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____In a consecutive deployment, we go to fight additional Inheritor units from the Antithesis Creed to try and determine who betrayed the Interstellar Expeditions group.
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Mission 091: 2.5 Skull Battle ____
Employer: Interstellar Expeditions ____
Target: Antithesis Creed ____
Biome: Badlands
Lance: Valkyrie (Behemoth), Wolvie (Medusa), Fives (Gramps), Fearless Leader (Glitch)
Report: Professor Bambo joins us on the ground, and we advance to eliminate all enemy units. VL-5T (pilot kill), CDA-2A, VND-1SIC, COM-1D. Another dropship arrives, and deploys a lance of mechs that freaks out Bambo as he directs us to immediately evacuate, and to not engage the new arrivals. We clear out the blocking force, and I decide to sensor lock one of the new arrivals to get a look at what has Bambo so worried. I'm able to identify a modified Archer before my lock breaks. I decide to engage the unknown units to cover Bambo's evac. A stealth Annihilator opens fire with Gauss Rifles, missing Behemoth and making me reconsider. Glitch knocks down the Archer with a hail of LRM fire, and we see a stealth Warhammer maneuver for a shot, which misses. A shimmering form which coalesces into a Rifleman slams into Behemoth, catching her with a melee attack. However, Medusa uses the opportunity to leap behind it, destroying the mech with a focused shot through the rear armor.
____ This seems to check the advance of the mystery units, and while the Archer gets up and moves back into a mineral field, Behemoth is able to jump behind the Warhammer and severely damage its center torso before its stealth field reactivates. Glitch then jumps close enough to sensor lock it, allowing Behemoth to finish it off before leaping away. Professor Bambo extracts successfully. Wolvie is hit by Gauss Rifles before maneuvering clear, but thanks to my sensor locks and Glitch's LRMs, he is able to jump back and knock out the Archer's pilot. That leaves the Annihilator, and we work to focus fire on the pilot in order to recover the mech intact. ARC-UNK (pilot kill), WHM-UNK, RFL-UNK, ANH-UNK (headshot).
Damage: Wolvie,
RT reduced to 5% structure, Double Heat Sink destroyed. Reputation with Antithesis Creed reduced to Disliked.
Salvage: CDA-2A assembled and moved into storage, and I'm cursing my poor salvage rights for this contract.
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____Professor Bambo is already underway to the jump point by the time we get back into orbit. Farah suspects that the 'ghost' mechs were using a Null Signature System that was developed for SLDF special forces. Interrupting the command staff's conversation, we are contacted from the surface by a representative of the Evil Eye organization. In brief, they are aware of what has gone on, and have an offer for us that relates to a lostech cache owned by the Antithesis Creed. After some consideration, I decide to accept the Eye's request for assistance.
____As for payment from IE, we receive 1 million C-Bills, and an LRM15+++. Our reputation with them increases to Honored, and our reputation with the Antithesis Creed drops to Hated. Yang begins repairing Wolvie and loading the improved LRM15 into Fearless Leader. However, a few days into the work, we receive a call from the Evil Eye.
Event - Gangplank: Darius hands me a note. The Evil Eye has contacted us and indicated that Mouth is an Inheritor spy that betrayed Professor Bambo's location. We need to deal with this before we are offered a job with Evil Eye. Sumire reviewed the logs and confirms that there have been unauthorized calls made around the times that Mouth was off duty. I decide to confront Mouth with the evidence.
Result: Mouth realizes that his cover has been blown and shoots at us before we can get close enough to restrain him. He is eventually subdued and sent out an airlock.
Mouth dies - killed while resisting arrest. Morale -3.
____We receive a communication from Evil Eye a few days later, presenting us with a flashpoint contract in the Sebha system. The mech refits and repairs are completed, and we hire a pilot to take Mouth's place. There are a few opportunities available in this system, so Darius begins lining up contracts.
New Hire: Merch - 2/4/2/6, Sensor Lock