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Can Krusseck see Tyro standing in the bunker to gain the Born Leader +1 attack which may make a difference here?

Because Krusseck is nestled in the little bend of the trench I'm going to say no, he does not benefit from born leader. I'm open to a rebuttal, however.

Might argue his head is up over the trench and he'd be seeing into the side.  Pretty much the same with Osten as well but I wasn't too sure Tyro would get them to start with.

Furbal Aims at YV-A; attack is under 60 squares away and using the Targeting Scope to Aim his accurate weapon should have this count as a Point Blank Range shot.   Attack d20(17)+15+1BL = 32 so a hit.  Damage is just 25 (rolled 19+6) but Hunter's Mark and Debilitating Shot will still drop it 2 steps down the CT.

Be sure to consider any special abilities before you continue.

Free Action suggesting Chiss 6&7 Aim Missiles at intersection of VY-D&E and that Chiss 8&9 both Aim missiles at intersection of YV I&J.  Aiming should negate cover getting attack to those points (burst starts at intersection) and those adjacent to that (those mentioned plus K) should suffer full or half; those within the burst but not at the center (C, F, H, L) would have the cover that reduces damage to half or none.  PS.  If the Chiss are to be called something else just say what their calls were supposed be as these should be known before the battle begins and calling them by number is just wrong.

Tyro Aims his HRB at A who is within the 50 square PBR.  He's using Burst Fire both because that, as a single target attack, can be aimed and because trying to lay down autofire in an area of the woods would reduce damage too much.  Attack:  d20(19)+13 = 32  so that should be a hit (especially at -2 steps down CT)  Damage:  5d10(33)+6 =39   This would push it down the CT even more.

I'll note that between Furbal and Tyro they just did 64 to YV-A and Tyro's attack SHOULD kill him.  Both Delay Damage and Never Surrender are REACTIONS so both can not be used against the same attack; if DD is used on the second attack it will keep him alive until the end of his turn but the Endurance check for Never Surrender has no chance of hitting the DC 39.

who either falls under the massive fire, staggers on waiting for death to take it shortly, or perhaps is reeling and may just barely be able to hold on for life.

Ok, you're establishing that Delay Damage will be used on the first hit or the first hit over some level?  After a bit of evaluation I see how A could survive if DD was used against Furbal's shot (and I believe it would also delay the CT movement  ) as THAT would then be the damage that potentially kills him later setting a lower DC for Never Surrender.  Taking Tyro's damage first also drops him below 50% hp making Second Wind possible before the Delayed Damage kicks in and that could keep A alive as Furbal's damage would NOT be enough to kill him yet.  Granted he'll still be 3 steps down the CT and -5 on everything.

With the Missiles I'm thinking that the targets around the point of impact will take full (hits REF) or half damage (misses REF but hits 10) assuming the shot hits as they are on the point of impact.  I guess I'm thinking that the next squares out will take half or none but still based on the original attack; the cover between them and the point of impact reduces the damage but I don't believe you'd recalculate what their REF is based on the impact point.

Looking at the Chiss attacks I figure Adam's will deal the 28 points to both D and E while C and F take half that so 14.  Baker's attack hits the area but not as well so D and E take half the 30 (so 15) while C and F will take nothing.  Chad (24/12) and Dave (15/0) will basically have the exact same situation.  I'll also point out that these guys have Devastating Attack which lowers the effective DT so that 28 would effectively be 23 meaning all of those taking the full brunt of the attack should move down the CT.

As for the Missile Launchers I guess I'd point to the entry on pg 130 of the SECR saying that each holds 4 shots and that each extra magazine would also hold 4 shots so when the entry stated 2 extra magazines.  I guess I was "giving orders" around the idea that each of them has 12 rounds to use during this encounter (which I'll admit could be a lot) but would point out that reloading is a FULL-ROUND action.  I'll also mention that to AIM would have used two swift actions so there would NOT HAVE BEEN AN ACTION TO RELOAD WITH even if it only took a Move Action.  There are stats for a few other missiles that hold fewer but also do more damage.  Never especially liked the CHWS stat blocks especially when giving them rifles they don't seem proficient it; might have just given them grenade launchers to go with heavy rifles.

