These old plastic Warzone Bauhaus could pass for some sort of lightweight Brotherhood of Steel troopers.
For the first game we did a straightforward Artefact Hunt scenario. Getting word of the uncovering of a valuable piece of ancient technology in the ruins of south central LA, the Brotherhood have despatched a squad of light infantry. These are the people at the top of the page. Their stats were as below:
Officer Q2+ C2 Leader, Pistol (80 pts)
Rifleman Q3+ C2 Assault rifle, Frag grenade (48 pts x 7)
Heavy Weapons Q3+ C2 Rotary gun, Frag grenade (55 pts)
Officer Q2+ C2 Leader, Pistol (80 pts)
Rifleman Q3+ C2 Assault rifle, Frag grenade (48 pts x 7)
Heavy Weapons Q3+ C2 Rotary gun, Frag grenade (55 pts)
However some locals also got wind of the find and set out to find it. They were Big Derek and his crew of bikers. Derek also 'persuaded' a few of his less tooled-up neighbours, the Chequers, to come along.
Derek Q3+ C2 Leader, SMG, Frag grenade (74 pts) - That is him, on the left.
Bikers Q3+ C2 Assault rifle, Frag grenade (48 pts)
Q3+ C2 SMG, Frag grenade (44 pts x 3)
Q3+ C2 Flamethrower, Frag grenade (40 pts)
Chequers Q3+ C2 SMG (38 pts x 3)
Q3+ C2 Pistol (34 pts x 2)
Derek Q3+ C2 Leader, SMG, Frag grenade (74 pts) - That is him, on the left.
Bikers Q3+ C2 Assault rifle, Frag grenade (48 pts)
Q3+ C2 SMG, Frag grenade (44 pts x 3)
Q3+ C2 Flamethrower, Frag grenade (40 pts)
Chequers Q3+ C2 SMG (38 pts x 3)
Q3+ C2 Pistol (34 pts x 2)
Here we see the battlefield from the Bikers' side.
Derek's plan, insofar as he had one, was to use his well-armed bikers to hold the strong position on his right - the line of sandbags between the two tanks. The Chequers would meanwhile look for the artefact. Derek himself took up a safe position - I mean, a commanding central position - behind the large ruined building in the centre. You can see him. and some of the metal boxes which might contain the artefact, in the picture below.
Before long one of the Chequers, Skinny Pete, announced that he'd found a crate. Derek went to have a look (below) but came under fire from a couple of Brotherhood troopers and dashed back behind the building. Meanwhile the rest of his biker posse were forming up along the sandbag wall and the other Chequers were fanning out to look for boxes.
Stuff was about to get real along that sandbag wall as the Brotherhood formed up to attack it, their rotary gunner spinning up his gun and trundling a fresh wheelbarrow of ammunition alongside.
First blood, however, went to Farrah (above, about the centre of the barricade) who blazed away with her SMG and killed one of the Brotherhood troopers. This seemed only to annoy them and the rotary gunner cut loose, hosing the length of the sandbags with a torrent of fire which killed one of the bikers and caused the others to duck behind the storage towers or dive to the ground for safety. Before the cloud of smoke and debris cleared trooper O'Malley ran smartly forward and lobbed one of his tattie-chapper grenades over the sandbag wall. The results of this were predictably unpleasant for the bikers as two were killed by the blast and the remaining two, Big Bob and Pamela, ran for it.
The Brotherhood's alarmingly easy disposal of the bikers' seemingly impregnable postion turned out to be something of a sideshow. Skinny Pete had opened the box on top of the ruined building and discovered a complicated looking and clearly valuable device. He scampered down the stairs and Derek called to him to get it safely away. The rest of the Chequers began to make their way back to cover Pete's retreat.
Pete's moment of triumph was short-lived as one the remaining Brotherhood troopers shot him dead as he ran for safety. The artefact , fortunately still in a nice protective case, went flying but before any of the Brotherhood could lumber forward and get it one of the Chequers, Liz, grabbed it up and ran off with it. Derek then rapidly exfiltrated himself, followed by Big Bob, but the unfortunate Pamela was gunned down as she fled in an obvious act of senseless violence by the Brotherhood.
So on the face of it a success for Derek. But heavy losses amongst his bikers, and the inevitable follow-up by the Brotherhood to retrieve the artefact, could well lead to changes in the power structure in south central. Will the Chequers try to throw off their vassal status? Will others in the area, notably the Yardies or Sir Bufton Tufton's Gentleman Scavengers, try to challenge Derek's hold on power?
So on the face of it a success for Derek. But heavy losses amongst his bikers, and the inevitable follow-up by the Brotherhood to retrieve the artefact, could well lead to changes in the power structure in south central. Will the Chequers try to throw off their vassal status? Will others in the area, notably the Yardies or Sir Bufton Tufton's Gentleman Scavengers, try to challenge Derek's hold on power?