I upkept IR, allocated 2 to the left Kodiak. The Uhlans went first to remove that pesky Charger. Afterwards the Pikes on the right flank minifeated and charged Stormwall. They also engaged Caine and his gang. Some more stayed in the forest, right in 4" of the flag but more than 3" away form the forest’s edge. The Great Bears charged the Sentinel, the top one put his 2nd attack into Caine’s grunt — but sadly missed.

Those POW 10 Sustained Fire templates really sucked since the Dragons already minifeated. Thanks to IR they still had a base ARM of 14 despite Calamity. So what to do? … Here comes Markov! Again!

I issued a shieldwall order, the first Dragon advanced right in front of the template (in the center of the zone, they all slid down to the left because of the edge later on^), the second followed and moved completely into the wall template, moving through the first Pike and touching him all of the time for ARM 18. Afterwards 3 Pikes advanced through this guy and towards the Sentinel — and none of the 4 Pikes was harmed at -8. Nice.

Strakhov added Q on the left Kodiak and repoed back behind the house and some clouds his mates had placed beforehand. I’m not sure why, but at this point I made a stupid mistake: Maybe because I was happy about how I had solved the Sustained Fire puzzle? Maybe because I still don’t force my War Room using opponent’s to always show me the damage grids when I’m damaging their jacks or beasts?

Anyway, I initially wanted to charge and Grab & Smash the Sentinel onto the grunt (that’s why I added 2 more FOC). I stupidly didn’t ask how many damage I already did to it — and my charge attack instantly removed the Sentinel. D’oh! What I should have done was a simple Slam (or Throw) power attack instead.

Thanks to my mistake my opponent’s mistake — not moving Stormwall into the zone — didn’t matter and I didn’t score my first CP.

Caine Turn 3 — It’s Not Trivial to Remove Pikes