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Base Camp
As Adam and Walter look on aghast, Latrell attempts to flee. Stoner steps in and takes a swing at the panicked man with the butt of his rifle. Latrell sidesteps the blow and runs off into the darkness, leaving Anneka, Stoner, and the others stunned and appalled at the new man's sudden and ignominious departure. Despite the unexpected setback, the Ural trike and the two man-powered bicycles are now fully loaded and ready to roll.
Garage
Inside the garage, Tucker [NPCed] gathers up the handful of keys from the counter top, peaking over it to see the corpse of the naked, AK wielding man, a neat red hole leaking a thin trail of blood in the center of his forehead. Behind the counter is an open door, in all likelihood leading to a back office of some sort. It is not entirely clear to Tucker which keys correspond to which vehicles.
Mariusz hands over his medkit to one of the rapidly sobering prisoners. The man clumsily starts to bind his wounded comrade's bleeding leg wound. This seems to calm the distraught man somewhat. Mariusz and Jan cover the others, still scattered about on the floor, almost underfoot.
Atop the garage, Sam [NPCed] cracks a sadistic smile as he observes the chaos that he's created at the northern checkpoint. Two wounded men lay screaming on or near the roadbed, their two unwounded comrades cowering in the roadside checkpoint bunker several meters away. With the checkpoint effectively neutralized, Sam conserves ammo. He begins to scan to the east, up the road into town, watching for any approaching reinforcements from the town's waking garrison.
Mortar Pit
With the mortar crew pinned down a hundred meters from their post, Dawid, in a noble but somewhat suicidal gesture, stands up and begins shouting demands for the garrison troops' surrender. As Minh continues snapping off single shots from her RPK, Milk is preparing to fire a grenade into the midst of the huddled mortarmen when one of them responds to Dawid's entreaty. Even the non-native Polish speakers immediately understand what the man is shouting,
"We surrender! We surrender! Stop shooting! Stop shooting!"
Support Group
With the southwestern checkpoint destroyed and the mortar position secured, the support group's raison de etre is gone. The next likeliest threat will be from reinforements rushing to the garage from the town center. Such a threat could best be addressed from closer to the garage itself. During the last minute or so, Griet has succeeded in removing the feed tray and clearing the jam from the PKM. The belt is re-fed, the feed tray closed, and the Soviet LMG is once again ready to fire.
Actions?
OOC: Milk and Minh have each fired 10 shots in their effort to keep the mortar crew pinned down. Sam has fired twice. Alexei three times. Jason has fired 2 40mm HE grenades. Griet has fired 5 rounds from Dawid's PKM. Tucker has fired three burst of 5 shots. Jan has fired 5 shots. Mariusz has fired once. Folks, please update your personal ammo expenditures on your char-sheets. Thanks.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:35, Sat 25 Oct 2008.