In reply to Andy Maxwell Flasch (msg # 19):

"Kilo Zulu Four, Romeo Three Two.  I have a good copy.  Comfirming, injured local, rendering aid. request transport."

Lina dug a pencil and notebook out of her shirt pocket.

"Zulu Four, are you safe?  Give me a twenty.  Over"

"We are safe.  Repeat, we are safe.  Have injured local at bottom of ravine.  Stabilizing him now and waiting to bring him up until we have some assistance.  Appears to have head and leg injury."

Looking down at their coordinates on the AutoNav, Andy relays their position.

"Please advise when you get close, would prefer not to get surprised out here.  Over."
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"Kilo Zulu Four, Romeo Three Two. We are enroute to your location. Will advise when we get close. Do you have any updates? Over."

"Roger that Romeo 3-2. No further information at this time. Be advised we are outside the 311 and may not hear radio traffic until it is within range of our 68's."

From the tow truck and Scout parked on the Open Road, Daniel broke into the radio net.

"Kilo Zulu 4 from Romeo 3-1. Suggest you set your vehicle radio to repeater. That should give you five klicks range. Break.

"Romeo 3-2, be advised our casualty is not doing well. Nightingale has patched him up but he's lost a lot of blood and needs more. We need to get him back to base as I am not authorising a transfusion. Say again, no field transfusions are authorised. Over."

Andy's voice replies to KZ-4's recommendation.

"Vehicle radio set to repeater.  Over."

Andy's voice is again heard over the radio,

"10-4 Elliot.  Romeo 3-2 this is Kilo Zulu 4. Injured has received immediate aid.  Ready for recovery.  Kilo Zulu 4 is sitting dark and quiet.  Will advise via radio when I can hear your approach.  Are you running quiet and dark?"

In reply to Andy Maxwell Flasch (msg # 26):

Picking up on the Trucker slang of "10-4", Daniel replied, "This is Mike Romeo 3-1, also known as "Big Deuce".

"I got my ears on. Good buddy, I read you five-by-five, you are coming in loud and proud, wall to wall and treetop tall. Am piggy-back and 3-2 is riding in convoy with us. 10-4, we have our sleep masks and running hammer down. I'm back out."

Project speak: "Kilo Zulu-4 from Mike Romeo 3-1. I read you Lima Charlie. Be advised, are towing another vehicle. Roger, am running dark at maximum safe speed. Out."

Elliot's voice come over the comm channel. "The wounded is a young man who was possibly shot by our people in a firefight today. He is stable and unarmed, ready for extraction. Over."

"Mike-Romeo 3-1, understood.  Awaiting your arrival."

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Andy replies to Elliot,

"El, the cavalry has arrived.  Give us a couple minutes to get situated up here and we'll send some help down.  Copied your earlier TX.  Might change our plans a bit."

Unexpectedly, the radio came to life. They had transmitted a SITREP upon leaving camp in the morning and were not expecting a call back. They were to check in next once they were in sight of James Island near La Push.

PAPA-FOUR-FOUR. THIS IS KILO SEVEN TWO. FLASH TRAFFIC. I AUTHENTICATE BRAVO LIMA SIX THREE NINER VICTOR.

It was a priority coded transmission.

PD Note: Lina is the team RTO so she needs to make a Communications skill roll at +20 (Routine)

<radio>"Roger, KILO SEVEN TWO. Stand by.", Lina answered back.

Lina quickly checked her code cards and verified the callsign and authentication code as good.

<radio>"KILO SEVEN TWO. PAPA-FOUR-FOUR. Good authentication. I authenticate ROMEO NOVEMBER FOUR FIVE LIMA SIX. Over."
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In reply to Mahalina Rae Powell (msg # 31):

KILO ROMEO PAPA FROM KILO SEVEN TWO I COPY YOUR AUTHENTICATION STAND BY FOR CODED MESSAGE DAY CODE WHISKY THREE.

This additional encoding indicated the message was of unusual importance as radio traffic was already scrambled.

After a pause a series of number groups followed, according to a one-time pad cypher based on the identified code in use for that day.

KILO ROMEO PAPA BE ADVISED FOUR PERSON LONG RANGE RECONNAISSANCE TEAM WAS OBSERVED IN PORTLAND OREGON THREE HUNDRED KILOMETRES SOUTH YHOUR POSITION STOP LRRP WAS ATTEMPTING TO HIRE SMALL COASTAL VESSEL FOR TRANSPORT DESTINATION BELIEVED TO BE YOUR OBJECTIVE DEPARTING ONE WEEK FROM TIME OF OBSERVATION STOP UNIT BELONGS TO WARRIORS OF KRELL STOP UNIT WAS OBSERVED 06 02 2140 STOP ARMED WELL WITH CAPTURED MORROW PROJECT SMALL ARMS INCLUDING RIFLES SAW GRENADE LAUNCHER LAWS STOP

GROUP COMMAND ADVISES YOU COMPLETE SURVEY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE EXFILTRATE AREA AND RETURN TO BASE

