{"id":4589,"date":"2021-10-09T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/?p=4589"},"modified":"2021-10-08T23:09:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T22:09:58","slug":"stargrave-return-to-fenris-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2021\/10\/09\/stargrave-return-to-fenris-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stargrave – Return to Fenris – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Andy tells the story of the Fenris mission from a different perspective.<\/em><\/p>\n

Following the limited success of the first mission to Denides, Captain Ash de Vere set about recruiting replacements for the losses incurred, Eric Olsen, the First Mate and Sam Fleet, a pathfinder had both died during the mission.<\/p>\n

The first order of business was to recruit a new First Mate, by a stroke of fate the best candidate Ash could find was also called Eric, Eric Bamburgh. After some reflection Ash decided the crew really ought to have the services of a medic, and fortunately the new first mate knew of a good man called Dan McIntyre who was looking for a new berth.<\/p>\n

As the two new crewmen were settling in Patina dZuk, one of the Runners Ash had engaged for the last mission, popped in and asked Ash if he could stump up 20 credits to get her the kit needed to become a Chisler. As there was just enough credit remaining after hiring Dan, Ash agreed.<\/p>\n

So, with the crew back up to full strength Ash set about looking for a new mission to bolster the funds. An information broker Ash knew, Germy, had heard some rumours that Fenris, site of one of the major battles in the Robot Wars, was awash with loot and knew of potential buyers for any physical loot that Ash could find. What Germy didn\u2019t say was how many robots remained active on the surface of Fenris\u2026<\/p>\n

Ash and Eric tried to lay some groundwork for the mission, Ash tried his usual sources for some high impact ammunition, but none was to be found. Eric tried greasing some palms to get possible rival crews to look the other way at an opportune moment, but there were no takers.<\/p>\n

As Ash set the shuttle down on Fenris he briefed his crew. He would lead one team with Charlie, Jen and Patina. Eric would lead a second team with Skel, Honu and Offler. Bren, who hadn\u2019t fully recovered from the injuries sustained on Denides, and the new medic Dan would be the reserve.<\/p>\n

As the teams approached the ruins of a town movement could be seen, several of the Fenris incident robots were moving around the town.<\/p>\n

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Robots patrolling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition, more than one other crew were in the town, no doubt searching for the same loot Ash was after.<\/p>\n

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Tony’s crew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ash led his team towards Tony\u2019s crew, an ex-military group judging by their uniforms, activating his Energy Shield as he moved through the ruins.<\/p>\n

Ash\u2019s team took up positions behind some rocks while Patina got out her lock picks and set to opening a promising looking crate. Success, unlocked!<\/p>\n

As Patina checked the contents of the crate she came under fire from Tony\u2019s crew, presumably trying to take her out so they could steal the loot.<\/p>\n

Ash and the rest of the team returned fire at Tony\u2019s crew, giving the wounded Patina the chance to fall back with the loot behind some rocks to take her out of the line of fire. Ash told Patina to get back to the Troubadour with the loot as fast as she could; he and the rest of the team would cover her retreat.<\/p>\n

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A wounded Patina and her loot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the ensuing firefight Jen was knocked down, and as Ash and Charlie were both hit before they pulled back. As did Tony\u2019s crew, perhaps they realised they weren\u2019t going to be able to catch Patina.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Eric\u2019s team had moved into a different part of the ruins searching for more loot.<\/p>\n

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Eric’s team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As they advanced a clanking sound was heard behind them, one of the Fenris Robots had appeared from the ruins and opened fire, wounding Skel.<\/p>\n

Bren and Dan came to Skel\u2019s aid, Bren taking out the robot, and Dan treating Skel\u2019s injuries.<\/p>\n

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Dan treats Skel with Bren on guard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Honu took up a position to guard the right flank, hunkering down amid the ruins. Good job too as another Robot moved up, firing on and wounding Honu. In returning fire Honu managed to put the Robot down.<\/p>\n

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Honu takes cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While Honu dealt with the robot, Eric and Offler advanced through the ruins, finding another crate.<\/p>\n

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Offler and Eric find some loot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As they examined the crate they came under fire from Stephen\u2019s crew, who seemed to be concentrating their fire on Offler. She was knocked down, and after returning fire Eric pulled back to some cover, with Bren coming up to support.<\/p>\n

For some unknown reason the crew that had shot Offler then fell back, giving Eric the chance to go back and unlock the loot.<\/p>\n

With Bren and Honu covering, Eric grabbed the loot and headed back toward the ship, only for yet another robot to appear! Luckily for the crew the combined fire of Bren, Honu and Eric managed to take down the robot, although Bren\u2019s carbine jammed part way through the firefight.<\/p>\n

With the robot down Eric\u2019s team made good their escape, with Eric wondering why they had been robot magnets.<\/p>\n

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Eric’s team fall back with the loot (White skull denotes Bren’s jammed Carbine)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once the Troubadour had left orbit, Dan took Jen and Offler into the sick bay to treat their wounds. Jen was remarkably uninjured after all, it must have been just a glancing blow, but Offler was in worse condition. Dan managed to patch her up, but she would not be back to full strength for a while.<\/p>\n

Back at the Grand Market, Ash decided not to fence the loot through Germy, he hadn\u2019t forgiven Germy for the bad intel on the robots. After some haggling, he found buyers for the Trade Goods and Alien Artefact they had recovered, netting 250 and 400 credits respectively. Ash would have to think on how to spend the hard-earned credits.<\/p>\n

The crew gained 135 experience from the mission, enabling Eric to advance a level.<\/p>\n

The End ???<\/em><\/p>\n

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Andy tells the story of the Fenris mission from a different perspective. Following the limited success of the first mission to Denides, Captain Ash de Vere set about recruiting replacements for the losses incurred, Eric Olsen, the First Mate and Sam Fleet, a pathfinder had both died during the mission. The first order of business … Continue reading “Stargrave – Return to Fenris – Part 2”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,32,7,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-28mm-wargaming","category-game-reports","category-science-fiction","category-stargrave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-crew-of-the-Troubadour-2.jpg?fit=800%2C312&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9A5LG-1c1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4590,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4589\/revisions\/4590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}