Scenario Four: The Best Part of Valour - November, 5 - 1917
0. Presentation:
The growing number of air combats and planes in the skies means that those planes already considered obsolete are pressed into combat to keep up with the level of losses suffered on both sides. Even with new models pouring out from the aeroplane factories, there aren't enough of them to cover all the needs. Older models are pressed back into service and they are pitched hard against new ones. And November brings fog, showers and heavy clouds. This lack on visibility is sometimes a death sentence to new and inexperienced pilots. Or not...
1. Who is the Attacker?
Both squadrons.
1.1. Your flight consists of...
You.
1.2. Attacker's Mission assignment:
Take down as many planes as you can without going down.
1.3. Enemy planes:
Enemy flight consists of 1 single seater fighter of inferior class (older model) at the time. As soon as one plane is shot down or leaves play, another one enters play randomly as explained below.
2. Who is the Defender?
One older model plane at the time. If you don't have an older model to play as the enemy, use any enemy model that you have and use it with only one machine-gun. (Use a B deck).
3. Playing Area Set-up:
The table will have six counters placed in its edges. Four at each corner and two between corners in the longest edges. They must be numbered 1 to 6. When an enemy plane enters, it will be rolled 1D6 and it is from that counter that the plane will enter the game.
The player starts in the middle of the table, with any facing he chooses.
4. Special Rules:
The enemy planes will fight normally until they reach 3 or less hit points, are wounded or receive an engine's damage. The next turn after this, they'll try to escape.
5. Winning Conditions:
The player will only win if he can, at least, take down one enemy plane and leave the playing area still flying. Even if he gets several kills, if he is shot down, he looses. Knowing when to retreat is, of course, the Best Part of Valour.
Final notes:
Normally this Mission would only be uploaded Sunday, but as we are out of synchronism with our weekly resolutions, because of Paul's Let's Party! weekend and Jan studies, I've already uploaded it.
All adversaries must be unknown pilots. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't name them, but they aren't from our respective aerodromes.
Let's have fun.
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