Turn 2 - Morning of the Incursion

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Post by Atypicalkiller » Wed May 02, 2007 2:59 pm

"Well, will there be any people down there? "Cause if so we'd better be more careful where we shoot."
Khan was taking a drag as Eric spoke luckily Harmon rogered up first..
"There won't be any people down there; none alive anyway. Every second you spend trying to figure out whether or not it's human is another second closer to being squished."
Tarik grinned at Harmon..

"Roberts just shoot it...if it is a person don't take the chance of letting them get close enough..Announce yourself if they don't acknowledge you back within a few seconds open fire...it's too dark down there to second guess youself....besides if you end up killing some civies tough shit...they were in the wrong place at the wrong time...I've seen it before and I think I'm starting to understand it.."


Tk was refering to his own colony and past, but no-one knew of it..not yet anyways.
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Post by Altair » Wed May 02, 2007 7:23 pm

Being a smart boy Altair didn’t believe a word the general had said. He had read many history books and his own grandfather was in a military when he was younger even though Altair’s father tried to hide that part of their family history. History books told of valor and great victories, many generals were nothing less than tactical genus, but what book didn’t tell was the cost of achieving those victories – that part of history Altair had learned from his grand father. Being used as bait didn’t bother the boy, after all it was his own choice to join the military, no one had forced him to join and now he had to do what he was told, no questions asked.

Only partly hearing the discussion taking place at the table, Altair just hoped that if their commander indeed decided to use the grenades he would give those grenades to someone qualified to use them. Remembering boot camp Altair smiled glad that the marine who had dropped the grenade while throwing it was not given a live one, since many would have died in that accident if that was the case. Altair had been partly deaf for almost a day after that explosion but apart from that he was unharmed. Tunnels were not the right place to start a practice session.

Even though his armor and weapons seen no action still, the boy had cleaned them and applied fresh layer of boot polish on his armor remembering his past experience. This time though Altair took one of each type of grenade, and as many flares as he could carry without being it too cumbersome. Checking that his shoulder lamp was working and fully charged, the boy gulped last remains of his breakfast. Clearing the table in front of him, Altair opened his med pack double-checking it.

“Hey if it gets too bad I might have something for you. But I would advise to use it as a last resort since this remedy will dull your senses.â€
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Post by Apachetear » Wed May 02, 2007 7:30 pm

[quote=""Altair""]
“Hey Tarik if we meet these creatures can you leave me one at least partly full. Last time we met them it was like trying to collect one huge jig saw after what you have done with your gun.â€
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Post by Atypicalkiller » Wed May 02, 2007 8:13 pm

After finishing his chat with Con, about some extra gear Altair approached Khan..

[quote] “Hey Tarik if we meet these creatures can you leave me one at least partly full. Last time we met them it was like trying to collect one huge jig saw after what you have done with your gun.â€
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Post by Corporal Hicks » Wed May 02, 2007 9:16 pm

"There won't be any people down there; none alive anyway. Every second you spend trying to figure out whether or not it's human is another second closer to being squished." Joe broke eye contact with Roberts to shoot a quick wink at Tarik. With that Joe smiled and took another bite.
Eric nodded, but the man had looked away already. Before he could say anything another man spoke.
"Roberts just shoot it...if it is a person don't take the chance of letting them get close enough.. Announce yourself if they don't acknowledge you back within a few seconds open fire...it's too dark down there to second guess yourself....besides if you end up killing some civies tough shit...they were in the wrong place at the wrong time...I've seen it before and I think I'm starting to understand it.."
Eric wasn’t surprised by this attitude in a marine but felt the need to reply. “I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself if I killed a human, unless they were a pirate or something,â€
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Post by StConstantine » Wed May 02, 2007 10:12 pm

" I hear you're in the supply business....got anything worthwhile for a Smartgunner?" It was a chance worth taking maybe the sticky fingered SquadLeader had something of value for Khan to stay alive even if for a few moments longer
Looking up at Tarik from his postion sitting on the ground Con shrugged lazily. "yeah i'll see what I can do, no promises"


Slowly standing up Con looked around. This place looked like a shit hole, just like every other military base he had been at.

OOC: Roll me some perseption stuff for looking for an armoury or something... im gonna ssteal me some shit....
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Post by Apachetear » Wed May 02, 2007 10:53 pm

[quote=""Atypicalkiller""]
" Kid unless you can cook up some nerve gas or tranquilizer darts or something to knock these suckers out..I'm not taking any chances...I don't want to end up like stumpy over there..." Khan looked Honeysett in the eye, "No offense Sarge." He took another drag off his smoke and offered one to the sarge...
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Grinning, Jacob looked at his armour "I'm normally called smiles, but a nickname's a nickname, as long as it's not sarge or sir on the field. Don't want to be made more of a target y'know..."

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Post by Huey » Thu May 03, 2007 6:52 am

Huey heard Simovic mention the grenades. "Yeah, I'm definitely taking those along, but I'm keeping those on my belt" He said, he was expecting tight quarters so he wasn't going to launch a grenade like that, he'd only toss the flame grenades. Its a good things that grenades were one of the things he excelled at. "I probably should bring along a mask, those flame grenades make a lot of smoke too" He noted

"I'm gonna bring along some buckshots too." He liked the buckshots and in CGB, he could tear ass up. "If I get within kissing distance those'll end the affair pretty quick" He said

"I'll leave that flamer to you Dugan, you're pretty good with it, I'm sure you scared the shit out of those pirates on the last op" He said chuckling. He didn't like the flamer, he tried it and it made him sick after using it, and he didn't want to throw-up in the middle of a fire-fight, one things for sure he'd bring a little extra of everything on this op.



