Running Rabbit - Bravo 3 FTL, with Labbes, Aquarius, and Mort
Even though it went smoother than usual, I really had a good time with this mission. Under good direction from squad leader Draakon, the three fireteams in Bravo bounded down the road south, always in support of each other. A good alternation of bounding ahead to cover, and providing suppressing fire for those bounding ahead of us.
Highlight of the mission was our fireteam flanking out to the side of a compound from which contacts were pinning down Bravo 1, coming in from behind, and sneakily clearing the compound. Second best highlight was watching Wafflynumber in the helicopter fly back to us under heavy enemy fire, only to have his chopper critically damaged at the last moment and gracefully arc down across the road from us into Bravo 1.
Everything was going great until in the last minutes of the mission, one of the few remaining enemies RPG'ed me after taking a few shots at the tank. Still, it wouldn't be a glorious mission if I didn't die.
Holy Stones - Medic attached to Commander Aziz (Halop)
While Halop drove, I took gunner position on the machine mounted in the back, ready to gun down any and all of Azoz's idolatorous men. Just as we rolled up to the rendezvous, I was shot, sprayed 10 rounds randomly in front of me in shock, and then shot again in the head and killed. I have the distinction of being the first casualty of the match, but at least I didn't have to suffer through the psychological angst of whether it was friend or foe I was firing at.
Slippery Eel - Indie - Azim's loyal man slave (serving under Dannysayno)
Things were going pretty well. Azim and company drove up en mass and dismounted south of the mosque. As we were crossing a street, we were spotted by Blufor troops about 200 meters away, so Azim and I booked it to the mosque while the others stayed behind to block their advance. We had the meeting, and dashed out, hearing reports of our forces' deaths all across the city. I suggested we take a humble white car parked just outside, but Azim insisted we take the flashier, capitalistic black SUV, and I'm convinced this breach of morals is what lead to our untimely demise (surely it wasn't because of the ineptitude of his driver/man slave).
With nary a moment to look at the map, we drove off in the black SUV, rounded a corner, and ran right into a road block. And were promptly riddled with bullets as I attempted to execute a three-point turn.
Slippery Eel Electric Boogaloo! - Blufor - Alpha 2 AR
We took up position with our humvee on the northern end of the road which borders the mosque on the east, waiting for Azim to come to us. In the meantime, we kept trying to nonlethally shoo off any civilians who strayed to close to us. Then, a rather suspicious character ran behind a building to our east. I went to go check it out, but couldn't find anybody, and as I was turning around to leave, a man with a gun ran through the gate right in front of me, and we both shot each other at the same time. Automatic rifle beats handgun, but I was still down on the ground, so the FTL came over to heal me up.
As he reached me, shit started going down: Azim had his meeting at the mosque, OPfor stole the wheels to our humvee, leaving it immobile, and shot our gunner for good measure. I was put back on my feet, and we scrambled looking for a replacement vehicle to take us to the airstrip. Then I was shot from behind.
Chernolo (afterparty) The gang
Approached the factory from the south, moving through some of the ancillary buildings. There was a massacre of our troops at the south entrance, but we eventually forced them to retreat further inside. We made our advance inside, but I stopped just short to try and heal one of my wounded comrades. But I didn't know what the hell I was doing (or the first aid mechanic was bugged), so I was unable to get him up and shooting again. I blithely stated over direct comms, "Sorry, man, but it looks like you're on your own. I'm outta here!", at which point, I was shot in the head by cops who hadn't retreated by as much as I thought.
Chernolo (afterparty afterparty) The gang
Approached from the north, and made my way up a series of ladders to the top of the building, climbing over the bodies of my comrades who had gone ahead of me. I teamed up with Zitron at the top, as he was throwing smoke grenades into the doorway there along with another fellow. I rushed in firing wildly into the haze, but it seemed no response was forthcoming. I turned around to give the all clear, and was shot.