Never too careful, Yelena scanned the incoming truck with her binoculars as it approached. Once she recognized some faces, she gave an approving nod to her squad leader and then settled into the squad. Or rather she settled in over by Lena.

[Language unknown: "Nate ecta rinot sengetno, Paantiisad. Sstois erill as tedat llelro astthuted ll estardnot itwit lipafi derencest siti ck, haus?"] Yelena recalled some of the previous discussions they'd had. [Language unknown: "Foou insaat but ofac ei ul lineauout. Earlatoer ch tangurpo men era verro li derev re prevos."] Yelena tapped her rifle to emphasize her intent.

Lena was philosophical.  "[Language unknown: Illstrareere, Les caurad mewil.  Yin miur bleoreoer ofnaonac e onsardpro p urunse, Cance urecmi tin noek illousort te ar stntla.  Romo lesiontho erure fo wilai isous ichom onwh an sonardlat.  Fo ill ngdimo ng plek di whiai ulouet m ion intnt no, atier yin sancomvor leelri.  Tednc ndhipo ei virss me inncla nte meint.]"

Lena chuckled.  "[Language unknown: Icul ioil be mepere theno sontioday p nipeives aclemi yinivewittic ek reaanyort preectkor st aveprethu atto tio eengunno, nde t ecive in ou u samelote.]"

While Gusarov gives the report to the officers, with translations from Zholding for the Westerner's benefits, the rest stand by idly, wondering what the next orders will be.

Then Tsimmermann whistles.
[Language unknown: "Rattheson ei aimewh ndillaus hessac!" ]And he points up the road. A dust cloud's drifting upwards and there is the distant sound of an engine or two, coming down the mountain.

Yelena immediately and instinctively brought her binoculars up to her eyes and trained them on the approaching dust cloud. Her hand was also on her rifle in case she needed to get her scope to her eye in a hurry.

Lena didn't have optics to help her, but she too couldn't help but look.

After a couple of minutes a truck appeared over the crest, one of the same make as the one you commandeered. It rolled down the road and then - probably after noticing you - stopped.

"[Language unknown: Herbe be to com lin nce comma.]"  Lena mused, hoping she was horribly wrong and looking for a place to duck and hide.

((OOC  Is the road narrow enough to "turn around and run away"?  If not, can I just male a Battle roll to direct our troops in some 'intelligent manner"?  My brain is literally fried from two-weeks of chargen and Fourth of July revelries (no sleep - I live in a Hispanic neighborhood so the fireworks didn't stop until late last night).  ))

Konnikov had ordered their forces split, the Russian troops up the hill with Strelnikov posed to charge and spring an ambush when the trucks stopped, and the OSI split among their truck and the hillside.  Konnikov and one brave spotter who'd lost her sniper remained at the front of the truck pretending to repair it.  She was under it with a rifle held up against the under carriage, ready to roll into position and fire, Konnikov leaning into the engine compartment with his tommy-gun tucked out of sight prepared to turn and open fire as well.


(( OOC:  17:38, Today: Semyon Yegorovich Konnikov rolled 7, 4 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 7,4.  Battle d8, setting the ambush. – 7,4 ))

((Smarts to smell the trap:11:35, Today: Warmaster, on behalf of SS-Infantry, rolled 1 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1.  Smarts Roll for the SS CO.

Oh, this is precious.))


A few moments passed, then the other truck slowly started to continue toward you and stopped about 30 paces away.
A couple of men climbed out of the cabin, two more jumped out at the back, their MP40s in hand, but not aiming at you.

The officer at the front stood and set his hands on his hips.
[Language unknown: "Iton ca tral Ncüfoivmo me neac caun ichterstr dinthadin nteta na ith mamale u erugh urna?? Hendan ei, ac us ardterort i illwasbutstr!"]

11:37, Today: Warmaster, on behalf of SS-Infantry, rolled 8 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of (6+2)8.  Smart roll for the NCO
The man at his side looks around, wearily, then suddenly snaps his head toward his commanding officer.
[Language unknown: "Icastrortcomresüunin! Eknoilunck tinortich!"]

