Go over to the butt plug section and return fire from there...

Good advice from both of you.

I'm sure this was just an "accident" right Fuse?

In reply to Francis 'Frank' Benucci (msg #937):

You should also grab one for our esteemed colleague who took a round to the ass.  Something jumped up and bit him
This message was last edited by the player at 16:53, Mon 29 Mar 2010.

We have the technology!  :D

One of my best tenants is an "adult products shop". Loads of very interesting things in there but not much that could be used as an effective weapon.
At least not unless you can get the enemies pants off.... :S

I haven't enough time to post for the next 18 hours or so, but the order will be to hook the BTR behind the BMP and tow it out.
Why the BMP? Because it's got out best driver in it (Jordan), it's less able as a combat vehicle than the Bradley, and it has a higher power the weight ratio than normal without it's turret.
Varis will drive the BTR (or at least steer it and hit the brakes as required.
Osker to take the gunners seat.
The six most combat able PCs and NPCs to ride in the Bradley with the rest to ride in the BMP.

The aim is to tow the BTR behind enemy lines, give it a quick mechanical check (my guess is the engines have flooded from being up the wrong way), and redistribute stores from teh BTR into the other two vehicles.

If the BTR can be gotten running again, we'll try to grab a local militiaman to drive it and the more seriously wounded to the "hospital" before taking it to the IB motorpool for repair.

Meanwhile the rest will link up with JJ's group and take it from there.

Mitch/Rooke, your PC grabbed Handley's gear, but it hasn't been added to his inventory.

To prevent duplicates, I'm going to go through the posts and transfer his recovered gear (minus what's pilfered) and rucksack contents to the unit stores. Following that, Tom will be stricken from the roster.

Please don't add the bulk of it to your inventory.

Fuse - just to say it was Mike and Rooke who were taking gear not Mitch and Rooke.  If you want I can trawl through and put together a list of what they each took and what was being left in the Bradley.  I won't be able to do this until late tonight though as I'm a bit manic with work today.

I think Ben only took the Personal medikit.

That leaves Frank, Young, Kaminski, Otto, Mike and Rooke/RPD gunner in the BMP.
If Varis can get to the BTR in time, Rooke goes to the Bradley to round out the infantry unit instead.
Ben will remain in the BTR for the moment as either driver or gunner depending on the RPD gunners grasp of English.

This is actually getting to be a bit of a worry. Besides vehicle crew we've only got about half a dozen unwounded.

Hey all,

I've got family stuff tonight so will have to put up the post tomorrow. It's a pretty serious situation (in the game) so I'd like to be able to give it my complete attention when resolving it.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:49, Wed 31 Mar 2010.

Where do I go (Weiss)?

Also, I am not sure if it was taken into consideration, but the area north of us (escape route?) is cratered enough to warrant mentioning in the narrative. That may make for difficult driving... is Weiss the best guy for that?

Fuse - no worries!

On a separate note I need to update Rooke's character sheet to account for the gear he took off the dead kid with the cigarette burns and from Handley.

From the kid he's taken:
Nylon Backpack
WP Grenade x1 (1kg)
4x Dynamite Sticks w/combustible fuse (1kg)
Twine

From Handley he's taken:
NVG (Soviet gen. 1) [0.5 kg]
Geiger Counter [0.5 kg]
2x full STANAG mags [1.0 kg]
1 HC Smoke grenade [0.5 kg]

He's actually leaving the nylon backpack containing the following in the Bradley:
4x Dynamite Sticks w/combustible fuse (1kg)
Twine
NVG (Soviet gen. 1) [0.5 kg]
Geiger Counter [0.5 kg]
Soviet Bagged Lunch (that he picked up earlier)

In reply to Helmut Meyer (msg #947):

Unfortunately Weiss IS about the best we've got at the moment. Handley really should have stayed as driver, but....
We have only three better than weak tracked drivers now - Stone who's in hospital, St Gil who must remain as Bradley gunner, and Jordan who's in the BMP drivers seat.