With RA-JR I'll remind you that he is using an ACCURATE weapon which has no attack penalties at short range.  I guess I find him MISSING a targeting scope which, assuming he is aiming his attack, would then reduce the range one category effectively making the shot POINT BLANK range.  Is the "PA" in there "Power Attack" or more accurately Power Blast?  Should also mention what effect you are taking with Dastardly Strike (-1 CT which I'd recommend) or Weakening Strike (which as I've said previously isn't going to help much especially at this range) and possibly Knockdown Strike.  The 33 points of damage here will also push the target down the CT when he'd already be down the CT from Chad's Missile strike.

Now the way I see thing YV-J is in BIG trouble.  He should take 24 from Chad which pushes him down the CT (and if your trigger for Delay Damage is something that will move you down the CT then THIS should be it granted it seems early - it got popped on Furbal's attack and it "only" did 25 which wouldn't have hit the DT naturally except for the specials) and then another 15 from Dave to put him at 24, or 48 w/DD to be followed up by RA-JR's 33 points leaving him at 24 with 33 delayed or at just 15 with 24 points delayed.  I guess either of these does leave him below the Second Wind threshold that could give him back 15 and leave him with 6 hitpoints but Never Surrender is still possible.  IF he's "feeling lucky" delaying the first damage would let him Roll Endurance (at -2 steps down the CT) vs DC 24 at the end of his turn with Never Surrender to go down to 1 hitpoint and hope he lives long enough to use Second Wind the next round to boost him to 16 hit points but with no safety net.

Guess we may have a couple disputes about things would work.  While I interpreted the cover issue one way I can see your point as well although then there was pretty much never any chance of hitting the outside guys.  Bigger issue could be the ammo situation where I was assuming one thing based on what I read in the SECR and you're showing me something VERY different.  Also had to point out some things about RA-JR's attack.  Otherwise I'm not sure what more to say.

None will have used Never Surrender.
Assumes Delay Damage is used when a YV would first suffer an attack that moves it down the CT just to keep it consistent.

A* = 14 hp, 3 steps down CT: spends Swift Action on SecondWind (2W) after being at 24 hp, Delayed Damage applied at end of turn.
B & G = 63 hp: nothing happened to him
C & F = 49 hp:  I figure he'd have taken half damage from Adam's blast.  If you ruled otherwise he'd be at full as well.
D = 20 hp, 1 step down CT:  Figure DD taken with Adam's blast so he had 48 hp during turn making him ineligible for 2W at that time.
E* = 1 hp, 2 steps down CT:  DD used against Osten's 34 damage.  Missile attacks dropped to 20 hp so Swift spend on 2W to move to 35 hp before going back to 1 after damage applied.
H & L = 51 hp:  Figuring half damage from Chad's damage but nothing else.
I & K = 24 hp, 1 step down CT:  DD used against Chad's missile damage but 2W not possible before end of turn.
J* = 6 hp, 3* steps down CT:  Has blown DD and spent swift on 2W

* = used Swift Action to take Second Wind.  All who are down on Condition Track used Delay Damage.

Hope this is helpful, if not I won't try it again.

If the YV are Running and lose their DEX bonus to REF then they would ALSO lose their Dodge Bonus to REF which means no bonus from Martial Arts I in this case.  Their REF should be 20 instead of 23 which means Torkad's first hit would "anticipate the YV movement and hit although if it were paying attention it could have easily avoided the attack.  Dumb fool RAN right into it!"

If it matters (ie unless Gondar wants to roll) my 3d12 (19)+7 = 26 damage +1 PBS = 27 damage.  Another average damage roll below the DT28.

The YV are trying to avoid damage by closing range faster so they can enter the fight but doing so opens them up to more damage in the process and Torkad's first attack would show just how this works!

Turret 1 (leftmost) against Yuuzhan Vong B, attack is made from 29 squares away, point blank range inflicts no penalty on the attack roll:  1d20+10=28.  A hit.  Damage:  3d8=6.
Turret 2 against Yuuzhan Vong D, attack is made from 27 squares away, point blank range inflicts no penalty on the attack roll:  1d20+10=21.  A hit.  Damage:  3d8=6.
Osten against Yuuzhan Vong C, attack is made a 28 squares, imposing a short range penalty of -2 on the attack roll:  1d20+9=11.  A miss.

Krusseck against Yuuzhan Vong L, attack is made at 28 squares, point blank range inflicts no penalty on the attack roll:  1d20+10=14.  A miss.

