CR3 and Star Wars

Here's a game I ran use my Star Wars minis.  While I loved the minis, I didn't like the actual game rules since they didn't allow for solo play.  With Chain Reaction, from Tho Hour Wargames, I finally have my chance.

Anyway, here are my heroes:

Hathis (Star):  Rep 5 Female Human.  Repeating Pistol.
Beedon:  Rep 4 Male Rodian.  Rocket Launcher and Pistol.
Loab:  Rep 3 Human Male.  Rifle.
Goom:  Rep 3 Male Human.  Rifle.
Fizt:  Rep 3 Male Ewok.  Bow.
Rorst:  Rep 3 Female Ewok.  Bow.

The morning after the battle of Endor, the Death Star is destroyed, the Empire is driven off, and the heroes enjoy a well-deserved rest.

Well, most of them . . . 

Hathis shook her head, which only made it pound worse.  Thanks to drawing the short straw, she and her squad got stuck with guard duty, ensuring no rogue Imperial forces remained in the area.  As she watched two ewoks play on a broken speeder bike, Hathis thought about asking if either had any medicine for her head, and her stomach.

Then they heard the rumbling.

A rogue Imperial force approached with an AT-St walker, probably intent on sneak-attacking the resting rebels.

"Grab your gear!"  Hathis yelled as she and her troops bolted down the hill.  (The army men in these pictures represent trees and foliage while also helping to separate map sections.)  Shouting to the ewoks, the group hid behind bushes and scouted their opponents.

Loab rushed to get a closer look at the walker, while Goom slipped and ended up right in the sights of several troopers.  Rifle already in hand, Goom opened fire and dropped the first trooper, while the other two slipped back behind nearby trees.

Meanwhile, Hathis, Beedon, Fizt, and Rorst snuck around and attempt to flank the enemy forces.  Beedon dropped one with his pistol, while Rorst took down another.  Hathis opened fire but missed, and a lone shock trooper disappeared into the brush (left the map completely).

"Why isn't the walker moving yet?"  Beedon asked.

As if in response, the monstrous AT-ST came to life and opened fire, sending Loab airborne as it approached the brush.

The scout trooper took advantage of the distraction to shoot Goom in the chest, dropping him from the battle.

"You're up," Hathis told Beedon, and the rodian pulled out his rocket launcher and tried to sneak around to shoot the walker.  Unfortunately, the walker's pilot saw him and blasted the poor soldier and the tree he hid behind.

Hathis sighed.  "Well this is going just great."  She turned to her two smaller companions and pointed.  "Distract that thing while I get Beedon's gun."

Apparently they understood enough because the two nodded and slipped through the brush and began pelting the walker with arrows.  Unfortunately, the pilot caught on and fired at the brushed itself, causing Fizt and Rorst to dive out into the open.

Their guards dropped, the walker fired again, mercilessly roasting to the two diminutive rebels.  It then seemed to ignore Hathis and make a beeline for the rebel and ewok camp.

Taking advantage of its lack of interest. Hathis burst through the brush, slipped behind the trees, and found Beedon's body, his fingers still grasping his rocket launcher.  Retrieving the weapon, she flanked the walker and opened fire, striking against its left leg.

That got its attention!  The walker turned as she fired again but missed.  Returning fire, it struck a nearby tree, hurtling Hathis through the air,  She landed on some fallen brush and groaned in pain.  Luckily nothing was broken though (Star Power saved her from getting incinerated!) , so she rolled aside, picked up her gun again, and fired again on the walker.

She hit the cockpit, and the beast stumbled for a moment before firing back.  Luckily, it missed completely (the pilot was probably still shaken after that last blast), but then it began to march forward.  Time to finish you off, she thought, as she lifted the gun for one more blast.

It jammed!  (Failed activation)  "Really?  You have got to be @$%#$@$%## kidding me!"  As the walker inched closer, Hathis kicked the rocket launcher and fought against the stuck trigger.  "Work you #%$@#%%#$% piece of #%%#!  Work!"

Click.  Finally, she thought as a huge shadow suddenly swallowed her.  Gazing up, she saw the walker above, its guns pointed directly at her.  No doubt, its pilot was pausing just long enough for a sinister chuckle.

Lifting the gun again, she fired one more time and could only gape in shock as the rocket sailed right inside the walker's cockpit.  Following a series of explosions, Hathis rolled out of way as the beast toppled and crashed to the ground.

Sighing, she reported back to base on her comlink, retrieved gear from her fallen allies, and took off into the woods.  One lone trooper survived, and she intended to track him down and complete her mission.