Stargrave Campaign game 2.

After the Botched Deal both the RAPTOR Team and Ulfgrim's Oathband made their ways back to the local starport. Just as they arrived claxons started sounding, announcing the arrival of a Pirate Fleet into the system. Perhaps some of those "local ruffians" had been pirate informants. Both Crews needed to cross the landing pad in order to get to their respective ships before the pirates arrived. They also had to avoid the civilian shuttles that might take off at any moment, knocking back everyone around them.

The starport setup using Battle Systems mat and some terrain. Buzz Lightyear ships, and some of H's resin terrain. 

Loot distribution. I placed my crew all on the right and H put his crew on my left.

Loots

H's two Recruits had been "promoted" between games to a Sniper and a Trooper.

My crew had to fill out with locally acquired robots and pet spiders. The two Recruit Robots are called Alpha and Bravo. The two Guard Dog Spiders are named Teeth and Legs.

Turn 1

I started the turn by sending Cap. Thomas, Trainee Hunter, Teeth, and Pvt. Pile up the right hand side and deploying a drone along the way.

H's Captain did similarly on my left.

MSgt Lewis also group activated with Alpha, Legs, and SSgt Hunter moving up center right.

Trainee Ana and Bravo went off to the left to try and secure one of the loot and slow down H's Crew.

Turn 2

H's First Mate was able to deploy a drone and continued to push up.

Ana and Bravo moved over to try and open the small loot crate.

Lewis sent Legs to charge H's Captain but couldn't quite make it. Alpha and SSgt Hunter put down suppressive fire.

Thomas had moved up Trainee Hunter, Teeth, & Pile to try and secure the data loot.

H's crew blasted away at the 8 legged spider reducing it to just 1 HP.

Turn 3

The turn started with Trainee Ana being struck down while trying to open the crate.

Legs and SSgt Hunter charged H's captain and started putting the hurt on him.

H's First mate moved up to secure the data loot after dropping Ana.

Teeth charged up to start hurrahing H's crew that was blocking my escape route.

Meanwhile Trainee Hunter managed to hack the data loot, someone might be getting a promotion.

Bravo moved up to try and secure the case and put fire in on H's crew.

Turn 4

One of the shuttles took off causing Teeth to fly against a wall a splat. H's crew took only minor damage from the take off. The bigger problem was the large open space I now needed to cover in order to get off the table. All the available cover had a member of H's crew behind it.

Lewis continued to provide fire support at the now exposed enemy crew.

Thomas and Pile tried to find a way to advance up with some cover.

Amazingly, the combined attack of Legs and SSgt Hunter was enough to bring down Captain Ulfgrim.

Meanwhile, Alpha had moved up to contest the central loot.

After the enemy commander had be knocked out. Legs charged at the enemy sniper to keep his accurate fire out of the fight. SSgt Hunter moved up to provide fire support.

Trainee Hunter had let Pile collect the data loot and so moved up to successfully unlock and secure the loot crate. Definitely getting promoted if he survives. 

Turn 5

I had initiative and with H's captain out of commission I got to activate both my captain and first mate before him. Thomas & Pile moved up to what little cover there was. They where followed by Lewis who also deployed a drone.

The Drone moved up to distract enemy fire.

Legs was keeping the enemy sniper busy while SSgt Hunter engaged another enemy crew in melee. 

A melee he won.

On the left had flank a Pirate ruffian had shown up. Bravo had already secured the loot and was attempting to fall back to rejoin the rest of the crew.

Turn 6

H's crew advanced in a way to cut off Bravo and engage the Pirate.

Alpha decided to abandon the central loot and move to join the crew. Time was running out as more and more Pirates where bound to show up.

In the right hand corner our two crews had agreed to a local cease fire as I wanted to get off the table and H was worried about the amount of distance his crew needed to cover.

The cease fire didn't apply to Bravo who was brought down.

H's crew also dispatched the ruffian and moved to secure the loot Bravo had dropped. 

Turn 7

More Pirates showed up on the bottom right corner.

My crew had moved everyone off the map except Alpha who was still catching up.

H's crew secured the loot and started moving off the table. 

The game ended when I moved Alpha off the table. I had secured 2 loots and lost Bravo, Ana, Teeth, and Legs. H had lost his Captain and one other crew member. In this scenario, anyone knocked out but not dead is captured by pirates and needs to be ransomed. All 4 of mine had survived but where not worth the credits to ransom so where left to the Pirates. Both of H's guys survived and he paid to ransom them. I was also able to build a robot Gunner for next game and have enough credits to higher some better replacement crew.

Stargrave Campaign game 1

I got in the first two games of a new Stargrave Campaign and we plan to play through all of the scenarios in all the books, starting with the main book. My opponent H (for anonymity) brought some terrain and a crew made from Games workshop 40K Squats. 

H's Crew "hail from Nidavalier, a remote system nestled in a labyrinth of colliding starts, black holes and asteroid fields near the galactic edge. They belong to the Duargan, the Kin, a genetically modified race distantly related to ancient Terrans....Their society is chiefly concerned with exploring the vast resources of their home system, through they are also well versed in the arts of war. An isolationist, and even xenophobic, bunch. The Duargan have...managed to largely avoid both the Last War and the Pirate Fleets that followed....Unfortunately, rich as their claims are, they cannot supply all the Kin's needs. To this end, the ruling Council outfits small expeditions manned by some of their best soldiers, engineers and tech experts in order to acquire their needs by whatever means are most Practical." 

The Ulfgrim's Oathband aboard the Ignvar's Prospect is one such crew. Lead by captain Thane Ulfgrim, veteran. First Mate Brokker, engineer. Asgrim the Subtle, Codebreaker. Sigeweard Nimblefingers, Casecracker. Bjomulf the Broad, Comando. Thorvald Bloodaxe, Sentry. Rognvald War-tooth, Trooper. Arnfinn the Quick, Chiseler. Ragni Forkbeard, Recruit. and Iric the Boaster, Recruit. 

