My participation in Tomorrow's War STRIKE FORCE Contest!

Here is my participation in Tomorrow's War STRIKE FORCE Contest!

The following troops were played with Tomorrow's War (see here) and 5150: Star Army (see here), two great games!

The first five pictures are for the contest, the others, for the pleasure...

Drop Zone Aegis (DZA), a mercenary corporation, is well known for its airmobile troops (lightning regiments).  The basic framework for deployable airmobile units is the Airmobile Space-Ground Task Force (ASGTF), a flexible structure that can vary in size. A ASGTF is composed of four elements: the command element (CE), the ground combat element (GCE), the space combat element (SCE) and the dropship combat element (DCE)

Below is the Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE) of the first company ground combat element (GCE) of the 7th Regiment (this regiment is better known as the Helljumpers) :

1 x Assault infantry platoon with 3 squads of two fireteams
1 x Heavy weapons platoon with 8 heavy weapon teams (2 Gauss cannons, 2 ATGM, 4 MMG)
1 x Exo armor platoon of 6 exo armors
1 x Medium walker platoon of five walkers: three old models (Fulcrum) and two new ones (Destrier)

1 x Light walker platoon of four walkers (Hammer)
1 x Mortar platoon (Armadillo self-propelled mortar)
1 x Company command group (of four) with a sniper team

1) 1st company/7th regiment

2) Assault infantry platoon and Exo armors platoon

3) Assault infantry platoon

4) Front: Heavy weapons platoon

5) Walkers: Hammer (center), Destrier (right), Fulcrum (left)

An armored patrol...

Armadillo mortars ready to fire

Exo armor platoon

A sniper team

Fulcrum walker advancing 

Assault troopers

Troopers and Exo armors by Ground Zero Games,

Snipers by Rebel Minis,

Fulcrum armors by Rackham (AT43),

Destrier armor and Armadillo mortars by Dream Pod 9,

Hammer armor by Dark Realm Miniatures.

(Bright Horizon) The Caydon's Hole Battle (TOMORROW'S WAR)

THE SETUP
Ce scenario est inspiré de "The First Battle of Vallin Farm" p.69 du livre de règle de Tomorrow's War avec les modifications suivantes :
- un background different ;
- une table de jeu de 6' x 4' ;
- un nombre de tours fixé à 8 ;
- un ordre de bataille modifié comme suit :

This scenario is inspired by "The First Battle of Vallin Farm" p.69 of Tomorrow's War's rulebook with the following modifications:
- a new background;
- a gaming table of 6 'x 4';
- 8 turns of play;
- an other order of battle :

UNICORN UNLIMITED (=DPRG)
2x Unicorn Heavy Battle Tank (Grizzly)
4x Unicorn Medium Tank (Bullfrog)
5x Unicorn Scout Vehicle (Wolf)
2x Unicorn Squad (6 Fireteams)
1x Terminal Air Controller : +2 (on GRID, laser designator) ; AP:10D / AT(H):8D
Target on view + TQ check (if failed the air mission is now unavailable - no more ammo).

HELLJUMPERS (=REPUBLIC OF ARDEN)
3x Workers Fireteams
1x Helljumper Squad (3 Fireteams, Lt. Oz, positive leader)
1x ATGM + 1 crew (weapon team)

Enter from south edge at the beginning of TURN 2:
1x Scorpion APC with one PDF squad inside (2 Fireteams);
1x Thor Heavy Battle Tank

Battle Armors Hot Drop at the beginning of TURN 3:
3x Battle Armors

Special Rule: Dropping the Grid
Since Unicorn has lost the previous battle : Roll 1D6 at the beginning of each turn after the first – on a roll of 5+ the UNICORN Grid goes down for the duration of the game.

THE BATTLE
Avant la bataille les troupes de choc des mercenaires d'Unicorn Unlimited embarquent dans leurs APC.

Before the battle, the shock troops of Unicorn Unlimited embark in their APC.



Venant du Nord, les forces d'Unicorn avancent prudemment bombardant impunément les ouvriers et les Helljumpers visibles.

Coming from the North, Unicorn forces are advancing cautiously bombarding workers and Helljumpers with impunity.










Une tempête de sable se lève et prive les forces d'Unicorn d'un soutien aérien bien utile.

A sandstorm rises and deprives the Unicorn's forces of a very useful air support.