So climbing out of the pit is probably 4 squares, so Krusseck just moves 2 squares forward out of the trench.

Forgot they lost their Dex for running! Man, I really need to refresh the rules. Damage is ok, I do not need to roll myself

Question G's status as he probably should be going down as well unless you're "hiding" the Never Surrender roll that he may need to stay alive.  Granted he could have used DD on the hit but will then need to use Never Surrender when the damage kicks in.  If G were still standing I wouldn't have put it past Chad or Dave trying to catch him but as long as they can splash 4 of them we may have a shot.

Otherwise nothing.  Was thinking H and L are in the same situation but realize Tyro nailed him earlier.  Not sure L will survive the round.

A DD 2W NS, 14 hp, 3 steps (-5): No one targeted him so no changes unless he makes them.
B DD 2W NS, 4 hp, 3 steps down: Suspect he'll use 2W, was so hoping missile damage would finish him.
C DD 2W NS, -5 hp*, 2 steps down*:  Will need swift+2W (to 10 hp) or NS (DC 28 while -1 on CT; 1 hp) to survive
D RIP
E DD 2W NS, 1 hp, 2 steps down: Not targeted this round so only what he changes.
F DD 2W NS, 23 hp, 1 step down:  May have used 2W?
G DD 2W NS, 1 hp or DEAD, 1 step down:  Does he make DC 30 Endurance vs Tyro's initial attack or after using DD and possibly 2W?
H DD 2W NS, 1 hp or DEAD, 3 steps down*:  Does he make DC 30 Endurance check while -2 steps down CT?
I RIP
J DD 2W NS, 6 hp, 3 steps down:  Another one who suffered the last round and was ignored this round, what's he do?
K RIP
L DEAD  RA-JR's attack (would need NS to save at DC 30* with -1 CT from Dave to make it to its turn) or when Delayed Damage hits.

Very likely SIX dead YV this round!

Question:  Was RA-JR's attack calculated correctly?  I'm seeing a roll of 16 at a +12 attack w/ BAB & DEX but not sure where there rest is all from.  I'm thinking there should be a -5 instead of +5 for Power Blast although even that with the basics would have hit.  Also see PBS for +1; see note below.

I'm also thinking you are miss understanding how the Targeting Package talent works.  You may need to go to the source (FUCG 130) but unless I'm not seeing errata it requires your 2 Swift Actions to activate it immediately before it can be used for a single attack; this makes it mostly incompatible with an Aim build.  Say more on this in the recruitment thread; there wasn't an error in the legality but probably misunderstood what PBS (+3) was hinting at.  Although we may have "started" I suggest editing this talent on the droid; Target Acquisition (SGtD 27) seems like an appropriate change which is a 1/encounter use Swift to "acquire target" giving you +1 circumstance to attack and damage against that target for the rest of the encounter and I don't think it should be activated just yet.

I rather expected C to live.  It started last round at 49 hp, Delayed 28 from Adam before suffering 26 from Baker bringing him down to 23 when his turn started.  Taking 2W would have given him back 15 hp putting it up to 38 before he suffered Adam's damage dropping him back to 10 hitpoints.  May like dead opponents but I'm afraid it would should still be alive if it used 2W; now if it had decided to risk it he could have ignored 2W and just waited for the damage an hope NeverSurrender would save him.

Also note that Krusseck climbed out of the trench last round.

A DD 2W NS, 14 hp, 3 steps (-5 penalty):  RAN  REF=15
B DD 2W NS, 19 hp, 3 steps down.  REF=18
C DD 2W NS, 10 hp, 2 steps down  REF=21
E DD 2W NS, 1 hp, 2 steps down:  RAN  REF=18
F DD 2W NS, 23 hp, 1 step down: RAN  REF=19
J DD 2W NS, 6 hp, 3 steps down: RAN  REF=15

I know I've commented on this idea other places but seems you're doing some of it right.  Double-Double is x4 for hitpoint but just +20 to DT.  Now I think the splash effect will go from 1 to 2 (as you're "model" for the second is the first and it already has splash) while at the same time the damage take from area attacks should get another +2d put on for +4d total.  These guys scare me as I can already hear the rain so I hope we can bring the fire.  Trying to remember if ON cover is the same as having cover...