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Brian Swartz · 12-08-2012, 02:17 PM

OPERATION BLEEDING SERPENT
Nigerian Interior
Touchdown: March 14, 4:26 PM

Who's the serpent. Naturally, I hope it turns out to be the aliens, not us.

We have to cross what is basically open swampland first. McCloud spots a pair of sectoids first and retreats. The first one that advances gets a pistol shot from Silvers, and keeps coming ... Warlord misses ... but the rookie Thomas finishes it off! Impressive debut salvo by the American!!

We reload, another one approaches, and McCloud misses but Sterling Silvers nails it with his first-ever sniper shot! Two clean kills to start, by the last people I thought would get them. There must be a reality warp going on here or something.

It sounds like our next target is ahead a ways, and a bit to the left. After a while, it seems that either they are moving left more or there are more of them out there than just one group. Either way, straight ahead's the only way out of this swamp -- left and right the ridge wall is too steep. This time it's Coffee Warlord who spots them ... more sectoids ... and pulls back.

Again we wait, and Warlord misses one on the move. It fires at Thomas, but the shot's thankfully over his head. It remains perfectly placed to block the view of Silvers who can't get a shot, but the others all have a clear one. Thomas again notches it!

It's soon clear that the other sectoid is not as suicidal, falling back. We work our way on top of the ridge, taking the higher ground. Moving forward to the edge, Coffee Warlord is surprised to see it firing at her from a little nook in the rocks below! Very crafty this one, and at such close range it hit her, but she's ok. She has to move away, but McCloud drops over the cliff and around an outcropping for a simple, execution-style kill.

With the ship now in view, we needed simply to reload, regroup, heal CW, and finish the job. Thomas soon spotted the Outsider, a most dangerous enemy, certainly more lethal than the Sectoids. Coffee fired .. high. Thomas fired high as well, he didn't have much of angle to hit there. Silvers actually managed to hit it, but it wasn't killed ... no time to be subtle. Corporal McCloud finishes it off with a rocket, destroying not only the Outsider but it's cover and part of an internal wall.

Time to let the sweeper teams clean up the rest of this mess, our work here is finished.

OPERATION BLEEDING SERPENT yields yet another injury to the seemingly nine-lived Coffee Warlord, 5 dead aliens, and no dead operatives. Success!

PERFORMANCE REVIEW

** Sq. Coffee Warlord -- 0 kills, promoted to Corporal, wounded(6 days)
** Sq. Sterling Silvers -- 1 kill
** Cpl. Fox McCloud -- 2 kills
** Rk. DJ Thomas -- 2 kills, promoted to Heavy Squaddie

ARFTIFACTS

** 4 Sectoid Corpses
** 11 Elerium
** 46 Alien Alloys
** 8 Weapon Fragments
** 2 UFO Flight Computers(1 damaged)
** 1 UFO Power Source(damaged)

The damaged components bring us 50 much-needed credits.

12-08-2012, 02:17 PM	#14
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	OPERATION BLEEDING SERPENT Nigerian Interior Touchdown: March 14, 4:26 PM Who's the serpent. Naturally, I hope it turns out to be the aliens, not us. We have to cross what is basically open swampland first. McCloud spots a pair of sectoids first and retreats. The first one that advances gets a pistol shot from Silvers, and keeps coming ... Warlord misses ... but the rookie Thomas finishes it off! Impressive debut salvo by the American!! We reload, another one approaches, and McCloud misses but Sterling Silvers nails it with his first-ever sniper shot! Two clean kills to start, by the last people I thought would get them. There must be a reality warp going on here or something. It sounds like our next target is ahead a ways, and a bit to the left. After a while, it seems that either they are moving left more or there are more of them out there than just one group. Either way, straight ahead's the only way out of this swamp -- left and right the ridge wall is too steep. This time it's Coffee Warlord who spots them ... more sectoids ... and pulls back. Again we wait, and Warlord misses one on the move. It fires at Thomas, but the shot's thankfully over his head. It remains perfectly placed to block the view of Silvers who can't get a shot, but the others all have a clear one. Thomas again notches it! It's soon clear that the other sectoid is not as suicidal, falling back. We work our way on top of the ridge, taking the higher ground. Moving forward to the edge, Coffee Warlord is surprised to see it firing at her from a little nook in the rocks below! Very crafty this one, and at such close range it hit her, but she's ok. She has to move away, but McCloud drops over the cliff and around an outcropping for a simple, execution-style kill. With the ship now in view, we needed simply to reload, regroup, heal CW, and finish the job. Thomas soon spotted the Outsider, a most dangerous enemy, certainly more lethal than the Sectoids. Coffee fired .. high. Thomas fired high as well, he didn't have much of angle to hit there. Silvers actually managed to hit it, but it wasn't killed ... no time to be subtle. Corporal McCloud finishes it off with a rocket, destroying not only the Outsider but it's cover and part of an internal wall. Time to let the sweeper teams clean up the rest of this mess, our work here is finished. OPERATION BLEEDING SERPENT yields yet another injury to the seemingly nine-lived Coffee Warlord, 5 dead aliens, and no dead operatives. Success! PERFORMANCE REVIEW Sq. Coffee Warlord -- 0 kills, promoted to Corporal, wounded(6 days) Sq. Sterling Silvers -- 1 kill Cpl. Fox McCloud -- 2 kills Rk. DJ Thomas -- 2 kills, promoted to Heavy Squaddie ARFTIFACTS 4 Sectoid Corpses 11 Elerium 46 Alien Alloys 8 Weapon Fragments 2 UFO Flight Computers(1 damaged) 1 UFO Power Source(damaged) The damaged components bring us 50 much-needed credits.