My crew was RAPTOR Team 3 (see my last entry to learn more about RAPTOR teams and the adventures of Team 1). Team 3 is lead by Captain Juan Thomas, a Veteran. His "First Mate" is MSgt (Master Sargent) Coleman Lewis, a Robotics Expert. They are joined by SSgt (Staff Sargent) Hunter an Armroured Trooper, Specialist Hoff a Codebreaker, Specialist Trent a Casecracker, Private Pile a Trooper, Trainee Hunter (younger cousin of SSgt Hunter) a Recruit, and the only Human in the group Trainee Ana the Recruit. 

RAPTOR Team 3 had been contracted to extract a package from a contact hiding on a backwater planet in a remote system. The system and been the home of a booming mining and  manufacturing economy and even boasted a proper start port, but that had been before the Pirate Fleets. The contact was out in an industrial sector on the edge of town so Team 3 took their ship (Falconer 3) to the near by space port and proceeded on foot. Unfortunately they where not the only ones looking for the package.

Table setup. 3 physical loot and 2 data loot on the table.

 

1 data loot is guarded by a local ruffian.

The central physical loot is also guarded by a local ruffian.

The 2nd data loot is actually the small consul attached to this dish.

Everyone is deployed and ready for action.

H's Captain is deployed to my right with 5 members of his Crew.

His First Mate is on my left with the remaining 3 crew.

On my left I have Spc Hoff, MSgt Lewis, Spc Trent, and Trainee Hunter.

On my right I have Cap Thomas, SSgt Hunter, Pvt Pile, and Trainee Ana.

Turn 1

H won first initiative and moved his Captain and 3 surrounding crew members up on my right.

I did the same with Thomas and the crew around him. Thomas also successfully deployed a drone.

H's First Mate moved up and dusted the ruffian guarding the Data Loot.

Lewis group activated as well and also deployed a drone. Both Drones moved up in the soldier phase.

One of H's crew managed to dust the remaining ruffian guarding the central loot. That brought an end to turn 1.

Turn 2

At the start of turn 2 a local ruffian popped out of building after hearing all the shooting and screams of his buddies. 

I won initiative and Group activated Thomas with the others around him. Thomas climbed a ladder to get a vantage point over the right hand board center while Pile and SSgt Hunter moved up to the Data loot.

Lewis also group activated during the First Mate phase, sending his drone to impede the enemy while Trainee Hunter dashed towards the loot. Both Lewis and Trent provided supporting fire while Hoff moved to assist with the data loot on the right.

SSgt Hunter dusted the 3rd Ruffian while Thomas's Drone and Pile advanced up the right center.

Meanwhile H was trying to flank around my right while his First Mate secured the data loot on the left.

Turn 3

H took the Imitative and moved his Captain up to put fire on my crew trying to secure the Data loot. He also moved 2 crew up to the roof with on of the Physical loots in order to secure it.

In the center he sent a crew men up the building to contest Hoff who was heading the same way.

Thomas's Drone was finally brought down but it had done its job well by drawing enemy fire away from my crew.

Trainee Ana moved up to contest the far right flank. 

Lewis and Trent moved up with Trainee Hunter in order to secure the loot.

Lewis's Drone moved up to attack one of H's crew and block fire while Trainee Hunter tried (and failed) to open the case.

Turn 4

With the Data loot unlocked, SSgt Hunter moved up to provide heavy fire on H's Captain.

This picture might be out of order. At some point Trainee Ana ran and collected the data loot, then made her way back towards our table edge. 

Pile had worked his way to the roof to engage H's crew there while SSgt Hunter landed hits on H's Captain. 

Meanwhile, H had managed to get the loot crate open and picked up and positioned a crew member to provide covering fire.

In the center, Hoff was taking a beating from point blank and flanking fire. He had moved to the exposed position in order to open the loot but was met by one of H's crew.

On the left, Lewis climbed up to a roof to provide covering fire while Trainee Hunter and Trent tried and failed to open the loot.

 H's First Mate had managed to destroy Lewis's Drone.

Then H landed a grenade injuring both Hunter and Trent before another crew member closed in for point blank shots.

Turn 5

Hoff and Trainee Hunter finally got the case open.

SSgt Hunter moved towards the left to support that flank as they where taking a beating.

Hoff continued to exchange point blank fire and was getting the worst of it.

Turn 6

Another ruffian popped out of the same building as the last one.

Thomas tried to provide supporting fire to his men in the center. (By this point Trainee Ana had exited the board with her data loot).

SSgt Hunter charged H's First Mate, landing some heavy blows.

With the loot secured, Trent and Trainee Hunter fell back to some cover, hoping to start moving towards the exit.

Hoff went down in the center and H was able to secure the loot.

Another grenade and charge saw both Trent and Trainee Hunter go down.

With the crew collapsing, Pile tried to fall back but was pursued and brought down.

Turn 7

With the majority of the crew down, Lewis started to fall back.

Thomas also started to fall back while providing covering fire.

After delivering heavy damage to H's First Mate, SSgt Hunter finally started to fall back.

At this point we called the game. I ended with 1 loot secured to H's 4 and over half my crew down. In the after game actions we found out that both Trainees had survived their injuries along with Pvt Pile. Unfortunately both Specialists Hoff and Trent succumbed to their wounds and died. 

The data loot ended up only being worth 75cr but I was able to level up Lewis. With so few credits the team could only afford to purchase two Recruits, both robots, and a pair of Giant Spider Guard Dogs. Hopefully they will be enough to allow the team to make it back to the Falconer 3 in the Space Port.