MechaZone Final Campaign Report

Ok, the summer was somewhat uneventful, but we managed to play the final

clash last Friday.

To bring you up to date, PanMa's surviving carrier, Valiant, was hunted down
and sunk after their disastrous battle with GUGES.

Ok, the situation on Mercury was looking grim, so PanMa highups ordered some
troop shipments to pacify the situation. GUGES also smelled opportunity, and
sent an invasion fleet towards Mercury. Meanwhile, AEUG

and Norge allied and set forth to escort a cod shipment to Mars, to relieve
starving ground pounders.

PanMa goes all the way and leaves only a skeleton fleet to protect Mars. GUGES
is unsure whether PanMa is trying to attack his bases or Mercury
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deciding to wait and see.

This proves to be a mistake. PanMa forces reach Mercury well ahead and are
able to land all troops before the space battle begins. GUGES, OTOH,

must protect his troopships.

The ships feint and weave a bit, but in the end all clash in one big battle.

PanMa separates his missile destroyers to encircle and attack GUGES
troopships, GUGES light cruisers move to intercept. Both groups soon hit

40+ speeds are never again seen on the table (even though we are playing

in centimeters now).

GUGES tries an early missile attack, but PanMa interceptors shoot all down.
The spent destroyers also exit the table before any serious gunnery begins.

The major battlegroups have been heading straight for each other. Both deploy
panzers and the panzer lines clash before any serious gunnery damage is dealt.

GUGES interceptors hold valiantly, but PanMa forces are simply too
numerous, torpedo-equipped panzers slip through and deliver a telling
blow to GUGES flagship, and their only screen-3 ship. This practically
settles the battle.

PDAF's are useless as usual.

The heavies are now in range, PanMa attack panzers continue sniping, but

big guns are speaking now. Under withering beam assault PanMa loses a couple
of cruisers, but GUGES is down a battleship.

Without any screen-3 ships left, GUGES had little choice but target
the slightly more vulnerable PanMa cruisers.

A little further and the horrid drive-by stage of the battle commences.
When I get a picture of that scanned, you'll know why I think I won't play
with centimeter scale anymore...

At close range the beam batteries quickly knocked out all but two remaining
PanMa cruisers, however, GUGES also lost another battleship and some lighter
stuff.

As the drive-by ends, GUGES uses his superior thrust to get away from a
losing fight.

Meanwhile, Norge and AEUG decide to take out a PanMa base. Sending in a panzer
force to do the prep work, they hardly work up a sweat doing it, though the
base panzers put up a valiant defense.

This concludes the MechaZone 556 campaign.