Combat Zone - New World City

FFL pour troops into New World City to exploit the gap driven by their Armour.  Commonwealth Marines dig in ready to defend their turf

Commonwealth Command Group, Comms drone and two Hector class Battle suits in support

 Commonwealth Marine platoon with organic gun drone suport

 The Commonwealth ad-hoc defense group

 FFL Command with gunspider support platoon

 MD-260 assault platoon

 FFL Assault group.  FFL platoon have MD-209s in organic support role

Objective: The FFL are trying to exit the table on the other side, or break the Commonwealth Marine defense line

 Commonwealth Marines dig in

 They occupy key blocking points to to the next road junctions

The thin green line

FFL prep behind cover of buildings

Observing for enemy movement

Robotics get in place

And break out, dashing for cover of the next building

 

Robots suppress Marines

  Gunspiders follow in support 

 

Gunspiders KO a support platform

Battlesuits dash forwards to counter the robots

Robots are heavily suppressed

FFL TU plus MD-209 robots move to support the advance

And pour highly effective fire into the Marines in the opposite building

In return, the Marines KO a FFL TU plus both MD-209s

MD-260s pour into a building to form a firebase

MD-260s score a KO on a marine TU, a gun platform

And suppress another Marine TU

In return the Marines KO most of the advancing MD-260s

Gunspiders prove deadly in reply

Hector Battlesuits move in

Hectors lay waste to MD-260s and Gunspiders

FFL advance to consolidate their firebase

FFL pour fire into Marines on the other flank

Remaining FFL dash forwards for cover

FFL mow down more Marines causing them to break and run

Battlesuits clan up Gunspiders, only the control team remains

MD-260s reinforce their firebase

And pour fire into Marines, KO-ing more TUs and causing a morale failure, the Marines are in full retreat

FFL control one flank, Marines platoons are in retreat.  Hector battlesuits are the only thing holding back a full advance

Commonwealth Marines are bloodied. Hectors provide cover fire while Marines fall back to the next layer prepared of positions

Result : A solid win for the FFL, the armour breakthrough has been succesfully exploited.  FFL have a firm base in New World City.

One of the reasons why I prefer the Crucible rules to Dirtside for large battle is that I think DS abstracts infantry too much.  I think the Crucible rules have enough depth that, although it is primarily an armoured combat game, even the infantry get some flavour and 'personality' with different weapons and fighting approaches.

After all, its fun to break out a bunch of infantry every now and then, especially as I have a couple of companies of them!

Next, time for something completely different...