((Alright - you got surprise, all of you can take an action before the Germans can do anything. Post your action, then draw for initiative.))

Konnikov smiled a grimly to himself as he heard the truck stop, soldiers get out, and the first German speak.  He took hold of his trench-broom, and stepped back and down from the truck spinning into a crouch next to the vehicle in line with the two SS, just as the SS alerted his commander.  The Tommygun opened up on the SS, it's ratta-tat-tat signaling the ambush.

((  08:42, Today: Semyon Yegorovich Konnikov rolled 5, 5 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 5,5.  Shooting d8, opening up on ze Germans. – 5,5  ))

((I'm guessing you're spraying the Germans on full auto? So please add two more d8.
You're at close range, full auto adds -2 to each roll, but you can spend a benny if needed to re-roll))

(( AHAH!  Included previos roll editted to reflect -2:

08:42, Today: Semyon Yegorovich Konnikov rolled 3,3 using d8-2,d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 5,5.  Shooting d8, opening up on ze Germans. – 5,5
12:06, Today: Semyon Yegorovich Konnikov rolled -1,4 using d8-2,d8-2, rerolling max with rolls of 1,6.  Burst fire into SS. – -1,4

12:11, Today: Semyon Yegorovich Konnikov rolled 4,1,1,3 using d8-2,d8-2,d8-2,d6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 6,3,3,5.  Benny reroll, Shooting d8, Full Auto 3. – 4,1,1,3

12:17, Today: Semyon Yegorovich Konnikov rolled 8 using 2d6+1.  Potential damage:  2d6+1. – 8

And because I forgot early, Draw for Initiative!
12:12, Today: Semyon Yegorovich Konnikov drew the single card: 9H using a deck of 54 cards. – 9H  ))

((OOC: From her hidden spot, what modifiers would Yelena have to shoot one of these guys? And how many can she see? I assume multi-action is possible to hit more than one, but maybe she only gets The Drop on one (if any at all) if I understand things correctly.))

((Anybody who's hidden within the trees (ie, most folks) will get the Drop on the Germans in the open. There's the officer, the NCO, at least three more coming around the truck to the front.))

((OOC: And Yelena can, theoretically, fire 3 times during the surprise round, all with the drop? And there's no cover or range modifiers at this angle/distance?))

Lena hadn't actually fired a pistol in years, since going undercover.  She had, when given the opportunity, dry fired one to try to not forget how it worked.  So her practical marksmanship was going to be... basic.

Even then,  crouching, slow moving target, it was basically static target shooting, and she was not looking to win the cup, just put the lead on the paper.  Don't do anything fancy Lena, slow, basic.  Both eyes open, put the front sight right over the dead center of the chest.  Squeeze don't jerk.

16:16, Today: Lena Vogt rolled 1,5 using d6,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,5.  Shooting.

Pew pew!  But wait, we have the Drop!  That's actually a 9.

16:17, Today: Lena Vogt rolled 13 using 2d6+1, rerolling max with rolls of (6+2)8,4.  Pew Pew.

Someone got shot right in the toodles.  But wait, we have the Drop!

16:19, Today: Lena Vogt rolled 1 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1.  Raise Damage.

So that's actually 14 damage.  lol that's probably my contribution.
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((I was about to say no - then I remembered that in SWADE you *can* take the same action with the same hand multiple times, so yes, that would actually work, at -4 for each shot. But firing a bolt action rifle that often should be harder than full auto, so I'll add an additional -1 for each additional shot - so -4, -5 and -6))

((Don't forget to draw initiative - goes for the prisoners, too!))

((08:48, Today: Sarwan Bhalla drew the single card: 6D using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative pull (Bhalla).))

((OOC: Hate to be the difficult player, _{(too late!)} but does bolt action allow for normal shooting with only 2 shots in the round since it's just enough slower than 3? So -2 and -2? I'm probably just going to roll with that, but understand that it's possible the second one is -3.))

