orry I've been a bit quiet - been on the hectic side with this job due to finish on the 22nd.
I haven't been able to even look at the IC thread for a few days but I think it's obviously Ben would be opening up with the .50 cal. Firing of GPMGs is also advised if to do nothing more than make the pilot think twice.

As an interesting note, I recently read in the US tank manual (FM something or other) that the main gun of MBTs (M60, M1 Abrams, etc) can be used to engage slow flying aircraft such as helicopters. With that in mind, it makes the use of unguided rockets all that more attractive provided they can be fired at close range, i.e. less than a hundred metres.

Note also that although rockets such as the M72 and RPG can be fired at moving targets (tanks, APCs, etc moving at less than about 50kph/30mph), it's not recommended unless practically standing on top of the target.

Hey all,

My vacation has come to a close. I'll be flying out today so I won't be able to post for a little over 48 hours.

Hello again. I'm back and eager to be getting back into the game.

I've been building up some more plot related material (I haven't been able to use most of it) and look forward to increasing the difficulty or challenges in the near future. I don't want things to develop into simply just "random" encounters. I've left Doyle heading for Gdansk in case you ever return that way (enabling the storyline I had developed for there). But don't mind accommodating to whichever direction you wish to take.

Also, please welcome Dakota_CZ who will be playing Jan Krejcik. He is pleased that you didn't kill him before he got to post.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:55, Mon 27 Oct 2008.

Yeah I'm glad I didn't get blown up either (it was never certain that I wouldn't :P  )

Good to be here and hope to bring much to the campaign...

FYI: For general posting info/timing I am on CET (GMT+1).
This message was last edited by the player at 18:46, Mon 27 Oct 2008.

Welcome, I reckoned that the Czech version of Lord Flash Heart had to be a PC! Ask the GM if we get to keep the Hind. Pretty please, huh, GM?

Czech eh? That's interesting, I live in Masaryktown, FL.

Wow really? Parada. It is a good person (and somehow strange place though) to name a city after :)

and lol @ your post. He is a hardcore soldier.

Hello and welcome.

Is that from something? Like a movie or book? It seems very familiar for some reason. Funny too.

lol what is Lord Flash Heart?

and 25mm round vs Hind is not so good... although its armor + bubble cockpit can withstand rounds of .50 cal/12.7mm pretty good although its tail has far less armor.

From Rowan Atkinsons "Black Adder  II", i believe.  Flash by name, flash by nature!

Character
Lord Flashheart is boisterous, arrogant and appears very attractive to all the women he comes in contact with. He is extremely popular amongst his peers, and immediately becomes the centre of attention whenever he enters a room. The two Flashhearts are stereotypes of a certain kind of hero (the Elizabethan swashbuckler and the World War I Royal Flying Corps flying ace, respectively), slanted to emphasise the negative qualities associated with such characters such as excessive pride, smugness, sexism and arrogance.

His catchphrase is to shout "Woof!" or "Let's do-oo-ooooo it!" very loudly, whilst thrusting his pelvis suggestively. He commonly uses sexual innuendoes in ordinary conversation, for example, "Am I pleased to see you, or did I just put a canoe in my pocket?"

In reply to Marc St.Gil (msg #983):

very good then. will note to add in a pelvic thrust now and again :P

"Woof, woof!"

In reply to Helmut Meyer (msg #980):

Not that I know of...but thanks anyways! I always try to be cinematic in my character freakouts.

btw if Im breaking pace or destroying any sort of flow just shoot my character or knock him out. As a new face in a long running game you can RP him out, take him or leave him. Theirs no pressure or obligation.

KILL HIM!  KILL ZE FOREIGNER!

He is making threatening jestures with his pelvis!!!! Quick, shoot him! It's the only way to be sure.

GM I wish to roll dice to charm them with his pelvis :P

Edit: Maybe I'll hold back b/c regardless of whether Jan succeeds or not I am sure Varis will roll dice for his foot to not charm his pelvis... :(
This message was last edited by the player at 19:24, Wed 29 Oct 2008.

If he starts that, I'm shooting him, 250 times, at least, its the only way to be sure.

On a serious note, way to join the game, Jan! You have my applause, even if the boys do shoot you...

I hope Varis isn't turning anybody off. He's really a pretty good natured guy. But almost being run over by Jordan- with Jordan's one finger salute adding insult to near injury- has Varis rather angry. With all of the tension- missing his chance to enjoy Damien's "wares", the river crossing, the Hind, and all of that- he just really needs to blow off a little steam. Which, for Varis, usually means beating someone up.

As his player, I want ya'll to know that his behavior is more meant to be comical than belligerent.

If his antics are bothering people, I'm fully willing to tone it down a bit.

I think its complete lollerskates and I heartily condone it.  The end of the world as we know it should be marked by anarchism and chaos, and Varis' cheap shot to the prisoners is a blow not only for joyful violence but also verisimilitude.

I seem to recall that the M113 I once saw at a National Guard exhibit at a fair had a rifle rack inside.  Am I imagining this, or is that indeed a feature of the '113?

so Krejcik was taken a long but did you guys search him or tie his hands or is he just in the Bradley now preparing advances on Gideon?

Ok everyone. I'm pushing past the Hind bit in hopes of getting everyone's interest back on track. I've updated the maps, but we could use a little input on our short term goals (within say a couple hours of game time) - I mean routes, details, or a change in the coarse of action. Right now only Stone has been really saying anything, and I don't want JJM to have the burden all to himself. I would be helpful he we got some feedback on how we want to go about doing things in the next little while.

Please remember. The PCs are in the driver's seat. I'd rather not be making group decisions. And if things are going too slow (nothing to post about) - your PC can get things moving too.

Closing this OOC thread to start a new one.