ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Operator¹]

Bell provides overwatch on automaton 1 and sets her carbine to semi-auto.

[Ad Bot]

[Badger]

Walter fires on Automaton 2 with a full burst

[ZombiLoin]

Faw fires a 3 round burst at Automaton-2.

[Tayasaurus]

Tippy goes on overwatch against Combat Automaton 1.

Semi auto burst

[Qwepir]

Walter fires on Automaton 2 with a full burst

Walt's Ballistic Skill 32
Carbine Range 75
Aim provides bonus of 20
Full auto burst provides penalty of 10
Target at >50m. "Medium" range provides no bonus or penalty.
Test taken at 42
Roll: 22 - success by 3 degrees
Result: 3 hits - arm, arm, body
Magazine: 22/30

Carbine Damage = 1d10+3: Rolled 8, 6, 9
11, 9, 12 total damage
Combat automaton's Toughness Bonus 5
Machine trait provides 2 AP
Trashcan provides 4 AP
Total Damage Reduction: 7 to arms, 11 to torso
Combat Automaton takes 7 damage
HP Remaining: 5/12
You score three solid hits without much to show for it.

Faw fires a 3 round burst at Automaton-2.

Gladiator's Ballistic Skill 30
Carbine range 75
Short Burst provides no bonus or penalty
Target at >50m. "Medium" range provides no bonus or penalty.
Test taken at 30
Roll: 68 - failure
Result: Miss
Magazine: 27/30
Faw fails to connect with the target

Private Lundgren keeps attempting to pin the machines while the sergeant takes cover behind a tree and the other men finish running across the street.
Trooper Ballistic Skill 35
Rifle range 100
Suppressive fire provides penalty of 20
Smoke provides penalty of 10
Target at 30m. "Short" range provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 15
Roll: 31 - failure
Result: miss
Magazine: 14/30

Immune to pinning.

Bell provides overwatch on automaton 1 and sets her carbine to semi-auto.

Tippy goes on overwatch against Combat Automaton 1.

Semi auto burst

The robot with the strange weapon steps out from behind its cylinder, and Bell and Tippy take their shots.
Bell's Ballistic Skill 31
Rifle range 100
Semi auto burst provides no bonus or penalty
Target at 60m. "Medium" range provides no bonus or penalty
Test taken at 31
Roll: 49 - failure
Result: miss
Magazine: 27/30

Tippy's Ballistic Skill 34
Rifle range 100
Burst attack provides no bonus or penalty
Target at 60m. "Medium" range provides no bonus or penalty.
Test taken at 34
Roll: 20 - success
Result: 1 hit to head
Magazine: 23/30

Rifle Damage = 1d10+3: Rolled 1
4 total damage
Combat automaton's Toughness Bonus 5
Machine trait provides 2 AP
Total Damage Reduction: 7
Combat Automaton takes 0
HP Remaining: 12/12
Bell misses, but Tippy hits it square in the head. Its' head jerks back from the impact, but remains on its shoulders.

Combat Automaton's Ballistic Skill 50
Helian Rifle range 70
Aim provides bonus of 10
Single shot provides bonus of 10
Target at <35m. "Short" range provides bonus of 10.
Test taken at 80
Roll: 53 - success
Result: 1 hit to torso
Magazine: 11/12

Helian Rifle Damage = 1d10+8: Rolled 9
17 total damage
Private Lundgren's Toughness Bonus 3
Heavy Ballistic Vest provides 3 AP
Helian Rifle ignores 4 AP
Total Damage Reduction: 0
Private Lundgren takes 17 damage
HP Remaining: -5/12

Private Lundgren's AGI 33
Roll: 95 - failure
Result: Fire!
The robot fires on Private Lundgren, and with a blinding flash his entire body is set alight. He drops to his knees, screaming in agony while his squadmates watch in horror. The robot that delivered the shot thumps its chest and emits a triumphant howl, soon joined by its comrades.