Yelena leaned over and peered into her scope, picking out the two Nazis who were talking. She was also aware of the men near the back with the MP 40s. They were probably an even bigger threat than the idiot officers who probably couldn't even read a map.

Yelena did enjoy popping the heads off of officers, but in this case it was all about who had the bigger gun. And the two guys at the front of the truck definitely had smaller guns.

The sniper squeezed the trigger once, quickly chambered another round, and then squeezed off a second, even better shot in the confusion. Watching confused Nazis die was very satisfying.

((OOC: Okay, the -2 or -3 won't matter for the second shot, it's a raise either way. But maybe let's figure that out for the future. First one also hits, thanks to the drop.

15 damage (AP 2) on the first guy with the MP40
27 damage (AP 2) on the second guy with the MP40
Ace of Spades for initiative

08:21, Today: Yelena Malkin drew the single card: AS using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative .

08:21, Today: Yelena Malkin rolled 23,4 using 2d8+5,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 5,(8+5)13,4.  Damage 2 (AP2,raise).

08:20, Today: Yelena Malkin rolled 15 using 2d8+5, rerolling max with rolls of 3,7.  Damage 1 (AP2).

08:19, Today: Yelena Malkin rolled 5,9 using d10+4,d6+4, rerolling max with rolls of 1,5.  Shooting 2 (MAP2,drop,Imp. Trademark).

08:18, Today: Yelena Malkin rolled 6,6 using d10+4,d6+4, rerolling max with rolls of 2,2.  Shooting (MAP2,drop,Imp. Trademark).))

As the shooting started, Max aimed a couple shots at the officers outside the front of the truck. First shot at the more clueless of the two, and the second shot at the one that seemed to figure stuff out at the last moment.

The report of his rifle was lost in the cacophony of the ambush, but all might be silent again soon enough.

((OOC: Both shots hit, first with a raise.

Damage 1: 10 (AP 2)
Damage 2: 14 (AP 2)

5C for next round

09:48, Today: Max Lewis drew the single card: 5C using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative .

09:48, Today: Max Lewis rolled 14 using 2d8+4, rerolling max with rolls of 6,4.  Damage 2 (AP 2).

09:47, Today: Max Lewis rolled 9,1 using 2d8+4,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 2,3,1.  Damage 1 (AP2), Raise.

09:47, Today: Max Lewis rolled 4,7 using d8+2,d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of 2,5.  Second shooting (of two) (Drop,MAP).

09:46, Today: Max Lewis rolled 11,7 using d8+2,d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of (8+1)9,5.  First shooting (of two) (Drop,MAP).))

The mountain erupted into a hail of gunfire, claiming the Obersturmführer and his sergeant first, but the two men who came from the back of the truck fell before they were able to bringt their MPs to bear, both going down with a bullet hole in their temples. They were dead before they hit the ground.

The officer had been riddled by bullets and fell back against the front of the truck, his arms spread out wide as if he was Jesus on the cross, slowly sinking to the ground, his blood seeping through his many wounds.

There was much screaming and shouting - and then the rest of the Russians opened fire at the truck.

The men in the back of the truck fell where they stood, one of them tumbling against the side and tearing a hole into the tarpaulin.

One of the Russian lieutenants started yelling and then, suddenly, there was a great silence, the only sound the air slowly hissing out of the truck's tires.

The noise was impossibly loud. Gewehr. That was the Deutsche's word. Bhalla fell more than dove, huddling on the trucks floor with her hands over her head and her knees pulled up, making herself as small as possible. When the high-pitched thunder stopped, a ringing remained in the gnim's ears.

Once everyone in sight was down, Yelena slowly started advancing on the truck, another round chambered and the butt of the rifle comfortably resting on her right shoulder. Her eyes flicked in all directions as she concerned herself with any potential follow up.

The Soviet sniper called out to her comrades to tell them she didn't see anything. [Language unknown: "Thaineher diolei O aiss di!"] One of the other grunts would probably be checking the truck - her role was to keep a low profile next to the vehicle with her weapon trained in the direction from which the vehicle had come.