A friend and I recently brought out the old
SST stuff for a "throwaway" one-off game last Saturday. We played at 1,250 points, and while we realized later that the Arachnid list was incorrect (2 tankers at less than 2,000) it was a rather fun game. I played as the Mobile Infantry while my friend (Doomsday B here on Dakka) played as the Bug Menace.
I also apologize for the unpainted glory of the
MI models, hunting down the metal Light Armor infantry was a nightmare and they've sort of been pushed to the side and forgotten.
Opening Deployment
While there's only 30 Arachnid Warriors on the field, the Bughole and tunneling markers immediately frighten me.
Our objective was for the
MI player to have more models in the 2' by 2' square on the bottom left at the end of the game to win.
The Mobile Infantry Line.
"Kill 'em All!"
The Arachnid opening deployment
"The Only Good Bug Is A Dead Bug!"
SICON's Top Agents survey the battlefield
The Warrior bugs scuttle outwards, commencing the assault
The Mobile Infantry waste no time blowing up the enemy bughole to bits
An
MI view of the Arachnid advance (Note the Hopper Bugs hiding behind the trees)
The Mobile Infantry waste no time blasting a few bugs.
Nothing more beautiful than an Arachnid "Kill-Pile"
Another survey of the battlefield
The tunneling markers inch increasingly close to the
MI line
The Arachnid Warriors also begin to close in
The Warrior Bugs charge in, promising carnage to the hapless
MI infantry
"TAAAANKER!"(s)
The brave
MI stare the beast down
"This'll make great footage for prospective recruits!"
The Hopper bugs swoop in. Things are not looking good for the
MI
An aside. Arachnid Warriors are hit on a 5+, and the rightmost unit of
MI had around 18 shots. Confident in probability, I expected to see at least 4-5 dead warriors. The Dice Gods had other ideas
Now you see them...
Now they're dead...
Sadly, this picture doesn't do the situation credit. The
MI launch a Pee Wee atomic, taking out a few Warrior bugs, a Tanker, and the luckless
MI Lieutenant
"Mmm... love the smell of dead bug"
The last of the
MI forces hole up in the bunker, while the Tanker smashes against it.
The bunker reduced to slag, the Lt dead and the SICON agent burnt by Tanker Acid, an unknown Corporal takes a final stand against the Tanker.
"Bug Souffle"
And the resulting
MI casualty pile (nowhere near as pretty =/)
Overall, a pretty fun game, with an interesting result (We decided to naturally call this game a draw) We're looking forward to posting larger games with our Marauder, Power Suit and Exosuit forces, and the Plasma Bug and Brain bugs make a deadly appearance...
