Baring the Blade: The Battle for Ankaa!
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| Baring the Blade: The Battle for Ankaa! | |
|---|---|
| Product information | |
| Type | Scenario |
| Pages | 8 |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | WizKids |
| First published | October 2002 |
| MSRP | Free |
| Content | |
| Era | Dark Age era |
| Series | MWDA Scenarios |
| Preceded by | Gambit: The Battle for Addicks! |
| Followed by | Visions of Fire: The Battle for Ozawa! |
Baring the Blade: The Battle for Ankaa! is an official scenario pack for the MechWarrior: Dark Age (MWDA) Clix game, containing four scenarios. It was first published through the now defunct LinkNet website that WizKids maintained in support of their MechWarrior: Dark Age game line, to support organized play and tournaments.
Contents
Content
Scenario 1 - Sword and Claw
Duke Aaron Sandoval, leader of the Swordsworn faction, is plotting to consolidate his hold on Prefecture IV. His first move is to secure the world of Ankaa, which is the headquarters and manufacturing center for DiNapoli Industries (a subsidiary of Bannson Industries), the leading manufacturer of DropShips in Prefecture IV. This will give him much-needed intersolar transport capacity, which he requires to secure more worlds for himself and for House Davion. However, Duke Sandoval is not the only one who realizes the importance of those transportation assets, and if he wants to take the world, he’ll have a fight on his hands.
Scenario 2 - Downstrike
Following the battle for Anqabad, the Steel Wolves savagely push the Swordsworn into the twisted canyons of the North Pole’s Great Maze. Neither side is familiar with the jagged, treacherous and disorienting terrain, meaning both forces must fight with the terrain as much as with each other.
Scenario 3 - Baiting the Wolf
Disgusted by how the Steel Wolves took control of the battle for Ankaa and forced her Swordsworn into the Great Maze, Leftenant Colonel Jameson formulates a plan that will give her the initiative. Pulling back to the base of Al Kazim—the third-largest mountain in Ankaa’s north polar region—she sets up a fake field command post. Leaving her own machine in the open to bait them, she’s hoping to pull most of the Wolves down on the site, which she has surrounded with her own troops.
Scenario 4 - Coupé
After the savage, no-holds-barred fighting in the Great Maze and at the base of Al Kazim, both sides have taken extensive casualties. Realizing that they need sufficient forces to take and hold Anqabad and the domed DiNapoli Industries complex, they both move for the city. However, the Steel Wolves beat the Swordsworn to the punch, forcing them to fight a defending force entrenched in a city.
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Notes
- MechWarrior Age of Destruction Scenario Handbook, as of 4 January 2009 (via Wayback Machine) - Scenario Summaries
- Baring the Blade The Battle for Ankaa! full text (from Sarna download section)