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 10)
NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3)
LIBERTO Submachine Gun, Chain-colt, D.E.P. / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 8)
WARCOR (360º Visor) Flash Pulse / Stun Pistol, Knife. (0 | 3)

5 SWC | 298 Points

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This list was not new for my, but what else would Dashat field than this? With the Libertos and Fanous', it would be very hard to cripple the order pool and reduce the scoring-potential. The appearance of mines would threaten my Hunzakuts and Saito a lot, so especially Saito should stick to the Armory and to the mission...

We had to create an artificial objective room with the gate-markers as doors and no walls inside. I underestimated two firelanes while setting it up, what made it a bit harder during the game (one directly north of the OR, the other one south from it, from green DZ to the damaged truck in the yellow one).

I won the Lt-roll and took the first turn. Dashat took the yellow DZ.

My REMs scattered in the north around the buildings with Fugazis out to stun whatever there will come (I forgot about total immunity on McMurder here). Since I accessed the south to be better to defend and easier to leave, my link went there with the MSR more centered, the HRL and HMG on the crate on the bottom and my Lt and KHD behind the silos. I went back to a former mistake with important link-members scattered to far away to activate and have everyone in ZoC. The EM-Druze went on the rooftop in the center, Saito started north behind the central building in marker state. One Hunzakut reinforced the REMs in the north.

Mc Murder was deployed in the north, guarded by two camo-markers and two Fanous'. The ABH-link with MSR-Brawler scattered around the truck with the MSR out to ARO and one ABH looking into the center around the truck. Centered there was the Rui-Shi with her haris-guys, a single Ghulam and a Doc. The south was overwatched by a Fanous and a Camo-marker on the roof.

Hoping for a quick assassination of Cpt. Obvious, my Hunzakut went into the south room, while something was deployed in hidden deployment on the other side. The ABHs get crazy things this time (smoke grenades, HMG and MSR on the one guy overwatching the center).

Druze 1: My link is pinned down by my bad deployment and the ABH-link and in the north there was nothing to deal with the Liberto and McMurder, so I went for the mission. After two orders hitting on the door, Saito forced himself into the room and grabbed something out of the panoply. I had to choose between a good position and marker-state and decided for the marker-state. Group one tried to breakt free, loosing the HRL-Brawler instantly. My EM-Druze climbed of the roof and I rebuild a full link. Nothing more happened.

Dashat 1: McMurder approached my north flank, killing my Hunzakut, a Fugazi and a Pathfinder, but getting shot in the process. The MSR-Brawler oneshotted the opposite door of the OR and the Rui-Shi shredded Saito in one burst. The north Liberto took a walk and went into the OR, grabbed some cevlar out of the panoply and entered suppressive fire.

1-0 Dashat

Druze 2: Now I see the open door of the south building, allowing my Hunzakut to enter the DZ in the south (that would have been necessary turn 1...). The camo on the roof did nothing, but Saito Togan revealed himself after the Hunzakut had finished the Fanous. A quick shot of the LSG stopped him without problems. The Hunzakut shot down a Warcor, exposed himself for a full burst on Cpt. Obvious and went back into cover. All AROs where saved, but also the two hits on Cpt Obvious. My ABH as back-up for the OR started, but failed to kill the Liberto on distance.

Dashat 2: The HMG-ABH forced my Hunzakut prone, followed by the Rui-Shi trying to kill him but got wrecked during the try. The Zuyong finally ended this. Now the Ghulam Doc started and revived Saito. Both took positions in the south.

2-0 Dashat, since I wanted to recover in turn three and take the full points then.

Druze 3: My AHD finally killed the Liberto in the OR, but then had to take a risky run towards the open door without surviving. My HMG-Druze sacrifices himself to the ABH-link but critting down the MSR-ABH, which opens the path for my MSR. Advancing and shooting, he survived the path into the OR, but got nobody killed on his way and remained in a bad position.

Dashat 3: The ABHs shot their way into the OR and looted the crates.

6-0 for Dashat with not many chances left for my troops after turn 1. If Saito had entered the OR a bit faster, he could had marker-state and a good position, what would have been a pain to deal with. Even my assassination-run in turn 2 was risky, so nothing to be proud of. In the end, I am missing a secong big gun here to lower the pressure on my core and have a second vector, if the Hunzakuts can't solve my problems.

Since there were no opportunities to try out the Fugazis as active flashlights, I wanted to give it a second try. After the previous game, I was a bit doubtful about the potential of my list in area-denial missions, but I had seen my HMG killing many stuff before, so why not this time?

