Of the three wounded hostages, Mac and Andrews were able to stabilise the two more-recently injured ones, a man and a woman (both Asian). The Indian-looking man who looked like he'd been shot the day before (by his bloody bandages) wasn't doing good and they struggled to stabilise him despite his blood loss and possible infection. He looked up at them and whispered, "thank you..." Then he sighed as he slipped away. Despite all he'd seen his death hit Andrews especially hard. (Referee's Note: Andres rolled two 1s when he pushed, receiving 2 points of stress damage that are counted against his EMP or INT.)

Tremblay and Wright stacked onto Hudson, ready to clear the rest of the building. Depending on what Abbot wanted, Lee was available as well. Taras was in the Humvee parked outside on the radio coordinating a medical response. The LAV-Recce was just pulling up.

Mac crossed himself and muttered a few words of prayer.

Taras conducted radio comms with the RCMP HQ in order to mobilize MEDEVAC with police support and have alerted the bearest hospital facilities.

As he held the hand of the man as he pasted Thomas waited until he was gone before adding "Ah... shit." He stood up and then handed off to more capable people before going outside for a smoke. He only goes out once the rest of the complex is cleared.


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In reply to Taras Vladimirovich Shevchenko (msg # 648):

The response from HQ was that government Militia forces were heavily engaged with anti-gang operations in Surrey. This meant that medical facilities (primarily Royal Columbian Hospital) were being overloaded with casualties, both police, military and civilian. As well, ambulance transport response was delayed as their security could not be guaranteed along major routes. If the injured could be safely delivered to Royal Columbian they would be treated, otherwise if the team had facilities to conduct primary treatment that would need to suffice.

Taras relied the information to the first responders:

We have two options here...we can take the victims to the Royal Columbian Hospital or back to our base. What's your assessment folks?

"We may have to split into two groups as there is a bunch of clean up to be done here before we can move out and the patients probably should not wait for that to be done."


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Over the radio, Kel confirmed on the radio that she and Father Nick were about 10 minutes out.

This would likely be enough time to clear the rest of the building.

In reply to Kelsey Sarah Champlain (msg # 653):

<radio>"Rover copies."

"Good call, Andrews.  Get it going.  Teams of three. Two clear and one stands overwatch in the hall so nobody sneaks out of a different room while the others are busy. If you can't get two teams, assign people to watch hallway intersections and lock them down until the clearing team can get there."
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In reply to Stanley Alistair Abbot (msg # 654):

The detachment (Hudson, Wright and Tremblay) that cleared the elementary school moved through dusty trash-strewn halls, clearing the various classrooms and the office. They saw footprints indicating this building had been used as a camping area before. Broken desks and other furniture indicated wood had been gathered for campfires, washrooms were overflowing with human waste. But there were no blood trails, and no footprints that were wet from the rain, indicating they were fresh.

Satisfied they had cleared the building, Hudson, Tremblay and Wright returned to the Gym.

Inside the gym, the two remaining wounded hostages were kept alive. The kidnappers remained silent and those that hadn't already bled out did so.

The LAV pulled up outside where Taras waited in the Humvee. Rain continued to pour down.

The response from Father Nick was that as the patients were stable it seemed best to him to get them back to the infirmary he'd set up in the fort. Rather than risk a run to Royal Columbian Hospital.

Mac looks around for the necessary materials to make everyone a hot drink or maybe some soup.

Thomas hands off the patients and then steps back having giving a run down of what he did and how each patient is doing. Once the clearance team returns he lights up a cigarette still a bit rattled from the whole experience.


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In reply to Thomas Matthew Andrews (msg # 657):

Abbot let Andrews step outside for a smoke.

"You men did good.  Take a break and come back in a few so we can rotate the rest of the boys out.", Stan said giving Andrews a pat on the shoulder as he passed.

As the FNG to this unit but yet trusted to lead a team to clear the rest of building, Saul keep quite.

That said he directed Wright and Tremblay along with himself to provide security for the front of building covering 180 degrees.

In reply to Saul Hudson (msg # 659):

The school was quickly cleared. Although it was clear this building had been used as a campsite before there were no blood trails or fresh footprints (at least since it started raining outside).

