Operation: Not-So-Lone-Guardian

[alertcommando]

The door opens into what seems to be a warehouse, but a quick look around reveals it to be a boathouse, a large one. Tied to the enclosed pier, a U.S. Navy Amphibious troop transport waits for the combatants. Lined up near the transport are weapons, scuba gear and four 20 gallon metal drums.

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OOC: Read This First

[alertcommando]

First, the mission has three parts:

1 - The attack crew swims underwater, using diver vehicles radar, gps and all the fancy stuff, attach the drums to the hull of the soviet ships, take distance and blow them away. Unfortunately, they are a bit late, and the Dreadnoughts just bombed Miss Liberty to smithereens (but saved Fort Bradley). At this point, anyone who want to go back can do it.

2 - Any remaining forces make their way to Bradley, probably skirmishing with soviet paratroopers on the way. Upon reaching Fort Bradley, the crew delivers a new comm beacon and the Fort is back in the Defense Grid.

3 - To make things easier for the incoming Allied deployment in the city, Tanya rounds up some GI's (and any of the Milliways crew who does not want to return now) and pays a visit to a small soviet supply depot/field base.

Second, this is prethreading, so, Tanya is using Milliways to maximum advantage: any people coming with her will have received previous training in scuba diving and on setting explosives. Firearms skills you have to bring with you, and unfortunately, no super-advanced weapons.

Also, the volunteers would have been introduced to each other beforehand. We handwave it here and can thread it in Bar at our own pace.

Questions before we start?

[alertcommando]

Tanya heads straight for the wetsuits, stripping down to underwear (boxers and sports bra) before picking one up. "Suit up. We have a lot of swimming to do."

Re: OOC: Read This First

[aeons_crackshot]

Annabelle would volunteer for all three parts. She might be a bit sad about not being able to field test the alien blaster gun she bought from Ellen, but she'll get over it. ;-)

[aeons_crackshot]

Annabelle nods and gets on with the process of getting into a wetsuit. "At least this area isn't known for sharks," she says as she puts on the flippers. "I've killed one with a knife before, but it's not an experience I'm keen on repeating."

Re: OOC: Read This First

[alertcommando]

It seems it's just us. ah well, more fun. Okay, a word of advice, feel free to 'god' and splurge on over-the-top antics. Annabelle is at least at the same level as Tanya, and the Conscripts they will be facing are no match for them.

[alertcommando]

"We will do most of the trip in the transport." Fortunately. "Hopefully sharks will be the least of our worries."

She does watch Annabelle change, of course, but does not stare too much. Once they are both suited up, they can haul the drums into the vehicle and pick up their weapons.

Of course Tanya picked a sniper rifle for Annabelle, but also a couple machine pistols if close combat becomes an issue. The last thing to be loaded in is the replacement comm beacon.

Re: OOC: Read This First

[aeons_crackshot]

Didn't Teja's mun also volunteer? Admittedly, she's on a road trip right now.

I could almost feel sorry for the Conscripts. At least they'll have interesting deaths. ;-)

[aeons_crackshot]

Well, you can't blame Tanya too much for looking, she's only human.

"Good to know," Annabelle replies with a sharp grin. The hunt is on, so to speak, and Annabelle's blood is up.

Oooh...shiny weapons. Tanya picks out the best presents. Annabelle isn't fond of the feel of the wetsuit against her skin as she helps Tanya manhandle the drums into the vehicle, but she can cope with it.

Re: OOC: Read This First

[alertcommando]

Bit of background info Annabelle will need:

The game's story line starts off with the American military being caught completely off guard by the Soviet invasion of the USA, with Soviet aircraft and paratroopers coming in on both the East Coast and West Coast and with the majority of Soviet ground forces coming in through Mexico, which had recently voted in a communist government. The USA attempts to retaliate with the use of nuclear missiles, but Yuri, leader of the Soviet Psychic Corps and Premier Romanov's top advisor, uses his mind control to manipulate the personnel charged with launching the warheads and leaves them to explode in their silos. Within hours, the USA is overrun with Red Army troops. In response, the US President Michael Dugan establishes an emergency response team headed by General Carville and the Commander (the player).

