BigOlCheater
Tonight was once of those Lancer sessions where you really hate RPGs with strict "Yes/No" dice results. Cause when the dice aren't on your side at all you just feel like the game is a chore.
Rogal Dorn
Yeah it was rough
Rogal Dorn
Upside you did manage to De escalate Mu which was probably good for the ongoing quest
Rogal Dorn
How tf did we lose the printer like that though I missed something
BigOlCheater
No idea. I mean I the point is we're just soldiers in a wider war but the interlude there did feel rushed
Rogal Dorn
I feel like Dave can give us more context as my plan was to screen for it and avoid losing it so I was like ???
BigOlCheater
Yeah I dunno
Rogal Dorn
I've been in your position, that one session where mu ended up getting grabbed by one of the six smoking guns was rough til y'all turned it around
BigOlCheater
Yeah, hopefully this next fight will be rough but winable via the win conditions which we know about this time.
Rogal Dorn
I feel like we can probably play tag w the ultra and kill all his friends
BigOlCheater
Yeah, my current plan next round is I go first and pull my shredder done down between the two automated mechs and let rip the anhilation nexus so the bezerker don't hit me.
Rogal Dorn
I could try to kill him if you like but that also works
BigOlCheater
If I was just one space closer to the spite, I'd go after it, but i'm not.
BigOlCheater
No, wait I DO have a path via hunter drone.
BigOlCheater
Yeah, take out the berserker first, and we'll go from there.
BigOlCheater
Since you're slowed it's best you secure the zone first.
Rogal Dorn
I'm basically going to tank this zone as going nuclear with a heavy hitter on the field is inadvisable
BigOlCheater
Yeah, s'why my current thought is to use my drones as mini mechs, keep them as close on hand as I can and spam annihilation nexus. Hopefully the bigguns try to smack the drones.
Rogal Dorn
Rogal Dorn
Results of my roll
BigOlCheater
Ahhh fair enough
Rogal Dorn
Does the annihilation nexus interface with drones?
BigOlCheater
Yes, I can project it out of any drone I own within sensors or my own mech.
BigOlCheater
and when I use it, I get a free use of it at the start of my next turn as a protocol. And I don't need to pick the same drone as the center of the blast.
Rogal Dorn
Oh gawd
BigOlCheater
Yeah, it's smart and AP, so I really should be the one trying to hammer at the big guy to piss it off.
BigOlCheater
But really my next turn the main target is the spite, really.
Rogal Dorn
Yeah definitely ruin the big guy with it
BigOlCheater
Yeah, so long as big guy doesn't activate first I can thrad the needle and catch both him and the spite in the blast.
BookWyrm
Re: the battleship, I highly suspect Winters is going to emerge at some cool dramatic moment, but Dave needed a narrative excuse for the Magarac to not be in play for this particular battle. But glad to have it (semi) confirmed that we didn't just off-hand lose the printer out of nowhere
BookWyrm
As for Ash, I believe the Spite is in her range so she might just keep herself parked and snipe it from a distance. And if it has armor, she can just lock-on and shred the thing first. Might also take out that restock drone next to it first, though
BookWyrm
like, if we really need to, she can use a quick action to lock on and shred the Forgemaster and then skirmish with the Oracle, but taking out the Spite seems the bigger priority here
BigOlCheater
Restock drone needs delt with yes please. I'm out of range and locked in place to mess with it.
BookWyrm
BookWyrm
also, speaking of restock drones...if Ash is parked in the one zone and away from everyone else, that limits the effectiveness of her restock drones. How close does Tempo have to be to move them?
BookWyrm
although to be fair, the Wisp is very fast so if need be, Ash can hop over to another control zone, drop off a drone, and skitter back into place
BigOlCheater
With in sensors (10)
BookWyrm
ah geez, you people with your paultry Sensors 10...the Swallowtail is spoiling me rotten XD
BigOlCheater
To be fair though I get a lot of bang out of that sensor range
BigOlCheater
One quick action to mess with all my drones in range is nice
BookWyrm
fair
BookWyrm
also, Colonel Winters rn: 
Neverland Mermaids rescue Peter Pan
Rogal Dorn
Lmao sensor range
Rogal Dorn
Only range I need is how far do my guns go
BigOlCheater
Well yeah but then again you also dish out 10+ damage per round fairly reliably.
Rogal Dorn
True
BigOlCheater
Like pretty much our tactics are "Make sure my doesn't get overrun, have tarsa pick off the worst support mechs."
BigOlCheater
*Mu
Rogal Dorn
Did I pull the trigger on the Meg too early btw?
BigOlCheater
No I think you made a good call there, at least one of us was going to have a blown up mech had you not
BookWyrm
Honestly, earlier than I expected but it still felt like the Right Moment
BookWyrm
The Meg was planned to be the ultimate "Fuck You" when the chips were down. It served its purpose in SPADES XD
BookWyrm
And now I have Art Ideas (tm)....
Rogal Dorn
Yeah once I saw how close we were to mission failure I decided to flip the game board
BookWyrm
yeah, fair! I think we did have as good a shot as we were gonna get, at start of session. We had a halfway workable plan. But the dice were not in our favor...
Rogal Dorn
I didn't realize how broken the plasma talons were
Rogal Dorn
Threat of 3+1 for batteries is bonkers gonuts
BookWyrm
Truth
BigOlCheater
Yup
BigOlCheater
Sorta why that mech is a war crime
Rogal Dorn
Especially when it inflicts an immobilized debuff
Rogal Dorn
KING / Gawr Gura x Calliope Mori (Cover)
what happens when you, your nhp, and your war crimes robot sync up basically
Rogal Dorn
Was definitely playing in my head as bad things happened