SIMILAR LRRP TEAM WAS ELIMINATED THIRTEEN MONTHS PRIOR DECEMBRE 2138 IN SNOQUALMIE PASS AREA STOP SINGLE REMAINING MEMBER SET UP OP TO OBSERVE PROJECT ACTIVITY IN PUGET SOUND CAPTURED DOCUMENTS AND MAPS INDICATED TEAM HAD INFILTRATED AO BEFORE WAKEUP OF FIRST PROJECT TEAM STOP THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING WELL I GUESS THEY FOUND IT STOP

KRELL IS LARGE FANATICALLY ANTI PROJECT ORGANISATION LOCATED IN UPPER MIDWEST BUT KNOWN TO SEND LRRPS TO LOCATE AND RETRIEVE CONTENTS OF PROJECT CACHES SUPPLY FACILITIES AND BOLTHOLES STOP ELITE UNITS ARE WELL ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STOP KRELL IS ALLIED WITH SLAVER GUILD BASED IN LAKE TAHOE AND PORTLAND IS SLAVER PORT STOP

This was obviously bad news. One saving grace was they were seen three days ago and wouldn't apparently depart for another four. If they were travelling like the team in a small boat then they would take at least two days travel if not more to arrive at La Push and James Island. Still, this didn't leave them a lot of time!
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"Bravo, this is Alpha. Roger, I copy your flash traffic.... Wait one. Ahh.... we got a negative for any bogies on radar or visual. Say again, negative visuals or radar contacts. Be advised, we are getting underway and will withdraw five klicks November-Whiskey. Grid to follow. Ahhh... Grid Yankee Delta Tree Fife Niner Six. How copy?"

This would put their new position as hiding behind a small islet and some sea rocks just up and off the coast.
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Andy replied that he copied the team was going to make an approach along the breakwater.

"What time will you be making your move? Over."

In reply to Andy Maxwell Flasch (msg # 34):

Lina wasn't able to get more than a fragmentary response. There was a lot of interference on the channel. It seemed possible their frequency was being jammed. One weakness of the PRC-77's analogue signal was that while it was encrypted it was not frequency-hopping and thus susceptible to being jammed.

In reply to Project Director (msg # 35):

Once the light rain stopped, reception improved. Leaf's voice came over the radio. "Comet, this is Spirit. Do you read me? Over."

"I couldn't get too close. But I can see they enlarged the hole. There's a winch by it. Next to the winch is a very large, long thing under a tarp. It looks like a pole, only bigger. I see some tents inside loops of barbed wire, and a guard patrolling outside the wire. I think they have workers in there. There's a bunker set up to cover the tents as well. They are more concerned with people escaping than coming in. They set up lights and a generator, doesn't look like they have night-vision. There's another guard post watching the sand spit that connects the island to the land. I'll try to make it out before dawn in three hours."

"PAPA 4-4 from KILO ECHO-0-1... we read you LIMA CHARLIE..."

Project Base Tukwila was asking for a SITREP.

Lina thought for a moment as she went thought the SALUTE report format in her head to try to condense thing as best as she could.


"Copy KILO.  SITREP follows.   PAPA Four Four has made it to the objective location.  Suspected Krell forces have possession of target.  We suspect that they have recovered at least one warhead.  Repeat. They have recovered a warhead and are trying to remove more.  BREAK.

OPFOR has a large steamship anchored nearby with estimated 20 to 30 crew and troops. They seem well armed and we have observed Project small arms.   Local guide suspects that they may be from Portland.  BREAK.

We have allied with a local native tribe and intend to interrupt Krell recovery efforts soon.

OVER."

In reply to Mahalina Rae Powell (msg # 38):

"We have good copy on your SITREP, 4-4, over. Wait one."

There was a delay of a minute, then Project Intelligence Specialist Darryl Weaver came on.

"PAPA 4-4 this is KILO 7-2. We are unable to assist at this time. Are you able to disrupt or delay recovery of the warheads? Have any warheads been transferred to the vessel? Over."

"Kilo, last known location was on the island.  We last had eyes on about 10 hours ago.  Team lead is working with locals on a plan to rescue the work force and shut down Krell operations. It's gonna be quick and dirty for tonight I think.   We will update you later when we know more.  If you have any advice, we're all ears.  Over", Lina replied.

Darryl replied, "Roger, I have good copy.

"We will not be able to assist for 48 hours due to all assets being tied up in eruption of Mt. Rainier.

"Will advise if able to provide assistance sooner.

"Your priority is to recover, deny or destroy the weapon. Prevent further recovery of other weapons.

"Anything else?"

"KILO, I copy . Mission priority to destroy, deny or recover the weapons.  48 hours minimum for assistance. Break.

I will contact you tomorrow on the next pass over.  If we have anything urgent, we will attempt contact via radio if possible.  We've had difficulty reaching you in the last day.  Might be the volcano or other atmospheric interference. Break.

Nothing further. Over.", Lina replied.

"Have good copy on your last. Science Team Sierra Six estimates we are overdue for an eruption. A lava dome has formed, there's frequent outgassing and dust injections into the atmosphere that's playing hell with comms. Just bad timing really. Good luck, give us a SITREP tomorrow.

Kilo 7-2 out."

In reply to Project Director (msg # 43):

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