MADSheller @ NUC1 Boreal Vault Faction Victory 2020 10 17 16 11 54
Channel: ElfcatBayPoint
Date: 2020-10-31

Eight NUC1 members took on four players from elsewhere for the defense of the orbital battery in the Boreal Vault. The WFZ team led the attack on our installation. Due to exemplary gate control by his comrades, NUC1 member Elfcat survived the entire attempt in his flagship long-range missile equipped Marauder II, The MAD Sheller. Beginning on the massive orbital battery's platform at the fortification's rear near the dropship landing area, The MAD Sheller hangs just out of the blast area of an enemy artillery strike marked by a flare of red smoke, aimed at the platform's long range cannoneers, then heads down the hill where both gates are in view. While the brawlers block most of the attacking party which has opened Gate Alpha, fire support operators including Elfcat bring the hammer down on those who run a few hundred meters into the facility, and one of Elfcat's flights of missiles puts down a reckless lightweight Cougar. While particle projection cannon and large laser blasts are exhanged downhill, Elfcat sees red smoke rise and cannot escape a new artiller strike's blast. As no enemies remain in LRM range, and as it becomes apparent that the enemy is not even attempting a run on Gate Beta, Elfcat starts The MAD Sheller down the hill to target assailants on the hills behind Gate Alpha, joining an allied Catapult whose protective launcher shields periodically flip up to reveal its own LRM launchers. One enemy mech after another is repelled at the gate by the brawlers with fire support bringing the hammer down on their heads, until finally The MAD Sheller runs out its stores of long range missiles, and then joins the front lines at Gate Alpha with its four rapid-fire small pulse lasers. By this time, however, the enemy finally gets the bright idea to try Gate Beta, blasting down the controller at this gate. When it becomes apparent that the attack on Gate Alpha has been abandoned, Elfcat joins the bulk of the team at Gate B, placing the MAD Sheller just behind at close range. A light and fast Piranha rushes the now lightly-guarded Gate Beta, but is quickly dispatched, while a lance of opponents pushing through Gate Alpha comes face to face with the defense, including the MAD Sheller's pulse lasers. All is now lost for the attackers, at this point with only five mechs remaining in their invasion force. Elfcat positions to guard against one last desperate enemy push, which falls apart just outside the reach of The MAD Sheller, who is now unable to close the distance before his teammates complete the eradication of the threat.