Stargrave: Hope Eternal mission 4.5 The Rescue

Having lost 6 villagers from the slaver's raid, the crew decides to attempt to rescue them before the slaver ship arrives and ships them off planet. Following them back to their camp was easy, and rather than attempt any sort of elaborate plan, the crew would charge in, taking out the sentries, drop the fence that kept the villagers locked up, and get out. A basic smash and grab. 

 Coming in from the east (aka the right side of the board) with Troll and Gobbo to the north 

Tek, Chela, Dix, Red, & Saw in the middle

Cap, Jyn, and Ug to the south. 

Turn 1 

 There were several bots patrolling around the camp, and a number of ruffians between the fenced cage and the temporary hab units that had been deployed for the slavers while on planet. Troll and Gobbo take out the nothern bot, while Cap and his team injure the one on the south. In the middle Tek crits on a bot, and Drix finishes it off. A solid start to thing. Troll and Tek get lightly injured by the ruffians in reply.  Another arrive on the board from the north west

 

Turn 2

Cap's team closes in on the bot, and Ug takes it out, while Jyn moves toward the fences and shoots a ruffian. Tek wounds a ruffian Troll damages a bot. Another bot attacks Chella, but Saw comes to her rescue and injures it. 

2 bots come in from the western corners, and 2 pirate troopers emerge from the southern hab. 

Turn 3

Cap lobs a grenade at the troopers and ruffian, but only managers to kill the ruffian. Jyn and Ug charge into the troopers. Tek makes it to the far side of the fence and begins to disable the first of the controls. The bot in combat with Drix and Chella hurts Drix, and drops Chella! A ruffian shoots Red, while Troll charges the slaverbot and ends up knocked out. 

A shock trooper emerges from the northern hab unit 

 Turn 4

Cap charges in with Ug and Ug injures the trooper, then kills him.  Jyn and the other trooper hurt each other. Tek fiddles with the fence controls while the shock trooper lumbers toward him. Drix charges in with Red and Chella and gets himself hurt. Red kills the bot.  Saw kills a ruffian. 

2 more ruffians emerge from the trailer. 

Turn 5

Ug joins Jyn against the trooper and kills him. Cap injures a ruffian. Tek finally hacks the fence, and then runs for it as the shock trooper gets way too close. The shock trooper shots and downs Red. The slaver bot fighting gobbo finally drops him. Drix and a ruffian get into combat, and Drix takes him out. Saw get to the 2nd set of controls for the fence.

Slaver ship lands + 3 troopers to the south west 

Turn 6

 Tek joins Saw, and together they get the fence down. The shock trooper charges them, but Saw hurts the trooper and pushes him back. The villagers start to run for it. Drix grabs Chella. 

Turn 7

Jyn gets charged by a trooper, Cap rushes in and downs him. A ruffian takes a pot shot at Saw and hurts him. A slaverbot grabs a villager. Everyone keeps running.

Turn 8

Cap shoots the slaverbot holding the villager, stunning it, and freeing the villager, but only for a moment, as one of the ruffians grabs hold of him. Everyone else keeps running and 5 out of 6 villagers make it off the table.

Epilogue

The start of the game my dice were hot! It was great... and then around turn 4 things went rapidly downhill.  The good dice rolls were few and far between. It was stupidly difficult to get the fence down. 

Saw and Ug were the VIPs of the game, taking out way above their point value in enemies. Once again Troll got injured early and went down too easy. 

Of the fallen crew only Red ended up badly injured, and will be out for mission 5.