MechWarrior: Tactical Command/Twycross Mission 7

Mission 7

Objectives:

• Help Prince Victor win the battle on the Plain of Curtains

Mission Description

Holloway: This is it. We’ve finally arrived at the Plain of Curtains. Prince Victor’s forces are standing ready to engage the bulk of the Clan forces left on Twycross. He’s already begun an address…

Prince Victor: …tell them now that the line must be drawn, and we draw it here. On Twycross. We claim the Plain of Curtains as the ground on which we make this stand. For the sacrifice of those who have fallen, and for those lives yet to be hazarded, no quarter shall be requested, and none given!

Armstrong: Commander, though the Prince will never openly admit it, his life is invaluable to the Commonwealth. Losing him would crush the morale of our troops. You know what must be done. The prince must survive this battle. All our enemies must be destroyed!

Holloway: I’m establishing the C3 uplink. All ‘Mechs are connected! Good luck!

DURING MISSION

Objectives:

• Protect the prince throughout the battle.

Kendra: The Plain of Curtains!

Kyle: Looks like the party has already started.

MechWarrior: For the Prince!

David: For the hell of it.

Victor: May fortune favor us!

Chatter: …too many …no end to these Falcon bas - - Where did that hopping toad… …swarming all over me!

Kyle: Can you believe this?

Kendra: Five-by, Commander.

Kendra: So many ruined ‘Mechs. Have you ever…

Omata: Only in my sleep could I imagine such a terrible sight.

David: Then can you imagine us a way to survive it?

Victor: Fall back! Left flank, fall back and regroup at…

Chatter: Elementals coming up behind at coordinates… …I’m on it… Whiskey Three is down. Whiskey Three… …pressing hard from sectors three.. five… ...trying… can’t… …got in behind me. Can’t lose him! Need backup, for the… Not going to make it. God save the Prince…

Victor: Now dig in. AND HOLD!

Kyle: What does he think we’re doing out here?

Kendra: It feels like the tide of battle is shifting…

Kyle: Needs to happen soon.

David: Is this getting easier, or am I just numb?

Holloway: Data is sporadic, still. But it seems like…

Omata: I’m hearing reports of new breakthroughs!

Kendra: Along our front? Or theirs?

Victor: Push them! For the Commonwealth, and for our lives! Push them now!

Holloway: Theirs! We are breaking the Clan line! Victory is ours!

CINEMATIC

Kendra: Command, this is Kendra GioAvanti. The front is secure.

The lance walks through the debris-strewn battlefield.

David: Secure. That’s one way to describe it, I guess. This isn’t what I thought it would be like. War… Glory…

The image focuses on a bullet-scarred Federated Commonwealth insignia, then zooms out to show it painted on the chest of a fallen Atlas.

Kyle: Well, I’ve seen some of the best we have to offer.

The scene shifts to a Jade Falcon insignia on a dismembered OmniMech leg.

David: Yeah, and some of the worst we’ll have to face.

The scene shifts to Kendra’s Caesar. It surveys a barren landscape of burning wreckage.

Kendra: Things are changing. Maybe for the first time in a long while. Before, I might have thought that was a good thing. Now, I wonder.

Dramatic music soars as Victor’s Victor emerges from a dust cloud.

Victor: You shouldn’t.

Kendra: Prince Victor!

Victor: We were not ready for this, but we’ve come a long way in a short time. We’re going to suffer from defeats. But today, we proved that we will also find our victories.

Kendra: It’s hard to imagine that any of this makes a difference.

Victor: Everything we do makes a difference. Believe it! This war is going to be hard-fought on both sides. It will test our faith in ourselves, and in each other. But we have one of our first victories. Now, let’s build on it.

The five ‘Mechs, side by side, stride across the desert, disappearing out of sight over the horizon. The scene lingers, as plumes of smoke rise into the air and the wind howls across the lifeless landscape.

Mission Success

• Protect the prince throughout the battle – SUCCEEDED