Save the City!

Campaign Against Lucrania - Mission # 4

Mission Details
Mission # - 4
Target - Factory Complex
Forces Engaged - 3 Bombers and 2 Escort vs. 3 Interceptors

This mission was run by 2 players. My wife was the Lucranian defenders while I was the Imperial attackers. I added an extra fighter to each side, just to make things a bit more interesting.

After Action Report
After its recent success, the Imperial Air Force decided to shift back to attacking the factory complex in the nearby city of Sandino.

The fighters engage ahead of the wave of bombers. An Imperial fighter is damaged.

One of the Lucranian interceptors manages a pass in which he damages 2 bombers. A second interceptor follows up and destroys a bomber.

More destruction - the Empire loses a fighter but one of its bombers manage to destroy an interceptor.

The last escort falls. Now the Lucranians are free to pursue the bombers.

One goes down.

And then the last one.

Once again, the bombers fail to reach the target. Sandino is saved!

Notes

• My wife complained a little that the movement rules were complex. She struggled with the rule that she had to move the full movement allowance every turn. Repeatedly she asked "Why do I have to move? Can't I hover?" I then had to explain that they weren't helicopters.
• Nevertheless, she got the hang of it and did well (I helped a little with some advice). It doesn't hurt that she is a good dice-roller!
• For this game, I added clouds. Planes could not shoot targets in the clouds, nor could they shoot from the clouds. I think it added some more tactical considerations.
• Finally, this game featured my re-purposed Irregular 1/900 scale planes. I intend to use these to represent superior aircraft, so painted them differently from my standard planes. They are silver with red or blue nose and tails. The colors are hard to see in the photos (which once again are fuzzy) but are perfectly visible on the table.