CIA? Wow. You never thought your skills would get you this far and now you have been assigned to be part of a Special Operations Team in Afghanistan. Your handler is Director Chavez himself, but he tells you little of the two agents your are sent to meet with at the safehouse in Pakistan. One is a soldier who spent some time in the African bush, goes by Smith. The other is a not-by-the-book pilot of all things that can be piloted, named Macomb. After some secret handshakes and other identifying transactions, they welcome you to the safehouse.
After a few days at the safehouse, the agent that was barely hinted at in the briefing arrives. She has all the right passphrases and paperwork and knows the mission: find Majors, get him out, take him to his appointment, bring him home. Milk run. Elise comes with something else besides the van and your gear though: A map and coordinates as to where Majors is currently. It doesn't look good.
Apparently some of the conflict has spilled across the Afghan border into Pakistan in a small village. Majors is there and very soon, so will be the DPRA. Time to get a move on...
Smith says, "Well I haven't heard shots fired in anger in a bit, so I'm game."
"No sense in waiting around, lets get closer to the target zone, and see what the situation is close up."
Alright so if there is no further questions or concerns let's saddle up. Macomb says jumping out of his seat and grabbing the keys from the new agent.
I'll drive. Trust me it's not a sexist thing. It's something else entirely.
Johnny heads for the door.
Oh yeah sometimes people call me Razor as in the razor's edge.
Smith says, "Majors, I guess Carter doesn't want to lose another journalist on his watch like last year in Nicaragua. Ma'am, I am Smith, Timothy K. late of the Rhodesian SAS. Who might you be?"
Elise tosses over the keys, Carter, Elise, I aim to keep you boys alive. Whether that's stitching you up or backing you up is fine by me.
Brief said you're a pilot, so I'll trust your reactions over mine - I can handle the wheel well enough if you need me to though
Elise tries to project a aura of machismo and bravado, trying to present herself as 'one of the guys'.
The nine hour drive to the village is relatively uneventful. You spend the time chitchatting, stopping for fuel, getting a bite of local cuisine and enjoying the scenery of western Pakistan. Some of that scenery starts to change as you leave Quetta, the last major town before your stop in a village near the small town of Domandal.
As you get closer, you notice that the people are few and far between and those you do see are traveling in long lines by foot. Refugees. As you crest the hill that will take you into the village, you notice one of the clay buildings surrounded by a squad of troops. They are firing into it and someone is inside shooting back. At the moment, the troops take no notice of you. There are several other clay buildings on the way to the one in question, giving you cover from the troops, but the van is too big to make it through the tiny roads in between.
I assume that's our man fighting the good fight there? Smith and I take up positions while you get the van as close as you can?
Smith says, "Our man is a journalist and not a very good shot." as he takes out the map of the strikezone to see if it is indeed the correct place.
Awareness
Maneuver on foot
Smith quickly glances at the map and calculates the coordinates. This is definitely the right place. It doesn't take him long to realize that even if it isn't Majors inside, those troops are not giving up any time soon.
Smith takes out his binoculars to get a closer look at the building. While he doesn't see the person inside, the Arabic lettering on the side lets him know that this is where Majors is supposed to be. Zooming back to look at the soldiers, he recognizes them immediately. If the AK-47s didn't give them away, the Afghan flag with the red star sure did. Those are DPRA soldiers!
Hey Elise not sure how much good I'll be in the van. I'd probably be better on the trigger of my sniper rifle. I say we ditch the van on the side of the ride and try to take down as many of these soldiers as quickly as possible.
Macomb slowly pulls the van over to the side of the street and reaches below his seat pulls out his H&K.
He asks Smith who has his eyes on the goons.
He loads a magazine of armor piercing rounds into his H&K and a clip of hot loaded ammo into his PPK.
Ready to deploy. I say we take 10 seconds to position and then open fire. There may be wounded in the building. I think if Smith and I can divert attention maybe Elise you can get in there and assess.
Smith says, "Let me sneak up on one of them, from behind and use my knife to put him down and then we could pick them off together. Plus, if we do this right, we can knock them off before they realize things are amiss."
Elise will try and get close to the building, hopefully close enough she can sprint over there and get in before she gets shot.
Initiative
Sneak take 10 +5=15
Smith will take it slow and quiet while stalking his outlying prey to set up a knife kill.
Macomb exited the vehicle quickly moving into a firing position with some form of coverage. [occ] move 1/2 action[/ooc]
Once reaching his place of cover Razor drew a bead on an enemy soldier with his sniper rifle resting it on its bipod.
Macomb gets into position, as Smith makes his way towards the nearest soldier. Elise moves as quickly as she can, throwing caution to the wind, letting the soldiers see her as she makes her way to Major's building.
Seeing the eyes of the soldiers register on his teammates Razor takes breath and pulls the trigger on his H&K on the target in his sights.
will assume that hits so does
Razor will then make a second attack with his second half action.
Macomb's first shot surprises the soldier as it tears through his shoulder. As he turns to find his attacker, a second shot pierces his arm, but he does not drop. One of his teammates is on the ball and turns to fire to where the shots are coming from after diving for cover. His shot only manages to kick up some dirt however, but it is close enough that Macomb hears the snap of it.
Too many, and too far, can't sprint the distance without being shot at by at least three of them.
Elise tries to (single) move close if there's any cover available, then takes a shot at the closest (#1?)
Macomb's first shot surprises the first soldier as it tears through his arm and into his side. He drops, a look of surprise on his face. Macomb's second target takes a shot in the shoulder but is still able to fire off a shot as he dives for cover. The shot only kicks up the dirt near Macomb however.