Au deuxième tour, un APC et un tank viennent renforcer la défense. Le tank, bien camouflé, parvient à détruire un tank moyen adverse.

On the second turn, an APC and a tank reinforce the defense. The tank, well camouflaged, manages to destroy an enemy medium tank!








Un char lourd (Grizzly) se met en position pour tirer mais rate sa cible. Le tank des PDF réplique et détruit un deuxième char ! L'offensive d'Unicorn faiblit.

A heavy tank (Grizzly) moves into position to shoot but misses its target. The PDF tank replies and destroys a second tank! The Unicorn's offensive weakens.




Bloquées au centre les forces d'Unicorn tentent de contourner l'obstacle par la gauche (ouest) avec un char moyen (Bullfrog) et par la droite (est) avec les véhicules légers (Wolf). L'équipage du Bullfrog avance à peine (carte Fog of War) tandis que les véhicules Wolf subissent les tirs des Battle Armors des Helljumpers qui viennent d'être déployées.

Unable to move in the center of the Unicorn forces attempt to bypass the obstacle on the left (west) with a medium tank (Bullfrog) and right (east) with light vehicles (Wolf). The crew of the Bullfrog scarcely advance (Fog of War card) while the light vehicles are under fire from Helljumpers' Heavy Battle Armors which have just been deployed.





Sur le flanc gauche (ouest) les forces d'Unicorn parviennent à détruire ou endommager les Battle Armors. Cependant un échange de tirs entre le dernier Grizzly d'Unicorn et l'héroïque char des PDF se solde par l'abandon du Grizzly par son équipage secoué par les tirs.

On the left side (west) Unicorn forces managed to destroy or damage the three Battle Armors. However, a firefight between the last Unicorn Grizzly and the heroic PDF's tank ends with a crew shaken by the shootings who bails out the Grizzly!




L'offensive est stoppée, c'est une victoire pour les Helljumpers et les forces de la liberté !

The offensive is stopped, it is a victory for the Helljumpers and the forces of freedom!



Les mercenaires d'Unicorn finiront par occuper Caydon's Hole mais trop tard.

Unicorn Unlimited's Mercenaries will eventually occupy Caydon's Hole but too late.



Le commandant de l'offensive sera dégradé pour sa trop grande prudence.

The commander of the offensive will be degraded for being too cautious.

Cependant Bright Horizon n'est pas encore libérée...

But Bright Horizon is not yet liberated...

(Bright Horizon) An overview of Caydon's Hole

Comme précisé dans le background un axe de pénétration de la contre-attaque de Unicorn Unlimited suit une route secondaire passant par une petite exploitation minière indépendante : Caydon’s Hole. La mission des Helljumpers est de défendre ce lieu le plus longtemps possible. Les images des satellites et des drones nous donnent un bon aperçu de ce site.

As stated in the background the Unicorn Unlimited's attack follows a secondary road through a small independent mining facility: Caydon's Hole. The Helljumpers' mission is to defend this position as long as possible. Satellite and drones imagery gives us a good overview of this site.

(Bright Horizon) Objective Storm

Les Hellumpers doivent capturer un véhicule de communication Unicorn afin de prénétrer leur réseau de transmission (voir le background).
Les forces Unicorn sont composées de deux fireteams et de deux véhicules légers Wolf. Les Helljumpers alignent trois fireteams et un ATGM (voir les forces en présence).

The Helljumpers need to capture an Unicorn communication vehicle to penetrate Unicorn's GRID (see the background). Unicorn forces are composed of two fireteams and two light vehicles Wolf. The Helljumpers attack with three fireteams and one ATGM (see Troops on the planet).





Les Helljumpers mènent une attaque aéroportée qui arrive globalement groupée.

Hot Drop Helljumpers units arrive and establish their perimeter.




Les Helljumpers submergent les Unicorn sous l'intensité de leurs tirs. Un véhicule est rapidement mis hors de combat. La riposte est quasi inexistante.

Because of the intensity of their shots, the Helljumpers overwhelm the Unicorn . A vehicle was quickly knocked out.





L'autre véhicule est rappelé par le QG mais il est détruit par un ATGM. Rapidement le véhicule de communication est capturé !

The other vehicle is recalled by the HQ but it is destroyed by an ATGM. Soon the vehicle of communication is captured!