Combat Automaton's Ballistic Skill 50
Rifle range 100
Aim provides bonus of 10
Full Auto burst provides penalty of 10
Target at <27m. "Short" range provides bonus of 10.
Test taken at 60
Roll: 73 - failure
Result: miss
Magazine: 22/30

Combat Automaton's Ballistic Skill 50
Rifle range 100
Aim provides bonus of 10
Full Auto burst provides penalty of 10
Target at <27m. "Short" range provides bonus of 10.
Test taken at 60
Roll: 26 - success by 4 degrees
Result: 4 hits - Body, Body, Arm, Head
Magazine: 22/30

Rifle Damage = 1d10+3: Rolled 1, 9, 3, 1
4, 12, 6, 4 total damage
Private Gundarsson's Toughness Bonus 3
Heavy Ballistic Vest provides 3 AP
Heavy Ballistic Helmet provides 3 AP
Total Damage Reduction: 6 to body and head
Private Lundgren takes 6 damage
HP Remaining: 6/12
Private Gundarsson comes under fire as he runs for the plant cover, and you see him stumble and fall, collapsing behind a shrubbery.
: Gunny's been hit!
: Agh-forget! I'm okay!
: Rask, get a grenade ready, frag those sons of bitches!

The other robots watch you deliberately, taking aim.

[ZombiLoin]

Faw hurriedly chokes out a few words to Bell.

"See if we can get Snowman or Scorch to get us some fire support! We've already lost a man."

Faw pops out again, takes aim, and fires a single shot at automaton 2.

[Operator¹]

: You expect them to provide air support from planes not outfitted for the job?

Bell takes a half-aimed single shot at Automaton 1 again.

[ZombiLoin]

: You expect them to provide air support from planes not outfitted for the job?

Bell takes a half-aimed single shot at Automaton 1 again.

"It's worth a shot. Better than just sitting here and getting plinked off. Even suppressive fire would help."

[Badger]

Walter aims again on Automaton-2 while he swaps to burst fire and takes another shot.

"Even if they aren't equipped I'm sure a 20 millimeter will be a lot better than our carbine rounds."

[Tayasaurus]

: "Bullstuff!"

Tippy remained determine to kick Automaton 1's shiny metal ass and aims on him with another volley of full auto burst.

[NoZoner]

The Hyperion can be seen speeding away into the distance, already beyond the HSM envelope and too fast to catch up to. Lorens punches the front console in frustration, unsure of what to do.

"CSAR, status! What the hell is going on down there?!"

[Operator¹]

: We're in a firefight with Helian combat bots, one of them has an immolator rifle of some sort.

[Qwepir]

Faw pops out again, takes aim, and fires a single shot at automaton 2.

Gladiator's Ballistic Skill 30
Carbine range 75
Aim provides bonus of 10
Single shot provides bonus of 10
Target at >50m. "Medium" range provides no bonus or penalty.
Test taken at 50
Roll: 77 - failure
Result: Miss
Magazine: 26/30

Bell takes a half-aimed single shot at Automaton 1 again.

Bell's Ballistic Skill 31
Carbine range 75
Aim provides bonus of 10
Single shot provides bonus of 10
Target at >50m. "Medium" range provides no bonus or penalty
Test taken at 51
Roll: 18 - success
Result: 1 hit to right leg
Magazine: 26/30

Carbine Damage = 1d10+3: Rolled 10
13 total damage
Deployment Pod provides 12 AP
Total Damage Reduction: 19
Combat Automaton takes 0 damage
HP Remaining: 12/12
Shortsword's bullets plink off the cylinder the robot is standing behind.

Walter aims again on Automaton-2 while he swaps to burst fire and takes another shot.

Walt's Ballistic Skill 32
Carbine Range 75
Aim provides bonus of 10
Burst provides no bonus or penalty
Target at >50m. "Medium" range provides no bonus or penalty.
Test taken at 42
Roll: 5 - success by 3 additional degrees
Result: 2 hits - body, body
Magazine: 19/30

Rifle Damage = 1d10+3: Rolled 2, 10
5, 13 damage
Trashcan provides 4 AP
Total Damage Reduction: 11
Combat Automaton takes 2 damage
HP Remaining: 3/12
Walter hits the robot through the trashcan, dealing light damage in the process.

