By using the plethora of gamer finders on the web, I was
able to collect
together some Car Wars players for a duel at my apartment on Sunday
Sept. 16.
The Division 20 duel was held in the Aspen Octagon and the duel report is
below.
Participants
SE Gate - Erin Mulder - Freeman-designed Navigator '51 - lux, electric w/HTMS,
2 crew, BTed 3 linked RLs front, GS back, 2 PFEs, CA Driver and PP, IcDs
L&R.
SW Gate - Eric Freeman - BAMF 20 - midsize, gas, BTed twin RLs R w/Incend ammo
and HRSWC, spoiler/airdam, ramplate, dischargers on 4 sides, CA PP, Driver,
& Gas Tank, IFE, composite front and right, plastic elsewhere, hubs front
and BR, guards back.
WS Gate - empty
WN Gate - Joe Reynolds - Hvy Trike, electric w/HTMs, RLs w/AP ammo R&L, extra
mags for both with normal ammo, HD Shocks, HD Brakes, No Paint windshield, ABS,
Mag switch, SD back w/BT, targeting computer, guards on all wheels, hubs on all
wheels, plastic, paint dischargers.
NW Gate - Curt Lindmark - Wyvern Flight - sloped luxury, electric w/HTMs, FCGS R&L,
VMG front w/HD ammo & SWC, spoiler/airdam, heavy composite armor front,
plastic elsewhere, hubs front, guards back.
NE Gate - Jeff Dodge - Freeman designed Trapshooter, midsize, electric w/HTMs,
two VMGs front smartlinked to turreted VMG, all w/Incendiary ammo, hubs front,
guards back, targeting comp, Body Armor, IcD back.
EN Gate - Aaron Mulder - sloped compact, gas, ramplate, spoiler/airdam, hubs
front, guards back, 2 AP HRs front concealed and BTed, fake weapon back, fake
weapon elsewhere??, Composite Ramplate, plastic everywhere else.
ES Gate - Helen Mitchell - Freeman designed Desperado '51 - Sedan, electric
w/HTMs, BTed ATG front w/APFSDS and extra mag w/HEAT, FE, HD Shocks, HRSWC,
FCGS left, dischargers B and L.
Action:
On the South side of the arena, Eric went straight out of his gate, while Erin
turned West towards him. Eric's shots did some damage to Erin, while Erin's
shots bounced off the metal on Eric's right side. On the East side of the
arena Aaron headed straight out. Helen turned towards him, but upon
discoering how difficult the shot was, decided to hold her fire in turn
one. On the North side of the arena, Curt and Jeff turned towards each
other in a joust. Jeff's VMGs bounced off Curt's metal, but did
enough damage to keep Curt's handling low. Curt hit Jeff a few times and nailed
him wth a FCGS as he went by.
The struggling to control Curt was skimming the wall North and West of the far
NE pillar and was zeroed in on by Aaron. Aaron got hit by a FCGS and Curt
turned head on to the ram to make it more painful, but Aaron survived it and
easily cleaned out Curt (Aaron 40 pts (full kill) Curt -40).
Helen took an ineffective shot as Aaron zoomed
past her front and drove to the East of the NE pillar. To the South, Erin decided that the matchup
with Eric was not favorable and veered off back towards the east. Eric
continued North, while slightly veering East to keep Erin in his arc.
Erin's metal armor kept the damage form Eric's blows low and her Gunner/Driver
PFE combo was able to put out fire mods.
Meanwhile, Erin closes on Helen and does serious
damage to Helen's left side. Eventually, Eric was able to score two hits
with the RLs on Erin on the same turn and set her on fire...the Driver's PFE
didn't put it out (the gunner had fired at Helen that turn)...roll for
explosion.....no! One more turn and the RLs were toast, but Erin's Driver
put out the fire immediately on the next turn.
Jeff and Joe engaged each other on the mid-east part of the arena. Joe dropped
a paint discharger that Jeff narrowly avoids. Jeff scored a hit on Joe's
left and a couple hits to Joe's rear as he passed by. Joe contined east
to the center of the arena while Jeff went South away from the action.