Other potential tracked drivers are Ben and Rooke, both with rather poor skill. Nobody else has admitted to any ability at all.

Edit:
I've just had another look and it appears Weiss is the only one with Tac Missile, the skill needed to fire the TOW. He's got a lower Autogun skill than St Gil, but it might be worth swapping them over, especially since he's one of our two best FOs.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:38, Wed 31 Mar 2010.

Fuse - Mitch will obviously hear the orders yelled by Oskar but is he aware of Oskar grabbing hold of Ben?  Mitch has been focussed on the railway tracks to the south so I don't think that he will be aware but I wanted to double check.

Thanks.

Oskar had better hope he's close enough to begin with and catches Ben by surprise otherwise there WILL be bloodshed.
If orders were carried out as they should have been there'd be no need for any "unpleseantness". Recovery of the BTR is very possible even with the enemy close by. Towing it along the railway tracks might be the only effective way out, but even without it BOTH other vehicles still need to go that way.
Our infantry, which were ordered to protect the site, have the advantage of cover (not ceacealment obviously) and are equiped with a mulitude of antiarmour and automatic weapons - enough to hold off a company, especially with mortar support from Meyer.

A commander must be able to trust his orders will be followed without lengthy explaination - this is drilled into all new recruits and reinforced at all stages of a soldiers career. Ben definately didn't want to enter the city, but JJ is the commander and he made the decision. Ben could have mutinied and we all could have avoided the casualties and loss of equipment we've suffered, but instead the tongue was bitten and he got on with doing the job.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:54, Thu 01 Apr 2010.

I think so. But From how it looks to me, leaving quicker means we go (that way) without the enemy getting into firing position in time. We can replace vehicles easier than people.

Fuse,

Firstly, nice turn post.  All hell has broken loose again!

Secondly, a couple of questions for you:

1. Are Kaminski and Otto on the Bradley?  I think so but I just want to double check.

2. I can't remember the layout of our turret-less BMP.  I've assumed that Mitch can reach forward to Jordan and check his condition but if that's not possible then please say and I'll edit my post accordingly.

3. Lastly where is the one of Volodya's men who's armed with an RPG-7?  Is he onboard the BMP and is he still alive?

1. Whoops. I forgot about those two. I believe they were put into the BMP... which means one of the gang members will be riding in the commander's seat* and another rising up with Mitch in the open turret ring.

* One of those seats you can see here on the forward left side.

2. Mmmm... No I don't I think so looking at the diagram. The driver is seated a ways forward and it looks like the hatch is the only means to access him.

3. He's in the BMP... in the turret ring and still alive.

I really hope that we don't have to move all the wounded from the BMP to the Bradley!  The BMP needs a big red cross on it! <G>

EDIT - Fuse - I hope that Mitch isn't doing too much in one "turn" as such.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:03, Thu 01 Apr 2010.

In reply to Robert Mitchell (msg #955):

No... while you did come under fire, don't act on combat turns. That doesn't mean time stands still with the enemy, but well... you know where I'm going with this. Play things out as you are.

In reply to Fusilier (msg #956):

OK - thanks.

Heh, 2 things wrong with that.  1 - A tiny piece of shrapnel won't send Mike sprawling
2 - Mike's a US NAVY Corpsman, not a Marine.  Works with Marines, Lives with Marines, occasionally even fights light a Marine, but no Eagle Globe and Anchor.

In reply to Mike Catchings (msg #958):

ah - sorry.

I thought that he was sprawled from the impact in his back.

As to the marine point that could well be something that Mitch would make a mistake about.

I'll amend though.

Yeah the gangmember is slumped forward from his seat, but the others are pretty much as they were.

...I knew Mike would mention about the Marine :D

Adding XP. Some of you have amassed quite a few. PM me to boost any skills. NPC's won't be getting any as they will accumulate XP at a rate half that of the PCs. You can view how many you have in the "Cast" thread.