Kurt has probably heard of them, too.  I guess I just need to be willing to research some of the stuff that's said in game.  My bad.  I thought he was going off something specific (which I guess he was) and I missed it.

And yeah, I was thinking engineers because they were trying to blow a bridge...again, poor attention to detail.  Sorry for the distraction.  Carry on.  Carry on.  *waves hand in a pushing away motion*

Also, to let you know.  Heading out for four days in the next twelve hours.  So I guess continue to keep Kurt in the background.

I feel bad for missing a whole week that I could've been posting.  Once I got into the thread I realized that there wasn't overly much that I could've added, though.  So, good on you guys.

Don't worry. I'm just happy your able to stick it out with being deployed.

Ben's also Airborne, although has barely even seen an aircraft in the past year. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on point of view) he's also been trained in demolitions and mechanised operations (all part of the Canadian "rotation" system for infantry units).

The Germans are armed with the following...

1x Fixed Stock MP5 SMG
2x G36 Rifles
1x Folding Stock HK33 Rifle
1x MG3 GPMG (Bipod)
1x Milan (no rounds)

For the next post, I'd like to know if we can move on to the entry into the city. If you still have business in Wislinka or with the Germans thats fine too, but I need to know.

The group's vehicles assembled for preparation for the night move. Pictured here is the Bradley and BTR-70. Notice Varis sporting a Soviet crewman's leather helmet.

I've cleaned up the maps a little in the Intel thread. There is a tactical one and this one I'll be updating for city travel/operations.



EDIT - I've also added a thread to the Intel section. Its the very first one. It contains information on Gdansk and will be continuously updated. Right now it represents everything Kaminski/Doyle have told you.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:55, Wed 15 Apr 2009.

Nice work on everything Fuse.

I can't find the post that shows where everyone is seated. I think I'm in the Bradley but am not sure who is with me.

That handsome devil!

Check Bens last IC post.
I'll redo the post in SOP as soon as I can.

And done. More than happy for the M113 passengers to swap around on the machineguns, but from my personal RL experience, once you're up through the hatch, there's not a lot that would make you swap back down again!
There is space for four to stand though, but you'd need to be careful not to trample on Anderson.

There's 3 or 4 potential players who haven't posted this turn. I'll write it up tomorrow to give them a bit more time.

Re: updated map. Ignore the dotted line from the warehouse. I mistakenly drew it in as if it was firing at you - but thats not the case. Only a flare has been launched from there.

Leg, I gave you authorship of the comms/seating thread you mentioned. Thanks... I'm always behind the book keeping.

Question - A couple players came in a little late. How is the pace? Do we need to revert to turns every 3 days instead of 2? Just asking. Remember, let me know how things are going if they need fixing/adjusting.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:42, Sat 18 Apr 2009.

Fuse, is Kaminski an NPC now? What happened to his player? The dude used to post 2-3 times a day. Who else has fallen off the radar? What are they thinking? This game rocks!

Unfortunately yes, and I don't know why. He was a high volume poster then for one week said he was busy with something really big but it was a surprise. Then nothing. Rather bad IMO, I liked how he was playing Kaminski and he seemed really into it.

Fox disappeared too. He was struggling to keep regular posts up because of his job. But at least he let me know what was going on. Then like Kaminski he was gone.

Rooke joined but at a difficult time himself. He never was able to get into the game.

They're always free to return I guess. I don't mind players leaving, that's life. But I just wish people would let us know so we are not left guessing why.

I never got to know Rooke, but thats too bad about Fox and Kaminski. They were good to game here with. Maybe they'll return.

I've no complaints on the pace. Enjoying it as always.

IC post from Oskar coming on Monday.  Mrs Friedmann is not a fan of weekend gaming.  :)

There's a set of Soviet NVGs assigned to the BTR-70.
There's also 1 in the M2, 2 in the M113, and 1 in the Humvee for a total of six spare units.

I think we can assume both Rooke (L85) and Fox (L42) will also be standing up in the cargo hatch and returning fire.
Might be an idea for Fox to grab Meyer's AK-74 for the moment though - a bolt action rifle isn't exactly suited to the current situation.
Weiss is due back sometime in the next 24 hours, but I'd imagine he'll be tempted to go cyclic^* with the M240 (we've certainly got enough ammo).


^* aka full auto

Yep, this is one of those situations where a careful and measured responce is not the best choice. If the barrel gets a bit hot then so be it. :)
"Quantity has a quality all its own."
One of the few things I agree with crazy uncle jo on.

Fellas, I'll be getting the turn post up tomorrow sometimes during work. It'll be 8pm here in a few minutes and I'll be in bed by then... I'm horribly beat.

I think everyone's got their turn in. Thank you for that, and sorry to keep everyone waiting.

Out for two days-ish.  See you then.

Out for two days-ish.  See you then.

Note that the M113 has radio/intercom headsets for both crew (Jordan and Ben) and two passengers. As it seems we've only got two active PCs in the back (Meyer and Weiss), and they're both manning the machineguns and therefore in positions to actually see what's going on, it makes sense for them to have them.

In other words, as long as a hand has time to flick the toggle switch, there's no need for those four PCs to yell to each other (although probably a good idea anyway what with a) three MGs firing together and b) so the other three in the back (Fox, Anderson and Rooke) can know what's going on.

Whew. Long post.

Anyways, its up and sorry for the delay. I'm not going to update the map for this turn but I'll just summarize it...

The M2 and M113 have just gotten off the bridge, and the UAZ is just about to. The BTR will exit next turn unless Varis sends the BTR over the guard rails and into the canal... which might be kind of exciting. The Hummer is halted near the middle of the bridge.

The hummer is facing south, side by side a BRDM-1. So fire from the west will be limted from the wreck shielding you. The factory however has full view of them.

The incoming fire from the church is non-existant.

Also, I'll be closing this thread and opening up a new OOC as we are nearing the post limit.