"If you're collecting them creatures...be damn careful, they're blood is acid - look what it did to my finger..." Jacob held up his hand with the stump of a fourth finger...


" Kid unless you can cook up some nerve gas or tranquilizer darts or something to knock these suckers out..I'm not taking any chances...I don't want to end up like stumpy over there..."


"Oh fuck that" He told his two mates from Boot Camp "I'm shooting everything that even smells funny...cept' you Tarik" He joked, it seemed like he hadn't seen them in ages, and it was good to see familiar faces, and made him feel better that men like Khan and Konterran had his back.

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Post by AstroBoy » Thu May 03, 2007 7:24 am

Bojan had been eating his meal with the others but quietly. He was listening to the talk about tactics but without anything to add, just listened. In Bojan's view, the aliens' biggest advantage was the fear they caused. As long as enough ordinance was heading towards them, they weren't as tough as they were made out to be. Though, fire is a fear of most animals.
"So we are pretty much going to be used as bait to test out the capabilities of this creature?! Well that fucking sucks, I ain't here to die, i'm here to do a job and collect a wage, not be some sort of banzai suicide troop for the brass. Anyone of those things comes any where near me and they're gonna eat my Flame Unit, regardless".
"Basically, so there's no point worrying about it", said Bojan. "Lets just do the job so well that its not going to be worth their time to get us to capture an alien."

Bojan stood up and checked his gear after he finished eating. He was taking, half incendiary, and half HE grenades. His squad seemed to be managing what else they were taking.

He headed over to stand behind where the other squad leaders were eating so he could hear better.
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Post by Jocke » Thu May 03, 2007 8:45 am

Since he had never gotten used to sharing his meals with the REMF's, FOBBIT's, Ring-Knockers and other lower forms of life in the officer's mess, Morrison was sitting in the corner of the messtent. He did not have much of an appetite at the moment, however.

The order to remain behind while others had to risk their lives was not something he appreciated.

"Screw this" he growled as he stood up, tossing his tray, plate and all, into the nearest trashbin.

Looking at his watch, and then scanning his eyes over the assembled platoons, he harshly said: "You've got 15, people! Chomp it up!" before he stormed off.

Once outside, he stopped to insert some dip- it usually had a soothing effect on him- and to take a deep breath.

He then directed his step to the battalion's command tent.

Gonna have a word with about my position on this upcoming operation... he thought.
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Post by HeavyGlenn » Thu May 03, 2007 8:58 am

"Green, I'll buy all the drinks at the next R&R if you get more kills than me...how's that for a challenge?"
Ronald looked at Jacob with a disgust and just nodded slightly before he focused on his food again, sighing irritated at the foolish people around him, acting like kids.
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Post by Apachetear » Thu May 03, 2007 9:25 am

Sighing, Jacob turned away from Green. There was no helping some people, it paid to be lighthearted before a mission. You never knew if it was gonna be your last chance to have a joke around.

Hearing all the talk about grenades Jacob thought to himself, he'd never relied much on grenades, but he'd be damned if he could be bothered to take specialist grenades, if these lot were then there was no real point, was there?

catching Bull's eye he said simply enough "I'll be joining your squad if that's ok, or would you prefer sole command...? I can just as easily join any other squad in either platoon probably..."

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Post by Atypicalkiller » Thu May 03, 2007 1:55 pm

"I'm shooting everything that even smells funny...cept' you Tarik" He joked
Khan snickered and gave Huey a high five.
"I'm normally called smiles, but a nickname's a nickname, as long as it's not sarge or sir on the field. Don't want to be made more of a target y'know..."

Khan nodded in agreement. No reason to draw attention to your superiors unless you want too.. Khan laughed akwardly aloud..considering running into battle and saluting the General every few minutes till his head exploded from sniper rounds.

Tk stubbed out his smoke. He was considering getting a bite to eat, but food didn't appeal to him at this moment. That and watching Morrison storm out of the Mess-tent in a hurry, only meant the food was coming out as fast as it was going in.
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Post by HeavyGlenn » Thu May 03, 2007 8:45 pm

Softly and suddenly Ronald stood up, smashing his foodtray over the board and walked out from the tent/room, ripping off his shirt to his t-shirt and went straight for the bathroom. He walked straight into people and pushed them out of his way and soon reached the bathrooms where he just opened a toilent both and fell to his knees, puking. He closed his eyes and did it again, whimpering for himself, not letting a tear fall down his cheeks.
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Post by Corporal Hicks » Thu May 03, 2007 10:29 pm

Softly and suddenly Ronald stood up, smashing his foodtray over the board and walked out from the tent/room, ripping off his shirt to his t-shirt and went straight for the bathroom. He walked straight into people and pushed them out of his way
Eric opened his eyes and stood up straight when he heard the tent door open, and saw a marine that had been fairly quiet, come out of the tent. The man was pushing into people in his hurry to the bathrooms.

Eric put it out of his mind, and decided he should get his gear ready, but remembered he’d prepared and cleaned it all the night before. He spat, and pulled out the small Bible. He started reading it, then he pulled out a pen and started scribbling a note on the back of it. Just in case, he wanted a note back to his remaining family, even though they weren’t too close these days.

Then he opened the Bible and underlined one verse. ‘Though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil, because I know that You are with me.’ Then he pulled a Golden Cross necklace from under his chestplate, and kissed it. He tucked away the Cross and put the Bible in his pocket, shut his eyes, and whispered, “I know you’ll be with me too.â€
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