Battle Report: Alien Planet 5

This is our fifth game of Rapid Attack, as a group, this year.  After sitting out for a year, I put the "Alien Planet" on the table for this game.  There were a number of rules variants/things added for this game.  See the notes for details.  This was a Skirmish.

Me (5 Frames & 20 Systems) = (7 Points per Asset) * (7 assets) = 49 points.  (Nonbinaries)
   Red Soldier -- 2Rd/1B/1G/1Y/2W + SSR.
   Orange Soldier -- 2Rd/1B/1G/1Y/2W + SSR.
   Brown Soldier -- 2Rd/1B/1G/1Y/2W + SSR.
   Blue Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/2B/1Gd8/2W.
   Green Recon by Fire -- 2B/1Gd8/2Y/2W.

Phungkyjams (6 Frames & 23 Systems) = (4 Points per Asset) * (7 assets) = 28 points.  (Matoran)
   Red Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/2B/1Gd8/2W.
   Dark Red Recon by Fire -- 2Ra+d8/2Y/2W.
   Sand Blue Light Guardian -- 2Rd/2Ra/1B/1Y/2W.
   Blue Soldier -- 2Rd/1B/1G/1Y/2W.
   Green Armored Spotter -- 1B/1Gd8/2Y/2W + SSR (x3).
   Black Closer -- 2Rh+d8/2Rd/1B/2W.

Tom (6 Frames & 23 Systems) = (3 Points per Asset) * (8 assets) = 24 points.

   Yellow Recon by Fire -- 2Ra+d8/2Y/2W.
   Orange Hammer -- 2Rd/2B/1Y/2W.

   Red Hammer -- 2Rd/2B/1Y/2W.
   Green Armored Swarmer -- 2Rh/2B/1Gd8/1Y/2W + SSR.

   Blue Armored Swarmer -- 2Rh/2B/1Gd8/1Y/2W + SSR.
   White Light Brawler -- 2Rh/2B/1Gd8/2W + SSR.

This is what the table looked like at the start of the game.

Events of Round 1 (DDC @ 11): My Green frame takes a step forward and captures Phungkyjams' Station.  My Orange frame hits Phungkyjams' Sand Blue frame for 6 with a SSR, Station Dance, and the dome it was behind for 2.  Tom's Blue frame moves East and hits my Green frame for 3, Station Dance.  Phungkyjams' Green hits my Red frame for 1 with a SSR.  My Red frame then hits Phungkyjams' Sand Blue frame for 1, destroying it.  Phungkyjams' Blue frame hits my Green frame for 3.  Phungkyjams' Black frame runs East and hits my Blue frame for 2.  My Blue frame then leaps over Phungkyjams' Black frame and claws it for 3.  Tom's Orange frame moves South through the Disk Trees and hits the dome in front of Phungkyjams' Dark Red frame for 4.  My Brown frame hits Phungkyjams' Black frame for 1 then moves Southwest and captures the Neutral Station.

Me: 63 points.

Tom: 24 points.

Phungkyjams: 18 points.

Events of Round 2 (DDC @ 9): Tom's Orange frame hits Phungkyjams' Dark Red frame for 1 then turns West and moves towards the center of the battlefield.  Phungkyjams' Dark Red frame hits my Red frame for 1.  Phungkyjams' Blue frame takes a few steps forward, captures my Pink Station, then hits Tom's Green frame for 1.  My Blue frame leaps over the dome and captures Phungkyjams' second Station.  Tom's Blue frame hits my Green frame for 3, destroying it, then runs past Phungkyjams' station -- that was under my control -- and captures it.  Phungkyjams' Red frame moves Southwest and hits my Brown frame for 6, Station Dance.  Phungkyjams' Black frame moves East and captures the Neutral Station.  My Orange frame hits Phungkyjams' Black frame for 3, destroying it, then moves West into cover behind a Balloon Tree.  Tom's Yellow frame hits my Brown frame for 4, destroying it.  Tom's White frame moves East and captures my Blue Station.

Tom: 30 points.

Me: 28 points.

Phungkyjams: 18 points.

Events of Round 3 (DDC @ 6): Phungkyjams' Red frame moves Southeast and hits Tom's Green frame for 2.  Tom's Blue frame moves North and captures the Neutral Station.  Phungkyjams' Blue frame hits Tom's White frame for 1, then moves south and recaptures his Station.  Tom's Red frame hits my Orange frame for 5 then moves North.

Tom: 30 points.

Me: 28 points.

Phungkyjams: 18 points.

Events of Round 4 (DDC @ 3): Phungkyjams' Green frame moves Southeast to the center of the battlefield and hits Tom's Blue frame for 1 with a SSR.  Tom's Yellow frame hits my Orange frame for 5, destroying it, and hits the Balloon Tree in front of it for 1.  Phungkyjams' Dark Red frame hits my Blue frame for 1.  Tom's Orange frame hits Phungkyjams' Blue frame for 2 then moves Northwest to the Neutral Station.  The Doomsday Clock is ticked to zero.

Tom: 30 points.

Me: 21 points.

Phungkyjams: 18 points.

Here's several during and aftermath pictures.

Round 1

Round 1

Round 1

Round 2

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 4

Round 4

Round 4

Round 4

Start

Round 4

Thoughts & Observations:

• This was a Skirmish
• We were originally set for five players but had two drop out.
• The Red domes are from Zuru Max Mystery Builds from four years ago.
• I wanted to change up this table-setting a bit and these seemed like the perfect addition.
• I calculated each one would be five Brick tall Cover with a minimum of 5 Hits.
• We used the Neutral Station rule.
• Player/Frame quantities were taken from my "Even Newer" section from my blog post "Player Count 5".
• There was a roll off to determine Point Attacker.
• I don't have a Compass Rose on the table but, I consider North to be the opposite end of the table in the first picture.
• The was a lot of action in the second round.
• Tom and I had an interesting discussion about Elevation and Highly Durable Terrain after the game was over.
• We also had a discussion about Station placement and tactics that might make it into a War College post.
• Flickr page.