Turn 2: The Briefing
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2021 5:48 pm
Date: February 13th, 2190
Time: 0830 hours (Local Time)
Location: Briefing Room, USCMC Starfort "Nebraska", Ariarcus Mining Colony, Kruger 90 System
The marines shuffled into the briefing room and picked out places in the front rows. The term Room seemed insufficient to describe such a huge space. Tiered banks of seating, reaching right up to the high-domed ceiling, lined three sides of the auditorium whilst the fourth was dominated by a huge back-projected screen. In the well of the auditorium stood a small cluster of uniformed figures, amongst them the Master Gunnery Sergeant who had woken the Devil Dawgs from Cryo-sleep.
Once everyone was seated, a tall man in the uniform of a colonel stepped up to the podium and addressed the assembled platoon.
"Good morning Marines. I am Lt Col Hanrahan, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, 30th Marine Infantry Regiment. My Battalion forms the primary operational strength of Task Force Tacoma, along with attached Armour, Artillery and Reconnaissance strengths. Tacoma has been tasked with securing Systems Kruger 90 and Cygni 61 against aggressive action by military forces of the UPP and The Devil Dawgs will be providing that Reconnaissance strength."
The colonel gestured to his right at the little cluster of other uniformed figures standing in the well of the auditorium and The Master Guns and another man, wearing the insignia of a Major, stepped forwards.
"This is Major Griffin and Master Gunnery Sergeant Abrams, whom I believe you've all already met. They are the CO and Senior Non-Com in charge of Combat Logistics in the 30th. Long story short, they make sure we get where we need to be quickly and with everything we will need when get there to win the fight. They are also in charge of the disposition of all the forces attached to the Task Force for the duration of our deployment which means the Devil Dawgs fall under them in the chain of command. Major Griffin will see to your general disposition and you will fall under my strategic command when in the field."
The man identified as Major Griffin stepped forwards and took over the podium from Lt Col. Hanrahan.
"Task Force Tacoma will be using Kruger 90 as a staging area from which to embark aboard elements of the 5th Space Fleet for transit to Cygni 61. The Devil Dawgs have a separate initial tasking. The local garrison, under the command of Major Meyers here, has received an official request for aid from the Weyland Yutani research complex here on Ariarcus"
As he mentioned the name, the Major gestured to the last of figures in the well, this one a young woman in the uniform of USCMC Major.
"Unfortunately, neither the local garrison troops, nor the line forces of the 30th have sufficient security clearance to fulfill this tasking. Luckily, the Devil Dawgs do. Whilst the rest of the task force makes ship for Cygni 61 and forms an initial bridgehead, your unit will work with the local garrison to facilitate the evacuation of the WY facility and its staff and ensure the continued security of Fort Nebraska and the population which it protects. Once that task is complete you will embark aboard USS John Glenn and transit to Cygni 61 to join up with the rest of Tacoma for ongoing combat operations against the UPP."
"Questions?"
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Time: 0830 hours (Local Time)
Location: Briefing Room, USCMC Starfort "Nebraska", Ariarcus Mining Colony, Kruger 90 System
The marines shuffled into the briefing room and picked out places in the front rows. The term Room seemed insufficient to describe such a huge space. Tiered banks of seating, reaching right up to the high-domed ceiling, lined three sides of the auditorium whilst the fourth was dominated by a huge back-projected screen. In the well of the auditorium stood a small cluster of uniformed figures, amongst them the Master Gunnery Sergeant who had woken the Devil Dawgs from Cryo-sleep.
Once everyone was seated, a tall man in the uniform of a colonel stepped up to the podium and addressed the assembled platoon.
"Good morning Marines. I am Lt Col Hanrahan, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, 30th Marine Infantry Regiment. My Battalion forms the primary operational strength of Task Force Tacoma, along with attached Armour, Artillery and Reconnaissance strengths. Tacoma has been tasked with securing Systems Kruger 90 and Cygni 61 against aggressive action by military forces of the UPP and The Devil Dawgs will be providing that Reconnaissance strength."
The colonel gestured to his right at the little cluster of other uniformed figures standing in the well of the auditorium and The Master Guns and another man, wearing the insignia of a Major, stepped forwards.
"This is Major Griffin and Master Gunnery Sergeant Abrams, whom I believe you've all already met. They are the CO and Senior Non-Com in charge of Combat Logistics in the 30th. Long story short, they make sure we get where we need to be quickly and with everything we will need when get there to win the fight. They are also in charge of the disposition of all the forces attached to the Task Force for the duration of our deployment which means the Devil Dawgs fall under them in the chain of command. Major Griffin will see to your general disposition and you will fall under my strategic command when in the field."
The man identified as Major Griffin stepped forwards and took over the podium from Lt Col. Hanrahan.
"Task Force Tacoma will be using Kruger 90 as a staging area from which to embark aboard elements of the 5th Space Fleet for transit to Cygni 61. The Devil Dawgs have a separate initial tasking. The local garrison, under the command of Major Meyers here, has received an official request for aid from the Weyland Yutani research complex here on Ariarcus"
As he mentioned the name, the Major gestured to the last of figures in the well, this one a young woman in the uniform of USCMC Major.
"Unfortunately, neither the local garrison troops, nor the line forces of the 30th have sufficient security clearance to fulfill this tasking. Luckily, the Devil Dawgs do. Whilst the rest of the task force makes ship for Cygni 61 and forms an initial bridgehead, your unit will work with the local garrison to facilitate the evacuation of the WY facility and its staff and ensure the continued security of Fort Nebraska and the population which it protects. Once that task is complete you will embark aboard USS John Glenn and transit to Cygni 61 to join up with the rest of Tacoma for ongoing combat operations against the UPP."
"Questions?"
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<Everyone planning on playing please post an MOS and intended loadout in the Roster thread for each account you intent to play.>