Laserburn, Marine boarding party.

Looking through my Laserburn collection I discovered my scan of Imperial Commander, and the scenario 'for a few gonads more.'  The idea of shipboard combat is a good one so we have the freighter and the 15mm Laserburn figures are ready to board.

Time for the Imperium to fight back against the illegal trade in body parts. 

THE TRADE OF ORGAN LEGGING

Dealing in illegal body parts in the laserburn universe is big business.  Originating from battlefield casualties or the hapless victims of muggings and murders parts are freeze dried into cryo-pods until a buyer is found.  Millions of credits are out there to be made.

THE SCENARIO

The Imperials have information that organ-legger Baron, Donovaan Slann is traveling on a ramshackle freight cruiser called the ‘Morning Star’. The patrol destroyer ES Guardian has already unsuccessfully tried hailing this ship to get it to stop and has had to fire upon her to disable its drives. An unfortunate consequence of this is that the already poor state of the vessel is now even worse and the ship is now adrift and in danger of breaking apart.  

The Marine Lieutenant's orders are to apprehend Donovaan Slann as soon as possible, whilst ensuring any civilians (there are believed to be several aboard) are found and brought back to the patrol vessel.  The Guardian has force tractored the Morning Star and has set up a boarding tube to gain access to the ship at the main cargo hold.  

The damage to the drives will be stabilized by a separate small tech crew (4 men, laser pistols, flak armour), who are to be escorted from the cargo hold, up the access tube, onto the main deck, from there they will move to the rear of the ship and stay in Engineering until all crew/ civilians and Donovaan Slann are suitably apprehended or secured. 

The crew are presumed to be hostile and in cahoots with the organleggers. 

THE MORNING STAR is a small (Hull size 8)  freight cruiser operating in the trade lanes between the frontier worlds and, and has seen many years of service. It is in need of maintenance and cleaning, but provides regular transport and cargo running for its customers. 

‘ES Guardian' is a hull size 10 Patrol Destroyer, lightly armed with mass drivers and beam weapons. A tractor beam is fitted and there is a complement of Imperial Marines used as an assault squad for boarding actions.   
The Organ Leggers
Baron Donovaan Slann
Pilot Harrison Fiat
Co-pilot Chewsbaccy
12 Crew Rebel Expendables
1 Security robot  RU1:2

Imperial Marines Alpha Team
Lieutenant Gerit Arde
Sergeant  Grip M'Column
7 troopers, jet pack joyriders

Building the freighter

I had the choice of using a 15mm ship plan or building a spaceship.  I mean really, that's no choice at all...

The Game 

The Marines line up in the boarding tube.

Alert in the Bridge.  Security teams sent to the cargo bay.

Breach.  The Marines go in. 

Through the cargo hold into the secondary cargo hold.

Into the crew rooms.  Seven knocked down security team members.

The security section and a Droid.  A nasty fight and two Marines knocked out.

And finally onto the bridge.  The freighter is captured, as is the "organ-legger" Baron.   Job done with two casualties.  Smugglers and security guards lost twelve.