Managed to put some paint on a few reinforcements for the Black Company aka Warpigs mercenary battalion. It was a company of mostly heavy and assault designs with limited maneuverability. So I added a company of light mechs who are either fast or equipped with jump jets or both.
The new company backed up by two heavy / assault lances.
Two lances of modified Panthers armed with (gruntz weapons) medium plasma and medium missile pod as well as jump jets and a heavy chassis.
The third lance of bravo company fields some new mechs. A solitaire, two Koshis with missile pods and an Arbelest that I'm using as an Apollo and forgot to make a stat card for.
The Koshis is fast and hits hard with its missile pods but the solitaire is faster and more lightly armed. It is hell against infantry but struggles against heavy and assault machines.
A second group of Panthers rounds out the company because I have always loved he Panther. It is not fast but is a tough little slugger of a mech. Best used against light and medium forces as it doesn't have the staying power against heavier machines.
The Warpigs have two full companies of mechs and a company of heavy tanks composed of Bulldogs. Last night I started the Battletechs Jihad centered Chaos Campaign by playing the first mission in the track. It was a raid against a few warehouses in the Chaos March. The defenders were two lances of heavy hover tanks fielded by a green merc company. One of my Whammys and the Marauder II took some damage and the Whammy took a crit to its armor. Two enemy tanks were exploded with very accurate plasma shots. Three were knocked out and the other two surrendered to the remaining six mechs. We used our pay to repair two of the tanks and hired the crews on with our outfit. This netted us a green hover tank lance. We were also able to advance four of our mech pilots from veteran to expert skill level.
Next the Warpigs will play out the mini campaign within the overall Chaos Campaign centered around the battle of Outreach against Word of Blake backed mercenaries and WoB occupation forces.
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