After the ram with a much reduced speed, Aaron's left side was nailed by
Helen's ATG as she pursued him from around the pillar with Erin about 7"
behind.
With Joe zooming to the middle right in front of him, Eric broke off engaging
Erin, and aimed his car at Joe. Prior to impact, Joe turned his car
towards Eric for a combined ram speed of 100mph. The ram obliterated Joe
and only slowed Eric (Eric full kill +40 pts, Joe -40).
Erin continued to pursue Helen and in one vicious salvo took off half her rear
armor. To discourage further pursuit, Hel laid down a FCGS stream in
front of Erin. Erin was able to avoid the cloud, but had to break off
pursuit to do so. Helen's speed caried her past the still relatively slow
Aaron.
After the ram, Eric turned west to keep his guns trained on the the passing
Aaron, Helen, and Erin (in that order). This left his left side open to
the Jeff who had completely turned around. Jeff nailed him with all three
guns and ripped off all the left armor to score internal hits on CA. Eric
turned South to protect his breached side, while Jeff approached from the South
and Helen and Aaron approached from the North. Erin stayed to the North
part of the arean out of the action. As Hel passed she laid down a flame
cloud gas stream that nailed both Eric and Jeff, keeping the handling of of
both cars low. After this she veered West towards Erin who was turning
South from the far NW corner of the arena.
Jeff's weapon fire bounced off Eric's front. Aaron and Jeff zoomed by
each other just North of Eric. After passing Jeff (who effectively
blocked Eric), Aaron did a D6 turn into Eric for a 70mph T-bone. Eric
BTed RLs only scored one hit on Aaron and only did a measly 4pts of damage (and
more importantly only a D1 hazard, that Aaron's HD Shocks ignored). The
ram eliminated Eric's RLs and some CA, but Eric survived the collision.
The D4 hazard (D3 w/shocks) from the
collision forced a critical control roll form Aaron....and he made it.
The loss in speed form the collision, put the two of them at similar speeds.
In the NW, Hel and Erin exchanged fire and mutually destroyed each other in in
an AAIE manuever (head on ram). (Hel and Erin 0)
As Eric and Aaron zoomed South, Eric forgot to use his back ice discharger while
Aaron was in a precarious position. Jeff had completely turned around again
with a few skids here and there. His guns scored hits on Eric's back from
across the arena. Eric veered East, while Aaron veered West behind the
barrier for cover. In an attempt to get around the SE barrier to provide
cover, Eric did small D1 manuevers, however despite needing only a 2's twice,
he failed twice. The first skid gives Jeff a great shot on Eric's rear
and Jeff cleans off the last of that armor and breaches the gas tank. The
second loss of control forces a skid head-on into the south wall. The now
Stationary Eric is now easy prey for Jeff to finish. (Jeff+ 40, Eric 0)
Aaron goes along the West, while Jeff goes along the East as they prepare for
their final showdown. Aaron uses the obstacles to prevent himself from
being fired upon. He uses the cover of the East middle barrier to close
on Jeff from the West. As he close for the T-bone. He just barely gets
within point blank range for Jeff's turret. Jeff's turreted VMG hits, and
does a 12 for damage....taking off the last of Aaron's ramplate and doing
internal damage. Aaron T-bones Jeff, but without the extra ramplate
damage, Jeff's power plant is taken out, but his driver survives...Aaron is
easily killed (Aaron +20, Jeff +60), giving victory to Jeff Dodge in the
inaugural TSAR duel.
Results:
1st - Jeff Dodge - 67 pts (full kill Eric, full kill Aaron, mobility killed,
survival, checkpoints (3))
2nd - Aaron Mulder - 24 pts (full kill Curt, mobility kill Jeff, killed, checkpoints
(4))
3rd - Erin Mulder - 2.5 pts (full kill Helen, killed, checkpoints (2.5))
4th - Eric Freeman - 2 pts (full kill Joe, killed, checkpoints (2))
5th - Helen Mitchell - 1 pt (full kill Erin, killed, checkpoint (1))
6th - Joe Reynolds - -39 pts (killed, checkpoints (1))
7th - Curt Lindmark - -40 pts (killed)