In this battle, Rob's 3rd company pushed into the Underground Base, where my Therian forces lay entrenched. Both of our forces were entering from opposite sides of the building, which meant that terrain wasn't going to be a factor. It also meant that we were going to come into conflict quickly.
Rob's GenCol list gave him quite an advantage by allowing him to field 2 Urods (one cloned). As we've seen in past battles, Urod plays a really significant role in any Red Blok army list - drawing a lot of fire, and repairing damage quickly. If Urod isn't taken down within the first few turns, it's likely that the Red Blok will steamroll over any opposing force. If you can destroy Urod, then the Red Blok forces have typically crumbled under the pressure.
Even though I was fielding Babylon Zero (our only Urod killer, at this point!), there was no way she could stand up to two invading Urods. I foolishly had Babs overwatch one of the Urods, which prevented me from targeting one of the Urod's frame - to take it out of the battle. By the next turn, Babs had sustained enough damage to put her own of the action (and I subsequently forgot to 'pop' Nina Zero from the destroyed mech. Oops).
The rest of the battle ground on, painfully, for another hour and a half. If VP, and company survival, weren't at stake in the campaign, I would have conceded the battle after Babylon's death. Instead, I was forced to continually retreat, while having my Company Commander pump out Hekat Golgoths. The Hekats proved some distraction, allowing my main force to retreat, but there was no way to hold objectives or gather much in the way of RP to bring in reinforcements.
This battle was rather frustrating for me to play, mainly because it "ended" rather quickly and dragged on unnecessarily. It also made me really question some of the game balance of AT-43. Maybe it's sour grapes talking, but the game gets rather frustrating when it seems that specific units dominate play. Army point value is supposed to mediate unit power, but I question whether some units are priced correctly.
Oh well. Lessons learned, differnt strategies to consider, and more battles to fight.
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