5 Parsecs From home Games

Here is the list of games I have played with the 5 Parsecs From home, 1st edition rules.

Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: The Characters
Part 3: Escape From Glaven
Part 4: Finding the Next Job
Part 5: If you go down to the woods today
Part 6: Tasks and Trade
Part 7: Tomb Raiders
Part 8: The Quest
Part 9: Raiding the Camp
Part 10: Activities
Part 11: The Golg
Part 12: Stealing from Golg
Part 13: Things to do
Part 14: Getting deeper . . .

NSIS

Here is the list of links for the No Stars in Sight games and posts.

Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Insurgency
Part 3: Rail Depot
Part 4: Ambush
Part 5:

Been working on some conversions lately for a project I am starting on, the miniatures are from 1st Corps.

Firstly, from 1st Corps European Alliance suppressor team pack, I chopped this guys head off and replaced it with one from pig iron.

Again, these are from 1st Corps, recon team, I clipped off the gun barrels and replaced them AK barrels from the Assult Group.
I also cut the top of their heads off and managed the make them boonie hats from green stuff.

The last guy from the recon pack also received a boonie hat, his gun had a scope on so I replaced his gun barrel with an RPK barrel also from the Assult Group, so this guy can be a recon sniper.

And some terrain, forgot I had the tree's, think I bought them from EBay about 2 years ago. And now finally used.

Getting deeper . . .

5 stars in sight characters

With some adventure under their belts we wanted to get a bit deeper into the characters and so, sat down to get what they are about.

Rafflesnap

Strives to be in a position of power, he will not intentionally neglect his crew but will seek to better his position. He favours politics over force.

Simon Bates

Is a kind person and will fight to protect what he believes in. He will favour the underdogs and oppressed.

Zia Goffastoff

A skilled hacker who is just trying to get through life, she feels out of her depth but so far has survived.

'Betty

The guy is a liability, gets into trouble quite often, takes on tasks and missions few would dare try and is erratic, but is a skilled fighter and seems to come through fights.

Abraham Creed

Makes a comfortable living as a trader and has a strong belief in his faith.

Although he does keep his past a secret where he was a UNITY employee, and he is a skilled hand to hand fighter but does not reveal where he was trained.

Sons of Mangala

Sons of Mangala

I am mainly doing the Cecach war for the Crucible at the moment, but I do really like some of the other Merc factions,

-Harris Commando

-Waldheim Dragoons

-West Riding Yeomanry

-Anders Legion

-Sons of Mangala

I am currently building some Sons of Mangala.

Vehicles and bases are from Brigade Models, infantry are GZG but I have chopped off the heads and replaced them with heads from Peter Pig.

Another Republican detachment

Another Republican Detachment

Its taken me a while but I have finally finished a Mechanised infantry detachment for the Crucible game, 

The detachment consists of,

x2 javelot jeeps with machine guns

x1 javelot jeep with ATGW

x1 Catroux command

x2 Catroux APC carrying 6 infantry TU's

With these done I am debating on building either an Armoured detachment or commando detachment next.

Ambush!

They had set off at dawn and the four 'Bulldog' APC's were making good progress, Half an hour into a 45 minute journey with no incident.
 Captain Fennek had briefed them early, explaining how he wanted troops to quickly take the outskirts of Havlock and hold it until 1st and 2nd platoons pushed in to take the town.
 It was down to his platoon to take those outskirts.
 They were also accompanied by two extra soldiers, Corporal Clark, a drone operator who would hopefully provide Intel and recon on Havlock. And Sergent Drake, a sniper who had his own, yet unknown, mission in the area.
 The vehicle started to slow down and the intercom crackled to life with the commanders voice,
"Bottleneck on the road up ahead, we are slowing and moving through causiously"
 Hildermann looked through the view port close to him, they were moving through a lightly wooded area with a lot of ground foliage. He didn't like it.
 Keying platoon net "Heads on a swivel, I don't like the look of this"
 He checked his P36 assault carbine was loaded and took another look out of the view port, for a split second he thought he saw someone's head poking above the foliage but his attention was drawn to the puff of smoke and rocket trail coming from a close knot of trees . . .

New Vehicle
M18 'Bulldog' APC
APC armour, Tracked, Turret, HMG, Carries 8.

The Mission
A moderate priority mission to get through the area and reach Havlock.

Forces
Insurgents
All have no body armour

5 man team: Irregular
-platoon leader, integrated commander
-SAW

x4 8 man team: Irregular
-squad leader
-SAW
-buzzbomb

supporting squad: hardened fighters
8 man team
-squad leader
-SAW

Army
4 man Command team.
-lieutenant Hilderman: integrated commander, platoon leader.
-master sergent Korwen: platoon NCO, x2 smoke grenades
-soldier: squad automatic

4 man inf. Team
-Sergent Young: squad leader, x2 smoke grenades
-2 soldiers: squad automatic

6 man inf. Team
-Sergent Rush: squad leader, x2 smoke grenades
-2 soldiers: squad automatic

5 man inf. Team
-Corporal Ash: squad leader, x2 smoke grenades
-2 soldiers: squad automatic

Medic Niles: self motivated, medic

Corporal Clark: self motivated, drone operator.

Sergent Drake: self motivated, sniper.

x4 M18 bulldog APC's

The Battle
The insurgents set up in ambush positions along the road, the army APC column would arrive on one table edge and have to escape the opposite edge.

The Convoy

1st APC: Squad Rush

2nd APC: CnC team + Medic Niles

3rd APC: Squad Ash + Drone operator

4th APC: Squad Young + sniper

The four APC's moved along the road in column formation, their crew scanning the area. The situation was changed when a rocket slammed into the lead APC knocking it out.
The second APC opened up with its HMG spraying the trees the rocket had come from, that was short lived as a second rocket position fired, this one blowing the APC to pieces.

Squads start to dismount in an effort to fight back as a third APC is knock at out, small arms fire is exchanged.
Squad Rush being close to the front start to fall back and one is picked off, enemy fire intensifies.

What remains of the platoon throw out smoke and withdraw from the area.

Aftermath

Well . . . a short game and a bloody one.

The Ambush worked, very well.

The first APC was wrecked, killing all crew and two members of squad Rush who then looses a third during their retreat.

The second APC was a catastrophic hit killing everyone except the Medic.

The 3rd APC (APC 4) was wretched and all crew were killed along with two members of Squad Young.

With the platoon mauled and it's entire command element killed they were withdrawn from the front lines.

Commander Kale stood on the hill watching the road below, smoke drifted across the scene obscuring much and sporadic gunfire signalled the end of a fight.

He turned to one of his bodyguards,

"Bring up the truck, we are reporting back to Havlock"

This would hinder the armies plans and he knew they would have to act fast to take advantage of the situation.

The Smoke had built up nicely and Sergent Drake slipped out from under the APC, and keeping low headed for the tree line, he half expected a shot to hit him but none came.

He reached the trees and didn't stop until he was 50 meters into the woods.

Shouldering his Westfield S40A2 self loading rifle he scanned the area through its scope, no sign of pursuit.

He took a moment to fix his bearings and position before stealthily heading off.