In this post we have a MechaStellar Battle Report using the draft VER10 rules. We have a lunar battlefield with a good amount of terrain and some high end machines battling it out. In this cross-universe SRW style game, Haman Karn heard a rumor that the golden mobile suit was still fighting and she went to investigate thinking that Char was still alive. Instead her forces encountered the infamous White Doll
Keep reading for the battle report.
Forces
Note: MechaStellar has frequent monthly balance updates so the points for these armies likely do not match anymore.
On the AEUG side we have three Skilled Pilots
- Turn A Gundam – Loran Cehack
- Gundam GX9900 – Garrod Ran
- Ex-S Gundam – Ryou Roots (upgraded and given Hot Blooded)
Supporting them is a Rick Dias and a (Lunar) Land Combat Hyaku Shiki Kai with basic pilots.
For Neo Zeon we have an Ace and 2 skilled pilots
- Quebeley – Haman Karn – Ace
- Gabthley – Jerid Mesa – Overconfident
- Gabthley – Mouar Pharaoh – Kind Hearted
They are supported by a WaDom (Turn A) and four Zaku IIIs.
The Argama and Deussula Command Ship are there for set pieces, they aren’t used until the next test series.
Round 1
Rushing to the front lines the WaDom fires its antiship mega particle cannon (MPC) into the Turn A Gundam, barely grazing it. The GX-9900 moves up and fires back, later a Rick Dias finishes it off while setting itself up to provide Support DEF to its allies.
Meanwhile the Zaku IIIs are steadily advancing and using cover and Support DEF to withstand attacks from the Hyaku Shiki Kai and the Ex-S. Although the Ex-S is particularly lethal and burns through a lot of Neo Zeon’s momentum to save their units.
The Gabthleys move to the right side of the board, harassing the Ex-S and capturing the center Control Point (CP). Haman Karn’s Qubeley captures the 3rd CP for Neo Zeon, her funnels cause minor damage to the Turn A Gundam.
Round 2
A Zaku III engages Turn A in melee and survives. A Rick Dias moves over to support Hyaku Shiki Kai + Ex-S but is sliced in half by another Zaku III.
The Hyaku Shiki Kai is engaged with by the 3rd Zaku III, the 4th one is shot down by the Ex-S. Miraculously the Gabthley’s survive a zeal onslaught by the Ex-S.
The GX-9900 fires on the Qubeley who easily avoids the attack. The round ends with the Qubeley contesting the central control point with the GX-9900.
Round 3
The Quebeley gets initiative and blindsides Turn-A Gundam destroying the White Doll.
The GX-9900 tries to take revenge but fails to bring down the Quebeley.
Meanwhile the Ex-S is blasting away and taking out two Gabthleys and a Zaku III this turn.
The last Zaku III finishes off the Hyaku Shiki Kai.
Round 4 & 5
The Qubeley defeats the GX-9900, the Ex-S destroys a Zaku III. Then in the final Round unloads on the Quebely finishing it off.
After Action Report
Neo Zeon Player
I had a fun time, the Zaku III armada held up well, the Quebeley remains a battlefield menace and can still go toe-to-toe with Tier 3 units like the Turn A and overspecced Tier 2 units like the Ex-S. Unfortunately I didn’t have a chance for Haman to dismember another Hyaku Shiki.
The WaDom was severely weak in this game and we had to immediately adjust its Antiship MPC. Other than that, things went well on my side, a very close game. Next time I’ll have to take out the Ex-S early before it shoots me off the board.
AEUG Player
We tested the GX-9900 before and it did just fine in this game, but unfortunately didn’t get a chance to use its satellite cannon thanks to losing initiative in Round 4. We finally got a Hyaku Shiki Kai mini and we’re happy to use it.
Wow, the Ex-S is powerful. It has some weaknesses on defense, but as long as you let it play the shooting game it completely dominates. This game showed to us that the quad beamcannons on its shoulders had been balanced poorly and was one of the kickoffs for realizing that the points costs for Rapid Fire upgrades is undercosted, this will be fixed in a future update.
(Also I forgot the Ex-S could transform -_-‘)
As for the Turn A, well the whole point of this series was to test out the White Doll. While it had very impressive defensive capabilities, it’s offense was not very impressive. This game had us rethink several weapons including the hyper hammers and Turn A beam rifle’s output which gave a very different outcome in the rematch game.
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