So, rural parts of the United States have been 'self-nuked', and Annabelle was told what little they know about Yuri and his mind-controlling powers.

Re: OOC: Read This First

[aeons_crackshot]

*Face-palm* None of those things is going to make Annabelle happy, especially Yuri.

I suspect some part of Annabelle's mind is wondering if she'll ever get away from psychics with world domination ambitions. ;-)

Re: OOC: Read This First

[alertcommando]

Oh, it gets worse later, when Yuri starts deploying Psi-dominator towers and mind-controlling entire cities.

Re: OOC: Read This First

[aeons_crackshot]

*Glare of death at Yuri*

Are you waiting for someone else to tag into the plot thread?

[alertcommando]

They will have dry clothes once the first part of the mission is done... right now, it is time to close the hatch, and head out, the transporting moving very low on the water.

"I am glad you are here."

Re: OOC: Read This First

[alertcommando]

nope, just was having a quick early dinner.

[aeons_crackshot]

"I'm glad to be here," Annabelle says with a small smile. "I'd fret too much if I had to stay behind and wait."

Annabelle's a little....odd that way.

Re: OOC: Read This First

[aeons_crackshot]

Ah, my apologies then. I thought that maybe you were waiting for Teja's player to tag in.

*Grins* If Teja was coming along I would have had to change Annabelle's last post. I don't think she would have been too at ease changing in front of a man.

[alertcommando]

"I am glad to have you watching my back." Tanya winks to her, guiding the transport north. "Well, lets see up the plan again: we dive and head to the dreadnoughts, attach the party favors to the lower part of the hull, and swim away. Blow them up and make our way to the shore, then straight to the Fort."

"There are soviet paratroopers in the city garrisoning buildings already, but we might also find holdout groups, like police, national guard members and such. So we have to be careful with who we shoot."

Re: OOC: Read This First

[alertcommando]

My bad. retagged with clarification.

[aeons_crackshot]

"Anytime," Annabelle says with a smile in response to Tanya's comment about watching her back.

Her expression is more grim when Tanya discusses the paratroopers. "So long as the paratroopers are in uniform that shouldn't present too much of a problem," Annabelle replies with a nod. Well, not too much of a problem for people with gun skills like Tanya and Annabelle.

Re: OOC: Read This First

[aeons_crackshot]

So it is just the two of them?

The Soviets should have brought more troops. ;-)

[alertcommando]

"Oh, they will be. And this time, they are half decent fighters too." Tanya shakes head. "Fucking Romanov..."

[aeons_crackshot]

Annabelle's opinion of the man is similar. "Your world would end up with someone like Saturday in a position of power," Annabelle says with a sigh.

"If you ever go to...visit him, I'd like to come along," she adds with a predatory smile.

[alertcommando]

Tanya smiles to her friend "We might just have to... but first we have an invasion to stop."

It is a good 'drive' until the start point, and mostly uneventful. They have to stop once, while a huge rigid zeppelin passes above. Even from their hiding spot, the weapon blisters on the thing's structure are clearly visible, along with the hammer and sickle markings. "Kirov Airship..."

[aeons_crackshot]

"Very true," Annabelle says with a small smile.

Annabelle eyes the airship, contemplating ways to destroy it from her current position. "Hopefully, that thing won't spot us," she says quietly. It's too bad that blowing the zeppelin up would attract too much attention.

[alertcommando]

"The Reds came up with those things when the post-war treaties limited their number of conventional aircraft. It is powered with a lesser version of their Iron Curtain force shield." Ah, very hard to bring down.

The lumbering airship fades in the distance, and Tanya starts the transport again. "Those things are keeping the air force busy everywhere."