Mac remembered there was still one guy up on the roof. The sentry with the scoped rifle that he tagged.

"I'd best go check the roof. I think I killed the sniper up there but I had better confirm that."

Mac abandoned the search for the materials to make a hot drink and found his way up onto the roof.

"Copy that, Mac.  Grab Andrews to go with you for backup.", Corporal Abbot replied.

"Right you are, Corporal," said Mac and looked for Andrews.

"Would you come up to the roof with me, please? I want to check on that guard I shot before the assault."

Thomas was just finishing off the last of his cigarette. When asked for a foray onto the roof Andrews gave a nod and added "Sure thing.". He checked his rifle as they made the ascent just in case.


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The two men went outside. With stepping on a railing and boost from Andrews, Mac made it up onto an overhang. Then he helped Andrews up. They cautiously made their way over to the roof of the gym.

The sentry was still there, lying in a puddle stained with blood. He was on his back, blue eyes open in the pouring rain. Beside him was a scoped Ruger AC-556 assault rifle.

In the parking lot they could see the LAV and the Humvee, parked.

Taras decided to move all the casualties to the Royal Columbian Hospital to provide as much life saving intervention as possible. He asks the yeam to bring the casualties towards the humvee with an initial assessment.

In reply to Taras Vladimirovich Shevchenko (msg # 666):

Talking with Taras, Rachel asked, "what about the bodies of the kidnappers, take them with us and turn them over to police in New West?

"What about their horses? We made some friendly contacts with the RCMP detachment in Aldergrove. I'm sure the farmers there can use the horses. They can send a unit down to collect them.

"We got quite a few guns, rifles mostly, stick those in our armoury or let Aldergrove have them?"

Referee Note: I assume Taras exited the Humvee and entered the building to assist and give orders.

After Taras exited the humvee and got together with Rachel he provided some answers:

Yes, lets take the bodies to the Police in New West for processing. The horses can go to better home. I'm sure the RCMP detachment in Aldergrove will love them. As per the weapons, let's keep them with us. We will further investigate their origin. Have someone to make inventory of the guns and I'll send them to UBC.

In reply to Taras Vladimirovich Shevchenko (msg # 668):

The team's 10-ton arrived, driven by Father Nick and with Kel, the unit 2IC, riding shotgun.

All the wounded were loaded into the back and Father Nick got to working on them. A couple of the skinheads were hanging on to life and they were loaded aboard as well.

In the few minutes this took the surviving freed kidnapping victims said they had been staying in a refugee camp just outside Langley township, south near Campbell Heights. They were walking along the road from one settlement to another looking to trade work for food earlier the previous day. Horsemen came upon them without warning and captured them, then marched them here. They overheard little of value as their captors seemed very tight-lipped and disciplined.

There was no more time for further debriefing as they needed to move in order to get the wounded to hospital ASAP. The quickest route to Highway One was 240 st. The QRF had just transited south along it with no problem, so this seemed like a safe route for now.

Aldergrove RCMP were advised by radio of several horses needing transportation. They agreed they could be there within the hour to get them and bring them in. New West RCMP/NWPD were informed of the incoming wounded and agreed to meet them at the southern approach to the Patullo bridge across the Fraser River. Weapons were catalogued and loaded up for tranfer to the forensics lab at UBC for examination.

Rumours of gang activity blocking the MSRs proved untrue, at least for now. The trip north up 240st went smoothly, then down the Trans-Canada to the Port Mann bridge. An Army deuce-and-a-half plus an armed Volkswagen Iltis "jeep" from the local Militia garrison and an RCMP/NWPD Crown Vic and a city bus. (The New West Police Department prewar was a municipal department, now acting in direct concert with the national RCMP.) Everything was transferred over. Back up the Trans-Canada they went, making it back to Ft. Langley safely.

Ft. Langley was a historical site, once a small Hudson's Bay Company outpost it was now a small compound surrounded by a wood palisade. There were guard towers on the corners, and the former historical reenactment site now served as a base camp for the joint RCMP/CF team tasked with reconnaissance and restoring civil order to the eastern part of the Fraser Valley.