Carter drops into a crouch as she takes cover behind one of the buildings and fires her shot. As hasty as it was, the round penetrates the man's skull and drops him instantly.
The soldier nearest Smith turns just as he ducks back behind cover and attempts to lay down suppression fire where Smith just was.
Taking advantage of the new chaos, Macomb spots through his scope Majors peek out of a side open window and take a shot at one of the soldiers. He misses, but the same soldier is unfazed and fires back, shattering some of the clay wall, but only making Majors duck back inside.
Smith pops up and takes 1 shot with his .45 if hits and then back down.
Smith pops out quickly from cover long enough to shoot and wing the soldier putting rounds in the dirt in front of Smith.
Another of the soldiers takes cover nearby and fires at Macomb's position, spitting dirt into his face and causing him to sputter a moment.
One of the other soldiers near Smith also fires at him before taking cover himself, hitting Smith in the upper thigh, grazing him slightly.
Finally, one more fires at Carter, shattering some of the clay nearby but not harming her.
Macomb spits out some of the dirt that sprayed up into his mouth. That one was close. But you missed your shot. Macomb thinks to himself as he finds the source of the shot in his scope and pulls the trigger twice.
Macomb lets out a soft whistle as he sees his two shots hit home on the target.
Macomb's shots first spin the soldier around and then send what must have been his heart exploding out of his chest. The soldier that took a hit earlier sprays rounds down range at Macomb, but catches nothing but air.
Elise looks around for more cover, if there is any she'll keep moving forward while firing at the next DPRA soldier.
If no cover, she'll try shooting again
Elise moves to the next point of cover, closer to the building, taking a chance that clay brick will stop a bullet or three. Her shot zings by another soldier, sending him reeling back. Majors also fires at him, but with little effect. Deciding Carter is more of a threat, he fires a volley at her, but only manages to prove her theory.
Meanwhile, the soldier targeting Smith continues to empty his magazine into the area in front of him.
Smith jumps and rolls forward into cover:
Maneuver on Foot
Firing a shot if hits
Smith rolls to the next point of cover and takes a pot shot at the soldier that's been trying to keep Smith's head down. While the .45 caliber round hits him, it doesn't put him down.
This does nothing for two of the soldiers as the situation causes them to back off and run for cover.
Seeing the gun fight shift towards his side Macomb takes two shots at the DPRA fighters.
Macomb fires another round,dropping another soldier with a shot through his neck. Macomb's second round sends a spatter of blood up as it grazes another soldier's arm.
If there's a clear path to get somewhere near the house without being shot at by more than 1-2 of them Elise will take it, then shout out "Major, your ride is here - are you coming?".
If that doesn't seem feasable she'll move to the next cover and take another shot
Smith takes two shots at his assailant:
if hit
if hit
Elise decides that she is still too far from the house and sprints to the next point of cover before another shot can be lined up on her. Before the soldier could adjust his aim, Carter places a shot into his heart, dropping him instantly.
Majors takes a quick peak outside and can't find a target, so he ducks back inside.
The soldier that had been putting up a wall of lead in Smith's direction appears to have run out of ammo as he ducks behind a wall to reload. This doesn't deter Smith, as he takes aim at one of the soldiers running and with precise aim, kills him and just as quickly acquires the other runner and drops him with a single shot.
Macomb shouts out to Carter.
Secure Majors I'll cover you.
He keeps an eye on the section of wall that the soldiers ducked behind ready to fire a stream of lead into the man as soon as he appears.
Carter closes the rest of the distance across to the house, if there is any cover she'll bang on the door and shout for Majors. If there's no cover near enough she'll put her back against the door and shout for him anyway - relying on Macomb and Smith to cover her.
Smith darts towards the closest dead enemy and relieves him of his Avtomat Kalashnikova.
Maneuver on foot
Athletics if necessary to not be a target.
Smith then barks in Farsi "Your entire unit has been wiped out, surrender and you won't be harmed?"
Macomb sets his sights on the last location of the soldier hiding behind one of the clay buildings. Carter gets to the house and bangs on the door. "I'm armed! I'm not afraid of you!", comes the reply. A .45 caliber shell tearing a chunk of the doorframe near Carter tells her Majors is probably scared. The soldier takes that moment of distraction to move, but Macomb's trigger finger is faster and the soldier drops dead a few yards ahead of Smith, the AK skittering to a halt in front of Smith's feet, where he simply hoists it up.
"Hold your fire Major's - we're the rescue team."
While picking up the AK and taking all loose magazines, Smith says, "Majors, you still can't slot terrs... even if your life depends on it. Its Smith your favorite Rhodie!!!"
"Smith?! F*ck! Why didn't you say so?", the door opens in front of Carter and a disheveled looking man with a pistol in hand almost bumps into her. "Pardon miss, I thought I heard a female voice. Thought Macomb had gone soft. Jeff Majors at your service." He puts out his other hand. "Smith? Macomb still with you?"
"Sorry, I'm new to the region. We should probably get out here - don't know how long it will be before they get help."
Smith says, "Killin' commies. Macomb is somewhere back there. Mac, get the vehicle. We are going to need to didi!!!"
Macomb not being new to the game was on his way back to vehicle as soon as his shot brought down the last gunman. So it was a bit to Smith'said surprise that when he called out to Macomb the man was grinning at from the driver side window.
Well then get in already. Johnny said with a chuckle. only thing left to do is call shotgun.