Druze Bayram Security
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GROUP 1 7 1
HUNZAKUT (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18)
DRUZE HMG, Chain-colt / Viral Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 29)
DRUZE (X Visor) Combi Rifle + Light Grenade Launcher (E/M and Nimbus) / Viral Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 27)
DRUZE Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle + Pitcher, D-Charges / Viral Pistol, Knife. (0 | 25)
BRAWLER (Multispectral Visor L2) MULTI Sniper / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 28)
BRAWLER Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16)
BRAWLER Heavy Rocket Launcher / Assault Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 18)
FUGAZI DRONBOT Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8)

GROUP 2 6 1
HUNZAKUT (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18)
SAITO TOGAN Combi Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, EXP CCW, Knife. (0 | 39)
KAMEEL Hacker (EVO Hacking Device) Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 25)
FUGAZI DRONBOT Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8)
PATHFINDER DRONBOT Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 16)
BRAWLER Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Submachine Gun / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 17)
KAMEEL (Minesweeper, Repeater) Electric Pulse. (0 | 8)

6 SWC | 300 Points

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My infiltraters should be the silent reserve in points, while my link should force things down and advance this time. Something I am not comfortable with, but the HMG was the only real gun available and so the only solution for the given tasks.

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GROUP 1 8
BAGH-MARI Lieutenant HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 26)
BAGH-MARI (Fireteam: Haris) Combi Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 23)
MACHINIST (SAA) (CH: Mimetism, Multiterrain) Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18)
BAGH-MARI (Minelayer) MULTI Sniper Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 28)
REGULAR Spitfire / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 16)
REGULAR (Sapper) MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 22)
REGULAR Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12)
REGULAR Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12)

GROUP 2 5 1
GUARDA DE ASSALTO MULTI Rifle + Heavy Flamethrower, D-Charges + AUXBOT_2 / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 49)
AUXBOT_2 Light Shotgun + Eclipse Light Grenade Launcher / Electric Pulse. (- | 6)
REGULAR Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10)
REGULAR Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10)
KNIGHT OF MONTESA Paramedic (MediKit) Boarding Shotgun, Chain-colt / Pistol, DA CC Weapon. (0 | 39)
DART Submachine Gun, Viral Tactical Bow, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Shock CC Weapon, Knife. (0 | 34)

6 SWC | 299 Points

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Long time no see for ASA, so I was not directly prepaired for the firepower Bagh Maris could unleash and how nasty MSV 1 and mimetism can be. This increases the big problem Druze has: Creating beneficial FtF-situations. The list itself is straight forward with only the camo-troop as surprise. I was not that concerned of the Montessa, since it would have been easy to handle with EM-grenades or my HMG.

I reused this table, since it performed well. After loosing the Lt-roll, I had the opportunity to get my known DZ and needed to go first.

The link scattered in the center, A Fugazi and the Pathfinder on the left side, an other Fugazi on the right. One Hunzakut on the left inside a building, Saito behind the fallen silo.

The left side saw the Montessa Knight and the MSRs of the Regular-core. The right was overwatched by the Bagh Mari-haris and the Guarda de Assalto hid on the right.

I placed the second Hunzakut inside the right building and a camo-marker was placed in the center in return.

Druze 1: Group one was reduced by two orders, but I saw the chance to clear both links with my right Hunzakut. He advanced, tried to suprie the Bagh Mari HMG and got critted. So plan B was needed. Saito needed three tries to set up smoke, so that my MSR could kill the Regular MSR and then recieving a crit from the Bagh Mari MSR. I rebuild my link and set the EM-Druze in suppressive fire.

ASA 1: The central camo-marker advanced and reached my link without being killed but got discovered as Dart. I forgot to change face my HRL-Brawler while she tried to kill Saito. Finally she entered suppressive fire. The haris advanced and the HMG took a shot on my HRL-Brawler bot got burned down.

Druze 2: My AHD shot Dart in the back, taking her one wound. Now she was facing everyone, so I tried to reach her with Saito and got critted. My HRL died to by trying. Before giving up, my Kameel could enter base-contact with her, so that my KHD could kill Dart in CC (well...that idea came far to late...).

ASA 2: In LoL not much could happen. The Montessa killed my EM-launcher who was unable to land a grenade on him. Everything else advances a bit where possible.

Druze 3: Things were clearly lost, but needed to be played out. My right Fugazi ate a crit from the Mashinist in his try to free the way for my Kameel into the center. I rebuild my link and the HMG starts his way forward, killing a Bagh Mari, the BM MSR and the Montessa. The REMs on the left advance.

ASA 3: Everything advances, while the Regular spitfire ate a crit of my HMG.

I control my near sector, ASA has his near and the middle: 4-1.
Not really played bad, but diced somewhere, what makes it not so beautiful here. The Hunzakut had the potential to pull out many teeth in turn one or even my MSR could have opened the path for the other one after that. But with all the mimetism scattered and the MSV 1s, the best what Druze can offer for this puposes gets nullified quite fast. These tools were missing while killing Dart, so there was an unusual idea needed, which came too late and saw too many troopers dead. Outnumbered and outgunned, it seemed quite hard to stay in the game.