MechWarrior 3®: Trial By Fire
Chapter 7:
Superior Firepower
Thanks to our raid up above, we have a good set of diagrams on this underground facility. And it is their ’Mech production site, Lieutenant. From what I’ve been able to sift through, it may be their only one on Tranquil. It is also lightly defended. The Jaguars counted too much on the facility staying hidden.
The front entrance has been intentionally collapsed, a crude but effective shield against a raid, while the Jaguars finish some new OmniMechs. Epona Rhi is on station at the entrance, and she thinks she might be able to blast her way through but no promises. Since we’re running out of time, I’ve found you another way. You are actually coming in through the back with a bit of applied engineering magic.
Stand by for data feed.
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Under the concentrated firepower of Connor Sinclair’s Orion and Dominic’s salvaged Puma, the 70-ton Thor hadn’t a chance. The first azure whip from Dominic’s paired particle projection cannon drew a molten scar across its turret-style waist. The Orion hammered in afterward, missiles shredding the final remnants of armor on the enemy’s left leg and driving through the rent over the left side to open up the OmniMech’s skeleton. Sinclair’s autocannon chewed deeper, tearing open the ammunition bin for the Thor’s SRM system and smashing both delicate warheads and propellant chambers.
Something gave way, and the entire collection of better than 100 missiles detonated with armor-shredding force. The explosion tore out the entire left side of the Omni, critically damaging the heat shield and severing control of the left arm as the fireball blossomed. The Thor’s main weapon, the left-arm gauss rifle, dropped down to hang impotently against the Omni’s side. Only the cellular ammunition storage system prevented the ’Mech’s death, channeling the explosion out front and back vents rather than allow it to eat further into the torso. Small consolation, as the tremendous force argued physics onto its side and spun the Thor into a wild, staggering step that finally toppled the war machine toward its left side.
And straight into Dominic’s second PPC.
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