Tippy remained determine to kick Automaton 1's shiny metal ass and aims on him with another volley of full auto burst.

Tippy's Ballistic Skill 34
Rifle range 100
Aim provides bonus of 10
Full auto burst provides penalty of 10
Target at 60m. "Medium" range provides no bonus or penalty.
Test taken at 34
Roll: 55 - failure
Result: miss
Magazine: 15/30
Tippy's shots fail to connect.

Tordenbarn places Automaton 4 in his sights and opens fire.
Cpl Tordenbarn's Ballistic Skill 35
MG Range 100
Aim provides bonus of 10
Full Auto Burst provides penalty of 10
Target at <50m. "Short" range provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 45
Roll: 1 - success by 5 degrees
Result: 5 hits - Head, head, arm, body, arm
Magazine: 59/75

MG Damage = 1d10+3: Rolled 7, 10, 10, 4, 8
10, 13, 13, 7, 11 damage
Deployment pod provides 12 AP
Total Damage Reduction: 7 to head, 7 to arm, 19 to torso
Combat Automaton takes 2 damage
HP Remaining: -3/12
The machine staggers back as its arm is mangled beyond use. Its rifle drops from its useless hand.

Rask lobs a grenade at Automaton 1.
Cpl Rask's Ballistic Skill 35
Grenade launcher Range 60
Aim provides bonus of 20
Single shot provides bonus of 10
Target at >30m. "Medium" range provides no bonus or penalty
Test taken at 65
Roll: 62 - success
Result: 1 hit

Frag grenade damage = 2d10X: Rolled 8, 3
11 damage
Total Damage Reduction: 7
Combat Automaton takes 4 damage
HP Remaining: 8/12
It lands right at the machine's feet, significantly damaging its legs and torso.

One of the medics attempts to pitch in with their submachine gun, but doesn't land a hit.

Private Lundgren's Will 32
Roll: 92 - failure
Result: Panic
Fire damage 1d10 per round: Rolled 10
10 damage
Toughness bonus reduces by 3
Pvt Lundgren takes 7 damage
Private Lundgren's agonized screaming trails off as his flesh is boiled away by the helian gun's aftereffects, his lifeless corpse continuing to burn.

Undaunted by the incoming fire, the first machine steps out again and fires on Sergeant Nylund.
Combat Automaton's Ballistic Skill 50
Helian Rifle range 70
Aim provides bonus of 10
Single shot provides bonus of 10
Target at <35m. "Short" range provides bonus of 10.
Test taken at 80
Roll: 10 - success
Result: 1 hit to head
Magazine: 10/12

Helian Rifle Damage = 1d10+8: Rolled 7
15 total damage
Total damage Reduction: 3
Sgt Nylund takes 12 damage
HP Remaining: 0/12

Sgt Nylund's AGI 33
Roll: 66 - failure
Result: Fire!
Nylund is struck in the head, and the fire quickly spreads to the rest of his body.
: forget! Help! Help!

Combat Automaton's Ballistic Skill 50
Rifle range 100
Aim provides bonus of 20
Full auto burst provides penalty of 10
Prone target provides penalty of 10
Target at <50m. "Short" range provides bonus of 10.
Test taken at 60
Roll: 91 - failure
Result: miss
Magazine: 22/30

Combat Automaton's Ballistic Skill 50
Rifle range 100
Aim provides bonus of 20
Full auto burst provides penalty of 10
Prone target provides penalty of 10
Target at <50m. "Short" range provides bonus of 10.
Test taken at 60
Roll: 77 - failure
Result: miss
Magazine: 22/30
Automatons 2 and 4 fire on Tordenbarn and Gundarsson, but the bullets fly over their head.

[Tayasaurus]

: "forget you!"

Tippy takes aim and performs a single shot attack on Automaton 1

[Operator¹]

: Eriksen, see what you can do about the fire!

Bell fires a half-aimed semi-auto burst at automaton 1.