Sci-Fi skirmish game using Planet 28 Rules and Alternative Armies HOF figures.

 

The Planet M'lanQuidox 17 is a water world which way back in time had a large asteroid smash into it. This created a HUGE crater, causing a crater wall to emerge from the planet's waters. The wall was incomplete at one point allowing some tidal ingress and egress. The crater walls are precipitous and soar above the waters. Plant life survived the asteroid impact and evolved over many millenia and tended to clump together on the more sluggish waters of the crater, forming floating islands of vegetation, some many hundred of metres long and wide, that drifted here and there on the torpid currents. Storms sometimes caused these floating islands to break up, and sometimes force amalgamation of smaller islands. Low clouds cover the crater on most days.

On discovering the unique planet The Commonwealth of Planets ruled that it should be set aside for scientific study  and under NO circumstances should it be exploited for it’s natural resources (if any). Any breaches would be punished to the full extent of the law.

Sector 29 Scientific Research Facility -JV was established on a quadrilateral “island" with a 6 cabin and laboratory drop on one of the few days that allowed airborne access, and a small team of technicians and scientists were installed. All communications, scientific, technical and personal were sent via a Geo-Stat satellite.

The weekly report has not been received for 6 weeks so a small team of Star Force Alpha Marines with Engineer and Medic  have been dispatched to investigate and effect any repairs and report back.

The team arrived and carefully entered the area. The structures were checked, no signs of life, the satellite dish was smashed and the generator out of fuel. The 2 storey lab building looked as if it had been ransacked IT hardware had been ripped out. The Engineer of the team started fixing the generator and then she set to work on replacing the satellite dish atop the building. The medic and team leader carried on searching the building, carrying on until they emerged on the roof where there was nothing but some of the huge vines that had started to already to engulf the building.

 

There being no other signs of life the remaining marine joined the Engineer on the roof of the Comms cabin and they quickly got the dish fixed and a test message broadcast to the Geo-Stat satellite  whilst the message was uploading the marine heard strange noises from the landing stage area and moved onto the adjacent building and took cover in the vines. His com-link message alerted the other members of the team.  A small submarine had surfaced at the landing stage and destroyed their boat !

 

 

A landing party disembarked and advanced into the station. Mean while the Alpha Force Team leader and the Medic climbed down the vines at the back of the Lab. Building and headed off to join the rest of the team on top of the cabin next to the Comms cabin. The leader’s idea was to catch the Landing Party  whilst they were as far away from the sub as possible. As the leader and medic passed behind the buildings the Orange Jump Suited landing party advanced cautiously  through the central open area of the Station. After  they had passed by the Marines, it occurred to the leader that maybe they could take the submarine ! The Engineer and the Marine shimmied down the fine to the back of the bin and passed along to the corner of the accommodation line. They could see a sentry  up on the ‘sail’ and opened fire, causing him to drop out of sight. They sprinted for the sub and swarmed up and overcame the sentry. In an instant they had dragged the casualty below and sealed the outer hatch.

The shooting alerted the landing party who sprinted back towards the sub but were caught in the open by fire from the Team Leader and Medic. Two went down immediately another  soon wounded The Landing Party leader and another returned fire, wounding the Medic.4made it back to the sun but found the hatches locked and realised their folly as the Engineer submerged the vessel with them still banging on the hatch. Three drowned in the process and the one survivor made it ashore but just hid in the undergrowth.

 

The Team leader and the Medic were now in a two against two scrap and managed to down one of their opponents and the leader barricaded himself in an accommodation cabin . The fight was over

Subsequent investigations showed that the Agrax Corporation was prospecting the planet with the hope of extracting the nutrient rich waters and converting it into high grade fertilisers for sale to food production planets in the sector. The Agrax Corporation was dissolved and members of its executive board sent to penal colonies.

 

A good game with my son who was over from Australia.