Dropzone Commander Battle Report #33 – PHR vs UCM

In our latest instalment of Dropzone Commander, the Post-Human Republic and the United Colonies of Mankind continue their struggles, with a mission of Targets of Opportunity. Click below, and watch the Buildings come tumbling down!

Army Lists

UCM Fleet Marine Security Force TF-109

United Colonies of Mankind – 2,500

UCM Field Command

COMMAND – Kodiak ACV with Colonial General (CV5)

SCOUT – 4x Wolverine LAV Type-A

SCOUT – 4x Wolverine LAV Type-A

Colonial Armored Formation

STANDARD – 6x Katana Light Tank

SUPPORT – Eagle Gunship

SUPPORT – 3x Fireblade Light Tank

            -Condor Medium Dropship

Colonial Armored Formation

STANDARD – 3x Sabre MBT

            -Condor Medium Dropship

STANDARD – 3x Sabre MBT

            -Condor Medium Dropship

SUPPORT – 2x Longbow Howitzer

            -2x Raven-B Light Dropship with Missile Pods

Colonial Legionnaire Corps

TROOPS – 3x Colonial Legionnaires

            -Bear APC

TROOPS – 3x Colonial Legionnaires

            -Bear APC

            -Sharing Condor Medium Dropship

TROOPS – 2x Legionnaire Mortarmen

            -Bear APC

SUPPORT – 3x Rapier AA Tank

            -Condor Medium Dropship

Colonial Legionnaire Corps

TROOPS – 2x Colonial Legionnaires

            -Raven-A Light Dropship

TROOPS – 3x Colonial Legionnaires

            -Raven-A Light Dropship

TROOPS – 2x Legionnaire Mortarmen

            -Bear APC

SUPPORT – 3x Rapier AA Tank

            -Condor Medium Dropship

UCM Special Ordnance Section

HEAVY – 2x Gladius Heavy Tank

            -Condor Medium Dropship

HEAVY – 2x Scimitar Tank Destroyer

UCM Fleet Air Wing

AIR – Archangel

AIR – Archangel

Gladii Argenti

Post-Human Republic – 2,500

Hand of the Sphere

COMMAND – Zeus Command Walker with Supreme Vizier (CV6)

                        -3x Enyo Siege Walker

EXOTIC – 2x Sirens

            -Triton A1 Light Dropship

SCOUT – 4x Mercury Drone

            -2x Triton A1 Light Dropship with Skyhammer Missiles

Battle Pantheon

STANDARD – 4x Ares Type-1 Walker

            -2x Neptune Medium Dropship

STANDARD – 2x Phobos Type-1 Walker

            -Neptune Medium Dropship

SUPPORT – 2x Angelos Jetskimmer

            -Mounting 2x Immortals

Battle Pantheon

STANDARD – 2x Phobos Type-1 Walker

Immortals Phalanx

TROOPS – 2x Immortals

            -Triton A1 Light Dropship

TROOPS – 2x Immortals

            -Triton A1 Light Dropship

Immortals Phalanx

TROOPS – 2x Immortals

            -Juno A2

TROOPS – 2x Immortals

            -Juno A2

            -Sharing Neptune Medium Dropship

Heavy Pantheon

HEAVY – Hades Type-4 Walker

            -Poseidon Heavy Dropship

HEAVY – 2x Odin Type-2 Walker

            -Neptune Medium Dropship

PHR Air Wing

AIR – Athena Air Superiority Fighter

AIR – Athena Air Superiority Fighter

After Action Review

Well, that didn’t work! I got into position in the correct Buildings, and made enough rolls to come out with an Objective or two. Sadly, even with the Mercury Drones, it was never enough.

The UCM did a fantastic job of busting my Buildings up, with the Katanas going crazy on the first two turns and doing over 20DP both times they fired! There’s little you can do with structures coming down that fast, and my infantry paid the price.

In hindsight, I would have been better off to stack my troopers differently in the home structures. It would have given me time to make the two rolls and get out before it was too late. As it went, though, I ended up with a lot of guys dead quickly, and then the UCM pulled out of the streets where I had gained superior positioning and ignored me for the rest of the game. With no Objectives falling, the tactics worked splendidly. He negated damage and held that initial margin for a well-fought win.

I’ve got to get some more mobility in the PHR army, and I have to get better about when and where I drop. In this game I dropped entirely too early. I should have pushed further to keep pressing the issue, and to put pressure on those blasted Katanas. Next time, they won’t find their aggression unchecked! Perhaps some Apollos need to find their way back into the list as well. I liked them before, but now I am feeling that they might be essential.

Trounce me, PHR councilmen. Tell me what a terrible job I did!