The Hexcrawl

Reed could get here with his fast action which would give him these modifiers to his persuasion roll.

"It's over! I have the high ground!" +1
Adjacent Hex +2

His Base Empathy/Persuasion is d10/d6, so his final dice pool is d12/d10.

It's an opposed roll so he needs to get 1 more success than the target's CUF roll. The enemy only gets to roll d8 because he can't see the rest of his squad.

If Reed doesn't win the opposed roll, there is a small chance that the target could hit him with ranged combat next round, but he needs to roll really well. Most likely Reed will end up in a really good position to continue combat.

Enemy B takes 3 damage and is suppressed. He loses his next turn. His critical injury gives him a permanent -2 to RECON and RANGED COMBAT.

That's right: d6/d6.

Base Pool: d10/d6 (Agility/Ranged Combat)
-2 for Active Target in same hex with AK-74:

Final Pool: d6/d6

Enemy C will not give up. However, he lost his turn due to suppression. He's no longer suppressed.

If the grapple succeeds, both Cunningham and the combatant fall to the group. Cunningham will drop his weapon and won't be able to move. His only available action for his next turn will to be to break free which is a slow action opposed roll. Cunningham's melee combat vs the enemy's.

Cunningham can attempt to block the grapple witch a successful close combat roll (d12/d6). This will cost him a fast action in his next turn. Any success prevents the grapple. Extra successes have no effect. This roll can be pushed.

Cunningham can only take one action this turn

Same initiative order. Sheepdog is up, but everyone may post their actions ahead of time.

1. Sheepdog
2. Cunningham
3. Reed
4. Enemies

Yes, make a RECON roll. It's an opposed roll. If you beat the enemy driver's RECON, you get a +3 to your next attack as long it's in the same hex.

Cunningham is incredibly strong, and I want you to be aware of the melee actions he can perform. The enemy also dropped his rifle in an attempt to grapple Cunningham.

Melee Combat: Roll d12/d6
Deal 1 damage plus 1 for each extra success. - You don't need to drop your rifle. Narratively, you'd be using it as a type of improvised weapon.

Grapple: Roll d12/d6.
You grapple the opponent, and you both fall to the ground. The only action the enemy can make on future turns is break free. Until the enemy breaks free, you can perform grapple attacks. Grapple attacks are the same as melee attacks but only use a fast action. The opponent can attempt to block the grapple, but loses a fast action. - However, you drop your rifle to do this.

Shove/trip Roll d12/d6
As a fast action, you can try to shove the enemy to the ground. Cunningham is stronger than the opponent, so you only need 1 success. The opponent can attempt to block the shove, but loses a fast action. This action doesn't do any damage.

Ranged Combat: Roll d6/-
He can't aim and he's firing in close combat for a total of -4 modifiers. That drops him to a single d6 for ranged combat. You can't go lower than that.

This is how I calculated the dice pool. Let me know if that doesn't make sense. The way I see it is that the machine gunner speciality starts HW at d6. Then from there all the steps need to balance out.

Base dice pool: d10/- (STR/HW)

+1 Machine Gunner (d10/d6)
+1 Elevation (d10/d8)
-1 Target prone (d8/d8)
-1 Terrain (d8/d6)

Final Dice Pool: d8/d6

Not defenseless because he's mobile and aware of you. However, if he's on the ground he needs to use one of his fast actions to get up. He'll also attempt to block the shove which takes up his other action.

If he keeps failing round after round, you'll essentially delay the combat until someone arrives to help or you change tactics.

Some defenseless examples are being caught unaware, having a broken neck, or sleeping.

That's right. The total ammo spent is the sum of all the dice you roll unless you don't roll any ammo dice. In that case, the ammo spent is 1.