[X]Scout Choppers try to guide Tacit away from the battlefield (TR is Blind and is suffering big Dex Penalties in addition to whatever comes from Solo Piloting)
[X]JH Reloads
[X]Heimdall shoots Dunwich again
[X]Boats shoot Dunwich
[X]Choppers Shoot Dunwich
[X]Tanks leave the wall to get closer to the fight (if they can, otherwise just hold position)
[X]Artillery Overwatch on whatever crosses the 20 unit Line
Almost immediately, the mission changes from "tear them apart" to "save the jaeger". The air force and navy lay down a withering blanket of fire-- one that's completely ineffective! The Heimdal fires again, shell still failing to deal harm through the kaiju's dense fat.
Dunwich takes no damage!
Jagdhund ejects her spent magazine, switching to a fresh one.
As for Tacit?
[---]
Even with the new augments, even with the ablative coating, the attack had wrought havoc. Noah? Unconscious, maybe worse. Ashley didn't know. She was too busy having the full output of a sixty-meter-tall mecha focused through her brain to so much as turn away. There was a good reason why jaegers had to use a two-person system; one mind would pretty much turn itself into soup after a few minutes of full output-- and that was if you were lucky.
The radio squawked, one of the scouts trying to reach the jaeger's crew.
"Tacit! Come in Tacit! If you can hear this, walk backwards!"
Backwards.
She could do that.
[---]
Tacit Ronin leaned back, awkwardly stumbling away from the kaiju. Its visor was dark, sparks dripping from the sensor array, but the mecha still moved. Vital sensors still suggested that the remaining pilot was managing to compensate for the squared load, albeit
barely. Combat is
not an option any longer.
No pilot damage!
Dunwich shambles forwards again, Jason loping beside it. The latter's elongated tail is still folded along the other kaiju's throat, sealing the wound as it slowly bubbles and melts itself closed.
Dunwich takes no Strikes from Ongoing! 1 Ongoing healed!
Jason glances backwards, and hisses something back at its comrade. Polaris moves again, tearing through the water around the two kaiju! The monster's readings
spike, the electrical field almost visible in the rapidly cooling air around it! The kaiju bares its mandibles, sending a current rippling through the air!
All Attack Helicopters are stunned, and cannot attack next turn!
Dunwich is Stunned, and takes 2 Temporary Strikes!
Electronics throughout the helis malfunction, the pilots barely managing to pull back in time! It seems the discharge has had an adverse effect on Dunwich as well, as the kaiju seems somewhat disoriented by the field's output.
Distances:
- Jason is 18 from JH/Heimdal, 13 from TR, 2 from air force, 6 from firewall, 1 from Dunwich, 3 from Polaris.
- Dunwich is 18 from JH/Heimdal, 13 from TR, 2 from air force, 6 from firewall, 1 from Jason, 2 from Polaris.
- Polaris is 18 from JH/Heimdal, 13 from TR, 2 from air force, 6 from firewall, 2/3 from comrade kaiju.
Each round Tacit is being piloted solo, it'll roll on the Pilot damage table. Deactivating the jaeger is
a possibility that won't immediately be fatal-- you do
have jumphawks for a reason other than deployment. However, I'll rule that you can't take any Long Actions while piloting solo-- so no running. Deactivation is a Free Action, however.
