Andy takes a shot at each of the rabbits and hits each time. Both rabbits are bowled over by the impact of 5.45mmB projectiles.
As the rabbits are hit, William says his words to Andy, moments too late.

Sorry mate I was thinking a little extra food will not hurt.

2 bullets have bought you 4kg of wild food (once you skin and dress the rabbits). It could also have attracted unwanted attention - only time will tell.
Will you dress them here or move on and do it later?

Well I guess we should dress them later and move on just in case some one decieds to investgate my gun fire.

"Lets keep moving to the lie up point, quietly" William says with a grin on his face. Nice shooting he thinks to himself.

[Private to GM:

Plt Sgt Tanya Redgrave:

What exactly are the two guns I have on me? Would either be effective for hunting something as small as a rabbit?

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[Private to Plt Sgt Tanya Redgrave: Sorry it took me so long to get back on this - I only just saw your edit.
The RPK is a heavy barreled version of the Soviet AKM assault rifle (updated AK-47).
The PM-63 submachinegun is only a little bigger and heavier than a pistol. It can be carried in a holster (as this one is) if the stock is folded.
A rabbit can potentially be taken down by a thrown rock so even a .22 pistol can do it. Both of these are really a bit of overkill, especially the RPK (essentially a light machingun).]
I forgot to ask earlier if you were mounted on horses. If you force march them, you can travel up to 40km, in the same time it takes to walk 20km. This would allow you to potentially reach the bridge crossing the Warta River between Wielun and Szcercow in one four hour "Period".
William and Tanya both have some riding skill and unless you intend to fight while on horseback, you shouldn't need to make ANY rolls (besides the small chance of the horses going lame).
On the other hand, horses aren't as stealthy as a person on foot.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:36, Mon 09 Aug 2004.

As we are on a scouting mission I personally prefer being on foot espically with no riding skills

we are on foot William at point Tanya in the middle and I will follow up the rear.  We our sticking to cover as much as we can.  We need to move away from the area as quickly as we can so we can avoid any one that is keen to investigate the gun fire.

You jog through the trees a mile or so, covering your tracks as best you can, before slowing to a walk. So far there is no indication that anybody has paid any attention to your shots.
The next couple of hours passes slowly with little besides the forest to look at. The three of you are making good time and have covered about 15 kilometres by mid morning.

OOC: Tanya hasn't logged in for a couple of weeks and William is unable to access rpol for some unknown reason at the moment. That means that you are all on your own (player wise) for a while. I'll fill in for them as required but all the decisions etc are up to you for now.

So far so good William thinks to himself, as he holes up for a minute to take a swill from his watercan. Takes a nice long look at his surroundings, before resuming point, mustering all the training and experience he knows to survive another day.
This message was last edited by the player at 06:10, Sat 21 Aug 2004.

How far did you want to travel before turning around? A person on foot may travel approximately 20km per period (4 hours).

OOC: Till 4hrs hit, then call rest period to discuss options.

NPC'd
Four hours and almost 20 kilometres later.... Well Brown, you're the boss. What do you want to do?
[Private to WO1 William Brown: you are the only active PC in this group, your call.....]

"Right then lads, lets see now after we scupper tucker, you two scarper like mouse again, and sweep a corridor back to camp, Redgrave take left, Corrigan right, report to the Lt all clear, if its all clear of course, don't go too far out, just enough to get a good look, and stay out of sight. I will wait around here and keep watch. If you spot anything, get back asap" Brown orders. I know I bloody well will William thinks.

So basically, you're retracing your steps over roughly the same path as the journey out?

OOC: Not me. (I never got trained how to kill remember, lol)

NPC'd
Tanya takes the position assigned by Brown.
[Private to WO1 William Brown: I assume that you will be returning to camp with Andy and Tanya (can't see you staying 20km away all alone...)]

OOC: Sounds like a better plan to me, ok I'll do it. (What else did you have in mind?)

OOC: Hi, I've taken over the character of Andy.  What is the current mission, what are we scouting for?

OOC: Hey, welcome aboard soldier, lol, but seriously, we are a mixed unit with refugees along to make sure everything is slow and tedious, oh and hungry. Some guys are trying to scavenge arms and equipment from Lask as we type (check map), us scouts have just ventured forth to see if the next lay up point is secure, and the rest are holed back that way (points arm).
Its been fun, exciting, and if theres one thing I've learned, its always have a grenade in your hand, lol.
No real plan, cept head west.

The journey back is almost as uneventful as the walk out. That is until about an hour away from camp when you smell woodsmoke. It is also about this time that you realise that you are not quite on the same path as the one you took out.
A quick scout to the south reveals a small village that appears to have been here for generations. The old stone buildings are surrounded by a simple wooden picket fence, the tops of each picket sharpened into points. The area up to approximately 100 metres from this fence has been cleared of trees and brush. An old, weathered, handpainted sign declares this place as Pruszkow, population 350 (crossed out an repainted from 475).
A few people wander about the village on various tasks. Kids run about playing, women hanging out washing or tending to vegetable gardens, men returning from hunting or working on construction or repair of buildings and horse powered machinery.
The only weapons that can be seen from your place of concealment are a few old hunting rifles or crossbows in the hands of the hunters. If it wasn't for the obviously recent construction of the fence, the war (and the last 50 years or so) appears to have passed this place by.

OOC: so we are the advance party for a group of misc refugees heading west.

"Rohyt.  We've gotten a bit off track, but if we should be able to bypass that lot."

OOC: if any of the refugees we have are Polish:
"Of course, it might also be a decent place for us to lighten our load.  Some of the locals might want to stick out here"

Quotes from previous posts that relate to the scout group's mission.


Should have given this to you (Andy) earlier. The "Spetznaz" team are heading to Lask to gather what supplies they can scam out of the Polish cavalry unit presently located there.

"I agree" William says politely, "Lets go tell the Lt" he says to the party before heading out quietly.

"We got on the wrong trayel, are we sure we can get back to the main group?"

OOC: some roll a navigation check