Later that day, the local intelligence chief paid them a visit at the fort. He had some news and instructions.

"All but one of the kidnappees survived, very much thanks to you. They provided some good information which we have corroborated with our other sources. It seems the skinheads were not too careful with OPSEC around their non-White prisoners. A couple of the skinheads also survived and are in "cells" (custody) now. None of the them are talking, no surprise. We think they are American and part of or affiliated with New America, but no positive IDs at this time.

"To the east of you is the farming city of Abbotsford.

"There is a gang there, the Razorbacks Motorcycle Club, based in Matsqui, a maximum-security correctional facility to the south of the city. We think they are a "puppet club", that is, a gang strongly allied to the Hells Angels. The Razorbacks are a "3-piece" Motorcycle club (top rocker, logo and bottom rocker) and this could only be with the HA's direct permission.

"The HAs have largely left the area at this point and are using the Razorbacks as proxies to carry out their criminal activities. We think the HAs have relocated further north and/or to the island (Vancouver Island) and maintain contact with the Razorbacks via radio and couriers. There are about a hundred overall with maybe 20 full-patch members with the rest being "Strikers" (recruits/footsoldiers). All living in and around the prison. There is a small farming community there that they intimidate but also provide protection in return for food.

"Also in Abbotsford on the east side of the city is a small White supremist militia, which we believe is actually a New America cell. They were displaced when we cleaned house with the "Alberta Federal Government". But instead of moving directly west to BC, they fled south into the US via Montana, regrouped with New America cells there, then crossed back into BC via the border with Idaho. Then continued westwards down the Fraser Valley until they reached Abbotsford. The NA cell has been trying to establish itself in Abbotsford but the Fraser recently flooded all the farmland in Sumas east of "Abby". The pumps and dikes all failed and now after a hundred years there's a great big lake there again, Lake Sumas. Across the Fraser Lake Hatzic greatly increased its size due to flooding of all the reclaimed lowlad land there, and these lakes plus the river have blocked all access east up the valley to the interior of the province by cutting Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway) and Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada). There are still a couple riverboats that serve the communities remaining along the river but we believe they won't transport New America.

"Anyways, we think that's where those hostages you rescued were ultimately going. The kidnappers were an American NA cell who came up across the border, and over the past few weeks or more have been taking a number of people in the western part of the valley to use as captive or slave labour. They are taken to the the local Canadian NA cell's farms in Abbotsford. We estimate they've taken a dozen prisoners so far. The American NA shouldn't be aware that their cell is now gone for a few days.

"Out intelligence is that tomorrow night there is going to be a summit meeting between the HAs, the Razorback leadership, and the NA cell. They are looking to work together, to form an alliance. We believe they will be planning a joint strike on a government target. We think it's going to be you, here, at the Fort, because you're the most forward government base. The meeting will be at the NA stronghold to the east of Abbotsford, the former Ledgeview Golf course. It's on a Sumas mountain overlooking Abbotsford. We believe there will be less than a dozen high-ranking HAs, a dozen of the Razorbacks leadership, and fifteen New America in that cell. That LAV-75 will be providing security.

"They are just waiting on that major arms shipment, the one that is finally going to be crossing the border, also tomorrow night. This shipment is the big one we've been waiting for, the one that we keep hearing about. Three semis loaded with guns, ammunition, explosive, helmets, body armour, LAWs, Javelin ATGMs, you name it. With an armed escort. Don't worry about this, we've been preparing for this delivery for months. An RCMP task force are going to bust them once they are across the border. Our UOs are their contact people, they won't know what hit them.

"While this is happening, we want you to carry out a decapitation strike on the HA and Razorback leadership, and take out the NA cell at the same time. At the same time all the militia we can scrape together will strike at the Razorbacks in Matsqui prison to prevent them from responding. Rescue as many of the slaves as you possibly can, we can exfiltrate them via the river. Of the HAs, Razorbacks and NA, take prisoners if you can.

"You can infiltrate via the river, or go in via land. Bezov's Gecko will be available if you need backup."
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