- Clearance Sale
- Mail Man
- Swept II
- Castell
- Raidolo
- Raidolo (again)
- Racethunder XL (comrade Zitron wins)
The session began with a new mission from the Bodgist faction, Clearance Sale. Under the command of comrade CO Ferrard Carson, an almost complete NATO infantry platoon moved in on the town of Rodopoli. Alpha and Bravo were the main force, pushing methodically through the gently undulating meadowland east of the town, whilst Charlie flanked all the way around to a hill to the west, from which they rained down death upon the enemy garrison. Overall, it was really superb stuff from everyone, and after nearly an hour of fighting the town was cleared of enemies (with only a few casualties taken on our side).
Next up was Tigershark's remake of his Folk-era classic, Mail Man, the action now transplanted to the very centre of Altis. Unfortunately, at the start of this mission the terrible 'exploding helicopter' bug instantly deprived us of a heavy transport helo and the LB, as well as their pilots, an NSA engineer and 1-2 other platoon members. However, comrade CO Draakon held firm and sent Alpha and Bravo squads in anyway. The LZ was hot, and in a moment of pure horror the pilot of the helo carrying Bravo slumped over his controls, dead, sending the bird spinning towards the ground and a fiery death for all aboard. Alone, and taking fire from all sides, Alpha held the crash site and initiated the data transfer. By the time Charlie and the rest of the platoon arrived in the second lift, the data had been secured. With the aid of many smoke grenades and covering fire from Charlie, the surviving members of Alpha and the remaining NSA engineer extracted from the crash site (officially, in a helo piloted by comrade AirBlade, who did some neat flying throughout the mission). Let's hope the data was worth the lives of so many comrades. And not just pornogr--
After two exciting coops, we turned to the asymmetric adversarial, Swept II. Slotting a squad-sized sweeping force under comrade ASL Mamuto, the fleeing FIA platoon under comrade CO SuperU numbered two full squads and an MAT attachment. The FIA platoon elected to stand and fight, creating two treeline ambushes. Bravo squad, under comrade BSL Ferrard Carson, predicted a bloody knife-fight with the enemy ... and got it: the sweeping force walked right onto Bravo's position and an incredibly bloody few minutes ensued. Nearly half of the sweeping force was knocked out, but Carson's squad was near-destroyed - many cut down by comrade Denel, who slipped in behind the ambush line and butchered many men. By the time comrade CO SuperU called on Alpha and any survivors from Bravo to fall back to the nearby farmhouse, only two members of Bravo remained. SuperU's men attempted to make a stand at that farm compound, but the sweeping force cleverly fanned out its remaining men and engaged the FIA fighters from the south. Judicious use of grenades and rockets forced the clustered FIA fighters out of the compound, and eventually a surviving handful broke eastwards, for the coast. All but one were cut down, but ST!NG made it to the beach, hauled himself into a boat and rode it to the waiting trawler. The world will know our story!
The final major mission of the session was an updated version of Castell. Actually, before that, we enjoyed a mini-game in which element leaders were selected by volunteering to pilot an attack helo (an honour that eventually went to comrade Corporal Crane). Under comrade CO AudioX, almost two full squads supported by 2 IFVS and the aforementioned attack helo launched an assault on the hilltop village of Oreokastro. The initial attack (from the southern ridge) and aerial bombardment appeared to go well. However, things began to break down as the platoon crossed the valley and entered the south of the village: Bravo fired on Alpha during the movement, killing several comrades. In the village, the situation got worse as the enemy rained mortars down upon our forces. Eventually, the surviving IFV got stuck on some rocks, and the Party - in a rare, rare act - authorised a hot extraction using the Hind-like qualities of the attack helo. Comrade pilot Corporal Crane performed a perfect landing on the southern edge of the village, loaded in the survivors - including the IFV crew - and took off, destroying the crippled IFV so that the Party's technical secrets remain denied to the enemy. It was pretty glorious, albeit a failure (technically).
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