MechWarrior 3/Operation 3 Mission 6

Operation 3, Mission 6

BRIEFING

Sorenson: This is the last leg. This structure is a Clan fortress. It can hold up to a Clan Trinary. I doubt if it really does, but keep a sharp lookout. And this is the spaceport. It is the vital link in Corbett’s logistics. Destroy it. Freeze video.

Sorenson: And this, my friends, is another naval laser. If we hope to get off this rock, that needs to come down.

Sorenson: Able is the fortress. Baker is the spaceport. The naval laser tower is just beyond Baker.

Sorenson: Colonel Taylor of the Eclipse sends his luck. He’s pulling back the rescue team to swing more towards Keith Andrew’s last known route of travel. The Clan DropShip at the spaceport may be our only chance to get off this rock, now.

Sorenson: That’s it. Let’s make this work.

DURING MISSION

Female Jaguar: Striker Star, protect the fortress. Gamma auxiliaries, hold your line at the spaceport. Any warrior who falls without taking a stravag enemy with you will never pilot a ‘Mech again.

Sorenson: All yours, Lance Leader.

Male Jaguar: Striker Star, engaging!

Female Jaguar: Open the gates. I will deal with these upstart Freebirth myself.

Male Jaguar: …at your best. We defend the spaceport, or we die trying.

Male Jaguar: Overheating! Star Commander!

Sorenson: Good job, Lance Leader. That clears the field.

Ratache Osis: No, it does not.

Gunner: Oh, you have got to be kidding!

Epona: Ugh! It’s him. Bloody, cocksure son of a…

Ratache Osis: My death has been assured. At least one of yours will be, too, I promise. The DropShip is being withheld a safe distance away. Defeat me, and it may be recalled. One at a time, if you have the courage, or all together. It no longer matters.

Ratache Osis: Lock up, you miserable machine! Lock up!

Ratache Osis: Not again! This cannot be happening again!

AFTERMATH

Epona: I don’t trust him. What say we pump a few more shots into the wreckage.

Sorenson: Stand down! Osis is dead. We have bigger problems. Hold on. Incoming transmission. Lance Leader, you’re gonna want to hear this. Patching in.

Corbett: This is Galaxy Commander Brendan Corbett. I relieved Star Colonel Osis of his command when he failed to contain you in Durgen. He had no authority to offer you batchall, amusing as it was to listen to. There will be no return of the DropShip.

Alan Mattila: I don’t believe this.

Gunner: I do.

Corbett: You only denied me the pleasure of hunting Osis myself. Once I am finished with this annoyance in the mountains, I will return for you. The DropShip has relocated out of your reach until the bulk of Smoke Jaguar forces land. You are stranded…cut off…dead.

Mattila: Cheery, ain’t he?

Taylor: Damocles Commando, this is Captain Taylor. I’ve confirmed with our JumpShip that Jaguar forces have, in fact, arrived and are burning hard for Tranquil. I’m pulling back the rescue teams. We have to touch off as soon as possible to escape. I don’t see how we can make the rendezvous. I’m sorry, gentlemen.

Sorenson: Taylor may be giving up on you, but I’m not, so don’t give up on me. I’ll find us a path to the north.